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| x My Morning Jacket |
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Shia LaBeouf/My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges | Shia LaBeouf/My Morning Jacket |
My Morning Jacket is a Grammy-nominated American rock band. The band comprises Jim James (singer-songwriter, guitarist), Tom "Two-Tone Tommy" Blankenship (bassist), Patrick Hallahan (drummer), Carl Broemel (guitarist, pedal steel guitarist,...
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| x Nirvana |
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SNL - 17.10 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | SNL - 17.10 |
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band...
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| SNL - 17.10 | Territorial Pissings | SNL - 19.1 | |||
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| x Cowboy Junkies |
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SNL - 14.13 | SNL - 14.13 |
Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Michael (songwriter, guitarist), Margo (vocalist) and Peter Timmins (drummer), and Alan Anton (bassist).
The Junkies first performed publicly at the...
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| x Britney Spears |
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SNL - 25.19 | Oops!... I Did It Again | SNL - 29.3 |
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in...
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| SNL - 25.19 | Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know | SNL - 25.19 | |||
| SNL - 27.12 | SNL - 27.12 | ||||
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| x Laurie Anderson |
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SNL - 11.15 | SNL - 11.15 |
Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles....
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| x Chaka Khan |
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SNL - 10.4 | SNL - 10.4 |
Chaka Khan, born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953, is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter best known for such hit songs as "I'm Every Woman", "Ain't Nobody", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire". She sang a modernized theme song for...
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| x Dave Matthews |
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SNL - 29.5 | SNL - 29.5 |
David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is a South African-American Grammy Award-winning musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band.
David John Matthews was born in Johannesburg, the...
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| x Barenaked Ladies |
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SNL - 24.12 | SNL - 24.12 |
Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed...
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| x Dixie Chicks |
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SNL - 28.11 | SNL - 28.11 |
The Dixie Chicks are a country music group, currently comprising Martie Maguire, Emily Robison and lead singer Natalie Maines. The group has sold 30.5 million albums in the United States through August 2009, making them the best-selling female group...
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| x Harlan Collins | Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone | Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone |
Paul Harlan Collins, more often known as Harlan Collins, is a composer, arranger, musician, and writer. His daily feature, "Today's Chuckle", which was started by his father Tom in 1948, is the most widely syndicated front page feature in the world....
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| x Miles Davis |
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George Kennedy/Miles Davis | George Kennedy/Miles Davis |
Miles Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the...
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| x Ric Ocasek |
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SNL - 12.3 | SNL - 12.3 |
Ric Ocasek (born Richard T Otcasek on March 23, 1949) is an American musician and music producer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Bowling Green State University. He is the former vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Cars. He has...
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| x Lone Justice |
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SNL - 12.8 | SNL - 12.8 |
Lone Justice was an American country rock band formed in 1982 by guitarist Ryan Hedgecock and singer Maria McKee.
They began their career as part of the L.A. cowpunk scene of the 1980s. Lone Justice was inspired by Hedgecock and McKee's mutual...
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| x The Replacements |
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SNL - 11.7 | SNL - 11.7 |
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career....
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| x Technotronic | SNL - 15.14 | SNL - 15.14 |
Technotronic was a studio-based Belgian music project formed by Jo Bogaert (alias Thomas DeQuincey, born 1954, Aalst, Belgium) in 1988, who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo...
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| x Fear |
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Donald Pleasence/Fear | Donald Pleasence/Fear |
Fear is an American punk band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1977 and is still a band today. Credited for helping to shape the sound and style of American hardcore punk, the band started out as part of the early California punk rock...
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| x Blues Traveler |
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SNL - 21.1 | SNL - 21.1 |
Blues Traveler is an American rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock. They are known for extensive use of...
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| x The Power Station | SNL - 10.14 | SNL - 10.14 |
Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer, bassist John Taylor, guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson. Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was involved on the studio side as recording...
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| x Paul Simon |
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SNL - 12.5 | SNL - 26.4 |
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He entered the public consciousness in 1965 as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with longtime artistic partner Art Garfunkel. Simon solely wrote most of the duo's...
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| Charles Grodin/Paul Simon and The Persuaders | SNL - 20.4 | ||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon | SNL - 12.5 | ||||
| SNL - 20.4 | SNL - 16.6 | ||||
| SNL - 16.6 | SNL - 18.20 | ||||
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| x Bootsy Collins |
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SNL - 29.16 | SNL - 29.16 |
William "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.
Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and...
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| x Death Cab for Cutie |
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Scarlett Johanson/Death Cab For Cutie | Scarlett Johanson/Death Cab For Cutie |
Death Cab for Cutie is a Grammy-nominated American indie rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Benjamin Gibbard (vocals, guitar), Chris Walla (guitar, production), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums)....
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| x James Blunt |
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Dane Cook/James Blunt | Dane Cook/James Blunt |
James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, 22 February 1977), is an English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases, especially "You're Beautiful", brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire is a mix of pop, rock and...
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| x James Taylor |
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SNL - 17.9 | SNL - 13.9 |
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer–songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina. He currently owns a home in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
Taylor's career began in the...
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| SNL - 13.9 | SNL - 17.9 | ||||
| SNL - 19.6 | SNL - 19.6 | ||||
| Lily Tomlin/James Taylor | Lily Tomlin/James Taylor | ||||
| Paul Simon/James Taylor | Michael Palin/James Taylor | ||||
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| x Lily Allen |
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Drew Barrymore/Lily Allen | Drew Barrymore/Lily Allen |
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born May 2, 1985) is an English recording artist, talk show host, and actress. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. She had a challenging childhood, without a stable residence...
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| x Madness |
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SNL - 9.17 | SNL - 9.17 |
The Madness is a self-titled album by the British band The Madness. In 1988, after the breakup of the original Madness, four of the original members (Suggs, Lee Thompson, Chris Foreman and Cathal Smyth) recreated the band, adding "The" to its name....
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| x Simply Red |
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SNL - 13.4 | SNL - 13.4 |
Simply Red are a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style draws influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, and jazz.
Simply Red originated from the 1976 Sex Pistols gig at the Lesser Free...
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| x Modest Mouse |
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SNL - 30.5 | SNL - 30.5 |
Modest Mouse is an American alternative rock band formed in 1993 in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long...
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| x Herbie Hancock |
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SNL - 10.8 | SNL - 10.8 |
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer...
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| x Los Lobos |
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SNL - 12.19 | SNL - 12.19 |
Los Lobos ("The Wolves") are an American Chicano rock band. They are 3-time Grammy Award winners. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B;, blues and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and...
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| x System of a Down |
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SNL - 30.18 | SNL - 30.18 |
System of a Down (sometimes simply referred to as SOAD or System) is an Armenian-American rock band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994. System of a Down consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards and rhythm guitar), Daron Malakian ...
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| x Deniece Williams |
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SNL - 9.16 | SNL - 9.16 |
Deniece "Niecy" Williams is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. Williams, whose music has been influenced by pop, soul, gospel, R&B; and dance, is known for her hits...
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| x Good Charlotte |
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SNL - 28.16 | SNL - 28.16 |
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. They took their name from the children's book called "Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage," written by Carol Beach York.
Good Charlotte started out by...
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| x Hanson |
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SNL - 23.9 | SNL - 23.9 |
Hanson is an American rock and roll band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere that earned three Grammy...
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| x The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
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SNL - 23.4 | SNL - 23.4 |
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are an American third wave ska band from Boston, Massachusetts.
Formed in 1983, the Bosstones are often credited with the creation of the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes elements of third wave ska and hardcore...
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| x Kinky Friedman |
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Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman | Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman |
Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born October 31 or November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and...
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| x Metallica |
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SNL - 23.8 | SNL - 23.8 |
Metallica /məˈtælɨkə/ is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm...
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| x Salt-N-Pepa |
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SNL - 19.12 | SNL - 19.12 |
Salt-N-Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning American hip hop trio from Queens, New York, that came onto the music scene in 1985.
The group, consisting of Cheryl James ("Salt", now Cheryl Wray), Sandra Denton ("Pepa"), and DJ Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper ...
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| x Sarah McLachlan |
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SNL - 23.7 | SNL - 23.7 |
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born 28 January 1968(1968-01-28)) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.
She is known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range. As of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her best...
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| x Midnight Oil |
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SNL - 18.19 | SNL - 18.19 |
Midnight Oil, known also as "The Oils" to fans, is an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie. While vocalist Peter...
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| x The Donnas |
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SNL - 28.10 | SNL - 28.10 |
The Donnas are an American all-female hard rock band from Palo Alto, California. They draw inspiration from The Ramones, AC/DC, and Kiss. Rolling Stone has stated that "the Donnas offer a guileless take on adolescent alienation; they traffic in...
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| x Kevin Rowland |
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SNL - 8.20 | SNL - 8.20 |
Kevin A. Rowland (born 17 August 1953 in Wolverhampton) is an English singer-songwriter and frontman for pop band Dexys Midnight Runners.
Rowland's first group, Lucy & The Lovers, were influenced by Roxy Music and turned out to be short-lived. His...
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| x Andrew Gold | Buck Henry/Andrew Gold | Buck Henry/Andrew Gold |
Andrew Gold (born Andrew Maurice Gold, August 2, 1951, Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known in his homeland for his 1977 Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" and the 1978 single "Thank You for Being a Friend." His...
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| x Jimmie Vaughan |
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SNL - 11.10 | SNL - 11.10 |
James Lawrence "Jimmie" Vaughan (born March 20, 1951) is an American blues guitarist and singer from Dallas, Texas. He is the older brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Significant influence upon Jimmie Vaughan's style came from Freddie King, who...
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| x Tom Petty |
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SNL - 17.3 | SNL - 24.17 |
For the New York based band, see The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are a Heartland rock band, most of whose members are from the United States of America. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench, all...
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| SNL - 24.17 | SNL - 17.3 | ||||
| SNL - 22.1 | SNL - 14.20 | ||||
| SNL - 14.20 | SNL - 22.1 | ||||
| Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| x The Dream Academy |
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SNL - 11.6 | SNL - 11.6 |
The Dream Academy was a 1980s pop band from England, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes; multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboe and English horn player) Kate St John; plus keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single...
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| x Brian Wilson |
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Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson | Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson |
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Inglewood, California) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the rock group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time...
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| x The Allman Brothers Band |
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Robert Conrad/Allman Brothers Band | Robert Conrad/Allman Brothers Band |
The Allman Brothers Band is a Southern rock band once based in Macon, Georgia, United States. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, organ). While the...
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| x Elton John |
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Johnny Cash/Elton John | Johnny Cash/Elton John |
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.
In his four-decade career, John has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists...
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| x Laura Branigan |
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SNL - 8.8 | SNL - 8.8 |
Laura Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004) was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is arguably best known for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" (although this was not her...
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| x Morrissey |
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SNL - 18.6 | SNL - 18.6 |
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of...
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| x Kelly Clarkson |
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SNL - 30.12 | SNL - 30.12 |
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002.
Clarkson has...
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| x Moby |
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SNL - 27.20 | SNL - 27.20 |
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), better known by his stage name Moby, is an American DJ, singer-songwriter, and musician.
He sings and plays keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and drums. Moby became a successful artist on the ambient...
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| x Lauryn Hill |
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SNL - 24.8 | SNL - 24.8 |
Lauryn Noel Hill (born May 25, 1975) is an American recording artist, musician, producer and actress. Early in her career, she established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo...
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| x Snoop Dogg |
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SNL - 19.16 | SNL - 19.16 |
Cordazar Calvin Broadus (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of...
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| SNL - 25.3 | SNL - 22.11 | ||||
| SNL - 22.11 | SNL - 25.3 | ||||
| x Billy Idol |
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SNL - 9.11 | SNL - 9.11 |
William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), better known as Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a...
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| x Julee Cruise |
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SNL - 15.19 | SNL - 15.19 |
Julee Cruise (born December 1, 1956, Creston, Iowa) is an American singer, and actress.
With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S....
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| x Van Morrison |
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Steve Martin/Van Morrison | Steve Martin/Van Morrison |
Van Morrison (George Ivan Morrison, OBE, born 31 August 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn, idiosyncratic, and sublime. His live performances at their best...
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| x MC Hammer |
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SNL - 17.8 | SNL - 17.8 |
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), best known by his stage names MC Hammer, Hammer and Hammertime, is a rapper, entertainer and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame before losing...
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| x Shaggy |
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SNL - 26.12 | SNL - 26.12 |
Orville Richard Burrell (born October 22, 1968, Kingston, Jamaica), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doo's companion—a nickname given to him by his friends during his...
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| x Squeeze |
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SNL - 8.7 | SNL - 8.7 |
Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known in the UK for their hit songs "Cool for Cats," "Up...
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