Names to Know in Music

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The groundbreaking, the influential, the seminal... but not necessarily the most famous people in the music industry, in any and all styles and genres of music.

An extremely incomplete list.

Groups

 * The Beatles - The most popular group of the British Invasion, the "Fab Four" still get airplay a half-century after they broke up.
 * The Grateful Dead - They were spending their lives on tour before it was cool.
 * Led Zeppelin - Three Words: "Stairway to Heaven"
 * My Bloody Valentine - the first big "shoegazing" group
 * Nirvana - The "grunge" group.
 * The Ramones
 * Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Popularizers of rock music on the bagpipes.
 * The Rolling Stones - The "bad boys" of the British Invasion.
 * Rush - Canada's greatest rock group (unless you think The Tragically Hip is). The literate great Canadian band.
 * The Three Tenors - Turned high culture into pop culture.
 * The Tragically Hip - Canada's greatest rock group (unless you think Rush is). The socially-aware great Canadian band.
 * The Who
 * The Yardbirds

Guitarists

 * Bo Diddley
 * Bob Dylan
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * Buddy Holly
 * Django Reinhardt - The seminal jazz guitarist.
 * Eric Clapton
 * Jeff Beck - It's said there are two groups of guitarists in the world: Jeff Beck and people who want to be Jeff Beck. This is not an exaggeration; the man plays in every style imaginable and keeps winning awards for his work.
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Jimmy Page
 * John Lennon
 * Johnny Cash
 * Leonard Cohen
 * Les Paul

Bassists

 * Geddy Lee

Drummers

 * Keith Moon

Pianists and Keyboardists

 * Glenn Gould
 * Oscar Peterson
 * Stevie Wonder
 * Victor Borge

Harpists

 * Loreena McKennitt

Singers

 * Björk
 * Cab Calloway
 * Elvis Costello
 * Elvis Presley
 * Freddie Mercury
 * Gene Autry
 * Gord Downie
 * Joan Baez - The female protest singer
 * Joni Mitchell
 * Kate Bush
 * Luciano Pavarotti
 * Neil Young
 * Phil Ochs
 * Prince - who really should also be listed in half of the other sections in this list

Composers

 * Ludwig van Beethoven
 * Richard Wagner
 * Giuseppe Verdi
 * Rogers and Hammerstein
 * Lerner and Loewe

Behind the Scenes

 * Phil Spector
 * Sam Phillips