Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime-vaudeville, Delta and country blues, and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast. In the last several decades, blues music has developed a less regional character and has been influenced by rhythm and blues, rock, and other popular music.
Pre-1940 blues
thumb|right|120px|Son House
thumb|right|120px|Mississippi John Hurt, 1964
thumb|right|120px|Blind Lemon Jefferson
thumb|right|120px|Lonnie Johnson, 1941
thumb|right|120px|Lead Belly
thumb|right|120px|Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982
thumb|right|120px|Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver
thumb|right|120px|Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972
thumb|right|120px|Jay McShann in Edinburgh, 1995
thumb|right|120px|Memphis Minnie, 1930
thumb|right|120px|Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941
thumb|right|120px|Ma Rainey
thumb|right|120px|Jimmy Rushing, 1946
thumb|right|120px|Bessie Smith, 1936
thumb|right|120px|Mamie Smith
thumb|right|120px|Henry Townsend, 1983
thumb|right|120px|Ethel Waters, 1943
thumb|right|120px|Curley Weaver
thumb|right|120px|Big Joe Williams, 1971
thumb|right|120px|Jimmy Witherspoon, 1974
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! scope="col" width=% | Name
! scope="col" width=10% data-sort-type=number | Birth<br>year
! scope="col" width=10% data-sort-type=number | Death<br>year
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! scope="col" width=20% | Primary style
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<!-- ONLY ADD INFO IF A RELIABLE SOURCE IS INCLUDED – ANYTHING ELSE WILL BE REMOVED -->
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| 1904
| 1994
| Ohio
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1900
| 1954
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| <small>Unknown</small>
| Alabama
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907
| 1949
| Illinois
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1900
| 1974
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1901*
| 1968
| Georgia
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" | Barbecue Bob
| 1902
| 1931
| Georgia
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1960s
| Alabama
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907
| 1960
| Pennsylvania
| align="center"| Vaudeville blues
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" | Black Ace
| 1905
| 1972
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903
| 1962
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896
| 1934
| Florida
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1897
| 1948
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| 1990
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| 1947
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1893*
| 1958
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899
| <small>Unknown</small>
| New York
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1900
| 1952
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Bumble Bee Slim
| 1905
| 1968
| Georgia
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1883*
| 1979
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Jug band
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1935
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1898
| 1947
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1887
| 1949
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1893
| 1987
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911
| 1976
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896*
| 1967
| Georgia
| align="center"| Vaudeville blues
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 1975
| Kentucky
| align="center"| St. Louis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896
| 1972
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911*
| 1963
| Mississippi
| align="center"| St. Louis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1889
| 1963
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899
| 1993
| Georgia
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911*
| 1960*
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907
| 1969
| Texas
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899*
| 1977
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1898
| 1981
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907*
| 1941
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896
| 1976
| Georgia
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1904*
| 1966
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1976
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1893
| 1970
| Alabama
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1919*
| 1954
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907
| 1974
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1902
| 1973
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1897*
| 1970
| Georgia
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1898
| 1947
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| <small>Unknown</small>
| Missouri
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1895
| 1925
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1902
| 1988
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1888
| 1966
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1895
| 1984
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1894*
| 1966
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1890*
| 1937*
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1890*
| 1950*
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1902
| 1969
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1893
| 1929
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1897
| 1945
| Texas
| align="center"| Gospel blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903
| 1988
| Missouri
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899
| 1970
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1898
| 1983
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911
| 1938
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896
| 1956
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899
| 1981
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1893
| <small>Unknown</small>
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Lead Belly
| 1889
| 1949
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1893*
| 1981
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1964
| Illinois
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1900
| 1963
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1895
| 1976
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1890
| 1932
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 2006
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1887*
| 1957
| Tennessee
| align="center" | Boogie woogie
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910
| 1931
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1884
| 1955
| Kentucky
| align="center"| Vaudeville blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1883
| <small>Unknown</small>
| U.S.
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1950
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| 1959
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1904
| 1972
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Hill country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1895
| 1966
| Illinois
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| <small>Unknown</small>
| Florida
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1916
| 2006
| Oklahoma
| align="center"| Blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1901*
| 1959
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Memphis Minnie
| 1897
| 1973
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Mississippi Sheiks
|
|
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 1985
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Barrelhouse blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899
| 1989
| Texas
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1914
| 1984
| Georgia
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1901
| 1965
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903
| 1977
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1891
| 1934
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Piano Red
| 1911
| 1985
| Georgia
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1916
| 1964
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1964
| Alabama
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1886*
| 1939
| Georgia
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Red Nelson
| 1907
| 1970
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| 1972
| Alabama
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903
| 1972
| Oklahoma
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896
| 1956
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1901
| 1972
| Virginia
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1908
| 1985
| Texas
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1902
| 1962
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1890
| 1958
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1894
| 1937
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1894*
| 1935
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1885*
| 1940*
| U.S.
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1883
| 1946
| Ohio
| align="center"| Vaudeville blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910
| 1935
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Speckled Red
| 1892
| 1973
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 1976
| Texas
| align="center"| Vaudeville blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1888*
| 1955
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1913
| 1984
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Tampa Red
| 1904
| 1981
| Georgia
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 1968
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1874
| 1930*
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| <small>Unknown</small>
| <small>Unknown</small>
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| 2006
| Mississippi
| align="center"| St. Louis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910
| 1977
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| 1933
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1901
| 1975
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1898
| 1986
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Classic female blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Washboard Sam
| 1910
| 1966
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1896
| 1977
| Pennsylvania
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 1962
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1897*
| 1960
| Kentucky
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| <small>Unknown</small>
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1902
| 1941
| Tennessee
| align="center"| St. Louis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| 1977
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1908
| 1969
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903
| 1982
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1914
| 1948
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910*
| 1957
| Alabama
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903
| 1955
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
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1940–1979 blues
thumb|upright|120px|Luther Allison
thumb|upright|120px|Billy Boy Arnold
thumb|right|120px|Bobby "Blue" Bland
thumb|upright|120px|Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999
thumb|right|120px| Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979
thumb|right|120px|Eric Clapton, 2006
thumb|right|120px|Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978
thumb|upright|120px|Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990
thumb|120px|Willie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981
thumb|right|120px|Lowell Fulson in Paris, 1980
thumb|right|120px|Buddy Guy, 2008
thumb|right|120px|John Lee Hooker in Toronto, 1978
thumb|right|120px|Louis Jordan in New York City, 1946
thumb|right|120px|Albert King in Paris, 1978
thumb|right|120px|B.B. King in Rome, 1984
thumb|right|120px|Freddie King in Paris, 1975
thumb|right|120px|Muddy Waters with James Cotton, 1971
thumb|right|120px|Charlie Musselwhite, 2003
thumb|right|120px|Pinetop Perkins in Paris, 1976
thumb|right|120px|Jimmy Rogers, 1991
thumb|right|120px|Otis Rush, 1997
thumb|right|120px|Son Seals, 1977
thumb|right|120px|Eddie Shaw, 2015
thumb|right|120px|George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980
thumb|right|120px|Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978
thumb|right|120px|Koko Taylor, 2006
thumb|right|120px|Luther Tucker, 1964
thumb|right|120px|Big Joe Turner, 1955
thumb|right|120px|T-Bone Walker at American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, 1972
thumb|right|120px|Junior Wells, 1983
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! scope="col" width=10% data-sort-type=number | Birth<br>year
! scope="col" width=10% data-sort-type=number | Death<br>year
! scope="col" width=15% | Origin
! scope="col" width=20% | Primary style
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|
|
| Illinois
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917
| 1988
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1939
| 1997
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1927
| 2016
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 2007
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1913
| 2006
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1964
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1954
|
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 2012
| Florida
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1920
| 2007
| Alabama
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 2007
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1932
| 1996
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1943
| 2026
| New York
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1942
|
| California
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1930
| 2013
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1949
|
| New Jersey
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1943
| 1981
| Illinois
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Boogie Woogie Red
| 1925
| 1985*
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Boogie woogie
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1914
| 1994
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1933
| 2017
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1922
| 1999
| Texas
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924*
| 2005
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925*
| 1981
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917
| 1956
| Texas
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1939
| 1988
| Alabama
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 2011
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 2012
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1926
| 2005
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Hill country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 2016
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1942
| 1987
| Illinois
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Carolina Slim
| 1923
| 1953
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1945
|
| England
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1932
| 2021
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1932
| 1993
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1937
| 1997
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 2017
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1914
| 1985
| Texas
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1974
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1912
| 2001
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Barrelhouse blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1932
| 1964
| England
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1913
| 1985
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 1991*
| Alabama
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 1994
| Arkansas*
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925
| 1995
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 2013
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 2006
| Texas
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 1992
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910*
| 1992
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 2007
| Alabama
| align="center"| Barrelhouse blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 2014
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 2009
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1918
| 1998
| Virginia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 2011
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931*
| 1997
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Delta blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1939
| 2021
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | The Fabulous Thunderbirds
|
|
| Texas
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 1995
| Virginia
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Forest City Joe
| 1926
| 1960
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1923
| 1958
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 1975
| Indiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 1972
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1944
| 2021
| Florida
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 1985
| Mississippi
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 1999
| Oklahoma
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 1997
| West Virginia
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1948
| 1995
| Ireland
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911
| 1986
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1937
| 2020
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 2011
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Good Rockin' Charles
| 1933
| 1989
| Alabama
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925
| 2020
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 1985
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1946
| 2020
| England
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Guitar Nubbit
| 1923
| 1995
| Florida
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Guitar Slim
| 1926
| 1959
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
|
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1940
| 2008
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1942
| 2026
| New York
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1946
| 2021
| Alabama
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Harmonica Slim
| 1934
| 1984
| Texas
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 1969
| Nebraska
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 1990
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 2003
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 1996
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925
| 1973
| Missouri
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 1984
| Texas
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911
| 1994
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1914
| 1960
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 2021
| North Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1930
| 1970
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917*
| 2001
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1912
| 1982
| Texas
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917*
| 1981
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Howlin' Wolf
| 1910
| 1976
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931
| 2016
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1926
| 1983
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 2002
| Virginia
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1918
| 1963
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 2012
| California
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1916
| 1984
| Alabama
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 2022
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
| 1939
| 2022
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1934
| 1976
| Georgia
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917
| 1990*
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931
| 1989
| Louisiana
| align="center"| New Orleans blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1908
| 1988
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1940
| 2023
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1908
| 1975
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Kansas City Red
| 1926
| 1991
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1944
| 1990
| England
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1930
| 1998
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Hill country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1923
| 1992
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925
| 2015
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1934
| 2003
| Louisiana
| align="center"| New Orleans blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 2012
| Alabama
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1934
| 1976
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1940
|
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1934
|
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 1984
| France
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 1990
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Lazy Lester
| 1933
| 2018
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Swamp blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1941*
| 2010
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1908
| 1997
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Lefty Dizz
| 1937
| 1993
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 1967
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Lightnin' Slim
| 1913
| 1974
| Missouri*
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 1989
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Little Joe Blue
| 1934
| 1990
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Little Sonny
| 1932*
|
| Alabama
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Little Walter
| 1930
| 1968
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931
| 2013
| Texas
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931
| 1994
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Lonesome Sundown
| 1928
| 2005*
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Swamp blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Louisiana Red
| 1932
| 2012
| Alabama
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 1953
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Magic Sam
| 1937
| 1969
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Magic Slim
| 1937
| 2013
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 2004
| Alabama
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1942
| 2011
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1933
| 2024
| England
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1938
| 2008
| Texas
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1920
| 1984
| Louisiana
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 1995
| Alabama
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1940
|
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 2012
| Texas
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 1996
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Memphis Slim
| 1915
| 1988
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1905
| 1953
| Georgia
| align="center"| Barrelhouse blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1927
| 1980
| Texas
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925
| 1987
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907
| 1983
| Oklahoma
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1913
| 2004
| Kansas
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1950
|
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Muddy Waters
| 1913
| 1983
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 2018
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1953
| 2026
| California
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1944
|
| Mississippi
| align="center" | Electric blues
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 2006
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909
| 1967
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 1991
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 2012
| California
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1932
| 1971
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1926
| 1989
| Illinois
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1948
|
| England
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1913
| 2011
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1947
|
| California
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1907
| 1967
| Alabama
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1919*
| 2006
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1927
| 1996
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1949
|
| California
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1925
| 1976
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1940
| 2021
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 2007*
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931
| 2002
| Illinois
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1939
| 1990
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 1997
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Roomful of Blues
|
|
| Rhode Island
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1933
|
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 1997
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1942
| 2004
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1937
| 2018
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931
| 2002
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915
| 1992
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917
| 1970
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1933
|
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1928
| 2000
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 1983
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1932
| 1984
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1930
| 2010
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Smoky Babe
| 1927
| 1975*
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1939
| 2010
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 1993
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1930
| 1970
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1912
| 1990
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917
| 1988
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Taj Mahal
| 1942
|
| New York
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1916
| 1972
| Georgia
| align="center"| Piedmont blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1923
| 1985
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917*
| 1975
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935*
| 2009
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1916
| 1990
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Urban blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911
| 1986
| Georgia
| align="center"| Country blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 2014
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Louisiana blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1926
| 1984
| Alabama
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1936
| 1993
| Tennessee
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1911
| 1985
| Missouri
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-p=100
! scope="row" |Ike Turner
|1931
|2007
|Mississippi
| align="center"|Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1933
| 1984
| Georgia
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1951
|
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1954
| 1990
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1917*
| 2002
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1927
| 1999
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910
| 1975
| Texas
| align="center"| West Coast blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1919
| 1977
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 2000
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | Washboard Willie
| 1909
| 1991
| Alabama
| align="center"| Detroit blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924
| 1990
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1934
| 1998
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
| 1998
| Georgia
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1929
|
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Soul blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1921
| 1979
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Memphis blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1935
| 2018
| Alabama
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1906
| 2006
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1920
| 1990
| Texas
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1909*
| 1965
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1943
| 1970
| Massachusetts
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1934
| 2004
| Louisiana
| align="center"| Texas blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1944
| 2014
| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1920
| 1997
| Arkansas
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924*
| 1977
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1918*
| 1991
| Georgia
| align="center"| Jump blues
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1918
| 1974
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Chicago blues
| align="center"|
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| align="center" colspan="6" style="font-size: 80%"| An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style.
|}
Blues since 1980
thumb|right|120px|Dexter Allen, 2004
thumb|right|120px|Eric Bibb, 2006
thumb|right|120px|Jimmy Burns, 2012
thumb|right|120px|Deborah Coleman, 2009
thumb|right|120px|Shemekia Copeland, 2019
thumb|right|120px|Robert Cray, 2007
thumb|right|120px|Debbie Davies, 2019
thumb|right|120px|RonnieEarl, 1996
thumb|right|120px|Robben Ford, 2007
thumb|right|120px|Corey Harris, 2006
thumb|right|120px|Alvin Youngblood Hart, 2009
thumb|right|120px|Keb' Mo', 2012
thumb|right|120px|Chris Thomas King, 2005
thumb|right|120px|Kenny Neal, 2012
thumb|right|120px|Lucky Peterson
thumb|right|120px|Roy Rogers, 2014
thumb|right|120px|Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 2010
thumb|right|120px|Susan Tedeschi, 2006
thumb|right|120px|Joe Louis Walker, 2007
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! scope="col" width=% | Name
! scope="col" width=10% data-sort-type=number | Birth<br>year
! scope="col" width=10% data-sort-type=number | Death<br>year
! scope="col" width=15% | Origin
! scope="col" width=20% | Primary style
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| 1942
| 2025
| Mississippi
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| 1977
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| Michigan
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| 1957
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| California
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| 1970
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| Mississippi
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| 1949
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| Texas
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| 1962
| 2008
| Illinois
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| 1932
| 2011
| Missouri
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| 1958
| 2016
| Ohio
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| 1967
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| Louisiana
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| 1961
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| Mississippi
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| 1957
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| New York
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| 1944
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| Alabama
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| 1958
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| Illinois
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| 1951
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| New York
| align="center"| Acoustic blues*
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| 1955
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| Mississippi
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| 1948
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| Virginia
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| 1967
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| Illinois
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| 1943
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| Mississippi
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| 1978
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| Mississippi
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| 1943
| 2003
| Mississippi
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| 1958
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| Illinois
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| 1951
| 1996
| California
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| 1956
| 2018
| Virginia
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| 1979
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| New York
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| 1953
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| Georgia
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| 1952
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| California
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| 1943
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| 1952
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| New York
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| 1963
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| Michigan
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| 1934
| 2008
| Mississippi
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| 1953
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| New York
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| 1957
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| Georgia
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| 1975
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| California
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| 1968
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| Canada
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| 1951
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| California
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| 1941
| 2005
| Virginia
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| 1954
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| Texas
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| 1934
| 2021
| Texas
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| 1953
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| Tennessee
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| 1952
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| Louisiana
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| 1950
| 2023
| U.S.
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1951
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| Louisiana
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| 1951
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| Georgia
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| 1951
| 2011
| Texas
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| 1936
| 2003
| Arkansas
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| 1963
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| California
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| 1936
| 1995
| Mississippi
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| 1921
| 2004
| North Carolina
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| 1930
| 2013
| North Carolina
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| 1953
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| Mississippi
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| 1964
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| Canada
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| 1950
| 2023
| New York
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| 1946
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| U.S.
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| 1941
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| Illinois
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| 1946
| 2005
| Mississippi
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| 1957
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| Texas
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| 1955
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| California
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| 1942
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| Canada
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| 1962
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| Louisiana
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| 1968
| 2002
| Tennessee
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| 1953
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| Kansas
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| 1943
| 2021
| Illinois
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| 1948
| 1992
| Illinois
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| 1949
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| Massachusetts
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| 1961
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| Georgia
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| 1962
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| Arkansas
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| 1948
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| Michigan
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| 1952
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| U.S.
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| 1957
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| Louisiana
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| 1947
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| Florida
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| 1956
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| Indiana
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| 1927
| 2005
| Georgia
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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| 1937
| 1997
| Mississippi
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| 1964
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| New York
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| 1960
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| Washington
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| 1955
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| Kentucky
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| 1947
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| Pennsylvania
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| 1958
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| Illinois
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1934
| 2003
| Texas
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| 1951
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| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1948
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| Louisiana
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| 1948
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| Rhode Island
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| 1922
| 2004
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Acoustic blues*
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| 1942
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| Illinois
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| 1950
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| California
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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| 1945
| 2001
| Washington
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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! scope="row" |
| 1977
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| Louisiana
| align="center"| Electric blues
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! scope="row" |
| 1956
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| Arkansas
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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| 1926
| 2005
| South Carolina
| align="center"| Acoustic blues
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! scope="row" |
| 1945
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| Texas
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1973
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| Illinois
| align="center"| Chicago blues
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| 1972
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| Illinois
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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| 1959
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| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1948
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| Illinois
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| 1970
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| Massachusetts
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1969
| 2010
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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| 1977
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| New York
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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! scope="row" |
| 1958
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| Ohio
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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! scope="row" |
| 1952
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| Illinois
| align="center"| Chicago blues
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! scope="row" |
| 1949
| 2025
| California
| align="center"| Electric blues
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! scope="row" |
| 1953
| 2024
| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
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| 1959
| 1991
| Illinois
| align="center"| Electric blues
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! scope="row" |
| 1961
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| Illinois
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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! scope="row" |
| 1942
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| Georgia
| align="center"| Electric blues*
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! scope="row" |
| 1955
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| U.S.
| align="center"| Chicago blues
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| 1948
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| Mississippi
| align="center"| Electric blues
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See also
- List of nicknames of blues musicians
- Lists of blues musicians by genre
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