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reflecting lives that have contributed to the world of music
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Recently Added
- Billy Preston -
proficient sideman, Fifth Beatle
. - Gene Pitney - Early 1960s teen angst crooner.
- Christopher Riley - phat rap star.
Musicians & Singers
- Hasil Adkins - rockabilly wildman.
- George Atwood - famed Norman Petty Studio bass player.
- Benny Bailey - trumpeter, member of the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band.
- Gwydion Brooke - played a heavily modified bassoon.
- Danny Joe Brown - singer, Molly Hatchet.
- Jerry Byrd - introduced the steel guitar to Hawaii.
- Larry Bunker - jazz drummer.
- Wild Child Butler - blues harpist.
- Joe Carter - member of the Carter Family of music.
- Lyn Collins - James Brown called her the "Female Preacher."
- Martin Denny - ultra-cool bandleader.
- Robert Farnon - Canadian-born composer who became a success in the UK.
- Camillo Felgen - translated Beatles songs into German.
- Mike Gibbins - drummer for Badfinger.
- Jody Gibson - rockabilly pioneer.
- Lalo Guerrero - known as the Father of Chicano Music.
- John Fred Gourrier - John Fred & His Playboy Band, had hit with "Judy in Disguise With Glasses."
- Percy Heath - bassist, Modern Jazz Quartet
- Dorris Henderson - 1960s folk singer.
- Paul Hester - drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House.
- Gerry Humphries - singer for The Loved Ones.
- Johnnie Johnson - once hired Chuck Berry, honoured as "Johnny B. Goode."
- Ken Johnson - drummer for Tina Turner and Steve Miller.
- Mindy Jostyn - backup singer.
- Harald Juhnke - Germany's Frank Sinatra.
- Kid Krupa - guitarist for the Revillos.
- Jack Keller - Brill Building songwriter, wrote the theme song for "Bewitched," "Hazel" and "Gidget."
- Chris LeDoux - champion bareback rider, country music star.
- Stan Levey - legendary be-bop drummer who appeared on over 2,000 recordings and 300 films.
- Richard 'Rick' Lewis - doo-wop: The Silhouettes.
- Baroness Lips von Lipstrill - professional whistler.
- Lee Mallory - founding member of Millennium, who couldda/shouldda been huge.
- Jimmy Martin - known as the "King of Bluegrass."
- Monty Matthews - founding member of the Jordanaires, Elvis Presley's back up band.
- Tony Meehan - founding member and drummer of The Shadows.
- Jose Melis - bandleader who worked with Jack Paar.
- Jaime Mendoza-Nava - composer who wrote for Disney and "Mr. Magoo."
- Keith Miller - synthesizer session man.
- Pierre Moerlen - drummer, Gong.
- Robert Moog - synthesizer pioneer.
- Birgit Nilsson - operatic singer.
- Jim Pash - played saxophone for The Surfaris.
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - well-respected bassist known as 'The Great Dane with the Never Ending Name.'
- Gene Pitney - Early 1960s teen angst crooner.
- Billy Preston -
proficient sideman, Fifth Beatle
. - Rod Price - guitarist for Foghat.
- Johnny Reed - doo-wop: The Orioles.
- Christopher Riley - phat rap star.
- Jeremy Russell - co-founder, Blue Cheer.
- George Scott - co-founder of Blind Boys of Alabama.
- Bobby Thompson - invented the "melodic" banjo style.
- Domenic Troiano - respected Canadian guitarist.
- James Tyler - orchestrator, 'ghosted' for many of the greats on Broadway.
- Richard Verreau - MGM once asked him to replace Mario Lanza.
- Ronald Winans - gospel singer.
- Jimmy Woode - jazz bassist, member of the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band.
- Link Wray - "The Godfather of The Power Chord."
The Music Business
- Eddie Barclay - introduced the 'LP' to Europe, record label owner.
- Mark Boyle - inventor of rock's 'light show.'
- Salvador 'Tutti' Camarata - musician, composer and arranger; founded London Records, co-founded Disneyland Records, and opened Sunset Sound Recorders.
- James Cassily - sound engineer and inventor.
- Larry Fallon - produced albums for Jimi Hendrix, the Velvet Underground and the Rolling Stones.
- Daniel Heilicher - co-founder, Pickwick Records.
- Chet Helms - promoted the first shows at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.
- Saul Holiff - managed Johnny Cash.
- Bob Houston - edited Melody Maker and Creem Magazine.
- John Judnich - early-era rock PA system engineer.
- Ed Kelleher - music and film journalist.
- Robert "Bob" Lindahl - recorded "Louie Louie."
- Keith Morris - sixties rock photographer.
- Ben Peters - Grammy winning country songwriter.
- Lucy Richardson - inspired "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."
- Johnnie Stewart - created BBC's "Top Of The Pops."
- Simon Waronker - founded Liberty Records.
Beatles Related
- Ivor Arbiter - put the 'T' in Beatles.
- Camillo Felgen - translated Beatles songs into German.
- Mike Gibbins - drummer for Badfinger.
- Billy Preston -
proficient sideman, Fifth Beatle
. - Alan Sytner - founded the Cavern Club.
- Richy Victor - sold square-inches of Beatles bedsheets.
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