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Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly
Chuck Berry
Fats Domino
James Brown
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
The Everly Brothers
Little Richard -
Alan Freed
Sam Phillips -
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmy Yancey
Robert Johnson -
John Hammond
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Hank Williams
Louis Jordan
T-Bone Walker -
Leonard Chess
Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller -
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Big Joe Turner
Bill Haley
Bo Diddley
Carl Perkins
Clyde McPhatter
Eddie Cochran
Jackie Wilson
The Coasters
Marvin Gaye
Ricky Nelson
Roy Orbison
Smokey Robinson
Muddy Waters -
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
The Drifters
The Supremes -
Berry Gordy Jr.
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Lead Belly
Woody Guthrie
Les Paul -
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Dion
Otis Redding
Stevie Wonder -
Phil Spector
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Bessie Smith
The Soul Stirrers
The Ink Spots -
The Who
Bobby Darin
Charlie Christian
Hank Ballard
The Four Tops
The Kinks
The Platters
Simon and Garfunkel
The Four Seasons -
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Holland, Dozier and Holland -
Louis Armstrong
Ma Rainey -
Ike and Tina Turner
Jimmy Reed
John Lee Hooker
LaVern Baker
The Byrds
The Impressions
Wilson Pickett -
Nesuhi Ertegun
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Howlin’ Wolf
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Dave Bartholomew
Ralph Bass -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Yardbirds
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Booker T. and the M.G.’s
Johnny Cash
Sam and Dave
The Isley Brothers -
Bill Graham
Doc Pomus
Leo Fender -
Elmore James
Professor Longhair -
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Etta James
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Ruth Brown
The Doors
Van Morrison
Sly and the Family Stone -
Dick Clark
Milt Gabler -
Dinah Washington
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Bob Marley
Duane Eddy
Elton John
John Lennon
The Grateful Dead
The Animals
Rod Stewart
The Band -
Johnny Otis
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Willie Dixon
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Neil Young
The Allman Brothers Band
Janis Joplin
Led Zeppelin
Al Green
Frank Zappa
Martha and the Vandellas -
Paul Ackerman
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The Orioles
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David Bowie
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Jefferson Airplane
Little Willie John
Pink Floyd
The Shirelles
The Velvet Underground -
Tom Donahue
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Pete Seeger
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Buffalo Springfield
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Joni Mitchell
The (Young) Rascals
The Bee Gees
The Jackson 5
Parliament-Funkadelic -
Bill Monroe
Mahalia Jackson -
Syd Nathan
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The Eagles
Santana
Fleetwood Mac
Gene Vincent
The Mamas and the Papas
Lloyd Price -
Jelly Roll Morton
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Allen Toussaint
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Bruce Springsteen
Paul McCartney
Billy Joel
Curtis Mayfield
Del Shannon
Dusty Springfield
The Staple Singers -
George Martin
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Charles Brown
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys -
Bonnie Raitt
Earth, Wind & Fire
Eric Clapton
James Taylor
The Moonglows
Lovin' Spoonful -
Earl Palmer
Hal Blaine
James Jamerson
King Curtis
Scotty Moore -
Clive Davis
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Billie Holiday
Nat "King" Cole -
Michael Jackson
Aerosmith
Solomon Burke
The Flamingos
Queen
Paul Simon
Steely Dan
Ritchie Valens -
James Burton
Johnnie Johnson -
Chris Blackwell
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Brenda Lee
Gene Pitney
Isaac Hayes
Talking Heads
Ramones
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
Chet Atkins
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Jim Stewart
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AC/DC
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
The Clash
The Police
Righteous Brothers -
Benny Benjamin
Floyd Cramer
Steve Douglas -
Mo Ostin
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Bob Seger
George Harrison
Jackson Browne
Prince
The Dells
ZZ Top
Traffic -
Jann S. Wenner
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U2
Buddy Guy
The Pretenders
The O'Jays
Percy Sledge -
Frank Barsalona
Seymour Stein -
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Miles Davis
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sex Pistols -
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
R.E.M
Van Halen
The Ronettes
Patti Smith -
The Dave Clark Five
John Mellencamp
Madonna
The Ventures
Leonard Cohen -
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
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Little Walter
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Bobby Womack
Jeff Beck
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Run-D.M.C.
Metallica -
Bill Black
D.J. Fontana
Spooner Oldham -
Wanda Jackson
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ABBA
Genesis
The Hollies
Jimmy Cliff
The Stooges -
David Geffen
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
Jesse Stone
Mort Shuman
Otis Blackwell -
David Geffen
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Leon Russell
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Alice Cooper
Neil Diamond
Dr. John
Darlene Love
Tom Waits -
Jac Holzman
Art Rupe -
Guns N' Roses
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Donovan
Laura Nyro
The Small Faces/Faces
Beastie Boys
The Crickets
The Famous Flames
The Midnighters
The Comets
The Blue Caps
The Miracles -
Freddie King
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Don Kirshner
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Cosimo Matassa
Tom Dowd
Glyn Johns -
Quincy Jones
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