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Lari White
Lari White (1965–2018), American country singer, songwriter, producer, and actress; RCA hits 'That's My Baby' and 'Now I Know'; first woman to produce a male country superstar's platinum album (Toby Keith); appeared in Cast Away.
Larry Graham
Larry Graham (born 1946), American funk bassist and baritone singer of Sly & the Family Stone and founder of Graham Central Station; inventor of slap bass, which he calls "thumpin' and pluckin'".
Larry LaLonde
Larry "Ler" LaLonde is an American guitarist for Primus, formerly of Possessed and Blind Illusion. Joined Primus in 1989 after Todd Huth; studied under Joe Satriani; PRS Angry Larry signature model announced in 2021.
Larry Mullen Jr.
Larry Mullen Jr. (born 1961, Dublin) is the Irish drummer who founded U2 with a 1976 school noticeboard ad. Known for martial drumming, dyscalculia, a neck injury that sidelined him from Sphere, and his return for Carnaval De Luz.
Larry Wallis
Larry Wallis (1949–2019), English guitarist, songwriter, and producer; founding Motörhead guitarist on On Parole, Pink Fairies member on Kings of Oblivion, and Stiff Records house producer behind the 1977 single Police Car.
Lars Frederiksen
Lars Frederiksen (Lars Everett/Erik Dapello, b. 1971, Campbell, California), American punk guitarist and co-vocalist of Rancid since 1993; also Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Old Firm Casuals, Stomper 98, producer.
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer, songwriter, and businessman, co-founded Metallica with James Hetfield in Los Angeles in 1981; his riff-centric drumming, Napster activism, and debated technique define him.
LaTavia Roberson
LaTavia Roberson, born 1981 in Houston, is an American R&B singer and founding member of Destiny's Child, co-writer of "Say My Name" and "Bills, Bills, Bills," two-time Grammy winner, dismissed in 2000, later actress, author-in-progress, and nonprofit founder.
LaTocha Scott
LaTocha Scott (LaTocha Reney Scott-Bivens, born 1973), American R&B and gospel singer, lead vocalist of Xscape; solo albums Solo Flight 404 (2003) and The Invitation: A Conversation With God (2023); Made Girl brand founder.
Laufey
Laufey (Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir), Icelandic-Chinese jazz-pop singer-cellist from Reykjavík, Los Angeles-based; TikTok breakout, albums Everything I Know About Love, Bewitched, A Matter of Time; two Grammy wins for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Laura Branigan
Laura Branigan (1952-2004), American singer and actress, reached #2 with "Gloria" and #4 with "Self Control," sold over ten million US records, earned four Grammy nominations, and recorded seven Atlantic albums.
Laura Imbruglia
Laura Imbruglia, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter born 1983 in Sydney, younger sister of Natalie Imbruglia; self-releasing artist behind four albums including Laura Imbruglia (2006) and Scared of You (2019), and creator of the web series Amateur Hour.
Laura Jane Grace
Laura Jane Grace (born 1980) is the American punk musician who founded Against Me! and came out as transgender in 2012 while fronting the band, chronicled in Transgender Dysphoria Blues; distinguish her from other Laura Janes by the Against Me! and Tranny memoir connections.
Laura Lee (bassist)
Laura Lee (Laura Lee Ochoa) is the American bassist and vocalist of Houston trio Khruangbin, known for self-taught, Jamerson-style melodic grooves, an SX Jazz Bass copy, and her 2025 Fender signature Jazz Bass.
Laura Marling
Laura Marling (born 1990) is an English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Hampshire, central to the late-2000s nu-folk scene. Eight solo albums from Alas, I Cannot Swim (2008) to Patterns in Repeat (2024), four Mercury nominations, 2011 Brit Award.
Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula (née Douglas), born 1986 in Birmingham, is a British soul singer-songwriter and composer whose albums Sing to the Moon (2013), The Dreaming Room (2016), and Pink Noise (2021) all earned Mercury Prize nominations, plus two Ivor Novello Awards.
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro (Laura Nigro, 1947-1997), Bronx-born American singer-songwriter and pianist of Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry; wrote hits covered by the 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night, and Blood Sweat & Tears, yet never had a Top 40 hit herself; Rock Hall inductee 2012.
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini (born 1974, Faenza or Solarolo) is an Italian pop singer who won Sanremo 1993 with "La solitudine", records paired Italian/Spanish albums, won a 2006 Grammy and five Latin Grammys, and tours on Io Canto World Tour 2026/2027.
Laura Tesoro
Laura Tesoro, Belgian singer, actress, and presenter born 1996 in Antwerp; The Voice van Vlaanderen 2014 runner-up; represented Belgium at Eurovision 2016 with "What's The Pressure", finishing tenth.
Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina, born Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth in 1994, is an American country singer from Rossville, Georgia, who finished runner-up to Scotty McCreery on American Idol in 2011.
Lauren Bennett
Lauren Diane Bennett was an English singer from Meopham, Kent, known for featuring on LMFAO's 2011 hit "Party Rock Anthem" and for the girl groups Paradiso Girls and G.R.L.
Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle (born 1991, Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American contemporary Christian pop singer on Centricity Music, later Atlantic. Two-time Grammy winner whose 2018 album Look Up Child and 6x Platinum single "You Say" set Billboard Christian chart records.
Lauren Jauregui
Lauren Jauregui (born 1996, Miami) is a Cuban-American singer-songwriter, formerly of Fifth Harmony (X Factor 2012, third place); solo since 2018 with "Expectations," EPs Prelude (2021) and In Between (2023), now independent via Attunement/AWAL.
Lauren Mayberry
Lauren Mayberry, Scottish singer-songwriter from Stirling, frontwoman of synth-pop band Chvrches since 2011; launched a solo career in 2023 with 'Are You Awake?' and debut album Vicious Creature (2024, Island).
Lauren Wood
Lauren Wood (Ilene Rappaport; Chunky) is an American singer-songwriter and producer best known for her 1979 duet "Please Don't Leave" and the 1981 song "Fallen," linked to Pretty Woman.
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson (born 1947) is an American experimental performance artist, composer, and filmmaker. Known for "O Superman" (UK No. 2, 1981), Big Science, United States, NASA residency, and Heart of a Dog.
Lauv
Lauv (Ari Staprans Leff, born 1994) is an American independent pop singer-songwriter known for "The Other," "I Like Me Better," the albums ~How I'm Feeling~ (2020) and All 4 Nothing (2022), and his Blue Boy Foundation mental-health nonprofit.
Lava La Rue
Lava La Rue, stage name of Ava Laurel (born 1998), is a west London rapper, singer, and NiNE8 collective founder whose genre-blending EPs led to the 2024 Dirty Hit concept album STARFACE.
Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Gowan, also known as Gowan, is a Scottish-born Canadian rock vocalist and keyboardist (born 1956, Glasgow), famous for the 1985 album Strange Animal and A Criminal Mind, and Styx's lead vocalist and keyboardist since July 8, 1999, replacing Dennis DeYoung.
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (1903–1992), American bandleader and accordionist known as the King of "Champagne Music," hosted The Lawrence Welk Show on ABC 1955–1971 and in syndication to 1982.