John Lennon
Junior Wells
Otis Redding
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (Dec. 11, 1926 - July 25, 1984)
Clifton Chenier
Wayne Bennet
Dinah Washington
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller
Billy Gibbons
Paul Butterfield
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd
Jimmy McCracklin
Albert King
Ma Rainey
Little Ester Phillips
Doyle Bramhall II
Eddie Taylor
Jimmie Lee Land aka Buddy Ace
Delaney Bramlett
Freddie King
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Elias Otha Bates aka Bo Diddley
Odetta
Ernest Joseph "Tabby" Thomas
Little Smokey Smothers
Long John Hunter
Little Richard
James Carr
Lou Rawls
Otis Clay
Johnny Adams
Roy Head
Howlin Wolf
Slim Harpo
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Silas Hogan
Barbara Carr
Allen Toussaint
Earl Hooker
Leadbelly
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater
Johnny Otis
David Ruffin
Wilson Pickett
Earl Gilliam
Janis Joplin
Barbara Lynn
Snooks Eaglin
Stacy Abrams
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sam Cooke
Aaron Neville
Etta James
Max Roach
Mahalia Jackson
Lightnin' Hopkins
Willie Dixon
Bobby Blue Bland
Cash McCall
Bettye LaVette
Louis Jordan
Ruth Brown
Don Covay
Roosevelt Sykes
Joe Sample
Stan Getz
Al Kooper
Gary Moore
Eubie Blake
Eddie Lee "Guitar Slim" Jones
Jesse Belvin
Floyd Dixon
Jimmy Smith
T.V. Slim
Josh White
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
King Floyd
Blind Boy Fuller
Little Walter
Magic Sam
Doyle Bramhall Sr.
Irma Thomas
Sam Myers
- Geils
Nina Simone
Willie Kent
Clarence "Bon Ton' Garlow
Jesse Fortune
Marion "Little Joe" Washington
John Henry "Hank Ballard" Kendrick
John Primer
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson
Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack
J.B. Lenoir
Walter E. "Furry Lewis
Lowell Fulson
Willie King
Lloyd Price
Lavern Baker
Sonny Terry
Leonard Chess
Lightnin' Slim
Doc Pomus
Lightnin' Hopkins
T-Bone Walker
Sunnyland Slim
Chuck Berry
Peppermint Harris
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Pine Top Perkins
Tampa Red
Juke Boy Bonner
Louisiana Red
Arnett Cobb
Jimmy "Louisiana" Dotson
Rufus Thomas
Johnny Clyde Copeland
W.C. Handy
William Clarke
Sue Foley
Sonny Boy Williamson #1
Etta Baker
Alberta Hunter
Leon Russell
Sarah Vaughan
Muddy Waters
Larry McCray
Walter Horton
Billy Holiday
Lil' Ed Williams
Mance Lipscomb
Roscoe Gordon
Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson