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Enrique Santos Discépolo

Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901–1951), known as Discepolín, was an Argentine tango lyricist and composer, playwright, and film director whose tangos, including "Cambalache" and "Yira yira", gave tango a new dramatic voice.

Ensemble Modern

Ensemble Modern is a German contemporary classical ensemble of eighteen soloists based in Frankfurt am Main, founded in 1980 and regarded among the leading new music ensembles worldwide.

Enter Shikari

Enter Shikari: English post-hardcore/electronicore band from St Albans (Rou Reynolds, Rory Clewlow, Chris Batten, Rob Rolfe), on their label Ambush Reality; eight albums, first UK No. 1 in 2023, dormancy announced for end of 2027.

Enya

Enya (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, born 1961, Gweedore, Ireland) is an Irish singer and composer, ex-Clannad, known for layered vocals on Watermark and Orinoco Flow, four Grammy Awards, and never touring.

Epic Mazur

Epic Mazur, born Bret Hadley Mazur (1970, Brooklyn), co-founded rap-rock band Crazy Town with Shifty Shellshock; co-produced The Gift of Game and co-wrote the 2001 Billboard Hot 100 number one "Butterfly."

Epik High (에픽하이)

Epik High (에픽하이) is a South Korean alternative hip-hop trio of Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz, formed in 2001-2002, whose 2003 debut Map of the Human Soul launched ten studio albums, mainstream Korean hip-hop, and Coachella and international touring.

EPMD

EPMD, also known as Erick and Parrish Making Dollars, is an American hip-hop duo formed in 1987 by Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith. They are known for their monotone rhyming and five gold-certified albums.

Era (musical project)

Era is a French new age musical project founded in 1996 by Eric Lévi, known for "Ameno" and lyrics in an invented Latin-like language; over 15 million albums sold, eighth album ERA VIII released 2026.

Era Istrefi

Era Istrefi is an Albanian-Kosovar pop singer and songwriter from Pristina, Kosovo, born in 1994, known for the viral hit "BonBon" and the 2018 World Cup anthem "Live It Up".

Eraserheads

Eraserheads, also known as E-heads, is a Filipino rock band formed in Quezon City in 1989, widely regarded as among the most influential acts in Original Pilipino Music.

Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim, also known as Eric B and Rakim, were a hip-hop duo from Long Island, New York, whose 1987 debut Paid in Full transformed rap.

Eric Bellinger

Eric Bellinger (Eric Aldwin Bellinger Jr., born 1984) is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter from Norwalk/Compton, California, grandson of Bobby Day; Grammy winner for Chris Brown's F.A.M.E., co-writer of "New Flame" and "Lemme See", and solo artist behind The Rebirth and New Light.

Eric Benét

Eric Benét, born Eric Benét Jordan in 1966, is an American R&B singer-songwriter known for the gold album A Day in the Life and four Grammy nominations.

Eric Bloom

Eric Bloom (born 1944, New York) is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist of Blue Öyster Cult; distinct from trumpeter Eric Benny Bloom of Lettuce.

Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon (born 1941, Newcastle upon Tyne) is the English rock and soul singer frontman of the Animals ("House of the Rising Sun") and War ("Spill the Wine"), a 1994 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Eric Carmen

Eric Carmen (エリック・カルメン), 1949–2024, American singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio; frontman of power pop pioneers the Raspberries ('Go All the Way') and solo hitmaker of 'All By Myself,' 'Hungry Eyes,' and 'Make Me Lose Control,' with 13 Billboard Hot 100 entries.

Eric Carr

Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello, 1950-1991), American drummer who replaced Peter Criss in Kiss in 1980 as "The Fox", played on seven studio albums through Hot in the Shade, and died of heart cancer at 41.

Eric Church

Eric Church, full name Kenneth Eric Church, is an American country music singer and songwriter from Granite Falls, North Carolina, known for blending country with rock influences.

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton (born 1945), English blues-rock guitarist and singer; only three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee (Yardbirds, Cream, solo, 2000); 80 RIAA awards, six 1993 Grammys, over 200 Royal Albert Hall solo shows.

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy (1928–1964), Los Angeles-born jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinet pioneer; Mingus and Coltrane collaborator; Prestige and Blue Note leader; died of a diabetic coma in Berlin at 36.

Eric Johnson (guitarist)

Eric Johnson (born 1954, Austin, Texas) is an American guitarist, singer and pianist whose 1990 album Ah Via Musicom and Grammy-winning instrumental Cliffs of Dover defined his violin-like tone, three-amp rig, and G3-era status.

Eric Lu

Eric Lu (born 1997, Bedford, Massachusetts) is an American pianist, Curtis Institute graduate, who won the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition and the 2025 International Chopin Piano Competition, the first American Chopin winner since 1970.

Eric Martin (American singer)

Eric Martin (エリック・マーティン), born 1960, is an American rock singer, lead vocalist of Mr. Big ('To Be With You', #1 in 15 countries) and of the Eric Martin Band, known also for Japan's Mr. Vocalist J-pop cover series, Avantasia, and TMG.

Eric Moore (drummer)

Eric Moore (born 1982, Stockton, California) is the American gospel-rooted drummer who won the 2003 Guitar Center Drum-Off and played with Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, T.R.A.M., and Eros Ramazzotti; distinct from the Australian King Gizzard drummer of the same name.

Eric Singer

Eric Singer (born Eric Messinger, 1958, Cleveland) is an American hard rock drummer, Kiss's Catman since 1991, formerly of Black Sabbath, Badlands, Gary Moore, and Alice Cooper's band.

Eric Stefani

Eric Stefani (Eric Matthew Stefani, born 1967, Fullerton, California), American animator and musician: co-founder, keyboardist, and primary songwriter of No Doubt, co-writer of "Don't Speak", and layout artist on The Simpsons (35 episodes, 1989–1998).

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart (born 1945, Droylsden, Lancashire) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and engineer, co-founder of 10cc and former Mindbenders guitarist behind "A Groovy Kind of Love," who co-founded Strawberry Studios and co-wrote "I'm Not In Love."

Eric Vetro

Eric Vetro is an American celebrity vocal coach in Los Angeles, known as the coach behind Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, John Legend, Timothée Chalamet, and over 30 movie musicals including Wicked, Maria, and A Complete Unknown.

Eric Whitacre

Eric Whitacre, American Grammy-winning choral composer and conductor (Lux Aurumque, Sleep, Light & Gold), creator of the Virtual Choir projects uniting over 100,000 singers from more than 145 countries.

Eric Wilson (bassist)

Eric Wilson (born 1970, Alaska) is the American bassist and founding member of ska-punk band Sublime, later of Long Beach Dub Allstars and Sublime with Rome, now playing in Sublime with Jakob Nowell.