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Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli, born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio in 1934, is an American singer whose falsetto led the Four Seasons to hits like "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry."
Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan, born Frank Fruim Abelson in Liverpool in 1928, was an English entertainer known as "Mr Moonlight" and among Britain's most popular singers of the 1950s and 1960s.
Frano Selak
Frano Selak (Frane Selak), Croatian music teacher (1929–2016) from Dubrovnik, famed for unverified accounts of surviving seven accidents, including a 1962 train derailment and a 1963 fall from a plane, then winning a lottery jackpot; fact-checkers found inconsistencies.
Franz Ferdinand (band)
Franz Ferdinand, Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 2001 (no native-script name), led by Alex Kapranos and Bob Hardy; Mercury Prize-winning 2004 debut, "Take Me Out", and 2025 album The Human Fear distinguish them from identically named subjects.
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (Liszt Ferenc, 1811-1886), Hungarian pianist and composer, the nineteenth century's most celebrated piano virtuoso, inventor of the symphonic poem, Weimar Kapellmeister 1848-1861, champion of Wagner, and first president of the Budapest Academy of Music.
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Austrian composer of the Lied and over 600 songs plus symphonies, sonatas, and chamber music; Viennese Biedermeier figure known in life mainly for songs, later ranked with Beethoven.
Franz Stahl
Franz Stahl (Franz Kenneth Stahl, born 1962) is an American guitarist from Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia: founding guitarist of DC hardcore band Scream, member of Wool, and Foo Fighters lead guitarist 1997–1999, later rejoining Scream for DC Special (2023).
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791–1844), also called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jr., was the composer's youngest son, a pianist and composer active in Lemberg and Vienna, with two piano concertos and about 125 works.
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Fred "Sonic" Smith (Frederick Dewey Smith, 1949-1994) was an American guitarist, co-founder of MC5, founder of Sonic's Rendezvous Band ("City Slang"), and husband of Patti Smith; he played a major role on her 1988 Dream of Life.
Fred Durst
Fred Durst is an American rapper, singer, and director, frontman and co-founder (1994, Jacksonville, Florida) of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, whose albums sold over 30 million copies; he later directed films including The Fanatic (2019).
Fred Schneider
Fred Schneider (born 1951, Newark, New Jersey) is the B-52s co-founder and frontman, known for sprechgesang talk-singing on Rock Lobster and Love Shack, solo albums, and the Superions.
Fred Waring
Fred Waring (1900-1984), American bandleader and choral conductor who led Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians on radio, TV, and records, founded Shawnee Press, backed the Waring Blendor, and won the 1983 Congressional Gold Medal.
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley (born 1943, Columbus, Georgia) is a funk and jazz trombonist, arranger, and bandleader, James Brown's music director 1968–1975, later Parliament-Funkadelic horn arranger and leader of the New JBs.
Freda Payne
Freda Payne (Freda Charcilia Payne, born 1942, Detroit) is an American jazz, soul, and pop singer and actress, known for the 1970 No. 1 UK hit "Band of Gold" on Invictus and her later Ella Fitzgerald tribute concerts.
Freddie Aguilar
Freddie Aguilar (Abdul Farid; 1953–2025), Filipino folk-rock singer-songwriter and OPM pillar. His 1978 Tagalog ballad "Anak" sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and his "Bayan Ko" became the anthem of the 1986 People Power uprising.
Freddie and the Dreamers
Freddie and the Dreamers were a Manchester beat group of the 1960s British Invasion, led by comic singer Freddie Garrity; "I'm Telling You Now" hit UK No. 2 and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1965, followed by the dance craze "Do the Freddie."
Freddie Hart
Freddie Hart (Frederick Segrest, 1926-2018) was an American country singer-songwriter from Loachapoka, Alabama whose 1971 hit "Easy Loving" won consecutive CMA Song of the Year awards and launched a 1970s string of number one country hits.
Freddie Jackson
Freddie Jackson (Frederick Anthony Jackson, 1956-2026), Harlem-born R&B and quiet storm balladeer, scored ten No. 1 Billboard R&B singles including Rock Me Tonight and You Are My Lady; platinum Capitol debut, two Grammy nominations, never crossed to pop's Top Ten, died at 70.
Freddie Mercury (ફ્રેડી મર્ક્યુરી)
Freddie Mercury (ફ્રેડી મર્ક્યુરી), born Farrokh Bulsara, was the Parsi-born Zanzibar-raised lead vocalist and songwriter of Queen, writer of Bohemian Rhapsody, Live Aid 1985 standout, who died of AIDS in 1991.
Freddie Moore
Freddie Moore (1900–1992), American Dixieland and swing jazz drummer, singer, and washboard player from Little Washington, NC; worked with Bechet, Hodes, Oliver, De Paris; 29 sessions 1945–1987; distinct from bebop-era namesakes.
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin (Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin), Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849), wrote almost exclusively for piano: mazurkas, polonaises, nocturnes, études, preludes, ballades, and two concertos. Born near Warsaw, he settled in Paris in 1831 and never returned to Poland.
Frederic Weatherly
Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929), English barrister, judge, and songwriter, wrote "Danny Boy", "The Holy City", and "Roses of Picardy", plus over 1,500 other song lyrics, children's books, and opera translations.
Free (band)
Free (band): English rock band formed in London in 1968 with Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser, and Simon Kirke. Sparse blues-rock band of the British blues boom, best known for the 1970 hit All Right Now (UK No. 2, US No. 4) from the album Fire and Water; broke up in 1973.
Free jazz
Free jazz: avant-garde jazz style emerging in the late 1950s with Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and Albert Ayler, abandoning chord progressions, fixed forms, and meter; named by Coleman's 1960 album Free Jazz.
Freya Ridings
Freya Ridings, born 1994 in London, is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose piano ballad Lost Without You hit UK Number 9 after Love Island; her albums are Freya Ridings (2019), Blood Orange (2023), and Mother of Pearl (2026).
Freya Skye
Freya Skye (born 2009) is an English pop singer and actress; UK Junior Eurovision 2022 entrant with "Lose My Head" (fifth place), Hollywood Records artist, Nova Bright in Disney's Zombies 4, debut EP stardust (2026).
Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit, Scottish indie rock band formed in 2003 by Scott Hutchison and based in Glasgow, known for The Midnight Organ Fight (2008) and five albums on Fat Cat and Atlantic; disbanded after Hutchison's 2018 death.
Friko
Friko is a Chicago indie rock band formed in 2019 by Niko Kapetan and Bailey Minzenberger, later joined by Korgan Robb and David Fuller. Albums: Where we've been, Where we go from here (2024, ATO, Metascore 86) and Something Worth Waiting For (2026, John Congleton).
Fröken Snusk
Fröken Snusk (Miss Naughty) is an anonymous Swedish epa-dunk music character created by Rasmus Gozzi, originally portrayed by Felicia Eriksson, famous for the pink mask, the 2022 hit "Rid mig som en dalahäst", and Melodifestivalen 2024.
From First to Last
From First to Last (フロム・ファースト・トゥ・ラスト), American post-hardcore band formed in Florida in the early 2000s by Matt Good and Travis Richter; Heroine hit Billboard No. 25; Sonny Moore left in 2007 to become Skrillex; reunited 2017, now on Fearless Records.