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Artist of the Frankie Lymon and Harry Belafonte The Teenagers Danny and The Juniors Fifties Johnny Burnette The Chords James Brown Wanda Jackson Elvis Presley Bobby Darin Chuck Willis Chuck Berry Ritchie Valens Duane Eddy Miles Davis Dizzy Gillespie Lambert, Hendricks Buddy Holly & The Jackie Wilson and Ross Crickets The Modern Jazz Les Paul & Mary Ford Little Richard Quartet Johnnie Ray Frank Sinatra Louis Armstrong Bill Doggett Ray Charles Sam Cooke 90 Wilbert Bo Diddley Max Roach Harrison Ella Fitzgerald Link Wray "Tennessee" Ernie Woody Guthrie Ford Thelonious Monk Dinah Washington João Gilberto The Everly Brothers Dion Huey "Piano" Smith & Jerry Lee Lewis Cliff Richard The Clowns Fats Domino Nina Simone Dale Hawkins Sonny Rollins Screamin' Jay Hawkins The Clovers Muddy Waters Sarah Vaughan The Orioles Johnny Cash Little Willie John 9Lester Young Charles Mingus Jackie Brenston Jerry Butler Eddie Cochran Benny Goodman Clyde McPhatter Hank Williams Chet Baker The Diamonds Count Basie The Isley Brothers Lennie Tristano Gene Vincent The Flamingos Professor Longhair Bill Haley and His The Five Satins Kitty Wells Comets Marty Robbins The Chantels Dave Brubeck John Coltrane The Del-Vikings Ornette Coleman Cannonball Adderley Sun Ra Duke Ellington LaVern Baker Ruth Brown Howlin' Wolf Willie Mae "Big Mama" Billy Ward & The Art Blakey Thornton Dominoes The Coasters Nat King Cole The Big Bopper The Platters Erroll Garner The Champs Carl Perkins Julie London The Monotones Billie Holiday The Weavers Peggy Lee Big Joe Turner Tito Puente Art Pepper Charlie Parker Lonnie Donegan Horace Silver Lloyd Price Barrett Strong The Cadillacs Bud Powell Elmore James The Dells The Drifters The Penguins Patsy Cline Clifford Brown George Russell Little Walter Jacques Brel B.B. King Art Tatum Guy Mitchell Sonny Clark Stan Kenton Mickey and Sylvia The Louvin Brothers Johnny Otis Nolan Strong & The The Crows Diablos Henry Mancini Johnny and The Rick Nelson Hurricanes Patti Page Johnny Ace Louis Prima Red Foley Conway Twitty Serge Gainsbourg Mahalia Jackson Tommy Edwards Ray Price Anita O'Day Roy Orbison Bobby Bland Billy Lee Riley The El Dorados Lefty Frizzell June Christy The Skyliners Oscar Peterson The Robins Jimmy Reed Gene Kelly Percy Mayfield The Kingston Trio Johnny Horton Hank Snow Pérez Prado Phil Phillips with The Junior Parker Twilights Richard Berry The Teddy Bears Bobby Freeman Frankie Ford Edith Piaf Jimmy Smith Etta James Ahmad Jamal Johnny Mathis Slim Harpo Jimmy Giuffre Guitar Slim The Shirelles The Elegants Champion Jack Dupree The Silhouettes The "5" Royales Elizabeth Cotten Sonny Boy Williamson Jimmy Forrest The Harptones Shirley and Lee The Fleetwoods John Cage Domenico Modugno Lowell Fulson George Jones The Falcons The Capris Hank Ballard and The The Spaniels Midnighters Mark Dinning The Chordettes J.J. Johnson Chan Romero Lightnin' Hopkins The Moonglows Ben Webster Paul Anka Doris Day Vince Taylor .

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