List of musicians from Mississippi
This is a list of musical groups as well as musicians from the U. S. state of Mississippi.
Musical groups or organizations
3 Doors Down - rock band (Escatawpa) Bass Drum of Death - garage / punk rock band (Oxford) Beanland - jam band (Oxford) The Blackwood Brothers - gospel singers (Choctaw County) Blind Melon - alternative rock and jam band (Starkville) Blue Mountain - alternative country band (Oxford) Cadillac Don & J-Money - rap duo (Crawford) The Chambers Brothers - soul music group (Lee County) Colour Revolt - indie rock band (Oxford) David and the Giants - Christian rock band (Laurel) Rae Sremmurd - hip hop duo (Tupelo) The Cook Family Singers - Christian country music group (Pascagoula) The Cooters - punk metal band (Oxford) Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - gospel singers (Piney Woods) Joe Frank and the Knights - garage rock band (Leland) Jonezetta - rock band (Clinton) Kudzu Kings - alternative country music band (Oxford) Mississippi Mass Choir - gospel choir (Jackson) North Mississippi Allstars - blues-rock, jam band (Hernando) Saving Abel - rock band (Corinth) The Da Vincis - electro lounge-pop group from Jackson, Mississippi
Wavorly - Christian rock band (Tupelo) The Weeks - indie rock band (Florence) Watership Down - alternative metal band (Ocean Springs) Young Buffalo - indie rock band (Oxford)
Musicians
A-C
John Luther Adams (born 1953) - composer of music inspired by nature (Meridian) Afroman (born 1974) - comedy rapper (Hattiesburg) Tommy Aldridge (born 1950) - drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake (Pearl) Mose Allison (1927-2016) - jazz musician (Tallahatchie County) Charlie Allen (1908-1972) - (Jackson) Robert Anderson (1919-1995) - gospel singer-composer and pianist (Anguilla) Steve Azar (born 1964) - country singer (Greenville) Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) - composer, electronic music pioneer (Jackson) Glen Ballard (born 1953) - songwriter and record producer (Natchez) David Banner (born 1973) - rapper and producer (Brookhaven) Matt Barlow (born 1970) - lead singer of the metal band Iced Earth (Biloxi) Prentiss Barnes (1925-2006) - rhythm and blues singer (Magnolia) Lance Bass (born 1979) - member of pop group' N Sync (Laurel) Jeff Bates (born 1963) - country music singer-songwriter (Bunker Hill) Robert Belfour (1940-2015) - blues musician (Holly Springs) Carey Bell (1936-2007) - Chicago blues harmonica player (Macon) Big Time Sarah (1953-2015) - blues singer (Coldwater) James Blackwood (1919-2002) - one of The Blackwood Brothers (Choctaw County) Blind Mississippi Morris (born 1955) - blues artist (Clarksdale) Lucille Bogan (1897-1948) - blues singer (Amory) Charley Booker (1925-1989) - blues singer and guitarist (Moorhead) Eddie Boyd (1914-1994) - blues musician (Clarksdale) Bobby Bradford (born 1934) - jazz musician and composer (Cleveland) Jan Bradley (born 1943) - soul singer (Byhalia) Delaney Bramlett (1939-2008) - singer-songwriter (Pontotoc) Cory Branan (born 1975) - singer-songwriter (Southaven) Jackie Brenston (1930-1979) - American R&B singer and saxophonist (Clarksdale) Big Bill Broonzy (1898-1958) - blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scott) Eddie" Bongo" Brown (1932-1984) - percussionist (Clarksdale) Willie Brown (1900-1952) - delta blues guitarist and singer (Clarksdale) Jimmy Buffett (born 1946) - multi-genre singer-songwriter (Pascagoula) R. L. Burnside (1926-2005) - blues singer-songwriter (Harmontown) Jerry Butler (born 1939) - soul singer-songwriter (Sunflower) G. C. Cameron (born 1945) - soul and R&B singer (Jackson) Ace Cannon (1934-2018) - tenor and alto saxophonist (Grenada) Gus Cannon (1883-1979) - jug band musician (Red Banks) James Carr (1942-2001) - soul singer (Coahoma) Bo Carter (1893-1964) - blues singer (Bolton) Johnny Carver (born 1940) - country singer (Jackson) Sam Chatmon (1897-1983) - blues singer; brother of Bo Carter (Bolton) Otis Clay (1942-2016) - R&B and soul musician (Waxhaw) Chalmers Clifton (1889-1966) - conductor and composer (Jackson) Odia Coates (1942-1991) - singer (Vicksburg) Hank Cochran (1935-2010) - country music singer-songwriter (Isola) Bill Coday (1942-2008) - singer (Coldwater) Phil Cohran (1927-2017) - jazz musician (Oxford) Mike Compton (born 1956) - bluegrass mandolin player (Meridian) David L. Cook (born 1968) - multi-genre singer-songwriter-comedian (Pascagoula) Sam Cooke (1931-1964) - gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer (Clarksdale) James Cotton (1935-2017) - blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter (Tunica) Arthur" Big Boy" Crudup (1905-1974) - Delta blues singer and guitarist (Forest) George Cummings (born 1938) - guitarist and songwriter (Meridian)
D-G
Olu Dara (born 1941) - jazz musician (Natchez) Lester Davenport (1932-2009) - American blues harmonica player and singer (Tchula) Paul Davis (1948-2008) - singer-songwriter (Meridian) Jimmy Dawkins (1936-2013) - blues guitarist and singer (Tchula) Al Denson (born 1960) - contemporary Christian artist (Starkville) Bo Diddley (1928-2008) - rock & roll/R&B singer-songwriter (McComb) Diplo (born 1978) - electronic dance music DJ and producer (Tupelo) Willie Dixon (1915-1992) - blues bassist, singer-songwriter record producer (Vicksburg) Nate Dogg (1969-2011) - West Coast hip hop and R&B artist (Clarksdale) Marshall Drew (born 1984) - folk rock singer-songwriter (Clarksdale) Kevin Dukes (born 1956) - guitarist (Brookhaven) Judy Dunaway (born 1964) - avant-garde composer, free improvisor, conceptual sound artist
Omar Kent Dykes (born 1950) - blues guitarist and singer (McComb) Meredith Edwards (born 1984) - country singer (Clinton) Ruby Elzy (1908-1943) - opera singer (Pontotoc) Bobby T. Enlow (1936-2019) - guitarist singer songwriter (Foxworth, Mississippi) Lehman Engel (1910-1982) - composer and conductor (Jackson) Chris Ethridge (1947-2012) - country rock musician, songwriter (Meridian) Shelly Fairchild (born 1977) - country music artist (Clinton) Nancy Plummer Faxon (1914-2005) - organist and composer (Jackson) Charlie Feathers (1932-1998) - (Holly Springs) Steve Forbert (born 1954) - pop music singer-songwriter (Meridian) Barbara Siggers Franklin (1917-1952) - gospel singer; mother of Aretha Franklin (Shelby) Lee Garrett - R&B singer-songwriter
Eric" Red Mouth" Gebhardt - multi-genre singer-songwriter (Biloxi) Bobbie Gentry (born 1944) - singer-songwriter (Greenwood) Mickey Gilley (born 1936) - country singer and musician (Natchez) Mark Gray (1952-2016) - country music singer and keyboardist (Vicksburg) Garland Green (born 1942) - soul singer and pianist (Dunleith) Lloyd Green (born 1937) - country music steel guitarist (Leaf) Elizabeth Greenfield (c. 1820-1876) - concert singer; known as" The Black Swan" ; born in slavery in Natchez
Al Goodman (1943-2010) - R&B/soul singer (Jackson)
H-K
Owen Hale (born 1948) - drummer (Hattiesburg)
Ted Hawkins 1936-1995) - singer-songwriter (Biloxi) Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006) - blues musician (Como) Michael Henderson (born 1951) - bass guitarist, R&B singer (Yazoo City) Caroline Herring - bluegrass musician (Canton) Faith Hill (born 1967) - country/pop singer (Star) Kim Hill (born 1963) - Christian singer-songwriter (Starkville) King Solomon Hill (1897-1949) - blues musician (McComb) Ernie Hines (born 1938) - soul musician
Milt Hinton (1910-2000) - jazz double bassist (Vicksburg)
Eddie Hodges (born 1947) - actor, singer, producer (Hattiesburg) John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) - singer-songwriter and blues guitarist (Clarksdale) Big Walter Horton (1917-1981) - blues harmonica player (Horn Lake) Son House (1902-1988) - blues singer and guitarist (Riverton) Randy Houser (born 1975) - country music artist (Lake) Thelma Houston (born 1943) - R&B singer-songwriter (Leland) Guy Hovis (born 1941) - big band singer (Tupelo) Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976) - blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player (West Point) Cary Hudson - lead singer and guitarist for alternative country band Blue Mountain (Sumrall) Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966) - country blues singer and guitarist (Teoc) Clifton Hyde (born 1976) - multi-instrumentalist and producer (Hattiesburg) Carl Jackson (born 1953) - country and bluegrass musician (Louisville) Cordell Jackson (1923-2004) - rockabilly guitarist, producer (Pontotoc) George Jackson (1945-2013) - blues and soul singer (Indianola) Elmore James (1918-1963) - blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (Richland) Skip James (1902-1969) - Delta blues guitarist, pianist, singer-songwriter (Bentonia) Jimi Jamison (1951-2014) - singer-songwriter (Durant, Mississippi) Roosevelt Jamison (1936-2013) - songwriter, publicist (Olive Branch) Jai Johanny" Jaimoe" Johanson (born 1944) - drummer in The Allman Brothers Band (Ocean Springs) Big Jack Johnson (1940-2011) - blues musician (Clarksdale) Jimmy Johnson (born 1928) - blues guitarist and singer (Holly Springs) Robert Johnson (1911-1938) - blues and Delta blues musician (Hazlehurst) Syl Johnson (1936-2022) - blues and soul singer (Holly Springs) Margie Joseph (born 1950) - R&B and soul singer (Pascagoula) Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998) - blues musician (Hudsonville) Albert King (1923-1992) - blues guitarist and singer (Indianola) B. B. King (1925-2015) - blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (Indianola) Little Freddie King (born 1940, aka Fread Eugene Martin) - Delta blues guitarist (McComb) Fern Kinney - rhythm & blues/disco music entertainer (Jackson) J. Fred Knobloch (born 1953, aka Fred Knoblock) - country singer-songwriter (Jackson) Big K. R. I. T. (born 1986) - hip-hop musician (Meridian)
L-M
Skylar Laine (born 1994) - country music singer; finalist American Idol (Brandon) Sonny Landreth (born 1951) - blues musician and slide guitar player (Canton) Denise LaSalle (1934-2018) - blues and contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, record producer (Belzoni) Rick Lawson (born 1973) - soul and R&B singer (Raymond) Chris LeDoux (1948-2005) - country music singer-songwriter (Biloxi) Floyd Lee (1933-2020) - blues musician and founding member of Music Under New York (Lamar) Swae Lee (born 1993) - hip hop singer and rapper
Mylon LeFevre (born 1944) - gospel and Christian rock singer (Gulfport) J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967) - guitarist and singer-songwriter (Monticello) Robert" Squirrel" Lester (1942-2010) - second tenor of The Chi-Lites (McComb) Bobby Lounge (born 1950) - singer-songwriter (McComb) Dent May - musician (Jackson) La' Porsha Renae Mays - musician (McComb) Tommy McClennan (1908-c. 1962) - Delta blues singer and guitarist (Yazoo City) George McConnell - guitarist (Vicksburg) Kansas Joe McCoy (1905-1950) - blues musician and songwriter (Raymond) Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950) - Delta blues musician and songwriter (Jackson) Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972) - Delta blues musician and songwriter (Born in Rossville, Tennessee, resided in Como) Scott McQuaig (1959) - country music singer and songwriter (Meridian) Mulgrew Miller (1955-2013) - jazz pianist (Greenwood) Little Milton (1934-2005) - blues and soul vocalist and guitarist (Inverness) Mississippi Slim (1923-1973) - country singer and guitarist (Smithville) Monkey Joe - blues musician (Jackson) Dorothy Moore (born 1947) - pop, R&B, gospel singer (Jackson) Johnny B. Moore (born 1950) - blues singer and guitarist (Clarksdale) Jasmine Murray (born 1992) - singer and beauty pageant titleholder; finalist, 8th season, American Idol (2009) television singing-competition series (Columbus/Starkville) Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944) - blues-harp player and bandleader (Kosciusko) Sam Myers (1936-2006) - blues musician, harmonica player, and songwriter (Laurel) Bill Myrick (1926-2011) - country singer-songwriter, musician, producer, disc jockey (Simpson County)
N-S
Brandy Norwood (born 1979) - R&B singer-songwriter/record producer (McComb) Willie Norwood (born 1955) - gospel singer (McComb) Maty Noyes (born 1997) - pop singer (Corinth) Alexander O' Neal (born 1953) - soul singer (Natchez) Paul Overstreet (born 1955) - country music singer-songwriter (Vancleave) Ginny Owens - contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter (Jackson) Junior Parker (1932-1971) - Memphis blues singer and musician (Clarksdale) Michael Passons (born 1965) - founding member of the Christian band Avalon (Yazoo City) Charlie Patton (1891-1934) - Delta-/Country-/Gospel blues musician (Edwards) Dion Payton (1950-2021) - blues guitarist and singer (Greenwood) Robert Powell (born 1932) - composer, organist, choir director (Benoit) Elvis Presley (1935-1977) - multi-genre musician (Tupelo) Leontyne Price (born 1927) - opera singer (Laurel) Charley Pride (1934-2020) - country music singer (Sledge) John Primer (born 1945) - blues singer and guitarist (Camden) Ray J (born 1981) - contemporary R&B singer/record producer (McComb) Jimmy Reed (1925-1976) - blues singer and musician (Dunleith) Del Rendon (1965-2005) - singer/songwriter (Starkville) Mack Rice (1933-2016) - songwriter (Clarksdale) LeAnn Rimes (born 1982) - country and pop singer (Pearl) Fenton Robinson (1935-1997) - blues musician (Greenwood) Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) - country singer (Meridian) Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997) - blues singer and guitarist (Ruleville) David Ruffin (1941-1991) - former lead singer of The Temptations (Whynot) Jimmy Ruffin (1939-2014) - soul and R&B singer (Collinsville) Bobby Rush (born 1940) - blues and R&B musician, composer, singer, (Jackson) Otis Rush (1935-2018) - blues musician (Philadelphia) Oliver Sain (1932-2003) - saxophonist, drummer, songwriter, record producer (Dundee) Magic Sam (1937-1969) - Chicago blues and soul blues musician (Grenada) Johnny Sea (1940-2016) - country singer (Gulfport) Toni Seawright (born 1964) - singer-songwriter (Pascagoula) Jumpin' Gene Simmons (1933-2006) - rockabilly singer (Tupelo) Byther Smith (born 1933) - blues musician (Monticello) Garren Isaac Smith (born 1977) - singer, songwriter, actor, music publisher (Bassfield) Soulja Boy (born 1990) - rapper, record producer (Batesville) Otis Spann (1930-1970) - blues musician (Jackson) Britney Spears (born 1981) - pop singer (McComb) Judson Spence (born 1965) - songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Pascagoula) Roebuck" Pop" Staples (1914-2000) - founder of The Staple Singers (Winona) Rogers Stevens (born 1970) - guitarist for the band Blind Melon (West Point) Lisa Stewart (born 1968) - country musician (Louisville) William Grant Still (1895-1978) - classical composer (Woodville) Barrett Strong (born 1941) - singer-songwriter (West Point) Marty Stuart (born 1958) - country music singer (Philadelphia) Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011) - blues musician (Greenwood) Deanna Summers - songwriter
T-Z
Ty Tabor (born 1961) - guitarist, singer-songwriter for rock band King' s X (Pearl) Eddie Taylor (1923-1985) - blues guitarist and singer (Benoit) Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) - blues guitarist and singer (Natchez) Melvin Taylor (born 1959) - blues musician (Jackson) Ernie Terrell (1939-2014) - singer and record producer (Belzoni) Jean Terrell (born 1944) - R&B and jazz singer (Belzoni) James" Son" Thomas (1926-1993) - blues musician (Leland) Rufus Thomas (1917-2001) - R&B, funk, soul singer (Cayce) Lil' Dave Thompson (1969-2010) - blues singer and guitarist (Jackson) Paul Thorn (born 1964) - Southern rock, country, Americana, and blues singer-songwriter (Tupelo) Todd Tilghman (born 1978) gospel singer (Meridian) Ike Turner (1931-2007) - multi-genre musician, record producer (Clarksdale) Monteco (born 1978) R&B Singer
Conway Twitty (1933-1993) - country singer-songwriter (Friars Point) L. C. Ulmer (1928-2016) - delta blues (Stringer)
Bobby V (born 1980) - singer-songwriter
Freddie Waits (1943-1989) - hard bop and post-bop drummer (Jackson) Travis Wammack (born 1944) - rock and roll guitarist (Walnut) Walter Ward (1940-2006) - R&B singer; lead vocalist of The Olympics (Jackson) Muddy Waters (1913-1983) - electric blues and Chicago blues musician (Rolling Fork) Jim Weatherly (1943-2021) - country and pop singer-songwriter (Pontotoc) Carl Weathersby (born 1953) - blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (Jackson) Boogie Bill Webb (1924-1990) - blues guitarist and singer (Jackson) Bukka White (1909-1977) - Delta blues guitarist and singer (Houston) Carson Whitsett (1945-2007) - keyboardist, arranger, and songwriter (Jackson) Tim Whitsett (born 1943) - band leader, songwriter, producer, publisher (Jackson) Webb Wilder (born 1954) - country/surf music/rock & roll musician (Hattiesburg) Big Joe Williams (1903-1982) - Delta blues musician and songwriter (Crawford) Hayley Williams (born 1988) - pop punk and alternative rock singer-songwriter (Meridian) Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912-1965) - blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter (Glendora) Eddie Willis (1936-2018) - electric guitarist (Grenada) Robert Wilkins (1896-1987) - blues guitarist and vocalist (Hernando) Al Wilson (1939-2008) - singer and drummer (Meridian) Cassandra Wilson (born 1955) - jazz singer-songwriter (Jackson) Mary Wilson (1944-2021) - singer and founding member of The Supremes (Greenville) Elder Roma Wilson (1910-2018) - harmonica player (Blue Springs) Nanette Workman (born 1945) - singer-songwriter, actress and author (Jackson) Charlie Worsham (born 1985) - country singer-songwriter (Grenada) Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) - country music singer-songwriter (Tremont) Lester Young (1909-1959) - jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist (Woodville) Zora Young (born 1948) - blues singer (West Point)
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