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Haddaway
Song(s): What Is Love? (1993) 
Charlie Haden  
Sammy Hagar 
Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born 10/13/1947 in Salinas, CA. 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)
Merle Haggard       
Country singer born 4/6/1937 in Oildale, CA. Died 4/6/2016.
Song(s): Sing Me Back Home (1967) Mama Tried (1968) Today I Started Loving You Again (1968) Okie from Muskogee (1969) If We Make It Through December (1973) Are the Good Times Really Over (1982) Pancho and Lefty (1982) – see Willie Nelson
Album(s): Okie from Muskogee (1970) A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or, My Salute to Bob Wills) (1970) Let Me Tell You About a Song (1972) 
Albert Hague
Album(s): Redhead (musical: 1959) – see Dorothy Fields
Haircut One Hundred
Song(s): Love Plus One (1982) 
Bill Haley & His Comets    
Early rock-n-roll singer born William John Clifton Haley on 7/6/1925 in Highland Park, Michigan. Died 2/9/1981. His recording of "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): Crazy Man Crazy (1953) We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock (1954) Joey's Song (1959) 
Daryl Hall 
Philly soul/pop singer born Daryl Franklin Hohl on 10/11/1948 in Philadelphia, PA. Half of the #1 charting duo of the rock era (Hall & Oates) with John Oates.
Daryl Hall & 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-.
Song(s): She's Gone (1973) I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (1981) Maneater (1982) 
Lee Hall
Album(s): Billy Elliot: The Musical (musical: 2005) – see Elton John
Rick Hall  
Record executive (FAME Studios).
Tom T. Hall     
Country singer/songwriter (Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A.") born 5/25/1936 in Olive Hill, KY.
Song(s): Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine (1972) 
Wendell Hall
Song(s): It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1924) 
Johnny Hallyday 
Halsey 
Singer born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane on 9/29/1994 in Edison, New Jersey.
Song(s): Closer (2016) – see the Chainsmokers Without Me (2018) Eastside (2018) – see Benny Blanco
Album(s): Badlands (2015) 
Marc-Andre Hamelin 
Classical pianist.
Edward Hamilton
Song(s): Hello Frisco! (1915) – see Olive Kline
Roy Hamilton 
Tom Hamilton  
Rock bassist born 12/31/1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. With Aerosmith (1970-).
Marvin Hamlisch    
Musical theater composer and songwriter born 6/2/1944 in New York City, NY. Died 8/6/2012. 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.
Song(s): What I Did for Love (from A Chorus Line , performed by Kelly Johnton, 1975) One (Singular Sensation) (from A Chorus Line , performed by the Chorus Line Company, 1975) The Way We Were (1973) – see Barbra Streisand
Album(s): The Sting (soundtrack: 1974) A Chorus Line (composed with Edward Kleban, musical: 1975) 
Stuart Hamm 
Hammer
- see MC Hammer
Jan Hammer 
Rock keyboardist.
Oscar Hammerstein II           
Musical theater composer born Oscar Greeley Clendenning Ritter von Hammerstein II on 7/12/1895 in New York City, NY. He co-wrote 850 songs, composing musicals first with Jerome Kern and later with Richard Rodgers. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Died 8/23/1960.
Songs(s): Top 50 Songs
With Jerome Kern: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (from Show Boat, 1928) Ol' Man River (from Show Boat, 1932) – see Paul Robeson All the Things You Are (from Very Warm for May, 1939) – see Tommy Dorsey
With Richard Rodgers: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (from Oklahoma!, 1943) – see Bing Crosby People Will Say We're in Love (from Oklahoma!, 1943) – see Bing Crosby Oklahoma! (from Oklahoma!, 1943) – see Alfred Drake You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel, 1945) – see Frank Sinatra If I Loved You (from Carousel, 1945) – see Perry Como June Is Bustin' Out All Over (from Carousel, 1945) – see Hildegrade Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific, 1949) – see Perry Como Younger Than Springtime (from South Pacific, 1949) – see Billy Tabbert Getting to Know You (from The King and I, 1951) – see Gertrude Lawrence Shall We Dance? (from The King and I, 1951) – see Gertrude Lawrence Hello Young Lovers (from The King and I, 1951) – see Perry Como Getting to Know You (from The King and I, 1956) – see Marni Nixon Shall We Dance? (from The King and I, 1956) – see Marni Nixon Hello Young Lovers (from The King and I, 1956) – see Marni Nixon I Enjoy Being a Girl (from Flower Drum Song, 1958) The Sound of Music (from The Sound of Music, 1959) – see Mary Martin Climb Ev'ry Mountain (from The Sound of Music, 1959) – see Tony Bennett Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music, 1959) – see Mary Martin My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music, 1960) – see see John Coltrane You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel, 1963) – see Gerry & the Pacemakers The Sound of Music (from The Sound of Music, 1965) – see Julie Andrews My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music, 1965) – see Julie Andrews Do-Re-Mi (from The Sound of Music, 1965) – see Julie Andrews Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music, 1965) – see Julie Andrews
Album(s)/Work(s): Show Boat (musical: 1927, soundtrack: 1951) – see Jerome Kern Carmen Jones (musical: 1943) – see Georges Bizet Oklahoma! (musical: 1943, soundtrack: 1955) – see Richard Rodgers Carousel (musical: 1945, soundtrack: 1956) – see Richard Rodgers South Pacific (musical: 1949, soundtrack: 1958) – see Richard Rodgers The King and I (musical: 1951, soundtrack 1956) – see Richard Rodgers Flower Drum Song (musical: 1959) – see Richard Rodgers The Sound of Music (musical: 1959, soundtrack: 1965) – see Richard Rodgers
Kirk Hammett  
Heavy-metal guitarist borrn 11/18/1962 in San Francisco, CA. With Exodus (1980-83) and Metallica (83-).
Albert Hammond 
John H. Hammond    
Legendary talent scout with Columbia Records born John Henry Hammond II on 12/15/1910 in New York City, NY. Died 7/10/1987. Father of blues singer and guitarist John P. Hammond.
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.
Christopher Hampton
Album(s): Sunset Boulevard (musical: 1993) – see Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lionel Hampton     
Jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, and composer born 4/20/1908 in Louisville, KY. Died 8/31/2002.
Song(s): Flying Home (1942) 
Hampton Quartette
Song(s): Listen to the Lambs (1917) 
Herbie Hancock      
Jazz pianist born 4/12/1940 in Chicago, IL.
Song(s): Watermelon Man (1962) Chameleon (1973) Rock-It (1983) 
Album(s): Maiden Voyage (1964) Head Hunters (1973) River: The Joni Letters (2007) 
George Friedrich Händel  
Classical composer born Georg Friedrich Händel on 2/23/1685 in Halle, Duchy of Madgeburg, Germany. Died 4/14/1759.
Song(s) written by Handel: Joy to the World (music by Handel, words by Isaac Watts, arranged by Lowell Mason, 1719) 
Album(s): Water Music (1717) Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt) (opera: 1724) Messiah (1741) 
Lou Handman 
W.C. Handy     
Blues songwriter and musician born William Christopher Handy on 11/16/1873 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Died 3/28/1958.
Song(s): The Memphis Blues (1912) The Memphis Blues (1914) – see Charles Prince Joe Turner Blues (1916) – see Charles Prince St. Louis Blues (1923) St. Louis Blues (1925) – see Bessie Smith
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
Benjamin Hanby
Song(s) written by Hanby: Up on the Housetop (1864) 
Glen Hansard
Song(s): Falling Slowly (with Marketa Irglova, 2007) 
Album(s): Once (composed with Marketa Irglova, soundtrack: 2007) Once (composed with Marketa Irglova, musical: 2011) 
Hanson
Song(s): Mmmbop (1997) 
Happy Mondays
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).
Song(s): Step On (1990) 
Album(s): Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) 
Otto Harbach  
Musical theater lyricist and librettist born 8/18/1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Died 1/24/1963.
Songs written by Harbach with Jerome Kern: Who? (1926) – see George Olsen Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Roberta, 1933) – see Paul Whiteman Yesterdays (1933) – see Leo Reisman Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Roberta, 1958) – see The Platters
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   
Songwriter born Edgar Yipsel Harburg on 4/8/1896 in New York City, NY. 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: 1939) – see Harold Arlen
Paul Hardcastle
Song(s): 19 (1985) 
Roger Harding
Song(s): On the Banks of the Wabash (1898) 
Ernest Hare
Song(s): Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mademoiselle from Armentieres) (with Billy Jones, 1924) 
Bob Haring
Song(s): Pagan Love Song (with Copley Plaza Orchestra, 1929) 
Byron Harlan 
Tenor singer born Byron George Harlan on 8/29/1861 in Kansas. Died 9/11/1936. Worked as a ragtime and minstrel singer and balladeer, recording as a solo artist (1899-1919), in a duo with Arthur Collins (01-18), and with the Big Four Quartet (01) and Columbia Comedy Trio (07). He was friends and neighbors with Thomas Edison.
Song(s): Byron Harlan: Top 100 Songs 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 Always in the Way (1903) Under the Anhauser Bush (1904) – see Arthur Collins Blue Bell (with Frank Stanley, 1904) Where the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door (1905) Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1906) The Good Old U.S.A. (1906) Camp Meetin' Time (1906) – see Arthur Collins Daddy's Little Girl (1906) My Gal Sal (1907) School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids) (1907) Nobody's Little Girl (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 I'm Going Back to Dixie (aka "I Want to Be in Dixie") (1912) – see Arthur Collins The Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914) – see Arthur Collins I Love the Ladies (1914) – see Arthur Collins Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Honolulu) (1916) – see Arthur Collins Darktown Strutters' Ball (1918) – see Arthur Collins
Howard Harlan  
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Song(s): Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (1975) 
The Harmonicats
Song(s): Peg O' My Heart (1947) 
Ben R. Harney
Song(s): Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose (1896) 
Sheldon Harnick   
Musical theater songwriter born 4/30/1924 in Chicago, IL.
Song(s): If I Were a Rich Man (from Fiddler on the Roof, 1964) – see Zero Mostel
Album(s): Fiorello! (musical: 1959) – see Jerry Bock She Loves Me (musical: 1963) – see Jerry Bock Fiddler on the Roof (musical: 1964, soundtrack: 1971) – see Jerry Bock
Slim Harpo  
Blues guitarist born James Moore on 1/11/1924 in Baton Rouge, LA. Died 1/31/1970.
Song(s): I'm a King Bee (1957) Rainin' in My Heart (1961) 
Album(s): Raining in My Heart (year?) 
The Harptones 
Song(s): A Sunday Kind of Love (1953) 
Calvin Harris
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) One Kiss (with Dua Lipa, 2018) Promises (with Sam Smith, 2018) 
Charles K. Harris 
Emmylou Harris      
Country singer/songwriter and musician born 4/2/1947 in Birmingham, AL.
Album(s): Trio (1987) – see Dolly Parton Wrecking Ball (1995) 
Gene Harris 
Jazz pianist.
Marion Harris   
American vaudeville and Broadway singer born Mary Ellen Harrison on 4/4/1896 in Indiana (?). Died 4/23/1944. First white woman widely known for singing jazz and blues.
Song(s): After You've Gone (1919) St. Louis Blues (1920) Look for the Silver Lining (1921) I Ain't Got Nobody (1921) I'm Just Wild about Harry (1922) Tea for Two (1925) The Man I Love (1928) 
Phil Harris 
Jazz/big band leader born Wonga Philip Harris in Linton, Indiana on 6/24/1904. Died 8/11/1995
Song(s): The Thing (with Walter Scharf's Orchestra, 1950) The Bare Necessities (with Bruce Reitherman, from The Jungle Book, 1967) I Wanna Be Like You (with Louis Prima, from The Jungle Book, 1967) Everybody Wants to Be a Cat (from The Aristocats, 1970) 
Richard Harris
Song(s): Camelot (from Camelot soundtrack: 1967) 
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) 
Wynonie Harris  
Blues shouter and R&B singer born 9/24/1915 in Omaha, NE. Died 6/14/1969. One of rock 'n' roll's forerunners.
Song(s): Good Rockin' Tonight (1948) 
Charles Harrison  
Tenor singer born 9/11/1878 in Jersey City, NJ. Died 2/2/1965. Recorded solo and with the Columbia Stellar Quartet (1912-22).
Song(s): Peg O' My Heart (1913) Ireland Must Be Heaven for My Mother Came from There (1916) 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) 
George Harrison            
Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born 2/25/1943 in Liverpool, England. Died 11/29/2001. 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) 
James F. Harrison
Song(s): Keep the Home Fires Burning (as Frederick J. Wheeler, 1915) There's a Long, Long Trail (with James Reed, 1915) 
Noel Harrison
Song(s): The Windmills of Your Mind (1968) 
Wilbert Harrison
Song(s): Kansas City (1959) 
Album(s): Let’s Work Together (1969) 
James Harrod
Song(s): Till the Clouds Roll By (with Anna Wheaton, 1917) 
Debbie Harry   
New wave singer. Born 7/1/1945. Recorded with group Blondie and as a solo artist.
Charles Hart
Song(s): Till We Meet Again (1919) – see Nicholas Orlando Let the Rest of the World Go By (with Elizabeth Spencer, 1920) 
Charles Hart
Song(s): All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera, 1986) – see Sarah Brightman
Album(s): Phantom of the Opera (1986) – see Andrew Lloyd Webber
Corey Hart
Song(s): Sunglasses at Night (1984) Never Surrender (1985) 
Freddie Hart
Country singer/songwriter born Frederick Segrest on 12/21/1926 in Loachapoka, AL.
Song(s): Easy Loving (1971) My Hang-Up Is You (1972) 
Album(s): Easy Loving (1971) 
Kitty Carlisle Hart 
Lorenz Hart      
American musical theater lyricist ("Blue Moon", "Isn't It Romantic?", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "My Funny Valentine"). Born 5/2/1895 in New York City, NY. Died 11/22/1943. 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 There's a Small Hotel (with Maxine Grey, from On Your Toes, 1936) – see Hal Kemp The Lady Is a Tramp (from Babes in Arms, 1937) – see Tommy Dorsey Where or When (from Babes in Arms, 1937) – see Hal Kemp Where or When (from Babes in Arms, 1937) – see Ray Heatherton Falling in Love with Love (from The Boys from Syracuse, 1939) – see Frances Langford This Can't Be Love (from The Boys from Syracuse, 1938) – see Benny Goodman My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms, 1945) – see Hal McIntyre Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (from Pal Joey, 1950) – see Bill Snyder Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (from Pal Joey, 1950) – see Doris Day Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (from Pal Joey, 1950) – see Mel Tormé My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms, 1953) – see Chet Baker Blue Moon (1961) – see The Marcels
Album(s): On Your Toes (musical: 1936) – see Richard Rodgers Pal Joey (musical: 1940, soundtrack: 1957) – see Richard Rodgers
Johnny Hartman
Song(s): Lush Life (1963) – see John Coltrane
Album(s): John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) – see John Coltrane
PJ Harvey    
Alternative rock singer/songwriter born Polly Jean Harvey on 10/9/1969 in Bridport, Dorset, England.
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) 
Harvey Danger
Song(s): Flagpole Sitta (1998) 
Thomas Hastings
Music by Hastings, Words by Augustus Montague Toplady: Rock of Ages (1763) 
Tony Hatch 
British songwriter, producer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. Among his songwriting credits are Petula Clark's "Downtown" and "Sign of the Times."
Donny Hathaway   
Song(s): This Christmas (1970) Where Is the Love (1972) – see Roberta Flack
Album(s): Everything Is Everything (1970) 
Lalah Hathaway
Album(s): Lalah Hathaway Live (2016) 
Hampton Hawes 
Jazz pianist.
Coleman Hawkins   
Jazz/big band leader born 11/21/1904 in St. Joseph, MO. Died 5/19/1969.
Song(s): Body and Soul (1940) 
Dale Hawkins
Song(s): Suzy-Q (1957) 
Edwin Hawkins Singers
Song(s): Oh Happy Day (1969) 
Erskine Hawkins 
American jazz/big band leader born 7/26/1914. Died 1993. Co-wrote and released "Tuxedo Junction" in 1939, which became a big hit for Glenn Millerin 1940.
Song(s): Don’t Cry Baby (with Jimmy Mitchelle, 1943) 
Roger Hawkins 
Drummer with Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins 
Song(s): I Put a Spell on You (1956) 
Sophie B. Hawkins
Song(s): As I Lay Me Down (1995) 
George D. Hay 
Joseph Haydn   
Classical composer and pianist born 3/31/1732 in Rohrau, Austria. Died 5/31/1809. He has been called "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet." He composed more than 100 symphonies and nearly 70 string quartets. He was influential in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio.
Haydn Quartet 
Along with the Peerless Quartet and American Quartet, one of the three great vocal groups in the pioneer age of popular recording. P>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: 1914-19). 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.
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) The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1904) Grandfather's Clock (1905) How'd You Like to Spoon with Me? (1906) – see Corrine Morgan 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) 
Hunter Hayes
Song(s): Wanted (2011) 
Isaac Hayes        
R&B singer/songwriter and keyboardist born 8/20/1942 in Covington, TN. Died 8/10/2008.
Song(s): Theme from "Shaft" (1971) 
Album(s): Hot Buttered Soul (1969) Shaft (soundtrack: 1971) 
Roland Hayes
Song(s): Were You There (1940) 
Joe Hayman
Song(s): Cohen on the Telephone (1914) 
Richard Hayman 
Dick Haymes    
Singer born Richard Benjamin Hayns on 9/13/1918 in Buenos Aries, Argentina. Died 3/28/1980.
Song(s): You'll Never Know (with the Song Spinners, 1943) Long Ago and Far Away (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) The More I See You (1945) 
Roy Haynes 
Jazz drummer.
Warren Haynes  
American blues guitarist born 4/6/1960. With the Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule.
Justin Hayward  
Rock singer/songwriter born Justin David Hayward on 10/14/1946 in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. With the Moody Blues.
Eddie Hazel 
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.
The Head and the Heart
Song(s): Lost in My Mind (2011) All We Ever Knew (2016) 
Nicky "Topper" Headon  
Rock drummer born Nicholas Bowen Headon on 5/30/1955 in Bromley, UK. With The Clash.
Jeff Healey
Song(s): Angel Eyes (1988) 
Peggy Healy
Song(s): You're the Top (1934) – see Paul Whiteman
Hear'Say
Song(s): Pure and Simple (2001) 
Heart     
Song(s): Crazy on You (1976) Magic Man (1976) Barracuda (1977) These Dreams (1986) Alone (1987) Stairway to Heaven (live, 2012) 
The Heartbeats
Song(s): A Thousand Miles Away (1956) 
The Heartbreakers
Song(s): Chinese Rocks (1977) 
Ray Heatherton
Song(s): Where or When (from Babes in Arms, 1937) 
Heatwave
Song(s): Boogie Nights (1977) 
Heavy D & the Boyz
Song(s): Now That We Found Love (1991) 
Bobby Hebb
Song(s): Sunny (1966) 
Heidelberg Quintet
Song(s): Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (1912) By the Beautiful Sea (1914) 
Horace Heidt   
Jazz/big band leader born 5/21/1901 in Alamda, CA. Died 12/1/1986. 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 (with Larry Cotton, Donna Wood, & Don Juans; 1941) 
Jascha Heifetz  
Classical violinist born 2/2/1901 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then the Russian Empire). Died 12/10/1987.
Album(s): Acoustic Recordings for Victor Records (1917-1924) 
Ray Heindorf
Song(s): Over the Rainbow (1939) – see Judy Garland
Richard Hell (& the Voidoids)
Song(s): Blank Generation (1977) 
Album(s): Blank Generation (1977) 
Levon Helm  
Rock drummer and singer born 5/26/1940. Died 4/19/2012. With The Band.
Helmet
Album(s): Meantime (1992) 
Bobby Helms
Song(s): My Special Angel (1957) Jingle Bell Rock (1957) 
Helping Haiti
One-time gathering of multiple stars assembled by Simon Cowell to record a charity single to help victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Performers included James Blunt, Jon Bon Jovi, Susan Boyle, Michael Bublé, Alexandra Burke, Mariah Carey, Cheryl, Miley Cyrus, JLS, Leona Lewis, Joe McElderry, Mika, Kylie Minogue, James Morrison, Rod Stewart, Take That (Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and Robbie Williams), and Westlife (Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan).
Song(s): Everybody Hurts (2010) 
Ella Henderson
Song(s): Ghost (2014) 
Fletcher Henderson 
Jazz/big band leader and pianist born James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson on 12/18/1897 in Cuthbert, GA. Died 12/28/1952.
Album(s): A Study in Frustration: A Thesaurus of Classic Jazz (box: 1923-38, released 1994) 
Joe Henderson 
Jazz executive and saxophonist born 4/24/1937 in Lima, OH. Died 6/30/2001.
Ray Henderson 
Jimi Hendrix 
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Legendary psychedelic-blues/rock guitarist born Johnny Allen Hendrix on 11/27/1942 in Seattle, WA. Died drug overdose in London on 9/18/1970. 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). Discovered in 1966 by The Animals' Chas 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): Jimi Hendrix: Top 25 Songs Hey Joe (1966) Purple Haze (1967) Are You Experienced? (1967) Third Stone from the Sun (1967) Little Wing (1967) Red House (1967) Foxey Lady (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) Radio One (live: 1967, released 1988) 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 Ultimate Experience (compilation: 1966-70, released 1992) The Cry of Love (archives:1968-70, released 1971) Rainbow Bridge (archives: 1969-70, released 1971) War Heroes (archives: 1968-70, released 1972) Loose Ends (archives: 1967-70, released 1974) Crash Landing (archives: 1968-69, released 1975) Midnight Lightning (archives: 1969-70, released 1975) First Rays of the New Rising Sun (archives: 1968-70, released 1997) South Saturn Delta (archives: 1967-70, released 1997) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (box: 1966-70, released 2000) Valleys of Neptune (archives: 1967-70, released 2010) People, Hell and Angels (archives: 1968-69, released 2013) Both Sides of the Sky (archives: 1968-70, released 2018)
Don Henley       
Country-rock singer/songwriter and drummer born 7/22/1947 in Gilmer, TX. With the Eagles. Also a solo artist ("Dirty Laundy", "The Boys of Summer", "The End of the Innocence").
Song(s): Dirty Laundry (1982) The Boys of Summer (1984) Sunset Grill (1984) The Heart of the Matter (1989) New York Minute (1989) Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (1992) – see Patty Smyth
Album(s): I Can't Stand Still (1982) Building the Perfect Beast (1984) The End of the Innocence (1989) Actual Miles (compilation: 1982-95, released 1995) Inside Job (2000) Very Best of (compilation, released 2009) Cass County (2015) 
Clarence "Frogman" Henry 
Audrey Hepburn
Song(s): Moon River (1961) – see Henry Mancini
H.E.R.
Song(s): I Can't Breathe (2020) Better Than I Imagined (2020) – see Robert Glasper Fight for You (2021) 
Album(s): H.E.R. (2017) 
Victor Herbert 
Song(s): Naughty Marietta Selection (1911) March of the Toys (1911) You Belong to Me (1916) 
Hercules & Love Affair
Song(s):
Blind (2008) 
Jerry Herman    
Musical theater songwriter born Gerald Sheldon Herman on 7/10/1931 in New York City, NY.
Album(s): Hello, Dolly! (musical: 1963, soundtrack: 1969) Mame (1966) La Cage Aux Folles (musical: 1984) 
Woody Herman     
Jazz/big band leader, clarinetist, and composer born Woodrow Charles Herman on 5/16/1913 in Milwaukee, WI. Died 10/29/1987.
Song(s): At the Woodchopper's Ball (1939) Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (1941) I'll Remember April (1942) Laura (1945) Early Autumn (1947) Four Brothers (1948) 
Herman's Hermits 
Song(s): I'm into Something Good (1964) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1965) I'm Henry VIII, I Am (1965) 
Patrick Hernandez
Song(s): Born to Be Alive (1979) 
Bernhard Herrmann 
James Hetfield  
Rock singer/songwriter and rhythm guitarist born 8/3/1963 in Downey, California. 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) Anthology (compilation, released 2001) 
Al Hibbler   
R&B singer born Albert George Hibbler on 8/16/1915 in Tyro, Mississippi. Died 4/24/2001.
Song(s): Unchained Melody (1955) 
Mina Hickman
Song(s): Come Down, Ma Evening Star (1903) 
Taylor Hicks
Song(s): Do I Make You Proud? (2006) 
Hi-Five
Song(s): I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) (1991) She's Playing Hard to Get (1992) 
Missy Higgins
Album(s): The Sound of White (2004) 
Highly Suspect
Song(s): My Name Is Human (2016) 
The Highwaymen
Song(s): Michael (Michael Row the Boat Ashore) (1961) 
The Highwaymen
Country supergroup comprised of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson.
Song(s): Highwayman (1985) 
The Highwomen
Country music supergroup formed in 2016 by Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires.
Song(s): Crowded Table (2019) 
Album(s): The Highwomen (2019) 
Dr. Brewser M. Higley and Daniel E. Kelly
Song(s) by Higley and Kelly: Home on the Range (1873) Home on the Range (1933) – see Bing Crosby Home on the Range (1994) – see Tori Amos
Utada Hikaru
Song(s): Flavor of Life (2007) 
Hildegarde
Song(s): June Is Bustin' Out All Over (from Carousel, 1945) 
Billy Hill 
Dan Hill
Song(s): Sometimes When We Touch (1977) 
Dusty Hill
Rock bassist, keyboardist, and singer born 5/19/1949 in Houston, Texas. Died 7/28/2021. With ZZ Top (1969-2021).
Faith Hill  
Country singer born Audrey Faith Hill on 9/21/1967 in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Married country singer Tim McGraw.
Song(s): It's Your Love (1997) – see Tim McGraw This Kiss (1998) Breathe (1999) 
Album(s): Breathe (1999) 
Jessie Hill
Song(s): Ooh Poo Pah Do (1960) 
Lauryn Hill     
American R&B/rap singer born 5/25/1975 in East Orange, NJ. With Fugees (The Score). Also a solo artist.
Song(s): Doo Wop (That Thing) (1998) Ex-Factor (1998) 
Album(s): The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) 
Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill
Album(s): Happy Birthday to You (1893) 
Z.Z. Hill
Album(s): Down Home (1982) 
Larry Hiller 
Bob Hilliard 
Chris Hillman 
Folk-rock bassist born 12/4/1944 in Los Angeles, California. With the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, and the Desert Rose Band.
DMDB actpage.
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) 
Richard Himber
Song(s): Just One of Those Things (with Stuart Allen, 1935) 
Hinder
Song(s): Lips of an Angel (2006) 
Harvey Hindermeyer
Song(s): Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1908) 
Earl Hines 
Jazz/big band leader and pianist born 12/28/1903 in Duquesne, PA. Died 4/22/1983.
Song(s): Weather Bird (1928) – see Louis Armstong Basin Street Blues (1938) – see Louis Armstong
Album(s): Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (compilation: 1928-29, released 1989) – see Louis Armstong
The Hives
Post-punk revival rock band formed in Fagersta, Sweden in 1993. Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist (vocals), Nicholaus Arson (guitar, backing vocals), Virgilante Carlstroem (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Chris Dangerous (drums), Dr. Matt Destruction (bass: 1993-2013), The Johan and Only (bass: 2013-).
Song(s): Hate to Say I Told You So (2001) 
Album(s): Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) 
Eddie Hodges
Song(s): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door (1961) 
Al Hoffman 
Josef Hoffman 
Classical pianist born 12/15/1870 in Pirnitz, Austria. Died 5/7/1956.
Susanna Hoffs
Singer with the Bangles.
Album(s): All Over the Place (1984) – see the Bangles Different Light (1986) – see the Bangles Everything (1988) – see the Bangles When You're a Boy (1991) Susanna Hoffs (1996) Doll Revolution (2003) – see the Bangles Under the Covers (covers, 2006) – see Matthew Sweet Under the Covers 2 (covers, 2009) – see Matthew Sweet Under the Covers Vol. 3 (covers, 2013) – see Matthew Sweet
The Hold Steady
Post-punk revival rock band formed in 2003 in Minneapolis, MN. Craig Finn (vocals, rhythm guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar, backing vocals), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums, percussion: 2005-), Franz Nicolay (piano, keyboards, accordion, harmonica, backing vocals: 2005-10, 2016-), Steve Selvidge (guitar, backing vocals: 2010-), Judd Counsell (drums: 2003-05).
Album(s): Boys and Girls in America (2006) Heaven Is Whenever (2010) 
Allan Holdsworth 
English guitarist and composer born 8/6/1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. 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): Doll Parts (1994) Violet (1994) Malibu (1998) 
Album(s): Live Through This (1994) 
Billie Holiday               
Blues singer born Eleanora Fagan Gough on 4/7/1915 in Philadelphia, PA. 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): Summertime (1936) The Way You Look Tonight (1936) My Man (Mon Homme) (1938) Strange Fruit (1939) Body and Soul (1940) God Bless the Child (1941) Trav’lin Light (1942) – see Paul Whiteman Embraceable You (1944) Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (1945) Crazy He Calls Me (1949) Fine and Mellow (1957) 
Album(s): Quintessential (box: 1940-42, released 1998) Lady Sings the Blues (1956) Lady in Satin (1958) 
Brian Holland         
R&B songwriter and producer born 2/15/1941 in Detroit, Michigan. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland worked as a writing team for Motown for over ten years before leaving and forming Invictus/Hot Wax, where they continued their hitmaking ways until 1973, when Dozier started a solo career.
Songs Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland: Top 100 Songs 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
Eddie Holland         
R&B songwriter and producer born 10/30/1939 in Detroit, Michigan. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland worked as a writing team for Motown for over ten years before leaving and forming Invictus/Hot Wax, where they continued their hitmaking ways until 1973, when Dozier started a solo career.
Songs Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland: Top 100 Songs 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
Holland-Dozier-Holland
See Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland.
The Hollies 
Song(s): Bus Stop (1966) Stop Stop Stop (1966) Carrie Anne (1967) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (1969) Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (1971) 
Brenda Holloway 
Buddy Holly (& The Crickets)

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Early rock singer/songwriter and pioneer born Charles Hardin Holley on 9/7/1936 in Lubbox, TX. Died 2/3/1959 in a plane crash near Mason City, IA along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. One of rock and roll's most original and innovative performers. First recorded western and pop demos with Bob Montgomery (54). Worked with the Three Tunes (56), Buddy Holly & The Two-Tunes, and The Crickets (57-58).
Song(s): That'll Be the Day (1957) Peggy Sue (1957) Rave On (1958) 
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, released 1978) Greatest Hits (compilation: 1957-59) Collection: 50 Classic Recordings (compilation: 1959) The Complete Buddy Holly (box set, released 1979) 
Libby Holman
Song(s): Love for Sale (with Dick Robertson, 1931) 
Odetta Holmes
Song(s): Take This Hammer (1955) 
Rupert Holmes
Song(s): Escape (The Pina Colada Song) (1979) 
Album(s): The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical: 1985) 
Gustav Holst
Classical composer.
Album(s): The Planets (1986) 
Julia Holter
Album(s): Have You in My Wilderness (2015) 
Jac Holzman    
Record executive with Elektra and Nonesuch. Born 9/15/1931 in New York City, NY.
Homer & Jethro 
Louise Homer
Song(s): The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1905) America the Beautiful (1910) 
The Honeycombs
Song(s): Have I the Right? (1964) 
The Honeydrippers
Album(s): Volume One (The Honeydrippers: 1984)
Hoobastank
Song(s): The Reason (2003) 
Peter Hook 
Earl Hooker 
John Lee Hooker        
Links: - official site - Wikipedia
Blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist born 8/22/1917 near Clarksdale, MI. Died 6/21/2001.
Song(s): Boogie Chillen' (1948) I'm in the Mood (1951) Boom Boom (1962) One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (1966) 
Album(s): The Folklore of John Lee Hooker (1962) The Ultimate Collection (compilation: 1948-90, released 1991) 
William F. Hooley 
Bass singer in Whitechapel, London, England on 4/16/1861. Died on 10/12/1918. Member of the Haydn Quartet (1898-1914), the American Quartet (1909-18), and the Orpheus Quartet (1914-18).
Song(s): Gypsy Love Song (Slumber on, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart) (1899) 
Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Five
Song(s): Fascinating Rhythm (1938) 
Hooters 
Philadelphia-based rock group. Active: 1980-95, 2007
Members: Eric Bazilian (v/g: 80-), Rob Hyman (v/k: 80-), David Uosikkinen (d), John Kuzma (g: 80-82), Bobby Woods (b: 80-82), Rob Miller (b: 83-84), John Lilley (g: 83-), Andy King (b: 84-87), Fran Smith Jr. (b: 87-), Mindy Jostyn (violin/harmonica (92-93), Tommy Williams (g/mandolin: 2010-).
Song(s): Hooters/Eric Bazilian: Top 50 Songs All You Zombies (1985) Morning Buzz (2007) White Jeans (2007) 
Album(s): Amore (1983) Nervous Night (1985) One Way Home (1987) Zig Zag (1989) Out of Body (1993) Time Stand Still (2007) Five by Five (EP, 2010) 
Hootie & The Blowfish 
Song(s): Hold My Hand (1994) Let Her Cry (1994) Only Wanna Be with You (1994) Time (1994) Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven) (1996) 
Album(s): Cracked Rear View (1994) 
Bob Hope
Song(s): Thanks for the Memory (with Shirley Ross, 1939) Buttons and Bows (1948) Road to Morocco (1942) – see Bing Crosby
Mary Hopkin
Song(s): Those Were the Days (1968) 
Claude Hopkins
American jazz/big band leader and pianist born 8/24/1903 in Alexandria, Virginia. Died 2/19/1984.
John Henry Hopkins Jr.
Song(s) written by Hopkins: We Three Kings of Orient Are (1857) 
Lightnin' Hopkins    
Blues guitarist born Samuel John Hopkins on 3/15/1912 in Centerville, TX. Died 1/30/1982.
Linda Hopkins 
Nicky Hopkins  
Rock keyboardist born Nicholas Christian Hopkins on 2/24/1944 in Perivale, Middlesex, England. Died 9/6/1994. With The Who (65, 71, 75), The Kinks (65-68), Jeff Beck Group (67-70), Rolling Stones (67-81), Quicksilver Messenger Service (69-71), Steve Miller Band (69-70). Also worked with Badfinger, The Beatles, Brewer & Shipley, Gene Clark, Joe Cocker, Donovan, The Easybeats, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Art Garfunkel, George Harrison, Jefferson Airplane, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Steve Miller Band, The Move, Graham Parker, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, and Joe Walsh.
Trevor Horn  
Producer and musician born 7/15/1949 in Durham, England. Worked with the Buggles ("Video Killed the Radio Star") and Yes.
Lena Horne   
Jazz singer born 6/30/1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. Died 5/9/2010.
Song(s): Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) (1943) 
Album(s): The Lady and Her Music Live on Broadway (musical revue: 1981) 
Marilyn Horne   
Mezzo-soprano opera singer born 1/16/1934 in Bradford, PA.
James Horner
Album(s): Titanic (soundtrack: 1997) 
Bruce Hornsby  
Pop singer and keyboardist born 11/23/1954 in Williamsburg, VA. Solo artist who has also worked with the Grateful Dead.
Song(s): The Way It Is (1986) Gonna Be Some Changes Made (2004) 
Vladimir Horowitz     
Classical pianist born on 10/1/1903 in Kiev, Russia. Died 11/5/1989.
The Horrors
Album(s): Primary Colours (2009) 
Johnny Horton

Rockabilly singer born John Gale Horton on 4/30/1925. Died 11/5/1960.
Song(s): The Battle of New Orleans (1959) 
Album(s): The World of Johnny Horton (1966) 
Roy Horton 
Big Walter Horton 
Hot Butter
Song(s): Popcorn (1972) 
Hot Chip
Song(s): Over and Over (2006) Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (2008) – see Peter Gabriel
Hot Chocolate
Song(s): You Sexy Thing (1975) 
Son House   
Blues guitarist and singer born Eddie James House, Jr. on 3/21/1902 in Riverton, MS. Died 10/19/1988.
Song(s): My Black Mama (1930) Death Letter Blues (1930) Preachin' Blues (1930) 
Album(s): Father of the Folk Blues (1965) 
House of Pain
Song(s): Jump Around (1992) 
Cissy Houston 
David Houston 
Country singer born Charles David Houston on 12/9/1935 (some sources say 1938) in Bossier City, Louisiana. Died 11/30/1993.
Song(s): Almost Persuaded (1966) 
Thelma Houston
Song(s): Don't Leave Me This Way (1976) 
Whitney Houston              
R&B/pop singer born 8/9/1963 in Newark, NJ. Died 2/11/2012. Daughter of Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick. Began singing career at age 11 with the gospel group 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): Whitney Houston: Top 50 Songs You Give Good Love (1985) How Will I Know (1985) Greatest Love of All (1985) I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me (1987) I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) I Will Always Love You (1992) Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (1995) When You Believe (1998) – see Mariah Carey
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 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1994-2000, released 2000) 
The DMDB Blog/Facebook Note(s): Whitney Houston Has the #1 Single and Album: June 27, 1987 (6/27/11)
Brittany Howard
Lead singer of Alabama Shakes.
Song(s): Hold On (2012) – see Alabama Shakes Don't Wanna Fight (2015) – see Alabama Shakes Stay High (2019) 
Album(s): Jaime (2019) 
Dominic Howard 
Rock drummer with Muse.
Eddy Howard    
Jazz/big band leader born Edward Evan Duncan Howard on 9/12/1914 in Woodland, CA. Died 5/23/1963.
Song(s): To Each His Own (1946) Sin (It's No Sin) (1951) Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart (1952) 
Joe Howard 
Julia Ward Howe 
Songs written by Howe: The Battle Hymn of the Republic (aka "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!") (1861) 
Steve Howe 
Progressive rock guitarist born Stephen James Howe on 4/8/1947 in Holloway, London, England. 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)
Liam Howlett 
Howlin' Wolf 
Blues singer and guitarist born Chester Arthur Burnett on 6/10/1910 in White Station, Mississippi. Died 1/10/1976.
Song(s): How Many More Years (1951) Smokestack Lightning (1956) Spoonful (1960) The Little Red Rooster (1961) The Killing Floor (1964) 
Album(s): Moanin' in the Moonlight (compilation: 1951-59, released 1959) Howlin' Wolf (aka 'The Rockin' Chair Album') (compilation: 1960-62, released 1962) Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf (1972) The Chess Box (box: 1951-73, released 1991) 
Hozier
Song(s): Take Me to Church (2013) Nina Cried Power (with Mavis Staples, 2018) 
Album(s): Hozier (2014) 
H.P. Lovecraft
Album(s): H.P. Lovecraft (1967) 
Freddie Hubbard 
Jazz trumpeter born 4/7/1938 in Indianapolis, IN. Died 12/29/2008.
Jennifer Hudson 
Album(s): Jennifer Hudson (2008) 
The Hues Corporation
Song(s): Rock the Boat (1974) 
Leon Huff       
Record executive (Philadelphia International), songwriter, and producer born 4/8/1942 in Camden, NJ. 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
Glenn Hughes
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
Chad Hugo 
Half of The Neptunes production team.
Tom Hulce
Song(s): Out There (with Tony Jay, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1996) 
The Human League
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) 
Engelbert Humperdinck    
Singer born Arnold George Dorsey on 5/2/1936 in Madras, British India.
Song(s): Release Me (1967) The Last Waltz (1967) Spanish Eyes (1958) 
Pee Wee Hunt 
Song(s): Twelfth Street Rag (1948) 
Sam Hunt
Song(s): Take Your Time (2015) Body Like a Back Road (2017) 
Album(s): Montevallo (2014) 
Alberta Hunter 
Album(s): Amtrak Blues (1978) 
Charles Hunter
Song(s): Tickled to Death (1899) 
Robert Hunter 
Tab Hunter 
Song(s): Young Love (1956) 
Hunters & Collectors
Song(s): Throw Your Arms Around Me (1982) 
Russell Hunting
Michael Casey As a Physician (1891) Michael Casey at the Telephone (1892) Michael Casey Taking the Census (1892) 
Mississippi John Hurt  
Blues singer and guitarist born John Smith Hurt on 7/3/1893 in Teoc, Mississippi. Died 11/2/1966.
Song(s): Stack O' Lee Blues (1928) Frankie (1928) 
Album(s): Today! (1966) 
Hüsker Dü 
Song(s): Turn on the News (1984) Celebrated Summer (1985) 
Album(s): Zen Arcade (1984) New Day Rising (1985) Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987)
Ferlin Husky    
Country singer born on 12/3/1925 in Cantwell, MO. Died 3/17/2011. 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."
Song(s): Gone (1957) 
Walter Huston
Song(s): September Song (1939) 
Michael Hutchence 
Ralf Hutter  
Electronica singer/songwriter and keyboardistborn 8/20/1946 in Krefeld, Germany. With Kraftwerk.
J.B. Hutto 
Betty Hutton
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
Rob Hyman
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.
Check out the DMDB podcast "The Best of Eric Bazilian and the Hooters" here.
Song(s): Time After Time (1983) – see Cyndi Lauper All You Zombies (1985) – see Hooters Morning Buzz (2007) – see Hooters White Jeans (2007) – see Hooters
Album(s): Amore (1983) – see Hooters Nervous Night (1985) – see Hooters One Way Home (1987) – see Hooters Zig Zag (1989) – see Hooters Out of Body (1993) – see Hooters Largo (1998) – see Largo Time Stand Still (2007) – see Hooters Five by Five (EP, 2010) – see Hooters
Chrissie Hynde  
Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born 9/7/1951 in Akron, Ohio. With The Pretenders.
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