page_title: List of people from Texas
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Texas / Entertainment / Music
caption_attribution_description: English: American rapper en:Nelly in 2007 with en:Allen Iverson (not pictured, as this image has been cropped simply to illustrate Nelly)
context_page_description: The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.
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  Dimebag Darrell Abbott (1966–2004), rock guitarist
  Jerry Abbott (born 1944), country songwriter, producer
  Vinnie Paul Abbott (born 1964), rock drummer, producer
  Dave Abbruzzese (born 1968), rock drummer
  Jacques Abram (1915–1998), classical pianist
  Jay Boy Adams (born 1949), singer-songwriter, guitarist
  Yolanda Adams (born 1961), Grammy Award-winning gospel singer
  Samuel Adler (born 1928), composer, conductor, educator
  Pepe Aguilar (born 1968), ranchera/mariachi/pop singer-songwriter
  Carter Albrecht (1973–2007), rock keyboardist, guitarist, classical pianist
  Victor Alessandro (1915–1976), conductor
  Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900–1954), blues singer
  Dave Alexander (aka Omar Sharriff) (born 1938), blues singer, pianist
  Terry Allen (born 1943), musician
  Don Allison (1962–2011), musician, vocalist
  Jerry Allison (born 1939), musician
  Joe Allison (1924–2002), country songwriter, producer
  Ruby Allmond (1923–2006), country songwriter, fiddler, guitarist
  Nancy Ames (born 1937), pop/folk singer
  Trey Anastasio (born 1964), rock singer/guitarist
  Coffey Anderson (born 1978), country singer-songwriter
  Keith Anderson (born 1970), jazz saxophonist
  Bud Andrews (born 1940), DJ, discovered Jerry Clower
  Clifford Antone (1949–2006), blues club owner, record producer, mentor to musicians
  Katie Armiger (born 1991), country singer
  Lev Aronson (1912–1988), classical cellist and teacher
  Gene Austin (1900–1972), pop/jazz singer-songwriter
  James Austin (born 1937), classical trumpet player, educator
  Larry Austin (born 1930), composer, educator
  Gene Autry (1907–1998), country music singer
  Pedro Ayala (1911–1990), conjunto accordionist-songwriter
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  Harry Babasin (1921–1988), jazz bassist
  Erykah Badu (born 1971), R&B and hip hop singer
  Zuill Bailey (born 1972), classical cellist
  Wilfred Bain (1908–1997), music educator
  Zac Baird (born 1971), rock keyboardist
  Sam Baker (born 1954), folk singer-songwriter, survived a terrorist bombing attack by Shining Path
  Marcia Ball (born 1949), blues singer
  Clint Ballard, Jr. (1931–2008), songwriter
  Smith Ballew (1902–1984), singer, bandleader, actor
  Moe Bandy (born 1944), country singer
  Kirko Bangz (born 1989), southern hip hop music and R&B singer
  Joseph Banowetz (born 1936), classical pianist, teacher
  Danny Barnes (born 1961), country/jazz/punk banjo player and guitarist
  Frank Beard (born 1949), drummer in ZZ Top
  George Beauchamp (1899–1941), maker and inventor of violins and guitars
  Jim Beck (1916–1956), country music talent agent, record promoter, recording studio owner, A&R engineer, record producer, music publisher
  Leila Bela, musician, writer, actress (born in Tehran, Iran, immigrated to Austin)
  Archie Bell (born 1944), singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
  Jesse Belvin (1932–1960), R&B pianist, singer-songwriter
  Tex Beneke (1914–2000), big-band saxophonist, singer, bandleader
  Ray Benson (born 1951), Western swing singer-songwriter, producer, Asleep at the Wheel
  Buster Benton (1932–1996), blues guitarist, singer
  Taz Bentley, rock drummer (Burden Brothers)
  Shelly Berg (born 1955), jazz pianist and educator
  David Berman (born 1967), alt-rock singer-songwriter (Silver Jews)
  Big Moe (Kenneth Moore) (1974–2007), rapper
  Bill Smith Combo aka Tommy & The Tom Toms DFW Rock 'n Roll group
  Ryan Bingham (born 1981), country singer-songwriter
  Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born 1974), dub, salsa and progressive rock musician
  Black Ace (Babe Kyro Lemon Turner) (1907–1972), blues singer, guitarist
  Clint Black (born 1962), country music singer, raised in Houston
  Robert Black (1950–1993), classical conductor, pianist, composer
  William Black (1952–2003), classical pianist, educator
  Zach Blair (born 1973), Guitarist of Rise Against
  Jules Bledsoe (1898–1943), Broadway singer
  Julien Paul Blitz (1885–1951), conductor, cellist
  Blues Boy Willie (born 1946), blues musician
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  Zuzu Bollin (1922–1990), blues guitarist
  Maya Bond (born 2000), singer-songwriter, drummer; born in Osaka, Japan, immigrated to Austin
  Juke Boy Bonner (1932–1978), blues musician
  Emanuel Borok (born 1944), classical violinist
  Brent Bourgeois (born 1958), rock singer, 
caption: Nelly
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