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Tonic (band)

Tonic is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1993 by Emerson Hart and Jeff Russo. Its platinum 1996 debut Lemon Parade yielded "If You Could Only See," the most-played rock song of 1997; later albums include Sugar, Head on Straight, and Tonic.

Tonic (music)

Tonic (music): the first scale degree and keynote, the central note and chord of a key toward which tonal music resolves; distinct from the dominant and from a chord's root.

Tonight (David Bowie album)

Tonight (1984) is David Bowie's sixteenth studio album, released September 1984 on EMI, produced with Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham. Its Tina Turner title-track duet reworks Iggy Pop's 1977 song; it hit UK number 1 but was critically panned.

Tonight's the Night (Neil Young album)

Tonight's the Night is Neil Young's sixth studio album, released June 20, 1975 on Reprise (MS 2221). Recorded raw in 1973 at S.I.R. after the overdose deaths of Danny Whitten and Bruce Berry, it is a Ditch Trilogy album.

Toño Fuentes

Toño Fuentes, born Antonio José Fuentes López, was a Colombian musician and entrepreneur who founded Discos Fuentes in Cartagena in 1934, the first record label in Colombia.

Toño Y Freddy

Toño y Freddy are a Mexican regional Mexican duo from Nuñez, Michoacán, formed by Marco Antonio Macedo and Alfredo Cárdenas after years in La Dinastía de Tuzantla.

Tons of Rock

Tons of Rock is Norway's largest rock and metal festival, held each June at Ekebergsletta in Oslo since 2019 after starting in 2014 at Fredriksten Fortress in Halden; it drew 150,000 visitors from 80 countries in 2024.

Tony Ahn (토니 안)

Tony Ahn (토니안), birth name Ahn Seung-ho, born 1978, is a South Korean singer and CEO who debuted in 1996 with first-generation idol group H.O.T., later joined JTL, ran T.N. Entertainment and Schoollook, and returned to variety TV in 2016.

Tony Allen (musician)

Tony Allen (Tony Oladipo Allen, 1940–2020), Nigerian drummer and unofficial musical director of Fela Kuti's Africa 70, co-created Afrobeat with independent four-limb patterns; Fela said 'Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat'. Distinct from the Irish singer of Foster & Allen and the British alternative comedian Tony Allen.

Tony Ann

Tony Ann (born 1994, Beijing; raised in Toronto) is a Chinese-Canadian neoclassical pianist and composer, ex-Chainsmokers touring keyboardist, co-writer of "Sick Boy", creator of #playthatword, albums EMOTIONS and 360°, and the 2026 SYNERGY EP with ARKAI.

Tony Astarita

Tony Astarita (Antonio Astarita) was an Italian singer from Naples, twice winner of the Festival di Napoli, best known for his 1968 signature song "Core spezzato".

Tony Banks (musician)

Tony Banks (born 1950) is the English keyboardist and main songwriter of Genesis, formed at Charterhouse; also solo rock albums from 1979 and Naxos orchestral works Seven, Six Pieces, and Five.

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto, 1926–2023), American singer and NEA Jazz Master known for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"; pre-rock pop star turned interpreter of the Great American Songbook who won 19 Grammys and, with Lady Gaga, became the oldest artist with a No. 1 album.

Tony Berg

Tony Berg (born 1954) is a Los Angeles record producer, session guitarist, and A&R executive; founder of Zeitgeist Studio, producer of Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher and boygenius' the record, and the Geffen executive who signed Beck.

Tony Bongiovi

Tony Bongiovi (born 1947, Raritan, New Jersey), American record producer, engineer, and studio designer; Motown engineer at 17, founder and acoustic designer of New York's Power Station Studios in 1977, producer of the Ramones, Talking Heads, Meco's Star Wars, and cousin of Jon Bon Jovi.

Tony Burrows

Tony Burrows (Anthony Burrows), British session singer born 1943 in Exeter, lead voice of four simultaneous 1970 hits: Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows, White Plains, Brotherhood of Man, and the Pipkins, plus First Class's Beach Baby.

Tony Campos

Tony Campos (born 1973) is the American metal bassist and founding member of Static-X, later of Fear Factory, Ministry, Soulfly, Prong, Possessed, and Asesino; key facts include Wisconsin Death Trip's US million-plus sales and the 2018 Static-X relaunch.

Tony Christie

Tony Christie, stage name of Anthony Fitzgerald (born 1943), English pop singer from Conisbrough known for "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo", a 1971 hit that topped the UK chart for seven weeks in 2005 with Peter Kay for Comic Relief.

Tony Dallara

Tony Dallara, real name Antonio Lardera, was an Italian singer born in Campobasso who won the Sanremo Festival in 1960 with "Romantica" and recorded the hit "Come prima".

Tony de la Rosa

Tony de la Rosa (1931–2004) was a Mexican American conjunto accordionist, vocalist, and bandleader from Sarita, Texas, who reshaped conjunto by adding drums and amplification in the 1950s.

Tony De Vit

Tony De Vit (1957–1998), also known as TDV, was an English DJ, producer and remixer, resident at London after-hours club Trade and a Kiss FM DJ, who pioneered UK hard house through labels Jump Wax and TDV and hits like Burning Up and The Dawn.

Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley (Anthony Patrick Hadley), born 1960 in Islington, London, is the English singer who fronted New Romantic band Spandau Ballet on hits like True, Gold, and To Cut a Long Story Short, then built a solo career after leaving the band in 2017.

Tony Hicks

Tony Hicks (born 1945, Nelson, Lancashire), full name Anthony Christopher Hicks, Hollies lead guitarist and songwriter from 1963 until his 2026 retirement; also a journalist namesake.

Tony Iommi

Tony Iommi (Anthony Frank Iommi, born 1948) is Black Sabbath's founding guitarist and only constant member, whose finger-loss accident, prosthetics, and down-tuning shaped heavy metal; MBE 2026, new solo album From The Dark (2026).

Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White (1943-2018), the Louisiana "Swamp Fox," was a swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist behind "Polk Salad Annie" and "Rainy Night in Georgia," inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024.

Tony Kanal

Tony Kanal (Tony Ashwin Kanal, born 1970) is the British-American bassist and co-writer of No Doubt, known for "Don't Speak" and "Just a Girl," the Dreamcar side project, Yamaha BB1600 basses, and animal rights advocacy.

Tony Levin

Tony Levin (born 1946, Boston) is an American bassist and Chapman Stick player for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson, on over 500 albums including Double Fantasy and "Sledgehammer", now in BEAT; distinct from the English jazz drummer Tony Levin (1940-2011).

Tony Lewis (musician)

Tony Lewis (Anthony James Lewis) was an English musician and producer, co-founder, lead vocalist, and bassist of The Outfield, best known for the 1985 hit "Your Love".

Tony Marshall

Tony Marshall, born Herbert Anton Bloeth in Baden-Baden in 1938, was a German Schlager singer whose 1971 hit "Schöne Maid" sold a million copies; he died in 2023.

Tony Martin (American singer)

Tony Martin, born Alvin Morris, was an American singer and actor, a popular 1940s and 1950s crooner known for "To Each His Own" and "There's No Tomorrow."