List of musicians from Mississippi

This is a list of musical groups as well as musicians from the U.S. 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 (Lee County)
Colour Revolt - indie rock band (Oxford)
David and the Giants - Christian rock band (Laurel)
Rae Sremmurd - hip hop duo (Tupelo)
The Cook Family Singers - Christian country music group (Pascagoula)
The Cooters - punk metal band (Oxford)
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)
The Da Vincis - electro lounge-pop group from Jackson, Mississippi
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
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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 (Pearl)
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 (born 1946) - 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)
David L. Cook (born 1968) - multi-genre singer-songwriter-comedian (Pascagoula)
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)
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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)
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)
Bobby T. Enlow (1936-2019)- guitarist singer songwriter (Foxworth, Mississippi)
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 - R&B singer-songwriter
Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt - multi-genre singer-songwriter (Biloxi)
Bobbie Gentry (born 1944) - singer-songwriter (Greenwood)
Mickey Gilley (born 1936) - 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)
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Owen Hale (born 1948) - drummer (Hattiesburg)
Ted Hawkins 1936-1995) - singer-songwriter (Biloxi)
Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006) - blues musician (Como)
Michael Henderson (born 1951) - bass guitarist, R&B singer (Yazoo City)
Caroline Herring - 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 (born 1928) - 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 musician (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 - rhythm & blues/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 musician (Meridian)
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Skylar Laine (born 1994) - country music singer; finalist American Idol (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)
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 and rapper
Mylon LeFevre (born 1944) - 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 - musician (Jackson)
La'Porsha Renae Mays - 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)
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 - blues musician (Jackson)
Dorothy Moore (born 1947) - 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/Starkville)
Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944) - blues-harp player and bandleader (Kosciusko)
Sam Myers (1936-2006) - blues musician, harmonica player, and songwriter (Laurel)
Bill Myrick (1926-2011) - country singer-songwriter, musician, producer, disc jockey (Simpson County)
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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 - 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 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 1940) - 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 (born 1933) - blues musician (Monticello)
Garren Isaac Smith (born 1977) - singer, songwriter, actor, music publisher (Bassfield)
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 (born 1941) - singer-songwriter (West Point)
Marty Stuart (born 1958) - country music singer (Philadelphia)
Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011) - blues musician (Greenwood)
Deanna Summers - songwriter
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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 1944) - 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 (born 1953) - 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 (born 1943) - 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)
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)
Related pages
List of people from Mississippi
References
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