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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.
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]], the people that other musicians and people in the music industry look to for inspiration.
These people are the genre definers, the [[Trope 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]].
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 ==
== Groups ==
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* [[The Beatles]] - The most popular group of the British Invasion, the "Fab Four" still get airplay a half-century after they broke up.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[The Grateful Dead]] - They were spending their lives on tour before it was cool.
* [[Joy Division]] - Pioneers of the [[Post-punk]] movement.
* [[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]].
* [[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"
* [[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
* [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] - the first big "[[shoegazing]]" group
* [[Nirvana]] - ''The'' "[[grunge]]" group.
* [[Nirvana]] - ''The'' "[[grunge]]" group.
* [[Pink Floyd]] - ''The'' [[Psychedelic Rock]] group.
* [[Pink Floyd]] - ''The'' [[Psychedelic Rock]] group.
* [[The Prodigy]]
* [[The Ramones]] - The first [[Punk Rock]] group.
* [[The Ramones]] - The first [[Punk Rock]] group.
* [[Red Hot Chilli Pipers]] - Popularizers of rock music on the bagpipes.
* [[Red Hot Chilli Pipers]] - Popularizers of rock music on the bagpipes.
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* [[The Rolling Stones]] - The "bad boys" of the British Invasion.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[U2]] - Possibly Ireland's greatest rock group, definitely their most successful.
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* [[The Yardbirds]] - Another British Invasion group, best-known nowadays for some of their members: [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Jimmy Page]], and [[Keith Moon]].
* [[The Yardbirds]] - Another British Invasion group, best-known nowadays for some of their members: [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Jimmy Page]], and [[Keith Moon]].


=== Electronic groups ===
== Band 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.
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* [[Daft Punk]] - They put French House into the mainstream.
* [[Depeche Mode]]
* [[Herb 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 Prodigy]]
* [[Hoagy 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]]
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== Singers ==
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* [[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]]
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=== Rappers ===
They've got the rhymes and the rhythm, but they aren't known for melody.
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* [[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 ==
== Clarinetists ==
* [[Benny Goodman]] - The "King of Swing" made jazz respectable.
* [[Benny Goodman]] - The "King of Swing" made jazz respectable.
* [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* [[Woody Herman]]
* [[Artie Shaw]]

== Cornetists ==
* [[Bix Beiderbecke]]


== Drummers ==
== Drummers ==
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== Guitarists ==
== Guitarists ==
{{quote|''There are only two kinds of rock guitarists: Jeff Beck and everyone else.''|"Mio Akiyama", ''[[K-On!]]''}}
{{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"]]''

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* [[Chet Atkins]] - Mr. Guitar invented the "Nashville sound"
* [[Jeff Beck]]
* [[Jeff Beck]]
* [[Adrian Belew]]
* [[Adrian Belew]]
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* [[Liona Boyd]]
* [[Liona Boyd]]
* [[Eric Clapton]]
* [[Eric Clapton]]
* [[Dick Dale]] - juiced up the old song "Misirlou" and invented [[Surf Rock]]
* [[Bo Diddley]]
* [[Bo Diddley]]
* [[Robert Fripp]]
* [[Robert Fripp]]
* [[Jimi Hendrix]]
* [[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)
* [[Tony Iommi]] (Black Sabbath)
* [[Robert Johnson]]
* [[B.B. King]]
* [[Pat Metheny]]
* [[Pat Metheny]]
* [[Tom Morello]] (Rage Against the Machine)
* [[Tom Morello]] (Rage Against the Machine)
* [[Jimmy Page]]
* [[Jimmy Page]]
* [[Les Paul]]
* [[Les Paul]]
* [[Carl Perkins]]
* [[Vernon Reid]] (Living Colour)
* [[Vernon Reid]] (Living Colour)
* [[Django Reinhardt]] - The seminal jazz guitarist.
* [[Django Reinhardt]] - The seminal jazz guitarist.
* [[Carlos Santana]]
* [[Snakefinger]] (aka Philip Lithman)
* [[Snakefinger]] (aka Philip Lithman)
* [[Trey Spruance]] (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3)
* [[Trey Spruance]] (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3)
* [[Steve Vai]]
* [[Steve Vai]]
* [[Eddie Van Halen]]
* [[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
* [[Wah Wah Watson]] (aka Melvin Ragin) - master of the wah wah pedal
* [[Angus Young]] (AC/DC)
* [[Angus Young]] (AC/DC)
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=== Bassists ===
=== Bassists ===
Not to be confused with [[Lead Bassist]] - that's a somewhat different group that overlaps with this one.
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* [[Jack Bruce]] (Cream)
* [[Jack Bruce]] (Cream)
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* [[Robbie Shakespeare]]
* [[Robbie Shakespeare]]
* [[Chris Squire]] (Yes)
* [[Chris Squire]] (Yes)
* [[Sting]]
* [[Mike Watt]]
* [[Mike Watt]]
* [[Doug Wimbish]]
* [[Doug Wimbish]]
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== Harpists ==
== Harpists ==
* [[Loreena McKennitt]]
* [[Loreena McKennitt]]
* [[Joanna Newsom]]


== Pianists and Keyboardists ==
== Pianists and Keyboardists ==
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* [[Tori Amos]]
* [[Tori Amos]]
* [[Count Basie]] (William James "Count" Basie)
* [[Bix Beiderbecke]]
* [[Victor Borge]]
* [[Victor Borge]]
* [[John Cale]] (Velvet Underground, solo)
* [[John Cale]] (Velvet Underground, solo)
* [[Wendy/Walter Carlos]]
* [[Wendy Carlos|Wendy/Walter Carlos]]
* [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* [[Ray Charles]]
* [[Ray Charles]]
* [[Nat King Cole]]
* [[Burton Cummings]] (The Guess Who, solo)
* [[Burton Cummings]] (The Guess Who, solo)
* [[Rick Davies]] (Supertramp)
* [[Rick Davies]] (Supertramp)
* [[Dr. John]]
* [[Dr. John]]
* [[George Duke]]
* [[George Duke]]
* [[Duke Ellington]]
* [[Keith Emerson]]
* [[Keith Emerson]]
* [[Glenn Gould]]
* [[Glenn Gould]]
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* [[Booker T. Jones]]
* [[Booker T. Jones]]
* [[Howard Jones]]
* [[Howard Jones]]
* [[Scott Joplin]]
* [[Michael Kaeshammer]]
* [[Michael Kaeshammer]]
* [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]
* [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]
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* [[Ian Underwood]] (Frank Zappa)
* [[Ian Underwood]] (Frank Zappa)
* [[Rick Wakeman]] (Yes, solo)
* [[Rick Wakeman]] (Yes, solo)
* [[Fats Waller]] - turned Harlem Stride into modern Jazz Piano
* [[Stevie Wonder]]
* [[Stevie Wonder]]
* [[Bernie Worrell]]
* [[Bernie Worrell]]
* [[Warren Zevon]]
* [[Warren Zevon]]
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</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 ==
== Violinists ==
* [[Emilie Autumn]]
* [[Natalie MacMaster]]
* [[Natalie MacMaster]]
* [[Lindsey Stirling]]
* [[Lindsey Stirling]]

(((see also [[w:Lists of violinists]])))

== Singers ==
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* [[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]]
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=== Rappers ===
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* [[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 ==
== DJs ==
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* [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* [[Leonard Bernstein]]
* [[Johannes Brahms]]
* [[Johannes Brahms]]
* [[John Carpenter]]
* [[Fryderyk Chopin]]
* [[Fryderyk Chopin]]
* [[Aaron Copland]]
* [[Aaron Copland]]
* [[Claude Debussy]]
* [[Claude Debussy]]
* [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* [[George Gershwin]]
* [[George Gershwin]]
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]
* [[Philip Glass]]
* [[Philip Glass]]
* [[Joseph Haydn]]
* [[Joseph Haydn]]
* [[Bernard Herrmann]]
* [[Joe Hisaishi]]
* [[Joe Hisaishi]]
* [[Gustav Holst]]
* [[Gustav Holst]]
* [[Scott Joplin]]
* [[Yoko Kanno]]
* [[Yoko Kanno]]
* [[Lerner and Loewe]]
* [[Lerner and Loewe]]
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* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
* [[Stephen Sondheim]]
* [[Stephen Sondheim]]
* [[Max Steiner]]
* [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]
* [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]
* [[Giuseppe Verdi]]
* [[Giuseppe Verdi]]
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== Producers ==
== 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]].

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* [[Steve Albini]]
* [[Steve Albini]]
* [[Steve Aoki]]
* [[Aphex Twin]]
* [[Michael Bublé]]
* [[Butch Vig]]
* [[Butch Vig]]
* [[Danger Mouse]] (aka Brian Burton)
* [[Brian Burton|Danger Mouse]] (aka Brian Burton)
* [[Deadmau5]]
* [[Sam Dickinson]]
* [[Sam Dickinson]]
* [[Diplo]]
* [[Tom Dowd]]
* [[Tom Dowd]]
* [[Brian Eno]]
* [[Dr. 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]]
* [[Berry Gordy]]
* [[Martin Hannett]]
* [[Martin Hannett]]
* [[Richie Hawtin]]
* [[Trevor Horn]]
* [[Trevor Horn]]
* [[Jimmy Iovine]]
* [[Jimmy Iovine]]
* [[J Dilla]]
* [[Quincy Jones]]
* [[Quincy Jones]]
* [[François Kevorkian]]
* [[François Kevorkian]]
* [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]]
* [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]]
* [[Daniel Lanois]]
* [[Daniel Lanois]] - also a singer/songwriter
* [[John Leckie]]
* [[John Leckie]]
* [[Steve Lillywhite]]
* [[Steve Lillywhite]]
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* [[Arif Marden]]
* [[Arif Marden]]
* [[George Martin]]
* [[George Martin]]
* [[Curtis Mayfield]]
* [[Joe Meek]]
* [[Joe Meek]]
* [[James Murphy]]
* [[Dolly Parton]]
* [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]]
* [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]]
* [[Sam Phillips]]
* [[Sam Phillips]]
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* [[Rick Rubin]]
* [[Rick Rubin]]
* [[Todd Rundgren]]
* [[Todd Rundgren]]
* [[Adrian Sherwood]]
* [[Skrillex]]
* [[Phil Spector]]
* [[Phil Spector]]
* [[Jim Steinman]]
* [[Jim Steinman]]
* [[Chris Thomas]]
* [[Chris Thomas]]
* [[King Tubby]] - Influenced the development of Dub music in the 1960s and 1970s
* [[King Tubby]] - Influenced the development of Dub music in the 1960s and 1970s
* [[Armin Van Buuren]]
* [[Paul van Dyk]]
* [[Jerry Wexler]]
* [[Jerry Wexler]]
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=== Electronic music producers ===
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* [[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]]
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    This page is part of the "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, 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.

    Groups
    I was talking to Lou Reed the other day, and he said that the first Velvet Underground record sold only 30,000 copies in its first five years. Yet, that was an enormously important record for so many people. I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band! So I console myself in thinking that some things generate their rewards in second-hand ways.
    —Brian Eno

    Band Leaders

    They didn't front a steady group, but their sound came from more than the individual performers.

    Singers

    Rappers

    They've got the rhymes and the rhythm, but they aren't known for melody.

    Clarinetists

    Cornetists

    Drummers

    Guitarists
    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"

    Bassists

    Not to be confused with Lead Bassist - that's a somewhat different group that overlaps with this one.

    Harpists

    Pianists and Keyboardists

    Saxophonists

    Trumpeters

    Trombonists

    Violinists

    DJs

    Composers

    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.


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