classic blues

255 artists in this genre. Average Spotify popularity: 23/100.

Related Genres

blues (221) country blues (97) blues rock (59) modern blues (58) ragtime (45) soul blues (26) jazz blues (19) boogie-woogie (18) rockabilly (8) swing music (5)

Common Instruments

guitar (74) lead vocals (56) eponymous (29) original (28) spoken vocals (21) vocal (18) piano (18) electric guitar (17)

Artists (255)

Also: blues, jazz blues

BB King & Eric Clapton 60

Also: blues, jazz blues

muddy waters w earl hooker 56

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: blues, blues rock

Bobby "Blue" Bland 53

Also: blues, soul blues

Muddy Waters 53

Also: blues, blues rock

john lee hooker 53

Also: blues, blues rock

Buddy Guy w/Christone 51

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: blues, modern blues

Also: blues, blues rock

rory gallagher 50

Also: blues rock, blues

Albert King, Steve Cropper, Pop Staples 49

Also: blues, blues rock

Bobby Blue Bland 49

Also: blues, soul blues

Howlin' Wolf 49

Also: blues, blues rock

R.L. Burnside 49

Also: blues, country blues

Taj Mahal, Keb Mo 49

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, blues rock

howling wolf 49

Also: blues, blues rock

Freddie King 48

Also: blues, blues rock

TAJ MAHAL & KEITH FRANK 48

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, blues rock

Albert Collins 47

Also: blues, blues rock

Sonny Boy Williams II 47

Also: blues, country blues

Fenton Robinson 46

Also: blues, soul blues

T-Bone Walker 46

Sonny Boy Williamson 45

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, rock and roll

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: blues, modern blues

Little Walter 44

Sonny Boy Williamson II 44

Also: blues, country blues

robert johnson 44

Also: blues, country blues

roy buchanan 43

Also: blues, blues rock

Elmore James 42

Also: blues, blues rock

Junior Kimbrough 42

Also: blues, country blues

LIGHTNIN HOPKINS 42

Also: blues, country blues

The Fabulous Thunderbirds 42

Also: blues, blues rock

lightning hopkins 42

Also: blues, country blues

Big Mama Thornton 41

Walter Trout 41

Also: blues, blues rock

Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton 41

johnny winter 41

Also: blues, blues rock

jimmie vaughan 40

Also: blues, blues rock

CEDRIC BURNSIDE, SHARDE THOMAS-MALLOY & TIERINI JACKSON 39

Also: blues, modern blues

Also: blues, soul blues

Also: blues, blues rock

Big Joe Turner 38

Also: boogie-woogie, doo-wop

Mississippi Fred McDowell 37

Also: blues, country blues

Professor Longhair, Earl King 37

Also: cajun, zydeco

cedric Burnside 37

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: boogie-woogie, doo-wop

junior kimbrough 37

Also: blues, country blues

BESSIE SMITH 36

Also: blues, jazz

Champion JAck Dupree 36

Also: blues, boogie-woogie

Lonnie Brooks 36

Also: blues, modern blues

Steve Cropper 36

Also: blues, blues rock

Willie Dixon 36

luther allison 36

Also: blues, modern blues

luther dickinson 36

Also: alt country, americana

pops staples, albert king, steve cropper 36

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: blues, modern blues

Charlie Musselwhite 35

Also: blues, modern blues

Clarence Gatemouth Brown 35

Also: blues, modern blues

Guitar SHorty 35

Also: blues, blues rock

blind willie johnson m 35

Also: blues, country blues

johnny copeland 35

Also: blues, modern blues

AMOS MILBURN 34

Also: boogie-woogie, swing music

Also: blues, soul blues

Junior Wells 34

Also: blues, modern blues

Mississippi John Hurt 34

Also: country blues, blues

sister rosetta tharpe 34

Also: blues, modern blues

Blind Willie Johnson 33

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, country blues

lowell fulson 33

Also: blues, soul blues

paul butterfield blues band 33

Also: blues, blues rock

Mississippi Fred McDowell 32

Also: blues, country blues

Professor Longhair 32

Also: boogie-woogie, blues

Also: blues, modern blues

big maybelle 32

Also: doo-wop, blues

Also: boogie-woogie, blues

Brownie McGhee 31

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, country blues

Joe Louis Walker 31

Also: blues, modern blues

Also: blues, soul blues

Also: blues, soul blues

Mighty Joe Young 31

Also: blues, country blues

Guitar Slim, Jr 30

Also: blues, country blues

hound dog taylor 30

Also: blues, blues rock

james cotton 30

Also: blues, modern blues

Also: blues, boogie-woogie

Also: blues, country blues

John Hammond 29

Also: blues, country blues

Little Milton 29

Also: blues, soul blues

Louisiana Red 29

Also: blues, modern blues

Snooky Pryor 29

Also: blues, modern blues

gatemouth brown 29

Also: blues, modern blues

snooks eaglin 29

Also: blues, country blues

ALBERTA HUNTER 28

Also: blues, ragtime

Big Bill Broonzy 28

Also: blues, country blues

Henry Thomas 28

Also: country blues, blues

Also: ragtime, country blues

Also: blues, country blues

jimmy witherspoon 28

Also: blues, jazz blues

Also: blues, blues rock

william clarke 28

Also: blues, boogie-woogie

willie mctell 28

Also: blues, country blues

ETHEL WATERS 27

Also: ragtime, vocal jazz

Memphis Slim 27

Also: blues, boogie-woogie

blind willie mctell 27

Also: blues, country blues

CHARLEY PATTON 26

Also: country blues, blues

EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON 26

Also: blues, jazz blues

Also: blues, modern blues

MATT GUITAR MURPHY 26

Solomon Hicks 26

Also: blues, modern blues

Also: blues, country blues

lonnie johnson 26

Also: blues, country blues

Also: blues, ragtime

BIG JOE WILLIAMS 25

Also: blues, country blues

JIMMY DAWKINS 25

Also: blues, modern blues

LUCILLE BOGAN 25

Also: blues, country blues

corey harris 25

Also: blues, modern blues

eddie vinson 25

Also: blues, jazz blues

Also: country blues, blues

memphis minnie 25

Also: blues, country blues

Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes 24

Also: blues, modern blues

Pee Wee Crayton 24

blind lemon jefferson 24

Also: country blues, blues

Also: blues, boogie-woogie

Percy Mayfield 23

Also: blues, jazz blues

TOMMY TUCKER 23

billy boy arnold 23

Also: blues, blues rock

JOHNNY SHINES 22

Also: blues, country blues

EDDIE TAYLOR 21

Also: blues, modern blues

PINK ANDERSON 21

Also: country blues, blues

T-Model Ford 21

Also: blues, modern blues

EDDY CLEARWATER 20

Also: blues, blues rock

Also: blues, country blues

ROBERT BELFOUR 20

Also: country blues, blues

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 19

Also: blues, country blues

roosevelt sykes 19

Also: blues, boogie-woogie

scrapper blackwell 19

Also: country blues, blues

TRIXIE SMITH 18

mance lipscomb 18

Also: country blues, blues

VICTORIA SPIVEY 17

Also: blues, ragtime

Clarence Williams 16

Also: ragtime, swing music

Jimmy McCracklin 16

Also: boogie-woogie, soul blues

lonesome sundown 16

Also: blues, ragtime

VICTORIA SPIVEY AND THE CHICAGO FOUR 15

Also: blues, ragtime

lightnin slim 15

J.B. Hutto And His Hawks 14

SIPPIE WALLACE 14

Also: country blues, blues

billy the kid emerson 14

Also: rockabilly

LESTER DAVENPORT 13

LITTLE JOHNNY JONES 12

earl hooker w jody williams 12

robert nighthawk 12

Also: blues, country blues

FRANK STOKES 11

Also: country blues, blues

Joe Hill Louis 11

LIZZIE MILES 11

ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS 11

Also: country blues, blues

ROBERT WILKINS 11

Also: country blues, blues

ANDREW BROWN 10

GOOD ROCKIN' CHARLES 10

Also: boogie-woogie, blues

earnest jackson, sugar daddy and the gumbo roux 10

harmonica shah 10

Also: blues, modern blues

willie brown 10

Also: country blues, blues

Also: blues, ragtime

HArold Burrage 9

Also: northern soul, rockabilly

KOKOMO ARNOLD 9

Also: country blues, blues

Also: country blues, blues

Juke Boy Bonner 8

Also: blues, country blues

peetie wheatstraw 8

Also: country blues, blues

Frankie Lee Sims 7

JOHNNIE TEMPLE 7

Also: blues, country blues

Also: rockabilly

Junior Wells, Buddy Guy 6

PAPA LIGHTFOOT 6

Also: blues, rockabilly

Also: rock and roll

lucille hegamin 6

Also: ragtime, blues

Little Joe Blue 5

Also: blues, soul blues

Also: blues, country blues

TUTS WASHINGTON 5

Also: boogie-woogie, blues

Wild Child Butler 5

big leon brooks 5

Also: blues, modern blues

memphis minnie and kansas joe 5

Also: country blues, blues

warner williams 5

Also: country blues, blues

Also: country blues, ragtime

GLADYS BENTLEY 4

houston stackhouse 4

Also: blues, country blues

Also: country blues, blues

KING SOLOMON HILL 3

Also: country blues, blues

ishman bracey 3

Also: country blues, blues

ARBEE STIDHAM 2

Also: blues, jazz ballads

BABY FACE LEROY FOSTER 2

Charlie Pickett 2

Also: blues, country blues

HENRY TOWNSEND 2

Also: country blues, blues

JOHN HENRY BARBEE 2

Also: country blues, blues

Luther Tucker 2

PEG LEG HOWELL 2

Also: country blues, blues

Also: blues, ragtime

ranie burnette 2

Also: country blues, blues

BIG JOHN WRENCHER 1

Also: blues, modern blues

LILLIAN GLINN 1

Also: country blues, ragtime

ROBERT LOCKWOOD 1

Also: blues, country blues

Whispering Smith 1

Also: cajun, blues

BIG CHIEF ELLIS 0

Carrie Edwards 0

EDITH NORTH JOHNSON 0

Also: country blues

EDMONIA HENDERSON 0

Georgia Cotton Pickers 0

Also: country blues

HOUND DOG TAYLOR AND THE HOUSEROCKERS 0

Also: blues, blues rock

JIMMY DEBERRY 0

Also: country blues, modern blues

KATHERINE HENDERSON 0

Also: ragtime, jazz blues

LEROY WASHINGTON 0

LILLIAN OFFIT 0

Lillian Offitt 0

NEW ORLEANS WILLIE JACKSON 0

OZIE McPHERSON 0

SUNNYLAND SLIM 0

bogus ben covington 0

Also: country blues

bright light quartet 0

Also: country blues

coy hot shot love 0

Also: blues, psychobilly

daddy hotcakes 0

Also: country blues

haskell sadler 0

little willie foster 0

pee wee hughes 0

washington white 0

Also: country blues, blues

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