Click on a letter to choose a recording act (“S” for Bruce Springsteen, “B” for Beatles, etc.). Shown with the act are its major awards (see more here), short bios for select acts (generally taken or adapted from Joel Whitburn’s Pop Memories 1890-1954 and Top Pop Singles: Billboard books), and links to all albums reviewed here at the DMDB.
A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y
Z VARIOUS ARTISTS
You can also check the search engine for names, albums, songs, and other content on this site:
Born: 8/1/1960 Died:
Rap singer/songwriter with Public Enemy.
Daft Punk
Song(s):
Around the World (1997)
Album(s):
Homework (1997)
Alive (2007)
Brann Dailor
American guitarist.
Song(s):
Let’s Go Trippin’ (1961)
About: American country singer/songwriter.
Born: Marion Try Slaughter on 4/6/1883 Died: 9/14/1948
Song(s):
Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old ‘Tucky Home (1921)
The Prisoner's Song (1925)
The DMDB Blog:
Vernon Dalhart records “The Prisoner’s Song”: August 13, 1924 (8/13/11)
Born: 3/1/1944 Died:
English rock singer with The Who. Also a solo artist.
Member of The Specials.
The Damned
Song(s):
New Rose (1976)
Album(s):
Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
Born: Vito Rocco Farinola 6/12/1928 Died:
Singer.
Song(s):
You're Breaking My Heart (1949)
D’Angelo
Song(s):
Untitled (How Does It Feel) (2000)
Album(s):
Brown Sugar (1995)
Voodoo (2000)
Billy Daniels
Born: 10/28/1936 Died:
American country singer.
Song(s):
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (1979)
Hart P. Danks
Danny & the Juniors
Song(s):
At the Hop (1957)
Born: 2/3/1525 in Italy Died: 1594
Classical composer.
The Ken Darby Singers
Song(s):
White Christmas (written by Irving Berlin; performed with Bing Crosby, 1942)
Sunday, Monday or Always (with Bing Crosby, 1943)
Terence Trent D’Arby
Album(s):
Introducing the Hardline According to… (1987)
About: Pop singer.
Born: Walden Robert Cassotto on 5/14/1936 Died: 12/20/1973
Song(s):
Splish Splash (1958)
Mack the Knife (1959)
The DMDB Blog:
Bobby Darin charts with “Mack the Knife”: August 24, 1959 (8/24/11)
Joe Darion
Album(s):
with Mitch Leigh (composers) – Man of La Mancha (1965) cast
The Darkness
Song(s):
I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2002)
Album(s):
Permission to Land (2003)
Daughtry
Album(s):
Daughtry (2006)
One-time rock collaboration between David Baerwald and David Rickett.
Song(s):
Welcome to the Boomtown (1986)
Album(s):
Boomtown (1986)
Born: 5/25/1921 Died:
Songwriter. Frequently worked with Burt Bacharach.
Song(s) written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David:
Don’t Make Me Over (performed by Dionne Warwick, 1962)
Walk on By (performed by Dionne Warwick, 1964)
What the World Needs Now (performed by Jackie DeShannon, 1965)
Alfie (performed by Dionne Warwick, 1967)
I Say a Little Prayer (performed by Aretha Franklin, 1968)
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (performed by B.J. Thomas, 1969)
They Long to Be Close to You (performed by the Carpenters, 1970)
Mack David
Dave Davies
Born: 6/21/1944 Died:
British rock singer and guitarist with the Kinks.
Benny Davis
Song(s):
Baby Face (with Jan Garber, 1926)
Born: 4/4/1932 Died: --
American record producer and executive. President of Columbia Records from 1967-72. Founder/president of Arista Records from the late 1970s to 2000. Founder of J Records. Chairman and CEO of RCA Music Group from 2003-08.
Jimmie Davis
Song(s):
You Are My Sunshine (1940)
Born: 4/30/1896 in Laurens, SC Died: 5/5/1972
American blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player.
Born: 1/21/1942 Died: --
Country singer/songwriter.
About: Innovative jazz trumpeter who influenced the jazz fusion movement. (Billy Eckstine’s Orchestra: 44; Six Brown Cats: 44; with Charlie Parker: 45-46 and Coleman Hawkins; own quintet: 55-). Band members in his quintet included Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Married to actress Cicely Tyson from 1981-88.
Born: 5/26/1926 in Alton, IL Died: 9/28/1991 of a stroke and pneumonia
Song(s):
Ko Ko (Charlie Parker with Miles Davis & Dizzy Gillespie, 1945)
So What (1959)
Blues in Green (with Bill Evans, 1959)
All Blues (1959)
Freddie Freeloader (1959)
Album(s):
Birth of the Cool (1950)
Miles Ahead (with Gil Evans, 1957)
Milestones (1958)
Porgy and Bess (with Gil Evans, 1958)
Kind of Blue (1959)
Sketches of Spain (with Gil Evans, 1960)
In a Silent Way (1969)
Bitches Brew (1970)
The DMDB Blog:
Porgy and Bess opens on Broadway: September 30, 1935 (9/30/11)
Born: 12/8/1925 Died: 5/16/1990
American pop singer.
Song(s):
What Kind of Fool Am I? (1962)
The Spencer Davis Group
Song(s):
Gimme Some Lovin' (1966)
Born: 5/4/1938 Died: 2/9/2005
American R&B singer (“Are You Serious?”).
Walter Davis
Born: 4/3/1922 Died: --
American actress and singer.
Song(s):
Sentimental Journey (with Les Brown, 1945)
It's Magic (1948)
Secret Love (1954)
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Que Sera) (1956)
Album(s):
Young Man with a Horn (soundtrack with Harry James, 1950)
Love Me or Leave Me (soundtrack, 1955)
Edith Day
Song(s):
Alice Blue Gown (1920)
The Daydreamers
Song(s):
How High the Moon (with Ella Fitzgerald, 1947)
John Deacon
Dead Boys
Song(s):
Sonic Reducer (1977)
About: American hardcore punk band formed in San Francisco, CA.
Active: 1978-86, 2001- Members: Jello Biafra (v: 78-86), East Bay Ray (g: 78-86, 01-), Klaus Flouride (b: 78-86, 01-), 6025 (rhythm g: 78-79), Ted (d: 78-79), D.H. Peligro (d: 79-86, 01-), Brandon Cruz (v: 01-03), Jeff Penalty (v: 03-08), Dave Scheff (d: 08), Ron “Skip” Greer (v: 08-), Greg Reeves (b: 10-11)
Song(s):
California Über Alles (1979)
Holiday in Cambodia (1980)
Album(s):
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
Kim Deal
Born: 8/10/1928 Died: 6/13/2010
American country singer.
Song(s):
Big Bad John (1961)
Speech Debelle
Album(s):
Speech Therapy (2009)
Born: 8/22/1862 Died: 3/25/1918
French classical composer.
Album(s):
La Mer (1905) ballet
Preludes (24) for Piano, Books I & II (1909-1913)
Kiki Dee
Song(s):
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (with Elton John, 1976)
About: British pioneer heavy-metal group. Also check out spin-off groups Rainbow (which included Blackmore, Glover, and Turner) and Whitesnake (Coverdale, Lord, Paice, and Glover).
Active: 1968-1976, 1984-1998 Members: Ritchie Blackmore (g: 68-75, 84-93), Rod Evans (v: 68-69), Jon Lord (k: 68-76, 84-98), Nicky Simper (b: 68-69), Ian Paice (d: 68-76, 84-98), Ian Gillan (v: 69-73, 84-89, 92-98), Roger Glover (b: 69-76, 84-98), David Coverdale (v: 73-76), Glenn Hughes (v/b: 73-76), Tommy Bolin (g: 75-76), Joe Lynn Turner (v: 89-92), Joe Satriani (g: 93-94), Steve Morse (g: 94-98)
Song(s):
Smoke on the Water (1973)
Album(s):
In Rock (1970)
Machine Head (1972)
Made in Japan (1972) live
Hard rock group formed in Sheffield, England. One of the premiere groups in the ‘80s pop-metal craze often referred to as “hair bands”.
Active: 1977- Members: Joe Elliott (v), Steve Clark (g: 77-91; died on 1/8/91 of alcohol-related respiratory failure), Pete Willis (g: 77-82), Rick Savage (b), Rick Allen (d; lost left arm in an auto accident on 12/31/84), Phil Collen (g: 82-), Vivian Campbell (g: 92-)
Song(s):
Pour Some Sugar on Me (1987)
Album(s):
High ‘N’ Dry (1981)
Pyromania (1983)
Hysteria (1987)
The DMDB Blog:
Def Leppard finally hit #1 with Hysteria: July 23, 1988 (7/23/12)
Desmond Dekker
Song(s):
The Israelites (1969)
Reginald DeKoven
Album(s):
Del Amitri (1985)
Waking Hours (1989)
Change Everything (1992)
Twisted (1995)
Some Other Sucker’s Parade (1997)
Can You Do Me Good? (2002)
Eddie DeLange
Delaney & Bonnie
Album(s):
On Tour (& Friends with Eric Clapton, 1969) live
De La Soul
Song(s):
Me, Myself and I (1989)
Album(s):
3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
The Delfonics
The Dells
Song(s):
Oh What a Night (1956)
Delmore Brothers
Song(s):
Hillbilly Boogie (1946)
Blues Stay Away from Me (1949)
Born: 6/12/1951 in Boston, MA Died: 3/9/2007; suicide
Rock singer with Boston (76-78,86,97,02), with Barry Goudreau (80, 04), Orion the Hunter (84), and RTZ (89-91,98).
Album(s):
with Barry Goudreau: Delp & Goudreau (2004)
Musicians Brad Delp and Barry Goudreau. Duo of alumni from rock group Boston.
Lana Del Rey
Song(s):
Video Games (2011)
The Del-Vikings
Song(s):
Come Go with Me (1957)
Jim Denny
Will Denny
Song(s):
Any Old Place I Hang My Hat is “Home Sweet Home” to Me (1901)
John Densmore
Born: 12/31/1943 Died: 10/12/1997
Country/adult-contemporary singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971)
Album(s):
Greatest Hits (1969-1972) G
Gene DePaul
All-synthesized rock group formed in Basildon, England. Name is French for fast fashion.
Active: 1980- Members: Dave Gahan (v) and synthesizer players Martin L. Gore, Vince Clarke (80-82), and Andy Fletcher. Alan Wilder (82-95) replaced Clarke.
Song(s):
Just Can’t Get Enough (1981)
People Are People (1984)
Personal Jesus (1989)
Enjoy the Silence (1990)
Album(s):
Violator (1990)
Rock supergroup formed by Clapton with members of Delaney & Bonnie.
Active: 1970-71. Members: Eric Clapton (v/g), Duane Allman (g), Bobby Whitlock (k/g), Carl Radle (b), and Jim Gordon (d).
Song(s):
Layla (1971)
Album(s):
Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
The DMDB Blog:
Derek and the Dominos charted with “Layla”: March 20, 1971 (3/20/12)
Edouard de Reszke
Song(s):
Canzone del Porter (from Martha vo Flotow) (1903)
Peter DeRose
Hal Derwin
Song(s):
South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (with Shep Fields, 1939)
Sugar Pie Desanto
The Descendents
Album(s):
Milo Goes to College (1982)
Jackie DeShannon
Song(s):
What the World Needs Now (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, 1965)
Song(s):
Bills, Bills, Bills (1999)
Say My Name (1999)
Independent Women (2000)
Bootylicious (2001)
Album(s):
The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Survivor (2001)
Born: George Gard DeSylva on 1/27/1895 in New York City, NY Died: 7/11/1950
About: Songwriter.
Songs written by DeSylva:
Look for the Silver Lining (written with Jerome Kern, recorded by Marion Harris, 1921)
April Showers (written with Louis Silvers, recorded by Al Jolson, 1922)
Devo
Song(s):
Whip It (1980)
Album(s):
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
Frank DeVol’s Orchestra
Song(s):
Nature Boy (with Nat “King” Cole, 1948)
Al Dexter
Song(s):
Pistol Packin' Mama (1943)
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Song(s):
Come on Eileen (1982)
Album(s):
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Born: 2/18/1947
Rock singer and keyboardist with Styx (71-84,90-99). Also a solo artist (84-).
Album(s):
One Hundred Years from Now (2007)
Born: 1/24/1941 in Brooklyn, NY
Pop/soft rock singer/songwriter. His real name is Neil Diamond, however he considered changing his name to Noah Kaminsky early in his career. Worked as songplugger/staff writer in NYC; also wrote under pseudonym Mark Lewis. First record for Duel in 1961. Wrote for the Monkees TV show. Wrote score for the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Starred in and composed the music for The Jazz Singer in 1980.
Songs Written and Recorded by Diamond:
Cracklin’ Rosie (1970)
Diamond Songs as Recorded by Others:
I'm a Believer (the Monkees, 1966)
I’ll Come Running (Cliff Richard, 1967)
The Boat That I Row (Lulu, 1967)
Kentucky Woman (Deep Purple, 1968)
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (the Hollies, 1969)
Sweet Caroline (Elvis Presley, 1970)
And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind (Mark Lindsay (of Paul Revere & the Raiders), 1970)
Red Red Wine (UB40, 1983)
Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon (Urge Overkill, 1994)
Solitary Man (Johnny Cash, 1994)
Album(s):
The Jazz Singer (1980)
12 Songs (produced by Rick Rubin, 2005)
Diamond Rio
The Diamonds
Song(s):
Little Darlin’ (1957)
Little Jimmy Dickens
Bruce Dickinson
Born: 12/30/1928 Died: 6/2/2008
Blues guitarist.
Song(s):
Bo Diddley (1955)
I’m a Man (1955)
Who Do You Love (1956)
Dido
Song(s):
Stan (with Eminem, 2000)
White Flag (2003)
Album(s):
No Angel (1999)
Life for Rent (2003)
Howard Dietz
Difford & Tilbrook
Duo of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, both members of British new wave group Squeeze.
Album(s):
Difford & Tilbrook (1984)
Born: 11/4/1954
British singer/songwriter. One of two members of the new wave band Squeeze to last through every incarnation of the group.
Album(s):
Difford & Tilbrook (1984)
I Didn’t Get Where I Am (2002)
The Last Temptation of Chris (2008)
Digable Planets
Song(s):
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (1992)
Digital Underground
Song(s):
The Humpty Dance (1990)
The Dils
Song(s):
I Hate the Rich (1978)
Klaus Dinger
Mark Dinning
Song(s):
Teen Angel (1959)
Dinosaur Jr.
Song(s):
Freak Scene (1988)
Album(s):
You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
Born: Ronald Padavona on 7/10/42 in Portsmouth, NH Died: 5/16/2010
Heavy-metal rock singer. (v/b – Elf: 70-75; v – Rainbow: 75-79; Black Sabbath: 79-83,92; Dio: 83-02; Heaven & Hell: 06-10).
Album(s):
Holy Diver ()
Born: 7/18/1939 Died:
R&B/doo-wop singer with the Belmonts. Also recorded solo.
Song(s):
I Wonder Why (with the Bemonts, 1958)
A Teenager in Love (with the Belmonts, 1959)
Runaround Sue (1961)
Abraham, Martin and John (1968)
Born: 3/30/1968 in Quebec
Pop/adult contemporary singer popular singer in France and Canada sincer her teen years. Youngest of 14 children.
Song(s):
Beauty and the Beast (with Peabo Bryson, 1991)
Think Twice (1994)
Because You Loved Me (written by Diane Warren, 1996)
It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (written by Jim Steinman, 1996)
My Heart Will Go On (1997)
Album(s):
The Colour of My Love (1993)
Falling into You (1996)
Let’s Talk about Love (1997)
All the Way…A Decade in Song (compilation, 1991-99)
Rock group formed in London. Mark Knopfler and Fletcher were also in Notting Hillbillies together.
Active: 1977-1991 Members: Mark Knopfler (v/g: 77-86,91), David Knopfler (g: 77-80), John Illsley (b: 77-), Pick Withers (d: 77-83), Hal Lindes (g: 80-85), Alan Clark (k: 82-), Terry Williams (d: 83-), Guy Fletcher (g: 84-86,91?), Chris White (saxophone: 91), Paul Franklin (pedal steel g: 91), Danny Cummings (percussion: 91), Phil Palmer (g: 91), and Chris Whitten (d)
Song(s):
Sultans of Swing (1979)
Romeo and Juliet (1981)
Money for Nothing (1985)
Album(s):
Dire Straits (1978)
Making Movies (1980)
Brothers in Arms (1985)
On Every Street (1991)
The DMDB Blog:
Dire Straits released Brothers in Arms: May 13, 1985 (5/13/12)
Mike Dirnt
Discharge
Album(s):
Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing (1982)
Song(s):
Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Not Ready to Make Nice (2006)
Album(s):
Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Fly (1999)
Home (2002)
Taking the Long Way (produced by Rick Rubin, 2006)
The Dixie Cups
Song(s):
Chapel of Love (written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, 1964)
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Song(s):
Amazing Grace (1946)
Let’s Go Out to the Programs (1953)
I’ll Live Again (year?)
Floyd Dixon
Mort Dixon
Born: 7/1/1915 Died: 1/29/1992
American blues bassist.
Album(s):
I Am the Blues (year?)
The Chess Box (1988)
Dizzee Rascal
Song(s):
Fix Up Look Sharp (2003)
Album(s):
Boy in Da Corner (2003)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
Song(s):
Parents Just Don’t Understand (1988)
Summertime (1991)
DJ Shadow
Album(s):
Endtroducing… (1996)
Ken Dodd
Song(s):
Tears (1965)
Doe
The Way I Am (Timbaland with Doe & Keri Hilson, 2007)
Bill Doggett
Song(s):
Honky Tonk (1956)
Pete Doherty
Song(s):
For Lovers (with Wolfman, 2004)
Born: 6/20/1928 Died: 6/29/1964
Jazz musician.
Album(s):
Out to Lunch! (1964)
Born: 1/21/1941 Died: --
Opera singer.
Album(s):
The Three Tenors in Concert/Mehta (Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, & Jose Carreras; 1990)
Born: Antoine Dominique Domino, Jr. on 2/26/1928 in New Orleans, LA
R&B/early rock and roll singer/songwriter and pianist. Has sold some 60 million records.
Song(s):
Ain't That a Shame (aka "Ain't It a Shame") (1955)
Blueberry Hill (1956)
Walking to New Orleans (1960)
Active: 1950-62 Members: Clyde McPhatter (50-53), Charlie White (50-52), Joe Lamont, Bill Brown (50-52), Bill Ward (piano), David McNeil (52-?), James Van Loan (52-?), Jackie Wilson (53-57), and Eugene Mumford (57-62).
R&B vocal group from New York City. A fluctuating lineup saw a dozen top ten R&B hits in the ‘50s fronted by five different singers.
Song(s):
Sixty Minute Man (1951)
Star Dust (1957)
Al Donahue
Jeepers Creepers (with Paula Kelly, 1938)
Walter Donaldson
Lonnie Donegan
Song(s):
Rock Island Line (1956)
Gaetano Donizetti
Born: Donovan Phillips Leitch on 5/10/1946 Died:
About: Scottish folk-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist (“Mellow Yellow”, “Catch the Wind”). The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says his song “Sunshine Superman” single handedly ignited the psychedelic revolution.
Song(s):
Sunshine Superman (1966)
Album(s):
Sunshine Superman (1966)
The Doobie Brothers
Song(s):
What a Fool Believes (1979)
Active: 1965-71 Members: Jim Morrison (v: 65-71), Ray Mazarek (k), Robbie Krieger (g), John Densmore (d)
Rock group formed in Los Angeles, CA.
Song(s):
Light My Fire (1967)
The End (1967)
L.A. Woman (1971)
Riders on the Storm (1971)
Album(s):
The Doors (1967)
Strange Days (1967)
Waiting for the Sun (1968)
The Soft Parade (1969)
Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Café (1970)
L.A. Woman (1971)
The Best of the Doors (compilation, 1987)
The DMDB Blog:
The Doors released their debut album: January 4, 1967 (1/4/12)
The Dorsey Brothers
Song(s):
It’s the Girl (with the Boswell Sisters, 2010)
Lullaby of Broadway (with Bob Crosby, 1935)
Born: 2/29/1904 in Shenandoah, PA Died: 6/12/1957
Used his vast skills as alto-saxophonist and clarinetist with a multitude of bands during the late ‘20s and early ‘30s. He and his brother Tommy played with the California Ramblers, Charleston Chasers, Jean Goldkette, Red Nichols, and Paul Whiteman, among others. Jimmy also recorded with Ted Lewis and Ben Selvin. When Tommy walked out on the Dorsey Brothers band in 1935, most of the members stayed with Jimmy. It was the vocals of Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell which swept the band onto a remarkable wave of popularity in the early ‘40s.
Song(s):
Is It True What They Say About Dixie (with Bob Eberly, 1936)
The Breeze and I (with Bob Eberly, 1940)
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) (with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell, 1941)
Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) (with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell, 1941)
Maria Elena (with Bob Eberly, 1941)
Brazil (1942)
Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) (with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen, 1944)
Born: 7/1/1899 Died: 1/23/1993
Gospel singer.
Song(s):
Take My Hand, Precious Lord (1932)
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (1934)
Album(s):
et al – Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs… (1973)
Links:
- Bio at SwingMusic.net
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: Among the greatest trombonists in jazz history. He and his brother Jimmy played with the California Ramblers, Charleston Chasers, Jean Goldkette, Red Nichols, and Paul Whiteman, among others. Tommy also played with Vincent Lopez and Rudy Vallee. Started his band in 1935 with the heart of the Joe Haymes ensemble, and over the years led an extraordinary array of top musicians. The jazz arrangements of Sy Oliver were among the most acclaimed of the era, and during the early ‘40s the band got a sensational new star in Frank Sinatra.
Born: 11/19/1905 in Shenandoah, PA Died: 11/26/1956
Song(s):
The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round (with Edythe Wright, 1935)
Alone (with Cliff Weston, 1936)
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (1936)
Marie (written by Irving Berlin, 1937)
Song of India (1937)
Once in a While (1937)
Music, Maestro, Please (with Edythe Wright, 1938)
All the Things You Are (with Jack Leonard; written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II; 1939)
I’ll Never Smile Again (with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers, 1940)
There Are Such Things (with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers, 1942)
Opus No. 1 (1945)
Carl Douglas
Song(s):
Kung Fu Fighting (1974)
Michael Douglas
Song(s):
Ole Buttermilk Sky (with Kay Kyser, 1946)
Steve Douglas
Born: 10/20/1925 Died: 10/27/2002
About: American producer who initially wanted to be a nuclear physicist research specialist. As an Atlantic Records staff engineer and producer, he embraced technology like the use of stereo and eight-track recording machines. At Atlantic, he recorded, and occasionally produced, artists like Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding. Later he also helped create the sounds of the Allman Brothers Band, Cream, Dusty Springfield, Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, and Chicago.
K.K. Downing
Born: 6/16/1941 Died:
American songwriter with Motown’s Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team.
Drake
Song(s):
All of the Lights (with Rihanna & Drake, 2010)
What’s My Name? (Rihanna with Drake, 2010)
Ervin Drake
Born: 6/19/1948 in Rangoon, Burma Died: 11/25/1974 from an overdose of an antidepressant
About: English folk singer/songwriter.
Album(s):
Five Leaves Left (1969)
Bryter Layter (1970)
Pink Moon (1972)
The DMDB Blog:
Nick Drake died: November 25, 1974 (11/25/11)
Dream Theater
Album(s):
Images and Words (1992)
Scenes from a Memory (Metropolis Part 2) (1999)
Born: Andre Romelle Young on 2/18/1965 in Compton, CA Died: --
About: Rap singer/songwriter, producer, and record executive. Started as a member of the World Class Wreckin’ Cru and became famous with gangster rap group N.W.A. before having a successful solo career.
Song(s):
Deep Cover (with Snoop Doggy Dogg, 1992)
Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang (with Snoop Doggy Dogg, 1993)
No Diggity (with Blackstreet, 1996)
California Love (with Tupac Shakur and Roger Troutman, 1996)
I Need a Doctor (with Eminem & Skylar Grey, 2011)
Album(s):
The Chronic (1992)
About: Popular songwriter, singer, and comedic actor who traveled in minstrel and medicine wagon shows and worked as a vaudeville performer.
Born: Johann Paul Dreiser Jr. on 4/22/1858 in Terre Haute, Indiana Died: 1/30/1906
Song(s) written by Dresser:
My Gal Sal (performed by Byron Harlan, 1907)
Dave Dreyer
Vocal group formed on Atlantic. Numerous personnel changes over the years. Six different singers have sung on top 10 R&B hits for the group. Songwriters Leiber and Stoller produced their hits from 1959-63. Many personnel changes throughout career and several groups have used the name in later years.
Active: 1953- Members: Clyde McPhatter (v: 53-55), Bill Pinkney (53-58), Gerhart Thrasher (53-58), Andrew Thrasher (53-58); Johnny Moore (v: 55-58, 64-80), Ben E. King (v: 59-60), Rudy Lewis (60-64; died of a heart attack on 5/20/64 at age 27).
Song(s):
Money Honey (1953)
There Goes My Baby (written by Ben E. King, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1959)
Save the Last Dance for Me (1960)
Up on the Roof (written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin, 1962)
On Broadway (written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1963)
Under the Boardwalk (1964)
Born: Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. on 11/21/1940 Died: --
American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who works in multiple genres including blues, pop, jazz, Zydeco, boogie woogie, and rock. Worked originally as a prominent session musician but has recorded over 20 albums on his own.
Song(s):
Right Place Wrong Time (1973)
Born: 9/26/1973
American songwriter and record producer.
Song(s):
Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson, 2004)
Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne, 2007)
I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry, 2008)
Hot n Cold (Katy Perry, 2008)
Al Dublin
Born: 4/1/1909 Died: 2/9/1951
American jazz pianist and bandleader.
Song(s):
Let’s Fall in Love (with Lew Sherwood, 1934)
You Are My Lucky Star (with Lew Sherwood, 1935)
Moon Over Miami (with Lew Sherwood, 1936)
Duffy
Album(s):
Rockferry (2008)
Vernon Duke
Song(s) by Duke:
I Can't Get Started (written with Ira Gershwin, performed by Bunny Berigan, 1938)
The Duke of Paducah
Born: 1/10/1946 Died:
English rock drummer with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (1966-67), the Jeff Beck Group, Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, Journey (1973-79), Jefferson Starship (1979-82), Whitesnake (1989-90), and more.
Born: 11/24/1941 Died:
American R&B bassist with Booker T & the MG’s.
Champion Jack Dupree
Album(s):
Blues from the Gutter (1958)
Synth-pop-dance group formed in Birmingham, England. Group named after a villain in the Jane Fonda movie Barbarella. Groups Arcadia and The Power Station are offshoots of Duran Duran.
Active: 1978- Members: Simon LeBon (v: 78-), Andy Taylor (g: 78-84), Nick Rhodes (k: 78-), John Taylor (b: 78-), Roger Taylor (d: 78-84). Warren Cuccurullo (g – Missing Persons, Duran Duran: 90-), Sterling Campbell (d – Duran Duran: 90-93, Soul Asylum: 95-)
Song(s):
Girls on Film (1981)
Hungry Like the Wolf (1982)
Rio (1982)
The Reflex (1984)
Ordinary World (1992)
Album(s):
Rio (1982)
The DMDB Blog:
Duran Duran charted with “Hungry Like the Wolf”: May 15, 1982 (5/15/12)
Ian Dury (& the Blockheads)
Song(s):
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (1978)
Album(s):
New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Born: 9/8/1841 Died: 1904
Bohemian classical composer.
Album(s):
Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” (1893)
Cello Concerto in B Minor (1895)
Links:
DMDB page
- official site
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: Highly influential singer/songwriter/guitarist/harmonica player and innovator of folk-rock style. Took stage name from poet Dylan Thomas. To New York City in December 1960. Worked Greenwich Village folk clubs. Signed to Columbia Records in October 1961. Motorcycle crash on 7/29/66 led to short retirement. Newly-found Christian faith reflected in his recordings of 1979-81. Member of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys 1988-91.
Born: Robert Allen Zimmerman on 5/24/1941 in Duluth, MN
Song(s):
Blowin' in the Wind (1963)
The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1965)
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)
Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
Positively 4th Street (1966)
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1973)
Tangled Up in Blue (1975)
Not Dark Yet (1997)
Album(s):
Bob Dylan (1962)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964)
Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Blonde on Blonde (1966)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Live 1966 – The “Royal Albert Hall Concert” (1966) live
The Basement Tapes (with The Band, 1967) archives
John Wesley Harding (1967)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Self Portrait (1970)
New Morning (1970)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Planet Waves (with The Band, 1974)
Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Desire (1976)
Street Legal (1978)
Slow Train Going (1979)
Saved (1980)
Shot of Love (1981)
Infidels (1983)
Empire Burlesque (1985)
Knocked Out Loaded (1986)
Down in the Groove (1988)
Oh Mercy (1989)
Under the Red Sky (1990)
Good As I Been to You (1992)
World Gone Wrong (1993)
Time Out of Mind (1997)
Love and Theft (2001)
Modern Times (2006)
The DMDB Blog/Facebook Note(s):
Bob Dylan – Top 100 Songs
Bob Dylan Covers – Top 30 Songs
Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” Debuts on the Hot 100: July 24, 1965 (7/24/11)
Bob Dylan released Blood on the Tracks: January 17, 1975 (1/17/12)
Bob Dylan goes electric: May 17, 1966 (5/17/12)
Click on a letter to choose a recording act (“S” for Bruce Springsteen, “B” for Beatles, etc.). Shown with the act are its major awards (see more here), short bios for select acts (generally taken or adapted from Joel Whitburn’s Pop Memories 1890-1954 and Top Pop Singles: Billboard books), and links to all albums reviewed here at the DMDB.
A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y
Z VARIOUS ARTISTS
You can also check the search engine for names, albums, songs, and other content on this site:
Last updated February 9, 2013. 
|
B.G. “Buddy” DeSylva
Dixie Chicks
Paul Dresser
