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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.
Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band. Formed in 1961, they gained popularity for their close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of surfing, girls, and cars. Brian Wilson's growing creative ambitions later...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rock music,
- Psychedelic rock,
- Surf rock,
- more ▼
- Psychedelic rock,
- x Albums:
- Surfin' Safari,
- Surfer Girl,
- Little Deuce Coupe,
- more ▼
- Surfer Girl,
Blind Willie McTell
William Samuel "Blind Willie" McTell (May 5, 1898 (sometimes reported as 1901 or 1903) – August 19, 1959) was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a twelve-string finger picking Piedmont blues guitarist, and...
- x Musical Genres:
- Country blues,
- Piedmont blues
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988. Cypress Hill was the first Latino group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rapcore,
- Latin rap,
- Hardcore hip hop,
- more ▼
- Latin rap,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- South Gate
- x Albums:
- Cypress Hill,
- Black Sunday,
- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That,
- more ▼
- Black Sunday,
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus, Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice.
Mingus is considered one of the most important composers and...
- x Musical Genres:
- Avant-garde jazz,
- Bebop,
- Post-bop
- Bebop,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Los Angeles
- x Albums:
- Pithecanthropus Erectus,
- Mingus Three,
- The Clown,
- more ▼
- Mingus Three,
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), better known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded...
- x Musical Genres:
- Folk music,
- Jazz,
- Country,
- more ▼
- Jazz,
- x Albums:
- Stringin' Along with Chet,
- Teensville,
- Nashville Gold,
- more ▼
- Teensville,
Doris Day
Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1922), known by her stage name Doris Day, is an American singer and actress.
Singing and dancing and playing both comedic and dramatic roles, she became one of America's biggest box-office stars, making...
- x Musical Genres:
- Big band,
- Traditional pop music
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music.
In the four-and-a-half decades since her national-chart début, she...
- x Musical Genres:
- Country,
- Bluegrass,
- Country pop
- Bluegrass,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Sevierville
- x Albums:
- Coat of Many Colors,
- Jolene,
- 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs,
- more ▼
- Jolene,
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra, commonly abbreviated ELO, were a symphonic rock group from Birmingham, United Kingdom, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff...
- x Musical Genres:
- Progressive rock,
- Rock music,
- Pop rock,
- more ▼
- Rock music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Birmingham
- x Albums:
- No Answer,
- Electric Light Orchestra II,
- On the Third Day,
- more ▼
- Electric Light Orchestra II,
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rock music,
- Pub rock,
- New Wave,
- more ▼
- Pub rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- x Albums:
- My Aim Is True,
- Live at the El Mocambo,
- Taking Liberties,
- more ▼
- Live at the El Mocambo,
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s,...
- x Musical Genres:
- Swing,
- Traditional pop music,
- Big band,
- more ▼
- Traditional pop music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London, England.
The only member present in the band from the very beginning is its namesake drummer Mick Fleetwood. Despite band founder Peter Green naming the group by combining his...
- x Musical Genres:
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- Blues,
- more ▼
- Rock music,
- x Albums:
- Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac,
- Mr. Wonderful,
- English Rose,
- more ▼
- Mr. Wonderful,
George Benson
George Benson (born March 22, 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an Grammy Award winning American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is also known as a pop, R&B;, and scat singer. This one time...
- x Musical Genres:
- Jazz,
- Rhythm and blues,
- Funk,
- more ▼
- Rhythm and blues,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Connick, Jr. (born Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.; September 11, 1967) is an American singer, actor, composer, and pianist. Connick has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. He is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the...
- x Musical Genres:
- Jazz-funk,
- Big band,
- Traditional pop music,
- more ▼
- Big band,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- New Orleans
Jan and Dean
Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). Although Jan & Dean pre-dated The Beach Boys,...
- x Musical Genres:
- Surf rock,
- Folk rock,
- Rhythm and blues,
- more ▼
- Folk rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rock music,
- Psychedelic rock,
- Blues,
- more ▼
- Psychedelic rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Austin,
- Port Arthur
- x Albums:
- I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!,
- Pearl,
- In Concert,
- more ▼
- Pearl,
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai (pronounced: juh-meer-o-kwy) are an English Alternative/acid jazz/funk/soul/disco band. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the...
- x Musical Genres:
- Funk,
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- more ▼
- Pop music,
- x Albums:
- Emergency on Planet Earth,
- Half the Man,
- Space Cowboy,
- more ▼
- Half the Man,
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American R&B; singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to...
- x Musical Genres:
- Hip Hop,
- Pop music,
- Contemporary R&B,
- more ▼
- Pop music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Miles Davis
Miles Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the...
- x Musical Genres:
- Jazz fusion,
- Jazz,
- Bebop,
- more ▼
- Jazz,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- x Albums:
- Birth of the Cool,
- Walkin',
- Blue Moods,
- more ▼
- Walkin',
Men at Work
Men at Work were an Australian reggae-influenced rock band which achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a #1 album and single simultaneously in the United States (with Business as Usual and "Down...
- x Musical Genres:
- New Wave,
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- more ▼
- Pop music,
- x Albums:
- Business as Usual,
- Cargo,
- Everything I Need,
- more ▼
- Cargo,
Public Enemy
Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for its politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community....
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Long Island
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother...
- x Musical Genres:
- Punk rock,
- Rock music,
- Protopunk,
- more ▼
- Rock music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- New York City
- x Albums:
- Horses,
- Dream of Life,
- Gone Again,
- more ▼
- Dream of Life,
The Presidents of the United States of America
The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as The Presidents, is a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band. The band formed in Seattle, USA, in 1993. The three-piece group currently comprises vocalist and ...
- x Musical Genres:
- Post-grunge,
- Alternative rock,
- Rock music,
- more ▼
- Alternative rock,
- x Albums:
- Fuck California,
- Kitty,
- Lump,
- more ▼
- Kitty,
Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977), born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, "Take...
- x Musical Genres:
- West coast jazz,
- Cool jazz
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- San Francisco
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. They formed the group "Tom and Jerry" in 1957, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon and Garfunkel, the...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rock music,
- Folk rock,
- Pop music,
- more ▼
- Folk rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Forest Hills
Shirehorses
The Shirehorses are a spoof band comprising two BBC Radio DJs from Manchester, Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley, known collectively as Mark and Lard.
As part of their BBC Radio 1 shows, the pair produced pastiches of chart songs, such as "Lardy Boy", a...
- x Musical Genres:
- Comedy rock,
- Parody music
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Manchester
System of a Down
System of a Down (sometimes simply referred to as SOAD or System) is an Armenian-American rock band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994. System of a Down consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards and rhythm guitar), Daron Malakian ...
- x Musical Genres:
- Alternative metal,
- Nu metal,
- Experimental rock,
- more ▼
- Nu metal,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Los Angeles
- x Albums:
- Sugar,
- System of a Down,
- Toxicity,
- more ▼
- System of a Down,
The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk, they experimented with reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, The Clash consisted of...
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Notting Hill
- x Albums:
- White Riot,
- The Clash,
- Remote Control,
- more ▼
- The Clash,
The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade.
When Susanna Hoffs joined sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson to form a band in Los Angeles in the waning days of...
- x Musical Genres:
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- Pop rock,
- more ▼
- Rock music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Los Angeles
- x Albums:
- Getting Out of Hand,
- The Bangles,
- All Over the Place,
- more ▼
- The Bangles,
Wu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City-based hip hop group, which consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon the Chef, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, Cappadonna, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They were formed in (and are...
- x Musical Genres:
- East Coast hip hop,
- Hip Hop
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Staten Island
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer...
- x Musical Genres:
- Post-bop,
- Modal jazz,
- Hard bop,
- more ▼
- Modal jazz,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- x Albums:
- Takin' Off,
- Inventions & Dimensions,
- Maiden Voyage,
- more ▼
- Inventions & Dimensions,
Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.
With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the two most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the...
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
Duke Ellington became one of the most influential artists in the history of recorded music, and is largely recognized as one of...
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Washington
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler (born as Gaynor Hopkins, 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer. She is recognisable by her distinctive, husky voice.
She was born in Skewen, Neath, Wales to a family that included three sisters and two brothers. Her father worked in a coal...
- x Musical Genres:
- Wagnerian rock,
- Pop rock,
- Country rock,
- more ▼
- Pop rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie Ballantine Hawkins (born November 1, 1967, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".
Hawkins'...
- x Musical Genres:
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- Adult contemporary music
- Rock music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- New York City
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (pronounced /ˈbɜrn.staɪn/, us dict: bûrn′·stīn; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States...
- x Musical Genres:
- 20th century classical music,
- Music theatre,
- Ballet
- Music theatre,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Billy Joel
Billy Joel (born William Martin Joel; May 9, 1949) is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist in the...
- x Musical Genres:
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- Hard rock,
- more ▼
- Rock music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- x Albums:
- Cold Spring Harbor,
- Piano Man,
- Streetlife Serenade,
- more ▼
- Piano Man,
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE (born 8 January 1937, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh singer who found fame in the late 1950s and has continued a successful career since then worldwide. She is also well-known for recording the theme songs to the James...
- x Musical Genres:
- Vocal music,
- Pop music,
- Big band,
- more ▼
- Pop music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and vocalist Layne Staley. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and acoustic elements....
- x Musical Genres:
- Heavy metal,
- Alternative metal,
- Grunge music,
- more ▼
- Alternative metal,
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her...
- x Musical Genres:
- Torch song,
- Swing,
- Ballad,
- more ▼
- Swing,
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He entered the public consciousness in 1965 as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with longtime artistic partner Art Garfunkel. Simon solely wrote most of the duo's...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rock music,
- World music,
- Folk rock,
- more ▼
- World music,
- x Albums:
- Paul Simon,
- There Goes Rhymin' Simon,
- Live Rhymin',
- more ▼
- There Goes Rhymin' Simon,
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as "the dean of...
- x Musical Genres:
- 20th century classical music,
- Ballet,
- Opera,
- more ▼
- Ballet,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.
Sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues", Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, She is often regarded as one of the greatest...
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Chattanooga
U2
U2 are a rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and rhythm guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).
The band formed at secondary...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rock music,
- Post-punk,
- Alternative rock
- Post-punk,
- x Albums:
- Island Treasures,
- Maximum U2,
- Shaped,
- more ▼
- Maximum U2,
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".
In the mid-1930s, Goodman led...
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live...
- x Musical Genres:
- x Place Musical Career Began:
Tina Arena
Tina Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling...
- x Musical Genres:
- Pop music,
- Rock music,
- European Classical music,
- more ▼
- Rock music,
- x Albums:
- Don't Ask,
- Now I Can Dance,
- Les 3 Cloches,
- more ▼
- Now I Can Dance,
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, pianist, cellist and actress. Born in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York, she attended...
- x Musical Genres:
- Rhythm and blues,
- Jazz,
- Soul music,
- more ▼
- Jazz,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- New York City,
- Manhattan
- x Albums:
- Songs in A Minor,
- The Diary of Alicia Keys,
- Unplugged,
- more ▼
- The Diary of Alicia Keys,
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist. He had recorded and toured with the E Street Band. Springsteen was widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks,...
- x Musical Genres:
- Folk music,
- Heartland rock,
- Rock music,
- more ▼
- Heartland rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- New Jersey
Bill Monroe
William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who helped develop the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky....
- x Musical Genres:
- Bluegrass,
- Traditional bluegrass
Cake
Cake (officially capitalized "CAKE") is an American indie band from Sacramento, California which has had several hits throughout the 1990s and 2000s from six albums.
Cake was formed in 1991 by vocalist/songwriter John McCrea, guitarist Greg Brown,...
- x Musical Genres:
- Alternative rock,
- College rock,
- Indie rock,
- more ▼
- College rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Sacramento
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers "Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" (a...
- x Musical Genres:
- Traditional pop music
- x Place Musical Career Began:
The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977. Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs were one of the more successful acts spawned from the British punk rock scene. Their music...
- x Musical Genres:
- Post-punk,
- New Wave,
- Rock music
- New Wave,
- x Albums:
- The Psychedelic Furs,
- Talk Talk Talk,
- Forever Now,
- more ▼
- Talk Talk Talk,
Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet and actor, best known as half of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, the son of Rose, a housewife, and Jacob "Jack"...
- x Musical Genres:
- Popular music,
- Folk rock,
- Pop music,
- more ▼
- Folk rock,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Forest Hills
- x Albums:
- Angel Clare,
- Breakaway,
- Bright Eyes,
- more ▼
- Breakaway,
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, which has been called "the...
- x Musical Genres:
- Thrash metal,
- Heavy metal,
- Speed metal
- Heavy metal,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Huntington Park
- x Albums:
- Show No Mercy,
- Live Undead,
- Haunting the Chapel,
- more ▼
- Live Undead,
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Layne Webb is an American songwriter. His compositions include "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston" and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been recorded or performed by Glen Campbell, The 5th...
- x Musical Genres:
- Country,
- Popular music,
- Rock music
- Popular music,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- x Albums:
- Words and Music,
- And So: On,
- Letters,
- more ▼
- And So: On,
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ (born September 21, 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often deals with the exploration...
- x Musical Genres:
- Folk music,
- Pop music,
- World music,
- more ▼
- Pop music,
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer who, according to The Penguin Guide to Jazz, was "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous...
- x Musical Genres:
- Stride piano,
- Jazz,
- Bebop,
- more ▼
- Jazz,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Rocky Mount
- x Albums:
- Thelonious Himself,
- Misterioso,
- Greatest Hits,
- more ▼
- Misterioso,
Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce (born June 28, 1968), best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer.
Elmer Figueroa Arce was born in Rio Piedras, a suburb of San Juan, to Quintino Figueroa, a sales manager, and Irma Luz Arce, a...
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Río Piedras, Puerto Rico,
- San Juan
- x Albums:
- Sangre Latina,
- 2 en 1,
- Atado a tu Amor,
- more ▼
- 2 en 1,
Janis Ian
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumental musician, columnist, and science fiction fan-turned-author. She had a highly successful singing career in the 1960s and 1970s, and has continued...
- x Musical Genres:
- Folk music
- x Place Musical Career Began:
The Offspring
The Offspring is an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1984. Since its formation, the band's line-up had included Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals), Greg K. (bass,...
- x Musical Genres:
- Pop punk,
- Skate punk,
- Punk rock,
- more ▼
- Skate punk,
- x Place Musical Career Began:
- Garden Grove
- x Albums:
- I'll Be Waiting,
- The Offspring,
- Baghdad,
- more ▼
- The Offspring,
