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100 Greatest Roots Of Rock Artists
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1. Louis Jordan (jump blues singer/saxophonist/bandleader)
2. Wynonie Harris (jump blues singer)
3. Sonny Til & The Orioles (R&B vocal group)
4. Big Joe Turner (jump blues shouter)
5. T-Bone Walker (blues singer/guitarist)
6. The Ravens (R&B vocal group)
7. Roy Brown (jump blues singer/songwriter)
8. Muddy Waters (blues singer/guitarist)
9. Amos Milburn (R&B singer/pianist)
10. Joe Liggins (R&B singer/songwriter)
11. Les Paul (guitarist)
12. Big Jay McNeely (saxophonist)
13. Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends (R&B singer)
14. Hank Williams (country singer/songwriter)
15. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (gospel singer/guitarist)
16. John Lee Hooker (blues singer/guitarist)
17. Lucky Millinder (R&B bandleader)
18. Tiny Bradshaw (R&B bandleader/singer)
19. Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm (R&B singer)
20. Ivory Joe Hunter (R&B singer/pianist)
21. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (R&B singer)
22. Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer)
23. Johnnie Ray (pop vocalist)
24. Ink Spots (pop/R&B vocal group)
25. Cecil Gant (R&B pianist/singer)
26. Elmore James (blues singer/guitarist)
27. Dinah Washington (R&B/jazz singer)
28. The Soul Stirrers (gospel group)
29. Jimmy Preston (R&B singer)
30. Bullmoose Jackson (jump blues singer)
31. B.B. King (blues singer/guitarist)
32. Illinois Jacquet (saxophonist)
33. Larry Darnell (R&B singer)
34. Roy Milton (R&B singer/drummer)
35. Johnny Moore (guitarist/bandleader)
36. Charles Brown (pianist/singer)
37. Jimmie Rodgers (country singer/guitarist)
38. The Mills Brothers (black pop vocal group)
39. Lionel Hampton (vibraphone player/bandleader)
40. Robert Johnson (blues singer/guitarist)
41. Paul Williams (saxophonist)
42. Leadbelly (folk-blues singer/songwriter/guitarist)
43. Jimmy Yancey (country singer/pianist)
44. The Charioteers (gospel/R&B vocal group)
45. Gene Krupa (jazz drummer)
46. Jimmy Witherspoon (R&B singer)
47. Clara Ward Singers (gospel group)
48. Willie Dixon (blues songwriter/bassist)
49. "Stick" McGee (blues/R&B singer)
50. Jimmy Liggins (R&B singer/songwriter)
51. Billy Wright (R&B singer/pianist)
52. Hal Singer (saxophonist)
53. Bill Doggett (organist)
54. Ella Mae Morse (jazz/R&B singer)
55. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (blues singer)
56. Wild Bill Moore (saxophonist)
57. Lonnie Johnson (blues singer/guitarist)
58. Hank Snow (country singer)
59. Sonny Thompson (R&B bandleader)
60. Louis Armstrong (jazz singer/trumpeter)
61. Pete Johnson (boogie woogie pianist)
62. Billy Eckstine (R&B/pop singer)
63. The Golden Gate Quartet (gospel group)
64. Moon Mullican (hillbilly pianist)
65. The Delta Rhythm Boys (R&B/gospel group)
66. Camillie Howard (R&B singer/pianist)
67. Sonny Boy Williamson (blues singer/harmonica player)
68. Hardrock Gunter (country singer/pianist)
69. Leon "Archibald" Gross (New Orleans pianist)
70. Buddy Johnson (R&B bandleader)
71. The Blackwood Brothers (white gospel group)
72. Albert Ammons (boogie woogie pianist)
73. Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys (country group)
74. Howlin' Wolf (blues singer)
75. Bill Monroe (bluegrass singer)
76. The "King" Cole Trio (pop/jazz group)
77. Pee Wee Crayton (blues guitarist/singer)
78. Mabel Scott (R&B singer)
79. Jack Dupree (singer/pianist)
80. The Five Scamps (R&B group)
81. Woody Guthrie (folk singer/songwriter)
82. Memphis Minnie (blues singer/guitarist)
83. Lil Greenwood (R&B singer)
84. H-Bomb Furgeson (R&B/blues artist)
85. Lightnin' Hopkins (blues singer/guitarist)
86. Roosevelt Sykes (blues pianist)
87. The Pilgrim Travelers (gospel group)
88. The Louvin Brothers (country harmony singers)
89. Fats Waller (jazz pianist)
90. Hadda Brooks (R&B singer)
91. Tiny Grimes (R&B guitarist)
92. Todd Rhodes (R&B bandleader)
93. Big Bill Broonzy (blues artist)
94. Helen Humes (jazz/R&B singer)
95. Meade "Lux" Lewis (boogie woogie pianist)
96. Louis Prima (jazz bandleader)
97. Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie (R&B pianist/singer)
98. Jelly Roll Morton (jazz pianist)
99. Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (country guitarist)
100. Cab Calloway (scat singer)
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