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Line 1: {{Useful Notes}} :''This page is part of the [[Special:WikiForum/"Names to Know" pages\|"Names to Know" project]].'' <big>'''''NOTE: THIS PAGE IS INCOMPLETE AND PROTECTED FOR ONE WEEK SO THAT ONLY ADMINS CAN EDIT IT. ADMINS ARE WELCOME TO ADD EXPLANATIONS WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE LIST, NEW ENTRIES, AND NEW SECTIONS. THE TALK PAGE SHOULD BE EDITABLE BY EVERYONE.'''''</big> ~~This page is part of the [[Special:WikiForum/"Names to Know" pages\|"Names to Know" project]].~~ ~~----~~ 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. These people are the genre definers, the [[Trope ~~Makers~~Maker]]s, the people that other musicians and people in the music industry look to for inspiration. For works to know in music, see [[Music of Note]]. ~~An incomplete list. Feel free to add more. (((possibly from [[w:Category:Lists of musicians by instrument]]))) NEEDS MORE NON-ROCK ENTRIES.~~ == Groups == Line 19 ⟶ 14: * [[The Beatles]] - The most popular group of the British Invasion, the "Fab Four" still get airplay a half-century after they broke up. * [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] - The first [[Rock and Roll]] group to chart a hit, legitimizing the entire Rock genre. * [[The Boswell Sisters]] * [[Buzzcocks]] - the punk band that showed punk didn't have to be political * [[The Chemical Brothers]] - Helped popularize the big beat genre. * [[Daft Punk]] - They put French House into the mainstream. * [[Dave Matthews Band]] - the first group to have seven studio albums in a row debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. * [[Depeche Mode]] * [[The Everly Brothers]] * [[The Grateful Dead]] - They were spending their lives on tour before it was cool. * [[Joy Division]] - Pioneers of the [[Post-punk]] movement. * [[King Crimson]] - Their debut album ''In the Court of the Crimson King'' had a major influence on [[Progressive Rock]]. * [[Kraftwerk]] - They pioneered and popularized [[Electronic Music]]. * [[Led Zeppelin]] - [[Two Words: Obvious Trope\|Three Words]]: "Stairway to Heaven" * [[Merzbow]] - The foremost act in the Japanese noise genre. * [[The Mills Brothers]] * [[Ministry]] - The most prominent band to ever blend industrial music and hard rock. * [[My Bloody Valentine (band)\|My Bloody Valentine]] - the first big "[[shoegazing]]" group * [[Nirvana]] - ''The'' "[[grunge]]" group. * [[Pink Floyd]] - ''The'' [[Psychedelic Rock]] group. * [[The Prodigy]] * [[The Ramones]] - The first [[Punk Rock]] group. * [[Red Hot Chilli Pipers]] - Popularizers of rock music on the bagpipes. Line 31 ⟶ 38: * [[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. * [[Santana]] * [[Sex Pistols]] - Had a huge influence on punk and popular music as a whole. * [[Skinny Puppy]] - The most influential group in the current wave of industrial music. * [[Tangerine Dream]] - Also pioneers of electronic music. * [[The Three Tenors]] - Turned high culture into pop culture. * [[Throbbing Gristle]] - The band who originated the term "industrial music" (coined by their friend Monte Cazazza for their label Industrial Records, which he released some music on). * [[The Tragically Hip]] - Canada's greatest rock group (unless you think Rush is). The socially-aware great Canadian band. * [[U2]] - Possibly Ireland's greatest rock group, definitely their most successful. Line 40 ⟶ 51: * [[The Yardbirds]] - Another British Invasion group, best-known nowadays for some of their members: [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Jimmy Page]], and [[Keith Moon]]. === ~~Electronic~~Band ~~groups~~Leaders === They didn't front a steady group, but their sound came from more than the individual performers. * [[The Chemical Brothers]] - Helped popularize the big beat genre. <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[Daft Punk]] - They put French House into the mainstream. * [[~~Depeche~~Herb ~~Mode~~Alpert]] * [[Louis Armstrong]] * [[Kraftwerk]] - They pioneered and popularized [[Electronic Music]]. * [[Count Basie]] * [[Merzbow]] - The foremost act in the Japanese noise genre. * [[Cab Calloway]] * [[Ministry]] - The most prominent band to ever blend industrial music and hard rock. * [[~~The~~Hoagy ~~Prodigy~~Carmichael]] * [[Jimmy Dorsey]] * [[Skinny Puppy]] - The most influential group in the current wave of industrial music. * [[Tommy Dorsey]], the Sentimental Gentleman of Swing * [[Tangerine Dream]] - Also pioneers of electronic music. * [[Duke Ellington]] * [[Throbbing Gristle]] - The band who originated the term "industrial music" (coined by their friend Monte Cazazza for their label Industrial Records, which he released some music on). * [[Woody Herman]] * [[Glenn Miller]] * [[Harry James]] ''(no, not that [[Harry Potter\|Harry James]])'' * [[Buddy Rich]] * [[Artie Shaw]] </div> == Singers == <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[Gene Autry]] * [[Joan Baez]] - ''The'' female protest singer * [[Björk]] * [[David Bowie]] * [[James Brown]] * [[Michael Bublé]] * [[Kate Bush]] * [[Maria Callas]] * [[Cab Calloway]] * [[Hoagy Carmichael]] * [[Johnny Cash]] * [[Leonard Cohen]] - "Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win Vocalist of the Year." * [[Nat King Cole]] - also the first black man to host an American TV series * [[Elvis Costello]] * [[Bing Crosby]] * [[Gord Downie]] * [[Bob Dylan]] * [[Ella Fitzgerald]], the First Lady of Song * [[Billie Holiday]] * [[Whitney Houston]] * [[Howlin' Wolf]] (a.k.a. Chester Arthur Burnett) * [[Michael Jackson]] - ''Thriller'' is the biggest-selling album ever. * [[Waylon Jennings]] - one of the creators of "Outlaw country" * [[Al Jolson]] - Not just the star of [[The Jazz Singer\|the first talking picture]], but also an accomplished singer. * [[Robert Johnson]] - An important influence to [[Blues]]. * [[Janis Joplin]] * [[Frances Langford]] * [[John Lennon]] * [[Lyle Lovett]] * [[Vera Lynn]] - The original and iconic [[Glamorous Wartime Singer]]. * [[Madonna]] * [[Bob Marley]] * [[Curtis Mayfield]] * [[Freddie Mercury]] * [[Carmen Miranda]] - popularized salsa in North America; also known for her Nice Hats ([[:File:Carmen Miranda in The Gang's All Here trailer cropped.jpg\|example]]). * [[Joni Mitchell]] * [[Phil Ochs]] * [[Dolly Parton]] * [[Luciano Pavarotti]] * [[Elvis Presley]] * [[Prince]] - who really should also be listed in half of the other sections in this list * [[Jerry Reed]] * [[Frank Sinatra]] * [[Hank Snow]] * [[Bruce Springsteen]] * [[Sting]] (a.k.a. Gordon Sumner) * [[Fats Waller]] * [[Hank Williams]] * [[Hank Williams Jr.]] * [[Neil Young]] </div> === Rappers === They've got the rhymes and the rhythm, but they aren't known for melody. <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[50 Cent]] * [[Beastie Boys]] * [[Cypress Hill]] * [[De La Soul]] * [[Dr. Dre]] - Worked with many influential rappers, including [[Tupac Shakur\|2Pac]], [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Eminem]]. * [[Eminem]] - ''The'' most important rapper around. * [[Gil Scott-Heron]] * [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] * [[Ice Cube]] * [[Ice-T]] - Pioneer of [[Gangsta Rap]] * [[Jay-Z]] * [[Jurassic 5]] * [[Kendrick Lamar]] * [[The Last Poets]] - Considered the very first rap group. * [[Lil Wayne]] * [[LL Cool J]] * [[N.W.A.]] * [[Nas]] * [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] * [[OutKast]] * [[Public Enemy]] * [[Queen Latifah]] * [[Run DMC]] * [[Slick Rick]] * [[Snoop Dogg]] * [[The Sugarhill Gang]] * [[A Tribe Called Quest]] * [[Tupac Shakur]] * [[Wu-Tang Clan]] * [[Ye]] ''(previously known as "Kanye West")'' </div> == Clarinetists == * [[Benny Goodman]] - The "King of Swing" made jazz respectable. * [[Jimmy Dorsey]] * [[Woody Herman]] * [[Artie Shaw]] == Cornetists == * [[Bix Beiderbecke]] == Drummers == Line 93 ⟶ 205: == Guitarists == {{quote\|''There are only two kinds of rock guitarists: Jeff Beck and everyone else.''\|"Mio Akiyama", ''[[K-On!]]''}} :''See also: [[Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists"]]'' <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[Chet Atkins]] - Mr. Guitar invented the "Nashville sound" * [[Jeff Beck]] * [[Adrian Belew]] Line 100 ⟶ 216: * [[Liona Boyd]] * [[Eric Clapton]] * [[Dick Dale]] - juiced up the old song "Misirlou" and invented [[Surf Rock]] * [[Bo Diddley]] * [[Robert Fripp]] * [[Jimi Hendrix]] * [[Buddy Holly]] - first successful modern singer to sing about love (instead of lust), first successful modern singer-songwriter, first popularizer of the Fender Stratocaster * [[Buddy Holly]] * [[Tony Iommi]] (Black Sabbath) * [[Robert Johnson]] * [[B.B. King]] * [[Pat Metheny]] * [[Tom Morello]] (Rage Against the Machine) * [[Jimmy Page]] * [[Les Paul]] * [[Carl Perkins]] * [[Vernon Reid]] (Living Colour) * [[Django Reinhardt]] - The seminal jazz guitarist. * [[Carlos Santana]] * [[Snakefinger]] (aka Philip Lithman) * [[Trey Spruance]] (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3) * [[Steve Vai]] * [[Eddie Van Halen]] * [[T-Bone Walker]] - pioneered the guitar solo * [[Muddy Waters]] - brought "Delta slide" into the mainstream * [[Wah Wah Watson]] (aka Melvin Ragin) - master of the wah wah pedal * [[Angus Young]] (AC/DC) Line 121 ⟶ 244: === Bassists === Not to be confused with [[Lead Bassist]] - that's a somewhat different group that overlaps with this one. <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[Jack Bruce]] (Cream) Line 146 ⟶ 270: * [[Robbie Shakespeare]] * [[Chris Squire]] (Yes) * [[Sting]] * [[Mike Watt]] * [[Doug Wimbish]] Line 153 ⟶ 278: == Harpists == * [[Loreena McKennitt]] * [[Joanna Newsom]] == Pianists and Keyboardists == <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[Tori Amos]] * [[Count Basie]] (William James "Count" Basie) * [[Bix Beiderbecke]] * [[Victor Borge]] * [[John Cale]] (Velvet Underground, solo) * [[Wendy Carlos\|Wendy/Walter Carlos]] * [[Hoagy Carmichael]] * [[Ray Charles]] * [[Nat King Cole]] * [[Burton Cummings]] (The Guess Who, solo) * [[Rick Davies]] (Supertramp) * [[Dr. John]] * [[George Duke]] * [[Duke Ellington]] * [[Keith Emerson]] * [[Glenn Gould]] Line 174 ⟶ 305: * [[Booker T. Jones]] * [[Howard Jones]] * [[Scott Joplin]] * [[Michael Kaeshammer]] * [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] Line 189 ⟶ 321: * [[Ian Underwood]] (Frank Zappa) * [[Rick Wakeman]] (Yes, solo) * [[Fats Waller]] - turned Harlem Stride into modern Jazz Piano * [[Stevie Wonder]] * [[Bernie Worrell]] * [[Warren Zevon]] </div> == Saxophonists == * [[Jimmy Dorsey]] * [[Woody Herman]] == Trumpeters == * [[Herb Alpert]] * [[Louis Armstrong]], a.k.a. "Satchmo" * [[Dizzy Gillespie]] * [[Harry James]] == Trombonists == * [[Tommy Dorsey]] * [[Glenn Miller]] == Violinists == * [[Emilie Autumn]] * [[Natalie MacMaster]] * [[Lindsey Stirling]] ~~(((see also [[w:Lists of violinists]])))~~ ~~== Singers ==~~ ~~<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">~~ * [[Gene Autry]] * [[Joan Baez]] - ''The'' female protest singer * [[Björk]] * [[David Bowie]] * [[James Brown]] * [[Kate Bush]] * [[Cab Calloway]] * [[Johnny Cash]] * [[Leonard Cohen]] - "Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win Vocalist of the Year." * [[Elvis Costello]] * [[Gord Downie]] * [[Bob Dylan]] * [[Whitney Houston]] * [[Michael Jackson]] - ''Thriller'' is the biggest-selling album ever. * [[Janis Joplin]] * [[John Lennon]] * [[Madonna]] * [[Bob Marley]] * [[Freddie Mercury]] * [[Joni Mitchell]] * [[Phil Ochs]] * [[Luciano Pavarotti]] * [[Elvis Presley]] * [[Prince]] - who really should also be listed in half of the other sections in this list * [[Frank Sinatra]] * [[Bruce Springsteen]] * [[Neil Young]] ~~</div>~~ ~~=== Rappers ===~~ ~~<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">~~ * [[50 Cent]] * [[Beastie Boys]] * [[Cypress Hill]] * [[De La Soul]] * [[Dr. Dre]] - Worked with many influential rappers, including [[Tupac Shakur\|2Pac]], [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Eminem]]. * [[Eminem]] - ''The'' most important rapper around. * [[Gil Scott-Heron]] * [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] * [[Ice Cube]] * [[Ice-T]] - Pioneer of [[Gangsta Rap]] * [[Jay-Z]] * [[Jurassic 5]] * [[Kanye West]] * [[Kendrick Lamar]] * [[The Last Poets]] - Considered the very first rap group. * [[Lil Wayne]] * [[LL Cool J]] * [[N.W.A.]] * [[Nas]] * [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] * [[OutKast]] * [[Public Enemy]] * [[Queen Latifah]] * [[Run DMC]] * [[Slick Rick]] * [[Snoop Dogg]] * [[The Sugarhill Gang]] * [[A Tribe Called Quest]] * [[Tupac Shakur]] * [[Wu-Tang Clan]] ~~</div>~~ == DJs == Line 295 ⟶ 376: * [[Leonard Bernstein]] * [[Johannes Brahms]] * [[John Carpenter]] * [[Fryderyk Chopin]] * [[Aaron Copland]] * [[Claude Debussy]] * [[Jimmy Dorsey]] * [[George Gershwin]] * [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] * [[Philip Glass]] * [[Joseph Haydn]] * [[Bernard Herrmann]] * [[Joe Hisaishi]] * [[Gustav Holst]] * [[Scott Joplin]] * [[Yoko Kanno]] * [[Lerner and Loewe]] Line 315 ⟶ 400: * [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] * [[Stephen Sondheim]] * [[Max Steiner]] * [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] * [[Giuseppe Verdi]] Line 324 ⟶ 410: == Producers == The people behind the scenes, known for helping the people listed above to shine. (Some of them are also known as performers in their own right; these people are listed in the sections above.) See also [[Record Producer]]. <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> * [[Steve Albini]] * [[Steve Aoki]] * [[Aphex Twin]] * [[Michael Bublé]] * [[Butch Vig]] * [[Brian Burton\|Danger Mouse]] (aka Brian Burton) * [[Deadmau5]] * [[Sam Dickinson]] * [[Diplo]] * [[Tom Dowd]] * [[~~Brian~~Dr. ~~Eno~~Dre]] * [[Brian Eno]] - ''The'' [[Ambient]] artist. * [[Fatboy Slim]] - Helped popularize the Big Beat genre in the 1990s. * [[Frankie Knuckles]] - A pioneer of [[House Music]] during the 1980s. * [[Berry Gordy]] * [[Martin Hannett]] * [[Richie Hawtin]] * [[Trevor Horn]] * [[Jimmy Iovine]] * [[J Dilla]] * [[Quincy Jones]] * [[François Kevorkian]] * [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]] * [[Daniel Lanois]] - also a singer/songwriter * [[John Leckie]] * [[Steve Lillywhite]] Line 344 ⟶ 444: * [[Arif Marden]] * [[George Martin]] * [[Curtis Mayfield]] * [[Joe Meek]] * [[James Murphy]] * [[Dolly Parton]] * [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] * [[Sam Phillips]] Line 350 ⟶ 453: * [[Rick Rubin]] * [[Todd Rundgren]] * [[Adrian Sherwood]] * [[Skrillex]] * [[Phil Spector]] * [[Jim Steinman]] * [[Chris Thomas]] * [[King Tubby]] - Influenced the development of Dub music in the 1960s and 1970s * [[Armin Van Buuren]] * [[Paul van Dyk]] * [[Jerry Wexler]] </div> ~~=== Electronic music producers ===~~ ~~<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">~~ * [[Adrian Sherwood]] * [[Aphex Twin]] * [[Armin Van Buuren]] * [[Brian Eno]] - ''The'' [[Ambient]] artist. * [[Deadmau5]] * [[Diplo]] * [[Dr. Dre]] * [[Fatboy Slim]] - Helped popularize the Big Beat genre in the 1990s. * [[Frankie Knuckles]] - A pioneer of [[House Music]] during the 1980s. * [[J Dilla]] * [[James Murphy]] * [[Paul van Dyk]] * [[Richie Hawtin]] * [[Skrillex]] * [[Steve Aoki]] ~~</div>~~ {{reflist}} ~~[[Category:Music]]~~ {{Names to Know}} ~~[[Category:List of Lists]]~~ [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Names to Know~~Musicians]] [[Category:Pages Original to All The Tropes]] [[Category:Trivia Trope]] [[Category:Trivia]]