October 20, 1934, August 9, 1974

Bill Chase (October 20, 1934 – August 9, 1974) was an American trumpet player and leader of the jazz-rock fusion band Chase. Bill Chase was born William Edward Chiaiese on October 20, 1934 to an Italian-American family in Squantum, Massachusetts. His p ...

September 6, 1925, August 29, 1976

Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. A major player in electric blues, he had a significant impact on rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Hank ...

December 28, 1932, August 19, 1979

Dorsey Burnette (December 28, 1932 – August 19, 1979) was an American early rockabilly singer. With his younger brother, Johnny Burnette, and a friend named Paul Burlison, he was a founder member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He is also the father of country ...

October 16, 1953, August 5, 1980

George Scott III (October 16, 1953 - August 5, 1980) was a bass player for several New York City bands during the No Wave era. He was a founding member of 8-Eyed Spy and the Raybeats, and he worked with James Chance and the Contortions, James White and th ...

January 29, 1936, August 2, 1983

James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases until 1971), ...

January 24, 1944, August 6, 1983

Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona. Nomi was known for his bizarrely visionary theatrical live performances, ...

August 5, 1941, August 12, 1984

Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau (August 5, 1941 – August 12, 1984) was an American guitarist and music educator. One of the most admired guitarists of his generation in musician's circles in the US, he was known for blending many styles of music including: j ...

10 December 1941, 12 August 1985

Kyu Sakamoto (坂本 九 Sakamoto Kyū?, born Hisashi Oshima (大島 九 Ōshima Hisashi?), 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985) was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-sp ...

8 January 1947, 10 January 2016

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/),was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, pa ...

August 29, 1958, June 25, 2009

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor and philanthropist.Called the "King of Pop",his contributions to music, dance, and fashionalong with his publicized personal life m ...

June 7, 1958, April 21, 2016

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He was a musical innovator and known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant dress and makeup, and wi ...

August 17, 1943, November 28, 2002

Dave "Snaker" Ray (August 17, 1943 – November 28, 2002) was an American blues singer and guitarist from St. Paul, Minnesota, who was most notably associated with Spider John Koerner and Tony "Little Sun" Glover in the early Sixties folk revival. Together, ...

June 30, 1943, February 22, 1976

Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American vocalist. She was one of the founding members of the popular Motown vocal female group the Supremes. Ballard sang on sixteen top forty singles with the group, includi ...

The Billboard Hot 100 is the standard music industry chart in the United States for singles that are published weekly by Billboard magazine. The chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital) radio play and online streaming. The weekly sales p ...

March 12, 1940, February 12, 2017

Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 - February 12, 2017) better known by his stage name Al Jarreau, was an American singer and musician. Jarreau is best known for his 1981 album titled "Breakin Away", for singing the theme song of the late 1980's televisi ...

Echo (Stylised as ECHO) is an accolade by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie, which is an association of the recording companies of Germany in recognition of outstanding achievements in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony held in 1992, was set up ...

March 6 1995

Delroy Wilson began his recording career at the age of thirteen, while still a pupil at Boys Town Primary School. Wilson released his first single "Emy Lou" in 1962 for record producer, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. His early years with Coxsone yielded a number ...

Queen is a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. The original members included Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (lead guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Progressive rock, hard rock, and ...

July 20, 1964, May 17, 2017

Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle (July 20, 1964 – May 17, 2017) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden. He was also k ...

May 4th 1941, August 22nd 2011

Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011)and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946) were a husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording artists. Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, and Simpson in the Bronx, New York. Aft ...