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Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon (Franklin Joseph Lymon, 1942–1968), American doo-wop singer and boy soprano lead of the Teenagers, famous for "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (1956); first black teenage pop star, career ended when his voice broke, died of a heroin overdose at 25.
Frankie Poullain
Frankie Poullain (Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson, born 1967) is the Scottish bassist of The Darkness; Edinburgh-raised, he left the band in 2005 over musical differences and rejoined at the 2011 reunion.
Frankie Ruiz
Frankie Ruiz (José Antonio Torresola Ruiz, 1958–1998), 'El Papá de la Salsa', was a New Jersey-born Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer with La Solución, Tommy Olivencia, and a hit solo career ('Desnúdate Mujer', 'Tú con él').
Frankie Sardo
Frankie Sardo (Frank Marco Sardo, 1936–2014), Italian-American rock and roll singer; his single "Fake Out" peaked at #68 on Cashbox in 1958, and he was an opening act on the 1959 Winter Dance Party tour.
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.
Franky Wah
Franky Wah is the stage name of Luke Storrs, a British DJ and producer from Doncaster, Yorkshire, who works in melodic house and techno and runs the SHÈN label.
Frankyeffe
Frankyeffe is the stage name of Francesco Fava, an Italian techno DJ, producer, and label owner based in Rome, where he founded and runs Riot Recordings and is known for melodic, trance-inflected techno.
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.
Frat rap
Frat rap is a critic-coined hip-hop label for party-focused college rap, mostly white artists like Asher Roth, Hoodie Allen, Lil Dicky, and Mac Miller, tracing back to the Beastie Boys, with 1950s rock, lullaby, and EDM samples.
Freak folk
Freak folk is a subgenre of psychedelic folk that emerged in the early 2000s, in which mainly acoustic instruments carry unusual, experimental, and lo-fi elements.
Freak Kitchen
Freak Kitchen is an experimental heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992 and fronted by guitarist and singer Mattias "IA" Eklundh, blending metal with carnatic influences.
Freak Out!
Freak Out! (June 27, 1966, Verve Records) is the debut double album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, one of rock's first double albums and concept LPs, 15 tracks blending doo-wop, R&B, free jazz, and tape collage, honored in the Grammy Hall of Fame and reissued in a 105-track 60th anniversary edition in 2026.
Freakin' Out (Dexter and the Moonrocks song)
"Freakin' Out" is a 2026 single by the American rock band Dexter and the Moonrocks, released March 11, 2026, and their first Billboard Hot 100 entry and second Alternative Airplay number one.
Freaknik
Freaknik, originally Freaknic, was an annual spring break street party for Black college students in Atlanta from 1983 to 1999, founded by the D.C. Metro Club at the Atlanta University Center, peaking at over 200,000 attendees before the city shut it down.
Freaks on Parade Tour
Freaks on Parade Tour is Rob Zombie's recurring horror-themed North American amphitheater tour, first run in 2022 with Mudvayne; co-headlined with Alice Cooper (2023, 2024, with Ministry and Filter) and Marilyn Manson (2026, with The Hu and Orgy).
Freaky (musician)
Freaky, styled FREAKY, is the stage name of Alex Fricke, a dubstep and bass music DJ and producer from Charlotte, North Carolina, known for his 2022 debut album Duality on Excision's Subsidia Records.
Freaky Deaky Texas
Freaky Deaky Texas is a Halloween-themed EDM festival produced by Disco Donnie Presents, first held in Houston in 2018 and staged in Austin since 2023.
Freaky Friday (song)
Freaky Friday is a 2018 comedy hip-hop single by Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown, released via Commission Music/BMG, in which the two swap bodies as in the 2003 film; produced by benny blanco, DJ Mustard, and Twice as Nice.
Freaky Styley
Freaky Styley (1985) is the second studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, produced by George Clinton at United Sound Studios, Detroit; Hillel Slovak returned on guitar, Cliff Martinez's last album, three singles, missed the Billboard 200.
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 Again
Fred again.. (Frederick John Philip Gibson, born 1993, Balham, London) is an English producer and DJ, distinct from the Is the Sample Good Enough? author Fred Morstatter and from Fred James. Known for the Actual Life voice-note albums, his 2022 Boiler Room set, and winning the 2024 Best Dance/Electronic Music Album Grammy.
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 Fortin
Fred Fortin, born Joseph Antoine Frédéric Fortin Perron in 1971, is a Quebec folk-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a founding figure of the "son du Lac" sound who also plays in Gros Mené and Galaxie.
Fred Locks
Fred Locks, born Stafford Elliott, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer best known for the 1975 single "Black Star Liners" and the 1976 album Black Star Liner.