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Born: 10/13/1947 in Salinas, CA
Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist nicknamed “The Red Rocker.” Member: Montrose (73-75), HSAS (84), Van Halen (85-96), Chickenfoot (08-11).
Song(s):
Montrose “Bad Motor Scooter” (1973)
“I’ve Done Everything for You” (1978)
“There’s Only One Way to Rock” (1981)
“Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy” (1982)
“I Can’t Drive 55” (1984)
Van Halen “Why Can’t This Be Love” (1986)
Van Halen “Dreams” (1986)
Van Halen “When It’s Love” (1988)
Van Halen “Finish What Ya Started” (1988)
Van Halen “Right Now” (1992)
Born: 4/6/1937 Died: 4/6/2016
American country singer.
Song(s):
Sing Me Back Home (1967)
Mama Tried (1968)
Okie from Muskogee (1969)
Born: 7/6/1925 Died: 2/9/1981
American early rock-n-roll singer. His song, “Rock Around the Clock”, is generally considered to be the birth of the rock era because it was the first rock ‘n’ roll song to hit #1.
Song(s):
We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock (1954)
Joey’s Song (1959)
Born: Daryl Franklin Hohl on 10/11/1948 in Philadelphia, PA
Philly soul/pop singer. Half of the #1 charting duo of the rock era (Hall & Oates) with John Oates.
Pop-rock blue-eyed-soul duo. Met while students at Temple University in 1967. Hall sang backup for many top soul groups before teaming up with Oates in 1972. In the late 1980s, they passed the Everly Brothers as the #1 charting duo of the rock era.
Active: 1974- Members: Daryl Hall and John Oates
Song(s):
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (1981)
Maneater (1982)
George Hall
Song(s):
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1934)
Record executive (FAME Studios).
Born: 5/25/1936 Died:
American country singer/songwriter (Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley P.T.A.”).
Wendell Hall
Song(s):
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1924)
Song(s):
Closer (2016) – see the Chainsmokers
Classical pianist.
Edward Hamilton
Song(s):
Hello Frisco! (1915) – see Olive Kline
Tom Hamilton
Born: 6/2/1944 in New York City, NY Died: 8/6/2012
Musical theater composer (A Chorus Line) and songwriter (Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were”). 12-time Academy Award nominee (Sophie’s Choice, The Spy Who Loved Me), 3-time Oscar winner (scores for The Sting, The Way We Were), 4-time Emmy winner, 4-time Grammy winner, Tony Award winner (A Chorus Line). Also won a Pulitzer and two Golden Globes.
Album(s):
The Sting (soundtrack, 1974)
A Chorus Line (cast, 1975)
Stuart Hamm
Hammer - see MC Hammer
Rock keyboardist.
Born: 7/12/1895 Died: 8/23/1960
Musical theater composer.
Songs(s) Composed by Hammerstein with Jerome Kern:
Ol’ Man River (1932) – see Paul Robeson
All the Things You Are (1939) – see Tommy Dorsey
Songs(s) Composed by Hammerstein with Richard Rodgers:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (1945) – see Frank Sinatra
If I Loved You (1945) – see Perry Como
Some Enchanted Evening (1949) – see Perry Como
The Sound of Music (1965) – see Julie Andrews
My Favorite Things (1965) – see Julie Andrews
Do-Re-Mi (1965) – see Julie Andrews
Album(s):
Show Boat (written with Jerome Kern, cast: 1927, soundtrack: 1951)
Oklahoma! (written with Richard Rodgers, cast: 1943, soundtrack 1955)
Carousel (written with Richard Rodgers, cast: 1945, soundtrack: 1956)
South Pacific (written with Richard Rodgers, cast: 1949, soundrack 1958)
The King and I (written with Richard Rodgers, cast: 1951, soundtrack 1956)
Flower Drum Song (cast, written with Richard Rodgers, 1959)
The Sound of Music (written with Richard Rodgers, cast: 1959, soundtrack: 1965)
Born: 11/18/1962 in San Francisco, CA
Heavy metal guitarist with Exodus (1980-83) and Metallica (83-).
Albert Hammond
Born: John Henry Hammond on 12/15/1910 Died: 7/10/1987
Legendary talent scout with Columbia Records. Father of blues singer and guitarist John P. Hammond.
Born: 11/13/1942 in New York City, NY
Blues singer and guitarist. Son of famed record producer and talent scout John Henry Hammond.
Johnny Hamp
Song(s):
Black Bottom (with the Kentucky Serenaders, 1926)
Born: 4/20/1908 Died: 8/31/2002
American jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, and composer.
Song(s):
Flying Home (1942)
Hampton Quartette
Song(s):
Listen to the Lambs (1917)
Born: 4/12/1940
American jazz musician.
Song(s):
Watermelon Man (1962)
Maiden Voyage (1965)
Chameleon (1973)
Rock-It (1983)
Album(s):
Maiden Voyage (1964)
Head Hunters (1973)
River: The Joni Letters (2007)
Born: 2/23/1685 Died: 4/14/1759
German classical composer.
Album(s):
Water Music (1717)
Messiah (1741)
Lou Handman
Born: 11/16/1873 Died: 3/28/1958
American blues songwriter and musician.
Song(s):
St. Louis Blues (1923)
James F. Hanley
Clare Hanlon
Song(s):
Little White Lies (1930) – see Fred Waring
I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store (1931) – see Fred Waring
Hanson
Song(s):
Mmmbop (1997)
English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Along with the Stone Roses, they were at the forefront of the ‘90s dance Madchester scene. After they disbanded, Shaun Ryder and Bez went on to form Black Grape.
Active: 1985-1992, 1999-2000, 2004- Members: Shaun Ryder (v), Paul Ryder (b), Mark Day (g), Paul Davis (k), Gary Whelan (d), Bez (dancer/percussionist), Rowetta Satchell (99-00), Wags (g – Paris Angels, Black Grape, Happy Mondays: 99-00).
Album(s):
Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)
Songs written by Harbach with Jerome Kern:
Who? (1926) – see George Olsen
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1933) – see Paul Whiteman
Yesterdays (1933) – see Leo Reisman
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1958) – see The Platters
American song lyricist.
Born: Edgar Yipsel Harburg on 4/8/1896 in New York, New York Died: 3/5/1981
Songs written/co-written by Harburg:
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1932) – see Bing Crosby
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1932) – see Rudy Vallee
Over the Rainbow (1939) – see Judy Garland
I’ve Got the World on a String (1941) – see Cab Calloway
April in Paris (1956) – see Count Basie
Album(s):
The Wizard of Oz (soundtrack written with Harold Arlen & Herbert Stothart, 1939)
Paul Hardcastle
Song(s):
19 (1985)
Song(s):
Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mademoiselle from Armentieres) (with Billy Jones, 1924)
Bob Haring
Song(s):
Pagan Love Song (1929)
Famous for his long series of hit duets with Arthur Collins (01-18) which emphasized ragtime and minstrel humor but also enjoyed great success as a solo artist (1899-1919) with mostly sentimental ballads. Also recorded with the Big Four Quartet (01) and Columbia Comedy Trio (07). Long a friend and neighbor of Thomas Edison.
Born: 8/29/1861 in KS Died: 9/11/1936
Song(s):
The Blue and the Gray (The Mother’s Gift to Her Country) (1900)
Hello Central, Give Me Heaven (1901)
Down Where the Wurzburger Flows (1902) – see Arthur Collins
Hurrah for Baffin’s Bay (1903) – see Arthur Collins
Under the Anhauser Bush (1904) – see Arthur Collins
Blue Bell (with Frank Stanley, 1904)
Would You Care? (1905)
Where the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door (1905)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1906)
Daddy’s Little Girl (1906)
The Good Old U.S.A. (1906)
Camp Meetin’ Time (1906) – see Arthur Collins
My Gal Sal (w. Paul Dresser, 1907)
School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids) (1907)
Down in Jungle Town (1908) – see Arthur Collins
The Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1909) – see Arthur Collins
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (1911) – see Arthur Collins
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1911) – see Arthur Collins
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1911) – see Arthur Collins
When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’ (1913) – see Arthur Collins
The Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914) – see Arthur Collins
I Love the Ladies (1911) – see Arthur Collins
Darktown Strutters’ Ball (1918) – see Arthur Collins
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Song(s):
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (1975)
Song(s):
Peg O’ My Heart (1947)
Album(s):
Fiddler on the Roof (cast: 1964) – see Jerry Bock
Roy Harper
Album(s):
Stormcock (1971)
Born: James Moore on 1/11/1924 in Baton Rouge, LA Died: 1/31/1970
Blues guitarist.
Song(s):
I’m a King Bee (1957)
Rainin’ in My Heart (year?)
Album(s):
Raining in My Heart (year?)
The Harptones
Song(s):
We Found Love (2011) – see Rihanna
Summer (2014)
How Deep Is Your Love (with Disciples, 2015)
This Is What You Came For (with Rihanna, 2016)
Charles K. Harris
Born: 4/2/1947
American country singer/songwriter and musician.
Album(s):
Pieces of the Sky (1975)
Wrecking Ball (1995)
Jazz pianist.
Born: Mary Ellen Harrison on 4/4/1896 in Indiana (?) Died: 4/23/1944
American vaudeville and Broadway singer. First white woman widely known for singing jazz and blues.
Song(s):
After You’ve Gone (1919)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1919)
Look for the Silver Lining (w. Jerome Kern and Buddy DeSylva, 1921)
I Ain't Got Nobody (1921)
I’m Just Wild about Harry (1922)
Tea for Two (w. by Irving Caesar & Vincent Youmans, 1925)
The Man I Love (w. George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, 1928)
Born: Wonga Philip Harris in Linton, Indiana on 6/24/1904 Died: 8/11/1995
Jazz/big band leader.
Richard Harris
Song(s):
MacArthur Park (1968)
Rolf Harris
Song(s):
Two Little Boys (1969)
Roy Harris
Album(s):
Symphony No. 3 (1940)
Steve Harris
Wee Willie Harris
Song(s):
Rockin’ at the 2 I’s (1957)
Born: 9/24/1915 in Omaha, NE Died: 6/14/1969
American blues shouter and R&B singer. One of rock ‘n’ roll’s forerunners.
Song(s):
Good Rockin’ Tonight (1948)
Born: 9/11/1878 Died: 2/2/1965
Tenor singer who recorded solo and with the Columbia Stellar Quartet (1912-22).
Song(s):
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (1918)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (with the Columbia Stellar Quartet, 1918)
I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time (1920)
Born: 2/25/1943 Died: 11/29/2001
British singer/songwriter and guitarist who started out with the Beatles and then had a solo career. Also a member of the 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
Song(s):
My Sweet Lord (1970)
Album(s):
All Things Must Pass (1970)
The Concert for Bangla Desh (live with various artists, 1971)
Song(s):
Keep the Home Fires Burning (as Frederick J. Wheeler, 1915)
There’s a Long, Long Trail (with James Reed, 1915)
Song(s):
Kansas City (w. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1959)
James Harrod
Song(s):
Till the Clouds Roll By (with Anna Wheaton, 1917)
Born: 7/1/1945 Died:
New wave singer with Blondie.
Charles Hart
Song(s):
Let the Rest of the World Go By (with Elizabeth Spencer, 1920)
Charles Hart
Album(s):
Phantom of the Opera (1986) – see Andrew Lloyd Webber
Born: 12/21/1926 Died:
American country singer/songwriter.
Born: 5/2/1895 Died: 11/22/1943
American musical theater lyricist (“Blue Moon”, “Isn’t It Romantic?”, “The Lady Is a Tramp”, “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”, “My Funny Valentine”). Often worked with Richard Rodgers (Babes in Arms, The Boys from Syracuse, Pal Joey, On Your Toes).
Song(s) by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart:
Blue Moon (1935) – see Glen Gray
My Funny Valentine (1945) – see Hal McIntyre
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (1950) – see Bill Snyder
Blue Moon (1961) – see The Marcels
Album(s):
Pal Joey (with Richard Rodgers; soundtrack, 1957)
John Hartford
Album(s):
Aero Plain (1971)
Johnny Hartman
Song(s):
Lush Life (with John Coltrane, 1963)
Album(s):
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (with John Coltrane, 1963)
Born: Polly Jean Harvey on 10/9/1969
Alternative rock singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Rid of Me (1993)
Down by the Water (1995)
Album(s):
Dry (1992)
Rid of Me (1993)
To Bring You My Love (1995)
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
Let England Shake (2011)
Donny Hathaway
Song(s):
Where Is the Love (1972) – see Roberta Flack
British songwriter, producer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. Among his songwriting credits are Petula Clark’s “Downtown” and “Sign of the Times.”
Jazz pianist.
Born: 11/21/1904 Died: 5/19/1969
American jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
Body and Soul (1940)
Dale Hawkins
Song(s):
Suzy-Q (1957)
Edwin Hawkins Singers
Song(s):
Oh Happy Day (1969)
Born: 7/26/1914 Died: 1993
American jazz/big band leader.
Roger Hawkins
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Song(s):
I Put a Spell on You (1956)
George D. Hay
Born: 3/31/1732 in Rohrau, Austria Died: 5/31/1809
Classical composer and pianist.
Along with the Peerless Quartet and American Quartet, one of the three great vocal groups in the pioneer age of popular recording. The four original members (Bieling, Macdonough, Dudley, and Hooley) also sang on Edison as the Edison Male Quartette. Murray sang lead on many of the group’s biggest hits. During the later period, Werrenrath often took Dudley’s place. Bieling, Dudley, Hooley, Murray, and Porter were all also members of the American Quartet.
Active: 1898-1914 Members: John Bieling (tenor), Harry MacDonough (tenor), S.H. Dudley (baritone), William F. Hooley (bass), Billy Murray (tenor: 1898-1914), Steve Porter (baritone: 1914), Wilfred Glenn (1914), Robert D’Armour (1914), Reinald Werrenrath (baritone – Haydn Quartet; Orpheus Quartet: 1914-19)
Song(s):
In the Good Old Summertime (1903)
Bedelia (1904)
Toyland (with Corrine Morgan, 1904)
Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart) (1904)
How’d You Like to Spoon with Me? (with Corrine Morgan, 1906)
Will You Love Me in December As You Do in May? (1906)
Waltz Me Around Again Willie (‘Round, ‘Round, ‘Round) (with Billy Murray, 1906)
My Wild Irish Rose (with Harry MacDonough, 1907)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1908) – see Billy Murray
Sunbonnet Sue (1908)
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet (1909)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1910) – see Billy Murray
Bill Hayes
Song(s):
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (1955)
Born: 8/20/1942 Died:
R&B singer/songwriter and keyboardist.
Song(s):
Theme from “Shaft” (1971)
Album(s):
Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Roland Hayes
Song(s):
Were You There (1940)
Richard Hayman
Born: 9/13/1918 Died: 3/28/1980
Singer.
Song(s):
You'll Never Know (with the Song Spinners, 1943)
Long Ago and Far Away (w. by Ira Gershwin & Jerome Kern; with Helen Forrest, 1944)
I'll Get By As Long As I Have You (with Harry James, 1944)
It Might As Well Be Spring (1945)
Jazz drummer.
Born: 4/6/1960
American blues guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule.
Born: 4/10/1950 in Brooklyn, NY Died: 12/23/1992
Funk guitarist with Parliament/Funkadelic, most notably on the 1971 album Maggot Brain and his ten-minute guitar solo on the title track.
Topper Headon
Song(s):
You’re the Top (1934) – see Paul Whiteman
Hear’Say
Song(s):
Pure and Simple (2001)
Album(s):
Dreamboat Annie (1976)
The Heartbreakers
Song(s):
Chinese Rocks (1977)
Ray Heatherton
Song(s):
Where or When (1937)
Heatwave
Song(s):
Boogie Nights (1977)
Bobby Hebb
Song(s):
Sunny (1966)
Heidelberg Quintet
Song(s):
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (1912)
By the Beautiful Sea (1914)
Born: 5/21/1901 Died: 12/1/1986
American jazz pianist and big band leader. Also a radio and TV personality.
Song(s):
Ti-Pi-Tin (with Lysbeth Hughes & Larry Cotton, 1938)
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton, Donna Wood, & Don Juans; 1941)
Born: 2/2/1901 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then the Russian Empire) Died: 12/10/1987
Russian classical violinist.
Album(s):
Acoustic Recordings for Victor Records, 1917-1924 (1924)
Ray Heindorf
Song(s):
Over the Rainbow (1939) – see Judy Garland
Song(s):
Blank Generation (1977)
Album(s):
Blank Generation (1977)
Born: 5/26/1940 Died: 4/19/2012
Rock drummer and vocalist for The Band.
Helmet
Album(s):
Meantime (1992)
Fletcher Henderson
Born: 12/18/1897 Died: 12/28/1952
American jazz/big band leader and pianist.
Ray Henderson
Born: 11/27/1942 in Seattle, WA Died: drug overdose in London on 9/18/1970
Legendary psychedelic-blues/rock guitarist. First as a sideman with Rosa Lee Brooks (64), Isley Brothers (64), Buddy & Stacey and the Upsetters (65); Little Richard, Curtis Knight, and Ronnie Youngblood. Formed Jimmy James and the Blue Flames (65), the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Discovered in 1966 by The Animals’ Chris Chandler at New York City’s Café Wha? Went to London to form the Jimi Hendrix Experience (66-69) with Noel Redding (b) and Mitch Mitchell (d). Formed Band of Gypsys (69-70) with Buddy Miles (d) and Buddy Cox (b).
Song(s):
Hey Joe (1966)
Purple Haze (1967)
All Along the Watchtower (1968)
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (1968)
The Star-Spangled Banner (1969)
Album(s):
Are You Experienced (1967)
Jimi Plays Monterey (live, 1967)
Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
Live at Winterland (live, 1968)
Electric Ladyland (1968)
BBC Sessions (live, 1969)
Live at Woodstock (live, 1969)
Band of Gypsys/Live at Fillmore East (live, 1970)
Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight (live, 1970)
The Cry of Love/First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1971/1997)
Rainbow Bridge (archives, 1971)
War Heroes (archives, 1972)
Loose Ends (archives, 1974)
Crash Landing (archives, 1975)
Midnight Lightning (archives, 1975)
South Saturn Delta (archives, 1997)
Valleys of Neptune (archives, 2010)
People, Hell and Angels (archives, 2013)
Born: 7/22/1947 Died:
American country-rock singer/songwriter and drummer with the Eagles. Also a solo artist (“Dirty Laundy”, “The Boys of Summer”, “The End of the Innocence”).
Song(s):
The Boys of Summer (1984)
The Heart of the Matter (1989)
Album(s):
Building the Perfect Beast (1984)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Audrey Hepburn
Song(s):
Moon River (1961) – see Henry Mancini
Victor Herbert
Born: 7/10/1931 Died:
American musical theater songwriter.
Album(s):
Hello, Dolly! (cast: 1964)
Born: 5/16/1913 Died: 10/29/1987
Jazz/big band leader, clarinetist, and composer.
Song(s):
Woodchopper’s Ball (1939)
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (w. Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1941)
Laura (w. Johnny Mercer and David Raskin, 1945)
Four Brothers (1948)
Early Autumn (1949)
Born to Be Alive (1979)
Born: 8/3/1963 Died:
Rock singer/songwriter with Metallica.
Edward Heyman
Dubose Heyward
Album(s):
Porgy and Bess (1935) – see George Gershwin
Eddie Heywood
John Hiatt
Album(s):
Bring the Family (1987)
Born: 8/16/1915 Died: 4/24/2001
American R&B singer.
Song(s):
Unchained Melody (1955)
Mina Hickman
Song(s):
Come Down, Ma Evening Star (1903)
Missy Higgins
Album(s):
The Sound of White (2004)
Country supergroup comprised of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson.
Song(s):
Highwayman (1985)
Utada Hikaru
Song(s):
Flavor of Life (2007)
Billy Hill
Dan Hill
Song(s):
Sometimes When We Touch (1977)
Born: 9/21/1967 Died:
Country singer. Married country singer Tim McGraw.
Song(s):
This Kiss (1998)
Breathe (1999)
Album(s):
Breathe (1999)
Born: 5/25/1975
American R&B/rap singer with the Fugees (The Score). Also a solo artist.
Song(s):
Doo Wop (That Thing) (1998)
Ex-Factor (1999)
Album(s):
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Z.Z. Hill
Album(s):
Down Home (1982)
Bob Hilliard
Billy Hillpot
Song(s):
Ain't She Sweet (Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot, 1927)
The Hi-Lo’s
Album(s):
The Hi-Lo’s and All That Jazz (1958)
Ronnie Hilton
Song(s):
No Other Love (1956)
Song(s):
Just One of Those Things (with Stuart Allen, w. Cole Porter, 1935)
Hinder
Song(s):
Lips of an Angel (2006)
Born: 12/28/1903 Died: 4/22/1983
American jazz/big band leader and pianist.
Song(s):
Weather Bird (with Louis Armstong, 1928)
The Hives
Song(s):
Hate to Say I Told You So (2001)
Album(s):
Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
Al Hoffman
Born: 12/15/1870 in Pirnitz, Austria Died: 5/7/1956
Classical pianist.
Susanna Hoffs
Album(s):
When You’re a Boy (1991)
Susanna Hoffs (1996)
Under the Covers (with Matthew Sweet, 2006)
Under the Covers 2 (with Matthew Sweet, 2009)
Born: 8/6/1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Died:
English guitarist and composer known for work in a variety of genres, but mostly jazz fusion. Cited as an influence by other guitar notables such as Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Frank Zappa.
Hole
Song(s):
Violet (1994)
Malibu (1998)
Album(s):
Live Through This (1994)
Born: Eleanor Gough in Baltimore on 4/7/1915 Died: 7/17/1959
The great “Lady Day”, rivaled only by Ella Fitzgerald among all female jazz singers. Illegitimate daughter of guitarist Clarence Holiday. Following her difficult early years she was discovered in 1933 by jazz critic John Hammond. She recorded one hit with Benny Goodman, then began her classic 1935-38 association with Teddy Wilson, accompanied by the top jazz musicians in the country. Billie also sang briefly in the late ‘30s with Count Basie and Artie Shaw. The 1972 movie Lady Sings the Blues was based on her life.
Song(s):
Autumn in New York (1935)
Summertime (w. by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin Dubose Heyward, 1936)
Strange Fruit (1939)
Body and Soul (1940)
God Bless the Child (1941)
Embraceable You (1944)
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (1945)
Crazy He Calls Me (1949)
Solitude (1952)
Fine and Mellow (1957)
Album(s):
Quintessential (1940-42)
Lady in Satin (1958)
Born: 2/15/1941
American songwriter with Motown’s Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team.
Born: 10/30/1939
American songwriter with Motown’s Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team.
Writing team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland. Over ten years, they wrote and produced many of the songs that are most closely identified with Motown. Left Motown in 1968 and formed formed Invictus/Hot Wax, where they continued their hitmaking ways until 1973, when Dozier decided to start a solo career.
Songs Written by H-D-H:
Heat Wave (1963) – see Martha & the Vandellas
Where Did Our Love Go (1964) – see the Supremes
Baby, I Need Your Loving (1964) – see Four Tops
Baby Love (1964) – see the Supremes
Stop! In the Name of Love (1965) – see the Supremes
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (1965) – see Four Tops
You Can't Hurry Love (1966) – see the Supremes
Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (1966) – see Four Tops
The Hollies
Song(s):
Bus Stop (1966)
Brenda Holloway
Born: Charles Hardin Holley on 9/7/1936 in Lubbox, TX Died: 2/3/1959 in a plane crash
One of rock and roll’s most original and innovative performers. (v/g – Buddy & Bob: 54; Three Tunes: 56; Buddy Holly & The Two-Tunes; The Crickets: 57-58), Sonny Curtis (g – Three Tunes: 56), Don Guess (b – Three Tunes: 56), Jerry Ivan Allison (d – Three Tunes: 56: Crickets: 57-58), Niki Sullivan (g – Crickets: 57-58), Joe B. Maudlin (b – Crickets: 57-58). Began recording western and pop demos with Bob Montgomery in 1954. Killed in a plane crash near Mason City, IA along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.
Song(s):
That'll Be the Day (1957)
Peggy Sue (1957)
Album(s):
Holly in the Hills (archives: 1954-55)
That’ll Be the Day (archives: 1955-56)
The Chirping Crickets (1957)
Buddy Holly (1958)
The Buddy Holly Story (compilation: 1957-59)
The Buddy Holly Story 2 (compilation/archives: 1958-59)
Reminiscing (archives: 1955-59)
Showcase (archives: 1955-59)
Giant (archives: 1956-59)
Remember (archives: 1957-58)
20 Golden Greats (compilation: 1955-59)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1957-59)
Collection: 50 Classic Recordings (compilation: 1959)
Song(s):
Love for Sale (with Dick Robertson, w. Cole Porter, 1931)
Odetta Holmes
Song(s):
Take This Hammer (1955)
Gustav Holst
Classical composer.
Album(s):
The Planets (composed 1986)
Julia Holter
Album(s):
Have You in My Wilderness (2015)
Record executive: Elektra, Nonesuch.
Homer & Jethro
Louise Homer
Song(s):
American the Beautiful (1910)
The Honeydrippers
Album(s):
Volume One (The Honeydrippers: 1984)
Hoobastank
Song(s):
The Reason (2003)
Peter Hook
Links:
- official site
- Wikipedia
Born: 8/22/1917 near Clarksdale, MI Died: 6/21/2001
Blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Song(s):
Boogie Chillen' (1949)
Boom Boom (1962)
Album(s):
The Folklore of John Lee Hooker (1962)
Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Five
Song(s):
Fascinating Rhythm (1938)
Philadelphia-based rock group.
Active: 1980-95, 2001- Members: Eric Bazilian (v/g), Rob Hyman (v/k), David Uosikkinen (d), John Kuzma (g: 80-83), Bobby Woods (b: 80-83), Rob Miller (b: 83-84), John Lilley (g: 83-84), Andy King (b: 84-87), Fran Smith Jr. (b: 87-95, 01-), Mindy Jostyn (violin/harmonica (92-93),
Album(s):
Amore (1983)
Nervous Night (1985)
One Way Home (1987)
Zig Zag (1989)
Out of Body (1993)
Time Stand Still (2007)
Album(s):
Cracked Rear View (1994)
Bob Hope
Song(s):
Thanks for the Memory (with Shirley Ross, 1939)
Mary Hopkin
Song(s):
Those Were the Days (1968)
Born: 8/24/1903 Died:
Americna jazz/big band leader.
Born: Sam Hopkins on 3/15/1912 Died: 1/30/1982
Blues guitarist.
Linda Hopkins
Rock keyboardist with the Rolling Stones and Jeff Beck.
Born: 6/30/1917 Died: 5/9/2010
American jazz singer.
Song(s):
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) (1943)
Born: 1/16/1934 in Bradford, PA
Mezzo-soprano opera singer.
Album(s):
Titanic (soundtrack, 1997)
Born: 10/1/1903 Died: 11/5/1989
Russian classical pianist.
The Horrors
Album(s):
Primary Colours (2009)
Born: John Gale Horton on 4/30/1925 Died: 11/5/1960
American rockabilly singer.
Song(s):
The Battle of New Orleans (1959)
Roy Horton
Big Walter Horton
Hot Butter
Song(s):
Popcorn (1972)
Hot Chip
Song(s):
Over and Over (2006)
Born: Eddie James, Jr. on 3/21/1902 in Riverton, MS Died: 10/19/1988
Blues guitarist and singer.
Song(s):
My Black Mama (1930)
Album(s):
Father of the Folk Blues (year?)
House of Pain
Song(s):
Jump Around (1992)
Cissy Houston
Born: 12/9/1938 Died: 11/30/1993
American country singer.
Song(s):
Almost Persuaded (1966)
Thelma Houston
Song(s):
Don’t Leave Me This Way (1976)
Born: 8/9/1963 in Newark, NJ Died: 2/11/2012
R&B/pop singer. Daughter of Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick. Began singing career at age 11 with the gospel gropu New Hope Baptist Junior Choir. As a teen, worked as a backing vocalist for Chaka Khan and Lou Rawls. Pursued modeling career in 1981, appeaing in Glamour magazine and on the cover of Seventeen. Married singer Bobby Brown on 7/18/92. Starred in the movies The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, and The Preacher’s Wife.
Song(s):
I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me (1987)
I Will Always Love You (w. Dolly Parton, 1992)
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (1995)
Album(s):
Whitney Houston (1985)
Whitney (1987)
The Bodyguard (et al, soundtrack; 1992) – see Various Artists
Waiting to Exhale (et al, soundtrack; 1995) – see Various Artists
The DMDB Blog/Facebook Note(s):
Whitney Houston – Top 20 Songs
Whitney Houston Has the #1 Single and Album: June 27, 1987 (6/27/11)
Dominic Howard
Born: 9/12/1914 Died: 5/23/1963
American jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
To Each His Own (1946)
Sin (It's No Sin) (1951)
Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart (1952)
Joe Howard
Julia Ward Howe
Born: Stephen James Howe on 4/8/1947 in Holloway, London, England
English progressive rock guitarist best known for his work with Yes (70-81, 91, 96-). He has also worked solo, was a member of the supergroup Asia (81-84,92,07-), the one-album GTR (86), and collaborated with his Yes’ bandmates from the 1970-72 era as Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (88-92).
Album(s) featuring Howe:
The Yes Album (1971) – see Yes
Fragile (1971) – see Yes
Close to the Edge (1972) – see Yes
Tales from Topographic Oceans (Yes, 1973)
Relayer (1974) – see Yes
Going for the One (1977) – see Yes
Tormato (1978) – see Yes
Drama (1980) – see Yes
Asia (1982) – see Asia
Alpha (1983) – see Asia
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (1989) – see ABWH
Union (1991) – see Yes
Phoenix (2008) – see Asia
Omega (2010) – see Asia
Fly from Here (2011) – see Yes
The DMDB Blog:
The Steve Howe Show (7/15/09)
Born: Chester Arthur Burnett in White Station, Mississippi on 6/10/1910 Died: 1/10/1976
Blue singer and guitarist.
Song(s):
Smokestack Lightning (1956)
Spoonful (1960)
The Red Rooster (1962)
Album(s):
Moanin’ in the Moonlight (compilation: 1951-58)
Howlin’ Wolf (aka ‘The Rockin’ Chair Album’) (compilation, 1958)
Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin’ Wolf (1972)
H.P. Lovecraft
Album(s):
H.P. Lovecraft (1967)
Born: 4/7/1938
American jazz trumpeter.
Song(s):
Red Clay (1970)
The Hues Corporation
Song(s):
Rock the Boat (1974)
Born: 4/8/1942 in Camden, NJ
Record executive (Philadelphia International), songwriter, and producer behind 170 gold and platinum records (along with partner Kenny Gamble). They were considered pioneers of Philadelphia soul. Their songs, in addition to those below, include “Only the Strong Survive” (Jerry Butler), “Me and Mrs. Jones” (Billy Paul), “Backstabbers” (The O’Jays), “When Will I See You Again” (The Three Degrees), and “Enjoy Yourself” (The Jacksons).
Songs written/produced by Gamble & Huff:
If You Don't Know Me By Now (1972) – see Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Love Train (1973) – see The O’Jays
Rock singer and bassist with Deep Purple (73-76) and Black Sabbath (83-86).
Lysbeth Hughes
Song(s):
Ti-Pi-Tin (1938) – see Horace Heidt
Marjorie Hughes
Song(s):
Oh! What It Seemed to Be (1946) – see Frankie Carle
Electronic new wave band from Sheffield, England.
Active: 1977- Members: Philip Oakley (v/songwriter: 77-), Martyn Ware (k: 77-80), Ian Craig Marsh (k: 77-80), Philip Adrian Wright (k: 78-86), Joanne Catherall (v: 80-), Susan Ann Sulley (v: 80-), Jo Callis (k/g: 81-85), Ian Burden (k: 81-87), Jim Russell (d/g/programming: 85-87), Neil Sutton (k: 86-), Russell Dennett (k: 90-94), David Beevers (on-stage engineering: 90-), Erroll Rollins (electronic percussion: 01-04), Nic Burke (multi-instrumentalist: 01-), Rob Barton (electronic percussion: 03-)
Song(s):
Don't You Want Me? (1981)
Album(s):
Dare! (1981)
Pawlo Humeniuk
Song(s):
Tanec Pid Werbamy (Dance Under the Willows) (1926)
Born: Arnold George Dorsey on 5/2/1936 Died:
Indian-born English singer.
Song(s):
Release Me (1967)
The Last Waltz (1967)
Song(s):
Twelfth Street Rag (1948)
Album(s):
Amtrak Blues (1978)
Tab Hunter
Song(s):
Young Love (1956)
George Hurley
Born: 7/3/1893 in Teoc , Mississippi Died: 11/2/1966
Blues singer and guitarist.
Song(s):
Stack O’ Lee Blues (year?)
Frankie (1928)
Album(s):
Today! (1966)
Song(s):
Turn on the News (1984)
Celebrated Summer (1985)
Album(s):
Zen Arcade (1984)
New Day Rising (1985)
Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987)
Born: 12/3/1925 in Cartwell, MO Died: 3/17/2011
American country singer with two dozen top 20 country hits on the Billboard charts including the #1 hits “A Dear John Letter” (with Jean Shepard), “Gone”, and “Wings of a Dove”.
Walter Huston
Song(s):
September Song (1939)
Michael Hutchence
Born: 8/20/1946 in Krefeld, Germany Died:
Electronica singer/songwriter and keyboardist with Kraftwerk.
J.B. Hutto
Odetta Holmes
Song(s):
It Had to Be You (1944)
Marion Hutton
Song(s):
The Woodpecker Song (1940) – see Glenn Miller
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me (1942) – see Glenn Miller
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo (1942) – see Glenn Miller
Rock singer, songwriter (Cyndi Lauper’s “Time after Time”) and keyboardist with the Hooters (80-95, 01-). Also helmed the one-time collaborative project Largo.
Album(s):
with various artists: Largo (1998)
Rock singer/songwriter with The Pretenders.
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