- male, deceased (1999)
- Lowell Fulson was a big-voiced blues guitarist in the West Coast tradition. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons...
- male
- Dick Waterman (b. 1935) is an American writer, promoter and photographer who has been influential in the development and recording of blues music...
- male
- Jim O'Neal (b. 1948) is an American blues expert, writer, record producer and record company executive. He co-founded America's first blues...
- male, deceased (1995)
- Peter J. Welding (November 15, 1935 - November 17, 1995) was an American blues historian, archivist and record producer. Born in Philadelphia, he...
- male, deceased (1972)
- H. C. Speir (born Henry C. Speir in Prospect, Mississippi, October 6, 1895; d. Jackson, Mississippi, 1972) was an American "talent broker" and...
- male, 88 years old
- Philip Chess (b. 1921) is a Polish-American record producer and company executive, the co-founder of Chess Records. He was born Fiszel Czyz in a...
- female, deceased (1999)
- Lillian Shedd McMurry (December 30, 1921 - March 18, 1999) was an American record producer, influential in the development of blues music. Lillian...
- female, deceased (1992)
- Theresa McLaurin Needham was an American tavern owner who became known as "the Godmother of the Chicago blues". She was posthumously inducted into...
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