Musician
| Name | Nationality | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| A. J. McLean |
American |
January 9, 1978 |
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| Aaliyah |
American |
January 16, 1979 |
August 25, 2001 |
| Aaron Carter |
American |
December 7, 1987 |
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| Aaron Funk |
Canadian |
January 11, 1975 |
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| Aaron Neville |
American |
January 24, 1941 |
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| Abbey Lincoln |
American |
August 6, 1930 |
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| Abdullah Ibrahim |
South African |
October 9, 1934 |
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| Ace Frehley |
American |
April 27, 1951 |
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| Acker Bilk |
English |
January 28, 1929 |
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| Adam Ant |
British |
November 3, 1954 |
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| Adam Clayton |
Irish |
March 13, 1960 |
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| Adam Duritz |
American |
August 1, 1964 |
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| Adam Faith |
English |
June 23, 1940 |
March 8, 2003 |
| Adam Jones |
American |
January 15, 1965 |
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| Adele |
English |
May 5, 1988 |
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| Adrian Belew |
American |
December 23, 1949 |
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| Adrian Smith |
English |
February 27, 1957 |
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| Afrika Bambaataa |
American |
April 10, 1960 |
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| Agnetha Faltskog |
Swedish |
April 5, 1950 |
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| Ahmad Jamal |
American |
July 2, 1930 |
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| Ahmet Zappa |
American |
May 15, 1974 |
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| Aimee Mann |
American |
September 8, 1960 |
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| Al Dubin |
Swiss |
June 10, 1891 |
February 11, 1945 |
| Al Green |
American |
April 13, 1946 |
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| Al Hirt |
American |
November 7, 1922 |
April 27, 1999 |
| Al Jardine |
American |
September 3, 1942 |
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| Al Jarreau |
American |
March 12, 1940 |
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| Al Jourgensen |
Cuban |
October 9, 1958 |
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| Al Stewart |
Scottish |
September 5, 1945 |
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| Alan Gorrie |
Scottish |
July 19, 1946 |
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| Alan Gregg |
New Zealander |
|
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| Alan Jackson |
American |
October 17, 1958 |
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| Alan Parsons |
British |
December 20, 1948 |
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| Alan Price |
American |
April 19, 1942 |
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| Alan Vega |
American |
1938 |
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| Alanis Morisette |
Canadian |
June 1, 1974 |
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| Alanis Morissette |
Canadian |
June 1, 1974 |
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| Alannah Myles |
Canadian |
December 25, 1958 |
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| Albert King |
American |
April 25, 1923 |
December 21, 1992 |
| Albert Wolff |
Dutch |
January 19, 1884 |
February 20, 1970 |
| Alberta Hunter |
American |
April 1, 1895 |
October 17, 1984 |
| Alex Chilton |
American |
December 28, 1950 |
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| Alex Lifeson |
Canadian |
August 27, 1953 |
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| Alex Van Halen |
American |
May 8, 1953 |
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| Alexander O'Neal |
American |
November 14, 1953 |
|
| Alexis Korner |
English |
April 19, 1928 |
January 1, 1984 |
| Alfred Brendel |
Austrian |
January 5, 1931 |
|
| Alfredo Kraus |
Spanish |
November 24, 1927 |
September 10, 1999 |
| Ali Akbar Khan |
Indian |
April 14, 1922 |
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| Alice Cooper |
American |
February 4, 1948 |
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| Alicia Keys |
American |
January 25, 1981 |
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| Alison Krauss |
American |
July 23, 1971 |
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| Alison Moyet |
British |
June 18, 1961 |
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| Allan Sherman |
American |
November 30, 1924 |
November 20, 1973 |
| Allison Krauss |
American |
July 23, 1971 |
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| Alma Gluck |
American |
May 11, 1884 |
October 27, 1938 |
| Alvin Lee |
English |
December 19, 1944 |
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| Amanda Lear |
French |
November 18, 1946 |
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| Amanda Marshall |
Canadian |
August 29, 1972 |
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| Amanda McBroom |
American |
August 9, 1947 |
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| Amy Grant |
American |
November 25, 1960 |
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| Amy Lee |
American |
December 13, 1981 |
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| Amy Marcy Beach |
American |
September 5, 1867 |
December 27, 1944 |
| Amy Ray |
American |
April 12, 1964 |
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| Amy Winehouse |
English |
September 13, 1984 |
July 23, 2011 |
| Anastacia |
American |
September 17, 1973 |
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| Andre Benjamin |
American |
May 27, 1975 |
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| Andre Kostelanetz |
Russian |
December 22, 1901 |
January 13, 1980 |
| Andrea Bocelli |
Italian |
September 22, 1958 |
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| Andrea Corr |
Irish |
May 17, 1974 |
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| Andres Segovia |
Spanish |
February 21, 1893 |
June 3, 1987 |
| Andrew Eldritch |
English |
May 15, 1959 |
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| Andy Gibb |
Australian |
March 5, 1958 |
March 10, 1988 |
| Andy Partridge |
|
November 11, 1953 |
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| Andy Summers |
English |
December 31, 1942 |
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| Andy Williams |
American |
December 3, 1927 |
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| Angie Martinez |
American |
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| Angie Stone |
American |
December 18, 1961 |
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| Angus Young |
Scottish |
March 31, 1959 |
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| Ani DiFranco |
American |
September 23, 1970 |
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| Anita Baker |
American |
January 26, 1958 |
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| Ann Wilson |
American |
June 19, 1950 |
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| Annie Lennox |
Scottish |
December 25, 1954 |
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| Anthony Braxton |
|
June 4, 1945 |
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| Anthony Kiedis |
American |
November 1, 1962 |
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| Anton Rubinstein |
Russian |
November 28, 1829 |
November 20, 1894 |
| Anwar Robinson |
American |
April 21, 1979 |
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| Archie Shepp |
American |
May 24, 1937 |
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| Aretha Franklin |
American |
March 25, 1942 |
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| Arlo Guthrie |
American |
July 10, 1947 |
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| Art Blakey |
American |
October 11, 1919 |
October 16, 1990 |
| Art Garfunkel |
American |
November 5, 1941 |
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| Art Tatum |
American |
October 13, 1909 |
November 5, 1956 |
| Arthur Alexander |
American |
May 10, 1940 |
June 9, 1993 |
| Arthur Collins |
American |
February 7, 1864 |
August 3, 1933 |
| Arthur Rubinstein |
American |
January 28, 1887 |
December 20, 1982 |
| Artie Shaw |
American |
May 23, 1910 |
December 30, 2004 |
| Arto Lindsay |
American |
May 28, 1953 |
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| Artur Rodzinski |
Polish |
January 1, 1892 |
November 27, 1958 |
| Artur Schnabel |
Polish |
April 17, 1882 |
August 15, 1951 |
| Arturo Toscanini |
Italian |
March 25, 1867 |
January 16, 1957 |
| Ashlee Simpson |
American |
October 3, 1984 |
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| Avril Lavigne |
Canadian |
September 27, 1984 |
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| Axl Rose |
American |
February 6, 1962 |
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| Aynsley Dunbar |
English |
January 10, 1946 |
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| Ayumi Hamasaki |
Japanese |
October 2, 1978 |
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| B. B. King |
American |
September 16, 1925 |
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| Babatunde Olatunji |
Nigerian |
April 7, 1927 |
April 6, 2003 |
| Barbara Cook |
|
October 25, 1927 |
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| Barbara Mandrell |
American |
December 25, 1948 |
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| Barry Gibb |
English |
September 1, 1946 |
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| Barry Manilow |
American |
June 17, 1943 |
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| Barry Mann |
American |
February 9, 1939 |
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| Barry McGuire |
American |
October 15, 1937 |
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| Barry White |
American |
September 12, 1944 |
July 4, 2003 |
| Beanie Sigel |
American |
March 6, 1974 |
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| Beck |
American |
July 8, 1970 |
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| Bela Fleck |
American |
July 10, 1958 |
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| Belinda Carlisle |
American |
August 17, 1958 |
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| Ben E. King |
American |
September 28, 1938 |
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| Ben Folds |
American |
September 12, 1966 |
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| Ben Gibbard |
American |
August 11, 1976 |
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| Ben Harper |
American |
October 28, 1969 |
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| Ben Weasel |
American |
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| Ben Webster |
American |
March 27, 1909 |
September 20, 1973 |
| Benjamin Orr |
American |
September 8, 1947 |
October 3, 2000 |
| Benmont Tench |
American |
September 7, 1953 |
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| Benny Carter |
American |
August 8, 1907 |
July 12, 2003 |
| Benny Goodman |
American |
May 30, 1909 |
June 13, 1986 |
| Benny Green |
British |
December 9, 1927 |
June 22, 1998 |
| Bernard Haitink |
Dutch |
March 4, 1929 |
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| Bernice Johnson Reagon |
American |
October 4, 1942 |
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| Bernie Worrell |
American |
April 19, 1944 |
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| Bessie Smith |
American |
April 15, 1894 |
September 26, 1937 |
| Beth Gibbons |
English |
January 4, 1965 |
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| Beth Orton |
English |
December 14, 1970 |
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| Betty Carter |
American |
May 16, 1930 |
September 26, 1998 |
| Beverly Sills |
American |
May 25, 1929 |
July 2, 2007 |
| Beyonce Knowles |
American |
September 4, 1981 |
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| Big Pun |
American |
November 9, 1971 |
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| Bill Bruford |
British |
May 17, 1949 |
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| Bill Dixon |
American |
October 5, 1925 |
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| Bill Evans |
|
August 16, 1929 |
September 15, 1980 |
| Bill Frisell |
American |
March 18, 1951 |
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| Bill Haley |
American |
July 6, 1925 |
February 9, 1981 |
| Bill Kreutzmann |
American |
May 7, 1946 |
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| Bill Laswell |
American |
February 12, 1955 |
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| Bill Monroe |
American |
September 13, 1911 |
September 9, 1996 |
| Bill Withers |
American |
July 4, 1938 |
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| Bill Wyman |
British |
October 24, 1936 |
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| Billie Holiday |
American |
April 7, 1915 |
July 17, 1959 |
| Billie Joe Armstrong |
American |
February 17, 1972 |
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| Billy Bragg |
British |
December 20, 1957 |
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| Billy Corgan |
American |
March 17, 1967 |
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| Billy Eckstine |
American |
July 8, 1914 |
March 8, 1993 |
| Billy Fury |
British |
April 17, 1941 |
January 28, 1983 |
| Billy Gibbons |
American |
December 16, 1949 |
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| Billy Higgins |
American |
October 11, 1936 |
May 3, 2001 |
| Billy Idol |
British |
November 30, 1955 |
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| Billy Joel |
American |
May 9, 1949 |
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