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List of boogie woogie musicians

Boogie woogie musicians are those artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording boogie woogie music.

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  • Bob Baldori (born 1943), aka "Boogie Bob", American rock, blues, and boogie-woogie musician
  • Marcia Ball (born 1949), American singer and pianist
  • Black Ivory King (1899–1947), American pianist and singer, best known for his original version of the then popular train blues song, "The Flying Crow"
  • Deanna Bogart (born 1959), American singer, pianist, and saxophonist
  • Boogie Woogie Red (1925–1992), American pianist, frequent collaborator with John Lee Hooker
  • James Booker (1939–1983), American pianist
  • Eden Brent (born 1965), American pianist and vocalist
  • Hadda Brooks (1916–2002), American pianist, vocalist and composer, who was billed as "Queen of the Boogie".

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  • Leroy Carr (1905–1935), American pianist and singer, known for "Barrel House Woman No. 2" and "How Long, How Long Blues"
  • James Crutchfield (1912–2001), "King of Barrelhouse Blues"
  • (born 1973), Spanish blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer

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  • Ernie Freeman (1922–1981), American pianist, organist, and arranger

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  • Blind Leroy Garnett (1897–1933)
  • Harry Gibson, "The Hipster" (1915–1991)
  • Rosco Gordon, (1828–2002), American pianist and singer, known for "Rosco's Boogie", "T-Model Boogie", and "Kickin' the Boogie"
  • Henry Gray (1925–2020), American pianist credited with helping to create the Chicago blues piano sound

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  • Bob Hall (born 1942), English pianist
  • Willie Hall (died 1930), known as Drive'em Down, model and mentor to many New Orleans players
  • Jools Holland (born 1958), British musician and television presenter
  • Camille Howard (1914–1993), American pianist and singer
  • John Lee Hooker (1912 or 1917–2001) American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist

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  • Dr. John (1941–2019), New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer of "Boxcar Boogie" among others
  • Pete Johnson (1904–1967), Big Joe Turner's piano partner; "Roll 'Em Pete" was named for him
  • Louis Jordan (1908–1975), American boogie and jump blues musician, songwriter and bandleader

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  • Michael Kaeshammer (born 1977), Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger
  • Shizuko Kasagi (1914–1985), Japanese singer known in Japan as the }]}
  • Brendan Kavanagh (born 1967), contemporary British pianist teacher with over one million YouTube followers, known as "Dr K"

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  • Maurice Rocco (1915–1976), American pianist, singer, and actor
  • Walter Roland (1903–1972), American pianist, guitarist, and singer

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  • Ulf Sandström (born 1964), Swedish pianist and member of jump4joy
  • Bob Seeley (1928–2024), American pianist
  • Luca Sestak (born 1995), German boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist
  • Robert Shaw (1908–1985), American barrelhouse pianist, recorded "The Ma Grinder"
  • Freddie Slack (1910–1965), American pianist and bandleader, originator of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" in the 1940s
  • Sunnyland Slim (1906–1995), American pianist and singer, recorded "Lowdown Sunnyland Train"
  • Huey "Piano" Smith (1934–2023), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise"
  • Pinetop Smith (1904–1929), "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie-woogie hit and popularized the name for the style
  • Charlie Spand (1893–after 1958)
  • Otis Spann (1924–1970), American pianist and singer, part of the postwar Chicago blues scene, with boogie songs including "Spann's Stomp", and "Otis In The Dark"
  • Speckled Red (1892–1973), American pianist and singer, recorded "The Dirty Dozens"
  • Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983), American pianist known as the Honeydripper, he recorded "Forty-Four", "Driving Wheel" and "Night Time Is the Right Time".

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  • Mose Vinson (1917–2002), American boogie woogie and blues pianist

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  • Tuts Washington (1907–1984), mentor to many generations of New Orleans pianists
  • Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (born 1944), American-born boogie-woogie/blues/R&B pianist
  • Vince Weber (1953–2020), German boogie/blues musician
  • Robert Wells (born 1962), Swedish pianist, singer, and composer
  • Jabo Williams (possible 1895–1953 or 1954), American pianist and songwriter
  • Mitch Woods (born 1951), American modern day boogie-woogie, jazz and jump blues pianist

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  • Jimmy Yancey (1898–1951), American pianist, composer, and lyricist

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