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John Tejada
John Tejada is a Vienna-born, Los Angeles-based electronic music producer, DJ, and CalArts professor who founded Palette Recordings and has released five albums on Kompakt.
John Tempesta
John Joseph Tempesta (born 1964, New York) is an American heavy metal drummer who has played with Exodus, Testament, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Helmet, Motor Sister, and The Cult since 2006, and has a signature TAMA JT147 snare drum.
John Tesh
John Tesh (born 1952, Garden City, NY) is an American pianist, composer, and broadcaster, Entertainment Tonight co-host 1986–1996, composer of NBC's NBA theme Roundball Rock, with six Emmys and 8 million records sold.
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice (born 1967, Gainesville, Florida) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter, ex-MK Ultra member, solo album artist, and founder of the all-analog Tiny Telephone recording studio in the San Francisco Bay Area.
John Waite
John Waite (born 1952, Lancashire, England) is an English rock singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Babys and Bad English. Known for the 1984 solo No. 1 "Missing You" and Bad English's 1989 hit "When I See You Smile."
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding: Bob Dylan's eighth studio album, released December 27, 1967 on Columbia, recorded in Nashville; also the stage name of British singer-songwriter Wesley Stace (born 1965).
John Wetton
John Kenneth Wetton (1949-2017), English progressive rock bassist, singer, and songwriter of Family, King Crimson, U.K., and Asia; frontman of Asia's quadruple-platinum 1982 debut with "Heat of the Moment", six solo albums, and the Wetton/Downes Icon duo.
John Wick (music)
"John Wick" is a 2021 amapiano single by South African producer De Mthuda featuring Sir Trill and Da Muziqal Chef, certified Double Platinum in 2021.
John Williams
John Towner Williams (born 1932) is the American composer of Jaws, Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and Harry Potter scores, a five-Oscar winner with 50-plus nominations, Boston Pops laureate conductor, and Steven Spielberg's collaborator on about 30 films.
John Williams (guitarist)
John Williams (guitarist) (born 1941, Melbourne) is an Australian classical guitarist, Segovia pupil, Grammy-winning duet partner of Julian Bream, and crossover artist; distinct from the film composer John Williams (born 1932).
John Williams discography
John Williams discography: recorded output of the American film composer John Williams (born 1932), covering soundtrack albums for over 100 films, Boston Pops conductor albums (1980-93), and concert-work recordings, distinct from classical guitarist John Williams (born 1941).
John Zorn
John Zorn (born 1953, New York City) is an American avant-garde composer and alto saxophonist of the downtown scene; creator of Naked City, Masada, Cobra, the Tzadik label, and The Stone, and a 2006 MacArthur Fellow.
Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano (born 1957, Hollywood) is the American singer, bassist, and songwriter who led Concrete Blonde, known for the gold album Bloodletting and the hit "Joey," plus solo albums and film soundtrack work.
Johnnie Ray
Johnnie Ray (John Alvin Ray, 1927–1990), Oregon-born American singer and pianist, early-1950s pop superstar behind "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried"; emotionally explosive performances and partial deafness made him a precursor of rock and roll who influenced Elvis Presley.
Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000), the "Philosopher of Soul," was an American gospel-to-soul-to-blues singer who replaced Sam Cooke in the Soul Stirrers, starred at Stax with "Who's Making Love" (1968), and recorded "Disco Lady" (1976), the first RIAA platinum-certified single.
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (John Watson Jr., 1935-1996) was a Houston-born blues and funk guitarist and vocalist, not the 1954 Nicholas Ray film Johnny Guitar. Known for Space Guitar, Gangster of Love, and 1970s funk hits, he died onstage in Yokohama in 1996.
Johnny "J"
Johnny "J" (Johnny Lee Jackson Jr., 1969–2008), Mexican-American hip hop producer from South Central Los Angeles; produced Candyman's "Knockin' Boots" and eleven songs on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, including "How Do U Want It"; died in LA County custody in 2008.
Johnny & Associates (ジャニーズ事務所)
Johnny & Associates (ジャニーズ事務所), founded by Johnny Kitagawa in June 1962, was Japan's largest male-idol talent agency; after 2023 abuse findings it became Smile-Up. with talent management spun off to Starto Entertainment.
Johnny Ace
Johnny Ace (John Marshall Alexander Jr., 1929–1954) was a Memphis R&B singer and pianist on Duke Records whose ballads "My Song" and "The Clock" hit #1 R&B; he died playing Russian roulette on Christmas Day 1954, and "Pledging My Love" became a posthumous 1955 crossover hit.
Johnny Albino
Johnny Albino was a Puerto Rican bolero singer who founded Trío San Juan in New York in 1948 and served as lead singer of Trío Los Panchos from 1958.
Johnny Almendra & Los Jovenes del Barrio
Johnny Almendra & Los Jovenes del Barrio was a New York charanga ensemble led by timbalero Johnny Almendra through the 1990s, known for flute and violins in place of salsa horns.
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode" (ジョニー・B・グッド) is Chuck Berry's 1958 rock and roll single about a poor boy who becomes a guitar star; it peaked at No. 2 R&B and No. 8 pop, joined the Voyager Golden Record, entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and is among the most covered songs in rock history.
Johnny Bokelo Isenge
Johnny Bokelo Isenge, born Jean Bokelo Isenge, was a Congolese guitarist and bandleader in Kinshasa who led the Conga orchestras until his death in 1995.
Johnny Borrell
Johnny Borrell (Jonathan Edward Borrell), English singer-songwriter and frontman of Razorlight, formed in London in 2002; known for the 5x platinum 2006 album Razorlight, the No. 1 single "America", and later solo albums Borrell 1 and The Atlantic Culture with Zazou.
Johnny Bush
Johnny Bush (John Bush Shinn III, 1935-2020), Texas honky-tonk country singer, songwriter, and drummer who wrote and first recorded "Whiskey River," Willie Nelson's theme song; lost his voice to spasmodic dysphonia at his 1972 peak, later recovered it with Botox.
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, 1932-2003), the Man in Black, was an American country singer-songwriter from Kingsland, Arkansas, known for Sun Records rockabilly hits, the live prison albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin, The Johnny Cash Show, the Highwaymen, the Rick Rubin American Recordings series, 13 Grammys, and a 2024 U.S. Capitol statue.
Johnny Cash albums discography
Johnny Cash albums discography: studio, live, gospel, and posthumous LPs from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957) to Songwriter (2024), spanning Sun, Columbia, Mercury, and American Recordings eras.
Johnny Christ
Johnny Christ, stage name of Jonathan Seward, is the American bassist of Avenged Sevenfold since 2002, first recording on Waking the Fallen (2003), known for his Schecter signature bass and Drinks With Johnny podcast.
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg (Jonathan Paul Clegg, 1953-2019), the White Zulu, was a South African singer-songwriter, dancer, and anthropologist whose multiracial bands Juluka and Savuka blended Zulu music with Western pop under apartheid; Order of Ikhamanga recipient.
Johnny Colón
Johnny Colón is a New York pianist, trombonist, singer, and bandleader born in East Harlem in 1942, best known for the 1966 boogaloo hit album Boogaloo Blues.