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Randy Castillo
Randy Castillo (Randolph Frank Castillo, 1950–2002), Albuquerque-born rock drummer, longest-serving drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Mötley Crüe drummer on New Tattoo; died of squamous cell carcinoma in 2002.
Randy Chin
Vincent "Randy" Chin (1937–2003) was a Jamaican record producer who founded Randy's Records and Studio 17 in Kingston, later cofounding VP Records in New York.
Randy Crawford
Randy Crawford (Veronica Crawford, born 1952, Macon, Georgia) is an American jazz and soul singer, voice of the Crusaders' 1979 hit "Street Life" and "One Day I'll Fly Away", Brit Award winner 1982, two Grammy nominations, retired 2018.
Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman (born 1947, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American film composer and songwriter known for The Last of the Mohicans, Gettysburg, Dragonheart, MacGyver, "Weekend in New England," an Emmy for NBC Olympics music, and BMI's 2003 Richard Kirk Award.
Randy Houser
Randy Houser (Shawn Randolph Houser), Mississippi-born country singer and songwriter; wrote Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and earned Country Airplay number ones with "How Country Feels," "Runnin' Outta Moonlight," and "We Went." Six studio albums, 2008 to 2022.
Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson refers chiefly to two unrelated American musicians: Randall Darius Jackson (born 1956, Baton Rouge), Journey bassist, Columbia and MCA A&R executive, and American Idol judge; and Steven Randall Jackson (born 1961, Gary, Indiana) of The Jacksons.
Randy Jackson (Jacksons singer)
Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson (born 1961, Gary, Indiana), Jacksons singer-songwriter who replaced Jermaine in 1975, co-wrote "Shake Your Body", survived a 1979 crash, and led Randy & the Gypsys; distinct from the American Idol bassist.
Randy Jones (singer)
Randy Jones (born 1952, Raleigh, North Carolina) is the original Cowboy and a founding member of disco group Village People ("Y.M.C.A.", "Macho Man"); not the Aptos, California singer-songwriter of the same name. Left the group in the early 1990s; solo hit "Hard Times" charted in 2017.
Randy Meisner
Randy Meisner (1946–2023), also Randy Herman Meisner, American bassist and vocalist from Scottsbluff, Nebraska; founding member of Poco and the Eagles, lead singer of "Take It to the Limit," later a solo artist with "Hearts on Fire."
Randy Newman
Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter and film composer born into the Newman Hollywood music family, known for satirical character songs, the Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. scores, and two Best Original Song Oscars.
Randy Owen
Randy Yeuell Owen (born 1949) is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of Alabama, the best-selling country group; solo album One on One (2008), St. Jude fundraiser, cattle rancher.
Randy Parton
Randy Parton (Randel Huston Parton, 1953-2021) was an American country singer-songwriter, brother of Dolly Parton, who recorded RCA singles including "Hold Me Like You Never Had Me" (No. 30), headlined Dollywood shows, and ran the Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
Randy Rhoads
Randy Rhoads (1956–1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist with Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne's solo band, known for Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, classical-infused technique, and 2021 Rock Hall induction.
Randy Travis
Randy Travis (Randy Bruce Traywick, born 1959) is an American country singer whose 1986 album Storms of Life led the new traditionalist movement; seven Grammys, Hall of Fame 2016, 2013 stroke, 2024 AI-assisted comeback single.
Randy VanWarmer
Randy VanWarmer (Randall Edwin Van Warmer, 1955-2004), American singer-songwriter of "Just When I Needed You Most" (US No. 4, 1979), later a Nashville country songwriter with No. 1 hits for the Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama.
Ranetki
Ranetki (Ранетки) was an all-female Russian teen pop-rock band formed in Moscow in 2005, best known for its own СТС television series and stadium-scale concerts before dissolving in 2012 or 2013.
Rani Mraz
Rani Mraz, meaning "Early Frost", was a Yugoslav acoustic band active from 1978 to 1980 and led by singer-songwriter Đorđe Balašević, best known for the 1978 single "Računajte na nas".
RANJ
RANJ is the stage name of Ranjani Ramadoss, an Indian hip-hop and R&B singer and rapper from Chennai, based in Mumbai and signed to Azadi Records.
Rank 1
Rank 1, also known as Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij, is a Dutch trance duo formed in 1999 whose single "Airwave" reached the UK top 10.
Ranking Joe
Ranking Joe, born Joseph Jackson in 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a reggae and dancehall deejay known for his fast toasting style and career spanning more than fifty years.
Ranking Roger
Ranking Roger (Roger Charlery, 1963–2019), Birmingham singer and toaster, co-frontman of the Beat/English Beat and General Public, key figure of the two-tone ska revival.
Ranky Tanky
Ranky Tanky is a Grammy-winning quintet formed in 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina, performing jazz and gospel arrangements of Gullah music; two-time Best Regional Roots Music Album winner for Good Time and Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Rap carioca
Rap carioca is the rap and funk scene of Rio de Janeiro, rooted in the Miami-bass baile funk dances of the 1980s and best known for the crime-themed proibidão subgenre.
Rap Devil
Rap Devil is Machine Gun Kelly's September 3, 2018 diss track answering Eminem's "Not Alike" from Kamikaze; title inverts "Rap God," produced by Ronny J, peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100, answered by "Killshot."
Rap God
"Rap God" is a 2013 hip hop song by the American rapper Eminem, from his album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rap metal
Rap metal, also called rap-metal, fuses hardcore rap vocals with heavy metal guitars; born from Run-DMC/Aerosmith and Anthrax/Public Enemy, peaking with Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine, distinct from nu metal.
Rap opera
Rap opera, also called hip hopera or rapera, is a rap or hip-hop work in operatic form, spanning stage shows, TV films like Carmen: A Hip Hopera (MTV, 2001), and narrative concept albums such as R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet.
Rap rock
Rap rock, also called rap-rock, is a fusion genre combining hip-hop rapped vocals with rock instrumentation, song structures, and aesthetics. It emerged in 1984 with Run-DMC's "Rock Box", broke through via the 1986 Run-D.M.C./Aerosmith "Walk This Way", and peaked commercially in the 1990s nu-metal era.
Rap-A-Lot Records
Rap-A-Lot Records, also styled Rap-A-Lot, is a Houston, Texas independent hip-hop label founded in 1986 by J Prince (James Smith) and Cliff Blodget, known for the Geto Boys, Scarface, and pioneering Southern hip hop nationally.
Rap-e Farsi
Rap-e Farsi (رپ فارسی), or Persian rap, is Persian-language hip-hop that emerged in Iran in the 2000s, spread through the diaspora, and remains largely illegal in Iran.