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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry, 1926–2017), St. Louis guitarist, singer, and songwriter called the Father of Rock & Roll; Chess Records hitmaker of "Maybellene" and "Johnny B. Goode," first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1986).
Chuck Leavell
Chuck Leavell (born Charles Alfred Leavell, 1952) is an American pianist who joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1972 and has toured with the Rolling Stones since 1982.
Chuck Mosley
Chuck Mosley (Charles Henry Mosley III, 1959–2017) was an American singer, Faith No More's frontman 1983–1988 on We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself, later of Bad Brains and Cement.
Chuck Negron
Chuck Negron (Charles Negron II, 1942-2026), American singer, founding lead vocalist of Three Dog Night; sang One, Joy to the World, Easy to Be Hard; 18 top 20 singles, 12 gold albums; memoir Three Dog Nightmare; died of heart failure and COPD.
Chuck Schuldiner
Chuck Schuldiner (Charles Michael Schuldiner, 1967–2001), American guitarist and vocalist, founded Death (originally Mantas) in 1983; called the Godfather of Death Metal; led seven albums and Control Denied before dying of pontine glioma.
Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba, English anarchist collective band formed 1982 in Leeds; anarcho-punk roots, 1997 EMI hit Tubthumping (UK No. 2, US No. 6), 1998 Brits Prescott water stunt, disbanded 2012.
Chvrches (ΞS)
Chvrches (CHVRCHΞS) are a Scottish synth-pop trio from Glasgow, formed 2011, of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty; debut The Bones of What You Believe (2013), fifth album All The King's Men announced for 2027.
Chxrry
Chxrry, aka Chxrry22, is Toronto singer-songwriter Lydia Habtemariam, the first woman signed to the Weeknd's XO Records. EPs The Other Side (2022) and Siren (2023) precede her 2026 debut album U, Me & My Ego, a 10-track synthpop-rage-R&B record made with producer Believve.
Chynna Phillips
Chynna Phillips (Gilliam Chynna Phillips, born 1968, Los Angeles) is the American singer and actress, daughter of the Mamas & the Papas' John and Michelle Phillips, a founding member of Wilson Phillips (10 million-selling 1990 debut, five Grammy nominations) and later a solo artist and Christian musician, distinct from any other person named Phillips.
Ciara
Ciara (Ciara Princess Harris, legally Wilson; born 1985) is an American R&B singer and dancer, "first lady of Crunk&B," whose 2004 debut Goodies hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with the seven-week No. 1 single "Goodies."
Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto was a New York band formed in 1994 by Japanese musicians Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda; Italian for 'food madness,' the trip-hop/Shibuya-kei duo released Viva! La Woman (1996), Stereo Type A (1999), and Hotel Valentine (2014), disbanding finally in 2017.
Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex is an American dream pop band formed in 2008 in El Paso, Texas, by Greg Gonzalez; albums Cigarettes After Sex (2017), Cry (2019), and X's (2024), billions of streams, gold and platinum certifications.
Cilla Black
Cilla Black (Priscilla White, 1943-2015), English singer and TV presenter from Liverpool; two 1964 UK No 1 singles, BBC's Cilla, ITV's Blind Date and Surprise Surprise, OBE.
Cimorelli
Cimorelli is an American pop sister group from Sacramento, California, formed in 2007, known for a cappella YouTube covers, an Island Records stint 2010-2015, Nashville independence, and albums Up at Night, Alive, Sad Girls Club, Bittersweet, and Worship Covers.
Cinderella (band)
Cinderella, American blues-based hard rock/glam metal band from Philadelphia formed 1983 by Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham; discovered via Jon Bon Jovi, Mercury Records; Night Songs, Long Cold Winter, Heartbreak Station; 15 million albums; inactive since mid-2010s.
Cindy Birdsong
Cindy Birdsong (Cynthia Ann Birdsong, born December 15, 1939), American soul singer of Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles who replaced Florence Ballard in the Supremes in 1967, singing with Diana Ross and Mary Wilson until 1976; not the songbird acoustics literature.
Cindy Blackman Santana
Cindy Blackman Santana, American jazz and rock drummer, vocalist, and bandleader; Lenny Kravitz's touring drummer 1992–2007, Carlos Santana's drummer and wife since 2010; albums Another Lifetime, Give the Drummer Some, Coherence.
Cindy Fee
Cindy Fee (Cynthia Fee) is an American singer best known for performing 'Thank You For Being a Friend', the Golden Girls theme, on NBC from 1985 to 1992; Kansas City band Hotfoot co-founder, prolific jingle and session singer.
Cindy Herron
Cindy Herron (Cindy Herron-Braggs), American singer and actress, founding member of R&B group En Vogue; sang lead on 1990 hit "Hold On" (No. 2 Hot 100), seven Grammy nominations, Miss Black California, still touring with the group.
Cindy Wilson
Cindy Wilson (Cynthia Leigh Wilson, born 1957, Athens, Georgia) is a founding vocalist of the B-52s, known for her contralto leads on "Give Me Back My Man" and "Love Shack" call-and-response, her 1990–1994 hiatus, and solo albums Change (2017) and Realms (2023).
Circa Survive
Circa Survive is an American post-hardcore/progressive rock band formed in Philadelphia in 2004 by ex-Saosin singer Anthony Green and Colin Frangicetto. Seven albums including Juturna and Blue Sky Noise; hiatus 2022, reunion shows 2026.
Circle Jerks
Circle Jerks: hardcore punk band formed 1979 in Hermosa Beach, CA, by ex-Black Flag singer Keith Morris and guitarist Greg Hetson; debut Group Sex (1980, Frontier, 14 songs in ~15 minutes) made them defining LA hardcore figures.
Cisco Adler
Cisco Adler (born 1978, Los Angeles) is an American musician, songwriter, and Grammy-nominated producer, son of Lou Adler, former Whitestarr frontman and Shwayze collaborator behind "Buzzin'" and "Corona and Lime," founder of Bananabeat Records.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston (Emily Drinkard, 1933-2024), Newark gospel and soul singer, founding member of the Sweet Inspirations, two-time Grammy-winning gospel solo artist, and mother and first vocal mentor of Whitney Houston.
Citizen Cope
Citizen Cope, the stage name of Clarence Greenwood, is an American singer-songwriter born in Memphis in 1968, known for the songs "Let the Drummer Kick" and "Sideways."
City Girls
City Girls were a Miami hip hop duo of Yung Miami (Caresha Brownlee) and JT (Jatavia Johnson), active 2017-2024 on Quality Control, known for Period, Girl Code, "Twerk," "Act Up," and their 2024 split.
CKY (band)
CKY, originally Camp Kill Yourself, is an American rock band formed in 1998 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, whose music appeared on MTV's Jackass and in skate videos by Bam Margera.
Claire Richards
Claire Richards, English pop singer born 1977 in Hillingdon, member of Steps (joined 1997, 20 million records sold), later of the duo H & Claire, and solo artist with the albums My Wildest Dreams (2019) and Euphoria (2023).
Claire Sardina
Claire Sardina, born 1961 in Milwaukee, is "Thunder" of the Neil Diamond tribute duo Lightning & Thunder with husband Mike. Sources cover their 1994 fairground wedding, Pearl Jam at Summerfest 1995, her 1999 amputation, Mike's 2006 death, and the 2025 film Song Sung Blue.
Clairo
Clairo (Claire Cottrill, born 1998) is an American bedroom-pop and indie singer-songwriter from Massachusetts whose 2017 viral song "Pretty Girl" led to the albums Immunity, Sling, and the Grammy-nominated Charm.