| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leroy Anderson |
Composer |
29-Jun-1908 |
18-May-1975 |
Composer of The Syncopated Clock |
| Paul Anka |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jul-1941 |
|
Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
| Burt Bacharach |
Pianist |
12-May-1929 |
|
Incomparable composer of lounge music |
| John Barry |
Composer |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
Film composer, James Bond, Out of Africa |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| Otis Blackwell |
Songwriter |
16-Feb-1932 |
6-May-2002 |
Prolific R&B songwriter |
| James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Purportedly felt good |
| Sammy Cahn |
Songwriter |
18-Jun-1913 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Hoagy Carmichael |
Songwriter |
11-Nov-1899 |
27-Dec-1981 |
Songwriter, Stardust, Heart and Soul |
| Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
| Nick Cave |
Singer |
22-Sep-1957 |
|
Bad Seed |
| Ray Charles |
Musician |
23-Sep-1930 |
10-Jun-2004 |
Georgia On My Mind |
| Eric Clapton |
Musician |
30-Mar-1945 |
|
Slowhand |
| George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Phil Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Lead singer of Genesis |
| Sam Cooke |
Singer |
22-Jan-1931 |
11-Dec-1964 |
Soul and R&B singer |
| Jim Croce |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1943 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Time in a Bottle |
| Bobby Darin |
Musician |
14-May-1936 |
20-Dec-1973 |
Splish, Splash and Mack the Knife |
| John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
| Neil Diamond |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Cherry Baby |
| Bob Dylan |
Musician |
24-May-1941 |
|
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Fred Ebb |
Musician |
8-Apr-1935 |
11-Sep-2004 |
Top Broadway lyricist |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
Jazz composer |
| Stephen Collins Foster |
Songwriter |
4-Jul-1826 |
13-Jan-1864 |
My Old Kentucky Home |
| Glenn Frey |
Musician |
6-Nov-1948 |
|
Lead vocals and guitar, Eagles |
| George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
| Ira Gershwin |
Composer |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
American composer |
| Barry Gibb |
Musician |
1-Sep-1946 |
|
Guitarist and vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| Robin Gibb |
Musician |
22-Dec-1949 |
|
Vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Patrick Gilmore |
Composer |
25-Dec-1829 |
24-Sep-1892 |
The Father of The American Band |
| Woody Guthrie |
Musician |
14-Jul-1912 |
3-Oct-1967 |
Folk legend |
| Marvin Hamlisch |
Composer |
2-Jun-1944 |
|
The Way We Were |
| Oscar Hammerstein |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Don Henley |
Musician |
22-Jul-1947 |
|
The Eagles |
| Victor Herbert |
Composer |
1-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
| Buddy Holly |
Musician |
7-Sep-1936 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Buddy Holly and The Crickets |
| Julia Ward Howe |
Activist |
27-May-1819 |
17-Oct-1910 |
Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| Michael Jackson |
Singer |
29-Aug-1958 |
|
King of Pop |
| Mick Jagger |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Jul-1943 |
|
Lead singer of the Rolling Stones |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Musician |
25-Jan-1927 |
8-Dec-1994 |
The Girl from Ipanema |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Bennie and the Jets |
| Jerome Kern |
Composer |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
Show Boat |
| Francis Scott Key |
Poet |
1-Aug-1779 |
11-Jan-1843 |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
| Carole King |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Feb-1942 |
|
It Might As Well Rain Until September |
| Kris Kristofferson |
Actor |
22-Jun-1936 |
|
Big Top Pee-Wee |
| Peggy Lee |
Singer |
26-May-1920 |
21-Jan-2001 |
Is That All There Is? |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| Alan Jay Lerner |
Playwright |
31-Aug-1918 |
14-Jun-1986 |
An American in Paris |
| Henry Mancini |
Composer |
16-Apr-1924 |
14-Jun-1994 |
Theme for The Pink Panther |
| Barry Manilow |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
I Write The Songs |
| Barry Mann |
Songwriter |
9-Feb-1939 |
|
Put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp |
| Curtis Mayfield |
Musician |
3-Jun-1942 |
26-Dec-1999 |
Superfly soundtrack |
| Paul McCartney |
Musician |
18-Jun-1942 |
|
Beatle |
| Johnny Mercer |
Songwriter |
18-Nov-1909 |
25-Jun-1976 |
Accentuate the Positive |
| Joni Mitchell |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Nov-1943 |
|
Big Yellow Taxi |
| Van Morrison |
Musician |
31-Aug-1945 |
|
Central figure of the Belfast blues scene |
| Willie Nelson |
Country Musician |
30-Apr-1933 |
|
The red-headed stranger |
| Anthony Newley |
Actor |
24-Sep-1931 |
14-Apr-1999 |
Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist |
| Randy Newman |
Musician |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
I Love L.A., Short People |
| Roy Orbison |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Apr-1936 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Pretty Woman |
| Dolly Parton |
Country Musician |
19-Jan-1946 |
|
Generously bosomed country singer |
| Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Otis Redding |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1941 |
10-Dec-1967 |
Dock of the Bay |
| Little Richard |
Musician |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Tutti Frutti |
| Keith Richards |
Guitarist |
18-Dec-1943 |
|
The Rolling Stones |
| Lionel Richie |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jun-1949 |
|
All Night Long, former Commodore |
| Smokey Robinson |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Feb-1940 |
|
Motown singer, A Quiet Storm |
| Jimmie Rodgers |
Country Musician |
8-Sep-1897 |
26-May-1933 |
Pioneering country singer/songwriter/yodeller |
| Richard Rodgers |
Composer |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Neil Sedaka |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Mar-1939 |
|
Laughter In The Rain and 1,000 others |
| Pete Seeger |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-May-1919 |
|
We Shall Overcome |
| Carly Simon |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1945 |
|
You're So Vain |
| Paul Simon |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Oct-1941 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
| Valerie Simpson |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Aug-1948 |
|
Half of Ashford and Simpson |
| Elliott Smith |
Guitarist |
6-Aug-1969 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death |
| Stephen Sondheim |
Composer |
22-Mar-1930 |
|
Composer of musicals |
| John Philip Sousa |
Composer |
6-Nov-1854 |
6-Mar-1932 |
Stars and Stripes Forever |
| Phil Spector |
Music Producer |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Creator of the Wall of Sound |
| Bruce Springsteen |
Musician |
23-Sep-1949 |
|
The Boss |
| Sting |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Oct-1951 |
|
Lead singer of The Police |
| Barrett Strong |
Musician |
5-Feb-1941 |
|
Influential Motown singer and composer |
| Bernie Taupin |
Songwriter |
22-May-1950 |
|
Elton John's lyricist |
| James Taylor |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
Seen fire, rain |
| Tom Waits |
Musician |
7-Dec-1949 |
|
Heartattack and Vine |
| Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
| Jimmy Webb |
Songwriter |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Up, Up, and Away! |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Composer |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
Responsible for various musicals |
| Cynthia Weil |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1937 |
|
Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil |
| Kurt Weill |
Composer |
2-Mar-1900 |
3-Apr-1950 |
The Threepenny Opera |
| Hank Williams, Sr. |
Country Musician |
17-Sep-1923 |
1-Jan-1953 |
Take These Chains From My Heart |
| John Williams |
Composer |
8-Feb-1932 |
|
Composer for Jaws, E.T. |
| Paul Williams |
Musician |
19-Sep-1940 |
|
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song |
| Brian Wilson |
Musician |
20-Jun-1942 |
|
Troubled Beach Boy |
| Stevie Wonder |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-May-1950 |
|
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered |
| Thom Yorke |
Musician |
7-Oct-1968 |
|
Radiohead singer |
