Clarence Smith (June 11, 1904 – March 15, 1929), better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith, was an American boogie-woogie style blues pianist. His hit tune "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" featured rhythmic "breaks" that were an essential ingredient of ragtime music, but also a fundamental foreshadowing of rock & roll. The song was also the first known use of the term "boogie woogie" on a record, and cemented that term as the moniker for the genre.
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Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Pinetop Sparks
American blues pianist
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William Ezell
United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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Meade Lux Lewis
American pianist and composer
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Cripple Clarence Lofton
American musician
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Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
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George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Eden Brent
American musician
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Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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Mitch Woods
American boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz musician
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Rob Agerbeek
Dutch musician
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Tuts Washington
American Louisiana blues pianist
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Big Joe Duskin
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
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Jabo Williams
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Michael Kaeshammer
Canadian musician
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Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Junior Mance
American musician
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Axel Zwingenberger
German musician
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Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
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Hersal Thomas
American songwriter
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Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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Wingy Manone
American musician
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd
American musician
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Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Seger Ellis
American musician
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Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Vince Weber
German musician
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The Brian Setzer Orchestra
American band
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Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Sammy Price
American pianist
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Harry Gibson
American musician
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The Andrews Sisters
American close harmony singing group
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Shorty Sherock
American musician
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Jørgen Ingmann
Danish musician
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Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Joe Sullivan
American musician
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Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
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Maurice Rocco
American pianist and actor
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Jona Lewie
English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Dave Alexander
American Texas blues singer and pianist
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Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter