American Musician
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Quincy Jones |
March 14, 1933 |
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| R. Kelly |
January 8, 1969 |
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| Ralph Stanley |
February 25, 1927 |
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| Randy Castillo |
December 18, 1950 |
March 26, 2002 |
| Randy Jackson |
June 23, 1956 |
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| Randy Travis |
May 4, 1959 |
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| Ray Brown |
October 13, 1926 |
July 2, 2002 |
| Ray Charles |
September 23, 1930 |
June 10, 2004 |
| Ray Conniff |
November 6, 1916 |
October 12, 2002 |
| Ray Evans |
February 4, 1915 |
February 15, 2007 |
| Ray Manzarek |
February 12, 1939 |
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| Ray Stevens |
January 24, 1939 |
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| Reba McEntire |
March 28, 1955 |
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| Renee Fleming |
February 14, 1957 |
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| Richard Berry |
April 11, 1935 |
January 23, 1997 |
| Richard Hell |
October 2, 1949 |
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| Richard M. Sherman |
June 12, 1928 |
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| Richard Marx |
September 16, 1963 |
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| Richie Sambora |
July 11, 1959 |
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| Rick Derringer |
August 5, 1947 |
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| Rick James |
February 1, 1948 |
August 6, 2004 |
| Rick Springfield |
August 23, 1949 |
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| Rickie Lee Jones |
November 8, 1954 |
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| Ricky Martin |
November 2, 1971 |
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| Ricky Nelson |
May 8, 1940 |
December 31, 1985 |
| Ricky Skaggs |
July 18, 1954 |
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| Rihanna |
February 20, 1988 |
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| Rita Coolidge |
May 1, 1944 |
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| Rob Zombie |
January 12, 1966 |
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| Robby Krieger |
January 8, 1946 |
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| Robert Cray |
August 1, 1953 |
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| Robert Goulet |
November 26, 1933 |
October 30, 2007 |
| Robert Hunter |
1941 |
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| Robert Merrill |
June 4, 1919 |
October 23, 2004 |
| Robert Quine |
December 30, 1942 |
May 31, 2004 |
| Roberta Flack |
February 10, 1937 |
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| Robin Zander |
January 23, 1953 |
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| Roger McGuinn |
July 13, 1942 |
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| Roger Miller |
January 2, 1936 |
October 25, 1992 |
| Rollo Armstrong |
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| Ron Carter |
May 4, 1937 |
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| Ronnie Hawkins |
January 10, 1935 |
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| Ronnie James Dio |
July 10, 1942 |
May 16, 2010 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
January 16, 1943 |
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| Ronnie Montrose |
November 29, 1947 |
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| Ronnie Spector |
August 10, 1943 |
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| Rosanne Cash |
May 24, 1955 |
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| Rosemary Clooney |
May 23, 1928 |
June 29, 2002 |
| Roy Acuff |
September 15, 1903 |
November 23, 1992 |
| Roy Haynes |
March 13, 1925 |
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| Roy Orbison |
April 23, 1936 |
December 6, 1988 |
| Ruben Studdard |
September 12, 1978 |
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| Ruggiero Ricci |
July 24, 1918 |
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| Ruth Brown |
January 30, 1928 |
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| Ruth Warrick |
June 29, 1915 |
January 15, 2005 |
| Ryan Cabrera |
July 18, 1982 |
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| Sam Rivers |
September 25, 1923 |
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| Sammy Cahn |
June 18, 1913 |
January 15, 1993 |
| Sammy Hagar |
October 13, 1947 |
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| Sandy Duncan |
February 20, 1946 |
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| Santiago Durango |
1957 |
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| Sarah Vaughan |
March 27, 1924 |
April 3, 1990 |
| Saul Williams |
February 29, 1972 |
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| Scott Ian |
December 31, 1963 |
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| Scott Stapp |
August 8, 1973 |
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| Scott Weiland |
October 27, 1967 |
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| Scotty McCreery |
October 9, 1993 |
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| Scotty Moore |
December 27, 1931 |
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| Sean Kinney |
May 27, 1966 |
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| Sean Lennon |
October 9, 1975 |
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| Serj Tankian |
August 21, 1967 |
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| Shannon Hoon |
September 26, 1967 |
October 21, 1995 |
| Shannyn Sossamon |
October 3, 1979 |
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| Shaun Cassidy |
September 27, 1958 |
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| Shelby Lynne |
October 22, 1968 |
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| Sheryl Crow |
February 11, 1962 |
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| Skitch Henderson |
January 27, 1918 |
November 1, 2005 |
| Slick Rick |
January 14, 1965 |
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| Sly Stone |
March 15, 1944 |
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| Smokey Robinson |
February 19, 1940 |
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| Snoop Dogg |
October 20, 1971 |
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| Sol Hurok |
April 9, 1888 |
March 5, 1974 |
| Solomon Burke |
March 21, 1940 |
October 10, 2010 |
| Sonny Bono |
February 16, 1935 |
January 5, 1998 |
| Sonny Rollins |
September 7, 1930 |
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| Sonny Terry |
October 24, 1911 |
March 11, 1986 |
| Spencer Dryden |
April 7, 1938 |
January 11, 2005 |
| Stacie Orrico |
March 3, 1986 |
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| Stan Getz |
February 2, 1927 |
June 6, 1991 |
| Stan Kenton |
December 15, 1911 |
August 25, 1979 |
| Stanley Clarke |
June 30, 1951 |
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| Stanley Jordan |
July 31, 1959 |
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| Stefano Langone |
February 27, 1989 |
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| Stephan Jenkins |
September 27, 1964 |
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| Stephanie Mills |
March 22, 1957 |
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| Stephen Malkmus |
May 30, 1966 |
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| Stephen Stills |
January 3, 1945 |
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| Steve Albini |
July 22, 1962 |
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| Steve Brown |
1942 |
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| Steve Cropper |
October 21, 1941 |
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