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Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff (1903–1992), the "King of Country Music," was an American country singer and fiddler who starred on the Grand Ole Opry from 1938 and co-founded Nashville's Acuff-Rose Publishing with Fred Rose in 1942; first living Country Music Hall of Fame inductee (1962).
Roy Ames
Roy Clifton Ames (1937-2003), Houston-based Texas blues producer and archive holder, manager of Johnny Winter, labels Aura, Cascade, Clarity, Home Cooking; convicted in a 1970s child pornography case and repeatedly sued by musicians.
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers (1940–2025), American jazz-funk vibraphonist and Roy Ayers Ubiquity leader; 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' (1976) sampled by Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, 2Pac; 12 Billboard 200 albums.
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan, "The Professor," born 1949, is the E Street Band's pianist since August 1974, defining Born to Run, and a session keyboardist for Bowie, Meat Loaf, Dire Straits, and Celine Dion.
Roy Black (musician)
Roy Black, born Gerhard Höllerich (1943–1991), was a German Schlager singer and film actor whose 1966 hit "Ganz in Weiß" sold about 2.5 million copies.
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan (Leroy Buchanan, 1939–1988), American blues-rock guitarist and Telecaster master known for pinch harmonics and volume swells; 1972 debut "The Messiah Will Come Again", 1985 Alligator comeback, died in Fairfax, Virginia.
Roy Cape All Stars
Roy Cape All Stars, also known as Roy Cape & the Kaiso All Stars, is a Trinidadian soca and calypso band founded in 1980 by saxophonist Roy Cape.
Roy Clark
Roy Clark (1933-2018), American country singer and virtuoso guitarist, banjoist, fiddler, and mandolinist; Hee Haw co-host with Buck Owens from 1969; CMA Entertainer of the Year 1973, Grammy 1983, Country Music Hall of Fame 2009, Branson theater pioneer.
Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove (1969–2018), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist from Waco, Texas; two-time Grammy winner (Habana, Directions In Music), neo-soul collaborator with D'Angelo, Badu, and Common, and leader of the RH Factor.
Roy Harper (singer)
Roy Harper, English folk-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist born 1941 in Manchester; debut Sophisticated Beggar (1966), Stormcock (1971), sang Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar, honored by Led Zeppelin, comeback Man & Myth (2013).
Roy Kim
Roy Kim (로이킴, Kim Sang-woo, born 1993) is a South Korean singer-songwriter who won Superstar K 4 in 2012, debuted with "Bom Bom Bom" (2013), and is known for folk-pop hits like "그때 헤어지면 돼" and sold-out year-end tours.
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison (1936-1988), American rock singer-songwriter from Vernon, Texas, known for operatic ballads like "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Crying" on Monument Records, Sun Records beginnings, and the Traveling Wilburys.
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax concert special filmed September 30, 1987 at LA's Cocoanut Grove, featuring Springsteen, Costello, Raitt, Waits, k.d. lang and the TCB Band.
Roy Orbison discography
Roy Orbison discography: the recorded catalog of the American singer (1936-1988) across Sun, Monument, MGM, Warner Bros, and Virgin labels; 27 studio albums, over 60 singles, three UK number ones, and major posthumous releases Mystery Girl and King of Hearts.
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye, was an American singer and actor known as the "King of the Cowboys," the top Western box-office star from 1943.
Roy Rosselló
Roy Rosselló (Roy Stephan Rosselló Díaz), Puerto Rican singer and pastor, Menudo member 1983–1986 (replacing Miguel Cancel, replaced by Sergio Blass). Known for abuse allegations against Edgardo Díaz and José Menéndez in the 2023 docuseries Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed, and for the 2026 Menudo 50th Anniversary Tour; distinct from politician Ricardo Rosselló.
Roy Thomas Baker
Roy Thomas Baker was a British record producer known for co-producing Queen's early albums, including A Night at the Opera, and the first four albums by The Cars.
Roy Wang (王源)
Roy Wang (王源), born 2000 in Chongqing, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, TFBOYS member, and actor. Four solo albums including 在星穹下狂奔, 44 original singles, UNICEF ambassador, Berklee student.
Roy Wood
Roy Wood (born 1946, Birmingham) is the British rock multi-instrumentalist who founded The Move, co-founded Electric Light Orchestra, and led Wizzard, whose hits include See My Baby Jive and I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day; distinct from rapper Roy Woods and comedian Roy Wood Jr.
Roy Woods
Roy Woods (Roy Wood$), born Denzel Spencer in 1996, is a Canadian R&B singer and rapper from Brampton, Ontario, signed to Drake's OVO Sound in 2015; known for "Drama," the albums Say Less and Mixed Emotions, and EPs Dem Times, Rolling Stone, and Dark Nights.
Royal & the Serpent
Royal & the Serpent is the alt-electro-pop project of American singer and songwriter Ryan Santiago, a New Jersey native whose 2020 single "Overwhelmed" went viral on TikTok.
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall, opened by Queen Victoria in South Kensington on 29 March 1871, is a Grade I listed elliptical concert hall funded by Great Exhibition profits, with 999-year seat leases, a famous dome echo, and BBC Proms residency.
Royal Blood
Royal Blood are an English rock duo from Brighton, formed 2013 by Mike Kerr (bass, vocals) and Ben Thatcher (drums). Known for bass-as-lead-guitar heaviness, UK No.1 debut (2014), and albums through Dead Company (2026).
Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert hall on London's South Bank, opened in 1951 as the Festival of Britain's only permanent building and now the largest Southbank Centre venue.
Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House (Royal Ballet and Opera), London's Covent Garden opera and ballet theatre, third on its site since 1732, present building by E.M. Barry opened 1858, home of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet under the Covent Garden Foundation charity.
Royal Opera House Muscat
Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM), Oman's flagship performing arts venue and the first opera house in the GCC, opened 12 October 2011 with Turandot; ~1,100-seat auditorium, House of Musical Arts, annual October-May seasons.
Royale Lynn
Royale Lynn is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Aylmer, Ontario, based in Nashville; after country singles from 2021 (Rocket Man), her 2023 punktry track Six Feet Deep topped Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Sales chart, leading to Epitaph Records and the 2025 Pandora's Box concept album BLACK MAGIC.
Royals (Lorde song)
Royals, Lorde's 2013 debut single co-written with Joel Little, is a minimalist electropop critique of pop luxury culture. It spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the 2014 Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Royalty (Chris Brown album)
Royalty is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer Chris Brown, released December 18, 2015 on RCA Records. Named after his daughter Royalty Brown, recorded at Record Plant, it topped iTunes on release and peaked at 23 in the UK.
Royce da 5'9"
Royce da 5'9" (Ryan Montgomery, born 1977, Detroit) is a rapper, member of Bad Meets Evil with Eminem, Slaughterhouse, and PRhyme with DJ Premier; eight solo albums including Book of Ryan and The Allegory.