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Jim Root
Jim Root, born James Donald Root, is an American guitarist known as #4 in Slipknot, which he joined in 1999, and a former Stone Sour lead guitarist.
Jim Seals
Jim Seals (James Eugene Seals, 1941 or 1942, Sidney, Texas; died June 6, 2022, Nashville) was an American singer-songwriter, half of soft rock duo Seals & Crofts with Dash Crofts, known for 'Summer Breeze,' 'Diamond Girl,' and 'Get Closer'; former Champs saxophonist and brother of Dan Seals.
Jim Stafford
Jim Stafford, full name James Wayne Stafford, is an American singer-songwriter and comedian known for mid-1970s country novelty songs like "Spiders & Snakes" and "Wildwood Weed".
Jim Steinman
Jim Stein, also known as James Richard Stein, was a prolific American composer and producer. He is best known for writing all songs on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell (1977).
Jim Sullivan (musician)
Jim Sullivan (James Anthony Sullivan, born August 13, 1939, disappeared March 1975) was an American folk-rock singer-songwriter whose two albums, U.F.O. (1969) and Jim Sullivan (1972), sold poorly; he vanished near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, leaving his car, guitar, and wallet behind.
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix (James Marshall Hendrix, 1942-1970), American guitarist and singer-songwriter, leader of the Jimi Hendrix Experience; self-taught lefty pioneer of fuzz, feedback, and distortion whose albums Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland transformed rock guitar.
Jimmie Allen
Jimmie Allen (born 1985, Milton, Delaware) is an American country singer-songwriter whose debut single "Best Shot" made him the first Black artist to open a career with a country radio No. 1; albums Mercury Lane and Tulip Drive, ACM and CMA new-artist wins, 2023 label drop and 2025-2026 sexual assault judgments distinguish him.
Jimmie Nicol
Jimmie Nicol, James George Nicol, was an English drummer who replaced Ringo Starr in The Beatles in 1964. His stock phrase "It's getting better" inspired the song "Getting Better."
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933), the "Singing Brakeman" and "Father of Country Music," was a yodeling blues-country star of the 1927 Bristol sessions with the million-selling "Blue Yodel No. 1"; not the Chicago bluesman Jimmy Rogers nor the 1957 "Honeycomb" singer.
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 Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona, known for the 2001 album Bleed American and the hit "The Middle".
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 Jam and Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) and Terry Lewis are a Minneapolis songwriting and production duo, ex-members of The Time fired by Prince in 1983, famous for Janet Jackson's Control and Rhythm Nation, five Grammys, and a record 16 Hot 100 and 26 R&B No. 1 hits.
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.