| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Johnny Ace |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jun-1929 |
25-Dec-1954 |
R&B star, shot himself |
| Ryan Adams |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Nov-1974 |
|
Heartbreaker |
| Peter Allen |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Feb-1944 |
18-Jun-1992 |
I Go To Rio |
| Marc Almond |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jul-1956 |
|
Contemporary cabaret vocalist, Soft Cell |
| Brett Anderson |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Sep-1967 |
|
Former Suede vocalist |
| Paul Anka |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jul-1941 |
|
Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
| Joan Armatrading |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Dec-1950 |
|
Eclectic folk performer |
| Joan Baez |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jan-1941 |
|
Diamonds and Rust |
| Devendra Banhart |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-May-1981 |
|
Modern-day wandering minstrel |
| Harry Belafonte |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Mar-1927 |
|
Calypso singer |
| Andrew Bird |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Jul-1973 |
|
The Mysterious Production of Eggs |
| Frank Black |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
Pixies frontman |
| Michael Bolton |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1954 |
|
Love Is a Wonderful Thing |
| Gary "U.S." Bonds |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Jun-1939 |
|
New Orleans |
| Michelle Branch |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Jul-1983 |
|
Are You Happy Now? |
| Jacques Brel |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Apr-1929 |
9-Oct-1978 |
Legendary chanson singer and songwriter |
| Isaac Brock |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jul-1977 |
|
Frontman for Modest Mouse |
| Danny Joe Brown |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1951 |
10-Mar-2005 |
Singer for Molly Hatchet |
| Jackson Browne |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Running on Empty |
| Tim Buckley |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Feb-1947 |
29-Jun-1975 |
Experimental singer/songwriter |
| Jimmy Buffett |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Dec-1946 |
|
Margaritaville |
| Solomon Burke |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Mar-1936 |
|
Self-styled King of Rock and Soul |
| Smiley Burnette |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Mar-1911 |
16-Feb-1967 |
Frog Millhouse |
| Pete Burns |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Aug-1959 |
|
Dead or Alive |
| Jerry Butler |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1939 |
|
The Ice Man |
| Mariah Carey |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-Mar-1969 |
|
Diva with seventeen #1 hits |
| Kim Carnes |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jul-1946 |
|
Bette Davis Eyes |
| Neko Case |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
New Pornographers |
| Peter Cetera |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Sep-1944 |
|
Lead singer, Chicago |
| Lou Christie |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Feb-1943 |
|
Lightning Strikes Again |
| Gene Clark |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Nov-1944 |
24-May-1991 |
The Byrds, No Other |
| Jimmy Cliff |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Apr-1948 |
|
Reggae musician |
| Bruce Cockburn |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-May-1945 |
|
Rocket Launcher |
| Jarvis Cocker |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Sep-1963 |
|
Frontman, Pulp |
| Joe Cocker |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-May-1944 |
|
Singer-slash-contortionist |
| Leonard Cohen |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Sep-1934 |
|
Everybody Knows |
| Marc Cohn |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Jul-1959 |
|
Walking In Memphis |
| Keyshia Cole |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Oct-1981 |
|
The Way It Is |
| Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
| Phil Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Lead singer of Genesis |
| Shawn Colvin |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1956 |
|
Sunny Came Home |
| Jim Croce |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1943 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Time in a Bottle |
| Jim Dale |
Actor |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Me and My Girl |
| Lacy J. Dalton |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Oct-1948 |
|
Crazy Blue Eyes |
| Ron Davies |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jan-1946 |
30-Oct-2003 |
Southern singer/songwriter |
| Jimmie Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Sep-1899 |
5-Nov-2000 |
You Are My Sunshine |
| Mac Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jan-1942 |
|
Rock/Country Singer/Songwriter |
| Howie Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jan-1981 |
|
Stop All the World Now |
| Desmond Dekker |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Jul-1941 |
25-May-2006 |
Israelites |
| Grey DeLisle |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1973 |
|
Singer and voice actress |
| Kat DeLuna |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Nov-1987 |
|
Whine Up |
| Jackie DeShannon |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Aug-1944 |
|
Put a Little Love in Your Heart |
| Dennis DeYoung |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Feb-1947 |
|
Former lead singer, Styx |
| Neil Diamond |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Cherry Baby |
| Ani DiFranco |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Sep-1970 |
|
Bisexual folk/punk icon |
| Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
| Donovan |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-May-1946 |
|
Mad about saffron |
| Nick Drake |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Jun-1948 |
25-Nov-1974 |
Pink Moon |
| Leslie Duncan |
Singer/Songwriter |
1950 |
|
British vocalist, Love Song |
| Jacques Dutronc |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Apr-1943 |
|
Les Cactus |
| Roky Erickson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jul-1947 |
|
13th Floor Elevators |
| Gloria Estefan |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Sep-1957 |
|
The Miami Sound Machine |
| Faith Evans |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jun-1973 |
|
Notorious B.I.G.'s widow |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Feist |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Feb-1976 |
|
The Reminder |
| Ben Folds |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Pianist, Ben Folds Five |
| Willa Ford |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1981 |
|
I Wanna Be Bad |
| Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| Art Garfunkel |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Nov-1941 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
| David Gates |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Dec-1939 |
|
Lead singer of Bread |
| Boy George |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Jun-1961 |
|
Karma Chameleon |
| Lisa Germano |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Jan-1958 |
|
Geek the Girl |
| MC Hammer |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Mar-1962 |
|
Can't touch this |
| Tim Hardin |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Dec-1941 |
29-Dec-1980 |
If I Were a Carpenter |
| Françoise Hardy |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Jan-1944 |
|
The Yeh-Yeh Girl |
| Darren Hayes |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-May-1972 |
|
Savage Garden vocalist |
| Francis Healy |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Frontman for Travis |
| Imogen Heap |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Dec-1977 |
|
Speak for Yourself |
| Nona Hendryx |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1944 |
|
Soul vocalist, Labelle songwriter |
| Keri Hilson |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-Oct-1982 |
|
The Way I Are |
| Robyn Hitchcock |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Mar-1953 |
|
Quirky songwriter |
| John Holt |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Jul-1947 |
|
Reggae singer, lead vocalist for The Paragons |
| Natalie Imbruglia |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Feb-1975 |
|
Torn |
| Ivy Queen |
Rapper |
4-Mar-1972 |
|
Queen of Reggaeton |
| Terry Jacks |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Mar-1944 |
|
Seasons in the Sun |
| Mick Jagger |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Jul-1943 |
|
Lead singer of the Rolling Stones |
| Jandek |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Oct-1945 |
|
Reclusive Texan songwriter |
| Bert Jansch |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Nov-1943 |
|
Pentangle |
| Lyfe Jennings |
Singer/Songwriter |
1978 |
|
The Phoenix |
| Jewel |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-May-1974 |
|
Who will save her soul |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Bennie and the Jets |
| Daniel Johnston |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1961 |
|
Hi How Are You? |
| Grace Jones |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-May-1952 |
|
Slave to the Rhythm |
| Howard Jones |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Feb-1955 |
|
New Song |
| Gary Kemp |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Oct-1959 |
|
Spandau Ballet |
| Ben E. King |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Sep-1938 |
|
Stand By Me |
| Carole King |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Feb-1942 |
|
It Might As Well Rain Until September |
| Mark Lanegan |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Nov-1964 |
|
Screaming Trees frontman |
| Cyndi Lauper |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jun-1953 |
|
Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
| Tom Lehrer |
Comic |
9-Apr-1928 |
|
Comedic songwriter |
| Annie Lennox |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Dec-1954 |
|
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) |
| Bob Lind |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Nov-1942 |
|
Elusive Butterfly |
| Lisa Loeb |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Mar-1968 |
|
Stay (I Missed You) |
| Kenny Loggins |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Jan-1948 |
|
Footloose singer |
| Mike Love |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Mar-1941 |
|
The Beach Boys |
| Frankie Lymon |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Sep-1942 |
28-Feb-1968 |
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers |
| Madonna |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Aug-1958 |
|
Truth or Dare |
| Melissa Manchester |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Feb-1951 |
|
Adult contemporary songwriter |
| Barry Manilow |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
I Write The Songs |
| Marilyn Manson |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Jan-1969 |
|
Goth shock rocker |
| Bob Marley |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Feb-1945 |
11-May-1981 |
No Woman No Cry |
| Rita Marley |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jul-1946 |
|
Reggae vocalist, Bob Marley's widow |
| Chan Marshall |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jan-1972 |
|
Cat Power |
| Richard Marx |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Sep-1963 |
|
Songwriter, former mulleteer |
| Ian McCulloch |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-May-1959 |
|
Echo and the Bunnymen |
| Don McLean |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Oct-1945 |
|
American Pie |
| Bill Medley |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Sep-1940 |
|
The Righteous Brothers |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Oct-1951 |
|
Jack and Diane |
| Freddie Mercury |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Sep-1946 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Lead singer, Queen |
| Stephin Merritt |
Singer/Songwriter |
1966 |
|
The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths |
| George Michael |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1963 |
|
Celebrity masturbator |
| Dannii Minogue |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Oct-1971 |
|
Love's On Every Corner |
| Kylie Minogue |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-May-1968 |
|
Red-blooded Australian pop singer |
| Joni Mitchell |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Nov-1943 |
|
Big Yellow Taxi |
| Momus |
Critic |
11-Feb-1960 |
|
Scottish music critic, famous for 15 people |
| Eddie Money |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Mar-1949 |
|
Take Me Home Tonight |
| R. Stevie Moore |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Jan-1952 |
|
Prolific DIY pop musician |
| Jim Morrison |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1943 |
3-Jul-1971 |
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors |
| Alannah Myles |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Dec-1958 |
|
Black Velvet |
| Milton Nascimento |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Oct-1942 |
|
Clube da Esquina |
| Ne-Yo |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1982 |
|
R&B singer, In My Own Words |
| Randy Newman |
Musician |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
I Love L.A., Short People |
| Stevie Nicks |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-May-1948 |
|
Fleetwood Mac |
| Harry Nilsson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jun-1941 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Me and My Arrow |
| Paolo Nutini |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jan-1987 |
|
These Streets |
| Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
| Conor Oberst |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Feb-1980 |
|
Emo cloud responsible for Bright Eyes |
| Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Roy Orbison |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Apr-1936 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Pretty Woman |
| Beth Orton |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Dec-1970 |
|
Folk singer/songwriter |
| Joan Osborne |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jul-1962 |
|
One of Us |
| Tom Paxton |
Singer/Songwriter |
31-Oct-1937 |
|
Rambling Boy |
| Teddy Pendergrass |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Mar-1950 |
|
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes |
| Michelle Phillips |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Jun-1944 |
|
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Boris Pickett |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Feb-1938 |
25-Apr-2007 |
Monster Mash |
| Wilson Pickett |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Mar-1941 |
19-Jan-2006 |
In the Midnight Hour |
| Pink |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
| Gene Pitney |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Feb-1940 |
5-Apr-2006 |
60s teen idol and songwriter |
| Iggy Pop |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Apr-1947 |
|
Iggy and the Stooges |
| Amy Ray |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Apr-1964 |
|
The Indigo Girls |
| Otis Redding |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1941 |
10-Dec-1967 |
Dock of the Bay |
| Helen Reddy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Oct-1941 |
|
She is Woman |
| Damien Rice |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1970 |
|
Irish singer, O |
| Lionel Richie |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jun-1949 |
|
All Night Long, former Commodore |
| Stan Ridgway |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Apr-1954 |
|
Lead singer, Wall of Voodoo |
| Smokey Robinson |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Feb-1940 |
|
Motown singer, A Quiet Storm |
| Mitch Ryder |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1945 |
|
Devil with a Blue Dress On |
| Melanie Safka |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
Brand New Key |
| Hope Sandoval |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jun-1966 |
|
Mazzy Star |
| 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 |
| Mark E. Smith |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Mar-1957 |
|
The Fall |
| Mighty Sparrow |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jul-1935 |
|
Calypso King of the World |
| Regina Spektor |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Feb-1980 |
|
Anti-folk singer |
| Danielle Spencer |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-May-1970 |
|
Wife of Russell Crowe |
| Cat Stevens |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jul-1948 |
|
Morning Has Broken |
| Shakin' Stevens |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Mar-1948 |
|
Welsh rockabilly, This Ole House |
| Sufjan Stevens |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Jul-1975 |
|
Indie folk performer |
| Al Stewart |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Sep-1945 |
|
Year of the Cat |
| Sting |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Oct-1951 |
|
Lead singer of The Police |
| Paul Stookey |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Dec-1937 |
|
The Paul in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| Al B. Sure |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Jun-1969 |
|
In Effect Mode |
| James Taylor |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
Seen fire, rain |
| KT Tunstall |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Jun-1975 |
|
Eye to the Telescope |
| Jeff Tweedy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Aug-1967 |
|
Lead singer of Wilco |
| Brooke Valentine |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Oct-1984 |
|
R&B singer, Chain Letter |
| Andrew W.K. |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-May-1979 |
|
It's Time To Party |
| Loudon Wainwright III |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
Rufus was a Tit-Man |
| Jennifer Warnes |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Mar-1947 |
|
The Time of My Life |
| Jody Watley |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1959 |
|
Hasta la vista, baby |
| Dean Ween |
Guitarist |
25-Sep-1970 |
|
Ween |
| Gene Ween |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Mar-1970 |
|
Ween |
| Victor Willis |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Jul-1951 |
|
Original cop in The Village People |
| Howlin' Wolf |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jun-1910 |
10-Jan-1976 |
Blues guitarist |
| Stevie Wonder |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-May-1950 |
|
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered |
| Steve Young |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Jul-1942 |
|
"Southern Music" songwriter |
