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Roslyn Kind
Roslyn Kind (born 1951), American singer and actress, younger half-sister of Barbra Streisand; RCA albums Give Me You (1969) and This Is Roslyn Kind (1970), Ed Sullivan Show appearances, Broadway's 3 from Brooklyn, and later independent singles.
Ross Antony
Ross Antony, born Ross Anthony Catterall in 1974, is a British singer and television host working in Germany, first known from the band Bro'Sis and since 2013 a Schlager artist.
Ross Bagdasarian
Ross Bagdasarian (David Seville), Armenian-American songwriter and producer, created Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1958 using half-speed tape recording; hits "Witch Doctor" and "The Chipmunk Song."
Ross Valory
Ross Valory is an American bassist and songwriter, known for being a founding member of the rock band Journey and his solo album, All of the Above, in 2024.
Rostam Batmanglij
Rostam Batmanglij (رستم باتمانقلیچ), known as Rostam, is an Iranian-American producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, formerly of Vampire Weekend, known for Frank Ocean's "Ivy," Clairo's Immunity, HAIM collaborations, and solo albums Half-Light, Changephobia, and American Stories.
Rote Fabrik
Rote Fabrik, meaning Red Factory, is a collectively run cultural center in a former silk factory on Lake Zurich in Zurich, occupied by artists and activists in 1980.
Rototom Sunsplash
Rototom Sunsplash is a reggae festival held every August in Benicàssim, Spain. Founded in Italy in 1994, it is considered the largest reggae culture festival in Europe.
Rotte (lyre)
Rotte, also known as the Anglo-Saxon harp, is a plucked lyre from North-western Europe. The best-known surviving example is the six-string Sutton Hoo lyre from the early 7th century.
Rotterdam Terror Corps
Rotterdam Terror Corps is a Dutch gabber and hardcore live act formed in 1993 in Rotterdam, led by DJ Distortion and known for tracks like 'The Horror'.
Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ, Greek extreme metal band founded in Athens in 1987 by brothers Sakis and Themis Tolis; Hellenic black metal pioneers whose fourteen albums from Thy Mighty Contract (1993) to Pro Xristou (2024) blend black, gothic, and epic metal with a signature Greek sound.
Roud Folk Song Index
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of about 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 English-language folk songs gathered from oral tradition, compiled by Steve Roud.
Rough and Rowdy Ways
Rough and Rowdy Ways is Bob Dylan's 39th studio album, released June 19, 2020 on Columbia, his first original-material album since Tempest (2012). Ten tracks closing with the 16:54 No. 1 single Murder Most Foul; recorded at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys.
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records: British independent label led by Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee, founded 1978 from a 1976 Ladbroke Grove record shop; home of The Smiths, The Strokes; part of Beggars Group since 2007.
Roulette Records
Roulette Records, a New York record label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy, and Phil Kahl, scored hits with Buddy Knox and Jimmie Rodgers, acquired Roost, Gone/End, and Jubilee catalogs, and was sold to Rhino and EMI in 1989.
Round (music)
Round (music), also called perpetual, infinite, or circle canon: voices sing one melody at the unison or octave, entering in sequence and looping endlessly. Earliest example "Sumer is i-cumen in"; distinct from catch, canon, and fugue.
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, founded 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin, is a historic American independent roots-music label (bluegrass, folk, blues) with 3,000+ titles, home of Alison Krauss, sold to Concord in 2010, now Nashville-based.
Roupa Nova
Roupa Nova is a Brazilian pop group from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 1980, known for close vocal harmonies and hits like "Sapato velho" and "Whisky a Go Go".
Route 91 Harvest
Route 91 Harvest was a Live Nation country music festival held 2014-2017 at the Las Vegas Village on the Strip; its final night, October 1, 2017, was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Route 94
Route 94 is the alias of Rowan Jones, a British house producer and DJ from London, best known for "My Love" featuring Jess Glynne, a 2014 UK number one.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row, Row, Row Your Boat is an American nursery rhyme and four-part round sung since 1852 in print; the familiar melody appeared in 1881, credited to Eliphalet Oram Lyte, though authorship is uncertain.
Rowdy Rebel
Rowdy Rebel, born Chad Marshall in 1991 in Brooklyn, is a GS9 rapper and Bobby Shmurda collaborator known for "Computers" and the Shmoney Dance, who served about six years on conspiracy and weapons charges, was released in December 2020, and returned with Rebel vs. Rowdy (2022).
Rowoon
Rowoon (로운, Kim Seok-woo, born 1996) is a South Korean actor and former lead vocalist of the boy group SF9 (debut 2016). Known for Extraordinary You, The King's Affection, The Matchmakers (2023 KBS Top Excellence), and Disney+'s The Murky Stream; left SF9 in September 2023 and enlisted for military service in October 2025.
Roxanne (The Police song)
Roxanne, written by Sting for The Police, released 7 April 1978 from Outlandos d'Amour; flopped first, then hit No. 12 UK and No. 32 US on 1979 re-release; Grammy Hall of Fame 2008.
Roxanne Shante
Roxanne Shanté (Lolita Shanté Gooden, born 1969), American rapper from Queensbridge, Queens; her 1984 answer record "Roxanne's Revenge" against UTFO sold 250,000 copies in New York, sparked the Roxanne Wars, and made her hip hop's first female hitmaker.
Roxette
Roxette, the Swedish pop rock duo of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle formed in Halmstad in 1986, scored four US number ones (The Look, Listen to Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love, Joyride), sold 75–80 million records, and since 2025 tours with Lena Philipsson.
Roxette discography
Roxette discography: catalog of Swedish pop duo Roxette (Gessle and Fredriksson), from Pearls of Passion (1986) to Good Karma (2016), over 80 million records sold, four US number ones.
Roxy Dekker
Roxy Dekker (born 2005, Amsterdam) is a Dutch pop singer and TikTok personality, ex-6TIMES Junior Songfestival member, whose 2023 hit "Anne-Fleur Vakantie" and "Sugardaddy" led to chart-topping albums Mama I Made It and SUPERSTAR.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music is an English art rock band formed in London in 1971, led by Bryan Ferry, whose eight albums between 1972 and 1982 shaped glam and art rock.
Roxy Music (album)
Roxy Music (1972) is the English art rock band's self-titled debut album, released June 16, 1972 on Island Records, produced by Peter Sinfield at Command Studios, London; Virginia Plain was recorded separately and added to later editions.
Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood, California)
The Roxy Theatre is a 500-capacity all-ages music club at 9009 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, opened September 20, 1973 by Lou Adler and Elmer Valentine; Neil Young opened it, and The Rocky Horror Show had its first American run there in 1974.