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The first stamp was issued in the Legends of American Music Series on January 8, 1993 on what would have been Elvis Presley’s 58th birthday. More than 70 artists were honored in all styles of music from 1993 to 1999. In 2013, a new series, Music Icons, was announced. Thus far Lydia Mendoza and Johnny Cash have been announced as artists who will be featured on stamps in the series. Here are the artists featured in both series so far:
- Harold Arlen (1996)
- Louis Armstrong (1995)
- Mildred Bailey (1994)
- Samuel Barber (1997)
- Count Basie (1996)
- Eubie Blake (1995)
- Hoagy Carmichael (1996)
- The Carter Family (1993)
- Johnny Cash (2013)
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- Patsy Cline (1993)
- Nat “King” Cole (1994)
- John Coltrane (1995)
- Bing Crosby (1994)
- Jimmy Dorsey (1996)
- Tommy Dorsey (1996)
- Arthur Fiedler (1997)
- Dorothy Fields (1996)
- Erroll Garner (1995)
- Benny Goodman (1996)
- Louis Gottschalk (1997)
- Ferde Grofe (1997)
- Woody Guthrie (1998)
- Bill Haley & His Comets (1993)
- Oscar Hammerstein II (1999)
- Lorenz Hart (1999)
- Coleman Hawkins (1995)
- Bernhard Herrmann (1999)
- Billie Holiday (1994)
- Buddy Holly & the Crickets (1993)
- Howlin’ Wolf (1994)
- Charles Ives (1997)
- Mahalia Jackson (1998)
- James P. Johnson (1995)
- Robert Johnson (1994)
- Al Jolson (1994)
- Erich Korngold (1999)
- Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (1998)
- Alan Jay Lerner (1999)
- Frank Loesser (1999)
- Frederick Loewe (1999)
- Roberta Martin (1998)
- Clyde McPhatter (1993)
- Lydia Mendoza (2013)
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- Johnny Mercer (1996)
- Ethel Merman (1994)
- Glenn Miller (1996)
- Charles Mingus (1995)
- Thelonious Monk (1995)
- Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton (1995)
- Alfred Newman (1999)
- Eugene Ormandy (1997)
- Charlie Parker (1995)
- Lily Pons (1997)
- Rosa Ponselle (1997)
- Elvis Presley (1993)
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- Ma Rainey (1994)
- Otis Redding (1993)
- Richard Rodgers (1999)
- Jimmy Rushing (1994)
- Bessie Smith (1994)
- Max Steiner (1999)
- Leopold Stokowski (1997)
- George Szell (1997)
- Sonny Terry (1998)
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1998)
- Lawrence Tibbett (1997)
- Richards Tucker (1997)
- Ritchie Valens (1993)
- Clara Ward & the Ward Singers (1998)
- Dinah Washington (1993)
- Ethel Waters (1994)
- Muddy Waters (1994)
- Josh White (1998)
- Hank Williams (1993)
- Bob Wills (1993)
- Meredith Willson (1999)
Resources:
- blog-stampofapproval.com: New Music Icons Series of Stamps Debuts in Early 2013 With Lydia Mendoza (12 December 2012)
- mysticstamp.com: 1993-99 Legends of American Music Series
- today.com: Johnny Cash leaves his stamp on US Postal Service by Matt Murray (30 January 2013)
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