- Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Hendrix is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. After initial success in England, he achieved worldwide fame following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. A self-taught guitarist, … - Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and recording from 1951. Penniman's reputation rests on a string of groundbreaking hit singles from 1955 through 1957, such as "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally", which helped lay the foundation for rock and roll music, influencing generations of rhythm and blues, … - James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music. He was renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, … - Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in Overland, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Chuck Berry is an immensely influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock & roll music. Cub Koda wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, … - Ike Turner
Izear Luster Turner (born November 5, 1931) is an African American musician (piano, guitar), bandleader, talent scout and record producer, best known for his work with his former wife Tina Turner. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2001 was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. - Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, he often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and percussion himself when recording. - Persia White
Persia Jessica White (born October 25, 1976 in Miami, Florida) is an American actress and musician. She currently plays Lynn Searcy on the sitcom "Girlfriends". She is a member of the dark alternative band XEO3. Persia White was raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and Miami. Her father is Bahamian American and her mother is Caucasian American. Outside of music and television, Persia has appeared in various independent films, … - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has been called for many years "The Queen Of Soul", but many also call her "Lady Soul," as well as the more affectionate "Sister Ree." She is renowned for her soul recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and even opera. She is generally regarded as one of the greatest vocalists ever, … - Ray Charles
Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson, a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of "60 Minutes" called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem - a classic, … - Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid (born August 22, 1958) is a guitar player, perhaps best known as the founder and primary songwriter of hard rock group Living Colour. He was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Reid was born in London, but grew up in New York City. In 1985, Reid co-founded the Black Rock Coalition 1 with journalist Greg Tate and producer Konda Mason. Through the BRC, Reid hoped to counter the pigeonholing and marginalization of black musicians. - Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is a 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. Turner's success, dominance and popularity in Rock and Roll garnered her the title, … - Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith (born Jada Koren Pinkett on September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. - Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott was an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, who first came to prominence as the frontman of Thin Lizzy. - Tony MacAlpine
Tony Jeff MacAlpine (born August 29, 1960, in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American guitarist and keyboardist. He is best known as a solo guitarist although he has worked with many different bands and musicians like Planet X, Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, Mark Boals and Vitalij Kuprij. Besides being a guitarist, MacAlpine is also a classically trained pianist and violinist and plays all the keyboard parts on his own albums. - Billy Preston
William Everett Preston was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his successful, Grammy-winning career as a solo artist, Preston collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Ray Charles, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis Jr., Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, … - Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd (born August 15 1934) is an African American funk/soul/R&;B/gospel musician, best known as James Brown's longtime sideman and co-vocalist on songs such as "Licking Stick - Licking Stick", "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" and "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved". Byrd also recorded many solo funk tracks, most famously "I Know You Got Soul" (1971), which have been sampled by musicians including Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Ice Cube, … - Tom Morello
Tom Morello (born May 30, 1964, as Thomas Baptist Morello) is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist who played in Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine. He performs as a solo acoustic artist under the pseudonym The Nightwatchman. He is acclaimed for his unique guitar style and is noted for his outspoken politics. Tom was ranked #26 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". - Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) aka "The Originator" of Rock 'N' Roll, is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is often cited as the key figure in the transition of blues into rock and roll, by introducing more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard edged guitar sound. He is also remembered for his characteristic rectangular-shaped guitar. - Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx (born October 9 1944) (many articles mistakenly state that her first name was "Wynona", which is incorrect and has been verified by her manager, Vicki Wickham), in Trenton, New Jersey) is a vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade." Her music has ranged from soul, funk, dance, … - Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker (born May 13 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina) is the lead singer of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. He is a graduate of Middleton High School (class of 1984) in Charleston. - Howard Jones
Howard Jones is the current lead singer of metalcore band Killswitch Engage. - Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969), best known as Cree Summer, is a American-born Canadian actress, musician, and Emmy Award nominated voice actress. She has adopted a neo-pagan lifestyle for most of her adult life. - Pat Smear
Pat Smear (born Georg Ruthenberg on August 5, 1959), is a U.S. rock guitarist who has been a regular member of several well-known bands, albeit of different subgenres: The Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters. He is also known as an actor and for co-hosting the MTV fashion show "House of Style" with friend and supermodel Cindy Crawford. - David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musician. - Imani Coppola
Imani Francesca Coppola born on April 4, 1978 in New York City is a singer/songwriter/violinist probably best known for her 1997 hit "Legend of a Cowgirl" which sampled the instrumentals from Sunshine Superman by Donovan. While just a sophomore at the State University of New York (studying orchestra and later studio composition), Imani Coppola gained a record contract for her surrealistic, sample-laden pop/rockvision of hip-hop, … - Gail Ann Dorsey
Gail Ann Dorsey is an American bassist and vocalist with a distinguished session career, most notably her long association with David Bowie. Her diverse range of work includes performances and/or recordings with, among others, Bryan Ferry, Boy George, the Indigo Girls, Khaled, Jane Siberry, The The, Skin, Tears for Fears, Gwen Stefani, Charlie Watts and Dar Williams. In addition, she has released three solo albums: "The Corporate World" (1988), … - Will Calhoun
Will Calhoun (born William Calhoun, 22 July 1964, Brooklyn, New York) is an American drummer, whom graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music. - Rocky George
Rocky George (born January 9, 1964 in Culver City, California) is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for being the lead guitarist of Suicidal Tendencies from 1984 to the band's first breakup in 1995. Since then he also played with 40 Cycle Hum and Cro-Mags. He has been a member of Fishbone since 2003. Rocky had played in a few local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies in 1985, replacing Grant Estes. His debut with the band was "Join the Army". - Corey Glover
Corey Glover (born November 6 1964 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the U.S. rock band, Living Colour. Glover was an aspiring actor when Vernon Reid drafted him into Living Colour, reportedly after seeing Glover singing "Happy Birthday" at a friend's party. He appeared as Pvt. Francis in Oliver Stone's classic Vietnam war film, "Platoon", and starred in a short lived television series called "Signs of Life". - Don Letts
Don Letts (born January 10, 1956 in London, England) is a film director and musician. Starting out as a sales clerk at the trendy London clothing store Acme Attractions (which was comparable to King Road's shop SEX/Seditionaries), he later moved onto DJing and film making. His film "The Punk Rock Movie" documents the original UK punk rock movement. His film "Westway to the World" won a Grammy award in 2003. - Cindy Blackman
Cindy Blackman (born October 18, 1959 in Ohio) is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman is most well-known for recording and touring with Lenny Kravitz. Blackman has recorded several straight-ahead jazz albums under her own name, and has performed with acclaimed jazz and rock artists, including Pharoah Sanders, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Buckethead, Bill Laswell and Joe Henderson. Tony Williams is her main drumming influence. - Meshell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. She has been hailed in the music press as a redeemer of soul music. Her music incorporates funk, soul, hip-hop, reggae, R&B, rock and jazz. She has been nominated for 9 Grammy Awards. - Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee was the frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles psychedelic band Love, best known for the critically acclaimed 1967 album, "Forever Changes". Lee was born Arthur Porter Taylor in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Chester Taylor, a white jazz cornet player and Agnes Taylor, an African American school teacher. The family moved to Los Angeles, California when Lee was five. - Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson (July 8, 1924 - April 13, 2005) was a piano player and blues musician whose work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was born in Fairmont, West Virginia and began playing piano in 1928. He joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II where he was a member of Bobby Troup's all serviceman jazz orchestra, The Barracudas. After his return, he moved to Detroit and thenChicago, Illinois, … - Kele Okereke
Kele Okereke (birthname Kelechukwu Rowland Okereke, born October 13, 1981 in Liverpool to Nigerian parents), is the vocalist and guitarist for English art rock band Bloc Party. - Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles, "Fast Car," "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution," "Baby Can I Hold You," and "Give Me One Reason." She is a multi-platinum and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist. - Poly Styrene
Poly Styrene is the stage name of Marian Joan Elliott (born 1957), best known as the singer of British punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She also recorded a solo album, "Translucence", in 1980. In 1986 she released the EP "God's & Godesses" ["sic"] on the Awesome record label. - D. H. Peligro
D.H. Peligro (b. 1960, St. Louis, Missouri, real name Darren Henley) was the drummer for the hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys from February 1981 until their breakup in December 1986. He appears on the albums "Plastic Surgery Disasters", "Frankenchrist", and "Bedtime for Democracy", as well as the EP "In God We Trust, Inc." and the singles/rarities collection, "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death". - Alana Davis
Alana Davis is an American singer-songwriter, born May 6, 1974 in New York City. Her father, Walter Davis, Jr., was a pianist who played alongside such jazz greats as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. A record deal with Elektra Records produced Davis' first two albums; "Blame It on Me", which was chosen as one of TIME Magazines five best albums of 1997, and 2001's "Fortune Cookies", which featured production by The Neptunes and Ed Tuton. - Skin Dyer
Deborah Anne Dyer (aka "Skin") (born 3 August 1967, Brixton, London) is the former lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie.
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