This is a list of musical groups or organizations as well as musicians from the American state of Mississippi.
Musical groups or organizations
Musicians
A–C
D–G
- Olu Dara (born 1941) â jazz musician (Natchez)
- Lester Davenport (1932âÂÂ2009) â blues harmonica player and singer (Tchula)
- Little Sammy Davis (1928âÂÂ2018) â blues harmonica, guitar, singer (Winona)
- Paul Davis (1948âÂÂ2008) â singer-songwriter (Meridian)
- Walter Davis (1911/2âÂÂ1963) â blues musician and songwriter (Grenada)
- Jimmy Dawkins (1936âÂÂ2013) â blues guitarist and singer (Tchula)
- Dear Silas (born 1986) â hip-hop rapper and singer (Jackson)
- Mattie Delaney ( â ) â blues singer and guitarist (near Goodman).
- Al Denson (born 1960) â contemporary Christian artist (Starkville)
- Bo Diddley (1928âÂÂ2008) â rock & roll/R&B singer-songwriter (McComb)
- Diplo (born 1978) â electronic dance music DJ and producer (Tupelo)
- Willie Dixon (1915âÂÂ1992) â blues bassist, singer-songwriter record producer (Vicksburg)
- Marshall Drew (born 1984) â folk rock singer-songwriter (Clarksdale)
- Judy Dunaway (born 1964) â avant-garde composer, free improvisor, conceptual sound artist (Mississippi)
- Omar Kent Dykes (born 1950) â blues guitarist and singer (McComb)
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915âÂÂ2011) â delta blues musician (Shaw)
- Meredith Edwards (born 1984) â country singer (Clinton)
- Robert "Big Mojo" Elem (1928âÂÂ1997) â blues bassist and singer (Itta Bena)
- Ruby Elzy (1908âÂÂ1943) â opera singer (Pontotoc)
- Lehman Engel (1910âÂÂ1982) â composer and conductor (Jackson)
- Chris Ethridge (1947âÂÂ2012) â country rock musician, songwriter (Meridian)
- Shelly Fairchild (born 1977) â country musician (Clinton)
- Nancy Plummer Faxon (1914âÂÂ2005) â organist and composer (Jackson)
- Charlie Feathers (1932âÂÂ1998) â (Holly Springs)
- Steve Forbert (born 1954) â pop music singer-songwriter (Meridian)
- Lee Garrett (born 1943) â R&B singer and songwriter (Mississippi)
- Bobbie Gentry (born 1944) â singer-songwriter (near Woodland)
- Mickey Gilley (1936âÂÂ2022) â country singer and musician (Natchez)
- Boyd Gilmore (1905 or 1910âÂÂ1976) â blues musician (either near Inverness, Mississippi, in 1905, or in 1910 in Belzoni, Mississippi)
- Al Goodman (1943âÂÂ2010) â R&B/soul singer (Jackson)
- Mark Gray (1952âÂÂ2016) â country music singer and keyboardist (Vicksburg)
- Garland Green (born 1942) â soul singer and pianist (Dunleith)
- Lloyd Green (born 1937) â country music steel guitarist (Leaf)
- Elizabeth Greenfield (c. 1820âÂÂ1876) â concert singer; known as "The Black Swan"; born in slavery in Natchez
H–K
L–M
- Skylar Laine (born 1994) â country music singer; American Idol finalist (Brandon)
- Sonny Landreth (born 1951) â blues musician and slide guitar player (Canton)
- Denise LaSalle (1934âÂÂ2018) â blues and contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, record producer (near Sidon)
- Rick Lawson (born 1973) â soul and R&B singer (Raymond)
- Lafayette Leake (1919âÂÂ1990) â blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer (Winona)
- Chris LeDoux (1948âÂÂ2005) â country music singer-songwriter (Biloxi)
- Floyd Lee (1933âÂÂ2020) â blues musician and founding member of Music Under New York (Lamar)
- Mylon LeFevre (1944âÂÂ2023) â gospel and Christian rock singer (Gulfport)
- J. B. Lenoir (1929âÂÂ1967) â blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (Monticello)
- Robert "Squirrel" Lester (1942âÂÂ2010) â second tenor of The Chi-Lites (McComb)
- Willie Lofton (1897âÂÂ1956 or 1962) â delta blues musician (Copiah County)
- Bobby Lounge (born 1950) â singer-songwriter (McComb)
- Willie Love (1906âÂÂ1953) â blues pianist (Duncan)
- Dent May (born 1985) â musician (Jackson)
- Tommy McClennan (1908âÂÂc. 1962) â delta blues singer and guitarist (Durant)
- George McConnell â rock guitarist (Vicksburg)
- Kansas Joe McCoy (1905âÂÂ1950) â blues musician and songwriter (Raymond)
- Papa Charlie McCoy (1909âÂÂ1950) â delta blues musician and songwriter (Jackson)
- Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904âÂÂ1972) â delta blues musician and songwriter (Born in Rossville, Tennessee, resided in Como)
- L. C. McKinley (1918âÂÂ1970) â Chicago blues guitarist, singer (Winona)
- Hayes McMullan (1902âÂÂ1986) â blues musician (either New Hope or Murphreesboro)
- Scott McQuaig (1959) â country music singer and songwriter (Meridian)
- Mulgrew Miller (1955âÂÂ2013) â jazz pianist (Greenwood)
- Little Milton (1934âÂÂ2005) â blues and soul vocalist and guitarist (Inverness)
- Mississippi Matilda (1914âÂÂ1978) â blues singer (Hattiesburg)
- Mississippi Slim (1923âÂÂ1973) â country singer and guitarist (Smithville)
- Willie Mitchell (1928âÂÂ2010) â popular music trumpeter, bandleader and record producer (Ashland)
- Monteco (born 1978), R&B singer (Mississippi)
- Dorothy Moore (born 1946) â pop, R&B, gospel singer (Jackson)
- Johnny B. Moore (born 1950) â blues singer and guitarist (Clarksdale)
- Jasmine Murray (born 1992) â singer and beauty pageant titleholder; finalist, 8th season, American Idol (2009) (Columbus)
- Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944) â blues-harp player and bandleader (Kosciusko)
- Sam Myers (1936âÂÂ2006) â blues musician, harmonica player, and songwriter (Laurel)
N–S
- Sonny Boy Nelson (1908âÂÂ1998) â blues multi-instrumentalist (Utica)
- Brandy Norwood (born 1979) â R&B singer-songwriter/record producer (McComb)
- Willie Norwood (born 1955) â gospel singer (McComb)
- Maty Noyes (born 1997) â pop singer (Corinth)
- Alexander O'Neal (born 1953) â soul singer (Natchez)
- Paul Overstreet (born 1955) â country music singer-songwriter (Vancleave)
- Ginny Owens (born 1975) â contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter (Jackson)
- Jack Owens (1904âÂÂ1997) â blues singer (Bentonia)
- Junior Parker (1932âÂÂ1971) â Memphis blues singer and musician (near Bobo)
- Michael Passons (born 1965) â founding member of the Christian band Avalon (Yazoo City)
- Bertha Lee Pate (1902âÂÂ1975) â blues singer (common-law wife of Charley Patton (as below) (Lula)
- Charley Patton (1891âÂÂ1934) â delta blues musician and songwriter (near Edwards)
- Dion Payton (1950âÂÂ2021) â blues guitarist and singer (Greenwood)
- Pinetop Perkins (1913âÂÂ2011) â delta blues and boogie-woogie pianist (Belzoni)
- Robert Petway (born c. 1903, date of death unknown) â blues singer and guitarist (probably Itta Bena)
- Robert Powell (1932âÂÂ2025) â composer, organist, choir director (Benoit)
- Elvis Presley (1935âÂÂ1977) â multi-genre musician (Tupelo)
- Leontyne Price (born 1927) â opera singer (Laurel)
- Charley Pride (1934âÂÂ2020) â country music singer (Sledge)
- John Primer (born 1945) â blues singer and guitarist (Camden).
- Ray J (born 1981) â contemporary R&B and hip hop singer/record producer (McComb)
- Jimmy Reed (1925âÂÂ1976) â blues singer and musician (Dunleith)
- La'Porsha Renae (born 1993) â musician (McComb)
- Del Rendon (1965âÂÂ2005) â singer/songwriter (Starkville)
- Mack Rice (1933âÂÂ2016) â songwriter (Clarksdale)
- LeAnn Rimes (born 1982) â country and pop singer (Jackson)
- Jamal Roberts (born 1997) â winner of American Idol season 23 (Meridian)
- Fenton Robinson (1935âÂÂ1997) â blues musician (Greenwood)
- Andy Rodgers (1922âÂÂ2004) â blues harmonicist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Liberty)
- Jimmie Rodgers (1897âÂÂ1933) â country singer (Meridian)
- Jimmy Rogers (1924âÂÂ1997) â blues singer and guitarist (near Ruleville)
- Doctor Ross (1925âÂÂ1993) â blues harmonica player (Tunica)
- David Ruffin (1941âÂÂ1991) â former lead singer of The Temptations (Whynot)
- Jimmy Ruffin (1939âÂÂ2014) â soul and R&B singer (Collinsville)
- Otis Rush (1935âÂÂ2018) â blues musician (Philadelphia)
- Oliver Sain (1932âÂÂ2003) â saxophonist, drummer, songwriter, record producer (Dundee)
- Magic Sam (1937âÂÂ1969) â Chicago blues and soul blues musician (Grenada County)
- Johnny Seay (1940âÂÂ2016) â country singer (Gulfport)
- Toni Seawright (born 1964) â singer-songwriter (Pascagoula)
- J.D. Short (1902âÂÂ1962) â blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist (Port Gibson)
- Jumpin' Gene Simmons (1933âÂÂ2006) â rockabilly singer (Tupelo)
- Henry "Son" Sims (1890âÂÂ1958) â blues fiddler (Anguilla)
- Henry Sloan (1870âÂÂprobably 1948) â blues guitarist (Hinds County)
- Byther Smith (1932âÂÂ2021) â blues musician (Monticello)
- Otis Spann (1930âÂÂ1970) â blues musician (Belzoni)
- Britney Spears (born 1981) â pop singer (McComb)
- Judson Spence (born 1965) â songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Pascagoula)
- Houston Stackhouse (1910âÂÂ1980) â delta blues guitarist and singer (Wesson)
- Roebuck "Pop" Staples (1914âÂÂ2000) â founder of The Staple Singers (near Winona)
- Rogers Stevens (born 1970) â guitarist for the band Blind Melon (West Point)
- Lisa Stewart (born 1968) â country musician (Louisville)
- William Grant Still (1895âÂÂ1978) â classical composer (Woodville)
- Barrett Strong (1941âÂÂ2023) â singer-songwriter (West Point)
- Marty Stuart (born 1958) â country music singer (Philadelphia)
- Hubert Sumlin (1931âÂÂ2011) â blues musician (Greenwood)
- Deanna Summers (1940âÂÂ2017) â songwriter (New Albany)
- Sunnyland Slim (1906âÂÂ1995) â blues pianist (near Vance)
T–Z
- Ty Tabor (born 1961) â guitarist, singer-songwriter for rock band King's X (Pearl)
- Eddie Taylor (1923âÂÂ1985) â blues guitarist and singer (Benoit)
- Hound Dog Taylor (1915âÂÂ1975) â blues guitarist and singer (Natchez)
- Melvin Taylor (born 1959) â blues musician (Jackson).
- Johnny Temple (1906âÂÂ1968) â blues guitarist and singer (Canton)
- Ernie Terrell (1939âÂÂ2014) â boxer, singer and record producer (Inverness)
- Jean Terrell (born 1944) â R&B and jazz singer (Belzoni)
- James Thomas (1926âÂÂ1993) â blues musician (Eden)
- Rufus Thomas (1917âÂÂ2001) â R&B, funk, soul singer (Cayce)
- Shardé Thomas (born 1990) â Fife player in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition (Coldwater)
- Lil' Dave Thompson (1969âÂÂ2010) â blues singer and guitarist (Jackson)
- Todd Tilghman (born 1978) â gospel singer (Meridian)
- T-Model Ford (1923âÂÂ2013) â blues musician (Forest)
- Ike Turner (1931âÂÂ2007) â multi-genre musician, record producer (Clarksdale)
- Conway Twitty (1933âÂÂ1993) â country singer-songwriter (Friars Point)
- L. C. Ulmer (1928âÂÂ2016) â delta blues (Stringer)
- Bobby V (born 1980) â singer-songwriter (Jackson)
- Mose Vinson (1917âÂÂ2002) â boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer (Holly Springs)
- Freddie Waits (1943âÂÂ1989) â hard bop and post-bop drummer (Jackson)
- Wee Willie Walker (1941âÂÂ2019) â soul and blues singer (Hernando)
- Travis Wammack (born 1946) â rock and roll guitarist (Walnut)
- Walter Ward (1940âÂÂ2006) â R&B singer; lead vocalist of The Olympics (Jackson)
- Muddy Waters (1913âÂÂ1983) â electric blues and Chicago blues musician (Jug's Corner, Issaquena County, Mississippi)
- Jim Weatherly (1943âÂÂ2021) â country and pop singer-songwriter (Pontotoc)
- Carl Weathersby (1953âÂÂ2024) â blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (Jackson)
- Boogie Bill Webb (1924âÂÂ1990) â blues guitarist and singer (Jackson)
- Leo Welch (1932âÂÂ2017) â gospel blues singer and guitarist (Sabougla)
- Bukka White (1909âÂÂ1977) â Delta blues guitarist and singer (Houston)
- Carson Whitsett (1945âÂÂ2007) â keyboardist, arranger, and songwriter (Jackson)
- Tim Whitsett (1943âÂÂ2022) â band leader, songwriter, producer, publisher (Jackson)
- Webb Wilder (born 1954) â country/surf music/rock & roll musician (Hattiesburg)
- Robert Wilkins (1896âÂÂ1987) â blues guitarist and vocalist (Hernando)
- Big Joe Williams (1903âÂÂ1982) â delta blues musician and songwriter (near to Crawford)
- Hayley Williams (born 1988) â pop punk and alternative rock singer-songwriter (Meridian)
- Lee Williams (1946âÂÂ2021) â gospel musician (Tupelo, Mississippi)
- Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912âÂÂ1965) â blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter (Money)
- Eddie Willis (1936âÂÂ2018) â electric guitarist (Grenada)
- Al Wilson (1939âÂÂ2008) â singer and drummer (Meridian)
- Cassandra Wilson (born 1955) â jazz singer-songwriter (Jackson)
- Elder Roma Wilson (1910âÂÂ2018) â harmonica player (Blue Springs)
- Mary Wilson (1944âÂÂ2021) â singer and founding member of The Supremes (Greenville)
- Andrew Wood (1966âÂÂ1990) â singer-songwriter and front man for Seattle-area bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone (Columbus)
- Johnny Woods (1917âÂÂ1990) â blues singer and harmonica player (Looxahoma).
- Charlie Worsham (born 1985) â country singer-songwriter (Grenada)
- Tammy Wynette (1942âÂÂ1998) â country music singer-songwriter (Tremont)
- Lester Young (1909âÂÂ1959) â jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist (Woodville)
- Zora Young (born 1948) â blues singer (West Point)
See also
References