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Stellastarr
Stellastarr was a New York indie rock band formed in 2000 by Pratt Institute classmates Shawn Christensen, Amanda Tannen, and Arthur Kremer with guitarist Michael Jurin. Three albums: stellastarr (2003, RCA, Metascore 78), Harmonies for the Haunted (2005), Civilized (2009); best known for "Jenny" and "My Coco"; on hiatus since 2009.
Steph Jones
Steph Jones (Stephenie Nicole Jones, born 1987) is an American songwriter and vocal producer, co-writer of Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and "Nonsense", with credits for Selena Gomez, BLACKPINK, and Teddy Swims, signed to Reservoir Media since 2023.
Stephan Jenkins
Stephan Jenkins (born 1964, Oakland, California) is an American singer-songwriter, founder and frontman of Third Eye Blind, known for Semi-Charmed Life and Jumper and his Mega Collider label.
Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills (born 1957) is an American R&B singer and Broadway star, the original Dorothy in The Wiz (1975). Grammy winner for "Never Knew Love Like This Before," with five No. 1 Billboard R&B hits including "Home."
Stephen Bishop (singer)
Stephen Bishop (born 1951, San Diego) is an American soft rock singer-songwriter behind "On and On," "Save It for a Rainy Day," "It Might Be You" (Tootsie), and Oscar-nominated "Separate Lives," with 650+ songs and 19 albums.
Stephen Bray
Stephen Pate Bray (born 1956, Detroit) is an American songwriter, drummer, and record producer known for Madonna's 1980s hits, Breakfast Club, and the Tony-nominated, Grammy-winning Color Purple score.
Stephen Carpenter
Stephen Carpenter is the American guitarist and founding member of Deftones, formed in Sacramento in 1988. Known for riff-driven rhythm playing on seven- and eight-string ESP signature guitars, low tunings, and Fishman signature pickups.
Stephen Duffy
Stephen Duffy (born 1960), also Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, English singer-songwriter from Birmingham; founded Duran Duran in 1978, had the 1985 UK No. 4 hit "Kiss Me," and leads the folk-pop band The Lilac Time.
Stephen Foster
Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864), American songwriter born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania; wrote "Oh! Susanna," "Camptown Races," "Old Folks at Home," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Beautiful Dreamer," and "Hard Times Come Again No More." First American full-time professional songwriter; died poor in New York; legacy tied to blackface minstrelsy.
Stephen Gately
Stephen Gately (1976–2009), Irish singer in Boyzone and solo musical-theatre performer; first boyband member to come out as gay (Sun, June 1999); died of pulmonary oedema in Majorca aged 33.
Stephen Lironi
Stephen Mark Lironi is a Scottish musician, record producer, and restaurateur from Glasgow who was drummer and guitarist of Altered Images and co-produced Hanson's 1997 hit "MMMBop", nominated for Record of the Year.
Stephen Luscombe
Stephen Luscombe (1954–2025), English keyboardist and songwriter, co-founded British synth-pop duo Blancmange with Neil Arthur, co-writing hits like Living on the Ceiling, later led Indian-influenced West India Company.
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus (born 1966, Santa Monica) is an American singer-guitarist, frontman and main songwriter of indie rock band Pavement (1989–1999), later of Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Silver Jews, and the Hard Quartet.
Stephen Morris (drummer)
Stephen Morris is the English drummer and founding member of Joy Division and New Order, known for machine-precise drumming, early synth drums, programming Blue Monday, and his 2019 memoir Record Play Pause.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy, born 1956 in Long Beach, California, is the American founder, lead vocalist, and songwriter of glam metal band Ratt, the voice behind "Round and Round" and multi-platinum albums like Out of the Cellar, later fronting Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite and recording solo albums on his Top Fuel Records label.
Stephen Perkins
Stephen Perkins (born 1967, Los Angeles) is an American rock drummer, founding member of Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros, also of Banyan, Infectious Grooves, and The Panic Channel, known for tribal, jazz- and African-influenced drumming.
Stephen Sanchez
Stephen Sanchez (born 2002) is an American retro-pop singer-songwriter from California, based in Nashville, known for "Until I Found You" (2021), the Gold concept album Angel Face (2023), and the 2026 album Love, Love, Love.
Stephen Schwartz (composer)
Stephen Schwartz (born 1948, New York City) is the American composer-lyricist of Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, and Wicked, and of songs for Pocahontas, The Prince of Egypt, and Enchanted; winner of three Oscars, four Grammys, and the 2025 Johnny Mercer Award.
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021), American composer and lyricist of West Side Story lyrics and the scores of Company, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods; six Best Score Tonys, a Pulitzer Prize, and an Academy Award.
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills (born 1945, Dallas, Texas), American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash, CSNY, Manassas, and The Rides; wrote "For What It's Worth" and "Love the One You're With"; twice a 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Stephen Wilson Jr.
Stephen Wilson Jr. is an American country singer-songwriter from Seymour, Indiana, blending country with grunge and indie rock on nylon-string guitar. Former Mars food scientist and Golden Gloves boxer; debut double album søn of dad (2023, Big Loud), songs "Gary" and "Stand By Me", CMA New Artist nominee.
Steppenwolf (band)
Steppenwolf: Canadian American hard rock band formed 1967 in Los Angeles from The Sparrow, led by John Kay. Hits "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride"; first band to use "heavy metal" in a song; disbanded 1972, reformed, final show 2018.
Steps (pop group)
Steps is a British pop group formed in 1997, with three women and two men, known for 14 Top Five UK singles and 22 million records sold.
Stereolab
Stereolab are a London-formed avant-pop band founded in 1991 by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, fusing 1960s pop, Krautrock, and lounge music; albums include Peng! (1992), Dots and Loops (1997), and Instant Holograms on Metal Film (2025).
Stereophonics
Stereophonics, Welsh rock band formed 1992 in Cwmaman, Cynon Valley, by Kelly Jones, Richard Jones and Stuart Cable; formerly Tragic Love Company. Nine UK number-one albums, the single Dakota at number one, and the 2025 thirteenth album Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait.
Sterling Morrison
Sterling Morrison (Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr., 1942-1995) was a founding guitarist of the Velvet Underground, later earning a medieval studies doctorate and working as a Houston tugboat captain; distinct from other people named Morrison.
Steve Clark
Steve Clark (Stephen Maynard Clark, 1960-1991), "the Riffmaster", was the Def Leppard guitarist from Sheffield who joined in 1978, co-wrote Photograph and Switch 625, played on four albums including Pyromania and Hysteria, and died January 8, 1991 in London. Distinct from other musicians named Steve Clark.
Steve Cradock
Steve Cradock (Stephen John Cradock, born 1969) is the English lead guitarist of Britpop band Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller's band, also of The Specials, known for the Riverboat Song riff.
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper (1941-2025), American guitarist, songwriter and producer; Stax Records founding guitarist of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, co-writer of Green Onions, Dock of the Bay, In the Midnight Hour, and Blues Brothers member.
Steve Earle
Steve Earle (born 1955), American singer-songwriter of Guitar Town and Copperhead Road; alt-country and Americana figure, three-time Grammy winner, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 2020, Grand Ole Opry inductee 2025.