John Alexander - Meridian, MS
Ruby Pearl Elzy - Pontotoc, MS
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield - Natchez, MS
Samuel Jones - Inverness, MS
Willard Palmer - McComb, MS
Leontyne Price - Laurel, MS
William Grant Still- - Woodville, MS
Walter Turnbull - Greenville, MS
Milton Bryon Babbitt - Jackson, MS

James Blackwood/Blackwood Bros. - Ackerman, MSCanton Spirituals - Canton, MS
Jackson Southernaires - Jackson, MS
Mississippi Mass Choir/Frank Williams -Jackson, MS
Pop Staples/Staples Singers - Winona, MS  
C. L. Franklin 
Blind Boys of Mississippi - Piney Woods School
Williams Brothers - Smithdale, MS
Cleophus Robinson

Hank Cochran - Greenville, MS
Faith Hill - Star, MS
Elsie McWilliams - Meridian, MS
Ben Peters - Greenville, MS
Charley Pride - Sledge, MS
Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian, MS
Conway Twitty - Friars Point, MS
Tammy Wynette - Tremont, MS
Mississippi Sheiks - Bolton, MS
O. B. McClinton - Senatobia, MS
Carl Jackson - Louisville, MS
Charlie Feathers

Lance Bass - Laurel/Clinton, MS
Guy Hovis - Tupelo, MS
Van Dyke Parks - Hattiesburg, MS
Nanette Workman - Jackson, MS

Mose Allison - Tippo, MS
Milt Hinton - Vicksburg, MS
Jimmie Lunceford - Fulton, MS
Cassandra Wilson - Jackson, MS
Gerald Stanley Wilson -Shelby, MS
Lester Young   - Woodville, MS
Teddy Edwards - Jackson, MS
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
- Piney Woods School
Hank Jones - Vicksburg, MS
Freddie Waits - Jackson, MS

Jimmy Buffett - Pascagoula, MS
Jerry Lee Lewis - Nesbit, MS
Elvis Presley - Tupelo, MS
Ike Turner - Clarksdale, MS
Mary Wilson - Greenwood, MS
Jackie Brenston - Clarksdale, MS
Warren Smith - Louise, MS
Steve Forbert - Meridian, MS
Blind Roosevelt Graves and the
Mississippi Jook Band - Rose Hill, MS

Little Milton Campbell - Inverness, MS
Sam Cooke - Clarksdale, MS
Bo Diddley - McComb, MS
John Lee Hooker - Clarksdale, MS
Dorothy Moore - Jackson, MS
Davis Ruffin - Meridian, MS
Jerry Butler - Sunflower county
Prentiss Barnes - Magnolia, MS
Junior Parker - Clarksdale, MS
Jimmy Reed - Leland, MS

Glenn Ballard
Dee Barton - Houston/Starkville, MS
Olu Dara - Natchez, MS
Lehman Engel - Jackson, MS
Mundell Lowe - Laurel, MS
Mary Ann Mobley - Brandon, MS
Lloyd Wells - Laurel, MS

Willie Dixon - Vicksburg, MS
Robert Johnson - Hazlehurst, MS
B. B. King - Itta Bena, MS
Charlie Patton - Edwards, MS
Muddy Waters - Rolling Fork, MS
Howlin Wolf - White Station, MS
Sonny Boy Williamson - Glendora, MS
Pinetop Perkins - Belzoni, MS
Mississippi John Hurt - Teoc, MS
Tommy Johnson - Terry, MS

Blackberry Records - Summit, MS
Delta Records/Jimmie Ammons - Jackson, MS
Johnny Vincent (John Imbragulio) - Laurel, MS
Malaco Records - Jackson, MS
Willard and Lillian McMurry - Jackson, MS
Peavey Electronics/ Hartley Peavey - Meridian, MS
H. C. Speir - Jackson, MS
Marty Gamblin - Philadelphia, MS