- Al Hirt – New Orleans jazz trumpet/bandleader – 2009 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – (11/7/1922 – 4/27/1999)
- Dee Clark – soul-R&B-pop singer – hits include – Raindrops – Nobody But You – (11/7/1938 – 12/7/1990)
- Johnny Rivers – singer/songwriter/guitarist – 2009 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – hits include – Secret Agent Man – Poor Side Of Town – Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – Summer Rain – Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu – 1942
- Joni Mitchell – Canadian folk-jazz-pop singer/songwriter – multiple awards including – 1981 Canadian Music Hall of Fame – 1997 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – in 2020 became the 1st woman to win the Les Paul Award – hits include – Help Me – Big Yellow Taxi – Free Man In Paris – You Turn Me On, I’m A Radio – 1943
- Kevin MacMichael – Canadian guitarist/songwriter/producer – best known with – Cutting Crew – group hits include – (I Just) Died In Your Arms – I’ve Been In Love Before – (11/7/1951 – 12/31/2002)
- Robin Beck – pop-disco-soul singer/songwriter – songs include – First Time – Save Up All Your Tears – 1954
- Shirley Eikhard – multi-award winning Canadian country-pop-rock singer/songwriter/musician – best known for writing Bonnie Raitt‘s 1991 hit – Something To Talk About – (11/7/1955 – 12/15/2022)
- Tommy Thayer – guitarist/keyboards/singer/songwriter – associated acts include – KISS – Black ‘n Blue – Harlow – Thayer-St James – 1960
- Liam Ó Maonlaí – Irish singer/songwriter/guitar/keyboards/bodhrán – best known as a member of – Hothouse Flowers – 1964
- Greg Tribbett – metal-rock guitarist/backing vocals – associated acts include – Mudvayne – Hellyeah – Audiotopsy – 1968
- Sharleen Spiteri – Scottish singer/songwriter/guitarist – best known with rock band – Texas – 1967
- Matthew Ryan – alt-country singer/songwriter/guitar – album/EP releases include – Boxers – From A Late Night High Rise – In The Dusk Of Everything – Life Is Beautiful – 1971
- Robin Finck – guitar/songwriter – Nine Inch Nails – Guns N’ Roses – 1971
- Steven Wussow – German metal bassist – associated acts include – Xandria – Fjuse – Ordan Ogan – 1979
- Zach Myers – rock singer/songwriter/guitar/bass/piano – associated acts include – The Fairwell – Shinedown – Allen, Mack, Myers & Moore – 1983
- Zachary Cole Smith – singer/songwriter/guitar/multi-instrumentalist/model/music video director – best known with rock group – DIIV – 1984
- Matt Corby – award winning Australian indie alt-rock – folk – acoustic – blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – albums include – Telluric – Rainbow Valley – 1990
- Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor) – multi-award winning New Zealand pop singer/songwriter – hits include – Royals – Team – Green Light – 1996