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Reb Beach

Reb Beach (Richard Earl Beach Jr., born 1963, Pittsburgh) is an American hard rock guitarist, Winger co-founder, Whitesnake member since 2003, ex-Dokken and Alice Cooper, known for two-handed tapping and Ibanez and Suhr signature guitars.

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire (Reba Nell McEntire), American country singer, actress, and businesswoman; Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member with dozens of No. 1 singles, coach on NBC's The Voice and star of Happy's Place.

Reba Meyers

Reba Meyers, Pittsburgh guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter; founding member of Code Orange (two Grammy nominations), first female ESP signature artist (LTD RM-600), solo Clouded World EP (2025), and touring guitarist for Marilyn Manson and Danny Elfman.

Rebbie Jackson

Rebbie Jackson (Maureen Reillette Jackson-Brown, born 1950) is the eldest Jackson sibling, an American R&B singer whose 1984 Michael Jackson-produced hit "Centipede" reached #4 R&B and #24 Hot 100 across four studio albums.

Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter and DJ born 1997 in Irvine, California; viral at 13 with 2011's "Friday"; later albums Let Her Burn, SALVATION, and Age of the Exhibitionist.

Rebecca Ferguson (singer)

Rebecca Caroline Ferguson, Liverpool-born English soul, jazz and pop singer-songwriter (born 1986), X Factor 2010 runner-up behind Matt Cardle; albums Heaven, Freedom, Lady Sings the Blues, Superwoman, Heaven Part II; MBE 2024.

Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James (Rebecca Jean Smallbone, born 1977, Sydney) is an Australian-born contemporary Christian singer, Grammy winner for Pray (Best Rock Gospel Album), author of Wait For Me, and sister of For KING & COUNTRY's Smallbone brothers.

Rebekah Harkness

Rebekah Harkness (born Rebekah Semple West, also Betty Harkness; 1915-1982), American Standard Oil heiress, composer, sculptor, and dance patron who founded the Harkness Ballet (1964-1975), Harkness House, and the Harkness Foundation, and inspired Taylor Swift's "The Last Great American Dynasty."

Rebelution (band)

Rebelution is an American reggae rock band formed in 2004 in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, California, by UCSB students Eric Rachmany, Rory Carey, Marley D. Williams, and Wesley Finley; known for Courage to Grow, seven consecutive Billboard Reggae number-ones, and a 2017 Grammy nomination.

Record producer

Record producer: the person overseeing a recording's creative direction, performances, and delivery, from song selection and arrangement to mixing oversight; distinct from the recording engineer, historically a label employee and since the 1970s often an independent free agent.

Red (band)

Red (stylized RED) is an American rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2002, known for blending nu-metal and alternative rock with classical and orchestral elements.

Red Garland

Red Garland (William McKinley Garland Jr., 1923–1984), Dallas-born jazz pianist famed for block-chord voicings, pianist of Miles Davis's first great quintet (1955–58) and leader of A Garland of Red.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Los Angeles funk rock band formed in 1983, known for slap bass, rap vocals, and punk energy; Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) breakthrough, Rock Hall inductees 2012, 12 studio albums.

Red Hot Chili Peppers discography

Red Hot Chili Peppers discography: 13 studio albums (1984-2022) by the American funk rock band, from the 1984 debut to Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen; first US number one with Stadium Arcadium (2006).

Red Leather (musician)

Red Leather is an anonymous American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Reno, Nevada, based in Los Angeles, who hides his face under a red fringed Stetson. Known for RENO (2023) and TAHOE (2026) on EMPIRE, and songs about addiction and recovery.

Red Rum Club

Red Rum Club: Liverpool indie rock sextet formed 2016, known as "Mariachi Merseybeat" for its trumpet. Albums Matador (2019) through Buck (2025, UK No. 7); trumpeter Joe Corby left in 2026.

Red Symons

Red Symons (Redmond Symons, born 1949, Brighton, UK) is an Australian musician and broadcaster: Skyhooks guitarist 1973-1977 on Living in the 70's, Hey Hey It's Saturday house band and Red Faces judge, and ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast host 2003-2017.

Redbone (band)

Redbone: Native American-Mexican American rock band formed in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas, encouraged by Jimi Hendrix. Known for 'Come and Get Your Love' (No. 5, 1974), 'The Witch Queen of New Orleans', and their blend of funk, swamp rock, and Native American music.

Redferrin

Redferrin (Blake Redferrin), White House, Tennessee country singer-songwriter on Warner Music Nashville; motocross past, cuts for Florida Georgia Line, EP Old No. 7, album Been There Done That (2026), 750M streams.

Redfoo

Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy, born 1975, Los Angeles), also known as Stefan Gordy, is an American rapper and DJ, son of Motown founder Berry Gordy and one half of LMFAO, whose "Party Rock Anthem" topped the US chart for six weeks; after the 2012 hiatus he went solo and in 2025 debuted on the ITF tennis circuit.

Rednex

Rednex is a Swedish Eurodance-country project created in Stockholm in 1992 by producers Jan Ericsson, Örjan Öberg, and Pat Reiniz, famous for the 1994 hit "Cotton Eye Joe", a Eurodance remake of an American folk song that topped charts across Europe and later fueled the 2024 Gegagedigedagedago viral event.

Reef (band)

Reef are an English rock band formed in 1993 in Glastonbury, Somerset, led by singer Gary Stringer. Known for "Place Your Hands" and the 1997 UK number-one album Glow, they blend Britpop-era rock with Rolling Stones and Black Crowes influences.

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish, an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California formed in 1992, broke through with Turn the Radio Off (1996) and "Sell Out," left Jive in 2006, released nine albums, and reunited at Warped Tour in 2026.

Reeves Gabrels

Reeves Gabrels, American guitarist, songwriter and producer; David Bowie collaborator 1987-2000 and Tin Machine guitarist, The Cure member since 2012, six solo albums, Reverend signature guitar series.

Refused

Refused, Swedish hardcore punk band from Umeå formed in 1991, known for The Shape of Punk to Come (1998), the 2012 reunion, Freedom (2015), War Music (2019), and final show December 21, 2025.

Reggie and the Full Effect

Reggie and the Full Effect: solo emo/synth-pop project of James Dewees, Get Up Kids keyboardist and ex-Coalesce drummer, formed 1998 in Kansas City; seven albums from Greatest Hits 1984-1987 (1998) to 41 (2018), wrapped in a fictitious bluesman backstory.

Reggie Tsiboe

Reggie Tsiboe (Reginald Tsiboe), born 1950 in Kumasi, Ghana, is a singer, composer, and actor who replaced Bobby Farrell in Boney M. (1982–86, 1989–90), recording Jambo, Kalimba de Luna, and Happy Song, and later appeared in Doctor Who and Black Earth Rising.

Reggie Watts

Reggie Watts is an American comedian and musician known for fully improvised shows mixing beatboxing, keyboards, and monologue, and as bandleader on The Late Late Show from 2015 to 2023.

Regina Belle

Regina Belle (Regina Edna Belle), born in Englewood, New Jersey, is an American R&B, gospel, and jazz singer-songwriter known for "Baby Come to Me" and the Grammy-winning Aladdin duet "A Whole New World" with Peabo Bryson.

Regina Spektor (Регина Ильинична Спектор)

Regina Spektor (Регина Ильинична Спектор), Russian-American singer-songwriter and pianist born 1980 in Moscow, Bronx-raised anti-folk artist known for Soviet Kitsch, Begin to Hope, Far, and the Orange Is the New Black theme.