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Glee club

Glee club: vocal ensemble named for the 18th-century English glee part-song; Harvard (1858), Michigan (1859), Yale (1861), and Penn (1862) founded the oldest American college clubs, which evolved into mixed, touring choral ensembles.

Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard, born 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi, is an American songwriter and producer, not Ballard Power Systems. Known for Michael Jackson's 'Man in the Mirror', Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (33 million sold), six Grammys, Songwriters Hall of Fame 2023.

Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell (1936–2017), American country-pop singer and Wrecking Crew session guitarist, the Rhinestone Cowboy, known for Wichita Lineman, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, his CBS Goodtime Hour, and his Alzheimer's farewell tour.

Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard is an Irish singer and actor, known as the frontman of The Frames and co-star of the film Once, who won the 2008 Best Original Song Oscar.

Glen Matlock

Glen Matlock, born 1956 in London, is an English bassist and songwriter, founding member of the Sex Pistols who wrote Anarchy in the U.K., God Save the Queen and Pretty Vacant, left in February 1977 for Sid Vicious, later formed Rich Kids and tours with Blondie.

Glen Power

Glen Power (born 1978, Dublin) is the Irish drummer, backing vocalist and founding member of The Script, also a songwriter and composer; sources differ on the band's founding year, and an unrelated Australian real estate agent shares the name.

Glenn Danzig

Glenn Danzig (Glenn Allen Anzalone), born 1955 in Lodi, New Jersey, is the American singer-songwriter who founded the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig, known for his deep bluesy baritone, the hit "Mother", and songs written for Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison.

Glenn Gould

Glenn Gould (1932-1982), Canadian pianist famed for Bach's Goldberg Variations (1955 and 1981 recordings), left the concert stage in 1964 for recording, CBC radio documentaries, and television, winning four Grammys.

Glenn Hughes (American singer)

Glenn Hughes (born Glenn Michael Hughes, 1950–2001) was an American singer who played the leather-clad "Biker" in the disco group Village People from 1977 to about 1996.

Glenn Medeiros

Glenn Alan Medeiros (born 1970), Hawaiian pop singer of Portuguese descent behind "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (UK #1) and "She Ain't Worth It" (US #1 with Bobby Brown); later a Hawaii educator and Saint Louis School president.

Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller, born Alton Glenn Miller, was an American trombonist and bandleader whose swing orchestra was America's most popular band from 1939 to 1941 before he vanished over the English Channel in 1944.

Glenn Miller Orchestra

Glenn Miller Orchestra: American big band. Original 1938–1942 swing orchestra behind "In the Mood" and "Moonlight Serenade"; present band formed 1956 under Ray McKinley, still touring worldwide under Glenn Miller Productions.

Glenn Tilbrook

Glenn Tilbrook (born 1957) is the English lead singer, guitarist and composer of new wave band Squeeze, writing music to Chris Difford's lyrics on hits like Tempted and Up the Junction, and later a solo artist.

Glenn Tipton

Glenn Tipton (Glenn Raymond Tipton, born 1947) is the English guitarist and songwriter of Judas Priest since 1974, famed for the twin-guitar attack with K.K. Downing, solo albums Baptizm of Fire and Edge of the World, and studio work despite Parkinson's disease.

Glennis Grace

Glennis Grace (Glenda Batta, born 1978, Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer who won the 1994 Soundmixshow with Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time", reached the 2018 America's Got Talent final, and leads Whitney Houston tribute concerts.

Globe Unity Orchestra

The Globe Unity Orchestra is a rotating free-jazz orchestra founded by German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1966 for the Berlin Jazz Festival, drawing improvisers from across Europe, Japan, and the United States.

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor, born Gloria Fowles in 1943, is an American singer known as the Queen of Disco, best known for the 1978 anthem "I Will Survive".

Gloria Jones

Gloria Richetta Jones (born 1945), American soul singer and Motown songwriter; original 1964 singer of "Tainted Love" (later a Soft Cell hit), T. Rex keyboardist, Marc Bolan's partner, Queen of Northern Soul.

Gloria Loring

Gloria Loring, born Gloria Jean Goff (born 1946), American singer and actress known for the duet Friends and Lovers with Carl Anderson, co-writing the Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life themes, playing Liz Chandler on Days of Our Lives, and her JDRF diabetes advocacy; mother of Robin Thicke.

Glyn Johns

Glyn Johns (born 1942, Epsom, England) is an English recording engineer and producer for the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Eagles, namesake of the three-mic Glyn Johns drum recording method, and a 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Gnarls Barkley

Gnarls Barkley: American duo of Cee-Lo Green and producer Danger Mouse, formed 2003. Known for 'Crazy', the UK's first download-only No. 1, albums St. Elsewhere (2006) and The Odd Couple (2008), two 2007 Grammys, and the 2026 farewell album Atlanta.

Gnash (musician)

Gnash (Garrett Charles Nash, born 1993) is a Los Angeles singer, rapper, DJ, and producer known for "i hate u, i love u" with Olivia O'Brien (Hot 100 #10), EPs U, me, us, albums we (2019) and The Art of Letting Go (2023).

Go West (band)

Go West: English pop duo formed in London in 1982 by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie, also known as Cox and Drummie. Hits include We Close Our Eyes (UK No. 5, 1985) and King of Wishful Thinking from Pretty Woman; BRIT Best British Newcomer 1986.

Go-Jo

Go-Jo, real name Marty Zambotto (born 1995), is an Australian pop singer from Manjimup, Western Australia, known for "Mrs. Hollywood" and for representing Australia at Eurovision 2025 with "Milkshake Man".

Goanna (band)

Goanna was an Australian rock band formed in Geelong in 1977, led by Shane Howard, best known for the 1982 land rights protest song "Solid Rock".

Goblin (band)

Goblin is an Italian progressive rock band formed in Rome in 1972, also known as Cherry Five and Reale Impero Britannico, famous for horror scores for Dario Argento including Profondo rosso, Suspiria, and Zombi.

Godflesh

Godflesh is a Birmingham, England industrial metal band formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and B.C. Green, pioneers of drum-machine-driven metal on Streetcleaner (1989), disbanded 2002, later reformed.

Godley & Creme

Godley & Creme: English art pop duo of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, ex-10cc, formed 1976-77. Known for Consequences, the Gizmotron, UK hits Under Your Thumb and Wedding Bells, and pioneering music videos like Cry and Girls on Film.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE), Montreal post-rock collective formed 1994, named after a 1976 Japanese documentary; long instrumental pieces, 16mm film projections, Constellation Records, hiatus 2003, reunion 2010, ninth album 2024.

Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello is a New York gypsy punk band formed in 1999 by Ukrainian-born Eugene Hutz, fusing punk with Romani and Eastern European folk; known for Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike and immigrant-themed songs.