List of boogie woogie musicians
Boogie woogie musicians are those artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording boogie woogie music.
A
- Rob Agerbeek, Indonesian-born Dutch boogie-woogie and early jazz pianist
- Dave Alexander, aka 'Omar Sharriff", American blues pianist
- Albert Ammons, 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, British pianist, from Trinidad
B
- Bob Baldori, aka "Boogie Bob", American rock, blues, and boogie-woogie musician
- Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist
- Black Ivory King, American pianist and singer, best known for his original version of the then popular train blues song, "The Flying Crow"
- Deanna Bogart, American singer, pianist, and saxophonist
- Boogie Woogie Red, American pianist, frequent collaborator with John Lee Hooker
- James Booker, American pianist
- Eden Brent, American pianist and vocalist
- Hadda Brooks, American pianist, vocalist and composer, who was billed as "Queen of the Boogie".
C
- James Crutchfield, "King of Barrelhouse Blues"
- Lluís Coloma, Spanish blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer
D
- Caroline Dahl,, American pianist and composer of boogie-woogie and American roots music
- Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist
- Blind John Davis, American pianist and singer
- Daryl Davis, American pianist, singer and bandleader
- Neville Dickie, English pianist
- Fats Domino, 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, American pianist
- Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and gospel songwriter
- Champion Jack Dupree, New Orleans blues player
- Big Joe Duskin, American pianist
E
- William Ezell, Texas-born pianist who combined boogie-woogie with ragtime and blues
F
- Ernie Freeman, American pianist, organist, and arranger
G
- Blind Leroy Garnett
- Harry Gibson, "The Hipster"
- Henry Gray, American pianist credited with helping to create the Chicago blues piano sound
H
- Bob Hall, English pianist
- Willie Hall, known as Drive'em Down, model and mentor to many New Orleans players
- Jools Holland, British musician and television presenter
- Camille Howard, American pianist and singer
- John Lee Hooker American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
J
- Dr. John, New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer of "Boxcar Boogie" among others
- Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner's piano partner; "Roll 'Em Pete" was named for him
- Louis Jordan, American boogie and jump blues musician, songwriter and bandleader
K
- Michael Kaeshammer, Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger
- Shizuko Kasagi, Japanese singer known in Japan as the "Queen of the Boogie-Woogie"
L
- Ladyva, Swiss pianist
- Booker T. Laury, American pianist and singer
- Meade Lux Lewis, American pianist whose "Honky Tonk Train Blues" was an early boogie woogie hit
- Liberace, American pianist
- Little Willie Littlefield, American pianist and singer
- Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Professor Longhair, American singer; blues, rhythm and blues, and jazz pianist
M
- Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
- Memphis Slim
- Big Maceo Merriweather, composer of "Chicago Breakdown"
- Arthur Migliazza, American blues and boogie woogie pianist.
- Moon Mullican, 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
- Charlie Norman, Swedish piano player
P
- Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer
- Piano Red, brother of Speckled Red
- Piano "C" Red, Chicago blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer and composer
- Honey Piazza, West Coast blues and boogie-woogie pianist
- Pinetop Perkins, American musician and teacher of Ike Turner
- Preacher Jack, stage name of John Lincoln Coughlin, American pianist, recording artist on Rounder Records
- Sammy Price, American pianist and bandleader
R
- Maurice Rocco, American pianist, singer, and actor
- Walter Roland, American pianist, guitarist, and singer
S
- Ulf Sandström, Swedish pianist and member of jump4joy
- Bob Seeley, American pianist
- Luca Sestak, German boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist
- Robert Shaw, American barrelhouse pianist, recorded "The Ma Grinder"
- Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader, originator of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" in the 1940s
- Huey "Piano" Smith, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise"
- Pinetop Smith, "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie-woogie hit and popularized the name for the style
- Charlie Spand
- Speckled Red, American pianist and singer, recorded "The Dirty Dozens"
- Roosevelt Sykes, American pianist known as the Honeydripper, he recorded "Forty-Four", "Driving Wheel" and "Night Time Is the Right Time".
T
- Montana Taylor, American pianist
- George Washington Thomas, American pianist and songwriter
- Hersal Thomas, American pianist and composer
- Stephanie Trick, contemporary American pianist
- Big Joe Turner, American boogie-woogie singer, partnered with Pete Johnson
W
- Tuts Washington, mentor to many generations of New Orleans pianists
- Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, American-born boogie-woogie/blues/R&B pianist
- Vince Weber, German boogie/blues musician
- Robert Wells, Swedish pianist, singer, and composer
- Jabo Williams, American pianist and songwriter
- Mitch Woods, American modern day boogie-woogie, jazz and jump blues pianist
Y
- Jimmy Yancey, American pianist, composer, and lyricist
Z
- Silvan Zingg, Swiss pianist
- Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and composer