Postwar Blues
| Name | Birth year | Death year |
|---|---|---|
| Mose Allison | 1927 | |
| Buster Benton | 1932 | 1996 |
| Charles Brown | 1922 | 1999 |
| Roy Brown | 1925 | 1981 |
| George "Mojo" Buford | 1929 | 2011 |
| Carolina Slim | 1923 | 1953 |
| Good Rockin' Charles | 1933 | 1989 |
| Ray Charles | 1930 | 2004 |
| Gary B.B. Coleman | 1947 | 1994 |
| Pee Wee Crayton | 1914 | 1985 |
| James Crutchfield | 1912 | 2001 |
| Larry Davis | 1936 | 1994 |
| Little Sammy Davis | 1928 | |
| Floyd Dixon | 1929 | 2006 |
| Champion Jack Dupree | c.1909 | 1992 |
| Bob Gaddy | 1924 | 1997 |
| Terry Garland | 1953 | |
| Clarence Garlow | 1911 | 1986 |
| Larry Garner | 1952 | |
| James Harman | 1946 | |
| Wynonie Harris | 1915 | 1969 |
| Duke Henderson | unknown | 1972 |
| Louis Jordan | 1908 | 1975 |
| Booker T. Laury | 1914 | 1995 |
| Little Willie Littlefield | 1931 | |
| Willie Love | 1906 | 1953 |
| Percy Mayfield | 1920 | 1984 |
| Amos Milburn | 1927 | 1980 |
| Dave Peabody | 1948 | |
| Pinetop Perkins | 1913 | 2011 |
| Piano Red | 1911 | 1985 |
| Sherman Robertson | 1948 | |
| J.D. Short | 1902 | 1962 |
| Frankie Lee Sims | 1917 | 1970 |
| Memphis Slim | 1915 | 1988 |
| Smoky Babe | 1927 | 1975 |
| Houston Stackhouse | 1910 | 1980 |
| Lonesome Sundown | 1928 | 1995 |
| Lavelle White | 1929 | |
| Joe Willie Wilkins | 1921 | 1981 |
| Lester Williams | 1920 | 1990 |
| Smokey Wilson | 1936 | |
| U.P. Wilson | 1934 | 2004 |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | 1923 | 1997 |
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Famous quotes containing the words postwar and/or blues:
“Fashions change, and with the new psychoanalytical perspective of the postwar period [WWII], child rearing became enshrined as the special responsibility of mothers ... any shortcoming in adult life was now seen as rooted in the failure of mothering during childhood.”
—Sylvia Ann Hewitt (20th century)
“It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.”
—James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)