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Jack Jones (American singer)
Jack Jones (John Allan Jones, 1938-2024) was an American pop and jazz singer and actor, distinct from Jack Johnson or Jax Jones, who won two Grammys for "Lollipops and Roses" and "Wives and Lovers" and sang The Love Boat theme.
Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche (Bernard Alfred Nitzsche, 1937–2000), American arranger, producer, and composer; Phil Spector's Wall of Sound arranger, Rolling Stones and Neil Young collaborator, co-writer of "Needles and Pins" and Oscar-winning "Up Where We Belong".
Jack Patterson (songwriter)
Jack Robert Patterson is a British songwriter, producer, and Clean Bandit founding member (bass, turntables, 2008–). Principal writer of Rather Be, Rockabye, Symphony, Solo, and Señorita; Grammy and two 2015 Ivor Novello winner.
Jack Russell (musician)
Jack Russell (1960-2024), American hard rock vocalist and songwriter, founding singer of Great White; hits "Rock Me" and "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"; led Jack Russell's Great White at the 2003 Station nightclub fire; died of Lewy body dementia.
Jack Savoretti
Jack Savoretti, born Giovanni Savoretti in 1983, is a British-Italian singer-songwriter whose acoustic pop album Singing to Strangers reached number one in the UK in 2019.
Jack Sherman
Jack Sherman (1956–2020) was an American guitarist, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' second guitarist, who played on their 1984 debut album, co-wrote Freaky Styley material, and later recorded with Bob Dylan and Peter Case.
Jack Stauber
Jack Stauber (born 1996) is a Pittsburgh musician and animator known for VHS-styled surreal YouTube videos, albums Pop Food and HiLo, the Micropop project, and Adult Swim's Shop: A Pop Opera and Opal.
Jack Stratton (musician)
Jack Stratton, also known as Vulfmon, is an American producer, audio engineer, and musician who founded the funk band Vulfpeck in Ann Arbor, playing keyboards, drums, and guitar while mixing the band's records.
Jack Vidgen
Jack Vidgen (born 1997) is an Australian singer who won Australia's Got Talent in 2011 at 14, released the gold albums Yes I Am and Inspire, and later appeared on The Voice, The Masked Singer, and I'm a Celebrity.
Jack's Mannequin
Jack's Mannequin was Andrew McMahon's Orange County piano rock band, formed in 2004 during Something Corporate's hiatus. Known for Everything in Transit (2005), The Glass Passenger (2008), People and Things (2011), and McMahon's 2005 leukemia diagnosis.
JackBoys
JackBoys (JACKBOYS) is the 2019 compilation album by Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Records collective, seven tracks, 21 minutes, released December 27, 2019 via Epic; it topped the Billboard 200 and preceded JackBoys 2 (2025).
JackBoys (rap group)
JackBoys is an American rap collective on Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Records (Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, Chase B, Luxury Tax, later SoFaygo, Wallie the Sensei). Its 2019 and 2025 compilation albums both hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon (Sharon Lee Myers), American singer-songwriter born in Hazel, Kentucky; 1960s hits 'What the World Needs Now Is Love' and 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart'; co-wrote 'Bette Davis Eyes' (Grammy Song of the Year); Songwriters Hall of Fame 2010.
Jackie Evancho
Jackie Evancho (Jacqueline Marie Evancho) is an American classical crossover soprano born in 2000 in Pittsburgh, whose debut EP O Holy Night reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2010.
Jackie Fox
Jackie Fox, born Jacqueline Fuchs in 1959, is an American musician who played bass in the all-female hard rock band the Runaways from 1975 to 1977.
Jackie Jackson
Jackie Jackson (Sigmund Esco Jackson, born 1951), eldest Jackson brother, co-lead tenor of the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons; Motown 1969, Epic 1976, solo albums Jackie Jackson (1973) and Be the One (1989), Rock Hall 1997. Distinct from Jamaican bassist Clifton Jackie Jackson.
Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson (Jack Leroy Wilson Jr.), "Mr. Excitement," Detroit-born R&B/soul singer (1934–1984); Dominoes lead 1953, hits "Lonely Teardrops" and "Higher and Higher"; heart attack on stage 1975; Rock Hall 1987.
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Jackie-O Motherfucker (JOMF): American experimental rock collective formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994 by Tom Greenwood, with rotating members; improvisational drone, free jazz, and space rock fusing American folk traditions, on labels Imp, Road Cone, ATP, and Fire Records.
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne, also known as Clyde Jackson Browne, is an American singer-songwriter from the Laurel Canyon scene whose albums have sold more than 22 million copies worldwide.
Jackson C. Frank
Jackson C. Frank, also Jackson Carey Frank (1943-1999), American folk singer-songwriter from Buffalo, New York. Recorded one Paul Simon-produced 1965 album featuring "Blues Run the Game"; a childhood school fire and later mental illness ended his career, but his songs influenced Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch, and Simon & Garfunkel.
Jackson family
Jackson family: American musical family of Joseph and Katherine Jackson's nine children from Gary, Indiana; the Jackson 5 (later the Jacksons) and soloists Michael and Janet Jackson.
Jackyl
Jackyl is an American hard rock band formed in 1991 in Kennesaw, Georgia, led by chainsaw-wielding frontman Jesse James Dupree. Its 1992 Geffen debut went platinum on "Down on Me" (Hot 100 No. 10) and "The Lumberjack," and the band holds Guinness records for 100 shows in 50 days and 21 shows in 24 hours.
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius, born John Francis Anthony Pastorius III (1951–1987), was an American jazz-fusion electric bassist and composer renowned for his fretless Fender Jazz Bass, his Weather Report work, and albums like Word of Mouth.
Jacob Alon
Jacob Alon is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Dunfermline, Fife, whose debut album In Limerence (2025) was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won them BRITs Critics' Choice and two Ivor Novello Awards in 2026.
Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier (born 1994) is a British singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from London, discovered via YouTube by Quincy Jones. Known for In My Room, the four-volume Djesse series, a custom MIT vocal harmonizer, audience choirs, and seven Grammy wins.
Jacob Hoggard
Jacob William Hoggard (born 1984, Burnaby, B.C.) is the former frontman of Canadian pop-rock band Hedley and a 2004 Canadian Idol third-place finisher; convicted in 2022 of sexual assault causing bodily harm, sentenced to five years, granted day parole in 2026.
Jacob Sartorius
Jacob Sartorius (Rolf Jacob Sartorius), American pop singer and actor born 2002 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; rose to fame on Musical.ly, debuted with "Sweatshirt" (2016), released The Last Text EP (2017), and acted in The Loneliest Boy in the World.
Jacoby Shaddix
Jacoby Shaddix, also known as Coby Dick, is an American singer born in 1976 in Vacaville, California, lead vocalist and founding member of Papa Roach since the mid-1990s.
Jacquees
Jacquees (Rodriquez Jacquees Broadnax, born 1994, Decatur, Georgia) is an American R&B singer signed to Cash Money Records, known for "B.E.D.", the gold 2018 debut album 4275, his 2018 self-proclaimed King of R&B title, and later albums Sincerely for You, Baby Making, and Mood 2.
Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987), British cellist, wife of Daniel Barenboim, famed for her 1965 Barbirolli recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto; career ended by multiple sclerosis in 1973 at age 28.