• African American musicians
• Alice Cooper members
• American guitarists
• American rock musicians

A

• American singers
• Tori Amos

B

• Beck

C

• California musicians
• American choreographers

C cont.

• American composers

D

• American dancers
• Miles Davis

• Tony Balluff

A

• Aaliyah
• Roy Acuff
• Ryan Adams
• Julian Cannonball Adderley
• David "Stringbean" Akeman
• Arthur Alexander
• Mitch Allan
• Lee Allen
• Rusty Allen
• Luther Allison
• Mose Allison
• Duane Allman
• Jeff Ament
• Albert Ammons
• Gene Ammons
• Tori Amos
• Laurie Anderson
• Leroy Anderson
• Pink Anderson
• Arabian Prince
• India.Arie
• Louis Armstrong
• Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
• Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
• Desi Arnaz, Jr.
• Desi Arnaz
• Eddy Arnold
• Arthur Lee (musician)
• Frankie Avalon

B

• Erykah Badu
• LaVern Baker
• Florence Ballard
• Afrika Bambaataa
• Frankie Banali
• Samuel Barber
• Dave Bartholomew
• Count Basie
• Amy Beach
• Beck
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Harry Belafonte
• Chris Bell (musician)
• Joshua Bell
• George Benson
• Bunny Berigan
• Mike Bernard
• Beyoncé Knowles
• Emily Bindiger
• Cindy Birdsong
• Mark Birnbaum
• Roy Bittan
• Kat Bjelland
• Clint Black
• Jimmy Carl Black
• Lori Black
• Tony Blackplait
• Otis Blackwell
• Blind Blake
• Art Blakey
• The Blasters
• Blind Tom

B cont.

• BoDeans
• Dock Boggs
• William Bolcom
• Sonny Bono
• James Booker
• Debby Boone
• Paul Bostaph
• Jimmy Boyd
• Will Bradley
• Bratmobile
• Ace Brigode
• Isaac Brock (musician)
• Donnie Brooks
• Garth Brooks
• James Brown (musician)
• Les Brown
• Rabbit Brown
• Willie Brown (musician)
• Jackson Browne
• The Browns
• Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
• Jeff Buckley
• Gary Burghoff
• R. L. Burnside
• Sam Bush
• Hillous Butrum
• Don Byas
• David Byrne (musician)

C

• John Cage
• J.J. Cale
• Sterling Campbell
• Freddy Cannon
• Captain Beefheart
• Captain Rapp
• Mutt Carey
• Vanessa Carlton
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• James Carr (musician)
• Carter Family
• A. P. Carter
• John Carter (jazz musician)
• Maybelle Carter
• Sara Carter
• Neko Case
• Cat Power
• Ray Charles
• Sam Chatmon
• Louis Chauvin
• Clifton Chenier
• Don Cherry (jazz)
• Alex Chilton
• Charlie Christian
• Guy Clark
• Roy Clark
• Clarence Clemons
• Patsy Cline
• George Clinton (funk musician)
• The Coasters
• Kurt Cobain
• Eddie Cochran
• Hank Cochran
• David Coffin
• Ornette Coleman

C cont.

• Steve Coleman
• Allen Collins
• Max Collins
• Jessi Colter
• John Coltrane
• Eddie Condon
• Zez Confrey
• Ray Conniff
• Con Conrad
• Ry Cooder
• Sam Cooke
• Stewart Copeland
• Chris Cornell
• Dave "Baby" Cortez
• Floyd Council
• Floyd Cramer
• Peter Criss
• Dale Crover
• J. D. Crowe
• Celia Cruz
• Abe Cunningham
• Sis Cunnigham
• Catie Curtis
• King Curtis

D

• Charlie Daniels
• Dapose
• Olu Dara
• Chip Davis
• Eddie Davis (saxophonist)
• Jimmie Davis
• Mac Davis
• Miles Davis
• Tony DeBlois
• Jackie DeShannon
• Tommy DeVito
• Deacon John Moore
• Dead Kennedys
• Bill Dees
• Norman Dello Joio
• Amy Denio
• Devo
• Al Dexter
• Ani DiFranco
• The Dickies
• Jim Dickinson
• Mark Dinning
• Divine (Glen Milstead)
• Dixie Chicks
• Johnny Dodds
• Fats Domino
• Tanya Donelly
• Jimmy Dorsey
• Thomas A. Dorsey
• Tommy Dorsey
• Dr. John
• Kenny Drew
• Jimmy Driftwood
• Lawrence Duhé
• Donald "Duck" Dunn
• Champion Jack Dupree

E

• Steve Earle
• Billy Eckstine
• Cliff Edwards