STAGE NAME ( profession ) BIRTH NAME

No's
2pac/Makaveli (US hip hop artist, poet, actor) - Tupac Amaru Shakur
3D (UK singer; Massive Attack) - Robert Del Naja
50 Cent (US rap artist) - Curtis James Jackson III
75 Cents/Laci (Croatian singer, accordion player) - Ladislav Demeterffy

A
A.J. (Korean singer, dancer; Beast) - Lee Gi Kwang
A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) - Alexander James McLean
A.J. Pero (US drummer; Cities/Twisted Sister) - Anthony Jude Pero
A.P. Carter (Country musician) - Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter
Aaliyah - (US singer) - Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Abbath Doom Occulta (Norwegian multi-musician; Immortal) - Olve Eikemo
Abbe Lane (US singer, actress) - Abigail Francine Lassman
Abbey Lincoln (US jazz vocalist) - Anna Marie Wooldridge
Ace (Skunk Anansie) - Martin Kent
Ace Cannon (US saxophonist) - John Cannon
Ace Hood (American rapper) - Antoine McColister
Ace Frehley (Kiss) - Paul Daniel Frehley
Adam Ant (UK singer) - Stuart Leslie Goddard
Adam Devlin (UK guitarist; The Bluetones) - Adam Tadek Gorecki
Adam Faith (UK singer) - Terence Nelhams-Wright
Addie "Micki" Harris (US singer, The Shirelles) - Addie Harris McPherson
Adnan Sami (UK born music composer/singer) - Adnan Sami Khan
Adrian Belew (King Crimson) - Robert Steven Belew
aDuck (Canadian keyboardist) - Dwayne Goettel
Aesop Rock (US hip-hop artist) - Ian Matthias Bavitz
Ailyn/An Ling (Spanish singer; Sirenia/solo) - Pilar Giménez García
Ajoo (South Korean singer) - Noh Ah-joo
aKido (Canadian keyboardist) - Kim Gaboury
Akon (R&B singer) - Auliane Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam
Al Alberts (US singer; The Four Aces) - Al Albertini
Al B. Sure (US R&B singer) - Albert Joseph Brown III
Al Kooper (US vocals, keyboards, guitar) - Alan Peter Kuperschmidt
Al Doughty (Jesus Jones) - Alan Jaworski
Al Jolson (US singer) - Asa Yoelson
Al Martino (Italian-American singer, actor) - Alfred Cini
Al Vega (US jazz pianist) - Aram Vagramian
Alan Anton (Canadian bassist; Cowboy Junkies) - Alan Alizojvodic
Alan Dale (US singer) - Aldo Sigismondi
Alan Thicke (Canadian actor, songwriter, TV host) - Alan Willis Jeffery
Albert King (US blues guitarist) - Albert Nelson
Albert Moss (US hip-hop DJ) - DJ Uncle Al
Aleck "Rice" Miller/Sonny Boy Williamson II (US blues harmonica) - Aleck Ford
Alex Ander/Gregg Alexander (US singer; New Radicals) - Gregory Aiuto
Alex Lifeson (Canadian guitarist; Rush) - Aleksandar Živojinovic
Alex North (American composer) - Isadore Soifer
Alex Vanderpool (Boyz II Men) - Nathan Morris
Alexander Brott (Canadian violinist and composer) - Joël Brod
Alexander von Borsig (German guitarist) - Alexander Hacke
Ali-Ollie Woodson (US R&B singer, songwriter, keyboardist) - Ollie Creggett
Alice Babs (Swedish singer) - Hildur Alice Nilsson
Alice Cooper (US singer) - Vincent Damon Furnier
Alicia Keys - Alicia Augello Cook
Allan Sherman (comedy singer) - Allan Copelon
Allison Harte (American disc jockey) - Prudence Dykstra
Alpha Blondy (Ivorian reggae singer) - Seydou Koné
Alvin Stardust / Shane Fenton (UK singer) - Bernard Jurey
Alyosha (Ukrainean singer) - Olena Kucher
Amanda Diva (US actress, rapper) - Amanda Seales
Amber (Dutch singer-songwriter) - Marie-Claire Cremers
Amerie (US R&B singer) - Amerie Mi Marie Rogers
Amir Derakh (Orgy) - Amir Davidson
An Ling/Ailyn (Spanish singer; Sirenia/solo) - Pilar Giménez García
Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters) - Ana Lynch
Anastacia (US singer) - Lynn Newkirk
André '3000' / Dre (Outcast) - André Benjamin
Andrew Benson/Mr. Cheeks (US rapper) - Terrance Kelly
Andy DeMize (US drummer; Nekromantix) - Andrew Martinez
Andy Kim (Canadian pop singer) - Andrew Youakim
Andy LaRocque (Swedish guitarist; King Diamond) - Anders Allhage
Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks) - Antti Hulkko
Andy Razaf (US composer, poet, lyricist) - Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo
Andy Russell (US popular vocalist) - Andrés Rabago Pérez
Andy Szabo (UK singer) - Andy Sabo
Angerfist (Dutch DJ, hardcore techno, Gabber musician) - Danny Masseling
Anita Cochran (US country music singer) - Anita Renee Cockerham
Anita O'Day (Jazz singer) - Anita Belle Colton
Ann Burton (Dutch jazz singer) - Johanna Rafalowicz
Anna Nicole Smith - Vickie Lynn Hogan
Anne Murray - (Irish singer) Morna Anne Murray
Anomie Belle (US multi-musician, producer) - Toby Campbell
Ant (P.J. & Duncan/Ant & Dec) - Anthony McPartlin
Anton Hollywood (UK songwriter, singer, keyboarist) - Geoff Goddard
Anton Maiden (Swedish singer, rock music fan) - Anton Gustafsson
Apache (American rapper) - Anthony Teaks
Aphex Twine / Powerpill (electronic music artist) - Richard D. James
Apl.de.Ap (Black Eyed Peas) - Allen Pineda Lindo
Apollo Papathanasio (Swedish vocalist) - Apostolos Papathanasio
April March (US singer-songwriter) - Elinor Blake
Ari Up/Madussa (German singer; The Slits) - Ariana Forster
Arrow (Montserratan, soca singer-songwriter, music pioneer) - Alphonsus Cassell
Art Blakey (jazz drummer) - Abdullah Ibn Buhaina
Arthur Freed (US lyricist, Hollywood film producer) - Arthur Grossman
Artie Shaw (clarinetist) - Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Thomas Delmer Pyle
Ashanti (US singer) - Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
Ashley Dupré/Kristen (US journalist, singer, call girl) - Ashley Youmans
Arthur Freed (US songwriter, film producer) - Arthur Grossman
Attila The Stockbroker (UK punk musician; Brainstorming) - John Baine
August Darnell (singer) - Thomas August Darnell Browder
Aura Lewis (South African jazz-reggae singer) - Aurelia Msimang
Avant (US singer) - Myron Avant
Axl Rose (Guns N Roses) - William Bruce Rose
Ayo (German singer) - Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin
Aziz Mian (Pakistani singer) - Abdul Aziz

B
BB King - (US guitarist-singer) - Riley B King
B.G./Baby Gangsta (US rapper) - Christopher Dorsey
B.J. Thomas (US singer) - Billy Joe Thomas
B-Real (Cypress Hill) - Louise Freeze
Baatin (American rapper; Slum Village) - Titus Glover
Baby Dodds (American jazz drummer) - Warren Dodds
Babyface (UK singer) - Kenneth Brian Edmonds
Bad News Brown (Canadian rapper, harmonica player) - Paul Frappier
Baltimora (Irish singer, dancer) - Jimmy McShane
Barbara (French singer) - Monique Andrée Serf
Barbara George (American singer) - Barbara Ann Smith
Barbara Lea (US actress, singer) - Barbara LeCoq
Barbara Orbison (US record producer, widow of Roy Orbison) - Barbara Wellhoener Jakobs
Barbra Streisand (US singer, actress) - Barbara Joan Streisand
Barney (UK vocalist; Napalm Death/Extreme Noise Terror/Benediction) - Mark Greenway
Barry Blue - Barry Green
Barry Fratelli (Scottish bassist; The Fratellis) - Barry Wallace
Barry Manilow (US singer) - Barry Alan Pincus
Barry Ryan (uk singer) - Barry Sapherson
Barry White (US soul singer, record producer) - Barry Eugene Carter
Basheer Qusim/Gigi Gryce (jazz saxophonist) - George General Grice Jr
Bashful Brother Oswald/Pete Kirby (US guitarist; Smoky Mountain Boys) - Beecher Ray Kirby
Basia (Polish singer-songwriter) - Barbara Trzetrzelewska
Basshunter (Swedish singer) - Jonas Erik Altberg
Bats for Lashes (British singer) - Natasha Khan
BeardyMan (UK beatboxer) - Darren Foreman
Beaver (New Zealand singer) - Beverley Jean Morrison
Beeb Birtles (Little River Band) - Gerard Bertelkamp
Beenie Man (Reggae Star) - Moses Davis
Belinda (Mexican singer/songwriter/actress) - Belinda Peregrín Schüll
Belinda Carlisle (US singer) - Belinda Kurczeski
Belouis Some (UK singer) - Neville Keighley
Ben E King (US singer) - Benja`min Earl Nelson
Benjamin Combs (US guitarist, backup vocalist; Good Charlotte) - Benji Madden
Benjamin Lees (American composer) - Benjamin Lisniansky
Benjamin Orr (The Cars) - Benjamin Orzechowski.
Benji Madden/ (US guitarist, backup vocalist; Good Charlotte) -Benjamin Combs
Benny Bailey (American bop trumpeter) - Ernest Harold Bailey
Benny Benjamin/Papa Zita (US drummer Motown Funk Brothers) - William Benjamin
Benny Hill (UK actor, comedian, singer) - Alfred Hawthorne Hill
Bent Fabric - Bent Fabricus Bjerre
Bert Kaempfert (German producer, arranger, composer, bandleader) - Berthold Kämpfert
Bertrand Russell (US songwriter) - Bertrand Russell Berns
Beth Ditto (US singer; The Gossip) - Mary Beth Patterson
Bethany Dillon (US singer-songwriter) - Bethany Adelsberger
Betty Boo (UK singer) - Alison Moira Clarkson
Betty Carter (US jazz singer) - Lillie Mae Jones
Betty Curse (UK actress, singer) - Megan Burns
Betty Curtis (Italian singer) - Roberta Corti
Betty Hutton (US actress, comedienne, singer) - Elizabeth June Thornburg
Beverly Sills (US singer) - Belle Miriam Silverman
Bez (UK musician; Happy Mondays) - Mark Berry
Bibie (Ghanaian singer) - Béatrice Adjorkor Anyankor
Bif Naked (Canadian singer, poetess, actress) - Beth Torbert
Biff Rose (US comedian and singer-songwriter) - Paul Rose
Big Bad Brad (Linkin Park) - Bradford Phillip Delson
Big Boi (Outkast) - Antwan André Patton
Big Bopper (US singer) - Jiles Perry Richardson
Big Daddy Kane (American rap artist) - Antonio Hardy
Big L (American rapper; D.I.T.C) - Lamont Coleman
Big Moe (American rapper) - Kenneth Moore
Big Pokey (US rapper; Screwed Up Click) - Milton Powell
Big Punisher (Rapper) - Christopher Rios
Big Sox/Saukrates (Canadian rapper) - Amani Wailoo
Bijou Drains (Thunderclap Newman/The Who) - Peter Townsend
Bill Blue (American jazz/blues clarinetist) - William Thornton Blue
Bill Chase (US trumpet player) - William Edward Chiaiese
Bill Graham (US rock concert promoter) - Wolodia Grajonca
Bill Legend (T Rex) - William Fifield
Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) - William Perks
Billie Holiday (US singer) - Eleanora Fagan
Billie Piper (UK singer, actress) - Lianne Paul Piper
Billy Bang (US free jazz violinist, composer) - William Vincent Walker
Billy Fury (UK singer) - Ronald Wycherley
Billy Guy (Coasters) - Frank William Phillips
Billy Idol (UK singer) - William Michael Albert Broad
Billy J Kramer (UK singer; The Dakotas) - William Howard Ashton
Billy Joel (US singer) - William Joseph Martin Joel
Billy Paul (soul singer) - Paul Williams
Billy Rose (US impresario, lyricist) - William Samuel Rosenberg
Billy Shake/William Shakespeare/John Cabe (Australian Glam rock singer) - John Cave
Billy Tipton (US jazz pianist and saxophonist) - Dorothy Lucille Tipton
Bing Crosby (US singer) - Harry Lillis Crosby
Biz Markie (rap artist) - Marcel Hall
Bizarre (US rapper) - Rufus Johnson
Bizzy D (Sum 41) - Deryck Whibley
Bizzy Bone (US rapper) - Bryon McCane
Bjork (Icelandic singer) - Björk Gudmundsdóttir
Black (US singer) - Colin Vearncombe
Black Francis/Frank Black (US musician; Pixies) - Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Black Rob (US rapper) - Robert Ross
Blackie Lawless (US singer/guitar; W.A.S.P) - Steven Edward Duren
Blaze Bayley (UK singer; Wolfsbane/Iron Maiden) - Bayley Alexander Cooke
Bless (Canadian rapper) - Ben Rinehart
Blind Mississippi Morris (US delta blues harmonica, guitarist) - Morris Cummings
Blind Willie Dunn (US jazz guitarist) - Eddie Lang
Blind Willie McTell (US guitarist, singer) - William Samuel McTier
Bo Burnham (US comedic singer-songwriter, Internet Celebrity) - Robert Burnham
Bo Diddley (US guitarist, singer) - Otha Elias Bates McDaniel
Bob 2 (US guitarist; Devo) - Bob Casale
Bob C. Benberg (US drummer, composer; Supertramp/others) - Bob Siebenberg
Bob Dylan (US singer-songwriter, poet, musician) - Robert Zimmerman
Bob Shane (Kingston Trio) - Robert Castle Schoen
Bobby Charles (American songwriter) - Robert Charles Guidry
Bobby Dall (Poison) - Robert Harry Kuykendall
Bobby Darin (US singer) - Walden Robert Cassotto
Bobby Day (US singer) - Robert James Byrd
Bobby Gentry (US singer) - Roberta Lee Streeter
Bobby Graham (UK session drummer) - Robert Francis Neate
Bobby Rydell (US singer) - Robert Louis Ridarelli
Bobby Pyn/Darby Crash (US punk singer; The Germs) - Jan Paul Beahm
Bobby Valentino (UK singer) - Robert James Beckingham
Bobby Van (US singer, actor) - Robert Jack Stein
Bobby Vee (US singer) - Robert Velline
Bobby Vinton (US singer) - Stanley Robert Vintula
Bola de Nieve (Cuban pianist) - Ignacio Jacinto Villa
Bon Scott (AC/DC) - Ronald Belford Scott
Bone Crusher (US rapper) - Wayne Hardnett Jr
Bonehead (Oasis) - Paul Arthurs
Boney James (award winning US sax player) - James Oppenheim
Bonnie Blue/Helen Forrest (American jazz singer) - Helen Fogel
Bonnie Bramlett (US R&B/rock singer) - Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell
Bonnie Guitar (US singer) - Bonnie Buckingham
Bonnie Pink (Japanese singer) - Kaori Asada
Bonnie Tyler/Sherene Davies (UK singer) - Gaynor Hopkins
Bono (U2) - Paul David Hewson
BooBoo Stewart (US singer, actor, dancer) - Nils Allen Stewart Jr
Boogie Mosson (US bassist; United Soul/Parliament-Funkadelic) - Cordell Mosson
Booker T - Booker T. Jones
Boon Gould (US guitarist, multi-musician; Level 42/solo) - Rowland Charles Gould
Boots Randolph (US sax player) - Homer Louis Randolph
Boris (French singer, songwriter, composer, radio host) - Philippe Dhondt
Boule Noire (Canadian singer, radio host) - George Thurston
Bounty Killer (Jamaican deejay) - Rodney Basil Price
Bow Wow (US rap artist) - Shad Gregory Moss
Bowzer/Bowzer J Bowzer (US singer, TV host; Sha Na Na) - Jon Bauman
Boxcar Willie (US hobo music/country singer) - Lecil Travis Martin
Boy George (US singer) - George Alan O'Dowd
Boz (UK singer, bassist; Bad Company/King Crimson) - Raymond Burrell
Boz Scaggs - William Royce Scaggs
Braguinha (Brazilian songwriter) - Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga
Bram (Canadian children's musical trio) - Bramwell Morrison
Bram Tchaikovsky (UK singer, guitar; Motors) - Peter Bramall
Brandy (rhythm & blues singer) - Brandy Norwood
Brenda Lee/Little Miss Dynamite (US singer) - Brenda Mae Tarpley
Brenton Wood - Alfred Jessie Wood
Bret Michaels (Poison) - Bret Michael Sychak
Brian Damage (US punk and rock drummer) - Brian Keats
Brian Helicopter (UK bass guitarist; The Shapes/others) - Gareth Holder
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) - Lewis Brian Hopkins-Jones
Brix Smith (US singer-songwriter, guitarist) - Laura Elisse Salenger
Brook Benton (US singer) - Benjamin Franklin Peay
Brown Tom (Canadian musician/Gob/Summit 41) - Tom Thacker
Bruce Ruffin (reggae singer) - Bernardo Constantine Valderama
Bruce Welch OBE (The Shadows) - Bruce Cripps
Bruno Mars (US singer-songwriter) - Peter Gene Hernandez
Bruno Walter (German conductor) - Bruno Schlesinger
Bubba Sparxxx (hip-hop artist) - Warren Anderson Mathis
Buck 65 (Canadian hip hop artist, MC, turntablist) - Richard Terfry
Buck Clayton (US jazz trumpet player) - Wilbur Dorsey Clayton
Buck Dharma (US guitarist; Blue Öyster Cult) - Donald Roeser
Buck Owens (Country singer guitarist) - Alvis Edgar Owens Jr
Buck Ram (US songwriter) - Samuel Ram
Bud Freeman (US jazz musician, bandleader, composer) - Lawrence Freeman
Buddy Blue (Beat Farmers) - Bernard Seigal
Buddy Cole (US jazz pianist, organist, bandleader) - Edwin LeMar Cole
Buddy Greco (Jazz pianist) - Armando Greco
Buddy Holly - Charles Hardin Holley
Buddy Rich (US jazz drummer) - Bernard Rich
Buddy Tate (US jazz saxophone player) - George Holmes Tate
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Canadian folk singer, songwriter) - Beverly Sainte-Marie
Bun B (US Rapper; UGK) - Bernard Freeman
Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) - Brad Carlson
Bunny Berigan (American jazz trumpeter) - Rowland Berigan
Bunny Wailer (Jamaican musician; Bob Marley/The Wailers) - Neville O'Riley Livingston
Burning Spear (Jamaican reggae singer) - Winston Rodney OD
Burton Lane (American composer and lyricist) - Burton Levy
Busby Berkeley (musical film choreographer) - William Berkeley Enos
Bushido/Sonny Black (German rapper) - Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi
Bushwick Bill (rap artist) - Richard Shaw
Busta Rhymes - Trevor Tahiem Smith
Butch Vig (US record producer, drummer; Garbage) - Bryan David Vig
Buzz Wayne aka Dig Wayne (JoBoxers) - Timothy Wayne Ball

C
C.J. Chenier (US Zydeco singer, accordion, saxophone) - Clayton Joseph Thompson
C-Jay Ramone (US bassist; The Ramones) - Christopher Joseph Ward
C-Murder (US rapper; TRU/solo) - Corey Miller
C. P. Rele (Indian classical singer) - Chandrashekhar P. Rele
C.W. McCall (US country singer) - William Dale Fries
Cal Smith (country singer) - Calvin Grant Shofner
Calum Macdonald (Scottish percussionist; Runrig) - Calum Alasdair Domhnallach
Calvin Russell (US protest singer-songwriter, guitarist) - Calvert Russell Kosler
Camarón de la Isla (Spanish flamenco singer) - José Monje Cruz
Cam'ron (rap artist) - Cameron Giles
Camoflauge (American rapper) - Jason Johnson
Camu Tao (American rapper) - Tero Smith
Candi Staton (US soul & gospel singer) - Canzetta Maria Staton
Candyman (Los Angeles rapper) - Candell Manson
Canibus (US rap artist) - Germaine Williams
Cappadonna (US rapper) - Darryl Hill
Capt'n Spin-kick (Australian singer-songwriter; Confession) - Michael Crafter
Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet (US singer, multi-musician) - Donald Glen Vliet
Captain Sensible (Damned) - Raymond Burns
Carl Wayne (UK vocals, bassist; The Move) - Colin David Tooley
Carla Boni (Italian singer) - Carla Gaiano
Carlos (French singer) - Jean Chrysostome Dolto
Carola (Swedish singer) - Carola Maria Häggkvist
Carole King (US singer/songwriter) - Carole Klein
Carly Smithson (Irish singer-songwriter) - Carly Hennessy
Carmel (UK singer; Carmel) - Carmel McCourt
Carmen Electra (US singer, actress; Pussycat Dolls) - Tara Leigh Patrick
Casino Versus Japan (US composer,electronic musician) - Erik Kowalski
Cass (UK bassist, Skunk Anansie) - Richard Keith Lewis
Cass Elliot / Mama Cass (US singer) - Ellen Naomi Cohen
Cassidy (US rapper) - Barry Adrian Reese
Cassie (US R&B singer) - Casandra Ventura
Cat Power (US guitarist, piano, singer-song writer) Charlyn Marie Marshall
Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam (UK singer) - Steven Demetre Georgiou
Catman / Peter Criss (US drummer; Kiss) - George Peter Criscoula
Catfish Collins (US guitarist) - Phelps Collins
Cazuza (Brazilian poet, singer, composer) - Agenor Miranda Araújo Neto
CC Deville (Poison) - Bruce Anthony Johannesson
CeCe Winans (US gospel and R&B singer) - Priscilla Marie Winans
Cecilia (Spanish singer-songwriter) - Evangelina Sobredo Galanes
Cee-Lo Green (US hip hop, soul singer; Goodie Mob/solo) - Thomas DeCarlo Callaway
Cerys Matthews (Catatonia) - Cerys Elizabeth Philip
Chad Allan (Canadian lead vocals; Guess Who) - Allan Kowbel
Chad Kroeger (Canadian singer, guitar; Nickelback) - Chad Robert Turton
Chaka Khan - Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
Chamillionaire (US rapper) - Hakeem Seriki
Charles Aznavour (singer) - Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian
Charlie Harper (UK Subs) - David Charles Perez
Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estevez
Charly Alberti (Argentinian drummer) - Carlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti
Charizma (American hip-hop MC) - Charles Hicks
Chas Chandler (UK bassist, manager) - Bryan James Chandler
Chas Smash/Carl Smyth (trumpet, Madness) - Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth
Chayanne (Puerto Rican singer) - Elmer Figueroa Arce
Che'Nelle (Malaysian Australian singer) - Cheryline Lim
Cheats (New Zealand percussionist) - Kris Chetan Ramlu
Chenoa (Spanish singer) - María Laura Corradini Falomir
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere
Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) - Rita Crudgington
Chet Atkins - Chester Burton Aitkins
Chick Churchill (UK keyboards, Ten Years After) - Michael George Churchill
Chick Corea (US jazz pianist, keyboardist,composer) - Armando Corea
Chickie Williams (US country music singer) - Jessie Wanda Crupe
Chico (Moroccoan-British singer) - Yousseph Slimani
Chico Freeman (US jazzman) - Earl Lavon Freeman Jr
Chico DeBarge (US singer; DeBarge) - Jonathan Arthur DeBarge
Chilam (Hong Kong actor and singer) - Julian Cheung
Chilli (US singer/TLC) - Rozonda Thomas
Chilly B (American electro rapper; Newcleus) - Robert Crafton
Chilton Price (US violinist, songwriter) - Chilton Searcy
Chingy (US rapper) - Howard Bailey
Chink Martin (American jazz tubist) - Chink Abraham
Chino XL (American rapper) - Derek Keith Barbosa
Chip Hawkes (Tremeloes) - Leonard Donald Hawkes
Chipmunk (UK rapper) - Jahmaal Noel Fyffe
Chris Connor (American jazz singer) - Mary Loutsenhizer
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) - Christopher John Boyle
Chris Cross (Ultrabox) - Christopher Allen
Chris Curtis (The Searchers) - Christopher Crummey
Chris Farlowe (singer) - John Henry Deighton
Chris Jericho (Canadian wrestler, singer; Fozzy) - Christopher Keith Irvine
Chris Lancelot (Swedish singer; Dive/solo) - Krister Linder
Chris Montez (US singer) - Ezekiel Christopher Montanez
Chrispa (Greek singer) - Chrisanthi Pagona
Christine McVie (UK keyboards/vocals-Fleetwood Mac) - Christine Anne Perfect
Christophe (French singer) - Daniel Bevilacqua
Christopher Cross (US singer) - Christopher Geppert
Christos Dantis (Greek composer, singer) - Christos Vlahakis
Chubby Checker (US singer) - Ernest Evans
Chuck Berry (US singer-songwriter) - Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Chuck D (Public Enemy) - Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Chuck Dukowski (US bassist; Black Flag) - Gary McDaniel
Chuck Rio (US singer, saxophonist) - Daniel Flores
Chuck Schuldiner (US singer, guitar; Death) - Charles Michael Schuldiner
Chuck Willis (US blues, R&B singer) - Harold Willis
Cisco Houston (US folk singer and songwriter) - Gilbert Vandine Houston
Cleo Laine - Clementina Dinah Campbell
Clevie (Jamaican Reggae musician, composer, producer) - Cleveland Browne
Cliff Richard (legendary UK singer) - Harry Rodger Webb
Clint Eastwood (reggae deejay/ novelty act in Jamaica) - Robert Brammer
Clint Ruin/Frank Want/Foetus (Australian vocalist) - James George Thirlwell
Clinton Ford (UK singer) - Ian George Stapford Harrison
Clueso (German singer, rapper) - Thomas Hübner
Coby Dick (Papa Roach) - Jacoby Shaddix
Coco Robicheaux (US blues musician, artist) - Curtis John Arceneaux
Coco Sumner (Italy-UK singer-songwriter, guitarist, daughter of Sting) - Eliot Sumner
Cocco (Japanese singer) - Satoko Makishi
Coeur de pirate (Canadian singer, songwriter) - Béatrice Martin
Cold 187um (American rapper) - Gregory Fernan Hutchinson
CoLD SToRAGE (Welsh video game music composer) - Tim Wright
Colette Bonheur (Quebec Canadian singer) - Colette Chailler
Colette Deréal (French singer, actress) - Colette Denise de Glarélial
Colin Gibb (UK singer, guitarist; Black Lace) - Colin Routh
Colin James (Canadian composer, rock-swing-blues guitarist) - Colin James Munn
Collie Buddz (US reggae & Dancehall artist) - Colin Harper
Commander Cody (Lost Planet Airmen) - George Frayne
Common (hip-hop artist) - Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr
Cone (Canadian bassist; Sum 41) - Jason McCaslin
Connie Francis - Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
Connie Haines (American singer) - Yvonne Marie Antoinette JaMais
Conny Stuart (Dutch singer and actress) - Cornelia van Meijgaard
Conway Twitty (US country singer) - Harold Lloyd Jenkins
Cool Ruler / Lonely Lover (Jamaican reggae) - Gregory Isaacs
Coolio (US singer, hip-hop artist) - Artis Ivey Jr.
Cootie Williams (US jazz/rhythm 'n' blues trumpeter) - Charles Melvin Williams
Corbin Bleu (US actor, singer) - Corbin Bleu Reivers
Corky Laing (Canadian rock drummer; Mountain) - Laurence Gordon Laing
Corneille (Rwandan-Canadian singer) - Cornelius Nyungura
Cornelius (Japanese musician, singer; Flippers Guitar) - Keigo Oyamada
Count Basie (American jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader) - William Basie
Courtney Love (US singer) - Michelle Harrison
Cowboy Copas (US country music singer) - Lloyd Estel Copas
Cowboy Troy (American country-rapper) - Troy Lee Coleman III
Coxsone Dodd (Jamaican record producer) - Clement Seymour Dodd
Cozy Powell (UK drummer) - Colin Flooks
Crispian St Peters (UK singer) - Robin Peter Smith
Cronos (UK bassist, Venom) - Conrad Thomas Lant
Crown J / Crown Jewel (South Korean hip hop singer, rapper) - Kim Kye Hoon
Curtis Knight (US singer) - Curtis McNear
Crystal Gayle (US singer) - Brenda Gail Webb Gatzimos
Cy Coleman (US composer, songwriter, jazz pianist) - Seymour Kaufman
Cyndi Lauper (US singer) - Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
Cynthia Plaster Caster/Plaster Caster (US intermate groupie) - Cynthia Albritton

D
D'Angelo (soul singer, pianist) - Michael Eugene Archer
D'banj (Nigerian singer, songwriter, harmonica) - Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo Thormodsæter Haugen
D. Boon (US singer, guitatist; The Minutemen) - Dennes Dale Boon
D. Woods (US singer; Danity Kane) - Wanita Woodgett
Da Brat - Shawntae Harris
Dà S (Taiwanese actress, singer) - Barbie Hsu
Daddy G (Massive Attack) - Grant Marshall
Daddy Mack (US hip hop, rapper; Kris Kross) - Chris Smith
Daddy Yankee/ (Puerto Rican reggaeton singer) - Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez
Daisuke Han (Japanese singer) - Daisuke Tsuda
Daisy Berkowitz (US bass; Marilyn Manson) - Scott Mitchell Putesky
Daisy Dee (Curaçaon born singer) - Desiree Rollocks
Dale Bozzio (US singer; Missing Persons) - Dale Frances Consalvi
Dan-e-o (Canadian rapper) - Daniel Faraldo
Dana (Irish singer) - Rosemary Brown
Danielle Dax (UK musician; The Lemon Kittens/solo) - Danielle Gardner
Danja (US record producer, composer, songwriter) - Floyd Nathaniel Hills
Danny (Finnish singer, guitarist) - Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen
Danny! (US record producer/hip-hop artist) - Daniel Keith Swain
Danny Davis (US country musician) - George Nowlan
Danny Kaye (actor, singer) - David Daniel Kominski
Danny La Rue (Irish-British female impersonator/singer) - Daniel Patrick Carroll
Danny McBride (US singer, guitarist, Sha Na Na) - Daniel Hatton
Danny Wilde (singer) - Danny Thomas
Danson Tang (Taiwanese actor, model, singer) - Táng Yuzhé
Darby Crash/Bobby Pyn (US punk singer; The Germs) - Jan Paul Beahm
Darius (Scottish/Persian singer) - Darius Danesh
Dave "Baby" Cortez (US B&B pianist) - David Clowney
Dave Benton (Aruban born singer) - Efren Eugene Benita
Dave Berry (UK singer) - David Grundy
Dave Blood (US bass guitaris; Dead Milkmen) - David Schulthise
Dave Day (US banjo/ guitar, The Monks) - Dave Havlicek
Dave Dee (Dave, Dozy, Mick etc)- David Harman
Dave Dudley - David Pedruska
Dave Lee Travis / DLT (UK disc jockey) - David Griffin
David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
David Byron (Uriah Heep) - David Garrick
David Essex (UK singer, songwriter, actor) - David Albert Cook
David J (UK bass; Bauhaus/The Jazz Butcher/Love & Rockets) - David Jay Haskins
David Ruffin (Temptations) - Davis Eli Ruffin
David Seville (The Chipmunks) - Ross Bagdasarian
David Tibet (UK singer; Current 93) - David Michael Bunting
David Vanian (The Damned) - David Letts
Davy Chesterfield (UK singer, guitarist; The Chesterf!elds) - David Goldsworthy
Daz Dillinger (US rapper;Tha Dogg Pound) - Delmar Drew Arnaud
De la Cour (Swedish singer) - Maria Susanna Michaela Dornonville de la Cour
Dead (Swedish black metal vocalist) - Per Yngve Ohlin
Dean Martin (US singer, actor) - Dino Paul Crocetti
Dean Ween/Deaner (US guitarist; Ween) - Michael Melchiondo Jr
Deanna Durbin (Canadian actress, singer) - Edna Mae Durbin
Debbie Dean (US singer; 1st Motown white solo artist) - Reba Jeanette Smith
Deborah Allen (US country singer) - Deborah Lynn Thurmond
Dédé Fortin (Canadian singer, guitarist; Les Colocs) - André Fortin
Dee C. Lee (UK singer) - Diane Catherine Sealey
Dee Dee Ramone (US bassist: Ramones) - Douglas Glenn Colvin
Dee Dee Sharp (US R&B singer) - Dione LaRue
Dee Dee Warwick (American soul singer) - Delia Mae Warrick
Dee Murray (UK bassist, backing vocals; Elton John band) - David Murray Oates
Dee Snider (US lead singer; Twisted Sister) - David Daniel Snider
Deen (Bosnian singer; Seven Up/solo) - Fuad Backovic
Del Marquis (Scissor Sisters) - Derek Gruen
Del Shannon (US singer, guitarist) - Charles Weedon Westover
Del tha Funkee Homosapien (Deltron 3030) - Teren Delvon Jones
Della Reese (US jazz singer) - Delloreese Patricia Early Della Reese
Delores Williams (US R&B singer) - Delores LaVern Baker
Dennis Day (US singer, comedian) - Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty
Denny Laine (Moody Blues) - Denny Brian Hines
Derek B / EZQ (British rapper) - Derek Boland
Derek Lee Rock (US drummer; Mêlée/Suburban Legends) - Derek Lee Smith
Derf "Fred" Scratch (US bassist, sax player; Fear) - Frederick Milner III
Desmond Dekker (Jamaican singer) - Desmond Adolphus Dacres
Desireless (French singer) - Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop
Des'ree (R&S singer) - Desiree Weeks
DeVante Swing (US music producer) - Donald DeGrate Jr
Dewey Martin (drummer/Buffalo Springfield) - Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff
Dexter (Offspring) - Bryan Kieth Holland
Diahann Carroll (US singer, actress) - Carol Diahann Johnson
Diamondog (Angolan rapper) - Diamantino Edgar Capacassa Feijó
Diana Darvey (UK actress, singer, dancer) - Diana Magdalene Roloff
Diana Ross (US singer) - Diane Emestine Ross
Diana Washington (US singer) - Ruth Jones
Diane Tell (Quebec singer) - Diane Fortin
Dick Dale - Richard Monsour
Dick Diamonde (Easybeats) - Dingeman Van Der Sluys
Dick Lory (US singer-songwriter, record producer) - Richard Eugene Glasser
Dick James (UK music publisher) - Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick
Dick Rivers (French singer, actor) - Hervé Forneri
Diddú (Icelandic soprano, songwriter) - Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir
Didith Reyes (Filipino singer) - Maria Helen Bella Avenila Santamaria
Dido (UK singer) - Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong
Dig Wayne aka Buzz Wayne (JoBoxers) - Timothy Wayne Ball
Dinah Cancer (US singer; Castration Squad/45 Grave) - Mary Simms
Dinah Shore (US singer, actress) - Frances Rose Shore
Dino Merlin (Bosnian singer-songwriter) - Edin Dervišhalidovic
Dino Sete Cordas/Seven-String Dino (Brazilian guitarist) - Horondino Jose da Silva
Dino Valente/Jesse Oris Farrow (US singer) - Chester William Powers Jr
Dionne Warwick - Marie Dionnne Warrick
Diplo (US DJ, producer, songwriter) - Thomas Wesley Pentz
Divine (US female impersonator, actor, singer) - Harris Glenn Milstead
Dixie Fasnacht (US jazz singer, clarinetist,club owner) - Yvonne Fasnacht
Dixie Lee (US actress, dancer, singer) - Wilma Winifred Wyatt
Dizzee Rascal (UK rapper) - Dylan Kwabena Mills
Dizzy Gillespie (US jazz trumpeter) - John Birks Gillespie
Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) - Darren Arthur Reed
D.J. Alice (Japanese musician) - Soyo Oka
D.J. Ashba (US guitarist; Guns n Roses, others) - Daren Jay Ashba
D.J. AM (US DJ, club owner; Crazy Town) - Adam Michael Goldstein
D.J. Assault (US hip hop musician) - Craig De Sean Adams
D.J. Big Will (US DJ and Radio presenter) - William Dunn
D.J. Bobo (Swiss singer) - Peter René Cipiriano Baumann
D.J. Clue (US DJ and producer) - Ernesto Shaw
D.J. Doctor Nice aka Human Beat Box (Rapper) - Darren Robinson
D.J. Headliner (hip-hop artist) - Timothy Barnwell
D.J. Homicide (Sugar Ray) - Craig Bullock
D.J. Jazzy Jeff - Jeffrey A. Townes
D.J. Khaled (Palestinian-American hip-hop/rap artist) - Khaled Khaled
D.J. Muggs (US producer, DJ, Cypress Hill) - Lawrence Muggerud
D.J. Premier/Preemo (US hip hop artist) - Christopher Edward Martin
D.J. Q-Ball (US singer, DJ; Bloodhound Gang) - Harry Dean Jr
D.J. Quicksilver (Turkish disc jockey, music producer) - Orhan Terzi
D.J. Quik (American rapper) - David Martin Blake
D.J. Sammy (Spanish DJ, producer) - Samuel Bouriah
D.J. Screw (rapper; Screwed Up Click) - Robert Earl Davis Jr
D.J. Spinderella - (DJ for Salt n Pepa) Deirdre Roper
D.J. Terminator X (rapper) - Norman Rogers
D.J. Trend/TNT (UK DJ, drum and bass specialist) - Gifford Noel
D.J. Tukutz (South Korean DJ; Epik High) - Kim Jung-Sik
D.J. Uncle Al (US hip-hop DJ) - Albert Moss
D.J. Webstar (US DJ, retro rapper) - Troy Ryan
D.J. Yella (rapper) - Antoine Carraby
DLT / Dave Lee Travis (UK disc jockey) - David Griffin
DMX (African-US rap artist) - Earl Simmons
Dobie Gray/Leonard Ainsworth (US singer, songwriter) - Lawrence Darrow Brown
Doc Cheatham (American jazz trumpeter) - Adolphus Cheatham
Doc Pomus (guitarist, songwriter) - Jerome Solon Felder
Doc Watson (US guitarist/folk singer) - Arthel Lane Watson
Doc Williams (US country singer, band leader) - Andrew John Smik Jr
Dolcenera (Italian singer) - Emanuela Trane
Dolla (US rap artist) - Roderick Anthony Burton II
Domino (US music producer, DJ, manager) - Damian Siguenza
Dompan (Swedish alto saxophonist) - Arne Domnerus
Don Arden (UK rock manager/Sharon Osborne's father) - Harry Levy
Don Cornell (US singer) - Luigi Varlaro
Don Everly - Isaac Donald Everly
Don Fardon (The Sorrows) - Donald Maughn
Don Lane (US-born Australian TV host, singer) - Morton Donald Isaacson
Dong Abay (Filipino singer, songwriter;Yano) - Westdon Martin Abay
Donna Fargo - Yvonne Vaughan
Donna Summer - LaDonna Andrea Gaines
Donnie Brooks (US singer) - John Dee Abohosh
Donnie Munro (Runrig) - Donaidh Rothach
Donovan (UK folk singer-songwriter, guitarist) - Donovan Phillip Leitch
Doris Day (US actress, singer) - Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
Doris Troy (US soul/R&B singer) - Doris Higginson
Doseone (US rapper) - Adam Drucker
Dottie Rambo (American southern gospel singer) - Joyce Reba Luttrell
Dottie West (C&W singer/guitarist) - Dorothy Marie Marsh
Doug Stone (US singer) - Douglas Jackson Brooks
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (US guitarist; The Misfits) - Paul Caiafa
Dr. Alban (Swedish based, Nigerian singer) - Alban Nwapa
Dr. Dre (US rap artist) - Andre Romell Young
Dr. Feelgood / Red Piano (UK singer) - Willie Perryman
Dr. John (US multi-musician ) - Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.
Dr. Know (US guitarist; Bad Brains) - Gary Miller
Dr. Ragtime (American guitarist) - Jack Rose
Dr. Madd Vibe (US lead singer, saxophonist; Fishbone) - Angelo Moore
Dr. Robert (Blow Monkeys) - Bruce Robert Howard
Drake (Canadian actor, rapper) - Aubrey Graham
Drake Levin (US guitarist/Paul Revere & the Raiders) - Drake Maxwell Levinshefski
Dre/Krazy Drayz (rapper) - Andre Weston
Dre (Outkast) - Andre Benjamin
DreadEd (UK lead singer; FatalFear) - Edward Campbell
D-Roc the Executioner (Body Count) - Dennis Miles
D-Roc (Ying Yang Twins) - D'eongelo Holmes
Duck Baker (US fingerstyle guitarist) - Richard R. Baker IV
Duffy (Welsh singer) - Aimée Ann Duffy
Duke D'Mond (UK singer; The Barron Knights) - Richard Palmer
Duke Ellington - Edward Kennedy Ellington
Dulce María (Mexican latin singer, actress) - Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón
Duncan James (Blue) - Duncan Matthew James Inglis
Dusty Springfield - Mary O'Brien
Duster Bennett (Welsh singer, multi-musician; solo/sessionist) - Anthony Bennett
Dutch Tilders (Australian blues musician) - Matthew Tilders
Dwele (US R&B, soul singer, record producer) - Andwele Gardner

E
E-40 (US Cali Bay Rapper) - Earl Stevens
E-Double-E/Erick Onasis/The Green Eyed Bandit (US rap artist) - Erick Sermon
Eamon (US singer-songwriter) - Eamon Doyle
Earl King (US blues guitarist) - Earl Silas Johnson
East Bay Ray (US guitarist; Dead Kennedys) - Raymond John Pepperell
Eazy E (US rap artist) - Eric Wright
Ecstacy (Whodini) - John Fletcher
Ed Ames (US singer, actor) - Edmund Dantes Urick
Eddi Reader (Scottish singer-Fairground Attraction) - Sadenia Reader
Eddie Barclay (French producer; Barclay Records) - Edouard Ruault
Eddie Bo (US singer and pianist) - Edwin Joseph Bocage
Eddie Cantor (US singer, entertainer) - Edward Israel Iskowitz
Eddie Constantine (US actor, singer) - Edward Constantinowsky
Eddie Foy (US singer, dancer, actor) - Edwin Fitzgerald
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - Edward Louis Severson 111
Eddy Lover (Panamanian singer) - Eduardo Mosquera
Eddy Raven (US country artist) - Edward Garvin Futch
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater (US blues guitarist) - Edward Harrington
Eden Ahbez/George Alexander Aberle (American songwriter) - George McGrew
Édith Piaf - Edith Giovanna Gassion
Edward Ka-Spel (UK vocals, keyboard; Legendary Pink Dots) - Edward Francis Sharp
Edwin Starr (US singer) - Charles Edwin Hatcher
Ektor (Puerto Rican singer, actor, painter) - Héctor Rivera
El DeBarge (US R&B singer) - Eldra Patrick DeBarge
El Duce (US singer, drummer; The Mentors) - Eldon Hoke
El Fary (Spanish singer) - José Luis Cantero Rada
El Gato Barbieri (Argentinian saxophonist) - Leandro Barbieri
El Guaruras (Mexican singer) - Diego Rivas
El Hefe (US guitarist, vocals, multi-musician; NOFX) - Aaron Abeyta
El-P/El-Producto (US hip hop artist, entrepreneur) - Jaime Meline
El Puma (Venezuelan singer) - José Luis Rodríguez
Elephant Man/Energy God (Jamaican DJ/singer) - O'Neil Bryan
Elissa (Lebanese singer) - Elissar Zakaria Khoury
Ella Chen (Taiwanese mandopop singer; S.H.E) - Chen Chia-Hwa
Elle MacPherson (songwriter)- Eleanor Gow
Ellie Gaye (songwriter) - Eleanor Greenwich
Elliot Easton (The Cars) - Elliot Steinberg
Elmore James (US blues guitarist) - Elmore Brooks
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus
Elvis Ramone (drummer) - Clement Burke
Eminem (US rap artist) - Marshal Bruce Mathers III
Emma Calvé (French soprano) - Rosa Emma Calvet
Emmy (Albanian singer) - Elsina Hidersha
Energy God/Elephant Man (Jamaican DJ/singer) - O'Neil Bryan
Engelbert Humperdink (UK singer) - Arnold George Dorsey
Enrique de Melchor (Spanish flamenco guitarist) - Enrique Jiménez Ramírez
Enya/Enya Brennan (Irish singer, musician) - Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin
Eon (British rave pioneer) - Ian Loveday
Epic (Crazy Town) - Bret Mazur
Epic Soundtracks (UK singer, multi-musician; Swell Maps/solo) - Kevin Godfrey
Eric Campbell-Lewis (Middle Of The Road) - Eric McCreadie
Eric Clapton - Eric Patrick Clapp
Eric Singer (Kiss) - Eric Mensinger
Eric "The Fox" Carr (Kiss) - Paul Caravello
Erick Onasis/The Green Eyed Bandit/E-Double-E (US rap artist) - Erick Sermon
Erika Jo (US singer) - Erika Jo Heriges
Ernest Gold (Austrian composer) - Ernst Sigmund Goldner
Ernie K-Doe (New Orlean's R&B singer) - Ernest Kador Jr
Errol Leonard Norstedt (Swedish singer-songwriter) - Eddie Meduza
Erykah Badu (US R&B singer) - Erica Wright
Esthero (Canadian singer-songwriter) - Jen-Bea Englishman
Ethel Merman (US actress, singer) - Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
Etta Cameron (Danish singer and actor) - Ettamae Louvita Coakley
Etta James (US R&B singer) - Jamesetta Hawkins
Eugene (South Korean singer, actress) - Kim Yoo-Jin
Eve (Ruff Ryders) - Eve Jeffers
Evelyn Barbirolli (UK oboist) - Evelyn Rothwell
Everlast (US rap artist) - Erik Schrody
Evil Jared Hasselhoff (US bassist, vocals; The Bloodhound Gang) - Jared Hennegan
Example (British rapper) - Elliot John Gleave
Exene Cervenka (US singer, writer; X) - Christine Cervenková
Eydie Gorme (US singer) - Edith Gormezano
Eyedea/Oliver Hart (American rapper) - Micheal Larsen
EZQ / Derek B (British rapper) - Derek Boland

F
Fabian - Fabiano Anthony Forte
Fabolous (US rapper) - Johnathan David Jackson
Fad Gadget (UK electronic musician) - Frank Tovey
Fairuz (Lebanese singer) - Nouhad Haddad
Faith Hill - Audrey Faith Perry Hill
Falco - Johann Hölzel
Fanny Brice (US singer, actress, comedian) - Fania Borach
Farin Urlaub (German musician; Die Ärzte) - Jan Ulrich Max Vetter
Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook - Quentin Leo Cook
Fat Joe (US rapper) - Joseph Antonio Cartagena
Fat Mike (US bassist) - Michael John Burkett
Fat Pat (US rapper; Screwed Up Click) - Patrick Lamont Hawkins
Philip Burrell (Jamaican record producer) - Fatis
Fats Domino (US singer) - Antoine Domino
Fats Navarro (US jazz trumpet player) - Theodore Navarro
Fats Waller (US jazz pianist) - Thomas Wright Waller
Faydoedeelay (Crazy Town) - Doug Miller
Fee Waybill (US vocalist; The Tubes) - John Waldo Waybill
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (Nigerian musician) - Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
Felice Bryant (US songwriter) - Matilda Genevieve Scaduto
Fenriz (Norwegian drummer; Darkthrone) - Gylve Fenris Nagell
Fergie (US singer/solo/Black Eyed Peas) - Stacy Ann Ferguson
Fiona Apple (US singer) - Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
Fish (Marillion) - Derek William Dick
Flattus Maximus (US metal guitarist; Gwar/Mensrea/solo) - Cory Smoot
Flavor Flav (Public Enemy) - William Drayton
Flawless Lawless/Jack Lawless (Jonas Brothers) - John Lawless
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Michael Peter Balzary
Fler (G erman rapper) - Patrick Losensky
Flesh-N-Bone (US rapper; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) - Stanley Howse
Flo Rida (US rapper) - Tramar Dillard
Flood (UK post punk/alternative rock record producer) - Mark Ellis
Floyd Dixon (American R&B pianist) - Jay Riggins Jr
Foetus/Clint Ruin/Frank Want(Australian vocalist) - James George Thirlwell
Fonzworth Bentley (US hip-hop artist) - Derrick Watkins
Foxy Brown (Jamaican reggae singer) - Jenniffer Esmerelda Hylton
Foxy Brown (US rapper, singer) - Inga Fung Marchaud
Fran Warren (US singer) - Frances Wolfe
Frank Black/Black Francis (US musician; Pixies) - Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Frank Farian (German music producer) - Franz Reuther
Frank Marino (Canadian guitarist; Mahogany Rush/solo) - Francesco Antonio Marino
Frank Sidebottom (British comedian, musician) - Chris Sievey
Frank Sinatra (US singer, actor) - Francis Albert Sinatra
Frank Want/Clint Ruin/Foetus (Australian vocalist) - James George Thirlwell
Frankie Avalon (US singer) - Francis Thomas Avallone
Frankie Beverly (US soul & Funk singer) - Howard Beverly
Frankie J (Mexican-born American singer) - Francisco Javier Bautista Jr
Frankie Laine (US singer) - Francesco Paolo LoVecchio
Frankie Valli (Four Seasons) - Francis Castelluccio
Frankie Vaughan (UK singer) - Frank Ableman
Frankie Venom (Canadian vocalist; Teenage Head) - Frank Kerr
Franky Gee (US ; Captain Jack) - Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez
Franz Waxman (German film composer) - Franz Wachsmann
Fred Astaire (singer, dancer, actor) - Frederick Austerlitz
Freddie Fender (US country, rock and roll musician) - Baldemar G. Huerta
Freddie Hart (US country musician) - Fred Segrest
Freddie Mercury (Queen) - Frederick Farookh Bulsara
Freddie Starr (UK comedian, singer) - Frederick Leslie Fowell
Freddie Stone (Sly & The Family Stone) - Frederick Stewart
Freddy Breck (German schlager singer) - Gerhard Brecker
Freddy Cannon - Freddy Picariello
Freddy Quinn (Austrian singer) - Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Niedl-Petz
Fredro Starr (US rapper; Onyx) - Fredro Scruggs
Freedom Williams (US rap artist) - Frederick Brandon Williams
Fritz Fryer (Four Pennies) - David Roderick Carney Fryer
Frl. Menke (German pop singer) - Franziska Menke
Frodo (US multi-musician; Relient K/Audio Adrenaline) - Jon Schneck
Frosty Freeze (Puerto Rican vocals, breakdancer; Rock Steady Crew) - Wayne Frost
Fruitbat (UK guitarist; Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine) - Les Carter
Funk Junkeez/S-Men (DJ, producer) - Roger Sanchez
Funkmaster Flex (US hip hop DJ) - Aston George Taylor Jr.

G
G-Dragon (South Korean rapper, singer) - Kwon Jiyong
G.E.M. (Hong Kong singer) - Gloria Tang Zhi-Kei
Gaahl (Norwegian vocalist; Gorgoroth/Trelldom/Gaahlskagg) - Kristian Eivind Espedal
Gale Storm (US singer, actress) - Josephine Owaissa Cottle
Gal Costa (Brazilian singer) - Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos
Gamexane (Argentine guitarist; Todos Tus Muertos) - Horacio Villafañe
Garm/Trickster G/God Head (Norwegian singer-keyboards) Kristoffer Rygg
Garnett Silk (Jamaican reggae singer) - Garnett Damoin Smith
Garou (Canadian singer) - Pierre Garand
Gary Allan (US country singer) - Gary Allan Herzberg
Gary Chester (American-Italian top session drummer) - Cesario Gurciullo
Gary Glitter (UK singer) - Paul Gadd
Gary LeVox (US lead vocalist; Rascal Flatts) - Gary Wayne Vernon Jr
Gary Lewis (US drummer, vocals; Gary Lewis & the Playboys) - Gary Harold Lee Levitch
Gary Newman (UK singer) - Gary Anthony James Webb
Gary U.S. Bonds (US r'n'b and rock r 'n' roll singer) - Gary Anderson
Gates Nichols (American steel guitarist; Confederate Railroad) - Warren Nichols
Gaz (Happy Mondays) - Gary Whelan
Gene Allen (US jazz saxophonist) - Eugene Sufana
Gene Chandler (US soul singer) - Eugene Dixon
Gene Simmons (US bassist, singer; Kiss) - Chaim Witz
Gene Vincent (US singer) - Eugene Vincent Craddock
Gene Ween (US singer, guitarist; Ween) - Aaron Freeman
General Saint (reggae deejay/novelty act in Jamaica) - Winston Hislop
Genesis P-Orridge (UK singer-songwriter, performer) - Neil Andrew Megson
George Alexander Aberle/Eden Ahbez (American songwriter) - George McGrew
George Fame (UK singer, keyboardist) - Clive Powell
George Fatty (Austrian jazzman) - Franz Georg Pressler
George Formby (UK singing comedian, ukulele, banjo) - George Hoy Booth
George Gershwin (US composer, pianist) - Jacob Gershowitz
George McAnthony (Italian country singer, multi-musician, songwriter) - Georg Spitaler
George Michael (UK singer) - Georgios Krylacos Panayiotou
Georgia Gibbs/ (US singer) - Frieda Lipschitz
Geri Halliwell (Spice Girls) - Ginger Spice
GG Allin (US punk rock singer-songwriter) - Jesus Christ Allin
Ghetto (British grime mc) - Justin Jude Clarke Samuel
Ghostface Killah (US rapper; Wu-Tang Clan) - Dennis Coles
Gidget Gein (US bassist; Marilyn Manson) - Bradley Stewart
Gigi Gryce/Basheer Qusim (jazz saxophonist) - George General Grice Jr
Gilbert Bécaud (French singer, composer) - François Silly
Gilbert O'Sullivan (Irish singer songwriter) - Raymond O'Sullivan
Ginger (Wildhearts) - David Walls
Ginger Baker (UK drummer) - Peter Edward Baker
Ginger Fish (US drummer; Marilyn Manson) - Kenny Wilson
Ginger Sling / Ginger Reyes (US bassist) - Ginger A. Pooley
Ginuwine (American R&B singer) - Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
Git Gay (Swedish actress, singer) - Birgit Carp nee Holmberg
Glen Dale (Fortunes) - Richard Garforth
Glenn Danzig (US singer, multi-musician; The Misfits/others) - Glenn Allen Anzalone
Gloria Estefan (Cuban-US singer, actress) - Gloria María Fajardo García
Gloria Gaynor (US Rhythm & Blues singer) - Gloria Fowles
Gloria Lasso (Spanish-born singer) - Rosa María Coscolin
God Head/Garm/Trickster G (Norwegian singer-keyboards) Kristoffer Rygg
God MC/Jay-Z/Jay Hova/Jigga/Young Hov (US rapper) - Shawn Corey Carter
Gogi Grant (US singer) - Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg
GoldieLocks (UK rapper) - Sarah Louise Akwisombe
Goldy McJohn (Steppenwolf) - John Goadsby
Goober (guitar; Black Oak Arkansas) - Stanley Knight
Gram Parsons (Byrds,Flying Burrito Brothers) - Cecil Ingram Connor 3rd
Grand Puba (US rapper) - Maxwell Dixon
Grandmaster Dee (rap artist) - Drew Carter
Grandmaster Flash (DJ, rapper) - Joseph Saddler
Grandpa Jones (US country & gospel singer, banjo player) - Louis Marshall Jones
Green Gartside (Welsh singer-songwriter; Scritti Politti) - Paul Julian Strohmeyer
Gregg Alexander/Alex Ander (US singer; New Radicals) - Gregory Aiuto
Greg K. (Offspring) - Greg Kriesel
Grey DeLisle (US singer, voice actress, song-writer) - Erin Grey Van Oosbree
Gucci Mane (American rapper) - Radric Davis
Gulshan Bawra (Indian songwriter) - Gulshan Kumar Mehta
Guitar Shorty (American blues guitarist) - David William Kearney
Gunner McGrath (US guitarist) - Christopher Leslie McGrath
Guru (US rapper) - Keith Elam
Gus G (Greek guitarist) - Kostas Karamitroudis
Guy Mitchell (US singer) - Albert George Cernik
GZA/The Genius (Wu-Tang Clan) - Gary Grice

H
H.P. Baxxter (German singer, guitar; Scooter) - Hans Peter Geerdes
H.R (US singer; Bad Brains) - Paul D. Hudson
Hadda Brooks (US jazz singer, pianist, composer) - Hadda Hapgood
Haddaway (singer) - Alexander Nestor Haddaway
Half Blind Lefty (Dutch blues guitarist) - Hans Weenink
Haneken (Japanese pianist-video games) - Kentaro Haneda
Hangry (Japanese singer) - Hitomi Yoshizawa
Hank Ballard (US singer, songwriter; Midnighters) - John H. Kendricks
Hank Cochran (US country singer-songwriter) - Garland Perry Cochran
Hank Crawford (US alto saxophonist) - Bennie Ross Crawford Jr
Hank Marvin (UK guitarist; The Shadows)- Brian Robson Rankin
Hank Williams (US country singer) - Hiram King Williams
Harisu (Sth Korean singer) - Lee Kyung-eun
Harriet Nelson (US singer, actress) - Peggy Lou Snyder
Harold Arlen (US composer of popular music) - Chaim Arluck
Harold Faltermeyer (German keyboard,synthesizer,composer) - Harald Faltermeier
Havoc (US MC-record producer; Mobb Deep) - Kejuan Muchita
Hawkshaw Hawkins (US country music singer) - Harold Franklin Hawkins
Hawksley Workman (Canadian rock singer-songwriter) - Ryan Corrigan
Hayedeh (Persian Pop and classical singer) - Masoumeh Dadehbala
Haywire Mac (US country singer, hobo) - Harry McClintock
Head (Korn) - Brian Welch
Heart Evangelista (Filipina singer, actress) - Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco
Heath (Japanese bass guitarist; X Japan) - Hiroshi Morie
Heavy D (rapper) - Dwight Myers
Heino (German singer) - Heinz Georg Kramm
Heinz (singer) - Heinz Henry Georg Schwartze
Helen Forrest/Bonnie Blue (American jazz singer) - Helen Fogel
Helen Kane (American popular singer) - Helen Clare Schroeder
Helen O'Hara (Dexy's Midnight Runners) - Helen Bevington
Hellhammer (Norwegian drummer) - Jan Axel Blomberg
Helmut Lotti (Belgian singer) - Helmut Lotigiers
Henry Mancini - Enrico Mancini
Henry Rollins (US singer) - Henry Garfield
Herb (Peaches & Herb) - Haer Feemster
Hero (South Korean singer; TVXQ-Dong Bang Shin Ki) - Kim Jaejoong
Hoagy Carmichael (US singer, actor, composer) - Howard Hoagland Carmichael
Hoku (US singer, actress) - Hoku Christian Ho
Holly Valance (Australian singer) - Holly Rachel Vukadinovic
Honeydripper (US jazz pianist) - Roosevelt Sykes
Horace Mui (Chinese vocalist) - Wai Hon Mui
Horse (Scottish singer/songwriter) - Sheena McDonald
Howard Kaylan (US singer; Turtles) - Howard Kaplan
Howard Keel (US singer, actor) - Harry Clifford Leek
Howlin Wolf (blues-man) - Chester Arthur Burnette
Huddy Combs / Huddy 6 (American rapper) - Andre Hudson
Huey Lewis ( Huey Lewis & the News) - Hugh Anthony Cregg
Human Beat Box aka D.J. Doctor Nice (rapper) - Darren Robinson
Hy Lit (American radio disc jockey) - Hyman Litsky
Hy Zaret (US lyricist and composer) - Hyman Harry Zaritsky
Hyde (Japanese singer; L'Arc-en-Ciel) - Hideto Takarai
Hyoyeon (South Korean singer; Girls' Generation) - Kim Hyo-yeon
Hype Williams (US music video director) - Harold Williams
Hyuna (Korean dance-pop singer; 4minute) - Kim Hyun Ah

I
Iain Matthews (UK musicain/Matthews Southern Comfort) - Iain Matthews McDonald
Ian McCreadie (Middle Of The Road) - Ian Campbell-Lewis
Ice Cube (rapper, actor) - O'Shea Jackson
Ice T (US rap artist, actor) - Tracy Marrow
ICS Vortex/Vortex (Norwegian vocalist; Arcturus) - Simen Hestnæs
Idaira (Spanish singer) - Idaira Fernandez Rodriguez
Iggy Pop (US singer; The Stooges) - James Jewell Osterberg, Jr.
Immortal Technique (US rapper) - Felipe Coronel
Imperio Argentina (Argentine actress-singer) - Magdalena Nile del Río
India.Arie (singer) - India Arie Simpson
Inspectah Deck (US rapper; Wu-Tang Gang) - Jason Hunter
Ira Gershwin (American lyricist) - Israel Gershowitz
Ira Louvin (US country singer, songwriter, musician) - Ira Lonnie Loudermilk
Iron & Wine (US singer, songwriter, guitarist) - Samuel Beam
Irving Berlin (composer) - Israel Baline
Irving Caesar (US lyricist and theatre composer) - Isidor Keiser
Isaac Hanson (Hanson) - Clarke Isaac Hanson
Issy Bonn (British Jewish actor, singer, comedian) - Benjamin Levin
IU (Korean singer) - Lee Ji-eun
Ivan Rebroff (German singer) - Hans-Rolf Rippert
Ivan Petrov (Russian operatic bass) - Ivan Krauze
Ivor Novello (Welsh composer, singer, actor) - David Ivor Davies
Izumi Sakai (Japanese singer-songwriter; Zard) - Sachiko Kamachi
Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses) - Jeffrey Isbell

J
J (White Zombie) - Jay Noel Yuenger
J. Blackfoot (US soul singer; Soul Children) - John Colbert
J-Boog (B2K) - Jarell Damonte Houston
J. Cole (US rapper) - Jermaine Lamarr Cole
J.D. Fortune (Canadian singer; INXS) - Jason Dean Bennison
J.D. Souther (US country rock musician) - John David Souther
J. Dilla (US record producer) - James Dewitt Yancey
J. Geils (J. Geils Band) - Jerome Geils
J.J. Barrie (Canadian country singer) - Barrie Authors
J.J. Cale (US guitarist, singer songwriter) - John W. Cale
J.J. Johnson/Jay Jay Johnson (American jazz trombonist) - James Louis Johnson
J-Kwon (US rapper) - Jerrell Jones
J.T. (Kool & The Gang) - James Taylor
Ja Rule (US rap artist) - Jeffery Atkins
Jabbo Smith (US jazz trumpeter, singer) - Cladys Smith
Jack Frost (US guitarist; Seven Withes) - Jack Dempsey
Jack Hues (UK musicain; Wang Chung) - Jeremy Allan Ryder
Jack Lawless/Flawless Lawless (Jonas Brothers) - John Lawless
Jack Lukeman (Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist) - Seán Loughman
Jack Parnell (UK drummer, bandleader, composer) - John Russell Parnell
Jack Scott (rockabilly singer) - Giovanni Dominico Scafone Jr
Jack Sparrow (Jamaican musician; The Ethiopians/solo) - Leonard Dillon
Jackson Browne (US singer, guitarist) - Clyde Jackson Browne
Jackie Chan/Fong See Long (actor-martial artist) - Chan Kong Sang
Jackie Edwards (Jamaican singer-song writer) - Wilfred Gerald Edwards
Jackie Jackson (The Jackson Five) - Sigmund Esco Jackson
Jaco Pastorius (US bass player) - John Francis Pastorius III
Jadakiss (US rap artist) - Jason Phillips
Jah Wobble (UK bass guitarist, singer, poet, composer) - John Joseph Wardle
Jake E. Lee (US guitarist, Ozzy Osbourne/Badlands/Wicked Alliance) - Jake Lou Williams
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (US free jazz bassist) - Rudy McDaniel
Jamey Jasta (US frontman; Hatebreed/others) - James Shanahan
Jamie Madrox (US horrorcore rapper) - James Spaniolo
Jamie O'Neal (American/Australian singer) - Jamie Murphy
Jamelia (UK singer) - Jamelia Niela Davis
James Blunt (UK singer, guitarist, songwriter) - James Hillier Blount
James Freud (Australian vocalist, bassist; Models/solo) - Colin Joseph McGlinchey
Jan Savitt (Russian violinist, bandleader) - Jacob Savetnick
Jane Bathori (French mezzo-soprano) - Jeanne-Marie Berthier
Jane Powell (US dancer, actress, singer) - Suzanne Lorraine Burce
Janet Blair (US actress, singer; stage/TV/film) - Martha Jane Lafferty
Janis Ian (US singer) - Janis Eddy Fink
Jasmine You (Japanese bassist; Versailles) - Kageyama Yuuichi
Javon Jackson (US jazz tenor saxophonist) - Anthony Jackson
Jay Black (US singer; Jay & the Americans) - David Blatt
Jay Hova/Jay-Z/Jigga/Young Hov/God MC (US rapper) - Shawn Corey Carter
Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) - John French Segall
Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) - Jason Cheetham
Jay Park (Korean-American dancer, singer, songwriter, rapper; 2PM) - Park Jaebeom
Jay Reatard (US vocalist, mult-musician; The Reatards) - Jimmy Lindsey Jr
Jay-Z/Jay Hova/Jigga/Young Hov/God MC (US rapper) - Shawn Corey Carter
Jaye P. Morgan (US singer) - Mary Margaret Morgan
Jayne Walton Rosen (American singer) - Dorothy Jayne Flanagan
Jazz (Dru Hill) - Larry Anthony JR.
Jazzie B (record producer, DJ) - Trevor Beresford Romeo OBE
Jazzy Jackie (US singer) - Jacqueline Neal
Jazzy Jeff (R&B record producer) - Jeffrey Townes
JBJ (Crazy Town) - James Bradley Jr.
Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) - Eric Reed Boucher
Jelly Roll Morton (US jazz pianist) - Ferdinand Morton
Jellybean (US musician/DJ/music producer) - John Benitez
Jean Grae (South African rapper) - Tsidi Ibrahim
Jean Knight (US singer) - Jean Caliste
Jared Hasselhoff (US bassist, vocals; The Bloodhound Gang) - Jared Hennegan
Jean Ferrat (French singer) - Jean Tenenbaum
Jeff Barry (US singer-songwriter, producer; The Raindrops/The Archies) - Joel Adelberg
Jeno (Blau Hungarian conductor and violinist) - Eugene Ormandy
Jeremy Healy (Haysi Fantayzee) - Jeremiah Healy
Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) - Jerry McCrohan
Jerry Fuchs (US indie rock drummer) - Gerhardt Fuchs
Jerry Lewis (US comedy actor, singer) Joseph Levitch
Jerry Only (US bassist, vocals; The Misfits) - Gerald Caiafa
Jerry Reed (US country music singer) - Jerry Reed Hubbard
Jesse L. Martin (Broadway singer) - Jesse Lamont Watkins
Jesse Oris Farrow/Dino Valente (US singer) - Chester William Powers Jr
Jessie Colin Young (The Youngbloods) - Perry Miller
Jessi Colter - Miriam Johnson
Jet Black (Stranglers) - Brian Duffy
Jet Harris (UK bassist guitar, Shadows/The Diamonds/guest/solo) - Terence Harris
Jett Williams (US singer/daughter of Hank Williams Sr) - Antha Belle Jett
Jewel (US singer, songwriter) - Jewel Kilcher
Jigga/Jay Hova/Jay-Z/Young Hov/God MC (US rapper) - Shawn Corey Carter
Jilted John - John Shuttleworth (actor/singer) - Graham Fellows
Jim Bob (US guitarist) - James Robert Morrison
Jim Dandy (Black Oak Arkansas) - James Mangrum
Jim Jones (US rapper) - Joseph Guillermo Jones II
Jimi Hendrix (US guitarist, singer-songwriter) - Johnny Allen Hendrix
Jimmy Cliff (Jamaican reggae singer, multi musician) - James Chambers
Jimmy DeKnight (US songwriter) - James E. Myers
Jimmy Driftwood (US folk songwriter) - James Corbitt Morris
Jimmy Nail (singer, actor) - James Michael Aloysius Bradford
Jimmy O (Haitian hip hop artist) - Jean Jimmy Alexandre
Jimmy Pop "Ali" (The Bloodhound Gang) - James Moyer Franks
Jimmy Van Heusen (US composer) - Edward Chester Babcock
Jo-Jo (R&B/soul singer) - Joel Henry Hailey
João Gordo (Brazilian singer; Ratos de Porão) - João Francisco Benedan
Joan Jett (US singer, guitarist, The Runaways) - Joan Marie Larkin
Jody Rainwater (US bluegrass music pioneer; Foggy Mountain Boys) - Charles Edward Johnson
Jody Reynolds (American singer and guitarist) - Ralph Joseph Reynolds
Joe Cocker (UK R & B singer) - John Robert Cocker
Joe Farrell (US jazz saxophonist and flutist) - Joseph Carl Firrantello
Joe Harriott (Jazz saxophonist) - Joe Arthurlin
Joe Primrose (US jazz music publisher) - Irving Mills
Joe Strummer (The Clash) - John Graham Mellor
Joe Tex/Yusuf Hazziez (southern soul singer) - Joseph Arrington Jr.
Joel Madden (US lead vocalist; Good Charlotte) - Joel Combs
Joey Belladonna (US singer, drummer; Anthrax) - Joseph Bellardini
Joey Dee - Joseph DiNicola
Joey Ramone (US singer; The Ramones) - Jeffrey Ross Hyman
Joey Tempest (Europe) - Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
John 5 (guitarist) - John Lowery
John Barry (John Barry Seven) - John Barry Prendergast
John Cabe/William Shakespeare/Billy Shake (Australian Glam rock singer) - John Cave
John Carter (Ivy League) - John Shakespeare
John Cougar (US singer-guitarist) - John Mellencamp
John Denver (US singer-songwriter) - John Henry Deutschendorf
John Doe (US singer-songwriter, bassist, actor) - John Nommensen Duchac
John Du Prez (trumpet player, composer) - Trevor Jones
John Evan (UK keyboardist; Tallis/Jethro Tull) - John Spencer Evans
John Foxx (UK singer, artist, photographer, teacher; Ultravox) - Dennis Leigh
John Fred (US singer; John Fred & his Playboy Band) - John Fred Gourrier
John Henry Barbee (US blues guitarist, singer) - William George Tucker
John Jon (vocals; Bronski Beat) - John Foster
John Lawler (Scottish songwriter, singer, guitarist; The Fratellis) - Jon Fratelli
John Legend (US singer songwriter) - John Stephens
John London (session bassist-Monkees) - John Carl Kuehne
John Martyn/ (UK singer-songwriter, guitarist) - Iain David McGeachy OBE
John Peel (British DJ) - John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
John Serry Sr (American concert accordionist) - Giovanni Serrapica
John St. Field/Sir Vincent Lone (Scottish folk singer, songwriter) - Jackie Leven
John Stax (UK bassist; Pretty Things) - John Edward Lee Fullegar
John Walker (US singer, songwriter) - John Joseph Maus
Johnny Cash (American singer songwriter) - J. R. Cash
Johnny Desmond (American singer) - Giovanni Alfredo De Simone
Johnny Diesel (Australian singer, guitarist) - Mark Lizotte
Johnny Fingers (Irish keyboardist; Boomtown Rats) - John Moylett
Johnny Hallyday (French singer) - Jean-Philippe Smet
Johnny Kidd (The Pirates) - Frederick Heath
Johnny Maestro (US singer; The Crests/The Brooklyn Bridge) John Mastrangelo
Johnny Marr (The Smiths) - John Maher
Johnny Paris (Johnny and the Hurricanes) - John Pocisk
Johnny Paycheck/Don Young - Donald Eugene Lytle
Johnny Ramone (US guitarist; Ramones) - John William Cummings
Johnny Rivers - John Ramistella
Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols) - John Lydon
Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls) - John Anthony Genzale
Johnny Walker (UK Radio DJ) - Peter Dingley
JoJo (US pop singer) - Joanna Noëlle Levesque
Jokke (Norwegian singer, guitarist) - Joachim Nielsen
Jonathan King (UK pop mogul) - Kenneth George King
Jon Bon Jovi (US singer, songwriter) - John Francis Bongiovi Jr
Jon Lucien (British Virgin Islands-US singer-songwriter) - Lucien Harrigan
Joni Mitchell (US folk singer) - Roberta Joan Anderson
Jonny Dollar (British music producer) - Jonny Sharp
Jonny Lang (US blues guitarist) - Jon Gordon Langseth Jr
José José (Mexican singer, actor) - José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz
Joselito (Spanish singer) - José Jiménez Fernández
Joss Stone (UK singer) - Joscelyn Eve Stoker
Joy Clements (US lyric coloratura soprano) - Joyce Marie Albrecht
Juanes (Colombian singer) - Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez
Jud Strunk (US singer-songwriter, comedian) - Justin Strunk Jr
Judy Clay (American singer) - Judy Guions
Judge Dread (UK reggae/ska artist) - Alexander Hughes
Judith Holofernes (German singer) - Judith Holfelder von der Tann
Juice Newton (US pop-country singer) - Judith Kay Cohen
Juka (Japanese singer) - Fujimoto Hiroki
Jule Styne (UK-born American songwriter, composer) - Julius Kerwin Stein
Julian Lennon (UK singer, son of John Lennon) - John Charles Julian Lennon
Julie London (US actress, singer) - Gayle Peck
Julie Ruin (US singer, songwriter) - Kathleen Hanna
Julien Clerc (French singer) - Paul-Alain Leclerc
Julio Iglesias (Spanish singer) - Julio Jose Iglesias de la Cueva
Jully Black (Canadian singer of Jamaican heritage) - Jully Ann Inderia Gordon
Junior Cook (sax player) - Herman Cook
Junior Walker (Motown sax player, singer) - Autry DeWalt Mixon
Junior Wells (blues artist) - Amos Blakemore
Jussi 69 (Finnish drummer; The 69 Eyes) - Jussi Heikki Tapio Vuori
Justin Guarini (US singer) - Justin Eldrin Bell
Juvenile (US rap artist) - Terius Gray

K
K (South Korean singer) - Kang Yoon-sung
K-Ci (US singer) - Cedric Hailey
K-OS (Canadian rapper) - Kheaven Brereton
Kage / KG (US guitarist, singer, actor) - Kyle Richard Gass
Kaine (US rapper; Ying Yang Twins) - Eric Ron Jackson
Kal Mann (American lyricist) - Kalman Cohen
Kalma (Finnish bassist; Lordi) - Niko Hurme
Kalomoira (Greek singer) - Maria Kalomira Sarantis
Kami (Japanese drummer; Malice Mizer) - Ukyo Kamimura
Kangta (South Korean singer; H.O.T) - Ahn Chil Hyun
Kano (UK rapper) - Kane Brett Robinson
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) - Karen Lee Orzolek
Kari Tapio (Finnish schlager singer) - Kari Tapani Jalkanen
Katy B (UK singer-songwriter) - Kathleen Brien
Kathy Kirby (UK singer) - Kathleen O'Rourke
Katy Perry (American singer) - Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Katy Rose (US pop singer) - Kathryn Rosemary Bullard
Kavana (UK singer) - Anthony Kavanagh
Kay Finegan / Kay Ray (US big band singer) - Vivian Blessing
KC (Sunshine Band) - Harry Wayne Casey
KD Lang - Kathryn Dawn Lang
Kee Marcello (guitarist: Europe) - Kjell Hilding Lövbom
Kei Tani (Japanese jazz trombonist, comedian) - Yasuo Watanabe
Keisha Buchanan (Sugababes) - Kiesha Kerreece Fayeanne Brown
Keith (US singer)- James Barry Keefer
Keith West (Tomorrow/Teenage Opera) - Keith Hopkins
Kelly (Destiny's Child) - Kelandria Rowland
Kelly Chen (Chinese singer, actress) - Vivian Chen Wai Man
Kelly Groucutt (UK bassist - ELO) - Michael William Groucutt
Ken Andrews (US drummer; Middle Of The Road) - Kenneth Andrew Doty
Ken Curtis (American singer and actor) - Curtis Wain Gates
Kenny Dino (American pop singer) - Kenneth J. Diono
Kenny Everett (UK comedian/DJ) - Maurice Cole
Kenny G (saxplayer) - Kenny Gorelick
Ke$ha (US singer-songwriter, rapper) - Kesha Rose Sebert
Keter Betts (US double bassist) - William Betts
KG / Kage (US guitarist, singer, actor) - Kyle Richard Gass
Kid Cudi (US hip hop performer) - Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi
Kidd Jordan (US jazz saxophonist) - Edward Jordan
Kiki Dee (UK singer) - Pauline Matthews
Killah Priest (American rapper) - Walter Reed
Kim E-Z (US Korean singer; Baby V.O.X.) - Kim Eiji
Kim Gardner (UK bassist; many bands & sessions) - Christopher Gardner
King Coleman (US rhythm and blues singer) - Carlton Coleman
King Curtis (US sax player) - Curtis Ousley
King Diamond (Danish singer) - Kim Bendix Petersen
King Pleasure (US jazz vocalist, vocalese) - Clarence Beeks
King Sunny Ade (Nigerian singer, guitarist) - Sunday Adeniyi
King Tubby (reggae producer) - Osbourne Ruddock
Kinky Friedman (US singer-songwriter; Texas Jewboys) - Richard Friedman
Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch
Kita (Finnish drummer; Lordi) - Sampsa Astala
Kitty Wells - Ellen Muriel Deason
Kit Chan (Singaporean popular singer) - Chén Jiéyí
KJ-52 (US hip hop artist) - Jonah Sorrentino
KK Null (Japanese multi-musicain; Zeni Geva/others) - Kazuyuki Kishino
Klark Kent (drummer) - Stewart Copeland
Ko Shibasaki (Japanese singer, actress) - Yukie Yamamura
Kokia (Japanese singer-songwriter) - Akiko Yoshida
Koko Taylor (American blues singer) - Cora Walton
Kool DJ Kurt/Kurtis Blow (rap artist) - Curtis Walker
Kool G Rap (US rapper) - Nathaniel Thomas Wilson
Kool Moe Dee (hip hop/rap artist) - Mohandas DeWese
Kool Rock (rapper) - Damon Wimbley
Kool Savas (German rapper) - Savas Yurderi
Koshi Inaba (Japanese singer; B'z) - Hiroshi Inaba
Krazy Drayz/Dre (rapper) - Andre Weston
Krayzie Bone (US rapper) - Anthony Henderson
Kris Carson (US singer/songwriter/actor) - Kris Kristofferson
Kristen/Ashley Dupré (US journalist, singer, call girl) - Ashley Youmans
Kristine W (US singer) - Kristine Weitz
Krizz Kaliko (US rapper) - Samuel William Christopher Watson
KRS-One (US rapper) - Lawrence Parker
KT Tunstall (Scottish singer, songwriter) - Kate Victoria Tunstall
Kuldeep Manak (Indian Punjabi language singer) - Latif Mohammed
Kurtis Blow/Kool DJ Kurt (rap artist) - Curtis Walker
Kurupt (US gangsta rapper) - Ricardo Emmanuel Brown
Kuwa-man (Japanese trumpeter, vocals; Rats & Star) - Nobuyoshi Kuwano
Kyo/Tantric (Japanese singer; Dir en grey) - Tooru Nishimura
Kym Ryder (Hear'Say) - Kym Marsh
Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese singer, actor) - Hisashi Oshima
Kyuhyun (Korean singer; Super Junior) - Cho Kyu-hyun

L
LL Cool J (US rapper) - James Todd Smith
La Voix Cassée (Congolese musician, singer) - Dindo Yogo
Lââm (French singer) - Lamia
Laci/75 Cents (Croatian singer, accordion player) - Ladislav Demeterffy
Lacy J. Dalton (US C&W singer) - Jill Byrem
Lacey Sturm (US singer; Flyleaf) - Lacey Mosley
Lady Gaga (US singer) - Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (US rock singer; Psychic TV) - Jacqueline Breyer
Lady Miss Kier (US singer, DJ) - Kierin Magenta Kirby
Lady Sovereign (UK rapper / grime artist) - Louise Amanda Harman
Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets) - Mary Ann Vieira
LaFee (German singer) - Christina Klein
LaLa Brown (American R&B singer ) - Yolanda Brown
Lalaine (US actress, singer) - Lalaine Ann Vergara-Paras
Large Professor (US hip hop artist) - William Paul Mitchell
Larry Levan (US DeeJay) - Lawrence Philpot
Laurel Aitken (Jamaica-Cuban singer) - Lorenzo Aitken
Lauren Laverne (UK disc jockey, TV presenter) - Lauren Cecilia Gofton
Laurent Voulzy (French singer, composer) - Lucien Voulzy
Layzie Bone (US rapper; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) - Steven Howse
Lead Belly (folk/blues artist) - Huddie William Ledbetter
Leapy Lee (UK singer) - Graham Pulliblank, later changed it to Lee Graham
Lee John (Imagination) - John Leslie McGregor
Lee Perry / Scratch (Jamaican Reggae artist) - Rainford Hugh Perry
Lee Rocker (US double bassist; Stray Cats/many sessions) - Leon Drucker
Leeteuk (Korean singer) - Park Jung Su
Left Eye (US singer/TLC) - Lisa Lopes
Lefty Baker (Spanky And Our Gang) - Eustace Britchforth
Lefty Dizz (American power blues guitarist) - Walter Williams
Lefty Frizzell (US country singer, songwriter) - William Orville Frizzell
Leif Garrett (US singer and actor) - Leif Per Narvik
Lele (Puerto Rican rapper) - Victor Alexis Rivera Santiago
Lemar (UK singer) - Lemar Obika
Lemmy (Motorhead) - Ian Fraser Kilmister
Lemon Demon (US comedian, filmmaker, musician) - Neil Cicierega
Lena Katina (the good girl singer; Tatu) - Katina Sergeevna
Lena Lovich (singer - sax player) - Lili-Marlene Premilovich
Len Barry (US singer-songwriter) - Leonard Borrisoff
Leonard Ainsworth / Dobie Gray (US singer, songwriter) - Lawrence Darrow Brown
Leonard Chess (founder of the Chess record label) - Lejzor Czyz
Leo Sayer (UK singer-songwriter) - Gerald Hugh Sayer
Lepa Brena (Yugoslav singer) - Fahreta Živojinovic
Ler LaLonde (US guitarist; Primus) - Larry LaLonde
Leon Russell (US singer/sessionist) - Claude Russell Bridges
Les Paul/Red Hot Red/Red Rhubarb (US guitarist, inventor) - Lester William Polfus
LeShaun (US rapper) - Selina Thomspon
Lesley Gore (US singer) - Lesley Goldstein
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (Hong Kong singer) - Cheung Fat-chung
Lester Square (Canadian guitarist; Monochrome Set) - Thomas Wilberforce Hardy
Levi Stubbs (US lead singer/Four Tops) - Levi Stubbles
Levon Helm (US drummer, multi-musician; The Band/others) - Mark Lavon Helm
Lew Fields (US vaudeville star, comedian, theatre manager) - Moses Schoenfeld
Leyla Gencer (Turkish operatic soprano) - Ayse Leyla Çeyrekgil
Liam Clancy (Irish singer; Clancy Bros) - William Clancy
Liam Lynch (US guitarist, musical director) - William Patrick Niederst
Liaqat Ali Salaam (US jazz drummer) - Kenny "Klook" Clarke
Liberace (US singer, pianist, composer) - Wladziu Lee Valentino
Lights (Canadian singer-songwriter) - Valerie Anne Poxleitner
Lil' Boosie (US rapper) - Torrence Hatch
Lil' Bow Wow (US rapper, actor) - Shad Moss
Lil' Chris (UK singer-songwriter, TV personality) - Christopher James Hardman
Lil' Fizz (US rapper) Dreux Pierre Frédéric
Lil' Flip (US rapper) - Wesley Eric Weston Jr
Lil' Kim (rapper) - Kimberly Denise Jones
Lil' Jon (US rapper; Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz) - Jonathan Mortimer Smith
Lil' Mama (American rapper) - Niatia Jessica Kirkland
Lil' Mo (R&B singer) - Cynthia Loving
Lil' Rob (Mexican rapper, music producer) - Roberto Flores
Lil' Romeo (rapper) - Percy Romeo Miller
Lil' Wayne (US rapper) - Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr
Lil' Wil (American rapper) - Wilbert Martin
Lil' Zane (rapper) - Zane Copeland
Lill-Babs (Swedish singer) Barbro Margareta Svensson
Lillian Russell (American actress, singer) - Helen Louise Leonard
Limahl (Kajagoogoo) - Christopher Hamill
Linda Lunch (The Jerks) - Lydia Koch
Lindsay De Paul - Lindsay Rubin
Link Wray (US singer, guitarist) - Frederick Lincoln Wray
Lionel Daunais (Quebec singer, composer) - Noël Ferdinand
Lisa Lisa (Cult Jam) - Lisa Velez
Little Anthony (The Imperials) - Anthony Gourdine
Little Boots (UK singer) - Victoria Christina Hesketh
Little Eva - Eva Narcissus Boyd
Little Miss Dynamite/Brenda Lee (US singer) - Brenda Mae Tarpley
Little Peggy March (US singer) - Margaret Battavio
Little Richard (rock n roll singer-pianist) - Richard Wayne Penniman
Little T (Danish rapper) Natasja Saad
Little Walter (US vocals, harmonica) - Marion Walter Jacobs
Little Willie John (US singer) - William Edgar John
Liz Anderson (US singer) - Elizabeth Jane Haaby
LL Cool J - James Todd Smith
Lo Man (Hong Kong singer) - Roman Tam
Lobby Loyde (Australian guitarist) - John Baslington Lyde
Lobo (US singer, songwriter) - Roland Kent Lavoie
Lobo Courtney - Kent Lavoie
Lola Flores (Spanish singer/dancer/actress) - María de los Dolores Flores Ruiz
Lolita Flores (Spanish singer, actress) - Dolores González Flores
Lolly (UK singer) - Anna Kumble
Lolly Vegas (US guitar, vocals; Redbone) - Lolly Vasquez
Lonely Lover / Cool Ruler (Jamaican reggae) - Gregory Isaacs
Lonnie Brooks (US blues guitarist, singer) - Lee Baker Jr
Lord Jamar (US emcee, actor) - Lorenzo Dechalus
Loretta Lynn (US country singer, songwriter) - Loretta Webb
Lorne Greene (Canadian actor, singer) - Lyon Himan Green
Lou Breese (US jazz trumpeter, banjo) - Luigi G. Calabrese
Lou Bega (German singer) - David Loubega
Lou Christie - Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco
Lou Gramm (Foreigner) - Louis A. Grammatico
Lou Monte (Italian-American singer) - Louis Scaglione
Louie Bellson (US jazz drummer)- Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni
Louis (Korean singer) - Im Sang Hun
Lova Moor (French singer and dancer) - Marie-Claude Jourdain
Lovefoxxx (Brazilian singer; CSS) - Luísa Hanae Matsushita
Lovie Austin (US jazz pianist) - Cora Calhoun
Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer) - Maria de luz Flores
Lucho Barrios (Peruvian bolero singer) - Luis Barrios Rojas
Lucie Silvas (UK singer, songwriter) - Lucie Joanne Silverman
Lucienne Boyer (French female singer) - Èmilienne-Henriette Boyer
Lucky Ali (Indian singer) - Maqsood Mehmood Ali
Ludacris (US rap artist, actor) - Christopher Brian Bridges
Ludvigsen (Norwegian singer; Knutsen & Ludvigsen) - Gustav Lorentzen
Luigi Waites (American jazz drummer) - Lewis Waites
Lulu (Scottish singer) - Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
Lupillo Rivera (Mexican singer) - Guadalupe Rivera
Luther Johnson/Snake Boy (US blues guitarist) - Lucius Johnson
Lux Interior (US singer / Cramps) - Erick Purkhiser
Lydia Lunch (American singer) - Lydia Koch
Lyfe Jennings (US R&B singer, song-writer) - Chester Jennings
Lyn (Korean singer) - Lee Se-jin
Lynn Paul (New Seekers) - Lynda Susan Belcher
Lynsey De Paul (UK singer) - Lynsey Rubin
Lys Assia (Swiss singer) - Rosa Mina Schärer

M
M (UK singer) - Robin Scott
M.C. A. (Beastie Boys) - Adam Yauch
M.C. Bat Commander (US singer, actor) - Christian Jacobs
M.C. Breed (American rapper) - Eric Breed
M.C. Chris (American rap artist) - Christopher Brendan Ward IV
M.C. Do Damage (US rapper; Def Squad/solo) - Keith Murray
M.C. Eric/Me One (Welsh rapper) - Eric Martin
M.C. Hammer (rap artist) - Stanley Kirk Burrell
M.C. Harvey (UK musical artist; So Solid Crew) - Michael Harvey
M.C. Jin (Chinese-American rapper) - Jin Au-Yeung
M.C. Lyte (US female rapper) - Lana Michele Moorer
M.C. Lars (US hip-hop artist) - Andrew Robert Nielsen
M.C. Mong (South Korean hip hop artist) - Shin Dong Hyun
M.C. Remedee (rap artist) - Debbie Pryce
M.C. Ren (rap artist) - Lorenzo Jerald Patterson
M.C. Solaar (French rap and hip-hop artist) - Claude M'Barali
M.S. Subbulakshmi (Indian singer) - Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi
Ma Rainey (US hugely influencial blues singer) - Gertrude Pridgett
Mac Davis - Morris Davis
Mac Dre (gangsta rapper) - Andre Hicks
Machito (Cuban latin-jazz musician; Afro-Cubans) - Francisco Grillo
Mack 10 (gangsta rapper) - Dedrick Rolison
Macy Gray - Natalie McIntire
Madame Bolduc (French Canadian singer) - Mary Rose-Anna Travers
Madlib (US rapper, DJ) - Otis Jackson Jr
Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Madonna Wayne Gacy (Marilyn Manson band) - Stephen Gregory Bier Jr
Madussa /Ari Up (German singer; The Slits) - Ariana Forster
Magic Dick (J. Geils Band) - Richard Salwitz
Magic Sam (US blues musician) - Samuel Gene Maghett
Magnolia Shorty (US rapper) - Renetta Lowe
Magoo (US rapper) - Melvin Barcliff
Mahasti (Persian-US singer) - Eftekhar Dadehbala
Mai Meneses (Spanish singer) - María Isabel González-Meneses García-Valdecasas
Makaveli/2pac (US hip hop artist, poet, actor) - Tupac Amaru Shakur
Makanda Ken McIntyre (US jazz saxophonist) - Ken McIntyre
Mama Afrika (South African singer) - Miriam Makeba
Mama Cass / Cass Elliot (Mamas & Papas) - Ellen Naomi Cohen
Mando (Greek singer) - Adamantia Stamatopoulou
Mandy Doubt (UK singer) - Kirsty MacColl
Manfred Mann - Manfred Lubowitz
Mani - (Stone Roses/Primal Scream) Gary Mounfield
Manitas de Plata (French gypsy guitarist) - Ricardo Baliardo
Manna Dey (Indian singer) - Prabodh Chandra Dey
Mano Solo (French singer; les Chihuahuas) - Emmanuel Cabut
Mantovani (band leader) - Annunzio Paolo Mantovani
Marc Anthony - Marco Antonio Muniz
Marc Bolan (T-Rex) - Mark Feld
Marcelo D2 (Brazilian rapper) - Marcelo Maldonado Peixoto
Mari Trini (Spanish pop singer) - Maria Trinidad Perez Miravete
Marie Knight (US gospel singer) - Marie Roach
Marie N (Latvian singer) - Marija Naumova
Marie-Mai (Canadian singer) - Marie-Mai Bouchard
Marilyn (US cross-dressing singer) - Peter Robinson
Marilyn Manson (singer) - Brian Warner
Mario (US R&B artist, dancer, model) - Mario Dewar Barrett
Mario Lanza (US tenor singer) - Alfredo Arnold Cocozza
Mariska (Finnish rapper) - Anna Maria Rahikainen
Mark Arm (US vocals, guitarist; Mudhoney) - Mark McLaughlin
Mark Shaw (UK vocals, Then Jerico) - Mark Robert Tiplady
Mark Snow (composer for film & television) - Martin Fulterman
Mark St John (Kiss) - Mark Norton
Mark Wynter (UK singer) - Terence Lee Lewis
Marley Marl (US rapper, record producer) - Marlon Williams
Marky Ramone (US drummer; The Ramones) - Marc Bell
Martie Maguire (Dixie Chicks) - Martha Elenor Erwin
Martika (US singer) - Marta Marrero
Martin Zero (UK record producer, musician) - Martin Hannett
Martina McBride (US singer) - Martina Mariea Schiff
Martine McCutcheon (UK singer, actress) - Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting
Marty Kristian (The New Seekers) - Martin Vanags
Marty Robbins (US country singer, guitarist) - Martin David Robinson
Marty Wilde (UK pop singer) - Reginald Smith
Marvin Gaye - Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
Marvin Rainwater (country singer) - Marvin Karlton Percy
Mary Alwyn (UK composer, piano, violin) - Doreen Carwithen
Mary Atanasiu (Romanian folk-popular singer) - Maria Tanase
Marya Roxx (Estonian singer) - Maarja Kivi
Mary Lou Williams (US pianist, singer, composer) - Mary Elfrieda Scruggs
Marzieh (Iranian singer) - Ashraf os-Sadat Mortezai
Mase / Murda Ma$e (US hip-hop artist) - Mason Durell Betha
Massiel (Spanish singer) - María de los Ángeles Felisa Santamaría Espinosa
Masta Ace (American rapper) - Duval Clear
Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan) - Elgin Turner
Master P - Percy Miller
Master Shortie (UK hip-hop and R&B artist) - Theo Jerome Kerlin
Mat Mathews (Dutch jazz accordionist) - Mathieu Schwartz
Matisyahu (US Hasidic Jewish reggae singer) - Matthew Paul Miller
Maurane (Belgian singer) - Claudine Luypaerts
Max (South Korean singer; TVXQ) - Shim Changmin
Maxi Jazz (British rapper) - Maxwell Fraser
Maxim (MC in Prodigy Band) - Keith "Keeti" Palmer
May Sweet (Burmese singer) - Swe Aye Myint
May7ven (Nigerian-UK singer-songwriter, dancer) - Oluwayemisi May Odegbami
Mbah Surip (Indonesian reggae singer) - Urip Achmad Ariyanto
Me One/MC Eric (Welsh rapper) - Eric Martin
Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday
Me'Shell NdegéOcello (US singer) - Mary Johnson
Meco (studio musician) - Domenico Monardo
Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Hyra
Megas (Icelandic singer, songwriter) - Magnús Þór Jónsson
Mel B ( UK singer; Spice Girls) - Melanie Brown
Mel C (UK singer Spice Girls) - Melanie Jayne Chisholm
Melanie (singer, songwriter) - Melanie Safka
Melle Mel (US rap artist; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) - Melvin Glover
Mellow Man Ace (Afro-Cuban rapper) - Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
Melody (Belgian singer) - Nathalie T'Sobbel
Melvin Franklin (Temptations) - David Melvin English
Memphis Bleek (US rapper) - Malik Thuston Cox
Memphis Minnie (American blues singer) - Lizzie Douglas
Ménélik/MNLK (French rapper) - Albert Tjamag
Method Man (US rap artist) - Clifford Smith
Meyhna'ch (French singer, songwriter, guitar; Mütiilation) - William Roussel
MF Doom (US hip hop artist) - Daniel Dumile
Mia Rose (English-Portuguese singer) - Maria Antonia Teixeira Rosa
Mia X (US rapper) - Mia Young
Michael Bolton (US singer) - Michael Bolotin
Michael Brown (singer-songwriter) - Michael Lookofsky
Michael Clarke (The Byrds) - Michael James Dick
Michael Cooper (R&B singer) - Michael Vernon
Michael Crawford OBE (UK actor, singer) - Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith
Michael Greenbaum (UK guitarist, The Pirates) - Mick Green
Michael Holliday (UK singer) - Norman Alexander Milne
Micheal Larsen (American rapper) - Eyedea/Oliver Hart
Michael Lee (British drummer - Cult/Plant & Page) - Michael Gary Pearson
Michael Olatunjil (Nigerian drummer) - Babatunde Olatunji
Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) - Matti Fagerholm
Michael Steele (The Bangles) - Susan Thomas
Michel Louvain (French Canadian singer) - Michel Poulin
Michelle DaRosa (US singer; Straylight Run/Destry) - Michelle Nolan
Mick (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) - Michael Wilson
Mick Karn (UK-Cypriot multi-instrumentalist; Japan/others) - Anthony Michaelides
Mick Mars (Motley Crue) - Robert Alan Deal
Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees) - George Michael Braddock
Micky (South Korean singer) - Park Yoochun
Midge Ure (Scottish musician) - James Ure
Mierre Mongo (Swedish singer, guitarist; Nasum) - Mieszko Talarczyk
Mighty King Kong (reggae musician) - Paul Otieno Imbaya
Miguel Bosé (Spanish musician and actor) - Luis Miguel González Borloni
Mika (Lebanese / British singer, keyboardist) - Michael Holbrook Penniman
Mike Brant (Israeli pop singer) - Moshe Brand
Mike D (Beastie Boys) - Micheal Diamond
Mike Douglas (US singer, TV Host) - Michael Delaney Dowd Jr.
Mike McGear (Scaffold) - Michael McCartney
Mike Patto (UK singer, keyboardist; Spooky Tooth/Boxer) - Michael McCarthy
Mike Pender (The Searchers) - Michael John Prendergast
Mike Tramp (Danish singer) - Michael Trampenau
Mildred Bailey (US jazz singer) - Mildred Rinker
Miley Ray Cyrus (US singer, songwriter, actress) - Destiny Hope Cyrus
Minor Hall (US jazz drummer) - Ram Hall
Miss Pamela (US rock'n'roll groupie/The GTOs) - Pamela Des Barres nee Miller
Mississippi Slim (American blues singer) - Walter Horn Jr
Missy Elliot (US singer) - Melissa Arnette Elliott
Mistinguett (French vaudeville performer) - Jeanne Bourgeois
Mitch Miller - Mitchell William
Mitch Ryder (Detroit Wheels) - William Levise Jr
Mitchell Parish (American lyricist) - Michael Hyman Pashelinsky
Mitsou (Canadian singer, actress) - Mitsou Annie Marie Gélinas
Mix Master Mike (US turntablist, DJ for the Beastie Boys) - Michael Schwartz
Miyavi (Japanese guitarist) - Takamasa Ishihara
MNLK/Ménélik (French rapper) - Albert Tjamag
Moby (US techno musician) - Richard Melville Hall
Moe Bandy (US country music singer) - Marion Franklin Bandy Jr
Mojo Nixon (US guitarist) - Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr
Molly Bee/Molly Munchy (US country singer) - Mollie Gene Beachboard
Molly O'Day (US singer) - LaVerne Williamson
Moms Mabley (US comedian, singer, pioneer "Chitlin' vaudeville) - Loretta Mary Aiken
Momus (Scotland songwriter/blogger/journalist) - Nick Currie
Mongo Santamaría (Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist) - Ramón Santamaría
Monica Zetterlund (Swedish actress, singer) - Monica Nilsson
Monna Bell (Chilean singer) - Nora Escobar
Monoxide Child (Twiztid) - Paul Methric
Moogy Klingman (US keyboardist, producer, songwriter; Utopia) - Mark Klingman
Mordechai Ben David (US Hebrew singer) - Mordechai Werdyger
Morgana King (US singer) - Maria Grazia Morgana Messina DeBerardinis
Morty Black (Norwegian bassist) - Morten Skaget
Mos Def (US rap artist, actor) - Dante Terrell Smith
Moses Michael Leviy/Shyne (Belizean born rapper) - Jamal Barrow
Motorhead (US multi-musician; Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - Jim Sherwood
Moya Brennan (Irish vocals, harp; Clannad) - Maire Ni Bhraonian
Mr. Cheeks/Andrew Benson (US rapper) - Terrance Kelly
Mr. Chi Pig (Canadian singer; SNFU) - Ken Chinn
Mr. Fabulous (Blues Brother trumpeter) - Alan Rubin
Mr. Fat (Sth African rapper) - Ashley Titus
Mr. H (UK composer, keyboards; Prodigy) - Liam Paris Howlett
Mr.V /Vintersorg (Swedish vocalist, multi-musician) - Andreas Hedlund
Mrs. Miller (US singer) - Elva Ruby Connes Miller
Ms Dynamite (UK rapper, singer) - Niomi MacLean-Daley
Muddy Waters (Blues man) - McKinley Morganfield
Muhammad Ali (free jazz drummer) - Raymond Patterson
Murda Ma$e / Mase (US hip-hop artist) - Mason Durell Betha
Murray the K (New York disc jockey) - Murray Kaufman
Mzbel (Ghanaian singer) - Nana Akua Amoah
Mya - Mya Harrison
Mystikal - Micheal Tyler

N
Nappy Brown (American blues singer) - Napoleon Brown Culp
Naomi Judd (The Judds) - Diana Ellen Judd
Nancy Whiskey (Scottish folk singer) - Anne Alexandra Young Wilson
Nas - Nasir Jones
Nat King Cole - Nathaniel Adams Coles
Natalie Appleton (Canadian singer; All Saints) - Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett
Natasha Shanta Reid/Tasha Reid (Korean-US rapper) - Yoon Mi-rae
Nate Dogg (US rapper) - Nathaniel Dwayne Hale
Necro (US rapper) - Ron Raphael Braunstein
Neil Diamond (US singer) - Noah Kamisky
Neil Landon (UK vocalist; The Ivy League/Flowerpot Men/Fat Mattress) - Patrick Cahill
Nek (Italian singer) - Filippo Neviani
Nelly - Carnell Haynes, Jr.
Nena (German singer) - Nena Kerner
Nergal (Polish guitarist, singer; Behemoth)- Adam Darski
Nick Santo (US doo-wop singer; The Capris) - Nick Santamaria
Nicke Royale (Swedish multi-musician; The Hellacopters) - Niklas Andersson
Nicki Minaj (US rapper) - Onika Tonya Maraj
Nicko McBrain (UK drummer; Iron Maiden) - Michael McBrain
Nicole (Chilean singer) - Denisse Lillian Laval Soza
Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) - Franklin Carlton Serafino Feranna
Nikki Sudden (Swell Maps/Jacobites) - Adrian Nicholas Godfrey
Nilo Soruco (Bolivian singer-songwriter) - Danilo Soruco Arancibia
Nino Bravo (Spanish singer) - Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis
Nino Ferrer (French-Italian singer) - Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari
Nivea (US singer) - Nivea B. Hamilton
Noddy Holder (Slade) - Neville John Holder
Noel Gay (English composer)- Reginald Moxon Armitage
Nokio (Dru Hill) - Tamir Mateen Raheem Hameed Ruffin
Noodles (US guitarist, vocalist; Offspring) - Kevin Wasserman
Nookie Boy (US rhythm & blues vocalist) - Oliver Morgan
Noor Jehan (Pakistani singer, actress) - Allah Wasai
Norman Brooks (Canadian singer) - Norman Joseph Arie
Norman Cook / Fatboy Slim - Quentin Leo Cook
Norman Treigle (US bass-baritone) - Adanelle Wilfred Treigle
Notorious B.I.G. - Christopher Wallace /
Nujabes (Japanese Hip Hop producer) - Jun Seba

O
O.C. Smith (US singer) - Ocie Lee Smith
Oderus Urungus (US vocalist; GWAR) - Dave Brockie
Ogie Alcasid (Filipino singer, TV host) - Herminio Alcasid Jr
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Wu Tang Clan) - Russell Tyrone Jones
Oliver (US pop singer) - William Oliver Swofford
Oliver Hart/Eyedea (American rapper) - Micheal Larsen
Omar Hakim Khayam/Omar Sharriff (US blues singer and pianist) - Dave Alexander
Omar Sharriff/Omar Hakim Khayam (US blues singer and pianist) - Dave Alexander
Omarion (US R&B singer) - Omari Grandberry
One Be Lo (US hip-hop artist) - Raland Scruggs
Otha Young (US musician; Juice Newton and Silver Spur) - Robert O. Young
Otto Harbach (US songwriter) - Otto Abels Hauerbach
Ozzie Nelson (US radio/tv presenter/bandleader) - Oswald George Nelson
Ozzy Osbourne (UK singer) - John Michael Osbourne

P
P.F. Sloan (Grass Roots) - Philip Gary Schlein
P.J. Court (The Primatives) - Paul Jonathan Court
P.J. Harvey (uk singer) - Polly Jean Harvey
P.J. Proby - James Marcus Smith
P.M.D/Parrish Making Dollars (US rapper; EPMD/solo) - Parrish J. Smith
P-Nut (311) - Aaron Charles Wills
Pablo Casals (Spanish Catalan cellist) - Pau Casals i Defilló
Pål Pot Pamparius (Norwegian musician; Turbonegro) - Pål Bøttger Kjærnes
Palmolive (Spanish born drummer) - Paloma Romero
Panda Bear (US singer, keyboardist; Animal Collective) - Noah Lennox
Papa Bue (Danish trombonist; Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band) - Arne Bue Jensen
Papa Dee Allen (US musician) - Thomas Sylvester Allen
Papa Jack (US drummer/band leader) - George Vital Laine
Papa Zita /Benny Benjamin (US drummer Motown Funk Brothers) - William Benjamin
Papoose (US rapper) - Shamele Mackie
Paris Grey (Inner City) - Shanna Jackson
Parrish Making Dollars/P.M.D. (US rapper; EPMD/solo) - Parrish J. Smith
Pastor Troy (US rapper; D.S.G.B) - Micah Levar Troy
Pat Benatar (US singer) - Patricia Andrejewski
Pat Boone (US singer) - Charles Eugene Boone
Pata (Japanese guitarist) - Tomoaki Ishizuka
Patachou (French singer) - Henriette Ragon
Patrick Wolf (UK singer-songwriter) - Patrick Denis Apps
Patsy Cline (US country singer) - Virginia Patterson Hensley
Patsy Montana (US country music singer, songwriter) - Ruby Rose Blevins
Patti Page (US singer) - Clara Ann Fowler
Patty Darling (lead singer: The Waitresses) - Patricia J. "Patty" Donahue
Paul And Paula - Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson
Paul Creston (US composer) - Giuseppe Guttoveggio
Paul Desmond (US jazz saxophonist) - Paul Emil Breitenfeld
Paul McCartney (UK bassist, singer, songwriter) - James Paul McCartney
Paul Revere (US organist; Paul Revere & the Raiders) - Paul Revere Dick
Paul Robi (US lead singer; The Platters) - Paul Irvin Roby
Paul Ryan (uk singer) - Paul Sapherson
Paul Samson (UK guitarist, Samson) - Paul Sanson
Paul Stanley (Kiss) - Stanley Harvey Eisen
Paul van Dyk (German DJ) - Matthias Paul
Paul Wall (US rapper) - Paul Slayton
Paul Weston (US pianist, composer, conductor) - Paul Wetstein
Pauline (French singer) - Pauline Vasseur
Peaches (Peaches & Herb) - Francine Barker
Peanuts Holland (jazz trumpeter) - Herbert LeRoy Holland
Pedro Infante (Mexican actor, singer) - José Pedro Infante Cruz
Peetie Wheatstraw (US blues artist) - William Bunch
Pee Wee King (US country singer-songwriter) - Julius Frank Kuczynski
Peggy Gilbert (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) - Margaret F. Knechtges
Peggy Lee (US jazz singer) - Norma Egstrom
Pete Drake (US pedal steel guitar sessionist) - Roddis Franklin Drake
Pete Moore (US singer, record producer; Miracles) - Warren Moore
Pete Rock (UK trip-hop musician, composer, producer; Bomb the Bass) - Peter Phillips
Pete Shelley (UK guitarist; Buzzcocks) - Peter Campbell McNeish
Peter Allen (Australian singer-songwriter, actor) - Peter Richard Woolnough
Peter 'Catman' Criss (US drummer; Kiss) - George Peter Criscuola
Peter Maffay (German rock vocalist) - Peter Alexander Makkay
Peter Steele (US singer, bassist; Type O Negative) - Petrus T. Ratajczyk
Peter Tosh/Stepping Razor (Jamaican guitarist, singer) - Winston McIntosh
Pierre Delanoë (French songwriter) - Pierre Charles Marcel Napoléon Leroyer
Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) - Sandra Denton
Pepper Adams (US sax player) - Park Adams III
Peppy Castro (Blues Magoos) - Emil Thielhelm
Pepsi Tate (bassist; Tigertailz) - Justin Smith
Perry Como - Pierino Roland Como
Pete Briquette (Boomtown Rats) - Patrick Andrew Cusack
Pete Kirby/Bashful Brother Oswald (US guitarist; Smoky Mountain Boys) - Beecher Ray Kirby
Pete Nelson (The Flowerpot Men) - Peter Lipscomb
Peter Andre - Peter James Andrea
Peter Banks (Yes) - Peter Brockbanks
Peter Criss / Catman (Kiss) - George Peter Criscoula
Peter Nero (US pianist, pops conductor) - Bernard Nierow
Peter Sellers (UK comic actor, musician, singer) - Richard Henry Sellers
Peter Tork (The Monkees) - Peter Halston Thorkelson
Peter Tosh (Wailing Wailers/The Wailers) - Winston Hubert McIntosh
Peter Wilkinson (UK bassist; Cast/Shack) - Leslie Craig Wilkinson
Pharoah Sanders (American Jazz saxophonist) - Ornette Coleman
Phil Barney (French singer) Philippe Baranés
Philippe Clay (French mime artist, singer, actor) - Philippe Mathevet
Phillipe Wynne (US lead singer, The Spinners/Solo) - Phillip Walker
Phillips Exeter Blue I (US singer, guitarist; Deadsy) - Elijah Blue Allman
Phoebe Snow (US singer) - Phoebe Laub
Phoebus (Greek songwriter) - Evangelos-Phoebus Tassopoulos
Piggy (Canadian guitarist; Voivod) - Denis D'Amour
Pimp C (US rap artist) - Chad Butler
Pinetop Perkins (US blues pianist) - Joseph William Perkins
Pinhead/Spiky-Man (US keyboardist; Slipknot) - Craig Jones
Pink - Alecia Moore
Pio Leyva (Cuban singer) - Wilfredo Pascual
Pitbull (US rapper) - Armando Christian Pérez
Pixie Lott (UK singer) - Victoria Louise Lott
Pizon (Italian-American rapper) - Michael Scala
Plan B (UK rapper) - Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew
Plastic Bertrand (Belgian singer) - Roger Marie François Jouret
Plaster Caster/Cynthia Plaster Caster (US intermate groupie) - Cynthia Albritton
Pleasure P (US R&B singer; Pretty Ricky) - Marcus Ramone Cooper
Plies (US rapper) - Algernod Lanier Washington
Poison Ivy (US singer, guitarist; The Cramps) - Kristy Wallace
Poly Styrene (UK singer, songwriter; X-Ray Spex) - Marianne Joan Elliott-Said
Powerpill /Aphex Twine (electronic music artist) - Richard D. James
Prairie Prince (drummer) - Charles L. Prince
Pras (Fugees) - Praskazrel Michel
Premo/DJ Premier (US hip hop artist) - Christopher Edward Martin
Preston Jackson (American trombonist) - James Preston McDonald
Prince (US singer) - Prince Rogers Nelson
Prince Buster (Jamaican ska singer) - Cecil Cambell
Prince Gideon Israel (US R&B; Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) - Carter Cornelius
Princess Erika (French singer) - Erika Dobong'na
Prodigy (US rapper) - Albert Johnson
Professor Longhair (US blues pianist) - Henry Roeland Byrd
Professor X (US rapper) - Lumumba Robert Carson
Puff Daddy aka P Diddy (rapper) - Sean Combs
Puma Washington (US R&B singer) - Sabrina Fredrica Washington
Punch Miller (American dixieland trumpeter) - Ernest Miller
Punky Meadows (US guitarist; Angel) - Edwin Lionel Meadows

Q
Q-Tip - Jonathan Davis
QD3/Snoopy (Swedish-American composer, producer) - Quincy Delight Jones III
Queen Jane (Kenyan benga singer) - Jane Nyambura
Queen Latifah - Dana Owens
Queen of Crunk (American hiphop singer) - Rasheeda Buckner
Question Mark (US singer; Question Mark and the Mysterians) - Rudy Martinez
Questlove (US drummer) - Ahmir Thompson
Quik (American rapper) - David Martin Blake
Quinoline Yellow/Tatamax (Welsh creator of electronic music) - Luke Williams
Quorthon (Swedish metal band Bathory) - Ace Börje Forsberg

R
R.J D2 (US hip-hop producer, singer) - Ramble John Krohn
R.J Rosales (Filipino-born Australian singer) - Roseo José Rosales
R. Kelly (US singer) - Robert Sylvester Kelly
Rachel Z (Jazz pianist) - Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo
Radical Face (US sing-songwriter, musician) - Ben Cooper
Raekwon (Wu-Tang Clan) - Corey Woods
Rain (Korean singer) - Jeong Ji-Hoon
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (US jazz saxaphonist) - Ronald Theodore Kirk
Rakim (US rapper) - William Griffin Jr
Ralph Flanagan (American big band leader) - Ralph Elias Flenniken
Ramblin' Jack Elliott (US blues musician) - Elliott Charles Adnopoz
Randy California (Spirit) - Randy Craig Wolfe
Randy Travis - Randy Bruce Traywick
Raoul Jobin (Canadian tenor) - Joseph Roméo
Raphael (Spanish singer) - Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez
Raquel Rastenni/ (Danish singer) - Anna Rachel Rastén
Ras (Damage) - Rahsaan J Bromfield
Ras Kass (US rapper; The HRSMN/solo) - John Austin IV
Rasa Don (drums,Arrested Development) - Don Norris
Rasaq (US rapper) - Rasaq Dayo Seriki
Rashied Ali (US jazz drummer) - Robert Patterson
Rat (Neds Atomic Dustbin) - Gareth Pring
Rat Scabies (The Damned) - Chris Miller
Rattlesnake Annie (US country blues singer) - Annie McGowan
Raven-Symoné (US actress, singer) - Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman
Ray Anthony (US trumpeter, bandleader, actor) - Raymond Antonini
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer) - Raphael Homer Bryant
Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson
Ray Condo (Canadian rockabilly musician; Hardrock Goners) - Ray Tremblay
Ray Ellington (British singer, band leader) - Harry Pitts Brown
Ray J (US actor and R&B singer) - William Ray Norwood Jr
Ray Stevens - Harold Ray Ragsdale
Raymond Ronald Jones (UK acoustic guitarist, folk singer-songwriter) - Wizz Jones
Raymond Scott (US composer, electronic music pioneer) - Harry Warnow
Raz/Raz-B (multi-genre singer) - De'Mario Monte Thornton
Razzle (UK drummer: Hanoi Rocks) - Nicholas Dingley
Re Styles (The Tubes) - Shirley Marie MacLeod
Reb Beach (US guitarist; Winger, Whitesnake) - Richard Earl Beach Jr
Rebbie Jackson (American singer) - Maureen Reillette Brown
Red Brown (New Orleans trombonist) - Tom Brown
Red Foley (US guitarist, harmonica, singer) - Clyde Julian Foley
Red Garland (US hard bop jazz pianist) - William Garland
Red Hot Red/Les Paul/Red Rhubarb (US guitarist, inventor) - Lester William Polfus
Red Nichols (US jazz trumpet & horn player) - Ernest Loring Nichols
Red Piano/ Dr. Feelgood (UK singer) - Willie Perryman
Red Rhubarb/Les Paul/Red Hot Red (US guitarist, inventor) - Lester William Polfus
Red Sovine (US country music singer) - Woodrow Wilson Sovine
Red Stripe (Flying Picketts) - David Gittins
Redman (rap artist) - Reggie Noble
Régine (French singer, nightclub owner) - Régine Zylberberg
Remy Ma (US rapper; Terror Squad/solo) - Remynisce Smith-Mackie
Renato Russo (Brazilian bassist, singer-songwriter) - Renato Manfredini Jr
Renato Zero (Italian singer-songwriter) - Renato Fiacchini
Residente (Puerto Rican lead singer, writer; Calle 13) - René Pérez
Rev Run (Run-DMC) - Joseph Simmons
Reni (Stone Roses) - Alan John Wren
Rhino/El Rhino (US guitarist; Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond) - Larry Reinhardt
Ric Ocasek (The Cars) - Richard Otcasek
Richard Clayderman (French pianist) - Philippe Pagès
Richard Manitoba (US singer; The Dictators/ MC5) - Richard Blum
Richard Neville (UK vocalist; Five) - Richard Neville Dobson
Richard Tee (US pianist, session & studio musician; Stuff) - Richard Ten Ryk
Richard Tucker (US operatic tenor) - Rubin Ticker
Rick Dees (US disc jockey) - Rigdon Osmond Dees III
Rick James (US singer) - James Ambrose Johnson, Jr
Rick Nelson (US singer) - Eric Hilliard Nelson
Rick Springfield (US singer) - Richard Springthorpe
Rickie Valens (US singer) - Richard Steve Valnezuela
Richie Beau/Richie Ramone (Velveteen/Ramones) - Richard Reinhardt
Richie Ramone/Richie Beau (Ramones/Velveteen) - Richard Reinhardt
Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer) - Enrique Jose Martin Morales
Ricky Nelson - Eric Hilliard Nelson
Ricky West (Tremeloes) - Richard Charles Westwood
Ricky Valance (Welsh pop singer) - David Spencer
Rihanna (Barbadian singer) - Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Rikki Rocket (Poison) - Richard Allan Ream
Rim'K (French rapper) - Abdelkrim Brahmi-Benalla
Ringo Starr (UK drummer) - Richard Starkey
Rio Reiser (German singer; Ton Steine Scherben) - Ralph Christian Möbius
Rita Moreno (Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress - Rosita Dolores Alverío
Ritchie Valens (US singer) - Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes
Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) - Peter Kitts
RJ Rosales (Filipino-born Australian singer) - Roseo José Rosales
Rob B (UK rap artist) - Robert Birch
Rob Base (US rapper) - Robert Ginyard
Rob Tyner (American singer; MC5) - Robert Derminer
Rob Zombie (White Zombie) - Robert Bartleh Cummings
Robbie Dupree (US singer) - Robert Dupuis
Robby Hewitt (Orgy) - Robert Jonathan Fernandez-Hewitt
Robert Carmine (US singer) - Robert Coppola Schwartzman
Robert Gilbert (German composer) - Robert David Winterfeld
Robert Miles (Italian DJ) - Roberto Concina
Robert Nighthawk (US guitarist) - Robert Lee McCoy
Robert Weede (US operatic baritone) - Robert Wiedefeld
Roc Raida (US hip hop DJ, turntablist; X-Ecutioners) - Anthony Williams
Rocío Dúrcal (Spanish singer-actress) - María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz
Rockell (US singer-songwriter) - Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo
Rockwell (US singer) - Kenneth Gordy
Rod Allen (UK lead singer, bassist:The Fortunes) - Rodney Bainbridge
Rod Stewart (UK singer) - Roderick David Stewart
Roger Williams (American pianist) - Louis Weertz
Roni Size (UK drum 'n' bass DJ and producer) - Ryan Williams
Ronnie Bond (UK drummer; The Troggs) - Ronald James Bullis
Ronnie Carroll (British singer) - Ronald Cleghorn
Ronnie Day (US singer-songwriter) - Ronald Guglielmone
Ronnie Earl (American blues guitarist) - Ronald Horvath
Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath) - Ronald James Padavona
Ronnie Scott (UK jazz saxophonist, club owner) - Ronald Schatt
Ronnie Spector (Ronettes) - Veronica Yvette Bennett
Rory Storm (UK singer; Rory Storm and The Hurricanes) - Alan Caldwell
Rose Laurens (French singer-songwriter) - Rose Podwojny
Rose Stone (US vocalist, pianist; Sly & The Family Stone) - Rosemary Stewart
Ross the Boss/Ross Funicello (US guitarist; The Dictators) - Ross Friedman
Rozz Williams (US deathrock vocalist) - Roger Alan Painter
Roy Black (German pop-schlager singer, actor) - Gerhard Höllerich
Roy Rogers (US singer-actor-cowboy) - Leonard Franklin Slye
Roy Wood (Wizzard/ELO/Move) - Ulysses Adrian Wood
Royce Da 5'9" (US rapper) - Ryan Montgomery
RTB (UK record producer, songwriter) - Roy Thomas Baker
Ruby (Egyptian singer) - Rania Hussein Mohammed Tawfik
Rudi Carrell (Dutch singer, entertainer) - Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar
Rudy Sarzo (Cuban bassist) - Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont
RuPaul (US singer/super model) - RuPaul Andre Charles
Rupert Holmes (UK-US composer, singer, session musician) - David Goldstein
Russ Columbo (US singer) - Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo
Russ Hamilton (British singer ) - Ronald Hulme
Rust Epique (US guitarist; Crazy Town) - Charles Lopez
Ruth Brown (US R&B singer) - Ruth Weston
Ruth Kobart (US actor, singer) - Ruth Maxine Finkelstein
RZA (rap artist) - Robert Diggs

S
S-Men/Funk Junkeez (DJ, producer) - Roger Sanchez
Sabah (Lebanese singer, actress) - Jeannette Gergi Fighali
Sache(US rapper; Souf Folk) - Mike Jones
Sade (UK singer) - Helen Folasade Adu
Sadik Hakim (Jazz pianist) - Argonne Thornton
Saffron (singer) - Samantha Sprackling
Sahib Shihab (American jazz saxophonist) - Edmond Gregory
Saint Thomas (Norwegian alt-country musician) - Thomas Hansen
Sal Valentino (US singer; The Beau Brummels) - Sal Spampinato
Sally Yeh (Hong Kong singer) - Sin-Man Yip
Salt - Cheryl James
Sam Cooke (US singer) - Sam Cook
Sam Sparro (Australian singer-songwriter) - Sam Falson
Sam the Sham - Domingo Samudio
Sam Yaffa (Finnish bassist; Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls) - Sami Takamäki
Samantha Sang - Cheryl Grey
Samira Said (Arabic singer) - Samira Bensaïd Pirthi
Sammy Fain (US composer of popular music) - Samuel E. Feinberg
Samoth (Norwegian guitar, drums; Emperor, Zyklon) - Thormodsæter Haugen
Sandie Shaw (UK singer) - Sandra Goodritch
Sandro de América (Argentinian singer) - Roberto Sánchez
Sandy Yaguda (Jay & The Americans) - Sandy Deane
Santigold (US songwriter-singer) - Santi White
Sara Mandiano (French singer, songwriter) - Françoise Castellani
Saraa (Mongolian singer) - Sarantuya Batmonkh
Sarah Connor (German singer) - Sarah Terenzi née Lewe
Sarah Shahi (US actress, model) - Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi
Sarit Hadad (Israeli singer) - Sara Hodedtov
Satori Shakoor (US singer) - Jeanette McGruder
Satyr (Norwegian musician - Satyricon) - Sigurd Wongraven
Saukrates/Big Sox (Canadian rapper) - Amani Wailoo
Sax (Jamaican singer, reggae musician) - Lincoln Thompson
Scarface (southern rapper) - Bradley Jordan
Scatman Crothers (US actor, singer, guitarist) - Benjamin Crothers
Scatman John (American singer) - John Paul Larkin
Schooly D (American rapper) - Jesse B. Weaver Jr
Scott La Rock (US rapper, DJ; Boogie Down Productions) - Scott Sterling
Scott Walker (US vocals; Walker Brothers) - Noel Scott Engel
Scott McKenzie (Mamas & Papas) - Philip Blondheim
Scott Muni (American radio DJ) - Donald Allen Muñoz
Scout Niblett (UK singer-songwriter) - Emma Louise Niblett
Scott Stapp (Creed) - Anthony Scott Flippen
Scratch / Lee Perry (Jamaican Reggae artist) - Rainford Hugh Perry
Screamin' Jay Hawkins (US singer) - Jalacy Hawkins
Se7en (South Korean singer) - Choi Dong-Wook
Seal - Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Sean Kingston (US Reggae artist) - Kisean Anderson
Sean Paul (Jamaican ragga - hip hop musician) - Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques
Sean Yseult (US bassist, multi-musician; White Zombie) - Shauna Reynolds
Sebastian (Danish guitarist) - Knud Torben Christensen
Sebastian Bach (Canadian heavy metal singer; Skid Row) - Sebastian Philip Bierk
Selena (US singer-songwriter) - Selena Quintanilla-Perez
Sen Dog (Afro-Cuban rapper) - Senen Reyes
Seo Taiji (Korean singer; Seo Tai-ji & Boys) - Jeong Hyeon-cheol
Seohyun (Korean singer, dancer) - Seo Joo-hyun
September (Swedish dance singer) - Petra Eos Marklund
Serge Gainsbourg (French singer, pianist, guitarist) - Lucien Ginsburg
Seth Ward (US country singer) - Jimmy Dean
Seu Jorge (Brazilian singer, actor) - Jorge Mário da Silva
Shaan (Indian singer, TV host) - Shantanu Mukherjee
Shabba Ranks (Jamaican singer, rapper) - Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon
Shakin' Stevens (Welsh pop singer) - Michael Barrett
Shakira (Colombian singer) - Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Shaggy 2 Dope (ICP) - Joey Utsler
Shagrath (Norwegian singer, multi-musician; Dimmu Borgir) - Stian Tomt Thoresen
Shane Fenton / Alvin Stardust (UK singer) - Bernard Jurey
Shania Twain - Eileen Regina Edwards
Shanice (US female singer) Shanice Wilson
Sharkey Bananas (US trumpeter/bandleader) - Joseph Bonano
Sheena Easton - Sheena Shirley Orr
Sheila E (US singer-drummer) - Sheila Escovedo
Shel Macrae (Scottish guitarist, vocals; The Fortunes) - Andrew Semple
Sherene Davies/Bonnie Tyler (UK singer) - Gaynor Hopkins
Sherine (Egyptian singer) - Sherine Abdel Wahhab
Sheryfa Luna (French singer) - Chérifa Babouche
Shifty Shellshock (US singer; Crazy Town) - Seth Binzer
Shin Ji (Korean singer) - Lee Jee-Seon
Shindong (Korean singer; Super Junior) - Shin Dong-hee
Shirley Kwan (Hong Kong singer/dancer/actress) - Kwan Suk Yee
Shock G (US singer, rapper; Digital Underground) - Gregory E. Jacobs
Shorty Rogers (US jazz musician) - Milton Rajonsky
Shutty (Terrorvision) - David Shuttleworth
Shyne/Moses Michael Leviy (Belizean born rapper) - Jamal Barrow
Shystie (UK rapper, actress) - Chanelle Calica
Sice (UK singer, guitarist; Boo Radleys) - Simon Rowbottom
Sickan Carlsson (Swedish actress, singer) - Anna-Greta Carlsson Adamson
Sid Block (US jazz bassist) - Sandy Block
Sid Phillips (UK clarinetist) - Isador Simon Philips
Sid Vicious - John Simon Ritchie
Silvy Melody (Belgian singer; Sylver) - Silvy De Bie
Simon Crum/Terry Preston (US country pop singer) - Ferlin Husky
Simon Dee (UK radio disc jockey) - Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd
Sinik (French singer and rapper) - Thomas Idir
Sinister/Tripp Lee (US bassist, vocals; Twisted Method/Dope) - Derrick Tribbett
Sir Christus (Finnish guitarist;SnoWhite/Negative) - Jukka Kristian Mikkonen
Sir Mix-A-Lot (US rapper) - Anthony Ray
Sir Vincent Lone/John St. Field (Scottish folk singer, songwriter) - Jackie Leven
Sirone (US jazz bassist, composer) - Norris Jones
Sisqo (R&B singer, actor) - Mark Althavan Andrews
Sister Carol (Jamaican reggae singer) - Carol Theresa East
Skeeter Davis - Mary Frances Penick
Skin (Cast) - Liam Tyson
Skin (Skunk Anansie) - Deborah Anne Dyer
Skip Alan (UK drums; Pretty Things) - Alan Skipper
Skitch Henderson (bandleader) - Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson
Sky Saxon/Sunlight (US singer-songwriter, guitarist; The Seeds/others) - Richard Marsh
Slash (Guns N Roses) - Saul Hudson
Slick (US singer; New Edition) - Ricky Bell
Slick Rick (UK rapper) - Richard D. Walters
Slim Bryant (US country music singer/songwriter, guitarist) - Thomas Hoyt Bryant
Slim Dunkin (American rapper) - Mario Hamilton
Slim Dusty - David Gordon Kirkpatrick
Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) - James McDonnell
Slim Thug (US rapper) - Stayve Jerome Thomas
Sly Dunbar (reggae artist) - Lowell Fillmore Dunbar
Sly Stone (US singer, multi-musician; Sly & the Family Stone) - Sylvester Stewart
Smiley Burnette (US country music performer, comedic actor) Lester Alvin Burnett
Smiley Culture (UK reggae singer and DJ) - David Victor Emmanuel
Smiley Lewis (R&B singer) - Overton Amos Lemons
Smokey Robinson (US singer-Motown) - William Robinson
Snake Boy/Luther Johnson (US blues guitarist) - Lucius Johnson
Snakefinger (UK multi-musician, The residents) - Philip Lithman
Sneaky (US pedal steel guitarist, Flying Burrito Brothers/others) - Pete Kleinow
Snooks Eaglin (US blind blues guitarist/singer) - Fird Eaglin Jr
Snooky Lanson (US singer, TV personality; Your Hit Parade) - Roy Landman
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Calvin Broadus
Snoopy/QD3 (Swedish-American composer, producer) - Quincy Delight Jones III
Snowy White (UK guitarist; Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd) - Terence White
Son House (US blues singer, guitarist) - Eddie James House Jr
Sonia (Disappear Fear) - Sonia Rutstein
Sonic Boom (UK guitar; Spectrum/Spacemen 3/Spiritualized) - Pete Kember
Sonique (singer, DJ) - Sonia Clarke
Sonny Black/Bushido (German rapper) - Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi
Sonny Bono - Salvatore Philip Bono
Sonny Boy Williamson I (US blues harmonica) - John Lee Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson II/Aleck "Rice" Miller (US blues harmonica) - Aleck Ford
Sonny Rollins (US saxophonist) - Theodore Walter Rollins
Sonny Sandoval (US singer; P.O.D.) - Paul Joshua Sandoval
Sonny Terry (US blues artist) - Saunders Terrell
Sooz (US award-winning singer-songwriter) - Susan Goodman Jackson
SoShy (French singer, songwriter) - Deborah Epstein
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (US rapper) - DeAndre Cortez Way
Soulja Slim (US rapper) - James Tapp Jr
Soraya (Columbian/American singer) - Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas
Spanky G (US drummer; Bloodphart/Bloodhound Gang) - Mike Guthier
Spanky MacFarlane - Elaine MacFarlane
Special Ed (US rapper) - Edward Archer
Special One (American rapper; The Conscious Daughters) - Karryl Smith
Spike (UK singer; 911) - Simon Dawbarn
Spiky-Man/Pinhead (US keyboardist; Slipknot) - Craig Jones
Spider Loc (US rapper; member of G-Unit) - Curtis Norvell Williams
Spider One (US vocalist) - Michael David Cummings
Spinderella (DJ) - Deirdre Roper
Spink (drummer) - Jeff Graboski
Spooner Oldham (US songwriter, keyboards; session musician) - Dewey Oldham
Spyder Jonez (US vocalist, bassist, actor) - Evan Seinfeld
Squirrel (Crazy Town) - Craig Tyler
St. Clair Lee (US singer; Hues Corporation) - Bernard Lee
Stacey Q (US singer) - Stacey Lynn Swain
Stan Cullimore (UK guitarist; Housemartins) - Ian Peter Cullimore
Stan Martin (US radio host, DJ) - Stanley Martin Feuerman
Stat Quo (US rapper) - Stanley Benton
Static Major (US R&B singer) - Stephen Ellis Garrett
Steely (Jamaican Reggae musician, composer, producer) - Wycliffe Johnson
Stella Nova (UK guitarist, singer; Rich Kids) - Steve New
Stepping Razor/Peter Tosh (Jamaican guitarist, singer) - Winston McIntosh
Steve Bond (actor) - Schlomo Goldberg
Steve Jansen (vocals, drums; Japan) - Stephen Batt
Steve Lacy (saxophonist) - Steven Norman Lackritz
Steve Lawrence (US singer) - Stephen Leibowitz
Steve Took (UK drummer; T Rex) - Stephen Ross Porter
Steven Morrissey (The Smiths) - Patrick Morrissey
Stevie Nicks - Stephanie Nicks
Stevie Plunder (Australian guitarist/singer; The Whitlams) - Anthony Hayes
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Judkins Morris
Stevo 32 (Sum 41)- Steve Jocz
Stewkey (US singer, keyboards; Utopia/The Nazz) - Robert Antoni
Sticky Fingaz (US rap artist) - Kirk Jones
Sting - Gordon Matthew Sumner
Stix Hooper (Crusaders) - Nesbert Hooper
Stretch (US rapper and hip hop producer) - Randy Walker
Studebaker John (US guitarist, harmonica, slide guitar; The Hawks) - John Grimaldi
Styles P (US rapper) - David Styles
Stza Crack (US singer; Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack) - Scott Sturgeon
Subliminal (Israeli rapper) - Ya'akov Shimoni
Sugar Chile Robinson (US blues/boogie-woogie pianist, singer) - Frank Isaac Robinson
Sugar Lee Hooper (Dutch party singer) - Marja van der Toorn
Sugar Minott (Jamaican reggae singer) - Lincoln Barrington Minott
Suggs (UK singer,songwriter; Madness/solo) - Graham Mcpherson
Sugizo (Japanese guitarist, singer; Luna Sea) - Yune Sugihara
Sunlight/Sky Saxon (US singer-songwriter, guitarist; The Seeds/others) - Richard Marsh
Sunny (South Korean singer; Girls' Generation) - Lee Soonkyu
Sunny Skylar (US composer, singer, lyricist) - Selig Shaftel
Susan Ashton (US christian singer) - Susan Rae Hill
Susan Jacks (Canadian singer) - Susan Pesklevits
Susan Sarandon - Abigail Tomalin
Susie Q (Cookie Crew) - Susan Banfield
Susanna Foster (US film actress/singer) - Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson
Susanne Marsee (US mezzo-soprano) - maiden name} Susan Irene Dowell
Suzi Quatro (US singer/bassist) - Susan Kay Quatrocchio
Swamp Dogg (US soul music artist) - Jerry Williams Jr
Sweets Edison (American jazz trumpet player) - Harry Edison
Swizz Beatz (US record producer, rapper) - Kasseem Dean
Sydney Youngblood (German born US singer) - Sydney Ford
Sylvia Robinson (American singer, music producer) - Sylvia Vanterpool
Sylvia Syms (American jazz singer) - Sylvia Blagman
Syrinx (Romanian pan flautist) - Simion Stanciu

T
T- Bone Walker (US blues guitarist) - Aaron Thibeaux Walker
T- Boz (US R&B singer; TLC) - Tionne Watkins
T. G. Sheppard's - William Neal Browder
TJ (3T) - Tito Joe Jackson ((Son of Jackson 5's Tito))
T-Low (R & B artist) - Terry Brown
T.O.P (Korean rapper; Big Bang) - Choi Seung-hyun
T-Pain (US singer-songwriter, rapper) - Faheem Rasheed Najm
Tab Hunter (US actor/singer)- Arthur Kelm, then took his mother's maiden name, Gelien
Taboo Nawasha (US hip-hop artist/Black Eyed Peas) - Jaime Luis Gómez
Taebin (Korean singer; 1TYM) - Danny Im
Taeyeon (Korean singer) - Kim Tae-yeon
Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal Band/solo) - Taffy Nivert
Tammi Terrell - Thomasina Montgomery
Tammy Wynette - Virginia Pugh
Tantric /Kyo (Japanese singer; Dir en grey) - Tooru Nishimura
Tappy / Uncle Bill (US jazz guitarist and ukulele player) - Bill Tapia
Tash (US rapper) - Rico Smith
Tasha Reid/Natasha Shanta Reid (Korean-US rapper) - Yoon Mi-rae
Tata Young (Thai singer) - Amita Marie Young
Tatamax /Quinoline Yellow (Welsh creator of electronic music) - Luke Williams
Taylor Hanson (Hanson) - Jordan Taylor Hanson
Taylor Mitchell (Canadian folk musician) - Taylor Josephine Stephanie Luciow
Taylor Dayne (US vocalist, song-writer, dance artist) - Leslie Wunderman
Teairra Mari (American R&B singer) - Teairra Maria Thomas
Tech N9NE (American rapper) - Aaron Yates
Ted Fiorito (US bandleader, pianist/keyboards) - Teodorico Salvatore Fiorito
Teena Marie (US singer and composer) - Mary Christine Brockert
Tega (American rap artist) - Ortega Henderson
Telle (US singer; The Word Alive) - Tyler Smith
Tempest Storm (US burlesque performer) - Annie Blanche Banks
Teoman (Turkish rock singer) - Fazli Teoman Yakupoglu
Terence Trent D'arby (singer, musician) - Sananda Maitreya
Teresa Brewer - Teresa Breuer
Terry Knight (US producer/manager/singer) - Richard Terrance Knapp
Terry Preston/Simon Crum (US country pop singer) - Ferlin Husky
Tetsu (Japanese bassist; L'Arc~en~Ciel) - Tetsuya Ogawa
Tetsuro Hoshino (Japanes lyricist) - Arichika Tetsuro
Tex Beneke (US saxophonist; Glenn Miller Orch) - Gordon Lee Beneke
Tex Williams (US Western swing, novelty singer) - Sollie Paul Williams
Tha Trademarc (US hip hop artist) - Marc Predka
The Bass Thing (English bassist; Wonder Stuff) - Rob Jones
The Bear (US bass player; Iron Butterfly, Rhinoceros) - Jerry Penrod
The Big Bopper (US singer/songwriter) - Jiles Perry Richardson
The Cheif Musician (Jamaican saxophonist/Skatalites) - Roland Alphonso
The Doctor (Doctor And The Medics) - Clive Jackson
The Edge (U2) - David Howell Evans
The Fox / Eric Carr (Kiss) - Paul Caravello
The Genius / GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) - Gary Grice
The Green Eyed Bandit/E-Double-E/Erick Onasis (US rap artist) - Erick Sermon
The Head (Stereo MC's) - Nick Hallam
The Phantom (Scottish guitarist; Wings) Jimmy McCullough
The Rev/Reverend Tholomew Plague (US drummer; Avenged Sevenfold) - James Sullivan
The Silver Fox (US country singer, pianist) - Charlie Rich
The Snake (US rock guitarist; Skid Row) - Dave Sabo
The Yeti (US bassist, multi-musician) - Jeff Irwin
Thomas Clayton (Blood Sweat & Tears) - David Thomsett
Thomas Hayward (US operatic tenor) - Thomas Albert Tibbett
Thunderstick (UK drummer - Samson/Iron Maiden) Barry Graham / Barry Purkis
TiA (Japanese R&B singer) - Chiaki Hamahime
Ticho Parly (Danish Heldentenor) - Frederick Christiansen
Tico Torres (US drummer; Bon Jovi) - Hector Samuel Juan Torres
Tiffany (American-born Sth Korean singer; Girls' Generation) - Stephanie Hwang
Tim Dog (American rapper) - Tim Blair
Tim Maia (Brazilian singer) - Sebastião Rodrigues Maia
Tim McGraw (country singer) - Samuel Timothy McGraw
Timbaland (US rapper) - Timothy Z. Mosley
Timi Yuro - Rosemay Timotea Aurro
Tin-Tan (Mexican actor, singer, comedian) - Germán Valdés
Tina Arena - Filippina Lydia Arena
Tina Charles (UK singer) - Tina Hoskins
Tina Dico (Danish singer-songwriter) - Tina Dickow
Tina Turner (US singer) - Anna Mae Bullock
Tiny Tim (US singer-songwriter, musician) - Herbert Buckingham Khaury
Titi Ruth (Puerto Rican singer) - Ruth Fernández
Tito Burns (British accordionist and impresario) - Nathan Bernstein
Tito Jackson - Toriano Adaryll Jackson
TMR/T.M.Revolution (Japanese pop-rock singer) - Takanori Nishikawa
TNT/D.J. Trend (UK DJ, drum and bass specialist) - Gifford Noel
Tom Jobim (Brazilian composer) - Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim
Tom Jones (Welsh singer) - Thomas Jones Woodward
Tom Verlaine (US guitarist) - Thomas Miller
Tom Springfield (The Springfields) - Dion O'Brien
Tomas Forsberg (Swedish singer-songwriter, multi-musician Bathory) - Quorthon
Tomata du Plenty (US lead singer; The Screamers) - David Xavier Harrigan
Tommy Lee (US drummer, songwriter; Mötley Crüe) - Thomas Lee Bass
Tommy Ramone aka Thomas Erdelyi (US drummer, Ramones) - Erdélyi Tamás
Tommy Steele - (UK pop singer) Thomas Hicks
Tommy Tucker (US R&B singer) - Robert Higginbotham
Tone-Loc (US hip hop artist) - Antony Smith
Tonéx (US singer, songwriter, arranger,choreographer) Anthony Charles Williams II
Tonedeff (US rapper) - Tony Rojas
Toni Basil - Antonia Basilotta
Toni Tennille (US singer; Captain & Tennille) - Cathryn Antoinette Tennille
Tonio K (American singer) - Steven M. Krikorian
Tony Bennett - (US singer) Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Tony Blackplait (Estonian singer, guitarist; Vennaskond) - Tõnu Trubetsky
Tony Christie (UK singer) - Antony Fitzgerald
Tony Croatto (Italian-born composer) - Hermes Davide Fastino Croatto Martinis
Tony D (American hip hop DJ) - Anthony Depula
Tony Gad (Aswad) - Tony Robinson
Tony Holiday (German singer-songwriter) - Rolf Peter Knigge
Tony Kaye (UK keyboards; Yes) - Anthony John Selvidge
Tony Martin (US singer, actor) - Alvin Morris
Tony Meehan (The Shadows) - Daniel Meehan
Tony Orlando - Michael Anthony Orlando Cassivitis
Tony Rich - (US singer, songwriter) Antonio Jeffries
Tony Sheridan (UK singer-songwriter) - Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity
Too Short (West Coast rapper) - Todd Shaw
Toots Thielemans (Belgian jazz guitarist/harmonica player) - Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans
Topper Headon (The Clash) - Nicky Headon
Torch (US guitarist; Ratt/Whitesnake) - Warren DeMartini
Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos
Toshi (Japanese singer; X Japan) - Toshimitsu Deyama
Trae (US rapper) - Frazier Thompson III
Treach - (rap artist) Anthony Criss
Trevor Burton (UK bassist; The Move/Dexy's Midnight Runners) - Trevor Ireson
Trick Daddy Dollars (US rapper) - Maurice Young
Trickster G/Garm/God Head (Norwegian singer-keyboards) Kristoffer Rygg
Trina (US rapper) - Katrina Le'verne Taylor
Tripp Lee/Sinister (US bassist, vocals; Twisted Method/Dope) - Derrick Tribbett
Trombone Shorty (US trombone, trumpet player) - Troy Andrews
Trouble T-Roy (Heavy D/The Boyz) - Troy Dixon
Troy Shondell (US singer) - Gary Shelton
True Master (US rapper, record producer) - Derek Harris
Tsunku (Japanese music producer) - Mitsuo Terada
Tubby Hayes (UK tenor saxophonist, Ronnie Scott/others) -Edward Brian Hayes
Tunes (US saxophone player) - Michael Antunes
Turbo B (US rap artist; Snap) - Durron Maurice Butler
Tweet (US soul singer-songwriter, guitarist) - Charlene Keys
Tweety (US singer; Next) - Raphael Brown
Twinkle (UK singer) - Lynn Ripley
Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson band) - Jeordie White
Twista (US rapper) - Carl Terrell Mitchell
Two Five (US rapper) - Michael Francis
Tyga (American rapper) - Michael Stevenson

U
U-God (US rapper; Wu-Tang Clan) - Lamont Jody Hawkins
U-Know (Korean singer, actor; TVXQ) - Jung Yunho
Ukelele Ike (US singer,voice actor, ukelele player) - Clifton Edwards
Uncle Bill / Tappy (US jazz guitarist and ukulele player) - Bill Tapia
Uncle Kracker (US country, rap-rock singer) - Matthew Shafer
Ursus Veritas (US singer-songwriter; Thrice/solo) - Dustin Kensrue
Usher (US R&B singer) - Usher Raymond
Uwe (German keyboardist, songwriter; Nena) Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

V
V.V. Brown (UK singer) - Vanessa Brown
Valensia (Dutch singer) - Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson
Valfar (Norwegian lead singer; Windir) - Terje Bakken
Vangellis (Jon & Vangellis) - Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou
Vanilla Ice (rapper) - Robert Van Winkle
Vanna (Croatian pop singer) - Ivana Ranilovic Vrdoljak
Vaughan Toulouse (Department S) - Vaughan Cotillard
Vic Damone (singer) - Vito Farinola
Vic Reeves (Comedy song 'Wonder Stuff') - James "Jim" Roderick Moir
Vic Steele (UK guitarist; Hollies) - Vic Farrell
Vice Cooler (US singer-songwriter; Hawnay Troof/Xbxrx) - Christiana Vincent Richards-Touchstone
Vico C (US /Puerto Rican hip-hop artist) - Luis Armando Lozada Cruz
Vikki Foxx (US drummer; Vince Neil Band) - Victor Christopher Cerney
Vin Rock (US rap artist) - Vincent Brown
Vince Neil (Motley Crue) - Vince Neil Wharton
Vincent Crane (UK keyboardist; Atomic Rooster/others) - Vincent Rodney Cheesman
Vinnie Falcone (Canadian saxophonist) - Vincent Pellerin
Vinnie Taylor (US guitarist; Sha Na Na) - Chris Donald
Vinnie Vincent (US guitarist; Kiss) - Vincent Cusano
Vintersorg/Mr.V (Swedish vocalist, multi-musician) - Andreas Hedlund
Viola Wills (American pop singer) - Viola Mae Wilkerson
Violent J (US rapper, wrestler; Insane Clown Posse) - Joseph Bruce
Virginia Bruce (US actress, singer) - Helen Virginia Briggs
Vitamin C - Colleen Fitzpatrick
Vitas (singer) - Vitalii Vladasovich Grachyov
Vladimir Dukelsky (Russian-American composer, songwriter) - Vernon Duke
Vortex/ ICS Vortex (Norwegian vocalist; Arcturus) - Simen Hestnæs

W
Wadada Leo Smith (US jazz trumpeter) - Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
Warren G (West Coast rapper) - Warren Griffin
Wayne Delisle (Australian drummer; Mental As Anything) - David Twohill
Wayne Fontana (UK singer; the Mindbenders) - Glyn Ellis
Wayne Wonder (Jamaican singer) - Von Wayne Charles
Webbie (US hip-hop artist) - Webster Gradney Jr
Wednesday 13 (US singer, multi-musician; Wednesday 13) - Joseph Poole
Wendy Wu (UK singer; The Photos) - Wendy Cruise
Wheesung/ (Korean R&B singer; A4/solo) - Choi Hwee-Sung
Weird Al (US singer-songwriter) - Alfred Matthew Yankovic
Wendy Richard (Actress & one hit wonder) - Wendy Emerton
Wes Borland (US guitarist/ Limp Bizkit.) - Wesley Scott Borland
Wess (US-born Italian singer) - Wesley Johnson
WestBam (German rave techno DJ) - Maximillian Lenz
Whoopi Goldberg (US actress/singer) - Caryn Johnson
Wig (Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist; Bam Balams/Navahodads) - Brendan Kibble
Wild Bill Davis (US jazz organist) - William Strethan Davis
Wiley (UK rapper) - Richard Kylea Cowie
Will Tura (Belgian singer) - Arthur Knight Blanckaert
Will.i.am (Jamacian rap artist/Black Eyed Peas) - William Adams
Willa Ford (US singer) - Amanda Lee Williford
William Shakespeare/John Cabe/Billy Shake (Australian Glam rock singer) - John Cave
Willie D (rapper) - William James Dennis
Willie Hutch (Motown songwriter, guitarist) - Willie McKinley Hutchinson
Willie Tee (The Wild Magnolias) - Wilson Turbinton
Willy DeVille (Mink DeVille) - William Paul Borsey Jr
Wish Bone (US rap artist) - Charles Scruggs
Witchhunter (German drummer; Sodom) - Chris Dudek
Wiz (Mega City Four) - Darren Brown
Wiz Khalifa (American hip-hop artist) - Cameron Jibril Thomaz
Wolfman Jack (US rock & roll '60s deejay) - Robert Weston Smith
Woody (Bay City Rollers) - Stuart John Wood
Woody Allen (US actor, jazz clarinetist) - Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Woody (Dru Hill) - James Green
Woolly Wolstenholme (UK keyboardist; Barclay James Harvest) - Stuart John Wolstenholme
Wreckless Eric (UK singer) - Eric Goulden
Wynder K. Frog (UK keyboard sessionist) - Mike Weaver
Wynona Judd (US country singer) - Christina Ciminella

X
Xiah (South Korean singer; TVXQ) - Kim Junsu
Xzibit (West Coast MC, hip-hop/rap artist) - Alvin Nathaniel Joyner

Y
Ya Kid K (R&B singer) - Manuela Barbara Moasco Kamosi
Yabby You (Jamaican reggae singer) - Vivian Jackson
Yafa Yarkoni (Israeli singer; TV host) - Yafa Abramov
Yalin (Turkish singer-songwriter) - Hüseyin Yalin
Yanni (studio musician) - Yiannis Chrysomallis
Yamantaka Eye (Japanese singer; Boredoms) - Tetsuro Yamatsuka
Yasmine (Belgian singer) - Hilde Rens
Yesung (Korean singer; Super Junior) - Kim Jong-woon
Yip Harburg (American lyricist) - Isidore Hochberg
Yma Sumac (Peruvian soprano star) - Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo
Yngwie Malmsteen (Swedish guitarist) - Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck
Yodeling Cowboy (US country singer, musician) - Jimmie Rodgers
Young Buck (US rapper) - David Darnell Brown
Young Dro (American rapper) - D'Juan Hart
Young Hov/Jay-Z/Jay Hova/Jigga/God MC (US rapper) - Shawn Corey Carter
Young Jeezy (US rapper; USDA/Boyz n da Hood) - Jay Jenkins
Young M.C. (rap artist) - Marvin Young
Youssra (Egyptian actress, singer) - Civene Nassim
YTCracker (US nerdcore MC-DJ, computer hacker) - Bryce Case Jr
Yung Joc (US rapper) - Jasiel Robinson
Yuri (Korean singer) - Cha Hyun-ok
Yusuf Hazziez/Joe Tex (southern soul singer) - Joseph Arrington Jr.
Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (UK singer) - Steven Demetre Georgiou
Yves Montand (Italian-born singer, actor) - Ivo Livi

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Z-Ro (US rapper) - Joseph Wayne McVey
Z. Z. Hill (US soul-blues singer) - Arziel Hill
Zambo Cavero (Afro Peruvian singer) - Arturo Cavero Velásquez
Zé Rodrix (Brazilian singer-musician) - José Rodrigues Trindade
Zeebra (Japanese hip hop artist; King Giddra) - Hideyuki Yokoi
Zeke (US singer, songwriter, keyboard player) - Ed Volker
Zeke Carey (US tenor singer; The Flamingos) - Ezekial Carey
Zhiyang (Singaporean singer) - Ng Chee Yang
Ziana Zain (Malaysian singer, actress) - Siti Roziana binti Zin
Zim Zum (US guitarist; Marilyn Manson/Pop Culture Suicides) - Tim Michael Linton

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