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Eric Woolfson
Eric Woolfson, also known as Eric Norman Woolfson, was a Scottish songwriter and lyricist. He co-founded The Alan Parsons Project and later composed five stage musicals.
Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip: Canadian lo-fi indie rock/noise-pop quartet from Moncton, New Brunswick, formed 1990; first Canadian band on Sub Pop; albums Love Tara, Forever Again, Purple Blue; broke up 1996, reunited 2001 and 2006.
Erica Campbell
Erica Campbell (born Erica Monique Atkins, 1972) is an American gospel singer from Inglewood, California, one half of the duo Mary Mary with sister Tina, a Grammy-winning solo artist (Help, 2014), and host of the radio show Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell. Not the PAPER music journalist of the same name.
Erik Sandin
Erik "Smelly" Sandin, also spelled Eric Sandin, is the American punk drummer and founding member of NOFX since 1983, formerly of Caustic Cause, known for single-pedal speed drumming, sobriety after heroin addiction, and The Hepatitis Bathtub.
Erik Satie
Erik Satie (1866-1925), French composer and pianist of the Parisian avant-garde; wrote the Gymnopédies (1888) and Gnossiennes, Parade (1917) with Picasso, and furniture music; influenced Debussy, Ravel, Les Six, and Cage.
Erin Hamilton
Erin Hamilton (Erin Kate Hamilton, born 1968) is an American dance singer, daughter of Carol Burnett and Joe Hamilton; her 1998 "Dream Weaver" cover and 2008 "The Flame" remix topped U.S. dance charts.
Erin LeCount
Erin LeCount (Erin Ruth LeCount, born 2003, Chelmsford, Essex) is an English alt-pop singer-songwriter and self-producer, signed to Atlantic, known for the viral 2025 single "Silver Spoon" and EPs Soft Skin, Restless Bones (2023), I Am Digital, I Am Divine (2025), and PAREIDOLIA (2026).
Erlend Øye
Erlend Øye (Erlend Otre Øye), Norwegian singer-guitarist born 1975 in Bergen, of Kings of Convenience and The Whitest Boy Alive; solo albums Unrest, Legao, La Comitiva; based in Sicily.
Erma Franklin
Erma Vernice Franklin (1938 or 1939-2002), American soul singer, elder sister of Aretha Franklin, original vocalist of "Piece of My Heart" (1967), later famous through Janis Joplin's cover.
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb (1914-1984), the Texas Troubadour, was a pioneer of honky-tonk country music, famed for "Walking the Floor Over You," his Texas Troubadours band, the Ernest Tubb Record Shop, and Grand Ole Opry stardom.
Ernie Isley
Ernie Isley (born 1952) is the Isley Brothers' guitarist, drummer, and songwriter. As a child he lived with Jimi Hendrix; he joined the band in 1973 on 3+3, created the tone of "That Lady" and "Summer Breeze", later formed Isley-Jasper-Isley with "Caravan of Love", and is a 1992 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts), American jazz and R&B saxophonist born 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia; Tonight Show Band and Quartet West veteran, two-time Grammy winner, Flying Dolphin Records founder, over 500 recordings.
Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti, born 1963 in Cinecittà, Rome, is an Italian singer-songwriter who won Sanremo 1984 with Terra promessa and 1986 with Adesso tu; 16 studio albums, over 80 million records sold, latest album Una Storia Importante (2025).
Errol Brown
Errol Brown (Lester Errol Brown, 1943-2015), Jamaican-born British singer-songwriter, co-founder and frontman of Hot Chocolate; wrote "You Sexy Thing"; MBE 2003, Ivor Novello 2004.
Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner, an American jazz pianist, was known for his orchestral, self-taught style and his composition "Misty." He was born in Pittsburgh in 1921 and died in 1977.
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu (Erica Wright) is a Dallas-born singer whose 1997 debut Baduizm defined neo-soul, sold millions, won a Best R&B Album Grammy, and shaped Maxwell, D'Angelo-era soul's legacy.
Escala (group)
Escala is a British classical crossover (electric) string quartet, not the Japanese company Scala or other namesakes: Tasya Hodges, Izzy Johnston, Chantal Leverton, and Victoria Lyon, Britain's Got Talent 2008 finalists whose 2009 debut album reached UK number two.
Esha Tewari
Esha Tewari (born 2006) is a Sydney-based Australian indie folk and bedroom pop singer-songwriter, not the HR professional or other namesakes. Debut single "with ease" (2024); EPs i can, better off, wraith, What Makes A Girl; signed to Warner/Atlantic; opened Conan Gray's 2026 Wishbone World Tour.
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding (born 1984, Portland, Oregon) is an American jazz bassist, singer, and composer, first jazz artist to win the Best New Artist Grammy (2011), with four Grammys and albums from Junjo to Milton + esperanza.
Este Haim
Este Haim (Este Arielle Haim), born 1986, is an American bassist and vocalist, eldest member of the Los Angeles sister trio Haim, and a film and TV composer; Women in Music Pt. III earned a historic Album of the Year Grammy nomination.
Estelle (musician)
Estelle (Fanta Estelle Swaray, born 1980) is a British singer, rapper, and actress whose "American Boy" with Kanye West topped the UK chart and won a 2009 Grammy; she voices Garnet in Steven Universe and released the album Stay Alta in 2025.
Estelle Bennett
Estelle Bennett (1941-2009), American singer, older sister of Ronnie Spector and backing vocalist in the Ronettes, whose hits included Be My Baby; helped create the group's image, later sued Phil Spector, Hall of Fame 2007.
Ester Dean
Ester Dean (Esther Renay Dean, born 1982, Muskogee, Oklahoma) is an American singer-songwriter behind hits like Rihanna's "Rude Boy" and Katy Perry's "Firework," and the actress who plays Cynthia-Rose in Pitch Perfect.
Eternal (group)
Eternal were a British R&B girl group formed in 1992 (Easther and Vernie Bennett, Kéllé Bryan, Louise Nurding), known for Stay, Power Of A Woman, and the 1997 UK Number 1 I Wanna Be The Only One with BeBe Winans; disbanded 2000.
Ethan Bortnick
Ethan Bortnick (born 2000), American pianist, singer-songwriter and producer from Hollywood, Florida; child prodigy with perfect pitch, 2010 Guinness record as youngest solo musician to headline his own tour, later viral on TikTok with "cut my fingers off" and "engravings."
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain is the Southern Gothic alter ego of Hayden Silas Anhedönia (born 1998), a trans American singer-songwriter from Florida; albums Preacher's Daughter (2022), Perverts (2025), and Willoughby Tucker (2025).
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters (1896–1977), American blues, jazz, and gospel singer and actress; star of "Stormy Weather," Cabin in the Sky, and Beulah; first Black woman with equal Broadway billing and an Emmy nomination.
Etran de L'Aïr
Etran de L'Aïr, "Stars of the Aïr" in Tamasheq, is a Tuareg family band formed in 1995 in Agadez, Niger, rooted in the wedding circuit; albums No. 1, Agadez, and 100% Sahara Guitar on Sahel Sounds.
Etta James
Etta James (Jamesetta Hawkins, 1938–2012) was an American blues, R&B, and soul singer famous for "At Last," "Tell Mama," and "I'd Rather Go Blind," a 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and three-time Grammy winner.
Eugene Hütz
Eugene Hütz is a Ukrainian-born musician, songwriter, and actor best known as frontman of New York's Gogol Bordello, and for roles in Everything Is Illuminated and Filth and Wisdom.