List of musicians from Mississippi

This is a list of musical groups as well as musicians from the U.S. state of Mississippi.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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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)[4]
  • 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)[5]
  • Nanette Workman (born 1945) – singer-songwriter, actress and author (Jackson)
  • Charlie Worsham (born 1985) – country singer-songwriter (Grenada)[6]
  • 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)

References

  1. ↑ "David and the Giants". Christian Music Archive. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kudzu Kings Bio". Kudzukings.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wavorly's Biography". Last.fm. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "FLOYD LEE 1933 - 2020 - Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ . NEA National Heritage Fellows at the Wayback Machine (archived March 30, 2012)
  6. ↑ "Charlie Worsham on Mountain Stage". NPR. August 22, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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