American Musician
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Lawrence Welk |
March 11, 1908 |
May 17, 1992 |
| Layne Staley |
August 22, 1967 |
April 5, 2002 |
| LeAnn Rimes |
August 28, 1982 |
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| Lee Ann Womack |
August 19, 1966 |
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| Lee Greenwood |
October 27, 1942 |
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| Lee Hazlewood |
July 9, 1929 |
August 4, 2007 |
| Lee Konitz |
October 13, 1927 |
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| Lee Ritenour |
November 1, 1952 |
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| Leif Garrett |
November 8, 1961 |
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| Lenny Kravitz |
May 26, 1964 |
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| Leo Kottke |
September 11, 1945 |
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| Leon Redbone |
August 26, 1949 |
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| Leonard Rose |
July 27, 1918 |
November 16, 1984 |
| Leonard Warren |
April 21, 1911 |
March 4, 1960 |
| Leontyne Price |
February 10, 1927 |
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| Leroy Van Dyke |
October 4, 1929 |
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| Les Baxter |
March 14, 1922 |
January 15, 1996 |
| Les Claypool |
September 29, 1963 |
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| Les Paul |
June 9, 1915 |
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| Lesley Gore |
May 2, 1946 |
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| Lester Bowie |
October 11, 1941 |
November 8, 1999 |
| Levon Helm |
May 26, 1940 |
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| Lew Brown |
December 10, 1893 |
February 5, 1958 |
| Lil' Kim |
July 11, 1975 |
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| Lil' Romeo |
August 19, 1989 |
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| Linda Ronstadt |
July 15, 1946 |
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| Lindsey Buckingham |
October 3, 1949 |
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| Link Wray |
May 2, 1929 |
November 5, 2005 |
| Lionel Hampton |
April 20, 1908 |
August 31, 2002 |
| Lionel Richie |
June 20, 1949 |
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| Lisa Loeb |
March 11, 1968 |
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| Lisa Marie Presley |
February 1, 1968 |
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| Lita Ford |
September 19, 1958 |
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| Little Milton |
September 17, 1934 |
August 4, 2005 |
| Little Richard |
December 5, 1932 |
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| Liz Phair |
April 17, 1967 |
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| LL Cool J |
January 14, 1968 |
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| Lloyd Banks |
April 30, 1982 |
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| Loretta Lynn |
April 14, 1935 |
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| Lorin Maazel |
March 6, 1930 |
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| Lou Gramm |
May 2, 1950 |
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| Lou Rawls |
December 1, 1933 |
January 6, 2006 |
| Lou Reed |
March 2, 1942 |
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| Louis Armstrong |
August 4, 1901 |
July 6, 1971 |
| Louis Jordan |
July 8, 1908 |
February 4, 1975 |
| Lucinda Williams |
January 26, 1953 |
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| Ludacris |
September 11, 1976 |
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| Luther Allison |
August 17, 1939 |
August 12, 1997 |
| Luther Campbell |
December 22, 1960 |
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| Luther Vandross |
April 20, 1951 |
July 1, 2005 |
| Lydia Lunch |
June 2, 1959 |
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| Lyle Lovett |
November 1, 1956 |
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| Lynn Anderson |
September 26, 1947 |
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| Ma Rainey |
April 26, 1886 |
December 22, 1939 |
| Mac Davis |
January 21, 1942 |
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| Macy Gray |
September 9, 1970 |
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| Madeleine Peyroux |
1974 |
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| Madonna Ciccone |
August 16, 1958 |
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| Mahalia Jackson |
October 26, 1911 |
January 27, 1972 |
| Mandy Moore |
April 10, 1984 |
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| Marc Anthony |
September 16, 1969 |
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| Marc Ribot |
May 21, 1954 |
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| Margaret Whiting |
July 22, 1924 |
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| Margaret Young |
1900 |
1968 |
| Maria Callas |
December 2, 1923 |
September 16, 1977 |
| Marian Anderson |
February 17, 1902 |
August 8, 1993 |
| Marie Osmond |
October 13, 1959 |
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| Marilyn Horne |
January 16, 1934 |
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| Marilyn Manson |
January 5, 1969 |
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| Mark Hoppus |
March 15, 1972 |
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| Mark McGrath |
March 15, 1968 |
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| Mark Mothersbaugh |
May 18, 1950 |
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| Martha Reeves |
July 18, 1941 |
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| Martin Denny |
April 10, 1911 |
March 2, 2005 |
| Martina McBride |
July 29, 1966 |
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| Marty Robbins |
September 26, 1925 |
December 8, 1982 |
| Marvin Gaye |
April 2, 1939 |
April 1, 1984 |
| Marvin Isley |
August 18, 1953 |
June 6, 2010 |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter |
February 21, 1958 |
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| Mary J. Blige |
January 11, 1971 |
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| Mary Lou Williams |
May 8, 1910 |
May 28, 1981 |
| Mary Timony |
1970 |
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| Matt Cameron |
November 28, 1962 |
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| Matt Sharp |
September 22, 1969 |
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| Matthew Shipp |
December 7, 1960 |
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| Matthew Sweet |
October 6, 1964 |
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| Max Roach |
January 10, 1924 |
August 16, 2007 |
| Max Weinberg |
April 13, 1951 |
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| Maybelle Carter |
May 10, 1909 |
October 23, 1978 |
| Maynard James Keenan |
April 17, 1964 |
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| Meat Loaf |
September 27, 1951 |
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| Meg White |
December 10, 1974 |
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| Mel Tillis |
August 8, 1932 |
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| Mel Torme |
December 13, 1925 |
June 5, 1999 |
| Melissa Etheridge |
May 29, 1961 |
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| Melissa Manchester |
February 15, 1951 |
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| Meredith Brooks |
June 12, 1958 |
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| Merle Haggard |
April 6, 1937 |
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| Merle Travis |
November 29, 1917 |
October 20, 1983 |
| Method Man |
April 1, 1971 |
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