List of rockabilly musicians
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This is a list of musicians who have played rockabilly or one of its direct spinoffs. Artists are put into categories based on the years their music careers started.
0–9[]
A[]
- Ace Andres
- Hasil Adkins
- Ace and the Ragers
- Amazing Royal Crowns
B[]
- Smokey Joe Baugh
- Tommy Blake
- Eddie Bond[1]
- Bonnie Lou[2]
- Jimmy Bowen[3]
- Sonny Burgess[4]
- Johnny Burnette
- The Blasters[5]: 265
- Rocky Burnette
- The Baseballs
- Drake Bell
- Boz Boorer
- Billy Burnette
C[]
- Ray Campi
- Johnny Carroll
- Johnny Cash
- Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers
- Sanford Clark
- Joe Clay
- Eddie Cochran
- The Collins Kids
- The Cramps
- Crash Craddock
- Mac Curtis
- Sonny Curtis
- The Chop Tops
- Cigar Store Indians
D[]
E[]
F[]
- Werly Fairburn
- Charlie Feathers
- Narvel Felts
- Sonny Fisher
- Eddie Fontaine
- The Four Aces
- Billy Fury
- Flat Duo Jets
- Tav Falco
- Rosie Flores
G[]
H[]
- Buddy Harman
- Bill Haley
- Hardrock Gunter
- Dale Hawkins[4]
- Ronnie Hawkins[4]
- Mickey Hawks
- Dave Hawley
- Roy Head
- Buddy Holly
- The Honeydrippers
- Johnny Horton
- The Head Cat
- Heavy Trash
- George Hamilton IV
I[]
J[]
- Roddy Jackson
- Wanda Jackson
- Jackslacks
- Juke Joint Gamblers
- Jason & the Scorchers
- The Jets
- Jimmy and the Mustangs
K[]
L[]
- Sleepy LaBeef
- Gene Lamarr
- Brenda Lee
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Margaret Lewis
- Jim Lowe
- Nick Lowe
- Bob Luman
- The Lucky Bullets
- Th' Legendary Shack Shakers[10]
- The Living End
- Lone Justice
M[]
- Janis Martin
- Matchbox
- Imelda May
- JD McPherson
- Lonnie Mack
- Carl Mann
- Grady Martin
- Clint Miller
- Bob Moore
- Sparkle Moore
- Roy Moss
- Keith O'Conner Murphy
N[]
O[]
P[]
Q[]
R[]
- Marvin Rainwater
- Jerry Reed
- Jody Reynolds
- Charlie Rich
- Billy Lee Riley[4]
- Marty Robbins
- Rattled Roosters
- The Reverend Horton Heat
- Lee Rocker
- The RockTigers
- Skid Roper[11]
- Dexter Romweber
- The Razorbacks
- Red Hot and Blue
- The Rockats
- Rockpile
- Royal Teens
- Jane Rose
S[]
- Jack Scott
- Ronnie Self
- Brian Setzer
- Del Shannon
- Jumpin' Gene Simmons
- Ray Smith
- Warren Smith
- Bobby Sowell
- Gene Summers
- Dan Sartain
- Southern Culture on the Skids[12][13]
- Shakin Stevens
- Stray Cats
- Billy Swan
- Marty Stuart
T[]
- Tom Tall
- Vernon Taylor
- Vince Taylor
- Jim Teachenor
- The Thirsty Crows
- Hayden Thompson
- Tommy & The Tom Toms aka The Bill Smith Combo
- Conway Twitty
- Tiger Army
U[]
V[]
W[]
Y[]
Z[]
References[]
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Eddie Bond". Allmusic. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Bonnie Lou: Biography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Jimmy Bowen". Allmusic. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Schwartz, Marvin. "Rockabilly". In Welky, Ali, and Keckhaver, Mike, eds. (2013). Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music, pp. 39-40. Butler Center Books. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ a b c Wolff, Kurt (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide, p. 280. Rough Guides. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jesse Dayton". Allmusic. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Gulden, Andrew. "REVIEW: Jesse Dayton's "The Outsider" Mixes Rockabilly, Red Dirt Twang, Kick Ass Guitar". American Highways. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Dansby, Andrew (October 4, 2018). "How Texas musician Jesse Dayton avoided becoming a zombie". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Hermes, Will (November 13, 2015). "First Comes the Night by Chris Isaak, Vanguard -- Rockabilly's greatest modern ambassador goofs off, with mostly fun results". Rolling Stone. rollingstone.com. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Klasek, Garyn (September 15, 2015). "Legendary Shack Shakers Have Impressed a Lot of Famous Musicians". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
The southern gothic rockabilly act goes above and beyond much of those genres to throw down their captivating version of hillbilly blues-rock.
- ^ a b Staff (January 8, 2008). "Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, Bo-Day-Shus!!! (1987)". PopMatters. Retrieved June 7, 2021. Cite magazine requires
|magazine=(help) - ^ Turner, Andy (July 9, 2019). "There's No Defining Southern Culture on the Skids". Shepherd Express. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Southern Culture On The Skids". The Pageant. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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