American Musician
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| A. J. McLean |
January 9, 1978 |
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| Aaliyah |
January 16, 1979 |
August 25, 2001 |
| Aaron Carter |
December 7, 1987 |
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| Aaron Neville |
January 24, 1941 |
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| Abbey Lincoln |
August 6, 1930 |
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| Ace Frehley |
April 27, 1951 |
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| Adam Duritz |
August 1, 1964 |
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| Adam Jones |
January 15, 1965 |
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| Adrian Belew |
December 23, 1949 |
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| Afrika Bambaataa |
April 10, 1960 |
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| Ahmad Jamal |
July 2, 1930 |
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| Ahmet Zappa |
May 15, 1974 |
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| Aimee Mann |
September 8, 1960 |
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| Al Green |
April 13, 1946 |
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| Al Hirt |
November 7, 1922 |
April 27, 1999 |
| Al Jardine |
September 3, 1942 |
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| Al Jarreau |
March 12, 1940 |
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| Alan Jackson |
October 17, 1958 |
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| Alan Price |
April 19, 1942 |
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| Alan Vega |
1938 |
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| Albert King |
April 25, 1923 |
December 21, 1992 |
| Alberta Hunter |
April 1, 1895 |
October 17, 1984 |
| Alex Chilton |
December 28, 1950 |
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| Alex Van Halen |
May 8, 1953 |
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| Alexander O'Neal |
November 14, 1953 |
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| Alice Cooper |
February 4, 1948 |
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| Alicia Keys |
January 25, 1981 |
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| Alison Krauss |
July 23, 1971 |
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| Allan Sherman |
November 30, 1924 |
November 20, 1973 |
| Allison Krauss |
July 23, 1971 |
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| Alma Gluck |
May 11, 1884 |
October 27, 1938 |
| Amanda McBroom |
August 9, 1947 |
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| Amy Grant |
November 25, 1960 |
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| Amy Lee |
December 13, 1981 |
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| Amy Marcy Beach |
September 5, 1867 |
December 27, 1944 |
| Amy Ray |
April 12, 1964 |
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| Anastacia |
September 17, 1973 |
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| Andre Benjamin |
May 27, 1975 |
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| Andy Williams |
December 3, 1927 |
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| Angie Martinez |
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| Angie Stone |
December 18, 1961 |
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| Ani DiFranco |
September 23, 1970 |
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| Anita Baker |
January 26, 1958 |
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| Ann Wilson |
June 19, 1950 |
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| Anthony Kiedis |
November 1, 1962 |
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| Anwar Robinson |
April 21, 1979 |
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| Archie Shepp |
May 24, 1937 |
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| Aretha Franklin |
March 25, 1942 |
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| Arlo Guthrie |
July 10, 1947 |
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| Art Blakey |
October 11, 1919 |
October 16, 1990 |
| Art Garfunkel |
November 5, 1941 |
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| Art Tatum |
October 13, 1909 |
November 5, 1956 |
| Arthur Alexander |
May 10, 1940 |
June 9, 1993 |
| Arthur Collins |
February 7, 1864 |
August 3, 1933 |
| Arthur Rubinstein |
January 28, 1887 |
December 20, 1982 |
| Artie Shaw |
May 23, 1910 |
December 30, 2004 |
| Arto Lindsay |
May 28, 1953 |
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| Ashlee Simpson |
October 3, 1984 |
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| Axl Rose |
February 6, 1962 |
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| B. B. King |
September 16, 1925 |
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| Barbara Mandrell |
December 25, 1948 |
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| Barry Manilow |
June 17, 1943 |
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| Barry Mann |
February 9, 1939 |
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| Barry McGuire |
October 15, 1937 |
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| Barry White |
September 12, 1944 |
July 4, 2003 |
| Beanie Sigel |
March 6, 1974 |
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| Beck |
July 8, 1970 |
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| Bela Fleck |
July 10, 1958 |
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| Belinda Carlisle |
August 17, 1958 |
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| Ben E. King |
September 28, 1938 |
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| Ben Folds |
September 12, 1966 |
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| Ben Gibbard |
August 11, 1976 |
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| Ben Harper |
October 28, 1969 |
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| Ben Weasel |
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| Ben Webster |
March 27, 1909 |
September 20, 1973 |
| Benjamin Orr |
September 8, 1947 |
October 3, 2000 |
| Benmont Tench |
September 7, 1953 |
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| Benny Carter |
August 8, 1907 |
July 12, 2003 |
| Benny Goodman |
May 30, 1909 |
June 13, 1986 |
| Bernice Johnson Reagon |
October 4, 1942 |
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| Bernie Worrell |
April 19, 1944 |
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| Bessie Smith |
April 15, 1894 |
September 26, 1937 |
| Betty Carter |
May 16, 1930 |
September 26, 1998 |
| Beverly Sills |
May 25, 1929 |
July 2, 2007 |
| Beyonce Knowles |
September 4, 1981 |
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| Big Pun |
November 9, 1971 |
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| Bill Dixon |
October 5, 1925 |
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| Bill Frisell |
March 18, 1951 |
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| Bill Haley |
July 6, 1925 |
February 9, 1981 |
| Bill Kreutzmann |
May 7, 1946 |
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| Bill Laswell |
February 12, 1955 |
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| Bill Monroe |
September 13, 1911 |
September 9, 1996 |
| Bill Withers |
July 4, 1938 |
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| Billie Holiday |
April 7, 1915 |
July 17, 1959 |
| Billie Joe Armstrong |
February 17, 1972 |
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| Billy Corgan |
March 17, 1967 |
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| Billy Eckstine |
July 8, 1914 |
March 8, 1993 |
| Billy Gibbons |
December 16, 1949 |
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| Billy Higgins |
October 11, 1936 |
May 3, 2001 |
| Billy Joel |
May 9, 1949 |
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