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David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe (1939–2026), American outlaw country singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio; wrote "Take This Job and Shove It" and "Would You Lay With Me," recorded "The Ride" and "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," never a No. 1 artist.
David Archuleta
David James Archuleta (born 1990, Miami; raised in Sandy, Utah) is an American pop singer, American Idol season 7 runner-up to David Cook, gold debut album, "Crush" No. 2 Hot 100, LDS mission in Chile, came out 2021.
David Ball (electronic musician)
David James Ball (Dave Ball, 1959–2025) was the English electronic musician and producer of Soft Cell, whose Tainted Love was 1981's best-selling UK single, and co-founder of The Grid (Swamp Thing, UK number 3 in 1994).
David Benoit (musician)
David Benoit (born 1953, Bakersfield, California) is an American contemporary jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, a GRAMMY nominee known for Freedom at Midnight, Peanuts/Guaraldi tributes, and conducting the Asia America Symphony; distinct from Yes singer Benoit David.
David Berman (musician)
David Berman, also known as David Cloud Berman, was an American songwriter and poet who founded the indie rock band Silver Jews in 1989 and died in 2019.
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferre (born 1979, Almería) is a Spanish Latin pop singer, runner-up of Operación Triunfo 2001, known for Ave María and Bulería, Latin Grammy winner, and the 2026 crooner album Eternos.
David Bowie
David Bowie, born David Robert Jones in 1947, was an English rock musician and actor famed for reinvention through personas such as Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke; hits include Space Oddity, Fame, and Heroes, and he died of cancer in 2016 after releasing Blackstar.
David Bryan
David Bryan (born David Bryan Rashbaum, 1962) is Bon Jovi's founding keyboardist and a Tony-winning composer; with Joe DiPietro he wrote Memphis (four 2010 Tonys) and The Toxic Avenger.
David Byrne
David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician and artist, frontman and principal songwriter of new wave band Talking Heads (founded 1975), later a nine-album solo artist, Oscar, Grammy, and Tony winner, and author of How Music Works.
David Byron
David Byron (born David Garrick, 1947–1985), English rock singer and original frontman of Uriah Heep 1970–1976; later Rough Diamond, solo albums Take No Prisoners and Baby Faced Killer, and the Byron Band.
David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas (David Henry Thomsett, 1941–2026), Canadian singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears 1968–1972 and later; sang "Spinning Wheel"; died Toronto 2026.
David Cook (singer)
David Cook (born 1982) is the American rock singer-songwriter who won American Idol season 7 in May 2008 over David Archuleta; albums Analog Heart, David Cook (platinum), Digital Vein; over 2 million albums sold.
David Coverdale
David Coverdale, known as Dave Coverdale, is an English rock vocalist who fronted Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, then founded Whitesnake in 1978 and retired in 2025.
David Crosby
David Crosby (1941–2023), American singer-songwriter and guitarist; founding member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash; two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known for harmonies, Deja Vu, and Woodstock.
David Draiman
David Draiman (born 1973, Brooklyn) is the American baritone frontman of Chicago metal band Disturbed, cantor-trained, Loyola triple major, also of Device and producer of Trivium's Vengeance Falls.
David Ellefson
David Ellefson, American heavy metal bassist, longtime Megadeth bass player later forced out by Dave Mustaine; Altitudes & Attitude with Frank Bello; Jackson signature Concert Bass and Kelly Bird; pick playing.
David Essex
David Essex (David Albert Cook, born 1947) is an English singer and actor behind "Rock On", "Gonna Make You a Star", and "Hold Me Close", the films That'll Be the Day and Stardust, and the original London Evita.
David Fleming (composer)
David Fleming is an Emmy-winning American film and TV composer, co-composer of HBO's The Last of Us with Gustavo Santaolalla and co-composer of Superman (2025) with John Murphy; two-time Emmy winner (Jim Henson Idea Man 2024, Widow's Bay 2026) and former Hans Zimmer collaborator.
David Foster
David Foster (born 1949, Victoria, BC) is a Canadian producer, songwriter, and composer, a 16-time Grammy winner behind Chicago 17, The Bodyguard, and Celine Dion hits, founder of the David Foster Foundation, and composer of BOOP! The Musical.
David Gates
David Gates (born December 11, 1940, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is the American singer-songwriter who fronted soft rock band Bread, writing hits like "If" and "Make It with You," and later scored solo with "The Goodbye Girl."
David Gilmour
David Gilmour (born 1946), English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who joined Pink Floyd in 1968, led the band from 1985, and released five solo albums including On an Island and Luck and Strange.
David Glen Eisley
David Glen Eisley is an American rock singer, lead vocalist of Giuffria (1984–1986) and Dirty White Boy, later replaced in House of Lords by James Christian, and co-writer of SpongeBob's "Sweet Victory."
David Grant (singer)
David Grant (David Beresford Grant, born 1956, Hackney, London), English soul singer and vocal coach; co-founder of Brit-funk band Linx, solo star of "Watching You, Watching Me" (no. 10, 1983) and 1985 Jaki Graham duets; Fame Academy judge, BAFTA and MOBO winner, MBE 2019.
David Gray (British musician)
David Gray, also known as David Peter Gray, is a British singer-songwriter whose fourth album White Ladder became one of the bestselling British albums, selling over seven million copies.
David Grisman
David "Dawg" Grisman (born 1945) is an American mandolinist who invented "Dawg music," a blend of bluegrass, jazz and swing, led the David Grisman Quintet, played in Old & in the Way with Jerry Garcia, and founded the Acoustic Disc label; inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2023.
David Helfgott
David Helfgott (born 1947, Melbourne) is an Australian pianist whose breakdown and comeback inspired the 1996 Oscar-winning film Shine; known for Rachmaninov's Third Concerto and his chart-topping recording of it.
David Hodo
David Hodo, born Richard Davis Hodo, is an American singer best known as the original Construction Worker of the disco group Village People, from 1977 to 2013.
David Holmes (musician)
David Holmes (born 1969, Belfast) is a Northern Irish DJ, producer, and film composer known for Let's Get Killed, the Ocean's Eleven scores, Unloved, Killing Eve, and the 2023 album Blind on a Galloping Horse.
David Hood
David Hood (born 1943, Sheffield, Alabama) is an American session bassist and trombonist, co-founder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and bassist of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (the Swampers), known for "I'll Take You There," "Kodachrome," and Bob Seger albums.
David Hungate
David Hungate (born 1948) is an American session bassist, founding bassist of Toto, and player of the "Lowdown" bass line on Boz Scaggs' Silk Degrees; he played on Toto's first four albums including Toto IV, then built a Nashville session career and rejoined Toto in 2014.