List of People From North Carolina - Music

Music

  • Seth Avett (Born 1980), singer-songwriter, artist (Concord)
  • Scott Avett (Born 1976), singer-songwriter, artist (Concord)
  • Ryan Adams (born 1974), singer-songwriter (Jacksonville and Raleigh)
  • Clay Aiken (born 1978), pop singer (Raleigh)
  • Doug Aldrich (born 1964), guitarist (Raleigh)
  • Gerald Alston (born 1951), R&B Group Gerald Alston & The Manhattans (Henderson)
  • Tori Amos (born 1963), singer (Newton)
  • Sunshine Anderson (born 1974), R&B/Soul singer/songwriter (Winston-Salem and Charlotte)
  • Nicholas William Bailey (born 1980), TV/Film Composer, singer-songwriter (New Bern, North Carolina)
  • Bessie Banks (born 1938), singer (born Bessie White)
  • Warren Barfield (born 1979), Christian musician (Goldsboro)
  • Fantasia Barrino (born 1984), singer (High Point)
  • Riley Baugus (born 1965), indigenous Appalachian musician (Walkertown, North Carolina)
  • Alicia Bridges (born 1953), disco singer (Lawndale, North Carolina)
  • Chuck Brown (1936–2012), Affectionately called "The Godfather of Go-go" (Garysburg)
  • Shirley Caesar (born 1938), singer (Durham)
  • Jason Michael Carroll (born 1978), singer (Raleigh)
  • Spencer Chamberlain (born 1983), singer/songwriter (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
  • Eric Church (born 1977), country singer/songwriter (Granite Falls, North Carolina)
  • George Clinton (born 1941), funk musician (Kannapolis)
  • John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz musician (Hamlet)
  • David L. Cook (born 1968), Christian recording artist and comedian (Charlotte)
  • J. Cole (born 1985), rapper (Fayetteville)
  • Elizabeth Cotten (1895–1987), folk and blues singer and songwriter (Carrboro)
  • Bucky Covington (born 1977), singer (Rockingham)
  • Charlie Daniels (born 1936), singer/songwriter (Wilmington)
  • Chris Daughtry (born 1979), singer (Roanoke Rapids & Greensboro)
  • Tommy DeCarlo (born 1965), current lead singer for Boston (Charlotte)
  • Patrick Douthit (a.k.a. 9th Wonder) (born 1975), hip-hop producer (Winston-Salem)
  • Jermaine Dupri (born 1972), rap artist and record producer (Asheville)
  • Mitch Easter (born 1954), singer/songwriter, music producer (most notably for R.E.M.), frontman for Let's Active (Winston-Salem)
  • Donna Fargo (born 1945), singer/songwriter (Mt. Airy)
  • Roberta Flack (born 1937), singer (Asheville)
  • Ben Folds (born 1966), singer/songwriter (Winston-Salem and Chapel Hill)
  • Blind Boy Fuller (1908–1941), blues guitarist and singer Wadesboro
  • Alfreda Gerald, opera singer and classical soloist (Morganton)
  • Don Gibson (1928–2003), Country Music singer, songwriter, Country Music Hall of Fame (Shelby)
  • Andy Griffith (1926–2012), actor and gospel singer (Mt. Airy)
  • "K-Ci" and "JoJo" Hailey (born 1969) and (born 1971) respectively, R&B duo and members of the R&B group, Jodeci (Charlotte)
  • Anthony Hamilton (born 1985), soul artist (Charlotte)
  • Wilbert Harrison (1929–1994), singer, pianist (Charlotte)
  • Warren Haynes (born 1960), Southern rock & Blues singer & guitarist for the bands Gov't Mule and The Allman Brothers Band. (Asheville, North Carolina)
  • Jimmy Herring (born 1962), current lead-guitarist for the band Widespread Panic and guitar virtuoso (Fayetteville)
  • Byron Hill (born 1952), country songwriter (Winston-Salem)
  • Michael Houser (1962–2002), late lead-guitarist/founding member of the band Widespread Panic (Boone)
  • Stonewall Jackson (born 1932), American country singer and musician (Tabor City)
  • Randy Jones (born 1953), singer of the Village People (Raleigh, North Carolina)
  • Cheyenne Kimball (born 1990), singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolinist (Wilmington)
  • Ben E. King (born 1938), singer/songwriter (Henderson)
  • Dennis Lee (born 1988), singer/songwriter (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) and (Raleigh, North Carolina)
  • Del McCoury (born 1939) bluegrass music legend was born in (Bakersville, North Carolina)
  • Scotty McCreery (born 1993), country singer and American Idol Season 10 contestant (Garner)
  • Ronnie Milsap (born 1946), country singer/songwriter (Robbinsville)
  • Dave Moody (born 1962), Grammy-nominated, Dove Award–winning artist/producer/songwriter/filmmaker (Fayetteville)
  • Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), jazz & blues pianist (Rocky Mount)
  • The-Dream Real Name: Terius Nash, R&B Singer, Write & Producer (Rockingham)
  • Oliver (singer) (born William Oliver Swofford) (1945–2000), singer (North Wilkesboro)
  • Petey Pablo (born 1978), rap artist (Greenville)
  • Maceo Parker (born 1943), Songwriter/ Musician (Kinston)
  • Kellie Pickler (born 1986), pop country singer-songwriter and participant in fifth season of American Idol (Albemarle)
  • Joseph Poole (born 1976), Rock musician (Charlotte)
  • Neil Pope (born 1978), Gospel singer (Asheboro)
  • Max Roach (1924–2007), jazz drummer (Pasquotank County)
  • Earl Scruggs (1924–2012), bluegrass banjo player (Shelby)
  • William Self (1906–1998), organist and choirmaster (Lenoir)
  • Nina Simone (1933–2003), singer (Tryon)
  • Arthur Smith (born 1921), music composer, entertainer, TV and radio producer (Charlotte)
  • Supastition (born 1976), hip-hop artist (Greenville)
  • James Taylor (born 1948), singer/songwriter (Chapel Hill)
  • Randy Travis (born 1959), country music singer (Marshville)
  • Loudon Wainwright III (born 1946), songwriter, folk singer, humorist and actor (Chapel Hill)
  • Doc Watson (1923–2012), folk guitarist (Deep Gap)
  • Link Wray (1929–2005), Pioneering rock musician and songwriter (Dunn)
  • George Younce (1930–2005), gospel singer (Caldwell County)

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Famous quotes containing the word music:

    “If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.”
    —José Bergamín (1895–1983)

    “I fear I agree with your friend in not liking all sermons. Some of them, one has to confess, are rubbish: but then I release my attention from the preacher, and go ahead in any line of thought he may have started: and his after-eloquence acts as a kind of accompaniment—like music while one is reading poetry, which often, to me, adds to the effect.”
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