Jo Ann Kelly (5 January 1944 – 21 October 1990) was an English blues singer and guitarist.

Her early interest in performing music grew out of hearing the Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Little Richard and skiffle in the late 1950s.

[2] She appeared on several compilation albums with her first in 1966 being New Sounds In Folk and then two years later on Blues Anytime Vol.

[5] Canned Heat and Johnny Winter both tried to recruit Kelly, but she preferred to stay in the United Kingdom.

[9] Obituaries for Kelly appeared in major UK newspapers, including The Independent,[10] The Times,[1] and The Guardian.