At least, five artists are known as Xavier:
1) Xavier
This eight-piece funk unit featured Ernest "Xavier" Smith (lead guitar, bass, lead vocals), Ayanna Little (lead vocals), Tim Williams (drums), Ralph Hunt Jnr. (bass), Jeffrey Mitchell (guitar), Lyburn Downing (percussion), Emonie Branch and Chuck Hughes (vocals). Smith started in the mid-60s as bass player with the Coasters. Between 1969 and 1973 he joined Wilson Pickett's backing band the Midnight Movers, and later worked with Isaac Hayes and the Temptations.