Boogie Woogie Red (October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992)^[2] was an American Detroit blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter.^[1] At different times he worked with Sonny Boy Williamson I, Washboard Willie, Baby Boy Warren, Lonnie Johnson, Tampa Red, John Lee Hooker and Memphis Slim.^[2]

He was born Vernon Harrison in Rayville, Louisiana,^[2] and moved to Detroit in 1927.^[1] In his adolescence, he began performing in local clubs and worked alongside Sonny Boy Williamson I, Baby Boy Warren and John Lee Hooker.^[1]

In the mid-1970s, Boogie Woogie Red played solo piano at the Blind Pig, a small bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He recorded his own albums in 1974 and 1977 and toured Europe in that decade.^[1] Red appeared on BBC Television's Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1973.^[3]

He died in July 1992, at the age of 66, in Detroit.^[2]

• Live at the Blind Pig (1974), Blind Pig Records
• Red Hot (1977), Blind Pig Records^[4]

• List of boogie woogie musicians
• List of Detroit blues musicians