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Buckcherry
Buckcherry is an American hard rock band formed in 1995 in Anaheim, California, fronted by singer Josh Todd. Known for the 1999 gold debut and the platinum 2006 album 15 with the Grammy-nominated hit Crazy Bitch; 11th album Roar Like Thunder (2025).
Buckethead
Buckethead is the stage persona of American guitarist Brian Patrick Carroll (born 1969, Los Angeles), who performs masked with an inverted KFC bucket on his head; known for 300-plus albums, Death Cube K, Praxis, and the Chinese Democracy-era Guns N' Roses.
Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz, British pop group formed January 1981 for Eurovision; won the 1981 contest in Dublin with 'Making Your Mind Up' and its skirt-rip routine; three UK No.1s; later split into Bobby G's Bucks Fizz and The Fizz.
Bud Gaugh
Floyd "Bud" Gaugh (born 1967) is the American drummer and founding member of ska-punk band Sublime, later of Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, and Sublime with Rome; he rejoined Sublime with Jakob Nowell in 2023.
Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden (Charles Joseph Bolden, 1877–1931), New Orleans cornetist called "King Bolden," first documented jazz musician; performed 1895–1906, committed 1907, no recordings, one 1905 photo, unmarked Holt Cemetery grave.
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley, was an American rock and roll pioneer from Lubbock, Texas, known for "Peggy Sue" before dying in a 1959 plane crash at 22.
Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles (George Allen Miles Jr., 1947-2008), Omaha-born rock and R&B drummer and vocalist, drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, founding member of the Electric Flag, leader of the Buddy Miles Express, and lead singer of the California Raisins ads.
Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich (1917-1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader, self-taught vaudeville prodigy "Traps, the Drum Wonder"; swing bands of Shaw and Dorsey, Krupa drum battles, and his 1966-1987 big band.
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club: 1997 album and ensemble of veteran Cuban son musicians recorded in Havana by Ry Cooder, Nick Gold, and Juan de Marcos González; Grammy winner, over 8 million sales, Wim Wenders film, later a Tony-winning Broadway musical.
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield, American-Canadian folk-rock band (1966-1968) with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay; three albums, the hit "For What It's Worth," Rock Hall 1997.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Beverly Jean Santamaria, born 1941), American Oscar-winning folk singer-songwriter of 'Up Where We Belong' and 'Universal Soldier'; lost Order of Canada, Junos, Polaris prizes, and honorary degrees after a 2023 CBC investigation disputed her Cree ancestry claims.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is a Boise, Idaho indie rock band founded by Doug Martsch in 1992, known for rotating lineups, the 1990s albums Perfect From Now On and Keep It Like a Secret, a Warner Bros. era (1995–2016), and the 2022 Sub Pop release When the Wind Forgets Your Name.
Bukka White
Bukka White, born Booker T. Washington White, was an American Delta blues singer and slide guitarist known for "Shake 'Em on Down" and "Fixin' to Die Blues."
Bun E. Carlos
Bun E. Carlos (Brad M. Carlson, born 1951, Rockford, Illinois) is the original drummer, archivist, and set list writer of Cheap Trick, later founder of Tinted Windows and Candy Golde, 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and 2016 solo album Welcome to Bunezuela!.
Bunii
Bunii, the stage name of Niccolo Terre (born 2007), is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Los Angeles whose major-label debut album VIRGILIO appeared in 2026.
Bunny DeBarge
Bunny DeBarge (Etterlene DeBarge, born 1955), American soul singer-songwriter, lone sister in Motown family group DeBarge; co-wrote "Time Will Reveal" and "I Like It", sang "A Dream", solo hit "Save the Best for Me", memoir The Kept Ones.
Burl Ives
Burl Ives (Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, 1909–1995) was an American folk singer and Oscar-winning actor of The Big Country; radio's Wayfarin' Stranger, hit-maker of Blue Tail Fly and A Holly Jolly Christmas, and voice of Sam the Snowman in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Burna Boy
Burna Boy (Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, born 1991, Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian Afrofusion singer-songwriter; Grammy winner for Twice as Tall, first African artist to sell out a U.S. stadium and the Stade de France.
Burnt Sugar (band)
Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber is a New York conducted-improvisation ensemble founded in 1999 by Village Voice writer Greg Tate with bassist Jared Michael Nickerson, distinct from the Wellington Burnt Sugar quintet and the perfume Burnt Sugar; 22 releases on AVANT GROIDD Musica.
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach (1928–2023), American composer and songwriter, wrote pop standards with lyricist Hal David for Dionne Warwick and others, winning three Oscars, multiple Grammys, and the 2012 Gershwin Prize.
Burton Cummings
Burton Cummings (born 1947, Winnipeg) is a Canadian rock singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, lead vocalist of The Guess Who (1965-1975) with "American Woman," then a solo star with "Stand Tall" and triple-platinum Canadian certification.
Burzum
Burzum is the one-man Norwegian black metal and dark ambient project of Varg Vikernes (Count Grishnackh), founded 1991; name means darkness in Tolkien's Black Speech; four 1992–1993 albums, imprisonment for Euronymous's murder, and continued releases.
Bush (British band)
Bush, also known as Bush X in Canada, is an English rock band formed outside London in 1992 and led by Gavin Rossdale, whose album Sixteen Stone sold millions in the United States.
Busted (band)
Busted are an English pop-punk trio formed in 2000 in Southend-on-Sea by Matt Willis, James Bourne, and Charlie Simpson, known for "Year 3000" and "Crashed the Wedding," their 2005 split, and the 2015 reunion.
Buster Bloodvessel
Buster Bloodvessel, born Douglas Woods (raised Douglas Trendle, b. 1958, Hackney), is the English frontman of ska band Bad Manners, formed 1976; four UK Top 20 albums, 13 hit singles, 111 chart weeks 1980-83, and an 18-stone weight loss after 2004 surgery.
Buster Odeholm
Buster Odeholm, born 1992 in Glumslöv, Sweden, is a Swedish metal producer known for low-tuned extreme metal, guitarist of Humanity's Last Breath and drummer of Vildhjarta.
Butch Trucks
Butch Trucks (Claude Hudson Trucks, 1947–2017) was an American drummer and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, playing 1969–2014 in its two-drummer section with Jaimoe; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1995.
Butch Vig
Butch Vig (Bryan Vigorson, born 1955, Viroqua, Wisconsin) is the American producer of Nirvana's Nevermind, Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Siamese Dream, and drummer/co-founder of Garbage; he co-founded Smart Studios in Madison.
Butch Walker
Butch Walker (Bradley Glenn Walker III, born 1969, Rome, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter and producer, frontman of Marvelous 3 ("Freak of the Week"), solo artist from 2002, and producer for Avril Lavigne, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy, and Green Day.
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers: American experimental rock band formed 1981 in San Antonio by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary; acid punk, notorious name and live shows, 1996 hit "Pepper," lost album After the Astronaut released 2026.