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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
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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
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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
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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
Lou Adler -