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.
- David "Stringbean" Akeman - banjo
- Steve Allen - piano
- Woody Allen - clarinet
- 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 - guitar, accordion
- Owen Benjamin - piano
- Mitch Benn - guitar, vibraphone, spoons
- Jack Benny - violin
- Mike Birbiglia - guitar
- Jack Black - guitar
- Dennis Blair - guitar
- Victor Borge - piano
- Albert Brooks - piano
- Bo Burnham - piano, guitar
- 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
- Jonathan Coulton - guitar
- Da Vinci's Notebook - vocals
- Les Dawson - piano
- Jessica Delfino - guitar, autoharp, ukulele
- Doug Anthony All Stars - guitar, vocals
- Kyle Dunnigan - guitar, piano
- Jimmy Durante - piano
- Kevin Eldon - guitar
- Lee Evans - piano
- Bridget Everett - vocals
- Jimmy Fallon - guitar
- Wayne Federman - ukulele, piano, guitar
- 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
- 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
- Montana Logging and Ballet Co. - guitar, keyboard, bass
- 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
- Sam Kinison - piano, guitar, drums
- Robert Klein - harmonica
- 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
- Taylor Mason - piano
- Michael McIntyre - vocals
- Kate Micucci - ukulele
- Tim Minchin - vocals, piano, guitar
- Eugene Mirman - theremin
- 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
- Sara Pascoe - guitar
- Henry Phillips - guitar
- Freddie Prinze - drums
- 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 - 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
- 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
- Jack Willhite - guitar, vocals
- Kevin Bloody Wilson - guitar
- Tim Wilson - guitar
- Dennis Wolfberg - guitar
- Victoria Wood - piano and Vocals
- Frank Woodley - guitar, ukulele
- Steven Wright - guitar
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - vocals, accordion, keyboards
- Henny Youngman - violin