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Henri Belolo
Henri Belolo, also known as Henri Bello, was a Moroccan-born French producer who co-created Village People and the Ritchie Family with Jacques Morali, ran Scorpio Music, and lost a 2015 jury ruling over YMCA songwriting credit.
Henri Dutilleux
Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (1916–2013) was a French composer of orchestral, concertante, and chamber music whose small, meticulously revised catalog made him one of the most performed French composers.
Henry Clay Work
Henry Clay Work, also known as Henry C. Work (1832–1884), was an American songwriter and self-taught composer, a printer by trade, best known for "Marching Through Georgia" and "Grandfather's Clock".
Henry Jackman
Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974, Hillingdon, London) is an English film composer, also known as Henry Jackman, trained at Eton and Oxford. Known for Wreck-It Ralph, X-Men: First Class, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, and Uncharted 4; BAFTA-nominated for Captain Phillips.
Henry McCullough
Henry McCullough (1943–2016), Northern Irish guitarist from Portstewart, played with Wings 1971–1973, Joe Cocker's Grease Band at Woodstock 1969, Spooky Tooth, and recorded the one-take solo on My Love.
Henry Padovani
Henry Padovani, also called The Corsican, is a French musician born 1952 in Bastia, first guitarist and founder member of The Police (1977), later of Wayne County & the Electric Chairs and The Flying Padovanis, IRS Records vice president, Zucchero's manager, memoirist, and 2007 Stade de France reunion guest.
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695), English Baroque composer and organist of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal; wrote Dido and Aeneas, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, about 800 works; died at 36, buried in the Abbey.
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (Henry Lawrence Garfield, born 1961) is an American punk musician, spoken word artist, writer, actor, and radio host: Black Flag singer 1981–86, Rollins Band frontman, Grammy-winning author of Get in the Van, and founder of 2.13.61.
Henry Wolfe
Henry Wolfe (Henry Wolfe Gummer, born 1979) is an American singer-songwriter in Los Angeles, son of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer; albums Linda Vista (2011) and Asilomar (2015), 1970s pop influences.
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born 1935) is an American trumpeter who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss in 1962; nine Grammys, 72 million records sold, and the only artist with both a No. 1 vocal and No. 1 instrumental single.
Herbert Kretzmer
Herbert Kretzmer (1925-2020), South African-born British journalist and lyricist, wrote the English lyrics for Les Misérables and Aznavour's hits She and Yesterday When I Was Young; Tony and Grammy winner.
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan, born Heribert Ritter von Karajan (1908–1989), was an Austrian conductor who led the Berlin Philharmonic from 1956 to 1989 and made over 2,000 recordings.
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock, born 1940) is an American jazz pianist and composer, Miles Davis Quintet member, Head Hunters and Rockit innovator, 14-time Grammy and 1987 Academy Award winner.
Herman Brood
Herman Brood (Hermanus Brood, 1946–2001), Dutch rock musician, painter, actor, and poet; frontman of Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, breakthrough 1978 with Shpritsz and "Saturday Night", later a pop-art painter, died jumping from the Amsterdam Hilton.
Herman Li (李康敏)
Herman Li (李康敏), Hong Kong-born co-founder and lead guitarist of Grammy-nominated power metal band DragonForce, known for Through the Fire and Flames, Guitar Hero III, and his PRS Chleo signature guitar.
Herman Santiago
Herman Santiago (born 1941) is an American doo-wop singer, original lead singer of the Teenagers, and disputed co-author of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; his 1992 royalty win was reversed on appeal in 1996.
Hide (musician)
hide (Hideto Matsumoto, 松本秀人, 1964-1998) was lead guitarist of X Japan and a solo artist behind HIDE YOUR FACE, PSYENCE, and the LEMONed label; distinct from the Chicago duo HIDE.
Hikari Ōe (大江光)
Hikari Ōe (大江光) is a Japanese composer and the eldest son of novelist Kenzaburō Ōe. He is known for his savant abilities and his 1996 film score A Quiet Life.
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn (born 1979, Lexington) is an American violinist, three-time Grammy winner, Curtis-trained, Baltimore Symphony debut at 12, first Bach album at 17; distinct from Cincinnati singer-songwriter Hillary Hahn.
Hillary Scott
Hillary Scott (b. 1986, Nashville) is an American country singer, lead vocalist of Lady A, 9-time Grammy winner, creator of the family album Love Remains and solo song Mama's Lullaby; distinct from Hilary Scott (one L) and other namesakes.
Hillel Slovak (הלל סלובק)
Hillel Slovak (הלל סלובק), 1962–1988, Israeli-American founding guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, born in Haifa; shaped the band's funk-rock sound on Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan before dying of a heroin overdose at 26.
Hilton Valentine
Hilton Valentine (Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine) was the English founding guitarist of the Animals, creator of the arpeggiated A-minor intro to "The House of the Rising Sun" (1964), a UK and US No. 1, and later a skiffle musician as Skiffledog.
Hindia (singer)
Hindia is the solo indie-pop project of Indonesian singer-songwriter Daniel Baskara Putra (born 1994, Jakarta), also vocalist of .Feast and member of Lomba Sihir; debut album Menari dengan Bayangan (2019) passed one billion Spotify streams.
Hiro Yamamoto
Hiro Yamamoto (born 1961) is the founding bassist of Soundgarden (1984–1989), later of Truly and Stereo Donkey, a physical chemist, and a 2022 Asian Hall of Fame and 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ)
Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ), born 1979 in Hamamatsu, is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer; Berklee-trained, Ahmad Jamal-mentored, Grammy winner with Stanley Clarke, leader of the Trio Project and Sonicwonder.
Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野弘之)
Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野弘之), born 1980 in Tokyo, is a Japanese composer for anime, drama, film, and games (Attack on Titan, Gundam UC, Xenoblade X) and creator of the vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], known for the "Sawano Drop".
Hit-Boy
Hit-Boy (Chauncey Hollis II, born 1987, Fontana, California) is an American producer and rapper, not to be confused with Haitiboy. Three-time Grammy winner behind 'Niggas in Paris,' 'Sicko Mode,' and Nas's King's Disease albums; founder of Surf Club and HS87.
Hitmaka
Hitmaka, born Christian Ward (1985, Chicago), formerly rapper Yung Berg and Iceberg, is an American record producer, songwriter, and Atlantic A&R executive behind hits like Big Sean's "Bounce Back" and A Boogie's "Look Back At It."
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagland Howard Carmichael, 1899-1981), American songwriter, pianist, singer, and actor from Bloomington, Indiana, composer of Stardust, Georgia on My Mind, Heart and Soul, and the 1951 Oscar-winning In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening.
Hobo Johnson
Hobo Johnson is the stage name of Frank Lopes Jr. (born 1994), a Sacramento rapper and spoken word artist with the band the Lovemakers, viral via "Peach Scone" in NPR's 2018 Tiny Desk Contest, signed to Reprise, albums including The Fall of Hobo Johnson (2019).