Saturday Night Live has featured many recurring characters that appear in sketches with a musical theme. In addition there are characters listed here who predominantly featured music, but may not have exclusively featured it.

• Nick The Lounge Singer (Bill Murray) – April 16, 1977
• The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd,John Belushi) – April 22, 1978
• Candy Slice (Gilda Radner) – December 9, 1978
• Buckwheat (Eddie Murphy) – October 10, 1981
• Pudge & Solomon (Joe Piscopo,Eddie Murphy) – January 30, 1982
• The Sweeney Sisters (Jan Hooks,Nora Dunn,Marc Shaiman) – October 18, 1986
• Tonto, Tarzan & Frankenstein's Monster (Jon Lovitz,Kevin Nealon,Phil Hartman) – December 19, 1987
• I'm Chillin' (Chris Rock,Chris Farley) – January 12, 1991
• Opera Man (Adam Sandler) – April 18, 1992
• Mighty Mack Blues (John Goodman) – March 25, 1995
• G-Dog (Tim Meadows) – December 2, 1995
• The Roxbury Guys (Chris Kattan,Will Ferrell) – March 23, 1996
• The Culps (Ana Gasteyer,Will Ferrell) – November 2, 1996
• Janet Reno's Dance Party (Will Ferrell) – January 11, 1997
• The DeMarco Brothers (Chris Parnell,Chris Kattan) – March 15, 1997
• Gunner Olsen (Jim Breuer) – March 7, 1998
• 7 Degrees Celsius (Will Ferrell,Chris Kattan,Chris Parnell,Jimmy Fallon,Horatio Sanz) – January 16, 1999
• Gemini's Twin (Maya Rudolph,Ana Gasteyer) – November 4, 2000
• Rap Street (Jerry Minor,Horatio Sanz) – November 18, 2000
• Season's Greetings From Saturday Night Live (Christmas is Number One) (Horatio Sanz,Jimmy Fallon,Chris Kattan,Tracy Morgan) – December 16, 2000
• The Kelly Brothers (Fred Armisen,Will Forte) – February 8, 2003
• Mascots (Justin Timberlake) – October 11, 2003
• The Prince Show (Fred Armisen,Maya Rudolph) – February 14, 2004
• The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour (Fred Armisen,Amy Poehler) – January 22, 2005
• Deep House Dish (Kenan Thompson,Rachel Dratch,Andy Samberg) – November 19, 2005
• The Lawrence Welk Show (Fred Armisen,Kristen Wiig) – October 4, 2008
• Les Jeunes de Paris (Taran Killam) - October 23, 2010

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