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Songwriter
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.
Singers may perform the songs they write themselves, or they may write for somebody else to perform. People...
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Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), aka Aphex Twin, is a British electronic musician described by The Guardian newspaper as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He founded the record label Rephlex...
Date of birth:
- Aug 18, 1971 (age 38 years)
Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson, OC (born Aleksandar Živojinović; August 27, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known for his work as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend and...
Date of birth:
- Aug 27, 1953 (age 56 years)
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film. He...
Date of birth:
- Aug 31, 1918
Date of death:
- Jun 14, 1986 (age 67 years)
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in...
Date of birth:
- Dec 2, 1981 (age 28 years)
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (Swedish pronunciation: [bjœːɳ ɵlˈveːɵs], born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972-1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and...
Date of birth:
- Apr 25, 1945 (age 64 years)
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), better known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded...
Date of birth:
- Jun 20, 1924
Date of death:
- Jun 30, 2001 (age 77 years)
Dave Grohl
David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C.-area bands, including the hardcore punk...
Date of birth:
- Jan 14, 1969 (age 40 years)
David Janssen
David Janssen (March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967).
Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in...
Date of birth:
- Mar 27, 1931
Date of death:
- Feb 13, 1980 (age 48 years)
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music.
In the four-and-a-half decades since her national-chart début, she...
Date of birth:
- Jan 19, 1946 (age 63 years)
Don McLean
Donald McLean, Jr. (born October 2, 1945, New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".
The McLean clan traces its roots to...
Date of birth:
- Oct 2, 1945 (age 64 years)
Django Reinhardt
Jean "Django" Reinhardt (French pronunciation: [dʒɑ̃ŋɡo ʀeˈnɑʀt]; 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a Belgian Gypsy jazz guitarist.
One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists. With...
Date of birth:
- Jan 23, 1910
Date of death:
- May 16, 1953 (age 43 years)
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller (born 1923) is an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Edward D. Wood, Jr. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and...
Date of birth:
- 1923 (age 87 years)
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique...
Date of birth:
- Dec 21, 1940
Date of death:
- Dec 4, 1993 (age 52 years)
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison...
Date of birth:
- Feb 25, 1943
Date of death:
- Nov 29, 2001 (age 58 years)
George Benson
George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a Grammy Award winning American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is also known as a pop, R&B;, and scat singer. This one time child prodigy topped the...
Date of birth:
- Mar 22, 1943 (age 66 years)
Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined Rush in September 1968 at the request of his childhood friend Alex...
Date of birth:
- Jul 29, 1953 (age 56 years)
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons was a member of the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers. He was later a solo artist who...
Date of birth:
- Nov 5, 1946
Date of death:
- Sep 19, 1973 (age 26 years)
George Gershwin
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar.
He wrote most of his vocal and...
Date of birth:
- Sep 26, 1898
Date of death:
- Jul 11, 1937 (age 38 years)
Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Connick, Jr. (born Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.; September 11, 1967) is an American singer, actor, composer, and pianist. Connick has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. He is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 11, 1967 (age 42 years)
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist. After joining the short-lived Washington D.C. band State of Alert in...
Date of birth:
- Feb 13, 1961 (age 48 years)
Ice T
Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is a Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award-winning American rapper, actor and author. He is credited with helping in pioneering gangsta rap, in the late 1980s. As an actor, he...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1958 (age 51 years)
James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), originally James Joseph Brown, Jr., also known as "The Godfather of Soul", was an American entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and...
Date of birth:
- May 3, 1933
Date of death:
- Dec 25, 2006 (age 73 years)
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic...
Date of birth:
- May 16, 1951 (age 58 years)
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez was born in July 24, 1969 in the Bronx, NYC. Currently married to Hispanic singer Marc Anthony, she is the mother of two. Jennifer Lopez, also known as “J Lo” is a singer, actress, dancer, song writer, record producer,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1969 (age 40 years)
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. In 2004,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 19, 1943
Date of death:
- Oct 4, 1970 (age 27 years)
Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967 in Wiscasset, Maine, United States), is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter and author from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies and Some Girls. She currently lives in Cambridge,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 27, 1967 (age 42 years)
Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a two-time Ivor Novello Award recipient and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, guitarist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader of...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1947 (age 62 years)
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (pronounced /koʊbeɪn/, /kʌbeɪn/; February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana.
With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit"...
Date of birth:
- Feb 20, 1967
Date of death:
- Apr 5, 1994 (age 27 years)
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003 Kirk Hammett was ranked 11th...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1962 (age 47 years)
Kinky Friedman
Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1944 (age 65 years)
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for exuberant drumming, and notoriety for his destructive lifestyle, earning him the nickname, "Moon the Loon." Moon joined The...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1946
Date of death:
- Sep 7, 1978 (age 32 years)
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her...
Date of birth:
- Mar 27, 1970 (age 39 years)
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield (born 15 May 1953, Reading, Berkshire) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age...
Date of birth:
- May 15, 1953 (age 56 years)
Miles Davis
Miles Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1926
Date of death:
- Sep 28, 1991 (age 65 years)
Natacha Atlas
Natacha Atlas (Arabic: نتاشا أطلس; born March 20, 1964) is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and North African music with Western electronic music. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" (an updated form of Egyptian pop music)....
Date of birth:
- Mar 20, 1964 (age 45 years)
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (pronounced /ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight...
Date of birth:
- Jul 12, 1895
Date of death:
- Aug 23, 1960 (age 65 years)
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1946 (age 63 years)
Pete Best
Pete Best (born 24 November 1941) is a British musician, best known as the original drummer in The Beatles 1960-62 before Ringo Starr joined the group.
After moving from India to Liverpool in 1945, Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988) started The...
Date of birth:
- Nov 24, 1941 (age 68 years)
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee (born Norma Deloris Egstrom May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an award-winning American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and actress.
Lee had Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. Lee was born in Jamestown, North Dakota,...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1920
Date of death:
- Jan 21, 2002 (age 81 years)
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a guitarist, composer and a record producer best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the progressive rock band King Crimson. His work, spanning four...
Date of birth:
- May 16, 1946 (age 63 years)
Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician, among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting...
Date of birth:
- May 8, 1911
Date of death:
- Aug 16, 1938 (age 27 years)
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a...
Date of birth:
- Apr 23, 1936
Date of death:
- Dec 6, 1988 (age 52 years)
Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.
Born in Detroit to Italian immigrants Jean and Santo, Sonny was the youngest...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1935
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 1998 (age 62 years)
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk-inspired music.
Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 11, 1959 (age 50 years)
Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee (b. October 3, 1962) is an American musician, and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. He was...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1962 (age 47 years)
Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer (born April 9, 1928) is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. Lehrer is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s...
Date of birth:
- Apr 9, 1928 (age 81 years)
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In addition...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1971
Date of death:
- Sep 13, 1996 (age 25 years)
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963 in Newton, North Carolina) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1963 (age 46 years)
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works....
Date of birth:
- Jul 14, 1912
Date of death:
- Oct 3, 1967 (age 55 years)
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and former fashion model. A relative to several prominent soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick, and godmother Aretha...
Date of birth:
- Aug 9, 1963 (age 46 years)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (pronounced /ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn/, ING-vay MAALM-steen in English) (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became notable in the mid...
Date of birth:
- Jun 30, 1963 (age 46 years)
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1948 (age 61 years)
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is regarded not only as one of the greatest living jazz musicians, but also as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. His...
Date of birth:
- Apr 12, 1940 (age 69 years)
Brian May
Brian Harold May CBE (born 19 July 1947 in London, England) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits...
Date of birth:
- Jul 19, 1947 (age 62 years)
John Deacon
John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951), also known as Deacon John, is a retired British musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only...
Date of birth:
- Aug 19, 1951 (age 58 years)
Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan (July 31, 1959) is an American jazz/jazz fusion guitarist, best known for his development of the tapping technique for the guitar.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he received a BA in digital music composition from Princeton...
Date of birth:
- Jul 31, 1959 (age 50 years)
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue (born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer and actress. Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian television talent show, Young Talent Time and the soap opera Home and Away,...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1971 (age 38 years)
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress and model.
During her rise to fame with 1990's pop group the Spice Girls, Beckham was dubbed Posh...
Date of birth:
- Apr 17, 1974 (age 35 years)
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in history.
His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous. The song sparked an...
Date of birth:
- May 11, 1888
Date of death:
- Sep 22, 1989 (age 101 years)
Lisa Lopes
Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, teen idol, and member of the R&B; girl group TLC.
Lopes contributed her own self-written raps to many of TLC's...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1971
Date of death:
- Apr 25, 2002 (age 30 years)
