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Gene Autry "America's Favorite Singing Cowboy" External Links: Gene Autry - Official Gene Autry Entertainment Web Site Photo courtesy of Gene Autry Entertainment

Alberta Hunter (Josephine Beatty) Songwriter and performer External Links: Alberta Hunter - Red Hot Jazz Photo courtesy of Duncan Schiedt

Fats Waller Performer & Songwriter, best known for "Ain't Misbehavin'" External Links: Fats Waller Biography - PBS Fats Waller - Red Hot Jazz Photo courtesy of Duncan Schiedt

"Uncle Dave" Macon Banjoist and Comic External Links: Uncle Dave Macon Biography - PBS Career Highlights - Uncle Dave Macon Days Photo courtesy of Dr. Charles Wolfe

Jelly Roll Morton Composer and pianist External Links: Jelly Roll Morton - Red Hot Jazz Jelly Roll Morton - PBS   Photo courtesy of Duncan Schiedt

Edward "Duke" Ellington Songwriter, composer and acclaimed performer. External Links: Duke Ellington - official web site Duke Ellington - Red Hot Jazz Photo courtesy of Duncan Schiedt

"Georgia Tom" Thomas A. Dorsey Often called the "Father of Gospel Music." External Links: Thomas A. Dorsey by the Chicago Historical Society Photo courtesy of Duncan Schiedt

Bradley Kincaid Radio Ballad Singer External Links: Career Highlights - Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Bradley Kincaid Papers - Berea College Starr-Gennett Foundation image

King Oliver Cornetist and bandleader External Links: King Oliver - Red Hot Jazz King Oliver - PBS   Photo courtesy of Duncan Schiedt

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