Music Makers Encyclopedia: S


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S Club 7

Song(s):
Don't Stop Movin' (2001)


Sade

Smooth jazz/R&B singer born Helen Folasade Adu on 1/16/1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Song(s):
Smooth Operator (1984)
Your Love Is King (1984)
Paradise (1988)

Album(s):
Diamond Life (1984)
Promise (1985)
Best of (compilation: 1984-93, released 1994)
Lovers Rock (2000)
Soldier of Love (2010)


SSgt Barry Sadler

Song(s):
The Ballad of the Green Berets (1966)

Album(s):
Ballad of the Green Berets (1966)


The Safaris

Song(s):
Image of a Girl (1960)


Carole Bayer Sager

Songwriter born Carole Bayer in 3/8/1947 in Brooklyn, NY. She was married to record-producer Andrew Sager from 1970 to 1978 and has also been romantically linked to songwriters Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach (married 1985 to 1991). She won an Academy Award ("Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross) and Grammy Award ("That's What Friends Are For," Dionne & Friends).

Songs written by Sager:
Top 40 Songs
You’re Moving Out Today (1977)
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (1981) – see Christopher Cross
That's What Friends Are For (1985) – see Dionne Warwick
On My Own (1986) – see Patti LaBelle


Saint JHN

Song(s):
Roses (with Imanbek, 2016)


Buffy Sainte-Marie

Song(s):
The Universal Soldier (1964)
Soldier Blue (1971)


The Saints

Song(s):
I’m Stranded (1976)


Camille Saint- Saëns

Classical composer.


Kyu Sakamoto

Song(s):
Sukiyaki (1963)


Hiromi Lorraine Sakata

Album(s):
Collection of Afghan Traditional Music (performed by various artists, compiled by Sakata, 1966-73)


Emily Saliers

Folk-rock singer/songwriter born 7/22/1963 in New Haven, CT. With Indigo Girls (1985-).

Album(s):
Murmuration Nation (2017)


Saliva

Song(s):
Click Click Boom (2001)


Salt-N-Pepa

Song(s):
Push It (1987)
Expression (1990)
Let’s Talk About Sex (1991)
Whatta Man (with En Vogue, 1993)
Shoop (1993)
None of Your Business (1993)


Sam & Dave

American R&B duo of Sam Moore and Dave Prater. 1961-1981. Had their greatest fame with Stax Records from 1965-1968. Nicknamed "Double Dynamite", "The Sultans of Sweat", and "The Dynamic Duo".

Song(s):
Hold on, I’m Comin’ (1966) You Don’t Know Like I Know (1966)
Soul Man (1967)
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby (1967)
Soothe Me (1967)
I Thank You (1968)
Wrap It Up (1968)

Album(s):
The Best of (compilation: 1965-69, released 1987)


Richie Sambora

Rock guitarist born 7/11/1959 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. With Bon Jovi (1983-2013).


Sampha

Album(s):
Process (2017)


Joe Sample

Jazz pianist.


Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs

Song(s):
Wooly Bully (1965)
Lil’ Red Riding Hood (1966)

Album(s):
Best of (compilation, 1967)


Paul Samwell-Smith

Rock bassist born Paul G. Smith on 5/8/1943 in Brentford, West London, England. With Yardbirds (1963-68) and Box of Frogs (1984-86).


David Sancious

Rock keyboardist born 11/30/1953 in Asbury Park, NJ. With Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.


Carl Sandburg

Song(s) written by Carl Sandburg:
Skip to My Lou (1832)


Emeli Sandé

Song(s):
Next to Me (2012)
Beneath Your Beautiful (2012) – see Labrinth

Album(s):
Our Version of Events (2012)


Felicia Sanders

Song(s):
Where Is Your Heart (Song from "Moulin Rouge") (Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders, 1953)


James Sanderson

Song(s):
Hail to the Chief (m: James Sanderson, w: Albert Gamse, 1810)


Arturo Sandoval

Jazz trumpeter born 11/6/1949 in Artemisa, Cuba.


Sandpiper Chorus

Song(s):
The Shadow of Your Smile (1965)


Tommy Sands

Song(s):
Teen-Age Crush (1957)


The Sanford/Townsend Band

Song(s):
Smoke from a Distant Fire (1977)


Samantha Sang

Song(s):
Emotion (1977)


Mongo Santamaria

Song(s):
Watermelon Man (1963)

Album(s):
Our Man in Havana (1959)


Carlos Santana

Latin-rock group formed in San Francisco, CA in 1966. Helmed by namesake singer and guitarist Carlos Santana (born 7/20/1947 in Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico). Members over the years have included José Chepito Áreas (percussion: 69-77, 88-89), David Brown (b: 67-71, 74-76), Mike Carabello (percussion: 66-71, 14-16), Gregg Rolie (k/v: 66-73), Neal Schon (g: 71-73), Michael Shrieve (d: 69-74, 14-16). Schon and Rolie went on to form Journey.

Song(s):
Soul Sacrifice (1969)
Black Magic Woman (1970)
Evil Ways (1970)
Oye Como Va (1971)
Samba Pa Ti (1974)
Smooth (with Rob Thomas, 1999)
Maria Maria (with the Product G & B, 1999)
The Game of Love (with Michelle Branch, 2002)
Why Don't You and I? (with Chad Kroeger or Alex Band, 2002)

Album(s):
Santana (1969)
Abraxas (1970)
Santana III (1971)
Supernatural (1999)
Shaman (2002)


Kike Santander


Gustavo Santaolalla


Herman Santiago

Doo-wop singer/songwriter born 2/18/1941 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers.


Santo & Johnny

Song(s):
Sleep Walk (1959)


Romeo Santos

Song(s):
Propuesta Indecente (with Eliza Gonzalez, 2013)


Alejandro Sanz


Kenny Sargent

Song(s):
Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) – see Glen Gray
It’s the Talk of the Town (1933) – see Glen Gray
Blue Moon (1935) – see Glen Gray
When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1935) – see Glen Gray


Peter Sarstedt

Song(s):
Where Do You Go to My Lovely? (1969)


Steve Sater

Album(s):
Spring Awakening (musical: 2006) – see Duncan Sheik


Arthur E. Satherley


Joe Satriani

American rock guitarist born 7/15/1956. With Deep Purple (93-94) and Chickenfoot (08-11).

Song(s):
Big Bad Moon (1989)


Rick Savage

Rock bassist born 12/2/1960 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. With Def Leppard (1977-).


Savage Garden

Song(s):
I Want You (1996)
To the Moon and Back (1996)
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1997)
I Knew I Loved You (1999)

Album(s):
Savage Garden (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):
Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) (1974)
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (1976)
When I Need You (1977)
More Than I Can Say (1980)
Have You Ever Been in Love (1982)


Scaffold

Song(s):
Lily the Pink (1968)


Boz Scaggs

Song(s):
Loan Me a Dime (1969)
Lowdown (1976)
Lido Shuffle (1976)
JoJo (1980)

Album(s):
Silk Degrees (1976)


Scandal

Song(s):
The Warrior (1984)


Scandal’us

Song(s):
Me, Myself & I (2001)


Dick Scanlan

Album(s):
Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical: 2002) – see Jeanine Tesori


Joey Scarbury

Song(s):
Believe It Or Not (Theme from Greatest American Hero) (1981)


Scarface

Album(s):
The Untouchable (1997)


Domenico Scarlatti

Classical composer.


Scatman John

Song(s):
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) (1955)


Michael Schenker


Patti Scialfa

Rock singer/songwriter born Vivienne Patricia Scialfa on 7/29/1953 in Deal, NJ. With Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.


Lalo Schifrin

Song(s):
Mission Impossible (1968)


Don Schlitz

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 (1978) – see Kenny Rogers
On the Other Hand (1985) – see Randy Travis
Forever and Ever, Amen (1987) – see Randy Travis, 1987)


Harvey Schmidt

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.

Song(s):
Try to Remember (from The Fantasticks, performed by Jerry Orbach, 1960)


Timothy B. Schmit

Singer/songwriter and bassist born 10/30/1947 in Oakland, California. He was a member of Poco (1969-77, 2015) and the Eagles (1977-80, 1994-) and worked as a solo artist.


Al Schmitt


Alexander Schneider


Florian Schneider

Electronica keyboardist born Florian Schneider-Esleben on 4/7/1947 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Died 4/21/2020. With Kraftwerk (1970-2008).


Maria Schneider

Album(s):
Concert in the Garden (2004)


Arnold Schoenberg

Classical composer born 9/13/1874 in Vienna, Austria. Died 1951.

Album(s):
String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 (1905)
String Quartet No. 2 in F%u266F minor (1908)
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (1927)
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)
Gurre-Leider (1932)


Tom Scholz

Rock guitarist and keyboardist born 3/10/1947 in Toledo, OH. With Boston (76-78,86,84,97,02,13).


Neal Schon

Rock guitarist born 2/27/1954 at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. With Santana (1971-73, 2016), Journey (1973-86, 1996-), with Jan Hammer (1981-82), HSAS (1983-84), Bad English (1987-91), Hardline (1992, 2002), with Paul Rodgers (1993, 1997, 2011), Just If I (1995), Abraxas Pool (1997), and Soul SirkUS (2005).


Claude-Michel Schönberg

Musical theater composer born 9/13/1874 in Vienna, Austria. Died 1951.

Song(s):
I Dreamed a Dream (from Les Misérables, 2009) – see Susan Boyle

Album(s):
Les Misérables (composed with Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer, musical: 1980, soundtrack: 2012)
Martin Guerre (composed with Alain Boubil, Edward Hardy & Stephen Clark; musical: 1998)


Franz Schubert

Classical composer and pianist born 1/31/1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, Vienna, Austria. Died 11/19/1828.

Song(s):
Ave Maria (1825)

Classical Work(s):
Piano Quintet in A major (Trout) (1819)
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) (1822)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in C major (The Great) (1828)
String Quintet in C major (1828)


Robin Schulz

Song(s):
Waves (2013) – see Mr. Probz
Prayer in C (2014) – see Lillywood & the Prick
Sugar (with Francesco Yates, 2016)


William Schuman

Composer born 8/4/1910 in Manhattan, NY. Died 2/15/1992.


Robert Schumann

Classical composer and pianist born 6/8/1810 in Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany. Died 7/29/1856.

Album(s):
Carnaval Op. 9 (1835)
Piano Quintet in E flat major (1842)
Complete Piano Trios (with Clara Schumann, composed 1846-51)


Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Song(s):
Danny Boy (1918)


Arthur Schwartz


Jean Schwartz


Stephen Schwartz

Musical theater composer born 3/6/1948 in New York City, NY.

Song(s):
Defying Gravity (from Wicked, 2003) – see Idina Menzel
For Good (from Wicked, 2003)

Album(s):
Godspell (1971)
Pippin (musical: 1972)
Pocahontas (soundrack, 1995) – see Alan Menken
Wicked (musical: 2003)


Peter Schilling

Song(s):
Major Tom (Coming Home) (1983)


Al Schmitt


Gina Schock

New-wave drummer born Regina Ann Schock on 8/31/1957 in Baltimore, MD. With The Go-Go’s (1979-).


The Schoolboys

Song(s):
Please Say You Want Me (1957)


Richard Schukburgh

Song by Schukburgh (words), traditional (music):
Yankee Doodle (aka "Yankee Doodle Went to Town") (1754)
Yankee Doodle (aka "Yankee Doodle Went to Town") (1894) – see Vess Ossman


Scissor Sisters

Song(s):
Take Your Mama (2004)
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin' (2006)

Album(s):
Scissor Sisters (2004)


Scooter

Song(s):
The Logical Song (2002)


Scorpio aka Mr. Ness

Rap singer born Eddie Morris on 11/12/1960 in the Bronx, NY. With Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five.


The Scorpions

Song(s):
No One Like You (1982)
Rock You Like a Hurricane (1984)
Still Loving You (1984)
Wind of Change (1991)


Bon Scott

Rock singer born Ronald Belford Scott on 7/9/1946. With AC/DC (74-80). Previously worked as a drummer with Fraternity and The Valentines. Died 2/19/1980 from alcohol abuse.


Calum Scott

Song(s):
Dancing on My Own (2016)


Jack Scott

Song(s):
Goodbye Baby (1958)


James Scott

Song(s) written and/or performed by Scott:
Frog Legs Rag (1906)
Climax Rag (1914) – see Jelly Roll Morton


Jill Scott

Song(s):
Love Rain (Suite) (2001)

Album(s):
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Music Vol. 1 (2000)
The Light of the Sun (2011)
Woman (2015)


Jimmy Scott

Jazz singer born James Victor Scott on 7/17/1925 in Cleveland, OH. Died 6/12/2014.


Travis Scott

Song(s):
Goosebumps (with Kendrick Lamar, 2016)
Butterfly Effect (2017)
Love Galore (2017) – see SZA
Sicko Mode (with Drake, 2018)
Zeze (2018) – see Kodak Black
Highest in the Room (2019)
The Scotts (with Kid Cudi, 2020)
Franchise (with Young Thug & M.I.A., 2020)
Meltdown (with Drake, 2023)

Album (s):
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016)
Astroworld (2018)
Utopia (2023)


Gil Scott-Heron

Song(s):
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1963)


Screaming Trees

Song(s):
Nearly Lost You (1992)


The Script

Song(s):
Breakeven (2008)
Hall of Fame (with will.i.am, 2012)


Earl Scruggs

Bluegrass banjo player born 1/6/1924 in Cleveland County, NC. Died 3/29/2012. Half of Flatt & Scruggs duo with Lester Flatt.


Ryan Seacrest

TV and radio personality born 12/24/1974 in Atlanta, GA. Has hosted American Top 40, American Idol, and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.


Seal

Pop/soul singer born Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel on 2/19/1963 in Paddington, London, England.

Song(s):
Crazy (1990)
Kiss from a Rose (1994)
Fly Like an Eagle (1996)

Album(s):
Seal (I) (1991)
Seal (II) (1994)
Seal IV (2003)
Best (compilation: 1991-2004, released 2004)
Hits (compilation: 1991-2009, released 2009)


Seals & Croft

Song(s):
Summer Breeze (1972)
Diamond Girl (1973)


Dan Seals

Song(s):
I’d Really Love to See You Tonight (England Dan & John Ford Coley, 1976)
Bop (1985)
Meet Me in Montana (1985) – see Marie Osmond
Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold (1986)
You Still Move Me (1986)
I Will Be There (1987)
Three Time Loser (1987)
One Friend (1987)
Addicted (1988)
Big Wheels in the Moonlight (1988)
Love on Arrival (1990)
Good Times (1990)


Son Seals

Blues guitarist born Frank Seals on 8/13/1942 in Osceola, AR. Died 12/20/2004.


Jay Sean

Song(s):
Down (with Lil Wayne, 2009)


The Searchers

Song(s):
Sweets for My Sweet (1963)
Needles and Pins (1964)
Love Potion No. 9 (1964)


Reverend Edmund Hamilton Sears

Song(s) written by Sears & Richard Storrs Willis:
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (1850)


Guy Sebastian

Song(s):
Angels Brought Me Here (2003)
All I Need Is You (2004)
Out with My Baby (2004)
Like It Like That (2009)
Who’s That Girl (with Eve, 2010)


Joan Sebastian

Latin pop singer/songwriter born José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa on 4/8/1951 in Juliantla, Guerrero, Mexico. Composed more than 1000 songs. Died 7/13/2015.


John Sebastian

Rock singer/songwriter born on 3/17/1944 in Greenwich Village, NY. With Lovin’ Spoonful.

Song(s):
Welcome Back (1976)


Neil Sedaka

Pop singer and composer born 3/13/1939 in Brooklyn, NY. Worked in the legendary Brill Building, known for housing some of pop music history's most famous songwriters and publishers.

Song(s):
Oh Carol (1959)
Calendar Girl 91960)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (fast version) (1962)
Laughter in the Rain (1974)
Bad Blood (1975)
The Immigrant (1975)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (slow version) (1975)


The Seeds

Song(s):
Can’t Seem to Make You Mine (1965)
Pushin’ Too Hard (1965)


Pete Seeger

Folk singer/songwriter and activist born 5/3/1919 in Manhattan, NY. Died 1/27/2014. Started with the folk quartet The Weavers ("Goodnight Irene").

Song(s):
We Shall Overcome (1963)
If I Had a Hammer (1963)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (1964)
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (1967)

Album(s):
We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (live, 1963)


The Seekers

Song(s):
I'll Never Find Another You (1965)
The Carnival Is Over (1965)
Georgy Girl (1966)

Album(s):
Greatest Hits (compilation, 1967)


Blossom Seeley

Song(s):
Alabamy Bound (1925)
Yes Sir! That’s My Baby (1925)


Seether

Song(s):
Fine Again (2002)
Broken (with Amy Lee, 2004)
Fake It (2007)
Country Song (2011)


Bob Seger (& the Silver Bullet Band)

Rock singer/songwriter born Robert Clark Seger on 5/6/1945 in Detroit, Michigan. 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 Twitty, 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):
Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (1968)
2 2=? (Bob Seger System, 1968)
Turn the Page (live, 1976)
Night Moves (1976)
Mainstreet (1976)
Old Time Rock and Roll (1978)
Still the Same (1978)
Against the Wind (1980)
Shame on the Moon (1982)
Roll Me Away (1982)
Shakedown (1987)
The Real Love (1991)

Album(s):
Night Moves (1976)
Stranger in Town (1978)
Against the Wind (1980)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1976-94, released 1994)
Greatest Hits 2 (compilation: 1975-2003, released 2003)
Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (compilation: 1968-2011, released 2011)


Andrés Segova

Album(s):
Music of Albeniz & Granados (1944)
An Evening with Andres Segova (1954)


Selena

Mexican-American singer/songwriter born Selena Quintanilla-Pérez on 4/16/1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Died 3/31/1995 after being shot by a fan. Called the Queen of Tejano music.

Album(s):
Ven Conmigo (1990)
Dreaming of You (1995)


Ben Selvin

Jazz/big band leader born Benjamin Bernard Selvin on 3/5/1898 in New York City, NY. Died 7/15/1980. No other bandleader made more recordings than this violinist whose 2000 recordings included many with jazz stars such as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, and Jimmy Dorsey.

Song(s):
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (1919)
Dardanella (1920)
All by Myself (with Ernest Hare, 1921)
Say It with Music (1921)
Angel Child (1922)
Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town) (1922)
Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923)
Oh How I Miss You Tonight (1925)
Manhattan (1925)
All Alone (1925)
Valencia (A Song of Spain) (1926)
Baby Face (1926)
In a Little Spanish Town (1927)
Blue Skies (1927)
Miss Annabelle Lee (Who’s Wonderful, Who’s Marvelous) (1927)
Among My Souvenirs (1927)
Thou Swell (1928)
You’re the Cream in My Coffee (with Jack Palmer, 1928)
Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) (1928)
Am I Blue? (1929)
Happy Days Are Here Again (1930)
When It’s Springtime in the Rockies (1930)
I Only Have Eyes for You (with Howard Phillips, 1934)


Phil Selway

Experimental-rock drummer born 5/23/1967 in Abingdon, UK. With Radiohead (1985-).


Michael Sembello

Song(s):
Maniac (1983)


Semisonic

Song(s):
Closing Time (1998)


Sepultura

Album(s):
Roots (1996)


Danny Seraphine

Jazz-rock drummer born in Chicago, IL. With Chicago (1967-1990).


Rudolf Serkin

Pianist born 3/28/1903 in Egar, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Died 5/8/1991.


Roger Sessions

Composer.


Keala Settle

Song(s):
This Is Me (with the Greatest Show Ensemble, 2017)


Seven Dwarfs

Song(s):
Whistle While You Work (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1938)
Heigh Ho (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1938)


Seven Mary Three

Song(s):
Cumbersome (1995)


David Seville

Song(s):
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (The Chipmunks, 1958)
Witch Doctor (1958)
Alvin’s Harmonica (The Chipmunks, 1959)


Conrad Sewell

Song(s):
Start Again (2015)


Sex Pistols

Influential and notorious British punk group assembled by Malcom McLaren at his London clothing store, SEX. Active: 1975-78 Members: John Lydon (aka "Johnny Rotten") (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)
Submission (1977)
My Way (Sid Vicious, 1978)
No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer by Ronald Biggs) (1978)

Album(s):
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)


Shades of Blue

Song(s):
Oh How Happy (1966)


The Shadows

Song(s):
Apache (1960)
Wonderful Land (1962)

Album(s):
Summer Holiday (with Cliff Richard, 1963)


The Shadows of Knight

Song(s):
Gloria (1966)


Shaggy

Song(s):
Oh Carolina (1993)
Boombastic (1995)
It Wasn’t Me (with Ricardo "Rik Rok" Ducent, 2000)
Angel (with Rayvon, 2000)

Album(s):
Hot Shot (2000)
44/876 (with Sting, 2018)


Shai

Song(s):
If I Ever Fall in Love (1992)


Marc Shaiman

Song(s):
You Can't Stop the Beat (performed by Hairspray Cast, from Hairspray musical: 2002, soundtrack: 2007)

Album(s):
Hairspray (composed with Scott Wittman, musical: 2003, soundtrack: 2007)


Shakespear's Sister

Song(s):
Stay (1992)


Shakira

Latin pop singer born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll on 2/2/1977 in Barcelona, Spain.

Song(s):
Whenever, Wherever (2001)
Underneath Your Clothes (2002)
Hips Don't Lie (with Wycelf Jean, 2006)
Beautiful Liar (2007) – see Beyoncé
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (with Freshlyground, 2010)
Chantaje (with Maluma, 2016)
La Bicicleta (2016) – see Carlos Vives

Album(s):
Laundry Service (2001)


Tupac Shakur (2pac)

Rap singer/songwriter born Lesane Parish Crooks on 6/16/1971 in East Harlem, NY. 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)
How Do U Want It (with K-Ci & JoJo, 1996)
I Ain’t Mad at Cha (1996)
Changes (1998)
Ghetto Gospel (with Elton John, 2004)

Album(s):
Me Against the World (1995)
All Eyez on Me (1996)
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (recorded as Makaveli, 1996)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1991-98, released 1998)
Until the End of Time (2001)
Loyal to the Game (2004)

The DMDB Blog:
The Death of Tupac Shakur: September 13, 1996 (9/13/11)


The Shangri-La's

Song(s):
Leader of the Pack (1964)
Remember Walking in the Sand (1964)
Give Him a Great Big Kiss (1964)
I Can Never Go Home Anymore (1965)
Past Present Future (1966)


Shanice

Song(s):
I Love Your Smile (1991)


Ravi Shankar


Del Shannon

Pop singer born Charles Weedon Westover on 12/30/1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Died 2/8/1990.

Song(s):
Runaway (1961)
Hats Off to Larry (1961)
The Swiss Maid (1962)
Little Town Flirt (1962)
Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun) (1964)
Stranger in Town (1965)


Scott Shannon

Radio DJ.


Tommy Shannon

Blues-rock bassist born Thomas Lafitte Smedley on 4/18/1946 in Tucson, AZ. With Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble.


Helen Shapiro

Song(s):
No Trespassing (1963)


Feargal Sharkey

Song(s):
A Good Heart (1985)


Alexander Sharp

R&B tenor singer born 12/6/1919 in Baltimore, MD. Died 1/3/1970. With The Orioles.


Dee Dee Sharp

Song(s):
Mashed Potato Time (1962)


Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Song(s):
Home (2009)


Billy Joe Shaver

Outlaw country singer/songwriter born 8/16/1939 in Corsicana, Texas. Died 10/28/2020.

Song(s):
Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me (1973)
Live Forever (1993)


Artie Shaw

Jazz clarinetist and bandleader born Jacob Arthur Arshawsky on 5/23/1910 in New York City, NY. Died 12/30/2004.

Song(s):
Begin the Beguine (1938)
Any Old Time (1938)
They Say (with Helen Forrest, 1938)
Thanks for Everything (with Helen Forrest, 1939)
Frenesi (1940)
Stardust (1941)
Dancing in the Dark (1941)


Eddie Shaw


Robert Shaw

Orchestra conductor and choral director born 4/30/1916 in Red Bluff, CA. Died 1/25/1999.


Sandie Shaw

Song(s):
Always Something There to Remind Me (1964)
Girl Don’t Come (1964)
Puppet on a String (1967)


Tommy Shaw

Rock singer/guitarist born 9/11/1953 in Montgomery, Alabama. With Styx (75-84, 95-), Damn Yankees (89-94). Also recorded as a solo artist and in a duo with Jack Blades (95,07).

Check out the DMDB podcast "The Best of Tommy Shaw & Styx" here.

Songs Featuring Tommy Shaw on Lead Vocals:

Styx et al: Top 100 Songs
Mademoiselle (1976) – see Styx
Crystal Ball (1976) – see Styx
Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) (1977) – see Styx
Renegade (1978) – see Styx
Too Much Time on My Hands (1981) – see Styx
High Enough (1990) – see Damn Yankees
Dear John (1997) – see Styx
Everything Is Cool (1999) – see Styx
Blue Collar Man @ 2120 (2005) – see Styx

Styx Albums Featuring Tommy Shaw: – see Styx
Crystal Ball (1976)
The Grand Illusion (1977)
Pieces of Eight (1978)
Cornerstone (1979)
Paradise Theater (1981)
Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Caught in the Act (live, 1984)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1975-90, released 1995)
Greatest Hits Part 2 (compilation: 1975-96, released 1996)
Return to Paradise (live, 1997)
Brave New World (1999)
Cyclorama (2003)
Big Bang Theory (covers, 2005)
Influence (covers with Jack Blades, 2007)
The Mission (2017)
Crash of the Crown (2021)


Dorothy Shay

Song(s):
Feudin’ and Fightin’ (1947)

Album(s):
Dorothy Shay Sings (1947)
Dorothy Shay Goes to Town (1948)


George Beverly Shea

Song(s):
How Great Thou Art (1955)


Al Shean

See Gallagher & Shean.


George Shearing

Jazz pianist born 8/13/1919 in Battersea, London, England. Died 2/14/2011.


Billy Sheehan


Bobby Sheehan


Ed Sheeran

Song(s):
Ed Sheeran: Top 50 Songs
The A Team (2011)
Lego House (2011)
Sing (2014)
Thinking Out Loud (2014)
Photograph (2014)
Don’t (2014)
Love Yourself (co-writer, 2015) – see Justin Bieber
Shape of You (2017)
Castle on the Hill (2017)
Perfect (with Beyoncé, 2017)
Galway Girl (2017)
Happier (2017)
River (2017) – see Eminem
I Don’t Care (with Justin Bieber, 2019)
Beautiful People (with Khalid, 2019)
Bad Habits (2021)
Shivers (2021)
Merry Christmas (with Elton John, 2021)

Album(s):
Plus ( ) (2011)
Multiply (X) (2014)
Divide (÷) (2017)
No. 6 Collaborations Project (2019)
Equals (=) (2021)


Duncan Sheik

Album(s):
Barely Breathing (1996)

Album(s):
Spring Awakening (composed with Steve Sater, musical: 2006)


Steve Shelley

Rock drummer with Sonic Youth.


Blake Shelton

Song(s):
Austin (2001)
The Baby (2002)
Some Beach (2004)
Home (with Miranda Lambert, 2007)
She Wouldn’t Be Gone (2008)
Hillbilly Bone (with Trace Adkins, 2009)
All About Tonight (2010)
Who Are You When I’m Not Looking (2010)
Honey Bee (2011)
God Gave Me You (2011)
Drink on It (2011)
Over (2011)
Sure Be Cool if You Did (2013)
Boys Round Here (with Pistol Annies, 2013)
Mine Would Be You (2013)
Doin’ What She Likes (2014)
My Eyes (with Gwen Sebastian, 2014)
Neon Lights (2014)
Lonely Tonight (with Ashley Monroe, 2014)
Sangria (2015)
Gonna (2015)
Came Here to Forget (2016)
A Guy with a Girl (2016)
Every Time I Hear That Song (2017)
I’ll Name the Dogs (2017)
God’s Country (2019)
Nobody But You (with Gwen Stefani, 2019)
Happy Anywhere (with Gwen Stefani, 2020)

Album(s):
Loaded: The Best Of (compilation, 2010)
Red River Blue (2011)
Based on a True Story… (2013)
Bringing Back the Sunshine (2014)
Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (compilation, 2015)
God’s Country: Fully Loaded (2019)


Shep & the Limelites

Song(s):
Daddy’s Home (1961)
I’m All Alone (1962)


Jean Shepard

Country singer born Ollie Imogene Shepard on 11/21/1933 in Paul's Valley, OK. Died 9/25/2016. One of the few women in the 1950s to have a successful career in country music.

Song(s):
A Dear John Letter (with Ferlin Husky, 1953)


Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Song(s):
Blue on Black (1998)

Album(s):
Ledbetter Heights (1995)


Sheppard

Song(s):
Geronimo (2014)


The Sheppards

Song(s):
Tragic (1961)
Pretend You’re Still Mine (1963)


Sherbet

Song(s):
Summer Love (1975)
Howzat (1976)


Sheriff

Song(s):
When I’m with You (1983)


Allan Sherman

Song(s):
Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh (1963)

Album(s):
My Son, the Folk Singer (1962)
My Son, the Celebrity (1963)
My Son, the Nut (1963)


Richard Sherman

Disney film composer born 6/12/1928 in New York City, NY. Worked with his brother Robert Sherman.


Robert Sherman

Disney film composer born 12/19/1925 in New York City, NY. Died 3/6/2012. Worked with his brother Richard Sherman.


Billy Sherrill

Country producer born 11/5/1936 in Phil Campbell, AL. Died 8/4/2015.


Lew Sherwood

Song(s):
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? (1933) – see Eddy Duchin
Let's Fall in Love (1934) – see Eddy Duchin
Lovely to Look At (1935) – see Eddy Duchin
I Won't Dance (1935) – see Eddy Duchin
You’re All I Need (1935) – see Eddy Duchin
You Are My Lucky Star (1935) – see Eddy Duchin
Moon Over Miami (1936) – see Eddy Duchin
Lights Out (Close Your Eyes and Dream of Me) (1936) – see Eddy Duchin


Arkie Shibley

Song(s):
Hot Rod Race (1950)


Garry Shider

Funk guitarist born 7/24/1953 in Plainfield, NJ. With Parliament/Funkadelic.


The Shields

Song(s):
You Cheated (1958)


Chris Shiflett

Rock guitarist born 5/6/1971 in Santa Barbara, CA. With Foo Fighters (1999-).


Nat Shilkret

Composer and conductor born Naftule Schüldkraut on 12/25/1889 in New York City, NY. Died 2/18/1982.

Song(s):
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (1926) – see Gene Austin
I Know That You Know (1927)
Tonight You Belong to Me (1927) – see Gene Austin
Me and My Shadow (1927)
Ramona (1928) – see Gene Austin
Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) (1928)
Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) (1928) – see Gene Austin
An American in Paris (1929) – see George Gershwin
Carolina Moon (1929) – see Gene Austin
She's Funny That Way (1929) – see Gene Austin
Pagan Love Song (1929)
Am I Blue? (with Don Howard, 1929)
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (with Lewis James, 1930)
Get Happy (with Phil Dewey, Frank Luther, & Leo O'Rourke, 1930)


Shinedown

Song(s):
Save Me (2005)
Second Chance (2008)
Bully (2012)
Cut the Cord (2015)
State of My Head (2015)


Johnny Shines

Blues singer and guitarist born John Ned Shines on 4/26/1915 in Frayser, Memphis, TN. Died 4/20/1992.


The Shins

Post-punk revival indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996. James Mercer (v/g/k/b), Martin Crandall (k/b: 98-09), Jessica Dobson (g/b/k: 11-13), Casey Foubert (g: 16-), Dave Hernandez (b/g: 98-00, 03-09), Eric Johnson (g/k, etc.: 07-11), Patt King (k: 16-), Neal Langford (b: 00-03), Ron Lewis (b: 09-11), Yuuki Matthews (b/k: 2011-), Joe Plummer (d: 09-16), Jessee Sandoval (d: 96-09), Jon Sortland (d: 16-), Richard Swift (k/b/g, etc.: 11-16), Mark Watrous (g/k: 14-).

Song(s):
New Slang (2001)
Caring Is Creepy (2001)
Phantom Limb (2007)

Album(s):
Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Wincing the Night Away


The Shirelles

Song(s):
Dedicated to the One I Love (1959)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1960)
Tonight's the Night (1960)
Baby It's You (1961)
Mama Said (1961)
Soldier Boy (1962)

Album(s):
Tonight’s the Night (1961)


Shirley & Company

Song(s):
Shame Shame Shame (1975)


Shirley & Lee

Song(s):
Let the Good Times Roll (1956)


George Shirley

Opera singer born 4/18/1934 in Indianapolis, IN. First African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.


Michelle Shocked

Song(s):
Anchorage (1988)


The Shocking Blue

Song(s):
Venus (1969)
Love Buzz (1969)


Stephen H. Sholes


Da Shop Boyz

Song(s):
Party Like a Rock Star (2007)


Dinah Shore

Singer 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):
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (1943)
As Long As You’re Not in Love with Anyone Else Why Don’t You Fall in Love with Me (1943)
I'll Walk Alone (1944)
Happy in Love (1944)
It Could Happen to You (1945)
Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside (1946)
The Gypsy (1946)
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (1946)
The Anniversary Song (1947)
You Do (1947)
Buttons and Bows (& Her Harper Valley Boys, 1948)
Dear Hearts and Gentle People (1949)
Sweet Violets (1951)
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (1953)


Wayne Shorter

American jazz saxophonist and bandleader born 8/25/1933 in Newark, NJ. With Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, and Weather Report.

Album(s):
Speak No Evil (1964)


Dmitri Shostakovich

Classical pianist and composer, mostly of symphonies and string quartets. Born 9/25/1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Died 8/9/1975.

Album(s):
Symphony No. 5 in D minor (1937)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor (1948)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1959)


Shovels & Rope

Song(s):
I Know (2016)


Showaddywaddy

Song(s):
Under the Moon of Love (1976)


The Showmen

Song(s):
It Will Stand (1961)


Michael Shrieve

Rock drummer born 7/6/1949 in San Francisco, CA. With Santana (1969-74, 2014-16) and HSAS (1983-84).


Mort Shuman

American R&B/pop songwriter ("Surrender", "Teenager in Love", "Save the Last Dance for Me") born 11/12/1938 in Brooklyn, NY. Died 11/3/1991. Worked in the legendary Brill Building, known for housing some of pop music history's most famous songwriters and publishers.


Dick Shurman


Sia

Song(s):
Titanium (2011) – see David Guetta
Wild Ones (2011) – see Flo Rida
Diamonds (co-writer, 2012) – see Rihanna
Elastic Heart (2013)
Chandelier (2014)
Cheap Thrills (with Sean Paul, 2016)
Dusk Till Dawn (2017) – see Zayn

Album(s):
1000 Forms of Fear (2014)


Jean Sibelius

Classical composer born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius on 12/8/1865 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Died 9/20/1957.


Carl Sigman


Sigur Rós

Song(s):
Hoppipolla (2005)

Album(s):
Agaetis Byrjun (2000)


Silentó

Rapper Richard Lamar Hawk. Born in 1998 in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Indicted in 2021 for the shooting death of his cousin.

Song(s):
Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) (2015)


The Silhouettes

Song(s):
Get a Job (1958)


Silk

Song(s):
Freak Me (1993)


Silk Sonic

Duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak.

Song(s):
Leave the Door Open (2021)


Beverly Sills

Operatic soprano singer born Belle Miriam Silverman on 5/25/1929 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY. Died 7/2/2007. Called "America's Queen of Opera" by Time Magazine.


Horace Silver

Jazz pianist born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva on 9/22/1928 in Norwalk, CT. Died 6/18/2014.

Song(s):
Song for My Father (1964)

Album(s):
Song for My Father (1964)


Silver Apples

Song(s):
Oscillations (1968)


Silverchair

Song(s):
Tomorrow (1994)
Freak (1997)
Straight Lines (2007)


Silver Convention

Song(s):
Fly, Robin, Fly (1975)
Get Up and Boogie (That's Right) (1976)


Silversun Pickups


Harry Simeone Chorale

Song(s):
The Little Drummer Boy (1958)

Album(s):
Sing We Now of Christmas (aka "The Little Drummer Boy") (Christmas, 1958)


Gene Simmons

Rock bassist and singer born Chaim Witz on 8/25/1949 in Haifa, Israel. Founding member of band Kiss (73-).


Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons

Rap singer born 11/14/1964 in Hollis, NY. With Run-D.M.C..


Patrick Simmons

Rock guitarist and singer born 10/19/1948 in Aberdeen, WA. With Doobie Brothers (1970-82, 1987-).


Simon & Garfunkel

Folk-rock duo of Paul Simon (v/g) and Art Garfunkel. Met in high school; recorded as Tom and Jerry in 1957. Active: 1964-1970, 1981.

Paul Simon’s DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: The Best of Simon & Garfunkel

Song(s):
Top 100 Songs (Simon & Garfunkel/Paul Simon)
Hey Schoolgirl (Tom & Jerry, 1957)
The Sound of Silence (1965)
Homeward Bound (1966)
I Am a Rock (1966)
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (1966)
Scarborough Fair/Canticle (1966)
Mrs. Robinson (1968)
America (1968)
The Boxer (1969)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Cecilia (1970)
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (1970)
The Only Living Boy in New York (1970)
My Little Town (1975)
Wake Up Little Susie (live, 1982)

Album(s):
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
Sounds of Silence (1966)
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)
The Graduate (soundtrack with Dave Grusin, 1968)
Bookends (1968)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1965-70, released 1972)
The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel (compilation: 1964-70, released 1991)
The Best of (compilation: 1964-70, released 1999)
Old Friends (box: 1965-75, released 1997)
Tales from New York: The Very Best of (compilation: 1965-75, released 2000)
The Essential (compilation: 1965-75, released 2003)
The Collection (box: 1965-70, released 2007)
The Concert in Central Park (live, 1981)


Calvin "Thang" Simon

Funk singer born 5/22/1942 in Beckley, WV. Died 1/6/2022. With Parliament/Funkadelic.


Carly Simon

Pop singer/songwriter born 6/25/1945 in the Bronx, NY.

Song(s):
You’re So Vain (1972)
Nobody Does It Better (1977)
You Belong to Me (1978)
Let the River Run (1989)

Album(s):
No Secrets (1973)


Joe Simon

R&B singer/songwriter born 9/2/1943 in Simmesport, LA.

Song(s):
The Chokin’ Kind (1969)
Drowning in the Sea of Love (1971)
Power of Love (1972)
Get Down Get Down (Get on the Floor) (1975)


Paul Simon

Pop/folk-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born 10/13/1941 in Newark, NJ. 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.

DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: The Best of Paul Simon (1972-2016)

Song(s):
Top 100 Songs (Simon & Garfunkel/Paul Simon)
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (1972)
Mother and Child Reunion (1972)
Duncan (1972)
American Tune (1973)
Kodachrome (1973)
Loves Me Like a Rock (with the Dixie Hummingbirds, 1973)
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (1975)
Late in the Evening (1980)
Graceland (1986)
You Can Call Me Al (1986)
The Boy in the Bubble (1986)
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (1986)
The Obvious Child (1990)
Wristband (2016)

Album(s):
The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
Paul Simon (1972)
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Greatest Hits, Etc. (compilation: 1971-77, released 1977)
One Trick Pony (1980)
Hearts and Bones (1983)
Graceland (1986)
Negotiations and Love Songs (compilation: 1971-86, released 1988)
Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
1964/1993 (box: 1957-90, released 1993)
Anthology (compilation: 1964-90, released 1993)
Songs from the Capeman (1997)
You’re the One (2000)
Shining Like a National Guitar (compilation: 1972-97, released 2000)
The Ultimate Collection (compilation: 1965-2002, released 2015)
Surprise (2006)
The Essential Paul Simon (compilation: 1971-2006, released 2007)
So Beautiful or So What (2011)
Songwriter (compilation: 1965-2011, released 2011)
Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Seven Psalms (2023)


George T. Simon


Nina Simone

Jazz/blues singer born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on 2/21/1933 in Tryon, NC. Died 4/21/2003.

Song(s):
I Loves You, Porgy (1959)
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (1960)
Mississippi Goddam (1964)
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1964)
Feeling Good (1965)
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1969)

Album(s):
I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of (compilation: 1998)


Paul Simonon

Rock bassist born 12/15/1955 in Thornton Heath, Croydon, England. With The Clash (1976-86) and then with Havana 3am.


Simple Minds

Rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1977. Jim Kerr (v: 77-) and Charlie Burchill (g/k: 77-) have been the only constant since the band’s formation. Other members include Catherine AD (k: 14-18), Duncan Barnwell (rhythm g: 78), Sarah Brown (backing v: 09), Tony Donald (b: 77-78), Eddie Duffy (b: 99-10), Derek Forbes (b: 78-85, 96-98), Mel Gaynor (d: 82-91, 97-98, 02-16), John Giblin (b: 85-89), Andy Gillespie (k: 02-05, 07-16), Gordy Goudie (g/k: 01-), Ged Grimes (b: 10-), Kenny Hyslop (d: 81-82), Mick MacNeil (k: 78-90), Brian McGee (d: 77-81, 96), Allan McNeill (rhythm g: 77), John Milarky (g: 77), Mike Ogletree (d: 82), Cherisse Osei (d: 17-), Berenice Scott (k: 20-).

DMDB profile page

Song(s):
Simple Minds: Top 50 Songs
Promised You a Miracle (1982)
Don't You Forget about Me (1985)
Alive and Kicking (1985)
Biko (1989)
Mandela Day (1989)
Belfast Child (1989)
See the Lights (1991)
Let the Day Begin (2009)

Album(s):
Life in a Day (1979)
Real to Real Cacophony (1979)
Empires and Dance (1980)
Celebration (compilation: 1979-80, released 1982)
Sons & Fascination (1981)
Sister Feelings Call (1981)
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982)
Early Gold (compilation: 1979-82, released 2003)
Sparkle in the Rain (1984)
Once Upon a Time (1985)
Street Fighting Years (1989)
Real Life (1991)
Glittering Prize (compilation: 1981-91, released 1992)
Good News from the Next World (1995)
Neapolis (1998)
Our Secrets Are the Same (recorded 1999, released 2004)
Neon Lights (covers, 2001)
Best of (compilation: 1979-2001, released 2001)
Cry (2002)
Black and White 050505 (2005)
Graffiti Soul (2009)
Searching for the Lost Boys (cover, 2009)
Celebrate: The Greatest Hits (compilation: 1979-2013, released 2013)
Big Music (2014)
Walk Between Worlds (2018)
40: The Best of 1979-2019 (compilation: 1979-2019, released 2019)
Direction of the Heart (2022)


Simply Red

Song(s):
Holding Back the Years (1985)
If You Don't Know Me by Now (1989)

Album(s):
Stars (1991)


Graham Simpson

Art-rock bassist born 10/13/1943 in Manchester, England. With Roxy Music (1970-72). Died 4/17/2012.


Sturgill Simpson

Country music singer/songwriter born John Sturgill Simpson on 6/8/1978 in Jackson, KY.

Song(s):
The Promise (2014)
Turtles All the Way Down (2014)
In Bloom (2016)
Mercury in Retrograde (2019)

Album(s):
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (2016)
Sound & Fury (2019)


Valerie Simpson

R&B singer/songwriter born 8/26/1946 in the Bronx, NY. Most notably in the duo Ashford & Simpson, with husband Nickolas Ashford.


The Simpsons

Song(s):
Do the Bartman (1990)


Frank Sinatra

Singer born Francis Albert Sinatra on 12/12/1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Died 5/14/1998. "Ol' Blue Eyes" is one of the premiere pop crooners and traditional pop artists of all time. He began professionally singing as a teenager. Worked with the Hoboken Four (35-39), the Harry James' Orchestra (39), and Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra (39-42) before going solo on 9/3/42. On 6/1/43, he signed with Columbia Records and on 3/13/53 to Capitol Records, where he recorded a series of critically acclaimed and commercially successful themed albums. He was a residency performer with the Rat Pack in Las Vegas in the early 1950s and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity. Formed his own record label, Reprise Records, in 1960 and sold it to Warner Brothers in 1963. His personal life was tabloid fodder thanks to several high-profile marriages and divorces and his alleged association with the Mafia.

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Song(s):
Frank Sinatra: Top 100 Songs
All or Nothing at All (1939) – see Harry James
I’ll Never Smile Again (1940) – see Tommy Dorsey
I'll Be Seeing You (1940) – see Tommy Dorsey
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) (1940) – see Tommy Dorsey
Oh, Look at Me Now (1941) – see Tommy Dorsey
There Are Such Things (1942) – see Tommy Dorsey
How About You? (1942) – see Tommy Dorsey
Night and Day (1942)
In the Blue of the Evening (1943) – see Tommy Dorsey
Sunday, Monday or Always (1943)
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (with the Bobby Tucker Singers, 1944)
I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night (with the Bobby Tucker Singers, 1944)
You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel, 1945)
A Friend of Yours (1945)
The House I Live In (1946)
Oh What It Seemed to Be (1946)
They Say It’s Wonderful (1946)
Five Minutes More (1946)
Almost Like Being in Love (from Brigadoon, 1947)
Mam’selle (1947)
One for My Baby and One More for the Road (1949)
New York, New York (1949) – see Gene Kelly
Luck Be a Lady (from Guys and Dolls, 1950)
I've Got the World on a String (1953)
I’m Walking Behind You (1953)
I Get a Kick Out of You (from Anything Goes, 1953)
Young at Heart (1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
My Funny Valentine (1954)
Love and Marriage (1955)
Learning the Blues (1955)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1956)
All the Way (1957)
I Cover the Waterfront (1957)
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (1958)
High Hopes (1959)
Here’s That Rainy Day (1959)
My Funny Valentine (1962)
Call Me Irresponsible (1963)
The Way You Look Tonight (1964)
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) (1964)
It Was a Very Good Year (1965)
Luck Be a Lady (1965)
Strangers in the Night (1966)
Summer Wind (1966)
That's Life (1966)
Somethin’ Stupid (with Nancy Sinatra, 1967)
My Way (1969)
Theme from New York, New York (1980)
It Had to Be You (1980)

Album(s):
Voice of… (1946)
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)
Nice 'N Easy (1960)
September of My Years (1965)
A Man and His Music (compilation, 1960-1965)
Stranger in the Night (1966)
Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (with Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967)
Best of the Best (compilation: 1953-80; released 2001)
My Way: The Best of (compilation: 1954-86, 1997)


Nancy Sinatra

Pop singer born 6/8/1940 in Jersey City, NJ. Daughter of singer Frank Sinatra.

Song(s):
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (1966)
Somethin’ Stupid (1967) – see Frank Sinatra
Jackson (with Lee Hazlewood, 1967)
Some Velvet Morning (with Lee Hazlewood, 1968)


Bob Sinclair

Song(s):
Love Generation (with Gary "Nesta" Pine, 2005)


Talvin Singh

Album(s):
OK (1999)


The Singing Nun

Song(s):
Dominique (1963)

Album(s):
The Singing Nun (1963)


Siouxsie & the Banshees

Song(s):
Metal Postcard (1978)
Christine (1980)
Cities in Dust (1985)
Peek-a-Boo (1988)

Album(s):
The Scream (1978)


Sir Douglas Quintet

Song(s):
She’s about a Mover (1965)


Sir Mix-A-Lot

Song(s):
My Hooptie (1989)
Baby Got Back (1992)


Sisqó

Song(s):
Thong Song (2000)
Incomplete (2000)


Sister Hazel

Song(s):
All for You (1997)


Sister Sledge

Song(s):
He’s the Greatest Dancer (1979)
We Are Family (1979)


Sisters of Mercy

Song(s):
This Corrosion (1987)

Album(s):
Floodland (1987)


Sisters with Voices (SWV)

Song(s):
Weak (1993)
Right Here/Human Nature (1993)
You’re the One (1996)


6ix9ine

Song(s):
Fefe (with Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz, 2018)
Trollz (with Nicki Minaj, 2020)


Sixpence None the Richer

Song(s):
Kiss Me (1998)
There She Goes (1999)


Ricky Skaggs

Country singer born 7/18/1954 in Cordell, KY.

Song(s):
Crying My Heart Out Over You (1982)
I Don’t Care (1982)
Heartbroke (1982)
I Wouldn’t Change You if I Could (1982)
Highway 40 Blues (1983)
Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown (1983)
Honey Open That Door (1984)
Uncle Pen (1984)
Country Boy (1985)
Cajun Moon (1986)
Lovin’ Only Me (1989)


The Skatalites

Song(s):
Guns of Navarone (1967)


Skee-Lo

Song(s):
I Wish (1995)


Skepta

Song(s):
Shutdown (2015)

Album(s):
Konnichiwa (2016)


Skid Row

Song(s):
18 and Life (1989)
I Remember You (1989)
Youth Gone Wild (1989)

Album(s):
Skid Row (1989)
Slave to the Grind (1991)


Skipworth & Turner

Song(s):
Can’t Give Her Up (1986)


Skrillex

Song(s):
Where Are Ü Now (with Diplo & Justin Bieber, 2015)


Skyhooks

Song (s):
Horror Movie (1975)
Jukebox in Siberia (1990)

Album(s):
Living in the ‘70s (1975)
Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975)


The Skylarks

Song(s):
Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon (1946) – see Russ Morgan
Forever and Ever (1949) – see Russ Morgan


The Skyliners

Song(s):
Since I Don’t Have You (1959)
This I Swear (1959)


Freddie Slack

Song(s):
Mister Five by Five (1942)
The House of Blue Lights (with Ella Mae Morse, 1946)

Album(s):
Boogie Woogie (1945)


Slade

Song(s):
Coz I Luv You (1971)
Mama Weer All Crazee Now (1972)
Cum on Feel the Noize (1973)
Merry Xmas Everybody (1973)
Far Far Away (1974)

Album(s):
Alive! (live, 1972)


Chris Slade

Rock drummer born Christopher Rees on 10/30/46 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. With Tom Jones (65-69), Manfred Mann (72-78), the Firm (84-86), AC/DC (89-95, 2015-), and Asia (01-05).


Slash

Rock guitarist born Saul Hudson on 7/23/1965 in Hampstead, London, England. With Guns N’ Roses (1985-96, 2016-), Slash’s Snakepit, and Velvet Revolver (2003-08).

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Leonard Slatkin

Orchestra conductor.


Slaughter

Song(s):
Up All Night (1990)
Fly to the Angels (1990)


Slave

Song(s):
Slide (1977)


Slayer

Song(s):
Angel of Death (1986)
Raining Blood (1986)

Album(s):
Reign in Blood (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)


Percy Sledge

R&B singer born 11/25/1940 in Leighton, AL. Died 4/14/2015.

Song(s):
When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)
Take Time to Know Her (1968)


Grace Slick

Rock singer born Grace Barnett Wing on 10/30/1939 in Highland Park, IL. With Jefferson Airplane.


Slick Rick

Song(s):
La Di Da Di (1985) – see Doug E. Fresh
Children’s Story (1989)

Album(s):
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)


Slim


Slim Dusty

Song(s):
A Pub with No Beer (1958)
Duncan (1981)


Slint

Album(s):
Spiderland (1991)


Slipknot

Song(s):
Wait and Bleed (1998)
Duality (2004)

Album(s):
All Hope Is Gone (2008)
V: The Gray Chapter (2014)
We Are Not Your Kind (2019)


The Slits

Album(s):
Cut (1979)


Hillel Slovak

Rock guitarist born 4/13/1962 in Haifa, Israel. Died 6/25/1988. With Red Hot Chili Peppers.


Sly & the Family Stone

Interracial psychedelic-soul group formed by "Sly Stone". Formed in San Francisco, CA. Played Woodstock Festival in 1969. 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):
Everyday People (1968)
Dance to the Music (1968)
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (1969)
Hot Fun in the Summertime (1969)
Stand! (1969)
Sing a Simple Song (1969)
Family Affair (1971)

Album(s):
Stand! (1969)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1967-70) – see Anthology
There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
Fresh (1973)
Anthology (compilation: 1968-73)


The Small Faces

British rock group. 1965-1969. Steve Marriott (v: 65-68, 75-78), Ronnie Lane (b: 65-69, 75), Ian McLagan (k: 65-69, 75-78), Kenney Jones (d: 65-69, 75-78). After Marriott's departure, the group enlisted Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood and continued as The Faces.

Song(s):
Tin Soldier (1967)
Itchycoo Park (1967)
Lazy Sunday (1968)

Album(s):
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (1968)


Millie Small

Song(s):
My Boy Lollipop (1964)


Ed Smalle

Song(s):
That Old Gang of Mine (1923) – see Billy Murray


Charlie Smalls

Album(s): The Wiz (musical: 1975)


Smashing Pumpkins

Alternative rock group formed in Chicago. IL. 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 Chamberlin (d: 89-00, 06-), Melissa Auf Der Maur (b: 99-00), Jeff Schroeder (g: 06-), Ginger Pooley (b: 06-10), Mike Byrne (d/k: 09-14), Nicole Florentino (b/k: 10-14). Corgan and Chamberlain were also in Zwan together.

DMDB podcast: Smashing Pumpkins: The Best of, 1991-2023

Song(s):
Smashing Pumpkins: The Top 50 Songs
Disarm (1993)
Today (1993)
Cherub Rock (1993)
Mayonaise (1993)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings (1995)
1979 (1995)
Tonight, Tonight (1996)

Album(s):
Siamese Dream (1993)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)


Smash Mouth


All Star (1999)


Pat Smear

Rock guitarist born George Albert Ruthenberg on 8/5/1959 in Los Angeles, CA. With the Germs (1976-80), Nirvana (rhythm g: 93), and Foo Fighters (1995-97, 2010-).


Adrian Smith


Arthur Smith & His Cracker Jacks

Song(s):
Guitar Boogie (1948)


Bessie Smith

Blues singer born 4/15/1894 in Chattanooga, TN. Died 9/26/1937. Known as "The Empress of the Blues".

Song(s):
Down Hearted Blues (1923)
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (1923)
Aggravatin’ Papa (1923)
St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstong, 1925)
Careless Love Blues (1925)
Lost Your Head Blues (1926)
Back Water Blues (1927)
Empty Bed Blues (1928)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (with Jimmie Cox, 1929)

Album(s):
The World's Greatest Blues Singer (1933)
The Essential (compilation: 1923-33, released 1997)


Bobbie Smith

R&B co-lead tenor with The Spinners (1954-2013). Born Robert Steel Smith on 4/10/1936 in Detroit, Michigan. Died 3/16/2013.


Carl Smith

Country singer born 3/15/1927 in Maynardsville, TN. Died 1/16/2010.

Song(s):
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way (1951)
When You Feel Like You’re in Love, Don’t Just Stand There (1952)
Are You Teasing Me (1952)
Hey Joe (1953)
Loose Talk (1954)


Chad Smith

Rock drummer born 10/25/1961 in Saint Paul, MN. With Red Hot Chili Peppers.


Clarence "Pine Top" Smith

Song(s):
Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie (1928)


Connie Smith

Country singer born Constance June Meador on 8/14/1941 in Elkhart, IN. 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.

Song(s):
Once a Day (1964)


Curt Smith

Singer/songwriter and musician born 6/24/1961 in Bath, Somerset, England. With Graduate (1978-81) and Tears for Fears (1981-90, 2004, 2017-2022).

Album(s):
Soul on Board (1993)
Halfway Pleased (2007)
Deceptively Heavy (2013)


Elliott Smith

Song(s):
Miss Misery (1997)
Waltz #2 (XO) (1998)

Album(s):
Either/Or (1997)


Harry B. Smith


Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns

Song(s):
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu (1929)

Album(s):
Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival (1975)


Jimmy Smith

Jazz pianist born James Oscar Smith on 12/8/1928 in Norristown, PA. Died 2/8/2005.


Joseph B. Smith


Joseph C. Smith

Song(s):
Smiles (with Harry MacDonough, 1918)
The Love Nest (1920)
Three O’Clock in the Morning (1922)


Kate Smith

Singer born Kathryn Elizabeth Smith on 5/1/1907 in Greenville, VA. Died 6/17/1986.

Song(s):
When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain (1931)
River Stay ‘Way from My Door (with Guy Lombardo, 1932)
God Bless America (1939)
Last Time I Saw Paris (1940)
The Woodpecker Song (1940)
I Don’t Want to Walk Without You (1943)
Sioux City Sue (1946)


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)


Michael W. Smith

Contemporary Christian singer born Michael Whitaker Smith on 10/7/1957 in Kenova, WV. Has sold 18 million albums and had 31 #1 Christian songs.


Mike Smith

Rock singer and keyboardist born 12/6/1943 in London, England. With Dave Clark Five.


Mindy Smith

Song(s):
Come to Jesus (2004)


Neal Smith

Rock drummer born 9/23/1947 in Akron, OH. With Alice Cooper.


Patti Smith

Punk-rock singer/songwriter born 12/30/1946 in Chicago, IL.

Song(s):
Piss Factory (1974)
Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) (1975)
Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (1975)
Because the Night (1978)
Privilege (1978)
Dancing Barefoot (1979)
The Jackson Song (1988)

Album(s):
Horses (1975)


Robert Smith

Goth-rock singer/songwriter born 4/21/1959 in Blackpool, England. With The Cure (1978-).


Sam Smith

Song(s):
La La La (with Naughty Boy, 2013)
Stay with Me (2014)
I’m Not the Only One (2014)
Writing’s on the Wall (2015)
Too Good at Goodbyes (2017)
Promises (2018) – see Calvin Harris
Dancing with a Stranger (with Normani, 2019)
Unholy (with Kim Petras, 2022)

Album(s):
In the Lonely Hour (2014)


Sammi Smith

Song(s):
Help Me Make It Through the Night (1971)


Samuel Francis Smith

Songs written by Smith:
My Country ‘Tis of Thee (words: Smith, music: Henry Carey; 1831)


Steve Smith

Rock drummer born 8/21/1954 in Whitman, MA. With Journey (1979-83, 1995-98, 2015-20) and The Storm (1990-91).


Trixie Smith & the Jazz Masters

Song(s):
My Man Rocks Me with One Steady Roll (1922)


TV Smith

Song(s):
Tomahawk Cruise (1980)
New Ways Are Best (1981)


Velma Smith


Warren Smith

Song(s):
Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache (1957)


Wayne Smith

Song(s):
Under Me Sleng Teng (1985)


Whispering Jack Smith

Song(s):
Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya? Huh?) (1926)
Me and My Shadow (1927)


Will Smith

Rap singer and actor born 9/25/1968 in Philadelphia, PA. Recorded as Fresh Prince with DJ Jazzy Jeff before going solo and using his own name.

Song(s):
Parents Just Don’t Understand (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, 1988)
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990)
Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, 1991)
Boom! Shake the Room (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, 1993)
Men in Black (1997)
Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It (1997)
Switch (2005)

Album(s):
He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, 1988)
Homebase (1991)
Big Willie Style (1997)


Willie "The Lion" Smith

Jazz pianist born 11/25/1897 in Goshen, NY. Died 8/18/1973


Willow Smith


Whip My Hair (2010)


The Smithereens

Song(s):
Behind the Wall of Sleep (1986)


The Smiths

College rock group formed in Manchester, England in 1982. Active until 1987. Morrissey (v), Johnny Marr (g), Andy Rourke (b), Mike Joyce (d).

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DMDB podcast: The Best of the Smiths, 1983-1987 (In Memory of Andy Rourke)

Song(s):
Top 50 Songs: The Smiths/Morrissey
This Charming Man (1983)
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (1984)
How Soon Is Now? (1984)
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1984)
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986)
The Queen Is Dead (1986)
Panic (1986)
Girlfriend in a Coma (1987)

Album(s):
The Smiths (1984)
Hatful of Hollow (archives, 1984)
Meat Is Murder (1985)
The Queen Is Dead (1986)
The World Won't Listen (archives, 1987)
Louder Than Bombs (archives, 1983-87, released 1987)
Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
The Very Best of (compilation: 1983-87, released 2001)
Complete (box: 1983-87, released 2011)


Smokey

Song(s):
Living Next Door to Alice (1976)


Smudge

Song(s):
The Outdoor Type (1997)


Patty Smyth

Song(s):
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (with Don Henley, 1992)


Snail Mail

Song(s):
Heat Wave (2018)


Snap!

Song(s):
The Power (1990)
Rhythm Is a Dancer (1992)


Todd Snider

Song(s):
Alright Guy (1994)


Sniff 'N' the Tears

Song(s):
Driver's Seat (1979)


Snoop Dogg

Rapper born Cordozar Calvin Broadus on 10/20/1971 in Long Beach, CA. 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 (1992) – see Dr. Dre
Dre Day (1992) – see <Dr. Dre
Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang (1992) – see Dr. Dre
Doggy Dogg World (1993)
Gin & Juice (1994)
Murder Was the Case (1994)
Still D.R.E. (1999) – see Dr. Dre
Drop It Like It’s Hot (with Pharrell Williams, 2004)
Signs (with Justin Timberlake, 2005)
Buttons (2006) – see Pussycat Dolls
California Gurls (2010) – see Katy Perry
All I Do Is Win (2010) – see DJ Khaled
Sweat (with David Guetta, 2011)
Young, Wild & Free (with Wiz Khalifa, 2011)

Album(s):
Doggystyle (1993)


Snow

Song(s):
Informer (1993)


Hank Snow

Country singer born Clarence Eugene Snow on 5/9/1914 in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada. Died 12/20/1999.

Song(s):
I’m Movin’ On (1950)
The Golden Rocket (1950)
The Rhumba Boogie (1951)
I Don't Hurt Anymore (1954)
Let Me Go, Lover! (1954)
I’ve Been Everywhere (1962)
Hello Love (1974)


Mark Snow

Film and television composer born Martin Fulterman on 8/26/1946 in New York, NY. Best known for composing the theme music for The X-Files.


Snow Patrol

Song(s):
Run (2004)
Chasing Cars (2006)
Shut Your Eyes (2006)
Crack the Shutters (2008)
Just Say Yes (2009)

Album(s):
Eyes Open (2006)


Bill Snyder

Song(s):
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (from Pal Joey, 1950)


Ted Snyder


Social Distortion

Album(s):
Mommy's Little Monster (1983)
Ring of Fire (1990)
I Was Wrong (1996)


Soft Cell

British new wave duo comprised of Dave Ball and Marc Almond.

Song(s):
Tainted Love (1981)
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (1982)


The Soft Machine

Song(s):
Why Are We Sleeping? (1968)

Album(s):
The Soft Machine (1968)


Machiko Soga

Song(s):
Oba-Q Ondo (1966)


The Soggy Bottom Boys

Song(s):
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (2001)


Solange

Album(s):
A Seat at the Table (2016)


Marco Antonio Solis


Georg Solti

Conductor born 10/21/1912 in Hungary. Died 9/5/1997.


Stephen Sondheim

Musical theater composer born 3/22/1930 in New York City, NY. Died 11/26/2021.

Songs(s):
Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy, 1959) – see Ethel Merman
Tonight (from West Side Storysoundtrack: 1961) – see Marni Nixon
Somewhere (from West Side Story, 1961) – see Marni Nixon
Maria (from West Side Story soundtrack: 1961) – see Jim Bryant
Comedy Tonight (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1964) – see Zero Mostel
Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music, 1973) – see Judy Collins

Album(s):
Candide (musical: 1956) – see Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story (musical: 1957, soundtrack: 1961) – see Leonard Bernstein
Gypsy (musical: 1959) – see Jule Styne, musical: 1959)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical: 1962)
Company (musical: 1970)
Follies (musical: 1971)
A Little Night Music (musical: 1973)
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical: 1979, soundtrack: 2008)
Merrily We Roll Along (musical: 1981)
Sunday in the Park with George (musical: 1984)
Follies in Concert (1986)
Into the Woods (musical: 1988)
Assassins (musical: 1990)
Passion (musical: 1994)


The Song Spinners

Song(s):
You'll Never Know (1943) – see Dick Haymes
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer (1943)


Sonia Dada

Song(s):
You Don’t Treat Me No Good (1993)


The Sonics

Song(s):
The Witch (1964)
Strychnine (1965)


Sonic Youth

Song(s):
Teenage Riot (1988)
Kool Thing (1990)

Album(s):
Sister (1987)
Daydream Nation (1988)


Sonny & Cher

Pop duo comprised of Sonny Bono and Cher. 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

Song(s):
I Got You Babe (1965)
Baby Don’t Go (1965)


Sons of the Desert

Song(s):
I Hope You Dance (2000) – see Lee Ann Womack


Sons of the Pioneers

Song(s):
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1934)
Cool Water (1941)


Matt Sorum

Rock drummer born 11/19/1960 in Mission Viejo, CA. With Guns N’ Roses (1990-97) and Velvet Revolver (2003-08).


So Solid Crew

Song(s):
21 Seconds (2001)


The S.O.S. Band

Song(s):
Take Your Time (Do It Right) (1980)
Just Be Good to Me (1983)


Soul Asylum

Song(s):
Runaway Train (1993)
Somebody to Shove (1993)
Promises Broken (1995)


Soul Coughing

Song(s):
Super Bon Bon (1996)


Soulja Boy Tell'Em

Song(s):
Crank That (Soulja Boy) (2007)


David Soul

Song(s):
Don’t Give Up on Us (1977)


Jimmy Soul

Song(s):
If You Wanna Be Happy (1963)


The Soul Brothers Six

Song(s):
Some Kind of Wonderful (1967)


The Soul Stirrers

Song(s):
Jesus Gave Me Water (1950)
Touch the Hem of His Garment (1956)
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (1957)
By and By (1959)


The Soul Survivors

Song(s):
Expressway to Your Heart (1967)


Soul II Soul

Song(s):
Keep on Movin’ (1989)
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (1989)

Album(s):
Club Classics Vol. 1 (aka "Keep on Movin'") (1989)


Soundgarden

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):
Jesus Christ Pose (1991)
Outshined (1991)
Rusty Cage (1991)
Spoonman (1994)
Black Hole Sun (1994)
Burden in My Hand (1996)
Been Away Too Long (2012)
Live to Rise (2012)

Album(s):
Badmotorfinger (1991)
Superunknown (1994)


John Philip Sousa

Songwriter born 11/6/1854 in Washington, DC. Known as "The March King." Died 3/6/1932.

Song(s):
The Washington Post March (1895)
El Capitan March (1895)
King Cotton March (1895)
The Stars and Stripes Forever (1897, new version: 1901)
At a Georgia Camp Meeting (1900)
In the Good Old Summertime (with Harry Macdonough & S.H. Dudley, 1902)
Creole Belles (1902)


Joe South

Song(s):
Games People Play (1968)
Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home (1969)


J.D. Souther

Rock singer/songwriter born John David Souther on 11/2/1945 in Detroit, Michigan. Had hits on his own with "You're Only Lonely" and "Her Town Too" (duet with James Taylor). Also wrote/co-wrote for and with others, including Burt Bacharach; Jackson Browne; Crosby, Stills & Nash; the Eagles ("Heartach Tonight", "Best of My Love", "New Kid in Town"); Don Henley ("The Heart of the Matter"); Roy Orbison; Bonnie Raitt; Linda Ronstadt; George Strait; Brian Wilson; Trisha Yearwood; and Warren Zevon.


Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Song(s):
I Don’t Want to Go Home (1976)


Space

Song(s):
Female of the Species (1996)


Esperanza Spalding

Jazz singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer born 10/18/1984 in Portland, Oregon.


Spandau Ballet

Song(s):
True (1983)


The Spaniels

Song(s):
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight (1954)
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) (1958)


Spanky & Our Gang

Song(s):
Sunday Will Never Be the Same (1967)
Lazy Day (1967)


Otis Spann

Blues pianist born 3/21/1924 (or 1930) in Belzoni or Jackson, Mississippi. Died 4/24/1970.

Album(s):
Otis Spann Is the Blues (1960)


Pervis Spann


Sparks

Song(s):
This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us (1974)
Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth (1974)
Change (1985)
When Do I Get to Sing ‘My Way’? (1994)


Britney Spears

Dance-pop singer born 12/2/1981 in McComb, Mississippi.

Song(s):
Baby One More Time (1998)
Oops! I Did It Again (2000)
I’m a Slave 4 U (2001)
Me Against the Music (with Madonna, 2003)
Toxic (2003)
Everytime (2003)
Piece of Me (2007)
Gimme More (2007)
Womanizer (2008)
Circus (2008)
3 (2009)
S & M (2010) – see Rihanna
Hold It Against Me (2011)
I Wanna Go (2011)
Scream & Shout (2012) – see will.i.am
Hold Me Closer (2022) – see Elton John

Album(s):
…Baby One More Time (1999)
Oops!...I Did It Again (2000)


Paul Specht

Song(s):
When Hearts Are Young (1923)
Chant of the Jungle (1929)


The Specials

Song(s):
A Message to You Rudy (with Rico Rodriguez, 1979)
Gangsters (1979)
Nite Klub (1979)
Ghost Town (1981)
The Boiler (with Rhoda Dakar, 1982)
Nelson Mandela (1984)

Album(s):
The Specials (1979)


Phil Spector

Pop/rock producer born 12/26/1939 in Brooklyn, NY. Noted for developing the "Wall of Sound" approach to recording. During the '60s, he worked with the Crystals, the Dixie Cups, Ben E. King, the Ramones, the Righteous Brothers, the Ronettes, and Ike & Tina Turner. He also produced the Beatles' last album (1970's Let It Be) and solo albums for John Lennon (1970's Plastic Ono Band, 1971's Imagine), and George Harrison (1970's All Things Must Pass).

Songs Produced and/or Written by Spector:
Phil Spector: Top 50 Songs
Spanish Harlem (1960) – see Ben E. King
He's a Rebel (1962) – see the Crystals
Be My Baby (1963) – see the Ronettes
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) (1963) – see the Crystals
Chapel of Love (1964) – see the Dixie Cups
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (1964) – see Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody (1965) – see Righteous Brothers
River Deep, Mountain High (1966) – see Tina Turner
Let It Be (1970) – see the Beatles
My Sweet Lord (1970) – see George Harrison
Imagine (1971) – see John Lennon

Albums Produced by Spector:
A Christmas Gift for You (various artists, 1963)
Back to Mono (box, 1958-69, released 1991)
Let It Be (1970) – see the Beatles
All Things Must Pass (1970) – see George Harrison
Plastic Ono Band (1970) – see John Lennon
Imagine (1971) – see John Lennon


Ronnie Spector

R&B singer born Veronica Yvette Greenfield on 8/10/1943 in East Harlem, NY. Died 1/12/2022. With The Ronettes.


Speedo

Member of Rocket from the Crypt.


Henry C. Speir


Alexander "Skip" Spence

Born 4/18/1946 in Windsor, Ontario. Died 4/16/1999. 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)


Elizabeth Spencer

Song(s):
Let the Rest of the World Go By (with Charles Hart, 1920)


Grace Spencer

Song(s):
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (1901) – see Harry MacDonough, 1901)


Jeremy Spencer

Blues-rock guitarist born 7/4/1948 in Hartlepool, County Durham, UK. With Fleetwood Mac (1967-71).


Len Spencer

Pop singer born Leonard Garfield Spencer on 2/12/1867 in Washington, DC. Died 12/15/1914.

Song(s):
Little ‘Liza Loves You (1891)
Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay (1892)
The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1892)
Near It (1892)
Carry Me Back to Orld Virginny (1893)
Mamie Come and Kiss Your Honey Boy (1893)
Little Alabama Coon (1895)
The Bully (aka 'Dat New Bully') (1895)
You've Been a Good Old Wagon But You've Done Broken Down (1896)
Hot Time on the Levee (with Vess Ossman, 1896)
A Hot Time in the Old Town (1897)
Oh Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose (1897)
My Gal Is a High-Born Lady (1897)
I Don't Like No Cheap Man (1898)
Hello Ma Baby (1899)
Smoky Mokes (1899)
Ma Tiger Lily (1900)
The Arkansaw Traveler (1902)
Peaches and Cream (with Ada Jones, 1906)


Spice Girls

British pop quintet comprised of Victoria Adams (later Beckham, aka "Posh Spice"), Melanie Brown (aka Mel B or "Scary Spice"), Emma Bunton (aka "Baby Spice"), Melanie Chisholm (aka Mel C or "Sporty Spice"), and Gerri Halliwell (aka "Ginger Spice"). Active: 1994-2000 .

Song(s):
Wannabe (1996)
2 Become 1 (1996)
Say You’ll Be There (1997)

Album(s):
Spice (1996)
Spiceworld (1997)


Spiderbait

Song(s):
Black Betty (2004)


Spiller

Song(s):
Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) (with Sopie Ellis-Bextor, 2000)


Spin Doctors

Song(s):
Two Princes (1991)


Spinal Tap

Album(s):
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)


The Spinners

R&B vocal group from Ferndale High School near Detroit in 1954. 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. Came to define the sound of Philadelphia soul.

Members: G.C. Cameron (v: 68-72). 1972 lineup included Philippe Wynne (tenor: Spinners: 72-77; Parliament/Funkadelic; died 7/14/84), Bobbie Smith (tenor), Billy Henderson (tenor), Henry Fambrough (baritone), Pervis Jackson (bass), John Edwards (tenor: 77-)

Song(s):
I’ll Be Around (1972)
Could It Be I’m Falling I Love (1972)
One of a Kind Love Affair (1973)
Mighty Love (1974)
Then Came You (1974) – see Dionne Warwick
They Just Can’t Stop It (Games People Play) (1975)
The Rubberband Man (1976)
Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl (1979)


Spirit

Song(s):
1984 (1970)
Nature’s Way (1970)

Album(s):
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)


Spirit of the West

Song(s):
Home for a Rest (1990)


Spiritualized

Album(s):
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)


Victoria Spivey


Split Enz

New wave band formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1972 by Tim Finn (v/k: 72-84) and Phil Judd (v/g: 72-77). Also included Geoff Chunn (d: 73-74), Mike Chunn (b: 72-77), Noel Crombie (percussion/art director: 74-84), Emlyn Crowther (d: 74-76), Neil Finn (v/g: 77-84), Robert Gillies (sax/trumpet: 73-78), Miles Golding (violin: 72-73), Malcolm Green (d: 76-81), Nigel Griggs (b: 77-84), Paul Hester (d: 83-84), Mike Howard (flute: 72-73), Eddie Rayner (k: 74-84), Div Vercoe (d: 73), Wally Wilkinson (g: 73-75). Neil Finn and Hester went on to form Crowded House.

DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: The Best of Crowded House and Neil Finn

Song(s):
Neil & Tim Finn: Top 100 Songs
I Got You (1980)
I Hope I Never (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)
History Never Repeats (compilation: 1976-84, released 1987)


Sponge

Song(s):
Plowed (1994)


Spoon

Song(s):
The Way We Get By (2002)
Do You (2014)
Hot Thoughts (2017)

Album(s):
Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)


Dusty Springfield

Blue-eyed soul singer born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien on 4/16/1939 in West Hampstead, London, England. Died 3/2/1999.

Song(s):
I Only Want to Be with You (1963)
Wishin’ and Hopin’ (1964)
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (1966)
The Look of Love (1967)
Son of a Preacher Man (1968)
Just a Little Lovin’ (1969)
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1987) – see Pet Shop Boys

Album(s):
Dusty in Memphis (1969)


Rick Springfield

Song(s):
Jessie’s Girl (1981)
Don’t Talk to Strangers (1982)
Affair of the Heart (1983)


Bruce Springsteen

Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen on 9/23/1949 in Freehold, NJ. Known as "The Boss." Worked local clubs in New Jersey and Greenwich Village in the mid-60’s. Married to model/actress Julianne Phillips from 1985-1989. Married Patti Scialfa on 6/8/91.

Has recorded and toured solo and with the E Street Band. Current members: Roy Bittan (k: 74-), Jake Clemons (sax: 12-), Nils Lofgren (g: 84-), Patti Scialfa (v/k/g: 84-), Gary Tallent (b: 72-), Steven Van Zandt (g: 75-83,95-), and Max Weinberg (d: 74-). Past members have included Clarence Clemons (sax: 72-11; died in 2011), Danny Federici (k: 72-08; died 2008), Vini Lopez (d: 72-74), and David Sancious (k: 72-74).

Special Pages:
DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: The Best of Bruce Springsteen, 1973-1988
DMDB podcast: The Best of Bruce Springsteen, 1992-2022
In Concert (2000)
In Concert (2023)

Song(s):
Bruce Springsteen: Top 100 Songs
Blinded by the Light (1973)
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Thunder Road (1975)
Jungleland (1975)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (live, 1975)
Badlands (1978)
Adam Raised a Cain (1978)
Hungry Heart (1980)
The River (1980)
Stolen Car (1980)
Atlantic City (1982)
Highway Patrolman (1982)
Dancing in the Dark (1984)
Pink Cadillac (1984)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Glory Days (1984)
I’m on Fire (1984)
My Hometown (1984)
Trapped (live, 1984)
War (live, 1985)
Brilliant Disguise (1987)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Spare Parts (1987)
Stand by Me (live, 1987) – see U2
Every Breath You Take (live, 1988) – see Sting
The River (live with Sting, 1988)
Human Touch (1992)
Streets of Philadelphia (1994)
Secret Garden (1995)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Thunder Road (live, 1995) – see Melissa Etheridge
Spare Parts (live, 1996)
Born in the U.S.A. (live, slow version, 1996)
We Shall Overcome (1998)
Land of Hope and Dreams (recorded live 1999, released 2001)
American Skin (41 Shots) (recorded live 2000, released 2001)
I’ll Stand by You (recorded 2000, released 2017)
My City of Ruins (2000)
The Rising (2002)
Empty Sky (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
When the Saints Go Marching In (live, 2006)
Radio Nowhere (2007)
Girls in Their Summer Clothes (2007)
Magic (2007)
Terry’s Song (2007)
The Wrestler (2008)
Outlaw Pete (2009)
London Calling (live, 2009)
We Take Care of Our Own (2012)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
Rocky Ground (2012)
Jack of All Trades (2012)
Sexy as I Know It (2012) – see Jimmy Fallon
Whip My Hair (2012) – see Jimmy Fallon
Don’t Change (live, 2014)
Stayin’ Alive (live, 2014)
Royals (live, 2014)
Jump (live, 2014)
Rebel Rebel (live, 2016)
Take It Easy (live, 2016)
Purple Rain (live, 2016)
That’s What Makes Us Great (2017) – see Joe Grushecky
Hello Sunshine (2019)
Sundown (2019)
Wasted Days (2021) – see John Mellencamp
History Books (2023) – see The Gaslight Anthem
Addicted to Romance (2023)

Album(s):
Bruce Springsteen: Top 10 Albums
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)
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (box set: 1979-80, released 2015)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Live 1975/1985 (live box with the E Street Band, 1985)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
In Concert/MTV Plugged (live: recorded 1992, released 1993)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1975-95, released 1995)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Tracks (archives, box: 1972-95, released 1998)
Live in New York City (live: 2000, released 2001)
The Rising (2002)
The Essential: Limited Edition (box: 1973-2002, released 2003)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (covers, 2006)
Magic (2007)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1973-2007, released 2009)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
Collection (compilation: 1973-2010, released 2013)
High Hopes (2014)
American Beauty (EP, 2014)
The Essential (compilation: 1973-2014, released 2015)
Chapter and Verse (compilation: 1966-2012, released 2016)
Springsteen on Broadway (live, 2018)
Western Stars (2019)
Letter to You (2020)
Best of (compilation: 1973-2020, released 2024)
Only the Strong Survive (covers: 2022)

The DMDB Blog:
Jon Landau wrote about Bruce Springsteen: May 22, 1974 (5/22/12)


Squeeze

New wave group from England led by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. Paul Carrack served as a guest vocalist in 1981 ("Tempted") and 1993 ("Some Fantastic Place").

DMDB profile page: Squeeze
DMDB podcast: The Best of Squeeze
Squeeze: In Concert

Song(s):
The Top 50 Songs of Squeeze, Chris Difford, and Glenn Tilbrook
Goodbye Girl (1978)
Up the Junction (1979)
Cool for Cats (1979)
Slap and Tickle (1979)
Pulling Mussels from the Shell (1980)
Tempted (1981)
Black Coffee in Bed (1982)
I Won’t Ever Go Drinking Again (?) (1985)
Heartbreaking World (1985)
Slaughtered, Gutted, and Heartbroken (1989)
Temptation for Love (with Cathy Dennis, 1995)
To Be a Dad (1998)

Album(s):
Squeeze (1978)
Cool for Cats (1979)
Argybargy (1980)
East Side Story (1981)
Sweets from a Stranger (1982)
Singles: 45s and Under (compilation: 1978-82, released 1982)
Difford & Tilbrook (Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, 1984)
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985)
Babylon and On (1987)
Frank (1989)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1978-89, released 2001)
Play (1991)
Some Fantastic Place (1993)
Piccadilly Collection (compilation: 1980-93, released 1996)
Ridiculous (1995)
Domino (1998)
Big Squeeze: The Very Best of (compilation: 1978-98, released 2002)
Essential (compilation: 1978-98, released 2007)
Cradle to the Grave (2015)
The Knowledge (2017)


Billy Squier

Song(s):
Christmas Is the Time to Say "I Love You" (1981)
Everybody Wants You (1982)


Chris Squire

Progressive rock bassist born 3/4/1948 in Kingsbury, London, England. Died 6/27/2015. With Yes (1968-2015).


John Squire


Squirrel Nut Zippers

Song(s):
Hell (The Afterlife) (1996)


Stabbing Westward

Song(s):
What Do I Have to Do? (1996)


Jo Stafford

Singer 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):
Yes Indeed! (1941) – see Tommy Dorsey
Alone Together (1944)
Candy (1945) – see Johnny Mercer
My Darling, My Darling (with Gordon MacRae, 1948)
No Other Love (1950)
If (They Made Me King) (1951)
You Belong to Me (1952)
Make Love to Me! (1954)


Terry Stafford

Song(s):
Suspicion (1964)


Staind

Song(s):
It’s Been Awhile (2001)
So Far Away (2003)
Not Again (2011)


Chris Stamp

Music manager born 7/7/1942 in East End of London, England. Died 11/24/2012. Worked with the Who and Jimi Hendrix.


The Standells

Song(s):
Dirty Water (1966)


Johnny Standley

Song(s):
It’s in the Book (1952)


The Stanley Brothers

Bluegrass duo comprised of brothers Carter Stanley (1925-1966) and Ralph Stanley (1927-2016). Performed as the Stanley Brothers with their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. Ralph continued to used the name "Stanley Brothers" after his brother’s death.

Song(s):
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (1950)
Rank Stranger (1960)


Aileen Stanley

Song(s):
My Mammy (1921)
All by Myself (1921)
Everybody Loves My Baby (1925)


Frank Stanley

Singer and banjoist born William Stanley Grinsted on 12/29/1868 in Orange, NJ. Died 12/12/1910. Sang bass with the Peerless Quartet (1907-10).

Song(s):
Blue Bell (1904) – see Byron G. Harlan
Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka "The Mocking Bird") (with Corinne Morgan, 1904)
Auld Lang Syne (1907)
Red Wing (An Indian Fable) (with Henry Burr, 1907)
Good Evening, Caroline (with Elise Stevenson, 1909)
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (1910) – see Byron G. Harlan


Michael Stanley Band

Song(s):
My Town (1983)


Paul Stanley

Rock guitarist born Stanley Bert Eisen in Manhattan, NY. Founding member of band Kiss (73-).


Ralph Stanley


Lisa Stansfield

Song(s):
People Hold On (1989) – see Coldcut
All Around the World (1989)
You Can’t Deny It (1990)
All Woman (1991)


The Staple Singers

Song(s):
Uncloudy Day (1956)
A Dying Man’s Plea (1962)
Respect Yourself (1971)
Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) (1971)
I’ll Take You There (1972)
If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me) (1973)
Let’s Do It Again (1975)

Album(s):
Soul Folk in Action (1968)


Cleotha Staples

Gospel singer born 4/11/1934 in Drew, MS. Died 2/21/2013. With Staple Singers.


Mavis Staples

Gospel singer born 7/10/1939 in Chicago, IL. With Staple Singers.

Song(s):
I’ll Take You There (1991) – see BeBe & CeCe Winans
I Give You Power (2017) – see Arcade Fire
Nina Cried Power (2018) – see Hozier


Pervis Staples

Gospel singer born 11/18/1935 in Drew, MS. Died 5/6/2021. With Staple Singers.


Roebuck "Pops" Staples

Gospel singer born 12/28/1914 in Winona, MS. Died 12/19/2000. With Staple Singers.


Yvonne Staples

Gospel singer born 10/23/1936 in Chicago, IL. With Staple Singers.


Chris Stapleton

Song(s):
Tennessee Whiskey (2015)
Nobody to Blame (2015)
Broken Halos (2017)
Starting Over (2020)
Cold (2020)
You Should Probably Leave (2020)
White Horse (2023)

Album(s):
Traveller (2015)
From a Room: Volume I (2017)
Starting Over (2020)


Jack Stapp


Starbuck

Song(s):
Moonlight Feels Right (1976)


Stardust

Song(s):

Music Sounds Better with You (1998)


Alvin Stardust

Song(s):
My Coo-Ca-Chooo (1973)


Zak Starkey

Rock drummer with The Who and Oasis. Song of drummer Ringo Starr.


Starland Vocal Band

Song(s):
Afternoon Delight (1976)


Edwin Starr

R&B singer/songwriter born Charles Edwin Hatcher on 1/21/1942 in Nashville, TN. Died 4/2/2003. Famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced singles of the 1970s.

Song(s):
Agent Double-O-Soul (1965)
Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.) (1966)
War (1970)


Kay Starr

Pop singer born Katherine Laverne Starks on 7/21/1922 in Dougherty, OK. Died 11/3/2016.

Song(s):
Wheel of Fortune (1952)
Rock and Roll Waltz (1955)


Maurice Starr

Pop songwriter best known for his work with New Kids on the Block.


Ringo Starr

Rock drummer and singer born Richard Starkey on 7/7/1940 in Dingle, Liverpool, England. With the Beatles ("Yellow Submarine", "With a Little Help from My Friends") and a solo artist.

Song(s):
It Don’t Come Easy (1971)
Photograph (1973)
You’re Sixteen (1973)
No No Song (1974)


Starship

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).

Song(s):
We Built This City (1985)
Sara (1985)
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (1987)


Stars on 45

Song(s):
Medley I (1981)


Static Major

Song(s):
Lollipop (2008) – see Lil Wayne


Candi Staton

Song(s):
Young Hearts Run Free (1976)


The Statler Brothers

Country/gospel vocal group. Formed in 1955 in Stauton, VA. Active until 2002. Only two members, Don Reid (lead: 60-02) and Harold Reid (bass: 55-02) were actually brothers and no one in the group was named Statler. Other members were Joe McDorman (lead: 55-60), Phil Balsley (baritone: 55-02), Lew DeWitt (tenor: 55-82), and Jimmy Fortune (tenor: 82-02).

Song(s):
Flowers on the Wall (1965)
Do You Know You Are My Sunshine (1978)
Elizabeth (1983)
My Only Love (1984)
Too Much on My Heart (1985)


Status Quo

Song(s):
Pictures of Matchstick Men (1967)


Stealers Wheel

Song(s):
Stuck in the Middle with You (1973)
Star (1973)


Steam

Song(s):
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (1969)


Eleanor Steber


John Steel

Song(s):
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (1919)
The Love Nest (1920)
Whispering (1920)
Say It with Music (1922)


John Steel

Rock drummer born 2/4/1941 in Gateshead, UK. With The Animals.


Don Steele

Radio show host of The Real Don Steele.


Jon Steele & Sandra

Song(s):
My Happiness (1948)


Tommy Steele

Song(s):
Rock with the Caveman (1956)
A Handful of Songs (1957)


Steel Pulse

Album(s):
Handsworth Revolution (1978)


Steely Dan

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):
Do It Again (1972)
Reeling in the Years (1972)
Dirty Work (1972)
Rikki Don't Lose That Number (1974)
Pretzel Logic (1974)
Haitian Divorce (1976)
Kid Charlemagne (1976)
Peg (1977)
Deacon Blues (1977)
Aja (1977)
FM (No Static at All) (1978)
Hey Nineteen (1980)

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)


Gwen Stefani

Ska/alternative-rock singer born 10/3/1969. With No Doubt ("Just a Girl", "Don't Speak"). Also a solo artist.

Song(s):
South Side (2000) – see Moby
What You Waiting For? (2004)
Hollaback Girl (2004)
Wind It Up (2006)
Nobody But You (2019) – see Blake Shelton
Happy Anywhere (2020) – see Blake Shelton


Chris Stein

New wave guitarist born 1/5/1950 in Brooklyn, NY. With Blondie.


Seymour Stein

Record executive (Sire, Warner Bros.) born 4/18/1942 in Brooklyn, NY.


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)


Lewie Steinberg

R&B bassist born Lewie Polk Steinberg on 9/13/1933 in Memphis, TN. With Booker T & the MG’s.


William Steinberg

Conductor born Hans Wilhelm Steinberg in Cologne, Germany on 8/1/1899. Died May 16, 1978. 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

Song(s):
My Own True Love (Tara’s Theme) (1939)

Album(s):
Gone with the Wind (soundtrack: 1939)


Jim Steinman

Composer, lyricist, playright, and record producer born 11/1/1947 in New York City, NY. Died 4/19/2021. 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.
DMDB podcast: The Best of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman

Songs written by Steinman:
Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977) – see Meat Loaf
Bat Out of Hell (1977) – see Meat Loaf
Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983) – see Bonnie Tyler
Making Love Out of Nothing at All (1983) – see Air Supply
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993) – see Meat Loaf
It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996) – see Celine Dion

Albums written by Steinman:
Bat Out of Hell (1977) – see Meat Loaf
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) – see Meat Loaf


Hailee Steinfield

Song(s):
Let Me Go (with Alesso, Florida Georgia Line, & Watt, 2017)
Starving (with Zedd & Grey, 2016)


Van Stephenson

Song(s):
Modern Day Delilah (1984)


Wolf Stephenson


W.H. Stepp

Song(s):
Bonaparte's Retreat (1937)


Steppenwolf

Song(s):
Born to Be Wild (1968)
Magic Carpet Ride (1968)


Steps

Song(s):
5, 6, 7, 8 (1997)
Tragedy (1998)
Heartbeat (1998)


Stereo MC’s

Album(s):
Connected (1992)


Stereophonics

Album(s):
Word Gets Around (1997)
Decade in the Sun: Best of (compilation: 1992-2008, released 2008)


Andrew B. Sterling


Annette Sterling-Helton

R&B singer born Annette Beard on 7/4/1943 in Detroit, MI. With Martha & the Vandellas.


The Sterling Trio

Three-quarters of the Peerless Quartet.

Active: 1916-1922 Members: Henry Burr (tenor), Albert Campbell (tenor), John Meyer (bass)


Isaac Stern

Violinist born 7/21/1920 in Kremenets, Ukraine, Russia. Died 9/22/2001.


Cat Stevens

Pop/folk singer/songwriter born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 7/21/1948 in London, England.

Song (s):
Wild World (1970)
Faher and Son (1970)
Moon Shadow (1971)
Peace Train (1971)
Morning Has Broken (1971)
Another Saturday Night (1974)

Album(s):
Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Greatest Hits (compilation, 1975)


Corey Stevens

Song(s):
I’ll Play the Blues for You (1995)

Album(s):
Blue Drops of Rain (1995)


Elise Stevens

Song(s):
Are You Sincere? (1908)


Ray Stevens

Country/comedy singer born Harold Ray Ragsdale on 1/24/1939 in Clarksdale, GA.

Song(s):
Gitarzan (1969)
Everything Is Beautiful (1970)
The Streak (1974)


Risë Stevens

American operatic soprano.


Shakin' Stevens

Singer/songwriter born Michael Barratt on ¾/1948 in Ely, Wales.

Song(s):
This Ole House (1981)
You Drive Me Crazy (1981)
Merry Christmas Everybody (1985)


Sufjan Stevens

Song(s):
Chicago (2005)

Album(s):
Illinois (2005)
Carrie & Lowell (2015)


Elise Stevenson

Singer who is believed to have also recorded under the pseudonym "Miss Walton."

Song(s):
Because You’re You (1907) – see Harry MacDonough
Shine on, Harvest Moon (1909) – see Harry MacDonough
Good Evening, Caroline (1909) – see Frank Stanley


William "Mickey" Stevenson

R&B songwriter and record producer born 1/4/1937 in Detroit, Michigan. Worked with Motown in the early days and later with MGM.


Al Stewart

Song(s):
The News from Spain (1972)
Year of the Cat (1976)
Time Passages (1978)
Life in Dark Water (1978)


Amii Stewart

Song(s):
Knock on Wood (1979)


Andy Stewart

Song(s):
Donald, Where’s Your Trousers? (1960)
A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills of Tyrol) (with the Michael Sammes Singers, 1961)


Billy Stewart

Song(s):
I Do Love You (1965)
Summertime (1966)


Cal Stewart

Singer born in 1856 in Charlotte County, VA. Died 12/7/1919.

Song(s):
Uncle Josh’s Arrival in New York (1898)
I’m Old But I’m Awfully Tough (Laughing Song) (1898)
Uncle Josh in Society (1899)
Jim Lawson's Horse Trade with Deacon Witherspoon (1901)
Uncle Josh's Huskin' Bee Dance (1901)
Uncle Josh on an Automobile (1903)
Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent (1904)


Darryl Stewart

Song(s):
A Man Called Peter (1955)


Dave Stewart

Musician and producer born 9/9/1952 in Sunderland, England. With the Tourists (1976-80) and Eurythmics (1980-90, 1999-2005).

Song(s):
Eurythmics/Annie Lennox: Top 30 Songs


Ian Stewart

Blues-rock keyboardist born Ian Andrew Robert Stewart on 7/18/1938 in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. Died 12/12/1985. With Blues Incorporated (62) and the Rolling Stones (63-85). Also worked with Howlin' Wolf, Ronnie Lane, Led Zeppelin, and George Thorogood.


Jim Stewart

Record executive with Stax born 7/29/1930 in Middleton, TX.


John Stewart

Song(s):
Armstrong (1969)
Gold (1979)


Redd Stewart

Song(s):
Slow Poke (1951) – see Pee Wee King


Rod Stewart

Rock singer born Roderick David Stewart on 1/10/1945 in Highgate, London, England. With the Shotgun Express (66), Jeff Beck Group (67-69), and The Faces (69-75). Has worked as a solo artist since 1969.

Song(s):
Maggie May (1971)
Reason to Believe (1971)
Mandolin Wind (1971)
You Wear It Well (1972)
Sailing (1975)
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) (1976)
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim (1977)
I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1977)
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (1978)
Passion (1980)
Young Turks (1981)
Forever Young (1988)
Downtown Train (1989)
Rhythm of My Heart (1991)
The Motown Song (with the Temptations, 1991)
Have I Told You Lately? (1991)
All for Love (1993) – see Bryan Adams
Leave Virginia Alone (1990)

Album(s):
Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
A Night on the Town (1976)
Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971-78, charted 1979)
Storyteller (box: 1964-89, released 1989)
Best of (compilation, 1989)


Stiff Little Fingers

Song(s):
Alternative Ulster (1978)

Album(s):
Inflammable Material (1979)


Robert Stigwood

Music manager for the Bee Gees. Produced movies Saturday Night Fever and Grease.


Richard Stilgoe

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


Al Stillman


Stephen Stills

Rock singer and guitarist born 1/3/1945 in Dallas, TX. 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).

DMDB profile page

Song(s):
Crosby Stills Nash Young: Top 100 Songs
For What It's Worth (1966) – see Buffalo Springfield
Love the One You're With (1970)

Album(s):
Carry On (box set: 1962-2002, released 2013)


Sting

Rock singer and bassist born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner on 10/2/51 in Wallsend, England. 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.

Sting & the Police's DMDB profile page

DMDB Podcast: The Best of Sting"

Song(s):
Sting & The Police: Top 60 Songs
Message in a Bottle (live, 1981)
Roxanne (live, 1981)
Russians (1985)
Moon Over Bourbon Street (1985)
Fortress Around Your Heart (1985)
They Dance Alone (1987)
Englishman in New York (1987)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Every Breath You Take (live with Bruce Springsteen, 1988)
The River (live, 1988) – see Bruce Springsteen
All This Time (1990)
The Soul Cages (1991)
It's Probably Me (with Eric Clapton, 1992)
All for Love (1993) – see Bryan Adams
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (1993)
Fields of Gold (1993)
Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me) (1993)
I Hung My Head (1996)
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying (1996)
Desert Rose (with Cheb Mami, 1999)
Fill Her Up (1999)
Tomorrow We'll See (1999)
Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (2003)
Always on Your Side (2006) – see Sheryl Crow
Practical Arrangement (2013)
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay (2020)

Album(s):
The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)
Bring on the Night (live: recorded 1985, released 1986)
Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
The Soul Cages (1991)
Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Fields of Gold – The Best of (compilation: 1985-94, released 1994)
Mercury Falling (1996)
Brand New Day (1999)
All This Time (live, 2001)
Very Best of Sting & the Police (compilation: 1978-1999, released 2002)
Sacred Love (2003)
Songs from the Labyrinth (2006)
If on a Winter's Night (Christmas, 2009)
25 Years (box: 1985-2010, released 2011)
The Last Ship (2013)
57th & 9th (2016)
44/876 (with Shaggy, 2018)
Duets (compilation: 2021)
The Bridge (2021)


Michael Stipe

Rock singer/songwriter born John Michael Stipe on 1/4/1960 in Decatur, GA. With R.E.M.


Frederick Stock


Larry Stock


Frank Stokes


Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra conductor born 4/18/1882 in London, England. Died 9/13/1977.

Album(s):
Fantasia (soundtrack: 1940) – see Disney


George Stoll

Song(s):
June in January (1934) – see Bing Crosby
Pennies from Heaven – see Bing Crosby


Mike Stoller

Songwriter and record producer born 3/13/1933 in Belle Harbor, New York City, NY. Most notable work with partner Jerry Leiber. They were one of the songwriting teams to work in the legendary Brill Building, known for housing some of pop music history's most famous songwriters and publishers.

Songs written with Jerry Leiber:
Leiber & Stoller: Top 50 Songs
Hound Dog (1953) – see Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog (1956) – see Elvis Presley
Searchin' (1957) – see the Coasters
Young Blood (1957) – see the Coasters
Jailhouse Rock (1957) – see Elvis Presley
Yakety Yak (1958) – see the Coasters
Kansas City (1959) – see Wilbert Harrison
Love Potion No. 9 (1959) – see the Clovers
There Goes My Baby (1959) – see the Drifters
Spanish Harlem (1960) – see Ben E. King
Stand by Me (1961) – see Ben E. King
On Broadway (1963) – see the Drifters
Is That All There Is? (1969) – see Peggy Lee

Album(s):
Smokey Joe’s Café (musical: 1995) – see Jerry Leiber


Morris Stoloff

Song(s):
Moonglow and Theme from Picnic (1956)


Cliffie Stone


Freddie Stone

R&B guitarist born Frederick Jerome Stewart on 6/5/1947 in Vallejo, CA. With Sly & the Family Stone.


Joss Stone

Song(s):
You Had Me (2004)


Jesse Stone


Matt Stone

Album(s):
The Book of Mormon (musical: 2011) – see Robert Lopez


Rose Stone

R&B keyboardist born Rosemary Stewart on 3/21/1945 in Vallejo, CA. With Sly & the Family Stone.


Sly Stone

R&B singer/songwriter born Sylvester Stewart on 3/15/1944 in Denton, TX. Helmed Sly & the Family Stone.


Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman

Song(s):
The Titanic (1924)


The Stone Roses

Song(s):
Fools Gold (1989)
I Am the Resurrection (1989)
I Wanna Be Adored (1989)
She Bangs the Drums (1989)
Love Spreads (1994)

Album(s):
The Stone Roses (1989)


Stone Sour

Song(s):
Bother (2002)
Through Glass (2006)
Say You'll Haunt Me (2010)


Stone Temple Pilots

American rock group associated with the grunge movement of the 1990s. Active:1992-2003, 2008-2013 Members: Scott Weiland (v: 92-13), Dean DeLeo (g), Robert DeLeo (b), Eric Kretz (d), Chester Bennington (v: 13-15).

Song(s):
Wicked Garden (1992)
Sex Type Thing (1992)
Plush (1992)
Creep (1992)
Plush (acoustic, 1993)
Big Empty (1994)
Interstate Love Song (1994)
12 Gracious Melodies (1994)
Sour Girl (1999)

Album(s):
Core (1992)
Purple (1994)


The Stooges

Proto-punk rock group formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1967. Active: 1967-74, 2003-07 Iggy Pop (v), Ron Asheton (b), Scott Asheton (d), Dave Alexander (b: 67-70), 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)
No Fun (1969)
1969 (1969)
TV Eye (1970)
L.A. Blues (1970)
Search and Destroy (1973)
Gimme Danger (1973)

Album(s):
The Stooges (1969)
Fun House (1970)
Raw Power (1973)


Stop the Violence Movement

Song(s):
Self Destruction (1989)


Gale Storm


Stories

Song(s):
Brother Louie (1973)


The Storm

Rock group formed in San Francisco, California in 1990 by Journey members’ Gregg Rolie (v/k: 90-96), Steve Smith (d: 90-91), and Ross Valory (b: 90-96) with Kevin Chalfant (v/g: 90-96), Josh Ramos (g: 90-96), and Ron Wikso (d: 92-96).


Herbert Stothart

Album(s):
The Wizard of Oz (soundtrack: 1939) – see Harold Arlen


Lally Stott

Song(s):
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971)


Chris Strachwitz

Record executive born Christian Alexander Maria Strachwitz on 7/1/1931 in Gross Reichenau, Lower Silesia, Germany.


Izzy Stradlin

Rock guitarist born Jeffrey Dean Isbell on 4/8/1962 in Lafayette, IN. With Guns N’ Roses (1985-91).


Strafe

Song(s):
Set It Off (1984)


Sammy Strain

R&B tenor singer born 12/9/1939 in Brooklyn, NY. With Little Anthony & the Imperials and The O’Jays (1975-92).


George Strait

Country singer born 5/18/1952 in Poteet, TX.

Song(s):
Fool Hearted Memory (1982)
A Fire I Can’t Put Out (1982)
You Look So Good in Love (1983)
Right Or Wrong (1983)
Let’s Fall to Pieces Together (1983)
Amarillo by Morning (1983)
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? (1984)
The Chair (1985)
Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her (1986)
It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy About You (1986)
Ocean Front Property (1987)
All My Ex’s Live in Texas (1987)
Am I Blue (1987)
Famous Last Words of a Fool (1988)
Baby Blue (1988)
If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’ (1988)
Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye (1989)
What’s Going on in Your World (1989)
Ace in the Hole (1989)
Love Without End, Amen (1990)
I’ve Come to Expect it from You (1990)
If I Know Me (1991)
You Know Me Better Than That (1991)
I Cross My Heart (1992)
Heartland (1992)
Easy Come Easy Go (1993)
The Big One (1994)
You Can’t Make a Heart Love Somebody (1994)
Check Yes Or No (1995)
Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Carried Away (1996)
One Night at a Time (1997)
Carrying Your Love with Me (1997)
Round About Way (1997)
I Just Want to Dance with You (1998)
Write This Down (1999)
The Best Day (2000)
Murder on Music Row (with Alan Jackson, 2000)
Living and Living Well (2001)
She’ll Leave You with a Smile (2001)
I Hate Everything (2004)
She Let Herself Go (2005)
Give It Away (2006)
It Just Comes Natural (2006)
I Saw God Today (2008)
River of Love (2008)

Album(s):
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? (1984)
Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Carrying Your Love with Me (1997)
50 Number Ones (compilation: 1982-2004 released 2004)
It Just Comes Natural (2006)
Troubadour (2008)


Nick Straker Band

Song(s):
A Walk in the Park (1980)


The Strangeloves

Song(s):
I Want Candy (1965)
Night Time (1966)


The Stranglers

Song(s):
Peaches (1977)
Golden Brown (1982)


Johann Strauss II

Song (s):
The Blue Danube (An Der Schoenen Blauen Donau) (1867)


Richard Strauss

Classical composer born 6/11/1864 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria. Died 9/8/1949.

Album(s):
Also Sprach Zarathustra (1896)
Salome (1905)
Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) (1911)
Four Last Songs (1948)


Igor Stravinsky

Classical composer born 6/17/1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia. Died 4/6/1971.

Song(s)/Shorter Piece(s):
Symphony of Psalms (1948)

Album(s)/Longer Work(s):
The Firebird (L'Oiseau de Feu) (ballet, 1910)
Pétrouchka (aka "Petrushka") (ballet, 1911)
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913) ballet


Strawberry Alarm Clock

Song(s):
Incense and Peppermints (1967)


The Stray Cats

Song(s):
Rock This Town (1982)


Billy Strayhorn

Jazz songwriter born William Thomas Strayhorn on 11/29/1915 in Dayton, OH. Died 5/31/1967.


The Streets

Song(s):
Has It Come to This (2001)
Let’s Push Things Forward (2002)
Weak Become Heroes (2002)
Dry Your Eyes (2004)

Album(s):
Original Pirate Material (2002)
A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004)


Barbra Streisand

Singer born Barbara Joan Streisand on 4/24/1942 in Brooklyn, NY. 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.

Song(s):
Barbra Streisand: Top 50 Songs
People (from Funny Girl, 1964)
Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl, 1968)
The Way We Were (1973)
Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) (1976)
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (1978) – see Neil Diamond
The Main Event/Fight (1979)
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Donna Summer, 1979)
Woman in Love (1980)
Memory (from Cats, 1981) – see Barbara Streisand

Album(s):
The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
People (1964)
Funny Girl (musical: 1964, soundtrack: 1968) – see Jule Styne
A Star Is Born (with Kris Kristofferson, soundtrack: 1976)
Guilty (1980)
Memories/Love Songs (compilation: 1974-81, released 1981)
The Broadway Album (covers, 1985)


The Strokes

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):
The Modern Age (2001)
Last Nite (2001)
Hard to Explain (2001)
New York City Cops (2001)
Someday (2001)
Is This It (2001)
12:51 (2003)
Reptilia (2003)
Juicebox (2005)
Bad Decisions (2020)

Album(s):
The Modern Age (EP, 2001)
Is This It (2001)
Room on Fire (2003)
First Impressions of Earth (2006)
Angles (2011)
Comedown Machine (2013)
The New Abnormal (2020)


Barrett Strong

Songs written with Norman Whitfield:
Money (That's What I Want) (1960)
War (1970) – see Edwin Starr
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968) – see Marvin Gaye
Just My Imagination Running Away with Me (1971) – see the Temptations
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (1972) – see the Temptations


Nolan Strong & the Diablos

Song(s):
The Wind (1954)
Mind Over Matter (1958)


Charles Strouse

Songwriter born 6/7/1928 in New York City, NY.

Song(s):
Put on a Happy Face (from Bye Bye Birdie, musical: with Chita Rivera, 1960; soundtrack: with Janet Leigh, 1963) see Dick Van Dyke
Tomorrow (performed by Andrea McCardle, from Annie, composed with Martin Charnin, 1977)
It's a Hard-Knock Life (from Annie, composed with Martin Charnin, 1977)

Album(s):
Bye Bye Birdie (composed with Lee Adams, musical: 1960, soundtrack: 1963)
Applause (composed with Lee Adams, musical: 1970)
Annie (composed with Martin Charnin, musical: 1977)


Joe Strummer

Punk-rock singer/songwriter born John Graham Mellor on 8/21/1952 in Ankara, Turkey. Died 12/22/2002. With The Clash.


Jud Strunk

Song(s):
Daisy a Day (1973)


Marty Stuart

Country/bluegrass singer/songwriter and musician born John Marty Stuart on 9/30/1958 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Has recorded more than 20 studio albums and won 5 Grammys.


Joe Strummer

Punk-rock singer/songwriter born John Graham Mellor on 8/21/1952 in Ankara, Turkey. Died 12/22/2002. With The Clash ("London Calling", "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)", "Rock the Casbah", "Should I Stay Or Should I Go").


The Struts

Album(s):
Young & Dangerous (2018)
Strange Days (2020)


The Strypes

Album(s):
Little Victories (2015)


Clyde Stubblefield

R&B drummer with James Brown.


Levi Stubbs

R&B singer with the Four Tops.


The Students

Song(s):
I’m So Young (1958)


St. Vincent

Song(s):
Los Ageless (2018)

Album(s):
Strange Mercy (2011)
St. Vincent (2014)
Daddy’s Home (2021)


St. Winifred’s School Choir

Song(s):
There’s No One Quite Like Grandma (1980)


The Style Council

Song(s):
My Ever Changing Moods (1984)


Harry Styles

Song(s):
Sign of the Times (2017)
Watermelon Sugar (2019)
Adore You (2019)
Falling (2019)
As It Was (2022)
Late Night Talking (2022)

Album(s):
Harry Styles (2017)
Fine Line (2019)
Harry’s House (2022)


The Stylistics

Song(s):
Betcha by Golly Wow (1972)
I’m a Stone in Love with You (1972)
Rockin’ Roll Baby (1973)
Break Up to Make Up (1973)
You Make Me Fee Brand New (1974)

Album(s):
Best of (1975)


Jule Styne

Musical theater composer born Julius Kerwin Stein on 12/31/1905 in London, England. Died 9/20/1994.

Song(s) Composed by Styne:
I've Heard That Song Before (1943) – see Harry James
The Party's Over (written with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, performed by Judy Holliday, from Bells Are Ringing, 1956)
Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy, 1959) – see Ethel Merman
People (from Funny Girl, 1964) – see Barbra Streisand

Album(s):
Bells Are Ringing (musical: 1957)
Gypsy (with Stephen Sondheim, musical: 1959)
Funny Girl (composed with Bob Merrill, musical: 1964, soundtrack: 1968)
Hallelujah, Baby! (composed with Betty Comden & Adolph Green, musical: 1968)


Styx

Rock band from Chicago, IL. 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: 03-).

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.

Special Pages:

Styx's DMDB profile.
DMDB podcast: The Best of Dennis DeYoung & Styx
DMDB podcast: The Best of Tommy Shaw & Styx
DMDB blog: The Styx Defense (6/27/2010)
Styx: In Concert (7/28/1996)
Styx: In Concert (5/8/2004)

Song(s):

Styx et al: Top 100 Songs
What Has Come Between Us (1972)
Lady (1973)
Golden Lark (1974)
Suite Madame Blue (1975)
Mademoiselle (1976)
Crystal Ball (1976)
Come Sail Away (1977)
Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) (1977)
The Grand Illusion (1977)
Renegade (1978)
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (1978)
Babe (1979)
The Best of Times (1981)
Too Much Time on My Hands (1981)
Rockin’ the Paradise (1981)
Mr. Roboto (1983)
Music Time (1984)
Love Is the Ritual (1990)
All in a Day's Work (1990)
Dear John (1997)
Everything Is Cool (1999)
Blue Collar Man @ 2120 (2005)

Album(s):
Styx I (1972)
Styx II (1973)
The Serpent Is Rising (1974)
Man of Miracles (1974)
Best of Styx (compilation: 1971-74, released 1977)
Equinox (1975)
Crystal Ball (1976)
The Grand Illusion (1977)
Pieces of Eight (1978)
Cornerstone (1979)
Paradise Theater (1981)
Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Caught in the Act (live, 1984)
Classics (compilation: 1975-83)
Edge of the Century (1990)
Greatest Hits (compilation: 1975-90, released 1995)
Greatest Hits Part 2 (compilation: 1975-96, released 1996)
Return to Paradise (live, 1997)
Brave New World (1999)
Cyclorama (2003)
Come Sail Away: The Anthology (compilation: 1972-2003)
Big Bang Theory (covers, 2005)
Regeneration (rerecordings, EP, 2010)
The Mission (2017)
Crash of the Crown (2021)


Sublime

Song(s):
What I Got (1996)
Wrong Way (1997)

Album(s):
Sublime (1996)


Morton Subotnick

Album(s):
Silver Apples of the Moon (1967)


Subway Sect

Song(s):
Ambition (1978)


Alec John Such

Rock bassist born 11/14/1951 in Yonkers, NY. With Bon Jovi (1983-94).


Suede (aka "London Suede")

Song(s):
The Drowners (1992)
Animal Nitrate (1993)

Album(s):
Suede (1992)
Dog Man Star (1994)


Sugababes

Song(s):
Freak Like Me (2002)


Sugar

Album(s):
Copper Blue (1992)


The Sugarcubes

Song(s):
Birthday (1988)
Motorcrash (1988)


The Sugarhill Gang

Song(s):
Rapper’s Delight (1979)
Apache (Jump on It) (1982)


Sugarland

Song(s):
Want To (2006)
Settlin’ (2007)
Stay (2007)
All I Want to Do (2008)
Already Gone (2008)
It Happens (2009)


Sugar Ray

Song(s):
Fly (with Super Cat, 1997)
Every Morning (1998)


Suicidal Tendencies

Song(s):
Institutionalized (1983)


Suicide

Song(s):
Frankie Teardrop (1977)
Dream Baby Dream (1980)

Album(s):
Suicide (1977)


Arthur Sullivan

Song(s):
Onward Christian Soldiers (with Sabine Baring-Gould, 1871)

Album(s):
The Pirates of Penzance (with W.S. Gilbert, musical: 1879)


Jazmine Sullivan

Song(s):
Need U Bad (2008)

Album(s):
Heaux Tales (2021)


Jim "The Reverend" Sullivan

Rock drummer and guitarist with Avenged Sevenfold.


Niki Sullivan

Early rock guitarist born 6/23/1937 in South Gate, CA. Died 4/6/2004. With Buddy Holly & the Crickets.


Yma Súmac

Song(s):
Bo Mambo (1954)


Hubert Sumlin


Donna Summer

Disco/R&B singer born Ladonna Adrian Gaines on 12/31/1948 in Boston, MA. Died 5/17/2012.

Song(s):
Donna Summer: Top 20 Songs
Love to Love You Baby (1975)
I Feel Love (1977)
Last Dance (1978)
MacArthur Park (1978)
Hot Stuff (1979)
Bad Girls (1979)
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (1979) – see Barbra Streisand
On the Radio (1980)
Cold Love (1980)
She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
This Time I Know It’s for Real (1989)


Andy Summers

Rock guitarist born on 12/31/1942 in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. With The Police (1977-86).


The Sundays

Song(s):
Here’s Where the Story Ends (1990)


The Sunnyboys

Song(s):
Happy Man (1981)


Sunnyland Slim


Sunscreem

Song(s):
Love U More (1992)


Super Furry Animals

Album(s):
Rings Around the World (2001)


Supergrass

Song(s):
Alright (1995)


Supertramp

Song(s):
Dreamer (1974)
Bloody Well Right (1975)
Give a Little Bit (1977)
The Logical Song (1979)
Take the Long Way Home (1979)
Goodbye Stranger (1979)

Album(s):
Crime of the Century (1974)
Breakfast in America (1979)
Classics (compilation: 1974-85, released 1986)


The Supremes

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. Diana Ross (v: 59-69), Mary Wilson (59-76), 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):
Diana Ross/The Supremes: Top 50 Songs
When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes (1963)
Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
Baby Love (1964)
Come See About Me (1964)
Stop! In the Name of Love (1965)
I Hear a Symphony (1965)
Back in My Arms Again (1965)
My World Is Empty Without You (1965)
You Can’t Hurry Love (1966)
You Keep Me Hangin’ On (1966)
Reflections (1966)
Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart (1966)
Love Is Here and Now You're Gone (1967)
The Happening (1967)
Love Child (1968)
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (with the Temptations, 1968)
Someday We'll Be Together (1969)
Stoned Love (1970)

Album(s):
Where Did Our Love Go? (1964)
Anthology (compilation: 1962-76, released 1986)


Surface

Song(s):
Closer Than Friends (1989)
Shower Me with Your Love (1989)
You Are My Everything (1989)
The First Time (1990)


The Surfaris

Song(s):
Wipe Out (1963)


Survivor

Song(s):
Eye of the Tiger (1982)


Billy Swan

Song(s):
I Can Help (1974)


Sierra Swan

Song(s):
Mother (2006)


Swan Silvertones

Song(s):
Mary Don't You Weep (1959)


Gladys Swarthout


Keith Sweat

R&B singer/songwriter born 7/22/1961 in Harlem, NY.

Song(s):
I Want Her (1987)
Make You Sweat (1990)
I’ll Give All My Love to You (1990)
Keep It Comin’ (1991)
Twisted (1996)
Nobody (with Athena Cage, 1996)


Swedish House Mafia

Song(s):
Don’t You Worry Child (with John Martin, 2012)


Sweet

Song(s):
Little Willy (1972)
Blockbuster (1973)
Ballroom Blitz (1973)
AC/DC (1974)
Fox on the Run (1975)
Action (1975)
Love Is Like Oxygen (1978) Matthew Sweet

Song(s):
Girlfriend (1991)
Winona (1991)
Sick of Myself (1995)

Songs with Susanna Hoffs:
Cinnamon Girl (2006) – see Neil Young
Alone Again Or (2006) – see Love
Maggie May (2009) – see Rod Stewart
You’re So Vain (2009) – see Carly Simon
Hello It’s Me (2009) – see Todd Rundgren
All the Young Dudes (2009) – see Mott the Hoople
Free Fallin’ (2013) – see Tom Petty
How Soon Is Now? (2013) – see The Smiths
What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding (2015) – see Elvis Costello
Dreaming (2015) – see Blondie

Album(s):
Under the Covers (covers, with Susanna Hoffs, 2006)
Under the Covers Vol. 2 (covers, with Susanna Hoffs, 2009)
Under the Covers Vol. 3 (covers, with Susanna Hoffs, 2013)


Rachel Sweet

Song(s):
Who Does Lisa Like (1978)


Sweet Sensation

Song(s):
If Wishes Came True (1990)


Cole Swindell

Song(s):
Chillin’ It (2013)
Hope You Get Lonely Tonight (2014)
Ain’t Worth the Whiskey (2015)
You Should Be Here (2015)
Middle of a Memory (2016)
Love You Too Late (2018)
Single Saturday Night (2020)
Never Say Never (2021)
She Had Me at Heads Carolina (2022)


The Swingin’ Medallions

Song(s):
Double Shot of My Baby’s Love (1966)


Swingle Sisters


Taylor Swift

Singer born Taylor Alison Swift on 12/13/1989 in Reading, PA. She released her first album in 2006 while still a teenager. She started out as a country artist, but had completely transformed to a pop star by 2014. And her 1989 album. She has sold more than 200 million records worldwide and won three Grammys for Album of the Year.

DMDB profile page
DMDB podcast: Taylor Swift: Best of, 2009-2022

Song(s):
Taylor Swift: Top 100 Songs
Teardrops on My Guitar (2006)
Our Song (2006)
Should’ve Said No (2006)
Love Story (2008/2021)
You Belong with Me (2008)
White Horse (2008)
Sparks Fly (2010)
Mean (2010)
Today Was a Fairytale (2010)
Ours (2011)
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2012)
I Knew You Were Trouble (2012)
Highway Don’t Care (2013) – see Tim McGraw
Shake It Off (2014)
Blank Space (2014)
Bad Blood (2014)
Style (2014)
Wildest Dreams (2014)
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (2016) – see Zayn
Look What You Made Me Do (2017)
Delicate (2017)
You Need to Calm Down (2019)
Cruel Summer (2019)
Cardigan (2020)
Willow (2020)
Exile (with Bon Iver, 2020)
All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) (2021)
Anti-Hero (2022)
Karma (2022)
Is It Over Now? (2023)
The Alcott (2023) – see The National

Album(s):
Taylor Swift (2006)
Fearless (2008)
Speak Now (2010)
Red (2012)
1989 (2014)
Reputation (2017)
Lover (2019)
Folklore (2020)
Evermore (2020)
Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021)
Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021)
Midnights (2022)
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023)
1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2023)


The Swingers

Song(s):
Counting the Beat (1981)


The Swinging Blue Jeans

Song(s):
Hippy Hippy Shake (1963)


Swizz Beatz

Record executive (Full Surface). Married to singer Alicia Keys.


SWV

– see Sisters with Voices


John Sykes

Rock guitarist and singer born 7/29/1959 in Reading, Berkshire, England. With Tygers of Pan Tang (80-82), Thin Lizzy (82-83), Whitesnake (87-88) and Blue Murder (88-94).


Roosevelt Sykes

Blues musican born 1/31/1906 in Elmar, AR. Died 7/17/1983.

Songs(s):
Forty Four Blues (1929)
I Wonder (1945)


The Sylvers

Song(s):
Boogie Fever (1976)


Sylvester

Songs(s):
You Make Me Feel Mighty Real (1978)


Terry Sylvester

Rock singer/songwriter born 1/8/1947 in Allerton, Liverpool, UK. With The Hollies.


System of a Down

Song(s):
Chop Suey (2001)
Toxicity (2001)
B.Y.O.B. (2005)

Album(s):
Toxicity (2001)


SZA

Song(s):
Love Galore (with Travis Scott, 2017)
What Lovers Do (2017) – see Maroon 5
All the Stars (2018) – see Kendrick Lamar
Kiss Me More (2021) – see Doja Cat
I Hate U (2021)
Kill Bill (2022)
Snooze (2022)

Album(s):
CTRL (2017)
SOS (2022)


George Szell


Joseph Szigeti


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