List_of_musicians_from_Chicago

List of musicians from Chicago

Musicians Born in Chicago

The following list includes notable musicians who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois.

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Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Emma Abbott	Dec 9, 1850	Jan 5, 1891	Operatic soprano and impresario	Born in Chicago	^[1]
Lil Hardin Armstrong	Feb 3, 1898	Aug 27, 1971	Pianist and bandleader	Lived and performed in Bronzeville, Chicago neighborhood
Emilie Autumn	Sep 22, 1979		Violindustrial singer, violinist, poet, and author

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Patricia Barber	Nov 8, 1955		Jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist	Born in Chicago
William Beckett	Feb 11, 1985		Musician, associated with The Academy Is...	Lived in Chicago
Joe Becker (musician)	Jun 23, 1976		Guitarist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist	Born in Chicago
Taylor Bennett	Jan 19, 1996		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Franz Benteler	1925	2010	Violinist, "Ambassador of Music for Chicago"	Lived in Chicago
Andrew Bird	Jul 11, 1973		Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist	Born in Chicago
Zach Blair			Guitarist for Rise Against
Harold Bradley Jr.	Oct 13, 1929	Apr 13, 2021	Singer of spirituals and blues, painter, actor, TV host, former football player, founder of Italy's iconic Folkstudio music club	Born in Chicago
Oscar Brown Jr.	Oct 10, 1926	May 29, 2005	Musician, poet	Born in Chicago
Bob Bryar	December 31, 1979		Drummer of My Chemical Romance	Born in Chicago
Johnny Burke	Oct 3, 1908	Feb 25, 1964	Lyricist	Raised in Chicago	^[2]
Paul Butterfield	Dec 17, 1942	May 4, 1987	Blues musician	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Marty Casey	Sep 26, 1973		Frontman of the rock band Lovehammers	Born in Chicago
Peter Cetera	Sep 13, 1944		Former singer and bassist of Chicago	Born in Chicago
Jimmy Chamberlin	Jun 10, 1964		Drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins
Chance the Rapper (born Chancelor Bennett)	Apr 16, 1993		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Gene Chandler	Jul 6, 1937		Singer	Born in Chicago
Chief Keef (born Keith Cozart)	Aug 15, 1995		Rapper	Born and lived in the Washington Park and Englewood neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago
Charles W. Clark	Oct 15, 1865	Aug 4, 1925	Operatic baritone and vocalist teacher	Lived in Chicago	^[3]
Nat King Cole	Mar 17, 1919	Feb 15, 1965	Singer	Lived in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago	^[4]
Steve Cole	Aug 17, 1971		Jazz saxophonist	Born in Chicago
Steve Coleman	Sep 20, 1956		Saxophonist	Born in Chicago
Sam Cooke	Jan 22, 1931	Dec 11, 1964	Singer		^[5]
Billy Corgan	Mar 17, 1967		Singer and guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins	Lived in Chicago	^[6]
James Cotton	Jul 1, 1935	Mar 16, 2017	Blues musician

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Jack DeJohnette	Aug 9, 1942		Drummer and pianist	Born in Chicago
Famous Dex	Sep 6, 1993		Rapper	Lived in Chicago	^[7]
Dennis DeYoung	Feb 18, 1947		Singer and keyboardist of Styx
Bo Diddley (born Ellas Otha Bates)	Dec 30, 1928	Jun 2, 2008	Rock and roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter	Lived in Chicago	^[8]
Willie Dixon	Jul 1, 1915	Jan 29, 1992	Blues songwriter and record producer
Bill Doerrfeld	April 3, 1964		Classical and jazz pianist	Born in Chicago
Young Dolph	Jul 27, 1985	Nov 17, 2021	Rapper	Born in Chicago
Florence Kirsch Du Brul	1915	Jul 2, 2005	Classical pianist
Lil Durk	Oct 19, 1992		Rapper	Born in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago

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Kurt Elling		Nov 2, 1967		Singer	Born and began his career in Chicago
Phil Everly		Jan 19, 1939	Jan 3, 2014	Singer	Born in Chicago

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Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Ethan Farmer	May 31, 1975		bassist	Born in Chicago
Jeremih Felton (a.k.a. Jeremih)	Jul 17, 1987		Singer	Born in Chicago
Paul Filipowicz	Mar 24, 1950		Chicago blues musician	Born in Chicago	^[9]
Drew Fortier	Jul 14, 1987		Guitarist for Bang Tango, Chuck Mosley, Stephen Shareaux, and Zen From Mars	Born and raised in Chicago	^[10]^[11]
Bud Freeman	Apr 13, 1906	Mar 15, 1991	Jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer	Born, worked and died in Chicago
Von Freeman	Oct 3, 1923	Aug 11, 2012	Jazz saxophonist	Born, worked and died in Chicago
Alexander Frey	Oct 5, 1972		Conductor, pianist, organist, harpsichordist and composer	Born and grew up in Chicago
Kinky Friedman (born Richard S. Friedman)	Nov 1, 1944		Singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association
Polo G	Jan 6, 1999		Rapper	Born in the Old Town district of Chicago
Marla Glen	Jan 3, 1960		Singer	Born and grown up in Chicago
Benny Goodman	May 30, 1909	Jun 13, 1986	Bandleader	Born in Chicago
Steve Goodman	Jul 25, 1948	Sep 20, 1984	Singer	Born in Chicago
Gene Greene	Jun 9, 1857	Apr 5, 1930	Singer
Buddy Guy	Jul 30, 1936		Blues guitarist
Rashawnna Guy (a.k.a. Shawnna)	Jan 3, 1978		Rapper	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Jim Hager	Aug 30, 1941	May 1, 2008	Singer	Born in Chicago
Jon Hager	Aug 30, 1941	Jan 9, 2009	Singer	Born in Chicago
Terry Hanck	1944		Blues saxophonist and singer	Born in Chicago	^[12]
Herbie Hancock	Apr 12, 1940		Jazz pianist, bandleader and composer	Born in Chicago
Eddie Harris	Oct 20, 1934	Nov 5, 1996	Jazz saxophonist	Born in Chicago
Elizabeth Eden Harris (a.k.a. CupcakKe)	May 31, 1997		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Shawntae Harris (a.k.a. Da Brat)	Apr 14, 1974		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Jarad Anthony Higgins (a.k.a. Juice Wrld)	Dec 2, 1998	Dec 8, 2019	Rapper, Singer	Born in Chicago
Art Hodes	Nov 14, 1904	Mar 4, 1993	Jazz pianist	Raised in Chicago, worked there for many years
Loleatta Holloway	Nov 5, 1946	Mar 21, 2011	Singer	Born in Chicago
Miki Howard	Sep 30, 1960		Singer	Born in Chicago
Howlin' Wolf (born Chester Arthur Burnett)	Jun 10, 1910	Jan 10, 1976	Musician		^[13]
Jennifer Hudson	Sep 12, 1981		Singer, actress, spokesperson, American Idol finalist	Born in Chicago
Andy Hurley	May 31, 1980		Drummer for Fall Out Boy

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
James Iha		Mar 26, 1968		Guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins	Born in Chicago
Daniel Ivankovich		Nov 23, 1963		Blues guitarist and vocalist	Raised and lives in Chicago

Name	Birth	Known for	Association
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (a.k.a. Lupe Fiasco)	Feb 17, 1982	Rapper	Born in Chicago
Ramone Johnson (a.k.a. Cashis)	Oct 10, 1982	Rapper	Born in Chicago
Syleena Johnson	Sep 2, 1976	Singer
Donell Jones	May 22, 1973	Singer and composer	Born in Chicago
Quincy Jones	Mar 14, 1933	Record producer	Born in Chicago
Benn Jordan	Oct 28, 1978	Electronic musician

Name King von	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Lucy Kaplansky	Feb 16, 1960		Folk singer	Born in Chicago
Terry Kath	Jan 31, 1946	Jan 23, 1978	Singer and guitarist of Chicago	Born in Chicago
Brendan Kelly	Sep 8, 1976		Bassist and vocalist of punk band The Lawrence Arms
R. Kelly	Jan 8, 1967		R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and convicted sex offender	Born in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, lived in Douglas' Bronzeville area	^[14]
Chaka Khan	Mar 23, 1953		Singer ("Tell Me Something Good", "Sweet Thing" which she wrote for her then husband Richard Holland, "Ain't Nobody", "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire")	Born in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago
William Wallace Kimball	1828	1904	Founder of Kimball Piano Company
Irwin Kostal	Oct 1, 1911	Nov 23, 1994	Arranger, composer, conductor	Born in Chicago
Gene Krupa	Jan 15, 1909	Oct 16, 1973	Drummer and bandleader	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association
Robert Lamm	Oct 13, 1944		Singer and keyboardist of Chicago	Grew up in Chicago
Ramsey Lewis	May 27, 1935	Sep 12, 2022	Jazz pianist and composer	Born in Chicago
Timothy Michael Linton (a.k.a. Zim Zum)	Jun 25, 1969		Guitarist and songwriter for Marilyn Manson, The Pop Culture Suicides	Born in Chicago
Nils Lofgren	Jun 21, 1951		Member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, former backing musician for Neil Young	Born in Chicago
Radoslav Lorković	Sep 3, 1958		Croatian American Musician	Lives in Chicago
Lucki	May 30, 1996		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (a.k.a. Common)	Mar 13, 1972		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Lil Durk	Oct 19, 1992		Rapper Singer	Born In Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Ray Manzarek	Feb 12, 1939	May 20, 2013	Keyboardist of The Doors	Born in Chicago	^[15]
Richard Marx	Sep 16, 1963		Singer and songwriter	Born in Chicago
Curtis Mayfield	Jun 3, 1942	Dec 26, 1999	Songwriter and guitarist	Born in Chicago
Vic Mensa	June 6, 1993		Rapper and activist	Born in Chicago
Tim McIlrath	Nov 3, 1978		Lead singer and guitarist for Rise Against
Carl Terrell Mitchell (a.k.a. Twista)	Nov 27, 1973		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Tom Morello	May 30, 1964		Guitarist
McKinley Morganfield (a.k.a. Muddy Waters)	Apr 4, 1913	Apr 30, 1983	Blues musician	Lived in Chicago	^[13]

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association
Wayne Nelson	Jun 1, 1950		Lead singer of Little River Band
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk (a.k.a. Anastacia)	Sep 17, 1968		Singer	Born in Chicago
Francis Warren Nicholls, Jr. (a.k.a. Frankie Knuckles)	Jan 18, 1955	Mar 31, 2014	House music pioneer, called the "Godfather of House"	Lived in Chicago, developed Chicago house genre

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Keke Palmer	Aug 26, 1993		Singer actress
Chuck Panozzo	Sep 20, 1948		Bass guitarist for Styx	Born in Chicago
John Panozzo	Sep 20, 1948	Jul 16, 1996	Drummer for Styx	Grew up in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago
Walter Parazaider	Mar 14, 1945		Woodwind player for Chicago	Born in Chicago
Sol Patches			Rapper and poet	Born and resides in Chicago	^[16]
Tom Paxton	Oct 31, 1937		Folk singer, songwriter	Born in Chicago
Jim Peterik	Nov 11, 1950		Founding member of Survivor and member of The Ides of March	Born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn
Liz Phair	Apr 17, 1967		Singer
Rachel Barton Pine	Oct 11, 1974		Violinist	Born in Chicago
Omar Jeffery Pineiro	May 15, 1997		Rapper, known professionally as Smokepurpp	Born in Chicago
Joe Principe	Nov 14, 1974		Bassist for Rise Against	Born in Chicago
John Prine	Oct 10, 1946	Apr 7, 2020	Folk singer, songwriter	Born in Chicago
Vicky Psarakis	Jun 22, 1988		Vocalist for The Agonist	Born in Chicago

Name	Founded	Disbanded	Music	Association	Reference
88 Fingers Louie	1993	2011	Punk band	Founded in Chicago
Alacranes Musical	1999		Duranguense	Founded in the Chicago suburb of Aurora	^[20]
Beach Bunny	2015		Rock band	Founded in Chicago
Big Black	1981	1987	Punk/noise rock band	Founded in Chicago suburb of Evanston
The Buckinghams	1966	present	Sunshine pop band	Founded in Chicago
Cheap Trick	1973	present	Rock group	Founded in Chicago, Cheap Trick plans to open a music complex on Motor Row in Chicago's South Loop	^[21]
The Chi-Lites	1959	present	R&B soul vocal quartet	Founded in Chicago
Chicago	1967	present	Rock band	Founded in Chicago
Cobalt & the Hired Guns	2003		Punk rock band	Based in Chicago	^[22]
Disturbed	1994	present	Heavy metal band	Founded in Chicago
Do or Die (a.k.a. D.O.D.)	1995	present	Rap trio	Originally from the west side of Chicago
Earth, Wind & Fire	1971	present	Band spanning various genres such as soul, R&B, pop, jazz, funk, disco, rock, Latin and African	Founded in Chicago	^[23]
The Emotions	1962	present	Soul/R&B vocal group	Founded in Chicago
Enuff Z'Nuff	1984		Rock band	Founded in Chicago	^[24]
Fall Out Boy	2001	present	Rock band	Founded in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette	^[25]
Hope in Ghosts	2001		Rock band	From Chicago
The Jesus Lizard	1987	present	Alternative/noise rock band	Moved to Chicago in 1989, originally from Austin, Texas
Kids These Days	2009	2013	Hip hop band	Founded in Chicago
Kill Hannah	1993	2015	Rock band	Founded in Chicago
Krewella	2007	present	Electronic trio	Founded in Chicago
Lakeside Singers			Ensemblé	From Chicago area
Louis the Child	2013	present	Electronic duo	Founded in Chicago	^[26]
Ministry	1981	present	Pioneering industrial metal band	Founded in Chicago
Naked Raygun	1980	present	Punk rock band	Founded in Chicago
OK Go	1998	present	Rock band	Founded in Chicago
Paul Butterfield Blues Band	1963	1971	Blues rock band, performed at Woodstock	Founded in Chicago by Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield
Plain White T's	1997	present	Pop punk band	Founded in the Chicago suburb of Lombard
Rise Against	1999	present	Punk-rock group	Founded in Chicago
Rufus	1970	1983	Funk and R&B band	Founded in Chicago
Screeching Weasel	1986	present	pioneering pop punk band	Founded in the Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights
Slow Motion Crash	2006		Rock band	From Chicago	^[27]
The Smashing Pumpkins	1988	present	Rock band	Founded in Chicago
Smith Westerns	2007	present	Garage/indie rock band	Founded in Chicago
The Staple Singers	1948	1994	R&B singing group	Founded in Chicago
TRS-80	1997	present	Electronic	Founded in Chicago
Twin Peaks	2012	present	Rock band	Founded in Chicago
Urge Overkill	1986	present	Rock band	Founded in Chicago
The White Tie Affair	2006	2012	Pop-rock band	Founded in Chicago
Whitney	2015	present	Indie folk/indie rock/soul band	Founded in Chicago
Wilco	1994	present	Alternative rock band	Founded in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
"Kal" David Raskin	Jun 15, 1943		Guitarist, singer, songwriter, Illinois Speed Press	Born in Chicago
Elizabeth Reiter			Operatic soprano	Born in Chicago
Ryan Raddon (a.k.a. Kaskade)	Feb 25, 1971		Electronic musician	Born in Chicago
Mishon Ratliff	Feb 3, 1993		Singer and actor
Lou Rawls	Dec 1, 1933	Jan 6, 2006	Singer	Born in Chicago	^[8]
Lil Reese	Jan 6, 1993		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Minnie Riperton	Nov 8, 1947	Jul 12, 1979	Singer	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Fredo Santana	Jul 4, 1990	Jan 19, 2018	Rapper	Born in Chicago
Danny Seraphine	Aug 28, 1948		Drummer of the band Chicago	Born in Chicago
Peniel D. Shin	Mar 10, 1993		Rapper and vocalist for BtoB
Silver Sphere	Aug 26, 1999		Singer-songwriter	Born and raised in Chicago	^[17]
Matt Skiba	Feb 24, 1976		Lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio and blink-182	Born in Chicago
Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest)	Jul 6, 1977		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Patti Smith	Dec 30, 1946		Singer, songwriter and poet	Born in Chicago
Horatio Spafford	Oct 20, 1828	Oct 16, 1888	Composer
Donita Sparks	Apr 8, 1962		Lead singer, rhythm guitarist and founder of bands L7 and Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments; one of the founders of the pro-choice organisation Rock for Choice and of CASH Music	Born in Chicago	^[18]
Mavis Staples	Jul 10, 1939		Singer	Born in Chicago
Patrick Stump	Apr 27, 1984		Lead singer and guitarist for Fall Out Boy	Born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston
Todd Sucherman	May 2, 1969		Drummer for the band Styx	Born in Chicago
Johnny Suh	Feb 2, 1995		Lead dancer, sub vocalist and sub rapper for NCT 127.	Born in Chicago
William Susman	Aug 29, 1960		Composer
Earl Sweatshirt	Feb 24, 1994		Rapper, producer, and songwriter	Born and raised in Chicago
Smokepurpp.	May 15, 1997		Rapper, Singer, Songwriter	Born In Chicago and raised Miami

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Eddie Taylor Jr.	Mar 27, 1972	Mar 8, 2019	Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter	Born in Chicago	^[19]
Koko Taylor	Sep 28, 1928	Jun 3, 2009	Singer	Lived and died in Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt Taylor (a.k.a. Hound Dog Taylor)	Apr 12, 1915	Dec 17, 1975	Guitarist
Kim Thayil	Sep 4, 1960		Guitarist of Soundgarden
Doug Timm	Jun 14, 1960	Jul 21, 1989	Composer and songwriter	Born in Chicago
Giorgio Tozzi	Jan 8, 1923	May 30, 2011	Basso	Born in Chicago
Lennie Tristano	Mar 19, 1919	Nov 18, 1978	Pianist	Born in Chicago
Joe Trohman	Sep 1, 1984		Guitarist for Fall Out Boy
Jeff Tweedy	Aug 25, 1967		Singer and songwriter, member of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo
Twista	Nov 27, 1973		Rapper	Born In Chicago

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Eddie Vedder		Dec 23, 1964		Lead singer for the band Pearl Jam
King Von		Aug 9, 1994	Nov 6, 2020	Rapper	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
Jonathan Jacob Walker	Sep 17, 1985		Bassist for Panic at the Disco
Christian Ward (a.k.a. Yung Berg)	Sep 9, 1986		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Dinah Washington	Aug 29, 1924	Dec 14, 1963	Singer		^[5]
Jody Watley	Jan 30, 1959		Singer	Born in Chicago
DeAndre Cortez Way (a.k.a. Soulja Boy)	Jul 28, 1990		Rapper	Born in Chicago
Pete Wentz	Jun 5, 1979		Bassist and lyricist for Fall Out Boy
Paul Wertico	Jan 5, 1953		Jazz drummer	Born in Chicago
Kanye West	Jun 8, 1977		Rapper and producer	Grew up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago
Verdine White	Jul 25, 1951		Bassist and Founding member for Earth Wind & Fire	Born in Chicago
Pharez Whitted	Aug 26, 1960		Jazz trumpeter, composer, educator
Wesley Willis	May 31, 1963	Aug 21, 2003	Singer	born in Chicago
Dion Wilson (a.k.a. No ID)			Hip hop and R&B record producer	Born in Chicago
D'arcy Wretzky	May 1, 1968		Bassist for Smashing Pumpkins
Herbert Wright (a.k.a. G Herbo)	Oct 8, 1995		Rapper	Born in Chicago

Name	Birth	Known for	Association
Camille Yarbrough	Jan 8, 1938	Singer, author, actress	Born in Chicago
James Young	Nov 14, 1949	Guitarist for Styx	Born in Chicago
Yomo	Jun 17,1980	Regueton Singer	Born in Chicago