A
Richie Albright - Waylon Jennings drummer
Keith Allison - Paul Revere & the Raiders band member and singer
Susan Anyway - singer with The Magnetic Fields
Astro (nee Terence Wilson) - UB40 singer
B
Rodney Bakerr - Chicago house DJ
Chris Barber - British jazz trombonist
Franco Battiato - Italian singer-songwriter-composer
Byron Berline - Kansas-born C&W fiddler
Big Wan (nee Dawan Turner) - Milwaukee-born rapper
Biz Markie (nee Marcel Hall) - New York rapper
Black Rob (nee Robert Ross) - New York rapper
Charlie Black - Country & Western songwriter
Jay Black (nee David Blatt) - lead singer of Jay and the Americans
DeWayne Blackwell - Country & Western songwriter
Tim Bogert - Vanilla Fudge; Cactus; Beck, Bogert & Appice bassist
Mick Bolton - Mott the Hoople, Dexys Midnight Runners keyboardist
Juini Booth - Buffalo-born jazz bassist
Sérgio Brandão - Brazilian bassist
Gil Bridges - Rare Earth saxophonist/co-founder
Sheila Bromberg - British harpist, played on The Beatles' "She's Leaving Home"
Rosa Lee Brooks - R&B singer, dated Jimi Hendrix
Hux Brown - Jamaican guitarist with Toots & the Maytals
Jeff Brown - Austin-based singer/guitarist, played with Shinyribs
James Burke - The Five Stairsteps singer
Bunny Wailer (nee Neville Livingston) - original member of Bob Marley & the Wailers, won three Grammys
Ron Bushy - Iron Butterfly drummer