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• Scott Joplin, b. 1868, near Texarkana, ragtime composer
• Dorothy Scarborough, b. 1878, Tyler, folklorist
• Vernon Dalhart, b. 1883, Jefferson, singer
• Mance Lipscomb, b. 1895, Navasota, blues musician
• Blind Lemon Jefferson, b. 1897, near Wortham, blues musician
• Sippie Wallace, b. 1898, Houston, blues singer
• Milton Brown, b. 1903, Stephenville, band leader
• Bob Wills, b. 1905, near Kosse, "King of Western Swing"
• Jack Teargarden, b. 1905, Vernon, band leader
• Tex Ritter, b. 1905 (?), Murvaul, western singer
• Victoria Spivey, b. 1906, Houston, blues singer
• Gene Autry, b. 1907, Tioga, Western film actor and singer
• Oran Thaddeus Page, b. 1908, Dallas, jazz trumpet player
• Texas Ruby, b. 1908, Wise County, western singer
• Moon Mullican, b. 1909, Corrigan, western singer
• T-Bone Walker, b. 1910, Dallas, musician
• Narciso Martinez, b. 1911, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, conjuncto accordianist
• Lightnin' Hopkins, b. 1912, Centerville, blues musician
• Dale Evans, b. 1912, Uvalde, Western film actor and singer
• Santiago Jimenez, Sr., b. 1913, San Antonio, conjunto
• Ernest Tubb, b. 1914, Crisp, honky tonk singer
• Leon "Pappy" Selph, b. 1914, Houston, fiddler
• Alan Lomax, b. 1915, Austin, folklorist
• Lydia Mendoza, b.1916, guitarist and tejano singer
• Adolph Hofner, b. 1916, Moulton, band leader
• Cindy Walker, b.1918, Mart, songwriter
• Les Baxter, b. 1922, Mexia, band leader
• Red Garland, b. 1923, Dallas, musician
• Hank Thompson, b. 1925, Waco, honky tonk musician
• Johnny Gimble, b 1926, Tyler, fiddler
• Lefty Frizzell, b. 1928, Corsicana
• Ornette Coleman, b. 1930, Fort Worth, jazz
• George Jones, b.1931, Sarasota, honky tonk musician
• Willie Nelson, b. 1933, Fort Worth, singer, songwriter, guitar player
• Roger Miller, b. 1936, Fort Worth, songwriter
• Buddy Holly, b. 1936, Lubbock, rockabilly songwriter
• Kris Kristofferson, b. 1936, Brownsville, singer, songwriter
• Freddie Fender, b. 1937, San Benito, tejano/country artist
• Waylon Jennings, b. 1937, Littlefield, honky tonk musician
• Trini Lopez, b. 1937, Dallas, folk singer
• Flaco Jimenez, b. 1939, San Antonio, conjunto performer
• Janis Joplin, b. 1943, Port Arthur, folk/rock singer
• Sly Stone, b. 1944, Dallas, funk band leader
• Roky Erikson, b. 1947, Dallas, psychedelic musician
• Selena Quintania, b. 1971, Lake Jackson, tejano singer
• Stuff Smith
• Tommy Duncan
• Ray Baca
• Joe Patek
• Roy Orbison
• Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Ray Campi
• Phil Ochs
• Cliff Bruner
• Cecil Brower

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Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie


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