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Les Chaussettes Noires

Les Chaussettes Noires were a French rock and roll group formed around 1960, led by singer Eddy Mitchell, best known for the 1961 hit "Daniela" and active until 1964.

Les Claypool

Les Claypool (born 1963, Richmond, California) is the American bassist, vocalist, and founder of Primus, creator of the South Park theme, and leader of side projects including Oysterhead, Frog Brigade, and the Claypool Lennon Delirium with Sean Ono Lennon.

Les Cowboys Fringants

Les Cowboys Fringants are a Quebec folk-rock band formed in the mid-1990s in Repentigny, led by singer Karl Tremblay and guitarist Jean-François Pauzé, selling over 1,500,000 albums.

Les Fleur

Les Fleur, also written Les Fleurs, is the 1970 opening track of Minnie Riperton's debut album Come to My Garden, written by Charles Stepney and Richard Rudolph, first recorded by Ramsey Lewis, and later famous via Us, Back to Black, and The Idea of You.

Les Francofolies de Spa

Les Francofolies de Spa is an annual festival of French-language music held each July in Spa, Belgium, founded in 1994 and among the country's largest music events.

Les Loups Noirs

Les Loups Noirs were a Haitian konpa band from Port-au-Prince, founded in 1969 and led by singer Gardner Lalanne, blending compas with jazz and rock-and-roll.

Les McKeown

Les McKeown (Leslie Richard McKeown, 1955-2021) was the Scottish lead singer of the Bay City Rollers from 1973 to 1978, fronting hits like Bye Bye Baby and Shang-a-Lang during Rollermania, then touring with Les McKeown's Legendary Bay City Rollers.

Les Misérables (musical)

Les Misérables, also known as Les Mis, is a sung-through musical based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, first staged in Paris in 1980.

Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary

Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary is the 2010 O2 Arena gala concert film marking 25 years of the 1985 London musical, starring Alfie Boe, Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga, and Nick Jonas with over 500 performers, released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2011.

Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert

Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert, also known as the Tenth Anniversary Concert, is a 1995 filmed gala performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Les Musclés

Les Musclés were a French five-member variety band, formed in 1987 as the house orchestra of TF1's Club Dorothée, selling 4 million records before disbanding in 1997.

Les nuits d'été discography

Discography of Berlioz's Les nuits d'été (Summer Nights), Op. 7, six Gautier songs; landmark recordings include Crespin/Ansermet 1963, Baker/Barbirolli, Gens/Langrée, and Hunt Lieberson/McGegan.

Les Nuits de Fourvière

Les Nuits de Fourvière is an annual multidisciplinary performing-arts festival held each summer in Lyon, France, mainly at the Roman theaters on the Fourvière hill, dating to 1946.

Les Nuits Secrètes

Les Nuits Secrètes is a three-day music festival held each July in Aulnoye-Aymeries, northern France, since 2002, best known for its Parcours Secrets trips to secret venues with unannounced artists.

Les Paul

Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss, 1915-2009), American jazz guitarist and inventor; namesake of the Gibson Les Paul solid-body electric guitar and pioneer of multitrack recording, overdubbing, and delay effects.

Les Paul and Mary Ford

Les Paul and Mary Ford: American husband-and-wife duo (also Les Paul & Mary Ford) of the early 1950s, known for overdubbed hits like "How High the Moon" and "Vaya Con Dios" and for pioneering multitrack recording.

Les Poppys

Les Poppys were a French children's pop group of seventeen boys from the Asnières choir, whose 1971 pacifist single "Non, non, rien n'a changé" reached number 1.

Les Rita Mitsouko

Les Rita Mitsouko, also known as Rita Mitsouko, is a French pop-rock duo formed in Paris by Catherine Ringer and Fred Chichin, whose 1985 hit "Marcia Baïla" made them stars.

Les Têtes Raides

Les Têtes Raides are a French band playing poetic, comic chanson, formed in 1984 by singer Christian Olivier, known for "Ginette" and the 1998 gold album Chamboultou.

Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett (born 1955, Thorne, Yorkshire) is an English soprano, ENO Principal Soprano from 1984, CBE 2002, Gramophone Award winner, and crossover star of recordings, TV, and West End musicals.

Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore (Lesley Sue Goldstein, 1946–2015), American pop singer of 1960s hits 'It's My Party' (No. 1) and 'You Don't Own Me' (No. 2); later Oscar-nominated songwriter for Fame, LGBT advocate, 2024 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee.

Leslie Bricusse

Leslie Bricusse (1931–2021), English composer-lyricist, wrote Goldfinger, Pure Imagination, Talk to the Animals, and The Candy Man; partnered with Anthony Newley, won two Oscars, a Grammy, and eight Ivor Novello Awards.

Leslie Carter

Leslie Carter (Leslie Barbara Carter, 1986-2012), American pop singer, sister of Nick and Aaron Carter; signed to DreamWorks, released single "Like Wow!" on the Shrek soundtrack; album canceled; died of prescription drug overdose.

Leslie Cheung (张国荣)

Leslie Cheung (張國榮, 1956–2003), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor nicknamed Gor Gor, star of Farewell My Concubine, Days of Being Wild and Happy Together; died 1 April 2003.

Leslie Grace

Leslie Grace (Leslie Grace Martínez), Dominican-American singer and actress born 1995 in The Bronx. Bachata breakout with "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (2012), Nina Rosario in In the Heights, cast as Batgirl, and 2026 comeback album Amor, ¿Quién Eres?

Leslie West

Leslie West, born Leslie Weinstein, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded Mountain in 1969, played Woodstock, and died in Florida in 2020 at age 75.

Less (song)

Less (song): 2026 single by Olivia Rodrigo from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love; written with Amy Allen and Daniel Nigro; peaked at 21 in the US and UK, 11 in New Zealand. Distinct from songs named Less by Nils Frahm, Cherrie, and others.

Less Than a Lover

Less Than a Lover is a 2026 alternative pop single by South Korean singer JENNIE of BLACKPINK, released through Columbia Records and later included on her EP Fallen Angel.

Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band formed in 1992 in Gainesville, Florida, blending fast punk rock with trombone and saxophone; 2003's Anthem marked its commercial peak.

Lester Young

Lester Young (1909-1959), nicknamed Prez by Billie Holiday, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist with Count Basie and Holiday whose light, lyrical style contrasted with Coleman Hawkins and shaped cool jazz.