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Al B. Sure!
Al B. Sure! (Albert Joseph Brown III, born 1968) is an American new jack swing R&B singer whose 1988 debut In Effect Mode topped the Billboard R&B album chart on the strength of "Nite and Day," earning three Grammy nominations.
Al Bano and Romina Power
Al Bano and Romina Power, the Italian husband-and-wife pop duo of Albano Carrisi and Tyrone Power's daughter Romina, married in 1970, scored Felicità, Ci sarà and Libertà, won Sanremo 1984, entered Eurovision twice, split in 1999 and reunited on stage from 2013.
Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly (Albert Alick Bowlly, 1899-1941), Mozambican-born British crooner and jazz guitarist, star of 1930s British dance bands with Ray Noble, Roy Fox, and Lew Stone; recorded over 1,230 tracks including Midnight, the Stars and You; killed in the London Blitz.
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola (born 1954, Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, Return to Forever member and solo artist known for alternate picking, Elegant Gypsy, and Friday Night in San Francisco.
Al Green
Al Green (Albert Leornes Greene, born 1946), American soul and gospel singer of Hi Records hits like "Let's Stay Together"; ordained pastor of Memphis's Full Gospel Tabernacle since 1976; 11 Grammys, Rock Hall 1995.
Al Jardine
Al Jardine (born 1942) is an American musician and founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of The Beach Boys; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, producer of M.I.U. Album, and solo artist behind A Postcard from California and The Pet Sounds Band.
Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau (Alwyn Lopez Jarreau), 1940-2017, American jazz, pop, and R&B vocalist from Milwaukee; only singer with Grammys in all three categories; known for Breakin' Away and the Moonlighting theme.
Al Jolson
Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), Lithuanian-born American singer and blackface entertainer, biggest Broadway star by 1920 and star of The Jazz Singer (1927), the first feature-length synchronized-sound film; also known for "My Mammy" and The Jolson Story.
Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen (Alejandro Ramírez Casas), Cuban-born American musician, founder and frontman of industrial metal band Ministry (Chicago, 1981), creator of Twitch, The Land of Rape and Honey, and Psalm 69, side projects Revolting Cocks and Lard, final album Hate To Go.
Al Kooper
Al Kooper (Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, born 1944, Brooklyn) is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer: organist on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears, creator of Super Session, and producer of Lynyrd Skynyrd's first three albums; Rock Hall inductee, 2023.
Al Martino
Al Martino (Alfred Cini, 1927–2009), American Italian-American crooner from Philadelphia; had Britain's first UK No 1 single, Here in My Heart (1952), hits Spanish Eyes and Volare, and played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather films.
Al Stewart
Al Stewart (Alastair Ian Stewart, born 1945) is a Scottish-born British folk-rock singer-songwriter of the 1960s folk revival, creator of "historical folk rock," best known for the Alan Parsons-produced 1976 hit "Year of the Cat" and "Time Passages."
Alabama (band)
Alabama (band), also known as Wildcountry and Young Country, is the country supergroup from Fort Payne, Alabama, formed by cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook, with 42 number-one country singles, over 73 million albums, and 2005 Country Music Hall of Fame induction.
Alabama 3
Alabama 3 (A3 in the US) are a Brixton, London band formed in 1995 fusing country, acid house, blues, and gospel; their "Woke Up This Morning" is The Sopranos' theme.
Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes is a Grammy-winning American soul and blues rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009, fronted by Brittany Howard and known for its 2015 album Sound & Color.
Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes (born 1962, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean-American guitarist, producer, and songwriter, co-founder of Eleven, collaborator with Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Chris Cornell, and Mark Lanegan, and solo artist behind Spark and Hum.
Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Alan and Marilyn Bergman, American husband-and-wife lyricists (married 1958), wrote "The Way We Were," "The Windmills of Your Mind," and Yentl's score, winning three Oscars, two Grammys, and four Emmys; Marilyn later led ASCAP.
Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson (Alan Eugene Jackson, born 1958) is an American country singer from Newnan, Georgia with more than 25 Billboard number-one country singles and over 60 million albums sold.
Alan Lancaster
Alan Lancaster (1949-2021), English bassist and vocalist, founding member of Status Quo (Scorpions 1962, named Status Quo 1967), left in 1985 after opening Live Aid, later the Party Boys and the Bombers in Australia, Frantic Four reunions 2013-14.
Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax (1915-2002), American folklorist and ethnomusicologist; Library of Congress field recorder from 1933; first recorded Lead Belly and Muddy Waters; creator of Cantometrics, Choreometrics, Parlametrics, and the Global Jukebox.
Alan Longmuir
Alan Longmuir (1948–2018), Scottish bassist and founding member of the Bay City Rollers, formed the band with brother Derek in Edinburgh, left in 1976, rejoined in 1978, and died aged 70.
Alan Osmond
Alan Ralph Osmond (1949–2026), American singer, songwriter and producer, eldest performing member and leader of The Osmonds; co-wrote "One Bad Apple" and "Crazy Horses", produced The Donny & Marie Show, had MS from 1987.
Alan Pownall
Alan Pownall, British singer-songwriter (born 1985, South West London), debut album True Love Stories (Mercury, 2010) with singles Chasing Time, Colourful Day, Clara; associated with Mumford & Sons flatmates but closer to Jack Johnson-style pop.
Alan Price
Alan Price is an English keyboardist who founded the Animals, whose organ work on "House of the Rising Sun" made the song a worldwide number 1 in 1964.
Alan Silvestri
Alan Silvestri, full name Alan Anthony Silvestri, is an American composer of film and television scores, known for Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and four Avengers films.
Alan Vega
Alan Vega (Boruch Alan Bermowitz, 1938-2016), American vocalist and visual artist, frontman of the electronic proto-punk duo Suicide with Martin Rev, pioneer of the self-described "punk music mass", and creator of neon light sculptures and posthumous albums It, Mutator, and Insurrection.
Alan White (Oasis drummer)
Alan White, English drummer, Oasis timekeeper 1995-2004 (not the Yes drummer of the same name); brother of Steve White; played on Morning Glory and Be Here Now; used Hot Rods on Wonderwall; asked to leave in 2004.
Alan White (Yes drummer)
Alan White (1949-2022), English rock drummer, Yes's drummer from 1972 until his death, formerly John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band drummer on Imagine and Instant Karma, and player on All Things Must Pass; Rock Hall inductee 2017.
Alan Wilder
Alan Charles Wilder (born 1959, Hammersmith, London) is an English keyboardist and producer, Depeche Mode member 1982-1995, and creator of the experimental electronic project Recoil since 1986.
Alana Haim
Alana Haim (born 1991, Los Angeles) is an American musician and actress, youngest member of the band Haim with sisters Este and Danielle, and star of Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza (2021), later The Mastermind, One Battle After Another, and The Drama.