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Loren Allred
Loren Allred (born 1989, Pittsburgh) is an American singer, the uncredited singing voice of Jenny Lind's "Never Enough" in The Greatest Showman, a 2022 Britain's Got Talent Golden Buzzer finalist, and an independent recording artist.
Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (1895–1943), American Broadway lyricist, longtime partner of composer Richard Rodgers; wrote "Blue Moon," "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady Is a Tramp"; died of pneumonia days after A Connecticut Yankee revival.
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn (Loretta Webb, 1932-2022), American country singer-songwriter from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky; 16 No. 1 singles, first woman CMA Entertainer of the Year (1972), "Coal Miner's Daughter," "The Pill."
Lori and George Schappell
Lori and George Schappell were American craniopagus conjoined twins who saw George Schappell become a country music performer under the name Reba before their 2024 deaths.
Lori Black
Lori Black, aka Lorax, born 1954 in Santa Monica, is an American bassist, daughter of Shirley Temple, who played in Clown Alley and the Melvins (Ozma, Bullhead), later a photographer.
Lori Mattix
Lori Mattix (Lori Maddox, Lori Lightning), born 1958, American former child model and 'baby groupie' of the 1970s Sunset Strip scene, known for accounts of relationships with David Bowie and Jimmy Page, later a West Hollywood boutique buyer.
Lorraine Crosby
Lorraine Crosby (born 1960, Newcastle upon Tyne), also known as Mrs. Loud, is an English singer who performed the uncredited female vocals on Meat Loaf's 1993 hit "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"; later solo album Mrs Loud and Bonnie Tyler charity duet.
Lorraine McIntosh
Lorraine McIntosh (born 1964) is a Scottish singer and actress, vocalist in Glasgow pop-rock band Deacon Blue since 1985, wife of Ricky Ross, actress in My Name Is Joe and River City, and charity ambassador.
Lorrie Morgan
Lorrie Morgan (Loretta Lynn Morgan, born 1959) is an American country singer, Grand Ole Opry member, daughter of George Morgan and widow of Keith Whitley, with number-one hits "Five Minutes" and "What Part of No."
Los Ángeles Azules
Los Ángeles Azules, Mexican cumbia sonidera group founded 1976 in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, by the Mejía Avante brothers; debut album 1982, first Mexican band at Coachella, and holder of two billion-view YouTube videos.
Los Lobos
Los Lobos is a Mexican-American rock band formed in East Los Angeles in 1973, known for the 1987 number-one hit "La Bamba," four Grammy Awards, the album Kiko, and the 2022 Best Americana winner Native Sons.
Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys are a Grammy-winning trio of Garza brothers from San Angelo, Texas, playing "Texican Rock 'n' Roll"; their 2004 debut sold over 2 million copies on the strength of the hit "Heaven."
Los Retros
Los Retros is the bedroom pop project of Mauri Tapia, a first-generation Mexican-American from Oxnard, California, signed to Stones Throw in 2019; debut EP Retrospect (2019), later Everlasting, Looking Back, and Odisea (2026). Name honors Chilean band Los Ángeles Negros; distinct from a Spanish band of the same name.
Los Tigres del Norte
Los Tigres del Norte, Mexican norteño band founded 1968 in Mocorito, Sinaloa, based in San Jose, California; led by Jorge Hernández. Pioneers of the narcocorrido with "Contrabando y traición" (1974) and the voice of immigrant corridos like "La jaula de oro"; 7 Grammys, 12 Latin Grammys, 40 million albums.
Lostprophets
Lostprophets were a Welsh rock band formed in Pontypridd in 1997 whose albums included Start Something, and who disbanded in 2013.
Lotte Lenya
Lotte Lenya (Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer), Austrian-born American singer-actress (1898-1981), creator of Jenny in Brecht-Weill's The Threepenny Opera, Weill's wife and chief interpreter, later Rosa Klebb in From Russia with Love, Tony winner 1956, founder of the Kurt Weill Foundation.
Lou Adler
Lou Adler (born 1933) is an American record producer and label founder behind Dunhill and Ode Records, Monterey Pop 1967, Carole King's Tapestry, and Rocky Horror; not the hiring consultant of the same name.
Lou Bega
Lou Bega (David Lubega, born 1975, Munich) is a German singer of Sicilian and Ugandan descent whose 1999 hit "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)", sampling Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental, topped charts worldwide and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lou Christie
Lou Christie (Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, 1943–2025), American pop singer-songwriter from Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, known for his falsetto and hits "Lightnin' Strikes" (US No. 1, 1966), "Two Faces Have I", "Rhapsody in the Rain", and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine"; co-wrote hits with Twyla Herbert.
Lou Koller
Lou Koller, co-founder and vocalist of New York hardcore band Sick of It All (formed 1986 in Queens with brother Pete, Armand Majidi, Rich Cipriano), fronted the band for four decades, sang on eleven studio albums including Scratch the Surface, battled esophageal cancer from 2024, and died July 24, 2026, reported at age 59.
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).