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Caress of Steel

Caress of Steel (September 1975) is Rush's third studio album and first full progressive rock record, with the epics The Necromancer and The Fountain of Lamneth. It reached only Billboard No. 148, failed commercially, and precipitated the 'Down the Tubes' tour before 2112 rescued the band.

Caribou (album)

Caribou is Elton John's eighth studio album (1974, DJM/MCA), named after Caribou Ranch, Colorado, not Dan Snaith's project. Recorded in nine days, it hit No. 1 in the US and UK with "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" and "The Bitch Is Back".

Carillon

Carillon: a musical instrument of at least 23 tuned bronze bells in chromatic sequence played from a baton keyboard, developed in the Low Countries from the 16th century, exemplified by the Hemony-tuned Zutphen carillon (1652) and UNESCO-recognized carillon culture.

Carín León

Carín León, born Óscar Armando Díaz de León Huez in 1989, is a Mexican singer-songwriter from Hermosillo who fronted Grupo Arranke before going solo in 2018.

Carina Round

Carina Round is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Wolverhampton, solo albums The First Blood Mystery through Tigermending, and co-lead vocalist of Puscifer with Maynard James Keenan and Mat Mitchell since 2009.

Cariño

Cariño is a Spanish indie pop band from Madrid, formed in 2017 by María Talaverano, Paola Rivero, and Alicia Ros, a leading tontipop act that played Coachella in 2022.

Carioca da Gema

Carioca da Gema is a samba and choro house at Avenida Mem de Sá 79 in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, opened in 2000 in a historic mansion.

Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"

Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" is the Beach Boys' 18th studio album, released May 15, 1972 on Brother/Reprise; eight songs, 34 minutes, with Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar newly in the lineup, peaking at No. 50 in the US.

Carl Anderson (singer)

Carl Anderson (1945-2004), American singer and actor, full name Carlton Earl Anderson, famed as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway and film; also recorded "Friends and Lovers" with Gloria Loring. Distinct from country singer Carlton Anderson.

Carl Barât

Carl Barât (Carlos Ashley Raphael Barât), English musician born 1978 in Basingstoke, co-frontman of The Libertines, founder of Dirty Pretty Things and Carl Barât and the Jackals, solo artist and author of Threepenny Memoir.

Carl Cox

Carl Cox (born 1962), British DJ and producer, Three-Deck Wizard of UK acid house and techno, first DJ Magazine Top 100 number one in 1997, Intec label owner, Ibiza Space and UNVRS resident.

Carl Craig

Carl Craig (born 1969, Detroit), also known as 69, BFC, Psyche, Paperclip People, and Innerzone Orchestra, is a leading second-wave Detroit techno producer, founder of Planet E Communications (1991), co-creator of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, and a 2008 Grammy-nominated remixer.

Carl Craig b2b Cajmere

Carl Craig b2b Cajmere is a back-to-back DJ pairing of Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig and Chicago house producer Cajmere, booked at ARC 2025 and Movement Detroit 2026.

Carl Douglas

Carl Douglas (Carlton George Douglas, born 1942, Kingston, Jamaica) is a singer whose 1974 disco single "Kung Fu Fighting", recorded in ten minutes as a B-side with producer Biddu, topped UK and US charts and sold millions.

Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer, conductor, and pianist born in Eutin; his Der Freischütz (Berlin, 1821) founded German Romantic opera, and his clarinet works for Heinrich Baermann remain repertoire staples.

Carl Orff

Carl Orff (Karl Heinrich Maria Orff, 1895–1982) was a German composer and music educator, famous for Carmina Burana (1937) and the Orff-Schulwerk music education method; distinct from other namesakes by his Munich birth, Günther-Schule work, and Dießen foundation.

Carl Palmer

Carl Palmer, born 1950 in Birmingham, England, is the English progressive rock drummer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, known for the first electric drum solo on 'Toccata' and touring as the last surviving ELP member.

Carl Perkins

Carl Perkins (1932-1998), the King of Rockabilly, was a Sun Records singer-songwriter-guitarist who wrote and first recorded Blue Suede Shoes, a 1956 million-seller, and influenced the Beatles.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), C.P.E. Bach, second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was a German composer of the Empfindsamer Stil, keyboard virtuoso, author of the Versuch treatise, and composer of 52 concertos.

Carl Wayne

Carl Wayne (Colin David Tooley, 1943-2004), Birmingham singer and actor: lead vocalist of The Move (Flowers in the Rain, Blackberry Way), narrator of Blood Brothers, and lead singer of The Hollies 2000-2004.

Carl Wilson

Carl Wilson (Carl Dean Wilson), 1946-1998, American singer-guitarist and youngest Wilson brother, co-founder of the Beach Boys; lead guitarist, live music director from the mid-1960s, and lead vocalist on 'Good Vibrations,' 'God Only Knows,' and 'Kokomo'.

Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni, born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi in 1967, is an Italian-French singer-songwriter and former fashion model who was First Lady of France from 2008 to 2012.

Carla Harvey

Carla Harvey, Detroit-born vocalist, co-founded Butcher Babies with Heidi Shepherd, later fronting The Violent Hour and Lords of Acid; also a licensed mortician and author.

Carla Morrison

Carla Morrison (Carla Patricia Morrison Flores), Mexican indie pop singer-songwriter born 1986 in Tecate, Baja California; three-time Latin Grammy winner whose 2012 song Disfruto surpassed 400 million Spotify streams and went viral in Italy in 2026.

Carla Olson

Carla Olson (born 1952, Austin, Texas) is an American roots rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer; Textones founder, Gene Clark and Mick Taylor collaborator, and producer of the Have Harmony, Will Travel series and Americana Railroad.

Carla Thomas

Carla Thomas (born 1942), the "Queen of Memphis Soul," is an American soul singer and Stax Records' first solo star, known for "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)", the Otis Redding duet album King & Queen, and over 20 national chart hits.

Carla's Dreams

Carla's Dreams is an anonymous Moldovan pop project founded in 2012 in Chișinău, known for painted faces, hoods, and sunglasses, Romanian, Russian, and English songs, and hits like Sub pielea mea and P.O.H.U.I. with Inna.

Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter (Rebecca Carlene Smith), born 1955, American country singer-songwriter, daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, stepdaughter of Johnny Cash; albums include Carlene Carter (1978), Musical Shapes (1980), I Fell in Love (1990), Carter Girl (2014).

Carlita (musician)

Carlita, real name Carla Frayman (born 1994), Turkish-Italian DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Istanbul; classical cello and piano training, breakthrough "Luz Del Sol" (2018), Ninja Tune album Sentimental (2024).

Carlo Gesualdo

Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa (1566-1613), Italian late-Renaissance composer famed for extreme chromatic madrigals and Tenebrae Responsoria, and for killing his wife Maria d'Avalos and her lover in 1590.