St. Louis blues

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The St. Louis blues is a type of blues music. It is usually more piano-based than other forms of the blues, and is closely related to the jump blues, ragtime and piano blues. Typically, a small number of singers, a pianist and a few other instruments (used primarily for rhythm) make up a band.

• Fontella Bass
• Chuck Berry
• Henry Brown
• Teddy Darby
• Walter Davis
• Donny Hathaway
• Johnnie Johnson
• Lonnie Johnson
• Albert King
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.
• Jimmy McCracklin
• Robert Nighthawk
• St. Louis Jimmy Oden
• Roosevelt Sykes
• Henry Townsend
• Ike Turner
• Bennie Smith

See also "St. Louis Blues (song)" for the W.C. Handy song.

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