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Shows	100 show listings with filters
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Stories	187 song stories with previews
Influences	53 documented relationships
References	65 research sources
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All 100 Shows

#	Title	Series	Tracks	Artists	Tags	Genres	Cover	Narration
1	The Unamplified Blues Tradition	Required Listening	35	27	acoustic blues, country blues, prewar, roots, solo performers	traditional blues, blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, country blues	Yes
2	The Amplified Blues Tradition	Required Listening	34	23	electric blues, postwar, Chicago blues, amplified, blues guitar	traditional blues, blues, chicago blues, delta blues, electric blues	Yes
3	The Blues Bandleader Tradition	Required Listening	39	29	jump blues, brass, R&B, soul, band blues	jazz blues, rhythm and blues, swing, soul, blues	Yes
4	The Railroad Blues Tradition	Topical	27	24	railroad songs, travel, country blues, folk-blues, American roots	traditional blues, blues, acoustic blues, country blues, delta blues	Yes
5	Texas Blues Guitar Tradition	Geographic	33	28	Texas blues, guitar blues, country blues, electric blues, regional	texas blues, blues, traditional blues, electric blues, acoustic blues	Yes
6	The Piedmont Blues Tradition	Geographic	38	31	Piedmont blues, fingerpicking, ragtime blues, East Coast, acoustic	piedmont blues, traditional blues, country blues, acoustic blues, blues	Yes
7	The Amplified Chicago Blues Tradition	Geographic	33	30	Chicago blues, urban blues, electric blues, postwar, migration	chicago blues, traditional blues, blues, electric blues, acoustic blues	Yes
8	The Dust Bowl's Legacy in Blues	Hillbilly Blues	39	27	Dust Bowl, migration, folk-blues, country, Depression era	traditional blues, traditional folk, american folk revival, protest folk, traditional country	Yes
9	The Funk and Blues Tradition	Topical	27	23	funky blues, soul blues, electric blues, groove, postwar	blues, traditional blues, electric blues, soul blues, blues rock	Yes	Yes
10	The Swing Era's Legacy in Blues	Topical	34	28	swing, jump blues, jazz blues, R&B, dance music	jazz blues, soul, blues, traditional blues, vocal jazz	Yes
11	The British Blues Revival	Geographic	37	26	British blues, blues revival, rock, British Invasion, transmission	british invasion, classic rock, british blues, rock, album rock	Yes	Yes
12	The Hoodoo Tradition in Blues	Topical	35	31	hoodoo, supernatural, Delta blues, folk belief, blues themes	traditional blues, blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, chicago blues	Yes
13	The Blues Piano Tradition	Instrument	38	33	piano blues, barrelhouse, boogie-woogie, keyboard, urban blues	piano blues, traditional blues, blues, chicago blues, new orleans blues	Yes	Yes
14	The Blues Canon	Required Listening	36	35	blues canon, essentials, prewar, postwar, overview	traditional blues, blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
15	Charley Patton & Howlin' Wolf's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	36	17	Delta blues, Chicago blues, lineage, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf	traditional blues, delta blues, blues, acoustic blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
16	The White American Blues Revival	Topical	29	26	blues revival, American roots, cross-racial, folk-blues, country blues	blues rock, classic rock, rock, country rock, psychedelic rock	Yes	Yes
17	Booze and the Blues Tradition	Topical	38	35	drinking songs, blues themes, honky-tonk, classic blues, urban blues	traditional blues, blues, piano blues, chicago blues, jump blues	Yes	Yes
18	The Blues Harp Tradition	Instrument	33	26	harmonica blues, blues harp, Chicago blues, country blues, amplified	harmonica blues, traditional blues, blues, chicago blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
19	Women's Legacy in Blues	Topical	34	31	women in blues, classic blues, vocal blues, R&B, blues women	traditional blues, vocal jazz, soul, jazz blues, harlem renaissance	Yes	Yes
20	The West Coast Blues Tradition	Geographic	34	28	California blues, West Coast blues, migration, jump blues, electric blues	jazz blues, rhythm and blues, jump blues, texas blues, blues	Yes	Yes
21	The Real Folk Blues Series' Legacy	Label Series	37	7	folk blues, country blues, traditional, acoustic, roots	blues, traditional blues, chicago blues, electric blues, delta blues	Yes	Yes
22	The Library of Congress Blues Tradition	Topical	36	8	field recordings, Library of Congress, folk archive, country blues, documentary	traditional blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
23	Memphis' Pre-War Blues Tradition	Geographic	38	21	Memphis blues, jug bands, early urban blues, prewar, regional	traditional blues, memphis blues, country blues, jug band, acoustic blues	Yes	Yes
24	Memphis' WDIA Radio Station's Legacy	Geographic	41	26	radio, WDIA, Memphis blues, postwar, broadcast culture	rock-and-roll, blues, rockabilly, traditional blues, soul blues	Yes	Yes
25	Louis Jordan's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	37	2	Louis Jordan, jump blues, jukebox era, R&B, swing	rhythm and blues, jazz blues, swing	Yes	Yes
26	Memphis Slim and Roosevelt Sykes' Legacy	Geographic	39	11	Memphis piano, piano blues, barrelhouse, urban blues, regional	piano blues, traditional blues, blues, electric blues, new orleans blues	Yes	Yes
27	The Blind Musician Tradition	Topical	37	9	blind musicians, country blues, songsters, gospel blues, biography	acoustic blues, traditional blues, blues, country blues, piedmont blues	Yes	Yes
28	Weather and Blues	Topical	35	29	weather songs, blues themes, rainy day, classic blues, mood	traditional blues, blues, acoustic blues, country blues, delta blues	Yes	Yes
29	The Detroit Blues Tradition	Geographic	35	24	Detroit blues, migration, electric blues, urban blues, postwar	harmonica blues, delta blues, electric blues, traditional blues, blues	Yes	Yes
30	Robert Johnson's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	36	24	Robert Johnson, influences, Delta blues, prewar, lineage	traditional blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
31	Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	38	4	Leroy Carr, piano blues, urban blues, prewar, duo blues	traditional blues, barrelhouse piano, acoustic blues, blues, piano blues	Yes	Yes
32	Bessie Smith's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	36	8	Bessie Smith, classic blues, vaudeville blues, women in blues, 1920s	traditional blues, blues, harlem renaissance, jazz blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
33	Newport's Legacy in Blues, Pt. 1	Community	30	16	Newport, blues revival, folk festival, live blues, 1960s	traditional blues, blues, soul, acoustic blues, blues rock	Yes	Yes
34	Newport's Legacy in Blues, Pt. 2	Community	33	28	Newport, festival blues, revival, live performance, 1960s	traditional blues, blues, country blues, acoustic blues, folk	Yes	Yes
35	The Psychedelic Blues Tradition	Topical	30	15	psychedelic blues, blues rock, electric blues, 1960s, experimentation	blues, traditional blues, chicago blues, electric blues, blues rock	Yes	Yes
36	The American Folk Blues Festival in Europe	Community	32	26	folk festival, blues revival, acoustic blues, live performance, 1960s	traditional blues, blues, chicago blues, acoustic blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
37	The Blues in the Mississippi Night Tradition	Community	45	19	oral history, Mississippi, social history, blues themes, documentary	blues, traditional blues, acoustic blues, country blues, chicago blues	Yes	Yes
38	Bob Dylan's Early Blues	Artist Spotlight	17	2	Bob Dylan, blues influence, folk-blues, songwriting, revival	classic rock, country rock, folk, folk rock, rock	Yes	Yes
39	W.C. Handy's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	31	21	W.C. Handy, blues history, publication, early blues, canon	swing, vocal jazz, adult standards, harlem renaissance, soul	Yes	Yes
40	Labor's Legacy in Blues	Community	41	25	labor songs, work songs, protest blues, working-class, blues themes	traditional blues, traditional folk, american folk revival, protest folk, folk	Yes	Yes
41	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 1: Aladdin / Alligator / Arhoolie	Label Series	34	34	record labels, blues discography, anthology, archival, industry history	traditional blues, blues, acoustic blues, texas blues, piano blues	Yes	Yes
42	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 2: Backbeat / Blind Pig	Label Series	27	25	record labels, Backbeat, Blind Pig, modern blues, reissues	chicago blues, delta blues, traditional blues, harmonica blues, blues	Yes	Yes
43	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 3: Black & Blue	Label Series	35	28	record labels, Black & Blue, blues revival, catalog, industry history	traditional blues, blues, chicago blues, acoustic blues, country blues	Yes	Yes
44	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 4: Chess	Label Series	41	26	Chess Records, Chicago blues, postwar, electric blues, record labels	blues, traditional blues, chicago blues, electric blues, soul	Yes	Yes
45	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 5: Delmark	Label Series	27	19	Delmark, Chicago blues, independent label, modern blues, record labels	chicago blues, blues, traditional blues, electric blues, soul blues	Yes	Yes
46	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 6: Document	Label Series	39	36	Document Records, reissues, prewar blues, archival, record labels	traditional blues, country blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, blues	Yes	Yes
47	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 7: Dust-to-Digital / Earwig / Evidence / Fat Possum	Label Series	37	33	record labels, reissues, modern blues, archival, independent labels	swamp blues, louisiana blues, harmonica blues, traditional blues, chicago blues	Yes	Yes
48	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 8: Fat Possum	Label Series	34	19	Fat Possum, North Mississippi, modern blues, label history, revival	delta blues, acoustic blues, traditional blues, blues, chicago blues	Yes	Yes
49	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 9: Keen / King / Mamlish / Okeh / Old Tramp	Label Series	39	29	record labels, Okeh, King, reissues, blues discography	traditional blues, blues, country blues, chicago blues, acoustic blues	Yes	Yes
50	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 10: Paramount	Label Series	37	33	Paramount, prewar blues, record labels, race records, 1920s	traditional blues, pre-war blues, blues, country blues, delta blues	Yes	Yes
51	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 11: Private Music / Righteous / Rounder / Shanachie	Label Series	30	19	record labels, reissues, modern blues, independent labels, roots music	blues, jazz blues, electric blues, soul blues, traditional blues	Yes	Yes
52	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 12: Specialty / Stax / Sun	Label Series	40	33	record labels, Specialty, Stax, Sun, crossover	traditional blues, blues, memphis blues, harmonica blues, rhythm and blues	Yes	Yes
53	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 13: Sun Records	Label Series	38	31	Sun Records, Memphis, rockabilly, blues crossover, record labels	traditional blues, blues, rock-and-roll, rockabilly, chicago blues	Yes	Yes
54	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 14: Yazoo	Label Series	38	35	Yazoo, reissues, prewar blues, curation, record labels	traditional blues, country blues, acoustic blues, delta blues, blues	Yes	Yes
55	Alphabet Blues, Pt. 15: Bluebird	Label Series	39	33	Bluebird, record labels, prewar blues, Chicago blues, RCA	traditional blues, country blues, acoustic blues, blues, delta blues	Yes	Yes
56	The Blues Supergroup Tradition	Community	29	28	supergroups, all-star bands, electric blues, collaborations, modern blues	blues, traditional blues, electric blues, chicago blues, harmonica blues	Yes	Yes
57	Love Songs in Blues	Topical	37	37	love songs, blues themes, heartbreak, classic blues, slow blues	blues, traditional blues, jazz blues, rhythm and blues, soul	Yes	Yes
58	Bluebird Records Legacy	Label Series	39	37	night songs, blues themes, slow blues, urban blues, mood	traditional blues, country blues, chicago blues, acoustic blues, blues	Yes	Yes
59	Big Bill Broonzy's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	37	21	Big Bill Broonzy, legacy, Chicago blues, folk revival, lineage	traditional blues, blues, chicago blues, country blues, acoustic blues	Yes	Yes
60	Women's Legacy in Blues, Pt. 2	Topical	39	38	women in blues, vocal blues, soul blues, R&B, blues women	traditional blues, vocal jazz, harlem renaissance, jazz blues, soul	Yes	Yes
61	Bob Dylan's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	25	24	Bob Dylan, cover songs, folk-blues, songwriting, reinterpretation	traditional blues, blues, soul, southern soul, folk	Yes	Yes
62	The Muscle Shoals Blues Tradition	Geographic	32	26	Muscle Shoals, Alabama, soul blues, studio sound, Southern music	southern soul, soul, classic rock, classic soul, rock	Yes	Yes
63	Harlem's Legacy in Blues	Geographic	36	34	Harlem, jazz blues, urban blues, Black entertainment, New York	swing, harlem renaissance, dixieland, jazz, vocal jazz	Yes	Yes
64	The Jug Band Blues Tradition	Instrument	38	29	jug bands, Memphis, old-time blues, string bands, prewar	jug band, memphis blues, traditional blues, traditional folk, country blues	Yes	Yes
65	Jimmy Reed's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	41	31	Jimmy Reed, shuffle blues, electric blues, legacy, Vee-Jay	blues, traditional blues, harmonica blues, chicago blues, classic rock	Yes	Yes
66	The Appalachian Tradition in Blues	Hillbilly Blues	40	33	Appalachian, old-time, hillbilly blues, prewar, rural South	bluegrass, country blues, traditional folk, traditional country, classic country	Yes	Yes
67	Jelly Roll Morton's Legacy	Artist Spotlight	38	25	early jazz, piano blues, New Orleans, prewar, classic blues	ragtime, jazz, swing music, boogie-woogie, big band	Yes	Yes
68	Lawdy Blues	Theme/Concept	37	34	gospel blues, sacred/secular, spirituals, country blues, vocal traditions	blues, classic blues, country blues, traditional gospel, soul	Yes	Yes
69	Jewish Legacy in Blues	Topical	35	23	folk revival, singer-songwriter, cultural lineage, urban folk, revival era	folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter, americana, blues rock	Yes	Yes
70	The Four Kings of Chicago Blues: Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson I & Big Maceo	Artist Spotlight	38	8	Chicago blues, prewar-to-postwar bridge, piano blues, harmonica, urban blues	blues, classic blues, country blues, ragtime, boogie-woogie	Yes	Yes
71	The Protest Blues Tradition	Topical	34	21	protest music, civil rights, folk-blues, labor songs, political music	blues, country blues, classic blues, soul, folk	Yes	Yes
72	The Delta Blues Tradition (Unamplified)	Geographic	36	31	Delta blues, country blues, prewar, Mississippi, slide guitar	blues, classic blues, country blues, ragtime, blues rock	Yes	Yes
73	The Delta Blues Tradition (Amplified)	Geographic	37	23	electric blues, Chicago blues, postwar, amplified blues, Delta migration	blues, classic blues, country blues, blues rock, soul blues	Yes	Yes
74	Cross-Generational Blues Collaborations	Topical	29	23	blues revival, cross-generational, British blues, late career, torch passing	blues, classic blues, blues rock, country blues, soul blues	Yes	Yes
75	Jazz in Early Blues' Legacy	Topical	36	34	jazz blues, prewar, New Orleans, swing roots, classic blues	swing music, ragtime, jazz, big band, vocal jazz	Yes	Yes
76	USA Blues, Pt. 1: Alabama to Arkansas	USA Blues	35	35	geography, state-by-state, regional survey, American roots, blues map	blues, classic blues, country blues, boogie-woogie, ragtime	Yes	Yes
77	USA Blues, Pt. 2: California to Florida	USA Blues	29	29	geography, regional survey, West Coast, South, American roots	blues, classic rock, southern rock, traditional folk, jam band	Yes	Yes
78	USA Blues, Pt. 3: Georgia	USA Blues	37	31	Georgia blues, Piedmont, songster tradition, regional survey, prewar	blues, classic blues, country blues, ragtime, boogie-woogie	Yes	Yes
79	USA Blues, Pt. 4: Hawaii to Illinois	USA Blues	27	27	geography, regional survey, national scope, birthplace mapping, American roots	blues, blues rock, modern blues, classic blues, exotica	Yes	Yes
80	USA Blues, Pt. 5: Indiana to Kansas	USA Blues	36	36	Midwest, regional survey, crossroads, American roots, blues geography	blues, classic blues, ragtime, country blues, classic country	Yes	Yes
81	USA Blues, Pt. 6: Louisiana Pioneers	USA Blues	35	33	Louisiana, pioneers, New Orleans, early blues, regional survey	blues, classic blues, jazz, swing music, ragtime	Yes	Yes
82	USA Blues, Pt. 7: Louisiana to Maryland	USA Blues	36	36	Louisiana, regional survey, torchbearers, birthplace mapping, American roots	blues, cajun, classic blues, zydeco, modern blues	Yes	Yes
83	USA Blues, Pt. 8: Massachusetts to Mississippi	USA Blues	37	37	migration, Mississippi, Michigan, Northeast, regional survey	country blues, blues, classic blues, ragtime, motown	Yes	Yes
84	USA Blues, Pt. 9: Mississippi, The Robert Johnson Era	USA Blues	40	40	Mississippi, Robert Johnson era, Delta blues, prewar, regional survey	blues, classic blues, country blues, blues rock, modern blues	Yes	Yes
85	USA Blues, Pt. 10: Mississippi to New York	USA Blues	33	33	migration, Mississippi, New York, regional survey, urban transition	folk, jazz, rockabilly, folk rock, singer-songwriter	Yes
86	USA Blues, Pt. 11: New York	USA Blues	34	34	New York, folk revival, urban blues, migration, regional survey	country blues, blues, rockabilly, folk, traditional folk	Yes	Yes
87	USA Blues, Pt. 12: North Dakota to Rhode Island	USA Blues	34	34	regional survey, overlooked states, national scope, birthplace mapping, American roots	big band, adult standards, swing music, jazz, doo-wop	Yes	Yes
88	USA Blues, Pt. 13: South Carolina to Tennessee	USA Blues	37	37	Carolinas, Tennessee, Piedmont, regional survey, string-band crossover	blues, classic blues, country blues, ragtime, jazz	Yes
89	USA Blues, Pt. 14: Tennessee to Texas	USA Blues	41	41	Tennessee, Texas, regional survey, country-blues crossover, American roots	classic country, traditional country, honky tonk, outlaw country, blues	Yes
90	USA Blues, Pt. 15: Texas to Virginia	USA Blues	35	35	Texas, Virginia, regional survey, overlooked states, national scope	blues, classic country, blues rock, classic blues, outlaw country	Yes
91	USA Blues, Pt. 16: Virginia to West Virginia	USA Blues	34	34	Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Appalachian crossover, regional survey	bluegrass, classic country, traditional country, traditional folk, boogie-woogie	Yes
92	Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 2: The Western Swing and Honky-Tonk Era	Hillbilly Blues	41	9	hillbilly blues, country, western swing, honky-tonk, bluegrass	traditional country, classic country, honky tonk, outlaw country, country	Yes
93	Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 1: Early Country Blues Crossover	Hillbilly Blues	40	40	hillbilly blues, old-time, early country, prewar, rural South	traditional folk, country blues, bluegrass, traditional country, classic country	Yes
94	Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 3: Post-War Country Blues Generation	Hillbilly Blues	44	43	country blues crossover, honky-tonk, rockabilly, postwar country, roots music	classic country, traditional country, honky tonk, outlaw country, rockabilly	Yes
95	Shoulders of Giants Revisited	Finale	21	21	influences, canon, foundational artists, blues lineage, revisit	blues, classic blues, country blues, ragtime, boogie-woogie	Yes
96	Alphabet Blues Revisited	Finale	18	18	record labels, industry history, Chess, Excello, blues business	classic blues, blues, country blues, blues rock, ragtime	Yes
97	U.S.A. Blues Revisited	Finale	19	19	geography, revisit, regional survey, American roots, summary show	blues, country blues, ragtime, classic blues, classic country	Yes
98	Theme Time Blues Revisited	Finale	17	17	thematic show, radio format, revisit, song motifs, curation	blues, classic blues, country blues, swing music, ragtime	Yes
99	Instruments Do the Talkin' Blues Revisited	Finale	21	20	instrumental blues, harmonica, piano, guitar, musician's showcase	blues, classic blues, country blues, boogie-woogie, ragtime	Yes
100	Runoff Blues	Finale	18	18	finale, greatest hits, personal canon, series summary, blues overview	blues, classic blues, country blues, ragtime, soul	Yes

All 1034 Artists

100 of 1034 artists have research dossiers loaded. Dossier columns (aliases, active years, labels, first session, collaborators, regional tag) appear for those artists. References for these facts are still being built.

Artist	Instrument	Era	Tracks	Shows	Born	Died	State	Birthplace	Bio	Stories	Influences	Aliases	Active	Key Labels	First Session	Collaborators	Regional Tag	Dossier
? & The Mysterians			1	1
Al Dexter	Vocals	Honky-Tonk / Country Boogie	2	2	1905	1984	Texas	Jacksonville	Yes
Al Green			1	1
Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters			1	1
Al Jarreau			1	1
Al Kooper			1	1
Alabama Jug Band			1	1
Alan Lomax	Field Recorder	Folklorist/Collector	1	1	1915	2002	Texas	Austin	Yes		7
Albert Collins	Electric Guitar	Texas Blues/Modern	3	3	1932	1993	Texas	Leona	Yes	1
Albert King	Guitar	Modern Blues / Memphis Soul-Blues	6	5	1923	1992	Mississippi	Indianola	Yes
Albert Luandrew			1	1
Albert Washington			1	1
Alberta Adams	Vocals	Postwar Detroit/Jump Blues	3	3	1917	2014	Indiana	Indianapolis	Yes
Alberta Adams and The Rhythm Rockers			1	1
Alberta Hunter	Vocals	Classic Blues/Cabaret Revival	11	10	1895	1984	Tennessee	Memphis	Yes		2
Alfred Blind" Reed"			1	1
Alice Cooper			1	1
Allen Shaw			1	1
Allen Toussaint	Piano	New Orleans R&B / Soul	3	3	1938	2015	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes		1
Allman Brothers Band			1	1
Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros			1	1
Amanda Randolph and Her Orchestra			1	1
Amos Milburn	Piano	Postwar R&B/Jump Blues	5	4	1927	1980	Texas	Houston	Yes
Andre Williams			2	1
Andre' Williams			1	1
Andy Mosely And Hogman" Maxey"			1	1
Andy Williams			1	1
Arbee Stidham			1	1
Archie Campbell			1	1
Aretha Franklin	Vocals	Soul/R&B	8	6	1942	2018	Tennessee	Memphis	Yes	1	2
Arlo Guthrie	Guitar	1960s Folk Revival	3	2	1947		New York	Brooklyn	Yes
Art Tatum			2	2								Arthur Tatum Jr.	1927–1956 [Wikipedia]	Brunswick, Decca, Capitol, Clef, Pablo [MusicBrainz]	August 1932 (as accompanist for Adelaide Hall) / March 1933 (solo session, Brunswick) [Wikipedia]	Adelaide Hall, Lionel Hampton, Buddy DeFranco, Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge [Wikipedia]	Jazz, swing, stride [Wikipedia]	Yes
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Guitar	Pre-War/Postwar Chicago	17	12	1905	1974	Mississippi	Forest	Yes	1
Arthur Alexander	Vocals	Country Soul / Muscle Shoals	2	1	1940	1993	Alabama	Sheffield	Yes
Arthur Gunter	Guitar	Postwar Nashville Blues	1	1	1926	1976	Tennessee	Nashville	Yes
Arthur Smith			1	1
Aunt Molly Jackson			1	1
AWALK			1	1
B.B. King	Electric Guitar	Postwar Memphis/Modern	17	13	1925	2015	Mississippi	Itta Bena	Yes	4	2
B.F. Shelton	Banjo	Old-Time	2	2	1902	1963	Kentucky	Clay County	Yes
Baby Boy Warren	Guitar	Postwar Detroit	2	1	1919	1977	Louisiana	Lake Providence	Yes
Baby Face Leroy Foster	Drums	Postwar Chicago	1	1	1923	1958	Mississippi	Algoma	Yes
Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters			1	1
Baby Tate			2	2								Charles Tate	1961–1972 (recording era) [Wikipedia]	Bluesville, Flyright [MusicBrainz, Wikipedia]	August 1961, Bluesville Records, Spartanburg, South Carolina [Wikipedia]	Pink Anderson, Peg Leg Sam, McKinley Ellis [Wikipedia]	Piedmont blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Barbara Lynn			1	1
Barbecue Bob	Twelve-String Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont	10	8	1902	1931	Georgia	Walton County	Yes	1
Barry Goldberg	Keyboards	Blues-Rock / Chicago Blues	3	2	1942		Illinois	Chicago	Yes
Bayless Rose			1	1
Beale Street Rounders			1	1
Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra			1	1
Bennie Moten			1	1
Bernard Allison			1	1
Bernard Slim" Smith"			1	1
Bertha "Chippie" Hill			1	1
Bessie Smith	Vocals	Classic Blues/Vaudeville	30	12	1894	1937	Tennessee	Chattanooga	Yes	3	4
Betty Everett			1	1
Betty James			1	1
Bettye LaVette			1	1
Big Bill Broonzy	Guitar	Pre-War/Postwar Bridge	61	24	1903	1958	Mississippi	Scott (disputed)	Yes	5	3
Big Bill Morganfield			1	1
Big Daddy Wilson			1	1
Big Jay McNeely			3	3					Yes
Big Joe Turner	Vocals	Swing/Jump Blues/Rock and Roll	8	7	1911	1985	Missouri	Kansas City	Yes	3
Big Joe Williams	Nine-String Guitar	Pre-War/Postwar Delta	15	10	1903	1982	Mississippi	Crawford	Yes	1
Big Leon Brooks			1	1
Big Maceo	Piano	Postwar Chicago	16	10	1905	1953	Georgia	Atlanta	Yes
Big Mama Thornton	Vocals	R&B/Blues	12	10	1926	1984	Alabama	Ariton	Yes	1
Big Maybelle	Vocals	R&B/Blues	11	9	1924	1972	Tennessee	Jackson	Yes
Big Time Sarah			1	1
Big Walter Horton	Harmonica	Postwar Memphis/Chicago	7	6	1921	1981	Mississippi	Horn Lake	Yes
Bill Clifton			1	1
Bill Flagg			1	1
Bill Gaither			1	1
Bill Gillum			2	1
Bill Haley & His Comets			3	2					Yes
Bill Jazz" Gillum"			1	1
Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band			1	1
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Mandolin	Bluegrass	8	2	1911	1996	Kentucky	Rosine	Yes
Bill Nettles			1	1
Bill Williams			1	1
Bill Withers			1	1
Billie Holiday	Vocals	Jazz/Blues	11	10	1915	1959	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Yes	1
Billy "The Kid" Emerson			2	2								William Robert Emerson	1952–early 2000s [Wikipedia]	Sun, Vee-Jay, Chess, Tarpon [MusicBrainz]	1954, Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee [Wikipedia]	Ike Turner (producer/pianist), Willie Dixon [Wikipedia]	R&B, jump blues, rock and roll [Wikipedia]	Yes
Billy Boy Arnold	Harmonica	Postwar Chicago	7	5	1935		Illinois	Chicago	Yes
Billy Joe Shaver			1	1
Billy Joel			1	1
Billy Preston			1	1
Billy Stewart			1	1
Billy Taylor			1	1
Billy Ward & The Dominoes			1	1
Birmingham Jug Band			1	1
Bix Beiderbecke			1	1
Black Ace	Guitar (National steel)	Pre-War Texas	1	1	1905	1972	Texas	Hughes Springs	Yes
Blind Arvella Gray			1	1
Blind Blake	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont/Ragtime	18	10	1896	1934	Florida	Jacksonville	Yes	1
Blind Blake & Leola B. Wilson			1	1
Blind Boy Fuller	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont	13	7	1907	1941	North Carolina	Wadesboro	Yes	1	1
Blind Joe Reynolds			1	1
Blind John Davis			1	1
Blind Lemon Jefferson	Guitar	Pre-War Texas	18	13	1893	1929	Texas	Coutchman	Yes	5	1
Blind Roosevelt Graves			2	2								Roosevelt Graves, Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother, Mississippi Jook Band	1929–1936 [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Melotone/Perfect (ARC) [Wikipedia]	September 1929, Paramount Records, Richmond, Indiana [Wikipedia, DAHR]	Uaroy Graves (brother, tambourine/vocals), Cooney Vaughn (piano) [Wikipedia]	Mississippi country blues, gospel [Wikipedia]	Yes
Blind Teddy Darby			3	2								Theodore Roosevelt Darby, Blind Darby, Blind Blues Darby, Blind Squire Turner	1929–1937 (primary commercial recording era) [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Victor, Vocalion, Bluebird, Decca [Wikipedia]	1929 [Wikipedia]	Peetie Wheatstraw [Wikipedia]	St. Louis country blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Blind Willie Johnson	Slide Guitar	Pre-War Gospel Blues	12	8	1897	1945	Texas	Pendleton	Yes	2
Blind Willie McTell	Twelve-String Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont	29	14	1898	1959	Georgia	Thomson	Yes	4
Bo Carter			4	4					Yes
Bo Diddley	Guitar	Rock and Roll/Chess Era	9	7	1928	2008	Mississippi	McComb	Yes	2
Bo Weavil Jackson	Guitar	Pre-War Country Blues	1	1			Alabama or Mississippi	Unknown	Yes
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)			2	2								Sam Butler, Bo Weevil Jackson	1926 (only known recording year) [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Vocalion [Wikipedia]	September 1926, Paramount Records, Chicago, Illinois [DAHR, Wikipedia]	None [Wikipedia]	Country blues, Carolina/Delta hybrid [Wikipedia]	Yes
Bob Call with James Boodle-It" Wiggins"			1	1
Bob Coleman & Cincinnati Jug Band			1	1
Bob Dylan	Guitar	Folk Revival/Rock	40	17	1941		Minnesota	Duluth	Yes	7	3
Bob Gaddy			1	1
Bob Miller			1	1
Bob Seger			1	1
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Fiddle	Western Swing	8	3	1905	1975	Texas	Kosse	Yes
Bobbie Gentry			1	1
Bobby "Blue" Bland	Vocals	Soul Blues/Memphis	4	2	1930	2013	Tennessee	Rosemark	Yes
Bobby Darin			1	1
Bobby Hackett			1	1
Bobby Hebb			1	1
Bobby Jay			1	1
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey			1	1
Bobby Rydell			1	1
Bobby Vee			1	1
Bobby Vinton			1	1
Bobby Womack			2	2								Robert Dwayne Womack	1954–2014 [Wikipedia]	SAR, Minit, United Artists, Columbia, Beverly Glen, XL [Wikipedia]	1954 (gospel singles with The Womack Brothers, Pennant Records) [Wikipedia]	Sam Cooke, The Valentinos, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin, Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) [Wikipedia]	Soul, R&B, gospel [Wikipedia]	Yes
Bonnie Lee			2	2								Jessie Lee Flethen (birth name), Bonnie Lee Kent	1950s–2000s [Wikipedia]	Ebony, Black Beauty, Delmark, Wolf Records [Wikipedia]	1958, Ebony Records, Chicago [Wikipedia]	Sunnyland Slim, Willie Kent, Magic Slim, J. Mayo Williams (producer) [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Bonnie Raitt	Guitar	Blues-Rock / Singer-Songwriter	1	1	1949		California	Burbank	Yes
Booker T. & the M.G.'s			1	1
Boz Scaggs			1	1
Brook Benton			1	1
Brother James Anderson			1	1
Brownie McGhee			3	3					Yes
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry			3	2								Walter Brown McGhee (Brownie), Saunders Terrell (Sonny), Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers, Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five	~1941–1980 [Wikipedia]	Okeh, Folkways, Fantasy, Bluesville, A&M, BluesWay [Wikipedia]	~1941/1942, New York [Wikipedia]	Blind Boy Fuller, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins, Arlo Guthrie, Michael Franks, John Mayall [Wikipedia]	Piedmont blues, folk-blues, East Coast blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Bruce Hornsby			1	1
Bruce Springsteen			1	1
Buck Owens	Guitar	Bakersfield Sound	2	2	1929	2006	Texas	Sherman	Yes
Buddy Guy	Electric Guitar	Postwar Chicago/Modern	14	10	1936		Louisiana	Lettsworth	Yes
Buddy Holly			2	2								Charles Hardin Holley	1952–1959 [Wikipedia]	Decca, Brunswick, Coral [MusicBrainz]	January 26, 1956, Bradley's Barn, Nashville, Tennessee (Decca sessions) [Wikipedia]	The Crickets (Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan), Norman Petty (producer/manager) [Wikipedia]	Rock and roll, rockabilly [Wikipedia]	Yes
Buddy Johnson			2	2								Woodrow Wilson Johnson	1939–1960s [Wikipedia]	Decca, Mercury, Roulette [MusicBrainz]	1939, Decca Records [Wikipedia]	Ella Johnson (sister, vocalist), Arthur Prysock (vocalist), Purvis Henson (tenor sax) [Wikipedia]	Jump blues, R&B, big band [Wikipedia]	Yes
Buddy Miles			1	1
Buddy Moss	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont	5	4	1914	1984	Georgia	Jewell	Yes
Buddy Woods			1	1
Buell Kazee			1	1
Buffy Sainte-Marie			1	1
Bukka White	Slide Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Folk Revival	11	10	1909	1977	Mississippi	Houston	Yes	1	1
Bull			1	1
Bull City Red	Washboard	Pre-War Piedmont	1	1	1917	1958	North Carolina	Durham	Yes
Bumble Bee Slim			2	2								Amos Easton	1931–1960s [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Vocalion, Decca, Bluebird, Specialty, Pacific Jazz [MusicBrainz]	1931, Paramount Records [Wikipedia]	Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Peetie Wheatstraw, Les McCann [Wikipedia]	Piedmont blues, Chicago blues, jump blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Bunk Johnson	Trumpet	Early Jazz / Traditional Revival	2	2	1879	1949	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Bunny Berigan			1	1
Burl Ives			2	2								Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, "The Wayfaring Stranger"	1929–1993 [Wikipedia]	Okeh, Decca, Columbia, MCA [MusicBrainz]	August 1929, Gennett Records, Richmond, Indiana (unissued) / 1941, Okeh (first issued) [Wikipedia, DAHR]	The Andrews Sisters, Owen Bradley (producer) [Wikipedia]	Traditional folk, country, pop [Wikipedia]	Yes
Burnett & Rutherford	Fiddle / Banjo	Old-Time String Band	2	2	1883	1977	Kentucky	Wayne County	Yes
Buster Benton	Guitar	Modern Chicago Blues	2	2	1932	1996	Arkansas	Texarkana	Yes
Buster Brown	Harmonica	Postwar R&B/Blues	2	2	1911	1976	Georgia	Cordele	Yes
Cab Calloway			2	2						1		Cabell Calloway III, The Hi-De-Ho Man	1930–1994 [Wikipedia]	Brunswick, Vocalion, Okeh, Epic [MusicBrainz]	1930, Okeh/Brunswick (initially fronting The Missourians) [Wikipedia]	Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Milt Hinton, Doc Cheatham [Wikipedia]	Jazz, swing, big band, scat [Wikipedia]	Yes
Calvin Frazer	Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Postwar Detroit	2	1	1915	1972	Arkansas	Osceola	Yes
Calvin Frazier			1	1
Candi Staton			1	1
Canned Heat	Guitar	Blues Revival/Psychedelic Rock	3	2	1965		California	Los Angeles	Yes	1	3
Cannon's Jug Stompers			14	9					Yes
Carey Bell			2	2								Carey Bell Harrington	1956–2007 [Wikipedia]	Delmark, Alligator, Blind Pig [MusicBrainz]	1969 (Carey Bell's Blues Harp, Delmark) [Wikipedia]	Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Lurrie Bell (son), Earl Hooker, Junior Wells [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Carl Perkins	Guitar	Rockabilly/Rock and Roll	5	3	1932	1998	Tennessee	Tiptonville	Yes
Carl Smith	Guitar	Honky-Tonk	2	2	1927	2010	Tennessee	Maynardville	Yes
Carla Thomas			1	1
Caro Emerald			1	1
Carol Fran	Vocals	Swamp Pop/Louisiana R&B	1	1	1933	2021	Louisiana	Lafayette	Yes
Carolina Peanut Boys			1	1
Carter Brothers			1	1
Casey Bill Weldon	Steel Guitar	Pre-War Urban/Hawaiian Steel	4	4	1909	1972	Arkansas	Pine Bluff	Yes
Cedell Davis	Guitar	Delta Blues/Fat Possum	2	1	1926	2017	Arkansas	Helena	Yes
Champion Jack Dupree	Piano	Postwar/Expatriate	9	8	1910	1992	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes	1
Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport			2	2								Charles Edward Davenport, Cow Cow Davenport, Bat the Humming Bird, George Hamilton	1920s–1950s [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Vocalion, Decca, Comet [MusicBrainz]	1924, Gennett / Silvertone [Wikipedia]	Dora Carr, Hound Head Henry, Ivy Smith [Wikipedia]	Boogie-woogie, vaudeville, blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Charles Brown	Piano	West Coast Blues	5	4	1922	1999	Texas	Texas City	Yes
Charles Mingus			1	1
Charles Sheffield			2	2								Charles Richard Sheffield Jr., Prince Charles, "Mad Dog" Sheffield	1955–1965 [Discogs]	Goldband, Excello, Tear Drop [Discogs]	1955, Goldband Records, Lake Charles, Louisiana [Discogs]	J.D. "Jay" Miller (producer) [Last.fm]	Swamp R&B, Louisiana soul [Last.fm]	Yes
Charley Jordan			1	1
Charley Patton	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	23	10	1891	1934	Mississippi	Hinds County	Yes	4	1
Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats			2	1
Charlie Campbell			1	1
Charlie Christian			1	1
Charlie Feathers			2	2								Charles Arthur Feathers	1955–1990s [Wikipedia]	Sun, Meteor, King, Holiday Inn, Revenant [MusicBrainz]	1955, Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee [Wikipedia]	Jody Chauvin, Junior Kimbrough, Sam Phillips (producer) [Wikipedia]	Rockabilly, country [Wikipedia]	Yes
Charlie McCoy			1	1
Charlie Musselwhite			2	2								Charles Douglas Musselwhite, Memphis Charlie	1960s–present [Wikipedia]	Vanguard, Arhoolie, Alligator, Blind Pig, Real World [MusicBrainz]	1966 (released 1967), Vanguard Records, Chicago [Wikipedia]	Harvey Mandel, Fred Roulette, John Lee Hooker, Ben Harper, Elvin Bishop, Big Joe Williams [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Charlie Poole	Banjo	Old-Time / Piedmont String Band	3	3	1892	1931	North Carolina	Randolph County	Yes
Charlie Rich	Piano	Rockabilly/Country/Soul	3	2	1932	1995	Arkansas	Colt	Yes
Charlie Walker			1	1
Cher			1	1
Chet Atkins			1	1
Chick Webb			1	1
Chick Willis			1	1
Chris Bouchillon			1	1
Christine Kittrell			1	1
Chubby Checker			1	1
Chuck Berry	Guitar	Rock and Roll/Chess Era	20	13	1926	2017	Missouri	St. Louis	Yes	1	1
Chuck Suchy			1	1
Chuck Willis			1	1
Cisco Houston			3	3					Yes
Clara Smith			1	1
Clarence "Frogman" Henry			1	1
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown			4	4					Yes
Clarence "Pinetop" Smith			1	1
Clarence Ashley	Banjo	Old-Time / Folk Revival	2	2	1895	1967	Tennessee	Bristol	Yes
Clarence Carter			3	2								C & C Boys, Clarence & Calvin	1961–present [Wikipedia]	Fairlane, Duke, Atlantic, FAME, Ichiban [Wikipedia]	1961 (as duo Clarence & Calvin), Fairlane Records [Wikipedia, MusicBrainz]	Calvin Scott, Rick Hall, Candi Staton [Wikipedia, American Songwriter]	Southern soul, R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
Clarence Green			1	1
Clarence White			1	1
Clarence Williams			1	1
Clarence Williams & His Orchestra			1	1
Cliff Carlisle	Steel Guitar	Hillbilly Blues	2	2	1903	1983	Kentucky	Taylorsville	Yes
Clifford Brown			1	1
Clifford Gibson			2	2								Sluefoot Joe, Grandpappy Gibson	1929–1960 [Wikipedia]	QRS, Victor, Bobbin [Wikipedia]	June 1929, QRS Records, Long Island City, New York [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Roosevelt Sykes, Jimmie Rodgers [Wikipedia]	St. Louis country blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Clifton Chenier			1	1
Coleman Hawkins			1	1
Coleman Hawkins Quintet			1	1
Conway Twitty	Vocals	Rockabilly / Country	3	2	1933	1993	Mississippi	Friars Point	Yes
Count Basie			2	2								William James Basie	1924–1984 [Wikipedia]	Decca, Columbia, RCA Victor, Clef, Roulette, Verve, Pablo [MusicBrainz]	1929 (as sideman for Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra), Victor / October 1936 (as leader, billed as Jones-Smith Incorporated), Vocalion [Wikipedia]	Lester Young, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald [Wikipedia]	Jazz, Kansas City swing, big band [Wikipedia]	Yes
Count Five			1	1
Country Jim Bledsoe			1	1
Country Joe & The Fish			2	2								none known	1965–1970 [Wikipedia]	Vanguard, Rag Baby [MusicBrainz]	October 1965 (Independently pressed EP Talking Issue #1) [Wikipedia]	Sam Charters (producer) [Wikipedia]	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, folk rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
Country Joe McDonald			2	2								Joseph Allen McDonald	1959–present [Wikipedia]	Vanguard, Fantasy, Rag Baby [MusicBrainz]		Jerry Garcia, Barry Melton [Wikipedia]	Folk rock, protest music, singer-songwriter [Wikipedia]	Yes
Cow Cow Davenport with Dora Carr			1	1
Cream	Guitar	British Blues-Rock	4	1	1966			London	Yes	1
Creedence Clearwater Revival			3	2								CCR, The Blue Velvets, The Golliwogs	1967–1972 (under CCR moniker) [MusicBrainz]	Fantasy Records [MusicBrainz]		Saul Zaentz (producer/label executive) [Wikipedia]	Roots rock, swamp rock, Southern rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
Cripple Clarence Lofton			1	1
Curley Weaver	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont/Atlanta	4	4	1906	1962	Georgia	Covington	Yes
Daddy Hotcakes			1	1
Dan Pickett	Guitar	East Coast/Piedmont	1	1	1907	1973	Alabama	Pike County	Yes
Dave Bartholomew			1	1
Dave Berry			1	1
Dave Van Ronk			1	1
David "Honeyboy" Edwards	Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Modern	10	4	1915	2011	Mississippi	Shaw	Yes
David Bromberg	Guitar	Folk Revival / Blues-Rock	2	1	1945		Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Yes
Dead & Company			1	1
Dean Martin			1	1
Deford Bailey			1	1
Delbert McClinton			1	1
Detroit Count			2	1
Detroit Junior			1	1
Diana Ross & The Supremes			1	1
Dick Curless			2	2								Richard William Curless, The Baron of Country Music	1950–1995 [Wikipedia]	Event, Tower, Capitol, Rounder [MusicBrainz]	1956, Event Records [Wikipedia]	Dan Penn (producer), Kay Adams [Wikipedia]	Country, truck-driving country [Wikipedia]	Yes
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones			1	1
Dick Justice			1	1
Dickey Betts and Great Southern			1	1
Dinah Shore			2	2								Frances Rose Shore	1940–1992 [Wikipedia]	Bluebird, RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol [MusicBrainz]	1939 (as vocalist with Xavier Cugat's orchestra, RCA Victor) [Wikipedia]	Xavier Cugat, George Murphy, Red Norvo, Nelson Riddle [Wikipedia]	Traditional pop, big band [Wikipedia]	Yes
Dinah Washington	Vocals	R&B/Jazz/Blues	8	6	1924	1963	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	Yes		2
Dion			1	1
Dire Straits			1	1
Dixieland Jug Blowers			2	1
Dizzy Gillespie			1	1
Doc & Merle Watson			1	1
Doc Pomus			1	1
Doc Watson			3	3					Yes	1
Dock Boggs	Banjo	Appalachian Folk / Old-Time	4	3	1898	1971	Virginia	Norton	Yes
Doctor Clayton			1	1
Doctor Ross	Harmonica	Postwar Memphis/One-Man Band	5	4	1925	1993	Mississippi	Tunica	Yes
Dolly Parton			1	1
Don Covay			1	1
Don Gibson			1	1
Don McLean			1	1
Don Redman			1	1
Donna Hightower			1	1
Donovan			1	1
Doug Quattlebaum	Guitar	Postwar Piedmont/Folk Revival	1	1	1929	1996	South Carolina	Florence	Yes
Doug Sahm			1	1
Dr. John	Piano	New Orleans R&B/Psychedelic/Blues	4	3	1941	2019	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes		1
Drink Small			1	1
Duane Eddy			2	2								none known	1954–2024 [Wikipedia]	Jamie, RCA Victor, Colpix [MusicBrainz]	1957, Audio Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona [Wikipedia]	Lee Hazlewood (producer/writer), The Rebels, Art of Noise, Richard Hawley [Wikipedia]	Instrumental rock, rock and roll [Wikipedia]	Yes
Duke Ellington			2	2								Edward Kennedy Ellington	1914–1974 [Wikipedia]	Brunswick, Victor, Columbia, Reprise, Roulette [MusicBrainz]	November 1924 (with The Washingtonians), Blu-Disc [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Bubber Miley, Cootie Williams, Paul Gonsalves [Wikipedia]	Jazz, swing, big band [Wikipedia]	Yes
Duke Robillard			1	1
Earl Hooker	Slide Guitar	Postwar Chicago	4	4	1929	1970	Mississippi	Clarksdale	Yes	1
Earl Johnson			1	1
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers			1	1
Earl King			1	1
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band			1	1
Eartha Kitt			2	2								Eartha Mae Keith	1942–2008 [Wikipedia]	RCA Victor, Kapp, MCA [MusicBrainz]	Early 1950s, RCA Victor [Wikipedia]	Henri René, Orson Welles [Wikipedia]	Cabaret, vocal jazz, pop, dance [Wikipedia]	Yes
Ed Bell	Guitar	Pre-War Country Blues	2	2	1905	1960	Alabama	Fort Deposit	Yes
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson			3	3					Yes
Eddie Boyd	Piano	Postwar Chicago/Expatriate	4	4	1914	1994	Mississippi	Stovall	Yes
Eddie Boyd And His Blues Band			1	1
Eddie Burns	Guitar	Postwar Detroit	2	1	1928	2012	Mississippi	Belzoni	Yes
Eddie Cochran			1	1
Eddie Snow			1	1
Eddie Taylor			2	2								Edward Taylor, Eddie "Playboy" Taylor	1940s–1985 [Wikipedia]	Vee-Jay, Testament, Antone's, Blind Pig, Wolf [MusicBrainz]	1953 (as accompanist for Jimmy Reed, Vee-Jay) / 1955 (as solo leader, Vee-Jay) [Wikipedia]	Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Snooky Pryor, Carey Bell, Sunnyland Slim [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Eddy Arnold			1	1
Eddy Clearwater	Guitar	Modern Chicago / West Side Blues	1	1	1935	2018	Mississippi	Macon	Yes
Edith Wilson			1	1
Edmond Hall			1	1
Edmonia Henderson			1	1
Edna Hicks			1	1
Effie Smith			1	1
Elizabeth Cotten	Guitar	Piedmont/Folk Revival	6	6	1893	1987	North Carolina	Carrboro	Yes
Ella Fitzgerald	Vocals	Jazz/Pop	4	3	1917	1996	Virginia	Newport News	Yes
Elmore James	Slide Guitar	Postwar Chicago/Electric	15	10	1918	1963	Mississippi	Richland	Yes	2
Elvis Presley	Vocals	Rock and Roll	10	6	1935	1977	Mississippi	Tupelo	Yes		1
Emmett Murray			1	1
Emry Arthur			1	1
Ernest Tubb	Guitar	Honky-Tonk / Hillbilly	12	3	1914	1984	Texas	Crisp	Yes
Ervin Rucker			1	1
Erwin Helfer			1	1
Esther Phillips	Vocals	R&B/Soul/Jazz Blues	3	2	1935	1984	Texas	Galveston	Yes
Ethel Waters			2	2								Sweet Mama Stringbean	1910s–1970s [Wikipedia]	Black Swan, Columbia, Brunswick, Decca, Word [MusicBrainz]	March 1921, Cardinal Records [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billy Graham [Wikipedia]	Classic female blues, jazz, traditional pop, gospel [Wikipedia]	Yes
Etta James	Vocals	R&B/Soul/Blues	13	8	1938	2012	California	Los Angeles	Yes	1
Eubie Blake			1	1
Eurreal Montgomery			1	1
Faron Young			1	1
Fats Domino	Piano	R&B/Rock and Roll	4	4	1928	2017	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes		1
Fats Waller	Piano	Stride/Jazz/Pop	7	7	1904	1943	New York	New York City	Yes
Fenton Robinson	Guitar	Postwar Chicago/Modern	2	2	1935	1997	Mississippi	Greenwood	Yes
Ferlin Husky			1	1
Fiddlin John Carson			1	1
Flatt & Scruggs			1	1
Fleetwood Mac	Guitar	British Blues Boom	2	1	1967			London	Yes
Fletcher Henderson			1	1
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra	Piano	Swing Era / Jazz	2	2	1897	1952	Georgia	Cuthbert	Yes
Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council			1	1
Floyd Dixon	Piano	West Coast Blues/R&B	4	4	1929	2006	Texas	Marshall	Yes
Floyd Jones			2	2								none known	1930s–1980s [Wikipedia]	Marvel, Tempo-Tone, J.O.B., Chess, Vee-Jay, Testament [MusicBrainz]	1947, Marvel Records, Chicago (as Snooky & Moody) [Wikipedia]	Snooky Pryor, Moody Jones, Sunnyland Slim, Big Walter Horton, Honeyboy Edwards [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, Delta blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Floyd Red Crow Westerman			1	1
Floyd Tillman			1	1
Foghat			2	1
Fontella Bass			1	1
Four Harmony Kings			1	1
Four Tops			1	1
Frank Hutchison	Guitar	Old-Time / Hillbilly Blues	2	2	1897	1945	West Virginia	Raleigh County	Yes
Frank Sinatra			1	1
Frank Stokes	Guitar	Pre-War Memphis	7	5	1888	1955	Tennessee	Whitehaven	Yes
Frank Zappa			1	1
Frankie Avalon			1	1
Frankie Lee Sims			1	1
Fred McMullen			1	1
Freddie Green			1	1
Freddie Hall	Piano	Postwar Chicago	1	1				Unknown	Yes
Freddie Keppard	Cornet	Early Jazz	1	1	1890	1933	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Freddie King	Electric Guitar	Postwar Texas/Chicago	7	6	1934	1976	Texas	Gilmer	Yes
Freddy Fender			1	1
Furry Lewis	Guitar	Pre-War Memphis/Folk Revival	6	5	1893	1981	Mississippi	Greenwood	Yes	1
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters			1	1
Geeshie Wiley	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	2	2	1906	1950	Mississippi	Unknown	Yes
Gene Autry	Guitar	Singing Cowboy / Hillbilly Blues	3	3	1907	1998	Texas	Tioga	Yes
Genevieve Davis			1	1
Genoa Keawe			1	1
George Bullet" Williams"			1	1
George Hamilton IV			1	1
George Harrison			1	1
George Jackson			2	2								George Henry Jackson	1960s–2010s [Wikipedia]	Fame, Goldwax, Hi Records, Malaco [MusicBrainz]	1963, Prann Records, Memphis [Wikipedia]	Rick Hall, Willie Mitchell, Dan Penn, The Osmonds, Bob Seger, Z.Z. Hill [Wikipedia]	Southern soul, R&B, blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
George Jones			2	2								George Glenn Jones, The Possum, No Show Jones	1954–2013 [Wikipedia]	Starday, Mercury, United Artists, Musicor, Epic, MCA [MusicBrainz]	1954, Starday Records, Beaumont, Texas [Wikipedia]	Billy Sherrill (producer), Tammy Wynette, Pappy Daily (producer/manager), Melba Montgomery [Wikipedia]	Country, honky-tonk [Wikipedia]	Yes
George Lewis			1	1
George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Guitar	Blues-Rock	2	2	1950		Delaware	Wilmington	Yes
George Wild Child" Butler"			1	1
Georgia Tom Dorsey			1	1
Gerry & The Pacemakers			2	1
Gitfiddle Jim			1	1
Glenn Miller			1	1
Golden Big" Wheeler"			1	1
Good Rockin' Charles	Harmonica	Postwar Chicago	2	2	1933	1989	Alabama	Pratt City	Yes
Goree Carter			1	1
Gram Parsons			1	1
Grateful Dead			2	2								The Warlocks, The Dead	1965–1995 [MusicBrainz]	Warner Bros., Grateful Dead Records, Arista [MusicBrainz]	1966 (as The Grateful Dead; earlier demos existed as The Warlocks) [Wikipedia]	Robert Hunter (lyricist), John Perry Barlow (lyricist), Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland, Bruce Hornsby [Wikipedia]	Psychedelic rock, jam band, folk rock, country rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
Guitar Gable			1	1
Guitar Slim	Guitar	New Orleans R&B	1	1	1926	1959	Mississippi	Greenwood	Yes
Guitar Welch			1	1
Gus Cannon			2	2								Banjo Joe	1910s–1970s [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Victor, Stax [MusicBrainz]	November 1927, Paramount Records, Chicago (billed as Banjo Joe) [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Blind Blake, Hosea Woods, Noah Lewis, Will Shade [Wikipedia]	Jug band, country blues, medicine show [Wikipedia]	Yes
Hambone Willie Newbern	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	3	3	1901	1965	Tennessee	Ripley	Yes
Hammie Nixon			1	1
Hank Snow			1	1
Hank Thompson	Guitar	Honky-Tonk / Western Swing	2	2	1925	2007	Texas	Waco	Yes
Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys			1	1
Hank Williams	Guitar	Country/Honky Tonk	15	6	1923	1953	Alabama	Mount Olive	Yes
Harmonica Shah			2	1
Harry Belafonte			1	1
Harry McClintock			8	6					Yes
Hasil Adkins			1	1
Hattie Hart	Vocals	Pre-War Memphis/Jug Band	1	1	1900		Tennessee	Unknown	Yes
Hawkshaw Hawkins			1	1
Henry "Red" Allen			1	1
Henry Gray	Piano	Postwar Chicago/Louisiana	1	1	1925	2020	Louisiana	Kenner	Yes
Henry Thomas	Guitar	Songster/Pre-War Folk	1	1	1874	1930	Texas	Big Sandy	Yes
Hoagy Carmichael			1	1
Homesick James	Slide Guitar	Postwar Chicago	3	3	1910	2006	Tennessee	Somerville	Yes
Hop Wilson	Steel Guitar	Postwar Texas	2	2	1921	1975	Texas	Grapeland	Yes
Hosea Woods			1	1
Hot Shot Love			1	1
Hot Tuna			1	1
Hound Dog Taylor			3	3					Yes
Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers			1	1
Hour Glass			1	1
Howard Armstrong			2	2								Louie Bluie, William Howard Taft Armstrong	1920s–2003 [Wikipedia]	Vocalion, Bluebird, Arhoolie, Blue Suit [MusicBrainz]	April 3, 1930, Vocalion Records, Knoxville, Tennessee [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Carl Martin, Ted Bogan, Yank Rachell [Wikipedia]	Black string band, country blues, folk [Wikipedia]	Yes
Howard Tate			2	2								none known	1960s–1974, 2001–2011 [Wikipedia]	Verve, Turntable, Atlantic, True North [MusicBrainz]	Early 1960s (with the Gainors) / 1966 (solo debut, Verve) [Wikipedia]	Jerry Ragovoy (producer/songwriter), Garnet Mimms [Wikipedia]	Soul, R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
Howlin' Wolf	Vocals	Postwar Chicago	53	23	1910	1976	Mississippi	near West Point	Yes	8	4
Hoyt Axton			1	1
Hubert Sumlin	Guitar	Postwar Chicago	1	1	1931	2011	Mississippi	Greenwood	Yes
Ida Cox	Vocals	Classic Blues/Vaudeville	6	3	1896	1967	Georgia	Toccoa	Yes
Ida Goodson			1	1
Ike & Tina Turner			3	3					Yes
Ike Turner	Piano	R&B/Rock and Roll/Soul	5	4	1931	2007	Mississippi	Clarksdale	Yes		1
Indigenous			1	1
Ira Louvin			1	1
Irma Thomas			3	3					Yes
Isaac Hayes			2	2								Black Moses, Isaac Lee Hayes Jr.	1962–2008 [Wikipedia]	Stax, Enterprise, Polydor, Virgin [MusicBrainz]	Mid-1960s (as Stax session musician) / 1968 (Presenting Isaac Hayes, Enterprise/Stax) [Wikipedia]	David Porter, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Bar-Kays [Wikipedia]	Southern soul, progressive soul, funk [Wikipedia]	Yes
Isaac Scott			1	1
Isham Jones			1	1
Ishman Bracey			2	2								Ishmon Bracey	1920s–1930s (commercial blues) [Wikipedia]	Victor, Paramount [Wikipedia]	February 1928, Victor Records, Memphis, Tennessee [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Tommy Johnson, Charlie McCoy [Wikipedia]	Jackson blues, country blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Ishmon Bracey	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	1	1	1901	1970	Mississippi	Byram	Yes
Ivory Joe Hunter			2	2								The Baron of the Boogie	1933–1974 [Wikipedia]	Exclusive, Pacific, King, MGM, Atlantic, Dot [MusicBrainz]	1933, Library of Congress field recording, Texas [Wikipedia] / 1945, Exclusive Records (First commercial) [Wikipedia]	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Duke Ellington (band members as backing), Isaac Hayes [Wikipedia]	R&B, blues, boogie-woogie, country crossover [Wikipedia]	Yes
J. B. Hutto			3	3								Joseph Benjamin Hutto, J.B. and His Hawks	1954–1983 [Wikipedia]	Chance, Delmark, Testament, Varrick [Wikipedia]	1954, Chance Records, Chicago [Wikipedia]	Earring George Mayweather, Eddie "Porkchop" Hines, Herman Hassell, Frank Kirkland, Hound Dog Taylor's House Rockers [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, slide guitar [Wikipedia]	Yes
J.B. Hutto and His Hawks			1	1					Yes
J.B. Lenoir	Guitar	Postwar Chicago	7	6	1929	1967	Mississippi	Monticello	Yes	1
J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers			1	1
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers			1	1
Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band			2	2								South Memphis Jug Band	1930s–1950s [Wikipedia]	Melotone, Banner, Perfect, Vocalion [DAHR]	August 1933, American Record Corporation (ARC), New York City [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Dan Sane (guitar), Will Batts (fiddle), Doctor Higgs (jug) [Wikipedia]	Memphis jug band, country blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Jack McVea			2	2								John V. McVea	1930s–1990s [Wikipedia]	Black & White, Exclusive, Combo [MusicBrainz]	1940 (with Lionel Hampton's orchestra) [Wikipedia]	Lionel Hampton, T-Bone Walker, Wynonie Harris, Illinois Jacquet [Wikipedia]	Jump blues, R&B, West Coast jazz [Wikipedia]	Yes
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats			1	1
Jackie Wilson			1	1
Jackson Blue Boys			1	1
James "Son" Thomas			2	1
James Booker	Piano	New Orleans R&B / Soul	3	3	1939	1983	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
James Brown	Vocals	R&B/Soul/Funk	7	6	1933	2006	South Carolina	Barnwell	Yes	1
James Cotton	Harmonica	Postwar Chicago/Modern	7	6	1935	2017	Mississippi	Tunica	Yes
James Crutchfield			1	1
James D. Cornett			1	1
James Lowry			1	1
James P. Johnson			2	2								James Price Johnson, The Father of Stride Piano	1910s–1951 [Wikipedia]	QRS, Okeh, Columbia, Victor, Blue Note, Asch [MusicBrainz]	1917 (QRS piano rolls) / October 1921 (commercial phonograph, Okeh) [Wikipedia]	Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, Ethel Waters, Willie "The Lion" Smith [Wikipedia]	Stride piano, jazz, ragtime, theatrical composition [Wikipedia]	Yes
James Son" Thomas"			1	1
James Taylor			1	1
Jan & Dean			1	1
Jay McShann			1	1
Jaybird Coleman	Harmonica	Pre-War Country Blues	1	1	1896	1950	Alabama	Gainesville	Yes
Jazz Gillum	Harmonica	Pre-War / Early Chicago Blues	3	3	1904	1966	Mississippi	Indianola	Yes
Jed Davenport			2	1
Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band			1	1
Jeff Beck			1	1
Jelly Roll Morton	Piano	Early Jazz/Blues	14	6	1890	1941	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes	1
Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	Piano	Early Jazz / New Orleans	2	1	1890	1941	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Seven			1	1
Jerry Lee Lewis			4	4					Yes
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas			1	1
Jesse Fuller	Guitar	One-Man Band/Folk Revival	8	6	1896	1976	Georgia	Jonesboro	Yes	1
Jessie Mae Hemphill			1	1
Jim Croce			1	1
Jim Jackson			5	3					Yes
Jim Kweskin			1	1
Jim Reeves			1	1
Jimi Hendrix	Electric Guitar	Psychedelic Blues-Rock	5	4	1942	1970	Washington	Seattle	Yes	1
Jimmie Davis	Vocals	Hillbilly Blues / Country	2	2	1899	2000	Louisiana	Beech Springs	Yes
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra			1	1
Jimmie Rodgers	Guitar	Pre-War Country/Blues	18	14	1897	1933	Mississippi	Meridian	Yes	2	1
Jimmie Vaughan			1	1
Jimmy Blythe			1	1
Jimmy Buffett			2	2								James William Buffett	1965–2023 [Wikipedia]	Barnaby, ABC/Dunhill, MCA, Margaritaville, Mailboat [MusicBrainz]	1970 (Down to Earth, Barnaby Records) [Wikipedia]	The Coral Reefer Band, Mac McAnally, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band [Wikipedia]	Gulf and Western, Trop rock, country rock, pop [Wikipedia]	Yes
Jimmy Dawkins			3	2								James Henry Dawkins, "Fast Fingers"	1955–2013 [Wikipedia]	Delmark, Black & Blue, Earwig, Ichiban [MusicBrainz]	1969, Delmark Records, Chicago [Wikipedia]	Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Sleepy John Estes, Carey Bell, Big Voice Odom [Wikipedia, AllMusic]	West Side Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Jimmy Johnson			1	1
Jimmy Liggins			2	2								Jimmy Liggins and His Drops of Joy	1940s–1950s [Wikipedia]	Specialty, Aladdin, Duplex [MusicBrainz]	September 1947, Specialty Records, Los Angeles [Wikipedia]	Maxwell Davis, Harold Land, Joe Liggins [Wikipedia]	Jump blues, R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
Jimmy McCracklin			1	1
Jimmy Nelson			1	1
Jimmy Reed	Guitar	Postwar Chicago	12	7	1925	1976	Mississippi	Dunleith	Yes	3
Jimmy Rogers	Guitar	Postwar Chicago	4	4	1924	1997	Mississippi	Ruleville	Yes
Jimmy Rushing			1	1
Jimmy Wilson			2	1
Jimmy Witherspoon			1	1
Jimmy Yancey			1	1
Jimpson			1	1
Joan Baez			2	2								Joan Chandos Baez	1958–present [Wikipedia]	Vanguard, A&M, Portrait, Proper [MusicBrainz]	1959 (recorded live at Club 47, issued on Folklore Records) / 1960 (first studio sessions, Vanguard) [Wikipedia]	Bob Dylan, Mimi Fariña, Ennio Morricone, Judy Collins [Wikipedia]	Folk, Americana, protest music [Wikipedia]	Yes
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts			1	1
Joe Carter			1	1
Joe Glazer			1	1
Joe Guitar" Hughes"			1	1
Joe Hill Louis	Guitar	Postwar Memphis/One-Man Band	3	2	1921	1957	Tennessee	Raines	Yes
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers			1	1
Joe Pullum			1	1						1
Joe Williams			1	1
John Brim			2	2								none known	1950s–2000s [Wikipedia]	Random, J.O.B., Parrot, Checker, Chess [MusicBrainz]	1950 (Fortune Records, unissued) / 1951 (Random Records) [Wikipedia]	Grace Brim (wife, vocals/drums), Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Fred Below [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
John Coltrane	Tenor / Soprano Saxophone	Hard Bop / Free Jazz	2	2	1926	1967	North Carolina	Hamlet	Yes
John Dee Holeman			3	2								none known	1950s–2010s [Wikipedia]	Music Maker Relief Foundation, Silver Spring [MusicBrainz]	Late 1970s (Field recordings) / 1990s (Commercial releases) [Wikipedia]	Fris Holloway, Taj Mahal, The Waifs [Wikipedia]	Piedmont blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
John Delafose			1	1
John Denver			1	1
John Fahey			1	1
John Hammond			3	3					Yes		1
John Handcox			1	1
John Jackson			1	1
John Jacob Niles			1	1
John Lee Hooker	Guitar	Postwar Detroit/Modern	33	19	1917	2001	Mississippi	Tutwiler	Yes	6
John Legend			1	1
John Littlejohn			1	1
John Lomax, Jr.			1	1
John Mellencamp			1	1
John Prine			1	1
John Sebastian			1	1
John Tinsley			1	1
Johnnie Bassett			1	1
Johnnie Johnson			1	1
Johnnie Ray			1	1
Johnnie Taylor			3	3					Yes
Johnnie Temple			2	2								Johnny Temple	1930s–1940s [Wikipedia]	Vocalion, Decca, King [MusicBrainz]	May 14, 1935, Vocalion Records, Chicago [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Skip James, Charlie McCoy, Joe McCoy, Peetie Wheatstraw [Wikipedia]	Delta blues, Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Johnny "Guitar" Watson			2	2								John Watson Jr., Young John Watson	1952–1996 [Wikipedia]	Federal, Modern, RPM, King, DJM [MusicBrainz]	1952, Federal Records (as Young John Watson, playing piano) [Wikipedia]	Chuck Higgins, Larry Williams, Frank Zappa [Wikipedia]	Blues, R&B, funk [Wikipedia]	Yes
Johnny Adams			1	1
Johnny B. Moore			1	1
Johnny Cash	Vocals	Rockabilly / Country	5	5	1932	2003	Arkansas	Kingsland	Yes
Johnny Copeland			2	1
Johnny Dodds	Clarinet	Early Jazz / New Orleans	3	2	1892	1940	Mississippi	Waveland	Yes
Johnny Jones			1	1
Johnny Mathis			1	1
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers			2	2								The Three Blazers	1943–1950s [Wikipedia]	Philo/Aladdin, Exclusive, Modern [MusicBrainz]	1944/1945, Atlas Records / Philo Records [Wikipedia]	Oscar Moore, Mari Jones, Frankie Laine [Wikipedia]	West Coast blues, club blues, R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
Johnny Otis			1	1
Johnny Paycheck			1	1
Johnny Shines	Slide Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Postwar Chicago	6	6	1915	1992	Tennessee	Frayser	Yes
Johnny Tyler			1	1
Johnny Winter	Guitar	Texas Blues / Blues-Rock	3	3	1944	2014	Texas	Beaumont	Yes	1
Johnny Yard Dog" Jones"			1	1
Johnny Young			1	1
Josh White	Guitar	Pre-War/Folk Revival	17	12	1914	1969	South Carolina	Greenville	Yes
Josh White & His Carolinians			1	1
Joséphine Baker			1	1
Judy Lynn			1	1
Juke Boy Bonner			1	1
Julius Daniels			1	1
Junior Brown			1	1
Junior Kimbrough	Guitar	Hill Country/Modern	7	4	1930	1998	Mississippi	Hudsonville	Yes
Junior Wells			3	3					Yes
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band			1	1
K.C. Douglas			2	1
Kaiser Clifton			1	1
Kalama's Quartet			1	1
Katharine Handy Lewis			1	1
Kenny 'blues Boss' Wayne			1	1
Kenny Dale			1	1
Kid Bailey	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	2	2			Mississippi	Unknown	Yes
Kid Ory			4	4					Yes
Kid Prince Moore	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont	1	1			Unknown	Unknown	Yes
King Biscuit Boy			1	1
King Curtis			3	2						1		Curtis Ousley	1950–1971 [Wikipedia]	Atco, Capitol, Prestige, Enjoy [MusicBrainz]	1952 (as a sideman) / 1958 (as leader, The Good Old Fifties) [Wikipedia, MusicBrainz]	The Coasters, Aretha Franklin, Duane Allman, Buddy Holly, Nat Adderley, Bernard Purdie [Wikipedia]	R&B, soul, rock and roll, soul jazz [Wikipedia]	Yes
King David's Jug Band			2	1
King Oliver	Cornet	Early Jazz	3	3	1881	1938	Louisiana	Aben	Yes
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band			1	1
King Solomon Hill	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	3	3	1897	1949	Mississippi	Disputed (Mississippi or Colorado)	Yes
Kitty Wells			1	1
Koko Taylor	Vocals	Postwar Chicago/Modern	8	8	1928	2009	Tennessee	Shelby	Yes	1
Kokomo Arnold	Slide Guitar	Pre-War Urban	9	7	1901	1968	Georgia	Lovejoy	Yes
Kris Kristofferson			1	1
L. V. Banks			1	1
L.C. Good Rockin' Robinson			1	1
L.C. Green			1	1
Lafayette Leake	Piano	Postwar Chicago	1	1	1919	1990	Mississippi	Winona	Yes
Lane Hardin			1	1
Langston Hughes			1	1
Larry McCray			1	1
Larry Williams			2	1
Lattie Moore			1	1
Laura Nyro	Piano	1960s/70s Singer-Songwriter	2	1	1947	1997	New York	The Bronx	Yes
LaVern Baker	Vocals	R&B/Rock and Roll	6	6	1929	1997	Illinois	Chicago	Yes
Lawrence Welk			1	1
Lazy Lester	Harmonica	Swamp Blues/Postwar Louisiana	2	2	1933	2018	Louisiana	Torras	Yes
Lead Belly	Twelve-String Guitar	Pre-War/Folk Revival	22	13	1888	1949	Louisiana	Mooringsport	Yes	4	2
Lee Dorsey			1	1
Lee Jackson	Guitar	Postwar Chicago	2	1	1921	1979	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
Lefty Dizz	Guitar	Modern Chicago Blues	2	2	1937	1993	Arkansas	Osceola	Yes
Lefty Frizzell	Vocals	Honky-Tonk	2	2	1928	1975	Texas	Corsicana	Yes
Lemon Nash			1	1
Lena Horne			1	1
Lena Wilson			1	1
Lenny Breau			1	1
Leon Redbone	Guitar	Retro/Novelty/Blues Revival	4	3	1949	2019		Nicosia	Yes
Leon Russell			2	2								Claude Russell Bridges, Hank Wilson	1956–2016 [Wikipedia]	Shelter, Paradise, Capitol, Elton John's Rocket Records [MusicBrainz]	Late 1950s (as session musician) / 1968 (Look Inside the Asylum Choir, Smash Records) [Wikipedia]	The Wrecking Crew, Joe Cocker, Elton John, Willie Nelson, George Harrison, Marc Benno [Wikipedia]	Rock and roll, country rock, Tulsa Sound, swamp rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
Leonard Cohen			1	1
Leroy Carr	Piano	Pre-War	35	5	1905	1935	Tennessee	Nashville	Yes	2	2
Lesley Riddle			1	1
Lester Davenport	Harmonica	Postwar Chicago	1	1	1932	2009	Mississippi	Tchula	Yes
Lester McFarland			1	1
Lester Williams			1	1
Liberace			1	1
Lightnin' Hopkins	Guitar	Postwar Texas/Folk Revival	19	14	1912	1982	Texas	Centerville	Yes	1
Lightnin' Slim	Guitar	Louisiana Swamp Blues	4	3	1913	1974	Missouri	St. Louis	Yes
Lil Green			1	1
Lil Hardin Armstrong			1	1
Lil' Buck Sinegal			1	1
Lillian Glinn			1	1
Lillian Offitt			1	1
Link Wray & The Wraymen			1	1
Lionel Hampton			3	3					Yes
Little Brother Montgomery	Piano	Pre-War/Postwar Bridge	8	8	1906	1985	Louisiana	Kentwood	Yes
Little Jimmy Dickens	Guitar	Traditional Country / Honky-Tonk	2	2	1920	2015	West Virginia	Bolt	Yes
Little Junior Parker			2	2								Herman Parker Jr.	1940s–1971 [Wikipedia]	Sun, Duke, Mercury, Capitol [MusicBrainz]	1952, Modern Records [Wikipedia]	Pat Hare, Floyd Murphy, Bobby "Blue" Bland [Wikipedia]	Memphis blues, R&B, soul blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Little Milton	Guitar	Soul Blues	6	5	1934	2005	Mississippi	Inverness	Yes	1
Little Richard	Piano	Rock and Roll/R&B	8	6	1932	2020	Georgia	Macon	Yes
Little Sonny			2	2								Aaron Willis	1950s–2000s [Wikipedia]	Duke, J-V-B, Excello, Revilot, Enterprise (Stax) [MusicBrainz]	1958, Duke Records [Wikipedia]	Eddie Burns, John Lee Hooker [Wikipedia]	Detroit blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Little Sonny Jones			1	1
Little Walter	Harmonica	Postwar Chicago	8	6	1930	1968	Louisiana	Marksville	Yes	2
Little Willie Foster	Harmonica	Postwar Chicago	1	1	1922	1987	Mississippi	Dublin	Yes
Little Willie John			1	1
Lloyd Price	Vocals	New Orleans R&B / Early Rock & Roll	1	1	1933	2021	Louisiana	Kenner	Yes
Lonesome Sundown	Guitar	Swamp Blues/Postwar Louisiana	3	2	1928	1995	Louisiana	Donaldsonville	Yes
Long John Hunter			1	1
Lonnie Brooks	Guitar	Swamp Pop / Modern Chicago Blues	2	2	1933	2017	Louisiana	Dubuisson	Yes
Lonnie Johnson	Guitar	Pre-War/Postwar Bridge	12	9	1899	1970	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Loretta Lynn			3	3					Yes
Lottie Beaman-Kimbrough	Vocals	Classic Female Blues	1	1	1900		Missouri	West Bottoms, Kansas City	Yes
Lou Rawls			1	1
Louis Armstrong	Trumpet	Jazz/Pop	23	11	1901	1971	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five			2	1
Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five			2	1
Louis Jordan	Alto Saxophone	Swing/Jump Blues	24	4	1908	1975	Arkansas	Brinkley	Yes	2	3
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Alto Saxophone	Swing/Jump Blues	30	10	1908	1975	Arkansas	Brinkley	Yes	1
Louisiana Red	Guitar	Postwar Blues/Folk Revival	1	1	1932	2012	Alabama	Bessemer	Yes
Lovey Williams			1	1
Lowell Fulson	Guitar	West Coast Blues/R&B	3	3	1921	1999	Oklahoma	Tulsa	Yes		1
Lucille Bogan			4	4					Yes
Lucille Hegamin	Vocals	Classic Blues/Vaudeville	5	4	1894	1970	Georgia	Macon	Yes
Lucky Millinder			1	1
Lucky Peterson			1	1
Luke Jordan	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont	2	2	1892	1952	West Virginia	Bluefield	Yes
Lurrie Bell			1	1
Luther Allison	Electric Guitar	Postwar Chicago/Expatriate	5	4	1939	1997	Arkansas	Widener	Yes	1
Luther Johnson			2	2								Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Lucious Brinson Johnson	1960s–1976 [Wikipedia]	Douglas, Black & Blue, Muse [MusicBrainz]	1966 (with Muddy Waters, BluesWay) / 1968 (as leader, Come On Home, Douglas) [Wikipedia]	Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, John Lee Hooker [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Lynn Anderson			1	1
Lynyrd Skynyrd			3	2								My Backyard, The Noble Five, One Percent	1964–1977, 1987–present [MusicBrainz]	MCA, Sounds of the South [MusicBrainz]	1971/1972 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio [Wikipedia]	Al Kooper (producer/discoverer), Tom Dowd (producer) [Wikipedia]	Southern rock, blues rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
Ma Rainey	Vocals	Classic Blues/Vaudeville	20	11	1886	1939	Georgia	Columbus	Yes	3	1
Ma Rainey with The Tub Jug Washboard Band			2	1
Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield			1	1
Magic Sam	Electric Guitar	Postwar Chicago/West Side	5	5	1937	1969	Mississippi	Grenada	Yes	1
Magic Slim & The Teardrops			1	1
Mahalia Jackson			2	2								The Queen of Gospel, Halie	1927–1971 [Wikipedia]	Apollo, Columbia [MusicBrainz]	1937, Decca Records [Wikipedia]	Mildred Falls (pianist/arranger), Thomas A. Dorsey, Duke Ellington [Wikipedia]	Traditional Black gospel [Wikipedia]	Yes
Mamie Smith			1	1
Mance Lipscomb	Guitar	Texas/Folk Revival	4	4	1895	1976	Texas	Navasota	Yes
Manfred Mann			2	1
Marion Williams			2	2								none known	1947–1993 [Wikipedia]	Savoy, Vee-Jay, Columbia, Spirit Feel [MusicBrainz]	1947 (as a member of the Clara Ward Singers) [Wikipedia]	Clara Ward, Stars of Faith, Wynton Marsalis, Thomas A. Dorsey [Wikipedia]	Gospel [Wikipedia]	Yes
Marty Robbins			3	3					Yes
Mary Osborne			1	1
Maurice John Vaughn			1	1
Mavis Staples			2	2								none known	1950–present [Wikipedia]	Vee-Jay, Stax, Warner Bros., Paisley Park, Anti- [MusicBrainz]	1956 (with The Staple Singers, Vee-Jay) / 1969 (solo debut, Mavis Staples, Volt) [Wikipedia]	Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Prince, Jeff Tweedy, Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan, Levon Helm [Wikipedia]	Gospel, soul, R&B, Americana [Wikipedia]	Yes
Meade "Lux" Lewis			1	1
Melanie			1	1
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson			2	2								Lil' Son Jackson	1948–1954; briefly in the 1960s [Wikipedia]	Gold Star, Imperial, Arhoolie [MusicBrainz]	1948, Gold Star Records, Houston, Texas [Wikipedia]	Lightnin' Hopkins, Alger "Texas" Alexander [Wikipedia]	Texas country blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Melvin Jack" Jackson			1	1
Memphis Jug Band			12	7					Yes
Memphis Minnie	Guitar	Pre-War/Postwar Chicago	10	9	1897	1973	Louisiana	Algiers	Yes	1
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe			3	3					Yes
Memphis Slim	Piano	Postwar Chicago/Expatriate	41	14	1915	1988	Tennessee	Memphis	Yes	3	5
Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon			1	1
Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon with Pete Seeger			1	1
Memphis Willie B.			1	1
Mercy Dee Walton			2	2								Mercy Dee	1940s–1962 [Wikipedia]	Spire, Imperial, Specialty, Flair, Arhoolie [MusicBrainz]	1949, Spire Records, Fresno, California [Wikipedia]	K.C. Douglas, Sidney Maiden [Wikipedia]	West Coast blues, Texas blues, jump blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Merl Lindsay			1	1
Merle Travis	Guitar	Country/Folk	6	5	1917	1983	Kentucky	Rosewood	Yes
Michael Cooney			1	1
Mighty Joe Young	Electric Guitar	Postwar Chicago/West Side	3	3	1927	1999	Louisiana	Shreveport	Yes
Mike Bloomfield	Guitar	Blues-Rock / Chicago Blues	4	3	1943	1981	Illinois	Chicago	Yes
Miles Davis Quintet			1	1
Milton Brown & His Brownies			1	1
Mimi and Richard Fariña	Dulcimer / Guitar	1960s Folk Revival	2	2	1937	1966	CA / NY	Palo Alto / Brooklyn	Yes
Minnie Wallace			1	1
Mississipi Jook Band			1	1
Mississippi Fred McDowell	Slide Guitar	Hill Country/Folk Revival	13	11	1904	1972	Tennessee	Rossville	Yes	1
Mississippi John Hurt	Guitar	Pre-War/Folk Revival	13	11	1893	1966	Mississippi	Teoc	Yes	4	1
Mississippi Matilda			1	1
Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe			2	2								Johnny Watson (Daddy Stovepipe), Sarah Watson (Mississippi Sarah), Rev. Alfred G. Liles	1931–1935 [Wikipedia]	Vocalion, Bluebird [MusicBrainz]		None (performed strictly as a duo) [Wikipedia]	Jug band, country blues, pre-war blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Mississippi Sheiks	Fiddle	Pre-War String Band	11	9	1926		Mississippi	Bolton	Yes
Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels			2	2								Billy Lee & The Rivieras	1964–1967 [Wikipedia]	New Voice, DynoVoice [MusicBrainz]	1965, New Voice Records [Wikipedia]	Bob Crewe (producer) [Wikipedia]	Blue-eyed soul, garage rock, R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
Montana Taylor			1	1
Moon Mullican	Piano	Western Swing / Country Boogie	2	2	1909	1967	Texas	Corrigan	Yes
Mose Allison	Piano	Jazz / Blues	3	3	1927	2016	Mississippi	Tippo	Yes
Mose Vinson			1	1
Mud Morganfield			1	1
Muddy Waters	Guitar	Postwar Chicago	53	26	1913	1983	Mississippi	Issaquena County	Yes	10	2
Nancy Sinatra			1	1
Nat King Cole	Piano	Jazz/Pop	3	1	1919	1965	Alabama	Montgomery	Yes
Nat King Cole Trio			1	1
Nathan Abshire			1	1
Neil Diamond			1	1
New Orleans Rhythm Kings			1	1
Nick Lucas			1	1
Nina Simone	Piano	Jazz/Soul/Civil Rights	7	6	1933	2003	North Carolina	Tryon	Yes
Nirvana			1	1
Noah Lewis' Jug Band			1	1
Norman Blake			1	1
O.V. Wright			3	2								Overton Vertis Wright	1956–1980 [Wikipedia]	Goldwax, Back Beat, Hi Records [MusicBrainz]	1964, Goldwax Records, Memphis, Tennessee [Wikipedia]	Willie Mitchell (producer), Roosevelt Jamison (manager/writer), The Sunset Travelers (gospel group) [Wikipedia]	Southern soul, deep soul, gospel [Wikipedia]	Yes
Odetta	Vocals	Folk Revival	7	6	1930	2008	Alabama	Birmingham	Yes
Old Crow Medicine Show			1	1
Ollie Shepard			1	1
One String Sam	Diddley Bow	Postwar Detroit	1	1	1922	1973	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
Orville Johnson			1	1
Otis Blackwell			1	1
Otis Redding	Vocals	Soul	5	5	1941	1967	Georgia	Dawson	Yes	1
Otis Rush	Electric Guitar	Postwar Chicago/West Side	8	5	1934	2018	Mississippi	Philadelphia	Yes	1
Otis Spann	Piano	Postwar Chicago	8	7	1930	1970	Mississippi (disputed)	Jackson (disputed)	Yes
Palmer McAbee	Harmonica	Pre-War Old-Time/Blues	1	1	1893	1969	South Carolina	Spartanburg	Yes
Papa Celestin	Cornet / Trumpet	New Orleans Brass Band / Jazz	2	1	1884	1954	Louisiana	Napoleonville	Yes
Papa Charlie Jackson	Banjo	Pre-War Vaudeville/Blues	4	4	1887	1938	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Papa Charlie's Boys			2	2								The McCoy Brothers	1936 [Discogs]	Bluebird [Discogs]	April 3, 1936, Bluebird Records, Chicago [Discogs]	N/A	Pre-war Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Papa John Creach			1	1
Papa Lightfoot			1	1
Papa Too Sweet			1	1
Pat Hare			1	1
Patsy Cline			1	1
Patti LaBelle			1	1
Patti Page			1	1
Paul Butterfield's Better Days			1	1
Paul Kelly			1	1
Paul Robeson			3	3					Yes
Paul Simon			2	2								Paul Frederic Simon, Jerry Landis, Paul Kane, True Taylor	1957–present [Wikipedia]	Columbia, Warner Bros., Legacy [MusicBrainz]		Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Los Lobos, Phil Ramone (producer), Roy Halee (producer) [Wikipedia]	Folk rock, pop, worldbeat, singer-songwriter [Wikipedia]	Yes
Peanut The Kidnapper			1	1
Pearl Bailey			1	1
Pearl Jam			1	1
Pee Wee Crayton	Electric Guitar	West Coast Blues	3	2	1914	1985	Texas	Rockdale	Yes
Peetie Wheatstraw	Piano	Pre-War Urban	4	3	1902	1941	Tennessee	Ripley	Yes
Peg Leg Howell			3	3					Yes
Peg Leg Sam			1	1
Peggy Lee			1	1
Peppermint Harris			2	2								Harrison Nelson Jr.	1940s–1990s [Wikipedia]	Sittin' In With, Aladdin, Duke, Jewel, Home Cooking [MusicBrainz]	1947, Gold Star Records, Houston, Texas (as Harrison Nelson) [Wikipedia]	Lightnin' Hopkins, Maxwell Davis, Bill Harvey [Wikipedia]	Texas blues, R&B, jump blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Percy Mayfield	Vocals	West Coast Blues/R&B	6	5	1920	1984	Louisiana	Minden	Yes		1
Percy Sledge			1	1						1
Pete Seeger			2	2							1	Peter Seeger, Peter Bowers (early recording pseudonym)	1939–2014 [Wikipedia]	Folkways, Columbia, Appleseed [MusicBrainz]	1940 (Library of Congress field recordings by Alan Lomax) / 1941 (commercial debut with the Almanac Singers, Keynote Records) [Wikipedia]	Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, The Weavers, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Arlo Guthrie [Wikipedia]	Traditional folk, protest music, Americana [Wikipedia]	Yes
Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon			1	1
Peter And Gordon			1	1
Peter Yarrow			1	1
Phil Guy			1	1
Phil Harris			1	1
Phil Keaggy			1	1
Phil Ochs	Guitar	1960s Folk Revival / Protest	2	2	1940	1976	Texas	El Paso	Yes
Piano Red			4	4					Yes
Picaninny Jug Band			1	1
Pickett-Parham Apollo Syncopators			1	1
Pinetop Perkins	Piano	Postwar Chicago/Modern	7	6	1913	2011	Mississippi	Belzoni	Yes		1
Pink Anderson	Guitar	Piedmont/Medicine Show	5	5	1900	1974	South Carolina	Laurens	Yes
Pops Staples			1	1
Porter Grainger with Dolly Ross			1	1
Porter Wagoner			1	1
Preacher Jack			1	1
Prince			1	1
Professor Longhair	Piano	New Orleans R&B	2	2	1918	1980	Louisiana	Bogalusa	Yes		4
R.L. Burnside	Guitar	Hill Country/Modern	9	6	1926	2005	Mississippi	Harmontown	Yes	1
Rabbit Muse			2	2								Lewis Muse	1920s–1980s (local performance) / 1970s (commercial recording) [Wikipedia]	Outlet, Heritage [MusicBrainz]	1976, Outlet Records, Rocky Mount, Virginia [Wikipedia]	Kip Lornell (folklorist/producer) [Wikipedia]	Piedmont blues, old-time, songster [Wikipedia]	Yes
Raful Neal			1	1
Ralph Willis			1	1
Ramblin' Jack Elliott			4	4					Yes
Ramblin' Thomas			1	1
Randy Newman			1	1
Ranie Burnette	Guitar	Hill Country Blues	1	1	1913	2000	Mississippi	Senatobia	Yes
Raphael Saadiq			1	1
Ray Campi			1	1
Ray Charles	Piano	R&B/Soul/Country	14	9	1930	2004	Georgia	Albany	Yes	1	1
Ray Price	Vocals	Honky-Tonk / Countrypolitan	2	2	1926	2013	Texas	Perryville	Yes
Raymond Hill			1	1
Red Sovine			1	1
Red Steagall			1	1
Rene Marie			1	1
Rev. Gary Davis	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont/Folk Revival	10	7	1896	1972	South Carolina	Laurens	Yes	2
Rev. Johnny L. 'Hurricane' Jones			4	3					Yes
Reverend Pearly Brown			1	1
Reverend Robert Wilkins			1	1
Richard "Rabbit" Brown			1	1
Richard Williams			1	1
Richie Havens			1	1
Rick Franklin & Tom Mindte			1	1
Ricky Skaggs			1	1
Riley Puckett			1	1
Rising Sons			3	2								The Rising Sons	1965–1966 [Wikipedia]	Columbia [MusicBrainz]	1965, Columbia Studios, Los Angeles [Wikipedia]	Terry Melcher (producer) [Wikipedia]	Blues rock, folk rock, country blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Rob Cooper			1	1
Robert Cage			1	1
Robert Cray			1	1
Robert Finley			1	1
Robert Garrett			1	1
Robert Johnson	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	21	12	1911	1938	Mississippi	Hazlehurst	Yes	9	1
Robert Lee McCoy			1	1
Robert Lee Westmoreland			1	1
Robert Lockwood			1	1
Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Guitar	Postwar Chicago/Cleveland	8	5	1915	2006	Arkansas	Turkey Scratch	Yes
Robert Nighthawk	Guitar	Delta Blues / Postwar Chicago	2	2	1909	1967	Arkansas	Helena	Yes
Robert Pete Williams	Guitar	Louisiana Blues/Folk Revival	6	4	1914	1980	Louisiana	Zachary	Yes
Robert Petway			2	2								none known	1930s–1940s [Wikipedia]	Bluebird [MusicBrainz]	February 20, 1941, Bluebird Records, Chicago [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Tommy McClennan [Wikipedia]	Mississippi Delta blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Robert Wilkins			5	5					Yes
Roberta Flack			2	2								none known	1968–2018 [Wikipedia]	Atlantic [MusicBrainz]	February 1969 (First Take, Atlantic Records) [Wikipedia]	Donny Hathaway, Peabo Bryson, Les McCann, Joel Dorn (producer) [Wikipedia]	Soul, R&B, jazz, pop [Wikipedia]	Yes
Roger Miller			1	1
Ronnie Hawkins			1	1
Roosevelt Sykes	Piano	Pre-War/Postwar Bridge	17	12	1906	1983	Arkansas	Elmar	Yes	1	1
Roosevelt Sykes & Clifford Gibson			1	1
Rosco Gordon			2	2								Roscoe Gordon	1951–2002 [Wikipedia]	RPM, Chess, Duke, Sun, Vee-Jay [MusicBrainz]	1951, Memphis Recording Service (Sun Studio) [Wikipedia]	Sam Phillips (producer), Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnny Ace, B.B. King [Wikipedia]	Memphis blues, R&B, jump blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Roscoe Holcomb	Banjo	Appalachian Folk / Old-Time	2	1	1912	1981	Kentucky	Daisy	Yes
Rosetta Howard			1	1
Roy Acuff	Fiddle	Traditional Country	2	2	1903	1992	Tennessee	Maynardville	Yes
Roy Brown			5	4					Yes	1
Roy Buchanan			1	1
Roy Clark			1	1
Roy Drusky			1	1
Roy Gaines			1	1
Roy Head			1	1
Roy Head And The Traits			1	1
Roy Milton			2	2								Roy Milton and His Solid Senders	1930s–1980s [Wikipedia]	Juke Box/Specialty, Dootone, King, Warwick [MusicBrainz]	1945, Juke Box Records (later Specialty), Los Angeles [Wikipedia]	Camille Howard (piano), Johnny Rogers (guitar) [Wikipedia]	Jump blues, West Coast R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
Roy Montrell			1	1
Roy Orbison			2	2								Roy Kelton Orbison, The Big O, Lefty Wilbury	1954–1988 [Wikipedia]	Sun, Monument, MGM, Virgin [MusicBrainz]	1956, Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee [Wikipedia]	Fred Foster (producer), Bill Dees (co-writer), The Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne) [Wikipedia]	Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country pop [Wikipedia]	Yes
Roy Rogers			1	1
Roy Shaffer			1	1
Rube Lacey	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	1	1	1901	1969	Mississippi	Pelahatchie	Yes
Rudy Green			1	1
Rufus Thomas	Vocals	Memphis R&B/Soul/Funk	3	2	1917	2001	Mississippi	Cayce	Yes
Rusty Bryant			1	1
Ruth Brown			4	4					Yes
Ruth Etting			1	1
Ry Cooder			1	1
Sam Cooke	Vocals	Gospel/Soul/Pop	4	3	1931	1964	Mississippi	Clarksdale	Yes
Sam McGee			1	1
Sam Myers			2	2								Samuel Myers	1950s–2006 [Wikipedia]	Ace, Fury, Black Top, Bullseye Blues [MusicBrainz]	1956 (Ace Records) [Wikipedia]	Elmore James, Anson Funderburgh [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, Texas blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs			1	1
Sammy Price	Piano	Jazz / Boogie Woogie / R&B	1	1	1908	1992	Texas	Honey Grove	Yes
Sampson Pittman			1	1
Santana			1	1
Sara Carter			1	1
Savoy Brown Blues Band	Guitar	British Blues Boom / Boogie Rock	1	1	1965			London	Yes
Scatman Crothers			1	1
Scrapper Blackwell	Guitar	Pre-War Piedmont/Urban	9	5	1903	1962	South Carolina	Syracuse	Yes
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Vocals	R&B / Shock Rock	3	3	1929	2000	Ohio	Cleveland	Yes
Shakey Jake			1	1
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings			1	1
Shel Silverstein	Vocals	1960s Folk / Singer-Songwriter	2	1	1930	1999	Illinois	Chicago	Yes
Shemekia Copeland			1	1
Shy Guy Douglas			1	1
Sidney Bechet	Soprano Saxophone	Early Jazz / Traditional Revival	1	1	1897	1959	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes	1
Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers			3	3								New Orleans Feetwarmers	1932–1940s [MusicBrainz]	Victor / RCA Victor [MusicBrainz]	September 15, 1932, Victor Records, New York [MusicBrainz]	Tommy Ladnier (trumpet), Wilson Myers (double bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Sonny White (piano) [MusicBrainz]	New Orleans jazz, Dixieland, early swing [MusicBrainz]	Yes
Silas Hogan			1	1
Simon & Garfunkel	Guitar / Vocals	1960s Folk-Rock	2	1	1941		New York	Queens	Yes
Simon Estes			1	1
Sippie Wallace	Vocals	Classic Blues/Revival	3	3	1898	1986	Texas	Houston	Yes
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Electric Guitar	Gospel/Rock and Roll Pioneer	5	4	1915	1973	Arkansas	Cotton Plant	Yes	2
Skeets Tolbert			1	1
Skip James	Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Folk Revival	14	12	1902	1969	Mississippi	Bentonia	Yes	3	1
Sleepy John Estes	Guitar	Pre-War/Folk Revival	10	8	1899	1977	Tennessee	Ripley	Yes	1
Sleepy LaBeef			1	1
Slim & Slam			1	1
Slim and the Supreme Angel Singers			1	1
Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp			1	1
Slim Gaillard	Guitar	Jazz/Novelty/Vout	4	3	1916	1991	Michigan	Detroit	Yes
Slim Harpo	Harmonica	Louisiana Blues/Swamp Blues	7	7	1924	1970	Louisiana	Lobdell	Yes
Sly & The Family Stone			1	1
Small Faces	Guitar / Keyboards	Mod R&B / Psychedelia	1	1	1965			London	Yes
Smiley Lewis			2	2								Overton Amos Lemons	1930s–1965 [Wikipedia]	Imperial, DeLuxe, Okeh, Dot [MusicBrainz]	1947, DeLuxe Records (as Smiling Lewis) [Wikipedia]	Dave Bartholomew (producer/bandleader), Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith, Allen Toussaint [Wikipedia]	New Orleans R&B, jump blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Smokey Hogg	Guitar	Postwar Texas	5	2	1914	1960	Texas	Westconnie	Yes
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles			1	1
Smoky Babe			1	1
Snooks Eaglin	Guitar	New Orleans Blues/R&B	6	5	1936	2009	Louisiana	New Orleans	Yes
Snooky Pryor			2	2								James Edward Pryor	1940s–2006 [Wikipedia]	Planet, J.O.B., Vee-Jay, Blind Pig, Electro-Fi, Antone's [MusicBrainz]	Late 1948, Planet Records, Chicago [Wikipedia]	Floyd Jones, Moody Jones, Homesick James, Mel Brown [Wikipedia]	Chicago blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown			1	1
Sol Ho'opi'i			1	1
Solomon Burke	Vocals	Soul/R&B	4	4	1940	2010	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Yes
Son House	Slide Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Folk Revival	15	8	1902	1988	Mississippi	Riverton	Yes	4	3
Son Seals			1	1
Sonny Boy Nelson			1	1
Sonny Boy Williamson I	Harmonica	Pre-War/Postwar Chicago	19	9	1914	1948	Tennessee	Jackson	Yes	3
Sonny Boy Williamson II	Harmonica	Pre-War/Postwar Bridge	36	19	1912	1965	Mississippi	Glendora area (disputed)	Yes	4	2
Sonny Burgess			1	1
Sonny Rhodes			2	2								Clarence Edward Smith	1950s–2020s [Wikipedia]	Galaxy, Rhodesway, King Snake, Kings of Blues, Stony Plain [MusicBrainz]	1958, Domino Records (Austin, Texas) [Wikipedia]	L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson, Frankie Lee [Wikipedia]	Texas blues, electric blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Sonny Scott			1	1
Sonny Stitt Quartet			1	1
Sonny Terry	Harmonica	Piedmont/Folk Revival	6	5	1911	1986	Georgia	Greensboro	Yes		1
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee			7	4					Yes
Sonny Treadway			1	1
Sons of the Pioneers			1	1
Speckled Red			3	3					Yes		1
Springback James			1	1
St. Louis Jimmy			1	1
St. Louis Jimmy Oden			3	3					Yes
Stephen Stills			1	1
Steppenwolf			1	1
Sterling A. Brown			1	1
Steve Goodman	Guitar	1970s Singer-Songwriter / Folk	2	1	1948	1984	Illinois	Chicago	Yes
Steve Miller Band			1	1
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Guitar	Modern Texas Blues / Blues-Rock Revival	2	2	1954	1990	Texas	Dallas	Yes
Stevie Wonder			2	2								Stevland Hardaway Morris (legal name), Stevland Hardaway Judkins (birth name), Little Stevie Wonder	1961–present [Wikipedia]	Tamla, Motown, Republic [MusicBrainz]	1961, Tamla Records (Motown), Detroit [Wikipedia]	Berry Gordy (producer), Clarence Paul (producer), Syreeta Wright, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson [Wikipedia]	Soul, R&B, pop, funk [Wikipedia]	Yes
Stick McGhee			1	1
Stokes And Sane			3	3					Yes
Sugar Blue			1	1
Sugar Boy Crawford			1	1
Sugar Pie DeSanto	Vocals	R&B/Soul Blues	7	7	1935		New York	Brooklyn	Yes	1
Sugarloaf			1	1
Sunnyland Slim	Piano	Postwar Chicago	10	9	1906	1995	Mississippi	Vance	Yes		1
Sunnyland Slim And Bonnie Lee			1	1
Sweet Emma Barrett			4	4					Yes
Sylvester Cotton			1	1
Sylvester Weaver			1	1
T-Bone Walker	Electric Guitar	Postwar West Coast/Texas	17	12	1910	1975	Texas	Linden	Yes	4	1
T-Model Ford	Guitar	Hill Country/Modern	5	2	1921	2013	Mississippi	Forest	Yes
Tabby Thomas			1	1
Tail Dragger			2	1
Taj Mahal	Guitar	Blues Revival/World Music	7	6	1942		New York	New York City	Yes	1
Tampa Red	Slide Guitar	Pre-War/Postwar Chicago	25	12	1903	1981	Georgia	Smithville	Yes	4
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band			1	1
Ted Hawkins			2	1
Tennessee Ernie Ford			1	1
Tennessee Mess Arounders			1	1
Teresa Brewer			1	1
Tex Ritter			1	1
The Allen Brothers			1	1
The Almanac Singers			4	2					Yes
The Andrews Sisters			1	1
The Animals	Vocals	British Blues/Invasion	3	2	1962			Newcastle upon Tyne	Yes
The Band			2	2								The Hawks, The Crackers, The Canadian Squires	1967–1976, 1983–1999 [Wikipedia]	Capitol [MusicBrainz]	1967 (with Bob Dylan, The Basement Tapes) / 1968 (as leader, Music from Big Pink, Capitol) [Wikipedia]	Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, John Simon (producer) [Wikipedia]	Roots rock, Americana, folk rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Beach Boys			1	1
The Beale Street Sheiks			1	1
The Beatles			1	1
The Big Bopper			1	1
The Blind Boys Of Alabama			3	2								Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The Happy Land Jubilee Singers	1939–present [Wikipedia]	Coleman, Specialty, Vee-Jay, Real World, Single Lock [Wikipedia]	1948, Coleman Records, Newark, New Jersey [Wikipedia]	Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter, George Scott (founding members); Peter Gabriel, Ben Harper, Justin Vernon, Mavis Staples (later collaborators) [Wikipedia]	Traditional Black gospel, soul-gospel, roots [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Blue Sky Boys	Mandolin	Close Harmony / Old-Time	2	1	1917	2008	North Carolina	Hickory	Yes
The Blues Project			2	2								none known	1965–1967 [Wikipedia]	Verve Folkways, Capitol [MusicBrainz]	1965 (Live at the Cafe Au Go Go), Verve Folkways [Wikipedia]	Tom Wilson (producer) [Wikipedia]	Blues rock, folk rock, jazz rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Carter Family			9	7					Yes
The Cash Box Kings			1	1
The Cats & The Fiddle			1	1
The Chambers Brothers			4	3					Yes
The Cleaners From Venus			1	1
The Clovers			2	2								The Four Clovers	1946–present [Wikipedia]	Atlantic, United Artists [MusicBrainz]	1950, Rainbow Records [Wikipedia]	Ahmet Ertegun (writer/producer), Jesse Stone (writer/arranger), Bill Harris (guitar) [Wikipedia]	Doo-wop, R&B, jump blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Dave Clark Five			1	1
The Delmore Brothers	Guitar	Country / Boogie Woogie	2	2	1908	1964	Alabama	Elkmont	Yes
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band			1	1
The Dirty Mac			1	1
The Dixie Hummingbirds			1	1
The Dixon Brothers			1	1
The Doors			6	4					Yes
The Drifters			1	1
The Electric Flag			1	1
The Even Dozen Jug Band			1	1
The Everly Brothers			1	1
The Five Breezes			1	1
The Five Keys			1	1
The Four Seasons			1	1
The Frontiersmen			1	1
The Golden Gate Quartet			1	1
The Hall Brothers			2	2								none known	1937–1942 (recording era) [Discogs]	Bluebird, Montgomery Ward [Discogs]	February 16, 1937, Bluebird Records [Discogs]	Wade Mainer, Clyde Moody [Hillbilly-Music]	Old-time, string band, pre-bluegrass [Hillbilly-Music]	Yes
The Hokum Boys			2	2								none known	1928–1937 [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Vocalion, Bluebird, Melotone [Discogs]	1928, Paramount Records [Wikipedia]	Casey Bill Weldon, Jimmy Blythe, Alex Hill [Wikipedia]	Hokum, Chicago blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Hollies			1	1
The Hoodoo Kings			1	1						1
The Impressions			1	1
The Jackson 5			1	1
The Johnny Watson Trio			1	1
The Kingsmen			1	1
The Kinks			1	1
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers			1	1
The Maddox Brothers & Rose			2	1
The Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose			1	1
The Mills Brothers			2	1
The Monkees			1	1
The Monroe Brothers			2	2								none known	1934–1938 [Wikipedia]	Bluebird [MusicBrainz]	February 17, 1936, Bluebird Records, Charlotte, North Carolina [Wikipedia]	Eli Oberstein (producer) [Wikipedia]	Old-time, string band, pre-bluegrass [Wikipedia]	Yes
The New Lost City Ramblers			1	1
The Osborne Brothers			1	1
The Osmonds			1	1
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band			3	3					Yes
The Pretty Things	Guitar	British R&B	1	1	1963			London	Yes
The Prisonaires			2	2								none known	1953–1954 [Wikipedia]	Sun [MusicBrainz]	June 1953, Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee [Wikipedia]	Sam Phillips (producer), Frank G. Clement (Governor of Tennessee) [Wikipedia]	Doo-wop, R&B [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Ray Brothers			1	1
The Rolling Stones	Guitar	British Blues/Rock	7	5	1962			London	Yes
The Searchers	Guitar	Merseybeat / British Invasion	1	1	1959			Liverpool	Yes
The Shadows Of Knight			1	1
The Sonics			2	2								none known	1960–1968, 2007–present [Wikipedia]	Etiquette, Jerden, Norton [MusicBrainz]	1964, Audio Recording, Seattle (for Etiquette Records) [Wikipedia]	Buck Ormsby (producer) [Wikipedia]	Garage rock, proto-punk, Pacific Northwest rock [Wikipedia]	Yes
The Spencer Davis Group	Keyboards / Guitar	British R&B	1	1	1963			Birmingham	Yes
The Stanley Brothers			1	1
The Staple Singers	Vocals	Gospel/Soul/Folk Revival	9	5	1948		Illinois	Chicago	Yes
The Statler Brothers			1	1
The Stooges			1	1
The Swan Silvertones			1	1
The Temptations			1	1
The Trashmen			2	2								none known	1962–1967, with later reunions [Wikipedia]	Soma, Garrett, Bear Family [MusicBrainz, Wikipedia]	1963, Soma Records / Garrett Records, Minneapolis [Wikipedia]	George Garrett (producer) [Wikipedia]	Surf rock, garage rock, frat rock [MusicBrainz, Wikipedia]	Yes
The Troggs	Guitar	British Invasion / Garage Rock	1	1	1964			Andover	Yes
The Velvet Underground			1	1
The Ventures			1	1
The Weavers			1	1
The White Stripes			1	1
The Who	Guitar / Rhythm Section	Mod R&B / British Invasion	2	1	1964			London	Yes
The Yardbirds	Guitar	British R&B / Blues-Rock	2	2	1963			London	Yes
The York Brothers			1	1
The Youngbloods			1	1
The Zombies	Keyboards / Vocals	British Invasion	2	1	1961			St Albans	Yes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers			1	1
Tom Rush			1	1
Tom T. Hall			1	1
Tommy Johnson	Guitar	Pre-War Delta	11	11	1896	1956	Mississippi	Terry	Yes
Tommy McClennan	Guitar	Pre-War Delta/Chicago	5	5	1908	1962	Mississippi	Yazoo City	Yes
Tommy Tucker			2	2								Robert Higginbotham (birth name)	1950s–1982 [Wikipedia]	Checker, Red Bird [MusicBrainz]	1964 (as Tommy Tucker), Checker Records [Wikipedia]	Herb Abramson (producer), Titus Turner [MusicBrainz, Wikipedia]	R&B, soul blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Tony Joe White			1	1
Townes Van Zandt			1	1
Tracy Chapman			1	1
Trixie Butler			1	1
Trixie Smith			2	2								none known	1910s–1939 [Wikipedia]	Black Swan, Paramount, Decca [MusicBrainz]	January 1922, Black Swan Records, New York City [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, Sidney Bechet, Charlie Shavers [Wikipedia]	Classic female blues, vaudeville [Wikipedia]	Yes
Turner Foddrell			1	1
Tuts Washington			1	1
U.P. Wilson			1	1						1
Uncle Dave Macon			2	2								David Harrison Macon, The Dixie Dewdrop	1920s–1952 [Wikipedia]	Vocalion, Brunswick, Bluebird, Okeh [MusicBrainz]	July 8, 1924, Vocalion Records, New York City [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Sam McGee, Kirk McGee, The Fruit Jar Drinkers [Wikipedia]	Old-time, string band, vaudeville [Wikipedia]	Yes
Uncle Jessie White			1	1
Unknown Artist			1	1
Van Halen			1	1
Various Artists			1	1
Vera Hall	Vocals	Folk/Spirituals	1	1	1902	1964	Alabama	Payneville	Yes
Vernon Dalhart			3	3					Yes
Vernon Dilworth			1	1
Victoria Spivey	Vocals	Classic Blues/Folk Revival	8	7	1906	1976	Texas	Houston	Yes
Volcanos			1	1
W.C. Handy			2	2
Wade Walton			1	1
Walter Coleman			1	1
Walter Davis			2	2
Walter Davis with Booker T. Washington			1	1
Walter Page's Blue Devils			1	1
Walter Roland			2	2
Walter Wolfman Washington			1	1
Wanda Jackson			1	1
Warren Smith			1	1
Washboard Sam	Washboard	Pre-War/Postwar Chicago	5	5	1910	1966	Arkansas	Walnut Ridge	Yes
Washboard Willie			2	2
Washington White			1	1
Waylon Jennings	Guitar	Outlaw Country	2	2	1937	2002	Texas	Littlefield	Yes
Wayne Hancock			1	1
Wayne Henderson			1	1
Webb Pierce			1	1
Wes Montgomery			1	1
Wesley Wallace with Bessie Mae Smith			1	1
Wesley Wallace with Robert Peeples			1	1
Whispering Smith	Harmonica	Swamp Blues/Postwar Louisiana	3	3	1932	1984	Mississippi	Union Church	Yes
Whistler's Jug Band			2	2
Wilbert Harrison			1	1
Will Batts			1	1
Will Shade	Harmonica	Memphis Jug Band	1	1	1898	1966	Tennessee	Memphis	Yes
William (Bill) Moore			1	1
William Clarke			1	1
Willie Brown			3	2								William Lee Brown	1920s–1952 [Wikipedia]	Paramount, Library of Congress [Wikipedia]	May 28, 1930, Paramount Records, Grafton, Wisconsin [DAHR, Wikipedia]	Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Kid Bailey [Wikipedia]	Mississippi Delta blues [Wikipedia]	Yes
Willie Dixon	Upright Bass	Postwar Chicago	8	7	1915	1992	Mississippi	Vicksburg	Yes	1
Willie Nelson	Guitar	Country/Outlaw Country	5	4	1933		Texas	Abbott	Yes
Willie Nix			3	3					Yes
Willie The Lion" Smith			1	1
Willie Walker			2	1
Wilson Pickett	Vocals	Soul/R&B	5	4	1941	2006	Alabama	Prattville	Yes	1
Woody Guthrie	Guitar	Dust Bowl/Folk Revival	39	14	1912	1967	Oklahoma	Okemah	Yes	6	2
Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston			1	1
Woody Herman & His Orchestra			1	1
Wynn Stewart	Guitar	Bakersfield Sound	2	2	1934	1985	Missouri	Morrisville	Yes
Wynonie Harris	Vocals	Jump Blues / Early R&B	2	2	1915	1969	Nebraska	Omaha	Yes
Yank Rachell			1	1
Zephyr			1	1
Ziggy Marley			1	1
Zuzu Bollin			1	1
ZZ Top			2	2

All 187 Stories

Song	Artist	Label	Recorded	Show	Track #	Text
Cross Road Blues	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 27, 1936, Gunter Hotel (Room 414), San Antonio, Texas	Show 12	25	Yes
I Can't Be Satisfied	Muddy Waters	Aristocrat	April 1948, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith	Columbia	February 16, 1923, Columbia Studios, New York City	Show 32	1	Yes
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Blind Willie Johnson	Columbia	December 3, 1927, Columbia Records field studio, Dallas, Texas	Show 14	12	Yes
Goodnight, Irene	Lead Belly	Library of Congress	July 1933, Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), Louisiana			Yes
Death Letter Blues	Son House	Columbia	April 12-14, 1965, Columbia Studios, New York City	Show 15	30	Yes
Devil Got My Woman	Skip James	Paramount	February 1931, Paramount Records studio, Grafton, Wisconsin	Show 2	3	Yes
Hound Dog	Big Mama Thornton	Peacock	August 13, 1952, Radio Recorders Annex, Los Angeles, California	Show 19	27	Yes
Dust My Broom	Elmore James	Trumpet	August 5, 1951, Ivanhoe Studio, Jackson, Mississippi	Show 2	17	Yes
Juke	Little Walter	Checker	May 12, 1952, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 18	26	Yes
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues	Charley Patton	Paramount	June 14, 1929, Gennett Studios, Richmond, Indiana			Yes
Moon Going Down	Charley Patton	Paramount	May 28, 1930, Paramount Studios, Grafton, Wisconsin			Yes
Mannish Boy	Muddy Waters	Chess	May 24, 1955, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 21	10	Yes
Got My Mojo Working	Muddy Waters	Chess	Late 1956/Early 1957, Chess Studios, Chicago	Show 7	22	Yes
I Feel Like Going Home	Muddy Waters	Aristocrat	April 1948, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Killing Floor	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	August 1964, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 7	19	Yes
Back Door Man	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	June 1960, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 15		Yes
The Red Rooster	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	June 1961, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Wang Dang Doodle	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	June 1960, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Hellhound on My Trail	Robert Johnson	ARC/Vocalion	June 20, 1937, Brunswick Record Building (508 Park Ave), Dallas, Texas			Yes
Love in Vain	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	June 20, 1937, Brunswick Record Building (508 Park Ave), Dallas, Texas	Show 4	5	Yes
Ramblin' on My Mind	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 23, 1936, Gunter Hotel (Room 414), San Antonio, Texas	Show 1	28	Yes
Terraplane Blues	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 23, 1936, Gunter Hotel (Room 414), San Antonio, Texas	Show 72	7	Yes
Key to the Highway	Big Bill Broonzy	Okeh	May 2, 1941, Chicago, Illinois	Show 26	39	Yes
Every Day I Have the Blues	Memphis Slim	Miracle	1949, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
How Long, How Long Blues	Leroy Carr	Vocalion	June 19, 1928, Indianapolis, Indiana	Show 15	22	Yes
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)	Leroy Carr	Bluebird	February 25, 1935, New York City	Show 31	28	Yes
Black Snake Moan	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Okeh	March 14, 1927, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 14	10	Yes
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Paramount	October 1927, Paramount Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 27	19	Yes
Statesboro Blues	Blind Willie McTell	Victor	October 17, 1928, Victor Studios, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 6	4	Yes
Dying Crapshooter's Blues	Blind Willie McTell	Library of Congress	November 5, 1940, Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 22	10	Yes
John the Revelator	Blind Willie Johnson	Columbia	April 20, 1930, Columbia Studios, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 5	4	Yes
Midnight Special	Lead Belly	Library of Congress	July 1934, Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana	Show 1	25	Yes
Where Did You Sleep Last Night	Lead Belly	Musicraft	February 1944, New York City			Yes
Rock Island Line	Lead Belly	Library of Congress	June 1937, Washington, D.C.			Yes
I'm So Glad	Skip James	Paramount	February 1931, Paramount Studios, Grafton, Wisconsin			Yes
22-20 Blues	Skip James	Paramount	February 1931, Paramount Studios, Grafton, Wisconsin	Show 30	8	Yes
My Black Mama	Son House	Paramount	May 28, 1930, Paramount Studios, Grafton, Wisconsin			Yes
It Hurts Me Too	Tampa Red	Bluebird	March 22, 1940, Chicago, Illinois	Show 13	18	Yes
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red	Vocalion	October 24, 1928, Vocalion Studios, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Boogie Chillen'	John Lee Hooker	Modern	September 1948, United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan	Show 29	19	Yes
Boom Boom	John Lee Hooker	Vee-Jay	Late 1961, United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan			Yes
Sweet Little Angel	B.B. King	RPM	1956, Los Angeles, California			Yes
Big Boss Man	Jimmy Reed	Vee-Jay	March 1960, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 65	33	Yes
Bright Lights, Big City	Jimmy Reed	Vee-Jay	Summer 1961, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 7	21	Yes
The Sky Is Crying	Elmore James	Fire	November 1959, Chicago, Illinois	Show 28	30	Yes
Don't Start Me Talkin'	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Checker	August 12, 1955, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Help Me	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Checker	January 11, 1963, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 18	27	Yes
Good Morning, School Girl	Sonny Boy Williamson I	Bluebird	May 5, 1937, Leland Hotel, Aurora, Illinois			Yes
Frankie	Mississippi John Hurt	Okeh	February 14, 1928, Memphis, Tennessee			Yes
Avalon Blues	Mississippi John Hurt	Okeh	December 21, 1928, New York City	Show 83	25	Yes
Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	Checker	March 2, 1955, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Who Do You Love	Bo Diddley	Checker	July 1956, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	16	Yes
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Bessie Smith	Columbia	May 15, 1929, New York City	Show 32	9	Yes
Rollin' Stone	Muddy Waters	Chess	February 1950, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	14	Yes
Smokestack Lightnin'	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	January 1956, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	13	Yes
Pony Blues	Charley Patton	Paramount	June 14, 1929, Gennett Studios, Richmond, Indiana	Show 15	3	Yes
Call It Stormy Monday	T-Bone Walker	Black & White	September 13, 1947, Los Angeles, California	Show 5	15	Yes
Hoochie Coochie Man	Muddy Waters	Chess	January 7, 1954, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 18	29	Yes
The Thrill Is Gone	B.B. King	BluesWay	October 1969, The Hit Factory, New York City			Yes
See See Rider	Ma Rainey	Paramount	October 16, 1924, New York City	Show 14	3	Yes
Matchbox Blues	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Okeh	March 14, 1927, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 15	21	Yes
Maybellene	Chuck Berry	Chess	May 21, 1955, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
This Land Is Your Land	Woody Guthrie	Asch	April 1944, Folkways Studios, New York City	Show 40	10	Yes
Preachin' the Blues	Son House	Paramount	May 28, 1930, Paramount Studios, Grafton, Wisconsin			Yes
Sweet Home Chicago	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 23, 1936, Gunter Hotel (Room 414), San Antonio, Texas	Show 30	1	Yes
Kind Hearted Woman Blues	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 23, 1936, Gunter Hotel (Room 414), San Antonio, Texas	Show 1	9	Yes
St. Louis Blues	Bessie Smith	Columbia	January 14, 1925, Columbia Studios, New York City			Yes
Easy Rider Blues	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Okeh	March 14, 1927, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 32	27	Yes
Step It Up and Go	Blind Boy Fuller	Vocalion	March 5, 1940, New York City	Show 86	27	Yes
When the Levee Breaks	Memphis Minnie	Columbia	June 18, 1929, Columbia Studios, New York City	Show 6		Yes
Talking Dust Bowl Blues	Woody Guthrie	Victor	April 26, 1940, Victor Studios, Camden, New Jersey	Show 8	36	Yes
What'd I Say	Ray Charles	Atlantic	February 18, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City			Yes
Minnie the Moocher	Cab Calloway	Brunswick	March 3, 1931, New York City			Yes
Crossroads	Cream	Atco	March 10, 1968, Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California			Yes
I Ain't Superstitious	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	December 1961, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 12	2	Yes
High Water Everywhere	Charley Patton	Paramount	Late 1929 or early 1930 (disputed), Paramount Studios, Grafton, Wisconsin	Show 1	15	Yes
Beer Drinkin' Woman	Memphis Slim	Bluebird	October 30, 1940, Chicago, Illinois	Show 55	39	Yes
Eyesight to the Blind	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Trumpet	1951, Jackson, Mississippi	Show 24	23	Yes
Prove It on Me Blues	Ma Rainey	Paramount	June 1928, Paramount Studios, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Bobby Sox Blues	T-Bone Walker	Black & White	September 1946, Los Angeles, California	Show 43		Yes
Do Re Mi	Woody Guthrie	Victor	April 26, 1940, Victor Studios, Camden, New Jersey	Show 8	38	Yes
Kassie Jones	Furry Lewis	Victor	August 28, 1928, Memphis, Tennessee	Show 83	26	Yes
Every Day I Have the Blues	B.B. King	RPM	March 1954, Los Angeles, California	Show 34	29	Yes
Caldonia	Louis Jordan	Decca	January 19, 1945, Decca Studios, New York City	Show 25	1	Yes
44 Blues	Roosevelt Sykes	Okeh	June 14, 1929, New York City	Show 37	18	Yes
Stack O' Lee Blues	Mississippi John Hurt	Okeh	December 28, 1928, Okeh Studios, New York City			Yes
That's All Right	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	RCA Victor	September 6, 1946, RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Crawling King Snake	John Lee Hooker	Modern	February 1949, United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan			Yes
My Babe	Little Walter	Checker	January 1955, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois	Show 14	32	Yes
Shake, Rattle and Roll	Big Joe Turner	Atlantic	February 15, 1954, Atlantic Studios, New York City			Yes
Red House	Jimi Hendrix	Track / Polydor	December 13, 1966, CBS Studios, London, England	Show 35	10	Yes
On the Road Again	Canned Heat	Liberty	September 6, 1967, Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, California			Yes
Statesboro Blues	Taj Mahal	Columbia	August 1967, Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, California	Show 85	30	Yes
Tupelo	John Lee Hooker	Vee-Jay	June 25, 1960, Newport, Rhode Island	Show 1	20	Yes
Baby Please Don't Go	Big Joe Williams	Fontana / Various	1963, American Folk Blues Festival tour, Europe	Show 14	34	Yes
Messin' Around	Memphis Slim	United Artists	1947, Decca Studios, New York City	Show 49		Yes
Black, Brown and White Blues	Big Bill Broonzy	Vogue	September 1951, Paris, France	Show 37	26	Yes
Got The Bottle Up and Gone	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Trumpet	1951, Jackson, Mississippi	Show 1	30	Yes
Blowin' in the Wind	Bob Dylan	Columbia	July 9, 1962, Columbia Studios, New York City	Show 34	10	Yes
Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	Columbia	August 2, 1965, Columbia Studios, New York City			Yes
Diddie Wa Diddie	Blind Blake	Paramount	August 1929, Paramount Studios, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Black Eye Blues	Ma Rainey	Paramount	September 1928, Paramount Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 50		Yes
I Just Want to Make Love to You	Muddy Waters	Chess	April 13, 1954, Universal Recording, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Spoonful	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	June 1960, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	12	Yes
I Can't Quit You Baby	Willie Dixon	Cobra	1956, Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	7	Yes
All Your Love (I Miss Loving)	Otis Rush	Cobra	1958, Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 45	4	Yes
All Your Love	Magic Sam	Cobra	1957, Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	18	Yes
Mystery Train	Junior Parker	Sun	September or October 1953, Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, Tennessee			Yes
Moanin' at Midnight	Howlin' Wolf	Chess	1951, Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, Tennessee	Show 14	31	Yes
Decoration Blues	Sonny Boy Williamson I	Bluebird	March 13, 1938, Leland Hotel, Aurora, Illinois			Yes
Love Her with a Feeling	Tampa Red	Bluebird	1938, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Someday Baby Blues	Sleepy John Estes	Delmark	1962, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Show 72	17	Yes
Eisenhower Blues	J.B. Lenoir	Parrot	1954, Chicago, Illinois	Show 40	35	Yes
Shotgun Blues	Lightnin' Hopkins	Gold Star	1950, Houston, Texas			Yes
You Gotta Move	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Arhoolie	July 5, 1965, Berkeley, California	Show 97		Yes
Death Don't Have No Mercy	Rev. Gary Davis	Prestige / Bluesville	August 1960, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey	Show 1	23	Yes
Parchman Farm Blues	Bukka White	Okeh	March 7, 1940, Chicago, Illinois	Show 14	13	Yes
Searching the Desert for the Blues	Blind Willie McTell	Victor	1932, Atlanta, Georgia			Yes
Deep River Blues	Doc Watson	Vanguard	1964, New York City	Show 94	43	Yes
Long Distance Call	Muddy Waters	Checker	September 1967, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 36	27	Yes
These Arms of Mine	Otis Redding	Volt / Stax	August 1962, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee			Yes
When the Sun Goes Down	Big Bill Broonzy	Bluebird	1935, Chicago, Illinois	Show 59	4	Yes
Trouble in Mind	Big Bill Broonzy	Okeh	Circa 1941, Chicago, Illinois	Show 1	22	Yes
I'd Rather Go Blind	Etta James	Cadet	August 1967, FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama			Yes
Wang Dang Doodle	Koko Taylor	Checker	December 7, 1965, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois	Show 19	32	Yes
Like a Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan	Columbia	June 16, 1965, Columbia Studios, New York City			Yes
Dr. Feelgood	Aretha Franklin	Atlantic	February 1967, Atlantic Studios, New York City			Yes
When a Man Loves a Woman	Percy Sledge	Atlantic	February 17, 1966, Norala Studios, Sheffield, Alabama			Yes
Mustang Sally	Wilson Pickett	Atlantic	October 13, 1966, FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama			Yes
Waiting for a Train	Jimmie Rodgers	Victor	October 22, 1928, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 4	8	Yes
Dead Man Blues	Jelly Roll Morton	Victor	September 21, 1926, Webster Hotel, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Strange Things Happening Every Day	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Decca	September 22, 1944, Decca Studios, New York City			Yes
Subterranean Homesick Blues	Bob Dylan	Columbia	January 14, 1965, Columbia Studios, New York City			Yes
Black Angel Blues	Tampa Red	Vocalion	March 23, 1934, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Worried Life Blues	Big Maceo Merriweather	Bluebird	June 24, 1941, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Death Letter Blues (1965)	Son House	Columbia	April 1965, Columbia Studios, New York City	Show 15	30	Yes
See My Jumper Hanging on the Line	R.L. Burnside	Arhoolie	Summer 1967, Coldwater, Mississippi			Yes
Boogie Chillen' No. 2	John Lee Hooker	Liberty	May 1970, Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, California	Show 29	19	Yes
Blue Horizon	Sidney Bechet	Blue Note	December 20, 1944, Blue Note Studios, New York City			Yes
I Be's Troubled	Muddy Waters	Library of Congress / AFS	Late August 1941, Stovall Plantation, Mississippi	Show 1	1	Yes
Kind Hearted Woman Blues (SA.2580-1)	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 23, 1936, Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas			Yes
Ramblin' On My Mind (Take 1)	Robert Johnson	Vocalion	November 23, 1936, Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas			Yes
Coffee Blues	Mississippi John Hurt	Piedmont Records	July 1963, Annapolis, Maryland	Show 1	35	Yes
Worried Life Blues	Jimmy Reed	Vee-Jay Records	Circa 1960, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	2	Yes
T-Bone Blues	T-Bone Walker	Varsity	June 1940, New York, New York	Show 2	10	Yes
This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Decca	January 10, 1939, New York, New York	Show 2	19	Yes
She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like a Willow Tree)	John Lee Hooker	Modern Records	Circa 1950, Detroit, Michigan	Show 2	27	Yes
My Own Version of You	Bob Dylan	Columbia	Early 2020, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California	Show 2	34	Yes
Switching in the Kitchen	Big Joe Turner	Atlantic	November 1951, New York, New York	Show 3	1	Yes
Worried Life Blues	Roy Brown	King Records	Circa 1953, New Orleans, Louisiana	Show 3	14	Yes
Knock Me A Kiss	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Decca	November 15, 1941, New York, New York	Show 3	23	Yes
Stormy Weather	Billie Holiday	Clef Records	March 1952, Los Angeles, California	Show 3	31	Yes
Evil Woman	Champion Jack Dupree	Atlantic	February 4, 1958, New York, New York	Show 3	37	Yes
Choo Choo Ch' Boogie	Louis Jordan	Decca	January 23, 1946, New York, New York	Show 4	2	Yes
Hobo's Lullaby	Woody Guthrie	Asch Recordings	Circa 1944, New York, New York	Show 4	9	Yes
Early Mornin' Rain	Bob Dylan	Columbia	March 1970, New York, New York	Show 4	17	Yes
Southbound Train	Muddy Waters	Chess	July 11, 1951, Chicago, Illinois	Show 2	22	Yes
Rambler Blues	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Paramount	September 1927, Chicago, Illinois	Show 5	1	Yes
Mean Old World	T-Bone Walker	Capitol Records	July 20, 1942, Los Angeles, California	Show 5	14	Yes
Ease My Pain	Johnny Winter	Sonobeat Records	1968, Austin, Texas	Show 5	19	Yes
A Blue Song	Joe "Guitar" Hughes	Unknown (Duke/Peacock orbit)	Unverified date, likely Houston, Texas			Yes
Shakin' Dem Bones	U.P. Wilson	Unknown (likely JSP or Red Lightnin')	Unverified date, likely late 1980s/early 1990s	Show 5	33	Yes
Dying Crapshooters Blues	Blind Willie McTell	Library of Congress / AFS	November 5, 1940, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 6	1	Yes
Samson And Delilah	Rev. Gary Davis	Prestige / Riverside	Circa 1950s/1960s, New York, New York	Show 6	10	Yes
Motherless Chile Blues	Barbecue Bob	Columbia	June 16, 1927, New York, New York	Show 6	19	Yes
Goodbye Blues	Ralph Willis & Brownie McGhee	Savoy / Jubilee	Late 1940s/Early 1950s, New York, New York			Yes
San Francisco Bay Blues	Jesse Fuller	Cavalier	1954, San Francisco, California	Show 6	36	Yes
Southbound Train	Big Bill Broonzy	Bluebird / Vocalion	1930s, Chicago, Illinois (exact session unverified)	Show 7	1	Yes
Two Bugs and a Roach	Earl Hooker	Arhoolie	November 1968, Chicago, Illinois	Show 7	18	Yes
Bad News Is Coming	Luther Allison	Gordy / Motown	1972, Detroit, Michigan	Show 7	27	Yes
Goodbye Jimmy Reed	Bob Dylan	Columbia	Early 2020, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California	Show 7	32	Yes
Hard Travelin'	Woody Guthrie	Asch Recordings	April 1944, New York, New York	Show 51	13	Yes
Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)	Jimmie Rodgers	Victor	October 20, 1928, Atlanta, Georgia	Show 8	11	Yes
Collector Man Blues	Sonny Boy Williamson I	Bluebird	November 11, 1937, Aurora, Illinois	Show 8	22	Yes
CWA Blues	Joe Pullum	Bluebird	April 3, 1934, San Antonio, Texas	Show 8	30	Yes
Dust Bowl Refugee	Woody Guthrie	Victor	April 26, 1940, Camden, New Jersey	Show 8	39	Yes
Kansas City	James Brown	King Records	1967, Cincinnati, Ohio	Show 9	1	Yes
I Just Want To Make Love To You	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	Checker Records	January 1967, Chicago, Illinois			Yes
Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World)	Little Milton	Checker Records	1969, Chicago, Illinois	Show 9	12	Yes
Iceman	Albert Collins	Pointblank	1991, London / Memphis	Show 9	21	Yes
Hard Times	The Hoodoo Kings	Telarc	2001, location unverified	Show 9	26	Yes
Nickel and a Dime	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Checker Records	1962, Chicago, Illinois	Show 10	1	Yes
Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)	B.B. King	Kent / Crown	Unverified date, likely late 1950s/early 1960s	Show 10	11	Yes
Switching in the Kitchen (Swing Age)	Big Joe Turner	Atlantic	November 1951, New York, New York	Show 3	1	Yes
Honey Dripper (Pt. 2)	King Curtis	Enjoy Records	1961, New York, New York	Show 10	27	Yes
Paris Blues	T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Otis Spann	BluesTime Records	1969, Los Angeles, California			Yes