page_title: List of people from Rhode Island
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Rhode Island / Music
caption_attribution_description: English: American composer George M. Cohan.
context_page_description: This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state.
context_section_description: Greg Abate (born 1947) – jazz musician
  Stevie Aiello (born 1983) – founding member of Monty Are I, and touring musician with Thirty Seconds to Mars
  AraabMuzik (born 1989) – record producer and DJ
  Dicky Barrett (born 1964) – popular musician, frontman of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  David Blue (1941–1982) – singer-songwriter
  John Cafferty – musician known for work with The Beaver Brown Band and for the Eddie and the Cruisers soundtrack
  Blu Cantrell (born 1976) – musician
  Wendy Carlos (born 1939) – composer and electronic music pioneer
  George M. Cohan (1878–1942) – entertainer, singer, dancer, subject of the film, Yankee Doodle Dandy
  Bill Conti (born 1942) – film music composer, Rocky
  Bill Cowsill (1948–2006) – musician
  Tanya Donelly (born 1966) – musician
  John Dwyer (born 1974) – multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist, and record label owner
  Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) – opera singer
  Sage Francis (born 1976) – musician
  Billy Gilman (born 1988) – musician
  Al Gomes (born 1960) – record producer and songwriter
  Lukasz Gottwald (born 1973) – songwriter
  Bobby Hackett (1915–1976) – jazz musician
  Scott Hamilton (born 1954) – jazz tenor saxophonist
  Kristin Hersh (born 1966) – musician
  Jon B. (born 1974) – musician
  Jesse Leach (born 1978) – popular musician
  Mapei (born 1983) – recording artist
  Alexis S.F. Marshall – vocalist for the experimental rock band Daughters
  Dave McKenna (1930–2008) – jazz pianist
  Paul Motian (1931–2011) – jazz drummer, composer, bandleader
  Nico Muhly (born 1981) – contemporary classical music composer
  David Narcizo (born 1966) –musician
  David Olney (1948–2020) – musician
  Jeffrey Osborne (born 1948) – musician
  Mike Renzi (born 1946) – pianist
  Duke Robillard (born 1948) – blues musician
  Kim Schifino – musician
  Carol Sloane (born 1937) – jazz singer
  Mike Stud (born 1988) – rapper, former athlete
  Erika Van Pelt (born 1985) – singer
  Leon Wilkeson (1952–2001) - bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
  Don Wise (born 1942) – tenor saxophonist, music producer, songwriter
caption: George M. Cohan
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