# 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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## A

* Rob Agerbeek (1937–2023), Indonesian-born Dutch boogie-woogie and early jazz pianist
* Dave Alexander (1938–2012), aka 'Omar Sharriff", American blues pianist
* Albert Ammons (1907–1949), American pianist, father of bebop tenorman Gene Ammons
* The Andrews Sisters, American singers known for "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
* Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), British pianist, from Trinidad

## B

* 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
* Tom Brier (1971), American ragtime 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".

## C

* James Crutchfield (1912–2001), "King of Barrelhouse Blues"

## D

* Caroline Dahl, (birth date unknown), American pianist and composer of boogie-woogie and American roots music
* Cow Cow Davenport (1894–1955), American pianist
* Blind John Davis (1913–1985), American pianist and singer
* Daryl Davis (born 1958), American pianist, singer and bandleader
* Neville Dickie (born 1937), English pianist
* Fats Domino (1928–2017), American R&B pianist and singer who recorded some boogie pieces in the 1950s
* Floyd Domino, American pianist; played for seven years with Asleep at the Wheel
* Dorothy Donegan (1922–1998), American pianist
* Thomas A. Dorsey (1899–1993), American pianist and gospel songwriter
* Champion Jack Dupree (1908–1992), New Orleans blues player
* Big Joe Duskin (1921–2007), American pianist

## E

* William Ezell (1892–1963), Texas-born pianist who combined boogie-woogie with ragtime and blues

## F

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

## G

* Blind Leroy Garnett (1897–1933)
* Harry Gibson, "The Hipster" (1915–1991)
* Henry Gray (1925–2020), American pianist credited with helping to create the Chicago blues piano sound

## H

* 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

## J

* 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

## K

* Michael Kaeshammer (born 1977), Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger
* Shizuko Kasagi (1914–1985), Japanese singer known in Japan as the "Queen of the Boogie-Woogie" (ブギの女王, Bugi no ojō)}]}
* Brendan Kavanagh (born 1967), contemporary British pianist teacher with over 1 million YouTube followers, known as "Dr K"

## L

* Ladyva (Vanessa Sabrina Gnaegi) (born 1988), Swiss pianist
* Booker T. Laury (1914–1995), American pianist and singer
* Meade Lux Lewis (1905–1964), American pianist whose "Honky Tonk Train Blues" was an early boogie woogie hit
* Liberace (1919–1987), American pianist
* Little Willie Littlefield (1931–2013), American pianist and singer
* Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887–1957)
* Professor Longhair (1918–1980), American singer; blues, rhythm and blues, and jazz pianist

## M

* Barrelhouse Buck McFarland (1903–1962)
* Memphis Slim (1915–1988)
* Big Maceo Merriweather (1905–1953), composer of "Chicago Breakdown"
* Arthur Migliazza (born 1980), American blues and boogie woogie pianist.
* Moon Mullican (1909–1967), known as the "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players" during a recording career that stretched from the 1930s through the 1960s, including hits such as "Seven Nights to Rock"; considered a major influence on Jerry Lee Lewis

## N

* Romeo Nelson (1902–1974)
* Charlie Norman (1920–2005), Swedish piano player

## P

* Oscar Peterson (1925–2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer
* Piano Red (1911–1985), brother of Speckled Red
* Piano "C" Red (1933–2013), Chicago blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer and composer
* Honey Piazza (born 1951), West Coast blues and boogie-woogie pianist
* Pinetop Perkins (1913–2011), American musician and teacher of Ike Turner
* Preacher Jack (born 1942), stage name of John Lincoln Coughlin, American pianist, recording artist on Rounder Records
* Sammy Price (1908–1992), American pianist and bandleader

## R

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

## S

* 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
* 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)
* 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".

## T

* Montana Taylor (1903–1958), American pianist
* George Washington Thomas (1883–1937), American pianist and songwriter
* Hersal Thomas (1906–1926), American pianist and composer
* Stephanie Trick (born 1987), contemporary American pianist
* Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), American boogie-woogie singer, partnered with Pete Johnson

## W

* Ben Waters (1974-present),British Boogie Woogie pianist, Member of The A, B, C and D of Boogie Woogie.
* 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

## Y

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

## Z

* Silvan Zingg (born 1973), Swiss pianist
* Axel Zwingenberger (born 1955), German pianist and composer