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Cosmé McMoon
Cosmé McMoon (born Cosmé McMunn, 1901–1980), pianist and accompanist to tone-deaf soprano Florence Foster Jenkins from the mid-1930s until her 1944 death; Rachmaninoff-judged competition finalist, later bodybuilding judge, portrayed by Simon Helberg in the 2016 film.
Cosmó
Cosmó (Benjamin Gedeon, born 2006) is an Austrian Deutschpop singer from Halbturn, Burgenland, based in Vienna; The Voice Kids 2022 finalist who won Vienna Calling 2026 and placed 24th for Austria at Eurovision 2026 with "Tanzschein".
Couch (American band)
Couch: Boston-based American seven-piece soul/funk-pop band (Tema Siegel, Zach Blankstein, and others) formed from college friendships; released debut album Big Talk in 2025. Distinct from the Munich post-rock Couch and the Ann Arbor noise rock duo of the same name.
Count Basie
Count Basie (William James Basie, 1904-1984), American jazz pianist and bandleader from Red Bank, New Jersey, credited with originating Kansas City jazz, led the Count Basie Orchestra for nearly 50 years, won nine Grammys, and recorded One O'Clock Jump.
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra, American jazz big band founded 1935 in Kansas City by Count Basie as the Barons of Rhythm; known for "One O'Clock Jump," the All-American Rhythm Section, nine Basie Grammys, and continued performance under director Scotty Barnhart.
Counting Crows
Counting Crows is an American rock band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, known for Adam Duritz's songwriting and the 1993 debut August and Everything After.
Country Joe and the Fish
Country Joe and the Fish was an American psychedelic folk-rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1965 by Joe McDonald and Barry "The Fish" Melton, known for the antiwar "Fixin' to Die Rag."
Country Joe McDonald
Country Joe McDonald (Joseph Allen McDonald, 1942–2026) was an American folk-rock singer-songwriter, leader of Country Joe and the Fish, famed for the anti-Vietnam War "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" and the Fish Cheer at Woodstock 1969; he died in Berkeley from Parkinson's disease.
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Nashville nonprofit museum (chartered 1964, opened 1967 on Music Row, downtown since 2001) preserving country music history and administering the CMA-elected Hall of Fame, 158 members as of 2025.
Country rock
Country rock is a music genre fusing country and western with rock and roll, pioneered around 1967-1969 by the Byrds, Gram Parsons, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, smoothed into 1970s mainstream success by the Eagles and Poco, and later feeding alt-country and Americana.
Courtney Act
Courtney Act, stage name of Shane Gilberto Jenek (born 1982, Brisbane), Australian drag queen, singer, and TV personality. Australian Idol 2003 semifinalist, Drag Race season 6 finalist, first Australian winner of Celebrity Big Brother UK (2018).
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett (born 1987, Sydney) is an Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, formerly of Milk! Records, known for Avant Gardener, her 2015 Grammy-nominated debut album, and the 2026 album Creature of Habit.
Courtney Cox (musician)
Courtney Cox, known as Adriana Smith and CC Shred, is an American heavy metal guitarist from Philadelphia who played in The Iron Maidens and leads for Burning Witches.
Courtney Hadwin
Courtney Hadwin, British singer-songwriter from County Durham, England, who reached the America's Got Talent season 13 final at age 13 (2018) with a Howie Mandel golden buzzer, then released the debut album Little Miss Jagged in 2025.
Courtney Love
Courtney Love (Courtney Michelle Harrison), American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress, born 1964 in San Francisco; frontwoman of Hole (Pretty on the Inside, Live Through This, Celebrity Skin), widow of Kurt Cobain, Golden Globe-nominated actress, subject of the 2026 documentary Antiheroine.
Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine, born 1964 in London, is a British jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist whose 1986 debut Journey to the Urge Within was the first serious jazz album in the UK Top 40; he co-founded the Jazz Warriors, fused jazz with reggae, hip-hop, and drum'n'bass, and holds an OBE and CBE.
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Courtney Taylor-Taylor (born 1967, born Courtney Alan Taylor) is the American singer-guitarist and songwriter who co-founded The Dandy Warhols in Portland, Oregon in 1994, known for "Bohemian Like You" and the Odditorium studio.
Covet
Covet: American instrumental math rock band formed 2014 in the San Francisco Bay Area, led by guitarist Yvette Young. Also tagged post-rock; albums Effloresce (2018), Technicolor (2020), catharsis (2023) on Triple Crown Records; not the word or other bands named Covet.
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies, Canadian alt-country/folk rock band formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo, Michael, and Peter Timmins and Alan Anton; known for The Trinity Session (1988), recorded on one microphone in a church, and over four million albums sold.
Cowpunk
Cowpunk, sometimes known as country punk, is a punk rock offshoot fusing punk rock or new wave with country, folk, and blues, begun in the late 1970s.
Cozy Powell
Cozy Powell (Colin Trevor Flooks, 1947-1998) was an English rock drummer with the Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Emerson Lake & Powell, and Black Sabbath, and the solo hit "Dance With the Devil."
Cracker (band)
Cracker (band): American alternative rock band formed 1990 in Richmond, Virginia, by David Lowery (ex-Camper Van Beethoven) and Johnny Hickman; known for "Low" and "Teen Angst", ten studio albums, Americana leanings.
Craig Adams (musician)
Craig Adams is an English bass guitarist known for The Sisters of Mercy and co-founding The Mission, later playing with The Cult, The Alarm, and Spear of Destiny.
Craig David
Craig David (born 1981, Southampton) is a British singer-songwriter and DJ, star of UK garage, whose debut Born to Do It (2000) sold over seven million copies; his ninth album is Commitment (2025).
Craig Jones (musician)
Craig Jones (133, 133 MHz, #5), American musician born Feb 11 (1972/1973, sources differ) in Des Moines, Iowa; former sampler and keyboardist of Slipknot 1996–2023, previously guitarist in Modifidious; departed June 7, 2023.
Craig Mabbitt
Craig Mabbitt (born 1987), also Craig Edward Mabbitt, American post-hardcore vocalist from Glendale, Arizona; frontman of Escape the Fate since 2008, formerly of blessthefall and The Word Alive, and founder of The Dead Rabbitts.
Craig Morgan
Craig Morgan, American country music singer, Grand Ole Opry member since 2008, Army veteran who reenlisted in 2023; known for "That's What I Love About Sunday," "Redneck Yacht Club," and the memoir God, Family, Country.
Crash Adams
Crash Adams is a Canadian pop duo from Toronto: vocalist Rafaele "Crash" Massarelli and guitarist Vince "Adams" Sasso, formed 2019, signed to Warner Music Canada/Warner Records, known for viral TikTok red-couch and "Can You Rap in Public" videos and the hit "Give Me a Kiss".
Crash Ensemble
Crash Ensemble, Dublin-based Irish new music group founded in 1997 by Donnacha Dennehy, Andrew Synnott, and Michael Seaver; ten amplified musicians led by cellist Kate Ellis, resident at the National Concert Hall and Kilkenny Arts Festival.
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies: Canadian folk-rock band from Winnipeg, formed mid-1980s (AllMusic lists 1988), led by Brad Roberts's deep baritone; known for "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (1993) and "Superman's Song" (1991), three-time Grammy nominated, touring again since 2018.