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S Club 7
Song(s):
Don’t Stop Movin’ (2001)
Born: 1/16/1959 Died: --
Smooth jazz/R&B singer.
Song(s):
Smooth Operator (1984)
Album(s):
Diamond Life (1984)
Promise (1985)
Love Deluxe (1992)
Best of (compilation, 1984-1994)
Lovers Rock (2000)
SSgt Barry Sadler
Song(s):
The Ballad of the Green Berets (1966)
Born: 3/8/1947 in Brooklyn, NY Died:
American songwriter.
Songs written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager:
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (performed by Christopher Cross, 1981)
That's What Friends Are For (performed by Dionne Warwick & Friends: Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder; 1985)
On My Own (performed by Patti LaBelle with Michael McDonald, 1986)
Camille Saint-Saens
Classical composer.
Kyu Sakamoto
Song(s):
Sukiyaki (1963)
Salt-N-Pepa
Song(s):
Push It (1987)
Whatta Man (with En Vogue, 1994)
Active: 1961-1981 Members: Sam Moore and Dave Prater
American R&B duo who had greatest fame with Stax Records from 1965-1968. Nicknamed “Double Dynamite”, “The Sultans of Sweat”, and “The Dynamic Duo”.
Song(s):
Soul Man (1967)
Richie Sambora
Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
Song(s):
Wooly Bully (1965)
Felicia Sanders
Song(s):
Where Is Your Heart (Song from "Moulin Rouge") (with Percy Faith, 1953)
Pharaoh Sanders
Song(s):
The Creator Has a Master Plan
Tommy Sands
Mongo Santamaria
Song(s):
Watermelon Man (1963)
Album(s):
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Born: 7/20/1947 in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico
Latin-rock group formed in San Francisco, CA in 1966. Helmed by namesake singer and guitarist Carlos Santana. Members over the years have included Gregg Rolie (k/v: 66-73), Michael Shrieve (d: 69-75), and Neal Schon (g: 71-73). Schon and Rolie went on to form Journey.
Song(s):
Black Magic Woman (1970)
Oye Como Va (1971)
Smooth (with Rob Thomas, 1999)
Maria Maria (with the Product G & B, 2000)
The Game of Love (with Michelle Branch, 2002)
Album(s):
Santana (1969)
Abraxas (1970)
Supernatural (1999)
The DMDB Blog:
Santana’s “Smooth” hit #1: October 23, 1999 (10/23/11)
Kenny Sargent
Song(s):
Blue Moon (performed with Glen Gray, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, 1935)
Arthur E. Satherley
Born: 7/15/1956 Died:
American rock guitarist.
Savage Garden
Song(s):
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1997)
Carlo Savina
Song(s):
Love Theme from “The Godfather” (1972)
Bidu Sayao
Song(s):
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 – Aria (with Heitor Villa, 1945)
Saxon
Album(s):
Wheels of Steel (1980)
Leo Sayer
Song(s):
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (1976)
Boz Scaggs
Song(s):
Lowdown (1976)
Album(s):
Silk Degrees (1976)
Domenico Scarlatti
Classical composer.
Michael Schenker
Lalo Schifrin
About: Country songwriter. With songs sung by Garth Brooks, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Judds, Alison Krauss, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, and Keith Whitley, Schlitz can boast a catalog of 24 #1 hits. He has been named ASCAP’s Country Songwriter of the Year four times, won the CMA Song of the Year Award three times, and took home the ACM Song of the Year trophy twice.
Songs written by Schlitz:
The Gambler (written by Kenny Rogers, 1978)
On the Other Hand (performed by Randy Travis, 1985)
Forever and Ever, Amen (performed by Randy Travis, 1987)
About: Musical theater composer best-known for the 1960 musical The Fantasticks, which partnered him with lyricist Tom Jones. “Try to Remember” became the show’s most beloved song, being recorded by hundreds of artists including Ed Ames, Harry Belafonte, Placido Domingo, and Barbra Streisand. The pair also earned Tony Award nominations for Best Composer and Lyricist for 110 in the Shade and I DO! I DO!. They’ve also been inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and the Broadway Hall of Fame.
Timothy B. Schmit
Alexander Schneider
Member of Kraftwerk.
Born: 9/13/1874 in Vienna, Austria Died: 1951
Classical composer.
Album(s):
Gurre-Leider (1932)
Born: 3/10/1947 in Toledo, OH
Rock guitarist and keyboardist with Boston (76-78,86,84,97,02).
Neal Schon
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Born: 9/13/1874 in Vienna, Austria Died: 1951
Classical composer.
Album(s):
with Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer (composers) – Les Misérables (1985) cast
Born: 1/31/1797 Died: 11/19/1828
Austrian classical pianist.
Album(s):
Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” (1814)
Trout Quintet (1819)
Born: 8/4/1910 Died: 2/15/1992
American composer.
Born: 6/8/1810 Died: 7/29/1856
Classical composer and pianist.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Song(s):
Danny Boy (adaption of "Londonberry Air") (1918)
Arthur Schwartz
Jean Schwartz
Scissor Sisters
Song(s):
Take Your Mama (2004)
Album(s):
Scissor Sisters (2004)
The Scorpions
Song(s):
Wind of Change (1991)
Born: Ronald Belford Scott on 7/9/1946 Died: 2/19/1980 from alcohol abuse
Rock singer with AC/DC (74-80). Previously worked as a drummer with Fraternity and The Valentines.
Jill Scott
Album(s):
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Music Vol. 1 (2000)
Jimmy Scott
Song(s):
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1963)
Born: 1/6/1924 Died: 3/29/2012
Bluegrass banjo player who worked in a duo with Lester Flatt.
Song(s):
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (with Lester Flatt & the Foggy Mountain Boys, 1949)
Album(s):
Foggy Mountain Jamboree (with Lester Flatt, 1957)
Foggy Mountain Banjo (with Lester Flatt, 1961)
Born: Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel on 2/19/1963 Died: --
English pop/soul singer.
Song(s):
Kiss from a Rose (1994)
Album(s):
Seal (I) (1991)
Seal (II) (1994)
Born: 8/13/1942 Died: 12/20/2004
Blues guitarist.
Jay Sean
Song(s):
Down (with Lil Wayne, 2009)
The Searchers
Song(s):
Needles and Pins (1964)
John Sebastian
Born: 3/13/1939 Died:
Pop singer and composer (“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”).
The Seeds
Song(s):
Pushin’ Too Hard (1966)
Born: 5/3/1919 Died:
Folk singer/songwriter and activist who started with the folk quartet the Weavers (“Goodnight Irene”).
Song(s):
We Shall Overcome (1963)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (1964)
Album(s):
We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (live, 1963)
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle (1998)
The Seekers
Song(s):
The Carnival Is Over (1965)
Blossom Seeley
Song(s):
Alabamy Bound (1925)
Born: Robert Clark Seger on 5/6/1945 in Detroit, Michigan Died:
American rock singer/songwriter (“Turn the Page”). Has sold more than 51 million records worldwide. Songs have been covered by Brooks & Dunn, Cher, Waylon Jennings, Keb’ Mo’, Kid Rock, Barry Manilow, Martina McBride, Metallica, Bette Midler, The Pointer Sisters, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Conway Twitt, and Dottie West. His 1994 Greatest Hits album has been a continuous presence on either the Billboard Top 200 Albums or Catalog Albums charts since its release and was named the #1 Catalog Album of the Decade (2000-2010).
Song(s):
Night Moves (1976)
Old Time Rock and Roll (1979)
Album(s):
Live Bullet (1976)
Night Moves (1976)
Stranger in Town (1978)
Against the Wind (1980)
The DMDB Blog:
Bob Seger released Night Moves: October 1, 1976 (10/1/11)
Andrés Segova
Album(s):
Music of Albeniz & Granados (1944)
An Evening with Andres Segova (1954)
Born: 3/5/1898 Died: 7/15/1980
American bandleader. No other bandleader made more recordings than this violinist whose 2000+ recordings included many with jazz stars such as Benny Goodman and Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey.
Song(s):
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (1919)
Dardanella (1920)
Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) (1922)
Manhattan (1925)
Blue Skies (written by Irving Berlin) (1927)
Happy Days Are Here Again (1930)
Sepultura
Album(s):
Roots (1996)
Born: 3/28/1903 in Bohemia Died: 5/8/1991
Pianist.
Composer.
Seven Dwarfs
Song(s):
Whistle While You Work (1938)
David Seville & The Chipmunks
Song(s):
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) (1958)
Influential and notorious British punk group assembled by Malcom McLaren at his London clothing boutiuqe, SEX.
Active: 1975-78 Members: Johnny "Rotten" Lydon (v: 75-78, 96), Steve Jones (g: 75-78, 96), Glen Matlock (b: 75-77, 96), Paul Cook (d: 75-78, 96), Sid Vicious (b: 77-78)
Song(s):
Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)
God Save the Queen (1977)
Holidays in the Sun (1977)
Pretty Vacant (1977)
Album(s):
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
The DMDB Blog:
The Sex Pistols hit #1 in the U.K.: November 12, 1977 (11/12/11)
The Shadows
Song(s):
Apache (1960)
Album(s):
Summer Holiday (with Cliff Richard, 1963)
The Shadows of Knight
Song(s):
Gloria (year?)
Shaggy
Song(s):
It Wasn’t Me (with Rikrok, 2000)
Angel (with Rayvon, 2000)
Album(s):
Hotshot (2000)
Born: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll on 2/2/1977 Died: --
Latin pop singer.
Song(s):
Whenever, Wherever (2001)
Underneath Your Clothes (2002)
Hips Don’t Lie (with Wycelf Jean, 2006)
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (Shakira with Freshlyground, 2010)
Loca (Shakira with El Cata, 2010)
Rabiosa (Shakira with Pitbull, 2011)
Album(s):
Laundry Service (2001)
About: Rap singer/songwriter.
Born: 6/16/1971 Died: 9/13/1996
Song(s):
Keep Ya Head Up (1993)
I Get Around (1993)
Dear Mama (1995)
California Love (with Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman, 1996)
Changes (1998)
Album(s):
Me Against the World (1995)
All Eyez on Me (1996)
Greatest Hits (1998) G
The DMDB Blog:
The Death of Tupac Shakur: September 13, 1996 (9/13/11)
The Shangri-La’s
Song(s):
Leader of the Pack (written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, 1964)
Born: 12/30/1934 Died: 2/8/1990
American pop singer.
Song(s):
Runaway (1961)
Dee Dee Sharp
Born: Arthur Arshawsky on 3/23/1910 Died: 12/30/2004
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader.
Song(s):
Begin the Beguine (written by Cole Porter, 1938)
Any Old Time (1938)
Frenesi (1940)
Star Dust (music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Mitchell Parish – added in 1929, 1941)
Dancing in the Dark (1941)
The DMDB Blog:
Artie Shaw’s “Frenesi” hit #1: December 21, 1940 (12/21/11)
Artie Shaw charted with “Star Dust”: January 18, 1941 (1/18/12)
Born: 4/30/1916 Died: 1/25/1999
American orchestra conductor and choral director.
George Beverly Shea
Song(s):
How Great Thou Art (1955)
Al Shean
See Gallagher & Shean.
Born: 8/13/1919 Died:
Jazz pianist.
Billy Sheehan
Bobby Sheehan
Steve Shelley
Born: Ollie Imogene Shepard on 11/21/1933 in Paul’s Valley, OK Died: --
Country singer. One of the few women in the 1950s to have a successful career in country music.
Born: 7/20/1942 Died:
Country singer.
Richard Sherman
Composer/songwriter.
Robert Sherman
Composer/songwriter.
Lew Sherwood
Song(s):
Let’s Fall in Love (with Eddy Duchin, 1934)
You Are My Lucky Star (with Eddy Duchin, 1935)
Moon Over Miami (with Eddy Duchin, 1936)
Born: 12/25/1889 Died: 2/18/1982
American composer and conductor.
Song(s):
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (with Gene Austin, 1926)
I Know That You Know (1927)
Ramona (Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret & Viola Klaiss, 1928)
An American in Paris (the Victor Symphony Orchestra with Nat Shilkret conducting and George Gershwin on piano, 1929)
Carolina Moon (with Gene Austin, 1929)
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (with the Victor Orchestra & Frank Munn, 1930)
Born: 4/26/1915 in Tennessee Died: 4/20/1992
Blues singer and guitarist.
The Shirelles
Song(s):
Dedicated to the One I Love (1959)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow (written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin, 1960)
The Shocking Blue
Song(s):
Venus (1969)
Stephen H. Sholes
Born: Frances Rose Shore on 3/1/1917 in Winchester, TN Died: 2/24/1994
One of the most popular singers of the 1940-55 era. Became a solo star almost immediately after her brief stay with the Xavier Cugat band, but her greatest fame came with her TV variety series (1951-62), followed by a popular talk show in the 1970s.
Song(s):
I'll Walk Alone (1944)
Buttons and Bows (& Her Harper Valley Boys, 1948)
Born: 8/25/1933 Died:
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, and Weather Report.
Song(s):
Speak No Evil (1964)
Born: 9/25/1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia Died: 8/9/1975
Classical pianist and composer, mostly of symphonies and string quartets.
Album(s):
Symphony No. 5 in D minor (1937)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor (1948)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1959)
Showaddywaddy
Song(s):
Under the Moon of Love (1976)
Mike Shrieve
Born: 11/12/1936 Died: 11/3/1991
American R&B/pop songwriter (“Surrender”, “Teenager in Love”, “Save the Last Dance for Me”).
Titanium (David Guetta with Sia, 2011)
She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) (David Guetta with Sia, 2012)
Born: Johan Julius Christian Sibelius on 12/8/1865 in Hämeenlinna, Finland Died: 9/20/1957
Classical composer.
Carl Sigman
Sigur Ros
Album(s):
Agaetis Byrjun (2000)
Born: Belle Miriam Silverman on 5/25/1929 Died: 7/2/2007
American operatic soprano singer. Called “America’s Queen of Opera” by Time Magazine.
Born: Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva on 9/22/1928 Died:
American jazz pianist.
Song(s):
Song for My Father (1964)
Album(s):
Song for My Father (1964)
Harry Simeone Chorale
Song(s):
The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
Album(s):
Sing We Now of Christmas (1959) X
Bassist with KISS.
Ginny Simms
Song(s):
Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) (Kay Kyser with Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, & Ish-Kabibble; 1939)
Folk-rock duo. Met in high school; recorded as Tom and Jerry in 1957.
Active: 1964-1970, 1981 Members: Paul Simon (v/g) and Art Garfunkel
Song(s):
The Sound of Silence (1965)
Mrs. Robinson (1968)
The Boxer (1969)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Album(s):
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
Sounds of Silence (1966)
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)
and Dave Grusin – The Graduate (soundtrack, 1968)
Bookends (1968)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Greatest Hits (1964-1970) G
Born: 6/25/1945 Died:
Pop singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
You're So Vain (1972)
Born: 9/2/1943 Died:
American R&B singer/songwriter.
Born: 10/13/1941 in Newark, NJ Died: --
Pop/folk-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist raised in Queens, NY. With Jerry Landis, Tico and the Triumphs, Paul Kane, Harrison Gregory, and True Taylor. Worked briefly as a solo artist (63-64) before pairing with Art Garfunkel, with whom he’d recorded as Tom and Jerry (57). Recorded as duo Simon & Garfunkel (64-70) and then Simon resumed his solo career again.
Song(s):
Graceland (1986)
Album(s):
Paul Simon (1972)
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Graceland (1986)
So Beautiful or So What (2011)
Born: 2/21/1933 Died: --
Jazz/blues singer.
Song(s):
I Loves You, Porgy (1959)
Feeling Good (1965)
Album(s):
Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of (1998) G
About: Bassist with The Clash from 1976-86 and then with Havana 3am.
Song(s):
Don’t You Forget about Me (1985)
Album(s):
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982)
Sparkle in the Rain (1984)
Once Upon a Time (1985)
Street Fighting Years (1989)
Simply Red
Song(s):
If You Don’t Know Me by Now (1989)
Album(s):
Stars (1991)
Born: 8/26/1946Died: --
R&B singer/songwriter, most notably in the duo Ashford & Simpson, with husband Nickolas Ashford.
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (performed by Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell; written by Ashford & Simpson, 1967)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (performed by Diana Ross, 1970)
Links:
DMDB page
- official site
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: One of the premiere pop crooners and traditional pop artists of all time; regarded by many as the greatest popular singer of the 20th century. He and his group, the Hoboken Four, won a 1935 Major Bowes Amateur Hour contest and on his own, Sinatra did local engagements for three years until Harry James heard him on a NYC radio station in 1939 and hired him as vocalist. Sinatra joined Tommy Dorsey in early 1940. Influenced by Dorsey’s breath control on trombone and his singing idols Billie Holiday and Bing Crosby, Sinatra found the distinctive style that would captivate two generations. By late 1942, he struck out on his own. Solo apearances at New York’s Paramount Theater generated such unprecedented frenzy that the legend of "The Voice" was born. Won an Academy Award for his performance in From Here to Eternity in 1953. Own TV show in 1957. Own Reprise record company in 1961, sold to Warner Brothers in 1963. Also a member of The Rat Pack.
Born: Francis Albert Sinatra; born 12/12/1915 in Hoboken, NJ Died: 5/14/1998
Song(s):
I’ll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers, 1940)
There Are Such Things (Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers, 1942)
All or Nothing at All (with Harry James, 1943)
The House I Live In (1946)
One for My Baby (written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1947)
I’ve Got the World on a String (1953)
Young at Heart (1954)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1956)
September of My Years (1965)
It Was a Very Good Year (1965)
Strangers in the Night (1966)
My Way (1969)
Theme from “New York New York” (1980)
Album(s):
Songs for Young Lovers (1953)
In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956)
A Swingin’ Affair (1957)
Come Fly with Me (1957)
Only the Lonely (1958)
Come Dance with Me (1959)
September of My Years (1965)
A Man and His Music (1960-1965) Gx2
The DMDB Blog:
Frank Sinatra Hits #1 for the First Time: July 27, 1940 (7/27/11)
Frank Sinatra charted with In the Wee Small Hours: May 28, 1955 (5/28/12)
Born: 6/8/1940 Died: --
Pop singer (“These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”, “Somethin’ Stupid”). Daughter of singer Frank Sinatra.
Song(s):
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (1966)
Talvin Singh
Album(s):
OK (1999)
The Singing Nun
Song(s):
Dominique (1963)
Album(s):
The Singing Nun (1963)
Sir Douglas Quintet
Song(s):
She’s about a Mover (1965)
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Song(s):
Baby Got Back (1992)
Sisters of Mercy
Album(s):
Floodland (1987)
Sizzla
Album(s):
Black Woman & Child (1997)
Born: 7/18/1954 Died: --
Country singer.
Skid Row
Album(s):
Skid Row (1989)
Slade
Song(s):
Merry Xmas Everybody (1973)
Born: 7/23/1965 Died: --
Rock guitarist with Guns N’ Roses, Slash’s Snakepit, and Velvet Revolver.
Orchestra conductor.
Slayer
Album(s):
Reign in Blood (produced by Rick Rubin, 1986)
South of Heaven (produced by Rick Rubin, 1988)
Seasons in the Abyss (produced by Rick Rubin, 1990)
Sleater-Kinney
Album(s):
Dig Me Out (1997)
Born: 11/25/1940 Died: --
R&B singer.
Song(s):
When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)
Sister Sledge
Song(s):
We Are Family (1979)
Slick Rick
Song(s):
La Di Da Di (with Doug E. Fresh, 1985)
Children’s Story (1989)
Album(s):
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Slint
Album(s):
Spiderland (1991)
The Slits
Album(s):
Cut (1979)
Interracial psychedelic-soul group formed by “Sly Stone”. Formed in San Francisco, CA. Played Woodstock Festival in 1969.
Active: Members: Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart (v/k), Freddie Stone (g), Cynthia Robinson (trumpet), Jerry Martini (sax), Rosie Stone (k/v), Larry Graham (b), Gregg Errico (d). Danny Spanos (d).
Song(s):
Dance to the Music (1968)
Everyday People (1968)
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (1969)
Family Affair (1971)
Album(s):f
Stand! (1969)
There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
Fresh (1973)
Greatest Hits/Anthology (1968-1973) G
Active: 1965-1969 Members: Steve Marriott (v), Ronnie Lane (b), Ian McLagan (k), Kenney Jones (d)
About: British rock group. After Marriott’s departure, the group enlisted Rod Stewart and Ron Wood and continued as The Faces.
Song(s):
Tin Soldier (1967)
Album(s):
Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968)
About: Alternative rock group formed in Chicago. IL. Corgan and Chamberlain were also in Zwan together.
Active: 1988-2000, 2006- Members: Billy Corgan (v/g: 88-00, 06-), James Iha (g: 89-00), D’Arcy Wretzky (b: 88-99), and Jimmy Chamberlain (d: 89-96, 00, 06-), Melissa Auf Der Maur (b: 00), Jeff Schroeder (g: 06-), Ginger Reyes (b: 06-)
Song(s):
Disarm (1993)
Today (1993)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings (1995)
1979 (1995)
Tonight, Tonight (1996)
Album(s):
Siamese Dream (1993)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
Adrian Smith
Born: 4/15/1894 Died: 9/26/1937
American blues singer known as “The Empress of the Blues”.
Song(s):
Down Hearted Blues (1923)
St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstong, 1925)
Empty Bed Blues (1928)
Album(s):
The World’s Greatest Blues Singer (1933)
The Essential (1923-33) Gx2
Born: 3/15/1927 Died: 1/16/2010
American country singer.
Chad Smith
Clarence “Pinetop” Smith
Song(s):
Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (1929)
Born: Constance June Meador on 8/14/1941 Died: --
American country singer. Discovered at age 22 after winning a talent contest which gave her a chance to sing on an Opry-troupe concert. In 1964, Bill Anderson, the headliner of that concert, invited her to sing on Ernest Tubb’s Midnite Jamboree. That same year she signed to RCA Victor Records. Her first single, “Once a Day,” went to #1. She went on to rack up 30 top 20 hits on the country charts and recorded gospel as well.
Songs
Once a Day (1964)
Curt Smith
Member of Tears for Fears.
Album(s):
Soul on Board (1993)
Halfway Pleased (2007)
Elliott Smith
Song(s):
Waltz #2 (XO) (1998)
Album(s):
Either/Or (1997)
Harry B. Smith
Huey “Piano” Smith
Song(s):
Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu (1929)
Jaden Smith
Song(s):
Never Say Never (with Justin Bieber, 2010)
Born: 12/8/1928 Died: 2/8/2005
Jazz pianist.
Joseph C. Smith
Song(s):
Hindustan (1918)
Smiles (with Harry MacDonough, 1918)
Born: 5/1/1907 Died: 6/17/1986
American singer.
Song(s):
When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain (1931)
God Bless America (written by Irving Berlin, 1939)
Keely Smith
Song(s):
That Old Black Magic (with Louis Prima, 1958)
Album(s):
The Wildest (with Louis Prima, 1957)
Mamie Smith
Song(s):
Crazy Blues (& Her Jazz Hounds, 1920)
Born: 12/30/1946 Died: --
Punk-rock singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) (1976)
Album(s):
Horses (1975)
Song(s):
Help Me Make It Through the Night (written by Kris Kristofferson, 1971)
Samuel Francis Smith
Steve Smith
Whisperin’ Jack Smith
Song(s):
Me and My Shadow (1927)
Born: 9/25/1968 in Philadelphia, PA Died: --
Rap singer.
Song(s):
Men in Black (1997)
Album(s):
Big Willie Style (1997)
Born: 11/25/1897 in Goshen, NY Died: 8/18/1973
American jazz pianist.
British indie rock group.
Active: 1982-87 Members: Morrissey (v), Johnny Marr (g), Andy Rourke (b), Mike Joyce (d), Craig Gannon (g – Aztec Camera; The Smiths: 86)
Song(s):
This Charming Man (1983)
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (1984)
How Soon Is Now? (1984)
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986)
Album(s):
The Smiths (1984)
Hatful of Hollow (1984) archives
Meat Is Murder (1985)
The Queen Is Dead (1986)
The World Won’t Listen (1987) archives
Louder Than Bombs (1987) archives
Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
The DMDB Blog:
The Smiths released The Queen Is Dead: June 28, 1986 (6/28/12)
Snap!
Song(s):
Rhythm Is a Dancer (1992)
Born: Cordozar Calvin Broadus on 10/20/1971 in Long Beach, CA Died: --
American rapper who emerged from the West Coast hip hop scene in the early ‘90s as a protégé of Dr. Dre, notably rapping on Dre’s solo debut The Chronic before recording solo himself.
Song(s):
Deep Cover (with Dr. Dre, 1992)
Nuthin’ But a "G" Thang (with Dr. Dre, 1993)
Gin & Juice (1994)
Drop It Like It’s Hot (with Pharrell Williams, 2004)
California Gurls (with Katy Perry, 2010)
Album(s):
Doggystyle (1993)
Born: 5/9/1914 in Canada Died: 12/20/1999
Country singer.
Song(s):
I'm Moving On (1950)
It Don’t Hurt Anymore (1954)
Snow Patrol
Song(s):
Run (2004)
Bill Snyder
Song(s):
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (1950)
Ted Snyder
Soft Cell
Song(s):
Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go (1981)
The Soft Machine
Album(s):
The Soft Machine (1968)
Machiko Soga
Song(s):
Oba-Q Ondo (1966)
Born: 10/21/1912 in Hungary Died: 9/5/1997
Conductor.
Born: 3/22/1930 Died:
Musical theater composer.
Album(s):
Candide (composed with Leonard Bernstein & Richard Wilbur, 1956) cast
West Side Story (composed with Leonard Bernstein, 1957/1961) cast/ST
Gypsy (composed with Jule Styne, 1959) cast
Company (composed with George Furth, 1970) cast
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (cast, 1979)
The DMDB Blog:
West Side Story debuted on Broadway: September 26, 1957 (9/26/11)
The Song Spinners
Song(s):
You'll Never Know (with Dick Haymes, 1943)
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer (1943)
Sonic Youth
Song(s):
Teenage Riot (1988)
Album(s):
Sister (1987)
Daydream Nation (1988)
About: Pop duo. Began careers as session singers for Phil Spector. First recorded as Caesar & Cleo in 1963. Married in 1963; divorced in 1974. Had TV series from 71-74.
Active: 1963-74 Members: Sonny Bono and Cher
Song(s):
I Got You Babe (1965)
Sons of the Desert
Song(s):
I Hope You Dance (with Lee Ann Womack, 2000)
Sons of the Pioneers
Song(s):
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1934)
Cool Water (1941)
Son Volt
Album(s):
Trace (1995)
Soul Asylum
Song(s):
Runaway Train (1993)
Song(s):
Crank That (Soulja Boy) (2007)
The DMDB Blog:
Soulja Boy Tell’Em charted with “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”: June 30, 2007 (6/30/12)
David Soul
Song(s):
Don’t Give Up on Us (1977)
The Soul Stirrers
Song(s):
By and By (year?)
Soul II Soul
Song(s):
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (1989)
Album(s):
Club Classics Vol. 1 (aka “Keep on Movin’”) (1989)
About: Seattle-based rock group considered one of the biggest acts in shaping the grunge movement and bringing it to prominence in the 1990s. Cornell and Cameron were also in the one-time project Temple of the Dog.
Active: 1987-1996 Members: Chris Cornell (v: 87-96), Kim Thayil (g), Hiro Yamamoto (b: 87-91), Matt Cameron (d: 87-96), and Hunter "Ben" Shepherd (b: 91-96).
Song(s):
Black Hole Sun (1994)
Album(s):
Badmotorfinger (1991)
Superunknown (1994)
Born: 11/6/1854 Died: 3/6/1932
Songwriter.
Song(s):
The Stars and Stripes Forever (1897)
Joe South
Song(s):
Games People Play (1968)
The Spaniels
Born: 3/21/1930 in Jackson, MS Died: 4/24/1970
Blues pianist.
Album(s):
Otis Spann Is the Blues (1960)
Born: 12/2/1981 Died: --
Dance-pop singer.
Song(s):
Baby One More Time (1998)
Oops! I Did It Again (2000)
Toxic (2004)
Womanizer (2008)
Till the World Ends (Britney Spears with Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha, 2011)
I Wanna Go (2011)
Scream & Shout (with Britney Spears, 2012)
Album(s):
…Baby One More Time (1999)
Oops!...I Did It Again (2000)
The DMDB Blog:
Britney Spears topped the U.S. album and singles charts: January 30, 1999 (1/30/12)
The Specials
Song(s):
Gangsters (1979)
Ghost Town (1981)
Album(s):
The Specials (1979)
Born: 12/26/1939 Died: --
Pop/rock producer noted for developing the “Wall of Sound” approach to recording.
Album(s):
produced by Phil Spector, performed by various artists – A Christmas Gift for You (1963)
Back to Mono (1958-1969) box
Member of Rocket from the Crypt.
Henry C. Speir
Born: 4/18/1946 in Windsor, Ontario Died: 4/16/1999
Canadian musician. The drummer on Jefferson Airplane’s debut album (1966’s Jefferson Airplane Takes Off) before co-founding Moby Grape (1966-69) as a psychedelic-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist. Career plagued by drug addictions and mental health problems.
Album(s):
Oar (1969)
Grace Spencer
Song(s):
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (with Harry MacDonough, 1901)
Born: 2/12/1867 Died: 12/15/1914
Pop singer.
Song(s):
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1892)
Arkansaw Traveler (1902)
Spice Girls
Song(s):
Wannabe (1996)
2 Become 1 (1996)
Album(s):
Spice (1996)
Spiceworld (1997)
About: R&B vocal group from Ferndale High School near Detroit. Originally known as the Domingoes. Discovered by producer Harvey Fuqua (v – Moonglows; Spinners: 61). Became The Spinners in 1961. First recorded on Fuqua’s Tri-Phi label. Many personnel changes.
Active: 1961- Members: G.C. Cameron (v: 68-72). 1972 lineup included Philippe Wynne (tenor: Spinners: ?-77; Parliament/Funkadelic; died 7/14/84), Bobbie Smith (tenor), Billy Henderson (tenor), Henry Fambrough (baritone), Pervis Jackson (bass), John Edwards (tenor: 77-)
Spirit
Album(s):
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Spiritualized
Album(s):
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
Victoria Spivey
Song(s):
I Got You (1980)
Album(s):
Beginning of the Enz (1973)
Mental Notes (1975)
Dizrhythmia (1977)
Frenzy (1979)
True Colours (1980)
Corroboree (1981)
Time and Tide (1982)
Conflicting Emotions (1983)
See Ya Round (1984)
Born: Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien on 4/16/1939 Died: 3/2/1999
British blue-eyed soul singer.
Song(s):
The Look of Love (1967)
Album(s):
Dusty in Memphis (1969)
About: Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist known as "The Boss." Worked local clubs in New Jersey and Greewich Village in the mid-60’s. Formed E-Street Band in 1973 with Clarence Clemons (sax: 73-85,95), David Sancious (k: 73), Danny Federici (k: 73,78-89,95), Gary Tallent (b: 73-89,95), Vincent Lopez (d: 73), Steve Van Zandt (g: 75-85), Roy Bittan (k: 75-95), Max Weinberg (d: 75-89,95; musical director for Late Night with Conan O’Brien: 93), Nils Lofgren (g: 88-89,95), Patty Scialfa (backing vox: 88-), Randy Jackson (b: 92), Jeff Porcaro (d: 92). Married to model/ actress Julianne Phillips from 1985-1989. Married Patti Scialfa on 6/8/91.
Born: 9/23/1949 in Freehold, NJ
Song(s):
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Thunder Road (1975)
Dancing in the Dark (1984)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
I’m on Fire (1985)
Brilliant Disguise (1987)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Streets of Philadelphia (1994)
The Rising (2002)
Radio Nowhere (2007)
Girls in Their Summer Clothes (2007)
Album(s):
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
The Promise (archives, 1976-78)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Live 1975/1985 (with the E Street Band, 1985) live box
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
Greatest Hits (1975-95) G
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) covers
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
The DMDB Blog:
Best-of List: The Top 62 Bruce Springsteen Songs (9/23/11)
Jon Landau wrote about Bruce Springsteen: May 22, 1974 (5/22/12)
Bruce Springsteen released Born to Run: August 25, 1975 (8/25/11)
Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. hit #1: July 7, 1984 (7/7/12)
Bruce Springsteen releases his “Occupy” album Wrecking Ball: March 6, 2012 (3/6/12)
Song(s):
Tempted (1981)
Album(s):
Squeeze (1978)
Cool for Cats (1979)
Argybargy (1980)
East Side Story (1981)
Sweets from a Stranger (1982)
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985)
Babylon and On (1987)
Frank (1989)
Play (1991)
Squeeze (1993)
Ridiculous (1995)
Domino (1998)
Chris Squire
Born: 11/12/1917 in Coalinga, CA Died: 7/16/2008
#1 ranked female vocalist of the 1940-54 pre-rock era. Sang with Tommy Dorsey (40-42) and the Pied Pipers (42-44). Had hits with Red Ingle and Johnny Mercer and ran up a string of solo and duet successes. Married to orchestra leader Paul Weston. Host of own TV musical series (54-55).
Song(s):
You Belong to Me (1952)
Born: 6/6/1943 Died: --
American country singer.
The Standells
Song(s):
Dirty Water (1966)
The Stanley Brothers
Song(s):
Rank Stranger (1960)
Aileen Stanley
Song(s):
Everybody Loves My Baby (1925)
Born: 12/29/1868 Died: 12/12/1910
American singer and banjoist.
Song(s):
Blue Bell (with Byron Harlan, 1904)
Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”) (with Corrine Morgan, 1904)
Red Wing (An Indian Fable) (with Henry Burr, 1907)
Good Evening, Caroline (with Elise Stevenson, 1909)
The Staple Singers
Song(s):
Respect Yourself (1971)
Uncloudy Day (1971)
I’ll Take You There (1972)
Album(s):
Soul Folk in Action (1968)
Jack Stapp
Zak Starkey
Starland Vocal Band
Song(s):
Afternoon Delight (1976)
Edwin Starr
Song(s):
War (written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, 1970)
Born: 7/21/1922 Died: --
Pop singer.
Song(s):
Wheel of Fortune (1952)
Born: 7/7/1940 Died: --
British rock drummer with the Beatles (“Yellow Submarine”, “With a Little Help from My Friends”).
Rock band formed by Jefferson Starship alumni Slick, Chaquico, Sears, Thomas, and Baldwin.
Active: 1985-1991 Members: Grace Slick (v: 85-88), Craig Chaquico (g – Jefferson Starship: 74-84; Starship: 85-89), Pete Sears (b – Jefferson Starship: 74-84; Starship: 85-89), Mickey Thomas (v: 85-89), and Don Baldwin (d – Jefferson Starship: 82-84; Starship: 85-89).
Static Major
Song(s):
Lollipop (with Lil’ Wayne, 2008)
The Statler Brothers
Song(s):
Flowers on the Wall (1965)
Stealers Wheel
Song(s):
Stuck in the Middle with You (1973)
Eleanor Steber
John Steel
Song(s):
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (written by Irving Berlin) (1919)
The Love Nest (1920)
Steel Pulse
Album(s):
Handsworth Revolution (1978)
L.A.-based, pop/jazz-styled group formed at NY’s Bard College formed by Fagen and Becker and featuring various studio musicians. Actor/comedian Chevy Chase was the band’s drummer in its formative years.
Active: 1972-80, 1994, 2000-2003 Members: Donald Fagen (v/k) and Walter Becker (b/v: 72-81,93)
Song(s):
Reeling in the Years (1973)
Album(s):
Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972)
Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Pretzel Logic (1974)
Katy Lied (1975)
The Royal Scam (1976)
Aja (1977)
Gaucho (1980)
Two Against Nature (2000)
Born: 10/3/1969 Died: --
Ska/alternative-rock singer with No Doubt (“Just a Girl”, “Don’t Speak”). Also a solo artist.
Song(s):
Hollaback Girl (2005)
Seymour Stein
Billy Steinberg
American songwriter who has achieved most of his success as part of a songwriting team, most notably with Tom Kelly.
Songwriting credits on:
How Do I Make You (Linda Ronstadt, 1980)
Precious Time (Pat Benatar, 1981)
I’m Gonna Follow You (Pat Benatar, 1981)
Like a Virgin (Madonna, 1984)
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper)
So Emotional (Whitney Houston)
Eternal Flame (Bangles)
Alone (Heart)
In Your Room (Bangles)
I Drove All Night (Cyndi Lauper)
I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
Sex As a Weapon (Pat Benatar)
Look Me in the Heart (Tina Turner)
I’ll Stand by You (Pretenders, 1993)
Too Little Too Late (JoJo)
William Steinberg
Born: Hans Wilhelm Steinberg in Cologne, Germany on 8/1/1899. Died: May 16, 1978
German-American conductor. Protégé of Otto Klemperer. Became first conductor of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra. Conducted a number of concerts with the NBC Symphony (1938-40) and was the music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (1945-52).
Max Steiner
About: Started in musical theatre, but found his greatest fame when he teamed with Meat Loaf to write songs for the legendary Bat Out of Hell in 1977. He also returned to Broadway, teaming with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the musical Whistle Down the Wind. His repertoire has sold more than 190 million records.
Songs written by Steinman:
Paradise by the Dashboard Light (performed by Meat Loaf, 1977)
Bat Out of Hell (performed by Meat Loaf, 1979)
Total Eclipse of the Heart (performed by Bonnie Tyler, 1983)
Making Love Out of Nothing at All (performed by Air Supply, 1983)
I'd Do Anything for Love, But I Won't Do That (performed by Meat Loaf, 1993)
It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (performed by Celine Dion, 1996)
Albums written by Steinman:
Bat Out of Hell (performed by Meat Loaf, 1977)
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (performed by Meat Loaf, 1993)
W.H. Stepp
Song(s):
Bonaparte’s Retreat (1937)
Steppenwolf
Song(s):
Born to Be Wild (1968)
Magic Carpet Ride (1968)
Steps
Song(s):
Heartbeat/Tragedy (1998)
Andrew B. Sterling
About: Three-quarters of the Peerless Quartet.
Active: 1916-1922 Members: Henry Burr (tenor), Albert Campbell (tenor), John Meyer (bass)
Born: 7/21/1920 Died: 9/22/2001
Violinist.
Stereo MC’s
Album(s):
Connected (1992)
Stereophonics
Album(s):
Word Gets Around (1997)
Born: 7/21/1948 Died: --
British pop/folk singer/songwriter.
Album(s):
Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
Elise Stevens
Song(s):
Good Evening, Caroline (with Frank Stanley, 1909)
Are You Sincere? (1908)
Rise Stevens
Born: Michael Barratt in Ely, Wales on 3/4/1948 Died:
Singer/songwriter.
Sufjan Stevens
Album(s):
Illinois (2005)
Singer who is believed to have also recorded under the pseudonym “Miss Walton.”
Song(s):
Shine on, Harvest Moon (written by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, performed by Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton, 1909)
Good Evening, Caroline (with Elise Stevenson, 1909)
Born: 1856 Died: 12/7/1919
American singer.
Song(s):
Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent (1904)
Jim Stewart
About: Rock singer with the Shotgun Express (66), Jeff Beck Group (67-69), and The Faces (69-75). Has worked as a solo artist since 1969.
Born: Roderick David Stewart on 1/10/1945 in London
Song(s):
Maggie May (1971)
Sailing (1975)
Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) (1976)
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (1978)
Album(s):
Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
The DMDB Blog:
Rod Stewart charts with “Maggie May”: August 14, 1971 (8/14/11)
Born: 3/15/1944 Died:
R&B singer/songwriter who helmed Sly & the Family Stone.
Stiff Little Fingers
Album(s):
Inflammable Material (1979)
Richard Stilgoe
Album(s):
Phantom of the Opera (composed with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart, 1986) cast
The DMDB Blog:
Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway: January 26, 1988 (1/26/12)
Al Stillman
Born: 1/3/1945
Rock singer and guitarist with The Continentals (1960), The Au Go Go Singers (1964-65), The Company (1965), Buffalo Springfield (1966-68), Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969-), solo (1970-), Manassas (1971-73), Stills-Young Band (1976), Stills/Nash (1980-82).
Born: Gordon Sumner on 10/2/51 in Wallsend, England
Rock singer and bassist with Last Exit, Strontium 90 (77), Nuclear Waste (77), The Police (77-86, 07-08). Solo artist since 1981. Nicknamed “Sting” because of a yellow and black jersey he used to wear. In movies Quadrophenia, Dune, The Bride, Plenty, and others. Married actress/producer Trudie Styler in 1992.
Song(s):
Message in a Bottle (live) (1981)
They Dance Alone (1987)
The Soul Cages (1991)
Album(s):
The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)
Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
The Soul Cages (1991)
Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)
Fields of Gold – The Best of Sting 1984-1994 (1985-1994) G
Mercury Falling (1996)
Brand New Day (1999)
Sacred Love (2003)
Songs from the Labyrinth (2006)
The DMDB Blog:
Best-of List: The Top 60 Songs of Sting & The Police (10/4/11)
Born: 1/4/1960 Died: --
Rock singer/songwriter with R.E.M.
Frederick Stock
Larry Stock
Born: 4/18/1882 Died: 9/13/1977
British-born American orchestra conductor.
Album(s):
Fantasia (1956) ST
George Stoll
Song(s):
June in January (with Bing Crosby, 1934)
Pennies from Heaven (with Bing Crosby, 1936)
Born: 3/13/1933 Died: --
American songwriter and record producer. Most notable work with partner Jerry Leiber.
Songs written by Stoller:
Hound Dog (performed by Big Mama Thornton, written with Jerry Leiber, 1953)
Hound Dog (performed by Elvis Presley, written with Jerry Leiber, 1956)
Searchin’ (performed by the Coasters, written with Jerry Leiber, 1957)
Young Blood (performed by the Coasters, written with Jerry Leiber, 1957)
Jailhouse Rock (performed by Elvis Presley, written with Jerry Leiber, 1957)
Yakety Yak (performed by the Coasters, written with Jerry Leiber, 1958)
Kansas City (performed by Wilbert Harrison, written with Jerry Leiber, 1959)
Love Potion No. 9 (performed by the Clovers, written with Jerry Leiber, 1959)
There Goes My Baby (performed by the Drifters; written by Ben E. King, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1959)
Stand by Me (performed by Ben E. King, written with King and Jerry Leiber, 1961)
On Broadway (performed by the Drifters, written with Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Jerry Leiber, 1963)
Is That All There Is? (performed by Peggy Lee; written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1969)
Morris Stoloff
Cliffie Stone
Jesse Stone
Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman
Song(s):
The Titanic (1924)
Song(s):
Fools Gold (1989)
I Am the Resurrection (1989)
I Wanna Be Adored (1989)
Album(s):
The Stone Roses (1989)
Song(s):
Plush (1993)
Interstate Love Song (1994)
Album(s):
Core (1992)
Purple (1994)
Proto-punk rock group formed in Ann Arbor, MI.
Active: 1967-74, 2003-07 Members: Iggy Pop (v), Ron Asheton (b – Dirty Shames; Prime Movers Blues Band; Chosen Few; Stooges: 67-74, 03-07), Scott Asheton (d – Stooges: 67-74, 03-07), Dave Alexander (b – Stooges: 67-70; died on 2/10/75), Steve Mackay (sax: 70), Bill Cheatham (g: 70), James Williamson (g: 70-74), Mike Watt (b: 03-07)
Song(s):
I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969)
Search and Destroy (1973)
Album(s):
The Stooges (1969)
Fun House (1970)
Raw Power (1973)
Gale Storm
Herbert Stothart
Album(s):
The Wizard of Oz (composed by Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, & Herbert Stothart; 1939) ST
Chris Strachwitz
Born: 5/18/1952 Died: --
American country singer.
Song(s):
Amarillo by Morning (1983)
Album(s):
Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Nick Straker Band
Song(s):
A Walk in the Park (1980)
Strangeways
Album(s):
Native Sons (1987)
The Stranglers
Song(s):
Golden Brown (1982)
Born: 6/11/1864 Died: 9/8/1949
German classical composer.
Album(s):
Also Sprach Zarathustra (1896)
Der Rosenkavalier (1911)
Born: 6/17/1882 Died: 4/6/1971
Classical composer.
Song(s)/Shorter Piece(s):
Symphony of Psalms (1948)
Album(s)/Longer Work(s):
L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) (1910) ballet
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913) ballet
Petrouchka (?) ballet
The Stray Cats
Song(s):
Rock This Town (1982)
Born: 11/29/1915 Died: 5/31/1967
Jazz songwriter.
The Streets
Song(s):
Dry Your Eyes (2004)
Album(s):
Original Pirate Material (2002)
A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004)
About: Ranked as Billboard magazine’s all-time #2 Adult Contemporary Artist (behind Elton John) according to Joel Whitburn’s Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2006). Made Broadway debut in 1962 in I Can Get It for You Wholesale. Lead role in Broadway’s Funny Girl n 1964. Movie debut in Funny Girl in 1968 (tied with Katharine Hepburn for Best Actress Oscar). Also starred in A Star Is Born, Hello Dolly, Funny Lady, The Way We Were, and others. Produced/directed/starred in the movies Yentl and Prince of Tides. Married to actor Elliott Gould from 1963-1971.
Born: Barbara Joan Streisand on 4/24/42 in Brooklyn, NY
Song(s):
People (1964)
The Way We Were (1973)
Evergreen (Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born') (1976)
Woman in Love (1980)
Album(s):
The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Funny Girl (1964) cast
A Star Is Born (1976) ST
Guilty (1980)
Love Songs (1982)
The Broadway Album (covers, 1985)
About: Rock band from New York City. One of the bands at the forefront of the garage rock revival movement at the early part of the 21st century.
Active: 1998- Members: Julian Casablancas (v), Albert Hammond, Jr. (g), Nick Valensi (g), Nikolai Fraiture (b), Fabrizio Moretti (d).
Song(s):
Last Nite (2001)
Album(s):
Is This It (2001)
Room on Fire (2003)
First Impressions of Earth (2006)
Angles (2011)
The DMDB Blog:
The Strokes released Is This It: July 30, 2001 (7/30/12)
Barrett Strong
Song(s):
Money (That’s What I Want) (1960)
War (performed by Edwin Starr, written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, 1970)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (performed by Marvin Gaye, written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, 1968)
Just My Imagination Running Away with Me (performed by the Temptations, written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, 1971)
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (performed by the Temptations, written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, 1972)
Clyde Stubblefield
Levi Stubbs
R&B singer with the Four Tops.
Born: 8/21/1952 in Turkey Died: 12/22/2002
British punk-rock singer/songwriter with The Clash (“London Calling”, “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)”, “Rock the Casbah”, “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”).
The Stylistics
Album(s):
Best of (1975)
Born: 12/31/1905 Died: 9/20/1994
Musical theater songwriter.
Song(s) Composed by Styne:
I’ve Heard That Song Before (composed with Sammy Cahn; performed by Harry James and Helen Forrest; 1943)
Album(s):
Bells Are Ringing (1958) cast
Gypsy (with Stephen Sondheim, 1959) cast
Funny Girl (composed with Bob Merrill, 1964) cast
About: Rock band from Chicago, IL. The Panozzo twin brothers started playing in their garage at the age of 12. Their neighbor, DeYoung, joined them. When the trio went to Chicago State University, they formed TW4 with Curulewski. Young joined in 1970. In 1971, Wooden Nickel Records heard them, signed them the following year, and Styx (named after river Hades in Greek mythology) was born. In 1975, the group signed with A&M after a revival of the song "Lady" restored their Styx II album from three years earlier. After their first A&M album (Equinox), Curulewski left the group; replaced by Shaw. Group broke up in ‘84. Shaw, DeYoung, and JY did solo projects. In 1990, Styx reunited. They toured in 1995, recorded a few more songs in the studio, and released their first studio album in nearly a decade in 1999.
Active: 1969-1984, 1990- Members: John Panozzo (d – TW4: 69-71; Styx: 71-84,90; died of gastrointestinal hemorrhage on 7/16/96 at age 47), Chuck Panozzo (b – TW4: 69-71; Styx: 71-84,90-), Dennis DeYoung (v/k: 71-84,90-99), John Curulewski (g/v – TW4: 69-71; Styx: 71-76; died of an aneurysm in 1988), James Young (g/ v – TW4: 70-71; Styx: 71-84,90-; solo), Tommy Shaw (v/g: 76-84,95-), Glen Burtnik (v/g: 90; b: 00-04), Todd Sucherman (d: 95-), Lawrence Gowan (v/k: 00-), Ricky Phillips (b: 04-).
Song(s):
Golden Lark (1974)
Suite Madame Blue (1975)
Come Sail Away (1977)
Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) (1977)
Renegade (1978)
The Best of Times (1981)
Album(s):
Styx I (1972)
Styx II (1973)
The Serpent Is Rising (1974)
Man of Miracles (1974)
Equinox (1975)
Crystal Ball (1976)
The Grand Illusion (1977)
Pieces of Eight (1978)
Cornerstone (1979)
Paradise Theater (1981)
Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Edge of the Century (1990)
Brave New World (1999)
Cyclorama (2003)
Big Bang Theory (2005) covers
The DMDB Blog:
The Styx Defense (6/27/10), also on Facebook.
Styx Charts with Breakthrough Album, The Grand Illusion: July 30, 1977 (7/30/11)
Sublime
Song(s):
What I Got (1996)
Wrong Way (1997)
Album(s):
Sublime (1996)
Morton Subotnick
Song(s):
Silver Apples of the Moon (1967)
Subway Sect
Song(s):
Ambition (1978)
Suede (aka “London Suede”)
Album(s):
Suede (1992)
Dog Man Star (1994)
Sugar
Album(s):
Copper Blue (1992)
Song(s):
Rapper’s Delight (1979)
The DMDB Blog:
Sugar Hill Gang charted with “Rapper’s Delight”: October 13, 1979 (10/13/11)
Sugarland
Song(s):
Stay (2007)
Suicidal Tendencies
Song(s):
Institutionalized (1983)
Suicide
Album(s):
Suicide (1977)
Jim “The Reverend” Sullivan
Yma Súmac
Hubert Sumlin
Born: 12/31/1948 Died: 5/17/2012
Disco/R&B singer.
Song(s):
Love to Love You Baby (1975)
I Feel Love (1977)
Last Dance (1978)
Hot Stuff (1979)
Bad Girls (1979)
She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
The DMDB Blog:
Last Dance for Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco: May 17, 2012 / Top 20 Songs (5/17/12)
Sunnyland Slim
Super Furry Animals
Album(s):
Rings Around the World (2001)
Supertramp
Song(s):
The Logical Song (1979)
Album(s):
Crime of the Century (1974)
Breakfast in America (1979)
Female R&B vocal group from Detroit. Formed as The Primettes in 1959. Signed to Motown’s Tamla label in 1960. Changed name to The Supremes in 1961.
Active: 1959-77 Members: Diana Ross (v – Supremes: 59-69), Mary Wilson (59-76; born 3/6/44), Florence Ballard (59-67; born 6/30/43; died 2/22/76), Barbara Martin (59-61), Cindy Birdsong (Patti LaBelle’s Blue Belles; Supremes: 67-72, 73-76), Jean Terrell (69-73), Lynda Lawrence (72-73), Scherrie Payne (73-76), Susaye Green (76)
Song(s):
Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
Baby Love (1964)
Stop! In the Name of Love (1965)
You Can't Hurry Love (1966)
You Keep Me Hangin' On (1966)
Love Child (1968)
Someday We'll Be Together (1969)
Album(s):
Anthology (1969) G
The Surfaris
Song(s):
Wipe Out (1963)
Survivor
Song(s):
Eye of the Tiger (1982)
Gladys Swarthout
Matthew Sweet
Album(s):
Under the Covers (with Susanna Hoffs, 2006)
Under the Covers 2 (with Susanna Hoffs, 2009)
Born: 12/13/1989 Died: --
American country singer.
Song(s):
Love Story (2008)
You Belong with Me (2008)
White Horse (2008)
Mean (2010)
Mine (2010)
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2012)
Album(s):
Fearless (2008)
Speak Now (2010)
Red (2012)
The DMDB Blog:
Taylor Swift charts with “Love Story”: September 27, 2008 (9/27/11)
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Song(s):
Hippy Hippy Shake (year?)
Roosevelt Sykes
System of a Down
Song(s):
Chop Suey (2001)
Album(s):
Toxicity (2001)
Joseph Szigeti
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