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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Claudio Abbado
Conductor
26-Jun-1933   Conductor of La Scala, 1968-86
Paula Abdul
Singer
19-Jun-1962   Singer, later American Idol judge
Bryan Adams
Musician
5-Nov-1959   Canadian Rocker
John Adams
Composer
15-Feb-1947   Nixon in China
Yolanda Adams
Singer
27-Aug-1962   Gospel singer, Open My Heart
Adele
Singer
5-May-1988   Rolling In The Deep
Christina Aguilera
Singer
18-Dec-1980   Genie in a Bottle
Steve Allen
Talk Show Host
26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 The Tonight Show
Herb Alpert
Musician
31-Mar-1935   Tijuana Brass, Co-Founder, A&M Records
Lynn Anderson
Singer
26-Sep-1947   Rose Garden
André 3000
Musician
27-May-1975   The skinny half of OutKast
Fiona Apple
Musician
13-Sep-1977   Tidal
Billie Joe Armstrong
Musician
17-Feb-1972   Frontman for Green Day
Louis Armstrong
Jazz Musician
4-Aug-1901 6-Jul-1971 Jazz trumpeter
Eddy Arnold
Country Musician
15-May-1918 8-May-2008 The Tennessee Plowboy
Howard Ashman
Songwriter
17-May-1950 14-Mar-1991 Beauty and the Beast
Chet Atkins
Guitarist
20-Jun-1924 30-Jun-2001 Prominent country picker
Gene Austin
Singer/Songwriter
24-Jun-1900 24-Jan-1972 Vaudeviller crooner and songwriter
Patti Austin
Singer
10-Aug-1950   Baby Come to Me
Burt Bacharach
Pianist
12-May-1929   Incomparable composer of lounge music
Erykah Badu
Singer
26-Feb-1971   R&B vocalist, Baduizm
Anita Baker
Singer
26-Jan-1958   Giving You the Best That I Got
Long John Baldry
Singer
12-Jan-1941 21-Jul-2005 British blues singer, Blues Incorporated
Florence Ballard
Singer
30-Jun-1943 22-Feb-1976 The Supremes
Count Basie
Pianist
21-Aug-1904 26-Apr-1984 Big band pianist
Kathleen Battle
Singer
13-Aug-1948   Operatic soprano
Beck
Musician
8-Jul-1970   Loser
Jeff Beck
Guitarist
24-Jun-1944   Exceptional rock guitarist
Walter Becker
Musician
20-Feb-1950   Co-Founder of Steely Dan
Hildegard Behrens
Singer
9-Feb-1937 18-Aug-2009 Operatic soprano
Harry Belafonte
Singer/Songwriter
1-Mar-1927   Calypso singer
Joshua Bell
Violinist
9-Dec-1967   Violin virtuoso
Pat Benatar
Singer
10-Jan-1953   Love is a Battlefield
Tony Bennett
Singer
3-Aug-1926   Left his heart in San Francisco
Chester Bennington
Singer
20-Mar-1976   Linkin Park
George Benson
Jazz Musician
22-Mar-1943   Prominent jazz guitarist and vocalist
Alan Bergman
Songwriter
11-Sep-1925   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Marilyn Bergman
Songwriter
10-Nov-1929   The Way We Were
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Chuck Berry
Singer
18-Oct-1926   My Ding-A-Ling
Jussi Björling
Singer
2-Feb-1911 9-Sep-1960 Operatic tenor
Ruben Blades
Actor
16-Jul-1948   Panamanian superstar of salsa and screen
Art Blakey
Drummer
11-Oct-1919 16-Oct-1990 Principal bebop instigator and drummer
Bobby Bland
Singer
27-Jan-1930   Turn on Your Lovelight
Mary J. Blige
Musician
11-Jan-1971   Pop/R&B diva
William Bolcom
Composer
26-May-1938   Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Michael Bolton
Singer/Songwriter
26-Feb-1953   Love Is a Wonderful Thing
Pierre Boulez
Composer
26-Mar-1925   Modern composer and conductor
Zach Braff
Actor
6-Apr-1975   Scrubs
Brandy
Singer
11-Feb-1979   R&B singer turned sitcom star
Toni Braxton
Singer
7-Oct-1966   Un-Break My Heart
Gary Brooker
Musician
29-May-1945   Procol Harum
Garth Brooks
Country Musician
7-Feb-1962   Ropin' the Wind
Ruth Brown
Singer
12-Jan-1928 17-Nov-2006 Miss Rhythm
Peabo Bryson
Singer
13-Apr-1951   If Ever You're In My Arms Again
T-Bone Burnett
Musician
14-Jan-1948   Blues/country producer and performer
David Byrne
Musician
14-May-1952   Frontman for Talking Heads
Colbie Caillat
Singer/Songwriter
28-May-1985   Bubbly
Glen Campbell
Country Musician
22-Apr-1936   Rhinestone Cowboy
Irene Cara
Singer
18-Mar-1959   Oh what a feeling
Mariah Carey
Singer/Songwriter
27-Mar-1969   Diva with eighteen #1 hits
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Country Musician
21-Feb-1958   Never Had It So Good
Vikki Carr
Singer
19-Jul-1941   Simplemente Mujer
Benny Carter
Jazz Musician
8-Aug-1907 12-Jul-2003 Jazz and big bandleader
Betty Carter
Singer
16-May-1929 26-Sep-1998 Jazz vocalist
Johnny Cash
Country Musician
26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Rosanne Cash
Country Musician
24-May-1955   Rhythm and Romance
Chamillionaire
Rapper
28-Nov-1979   Mixtape Messiah
Tracy Chapman
Singer
30-Mar-1964   Fast Car
Ray Charles
Musician
23-Sep-1930 10-Jun-2004 Georgia On My Mind
Eric Clapton
Guitarist
30-Mar-1945   Slowhand
Petula Clark
Singer
15-Nov-1932   Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Van Cliburn
Pianist
12-Jul-1934   Piano prodigy
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Hillary Clinton
Politician
26-Oct-1947   US Secretary of State
Stephen Colbert
Comic
13-May-1964   The Colbert Report
Natalie Cole
Singer
6-Feb-1950   Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole
Paula Cole
Musician
5-Apr-1968   Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
Judy Collins
Singer/Songwriter
1-May-1939   Folk singer
Shawn Colvin
Singer/Songwriter
10-Jan-1956   Sunny Came Home
Harry Connick, Jr.
Singer
11-Sep-1967   Golden voiced singer/actor
Frank Conroy
Author
15-Jan-1936 6-Apr-2005 Stop-Time
Ry Cooder
Guitarist
15-Mar-1947   Blues guitarist
Barbara Cook
Singer
25-Oct-1927   Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress
Coolio
Rapper
1-Aug-1963   Gangsta's Paradise
Stewart Copeland
Drummer
16-Jul-1952   Drummer for The Police
Don Cornelius
TV Personality
27-Sep-1936 1-Feb-2012 Soul Train
Bill Cosby
Comic
12-Jul-1937   Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Elvis Costello
Musician
25-Aug-1954   My Aim Is True
Floyd Cramer
Country Musician
27-Oct-1933 31-Dec-1997 Country music pianist
Robert Cray
Guitarist
1-Aug-1953   Blues guitarist
Bing Crosby
Singer
3-May-1903 14-Oct-1977 White Christmas
Sheryl Crow
Singer
11-Feb-1962   All I Wanna Do
Rodney Crowell
Country Musician
7-Aug-1950   Diamonds & Dirt
D'Angelo
Singer
11-Feb-1974   Grammy-winning Sexy R&B Singer
Rodney Dangerfield
Comic
22-Nov-1921 5-Oct-2004 Never did get no respect
Charlie Daniels
Country Musician
28-Oct-1936   The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Terence Trent D'Arby
Musician
15-Mar-1962   Introducing The Hardline
Bobby Darin
Singer
14-May-1936 20-Dec-1973 Mack the Knife
Clive Davis
Business
4-Apr-1932   Founder of Arista Records
Jimmie Davis
Singer/Songwriter
11-Sep-1899 5-Nov-2000 You Are My Sunshine
Miles Davis
Jazz Musician
26-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Brad Delson
Guitarist
1-Dec-1977   Guitarist for Linkin Park
John Denver
Country Musician
31-Dec-1943 12-Oct-1997 Rocky Mountain High
Jackie DeShannon
Singer/Songwriter
21-Aug-1944   Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Toumani Diabaté
Musician
10-Aug-1965   Master of the Kora
Bo Diddley
Guitarist
30-Dec-1928 2-Jun-2008 Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist
Celine Dion
Singer
30-Mar-1968   Canadian diva
Everett Dirksen
Politician
4-Jan-1896 7-Sep-1969 US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69
Mike Dirnt
Bassist
4-May-1972   Bassist for Green Day
Ray Milton Dolby
Inventor
18-Jan-1933   Inventor of Dolby stereo
Fats Domino
Singer/Songwriter
26-Feb-1928   Ain't That A Shame
Duffy
Singer/Songwriter
23-Jun-1984   Rockferry
Tan Dun
Composer
18-Aug-1957   Heaven, Earth, Mankind
Bob Dylan
Musician
24-May-1941   The Times They Are A-Changin'
Steve Earle
Singer/Songwriter
17-Jan-1955   Hardcore Troubadour
Sheena Easton
Singer
27-Apr-1959   My Baby Takes The Morning Train
Fred Ebb
Musician
8-Apr-1935 11-Sep-2004 Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Musician
10-Apr-1958   Put Your Heart on the Line
Duke Ellington
Jazz Musician
29-Apr-1899 24-May-1974 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Eminem
Rapper
17-Oct-1972   The Real Slim Shady
Enya
Musician
17-May-1961   Orinoco Flow
Ahmet Ertegün
Business
21-Jul-1923 14-Dec-2006 Atlantic Records co-founder
Bill Evans
Jazz Musician
16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 Jazz pianist
Eve
Rapper
10-Nov-1978   Paw-tattooed rapper
Donald Fagen
Musician
10-Jan-1948   Keyboards and vocals for Steely Dan
Percy Faith
Musician
7-Apr-1908 9-Feb-1976 Easy listening arranger and composer
Harold Faltermeyer
Electronic Musician
5-Oct-1952   Axel F
Eileen Farrell
Singer
13-Feb-1920 23-Mar-2002 Operatic soprano
José Feliciano
Singer
10-Sep-1945   Feliz Navidad
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Roberta Flack
Singer
10-Feb-1939   Killing Me Softly with His Song
John Flansburgh
Musician
6-May-1960   They Might Be Giants
Bela Fleck
Musician
10-Jul-1958   Banjo virtuoso
Renée Fleming
Singer
14-Feb-1959   The Beautiful Voice
Pierre Fournier
Cellist
24-Jun-1906 8-Jan-1986 French cello virtuoso
Aretha Franklin
Singer
25-Mar-1942   R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Melvin Franklin
Singer
12-Oct-1942 23-Feb-1995 Bass vocals for The Temptations
Nelly Furtado
Musician
2-Dec-1978   Whoa, Nelly!
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Gale Garnett
Singer
17-Jul-1942   We’ll Sing In The Sunshine
Larry Gatlin
Country Musician
2-May-1948   One of the Gatlin Brothers
Gloria Gaynor
Singer
7-Sep-1949   I Will Survive
Bobbie Gentry
Singer
27-Jul-1944   Ode to Billie Joe
Stan Getz
Jazz Musician
2-Feb-1927 6-Jun-1991 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Vince Gill
Country Musician
12-Apr-1957   Country music singer
Carlo Maria Giulini
Conductor
9-May-1914 14-Jun-2005 LA Philharmonic Music Director, 1978-84
Evelyn Glennie
Drummer
19-Jul-1965   Astonishing classical percussionist
Benny Goodman
Jazz Musician
30-May-1909 13-Jun-1986 Bespectacled jazz clarinetist
Dexter Gordon
Jazz Musician
27-Feb-1923 25-Apr-1990 Influential bop saxophonist
Eydie Gorme
Musician
16-Aug-1931   Blame it on the Bossa Nova
Robert Goulet
Singer
26-Nov-1933 30-Oct-2007 Baritone star of stage and screen
Amy Grant
Singer/Songwriter
25-Nov-1960   Christian rocker
Johnny Green
Composer
10-Oct-1908 15-May-1989 Body and Soul
Lee Greenwood
Country Musician
27-Oct-1942   God Bless the U.S.A.
Andy Griffith
Actor
1-Jun-1926 3-Jul-2012 Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show
Nanci Griffith
Singer/Songwriter
6-Jul-1953   Other Voices, Other Rooms
Robert Guillaume
Actor
30-Nov-1927   Benson
Woody Guthrie
Singer/Songwriter
14-Jul-1912 3-Oct-1967 Folk legend
Charlie Haden
Jazz Musician
6-Aug-1937   Jazz bassist
Jerry Hadley
Singer
16-Jun-1952 18-Jul-2007 Operatic tenor
Lani Hall
Musician
6-Nov-1948   The voice of Brasil '66
Jan Hammer
Musician
17-Apr-1948   Wrote the theme for Miami Vice
MC Hammer
Singer/Songwriter
30-Mar-1962   Can't touch this
Herbie Hancock
Jazz Musician
12-Apr-1940   Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist
Emmylou Harris
Country Musician
2-Apr-1947   Pieces of the Sky
George Harrison
Musician
25-Feb-1943 29-Nov-2001 Beatle
Donny Hathaway
Singer
1-Oct-1945 13-Jan-1979 Where Is The Love?
Isaac Hayes
Musician
20-Aug-1942 10-Aug-2008 Theme from Shaft
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist
27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
Jim Henson
Performance Artist
24-Sep-1936 16-May-1990 Creator of the Muppets
Billy Higgins
Jazz Musician
11-Oct-1936 3-May-2001 Leading free-jazz and bop drummer
Lauryn Hill
Singer
26-May-1975   Soul/hip hop singer and producer
Al Hirt
Jazz Musician
7-Nov-1922 27-Apr-1999 Dixieland trumpet player
John Lee Hooker
Musician
22-Aug-1917 21-Jun-2001 Prominent blues musician
Shirley Horn
Musician
1-May-1934 20-Oct-2005 Here's To Life
James Horner
Composer
14-Aug-1953   Scored Titanic
Bruce Hornsby
Musician
23-Nov-1954   Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Vladimir Horowitz
Pianist
1-Oct-1903 5-Nov-1989 Virtuoso pianist
Cissy Houston
Singer
30-Sep-1933   Gospel singer, Mother of Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Singer
9-Aug-1963 11-Feb-2012 Diva and cautionary tale
Chad Hugo
Music Producer
1974   The Neptunes
Zakir Hussain
Drummer
9-Mar-1951   Virtuoso tabla player
Janis Ian
Singer/Songwriter
7-Apr-1951   Society's Child
Eugene Istomin
Pianist
26-Nov-1925 10-Oct-2003 American piano prodigy
LL Cool J
Rapper
14-Jan-1968   Ladies Love Cool James
Alan Jackson
Country Musician
17-Oct-1958   Don't Rock The Jukebox
Mahalia Jackson
Singer
26-Oct-1911 27-Jan-1972 Queen of Gospel Music
Randy Jackson
TV Personality
23-Jun-1956   American Idol judge
T. D. Jakes
Religion
9-Jun-1957   Televangelist
Etta James
Singer
25-Jan-1938 20-Jan-2012 Soul Diva
Rick James
Musician
1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 Superfreak
Maurice Jarre
Composer
13-Sep-1924 29-Mar-2009 Score to Lawrence of Arabia
Al Jarreau
Singer
12-Mar-1940   We're In This Love Together
Jay-Z
Rapper
4-Dec-1969   Can I Get A...
Waylon Jennings
Country Musician
15-Jun-1937 13-Feb-2002 Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
Dr. John
Musician
21-Nov-1940   Right Place, Wrong Time
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eric Johnson
Guitarist
17-Aug-1954   Ah Via Musicom
Bruce Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
27-Jun-1942   Beach Boy
Jack Jones
Singer
14-Jan-1938   The Impossible Dream
Norah Jones
Singer
30-Mar-1979   Come Away With Me
Quincy Jones
Music Producer
14-Mar-1933   Musician, Composer, Producer
Rickie Lee Jones
Musician
8-Nov-1954   Chuck E's in Love
Tom Jones
Singer
7-Jun-1940   It's Not Unusual
Michael Kamen
Composer
15-Apr-1948 18-Nov-2003 Prolific film composer and conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa
Singer
6-Mar-1944   Operatic soprano
R. Kelly
Musician
8-Jan-1967   Trapped In The Closet
Alicia Keys
Singer
25-Jan-1981   Fallin'
Lil' Kim
Rapper
11-Jul-1974   Wore a pastie to the 1999 MTV Video Awards
B. B. King
Musician
16-Sep-1925   King of the Blues
Gladys Knight
Singer
28-May-1944   Lords dominion over The Pips
Diana Krall
Jazz Musician
16-Nov-1964   Sultry jazz sensation
Alison Krauss
Musician
23-Jul-1971   Bluegrass fiddle prodigy
Kris Kristofferson
Actor
22-Jun-1936   Me and Bobby McGee
Patti LaBelle
Singer
24-May-1944   Lady Marmalade
kd lang
Singer
2-Nov-1961   Majuscule-deficient lesbian singer
Queen Latifah
Rapper
18-Mar-1970   All Hail the Queen
Cyndi Lauper
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jun-1953   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Peggy Lee
Singer
26-May-1920 21-Jan-2002 Is That All There Is?
John Legend
Musician
28-Dec-1978   Get Lifted
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Annie Lennox
Singer/Songwriter
25-Dec-1954   Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)
Eugene Levy
Comic
17-Dec-1946   Earl Camembert from SCTV
Ramsey Lewis
Jazz Musician
27-May-1935   Ramsey Lewis Trio
John Linnell
Musician
12-Jun-1959   They Might Be Giants
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Singer
27-May-1971 25-Apr-2002 Member of TLC
Patty Loveless
Country Musician
4-Jan-1957   "New traditionalist" country singer
Lyle Lovett
Country Musician
1-Nov-1957   The Road to Ensenada
Shelby Lynne
Country Musician
22-Oct-1968   Country/rock singer/songwriter
Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist
7-Oct-1955   Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble
Madonna
Singer/Songwriter
16-Aug-1958   Like a Virgin
Beenie Man
Rapper
22-Aug-1973   Prominent Jamaican dancehall rapper
Melissa Manchester
Singer/Songwriter
15-Feb-1951   Adult contemporary songwriter
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
Cheech Marin
Actor
13-Jul-1946   The stoned half of Cheech and Chong
Bob Marley
Singer/Songwriter
6-Feb-1945 11-May-1981 No Woman No Cry
Bruno Mars
Singer/Songwriter
8-Oct-1985   Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Branford Marsalis
Jazz Musician
26-Aug-1960   Saxophonist
Ricky Martin
Singer
24-Dec-1971   Livin' La Vida Loca
Steve Martin
Comic
14-Aug-1945   The Jerk
Richard Marx
Singer/Songwriter
16-Sep-1963   Songwriter, former mulleteer
Johnny Mathis
Singer
30-Sep-1935   He's as helpless as a kitten up a tree
Dave Matthews
Musician
9-Jan-1967   The Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
Musician
16-Oct-1977   Your Body Is a Wonderland
Paul McCartney
Musician
18-Jun-1942   Beatle
Donnie McClurkin
Singer
9-Nov-1959   Gospel singer, former homosexual
Van McCoy
Musician
6-Jan-1940 6-Jul-1979 The Hustle
Michael McDonald
Musician
12-Feb-1952   White pop/soul vocalist
Reba McEntire
Country Musician
28-Mar-1955   The Queen of Country Music
Tim McGraw
Country Musician
1-May-1967   Not a Moment Too Soon
Michael McKean
Actor
17-Oct-1947   This Is Spinal Tap, SNL
Rod McKuen
Poet
29-Apr-1933   A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Sarah McLachlan
Musician
28-Jan-1968   Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Vaughn Meader
Comic
20-Mar-1936 29-Oct-2004 Comedian, JFK mimic
John Cougar Mellencamp
Singer/Songwriter
7-Oct-1951   Jack and Diane
Pat Metheny
Jazz Musician
12-Aug-1954   Jazz musician
George Michael
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1963   Faith
Bette Midler
Singer
1-Dec-1945   Ol' Red Hair
Julia Migenes
Singer
13-Mar-1949   Operatic soprano
Luis Miguel
Singer
19-Apr-1970   No se tú
Jody Miller
Country Musician
29-Nov-1941   Queen of the House
Mitch Miller
Musician
4-Jul-1911 31-Jul-2010 Sing Along with Mitch
Roger Miller
Country Musician
2-Jan-1936 25-Oct-1992 King of the Road
Stephanie Mills
Singer
22-Mar-1957   The Wiz
Nathan Milstein
Violinist
31-Dec-1904 21-Dec-1992 Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach
Liza Minnelli
Singer
12-Mar-1946   Cabaret
Kylie Minogue
Singer/Songwriter
28-May-1968   Red-blooded Australian pop singer
Monica
Singer
24-Oct-1980   Miss Thang
Wes Montgomery
Jazz Musician
6-Mar-1925 15-Jun-1968 Superb jazz guitarist
Alanis Morissette
Singer
1-Jun-1974   Jagged Little Pill
Giorgio Moroder
Music Producer
26-Apr-1940   Disco producer and composer
Ennio Morricone
Composer
10-Nov-1928   Scored The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Van Morrison
Singer/Songwriter
31-Aug-1945   Central figure of the Belfast blues scene
Jason Mraz
Musician
23-Jun-1977   Curbside Prophet
Anne Murray
Singer
20-Jun-1945   Mellow Canadian singer
Mya
Musician
10-Oct-1978   My Love Is Like...Wo
Alannah Myles
Singer/Songwriter
25-Dec-1958   Black Velvet
Milton Nascimento
Singer/Songwriter
26-Oct-1942   Clube da Esquina
Peter Nero
Pianist
22-May-1934   Philly Pops
Aaron Neville
Musician
24-Jan-1941   Nature Boy
Randy Newman
Songwriter
28-Nov-1943   I Love L.A., Short People
Mike Nichols
Film Director
6-Nov-1931   Primary Colors
Barack Obama
Head of State
4-Aug-1961   44th President of the United States
Roy Orbison
Singer/Songwriter
23-Apr-1936 6-Dec-1988 Pretty Woman
William Orbit
Electronic Musician
15-Dec-1956   Electronic music performer and producer
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
K. T. Oslin
Country Musician
15-May-1941   Prominent country music singer
Jimmy Page
Guitarist
9-Jan-1944   Led Zeppelin Guitarist
Patti Page
Singer
8-Nov-1927   The Tennessee Waltz
Robert Palmer
Singer
19-Jan-1949 26-Sep-2003 Addicted To Love
Dolly Parton
Country Musician
19-Jan-1946   Jolene
Jaco Pastorius
Jazz Musician
1-Dec-1951 21-Sep-1987 Bassist for Weather Report
Les Paul
Guitarist
9-Jun-1915 13-Aug-2009 Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer
Krzysztof Penderecki
Composer
23-Nov-1933   Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Itzhak Perlman
Violinist
31-Aug-1945   Israeli violinist
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Music Producer
20-Mar-1936   The Upsetter, dub pioneer
Oscar Peterson
Jazz Musician
15-Aug-1925 24-Dec-2007 Maharajah of the keyboard
Tom Petty
Musician
20-Oct-1950   Don't Come Around Here No More
Michelle Phillips
Singer/Songwriter
4-Jun-1944   The Mamas and the Papas
Edith Piaf
Singer
19-Dec-1915 11-Oct-1963 Internationally-renowned French chanteuse
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Pink
Singer
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
Robert Plant
Singer
20-Aug-1948   Lead singer of Led Zeppelin
Anita Pointer
Musician
23-Jan-1948   The Pointer Sisters
June Pointer
Musician
30-Nov-1953 11-Apr-2006 The Pointer Sisters
Ruth Pointer
Musician
19-Mar-1946   The Pointer Sisters
Elvis Presley
Singer
8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Leontyne Price
Singer
10-Feb-1927   Operatic soprano
Charley Pride
Country Musician
18-Mar-1938   First black country music star
Prince
Musician
7-Jun-1958   Purple Rain
Tito Puente
Musician
20-Apr-1923 31-May-2000 Popular Latin bandleader
?uestlove
Drummer
20-Jan-1971   Drummer for The Roots
Bonnie Raitt
Singer
8-Nov-1949   Redhaired blueswoman
Lou Rawls
Singer
1-Dec-1935 6-Jan-2006 Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer
Otis Redding
Singer/Songwriter
9-Sep-1941 10-Dec-1967 Dock of the Bay
Jerry Reed
Country Musician
20-Mar-1937 1-Sep-2008 When You're Hot, You're Hot
Lou Reed
Musician
2-Mar-1942   The Velvet Underground
Martha Reeves
Singer
18-Jul-1941   Martha and the Vandellas
Steve Reich
Composer
3-Oct-1936   Minimalist composer, Different Trains
Django Reinhardt
Jazz Musician
23-Jan-1910 16-May-1953 Gypsy jazz guitarist
Lionel Richie
Singer/Songwriter
20-Jun-1949   All Night Long, former Commodore
Jeannie C. Riley
Singer
9-Oct-1945   Harper Valley P.T.A.
Teddy Riley
Musician
8-Oct-1966   The King of New Jack Swing
Paul Robeson
Singer
9-Apr-1898 23-Jan-1976 20th Century renaissance man
Smokey Robinson
Singer/Songwriter
19-Feb-1940   Motown singer, A Quiet Storm
Kenny Rogers
Country Musician
21-Aug-1938   The Gambler
Sonny Rollins
Jazz Musician
7-Sep-1930   Tenor sax master
Linda Ronstadt
Singer
15-Jul-1946   Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
Diana Ross
Singer
26-Mar-1944   Dominion over The Supremes
Mstislav Rostropovich
Cellist
27-Mar-1927 27-Apr-2007 Cellist and conductor
Leon Russell
Musician
2-Apr-1942   Producer, session player, etc.
Sade
Singer
16-Jan-1959   Smooth Operator
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Pianist
17-Jan-1952   Yellow Magic Orchestra
Carlos Santana
Musician
20-Jul-1947   House is dark, pots are cold
Alejandro Sanz
Singer
18-Dec-1968   Más
Leo Sayer
Singer/Songwriter
21-May-1948   You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Diane Schuur
Musician
1953   The New First Lady of Jazz
Tom Scott
Musician
19-May-1948   Prolific composer, session player
Angus Scrimm
Actor
19-Aug-1929   The Tall Man in Phantasm
Earl Scruggs
Musician
6-Jan-1924 28-Mar-2012 Bluegrass banjo pioneer
Seal
Singer
19-Feb-1963   Kiss From A Rose
Jon Secada
Singer/Songwriter
4-Oct-1961   Latin heartthrob
Neil Sedaka
Singer/Songwriter
13-Mar-1939   Laughter In The Rain
Bob Seger
Musician
6-May-1945   And the Silver Bullet Band
Shabba Ranks
Rapper
17-Jan-1966   Ragga DJ
Shakira
Singer
2-Feb-1977   Latin American legend
Artie Shaw
Musician
23-May-1910 30-Dec-2004 Clarinetist, big band leader
Richard M. Sherman
Songwriter
12-Jun-1928   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Robert B. Sherman
Songwriter
19-Dec-1925 5-Mar-2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mike Shinoda
Musician
11-Feb-1977   Singer/instrumentalist for Linkin Park
Wayne Shorter
Jazz Musician
25-Aug-1933   Influential sax player and jazz composer
Beverly Sills
Singer
25-May-1929 2-Jul-2007 Soprano at the New York City Opera
Shel Silverstein
Poet
25-Sep-1930 10-May-1999 Where the Sidewalk Ends
Carly Simon
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1945   You're So Vain
Frank Sinatra
Singer
12-Dec-1915 14-May-1998 It's Frank's world, we just live in it
Ricky Skaggs
Country Musician
18-Jul-1954   Country music singer
Slash
Guitarist
23-Jul-1965   Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues
Harry Smith
Musicologist
29-May-1923 26-Nov-1991 Anthology of American Folk Music
Kate Smith
Singer
1-May-1907 17-Jun-1986 God Bless America
Will Smith
Actor
25-Sep-1968   Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Joe South
Musician
28-Feb-1940   Southern singer/songwriter and session guitarist
Britney Spears
Singer
2-Dec-1981   Oops!... I Did it Again
Caroll Spinney
TV Personality
26-Dec-1933   Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
Rick Springfield
Musician
23-Aug-1949   Jessie's Girl
Jo Stafford
Singer
12-Nov-1917 16-Jul-2008 You Belong to Me
Ringo Starr
Drummer
7-Jul-1940   Beatle
Gwen Stefani
Singer
3-Oct-1969   No Doubt
Isaac Stern
Violinist
21-Jul-1920 22-Sep-2001 Violin virtuoso
Ray Stevens
Country Musician
24-Jan-1939   "The Streak"
Patrick Stewart
Actor
13-Jul-1940   Captain Picard in Star Trek: TNG
Sting
Singer/Songwriter
2-Oct-1951   Lead singer of The Police
Barbra Streisand
Singer
24-Apr-1942   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Donna Summer
Singer
31-Dec-1948 17-May-2012 Hot Stuff
Andy Summers
Guitarist
31-Dec-1942   Guitarist for The Police
Joan Sutherland
Singer
7-Nov-1926 10-Oct-2010 "La Stupenda" opera soprano
Art Tatum
Jazz Musician
13-Oct-1909 5-Nov-1956 Greatest jazz pianist of all time
Billy Taylor
Jazz Musician
24-Jul-1921 28-Dec-2010 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
James Taylor
Singer/Songwriter
12-Mar-1948   Seen fire, rain
Koko Taylor
Singer
28-Sep-1928 3-Jun-2009 "Wang Dang Doodle"
Tammi Terrell
Singer
29-Apr-1945 16-Mar-1970 Singing partner with Marvin Gaye
Rob Thomas
Musician
14-Feb-1972   Frontman of Matchbox Twenty
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas
Musician
27-Feb-1971   One third of TLC
Pam Tillis
Country Musician
24-Jul-1957   Maybe It Was Memphis
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
21-Dec-1944   Music Director, SF Symphony
Justin Timberlake
Singer
31-Jan-1981   *NSYNC
Cal Tjader
Jazz Musician
16-Jul-1925 5-May-1982 Latin-jazz bandleader
Lily Tomlin
Actor
1-Sep-1939   Laugh-In
Mel Tormé
Singer
13-Sep-1925 5-Jun-1999 The Velvet Fog
Ali Farka Touré
Guitarist
1939 7-Mar-2006 Bluesman of Africa, Talking Timbuktu
Merle Travis
Country Musician
29-Nov-1917 20-Oct-1983 Influential fingerpicking country guitarist
Tre Cool
Drummer
9-Dec-1972   Drummer for Green Day
Travis Tritt
Country Musician
9-Feb-1963   Country music star with four #1 singles
Ike Turner
Musician
5-Nov-1931 12-Dec-2007 River Deep, Mountain High
Keith Urban
Country Musician
26-Oct-1967   Country crooner
Steve Vai
Guitarist
6-Jun-1960   Ex-Zappa guitar mangler, backyard apiarist
Dick Van Dyke
Actor
13-Dec-1925   The Dick Van Dyke Show
Luther Vandross
Singer
20-Apr-1951 1-Jul-2005 R&B Singer, Never Too Much
Sarah Vaughan
Singer
28-Mar-1924 3-Apr-1990 The Divine One
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitarist
3-Oct-1954 27-Aug-1990 Blues guitarist
Caetano Veloso
Musician
7-Aug-1942   Brazilian musical legend; founder of Tropicalismo
Justin Vernon
Singer/Songwriter
30-Apr-1981   Frontman for Bon Iver
Chris Vrenna
Drummer
23-Feb-1967   Drummer for Nine Inch Nails
Porter Wagoner
Country Musician
12-Aug-1927 28-Oct-2007 The Thin Man from West Plains
Bunny Wailer
Singer
10-Apr-1947   Co-founder of The Wailers
Rupert Wainwright
Film Director
30-Nov-1961   Stigmata
Tom Waits
Singer/Songwriter
7-Dec-1949   Heartattack and Vine
T-Bone Walker
Guitarist
28-May-1910 16-Mar-1975 Highly influential blues guitarist
Bill Ward
Drummer
5-May-1948   Drummer for Black Sabbath
Jennifer Warnes
Singer/Songwriter
3-Mar-1947   The Time of My Life
Dionne Warwick
Singer
12-Dec-1940   Walk On By
Dinah Washington
Singer
29-Aug-1924 14-Dec-1963 Queen of the Blues
Ethel Waters
Singer
31-Oct-1896 1-Sep-1977 Sweet Mama Stringbean
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
Singer
26-Apr-1970   Founding member of TLC
Jody Watley
Singer/Songwriter
30-Jan-1959   Hasta la vista, baby
Doc Watson
Guitarist
2-Mar-1923 29-May-2012 Two Days in November
André Watts
Pianist
20-Jun-1946   American piano prodigy
Jimmy Webb
Songwriter
15-Aug-1946   Up, Up, and Away!
Cynthia Weil
Songwriter
18-Oct-1937   Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil
Kitty Wells
Country Musician
30-Aug-1919 16-Jul-2012 First Queen of Country Music
Dottie West
Country Musician
11-Oct-1932 4-Sep-1991 Country Sunshine
Barry White
Singer
12-Sep-1944 4-Jul-2003 Soulful R&B singer
Deniece Williams
Singer
3-Jun-1951   Let's Hear It For The Boy
Hank Williams, Jr.
Country Musician
26-May-1949   Monday Night Football theme
Hank Williams, Sr.
Country Musician
17-Sep-1923 1-Jan-1953 Take These Chains From My Heart
Lucinda Williams
Musician
26-Jan-1953   Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Paul Williams
Singer/Songwriter
19-Sep-1940   Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Pharrell Williams
Music Producer
5-Apr-1973   The Neptunes
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Mork from Ork
Bob Wills
Musician
6-Mar-1905 13-May-1975 King of Western Swing
Cassandra Wilson
Singer
4-Dec-1955   New Moon Daughter
Mary Wilson
Singer
6-Mar-1944   The Supremes
Nancy Wilson
Singer
20-Feb-1937   Jazz and pop diva
CeCe Winans
Singer
8-Oct-1964   Alone in His Presence
Amy Winehouse
Singer
14-Sep-1983 23-Jul-2011 Rehab
Steve Winwood
Musician
12-May-1948   Keyboardist, Traffic, Blind Faith
Bill Withers
Singer/Songwriter
4-Jul-1938   Lean on Me
Stevie Wonder
Singer/Songwriter
13-May-1950   Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
Tammy Wynette
Country Musician
5-May-1942 6-Apr-1998 Stand By Your Man
Frankie Yankovic
Musician
15-Jul-1915 14-Oct-1998 America's Polka King
Weird Al Yankovic
Musician
23-Oct-1959   White & Nerdy
Trisha Yearwood
Country Musician
19-Sep-1964   Country-folk singer
Dwight Yoakam
Country Musician
23-Oct-1956   Country star, This Time
Young MC
Musician
10-May-1967   "Bust a Move"
Neil Young
Singer/Songwriter
12-Nov-1945   Harvest
Frank Zappa
Composer
21-Dec-1940 4-Dec-1993 Joe's Garage
Hans Zimmer
Composer
12-Sep-1957   The Buggles


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