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Charley Patton
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Jimmie Rodgers
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Memphis Slim
146,737 listeners
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T-Bone Walker
292,908 listeners
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Elizabeth Cotten
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Cisco Houston
28,303 listeners
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J.B. Lenoir
98,325 listeners
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Paul Robeson
48,226 listeners
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Champion Jack Dupree
100,017 listeners
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Mississippi Fred McDowell
171,107 listeners
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