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Boogie woogie musicians are those artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording
boogie woogie music.
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Bob Baldori (born 1943), aka "Boogie Bob", American
rock ,
blues , and boogie-woogie
musician
Marcia Ball (born 1949), American singer and pianist
Black Ivory King (1899–1947), American pianist and singer, best known for his original version of the then popular train blues song, "The Flying Crow"
Deanna Bogart (born 1960), American singer, pianist, and saxophonist
Boogie Woogie Red (1925–1992), American pianist, frequent collaborator with
John Lee Hooker
James Booker (1939–1983), American pianist
Eden Brent (born 1965), American pianist and vocalist
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Caroline Dahl , pianist and composer of boogie-woogie and American roots music
Cow Cow Davenport (1894–1955), American pianist
Blind John Davis (1913–1985), American pianist and singer
Daryl Davis (born 1958), American pianist, singer and bandleader
Neville Dickie (born 1937), English pianist
Fats Domino (1928–2017), 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 (1922–1998), American pianist
Thomas A. Dorsey (1899–1993), American pianist and gospel songwriter
Champion Jack Dupree (1908–1992),
New Orleans blues player
Big Joe Duskin (1921–2007), American pianist
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Ernie Freeman (1922–1981), American pianist, organist, and arranger
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Bob Hall (born 1942), English pianist
Willie Hall , known as Drive'em Down, model and mentor to many New Orleans players
Jools Holland (born 1958), British musician and television presenter
Camille Howard (1914–1993), American pianist and singer
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Dr. John (1941–2019), New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer of "Boxcar Boogie" among others
Pete Johnson (1904–1967), Big Joe Turner's piano partner; "
Roll 'Em Pete " was named for him
Louis Jordan (1908–1975), American boogie and jump blues musician, songwriter and bandleader
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Michael Kaeshammer (born 1977), Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger
Shizuko Kasagi (1914–1985), Japanese singer known in Japan as the "Queen of the Boogie-Woogie" (ブギの女王 , Bugi no ojō ) }]}
Brendan Kavanagh (born 1967), contemporary British pianist teacher with over 1 million YouTube followers, known as "Dr K"
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Oscar Peterson (1925–2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer
Piano Red (1911–1985), brother of
Speckled Red
Piano "C" Red (1933–2013),
Chicago blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer and composer
Honey Piazza (born 1951),
West Coast blues and boogie-woogie pianist
Pinetop Perkins (1913–2011), American musician and teacher of
Ike Turner
Preacher Jack (born 1942), stage name of John Lincoln Coughlin, American pianist, recording artist on Rounder Records
Sammy Price (1908–1992), American pianist and bandleader
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Ulf Sandström (born 1964), Swedish pianist and member of jump4joy
Bob Seeley (born 1928), American pianist
Luca Sestak (born 1995), German boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist
Robert Shaw (1908–1985), American barrelhouse pianist, recorded "The Ma Grinder"
Freddie Slack (1910–1965), American pianist and bandleader, originator of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" in the 1940s
Huey "Piano" Smith (1934–2023), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on
Frankie Ford 's "
Sea Cruise "
Pinetop Smith (1904–1929), "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie-woogie hit and popularized the name for the style
Charlie Spand (1893–after 1958)
Speckled Red (1892–1973), American pianist and singer, recorded "The Dirty Dozens"
Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983), American pianist known as the Honeydripper, he recorded "
Forty-Four ", "
Driving Wheel " and "
Night Time Is the Right Time ".
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Jimmy Yancey (1898–1951), American pianist, composer, and lyricist
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