Music Makers Encyclopedia: F

Click on a letter to choose an act ("S" for Bruce Springsteen, "B" for Beatles, etc.). Shown with the act are its major awards, short bios for select acts, and links to albums and songs reviewed by the DMDB.

Shelley Fabares

Song(s):
Johnny Angel (1962)

Fabian

Song(s):
Tiger (1959)
Hound Dog Man (1959)

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Song(s):
Tuff Enuff (1986)

The Faces

British rock group which evolved from The Small Faces. 1969-1975. Rod Stewart (v: 69-75), Ronnie Wood (g/b: 69-75), Ronnie Lane (b: 69-73), Ian McLagan (k: 69-75), Kenney Jones (d: 69-75), Tetsu Yamauchi (b: 73-75).

Song(s):
Stay with Me (1971)
Debris (1971)
Ooh La La (1973)
You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1974)

Album(s):
A Nod Is As Good as a Wink…to a Blind Horse (1971)

Donald Fagen

Jazz-rock singer/songwriter and keyboardist born 1/10/1948 in Passaic, New Jersey. With Steely Dan.

Song(s):
I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) (1982)

Album(s):
The Nightfly (1982)

John Fahey

Fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. Born 2/28/1939 in Washington, D.C.. Died 2/22/2001.

Song(s):
Poor Boys Long Way from Home (1965)

Album(s):
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death (1959)

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

Songs:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1969)
Meet on the Ledge (1969)
A Sailor’s Life (1969)

Album(s):
Unhalfbricking (1969)
Liege and Lief (1969)
Full House (1970)

Faith No More

Song(s):
We Care a Lot (1985)
Epic (1989)
RV (1992)
Easy (1992)
Superhero (2015)

Album(s):
The Real Thing (1989)
Live at Brixton Academy (live, 1991)
Angel Dust (1992)
King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime (1995)
Album of the Year (1997)
Sol Invictus (2015)

Adam Faith

Song(s):
I’ve Just Fallen for Someone (1961)

Paloma Faith

Song(s):
Only Love Can Hurt Like This (2014)

Percy Faith

Bandleader born 4/7/1908 in Toronto, Ontario. Died 2/9/1976.

Song(s):
Delicado (1952)
Where Is Your Heart (Song from "Moulin Rouge") (with Felicia Sanders, 1953)
Theme from A Summer Place (1960)
We Need a Little Christmas (1966)

Marianne Faithfull

Song(s):
As Tears Go By (1965)
Broken English (1979)
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (1979)

Album(s):
Broken English (1979)

Faithless

Song(s):
Angeline (1997)

Falco

Song(s):
Rock Me Amadeus (1986)

Joseph Falcon

Song(s):
Allons a Lafayette (1928)

The Falcons

Song(s):
You’re So Fine (1959)
I Found a Love (1962)

The Fall

Song(s):
Rowche Rumble (1979)
Totally Wired (1980)
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer (2008)

Album(s):
Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
Dragnet (1979)
Slates (EP, 1981)
Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall (1984)
This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)
Extricate (1990)
Infotainment Scan (1993)

Brian Fallon

Lead singer of Gaslight Anthem.

Album(s):
Painkillers (2016)

Jimmy Fallon

Song(s):
Sexy as I Know It (live as Neil Young with Bruce Springsteen, 2012)
Whip My Hair (live as Neil Young with Bruce Springsteen, 2012)

Fall Out Boy

Song(s):
Sugar, We’re Going Down (2005)
My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up) (2013)
Centuries (2014)
We Didn’t Start the Fire (2023)

Agnetha Fältskog

Pop singer born Agneta Åse Fältskog on 4/5/1950 in Jönköping, Sweden. With Abba.

Henry Fambrough

R&B baritone singer born 5/10/1938 in Detroit, Michigan. Last surviving original member of The Spinners (1954-present).

Georgie Fame

Song(s):
Yeh Yeh (1964)
Get Away (with the Blue Flames, 1966)
The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (1967)

Family of the Year

Song(s):
Hero (2012)

Cecil Fanning

Song(s):
A Perfect Day (1911)

Fanny

Song(s):
Let’s Spend the Night Together (1974)

Fantasia

Song(s):
I Believe (2004)
When I See U (2007)

Donna Fargo

Song(s):
The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. (1972)
Funny Face (1972)
Superman (1973)
You Were Always There (1973)
You Can’t Be a Beacon if Your Light Don’t Shine (1974)
That Was Yesterday (1977)
The Sign of the Times (1983)

Album(s):
The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. (1972)

Richard & Mimi Farina

Song(s):
Pack Up Your Sorrows (1965)
Reno Nevada (1965)

J.J. Farley

Gospel singer and manager born Jesse J. Farley in Penington, TX. With The Soul Stirrers.

Pete Farndon

Rock bassist born 6/12/1952 in Hereford, England. Died 4/14/1983. With the Pretenders.

John Farnham

Song(s):
Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) (1967)
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (1970)
You're the Voice (1986)
Age of Reason (1988)

Album(s):
Whispering Jack (1986)
Age of Reason (1988)

Christine Farnon

Geraldine Farrar

Song(s):
My Old Kentucky Home (1910)

Marguerite Farrell

Song(s):
If I Knock the ‘L’ Out of Kelly, It Would Still Be Kelly to Me (1916)

Dionne Farris

Song(s):
I Know (1995)

Farruko

Song(s):
Calma (with Pedro Capo, 2018)
Pepas (2021)

Fastball

Song(s):
The Way (1998)

Faster Pussycat

Song(s):
House of Pain (1989)

The Fat Boys

Song(s):
Jailhouse Rap (1984)

Fatboy Slim

Song(s):
The Rockafeller Skank (1998)
Praise You (1999)
Right Here Right Now (1999)
Weapon of Choice (2001)

Album(s):
Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)

Fat Joe

Song(s):
All the Way Up (with Remy Ma, Jay-Z, French Montana, & Infared, 2016)

Gabriel Fauré

Classical composer.

Album(s):
Pavane (1887)
Pelléas et Mélisande (1898)
Requiem in D minor (1900)
Faust

Album(s):
Faust (1971)
So Far (1972)
The Faust Tapes (1973)
Faust IV (1973)

Edward M. Favor

Song(s):
Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye (1894)
Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) (1894)
My Best Girl’s a New Yorker (1895)

Fear

Album(s):
The Record (1982)

Danny Federici

Rock keyboardist born Daniel Paul Federici on 1/23/1950 in Flemington, NJ. Died 4/17/2008. With Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.

The Feelies

Song(s):
Fa cé-La (1979)
Away (1988)

Album(s):
Crazy Rhythms (1980)
The Good Earth (1986)

Feist

Song(s):
1234 (2007)
My Moon My Man (2007)

Album(s):
Let It Die (2005)
The Reminder (2007)

Jose Feliciano

Guitarist and composer born Jose Monserrate Feliciano Garcia on 9/10/1945 in Lares, Puerto Rico.

Song(s):
Light My Fire (1968)
Feliz Navidad (1970)

Album(s):
Sentimiento, la Voz, y la Guitarra (1967)

Don Felder

Rock guitarist born 9/21/1947 in Gainesville, FL. With Eagles (1974-80, 1994-2001).

Freddy Fender

Country singer/songwriter born Baldemar Garza Huerta on 6/4/1937 in San Benito, TX. Died 10/14/2006.

Song(s):
Before the Next Teardrop Falls (1975)
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (1975)
Secret Love (1975)
You’ll Lose a Good Thing (1976)

Leo Fender

Sam Fender

Album(s):
Seventeen Going Under (2021)

Frederick Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds

Album(s):
Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Suite No. 2 in F / Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Bach: Fantasia in G (1978)

Carl Fenton

Song(s):
Three O’Clock in the Morning (1922)
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses (1923)
What’ll I Do? (1924)
I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (1924) – see Al Jolson

Fergie

Pop singer born Stacy Ann Ferguson on 3/27/1975 in Hacienda Heights, California. With the Black Eyed Peas.

Song(s):
Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) (2007)

Album(s):
The Dutchess (2006)

Jay Ferguson

Song(s):
Thunder Island (1977)

Ajejandro Fernández

Vicente Fernández

Ferrante & Teicher

Song(s):
Theme from Exodus (1960)

Bryan Ferry

Singer/songwriter and musician born 9/26/1945 in Washington County, Durham. With Roxy Music (1970-). Also a solo artist.

Song(s):
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (1973)
Let’s Stick Together (1976)
Slave to Love (1985)
Boys and Girls (1985)
Is Your Love Strong Enough (1986)

Fetty Wap

Song(s):
Trap Queen (2014)
My Way (with Monty, 2015)
679 (with Remy Boyz, 2015)

Lupe Fiascso

Song(s):
Battle Scars (with Guy Sebastian, 2012)

Billy Field

Song(s):
You Weren’t in Love with Me (1981)

Arthur Fiedler

Classical conductor born on 12/17/1874 in Boston, MA. Died 7/10/1979.

Song(s):
Jalouise (with the Boston Pops Orchestra, 1935)

Arthur Fields

Song(s):
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1918)
Ja Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing) (1919)
Sleepy Time Gal (1926) – see Ben Bernie

Dorothy Fields

Songwriter born 7/15/1905 in Allenhust, NJ. Died 3/28/1974.

Song(s) written by Fields:
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) – see Cliff Edwards
On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930) – see Ted Lewis
I'm in the Mood for Love (1935) – see Little Jack Little
The Way You Look Tonight (1936) – see Fred Astaire
A Fine Romance (1936) – see Fred Astaire

Album(s):
Redhead (composed with Albert Hague, musical: 1959)

Gracie Fields

Song(s):
Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) (1948)

Richard “Dimples” Fields

Song(s):
If It Ain’t One Thing…It’s Another (1982)

Shep Fields

Bandleader born Saul Feldman on 9/12/1910 in Brooklyn, NY. Died 2/23/1981.

Song(s):
Did I Remember? (with Charles Chester, 1936)
In the Chapel in the Moonlight (1936)
Easy to Love (1936)
Moonlight and Shadows (with Bob Goday, 1937)
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (with Bob Goday, 1937)
That Old Feeling (with Bob Goday, 1937)
Thanks for the Memory (with Bob Goday, 1937)
Cathedral in the Pines (with Jerry Stewart, 1938)
South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (with Hal Derwin, 1939)
Down Argentina Way (with Sonny Washburn, 1940)

Anton Fier

Rock drummer with the Feelies, Pere Ubu, and Golden Palominos.

5th Dimension

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 (from Hair, 1969)
The Wedding Bell Blues (1969)
One Less Bell to Answer (1970)
Save the Country (1970)

Fifth Harmony

Song(s):
Worth It (with Kid Ink, 2015)
Work from Home (with Ty Dolla $ign, 2016)

50 Cent

Rap singer born Curtis James Jackson III on 7/6/1975 in South Jamaica, Queens, NY.

Song(s):
In Da Club (2002)
21 Questions (with Nate Dogg, 2003)
Candy Shop (with Olivia, 2005)
Hate It or Love It (with the Game, 2005)
Crack a Bottle (2009) – see Eminem

Album(s):
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003)
The Massacre (2005)

Filter

Song(s):
Hey Man, Nice Shot (1995)

Robin Finck

Rock guitarist born Robert John Finck on 11/7/1971 in Park Ridge, NJ. With Nine Inch Nails (1994-2000, 2008-) and Guns N’ Roses (1997-2008).

Fine Young Cannibals

Song(s):
She Drives Me Crazy (1989)
Good Thing (1989)

Album(s):
The Raw and the Cooked (1989)

Finger Eleven

Song(s):
Paralyzer (2007)

Mickey Finn

Glam-rock percussionist born Michael Norman Finn on 6/3/1947 in Thornton Heath, Sussex, England. Died 1/11/2003. With T-Rex (1969-75). Session musician with the Blow Monkeys and the Soup Dragons.

Neil Finn

Neil Finn's DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: The Best of Crowded House and Neil Finn

New wave/pop singer/songwriter and musician born Neil Mullane Finn on 5/27/1958 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. Member of Split Enz (77-84) with his brother Tim Finn. They also recorded together as a duo. Fronted Crowded House (85-96, 07-10), Pajama Club, and was a touring member of Fleetwood Mac (2018-19).

Song(s):
Neil & Tim Finn: Top 100 Songs
I Got You (1980) – see Split Enz
Don't Dream It’s Over (1986) – see Crowded House
Better Be Home Soon (1988) – see Crowded House
Silent House (2007) – see Crowded House
Song of the Lonely Mountain (2012)

Album(s):
Dizrhythmia (1977) – see Split Enz
Frenzy (1979) – see Split Enz
True Colours (1980) – see Split Enz
Corroboree (1981) – see Split Enz
Time and Tide (1982) – see Split Enz
Conflicting Emotions (1983) – see Split Enz
See Ya Round (1984) – see Split Enz
History Never Repeats (compilation: 1976-84, released 1987) – see Split Enz
Crowded House (1986) – see Crowded House
Temple of Low Men (1988) – see Crowded House
Woodface (1991) – see Crowded House
Together Alone (1993) – see Crowded House
Finn (aka 'Finn Brothers') (with Tim Finn, 1995)
Recurring Dream – The Very Best of (compilation: 1986-96) – see Crowded House
Try Whistling This (1998)
One Nil (2001)
7 Worlds Collide (live with various artists, 2001)
Everyone Is Here (with Tim Finn, 2004)
Time on Earth (2007) – see Crowded House
The Sun Came Out (with various artists, 2009)
Intriguer (2010) – see Crowded House
Pajama Club (2011)
Dizzy Heights (2014)
Out of Silence (2017)
Lightsleeper (with Liam Finn, 2018)
Dreamers Are Waiting (2021) – see Crowded House
Gravity Stairs (2024) – see Crowded House

Tim Finn

DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: The Best of Tim Finn, 1972-2023

New wave singer/songwriter and musician born Brian Timothy Finn on 6/25/1952 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. Founding member of Split Enz (77-84), which also included his younger brother Neil Finn. The two also collaborated and worked together on one Crowded House album (91). He launched a solo career in 1983.

Song(s):
Neil & Tim Finn: Top 100 Songs
I Got You (1980) – see Split Enz
Salt to the Sea (2006)
The Saw & the Tree (2008)

Album(s):
Beginning of the Enz (archives: 1973-74, released 1979) – see Split Enz
Mental Notes (1975) – see Split Enz
Dizrhythmia (1977) – see Split Enz
Frenzy (1979) – see Split Enz
True Colours (1980) – see Split Enz
Corroboree (1981) – see Split Enz
Time and Tide (1982) – see Split Enz
Conflicting Emotions (1983) – see Split Enz
History Never Repeats (compilation: 1976-84, released 1987) – see Split Enz
Escapade (1983)
Big Canoe (1986)
Tim Finn (1989)
Woodface (1991) – see Crowded House
Before and After (1993)
Finn (aka 'Finn Brothers') (with Neil Finn, 1995)
Say It Is So (2000)
Feeding the Gods (2001)
Everyone Is Here (with Neil Finn, 2004)
Imaginary Kingdom (2006)
The Conversation (2008)
North, South, East, West…Anthology (compilation: 1975-2009, released 2009)
The View Is Worth the Climb (2011)

Finn Brothers

- see Neil Finn and Tim Finn

Larry Finnegan

Song(s):
Dear One (1962)

a Melanie Fiona

Song(s):
It Kills Me (2009)
Fool for You (2011) – see Cee-Lo Green

Ted Fio Rito

Song(s):
My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii (with Muzzy Marcellino, 1934)
I’ll String Along with You (with Muzzy Marcellino, 1934)

Firefall

Song(s):
You Are the Woman (1976)
Just Remember I Love You (1977)

Firehouse

Song(s):
Don't Treat Me Bad (1991)
Love of a Lifetime (1991)

Fireside Theatre

Album(s):
Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers (1970)

The Firm

English hard-rock supergroup (1984-86): Paul Rodgers (v), Jimmy Page (g), Tony Franklin (b), and Chris Slade (d).

Song(s):
Radioactive (1985)

First Aid Kit

Song(s):
My Silver Lining (2014)

Album(s):
The Lion’s Roar (2012)
Stay Gold (2014)

First Choice

Song(s):
Smarty Pants (1973)

Carl Fischer’s Orchestra

Song(s):
That Lucky Old Sun (1949) – see Frankie Laine

Lisa Fischer

Song(s):
How Can I Ease the Pain? (1991)

Fish

Neo-progressive rock singer born Derek Dick on 4/25/58 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. 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.

DMDB profile page
DMDB Podcast: The Best of Marillion – The Fish Era, 1981-1988

Song(s):
Fish/Marillion: Top 100 Songs
Shortcut to Somewhere (1986) – see Tony Banks
Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) – see Marillion
Fugazi (1984) – see Marillion
She Chameleon (1984) – see Marillion
Kayleigh (1985) – see Marillion
Childhood's End? (1985) – see Marillion
Incommunicado (1987) – see Marillion
Going Under (1987) – see Marillion
Sugar Mice (1987) – see Marillion
Tux On (1987) – see Marillion
Warm Wet Circles (1987) – see Marillion
Cliché (1990)
A Gentleman’s Excuse Me (1990)
Another Murder of a Day (1991) – see Tony Banks
Solo (1993)
Kayleigh (acoustic, 1996)
Sugar Mice (acoustic, 1996)
This Party’s Over (2020)

Album(s):
Fish/Marillion: Top 20 Albums
Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) – see Marillion
Fugazi (1984) – see Marillion
Misplaced Childhood (1985) – see Marillion
Clutching at Straws (1987) – see Marillion
Best of Both Worlds: Disc 1 (compilation: 1982-88, released 1997) – see Marillion
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
Internal Exile (1991)
Songs from the Mirror (1993)
Suits (1994)
Sunsets on Empire (1997)
Kettle of Fish (compilation: 1989-98, released 1998)
Raingods with Zippos (1999)
Fellini Days (2001)
Field of Crows (2004)
Bouillabaisse (compilation: 1985-2004, released 2005)
Return to Childhood (live – recorded 2005, released 2006)
13th Star (2007)
A Feast of Consequences (2013)
A Parley with Angels (EP, 2018)
The Last Straw (live – recorded 2018, released 2022)
Weltschmerz (2020)

Eddie Fisher

Pop singer born Edwin Jack Fisher on 8/10/1928 in Philadelphia, PA. Died 9/22/2010. 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):
Any Time (1951)
Tell Me Why (1952)
Lady of Spain (1952)
Wish You Were Here (with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra, 1952)
I’m Walking Behind You (with Sally Sweetland & Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra, 1953)
O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa) (with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra, 1953)
I Need You Now (with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra, 1954)
Cindy Oh Cindy (1956)
West of the Wall (1962)

Album(s):
I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)

Fred Fisher

Roger Fisher

Rock guitarist born 2/14/1950 in Seattle, WA. With Heart.

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Also known as the Fisk University Jubilee Singers.

Song(s):
Old Black Joe (1909)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1910)

Fitz & the Tantrums

Song(s):
Out of My League (2013)

Damon Che Fitzgerald

Rock drummer with Don Caballero.

Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz singer 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):
Goodnight My Love (1937) – see Benny Goodman
A-Tisket, A-Tasket (with Chick Webb & His Orchestra, 1938)
Rock It for Me (with Chick Webb's Orchestra, 1938)
I’m Making Believe (1944) – see the Ink Spots
Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay) (1944) – see the Ink Spots
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (1944) – see the Ink Spots
It's Only a Paper Moon (with the Delta Rhythm Boys, 1945)
I’m Beginning to See the Light (with the Ink Spots, 1945)
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming) (with Louis Jordan, 1946)
How High the Moon (with the Daydreamers, 1947)
Baby It’s Cold Outside (1949)
Night and Day (1956)
Cheek to Cheek (with Louis Armstrong, 1956)
Summertime (with Louis Armstrong, 1957)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1958)
The Man I Love (1959)
But Not for Me (1959)
Our Love Is Here to Stay (1959)
Mack the Knife (1960)
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (1961)

Album(s):
Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1956)
Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)
Ella & Louis (with Louis Armstrong, 1957)
Porgy and Bess (with Louis Armstrong, 1958)
Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
In Berlin (1960)
Ella and Basie! (with Count Basie, 1963)
Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (box set: recorded 1959, released 1964)

The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

Five for Fighting

Song(s):
Superman (It's Not Easy) (2000)

The Five Keys

Song(s):
The Glory of Love (1951)

Five Man Electrical Band

Song(s):
Signs (1971)

The Five Red Caps

The Five Royales

R&B vocal group formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1951. Obadiah Carter (v), Jimmy Moore (v), Lowman Pauling (g/songwriter), Eugene Tanner (v), Johnny Taylor (v).

Song(s):
Baby Don’t Do It (1953)
Help Me Somebody (1953)
Think (1957)
Dedicated to the One I Love (1958)
The Slummer the Slum (1958)

The Five Satins

Song(s):
In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember) (1956)
To the Aisle (1957)

5 Seconds of Summer

Song(s):
She Looks So Perfect (2014)
Youngblood (2018)

The Fixx

Song(s):
Red Skies (1982)
One Thing Leads to Another (1983)

FKA Twigs

Album(s):
LP1 (2014)

Roberta Flack

R&B/pop singer born 2/10/1937 in Black Mountain, NC.

Song(s):
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1969)
Where Is the Love? (with Donny Hathaway, 1972)
Killing Me Softly with His Song (1973)
Feel Like Makin’ Love (1974)
The Closer I Get to You (with Donny Hathaway, 1978)
Tonight I Celebrate My Love (1983) – see Peabo Bryson
Oasis (1988)

Album(s):
First Take (1972)

Kirsten Flagstad

The Flamin’ Groovies

Song(s):
Shake Some Action (1976)

Album(s):
Teenage Head (1971)

The Flaming Lips

Song(s):
She Don’t Use Jelly (1994)
Do You Realize? (2002)
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (2006)

Album(s):
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Zaireeka (1997)
The Soft Bulletin (1999)
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
Dark Side of the Moon (covers: 2010)
With a Little Help from My Friends (covers: 2014)

The Flamingos

Song(s):
The Vow (1956)
Lovers Never Say Goodbye (1958)
I Only Have Eyes for You (1959)

Tommy Flanagan

Jazz pianist born 3/16/1930 in Detroit, MI. Died 11/16/2001.

The Flatlanders

Song(s):
Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown (1980)

Lester Flatt

Country/bluegrass singer born on 6/19/1914 in Duncan's Chapel, Overton County, TN. Died 5/11/1979. Half of Flatt & Scruggs duo with Earl Scruggs.

Flatt & Scruggs

Country/bluegrass duo of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

Song(s):
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (& the Foggy Mountain Boys, 1950)
Earl’s Breakdown (1951)
The Ballad of Jed Clampett (& the Foggy Mountain Boys, 1962)

Album(s):
Foggy Mountain Jamboree (with Earl Scruggs, 1957)
Foggy Mountain Banjo (with Earl Scruggs,, 1961)

Flavor Flav

Rapper born William Jonathan Drayton Jr. on 3/16/1959 in Roosevelt, NY. With Public Enemy.

Flea

Rock bassist born Michael Peter Balzary on 10/16/1962 in Melbournie, Victoria, Australia. With the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Fleet Foxes

Song(s):
White Winter Hymnal (2008)
Helplessness Blues (2011)

Album(s):
Fleet Foxes (2008)
Helplessness Blues (2011)

Mick Fleetwood

Blues/rock drummer born Michael John Kells Fleetwood on 6/24/1947 in Redruth, Cornwall, England. Founding member of Fleetwood Mac (1967-).

Fleetwood Mac

Formed initially in 1967 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. 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, 70-98, 2014-), 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: 75-91,97-), 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), Neil Finn (v/g: 18-), Mike Campbell (g: 18-).

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Song(s):
Fleetwood Mac: Top 100 Songs
Black Magic Woman (1968)
Shake Your Money Maker (1968)
Albatross (1968)
Oh Well (1969)
Green Manalishi (1970)
Hypnotized (1974)
Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) (1975)
Say You Love Me (1975)
Landslide (1975)
Go Your Own Way (1976)
Dreams (1977)
Don’t Stop (1977)
You Make Loving Fun (1977)
The Chain (1977)
Silver Springs (1977)
Tusk (1979)
Sara (1979)
Gypsy (1982)
Big Love (1987)
Little Lies (1987)
Everywhere (1987)

Album(s):
Then Play On (1969)
Best of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (compilation: 1967-71, released 2003)
Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Rumours (1977) Tusk (1979)
Mirage (1982)
Tango in the Night (1987)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1975-88, released 1988)
25 Years: The Chain (box: 1967-92, released 1992)
Very Best of (compilation: 1968-97, released 2002)
Say You Will (2003)
Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (2017) – see Lindsey Buckingham
50 Years – Don’t Stop (box: 1967-2013, released 2018)

The Fleetwoods

Song(s):
Come Softly to Me (1959)
Mr. Blue (1959)

Renée Fleming

Operatic soprano singer born 2/14/1959 in Indiana, Pennyslvania. Won four Grammys. Has recorded music for movie soundtracks, including Oscar Best Picture winners The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and The Shape of Water.

Andy Fletcher

Synth-pop/electronica keyboardist and bassist born 7/8/1961 in Nottingham, England. Died 5/26/2022. With Depeche Mode (1980-2022).

Guy Fletcher

Rock guitarist/keyboardist born 5/24/1960 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Toured with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (1979) and Roxy Music (1981). Member of Dire Straits (k: 1984-95) and Notting Hillbillies (90). Also worked with Bryan Ferry and Mark Knopfler on their solo work.

Leon Fliesher

Flipper

Album(s):
Album Generic (1982)

The Floaters

Song(s):
Float On (1977)

Floating Points, Pharoah Saunders, & the LSO

Album(s):
Promises (2021)

A Flock of Seagulls

Song(s):
I Ran (So Far Away) (1982)
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph) (1982)

Floetry

Song(s):
Say Yes (2003)

Florence the Machine

Song(s):
Dog Days Are Over (2008)
Shake It Out (2011)
King (2022)

Album(s):
Lungs (2009)
Ceremonials (2011)
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

Flo Rida

Song(s):
Low (with T-Pain, 2007)
Right Round (with Ke$ha, 2009)
Wild Ones (with Sia, 2011)
Good Feeling (2011)
Whistle (2012)
My House (2015)

Florida Georgia Line

Song(s):
Cruise (with Nelly, 2012)
Get Your Shine On (2012)
Round Here (2012)
Stay (2012)
This Is How We Roll (with Luke Bryan, 2013)
Dirt (2014)
Sun Daze (2014)
Sippin’ on Fire (2014)
Confession (2014)
H.O.L.Y. (2016)
May We All (with Tim McGraw, 2016)
God, Your Mama, and Me (with the Backstreet Boys, 2016)
Meant to Be (2017) – see Bebe Rexha
Let Me Go (2017) – see Hailee Steinfield
Simple (2018)
Long Live (2020)

Album(s):
Here's to the Good Times (2012)
Anything Goes (2014)

Florida State University AcaBelles

Song(s):
Royals (2013)

Carlisle Floyd

Eddie Floyd

R&B singer/songwriter born 6/25/1937 in Montgomery, Alabama. Best known for his work on the Stax record label in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Song(s):
Knock on Wood (1966)
Big Bird (1968)

King Floyd

Song(s):
Groove Me (1970)

Flume

Song(s):
Never Be Like You (with Kai, 2016)

Wolfgang Flür

Electronica percussionist born 7/17/1947 in Frankfurt, Germany. With Kraftwerk (1973-87).

Flying Burrito Brothers

Country-rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. Active: 1968-72 . Members: Gram Parsons (v/g/piano: 68-70), Chris Hillman (g/b/v/mandolin: 68-71), “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow (pedal steel g: 68-71 ), Chris Ethridge (b: 68-69 ), Eddie Hoh (d: 68), Jon Corneal (d: 68-69), Michael Clarke (d: 68-71), Bernie Leadon (g/v/banjo: 69-71), Rick Roberts (g/v: 70-73).

Song(s):
Sin City (1969)
Christine’s Tune (Devil in Disguise) (1969)
Wild Horses (1970)

Album(s):
The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
Burrito Deuxe (1970)

The Flying Lizards

Song(s):
Money (1979)

The Flys

Punk rock band formed in Coventry, England. Active from 1976-80.

Song(s):
Love and a Molotov Cocktail (1978)

The Flys

Alternative rock group formed in Hollywood, CA. Active 1994-2002 and 2008.

Song(s):
Got You Where I Want You (1998)

Foals

Song(s):
Spanish Sahara (2010)

Focus

Song(s):
Hocus Pocus (1971)
Sylvia (1972)

Dan Fogelberg

Folk/adult contemporary singer/songwriter born 8/13/1951 in Peoria, IL. Died 12/16/2007.

Song(s):
Part of the Plan (1974)
Longer (1979)

John Fogerty

Rock singer and guitarist born 5/28/1945 in Berkeley, CA. With Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Proud Mary", "Bad Moon Rising", "Fortunate Son").

Song(s):
Centerfield (1985)

Album(s):
Blue Moon Swamp (1997)
Wrote a Song for Everyone (with various artists, 2013)

Tom Fogerty

Rock guitarist born in Berkeley, CA on 11/9/1941. Died 9/6/1990. With Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Foghat

Song(s):
Slow Ride (1975)

Jim Foglesong

Ben Folds

Song(s):
Underground (1995)
Brick 1997)
The Luckiest (2001)
Exhausting Lover (2023)

Album(s):
Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
Rockin’ the Suburbs (2001)

Red Foley

Country singer born Clyde Julian Foley on 6/17/1910 in Fort Wayne, IN. Died 9/19/1968.

Song(s):
Smoke on the Water (1944)
Shame on You (1945) – see Lawrence Welk
New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) (& the Cumberland Valley Boys, 1947)
Tennessee Saturday Night (& the Cumberland Valley Boys, 1948)
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (1950)
Goodnight Irene (1950) – see Ernestt Tubb
Birmingham Bounce (1950)
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I (with Dixie Dons, 1950)
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley (with the Sunshine Boys, 1951)
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (1952)
Midnight (1952)
One by One (1954) – see Kitty Wells

The Folkes Brothers

Song(s):
I Met a Man (1960)
Oh Carolina (1960)

Luis Fonsi

Song(s):
Despacito (with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber, 2017)
Échame La Culpa (with Demi Lovato, 2017)

DJ Fontana

Rock drummer born 3/15/1931. Died 6/13/2018. With Elvis Presley.

Fontane Sisters

Song(s):
A – You’re Adorable (The Alphabet Song) (1949) – see Perry Como
You’re Just in Love (1950) – see Perry Como
Hoop-Dee-Doo (1950) – see Perry Como
Hearts of Stone (1954)

Foo Fighters

Rock group formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl (v/g). Other members have included William Goldsmith (d: 1995-97), Taylor Hawkins (d/backing v: 1997-2022; died 3/25/2022), Rami Jaffee (k: 2017-), Nate Mendel (b: 1995-), Chris Shiflett (g/backing v: 1999-), Pat Smear (g: 1995-97, 2010-), Franz Stahl (g/backing v: 1997-99).

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Song(s):

Top 50 Songs
This Is a Call (1995)
Big Me (1995)
Monkey Wrench (1997)
Everlong (1997)
My Hero (1997)
Baker Street (1998)
Learn to Fly (1999)
All My Life (2002)
Times Like These (2002)
Darling Nikki (2003)
Best of You (2005)
DOA (2005)
The Pretender (2007)
Long Road to Ruin (2007)
Walk (2011)
Something from Nothing (2014)
Mandinka (live with Alanis Morissette, 2023)

Album(s):
Foo Fighters (1995)
The Colour and the Shape (1997)
There is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
One by One (2002)
In Your Honor (2005)
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1995-2009, released 2009)
Wasting Light (2011)
Medicine at Midnight (2021)
The Essential (compilation: 1995-2021, released 2022)

Emile Ford & the Checkmates

Song(s):
What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? (1959)

Frankie Ford

Song(s):
Sea Cruise (1959)

Lita Ford

Song(s):
Kiss Me Deadly (1988)
Close My Eyes Forever (with Ozzy Osbourne, 1988)

Mary Ford

Singer born Iris Colleen Summers on 7/7/1924 in El Monte, CA. Died 9/30/1977.

Song(s):
How High the Moon (1951) – see Les Paul
Mockin' Bird Hill (1951) – see Les Paul
Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) (1953) – see Les Paul

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Country singer born Ernest Jennings Ford on 2/13/1919 in Bristol, TN. Died 10/17/1991.

Song(s):
Mule Train (1949)
Shot Gun Boogie (1950)
Sixteen Tons (1955)
Give Me Your Word (1955)
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (1955)

Album(s):
Hymns (1957)

Whitey Ford

Comedian, radio host, and banjo player born Benjamin Francis Ford on 5/12/1901. Died 6/20/1986. Known as "The Duke of Paducah."

Foreigner

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)

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Song(s):
Cold As Ice (1977)
Hot Blooded (1978)
Double Vision (1978)
Urgent (1981)
Juke Box Hero (1981)
Waiting for a Girl Like You (1981)
I Want to Know What Love Is (1984)
That Was Yesterday (1984)

Album(s):
Foreigner (1977)
Double Vision (1978)
Head Games (1979)
4 (1981)
Records (compilation: 1976-82, released 1982)
Agent Provocateur (1984)
The Very Best…and Beyond (compilation: 1976-92, released 1992)
Complete Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-92, released 2002)
The Definitive Collection (compilation: 1977-92, released 2006)

George Formby

Song(s):
Bless ‘Em All (The Service Song) (1941)

4 Non Blondes

Song(s):
What’s Up? (1992)

George Forrest

Album(s):
Kismet (musical: 1953) – see Alexander Borodin

Helen Forrest

Song(s):
They Say (1938) – see Artie Shaw
Thanks for Everything (1939) – see Artie Shaw
Taking a Chance on Love (1940) – see Benny Goodman
Air Mail Special (1941) – see Benny Goodman
I Had the Craziest Dream (1942) – see Harry James
I've Heard That Song Before (1943) – see Harry James
Long Ago and Far Away (1944) – see Dick Haymes

Jimmy Forrest

Song(s):
Night Train (1952)

Fort Minor

Song(s):
Remember the Name (with Styles of Beyond, 2006)

Steve Fossen

Rock bassist born 11/15/1949 in Seattle, WA. With Heart.

David Foster

Songwriter (Chicago’s "Hard to Say I’m Sorry," John Parr’s "St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)") and producer born 11/1/1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Fred Foster

Stephen Foster

Songwriter born 7/4/1826 in Lawrenceville, PA. Died 1/13/1864. The pre-eminent songwriter in the United States in the 19th century. Known as "The Father of American Music."

Song(s) written by Foster:
Oh! Susanna (1847)
Nelly Was a Lady (1849) – see Alvin Youngblood Hart
Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night) (1850)
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1851)
My Old Kentucky Home (1853)
I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair (1854)
Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1892) – see Len Spencer
My Old Kentucky Home (1898) – see Edison Male Quartette
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1900) – see Vess Ossman
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1904) – see Haydn Quartet
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1905) – see Louise Homer
My Old Kentucky Home (1910) – see Geraldine Farrar
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1915) – see Alma Gluck
I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair (1922) – see Lambert Murphy

Foster the People

Song(s):
Pumped Up Kicks (2010)

The Foundations

Song(s):
Baby Now That I’ve Found You (1967)
Build Me Up Buttercup (1968)

Fountains of Wayne

Song(s):
Radiation Vibe (1996)
Stacy's Mom (2003)

Album(s):
Fountains of Wayne (1997)
Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)

The Four Aces

Song(s):
Tell Me Why (1951)
Three Coins in the Fountain (with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra, 1954)
Mr. Sandman (with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra, 1954)
Melody of Love (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

The Four Freshmen

Album(s):
Four Freshmen and Five Trombones (1956)

The Four Knights

The Four Lads

Song(s):
Cry (1951) – see Johnnie Ray
Skokiaan (South African Song) (1954)
Round and Round (1957)

The Four Modernaires

Song(s):
Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941) – see Glenn Miller

The Four Preps

Song(s):
More Money for You and Me (1961)

The Four Seasons

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)
Candy Girl (1963)
Silence Is Golden (1964)
Rag Doll (1964)
Dawn, Go Away (1964)
Save It for Me (1964)
Let’s Hang On (1965)
Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) (1965)
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (1965)
December 1963 (Oh What a Night) (1975)

The Four Tops

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 in 1953 until 1997. Members: Levi Stubbs (born 6/6/1936, died 10/17/2008), Renaldo "Obie" Benson (born 6/14/1936, died 7/1/2005), Lawrence Payton (born 3/2/1938, died 6/20/97), and Abdul "Duke" Fakir (born 12/26/1935).

Song(s):
Baby, I Need Your Loving (1964)
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (1965)
It’s the Same Old Song (1965)
Ask the Lonely (1965)
Something About You (1965)
Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (1966)
Standing in the Shadows of Love (1966)
Bernadette (1967)
When She Was My Girl (1981)

Album(s):
Second Album (1965)
Greatest Hits (1968)
Anthology (compilation: 1974)

The Four Tunes

Fox

Song(s):
S-S-S-Single Bed (1976)

Charles Fox

Inez Fox

Jamie Foxx

Song(s):
Slow Jamz (2003) – see Twista
Gold Digger (2005) – see Kanye West
Blame It (with T-Pain, 2008)
Fall for Your Type (with Drake, 2010)

Samantha Fox

Song(s):
Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (1986)

Peter Frampton

Rock singer and guitarist born 4/22/1950 in Bromley, Kent, England. With Humble Pie and The Herd before going solo.

Song(s):
Do You Feel Like We Do (1973)
Show Me the Way (1975)
Baby I Love Your Way (1975)
I’m in You (1977)

Album(s):
Frampton Comes Alive! (live – recorded 1975, released 1976)

Zino Francescatti

Connie Francis

Pop singer born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero on 12/12/1938 in Newark, NJ.

Song(s):
Who’s Sorry Now (1958)
Stupid Cupid (1958)
Carolina Moon (1958)
If I Didn’t Care (1959)
Mama (1960)
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool (1960)
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (1960)
Where the Boys Are (1961)

David "Panama" Francis

J.L. Frank

Frankee

Song(s):
FURB (Fuck U Right Back) (2004)

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Song(s):
Relax (1983)
Two Tribes (1984)

Album(s):
Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (1984)

Aretha Franklin

R&B singer born 3/25/1942 in Memphis, TN. 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. Died August 16, 2018.

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Song(s):
Aretha Franklin: Top 50 Songs
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
Respect (1967)
You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman (1967)
Chain of Fools (1967)
Baby I Love You (1967)
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (1967)
I Say a Little Prayer (1968)
Think (1968)
Ain’t No Way (1968)
Sweet Sweet Baby, Since You’ve Been Gone (1968)
The House That Jack Built (1968)
Share Your Love with Me (1969)
Call Me (1970)
Don’t Play That Song (1970)
Rock Steady (1971)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971)
Spanish Harlem (1971)
Brand New Me (1971)
Oh Me, Oh My, I’m a Fool for You Baby (1971)
Day Dreaming (1972)
Angel (1973)
Until You Come Back to Me That’s What I’m Gonna Do (1973)
I’m in Love (1974)
Without Love (1974)
Something He Can Feel (1976)
Break It to Me Gently (1977)
Jump to It (1982)
Get It Right (1983)
Freeway of Love (1985)
I Knew You Were Waiting for Me (with George Michael, 1986)

Album(s):
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
Lady Soul (1968)
Very Best of, Vol. 1: The ‘60s (compilation: 1967-70, released 1994)
Young, Gifted and Black (1971)
Aretha’s Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971)
Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Amazing Grace (1972)
Queen of Soul: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-74; released 1994)
Sparkle (1976)
Jump to It (1982)
30 Greatest Hits (compilation, released 1985)
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (box: 1967-77, released 1992)

The DMDB Blog:
Aretha Franklin held her first Atlantic Records recording session: January 27, 1967 (1/27/12)

Chris Franlin

Song(s):
Bloke (2000)

Melvin Franklin

R&B singer born David Melvin English on 10/12/1942 in Montgomery, Alabama. Died 2/23/1995. With the Temptations (1960-1994).

Tony Franklin

Rock bassist born 4/2/1962 in Derby, England. With the Firm (84-86) and Blue Murder (88-94).

Michael Franti

Singer/songwriter born 4/21/1966 in Oakland, California. His music blends reggae, hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz, folk, and rock. He has also been an outspoken advocate for peace and social justice issues. He was born to a white mother and black father and given up for adoption because his mom feared her racist family wouldn’t accept him. He was adopted by Finnish American couple Carole Wisti and Charles Franti. Before launching his solo career (with his backing band Spearhead) in 1994, Franti was with the Beatnigs (1986-90) and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (1991-93). He then formed Spearhead (1994) and released two albums under that name. Since then, he and his band have been known as Michael Franti & Spearhead.

DMDB podcast: The Best of Michael Franti, 1994-2022
Michael Franti: In Concert (2017)

Song(s):
Top 40 Songs
Everyone Deserves Music (2003)
The Sound of Sunshine (2010)
Life Is Better with You (2013)
Once a Day (with Sonna Rele, 2015)
Nobody Cries Alone (2018)
This World Is So Fucked Up But I Ain't Ever Givin' Up on It (2019)
You're Number One (2019)

Album(s):
All People (2013)
Soul Rocker (2016)
Stay Human Vol. II (2019)
Work Hard and Be Nice (2020)
Follow Your Heart (2022)

Chris Frantz

New wave drummer born Charton Christopher Frantz on 5/8/1951 in Fort Campbell, KY. With T and Tom Tom Club.

Franz Ferdinand

Song(s):
Take Me Out (2004)

Album(s):
Franz Ferdinand (2004)
You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Tonight (2009)

Andy Fraser

The Fray

Song(s):
How to Save a Life (2005)
You Found Me (2008)

Album(s):
How to Save a Life (2005)

Stan Freberg

Song(s):
St. George and the Dragonet (with Daws Butler & June Foray, 1953)

Album(s):
Presents the United States of America (1961)

John Fred & His Playboy Band

Song(s):
Judy in Disguise with Glasses (1967)

Freddie & the Dreamers

Song(s):
I’m Telling You Now (1966)

Free

Song(s):
All Right Now (1970)
Wishing Well (1973)

Album(s):
Fire and Water (1970)

Alan Freed

Radio DJ born Albert James Freed on 12/15/1921 in Windber, PA. Died 1/20/1965. 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.

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DMDB blog: March 21, 1952: DJ Alan Freed hosted the first rock 'n' roll show

Arthur Freed

Album(s):
Singin' in the Rain (soundtrack: 1952) – see Nacio Herb Brown

Robert Freedman

Album(s):
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (musical: 2013)

Freelance Hellraiser

Song(s):
Smells Like Booty (2002)

Bobby Freeman

Song(s):
Do You Want to Dance? (1958)

Matt Freeman

Josh Freese

Rock drummer with Perfect Circle and Desert Sessions.

Ace Frehley

Rock guitarist born Paul Daniel Frehley on 4/27/1951 in the Bronx, New York. With Kiss (1973-1982, 1996-2002).

John French

Rock drummer with Captain Beefheart.

Frente!

Song(s):
Bizarre Love Triangle (1994)

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) (2010) – see Shakira

Glenn Frey

Country-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born 11/6/1948 in Detroit, Michigan. Died 1/18/2016. With the Eagles (1971-80, 1994-2016. Also a solo artist ("The One You Love", "The Heat Is On", "You Belong to the City").

Song(s):
Smuggler’s Blues (1984)

Marty Friedman

Thrash metal guitarist born Martin Adam Friedman on 12/8/1962. With Megadeth (90-99).

Frightened Rabbit

Song(s):
The Woodpile (2013)
I Wish I Was Sober (2016)
Get Out (2016)

Rudolf Friml

Robert Fripp

Progressive rock guitarist and composer born 5/16/1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. With King Crimson (only consistent member throughout the band's career). Also a record producer.

Lefty Frizzell

Country singer born William Orville Frizzell on 3/31/1928 in El Dorado, AR. Died 7/19/1975.

Song(s):
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time (1950)
I Love You a Thousand Ways (1950)
I Want to Be with You Always (1951)
Always Late with Your Kisses (1951)
Give Me More, More, More of Your Kisses (1951)
Long Black Veil (1959)
Saginaw, Michigan (1964)

Album(s):
Look What Thoughts Will Do (1997)

Frogpond

Song(s):
Be (1996)

Album(s):
Count to Ten (1996)

Jane Froman

Album(s):
With a Song in My Heart (soundtrack: 1952)

Frou Frou

Song(s):
Let Go (2002)

John Frusciante

Alternative-rock guitarist born 3/5/1970 in Queens, New York. With the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989-92, 98-09); also a solo artist.

Fucked Up

Album(s):
David Comes to Life (2011)

Fuel

Song(s):
Hemorrhage (In My Hands) (2000)

Fugazi

Song(s):
Waiting Room (1989)

Album(s):
13 Songs (1990)
Repeater (1990)
In on the Kill Taker (1993)

Fugees

Hip-hop trio comprised of Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Pras Michel. Active: 1992-97. Released two albums.

Song(s):
Fu-Gee-La (1995)
Killing Me Softly (1996)
Ready or Not (1996)

Album(s):
The Score (1996)

The Fugs

Song(s):
Boobs a Lot (1965)
Cia Man (1967)

Blind Boy Fuller

Blues musician born Fulton Allen on 7/10/1904 (or 1907) in Wadesboro, NC. Died 2/13/1941.

The Bobby Fuller Four

Song(s):
I Fought the Law (1966)
Let Her Dance (1966)

Simon Fuller

Talent manager and television producer born 5/17/1960 in British Cyprus. Created Pop Idol and American Idol. Manager for Spice Girls, Annie Lennox, Amy Winehouse, Carrie Underwood, and Kelly Clarkson.

Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & Jesse Sanders

Song(s):
Love Can’t Turn Around (1986)

Lowell Fulson

Song(s):
Reconsider Baby (1954)
Black Nights (1965)

Album(s):
Hung Down Head (1970)

Jack Fulton

Song(s):
The Birth of the Blues (1926) – see Paul Whiteman
Among My Souvenirs (1928) – see Paul Whiteman
My Heart Stood Still (1928) – see Paul Whiteman
Lover, Come Back to Me (1929) – see Paul Whiteman
Lover (1933) – see Paul Whiteman

Tiki Fulwood

Funk drummer born Ramon Fulwood on 5/23/1944 in Philadelphia, PA. Died 10/29/1979. With Parliament/Funkadelic.

Fun.

Song(s):
We Are Young (with Janelle Monáe, 2011)
Some Nights (2012)

Album(s):
Some Nights (2012)

Fun Boy Three

Song(s):
Tunnel of Love (1983)

Funkadelic

See Parliament/Funkadelic.

Johnny Funches

R&B singer born 7/18/1935 in Harvey, IL. Died 1/23/1998. With The Dells.

The Funk Brothers

Motown house band: Richard “Pistol” Allen (drums), Jack Ashford (percussion), Bob Babbitt (bass), William “Benny” Benjamin (drums), Eddie “Bongo” Brown (percussion), Dennis Coffey (guitar), Johnny Griffith (keyboards), Joe Hunter (keyboards), James Jamerson (bass), Uriel Jones (drums), Joe Messina (guitar), Melvin “Wah Wah Watson” Ragain (guitar), Earl Van Dyke (keyboards), Eddie “Chank” Willis (guitar).

Fun Lovin’ Criminals

Song(s):
Love Unlimited (1998)

Album(s):
Come Find Yourself (1996)

Charlie Fuqua

R&B musician born 10/20/1910 in New Haven, CT. Died 12/21/1971. With The Ink Spots.

Harvey Fuqua

R&B singer/songwriter, producer, and record executive born 7/27/1929 in Louisville, KY. Died 7/6/2010. With The Moonglows.

Richie Furay

Rock guitarist and singer born Paul Richard Furay on 5/9/1944 in Yellow Springs, OH. With Buffalo Springfield (1966-68) and Poco (1968-73, 1988-90, 2015).

Douglas Furber

Song(s):
The Bells of St. Mary's (written with A. Emmett Adams, 1917)

Furniture

Song(s):
Brilliant Mind (1986)

Nelly Furtado

Pop singer/songwriter born on 12/2/1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Song(s):
I’m Like a Bird (2000)
Powerless (Say What You Want) (2003)
Promiscuous (with Timbaland, 2006)
Say It Right (2006)
Give It to Me (2007) – see Timbaland

Album(s):
Whoa Nelly! (2000)
Loose (2006)

George Furth

Album(s):
Company (musical: 1970) – see Stephen Sondheim

Billy Fury

Song(s):
Halfway to Paradise (1961)

Album(s):
Sound of Fury (1960)

Future

Rap singer born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn on 11/20/1983 in Atlanta, GA.

Song(s):
Love Me (2013) – see Lil Wayne
Hold You Down (2014) – see DJ Khaled
Low Life (with The Weeknd, 2016)
Mask Off (2017)
Life Is Good (with Drake, 2020)
Way 2 Sexy (2021) – see Drake
Wait for U (with Drake and Tems, 2022)
Like That (with Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar, 2024)

Album(s):
What a Time to Be Alive (2015) – see Drake
D$2 (2015)

The Futureheads

Song(s):
Hounds of Love (2005)

Album(s):
The Futureheads (2004)

Future Islands

Song(s):
Seasons (Waiting on You (2014)

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