* Louis Armstrong
* Duke Ellington
* Fletcher Henderson
* Bix Beiderbecke
* Bessie Smith
Blues
* W.C. Handy
* Lead Belly
* Ma Rainey
* Bessie Smith
* Blind Lemon Jefferson
Tin Pan Alley
* Irving Berlin
* George Gershwin
* Cole Porter
* Jerome Kern
* Johnny Mercer
Other popular genres
* Country music
* Hawaiian music
* Tango
* Waltz
* Foxtrot