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Oak Ridge Boys
Song(s):
Elvira (1981)
Barry Oakley
About: "Britpop" rock group from Manchester, England.
Active: 1994-2009 Members: Brothers Liam (v) and Noel Gallagher (g) with Paul Arthurs (g), Paul McGuigan (b), and Tony McCarroll (d: 94-95), Alan White (d: 95-)
Song(s):
Supersonic (1994)
Live Forever (1994)
Cigarettes and Alcohol (1994)
Whatever (1994)
Some Might Say (1995)
Wonderwall (1995)
Don’t Look Back in Anger (1995)
Champagne Supernova (1995)
Album(s):
Definitely Maybe (1994)
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
Be Here Now (1997)
The DMDB Blog:
Blur beats Oasis in the battle of Britpop: August 26, 1995 (8/26/11)
About: Half of the pop-rock blue-eyed soul duo Hall & Oates with Daryl Hall.
Born: 4/7/1949 in New York City
About: Producer for Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen.
Born: Leslie Sebastian Charles on 1/21/1950 in Trinidad Died: --
R&B singer (“Caribbean Queen”, “Loverboy”, “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”, “There’ll Be Sad Songs to Make You Cry”).
Frank Ocean
Album(s):
Channel Orange (2012)
Phil Ochs
Song(s):
I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore (year?)
Helen O’Connell
Song(s):
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) (Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell, 1941)
Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) (Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell, 1941)
Born: 12/8/1966 in Ireland Died:
Alternative-rock singer.
Song(s):
I Want Your Hands on Me (1987)
Nothing Compares 2 U (written by Prince, 1990)
Album(s):
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
Colby O’Donis
Song(s):
Just Dance (with Lady Gaga, 2008)
Offspring
Song(s):
Come Out and Play (1994)
Self Esteem (1994)
Album(s):
Smash (1994)
Americana (1998)
The O'Jays
Song(s):
Love Train (written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff, 1973)
OK Go
Song(s):
Here It Goes Again (2006)
Babtunde Olatunji
Album(s):
Drums of Passion (1960)
Chauncey Olcott
Song(s):
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1913)
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) (1913)
About: English composer and musician.
Born: 5/15/1953 Died:
Album(s):
Tubular Bells (1973)
Born: 6/14/1943 Died:
American R&B songwriter. Notable member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.
About: Jazz cornet player, band leader, and composer.
Born: Joseph Nathan Oliver on 5/11/1885 in Aben, Louisiana Died: 4/10/1938
Song(s):
Chime Blues (1923)
Dipper Mouth Blues (1923)
Canal Street Blues (1923)
Paul Oliver
Born: 3/18/1893 Died: 3/18/1971
American jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
Always (with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce; 1926)
Who? (written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, 1926)
The Last Round-Up (with Joe Morrison, 1933)
Jim O’Neal
One Direction
Song(s):
What Makes You Beautiful (2011)
One Republic
Song(s):
Apologize (with Timbaland, 2007)
112
Song(s):
I'll Be Missing You (Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112, 1997)
Operation Ivy
Album(s):
Energy (1989)
The Orb
Album(s):
Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)
Born: 4/23/1936 in Vernon, TX Died: heart attack on 12/6/88 in Madison, TN
Influential early rock and roll singer/songwriter. Had own band, the Wink Westerners, in 1952. Attended North Texas State University with Pat Boone. First recorded in early 1956 as leader of the Teen Kings. Toured with Sun Records shows in 1958. Toured with the Beatles in 1963. Member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys in 1988.
Song(s):
Only the Lonely (1960)
Crying (1961)
Running Scared (1961)
Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
Album(s):
For the Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits (1956-1964) G
The DMDB Blog:
Roy Orbison charts with “Oh, Pretty Woman”: August 29, 1964 (8/29/11)
Orbital
Album(s):
Orbital 2 (aka “The Brown Album”) (1993)
About: German classical composer.
Born: 7/10/1895 Died: 1982
Album(s):
Carmina Burana (1936)
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Song(s):
Dark Town Strutters' Ball (1917)
Tiger Rag (1918)
The Orioles
Song(s):
Crying in the Chapel (1953)
Orion the Hunter – see Boston
Album(s):
Orion the Hunter (1984)
Born: Michael Anthony Orlando on 4/3/1944 Died: --
American singer.
Song(s):
Knock Three Times (1970)
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (1973)
Born: 11/18/1899 Died: 3/12/1985
Hungarian classical conductor and violinist.
Kid Ory
Song(s):
Ory’s Creole Trombone (1922)
Roland Orzabal – see Tears for Fears
Album(s):
Tomcats Screaming Outside (2001)
Born: 3/9/1948 Died:
American R&B singer/songwriter.
Born: 12/3/1948 Died:
Heavy metal rock singer with Black Sabbath and later a solo artist.
Song(s):
Crazy Train (1980)
Album(s):
Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
The DMDB Blog:
Judge refuses to reinstate a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution”: December 19, 1986 (12/19/11)
K.T. Oslin
Song(s):
Hold Me (1988)
Born: 12/9/1957 Died:
American pop singer.
The Osmonds
Born: 8/21/1868 Died: 12/7/1923
American ragtime banjoist.
Song(s):
Yankee Doodle (1894)
Honolulu Cake Walk (1898)
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1900)
A Coon Band Contest (1900)
Maple Leaf Rag (1907)
Mo Ostin
Clyde Otis
Born: John Alexander Veliotes on 12/28/1921 in Vallejo, California Died: 1/19/2012
American R&B bandleader, musician, producer, and disc jockey. Often called “The Godfather of Rhythm & Blues”. Produced artists like Etta James, Jackie Wilson, Little Esther Phillips, and Big Mama Thornton.
Song(s):
Willie and the Hand Jive (1958)
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Song(s):
Alone Again Naturally (1972)
Atlanta-based male rap duo. Part of one-time collaboration The Dungeon Family.
Active: 1992- Members: Andre "Dre, aka Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antoine "Big Boi" Patton
Song(s):
Rosa Parks (1998)
Ms. Jackson (2000)
B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (2000)
Hey Ya! (2003)
Album(s):
Aquemini (1998)
Stankonia (2000)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
The DMDB Blog:
OutKast charted with the Song of the Decade, “Hey Ya!”: October 18, 2003 (10/18/11)
Born: 8/12/1929 Died: 3/25/2006
Country singer.
Song(s):
Act Naturally (1963)
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (1965)
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