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Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)
Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer), James Frederick Rodgers (1933-2021), American pop-folk vocalist of Camas, Washington, distinct from the country singer of the same name; scored 1957 number one "Honeycomb" on Roulette Records.
Jimmy Bain
Jimmy Bain, full name James Stewart Bain (1947–2016), was a Scottish bassist who played in Rainbow and Dio, co-wrote "Rainbow in the Dark", and co-founded Wild Horses.
Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes (James Dixon Barnes, born 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer, former Cold Chisel frontman and solo artist with fifteen #1 solo ARIA albums, twice in the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower (James Joseph Bower III, born 1968) is a New Orleans multi-instrumentalist, drummer and founding member of Down and guitarist and founding member of sludge band Eyehategod, also of Crowbar and Superjoint.
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023), American singer-songwriter, creator of "Margaritaville" and leader of the Coral Reefer Band; built the Margaritaville business empire, led the Parrothead fan culture, and died September 1, 2023, aged 76.
Jimmy Capps
Jimmy Capps (James D. Capps, 1939–2020), American country guitarist, Grand Ole Opry staff band lead guitarist from 1967 and Nashville A-Team session player on "The Gambler," "Stand By Your Man," "He Stopped Loving Her Today," and "Amarillo By Morning."
Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black (James Inkanish, Jr., 1938-2008), American drummer and vocalist of Cheyenne ancestry, original drummer of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, later Geronimo Black, the Grandmothers, and the Muffin Men.
Jimmy Chamberlin
Jimmy Chamberlin (born 1964, Joliet, Illinois) is an American jazz-trained rock drummer, founding drummer of the Smashing Pumpkins, later of Zwan and the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, known for technique and unmuffled open drum sounds.
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean (1928-2010), American country singer, TV host, and sausage entrepreneur; hit "Big Bad John" (1961), ABC's The Jimmy Dean Show, founded Jimmy Dean Meat Company, Country Music Hall of Fame 2010.
Jimmy Fortune
Jimmy Fortune, born 1955 in Williamsburg, Virginia, is an American country and gospel singer who was the tenor of the Statler Brothers from 1982 until their 2002 retirement.
Jimmy Griffin
Jimmy Griffin (James Arthur Griffin, 1943–2005), American singer-guitarist, founding member of soft rock band Bread and co-writer of the 1970 Oscar-winning song "For All We Know."
Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath (1926-2020), American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator; NEA Jazz Master 2003; "Little Bird" of bebop; Riverside albums, "Gingerbread Boy," and the Heath Brothers band.
Jimmy McCulloch
Jimmy McCulloch (James McCulloch), Scottish rock guitarist (1953–1979), teenage guitarist on Thunderclap Newman's UK No. 1 "Something in the Air" and lead guitarist of Paul McCartney's Wings 1974–1977, died at 26 in London.
Jimmy McShane
Jimmy McShane (James Harry McShane, 1957-1995), Derry-born dancer and singer, frontman of Italo disco act Baltimora of "Tarzan Boy" fame (UK No. 3, US No. 13); died of AIDS in 1995.
Jimmy Napes
Jimmy Napes (James Napier) is a British songwriter and producer behind Sam Smith hits Stay With Me, Writing's on the Wall (Oscar-winning 2015 Bond theme), and Unholy, plus Disclosure's Latch and Clean Bandit's Rather Be.
Jimmy Osmond
Jimmy Osmond (James Arthur Osmond, born 1963, Canoga Park, California), also Little Jimmy Osmond, youngest Osmond sibling; youngest solo UK No. 1 artist with "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" (1972); later businessman and producer.
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page (born 1944) is the English guitarist, producer, and Led Zeppelin founder who was also a prolific 1960s British session player and Yardbirds lead guitarist.
Jimmy Pop
Jimmy Pop (James Moyer Franks, born 1972, Trappe, Pennsylvania) is the frontman, vocalist, and chief lyricist of alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, known for "The Bad Touch" and albums Use Your Fingers through Hefty Fine.
Jimmy Somerville
Jimmy Somerville (James William Somerville, born 1961, Glasgow) is a British synth-pop singer with a soaring falsetto, lead singer of Bronski Beat ('Smalltown Boy') and the Communards ('Don't Leave Me This Way', UK No. 1, 1986), solo from 1989.
Jimmy Urine
Jimmy Urine is the professional name of James Euringer (born 1969), an American musician and actor best known as co-founder and frontman of the electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence.
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb (James Layne Webb, born 1946, Elk City, Oklahoma) is an American songwriter and pianist who wrote "Up, Up and Away," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," and "MacArthur Park," and is the only artist with Grammys for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Jivani
Jivani (Ջիվանի), born Serob Stepani Levonyan (1846–1909), was an Armenian ashugh, a folk singer-poet, and the leading representative of the national school of Armenian ashugh song.
JJ (singer)
JJ, stage name of Austrian-Filipino singer Johannes Pietsch (born 2001, Vienna; raised in Dubai), is a countertenor-sopranoist who won Eurovision 2025 for Austria with "Wasted Love" (436 points) and released the EP Into the Unknown in 2026.
JJ Cale
JJ Cale, born John Weldon Cale (1938–2013), was an American singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who created the Tulsa Sound and wrote hits for Eric Clapton.
Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina, American country singer born 1970 in Framingham, Massachusetts; 1996 debut, first female country artist with three consecutive multi-week No. 1s from one album (I'm Alright, 1998); new album Bridges (2026) and 30th-anniversary Bridges Tour.
Jo O'Meara
Jo O'Meara (born 1979, Romford, Essex) is an English singer, lead vocalist of S Club 7, later a solo artist with the albums Relentless (2005) and With Love (2021), and a Celebrity Big Brother 2007 contestant.
Jo Stafford
Jo Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer of the Pied Pipers and Tommy Dorsey band; "You Belong to Me", 25 million records, a comedy Grammy as Darlene Edwards, and three Walk of Fame stars set her apart.
Joakim Brodén
Joakim Brodén, born 1980 in Falun, Sweden, is the Swedish-Czech lead vocalist, keyboardist, and principal composer of heavy metal band Sabaton, known for his gruff baritone, military-history lyrics, and metal-plated stage vest.
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading, born 1950 in St Kitts, is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, the first Black British female artist with international success, known for Love and Affection and Drop the Pilot, MBE and CBE honoree.
Joan Baez
Joan Baez, American folk singer and activist born 1941, star of the 1960s folk revival, Newport 1959, Vanguard debut 1960, civil rights and antiwar activist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2017.