Artiesten
- Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues (1894 - 1937)
- Blind Willie McTell (1898 - 1959)
- Ma Rainey, the Mother of the Blues (1886 - 1939)
- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong (1901 - 1971)
- Lonnie Johnson (1899 - 1970)
- Leroy Carr (1905 - 1935)
- Eddie James 'Son House' Junior, Father of the Blues (1902 - 1988)
- Tiny Legs Tim (1978 - 2022)