Duke Henderson, who operated mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Big Joe Turner — whose style hardly changed at all between 1938's "Roll 'Em Pete", and 1954's "Shake, Rattle and Roll" — Turner was arguably the greatest exponent of the art.
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Wynonie Harris (1915-1969) (aka Mister Blues), an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer