List of musical comedians

This alphabetical list is limited to comedians who share their comedy through music and song. Usually they play an instrument onstage.

List

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• Kip Adotta - recorder
• David "Stringbean" Akeman – banjo
• Steve Allen – piano
• Woody Allen – clarinet
• Morey Amsterdam – cello
• Arrogant Worms — guitar
• Axis of Awesome – guitar, keyboard, vocals
• David Baddiel – piano, guitar
• Bill Bailey – vocals, guitar, keyboard, theremin, hornophone
• Pete Barbutti – piano, accordion ("cordine"), trumpet
• Tom Basden – guitar
• The Bedroom Philosopher – vocals, guitar, accordion
• Owen Benjamin – piano
• Mitch Benn – guitar, vibraphone, spoons
• Jack Benny – violin
• Ivor Biggun – guitar
• Mike Birbiglia – guitar
• Jack Black – guitar, vocals
• Dennis Blair – guitar
• Rachel Bloom – vocals
• Victor Borge – piano
• Bowser and Blue — guitar
• Harriet Braine — guitar
• Albert Brooks – piano
• Mel Brooks – drums
• Bo Burnham – vocals, piano, guitar
• Sid Caesar – saxophone
• Charlie Callas – drums
• Rodney Carrington – guitar
• Jasper Carrott – guitar
• Johnny Carson – drums
• Dana Carvey – piano, guitar, drums
• Tommy Chong – guitar
• Stephen Colbert – vocals, guitar
• Billy Connolly – banjo, guitar, autoharp
• Bill Cosby – drums
• Jonathan Coulton – guitar
• Da Vinci's Notebook – vocals
• Les Dawson – piano
• Jessica Delfino – guitar, autoharp, ukulele
• Doug Anthony All Stars – guitar, vocals
• Richard Digance – guitar
• Kyle Dunnigan – guitar, piano
• Jimmy Durante – piano and vocals
• Kevin Eldon – guitar
• Lee Evans – piano
• Bridget Everett – vocals
• Jimmy Fallon – guitar, vocals
• Wayne Federman – piano, ukulele, drums
• Graham Fellows (as "John Shuttleworth") – keyboard
• Craig Ferguson – drums
• Michael Flanders – piano
• Flight Of The Conchords – guitar, bass, keyboards, omnichord
• The Folksmen – guitar, upright bass, mandolin, banjo
• George Formby – ukulele
• Jamie Foxx – piano
• Zach Galifianakis – piano
• Garfunkel and Oates – guitar, flute, piano, maracas, ukulele
• Paul Garner – piano
• Jackie Gayle – drums
• Kyle Gass – guitar, recorder
• Ricky Gervais – guitar
• Donald Glover (as "Childish Gambino") – rapping/singing, drums
• Katie Goodman – piano, guitar, ukulele
• Hank Green – guitar
• George Gobel – guitar
• Boothby Graffoe – guitar
• Rich Hall – keyboard, guitar
• Brian Haner – guitar
• Andrew Hansen – guitar, piano
• Hard n Phirm – numerous instruments
• Tim Hawkins – guitar, piano
• Tim Heidecker – vocals, guitar, piano
• Ed Helms – piano, banjo, guitar
• Rainer Hersch – piano
• Harry Hill – hornophone
• Homer and Jethro – guitar, banjo
• The Horne Section – jazz band
• Eric Idle (of Monty Python) – guitar, piano
• Neil Innes (of Monty Python) – guitar, piano, banjo
• Eddie Izzard – piano, clarinet
• Hoosier Hot Shots – various
• Penn Jillette – bass guitar, upright bass
• Spike Jones – percussion
• Mickey Katz – clarinet
• Andy Kaufman – bongos, drums
• Buster Keaton – ukulele
• Boris Khaykin – rapper, beats, guitar, piano, synth
• Karen Kilgariff – guitar
• Sam Kinison – piano, guitar, drums
• Robert Klein – harmonica
• Koo Koo Kanga Roo – vocals
• Jon Lajoie – guitar
• Hugh Laurie – piano, guitar, harmonica
• Gary Le Strange – vocals, electronic music
• Stewart Lee – guitar
• Tom Lehrer – piano
• Jerry Lewis – drums, trumpet
• The Lonely Island – vocals
• Matt Lucas (as George Dawes) – drums
• Stephen Lynch – guitar, piano
• Humphrey Lyttelton – Trumpet
• Seth MacFarlane – vocals and piano
• David McSavage – guitar
• Demetri Martin – guitar, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, tambourine, toy bells, keyboard, ukulele
• Steve Martin – banjo
• Chico Marx – piano
• Groucho Marx – guitar, mandolin
• Harpo Marx – harp, piano, clarinet
• Taylor Mason – piano
• Kate Micucci – ukulele
• Tim Minchin – vocals, piano, guitar
• Eugene Mirman – theremin
• Montana Logging and Ballet Co. – guitar, keyboard, bass
• Dudley Moore – piano
• Dermot Morgan – guitar
• Kevin Nealon – guitar, banjo
• The New Main Street Singers – guitars, mandolins, tambourine
• Phil Nichol – guitar
• Conan O'Brien – guitar
• David O'Doherty – keyboard
• Ardal O'Hanlon – keyboard
• Earl Okin – guitar, vocals (including mouth trumpet), piano
• Parachute Express - vocals, woodwinds, strings
• Rachel Parris – piano, vocals
• Sara Pascoe – guitar
• Paul and Storm – guitar, keyboard
• Henry Phillips – guitar
• Freddie Prinze – drums
• Richard Pryor - vocal, piano
• Geraldine Quinn – guitar
• Raymond and Scum – guitar
• Ted Ray – violin
• Howard Read – ukulele
• Rhett and Link – guitar, recorder, harmonica
• Anna Russell – piano
• Mark Russell – piano
• Bob Saget – guitar
• Andy Samberg – rapping, vocals
• Sammy J – piano
• Adam Sandler – vocals, guitar, drums, ukulele
• Scared Weird Little Guys – various instruments
• Akiva Schaffer – rapping, vocals
• Ronnie Schell – piano
• Peter Schickele, also known as P. D. Q. Bach – various instruments
• Helge Schneider – piano, trumpet, guitar, drums, clarinet/saxophone
• Peter Sellers – drums, ukulele
• Gene Sheldon – banjo
• Waen Shepherd – vocals, electronic music, tin tray
• Sarah Silverman – guitar
• Sinbad – guitar, drums
• Frank Skinner – banjo, ukulele
• Brendon Small – guitar
• Dick Smothers – bass
• Tommy Smothers – guitar
• Spinal Tap – guitars, bass, drums, keyboard
• Jim Stafford – guitar
• Stanford Fleet Street Singers – vocals
• Ray Stevens – piano, banjo
• Jon Stewart – drums
• Vikki Stone – piano
• Storm Front – barbershop quartet
• Isy Suttie – guitar
• Donald Swann – piano
• Jorma Taccone – various instruments
• Jim Tavare – bass
• Judy Tenuta – accordion
• Tenacious D – guitars and vocals
• Jake Thackray – guitar and vocals
• Nick Thune – guitar
• Tripod – guitar, vocals, trumpet
• Thom Tuck – guitar and ukulele
• Carla Ulbrich – guitar
• Tracey Ullman – guitar
• John Valby – piano
• Uncle Floyd (Floyd Vivino) – piano
• Reggie Watts – vocals, keyboards, loop machine
• Daniel Lawrence Whitney – guitar
• Kevin Bloody Wilson – guitar
• Tim Wilson – guitar
• Rev. Billy C. Wirtz - piano and organ
• Dennis Wolfberg – guitar
• Victoria Wood – piano and Vocals
• Frank Woodley – guitar, ukulele
• Steven Wright – guitar
• Ed Wynn – piano
• "Weird Al" Yankovic – vocals, accordion, keyboards
• Henny Youngman – violin
• Roy Zimmerman – guitar