List of American Musicians of Irish Descent - Musicians

Musicians

  • Dave Mustaine - Co-Founder of Thrash Metal band Megadeth and first lead guitarist for Thrash Metal band Metallica
  • Danny Hutton - One of the three lead vocalists in the band, Three Dog Night.
  • Anastacia - American singer and songwriter
  • Tori Amos - singer/songwriter and musician
  • Greg Graffin - singer/songwriter for Bad Religion
  • Michael Barber, Universal Records Musician, founder of ECP Music Group, self-proclaimed Irish Jesus
  • Michelle Branch Is part Irish through her father.
  • Tim Buckley - father was the son of Irish immigrants
  • Jeff Buckley - estranged son of Tim Buckley
  • Chris Byrne
  • Mariah Carey
  • Nick Carter - Member of The Backstreet Boys
  • Aaron Carter, singer and Nick Carter's brother
  • Dennis Casey - Flogging Molly member
  • Ken Casey - Bass player and vocalist for the Boston based punk rock band, Dropkick Murphys
  • Celtic Spring
  • Kelly Clarkson
  • Rosemary Clooney
  • Kurt Cobain singer/songwriter of Nirvana
  • George M. Cohan singer and songwriter, vaudeville and Broadway stage
  • Judy Collins
  • Alice Cooper - of partial Irish descent
  • Chris Cornell - lead singer of Soundgarden
  • Billy Corgan - singer, lead guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Bing Crosby
  • Chris Daughtry, former American Idol 2006 finalist and lead singer of the rock band Daughtry
  • Lee DeWyze, 2010 winner
  • Marié Digby- singer/songerwriter
  • Howie Dorough - Member of The Backstreet Boys. He is 50% Irish by his father.
  • Jimmy Dorsey
  • Tommy Dorsey
  • Tommy Dunn- Irish American singer/songwriter whose 1976 album "Down by the Glenside" was a huge hit in the New York area and played extensively on WFUV radio.
  • Everlast (1969 - ) singer-songwriter, known for his genre-crossing mix of rap and acoustic-based rock music
  • Eileen Farrell
  • John Farrell member of the group Fathom (both parents are Irish)
  • John Fogerty - singer/songwriter Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Judy Garland
  • Victor Herbert
  • Kirk Hammett - Metallica guitarist (Irish Father, Fillipino Mother)
  • James Hetfield - Metallica lead singer/guitarist
  • Brent Hinds - Singer/Guitarist for Mastodon
  • Julianne Hough, country music singer and ballroom dancer
  • Andy Hurley - drummer for Fall Out Boy
  • Jonas Brothers Irish descent is from their maternal grandfather
  • Bill Kelliher(1971-) guitarist for Heavy Metal band Mastodon. Kelliher's father was an Irish immigrant who moved to New York in the 1950s.
  • Alicia Keys
  • Dave King
  • Chris Kirkpatrick (former member of N Sync)
  • Larry Kirwan
  • Demi Lovato Demi is of Hispanic, Italian and Irish ancestry.
  • Lorna Luft
  • Benji Madden, Lead guitarist of the band Good Charlotte, (both parents are Irish)
  • Joel Madden, Lead singer of the band Good Charlotte, (both parents are Irish)
  • Meaghan Jette Martin, actress-singer from Camp Rock
  • John McCormack
  • Mike McColgan - Former lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys, now the vocalist of the Street Dogs
  • Tim McGraw, American singer (both parents have Irish ancestry)
  • The McGuire Sisters - Biggest selling female vocal group of the 1950s
  • Katharine McPhee- American singer, runner-up on season 5 of American Idol
  • Natalie Merchant, singer (her mother is of Irish descent)
  • Mandy Moore, singer and actress (father is Irish)
  • Jim Morrison, singer/songwriter of The Doors
  • Lacey Mosley, lead singer of Flyleaf
  • Gerry Mulligan
  • Willie Nile, American Rock Singer-Songwriter
  • Bradley Nowell - late lead singer/guitarist for Sublime
  • Virginia O'Brien
  • Aubrey O'Day, member of the group Danity Kane
  • Robert Pollard, singer/songwriter and leader of Guided by Voices, from Dayton, Ohio
  • Seth Putnam
  • Carmel Quinn
  • Christopher "Kid" Reid - Rapper of Jamaican and Irish descent
  • Bianca Ryan
  • Rihanna
  • Jessica Sutta, Member of The Pussycat Dolls
  • Stuart Michael Thomas, Film and TV composer/producer
  • Slaine Rapper
  • Chris Trousdale (1985 - ) singer, former member of Dream Street
  • Shania Twain, singer
  • Danielle White, young singer from American Juniors
  • Ace Young, singer from American Idol
  • Britney Spears
  • Christina Aguilera, father Ecuadorian, mother Irish American
  • Bruce Springsteen, Singer, Musician and Songwriter
  • Fergie
  • Carly Smithson, a Dublin, Ireland native who placed 6th on the seventh installment of American Idol and is now the lead singer of the band We Are the Fallen.
  • Copywrite - American rapper of mixed Irish and Italian descent.

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