List of boogie woogie musicians

Boogie woogie musicians are those artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording boogie woogie music.

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  • Ernie Freeman (1922–1981), American pianist, organist, and arranger

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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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  • Memphis Slim (1915–1988)
  • Big Maceo Merriweather (1905–1953), composer of "Chicago Breakdown"
  • Arthur Migliazza (born 1980), American blues and boogie woogie pianist.
  • Moon Mullican (1909–1967), known as the "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players" during a recording career that stretched from the 1930s through the 1960s, including hits such as "Seven Nights to Rock"; considered a major influence on Jerry Lee Lewis

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  • Maurice Rocco (1915–1976), American pianist, singer, and actor
  • Walter Roland (1903–1972), American pianist, guitarist, and singer

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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 (born 1934), "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

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  • Jimmy Yancey (1898–1951), American pianist, composer, and lyricist

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References

    Bibliography

    • The Story of Boogie-Woogie - A Left Hand Like God, Silvester, Peter J., The Scarecrow Press, 2009, Maryland (USA), 2nd edition, ISBN 9780810869240
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