The best of the blues : the essential CD guide
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| Ace, Johnny (b. 1929 d. 1954) | singer |
| Allison, Luthers S. (b. 1939) | guitar, harmonica |
| Baker, LaVern (b. 1929) | bass (instrument), rhythm & blues singer |
| Bell, Carey [Casey] (b. 1936) | harmonica, string bass |
| Blackwell, Scrapper [Francis Hillman] (b. 1903 d. 1962) | blues guitar, guitar |
| Bland, Bobby Blue [Robert Calvin] (b. 1930) | singer, vocals |
| Bloomfield, Mike (b. 1943 d. 1981) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Brooks, Lonnie [Guitar Junior] (b. 1933) | guitar, singer |
| Brown, Charles (Mose) (b. 1920) | piano, organ |
| Brown, Roy James (b. 1925 d. 1981) | rhythm & blues singer |
| Butterfield, Paul (b. 1941 d. 1987) | harmonica, harp |
| Campbell, Milton James (b. 1934) | guitar, blues singer |
| Charles, Ray (b. 1930) | direttore d'orchestre, piano |
| Chenier, Clifton (b. 1925 d. 1987) | accordion vocalist, accordion |
| Clapton, Eric (b. 1945) | composer, guitar |
| Collins, Albert (b. 1932 d. 1993) | guitar, vocals |
| Cotton, James (b. 1935) | drummer, harmonica |
| Cox, Ida (b. 1896 d. 1967) | composer, lyricist |
| Cray, Robert (b. 1953) | blues guitar, singer |
| Crayton, Pee Wee (b. 1914 d. 1985) | guitar, vocals |
| Crudup, Big Boy [Arthur] (b. 1905 d. 1974) | guitar, singer |
| Davies, Cyril (b. 1932 d. 1964) | banjo, harmonica |
| Davis, Gary [Blind Gary] (b. 1896 d. 1972) | gospel singer, blues singer |
| Dawkins, Jimmy [James Henry] (b. 1936) | blues guitar, singer |
| Dixon, Willie James (b. 1915 d. 1993) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Dupree, Champion Jack (b. 1910 d. 1992) | blues singer, piano |
| Eaglin, Snooks [Fird (Ford)] (b. 1936) | blues guitar, tom toms |
| Estes, Sleepy John (b. 1899 d. 1977) | blues singer, vocals |
| Fuller, Jesse "Lone Cat" (b. 1896 d. 1976) | guitar, trombone |
| Fulson, Lowell (b. 1921) | singer, vocals |
| Guitar Slim (b. 1926 d. 1959) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Guy, Buddy (b. 1936) | blues guitar, guitar |
| Hammond, John Paul (b. 1942) | guitar, harmonica |
| Harpo, Slim (b. 1924 d. 1970) | blues singer, vocals |
| Harris, Peppermint (b. 1925) | guitar, vocals |
| Harris, Wynonie "Mr. Blues" (b. 1915 d. 1969) | singer, vocals |
| Hogg, Smokey [Andrew] (b. 1914 d. 1960) | guitar, vocals |
| Holiday, Billie (b. 1915 d. 1959) | musicisti, singer |
| Hooker, Earl "Zebedee" (b. 1930 d. 1970) | banjo, guitar |
| Hooker, John Lee (b. 1917) | blues singer, vocals |
| Hopkins, Lightnin' (b. 1912 d. 1982) | blues singer, guitar |
| Horton, Walter "Shakey" (b. 1917 d. 1981) | blues harmonica, harmonica |
| House, Son [Eddie James] (b. 1902 d. 1988) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Howlin' Wolf (b. 1910 d. 1976) | blues singer, harmonica |
| Hurt, Mississippi John [John Smith] (b. 1893 d. 1966) | blues singer |
| James, Elmore (b. 1918 d. 1963) | blues singer, vocals |
| James, Etta (b. 1938) | rhythm & blues singer, vocals |
| James, Homesick (b. 1910) | singer, guitar |
| James, Skip (b. 1902 d. 1969) | blues singer, vocals |
| Jefferson, Blind Lemon (b. 1897 d. 1930) | country bluesman |
| Johnson, Robert (b. 1891 d. 1938) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Joplin, Janis (b. 1943 d. 1970) | singer, songwriter |
| King, Albert (b. 1923 d. 1992) | bluesman, guitar |
| King, B.B. (b. 1925) | blues singer, guitar |
| King, Freddie (b. 1934 d. 1976) | bluesman, vocals |
| Korner, Alexis (b. 1928 d. 1984) | electric guitar, piano |
| Ledbetter, Huddie (b. 1885 d. 1949) | songster, vocals |
| Lenoir, J.B. (b. 1929 d. 1967) | blues singer, vocals |
| Linkchain, Hip (b. 1936 d. 1989) | blues singer |
| Lipscomb, Mance (b. 1895 d. 1976) | blues singer, guitar |
| Little Walter (b. 1930 d. 1968) | blues singer, harmonica |
| Magic Sam (b. 1937 d. 1969) | blues singer |
| Mayall, John (b. 1933) | rock & roll musician, bandleader |
| Mayfield, Percy (b. 1920 d. 1984) | composer, lyricist |
| McCoy, Charles [Papa] (b. 1909 d. 1950) | guitar, harmonica |
| McCracklin, Jimmy (b. 1921) | harmonica, piano |
| McDowell, Fred (b. 1904 d. 1972) | bluesman, vocals |
| McGhee, Brownie (b. 1915) | banjo, cast |
| McTell, Blind Willie (b. 1901 d. 1959) | blues singer, vocals |
| Milton, Roy (b. 1907 d. 1983) | drummer, drums |
| Minter, Iverson (b. 1936) | guitar, harmonica |
| Muddy Waters (b. 1915 d. 1983) | blues singer, vocals |
| Musselwhite, Charlie [Charles Douglas] (b. 1944) | guitar, harp |
| Nighthawk, Robert (b. 1909 d. 1967) | guitar, harmonica |
| Otis, Johnny (b. 1921) | drummer, drums |
| Parker, Junior (b. 1932 d. 1971) | harmonica |
| Patton, Charley (b. 1887 d. 1934) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Perryman, Rufus G. (b. 1892 d. 1973) | organ, piano |
| Perryman, William Lee (b. 1911 d. 1985) | piano, singer |
| Professor Longhair (b. 1918 d. 1980) | rhythm & blues singer, piano |
| Rainey, Ma (b. 1886 d. 1939) | blues singer, composer |
| Raitt, Bonnie (b. 1949) | blues singer, guitar |
| Reed, Jimmy [Mathis James] (b. 1925 d. 1976) | blues singer, guitar |
| Rogers, Jimmy [James] (b. 1924) | blues singer, director |
| Rush, Otis (b. 1934) | blues singer, guitar |
| Rushing, Jimmy [James Andrew] (b. 1903 d. 1972) | blues singer, vocals |
| Simone, Nina (b. 1933) | piano, singer |
| Smith, Bessie (b. 1894 d. 1937) | blues singer |
| Smith, Mabel Louise (b. 1924 d. 1972) | rhythm & blues singer |
| Spivey, Queen [Victoria Regina] (b. 1906 d. 1976) | blues singer, vocals |
| Sunnyland Slim (b. 1907) | piano, vocals |
| Sykes, Roosevelt (b. 1906 d. 1983) | blues singer, piano |
| Taj Majal (b. 1942) | blues singer, folksinger |
| Taylor, Koko (b. 1935) | blues singer |
| Taylor, Little Johnny (b. 1943) | singer |
| Terry, Sonny (b. 1911 d. 1986) | book seller, cast |
| Thornton, Big Mama (b. 1926 d. 1984) | blues singer, vocals |
| Tucker, Tommy (b. 1933 d. 1982) | piano, vocals |
| Turner, Big Joe (b. 1911 d. 1985) | jazz bluesman |
| Turner, Ike (b. 1931) | piano, rock singer |
| Vinson, Eddie "Cleanhead" (b. 1917 d. 1988) | alto saxophone, singer |
| Walker, T-Bone (b. 1910 d. 1975) | guitar, singer |
| Washington, Dinah (b. 1924 d. 1963) | blues singer, vocals |
| Watson, Johnny "Guitar" (b. 1935) | arranger, guitar |
| Wells, Junior (b. 1934) | blues harmonica, harmonica |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy (b. 1914 d. 1948) | blues singer, harmonica |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy (b. 1897 d. 1965) | blues singer, harmonica |
| Winter, Johnny [John Dawson] (b. 1944) | blues guitar, rock guitar |
| Witherspoon, Jimmy [James] (b. 1923) | singer, vocals |