Blues-Les incontournables
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| Alexander, Alger "Texas" (b. 1880 d. 1955) | blues singer |
| Ammons, Albert C. (b. 1907 d. 1949) | jazz piano, piano |
| Arnold, Kokomo (b. 1901 d. 1968) | blues singer, guitar |
| Below, Fred (b. 1926 d. 1988) | drummer, drums |
| Blake, Blind Arthur (Arthur Phelps) (b. 1895 d. -1935) | songster, blues singer |
| Bland, Bobby Blue [Robert Calvin] (b. 1930) | singer, vocals |
| Broonzy, Big Bill (b. 1893 d. 1958) | blues singer, guitar |
| Brown, Charles (Mose) (b. 1920) | piano, organ |
| Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth" (b. 1924) | string bass, vocals |
| Burnside, R.L. [Rural] (b. 1926) | blues guitar |
| Butterfield, Paul (b. 1941 d. 1987) | harmonica, harp |
| Carr, Leroy (b. 1905 d. 1935) | blues singer, piano |
| 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 |
| Cray, Robert (b. 1953) | blues guitar, singer |
| Crudup, Big Boy [Arthur] (b. 1905 d. 1974) | guitar, singer |
| Dixon, Willie James (b. 1915 d. 1993) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Douglas, Memphis Minnie [Minnie] (b. 1896 d. 1973) | guitar, vocals |
| 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, Blind Boy (b. 1909 d. 1941) | blues singer, vocals |
| Fulson, Lowell (b. 1921) | singer, vocals |
| Guy, Buddy (b. 1936) | blues guitar, guitar |
| Harpo, Slim (b. 1924 d. 1970) | blues singer, vocals |
| Heartsman, Johnny (b. 1937 a. 1957) | BLSM~, guitar |
| Hicks, Lightnin' Slim (b. 1919 d. 1974) | 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 |
| Jackson, Papa Charlie (d. 1938) | banjo, composer |
| James, Elmore (b. 1918 d. 1963) | blues singer, vocals |
| James, Skip (b. 1902 d. 1969) | blues singer, vocals |
| Jefferson, Blind Lemon (b. 1897 d. 1930) | country bluesman |
| Johnson, Blind Willie (b. 1902 d. 1950) | gospel-blues singer |
| Johnson, Lonnie (b. 1889 d. 1970) | banjo, guitar |
| Johnson, Robert (b. 1891 d. 1938) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Johnson, Tommy (b. 1896 d. 1956) | bass, blues singer |
| Jordan, Louis Thomas (b. 1908 d. 1975) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| 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 |
| Lipscomb, Mance (b. 1895 d. 1976) | blues singer, guitar |
| Little Walter (b. 1930 d. 1968) | blues singer, harmonica |
| Lockwood, Robert (b. 1915) | guitar, 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 |
| McDowell, Fred (b. 1904 d. 1972) | bluesman, vocals |
| McGhee, Brownie (b. 1915) | banjo, cast |
| McTell, Blind Willie (b. 1901 d. 1959) | blues singer, vocals |
| Memphis Slim (b. 1915 d. 1988) | blues singer, piano |
| Merriweather, Major [Big Maceo] (b. 1905 d. 1953) | piano |
| Montgomery, Little Brother [Eurreal Wilford] (b. 1906 d. 1985) | blues pianist, jazz piano |
| Muddy Waters (b. 1915 d. 1983) | blues singer, vocals |
| Nighthawk, Robert (b. 1909 d. 1967) | guitar, harmonica |
| Page, Hot Lips [Oran Thaddeus] (b. 1908 d. 1954) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Parker, Junior (b. 1932 d. 1971) | harmonica |
| Patton, Charley (b. 1887 d. 1934) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Professor Longhair (b. 1918 d. 1980) | rhythm & blues singer, piano |
| Rainey, Ma (b. 1886 d. 1939) | blues singer, composer |
| Reed, Jimmy [Mathis James] (b. 1925 d. 1976) | blues singer, guitar |
| Rodgers, Jimmie [James Charles] (b. 1897 d. 1933) | country music guitar, vocals |
| Ross, Doctor [Charles Isaiah] (b. 1925) | drummer, guitar |
| Rush, Otis (b. 1934) | blues singer, guitar |
| Rushing, Jimmy [James Andrew] (b. 1903 d. 1972) | blues singer, vocals |
| Smith, Bessie (b. 1894 d. 1937) | blues singer |
| Smith, Clarence (b. 1904 d. 1929) | blues singer, piano |
| Spann, Otis (b. 1930 d. 1970) | blues pianist, piano |
| Stokes, Frank (b. 1888 d. 1955) | blues singer, guitar |
| Sykes, Roosevelt (b. 1906 d. 1983) | blues singer, piano |
| Taj Majal (b. 1942) | blues singer, folksinger |
| Tampa Red (b. 1900 d. 1981) | guitar, kazoo |
| Taylor, Koko (b. 1935) | blues singer |
| Terry, Sonny (b. 1911 d. 1986) | book seller, cast |
| Thornton, Big Mama (b. 1926 d. 1984) | blues singer, vocals |
| Turner, Big Joe (b. 1911 d. 1985) | jazz bluesman |
| Turner, Ike (b. 1931) | piano, rock singer |
| Walker, Joe Louis (b. 1949) | singer, guitar |
| Walker, T-Bone (b. 1910 d. 1975) | guitar, singer |
| Washboard Sam (b. 1910 d. 1966) | washboard, singer |
| Washington, Dinah (b. 1924 d. 1963) | blues singer, vocals |
| Webster, Katie (b. 1939) | harmonica, piano |
| Wheatstraw, Peetie (b. 1902 d. 1941) | blues singer, piano |
| White, Bukka (b. 1909 d. 1977) | book seller, guitar |
| White, Josh [Joshua Daniel] (b. 1915 d. 1969) | blues singer, gospel singer |
| Williams, Joe (b. 1918) | banjo, bass (instrument) |
| 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 |
| Yancey, Jimmy [James Edward] (b. 1898 d. 1951) | piano, vocals |