August 17, 1944, October 28, 1970

James Ramey (August 17, 1944 – October 28, 1970), better known as Baby Huey, was an American rock and soul singer. He was the frontman for the band Baby Huey & the Babysitters, whose sole LP for Curtom Records in 1971 was influential in the development of ...

May 8, 1977, February 11, 2011

Paul Frappier (May 8, 1977 – February 11, 2011), better known by his stage name Bad News Brown (at times, also as BNB and Briz Brown), was a Montreal-based Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was well known for pairing the ...

September 12, 1944, July 4, 2003

Barry White (born Barry Eugene Carter; September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was an American composer and singer-songwriter. A three-time Grammy Award–winner known for his distinctive bass-baritone voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came i ...

September 8, 1947, October 3, 2000

Benjamin "Ben" Orr (September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician best known as a singer and bassist with the rock band the Cars. He sang several of their best known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Bye Bye Love", "Moving In Stereo" ...

May 30, 1974, February 15, 1999

Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), best known by his stage name Big L, was an American hip hop recording artist, born and raised in Harlem, New York City, New York. Coleman embarked on his career in rapping, with the hip hop trio, Three th ...

December 11, 1926, July 25, 1984

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog" in 1952, which became her biggest hit. It spent seven weeks at number o ...

August 20, 1974, October 14, 2007

Kenneth Doniell Moore was born in Houston, Texas on August 20, 1974, and he grew up in southeast Houston.He graduated from Yates High School in 1992 and he was a former high school football star. As one of the founding members of the "Original Screwed ...

Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000),[2] better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper - the first Latino rapper to have an album be certified platinum as a solo act. Big Pun emerged from th ...

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 ...

February 16, 1916, November 13, 1996

Bill Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. He is best known for his compositions "Honky Tonk" and "Hippy Dippy", and variously working with the Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harri ...

July 6, 1925, February 9, 1981

William John Clifton "Bill" Haley (/ˈheɪliː/; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million- ...

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 ...

17 April 1940, 28 January 1983

Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known by his stage name Billy Fury, was an English singer from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a c ...

March 27 1957, January 22 1997

William MacArthur "Billy" MacKenzie (27 March 1957 – 22 January 1997) was a Scottish singer, with a distinctive high tenor voice; he was best known as a member of The Associates. MacKenzie was born and grew up in Dundee. As a youngster, he lived in Par ...

June 3, 1952, January 28, 200

William Norris "Billy" Powell (June 3, 1952 – January 28, 2009) was an American musician and a longtime keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1970 until his death in 2009. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Powell grew up in a military family ...

September 2, 1946, June 6, 2006

William Everett "Billy" Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American musician whose work included R&B, rock, soul, funk and gospel. A virtuoso keyboardist, particularly on Hammond organ, Preston was recognized as a top session musician in th ...

February 9, 1925, March 22, 1996

Billy Williamson (formal name William F. Williamson; February 9, 1925 – March 22, 1996) was the American steel guitar player for Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. A founding member of both ...

May 3, 1903, October 14, 1977

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark warm bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist of the 20th century, having sold over one billion records, tapes, com ...

Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. The band have since experienced multiple line-up chang ...

December 30, 1928, June 2, 2008

Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American R&B and Chicago blues singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll, ...