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Tom Evans (musician)
Tom Evans (5 June 1947 – November 1983) was the Liverpool-born Badfinger bassist and singer who co-wrote "Without You" with Pete Ham, later covered by Nilsson and Mariah Carey; he died by suicide in 1983 amid royalty disputes.
Tom Fletcher
Tom Fletcher (Thomas Michael Fletcher, born 1985) is an English singer, songwriter and children's author, best known as a founding member and lead songwriter of the pop-rock band McFly.
Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty (1941–1990), Berkeley-born rhythm guitarist and background vocalist of Creedence Clearwater Revival; left the band in early 1971, recorded nine solo and Ruby albums, died in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan (born 1995, Bedford) is an English singer-songwriter signed to Insanity Records, known for gravelly pop-soul, the Chase & Status hit All Goes Wrong, and three UK number 1 albums: Evering Road, What Ifs & Maybes, and Everywhere I Went Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be.
Tom Hamilton (musician)
Tom Hamilton, born Thomas William Hamilton in 1951, is the American bassist and founding member of the rock band Aerosmith, co-writing songs including "Sweet Emotion" and "Janie's Got a Gun".
Tom Holkenborg
Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Dutch composer born 1967 in Lichtenvoorde; Grammy-nominated electronic artist behind the 2002 Elvis remix, now a Hollywood film composer for Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, and Sonic.
Tom Johnston (musician)
Tom Johnston (Charles Thomas Johnston, born 1948, Visalia, California) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, founding member and primary early songwriter of the Doobie Brothers, writer of "Listen to the Music" and "China Grove," distinct from the Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson and the composer Tom Johnson.
Tom Jones (lyricist)
Tom Jones (1928–2023), American lyricist and librettist, not the Welsh singer, co-wrote with composer Harvey Schmidt The Fantasticks (1960), the longest-running musical in history with 21,552 performances, plus 110 in the Shade and I Do! I Do!.
Tom Jones (singer)
Tom Jones (Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, born 7 June 1940, Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh baritone pop singer, 'Jones the Voice', whose 1965 hit 'It's Not Unusual' launched a career of gold and platinum records, Las Vegas headlining, Reload (5 million), a 2006 knighthood and The Voice UK coaching.
Tom Keifer
Tom Keifer (born 1961, Philadelphia) is an American singer-guitarist, frontman of Cinderella (15 million records; triple-platinum Night Songs, Long Cold Winter), later solo artist with The Way Life Goes and Rise, leading #keiferband despite vocal cord paresis.
Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer (Thomas Andrew Lehrer, 1928–2025) was an American song satirist and Harvard-trained mathematician known for "The Elements," "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," and self-pressed 1950s comedy albums; he taught at UC Santa Cruz and released all his songs to the public domain in 2020.
Tom McKinney (broadcaster)
Tom McKinney, British broadcaster and classical guitarist, presents BBC Radio 3's weekday Breakfast from Salford since April 2025; RNCM-trained, presenting on Radio 3 since 2012, birdwatcher, Essay writer on bird migration. Not the American writers of the same name.
Tom Meighan
Tom Meighan (Thomas Peter Meighan), English rock singer from Blaby, Leicestershire; founding frontman of Kasabian 1997-2020, six albums, then dismissed after a 2020 assault conviction; solo albums The Reckoning, Roadrunner, The Past The Present The Raw.
Tom Morello
Tom Morello, born 1964 in New York, is the Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist known for toggle-switch DJ-scratch effects, the Arm the Homeless guitar, activism, The Nightwatchman, and the 2026 album Everyone Gets Everything They Want.
Tom Odell
Tom Odell (born 1990, Chichester) is a British piano-led singer-songwriter, BRITs Critics' Choice 2013 first male winner, whose debut Long Way Down topped the UK chart and whose single Another Love passed three billion Spotify streams.
Tom Parker (singer)
Tom Parker, Bolton-born English singer (died 30 March 2022, aged 33), member of the British-Irish boy band The Wanted; ten UK Top 10 singles including "All Time Low" and "Glad You Came"; died of stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosed October 2020.
Tom Petersson
Tom Petersson (born 1950, Rockford, Illinois) is Cheap Trick's founding bassist and inventor of the 12-string bass, first built by Hamer in 1977-78; left 1980-1987, Rock Hall 2016, Gretsch and Waterstone signature models.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: American rock band from Gainesville, Florida, formed from Mudcrutch; debut 1976 on Shelter, breakthrough Damn the Torpedoes (1979), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2002, 50th anniversary Origins box set.
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson (born 1950, Cambridge) is a British singer-songwriter, bassist, and BBC 6 Music presenter whose Tom Robinson Band scored UK hits with "2-4-6-8 Motorway" and "Glad to Be Gay".
Tom Skinner (drummer)
Tom Skinner (born 1980) is a London drummer, composer, and producer, co-founder of Sons of Kemet and drummer of The Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood; solo albums Voices of Bishara (2022) and Kaleidoscopic Visions (2025).
Tom Smothers
Tom Smothers (1937-2023), American comedian and musician, older half of the Smothers Brothers folk-comedy duo with brother Dick; co-host of CBS's The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-69), fired over censorship battles, later won a lawsuit against CBS.
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club is the dance-rock and new wave band formed in 1981 by Talking Heads rhythm section Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, known for "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love", the latter one of hip-hop's most sampled tracks, famously behind Mariah Carey's "Fantasy".
Tom Waits
Tom Waits, born Thomas Alan Waits in Pomona, California in 1949, is an American singer-songwriter and actor known for a gravelly voice and music spanning piano ballads to experimental rock.
Tom Walker (singer)
Tom Walker (Thomas Alexander Walker, born 1991) is a Scottish singer-songwriter raised in Manchester, known for "Leave a Light On," the 2019 UK number-one debut album What a Time to Be Alive, the 2019 Brit Breakthrough Award, and the 2024 album I Am.
Tom Wilson (music producer)
Tom Wilson (Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr., 1931-1978) was an American record producer, Harvard-educated, who founded Transition jazz label, produced Bob Dylan's electric turn and "Like a Rolling Stone," electrified Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence," and produced the Velvet Underground and Mothers of Invention debuts.
Tomaso Albinoni
Tomaso Albinoni, also known as Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, was an Italian Baroque composer born in Venice in 1671, a concerto pioneer remembered for the Adagio in G minor, a famous work he did not write.
Tomb of the Mutilated
Tomb of the Mutilated, Cannibal Corpse's third studio album (Metal Blade, September 22, 1992), recorded at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, with Scott Burns; last album with Bob Rusay, home of "Hammer Smashed Face".
Tomi Rae Hynie
Tomi Rae Hynie (Tomi Rae Brown), American singer and former Janis Joplin impersonator who became James Brown's lead soloist and claimed to be his fourth wife; her 2001 marriage was ruled invalid, and she litigated his estate.
Tommy Aldridge
Tommy Aldridge (born 1950) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer, self-taught, famous for double-bass drumming and for playing with Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
Tommy Allsup
Tommy Allsup, also known as Thomas Douglas Allsup, was an American western swing and rockabilly guitarist and producer who lost a 1959 coin toss to Ritchie Valens, surviving the crash that killed Buddy Holly.