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Category List: Musicians

1.	The extraordinarily talented Ray Charles - a man whose musical style is without match. Click here to read about Ray Charles
2.	Guthrie contributed significantly to the welfare of ordinary people and their hardships by writing uplifting folk songs, each one full of hope in the face of travail. Many of his songs are now classics, and his vocal style influenced many younger folk singers. Click here to read about Woody Guthrie
3.	Scott Joplin's 'rag time' piano playing set the world alight during his lifetime, and then again when it was used in the soundtrack for the movie "The Sting". But, as is so often the case, there was more to this man than their famous persona. Click here to read about Scott Joplin
4.	An American-born Jew, Jerome Kern wrote many hit musicals and songs for stage and screen, including "Ol' Man River" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". Click here to read about Jerome Kern
5.	Oliver was a jazz pioneer, pre-dating the likes of Louis Armstrong, to whom Oliver was an inspiration. He principally performed in Chicago, before the Depression caught up with him and turned him into a pauper. Click here to read about Joe Oliver
6.	'The King,' Elvis Presley. Click here to read about Elvis Presley
7.	A man who entertained America for sixty years, with his Jazz bands and musical compositions, Fred Waring. Click here to read about Fred Waring