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1940–1979 blues. Luther Allison. Billy Boy Arnold. Bobby "Blue" Bland. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999. Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979. Eric Clapton, 2006. Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978. Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990.
Okeh. Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her ...
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 [1] or 1917 [4][5] – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early ...
Billboard. Blues Albums number ones of the 1990s. Blues Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling blues albums in the United States, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debut as the Top Blues Albums in the issue dated September 2, 1995, as a 15-position chart with its ...
Blues standards are blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition due to having been widely performed and recorded. [1] They represent the best known and most interpreted blues songs that are seen as standing the test of time. [2] Blues standards come from different eras and styles, such as ragtime - vaudeville, Delta and other ...
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a ...
Koko Taylor (born Cora Ann Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) [2][3][4] was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", [1] she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Over the course of her career, she was nominated for 11 ...
Singer. Instrument. Vocals. Years active. 1965–present. Labels. Malaco, Volt, Rejoice, Farish Street. Dorothy Moore (born October 13, 1946) [1] is an American blues, gospel, and R&B singer best known for her 1976 hit song, "Misty Blue".