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Gail Ann Dorsey
Gail Ann Dorsey (born 1962, Philadelphia) is an American bassist, vocalist, and songwriter, David Bowie's bass player 1995–2004 and collaborator to 2016, famous for singing "Under Pressure" live; solo albums The Corporate World, Rude Blue, I Used To Be.
Gaither Vocal Band
Gaither Vocal Band, American southern gospel quintet founded by Bill Gaither in 1980 in Alexandria, Indiana; Grammy winners for Homecoming (1991) and Lovin' Life (2009); current lineup includes Wes Hampton, Adam Crabb, Todd Suttles, and Reggie Smith.
Gala (singer)
Gala (Gala Rizzatto, born 1975, Milan) is an Italian Eurodance singer whose 1996 hit "Freed from Desire" sold over 6 million copies, peaked at UK No 2, and became a global football and protest anthem; she re-recorded it in 2024 to reclaim royalties lost to producer Max Moroldo.
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500: Boston indie rock trio (1987-1991) of Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang, and Damon Krukowski; three Rough Trade albums, Today, On Fire, This Is Our Music; slowcore and dream pop pioneers.
Galina Vishnevskaya (Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская)
Galina Vishnevskaya (Галина Вишневская, 1926–2012), Russian lyric-dramatic soprano, Bolshoi star 1952–1974, muse of Shostakovich and Britten, exiled with Rostropovich in 1974, later founded the Moscow Opera Centre.
Gallant (singer)
Gallant (Christopher Gallant, born 1991) is an American alternative R&B singer known for his piercing falsetto. His Grammy-nominated debut Ology (2016) was followed by Sweet Insomnia, Neptune, sneek, and Zinc.
Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot (Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot, 1928–2018), Montreal-born Canadian composer trained in Cape Town, wrote Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona, won three Grammys and two Tonys, and became widely sampled in hip-hop.
Gamelan
Gamelan, the traditional Indonesian percussion orchestra of tuned metallophones, gongs, and gong-chimes, with Javanese, Balinese, and Sundanese traditions; UNESCO-inscribed 2021; known for cyclic time and kotekan interlocking.
Gang of Four (band)
Gang of Four: English post-punk band formed in Leeds (1976/77) by Jon King, Andy Gill, Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham; funk-dub-punk sound, Entertainment! (1979), major influence on later rock.
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths: Australian alternative rock band from Sydney led by David Le'aupepe, now London-based; albums The Positions, Go Farther in Lightness, angel in realtime; returned 2026 with "Things Take Time".
Gang Starr
Gang Starr was an American hip-hop duo of rapper Guru and producer DJ Premier, formed in Boston in 1986 and known for pioneering jazz sampling in East Coast rap.
Garbage (band)
Garbage: American rock band formed 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin, by Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker with Scottish singer Shirley Manson; 17 million albums sold; eighth album Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (2025).
Gareth Malone
Gareth Malone, also known as Gareth Edmund Malone, is an English choirmaster and broadcaster. His Military Wives choir reached Christmas number one in the UK Singles Chart in 2011.
Garfunkel and Oates
Garfunkel and Oates: American comedy folk duo of Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel) and Kate Micucci (Oates), formed 2007 in Los Angeles; albums All Over Your Face and Slippery When Moist topped comedy charts; 2014 IFC series and 2016 Emmy-nominated special.
Garou (singer)
Garou (Pierre Garand, born 1972, Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer famous as Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris and the hit "Belle" (1998); over 5 million albums, Seul (2000), duet "Sous le vent" with Céline Dion.
Garry Peterson
Garry Peterson is a Canadian-American drummer who joined Winnipeg band The Guess Who in the early 1960s and performed with Bachman-Turner Overdrive in the late 1980s.
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks, or Troyal Garth Brooks, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and entertainer known for his stadium-scale music and over 200 million album sales.
Garth Hudson
Garth Hudson, also known as Eric Garth Hudson, was a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and keyboardist. He fused folk, rock, and jazz into Americana while backing Bob Dylan in the 1960s.
Gary Allan
Gary Allan (Gary Allan Herzberg), California-born country singer signed to Decca in 1996; platinum album Smoke Rings in the Dark (1999), No. 1 album Set You Free (2013), and the 2021 comeback album Ruthless.
Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow (born 1971, Frodsham, Cheshire) is an English singer-songwriter, lead singer and chief songwriter of Take That, with 14 number one singles, six Ivor Novello Awards, an OBE, and a parallel solo and musical-theatre career.
Gary Brooker
Gary Brooker (1945–2022), English singer, pianist and songwriter, founder and frontman of Procol Harum; co-wrote and sang "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967), MBE 2003, led the band across five decades.
Gary Chapman (musician)
Gary Winther Chapman (born 1957, Waurika, Oklahoma) is an American CCM singer-songwriter and ex-husband of Amy Grant; wrote "My Father's Eyes" and "Finally", won Dove Awards, hosted TNN's Prime Time Country, and released The Truth in 2013.
Gary Cherone
Gary Cherone (born 1961, Malden, MA) is an American rock singer, lead vocalist of Extreme from 1985 to 1996 and again since 2004, and Van Halen's third singer, 1996 to 1999, recording Van Halen III (1998). Also fronts Tribe of Judah and Hurtsmile.
Gary Glitter
Gary Glitter, stage name of Paul Gadd (born 1944), English glam rock singer of 1970s hits like Rock and Roll Part 2; career ended through convictions for child sexual abuse and pornography offenses in the UK and Vietnam.
Gary Holt (musician)
Gary Holt (born 1964, Richmond, California) is the Exodus thrash metal guitarist, main songwriter since 1981, and Slayer live guitarist 2011-2019; author of the memoir A Fabulous Disaster.
Gary Holton
Gary Holton (1952-1985), English singer and actor, frontman of the Heavy Metal Kids from 1972 and number-one recording artist with Casino Steel in Norway; best known as Wayne Winston Norris in ITV's Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Gary Jules
Gary Jules (Gary Jules Aguirre, born 1969) is an American singer-songwriter whose Michael Andrews collaboration "Mad World" for Donnie Darko was the 2003 UK Christmas No. 1 single.
Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp (born 1959, Islington, London) is the English guitarist and principal songwriter of Spandau Ballet, author of all 23 of the band's hit singles including True and Gold, also an actor (The Krays, The Bodyguard), solo artist, and member of Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets.
Gary LeVox
Gary LeVox, born Gary Wayne Vernon Jr., is the tenor lead vocalist of country pop trio Rascal Flatts (17 number one hits) and since 2021 a solo Christian and country artist with EPs One on One and LeVox Live.
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Gary Lewis & the Playboys: 1960s American pop rock band formed in 1964 by Gary Lewis, son of Jerry Lewis; seven straight Top 10 hits from "This Diamond Ring" (1965), produced by Snuff Garrett and Leon Russell.