A directory of 132 Arkansas composers
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| Apple, Lorraine Allen (b. 1906) | teacher, piano |
| Arndt, Nola (b. 1889 d. 1977) | composer, singer |
| Arnold, Corliss Richard (b. 1926) | music educator, organ |
| Baggett, George Edward (b. 1928) | arranger, composer |
| Ballard, Ronald Edward (b. 1947) | organ, teacher |
| Bean, Mabel (d. 1975) | composer |
| Benward, Bruce (b. 1921) | teacher, piano |
| Biggs, William Hayes (b. 1957) | piano, composer |
| Bishop, Joe (b. 1907 d. 1976) | sousaphone/tuba, flugel horn |
| Bollinger, Samuel (b. 1871 d. 1941) | piano, composer |
| Bowles, Richard William (b. 1918) | composer, conductor |
| Bridges, Lou (b. 1917) | boxer, author |
| Britt, Elton (b. 1912 d. 1972) | country music singer, yodeler |
| Brown, Jim Edward (b. 1934) | composer |
| Butterfield, Hattie May (d. 1969) | piano, composer |
| Campbell, Glen (Travis) (b. 1936) | country music singer, guitar |
| Carpenter, Imogen (b. 1918) | composer, piano |
| Cash, Johnny (b. 1932) | guitar, country music singer |
| Chaudet, Mary (b. 1920) | composer, lyricist |
| Cobb, Earl Davis | composer |
| Colber, Myron Dale (b. 1933) | teacher, composer |
| Collins, Don L. (b. 1939) | music educator, CHN~ |
| Cowell, John Rowland (b. 1920) | composer, organ |
| Cox, Travis A. (b. 1935) | teacher, conductor |
| Cutter, John Milton (a. 1903-1944) | composer |
| Dee, Sylvia (b. 1914 d. 1967) | composer, lyricist |
| Dodd, Bonnie | composer |
| Dorough, Bob [Robert Lord] (b. 1923) | piano, singer |
| Driftwood, Jimmy (b. 1917) | country music singer, guitar |
| Dunham, Ervin J. | teacher, composer |
| Dunlap, Louis M. (b. 1911 d. 1976) | songwriter |
| Elliott, John B. (b. 1907) | songwriter, author |
| Evans, Dale (b. 1912) | singer, vocals |
| Fitch, John (b. 1936) | teacher, composer |
| Franks, Tillman B. (b. 1920) | manager, songwriter |
| Gaddy, Carol (a. 1979) | piano, composer |
| Ganus, Clifton (b. 1945) | teacher, conductor |
| Goodrum, Randy (b. 1948) | piano, songwriter |
| Grace, Frank Devaney (b. 1891) | songwriter |
| Green, Al (b. 1946) | soul singer, tenor sax |
| Harden, Robbie | songwriter |
| Hasty, Patrick (b. 1936) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Hays, Jerry (b. 1945) | songwriter |
| Hays, Lee (b. 1914 d. 1981) | arranger, singer |
| Heard, Richard Martin (b. 1936) | songwriter |
| Hendrickson, Margaret June | composer |
| Hereford-Lambert, Johnny (b. ERR4>) | songwriter, organ |
| Hill, Alex [William Alexander] (b. 1906 d. 1937) | composer, lyricist |
| Howard, Bertrand E. (b. 1937) | teacher, composer |
| Hughes, John Gilliam (b. 1921) | organ, music educator |
| Hyatt, Florence (b. 1900) | teacher, organ |
| Hynes, Eloise (b. 1941) | organ, teacher |
| Jackson, Bruce Rogers (b. 1951) | bass, composer |
| Johnson, Allen (b. 1940) | teacher, composer |
| Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) | composer, librettist |
| Jordan, Louis Thomas (b. 1908 d. 1975) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Keene, Kahn (b. 1909 d. 1984) | trombone, composer |
| Keller, Jerry (Paul) (b. 1937) | singer, songwriter |
| King, Albert (b. 1923 d. 1992) | bluesman, guitar |
| King, Alvin Jay (b. 1917) | teacher, violin |
| Livesay, Olga L. (b. 1890) | composer, composers of army marches |
| Mangrum, Jim "Dandy" (b. 1948) | singer, composer |
| McAuliffe, Leon [William Leon] (b. 1917 d. 1988) | steel guitar, vocals |
| McBeth, William Francis (b. 1933) | composer, conductor |
| McDonald, Skeets (b. 1915 d. 1968) | singer, guitar |
| McSpadden, Jerry E. (b. 1935) | organ, choir master |
| Meeks, Larry Monroe (b. 1930) | composer, lyricist |
| Melton, Ellis (b. 1943) | teacher, composer |
| Millen, Dale (b. 1938) | teacher, piano |
| Moffitt, de Loyce (b. 1906 d. 1976) | conductor, arranger |
| Montana, Patsy (b. 1914) | composer, vocals |
| Morrisey, Thomas | composer |
| O'Brien, Drena (a. 1970) | composer |
| Paisley, William Merrell (b. 1903) | librarian, composer |
| Patrick, Benjamin B. (a. 1950) | composer |
| Patty, James Lecil (b. 1921) | piano, teacher |
| Peter, Lily (a. 1927) | plantation owner, writer |
| Powell, Laurence (b. 1899) | composer, conductor |
| Price, Florence Beatrice (b. 1888 d. 1953) | composer, arranger |
| Queen, Virginia (b. 1921) | composer |
| Randolph, Zilmer T. (b. 1899) | composer, arranger |
| Redwine, Wilbur [Skip] (b. 1926) | composer, lyricist |
| Rich, Charlie [Charles Allen] (b. 1932) | composer, country music singer |
| Robbins, J. Phillip (b. 1938) | clarinet, composer |
| Robbins, Lillian | composer |
| Robkin, James Ellis (b. 1950) | trombone, composer |
| Roddie, John W. (b. 1903) | composer, lyricist |
| Rogers, Eddy (b. 1907 d. 1964) | composer, lyricist |
| Rust, Oskar | composer |
| Sanderson, L.O. (b. 1901) | teacher, hymn writer |
| Schmitt, Alma | teacher, composer |
| Shaw, Clifford (b. 1911 d. 1976) | composer, piano |
| Simpson, Michael (b. 1960) | historian, composer |
| Skidmore, Will E. (b. 1880 d. 1959) | composer, lyricist |
| Spears, Jared Tozier (b. 1936) | composer, percussion |
| Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Tomlin, Pinky [Truman] (b. 1908 d. 1987) | composer, lyricist |
| Torbett, Dave (b. 1908) | composer, conductor |
| Trusler, Ivan (b. 1925) | composer, editor |
| Tubb, Monte (b. 1933) | teacher, composer |
| Twitty, Conway (b. 1933 d. 1993) | singer, vocals |
| Tyler, T. Texas (b. 1916 d. 1972) | country music singer, vocals |
| Upton, Anne (b. 1892) | hymnologist, composer |
| Wakely, Jimmy [Clarence] (b. 1914 d. 1982) | country music singer, vocals |
| Walters, Harold Laurence (b. 1918 d. 1984) | composer, arranger |
| Watson, Richard Brinsley (b. 1897 d. 1975) | composer |
| Wedgewood, Richard B. (b. 1942) | composer, piano |
| Wesley, Charles (a. 1959) | teacher, composer |
| Williams, Clifton J. (b. 1923 d. 1976) | composer, arranger |
| Willis, Douglas | composer |
| Willis, Guy (b. 1915 d. 1981) | country music singer |
| Wofford, Harold (b. 1906) | teacher, composer |
| Wood, Jule McIver (a. 1979) | composer |
| Wood, Morgan (b. 1953) | guitar, composer |
| Works, James B. (b. 1946) | teacher, conductor |
| Young, Chesley Virginia (Barnes) (b. 1919) | composer, lyricist |