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About: British rock group which evolved from The Small Faces.
Active: 1969-1975 Members: Rod Stewart (v), Ron Wood (g), Ronnie Lane (b), Ian McLagan (k), Kenney Jones (d)
Donald Fagen
Album(s):
The Nightfly (1982)
Born: 2/28/1939 in Washington, D.C. Died: 2/22/2001
American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument.
Sammy Fain
Fairfield Four
Song(s):
Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around (1947)
Fairground Attraction
Song(s):
Perfect (1988)
Album(s):
The First of a Million Kisses (1988)
Fairport Convention
Album(s):
Unhalfbricking (1969)
Liege and Lief (1969)
Faith No More
Song(s):
Epic (1990)
Album(s):
The Real Thing (1989)
Angel Dust (1992)
Born: 4/7/1908 Died: 2/9/1976
Canadian bandleader.
Song(s):
Where Is Your Heart (Song from "Moulin Rouge") (with Felicia Sanders, 1953)
Theme from “A Summer Place” (1960)
Joseph Falcon
Song(s):
Allons a Lafayette (1928)
Born: 4/5/1950
Swedish pop singer with Abba.
The Fall
Song(s):
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer (2008)
Album(s):
This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985)
Georgie Fame
Song(s):
The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
Cecil Fanning
Song(s):
A Perfect Day (1911)
Geraldine Farrar
Song(s):
My Old Kentucky Home (1910)
Fatboy Slim
Song(s):
Praise You (1999)
Weapon of Choice (2001)
Album(s):
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Gabriel Faure
Classical composer.
Album(s):
Requiem (composed 1900)
Fear
Album(s):
The Record (1982)
The Feelies
Album(s):
Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Born: Jose Monserrate Feliciano Garcia on 9/10/1945 in Lares, Puerto Rico Died:
Guitarist and composer.
Song(s):
Feliz Navidad (1970)
Born: Baldemar Garza Huerta on 6/4/1937 in San Benito, TX Died: 10/14/2006
Country singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Before the Next Teardrop Falls (1975)
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (1975)
Fergie
Song(s):
Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) (2007)
Ajejandro Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Ferrante & Teicher
Song(s):
Theme from “Exodus” (1960)
Born: 9/26/1945
English singer/songwriter and musician with Roxy Music and a solo artist.
Born: 12/17/1874 in Boston, MA Died: 7/10/1979
Classical conductor.
Song(s):
Jalouise (with the Boston Pops Orchestra, 1935)
Arthur Fields
Song(s):
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (written by Irving Berlin, 1918)
Born: 9/12/1910 Died: 2/23/1981
American jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
Sleepy Time Gal (with Ben Bernie, 1926)
That Old Feeling (with Bob Goday, 1937)
Thanks for the Memory (with Bob Goday, 1937)
South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (with Hal Derwin, 1939)
Anton Fier
R&B vocal group formed in Los Angeles, CA. Townson and Davis had been with groups in St. Louis. First called the Versatiles. McCoo and Davis were married in 1969 and recorded as a duo since 1976.
Active: 1966-1978 Members: Marilyn McCoo (Hi-Fi’s; 5th Dimension), Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Lamont McLemore (Hi-Fi’s; 5th Dimension), and Ron Townson
Song(s):
Up, Up and Away (1967)
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (1969)
The DMDB Blog:
The Fifth Dimension charted with “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”: March 8, 1969 (3/8/12)
Born: 7/6/1975
Rap singer.
Song(s):
In Da Club (2002)
Hate It or Love It (with the Game, 2005)
Down on Me (Jeremih with 50 Cent, 2010)
Album(s):
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003)
The Massacre (2005)
Fine Young Cannibals
Album(s):
The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Album(s):
with Tim Finn: Finn (aka ‘Finn Brothers’) (1995)
Try Whistling This (1998)
One Nil (2001)
with Tim Finn: Everyone Is Here (2004)
Album(s):
Escapade (1983)
Big Canoe (1986)
Tim Finn (1989)
Before and After (1993)
with Neil Finn: Finn (aka ‘Finn Brothers’) (1995)
Say It Is So (2000)
Feeding the Gods (2001)
with Neil Finn: Everyone Is Here (2004)
Imaginary Kingdom (2006)
The Conversation (2008)
Finn Brothers - see Neil Finn and Tim Finn
Melanie Fiona
Song(s):
Fool for You (with Cee-Lo Green, 2011)
Ted Fiorito
Fireside Theatre
Album(s):
Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers (1970)
Carl Fischer’s Orchestra
Song(s):
That Lucky Old Sun (Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller's Orchestra, & Carl Fischer's Orchestra, 1949)
Born: Derek Dick on 4/25/58 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Neo-progressive rock singer with Marillion (81-88) and then a solo artist (89-). Got nickname from a landlady who accused him of wallowing in the bath like a fish.
Song(s):
Cliché (1990)
Album(s):
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
Internal Exile (1991)
Songs from the Mirror (1993)
Suits (1994)
Sunsets on Empire (1997)
Raingods with Zippos (1999)
Fellini Days (2001)
Field of Crows (2004)
13th Star (2007)
Born: Edwin Jack Fisher on 8/10/1928 in Philadelphia, PA Died: 9/22/2010
One of the 1950s most popular singers. At age 18, he was singing with Buddy Morrow’s band, and in 1949 got his first nationwide exposure on Eddie Cantor’s radio show. A year later he was a popular sensation. Married to Debbie Reynolds, then Elizabeth Taylor. Appeared in several ‘50s movies and his own TV series.
Song(s):
I'm Walking Behind You (1953)
Album(s):
I’m in the Mood for Love (1952)
Fred Fisher
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Song(s):
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1910)
Damon Che Fitzgerald
Born: 4/25/1918 in Newport News, VA Died: 6/15/1996
The most honored jazz singer of all time. Discovered after winning the Harlem Amateur Hour in 1934, she was hired by Chick Webb and in 1938 created a popular sensation with “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”. Following Chick’s death in 1939, Ella took over the band for three years. Winner of the Down Beat poll as top female vocalist more than 20 times, she remains among the undisputed royalty of 20th century popular music.
Song(s):
Oh, Lady Be Good (1924)
A-Tisket, A-Tasket (with Chick Webb & His Orchestra, 1938)
How High the Moon (with the Daydreamers, 1947)
Baby It’s Cold Outside (1949)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1958)
Summertime (1960)
Mack the Knife (1960)
Album(s):
Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
Sings the Rogers and Hart Songbook (1956)
In Berlin (1960)
Ella and Basie! (with Count Basie, 1963)
The DMDB Blog:
Ella Fitzgerald hit #1 with “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”: June 25, 1938 (6/25/12)
The Five Keys
The Five Satins
Song(s):
In the Still of the Nite (1956)
Born: 2/10/1937
Pop singer.
Song(s):
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1972)
Killing Me Softly with His Song (1973)
Kirsten Flagstad
The Flaming Lips
Song(s):
Do You Realize? (2002)
Album(s):
The Soft Bulletin (1999)
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
The Flamingos
Song(s):
I Only Have Eyes for You (1959)
Born: 3/16/1930 in Detroit, MI Died: 11/16/2001
Jazz pianist.
Born: 6/19/1914 Died:
Country/bluegrass singer.
Song(s):
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (with Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys, 1949)
Album(s):
Foggy Mountain Jamboree (with Earl Scruggs, 1957)
Foggy Mountain Banjo (with Earl Scruggs,, 1961)
Flatt & Scruggs – see Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Born: Michael Balzary on 10/16/1962
Australian/American rock bassist with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Album(s):
Fleet Foxes (2008)
Helplessness Blues (2011)
Mick Fleetwood
Links:
- official site
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: Formed initially as a British blues group, but by 1975 the group had evolved into a California pop-rock group because of the additions of Buckingham and Nicks.
Active: 1967- Members: Mick Fleetwood (d: 67-), John McVie (b: 67-), Peter Green (g: 67-70), and Jeremy Spencer (g: 67-71). Danny Kirwan (g: 68-72), Christine McVie (k/v: 68, 70-97), Bob Welch (g: 71-74), Bob Weston (g: 72-73), Dave Walker (g: 72-73), Lindsey Buckingham (g/v: 75-87,97,03), Stevie Nicks (v: 75-93,97,03-), Billy Burnette (g/v: 87-93), Rick Vito (g/v: 87-91), Bekka Bramlett (v – The Zoo: 92; Fleetwood Mac: 93-95), Dave Mason (v/ percussion: 93-95).
Song(s):
Go Your Own Way (1977)
Dreams (1977)
Don't Stop (1977)
Tusk (1979)
Album(s):
Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Rumours (1977)
Tango in the Night (1987)
Greatest Hits (1975-1988) G
The DMDB Blog:
Best-of List: In Memory of Bob Welch / Top 50 Songs by Fleetwood Mac & Solo Offshoots (6/9/12)
Fleetwood Mac hits the charts with their new California sound: August 2, 1975 (8/2/11)
Leon Fliesher
Flipper
Album(s):
Album Generic (1982)
A Flock of Seagulls
Song(s):
I Ran (So Far Away) (1982)
Florence & the Machine
Album(s):
Lungs (2009)
Ceremonials (2011)
Song(s):
Low (with T-Pain, 2007)
Good Feeling (2011)
Where Them Girls At (David Guetta with Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj, 2011)
Whistle (2012)
Eddie Floyd
Song(s):
Sin City (1969)
Album(s):
The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
Burrito Deuxe (1970)
Foals
Song(s):
Spanish Sahara (2010)
Born: 8/13/1951 Died: 12/16/2007
Folk/adult contemporary singer/songwriter.
Born: 5/28/1945 Died:
American rock singer and guitarist with Creedence Clearwater Revival (“Proud Mary”, “Bad Moon Rising”, “Fortunate Son”).
Jim Foglesong
Born: 6/17/1910 Died: 9/19/1968
Country singer.
Song(s):
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (1950)
Peace in the Valley (with the Sunshine Boys, 1951)
DJ Fontana
Song(s):
Big Me (1996)
Monkey Wrench (1997)
Everlong (1997)
Learn to Fly (1999)
Walk (2011)
Album(s):
Foo Fighters (1995)
There is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
One by One (2002)
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Wasting Light (2011)
Benjamin Francis “Whitey” Ford – see The Duke of Paducah
Born: 7/7/1924 Died: 9/30/1977
American singer.
Song(s):
How High the Moon (with Les Paul, 1951)
Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) (with Les Paul, 1953)
Born: 2/13/1919 Died: 10/17/1991
Country singer.
Song(s):
Sixteen Tons (1955)
Album(s):
Hymns (1957)
About: British-American rock group formed in New York City. Became one of the prominent “arena rock” bands in the 1970s and ‘80s. Gagliardi and Greenwood later formed Spys.
Active: 1976-1995 Members: Mick Jones (g: 76-95), Lou Gramm (v: 76-91, 92-95), Ian McDonald (g/k: 76-80), Ed Gagliardi (b: 76-79), Al Greenwood (k: 76-80), Dennis Elliott (d: 76-92), Rick Wills (b: 79-92), Johnny Edwards (v – Montrose: 87; Foreigner: 91-92)
Song(s):
I Want to Know What Love Is (1984)
Album(s):
Foreigner (1977)
4 (1981)
The DMDB Blog:
Foreigner released 4: July 2, 1981 (7/2/12)
Jimmy Forest
Song(s):
Night Train (1952)
Song(s):
I’ve Heard That Song Before (with Harry James; composed by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn; 1943)
Long Ago and Far Away (with Dick Haymes; written by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin; 1944)
About: The pre-eminent songwriter in the United States in the 19th century for songs such as “Oh, Susanna”, “Camptown Races”, and “Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)”. Known as “The Father of American Music”.
Born: 7/4/1826 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania Died: 1/13/1864
Foster the People
Song(s):
Pumped Up Kicks (2010)
The Four Aces
Song(s):
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
The Four Lads
Song(s):
Cry (with Johnnie Ray, 1951)
Round and Round (1957)
The Four Modernaires
Song(s):
Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941) (Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires)
Vocal group formed in Newark, N.J. Numerous personal changes from 1971 on. Group had been doing session work for their producer Bob Crewe and took their name from a New Jersey bowling alley.
Active: 1961-84 Members: Frankie Valli (v: 61-), Nick DeVito (Variatones: 55-56; Four Lovers: 56-59) and brother Tommy DeVito (Variatones: 55-56; Four Lovers: 56-61; Four Seasons: 61-71) with Hank Majewski (Variatones: 55-56; Four Lovers: 56-61?), Bob Gaudio (k/songwriter – Royal Teens; Four Lovers: 59-61; Four Seasons: 61-72), Nick Massi (61?-65), Charlie Calello (65-?), Joe Long (?)
Song(s):
Sherry (1962)
Big Girls Don't Cry (1962)
Walk Like a Man (1963)
Rag Doll (1964)
December 1963 (Oh What a Night) (1975)
Active: 1953- 2001 Members: Levi Stubbs (v), Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Lawrence Payton (died 6/20/97 at age 59), and Abdul “Duke” Fakir
Detroit R&B vocal group formed in 1953 as the Four Aims. First recorded for Chess in 1956, then Red Top and Columbia, before signing with Motown in 1963. Group had no personnel changes since its formation.
Song(s):
Baby, I Need Your Loving (1964)
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (1965)
Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (1966)
Standing in the Shadows of Love (1966)
Bernadette (1967)
The DMDB Blog:
The Four Tops chart with “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”: September 3, 1966 (9/3/11)
Charles Fox
Inez Fox
Jamie Foxx
Song(s):
Slow Jamz (with Twista & Kanye West, 2003)
Gold Digger (with Kanye West, 2005)
Born: 4/22/1950
English rock singer and guitarist with Humble Pie and The Herd before going solo (“Baby, I Love Your Way”, “Show Me the Way”, “Do You Feel Like You Do”).
Album(s):
Frampton Comes Alive! (recorded live, 1975)
The DMDB Blog:
Frampton Comes Alive! is released: January 6, 1976 (1/6/12)
Zino Francescatti
Born: 12/12/1938 Died:
Pop singer.
Song(s):
Who’s Sorry Now (1958)
David “Panama” Francis
J.L. Frank
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Song(s):
Relax (1983)
Two Tribes (1984)
Born: 3/25/1942 in Memphis, TN
About: R&B singer known as “The Queen of Soul.” Her father was a Baptist preacher and Aretha got her start in the church choir, first recording as a gospel artist from 1956-60. Signed with Columbia Records in 1960 and recorded secular music. Went to Atlantic Records in 1966 and Arista Records in 1980.
Song(s):
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
Respect (1967)
You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman (written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin with Jerry Wexler, 1967)
Chain of Fools (1967)
I Say a Little Prayer (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, 1968)
Freeway of Love (1985)
Album(s):
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
Lady Soul (1968)
Young, Gifted and Black (1971)
Aretha’s Greatest Hits (1971) G
Amazing Grace (1972)
Sparkle (1976)
The DMDB Blog:
Aretha Franklin hit #1 with “Respect”: June 3, 1967 (6/3/12)
Aretha Franklin held her first Atlantic Records recording session: January 27, 1967 (1/27/12)
Franz Ferdinand
Song(s):
Take Me Out (2004)
Album(s):
Franz Ferdinand (2004)
Andy Fraser
Stan Freberg
Album(s):
Presents the United States of America (1961)
Free
Song(s):
All Right Now (1970)
Album(s):
Fire and Water (1970)
Born: Albert James Freed on 12/15/1921 Died: 1/20/1965
American radio DJ credited with coining the term “rock and roll.” He came to Cleveland’s WXEL-TV in April 1950 and began his late-night, rock-n-roll-themed Moondog show on WJW radio in July 1951. He went to New York in 1954 and left the business in 1959 after involvement in a payola scandal.
The DMDB Blog:
DJ Alan Freed hosted the first rock ‘n’ roll show: March 21, 1952 (3/21/12)
Arthur Freed
Matt Freeman
Josh Freese
John French
Doug E. Fresh
Song(s):
La Di Da Di (with Slick Rick, 1985)
The Show (with the Get Fresh Crew, 1985)
Freshlyground
Song(s):
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (Shakira with Freshlyground, 2010)
Born: 11/6/1948
About: American country-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist with the Eagles. Also a solo artist (“The One You Love”, “Smuggler’s Blues”, “The Heat Is On”, “You Belong to the City”).
Born: Martin Adam Friedman on 12/8/1962 Died:
About: Thrash metal guitarist with Megadeth (90-99).
Rudolf Friml
Born: 5/16/1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England Died:
About: Progressive rock guitarist and composer with King Crimson (only consistent member throughout the band’s career). Also a record producer.
Born: William Orville Frizzell on 3/31/1928 Died: 7/19/1975
About: American country singer.
Song(s):
If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time (1950)
Jane Froman
Album(s):
With a Song in My Heart (soundtrack, 1952)
Born: 3/5/1970 in Queens, New York Died:
About: Alternative rock guitarist with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (89-92, 98-09); also a solo artist.
Fucked Up
Album(s):
David Comes to Life (2011)
Fugazi
Album(s):
13 Songs (1990)
Repeater (1990)
The Fugees
Song(s):
Killing Me Softly (1996)
Ready or Not (1996)
Album(s):
The Score (1996)
The Bobby Fuller Four
Song(s):
I Fought the Law (1966)
Lowell Fulson
Song(s):
Reconsider Baby (year?)
Album(s):
Hung Down Head (1970)
Jack Fulton
Song(s):
The Birth of the Blues (Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylor, & Austin Young, 1926)
Among My Souvenirs (Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylor, & Austin Young, 1928)
Lover, Come Back to Me (with Jack Whiteman’s Orchestra, 1929)
Lover (Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, 1933)
Song(s):
We Are Young (Fun. with Janelle Monáe, 2011)
See Parliament/Funkadelic.
Furniture
Song(s):
Brilliant Mind (1986)
Song(s):
Promiscuous (with Timbaland, 2006)
Album(s):
Loose (2006)
George Furth
Album(s):
Company (composed with Stephen Sondheim, 1970) cast
Futureheads
Song(s):
Hounds of Love (2005)
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