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Rudolf Barshai
Rudolf Barshai (Рудольф Баршай) was a Soviet violist and conductor who founded the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1955, led it until 1977, and later recorded Shostakovich's complete symphonies.
Rudolf Schenker
Rudolf Schenker (born 1948, Sarstedt, Germany) founded the Scorpions in Hannover in 1965 at 17. Rhythm guitarist, Flying V player, and chief composer; with Klaus Meine led the band to 100 million records.
Rudolph Isley
Rudolph Bernard Isley (April 1, 1939 – October 11, 2023), American singer-songwriter, founding member of the Isley Brothers, sang on "Shout," left in 1989 for the ministry, later sued brother Ronald over the band trademark.
Rudraveena (soundtrack)
Rudraveena (రుద్రవీణ) is the soundtrack of the 1988 Telugu film Rudra Veena, composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with nine songs whose lyrics argue that classical music belongs to everyone.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-born hard rock and metal bassist (full name Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavielle Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont), played with Ozzy Osbourne 1981-1982, Quiet Riot (Metal Health, No. 1 in 1983), Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Oyster Cult, Animetal USA, and The Guess Who.
Rudy Vallée
Rudy Vallée (Hubert Prior Vallée, 1901–1986), American crooner, bandleader, and radio host of the Connecticut Yankees and NBC's Fleischmann's Yeast Hour; first radio-created pop star, hitmaker of "Stein Song", later Broadway's J.B. Biggley.
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder (Rudolph Van Gelder, 1924–2016), American jazz recording engineer and former optometrist; creator of the Blue Note sound from his Hackensack living-room studio and later Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Ruel (singer)
Ruel (Ruel Vincent van Dijk, born 2002, Isleworth, London) is an Australian pop and soul singer-songwriter; youngest ARIA Breakthrough Artist winner, 3 billion streams, albums 4th Wall and Kicking My Feet.
Ruff Ryders Entertainment
Ruff Ryders Entertainment, also Ruff Ryders Records or Ruff Ryders Indy, is a Yonkers, New York hip-hop label founded by the Dean siblings, home to DMX, Eve, the LOX, and producer Swizz Beatz.
Rufus (band)
Rufus (band): American funk and soul band from Chicago, active 1971–1983, that launched Chaka Khan; hits "Tell Me Something Good", "Sweet Thing", and "Ain't Nobody", two Grammy wins. Distinct from the Australian electronic trio Rüfüs du Sol.
Rüfüs Du Sol
Rüfüs Du Sol (formerly RÜFÜS) is an Australian electronic trio formed in Sydney in 2010: Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, James Hunt. Five albums, three ARIA No. 1s, a 2022 Grammy for "Alive," and a hybrid live band-electronic show.
Rufus T. Firefly
Rufus T. Firefly is a Spanish independent rock band from Aranjuez, Madrid, founded in 2006 and led by vocalist Víctor Cabezuelo and drummer Julia Martín-Maestro.
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Rufus Tiger Taylor, also Rufus Taylor, British drummer born 1991, son of Queen's Roger Taylor; drummer of The Darkness since 2015, former Jeff Beck band and Queen + Adam Lambert touring drummer, godson of Taylor Hawkins.
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright (born 1973, Rhinebeck, New York) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and composer, son of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, known for Poses, Release the Stars, the operas Prima Donna and Hadrian, Dream Requiem, and his Grammy-nominated Judy Garland tribute.
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), Italian verismo opera composer, librettist, and pianist from Naples, wrote Pagliacci (1892), paired with Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana; also Zazà, La Bohème, operettas, and the song Mattinata for Caruso.
Ruin the Friendship
Ruin the Friendship is a 2025 Taylor Swift song, track 6 on The Life of a Showgirl, written with Max Martin and Shellback, about her late high school friend Jeff Lang and the regret of never kissing him; it peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ruisrock 2026
Ruisrock 2026 was the 55th edition of Finland's oldest rock festival, held 3–5 July 2026 on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, drawing 85,000 festivalgoers.
Ruka
Ruka (루카), stage name of Kawai Ruka, is a Japanese rapper and dancer, the oldest member of the YG Entertainment girl group BABYMONSTER, which debuted in 2023.
Ruki Vverh!
Ruki Vverh! (Руки Вверх!) is a Russian pop and eurodance duo founded in 1996 by Sergei Zhukov and Alexei Potekhin, a symbol of late-1990s Russian pop.
Rule, Britannia!
Rule, Britannia! is a British patriotic song by Thomas Arne and James Thomson, first performed in 1740 and often treated as Britain's unofficial second anthem.
Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest
Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest: EBU regulations approved by the Reference Group covering eligibility, the three-minute live-vocal format, jury and audience voting, conduct, and hosting, updated annually for each edition.
Rum Sodomy & the Lash
Rum Sodomy & the Lash is The Pogues' second studio album, released August 5, 1985 on Stiff Records and produced by Elvis Costello; its title comes from an apocryphal Churchill quote about the Royal Navy and its cover adapts Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa.
Rumba
Rumba is a family of Afro-Cuban music and dance styles, with three forms called yambú, guaguancó, and columbia, that emerged in the late nineteenth century.
Rumba catalana
Rumba catalana, or Catalan rumba, is a music genre that emerged in Barcelona in the 1950s and 1960s, blending flamenco rumba, Cuban rumba, and rock 'n' roll.
Rumours (album)
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album (released February 4, 1977), recorded amid the band's mutual breakups, spent 31 weeks at US number one, won the Grammy Album of the Year, and has sold over 40 million copies.
Run Devil Run (album)
Run Devil Run is Paul McCartney's 1999 rock and roll covers album, released 4 October 1999, recorded in five days at Abbey Road with Gilmour, Green, and Paice, a year after Linda McCartney's death.
Run for Cover Records
Run for Cover Records (RFC), Boston independent label founded 2004 by Jeff Casazza; 100+ artists, 300+ releases across emo, hardcore, shoegaze, indie rock; roster includes Citizen, Basement, AFI, Alex G; distributed by Secretly Distribution.
Run for Your Lives World Tour
Iron Maiden's Run for Your Lives World Tour (2025–2027), a 50th-anniversary tour playing only the first nine studio albums; opened May 27, 2025 in Budapest, features digital-screen production, Simon Dawson on drums, and ends with a 2027 North American leg.
Run It World Tour
Stray Kids World Tour is the South Korean group's fourth world tour, 2026–2027, opening with five KSPO Dome Seoul nights and covering Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore, named after the single "RUN IT."
Run Lola Run (soundtrack)
Run Lola Run, known in German as Lola rennt, is the techno score composed for Tom Tykwer's 1998 film by Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil.