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
• Axel Zwingenberger, (born 1955) German pianist and photographer of steam locomotives
• Big Joe Turner, (1911-1985), boogie woogie singer, partnered with Pete Johnson
• Bob Baldori (born 1943), also known as "Boogie Bob", is an American rock, blues, and boogie musician and attorney.
• Bob Seeley (born c. 1930)
• Champion Jack Dupree (1908-1992), boxer, classic New Orleans blues player
• Clarence Williams (1898-1965), mostly played in other styles but put some of the first examples of boogie woogie on record
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, known for Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
• Cow Cow Davenport (1894-1945)
• Darren Deicide
• Deanna Bogart, (1960- ), boogie, blues, country, pop; keyboard & saxophone player
• Dorothy Donegan (1924-1980)
• Dr. John (Mac Rebennack, born 1940), New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer of Boxcar Boogie among others
• Eeco Rijken Rapp
• Fats Domino, (born 1928), cut some boogie pieces in the 50's, e.g. Hey La Bas, Whole Lotta Loving, Fats' Frenzy
• Frankie Ford (b. 1939), who performed Sea Cruise with Huey "Piano" Smith accompanying on the piano
• Freddie Slack (1910-1965) did the original version of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" in 1940's
• Gene Taylor (born 1952) Boogie pianist who has played with Canned Heat, Blasters, Fried Bourbon etc
• George W. Thomas (1885 - c.1930)
• Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
• Harry Gibson "The Hipster" (1915-1991)
• Hersal Thomas (c.1909-1926)
• Huey "Piano" Smith (born 1934), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise"
• Ike Turner, (born 1931), record producer, guitarist, piano player
• James Booker, (1939-1983), Eccentric and Flamboyant Piano Player from New Orleans
• Jerry Lee Lewis, (born 1935)
• Jimmy Yancey (1898-1951), a subtle and soulful musician, also a baseball player in the Negro Leagues
• Jools Holland, (born 1958)
• Jose Iturbi, (1895-1980), classical pianist of the 1940s who often included a boogie-woogie encore.
• Keito Saito,(born 1978),Japanese pianist,piano duo "Les Frères"
• Little Richard, (born 1932)
• Little Willie Littlefield (born 1931)
• Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953), composer of "Chicago Breakdown"
• Marcia Ball, (1949- )
• Meade Lux Lewis, (1905-1964) his "Honky Tonk Train Blues" was an early 1930 hit in the style
• Peter Chapman
• Michael Kaeshammer, (1977 or 1978-), a Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger.
• Montana Taylor (1902-1974)
• Nico Brina, (born 1969), Boogie Woogie Power, Rock'n'Roll Show, Blues Feeling [1]
• Oscar Peterson, (1925-2007), modern jazz player, performed duo piano version of "Honky Tonk Train Blues" with Keith Emerson.
• Otis Spann, (1930-1970), Delta blues and boogie player, toured solo and with Muddy Waters.
• Pete Johnson, (1904-1967) Big Joe Turner's piano partner, "Roll 'Em Pete" is named for him.
• Piano Red (1911-1985), brother of Speckled Red
• Pinetop Perkins (born 1913), Ike Turner's teacher
• 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
• Professor Longhair, (Henry "Roy" Byrd, 1918-1980), "Tipitina", "Mardi Gras in New Orleans"
• Rob Hoeke (1939-1999), Dutch pianist with "a concrete left hand": "Drinking on my bed", "Down South", "Margio", "What is soul", "When people talk", "Double cross woman", "Gettin' higher". Played with two fingers less after a 1974 accident.
• Romeo Nelson (1902-1974)
• Walter Roland, (1902-1972), Alabama pianist and guitarist whose "Jookit, Jookit" is one of the greatest boogie woogies on record. [2]
• Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
• Sammy Price (1908-1992)
• Speckled Red (1892-1973), recorded "The Dirty Dozens"
• David Vest, (born 1943), piano player/singer, worked with Paul deLay & Jimmy Nelson [3]
• Tuts Washington (1907-1984), mentor to many generations of New Orleans pianists
• Ulf Sandström (born 1964), Swedish pianist and member of jump4joy
• Willie Hall, known as Drive'em Down, model and mentor to many New Orleans players
• Silvan Zingg, Switzerland.

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