This is a list of musical groups or organizations as well as musicians from the American state of Mississippi.
Musical groups or organizations
3 Doors Down – rock band (Escatawpa) Atomship – alternative metal band (Ocean Springs) Bass Drum of Death – garage / punk rock band (Oxford) Beanland – jam band (Oxford) The Blackwood Brothers – gospel singers (Choctaw County) Blue Mountain – alternative country band (Oxford) Cadillac Don & J-Money – rap duo (Crawford) The Chambers Brothers – soul music group (Carthage) Colour Revolt – indie rock band (Oxford)[ Colour Revolt] at AllMusic David and the Giants – Christian rock band (Laurel) Five Blind Boys of Mississippi – gospel singers (Piney Woods)Purcell, Leslie Harper (1956) Miracle in Mississippi: Laurence C. Jones of Piney Woods, p. 120. Comet Press Books. Joe Frank and the Knights – garage rock band (Leland) Jonezetta – rock band (Clinton)Jonezetta biography at AllMusic Kudzu Kings – alternative country music band (Oxford) Mississippi Mass Choir – gospel choir (Jackson) North Mississippi Allstars – blues-rock, jam band (Hernando) Seeker & Servant – worship music (Jackson) Rae Sremmurd – hip hop group (Tupelo) Saving Abel – rock band (Corinth) Wavorly – Christian rock band (Tupelo) The Weeks – indie rock band (Florence)Raggett, Ned "[ Comeback Cadillac Review]", AllMusic Young Buffalo – indie rock band (Oxford)
Musicians A–C
John Luther Adams (born 1953) – composer of music inspired by nature (Meridian) Woodrow Adams (1917–1988) – blues musician (Tchula) Tommy Aldridge (born 1950) – drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake (Jackson) Charlie Allen (1908–1972) – jazz trumpeter (Jackson) Mose Allison (1927–2016) – jazz musician (near Tippo, Tallahatchie County) Robert Anderson (1919–1995) – gospel singer-composer and pianist (Anguilla) Steve Azar (born 1964) – country singer (Greenville) Glen Ballard (born 1953) – songwriter and record producer (Natchez) Tommy Bankhead (1931–2000) – blues musician (Lake Cormorant) Willie Banks (1929–1993) – gospel singer and songwriter (Raymond) 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 (Red Banks, Mississippi) Carey Bell (1936–2007) – Chicago blues harmonica player (Macon) Big Time Sarah (1953–2015) – blues singer (Coldwater)Wynn, Ron. [ Big Time Sarah] at AllMusic James Blackwood (1919–2002) – one of The Blackwood Brothers (near Ackerman) Blind Mississippi Morris (born 1955) – blues artist (Clarksdale) Lucille Bogan (1897–1948) – blues singer (Amory) Houston Boines (1918–1970) – blues singer and harmonicist (Hazlehurst) Charley Booker (1925–1989) – blues singer and guitarist (Moorhead)Harris, S (1981). Blues Who's Who. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 59 Eddie Boyd (1914–1994) – blues musician (Clarksdale) Ishmon Bracey (1889–1970) – blues guitarist and singer (Bayram) Bobby Bradford (born 1934) – jazz musician and composer (Cleveland) Jan Bradley (born 1943) – soul singer (Byhalia) Delaney Bramlett (1939–2008) – singer-songwriter (Pontotoc) Jackie Brenston (1930–1979) – 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 (Shelby) Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023) – 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) Choker Campbell (1916–1993) – soul saxophonist and bandleader (Shelby) Ace Cannon (1934–2018) – tenor and alto saxophonist (Grenada) Gus Cannon (1883–1979) – jug band musician (Red Banks) Bo Carter (1893–1964) – blues singer (Bolton) Johnny Carver (born 1940) – country singer (near 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) – pop singer (Vicksburg) Hank Cochran (1935–2010) – country music singer-songwriter (Isola) Bill Coday (1942–2008) – soul singer (Coldwater) Phil Cohran (1927–2017) – jazz musician (Oxford) Mike Compton (born 1956) – bluegrass mandolin player (Meridian) 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)
D–G
Olu Dara (born 1941) – jazz musician (Natchez) Lester Davenport (1932–2009) – blues harmonica player and singer (Tchula) Little Sammy Davis (1928–2018) – blues harmonica, guitar, singer (Winona) Paul Davis (1948–2008) – singer-songwriter (Meridian) Walter Davis (1911/2–1963) – blues musician and songwriter (Grenada) Jimmy Dawkins (1936–2013) – blues guitarist and singer (Tchula) Dear Silas (born 1986) – hip-hop rapper and singer (Jackson) Mattie Delaney ( – ) – blues singer and guitarist (near Goodman). 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) Marshall Drew (born 1984) – folk rock singer-songwriter (Clarksdale) Judy Dunaway (born 1964) – avant-garde composer, free improvisor, conceptual sound artist (Mississippi) Omar Kent Dykes (born 1950) – blues guitarist and singer (McComb) David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915–2011) – delta blues musician (Shaw)Edwards biographical page . Allaboutjazz.com. accessed February 2008. Meredith Edwards (born 1984) – country singer (Clinton) Robert "Big Mojo" Elem (1928–1997) – blues bassist and singer (Itta Bena) Ruby Elzy (1908–1943) – opera singer (Pontotoc) Lehman Engel (1910–1982) – composer and conductor (Jackson) Chris Ethridge (1947–2012) – country rock musician, songwriter (Meridian) Shelly Fairchild (born 1977) – country musician (Clinton) Nancy Plummer Faxon (1914–2005) – organist and composer (Jackson)"Mrs. Plummer's Funeral Today" Clarion Ledger (March 8, 1958): 2. via Newspapers.com Charlie Feathers (1932–1998) – (Holly Springs)[ Charlie Feathers biography] at AllMusic Steve Forbert (born 1954) – pop music singer-songwriter (Meridian) Lee Garrett (born 1943) – R&B singer and songwriter (Mississippi) Bobbie Gentry (born 1944) – singer-songwriter (near Woodland) Mickey Gilley (1936–2022) – country singer and musician (Natchez) Boyd Gilmore (1905 or 1910–1976) – blues musician (either near Inverness, Mississippi, in 1905, or in 1910 in Belzoni, Mississippi) Al Goodman (1943–2010) – R&B/soul singer (Jackson) 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
H–K
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney (1902–1973) – blues guitarist and pianist (Money) Bill Harvey (1918–1964) – bandleader (Winona) Ted Hawkins (1936–1995) – singer-songwriter (Biloxi) Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006) – blues musician (near Como) Sid Hemphill (1876–1963) – blues musician and string bandleader (Panola County) Michael Henderson (1951–2022) – R&B bass guitarist and singer (Yazoo City) Caroline Herring (born 1969) – bluegrass musician (Canton) Faith Hill (born 1967) – country/pop singer (Ridgeland) Kim Hill (born 1963) – Christian singer-songwriter (Starkville) King Solomon Hill (1897–19400) – blues musician (McComb) Rosa Lee Hill (1910–1968) – blues musician (Como) Ernie Hines (born 1938) – soul musician (Jackson) Milt Hinton (1910–2000) – jazz double bassist (Vicksburg) Eddie Hodges (born 1947) – actor, singer, producer (Hattiesburg) Jimmy "Duck" Holmes (born 1947) – blues musician and Blue Front Cafe proprietor (Yazoo County) John Lee Hooker (1917–2001) – blues singer-songwriter and blues guitarist (Tutwiler) Big Walter Horton (1917–1981) – blues harmonica player (Horn Lake) Son House (1902–1988) – blues singer and guitarist (Lyon) 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)Cohen, Lawrence (1996). Liner notes to Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings. Columbia/Legacy CD. 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)"George H. Jackson Obituary", Clarion Ledger, 18 April 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013 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) 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 (Lambert) Jimmy Johnson (1928–2022) – blues guitarist and singer (Holly Springs) Robert Johnson (1911–1938) – delta blues musician (Hazlehurst) Syl Johnson (1936–2022) – blues and soul singer (near Holly Springs) Tommy Johnson (1896–1956) – blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (Terry) Willie Johnson (1923–1995) – electric blues guitarist (Senatobia) Margie Joseph (born 1950) – R&B and soul singer (Gautier) Junior Kimbrough (1930–1998) – blues artist (Hudsonville) Albert King (1923–1992) – blues guitarist and singer (Indianola) B. B. King (1925–2015) – blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (near Berclair) Little Freddie King (born 1940) – delta blues guitarist (McComb) Fern Kinney (born 1949) – rhythm & blues and disco music entertainer (Jackson) J. Fred Knobloch (born 1953) – country singer-songwriter (Jackson) Big K.R.I.T. (born 1986) – hip-hop artist (Meridian)
L–M
Skylar Laine (born 1994) – country music singer; American Idol finalist (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 (near Sidon) Rick Lawson (born 1973) – soul and R&B singer (Raymond) Lafayette Leake (1919–1990) – blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer (Winona) Chris LeDoux (1948–2005) – country music singer-songwriter (Biloxi) Floyd Lee (1933–2020) – blues musician and founding member of Music Under New York (Lamar) Mylon LeFevre (1944–2023) – gospel and Christian rock singer (Gulfport) J. B. Lenoir (1929–1967) – blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (Monticello) Robert "Squirrel" Lester (1942–2010) – second tenor of The Chi-Lites (McComb) Willie Lofton (1897–1956 or 1962) – delta blues musician (Copiah County) Bobby Lounge (born 1950) – singer-songwriter (McComb) Willie Love (1906–1953) – blues pianist (Duncan) Dent May (born 1985) – musician (Jackson)