Songwriters from Texas

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1992)

American singer-songwriter (born 1982)

Leighton Marissa Meester is an American actress, singer, and model. She is known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf on the CW television series Gossip Girl (2007–2012). She has also appeared in films such as Killer Movie (2008), Country Strong (2010), The Roommate (2011), Monte Carlo (2011), The Oranges (2011), The Judge (2014), The Weekend Away (2022), and EXmas (2023). She portrayed Angie D'Amato on the ABC sitcom Single Parents (2018–2020). Meester made her Broadway debut in Of Mice and Men (2014). For her leading role in the CW/Stan comedy drama series Good Cop/Bad Cop (2025–present), Meester was nominated for the Australian Logie Award for Best Actress.

American soldier and actor (1925–1971)

American musician (1936–2017)

American actress and singer

American actress (born 1952)

American actor and singer

American musician (1961–2019)

American musician (1930–1959)

American bassist and singer (born 1946)

American rapper

American rapper, actor, jewelry designer and DJ from Texas (born 1981)

American songwriter (1944–2024)

American musician and record producer, talent manager (1927-1984)

American voice actor

American record producer and musician (1932–2015)

American musician (1947–2008)

American jazz pianist, composer and record producer

American rapper

Founding member of The Temptations (1941–)

American entertainer (born 1985)

American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas

American writer, screenwriter and musician

American singer and songwriter (1933–1999)

Mexican-American musician

American songwriter

American singer and producer (1928–1990)

American rapper

American singer, songwriter, and actor

American rapper (born 1980)

American musician

Playwright, poet, lyricist, short story writer, novelist (1937-2023)

American singer (born 1971)

American guitarist (born 1969)

American blues singer

American Texas blues guitarist (1931–2016)

American musician

American musician (1940–2015)

American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1937-2021)

American record producer, songwriter and musician

American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist (1932–1978)

American musician

American rapper

American rock musician

American lyricist and librettist of musical theatre (1928-2023)

American musician and visual artist (born 1944)

American singer-songwriter

American blues guitarist

American rapper

American songwriter (1919–1966)

American songwriter and producer (1942–2024)

American R&B & jazz vocalist

American musician

American guitarist, singer, and songwriter

American rapper

American jazz songwriter, singer, and musician

American jump blues pianist, singer and songwriter

American guitarist

American record producer