This is the Artist Directory index where you’ll find links to all of the records that have been reviewed to date for each artist along with basic biographical information and brief overviews of their career.

Because of the different ways artists can be credited, for consistency’s sake artists here will be listed alphabetically by the FIRST name appearing on their record label, be it the first word of a group’s name, a stage name (such as Big, Little or other moniker), or their first given name, rather than by surname. If an artist changes how they’re attributed at some point during their career we’ll generally include all records under their most frequent attribution or the one in which they enjoyed their greatest success.

 
 
– A –
 
AL SEARS
ALBENNIE JONES
ALMA MONDY
AMOS MILBURN
ANDREW TIBBS
ANNIE LAURIE
ARCHIBALD
 

 
 
– B –
 
BEA JOHNSON
THE BEAVERS
BIG JAY McNEELY
BIG JIM WYNN
BIG JOE TURNER
BIG JOHN GREER
BIG MAMA THORNTON
BIG MAYBELLE
BILL DOGGETT
BILL HALEY & THE COMETS
BILLY WRIGHT
THE BLENDERS
BOBBY NUNN
BOBBY SMITH
BUDDY BANKS
BUDDY LUCAS
BUMPS MYERS
BUSTER BENNETT
 

 
 
– C –
 
THE CARDINALS
THE CAROLS
CARL CAMPBELL (KING TUT)
CARL DAVIS (CHICAGO DAVIS / KING KARL)
CECIL GANT
CHA CHA HOGAN
CHARLIE “BOOGIE WOOGIE” DAVIS
CHARLIE SINGLETON
CHRIS POWELL & THE FIVE BLUE FLAMES
CHUBBY NEWSOM
CHUCK NORRIS
CHUCK WILLIS
CLARENCE GARLOW
CLARENCE “CANDY” GREEN
CLARENCE SAMUELS
CLIFFORD BLIVENS
THE CLOVERS
CONNIE ALLEN
CONRAD JOHNSON (CONNEY’S COMBO)
COUSIN JOE
CROWN PRINCE WATERFORD
 

 
 
– D –
 
DANNY OVERBEA
DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
DEE WILLIAMS
DIMPLES HARRIS
THE DIXIEAIRES
DOC POMUS
DOC SAUSAGE
DOC WILEY
DOLES DICKENS
THE DOMINOES
DON JOHNSON AND HIS BAND
DOROTHY ELLIS
THE DOZIER BOYS
 

 
 
– E –
 
EARL BOSTIC
EARL FOREST
EARL JACKSON
ED WILEY JR.
EDDIE CHAMBLEE
EDDIE “LOCKJAW” DAVIS
EDDIE GORMAN
EDDIE MACK
EDDIE “SUGARMAN” PENIGAR
EDDIE WILLIAMS & HIS BROWN BUDDIES
EDDIE WOODLAND
EDGAR BLANCHARD
EDGAR HAYES & HIS STARDUSTERS
EDNA McGRIFF
EMMIT SLAY
THE ENCHANTERS
ERLINE “ROCK AND ROLL” HARRIS
EUNICE DAVIS
 

 
 
– F –
 
THE FALCONS (ft. GOLDIE BOOTS)
FATS DOMINO
FATS NOEL
THE FIVE KEYS
THE “5” ROYALES
THE FIVE SCAMPS
FLOYD DIXON
FLUFFY HUNTER
FORREST SYKES
THE FOUR BLUES
THE FOUR BUDDIES
THE FOUR JACKS
THE FOUR TUNES
FRANK “FLOORSHOW” CULLEY
FREDDIE MITCHELL
 

 
 
– G –
 
GATEMOUTH BROWN
THE GAYLORDS (a/k/a THE IMPERIALS)
GENE PHILLIPS & HIS RHYTHM ACES
GEORGE MILLER & HIS MID-DRIFFS
GOREE CARTER
THE GREAT GATES
THE GRIFFIN BROTHERS
 

 
 
– H –
 
HAL SINGER
HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS
HAROLD BURRAGE
HAROLD CONNER
HARRY CRAFTON
HARRY “PIANO MAN” VANN WALLS
H-BOMB FERGUSON
THE HEARTBREAKERS
THE HOLLYWOOD FLAMES
HUBERT ROBINSON
 

 
 
– I –
 
IKE TURNER
IONA WADE
IVORY JOE HUNTER
 

 
 
– J –
 
JACKIE BRENSTON
THE JAMES QUINTET
JAMES VON STREETER
JAMES (WEE WILLIE) WAYNE
J. B. SUMMERS
JESSE ALLEN
JESSE BELVIN
JESSE POWELL
JESSE THOMAS
JEWEL KING
JIMMY “BABY FACE” LEWIS
JIMMY FORREST
JIMMY LIGGINS
JIMMY PRESTON
JOAN SHAW
JOE BLACK
JOE HOUSTON
JOE LUTCHER
JOE MORRIS
JOE SWIFT
JOE THOMAS
JOHNNY ACE
JOHNNY CRAWFORD
JOHNNY OTIS
THE JOHNSON BROTHERS COMBO
JUMP JACKSON
 

 
 
– K –
 
KANSAS CITY JIMMY (SMITH)
KITTY STEVENSON
 

 
 
– L –
 
LA MELLE PRINCE
THE LARKS
LARRY DARNELL
LAURIE TATE
LAVERN BAKER
LaVERNE RAY
L. C. WILLIAMS
LEE GRAVES
LESTER WILLIAMS
LINCOLN CHASE
LINDA HOPKINS
LITTLE CAESAR
LITTLE ESTHER
LITTLE RICHARD
LITTLE WILLIE JACKSON
LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD
LLOYD PRICE
LONNIE LYONS
LULA REED
 

 
 
– M –
 
MADONNA MARTIN
THE MAJORS
MANHATTAN PAUL
MARGIE DAY
MARIE ADAMS
THE MARYLANDERS
THE MASTER KEYS
MAXWELL DAVIS
MEL WALKER
THE MELLO-MOODS
MICKEY CHAMPION
MR. GOOGLE EYES (JOE AUGUST)
 

 
– N –
 
 

 
 
– O –
 
ODELLE TURNER
THE ORIOLES
 

 
 
– P –
 
PANAMA FRANCIS
PAUL BASCOMB
PAUL GAYTEN
PAUL “HUCKLEBUCK” WILLIAMS
PEPPERMINT HARRIS
PERCY MAYFIELD
PETE JOHNSON
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR
 

 
 
– Q –
 
 

 
 
– R –
 
THE RAVENS
RAY CHARLES
THE RAY-O-VACS
R. B. THIBADEAUX
REDD LYTE
RENÉ HALL
THE RHYTHM KINGS
THE RHYTHM-RIFFERS
RICHARD LEWIS (THE BARONS)
THE RIVALS
THE ROBINS
ROSCO GORDON
ROY BROWN
RUFUS THOMAS
RUTH BROWN
 

 
 
– S –
 
SAMMY COTTON
SAMMY PRICE
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
SARAH DEAN
SAX MALLARD
THE SHADOWS
SHEBA GRIFFIN
SMILEY LEWIS
SMILIN’ SMOKEY LYNN
SONNY THOMPSON
STICK McGHEE
THE STRIDERS
THE SULTANS
THE SWALLOWS
SYLVIA VANDERPOOL ROBINSON
 

 
 
– T –
 
TEDDY BUNN
TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN
THEARD JOHNSON
THE THREE RIFFS
TINA DIXON
TINY BRADSHAW
TINY GRIMES
TINY WEBB
TITUS TURNER
T.J. FOWLER
TODD RHODES
TOM ARCHIA
TOMMY BROWN
TOMMY RIDGLEY
THE TRENIERS
TUFF GREEN
 

 
 
– U –
 
 

 
 
– V –
 
VARETTA DILLARD
THE VELVETONES
 

 
 
– W –
 
WILD BILL MOORE
WILLIE HOLIDAY
WILLIS JACKSON
WYNONIE HARRIS
 

 
 
– X –
 
THE X-RAYS
 

 
 
– Y –
 
 

 
 
– Z –