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Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls (Louis Allen Rawls) was an American soul and jazz baritone from Chicago, known for "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," three Grammy wins, the Capitol and Philadelphia International years, and the UNCF Parade of Stars telethon.
Lou Reed
Lou Reed (Lewis Allan Reed, 1942–2013), American singer-songwriter and Velvet Underground frontman, the "Godfather of Punk"; solo hits "Walk on the Wild Side" and Transformer, feedback album Metal Machine Music, 22 studio albums, two-time Rock Hall inductee.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III, full name Loudon Snowden Wainwright III, is an American folk singer-songwriter and actor born in 1946, known for the 1972 hit "Dead Skunk."
Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson (Luigi Balassoni, 1924-2009) was an American swing-era and big band jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader who pioneered the double bass drum set-up, won the Gene Krupa contest at 17, played with Duke Ellington, and was a 1994 NEA Jazz Master.
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (Satchmo, Pops, 1901–1971) was a New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings of 1925–1928 made jazz a soloist's art and shaped all American popular music.
Louis Bell
Louis Bell (Louis Russell Bell, born 1982) is an American record producer, songwriter, vocal producer, and mixing engineer, Post Malone's main collaborator; his hits include Sunflower, rockstar, Circles, Havana, and Peaches.
Louis Cole
Louis Cole (born 1986) is a Los Angeles drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, co-founder of KNOWER with Genevieve Artadi and a Brainfeeder solo artist known for Quality Over Opinion, the viral song Bank Account, and the orchestral album Nothing.
Louis Johnson (bassist)
Louis Johnson (1955-2015), "Thunder Thumbs", LA funk bassist of the Brothers Johnson; played on Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Thriller including "Billie Jean"; known for slap bass and the Music Man StingRay.
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan (Louis Thomas Jordan; 1908–1975) was an American alto saxophonist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader whose Tympany Five pioneered jump blues and made him a chief architect of rhythm and blues.
Louis Tomlinson
Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter born 1991 in Doncaster, One Direction member with 38 co-writes; solo albums Walls, Faith in the Future, and How Did I Get Here? (2026).
Louisa Johnson
Louisa Johnson (born 1998) is an English pop singer from Thurrock, Essex, youngest-ever winner of The X Factor UK (2015, twelfth series). Known for "Tears" with Clean Bandit (UK No. 5, platinum) and singles "Forever Young" and "So Good"; left Syco in 2018.
Louise Goffin
Louise Goffin (Louise Lynn Goffin), American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist born 1960 in Brooklyn, daughter of Carole King and Gerry Goffin; debut Kid Blue (1979), Gilmore Girls duet, Grammy-nominated A Holiday Carole.
Louise Mandrell
Louise Mandrell (Thelma Louise Mandrell, born 1954, Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American country singer, multi-instrumentalist, and younger sister of Barbara Mandrell; RCA hitmaker of the 1980s and Pigeon Forge theater headliner.
Louise Post
Louise Post (born 1967, St. Louis) is an American singer-guitarist, co-founder and sole constant member of alternative rock band Veruca Salt ('Seether', American Thighs, Ghost Notes), and solo artist whose 2023 debut solo album is Sleepwalker.
Louise Redknapp
Louise Redknapp (Louise Nurding), English pop singer: Eternal member from 1992, solo from 1995 with platinum album Naked (1996); 12 Top 20 singles; Strictly 2016 finalist; albums Heavy Love (2020) and Confessions (2025).
Love Spells
Love spells: rituals and charms meant to arouse or compel romantic desire, documented from the Greek Magical Papyri to modern folk practice; also the stage name of Houston dream-pop artist Sir Taegen Harris.
Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson, also known as Lowell Fullsom, was a defining American blues guitarist and singer. He blended rural Texas blues with urban West Coast sounds, writing standards like "Tramp."
Lowell George
Lowell George (Lowell Thomas George, 1945-1979) was an American slide guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer, founder of Little Feat, formerly of the Mothers of Invention; died of a heart attack at 34 after his solo album Thanks I'll Eat It Here.
LP (singer)
LP (Laura Pergolizzi, born 1981, Huntington, NY) is an American singer-songwriter. Breakthrough: 2016 'Lost on You', No. 1 in 18 countries; also wrote for Rihanna and Christina Aguilera; albums through Room 12 (2026).
Lucas Harwood
Lucas Harwood, born Lucas Skinner in 1991, is an Australian bassist and lead bass player of Melbourne psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard since 2010; also frontman of Atolls and songwriter of Heavy Moss.
Lúcia Moniz
Lúcia Moniz (Ana Lúcia Pereira Moniz), Portuguese singer and actress born 1976 in Lisbon; Eurovision 1996 sixth place with "O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor"; films Love Actually, Listen, Amadeo; lives on Terceira, Azores.
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio was an Italian composer and conductor, known for his work in the musical avant-garde. He co-founded Italy's first electronic music studio and created the Sequenza series.
Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007), Italian operatic tenor from Modena, the "King of the High C"; Three Tenors member with Domingo and Carreras; sold over 100 million recordings; died of pancreatic cancer.
Lucie Jones
Lucie Jones (Lucie Bethan Jones), Welsh singer and actress born 1991 in Cardiff, X Factor 2009 finalist, UK Eurovision 2017 entry with "Never Give Up on You" (15th), and West End star in Les Misérables, Waitress, and Wicked.
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams (born 1953, Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner; her 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was the alt-country breakthrough, followed by Highway 20 double albums, a 2020 stroke, and the 2026 protest album World's Gone Wrong.
Lucky Daye
Lucky Daye (David Debrandon Brown, born 1985, New Orleans) is an American R&B singer-songwriter; albums Painted, Candydrip, Algorithm, ALOUD!; two Grammy wins from 13 nominations; longtime D'Mile collaborator.
Lucy Dacus
Lucy Dacus is an American indie rock singer-songwriter from Richmond, Virginia, and a member of boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. Four solo albums: No Burden, Historian, Home Video, and 2025's Geffen debut Forever Is a Feeling.
Lucy Spraggan
Lucy Spraggan is an English singer-songwriter born in 1991 who was the first X Factor contestant to perform her own songs and has released eight albums.
Lucy Thomas (singer)
Lucy Thomas, born 2004 in Wigan, Lancashire, is an English classical crossover and musical theatre singer, a 2018 The Voice Kids UK semi-finalist, Cavendish Records artist with six studio albums, and the title-role star of Rosie at the Adelphi Theatre.
Ludmilla (singer)
Ludmilla (Ludmila Oliveira da Silva, born 1995), formerly MC Beyoncé and MC Ludmilla, is a Brazilian funk carioca, pop, R&B and pagode singer; first Afro-Latin woman past one billion Spotify streams, Latin Grammy winner, 2024 Coachella main-stage performer.