At the heart of this development were iconic black male blues singers whose voices and instruments told profound stories that shaped American music. From the Mississippi Delta to Chicago ...

In this blog post, we’ll explore the 35 most influential Black male singers of the 1960s who ... force in soul music with his distinctive, raspy voice and energetic performances.

Male Black singers ... Traditional Blues Album, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and an induction into the Rock and Roll ...

As much as we’d love to mention every single artist that has an astonishing raspy voice, here is just a selection ... both as a rapper and as a singer.

He played harmonica, but some say he was the greatest blues singer of all time ... had somehow come out in his voice. He was born a hundred years ago, black and destitute, in Clay County, Miss.