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Hoest

Hoest is the stage name of Ørjan Stedjeberg, a Norwegian black metal musician from Bergen who founded the band Taake in 1993 and writes and records most of its music himself.

Holland–Dozier–Holland

Holland–Dozier–Holland, the Motown songwriting and production trio of Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, and Lamont Dozier, wrote 25 Top 10 pop hits (12 No. 1s) 1963–67, then ran Hot Wax and Invictus.

Holly Cole

Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole (born 1963, Halifax; ホリー・コール in Japan) led the Holly Cole Trio with Aaron Davis and David Piltch, later solo; smoky contralto, Tom Waits songbook Temptation, platinum and gold Canadian albums, 2025 album Dark Moon.

Holly Dunn

Holly Dunn (1957–2016), American country singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member, best known for "Daddy's Hands," two No. 1 hits, ACM and CMA awards; later a Santa Fe painter. Distinct from the British nutritionist of the same name.

Holly Golightly (singer)

Holly Golightly (Holly Golightly Smith, born 1966, London), English garage-blues singer-songwriter; Thee Headcoatees member from 1991, solo artist from 1995, White Stripes Elephant duet 2003, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs duo.

Holly Herndon

Holly Herndon (born 1980, Johnson City, Tennessee) is an American electronic composer and AI artist. Albums Movement (2012), Platform (2015), PROTO (2019); created Spawn and the Holly+ voice twin; co-founded Have I Been Trained.

Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson (William Johnson, born 1960, Liverpool) is an English singer and painter, frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood ('Relax', 'Two Tribes', 'The Power of Love'), solo chart-topper with Blast (1989), and HIV advocate.

Holly Near

Holly Near (born 1949, Ukiah, California) is an American feminist folk singer-songwriter, actress, and activist, a founder of the 1970s women's music movement, founder of Redwood Records, and writer of "Singing For Our Lives."

Homero Manzi

Homero Manzi, pen name of Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera (1907–1951), was an Argentine tango lyricist, poet, and screenwriter whose songs include "Sur", "Malena", and "Barrio de tango".

Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval (born 1966, Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter, frontwoman of dream pop duo Mazzy Star ('Fade Into You') and of Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions with Colm O'Ciosoig, known for her hushed vocals and guest spots with the Jesus and Mary Chain, Chemical Brothers, and Massive Attack.

Horace Silver

Horace Silver (Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, 1928-2014), American jazz pianist and composer, co-founder with Art Blakey of the Jazz Messengers and pioneer of hard bop on Blue Note; composer of Song for My Father, Señor Blues, The Preacher; NEA Jazz Master 1995.

HorsegiirL

HorsegiirL, aka Stella Stallion, is a Berlin-based German DJ, producer, and singer who performs masked as a half-human, half-horse pop star; known for the viral 2023 hit "My Barn My Rules," the 2025 EP v.i.p. - very important pony, and the 2026 RCA debut album Nature Is Healing.

Howard Donald

Howard Donald (Howard Paul Donald), English singer, dancer, drummer and DJ, founding member of Take That from 1990; lead vocalist on "Never Forget", DJ during the 1996–2005 split, now one third of the current trio.

Howard Hewett

Howard Hewett (born 1955, Akron, Ohio) is an American R&B and gospel singer, lead vocalist of Shalamar from 1979 and an Elektra solo artist whose hits include "I'm for Real," "Stay," "Say Amen," and "Show Me," with a Grammy for the Beverly Hills Cop score.

Howard Jones (American singer)

Howard Sion Jones (born 1970, Columbus, Ohio) is an American metalcore vocalist, ex-Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed singer, now fronting Light the Torch (formerly Devil You Know) and SION with Jared Dines.

Howard Jones (British musician)

Howard Jones (John Howard Jones, b. 1955, Southampton), English synth-pop singer-songwriter of 'New Song', 'What Is Love?' and 'No One Is to Blame'; Human's Lib and Dream Into Action; still touring and recording.

Howard Kaylan

Howard Kaylan (born 1947, New York) is an American singer, lead vocalist of the Turtles ("Happy Together," No. 1, 1967) and, with Mark Volman, the duo Flo & Eddie, who also sang with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and as session vocalists.

Howard Morrison

Howard Morrison (1935–2009), New Zealand Te Arawa singer and entertainer, led the Howard Morrison Quartet from 1956 and had solo hits including Whakaaria Mai; knighted 1990. Distinguished from the British ICC judge and the American toy inventor of the same name.

Howard Shore

Howard Shore (born 1946, Toronto) is a Canadian film composer, Berklee graduate, and original Saturday Night Live music director (1975–1980). Known for 15 David Cronenberg scores and the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings and Hobbit music.

Howie Dorough

Howie Dorough (Howard Dwaine Dorough, born 1973), also known as Howie D, is an American singer from Orlando, Florida, a founding member of the Backstreet Boys and a solo artist.

Howie Epstein

Howie Epstein (Howard Norman Epstein, 1955-2003), Milwaukee-born bassist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1982-2002, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, harmony singer, and producer of John Prine and Carlene Carter albums.

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Wayne Axton (1938–1999), American folk-country-pop singer-songwriter and actor from Duncan, Oklahoma; son of Mae Boren Axton. Wrote "Joy to the World," "The Pusher," "Greenback Dollar"; acted in Gremlins and E.T.

Hozier

Hozier (Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, born 1990) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Bray, Wicklow, blending blues, soul, gospel, and folk. Known for "Take Me to Church," Diamond-certified, and for the albums Hozier (2014), Wasteland, Baby! (2019), Unreal Unearth (2023), and the No. 1 single "Too Sweet."

Hrvy

HRVY is the stage name of Harvey Leigh Cantwell (born 1999), British pop/R&B singer from Kent; not the tech-house producer Hrvy (H) or Hrvy Dent. Known for "Personal", "Hasta Luego" with Malu Trevejo, Strictly Come Dancing 2020, and the shelved album Can Anybody Hear Me?.

Hudson Westbrook

Hudson Westbrook (Hudson Brown Westbrook), born 2004 in Stephenville, Texas, is a country singer-songwriter signed to River House Artists/Warner Music Nashville, known for "Take It Slow," "5 to 9," "House Again," and the 2025 debut album Texas Forever.

Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis, born Hugh Anthony Cregg III, is the American singer and harmonica player who fronted Huey Lewis and the News, the Bay Area rock band behind the 1983 chart-topping album Sports, 12 top ten Billboard Hot 100 hits, and the Oscar-nominated "The Power of Love." He retired in 2018 after Ménière's disease left him basically deaf.

Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell, English singer-guitarist born 1949 in London, founding frontman and main songwriter of the Stranglers (1974-1990), wrote "Golden Brown"; solo albums include Nosferatu, Wolf, Monster, and Moments of Madness.

Hugh Gibb

Hugh Gibb (Hugh Leslie Gibb, 1916-1992), English drummer and bandleader of the Hughie Gibb Orchestra on the Mecca circuit; father of Bee Gees members Barry, Robin, Maurice, and solo singer Andy Gibb; managed the young Bee Gees in Australia.

Hugh Hopper

Hugh Hopper (1945–2008), British bassist and composer, Soft Machine member 1968–1973 (Volume Two through Six), solo album 1984 (1973), later Hughscore and Soft Machine Legacy; a central Canterbury scene figure.

Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela (1939–2018), South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, singer, and anti-apartheid activist; Jazz Epistles founder, 1968 US number one "Grazing in the Grass", 30-year exile, "Stimela", Order of Ikhamanga in Gold.