 |
Music Makers Encyclopedia: Y
Click on a letter to choose an act ("S" for Bruce Springsteen, "B" for Beatles, etc.). Shown with the act are its major awards, short bios for select acts (generally adapted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and Top Pop Singles: Billboard books), and links to albums and songs reviewed by the DMDB.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z VARIOUS ARTISTS
You can also check the search engine for names, albums, songs, and other content on this site:
Jimmy Yancey 
Song(s):
Midnight Stomp (1954)
Frank Yankovic & His Yanks
Song(s):
Just Because (1948) 
Weird Al Yankovic 
Song(s):
My Bologna (parody of the Knack’s “My Sharona") (1983) 
Eat It (Parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It") (1984) 
Zal Yankovsky 
Rock guitarist born 12/19/1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 12/13/2002. With Lovin’ Spoonful.
The Yardbirds 
Legendary rock group formed at Kingston Art School in Surrey, England. Launched three of the most acclaimed guitarists in history. Active: 1963-68 Members: Jeff Beck (g: 65-66), Eric Clapton (g/v: 63-65), Chris Dreja (g/b: 63-68, 03), Jim McCarty (d: 63-68, 03), Jimmy Page (g: 66-68), Keith Relf (v/harmonica: 63-68), Paul Samwell-Smith (b/k: 63-66), Anthony "Top" Topham (g: 63). Dreja, Smith, and McCarty also formed the group Box of Frogs.
Links: DMDB profile page - official site - Facebook
Song(s):
Eric Clapton et al: Top 100 Songs
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (1964) 
A Certain Girl (1964)
I’m a Man (1965) 
For Your Love (1965) 
Heart Full of Soul (1965)
I Wish You Would (1965)
Shapes of Things (1966) 
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (1966)
Album(s):
Eric Clapton et al: Studio Albums Ranked
Five Live Yardbirds (live, 1964)
For Your Love (1965)
Having a Rave Up (1965)
Roger the Engineer (aka 'Over Under Sideways Down' and 'The Yardbirds') (1966)
Little Games (1967)
Birdland (2003)
Adam “MCA” Yauch
Rap singer and bassist born 8/5/1964 in Brooklyn, NY. Died 5/4/2012. With Beastie Boys.
David Yazbeck
Album(s):
The Band's Visit (musical: 2016) 
Yazoo
Song(s):
Don't Go (1982) 
Situation (1982) 
Album(s):
Upstair at Eric's (1982)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Indie-rock band formed in New York City in 2000. Karen O (vocals, piano), Nick Zinner (guitar, keyboards), Brian Chase (drums).
Song(s):
Maps (2003) 
Album(s):
Fever to Tell (2003) 
Years & Years
Song(s):
King (2015) 
Trisha Yearwood 
Country singer born Patricia Lynn Yearwood on 9/19/1964 in Monticello, GA. Married country singer Garth Brooks.
Song(s):
She's in Love with the Boy (1991)
How Do I Live (1997)
Jack Yellen 
Yello
Song(s):
Oh Yeah (1985)
Yes 
DMDB pocast: The Best of Yes.
Progressive rock group formed in London in 1968. Jon Anderson (v: 68-80, 83-88, 90-04), Peter Banks (g: 68-70), Bill Bruford (d: 68-72, 90-92), Benoit David (v: 08-12), Jon Davison (v: 12-), Geoff Downes (k: 80-81, 11-), Trevor Horn (v: 80-81), Steve Howe (g: 70-81, 90-92, 95-), Tony Kaye (k: 68-71, 82-94), Igor Khoroshev (k: 97-00), Patrick Moraz (k: 74-76), Trevor Rabin (v/g/k: 82-94), Billy Sherwood (b/k/g: 97-00, 15-), Chris Squire (b: 68-15), Oliver Wakeman (k: 08-11), Rick Wakeman (k: 71-74, 76-80, 90-92, 95-96, 02-04), Alan White (d: 72-22). Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, & Howe also recorded together from 1988-92, but without rights to the Yes name. Downes and Horn were in the Buggles together and Downes and Howe formed Asia in 1982.
Song(s):
Top 100 Songs
I’ve Seen All Good People (1971) 
Roundabout (1972) 
And You and I (1972)
Owner of a Lonely Heart (1983) 
Leave It (1983)
Lift Me Up (1991) 
Album(s):
Studio Albums Ranked
Yes (1969)
Time and a Word (1970)
The Yes Album (1971) 
Fragile (1971) 
Close to the Edge (1972) 
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Relayer (1974)
Going for the One (1977)
Classic Yes (compilation: 1971-77, released 1981)
Tormato (1978)
Drama (1980)
90125 (1983)
Big Generator (1987)
Yes Story (compilation: 1969-87, released 1992)
Highlights: The Very Best of (compilation: 1969-87, released 1993)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Union (1991)
Yes Years (box set: 1969-91, released 1991)
Talk (1994)
Keys to Ascension/Keys to Ascension 2 (1996/1997)
Open Your Eyes (1997)
The Ladder (1999)
Magnification (2001)
Fly from Here (2011)
In a Word (box set: 1969-2001, released 2002)
The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversray Collection (compilation: 1969-2003, released 2003)
Heaven & Earth (2014)
The Quest (2021)
The DMDB Blog:
The Steve Howe Show (7/15/09)
Maury Yeston
Album(s):
Nine (musical: 1982) 
Titanic: A New Musical (musical: 1997)
YG
Song(s):
My Nigga (aka “My Hitta”) (with Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan, 2013) 
Ylvis
Song(s):
The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) (2013) 
YNW Melly
Song(s):
Murder on My Mind (2017) 
Dwight Yoakam 
Country singer born Dwight David Yoakam on 10/23/1956 in Pikeville, KY.
Song(s):
Guitars, Cadillacs (1986) 
Album(s):
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc. (1986) 
Just Lookin’ for a Hit (1989) 
Yo La Tengo
Album(s):
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (1997) 
Thom Yorke 
Experimental rock singer born Thomas Edward Yorke on 10/7/1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. With Radiohead (1985-), Atoms for Peace (2009-13), and The Smile (2021-). Has also recorded solo (2006, 2014, 2019).
Pete Yorn
Song(s):
Life on a Chain (2001) 
Yothu Yindi
Song(s):
Treaty (1991) 
You Am I
Song(s):
Berlin Chair (1993)
Vincent Youmans
Angus Young 
Rock guitarist, songwriter, and founder of AC/DC. Born 3/31/1955 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Austin Young
Song(s):
The Birth of the Blues (1926) – see Paul Whiteman
Among My Souvenirs (1928) – see Paul Whiteman
My Heart Stood Still (1928) – see Paul Whiteman
Brett Young
Song(s):
In Case You Didn’t Know (2017)
Earl Young
Eve Young
Song(s):
Silver Dollar (Roll Roll Roll) (1950) 
Faron Young 
Country singer born 2/25/1932 in Shreveport, LA. Died 12/10/1996.
Song(s):
Hello Walls (1961) 
Jimmy Young
Song(s):
Too Young (1951)
Joe Young
John Paul Young
Song(s):
Love Is in the Air (1978)
Kathy Young & the Innocents
Song(s):
A Thousand Stars (1960)
Lester Young 
Jazz saxophonist and clarinetist born Lester Willis Young on 8/27/1909 in Woodville, Mississippi. Died 3/15/1959.
Song(s):
Just You, Just Me (1944)
Malcolm Young
Rock guitarist born 1/6/1953 in Glasgow, Scotland. Died 11/18/2017. With AC/DC.
Neil Young 
Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born Neil Percival Young on 11/12/1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With The Classics (62), The Squires (63-65), The Mynah Birds (65), Buffalo Springfield (66-68), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1969-71, 1988, 1999), and Stills-Young Band (76). Has worked predominantly as a solo artist since 1969.
Song(s):
Crosby Stills Nash Young: Top 100 Songs
Down by the River (1969)
Cinnamon Girl (1969) 
Cowgirl in the Sand (1969)
Helpless (1970) – see Crosby, Stills & Nash
Ohio (1970) – see Crosby, Stills & Nash
Southern Man (1970)
After the Gold Rush (1970)
Heart of Gold (1972) 
Old Man (1972)
The Needle and the Damage Done (1972)
Are You Ready for the Country? (1972)
A Man Needs a Maid (1972)
Tonight’s the Night (1973)
Borrowed Tune (1973)
Revolution Blues (1974)
On the Beach (1974)
Ambulance Blues (1974)
Cortez the Killer (1975) Like a Hurricane (1977)
My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (1979) 
Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) (1979)
Powderfinger (1979)
Southern Pacific (1981)
Shots (1981)
Sample and Hold (1982)
When Your Lonely Heart Breaks (1987)
This Note's for You (1989) 
Rockin’ in the Free World (1989) 
Harvest Moon (1992) 
Sleeps with Angels (1994)
Philadelphia (1994)
Angry World (2010) 
Album(s):
Neil Young: Top 10 Albums
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (with Crazy Horse, 1969) 
After the Gold Rush (1970) 
Déjà Vu (1970) - see Crosby, Stills & Nash
4 Way Street (live, 1971) – see Crosby, Stills & Nash
Harvest (1972) 
Tonight's the Night (recorded 1973, released 1975)
On the Beach (1974) 
Zuma (1975)
Decade (compilation: 1969-76, released 1977) 
Rust Never Sleeps (with Crazy Horse, 1979) 
Live Rust (live, 1979) 
Freedom (1989)
Harvest Moon (1992)
Greendale (2003) 
Paul Young
Album(s):
No Parlez (1983) 
Rida Johnson Young
Victor Young
Song(s):
Out of Nowhere (1931) – see Bing Crosby
Just One More Chance (1931) – see Bing Crosby
- She’s a Latin from Manhattan (with Hal Burke & the Tune Twisters, 1935)
I’ll Buy That Dream (1945) – see Dick Haymes
It Might As Well Be Spring (1945) – see Dick Haymes
Symphony (1946) – see Bing Crosby
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Will Young
Song(s):
Anything Is Possible/Evergreen (2002)
Leave Right Now (2003)
Your Game (2004)
Young Artists for Haiti
Song(s):
Wavin' Flag (2010)
The Youngbloods
Song(s):
Get Together (1967) 
Young Fathers
Album(s):
Dead (2014)
Young M.C.
Song(s):
Bust a Move (1989) 
Young Money
Song(s):
Every Girl (2009)
The (Young) Rascals
Song(s):
I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (1965)
Good Lovin’ (1966)
Groovin’ (1967) 
I’ve Been Lonely Too Long (1967)
People Got to Be Free (1968)
Young Thug
Song(s):
Havana (2017) – see Camila Cabello
Franchise (2020) – see Travis Scott
Youth Group
Song(s):
Forever Young (2005)
David Yow
Member of The Jesus Lizard.
Yung Joc
Song(s):
It’s Goin’ Down (with Nitti, 2006)
Click on a letter to choose a recording act ("S" for Bruce Springsteen, "B" for Beatles, etc.). Shown with the act are its major awards, short bios for select acts (generally adapted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and Top Pop Singles: Billboard books), and links to albums and songs reviewed by the DMDB.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z VARIOUS ARTISTS
You can also check the search engine for names, albums, songs, and other content on this site:
Last updated August 5, 2023.
