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Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit was an American jam band formed in Atlanta in the late 1980s around Hampton, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and guitarist Jimmy Herring.
Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat (born 1985, Newbury Park, California) is an American pop and country singer-songwriter, MySpace-era breakout star behind "Bubbly" and Coco, two-time Grammy winner, and Gone West co-founder.
Colby O'Donis
Colby O'Donis (born 1989, Queens, NY) is an American R&B/pop singer signed to Akon's Konvict Muzic; featured on Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' and Akon's 'Beautiful', debut album Colby O (2008), 2025 return 'Locked Up With You'.
Cold (band)
Cold (band): Jacksonville, Florida alternative metal band formed 1996, earlier called Grundig, discovered by Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit; Gold albums 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage (2000) and Year of the Spider (2003), led by Scooter Ward.
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel, Australian pub rock band formed in Adelaide in 1973 (initially Orange), classic lineup Barnes, Moss, Walker, Small, Prestwich; over six million albums sold in Australia, breakup 1983, reunion 1998, Big Five-0 tour 2024-25.
Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids: American indie rock band formed 2004 in Fullerton, California, by Matt Aveiro, Matt Maust, Jonnie Russell, and Nathan Willett; debut Robbers & Cowards (2006), Gold single "First" (2015), ten studio albums.
Coldplay
Coldplay (earlier Pectoralz, then Starfish): English rock band formed at University College London, with Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion; ten UK No. 1 albums, eight Grammys, and record-grossing world tours.
Coldplay discography
Coldplay discography: catalog of the British band Coldplay, ten studio albums from Parachutes (2000) to Moon Music (2024), all UK Number 1s, plus EPs like Safety and Blue Room and singles from Yellow to All My Love.
Cole Porter
Cole Porter (1891–1964), American composer and lyricist born in Peru, Indiana, wrote both words and music for over 30 musicals including Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate, with hits like Night and Day.
Cole Swindell
Cole Swindell (Colden Rainey Swindell, born 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter on Warner Records Nashville, a former Luke Bryan merchandise seller and Sony/ATV writer whose ten Country Airplay No. 1 singles include "Chillin' It" and "She Had Me at Heads Carolina."
Colin Blunstone
Colin Blunstone (born 1945) is the English lead singer of British Invasion band The Zombies ("She's Not There", "Time of the Season", Odessey and Oracle) and a solo artist since One Year (1971); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 2019.
Colin Greenwood
Colin Greenwood (born 1969) is the English bass guitarist and founding member of Radiohead, older brother of Jonny Greenwood; also a photographer (How to Disappear, 2024) and touring bassist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Colin Hay
Colin Hay (born 1953, Saltcoats, Scotland) is a Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, frontman of Men at Work (Grammy 1983) and a solo artist in Los Angeles since 1987, touring with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band.
Colin Petersen
Colin (Frederick Colin) Petersen, March 1946 - 18 November 2024: Australian drummer and child actor, first non-Gibb official Bee Gees member (1966-1969), drummer on Bee Gees' 1st to Odessa; fired 1969, lost name lawsuit, later formed Humpy Bong and toured with tribute show.
Collabro
Collabro: British musical theatre vocal group formed in London in 2014; won Britain's Got Talent series 8; debut album Stars hit UK number 1; quartet since Richard Hadfield left in 2016; new album The Return due 2026. Not the CollaBro music collaboration software.
Collective Soul
Collective Soul, American rock band formed 1992 in Stockbridge, Georgia, led by Ed Roland; broke out with the demo-driven hit "Shine," then multi-platinum 1995 self-titled album with "December" and "The World I Know."
Collegium Musicum
Collegium musicum (collegia musica): associations of amateur musicians, first named in the 16th century, especially in German university towns; most famous is the Leipzig ensemble founded by Telemann and led by Bach from 1729 at Café Zimmermann; the name was revived after 1900 for university ensembles.
Collin Raye
Collin Raye (Floyd Elliott Wray, born 1960, De Queen, Arkansas) is an American country singer who signed with Epic in 1990, scored four consecutive platinum albums in the 1990s, topped the country chart with "Love, Me," "In This Life," "My Kind of Girl," and "I Can Still Feel You," and released the Americana-tinged album Scars in 2020.
Colonel Bogey March
Colonel Bogey March (ボギー大佐マーチ), by Kenneth J. Alford, pseudonym of F. J. Ricketts: British military march, composed 1913, published 1914, from a golfing colonel's whistled descending minor third; theme of The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Colonel Tom Parker
Colonel Tom Parker, born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk (1909–1997) in Breda, Netherlands, was Elvis Presley's exclusive manager from 1955 to 1977, a Dutch illegal immigrant with a fake West Virginia identity who took up to 50 percent commissions.
Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd, American R&B vocal group ("hip-hop doo-wop") formed 1985 in Oklahoma City by Abrams, Calderon, Watters, Thornton; hits "I Wanna Sex You Up", "I Adore Mi Amor", "All 4 Love"; triple-platinum C.M.B.; now fronted by Calderon.
Colorblind (band)
Colorblind is an American dreamcore/post-hardcore band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2017 as The Night Of, fronted by Travis Moseley, signed to Solid State/Tooth & Nail, debut album released 2026.
Colt Ford
Colt Ford (Jason Farris Brown, born 1969, Athens, Georgia) is a country-rap singer and Average Joes Entertainment co-founder; first artist to top both Billboard Top Country Albums and Top Rap Albums, co-writer of "Dirt Road Anthem".
Colter Wall
Colter Wall (born 1995, Swift Current, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian country singer-songwriter with a deep baritone, known for the 2017 self-titled debut produced by Dave Cobb, and albums through 2025's Memories and Empties.
Colton Dixon
Colton Dixon (born 1991, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) is an American contemporary Christian pop-rock singer, seventh-place finalist on American Idol season 11, known for A Messenger, Anchor, Identity, and the Gold single Build a Boat.
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, formed 1967 in Ann Arbor by George Frayne IV, was an American country rock/bar band blending rockabilly, Western swing, and R&B; known for the 1972 Top Ten hit "Hot Rod Lincoln" and broke up after its 1976 European tour.
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk, soul, and R&B band formed in 1968 at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, best known for Motown hits like "Easy" and "Brick House."
Community band
Community band: an amateur wind band (also concert band, town band, windband) of volunteer woodwind, brass, and percussion players. Roots in 19th-century civic and military band traditions; Sousa shaped the format; New Horizons serves 10,000 adult musicians.
Composer
Composer: a person who writes music, especially classical music; the music sense of the word dates from the 1590s. Covers what composers do, composer versus songwriter, arranger, and orchestrator, screen and game composition, and AI exposure.
Compton's Most Wanted
Compton's Most Wanted (CMW) is an American gangsta rap group formed in 1987 in Compton, California, led by MC Eiht with Tha Chill, DJ Mike T, DJ Slip, and the Unknown DJ. Known for the 1990 debut It's a Compton Thang, the 1991 hit "Growin' Up in the Hood," and a laid-back, soul-sampling West Coast sound distinct from N.W.A.