List of boogie woogie musicians

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Among the many boogie-woogie musicians are not only blues players^{[citation needed]}, but rock and roll, and country musicians as well, and at least one classical musician.

Musicians noted for playing boogie-woogie (many of whom also perform in other styles):

• Albert Ammons, (1907-1949) father of bebop tenorman Gene Ammons
• the Andrews Sisters, known for Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar & Boogie-woogie Bugle Boy
• Marcia Ball, (1949- )
• Bob Baldori (born 1943), also known as "Boogie Bob", is an American rock, blues, and boogie musician and attorney.
• Silvan Zingg, Boogie Woogie & Blues Pianist[1]
• Craig Brenner, (born 1948), boogie woogie, jazz, blues piano player, composer[2]
• Nico Brina, (born 1969), Boogie Woogie Power, Rock'n'Roll Show, Blues Feeling [3]
• Deanna Bogart, (1960- ), boogie, blues, country, pop; keyboard & saxophone player
• James Booker, (1939-1983), Eccentric and Flamboyant Piano Player from New Orleans
• Peter Chapman
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, known for Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
• Cow Cow Davenport (1894-1945)
• Darren Deicide
• Dr. John (Mac Rebennack, born 1940), New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer of Boxcar Boogie among others
• Fats Domino, (born 1928), cut some boogie pieces in the 50's, e.g. Hey La Bas, Whole Lotta Loving, Fats' Frenzy
• Floyd Domino, Original piano player with Asleep at the Wheel, later with George Strait and then Waylon Jennings
• Dorothy Donegan (1924-1980)
• Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
• Champion Jack Dupree (1908-1992), boxer, classic New Orleans blues player
• Big Joe Duskin (1921-2007) - his style mixed blues, jazz, ragtime, and stride piano elements.
• Frankie Ford (b. 1939), who performed Sea Cruise with Huey "Piano" Smith accompanying on the piano
• Harry Gibson "The Hipster" (1915-1991)
• Edan Serge Gillen
• Chas Hall
• Willie Hall, known as Drive'em Down, model and mentor to many New Orleans players
• Jools Holland, (born 1958)
• Jose Iturbi, (1895-1980), classical pianist of the 1940s who often included a boogie-woogie encore.
• Pete Johnson, (1904-1967) Big Joe Turner's piano partner, "Roll 'Em Pete" is named for him.
• Michael Kaeshammer, (1977 or 1978 - ), a Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger.
• Jerry Lee Lewis, (born 1935)
• Meade Lux Lewis, (1905-1964) his "Honky Tonk Train Blues" was an early 1930 hit in the style
• Little Willie Littlefield (born 1931)
• Professor Longhair, (Henry "Roy" Byrd, 1918-1980), "Tipitina", "Mardi Gras in New Orleans"
• Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (1905-1953), composer of "Chicago Breakdown"
• Romeo Nelson (1902-1974)
• Pinetop Perkins (born 1913), Ike Turner's teacher
• Oscar Peterson, (1925-), modern jazz player, performed duo piano version of "Honky Tonk Train Blues" with Keith Emerson.
• Sammy Price (1908-1992)
• Piano Red (1911-1985), brother of Speckled Red
• Speckled Red (1892-1973), recorded "The Dirty Dozens"
• Little Richard, (born 1932)
• Walter Roland, (1902-1972), Alabama pianist and guitarist whose "Jookit, Jookit" is one of the greatest boogie woogies on record. [4]
• Bob Seeley (born c. 1930) is a boogie woogie pianist.
• Freddie Slack (1910-1965) did the original version of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" in 1940's
• Huey "Piano" Smith (born 1934), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise"
• Clarence "Pine Top" Smith (1904-1929), "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie woogie hit and popularized the name for the style
• Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
• Montana Taylor (1902-1974)
• George W. Thomas (1885 - c.1930)
• Hersal Thomas (c.1909-1926)
• Ike Turner, (born 1931), record producer, guitarist, piano player
• Big Joe Turner, (1911-1985), boogie woogie singer, partnered with Pete Johnson
• David Vest, (born 1943), piano player/singer, worked with Paul deLay & Jimmy Nelson
• Tuts Washington (1907-1984), mentor to many generations of New Orleans pianists
• Clarence Williams (1898-1965), mostly played in other styles but put some of the first examples of boogie woogie on record
• Jimmy Yancey (1898-1951), a subtle and soulful musician, also a baseball player in the Negro Leagues
• Axel Zwingenberger, (born 1955) German pianist and photographer of steam locomotives
• Ulf Sandström, (born 1964) Swedish pianist and member of jump4joy
• Jon Sarta, (1961) Orlando, Florida Boogie Woogie Pianist [5]

Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson sometimes played together by twos or threes, an unusual practice. See main article for more information.