Willie Nix (August 6, 1922 – July 8, 1991)[1] was an American Chicago blues singer and drummer, active in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1940s and 1950s.

[1] He learned to tap dance as a child and later, as a teenager, was a dancer and comedian with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels.

[1] His talent for music led to performing on local radio with Robert Lockwood Jr.

At various times he worked with Big Walter Horton, Elmore James, Johnny Shines, Memphis Slim, and Ike Turner.

He did not record again, although his mid-1950s work is held in high regard for his lyrical dexterity and compelling beat.