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Music Trivia: My Musical Mounts Rushmore

Just use four last names (surnames). You only need two from each list. Of course there will be some subjectivity involved but I will stick with more or less universally acknowledged names (no deliberately obscure choices)
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My Mt. Rushmore of all western music (the Americas and Europe)
J.S. Bach, Miles Davis, Elvis Presley, Joni Mitchell
My Mt. Rushmore of blues
B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith
My Mt. Rushmore of female singers
Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt, Billie Holiday
My Mt. Rushmore of country artists
Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson
My Mt. Rushmore of rock guitarists
Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen
My Mt. Rushmore of jazz instrumentalists
John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt
My Mt. Rushmore of Motown solo artists
Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson
My Mt. Rushmore of drummers
Hal Blaine, Buddy Rich, Tony Allen, Neil Peart
My Mt. Rushmore of singer/songwriters
Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, James Taylor
My Mt. Rushmore of electric bassists
Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Carol Kaye, James Jamerson
My Mt. Rushmore of classical composers
J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Igor Stravinsky
My Mt. Rushmore of African music
Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Youssou N'Dour, Angelique Kidjo
My Mt. Rushmore of big-band bandleaders
Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller
My Mt. Rushmore of gospel music
Aretha Franklin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson
My Mt. Rushmore of folk singers
Woody Guthrie, Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan
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