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Buck Owens
Buck Owens (Alvis Edgar Owens Jr., 1929–2006), American country singer-guitarist and Hee Haw co-host who, with Merle Haggard, pioneered the Bakersfield Sound and scored 15 consecutive No. 1 hits, 1963–1967.
Buckcherry
Buckcherry is an American hard rock band formed in 1995 in Anaheim, California, fronted by singer Josh Todd. Known for the 1999 gold debut and the platinum 2006 album 15 with the Grammy-nominated hit Crazy Bitch; 11th album Roar Like Thunder (2025).
Buckethead
Buckethead is the stage persona of American guitarist Brian Patrick Carroll (born 1969, Los Angeles), who performs masked with an inverted KFC bucket on his head; known for 300-plus albums, Death Cube K, Praxis, and the Chinese Democracy-era Guns N' Roses.
Buckethead discography
Buckethead discography: output of American guitarist Brian Patrick Carroll (b. 1969), covering 31 main solo albums from Bucketheadland (1992), the numbered Pike mini-album series begun 2011 and reaching past Pike 800, the Death Cube K alias, and collaborations with Praxis, Guns N' Roses, and others.
Buckingham Nicks
Buckingham Nicks was an American rock duo formed by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who released one album in 1973, shortly before both joined Fleetwood Mac.
Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz, British pop group formed January 1981 for Eurovision; won the 1981 contest in Dublin with 'Making Your Mind Up' and its skirt-rip routine; three UK No.1s; later split into Bobby G's Bucks Fizz and The Fizz.
Bud Gaugh
Floyd "Bud" Gaugh (born 1967) is the American drummer and founding member of ska-punk band Sublime, later of Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, and Sublime with Rome; he rejoined Sublime with Jakob Nowell in 2023.
Bud Powell
Bud Powell (Earl Rudolph Powell, 1924–1966), American bebop pianist and composer from Harlem who translated Charlie Parker's horn language to the piano; father of modern jazz piano, composer of "Tempus Fugit" and "Un Poco Loco" era classics.
Budapest (song)
Budapest (song): 2013 song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, co-written with Joel Pott, from Did You Hear the Rain? and Wanted on Voyage. UK no. 3, number one in Austria, New Zealand, and Slovenia; written after Ezra missed his train to Budapest.
Buddah Records
Buddah Records, later Buddha Records, a 1967 New York independent label founded by Art Kass off Kama Sutra, led by Neil Bogart; known for bubblegum pop, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Super Fly.
Buddha Bar compilation albums
Buddha Bar compilation albums: chillout/lounge series from the Paris Buddha-Bar of Raymond Visan and Claude Challe, first issued 1999 on George V Records, two discs (Dinner and Party), mixed by Challe, Ravin, Visan, and Popat.
Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden (Charles Joseph Bolden, 1877–1931), New Orleans cornetist called "King Bolden," first documented jazz musician; performed 1895–1906, committed 1907, no recordings, one 1905 photo, unmarked Holt Cemetery grave.
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy (George Guy, born 1936, Lettsworth, Louisiana) is the Chicago electric blues master, Chess Records house guitarist, 9-time Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2005 inductee, and owner of Buddy Guy's Legends.
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley, was an American rock and roll pioneer from Lubbock, Texas, known for "Peggy Sue" before dying in a 1959 plane crash at 22.
Buddy Holly (song)
Weezer song "Buddy Holly", from the 1994 Blue Album, written by Rivers Cuomo, produced by Ric Ocasek, with a Spike Jonze Happy Days video that won four MTV VMAs and shipped on Windows 95 CDs.
Buddy Holly discography
Buddy Holly discography: the recorded output of Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley), covering 1956–1959 lifetime releases on Decca, Brunswick, and Coral, the Crickets credit split, chart peaks, and the extensive posthumous catalog of overdubbed demos and reissues.
Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles (George Allen Miles Jr., 1947-2008), Omaha-born rock and R&B drummer and vocalist, drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, founding member of the Electric Flag, leader of the Buddy Miles Express, and lead singer of the California Raisins ads.
Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich (1917-1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader, self-taught vaudeville prodigy "Traps, the Drum Wonder"; swing bands of Shaw and Dorsey, Krupa drum battles, and his 1966-1987 big band.
Budgie (band)
Budgie: Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band from Cardiff, formed 1967 by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge, and Ray Phillips (earlier Six Ton Budgie). Debut 1971 produced by Rodger Bain; influenced Metallica, Iron Maiden, Soundgarden; "Breadfan" covered by Metallica; active 1967-2010.
Budi Doremi
Budi Doremi, born Budi Syahbudin Syukur in Banten in 1984, is an Indonesian pop singer-songwriter whose hits "Doremi" and "Melukis Senja" have earned over 1.3 billion Spotify streams.
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club: 1997 album and ensemble of veteran Cuban son musicians recorded in Havana by Ry Cooder, Nick Gold, and Juan de Marcos González; Grammy winner, over 8 million sales, Wim Wenders film, later a Tony-winning Broadway musical.
Buena Vista Social Club (album)
Buena Vista Social Club (1997), Cuban son album recorded in seven days at Havana's EGREM studios, produced by Ry Cooder for World Circuit; best-selling world music album with over 8 million copies and a 1998 Grammy.
Bueninvento
Bueninvento is the second studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas, released in August 2000 and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, marking a turn toward a darker, more alternative sound.
Buffalo Soldier (song)
Buffalo Soldier, a 1983 posthumous Bob Marley & the Wailers reggae single co-written with King Sporty, from Confrontation; UK number 4 hit about the Black US Army Buffalo Soldier regiments of 1866.
Buffalo Souljah (Tanzania-linked)
Buffalo Souljah, born Thabani Ndlovu, is a Zimbabwean reggae and dancehall artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the only Zimbabwean to win six Channel O Music Video Awards.
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield, American-Canadian folk-rock band (1966-1968) with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay; three albums, the hit "For What It's Worth," Rock Hall 1997.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Beverly Jean Santamaria, born 1941), American Oscar-winning folk singer-songwriter of 'Up Where We Belong' and 'Universal Soldier'; lost Order of Canada, Junos, Polaris prizes, and honorary degrees after a 2023 CBC investigation disputed her Cree ancestry claims.
Bugle
Bugle: valveless brass signal instrument with cup mouthpiece and conical bore, sounding only harmonic-series notes; US regulation bugle in G; over 100 Navy calls; taps dates to July 1862.
Bugzy Malone
Bugzy Malone, stage name of Aaron Davis (born 1990), is an English grime MC and actor from Manchester, the first successful grime artist from that city, with UK Top 10 EPs and the albums B. Inspired (2018) and The Resurrection (2021).
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is a Boise, Idaho indie rock band founded by Doug Martsch in 1992, known for rotating lineups, the 1990s albums Perfect From Now On and Keep It Like a Secret, a Warner Bros. era (1995–2016), and the 2022 Sub Pop release When the Wind Forgets Your Name.