- David Bowie
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music, and frequently re-inventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an influential innovator, particularly for his work through the 1970s. Bowie has taken cues from a wide range of fine art, philosophy and literature. He is also a film and stage actor, … - Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially in the 1970s. John has sold more than 250 million albums plus hundreds of millions of singles, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. - Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Townshend made his name as the guitarist and principal songwriter for rock band The Who. His career with them spans more than 40 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time, … - George Michael
Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou (born June 25, 1963), better known as George Michael, is an English singer-songwriter who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album "Faith" which has sold to date well over the 20 million mark worldwide. - Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold ("Jeff") Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London, England) is an English guitar virtuoso and songwriter. Though he played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s (notably in The Yardbirds) Beck has maintained a sporadic solo career over the last 25 years. Despite never attaining the commercial viability of his contemporaries, Beck has gained widespread critical acclaim, … - Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus August 25, 1954 in London) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. His full given name is often listed as Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus; however, Aloysius was not one of his names at birth, being added years later, around the time of the release of "King of America" (typically, it was a tongue-in-cheek gesture, … - Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer and drummer of progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy and Academy Award-winning solo artist. He is also an accomplished actor, having starred in numerous films. Collins sang the lead vocals on eight American chart-toppers between 1984 and 1989; seven as a solo artist and one with Genesis. - Brian May
Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. As a guitarist, he is known for his memorable riffs and solos, distinctive tone, as well as for the fact that he built (with his father) his own guitar, called the "Red Special". He is also cited as a pioneer of the delay effect. He wrote many of Queen's most famous songs and biggest hits, … - Dizzee Rascal
Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born 1985 in Bow/East London), is an English MC/rapper and producer. His (largely self-composed) music is a blend of garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga, with extremely eclectic samples and more exotic styles. - Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is a Grammy winning English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. - Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944) is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a successful musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of film, theatre and television roles and also producing films. Daltrey and his second wife, former model Heather Taylor, have two daughters, Rosie and Willow, and a son, … - Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (Arabic: يوسف إسلام, who was known as Cat Stevens from 1966 to 1978, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam. Under the name "Cat Stevens," he has sold over 60 million albums around the world since the late 1960s. - Ray Davies
Raymond Douglas Davies, CBE (born June 21, 1944 in Fortis Green, London) is an influential English rock musician, best known as lead singer-songwriter for The Kinks - one of the most influential, prolific and long-lived British Invasion bands - which he led with his younger brother, Dave. He has also acted, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. - Lady Sovereign
Louise Amanda Harman (born December 19, 1985), known as Lady Sovereign, is an English MC. - Ginger Baker
Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born August 19, 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer who gained fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organization (GBO) and Cream from 1966 until 1968. He later joined Cream bandmate Eric Clapton along with Ric Grech and Steve Winwood in the 1969 group Blind Faith. In the early 1970s, Baker toured and recorded with a fusion rock group, Ginger Baker's Air Force. Baker's drumming attracted attention for its flamboyance, showmanship, … - Siouxsie Sioux
Susan Janet Ballion (born May 27, 1957 in Bromley, London), better known by her stage name, Siouxsie Sioux (is the lead singer of both the influential rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees and of its splinter group The Creatures. She is considered to be one of the most important British singers of her era, influencing The Cure, Morrissey, Tricky, Massive Attack, LCD Soundsystem, Shirley Manson of Garbage and Ana Matronic of Scissors Sisters among others. - Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957), known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician renowned for his blend of folk, punk-rock, and protest music, and his lyrics dealing with political as well as romantic themes. He has been active for over 20 years, and has collaborated with many other leading musicians, including Johnny Marr of The Smiths, protest folk singer Leon Rosselson, members of R.E.M., Michelle Shocked, Less Than Jake, Kirsty MacColl, … - Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Emma is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, Spice Girls. Emma was known as "Baby Spice", in the group, as she was the youngest member, had an "innocent" demeanour, and often wore "baby doll" dresses. - Rebel Mc
Rebel MC was the stage name of British hip hop artist Michael West (born 27 August 1965, in Tottenham, London). He gained fame as a pop rapper in the late 1980s, but as his career progressed he began to use greater reggae influences in his music and now records for a predominantly Jungle audience as Conquering Lion. - Skream
Skream is 20 year old electronic music producer Ollie Jones who hails from Croydon, a Borough in South London. He makes Dubstep music and has been making music from the age of 15. He has released records on various different Dubstep labels in the UK such as Big Apple Records, Tempa, and Tectonic. Some say Skream has made a significant contribution to the Dubstep genre and defines it. - Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson (born August 11 1954 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, as David Ian Jackson) is an English musician and singer/songwriter probably best-known for the 1979 hit song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", which still gets extensive FM radio airplay, and for his 1982 hit, "Steppin' Out". He was a part of the trio of British-based artists that challenged the punk scene and brought a New Wave sound to the United States in the late 1970s, … - Skepta
Skepta (born Joseph Junior Adenuga) is a British Nasty-Nigerian, commonly associated with the North London grime scene. He is a member of Roll Deep, and became renowned throughout London as a result of his breakthrough single, "Private Caller", which featured many of his "Meridian Crew" (from Meridian Walk in "Totty"). He co-owns a North London-based record label named Boy Better Know with his younger brother JME (real name: Jamie Adenuga). - Ms. Dynamite
Niomi MacLean-Daley (born 26 April 1981), best known as Ms. Dynamite, is an English R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, and rapper of Scottish and Jamaican descent. - Sade Adu
Helen Folasade Adu (born 16 January 1959), MBE, better known as Sade, is a Nigerian born Grammy Award-winning English soul, jazz, R&B, and adult contemporary singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer, noted for her soulful, smoky contralto. She has achieved success in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the popular Grammy Award-winning English group Sade. - Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966 in Mile End, London) is an English former glamour model and dance-pop singer. - Tom Vek
Tom Vek is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician from London, England. - Blak Twang
Blak Twang, born Tony Olabode in Manchester, England, who also uses the pseudonyms of Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South East London. He is one of the leading figures in UK Hip-Hop, and usually seen as its number two figure behind Roots Manuva, who Twang collaborated with numerous times during his early career. - Jeremy Warmsley
Jeremy Warmsley is a West London based singer-songwriter, currently signed to Transgressive Records. His musical style has been described as 'Aphex Twin meets the Beatles', reflecting an electronica influenced approach to melodic pop songwriting, first heard on debut single 'I Believe In The Way You Move' (July 2005), and further developed on his '5 Interesting Lies' EP (November 2005). He toured the UK with Regina Spektor in November 2005 and February 2006, … - Betty Boo
Alison Moira Clarkson, better known as Betty Boo born 6 March, 1970 in Kensington, London) is an English dance-music artist, singer, and songwriter - Crazy Titch
Crazy Titch (born Carl Dobson), 23, is a British grime MC from Stratford, East London currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Richard Holmes in Walthamstow. Having previously spent five years in Aylesbury (HM Prison) for robbery, handling stolen goods, theft, burglary and criminal damage, Dobson turned his attention to music, and secured a support role with D12. - Gary Brooker
Gary Brooker, MBE, (born 29 May 1945, Hackney, East London), is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and founder of the rock band, Procol Harum. Brooker was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours on June 14, 2003 in recognition of his charitable services. - Burial
Burial is the working name of an anonymous dubstep musician from London. Burial's eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim, including being named as Album of the Year in "The Wire" magazine. - Jay Sean
Jay Sean, (born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti on March 26, 1981 in Harlesden, London, United Kingdom;, ') is a British Asian Indian R&B singer. - Davinche
DaVinChe is a RECORD producer from South London. He is classically trained and can play the piano and guitar. He has been picked out by Wire Magazine as a talent to watch. DaVinChe Shot to fame in a newly emerging electronic music scene named grime, but has worked on projects from all genre's including pop, rnb, and indie. - Emmy The Great
Emmy the Great, is a London based singer-songwriter. Born Emma-Lee Moss in Hong Kong, as a child she emigrated with her family to London. A proponent of the London anti-folk scene, she has collaborated with several other artists, namely Fyfe Dangerfield, Jeremy Warmsley, Noah and the Whale and Lightspeed Champion. She has supported Martha Wainwright, Mystery Jets, Tilly and the Wall, Jamie T, Euros Childs and Kimya Dawson, amongst others. - Kurtis Mantronik
Kurtis el Khaleel (born September 4, 1965), known by the stage name Kurtis Mantronik, is an American hip-hop, electro funk, and dance music artist, DJ, remixer, and producer. Mantronik was the former leader, DJ, and keyboardist of the influential 1980s old school hip-hop and electro-funk group Mantronix. Currently, Mantronik lives in Britain, where he has produced and remixed house and techno music tracks by artists such as Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, … - Ig Culture
IG Culture is a London musician and performer best known as a pioneer of the broken beat movement. He first became known as a member of the hip-hop duo Dodge City Productions in 1990. After the demise of that outfit, he founded an independent record label "One Drop Interouter" which released four albums. Later, he worked with the "People" and founded the "Main Squeeze" labels. - Shingai Shoniwa
Shingai Shoniwa <sup></sup> born in 1981, of English and Zimbabwean descent is the vocalist and bassist for the UK indie rock band Noisettes. Her first name, Shingai means ‘perseverance’ in the East African Shona language.<sup> </sup>Shingai Shoniwa performed briefly in a band called Sonarfly with other Noisettes member and songwriting partner and Noisettes guitarist Dan Smith. Shoniwa grew up in a South London public-housing estate and the experience, Shoniwa says, … - Ben Henderson
Ben Peter Henderson, born July 30 1971 in Wells, is an English rock musician, scriptwriter, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. A musician since his childhood, Henderson was raised in Clevedon, the youngest of four children. Henderson has now established a reputation for himself as an Music Technology expert, writer and sound engineer for environmental issues. Some of his album covers are illustrated with his own paintings and drawings. - Monie Love
Simone Wilson or Simone Gooden (born July 2, 1970, in London) known by her stage name Monie Love, is a female, English rapper and former radio personality in the United States. Love was a well respected figure in British hip hop, and made an impact with American hip hop audiences as a protégé of female American rapper Queen Latifah, as well as through her membership in the late 1980s/early 1990s Native Tongues Posse.
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