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100 Greatest Influential Blues Artists

Criteria: These Blues artists where chosen for their influence, impact, and innovations in the world of Blues Music.

Last Updated: 2023-10-06
Influential Blues Artists
  1. W.C. Handy
  2. Son House
  3. Bessie Smith
  4. Robert Johnson
  5. B.B. King
  6. T-Bone Walker
  7. Muddy Waters
  8. Little Walter
  9. Lonnie Johnson
10. John Lee Hooker
11. Blind Lemon Jefferson
12. Elmore James
13. Willie Dixon
14. Freddie King
15. Billie Holiday
16. Stevie Ray Vaughan
17. Charlie Patton
18. Ma Rainey
19. Big Bill Broonzy
20. Howlin' Wolf
21. Louis Jordan
22. Lightnin' Hopkins
23. Skip James
24. Sonny Boy Williamson I
25. Professor Longhair
26. Mamie Smith
27. Blind Blake
28. Robert Nighthawk
29. Memphis Minnie
30. Leroy Carr
31. Arthur Big Boy Crudup
32. Ida Cox
33. Tampa Red
34. Sonny Boy Williamson II
35. Albert King
36. Charles Brown
37. Leadbelly
38. Brownie McGhee
39. Junior Wells
40. Mississippi John Hurt
41. Jimmy Reed
42. Ray Charles
43. Blind Willie Johnson
44. Big Mama Thornton
45. Big Joe Turner
46. Albert Collins
47. Sleepy John Estes
48. Rosco Gordon
49. Otis Spann
50. Walter "Furry" Lewis
51. Reverend Gary Davis
52. Big Maceo
53. Blind Boy Fuller
54. Pinetop Smith
55. Hound Dog Taylor
56. Roosevelt Sykes
57. Buddy Guy
58. Memphis Slim
59. Big Joe Williams
60. Mississippi Fred McDowell
61. Slim Harpo
62. Etta James
63. Tommy Johnson
64. Big Walter Horton
65. Sippie Wallace
66. Amos Milburn
67. Bobby Blue Bland
68. Victoria Spivey
69. Otis Rush
70. Gus Cannon
71. Sunnyland Sims
72. Magic Sam
73. Johnny Winter
74. Willie Brown
75. Blind Willie McTell
76. Big Maybelle
77. Champion Jack Dupree
78. Johnny Shines
79. Julia Lee
80. Josh White
81. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
82. J.B. Hutto
83. Jesse Fuller
84. Eric Clapton
85. KoKo Taylor
86. Eddie Taylor
87. Peatie Wheatstraw
88. Wynonie Harris
89. Meade Lux Lewis
90. Jimmy Rushing
91. Ruth Brown
92. Charles Musselwhite
93. Frank "Son" Seals
94. Luther Allison
95. John Mayall
96. Honeyboy Edwards
97. James Cotton
98. J.B. Lenoir
99. Taj Mahal
100. Barbecue Bob

Blues music artist W.C. Handy
W.C. Handy


Blues music artist Son House
Son House


Blues music singer Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith


Blues music artist Robert Johnson Robert Johnson





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Robert Jr. Lockwood
Sonny Terry
R.L. Burnside
Mance Lipscomb
Junior Parker
Carey Bell
Bukka White
Houston Stackhouse
Robert Pete Williams
Jimmy Rogers
Sonny Landreth
Robert Cray
John Hammond
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
Helen Humes
Leroy Carr
Nappy Brown
Scrapper Blackwell
Alger Texas Alexander
Henry Brown



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