Chihiro Onitsuka　

Count Basie　

Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early ’50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and ..more

Cactus　

The plan was for the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice to join with guitar god Jeff Beck and his singer Rod Stewart in a supergroup of sorts. ..more

CASIOPEA　

Cutting Crew　

The pop/rock group Cutting Crew formed in England in 1985, just one year before (I Just) Died in Your Arms made them stars at home and across the Atlantic. Founding members Kevin Scott Ma ..more

Coverdale / Page　

After all the accusations of David Coverdale 喪ipping off’ Led Zeppelin in his group, Whitesnake, skeptics continued to raise their eyebrows when founding Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page ..more

Camila Cabello　

Vocalist Camila Cabello is a pop, R＆B, and Latin-influenced performer who first came to prominence as a founding member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Born Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao in ..more

Camera Obscura　

Pairing bright and clever retro-styled melodies with smart, witty lyrics and a sense of style that is sleek but lived-in at the same time, Camera Obscura are a Scottish indie pop group who became o ..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

Carmen　

A unique band, Carmen combined flamenco music with progressive rock. Adding to their distinctiveness was the fact that during long instrumental passages, members of the band would dance on-st ..more

Can　

Always at least three steps ahead of contemporary popular music, Can were the leading avant-garde rock group of the ’70s. From their very beginning, their music didn’t conform to any commonly held ..more

The Cars　

Blondie may have had a string of number one hits and Talking Heads may have won the hearts of the critics, but the Cars were the most successful American new wave band to emerge in the lat ..more

Curtis Mayfield　

Perhaps because he didn’t cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown’s stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield’s talents and contributions have yet to be fully recognized. ..more

Carpenters　

The Carpenters are known for crystal voice and her brother Richard’s outstanding songwriting and arrangements full of lush harmonies and strings. Their music has long been loved, particularly in Japan ..more

Carly Simon　

Carly Simon was one of the most popular of the confessional singer/songwriters who emerged in the early ’70s. The youngest daughter in an upper-class New York family (her father, Richard Simon, co- ..more

Carly Rae Jepsen　

Earning global success with Call Me Maybe, Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen spent her formative years absorbing pop culture in her hometown of Mission, British Columbia. After attending the Can ..more

Carl Palmer　

The progressive rock boom of the late ’60s and early ’70s produced its own pantheon of superstars -- Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman at the keyboards, guitarists Robert Fripp and Bill Nelson ..more

Catpack　

Cat Power　

Penning songs that are offbeat in narrative, but literate and emotionally revealing, and performing them in a soulful, idiosyncratic style that reveals both strength and fragility, Cat Power was on ..more

Cannonball Adderley / Bill Evans