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Tony Berg
Tony Berg (born 1954) is a Los Angeles record producer, session guitarist, and A&R executive; founder of Zeitgeist Studio, producer of Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher and boygenius' the record, and the Geffen executive who signed Beck.
Tony Burrows
Tony Burrows (Anthony Burrows), British session singer born 1943 in Exeter, lead voice of four simultaneous 1970 hits: Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows, White Plains, Brotherhood of Man, and the Pipkins, plus First Class's Beach Baby.
Tony Campos
Tony Campos (born 1973) is the American metal bassist and founding member of Static-X, later of Fear Factory, Ministry, Soulfly, Prong, Possessed, and Asesino; key facts include Wisconsin Death Trip's US million-plus sales and the 2018 Static-X relaunch.
Tony Christie
Tony Christie, stage name of Anthony Fitzgerald (born 1943), English pop singer from Conisbrough known for "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo", a 1971 hit that topped the UK chart for seven weeks in 2005 with Peter Kay for Comic Relief.
Tony Hadley
Tony Hadley (Anthony Patrick Hadley), born 1960 in Islington, London, is the English singer who fronted New Romantic band Spandau Ballet on hits like True, Gold, and To Cut a Long Story Short, then built a solo career after leaving the band in 2017.
Tony Hicks
Tony Hicks (born 1945, Nelson, Lancashire), full name Anthony Christopher Hicks, Hollies lead guitarist and songwriter from 1963 until his 2026 retirement; also a journalist namesake.
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi (Anthony Frank Iommi, born 1948) is Black Sabbath's founding guitarist and only constant member, whose finger-loss accident, prosthetics, and down-tuning shaped heavy metal; MBE 2026, new solo album From The Dark (2026).
Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White (1943-2018), the Louisiana "Swamp Fox," was a swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist behind "Polk Salad Annie" and "Rainy Night in Georgia," inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024.
Tony Kanal
Tony Kanal (Tony Ashwin Kanal, born 1970) is the British-American bassist and co-writer of No Doubt, known for "Don't Speak" and "Just a Girl," the Dreamcar side project, Yamaha BB1600 basses, and animal rights advocacy.
Tony Levin
Tony Levin (born 1946, Boston) is an American bassist and Chapman Stick player for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson, on over 500 albums including Double Fantasy and "Sledgehammer", now in BEAT; distinct from the English jazz drummer Tony Levin (1940-2011).
Tony Martin (American singer)
Tony Martin, born Alvin Morris, was an American singer and actor, a popular 1940s and 1950s crooner known for "To Each His Own" and "There's No Tomorrow."
Tony Martin (British singer)
Tony Martin is an English heavy metal vocalist, Black Sabbath's second longest serving singer (1987–1991 and mid-1990s), who sang on The Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, Cross Purposes, and Forbidden, and later released solo albums Scream and Thorns.
Tony McCarroll
Tony McCarroll, Manchester-born founding member and original drummer of Oasis (formerly The Rain), played on Definitely Maybe, Whatever, and Some Might Say, was sacked in April 1995, replaced by Alan White, and won a £550,000–£600,000 settlement in 1999.
Tony Mortimer
Tony Mortimer (Anthony Michael Mortimer, born 1970) is the English songwriter who founded East 17 and wrote their 1994 Christmas number one Stay Another Day, an Ivor Novello-winning song about his brother's suicide.
Tony Orlando
Tony Orlando, born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis in 1944, is an American singer who fronted the 1970s trio Tony Orlando and Dawn, known for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon."
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Tony Orlando and Dawn (originally just Dawn) were a 1970s American pop vocal trio, Tony Orlando with backing singers Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent, known for "Candida," "Knock Three Times," "Tie a Yellow Ribbon," and their CBS variety show.
Tony Rice
Tony Rice (David Anthony Rice, 1951-2020), American bluegrass flatpicking guitarist and singer of the New South, David Grisman Quintet, and Tony Rice Unit; pioneer of jazz-influenced 'spacegrass' and six-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year.
Tony Sunshine
Tony Sunshine, born Antonio Cruz in 1977, is an American R&B singer from the Bronx, New York, known for his features on Terror Squad tracks like Big Pun's "100%".
Tony Thompson (drummer)
Tony Thompson (1954-2003), New York-born drummer, co-founded Chic ('Good Times', 'Le Freak') and the Power Station, then played for Madonna, Bowie and Jagger; not the Culture or Five drummers of the same name.
Tony Thompson (singer)
Tony Thompson (Anthony Ulysses Thompson, Jr., 1975-2007) was an American R&B singer, lead vocalist of Hi-Five, whose "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" topped the Billboard Hot 100; distinct from the Chic drummer of the same name.
Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti (Anthony Edward Visconti), Brooklyn-born record producer, engineer and arranger; made 11 Bowie studio albums including Blackstar and T. Rex's Electric Warrior; post-2023: 'Produced by Tony Visconti' box set and solo album '80'.
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné! is an Oakland R&B trio (D'Wayne Wiggins, Raphael Saadiq, Timothy Christian Riley) formed in 1986, known for new jack swing hits "Feels Good" and "Anniversary," four gold-or-better albums, a 2023 reunion tour, and Wiggins's 2025 death.
Toody Cole
Toody Cole (Kathleen Conner, born 1948) is a Portland bassist and vocalist, co-founder of Dead Moon (1987) with Fred Cole and Andrew Loomis, Tombstone Records operator, later Pierced Arrows and Toody Cole & Her Band.
Tool (band)
Tool is an American progressive metal band formed in 1990 in Los Angeles: Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chancellor, and Danny Carey. Five albums from Undertow (1993) to Fear Inoculum (2019), three Grammys, complex odd-meter songcraft, and elaborate live production distinguish the band.
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals: Jamaican vocal trio formed in Kingston in 1962 by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, Raleigh Gordon, and Jerry Matthias, credited with naming reggae via the 1968 single "Do the Reggay" and known for "54-46," "Pressure Drop," and Funky Kingston.
Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans (Jean-Baptiste Thielemans, 1922–2016), Belgian jazz chromatic harmonica virtuoso, guitarist, and whistler; composer of "Bluesette"; George Shearing Quintet alumnus, Sesame Street and Midnight Cowboy harmonica player, NEA Jazz Master 2009.
Toploader
Toploader: English rock band from Eastbourne formed 1997, known for the cover 'Dancing in the Moonlight' (No. 7 UK, one billion Spotify streams) and the triple-platinum debut album Onka's Big Moka (UK No. 4); split 2003, returned with Only Human in 2011.
Topper Headon
Topper Headon (Nicholas Bowen Headon, born 1955), English drummer for the Clash 1977–1982; played on London Calling and Sandinista!, wrote and recorded "Rock the Casbah," dismissed for heroin addiction, later released the solo album Waking Up.
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (Myra Ellen Amos), American singer-songwriter and pianist; 1992 debut Little Earthquakes; 18 studio albums, 12 million sales; 2026 concept album In Times of Dragons on Universal/Fontana.
Tori Kelly
Tori Kelly, born Victoria Loren Kelly in 1992 in California, is an American singer and songwriter blending pop, R&B, and gospel, known for Unbreakable Smile and three Grammy wins.