# List of musicians from Mississippi

This is a list of musical groups or organizations as well as musicians from the American 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 (Leake County)
* Colour Revolt – indie rock band (Oxford)
* David and the Giants – Christian rock band (Laurel)
* Rae Sremmurd – hip hop group (Tupelo)
* 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)
* 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 (Jackson)
* 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 (1946–2023) – 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)
* 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)
* Rona Barrett (born 1981) Country Singer Violinist Fiddle Player Songwriter (Pearl River County, Mississippi)

### 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)
* Little Sammy Davis (1928–2018) – harmonica, guitar, singer (Winona, Mississippi)
* 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)
* 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 (born 1943) – R&B singer-songwriter
* Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt – multi-genre singer-songwriter (Biloxi)
* Bobbie Gentry (born 1944) – singer-songwriter (Greenwood)
* Mickey Gilley (1936–2022) – 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)
* Bill Harvey (1918–1964) – Bandleader (Winona, Mississippi)
* Ted Hawkins (1936–1995) – singer-songwriter (Biloxi)
* Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006) – blues musician (Como)
* Michael Henderson (1951–2022) – bass guitarist, R&B singer (Yazoo City)
* Caroline Herring (born 1969) – 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 (1928–2022) – 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 artist (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 (born 1949) – rhythm & blues and 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 artist (Meridian)

### L–M

* Skylar Laine (born 1994) – country music singer; American Idol finalist (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)
* Lafayette Leake (1919–1990) – blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer (Winona, Mississippi)
* 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
* Mylon LeFevre (1944–2023) – 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 (born 1985) – musician (Jackson)
* La'Porsha Renae Mays (born 1993) – 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)
* L. C. McKinley (1918–1970) – guitarist, singer (Winona)
* 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 (1906–1967) – blues musician (Jackson)
* Dorothy Moore (born 1946) – 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)
* Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944) – blues-harp player and bandleader (Kosciusko)
* Sam Myers (1936–2006) - blues musician, harmonica player, and songwriter (Laurel)

### 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 (born 1975) – 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 and hip hop 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 1933) – 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 (1932–2021) – blues musician (Monticello)
* 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 (1941–2023) – singer-songwriter (West Point)
* Marty Stuart (born 1958) – country music singer (Philadelphia)
* Hubert Sumlin (1931–2011) – blues musician (Greenwood)
* Deanna Summers (1940–2017) – 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 1946) – 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 (1953–2024) – 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 (1943–2022) – 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)
* Andrew Wood (1966–1990) – singer-songwriter and front man for Seattle-area bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone (Columbus)
* 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)