Early country blues
Henry Thomas (1874-c.1930)
Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900-1954)
Pink Anderson (1900-1974)
Kokomo Arnold (1901-1968)
Barbecue Bob (1902-1931)
Scrapper Blackwell (1903-1962)
Black Ace (1907-1972)
Blind Blake (1895-1937)
Son Bonds (1909-1947)
Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958)
Gabriel Brown (1910-1972)
Rabbit Brown (1880-1937)
Willie Brown (1900-1952)
Bull City Red (unknown)
Bumble Bee Slim (1905-1968)
Gus Cannon (1883-1979)
Bo Carter (1893-1964)
Sam Collins (1887-1949)
Martha Copeland (unknown)
Floyd Council (1911-1976)
Ida Cox (1896-1967)
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
Mattie Delaney (1905-unknown)
Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
Silas Hogan (1911-1994)
Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
Son House (c.1902-1988)
Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Mississippi John Hurt (c.1893-1966)
Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
John Jackson (1924-2002)
Skip James (1902-1969)
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
Maggie Jones (c.1900-unknown)
Lead Belly (c.1889-1949)
Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
Charley Lincoln (1900-1963)
Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
Eddie Mapp (c.1910-1931)
The Memphis Jug Band
Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c.1914-1984)
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
Piano Red (1911-1985)
Buster Pickens (1916-1964)
Joe Pullum (1905-1964)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Tampa Red (1904-1981)
Alec Seward (1902-1972)
Robert Shaw (1908-1985)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
Frank Stokes (c.1888-1955)
Baby Tate (1916-1972)
Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
Ramblin' Thomas (1902-1945)
Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
Bukka White (1909-1977)
Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)
Ralph Willis (1910-1957)
Early urban blues
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972)
Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
Lil Green (1919-1954)
Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Papa Charlie Jackson (c.1890-1938)
James "Stump" Johnson (1902-1969)
Maggie Jones (c.1900-unknown)
Virginia Liston (1890-1932)
Whistlin' Alex Moore (1899-1989)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Clara Smith (c.1894-1935)
Mamie Smith (1883-1946)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
Pre-World War II jazz blues
Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
Walter Davis (1912-1963)
Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
Champion Jack Dupree (c.1909-1992)
Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977)
Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
Little Brother Montgomery (c.1906-1985)
Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
Kansas Joe McCoy (1905-1950)
Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950)
Jay McShann (1916-2006)
Roy Milton (1907-1983)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
Sam Taylor (born 1916)
T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)
Postwar Blues
Mose Allison (born 1927)
Buster Benton (1932-1996)
Charles Brown (1922-1999)
Roy Brown (1925-1981)
George "Mojo" Buford (born 1929)
Ray Charles (1930-2004)
Gary B.B. Coleman (1947-1994)
Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985)
Larry Davis (1936-1994)
Little Sammy Davis (born 1928)
Floyd Dixon (1929-2006)
Champion Jack Dupree (c.1909-1992)
Terry Garland (born 1953)
Larry Garner (born 1952)
James Harman (born 1946)
Wynonie Harris (1915-1969)
Louis Jordan (1908-1975)
Little Willie Littlefield (born 1931)
Willie Love (1906-1953)
Percy Mayfield (1920-1984)
Amos Milburn (1927-1980)
Dave Peabody (born 1948)
Pinetop Perkins (born 1913)
Piano Red (1911-1985)
Sherman Robertson (born 1948)
Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
Lonesome Sundown (1928-1995)
Smokey Wilson (born 1936)
U.P. Wilson (1934-2004)
Jimmy Witherspoon (1923-1997)
Kansas City blues
Walter Brown (1917-1956)
Jay McShann (c.1916-2006)
Arnold Moore (1914-2005)
Jimmy Rushing (c.1902-1972)
Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
Later styles
Little Hatch (1921-2003)
Lee McBee (born 1951)
Chicago/Detroit blues
Luther Allison (1939-1997)
Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
John Henry Barbee (1905-1964)
Carey Bell (1936-2007)
Eddie Boyd (1914–1994)
James Cotton (born 1935)
Blind John Davis (1913-1985)
Bo Diddley (1928–2008)
Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
David Honeyboy Edwards (born 1915)
"Baby Face" Leroy Foster (1923-1958)
Buddy Guy (born 1936)
Shakey Jake Harris (1921-1990)
Earl Hooker (1929-1970)
J.B. Hutto (1926-1983)
Big Walter Horton (1918-1981)
Floyd Jones (1917-1989)
Moody Jones (1908-1988)
Elmore James (1918-1963)
Albert King (1924-1992)
Freddie King (1934-1976)
John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
Bonnie Lee (1931-2006)
Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944)
Robert Nighthawk (1909-1967)
Pinetop Perkins (born 1913)
Snooky Pryor (1921-2006)
Boogie Woogie Red (1925-1985)
Jimmy Reed (1925-1976)
Soko Richardson (1939-2004)
Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997)
Otis Rush (born 1934)
Magic Sam (1937-1970)
Eddie Shaw (born 1937)
Little Mack Simmons (1933-2000)
Johnny Shines (1915-1992)
Magic Slim (born 1937)
Otis Spann (1930-1970)
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975)
Eddie Taylor (1923-1985)
Little Walter (1930-1968)
Baby Boy Warren (1919-1977)
Washboard Willie (1909-1991)
Muddy Waters (1915-1983)
Carl Weathersby (born 1953)
Junior Wells (1934-1998)
Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976)
Jody Williams (born 1935)
Johnny Williams (1906-2006)
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) (c.1899-1965)
Big John Wrencher (1923-1977)
Johnny 'Man' Young (1918-1974)
Modern blues (post 1950s)
Alan Wilson (Canned Heat) (1943-1970)
Gaye Adegbalola (born 1944)
James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
Back Alley John (1955-2006)
Etta Baker (1913-2006)
Marcia Ball (born 1949)
Johnnie Bassett (born 1935)
Elvin Bishop (born 1942)
Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
Rory Block (born 1949)
Michael Bloomfield (1943-1981)
Blues Brothers
Delaney Bramlett(1939-2009)
Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005)
Bob Brozman (born 1954)
Roy Buchanan (1939-1988)
Eric Burdon (born 1941)
Eric Clapton (born 1945)
Albert Collins (1932-1993)
Johnny Copeland (1937-1997)
Al Copley (born 1952)
Robert Cray (born 1953)
Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
Big Joe Duskin (1921-2007)
Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)
John Fahey (1939-2001)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Robben Ford (born 1951)
Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
Billy F. Gibbons (born 1949)
Peter Green (born 1946)
John Hammond (born 1942)
Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1963)
Ernie Hawkins (born 1947)
Ted Hawkins (1936-1995)
Jimi Hendrix(1942-1970)
Z. Z. Hill (1935-1984)
John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
James Hunter (born 1962)
Colin James (born 1964)
Etta James (born 1938)
Steve James (born 1950)
Jimmy Johnson (born 1928)
Jo Ann Kelly (born 1944)
B. B. King (born 1925)
Freddie King (1934-1976)
The Legendary Blues Band
Lonnie Mack (born 1941)
Doug Macleod (born 1946)
Taj Mahal (born 1942)
John Mayall (born 1933)
Pete Mayes (1938-2008)
Keb' Mo' (born 1951)
Sam Myers (born 1936)
Sugar Ray Norcia (unknown)
Darrell Nulisch (born 1952)
Odetta (1930-2008)
Rod Piazza (born 1947)
Lonnie Pitchford (1955-1998)
Gary Primich (1958-2007)
Louisiana Red (born 1932)
Fenton Robinson (1935-1997)
Roomful of Blues
Bobby Rush (born 1940)
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Seasick Steve (born c.1940)
Magic Slim (born 1937)
Son Seals (1942-2004)
Arbee Stidham (1917-1988)
Angela Strehli (born 1945)
Koko Taylor (1935-2009)
Susan Tedeschi (born 1969)
Tabby Thomas (born 1929)
Rufus Thomas (1917-2001)
George Thorogood (born 1950)
Ali Farka Toure (1939-2006)
Robin Trower (born 1945)
Derek Trucks (born 1979)
Jimmie Vaughan (born 1951)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
Kazumi Watanabe (born 1953)
Lil' Ed Williams (born 1955)
Johnny Winter (born 1944)
Mitch Woods (born 1951)
Blues since 1990
Gwyn Ashton (born 1961)
Tab Benoit (born 1967)
Deanna Bogart (born 1960)
Joe Bonamassa (born 1977)
Kenny Brown (born 1953)
R. L. Burnside (1926-2005)
Tommy Castro (born 1959)
Claudia Carawan (born 1959)
Joanna Connor (born 1962)
Shemekia Copeland (born 1979)
Murali Coryell (born 1969)
Sean Costello (1979-2008)
Guy Davis (born 1952)
Chris Duarte (born 1964)
Ronnie Earl (born 1953)
Tinsley Ellis (born 1957)
Sue Foley (born 1968)
Anson Funderburgh (born 1954)
Anthony Gomes (born 1975)
Otis Grand (born 1950)
Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1965)
Jeff Healey (1966-2008)
Ron Holloway (born 1953)
Colin James (born 1964)
Paul "Wine" Jones (born 1946)
Gene Kelton (born c.1955)
Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998)
Chris Thomas King (born 1964)
Paul Lamb (born 1955)
Jonny Lang (born 1981)
Larry McCray (born 1960)
Harry Manx (unknown)
Keb Mo' (born 1951)
Coco Montoya (born 1951)
Kenny Neal (born 1957)
North Mississippi All Stars
Blind Mississippi Morris (born 1955)
Charlie Parr (unknown)
Asie Payton (1937-1997)
Kelly Joe Phelps (born 1959)
Ana Popovic (born 1976)
Roxanne Potvin (born 1982)
Todd Sharpville (born 1970)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1976)
Bobby Sowell (born 1947)
Dave Specter (born 1963)
Otis Taylor (born 1948)
Susan Tedeschi (born 1970)
Jimmy Thackery (born 1953)
T-Model Ford (born 1924)
Joe Louis Walker (born 1949)
William Elliott Whitmore (born 1978)
Bob Cobb (born 1965)
Blues in conventional pop music
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
John Mayer Trio
Blues in country music
Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
Merle Haggard (born 1937)
Jerry Lee Lewis (born 1937)
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Hank Williams (1923-1953)
See also: rockabilly
Blues influence in classical music
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Honegger (1892-1955)
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Blues in contemporary rock and pop music
The Rolling Stones
The Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blues Explosion
Nick Cave (born 1957)
G. Love & Special Sauce
Ben Harper (born 1969)
Norah Jones (born 1979)
Chris Thomas King (born 1962)
Lenny Kravitz (born 1964)
Los Lonely Boys
Hans Olson (unknown)
Bonnie Raitt (born 1949)
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
Tom Waits (born 1948)
The White Stripes
Christina Aguilera
Duffy
Blues from Europe
Barrelhouse
Cuby and the Blizzards
Herman Brood (1946-1991)
Eric Burdon (born 1941)
Yavuz Çetin (1970-2001)
Eric Clapton (born 1945)
Cyril Davies (1932-1964)
Christian Dozzler (born 1958)
Elmore D (born 1946)
Peter Green (born 1946)
Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
Jo Ann Kelly (1944-1990)
John Kirkbride (born 1946)
Alexis Korner (1928-1984)
Alvin Lee (born 1944)
John Mayall (born 1933)
Ana Popovic (born 1976)
Todd Sharpville (born 1970)
Mick Taylor (born 1949)
Hans Theessink (born 1948)
Axel Zwingenberger (born 1955)
Blues from Latin America
Nuno Mindelis (born 1957)
Pappo (1950-2005)
Carlos Santana (born 1947)
Blues from Russia
Mike Naumenko (1955-1991)
Blackmailers
