Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. (15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007)was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends, and was a member of jazz royalty. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career. He is considered to have been one of the greatest pianists of all time, who played thousands of live concerts to audiences worldwide in a career lasting more than 65 years.

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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an American pianist and singer, who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music and pop standards through his Modern Sounds recordings, as well as a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sung it." Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business".

In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles number ten on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and also voted him number two on their November 2008 list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Floyd Jones (July 21, 1917 – December 19, 1989) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter, who is significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. A number of Jones' recordings are regarded as classics of the Chicago blues idiom,[1] and his song "On The Road Again" was a top ten hit for Canned Heat in 1968.[2] Notably for a blues artist of his era, several of his songs have economic or social themes, such as "Stockyard Blues" (which refers to a strike at the Union Stockyards), "Hard Times" or "Schooldays".[3]

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First Time I Met The Blues blues

The first time I met the blues,
People, you know I was walkin, I was walkin down through the woods.
Yes, the first time, the first time I met you, blues,
Blues you know I was walkin, I was walkin down through the woods.
* Yes, I've watched my house burnin blue,
Blues, you know you done me, you done me all the harm that you could.

The blues got after me,
People, you know they ran me from tree to tree.
Yes, the blues got after me,
Blues, you know you ran me, ran me from tree to tree.
Yes, you shoulda heard me beg ya, blues,
Ah, blues, don't murder me.

Yes, good mornin, blues,
Blues, I wonder, I wonder what you're doin here so soon?
Yes, good mornin, good mornin, good mornin, mister blues,
Blues, I wonder, I keep wonderin what you're doin here so soon?
Yes, you know you'll be with me every mornin, blues,
Every night and every noon.
Oh, yeah.

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"Cousin Joe" Pleasant (December 20, 1907 — October 2, 1989) was a blues and jazz singer, later famous for his 1940s recordings with clarinetist Sidney Bechet and saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow.

His birth name was Pleasant Joseph and he grew up in the fields of rural Louisiana.