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Bessie Smith
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Influences
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Summary
Influencers
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Ma Rainey
Mississippi Sheiks
Sally Barker
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Followers
Aretha Franklin
Janis Joplin
Sun Ra
Roscoe Holcomb
Jimmy Scott
Erykah Badu
LaVern Baker
Tampa Red
Hoyt Axton
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Etta James
Big Mama Thornton
Bonnie Raitt
Dinah Washington
Lena Horne
Mahalia Jackson
Maria Muldaur
Odetta
Rhiannon Giddens
Sarah Vaughan
Syvia
Tracy Nelson
Louis Jordan
Joan Armatrading
Jimmy Rushing
Lucille Bogan
Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron and Elijah Kelley
Connee Boswell
George Melly
Dionne Warwick
Robert Johnson
Arizona Dranes
Sally Barker
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Roy Brown
Barbecue Bob
Josh White
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