Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

male, 80 years old (McComb, Mississippi, United States)
Bo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) aka "The Originator" of Rock 'N' Roll, is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and...
Elvin Jones

Elvin Jones

male, deceased (2004)
Elvin Ray Jones (9 September 1927-18 May 2004) was one of the most influential jazz drummers of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a...
Alton Ellis

Alton Ellis

male, 65 years old
Alton Ellis (born 1944, in Kingston, Jamaica), is a musician best known as the innovator of rocksteady music. Ellis started his career in 1959 as...
Milt Jackson

Milt Jackson

male, deceased (1999)
Milton (Milt) Jackson (January 1, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan - October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist and one of the most important...
Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

female, deceased (2006)
Anita O'Day (October 18, 1919 - November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer. Many place her among the greatest female jazz singers (the only...
Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

male, deceased (1856)
Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 - July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist. He was one of the most famous Romantic composers of the...
Junior Murvin

Junior Murvin

male
Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1949, Port Antonio, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is best known for the classic single...
Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

male, deceased (1992)
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas,...
Ikue Mori

Ikue Mori

female, 56 years old
(b. 1953,Tokyo, Japan) is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer. She often records on Tzadik, as well as designing the covers for many of their...
Wing

Wing

female
Tsang, Wing Han, popularly known simply as Wing, is a New Zealand singer of Hong Kong origin. Having taken up singing as a hobby after emigrating...