List of blues musicians
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music.[1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime-vaudeville, Delta and country blues, and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast.[2] In the last several decades, blues music has developed a less regional character and has been influenced by rhythm and blues, rock, and other popular music.[3]
Pre-1940 blues
Name | Birth year | Death year | Origin | Primary style | Ref(s) |
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Mozelle Alderson | 1904 | 1994 | Ohio | Country blues | [4] |
Alger "Texas" Alexander | 1900 | 1954 | Texas | Country blues | [5] |
Ora Alexander | c.1909 | Unknown | Alabama | Classic female blues | [6] |
Albert Ammons | 1907 | 1949 | Illinois | Boogie woogie | [7] |
Pink Anderson | 1900 | 1974 | South Carolina | Piedmont blues | [8] |
Kokomo Arnold | 1901* | 1968 | Georgia | Acoustic blues | [9] |
Barbecue Bob | 1902 | 1931 | Georgia | Acoustic blues | [10] |
Ed Bell | 1905 | 1960s | Alabama | Piedmont blues | [11] |
Gladys Bentley | 1907 | 1960 | Pennsylvania | Vaudeville blues | [12] |
Black Ace | 1905 | 1972 | Texas | Country blues | [13] |
Scrapper Blackwell | 1903 | 1962 | North Carolina | Urban blues | [14] |
Blind Blake | 1896 | 1934 | Florida | Piedmont blues | [15] |
Lucille Bogan | 1897 | 1948 | Mississippi | Classic female blues | [16] |
Ted Bogan | 1909 | 1990 | South Carolina | Country blues | [17] |
Son Bonds | 1909 | 1947 | Tennessee | Country blues | [16] |
Big Bill Broonzy | 1893* | 1958 | Mississippi | Urban blues | [18] |
Kitty Brown | 1899 | Unknown | New York | Classic female blues | [19] |
Willie Brown | 1900 | 1952 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [20] |
Bumble Bee Slim | 1905 | 1968 | Georgia | Urban blues | [21] |
Gus Cannon | 1883* | 1979 | Mississippi | Jug band | [22] |
Leroy Carr | 1905 | 1935 | Tennessee | Urban blues | [23] |
Doctor Clayton | 1898 | 1947 | Georgia | Country blues | [24] |
Sam Collins | 1887 | 1949 | Louisiana | Country blues | [25] |
Elizabeth Cotten | 1893 | 1987 | North Carolina | Country blues | [26] |
Floyd Council | 1911 | 1976 | North Carolina | Piedmont blues | [27] |
Ida Cox | 1896* | 1967 | Georgia | Vaudeville blues | [28] |
Blind Blues Darby | 1906 | 1975 | Kentucky | St. Louis blues | [29] |
Reverend Gary Davis | 1896 | 1972 | South Carolina | Piedmont blues | [30] |
Walter Davis | 1911* | 1963 | Mississippi | St. Louis blues | [31] |
Tom Delaney | 1889 | 1963 | South Carolina | Urban blues | [32] |
Georgia Tom Dorsey | 1899 | 1993 | Georgia | Urban blues | [33] |
Little Buddy Doyle | 1911* | 1960* | Tennessee | Memphis blues | [34] |
Bernice Edwards | 1907 | 1969 | Texas | Classic female blues | [35] |
Sleepy John Estes | 1899* | 1977 | Tennessee | Country blues | [36] |
Ethel Finnie | 1898 | 1981 | Louisiana | Classic female blues | [37] |
Blind Boy Fuller | 1907* | 1941 | North Carolina | Piedmont blues | [38] |
Jesse Fuller | 1896 | 1976 | Georgia | Piedmont blues | [38] |
Jazz Gillum | 1904* | 1966 | Mississippi | Urban blues | [39] |
Boyd Gilmore | 1905 | 1976 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [40] |
Coot Grant | 1893 | 1970 | Alabama | Classic female blues | [41] |
Lil Green | 1919* | 1954 | Mississippi | Urban blues | [42] |
Shirley Griffith | 1907 | 1974 | Mississippi | Country blues | [43] |
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney | 1902 | 1973 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [44] |
Lucille Hegamin | 1897* | 1970 | Georgia | Classic female blues | [45] |
Edmonia Henderson | 1898 | 1947 | Tennessee | Classic female blues | [46] |
Katherine Henderson | 1909 | Unknown | Missouri | Classic female blues | [47] |
Edna Hicks | 1895 | 1925 | Louisiana | Classic female blues | [48] |
Son House | 1902 | 1988 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [49] |
Peg Leg Howell | 1888 | 1966 | Georgia | Country blues | [50] |
Alberta Hunter | 1895 | 1984 | Tennessee | Classic female blues | [51] |
Mississippi John Hurt | 1894* | 1966 | Mississippi | Country blues | [52] |
Jim Jackson | 1890* | 1937* | Mississippi | Country blues | [53] |
Papa Charlie Jackson | 1890* | 1950* | Louisiana | Country blues | [54] |
Skip James | 1902 | 1969 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [55] |
Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1893 | 1929 | Texas | Country blues | [56] |
Blind Willie Johnson | 1897 | 1945 | Texas | Gospel blues | [57] |
Edith North Johnson | 1903 | 1988 | Missouri | Classic female blues | [58] |
Lonnie Johnson | 1899 | 1970 | Louisiana | Urban blues | [59] |
Mary Johnson | 1898 | 1983 | Mississippi | Classic female blues | [60] |
Robert Johnson | 1911 | 1938 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [61] |
Tommy Johnson | 1896 | 1956 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [62] |
Little Hat Jones | 1899 | 1981 | Texas | Country blues | [63] |
Lottie Kimbrough | 1893 | Unknown | Arkansas | Country blues | [64] |
Lead Belly | 1889 | 1949 | Louisiana | Country blues | [65] |
Furry Lewis | 1893* | 1981 | Mississippi | Country blues | [66] |
Meade Lux Lewis | 1905 | 1964 | Illinois | Boogie woogie | [67] |
Charley Lincoln | 1900 | 1963 | Georgia | Country blues | [68] |
Mance Lipscomb | 1895 | 1976 | Texas | Country blues | [69] |
Virginia Liston | 1890 | 1932 | Louisiana | Classic female blues | [70] |
Robert Lockwood, Jr. | 1915 | 2006 | Arkansas | Delta blues | [71][72] |
Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1887* | 1957 | Tennessee | Boogie woogie | [71] |
Eddie Mapp | 1910 | 1931 | Georgia | Country blues | [73] |
Sara Martin | 1884 | 1955 | Kentucky | Vaudeville blues | [74] |
Lil McClintock | 1883 | Unknown | U.S. | Country blues | [75] |
Kansas Joe McCoy | 1905 | 1950 | Mississippi | Country blues | [76] |
Papa Charlie McCoy | 1909 | 1959 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [77] |
Mississippi Fred McDowell | 1904 | 1972 | Tennessee | Delta blues | [78] |
Charlie "Specks" McFadden | 1895 | 1966 | Illinois | Country blues | [79] |
Fred McMullen | 1905 | Unknown | Florida | Piedmont blues | [80] |
Jay McShann | 1916 | 2006 | Oklahoma | Blues | [81] |
Blind Willie McTell | 1901* | 1959 | Georgia | Country blues | [82] |
Memphis Minnie | 1897 | 1973 | Louisiana | Memphis blues | [83] |
Mississippi Sheiks | Mississippi | Country blues | [83] | ||
Little Brother Montgomery | 1906 | 1985 | Louisiana | Barrelhouse blues | [84] |
Whistlin' Alex Moore | 1899 | 1989 | Texas | Boogie woogie | [84] |
Buddy Moss | 1914 | 1984 | Georgia | Piedmont blues | [85] |
Hambone Willie Newbern | 1901 | 1965 | Tennessee | Country blues | [86] |
St. Louis Jimmy Oden | 1903 | 1977 | Tennessee | Urban blues | [87] |
Charley Patton | 1891 | 1934 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [88] |
Piano Red | 1911 | 1985 | Georgia | Boogie woogie | [89] |
Buster Pickens | 1916 | 1964 | Texas | Country blues | [90] |
Joe Pullum | 1905 | 1964 | Alabama | Urban blues | [91] |
Ma Rainey | 1886* | 1939 | Georgia | Classic female blues | [92] |
Red Nelson | 1907 | 1970 | Mississippi | Urban blues | [93] |
Walter Roland | c.1902 or 1903 | 1972 | Alabama | Boogie woogie | [94] |
Jimmy Rushing | 1903 | 1972 | Oklahoma | Urban blues | [95] |
Dan Sane | 1896 | 1956 | Mississippi | Memphis blues | [96] |
Alec Seward | 1901 | 1972 | Virginia | Piedmont blues | [97] |
Robert Shaw | 1908 | 1985 | Texas | Boogie woogie | [98] |
J.D. Short | 1902 | 1962 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [99] |
Henry "Son" Sims | 1890 | 1958 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [100] |
Bessie Smith | 1894 | 1937 | Tennessee | Classic female blues | [101] |
Clara Smith | 1894* | 1935 | South Carolina | Classic female blues | [102] |
J. T. "Funny Papa" Smith | 1885* | 1940* | U.S. | Country blues | [103] |
Mamie Smith | 1883 | 1946 | Ohio | Vaudeville blues | [45] |
Pinetop Sparks | 1910 | 1935 | Mississippi | Boogie woogie | [104] |
Speckled Red | 1892 | 1973 | Louisiana | Boogie woogie | [105] |
Victoria Spivey | 1906 | 1976 | Texas | Vaudeville blues | [106] |
Frank Stokes | 1888* | 1955 | Tennessee | Memphis blues | [107] |
Roosevelt Sykes | 1913 | 1984 | Arkansas | Urban blues | [108] |
Tampa Red | 1904 | 1981 | Georgia | Urban blues | [109] |
Johnny Temple | 1906 | 1968 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [110] |
Henry Thomas | 1874 | 1930* | Texas | Country blues | [111] |
Ramblin' Thomas | Unknown | Unknown | Louisiana | Country blues | [112] |
Henry Townsend | 1909 | 2006 | Mississippi | St. Louis blues | [113] |
Willie Trice | 1910 | 1977 | North Carolina | Piedmont blues | [8] |
Bessie Tucker | c.1906 | 1933 | Texas | Country blues | [114][115] |
Walter Vinson | 1901 | 1975 | Mississippi | Country blues | [116] |
Sippie Wallace | 1898 | 1986 | Arkansas | Classic female blues | [117] |
Washboard Sam | 1910 | 1966 | Arkansas | Country blues | [118] |
Ethel Waters | 1896 | 1977 | Pennsylvania | Urban blues | [119] |
Curley Weaver | 1906 | 1962 | Georgia | Country blues | [120] |
Sylvester Weaver | 1897* | 1960 | Kentucky | Country blues | [121] |
Casey Bill Weldon | 1909 | Unknown | Arkansas | Country blues | [122] |
Peetie Wheatstraw | 1902 | 1941 | Tennessee | St. Louis blues | [123] |
Bukka White | 1909 | 1977 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [124] |
Josh White | 1908 | 1969 | South Carolina | Country blues | [125] |
Big Joe Williams | 1903 | 1982 | Mississippi | Delta blues | [126] |
Sonny Boy Williamson I | 1914 | 1948 | Tennessee | Urban blues | [127] |
Ralph Willis | 1910* | 1957 | Alabama | Piedmont blues | [128] |
Oscar "Buddy" Woods | 1903 | 1955 | Louisiana | Urban blues | [129] |
An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style. |
1940–1979 blues
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Blues since 1980
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See also
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