Music Makers Encyclopedia: Q


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Pete Quaife

Rock bassist born Peter Alexander Greenlaw Kinnes on 12/31/1943 in Tavistock, Devon, England. With The Kinks (1962-71, 1981, 1990).


Suzi Quatro

Song(s):
Can the Can (1973)
48 Crash (1973)
Devil Gate Drive (1974)


Quavo

Song(s):
Congratulations (2016) – see Post Malone
I'm the One (2017) – see DJ Khaled


Queen

Glam-rock group formed in England. Active: 1972-1995, 2004- Members: Freddie Mercury (v: 72-91), Brian May (g: 72-95, 04-), John Deacon (b: 72-95), and Roger Taylor (d: 72-95, 04-), Paul Rodgers (v: 04-09).

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Song(s):
Queen: Top 50 Songs
Keep Yourself Alive (1973)
Killer Queen (1974)
Stone Cold Crazy (1974)
The March of the Black Queen (1974)
Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
Somebody to Love (1976)
We Will Rock You (1977)
We Are the Champions (1977)
Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race (1978)
Don't Stop Me Now (1978)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979)
Another One Bites the Dust (1980)
Flash (1980)
Under Pressure (with David Bowie, 1981)
Body Language (1982)
Radio Ga-Ga (1984)
I Want to Break Free (1984)
Thank God It's Christmas (1984)
These Are the Days of Our Lives (1991)
The Show Must Go On (1991)
Too Much Love Will Kill You (1995)

Album(s):
A Night at the Opera (1975)
A Day at the Races (1976)
News of the World (1977)
Jazz (1978)
The Game (1980)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1973-81, released 1981)
A Kind of Magic (1986)
Greatest Hits 2 (compilation: 1981-91, released 1991)
Classic Queen (compilation: 1973-91)
A Concert for Life (live with various artists, 1992)
The Platinum Collection (box set of Greatest Hits I, II, & III: 2000)


Queen Latifah

Song(s):
Ladies First (with Monie Love, 1990)
U.N.I.T.Y. (1993)


Queens of the Stone Age

Song(s):
Feel Good Hit of the Summer (2000)
No One Knows (2002)
Do It Again (2002)

Album(s):
Rated R (2000)
Songs for the Deaf (2002)


Queensrÿche

Song(s):
Silent Lucidity (1990)
Empire (1990)
Bridge (1994)
Home Again (2009)

Album(s):
Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Empire (1990)


? & the Mysterians

Song(s):
96 Tears (1966)


Quicksand

Album(s):
Manic Compression (1995)


Quicksilver Messenger Service

Song(s):
Who Do You Love? (1969)
Mona (1969)

Album(s):
Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
Happy Trails (live, 1969)


Quiet Riot

Song(s):
Cum on Feel the Noize (1983)
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) (1983)


Dan Quinn

Singer born in 1860 in New York, NY. Died 11/7/1938. One of the 1890s top three vocal recording stars. Recorded over 2500 songs over a two-decade career.

Song(s):
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow (1892)
Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) (1893)
The Bowery (1893)
My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl (1894)
And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back (1894)
Lindley, Does You Love Me? (1894)
The Band Played On (1895)
The Sidewalks of New York (1895)
Little Lost Child (1895)
A Hot Time in the Old Town (1896)
In the Baggage Coach Area (1896)
My Mother Was a Lady (1897)
There's a Little Star Shining for You (1897)
She Was Happy Till She Met You (1897)
At a Georgia Camp Meeting (1898)
Curse of the Dreamer (1898)
Strike Up the Band, Here Comes a Sailor (1900)
Good Evening, Carrie (1901)
Mr. Dooley (1902)
Rip Van Winkle Was a Lucky Man (1902)
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home (1902)
The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous (1903)


Freddy Quinn

Song(s):
Heimweh (1956)


Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

See Selena.


The Quintet

Jazz collective of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach.

Album(s):
Jazz at Massey Hall (live, 1953)


Quintette of the Hot Club of France

Song(s):
Djangology (1935) – see Django Reinhardt
Nuages (1946) – see Django Reinhardt


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Last updated November 9, 2023.