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Ol' Dirty Bastard
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Tyrone Jones, 1968–2004), also ODB, Big Baby Jesus, founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan; his solo debut Return to the 36 Chambers (1995) spawned "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".
Ol' Man River
"Ol' Man River" is the signature song of the 1927 musical Show Boat, music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for Paul Robeson, first sung by Jules Bledsoe, and famous for its bass solo, AABA form, and revised racial lyrics.
Olaf der Flipper
Olaf der Flipper is the stage name of German Schlager singer Olaf Malolepski, who sang with Die Flippers from 1969 until 2011 and has performed solo since.
Ólafur Arnalds
Ólafur Arnalds (born 1986, Mosfellsbær, Iceland) is a neo-classical composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer on Erased Tapes, half of the techno duo Kiasmos, and scorer of Broadchurch, Another Happy Day, and Surface.
Olamide
Olamide (Olamide Gbenga Adedeji, Baddo), Nigerian rapper born 1989 in Bariga, Lagos; founder of YBNL Nation, debut hit Eni Duro (2010), eleven albums from Rapsodi to Olamidé, mentor to Asake, Fireboy DML, Adekunle Gold.
Old 100th
Old 100th (Old Hundredth), a Long Metre hymn tune attributed to Louis Bourgeois from the 1551 Genevan Psalter (Psalm 134), later the tune of Kethe's Psalm 100 and Thomas Ken's Doxology.
Old 97's
The Old 97's are an American rock band formed in 1992 in Dallas, Texas, fronted by Rhett Miller and known as pioneers of the 1990s alternative country movement.
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is a Nashville-based, two-time Grammy-winning American old-time string band formed in 1998, known for "Wagon Wheel" (Bob Dylan/Ketch Secor), Grand Ole Opry membership since 2013, and the 2026 album Union Made.
Old Dominion (band)
Old Dominion is an American country band formed in Nashville in 2007, named for Virginia's nickname. Members Ramsey, Rosen, Tursi, Sprung, and Sellers have nine No. 1 Country Airplay hits, seven straight CMA Vocal Group of the Year wins, and eight ACM Group of the Year awards.
Old Folks at Home
"Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River," "Way Down Upon the Swanee River") is an 1851 Stephen Foster blackface minstrel song, published under E. P. Christy's name, Florida's state song since 1935 with lyrics revised in 2008.
Old King Cole
Old King Cole is a traditional English nursery rhyme (Roud 1164), first printed in William King's Useful Transactions in Philosophy in 1708, about a merry king with pipe, bowl, and fiddlers three, with unprovable Colchester-origin legends.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a traditional anonymous children's song, Roud 745, first printed as "Ohio (Old Macdougal Had a Farm)" in Tommy's Tunes (1917), with the E-I-E-I-O nonsense refrain and earliest recordings from 1925.
Old Mervs
Old Mervs: Australian indie rock duo from Kojonup, Western Australia, of David House (guitar, vocals) and Henry Carrington-Jones (drums); debut album Old Mervs (2025) topped the ARIA Australian chart, second album Carparks released 2026.
Old school death metal (music genre)
Old school death metal (OSDM) is death metal played in the style of the late 1980s and early 1990s, strongest in Sweden and the United States.
Old Technology
Old Technology most prominently names "OLD TECHNOLOGY," a 2026 electropop single by Slayyyter from WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, produced by Yakob on Records/Columbia; also a UK experimental label run by Dan Bean and Surgeon.
Old Time Rock and Roll
Old Time Rock and Roll is a 1978 Bob Seger song from Stranger in Town, written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, peaking at No. 28, made iconic by Tom Cruise's Risky Business dance and later jukebox honors.
Old Town Road
Old Town Road: Lil Nas X's country-trap single, built on a $30 YoungKio beat sampling Nine Inch Nails; removed from Billboard's Hot Country chart, then a Billy Ray Cyrus remix spent a record 19 weeks at Hot 100 No. 1.
Old-time music
Old-time music: pre-1940s American fiddle-and-banjo string-band dance music, rooted in Anglo-Irish melody and African-American rhythm, distinct from bluegrass (no solo breaks), recorded as 'hillbilly' music in the 1920s and sustained today by jams and festivals.
Oldelaf
Oldelaf is the stage name of Olivier Delafosse, a French singer-songwriter of humorous chanson who led the duo Oldelaf et Monsieur D from 2000 to 2010, then recorded solo.
Older (Lizzy McAlpine album)
Older is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released April 5, 2024 on RCA Records and produced with Mason Stoops. A sparse folk-rock record about a cyclical college relationship and grief, it was rerecorded with her band in Pasadena after a scrapped first version.
Ole 60
Ole 60 is an American country band from Kentucky founded by Jacob Young and Tristan Roby, who broke out with the 2023 EP three twenty four.
Olé Olé
Olé Olé is a Spanish pop group formed as a CBS studio project in 1982, best known for "No controles" and lead singers Vicky Larraz and Marta Sánchez.
Oleksandr Bilash
Oleksandr Bilash (Олександр Білаш, 1931–2003) was a Ukrainian composer and poet best known for lyrical songs such as "Dva kol'ory" and "Iaseny," honored as Hero of Ukraine.
Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams (born 1953, Seattle) is an American gospel-rooted soul, jazz, and pop singer-pianist, discovered by Tears for Fears in a Kansas City hotel bar, known for "Woman in Chains" and "Get Here."
Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón, born 1967, is a Puerto Rican singer from Toa Baja who became a leading female voice of merengue from the early 1990s.
Oli Herbert
Oli Herbert was the co-founding lead guitarist of Massachusetts metalcore band All That Remains, played on all nine albums including The Fall of Ideals, and died in October 2018 aged 44.
Oli Sykes
Oliver Scott (Oli) Sykes is the English lead vocalist of Bring Me the Horizon, formed in Sheffield in 2004, and founder of Drop Dead Clothing; frontman of Sempiternal and the Post Human era.
Olive Osmond
Olive May Davis Osmond (1925–2004), 'Mother Osmond', matriarch of Utah's Osmond singing family; mother of Donny and Marie; founder of the Osmond Foundation, precursor to Children's Miracle Network.
Oliver & Company (soundtrack)
Oliver & Company (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the 1988 Walt Disney Records album for the animated film, with songs by Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Bette Midler, Ruth Pointer, and Rubén Blades, a J.A.C. Redford score, and Howard Ashman's first Disney lyrics.
Oliver Anthony
Oliver Anthony Music, born Christopher Anthony Lunsford, is a Virginia country-folk singer whose 2023 self-released single "Rich Men North of Richmond" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the first artist with no prior chart history to do so.