- female, deceased (1946)
- Mamie Smith (May 26, 1883 - September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, and appeared in several motion...
- male, deceased (1966)
- "Mississippi" John Smith Hurt (July 2, 1892, Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues...
- male, deceased (1970)
- Alfonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was a pioneering American blues and jazz singer/guitarist. There is some dispute over the year of his birth, but 1894 is...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Major Lance (April 4, 1939, Winterville, Georgia - September 3, 1994, Decatur, Georgia) was an American R&B singer.
- male, deceased (1960)
- Ralph Peer (May 22 1892 - January 19 1960) was born Ralph Sylvester Peer in Independence, Missouri. He died in Hollywood, California. Peer was a...
- male, deceased (1996)
- Walter "Brownie" McGhee (November 30 1915 - February 16 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the...
- female, deceased (1977)
- Eva Taylor (January 22, 1895 - October 31, 1977) was an African American blues singer and stage actress. Born Irene Joy Gibbons in St. Louis,...
- male, deceased (1956)
- Frankie (Tram) Trumbauer (30 May 1901]]-11 June 1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s. He played C melody...
- female, deceased (1986)
- Sippie Wallace, born as Beulah Thomas (1 November, 1898 - 1 November, 1986) was a United States blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. Wallace was...
- male, deceased (1968)
- Lester Franklin Melrose (December 14, 1891 - April 12, 1968) was one of the first producers of blues records.
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