Little Richard　

One of the original rock ＆ roll greats, Little Richard merged the fire of gospel with New Orleans R＆B, pounding the piano and wailing with gleeful abandon. While numerous other R＆B greats of the ea ..more

Conan Gray　

Moby Grape　

One of the best ’60s San Francisco bands, Moby Grape were also one of the most versatile. Although they are most often identified with the psychedelic scene, their specialty was combining all so ..more

a-ha　

Dan Penn　

Songwriter/producer Dan Penn has been a quiet force behind Southern soul music for over thirty years. Always moving just out of view of the limelight, Penn has produced and written hits for { ..more

Anthony Phillips　

Anthony Phillips was one of the founding members of Genesis, having attended the Charterhouse School in Surrey with Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, and Michael Rutherford. Phillips and ..more

Bananarama　

The most successful British girl group in pop history, Bananarama formed in London in late 1981. Drawing equal inspiration for their name from the children’s television program {#The Banana Spli ..more

Rickie Lee Jones　

Once touted as the natural successor to Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones proved no less idiosyncratic or mercurial; like Mitchell, Jones experienced significant commercial ..more

Debbie Gibson　

Debbie Gibson became a pop phenomenon in the late ’80s, scoring a string of hit singles when she was only 17. Although she was still a teenager, Gibson showed signs of being a talented pop ..more

Culture Club　

Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early ’80s, the group racked up seven straight Top Ten hits in the U.K. and six Top Ten singles in the U.S. with their light, infe ..more

Transatlantic　

Drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment) had a brainstorm that gave birth to the band Transatlantic. He envisioned a band of himself, Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard ..more

John Mellencamp　

Throughout his career, John Mellencamp has had to fight, whether it was for the right to record under his own name or for respect as an artist. Of course, he never made it easy on himself. Mellen ..more

Diane Birch　

Diane Birch made her studio debut with 2009’s Bible Belt, a combination of singer/songwriter soul and soft ’70s-era pop in the vein of Carole King, Laura Nyro, and Elton John. Although ..more

Al Kooper　

Al Kooper, by rights, should be regarded as one of the giants of ’60s rock, not far behind the likes of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon in importance. In addition to co-writing one classic mid-’6 ..more

Stevie Ray Vaughan　

With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the ’80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy ..more

Air Supply　

With their heavily orchestrated, sweet ballads, the Australian soft rock group Air Supply became a staple of early-’80s radio, scoring a string of seven straight Top Five singles. Air Suppl ..more

Peter Frampton　

Peter Frampton was one of the biggest arena rock stars of the ’70s, making his name largely on the double-LP concert set Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton was one of several ’70s rock artists ({ ..more

Grand Funk Railroad　

One of the 1970s’ most successful hard rock bands in spite of critical pans and somewhat reluctant radio airplay (at first), Grand Funk Railroad built a devoted fan base with constant touring, a ..more

Jackie Deshannon　

Hollies　

One of the best and most commercially successful pop/rock acts of the British Invasion, when the Hollies began recording in 1963, they relied heavily upon the R＆B/early rock ＆ roll cove ..more