- The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool that released twelve albums between 1963 and 1970. They had seventeen… Read more: The Beatles - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in 1962 by guitarist Brian Jones with singer Mick Jagger and… Read more: The Rolling Stones - Miles Davis
Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 — September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter with a recording career that spanned… Read more: Miles Davis - David Bowie
David Bowie (January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor with a career… Read more: David Bowie - Genesis
Genesis was an English rock band that released fifteen studio albums between 1969 and 1997. They formed as a baroque-psych… Read more: Genesis - Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder is an American R&B musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer who began recording for Tamla/Motown in 1962 at age… Read more: Stevie Wonder - XTC
XTC was an English rock band that released ten albums on Virgin between 1978 and 1992, followed by two albums… Read more: XTC - Sly & The Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone were an American soul-funk band that released eight albums between 1967 and 1976 on Epic… Read more: Sly & The Family Stone - King Crimson
King Crimson are an English rock band, active at multiple intervals since 1969. The original lineup of guitarist Robert Fripp,… Read more: King Crimson - James Brown
James Brown (May 3, 1933 — December 25, 2006) was an American soul singer who was active as a performer… Read more: James Brown - Queen
Queen was an English rock band that released fourteen studio albums between 1973 and 1991. Their first two albums, Queen… Read more: Queen - John Coltrane
John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 — July 17, 1967) was an American post-bop/jazz saxophonist and composer who released more than… Read more: John Coltrane - Cream
Cream was an English rock trio that was active for 28 months between July 1966 and November 1968. They released… Read more: Cream - Japan
Japan was an English new wave band that released five albums between 1978 and 1981. They formed in 1974 when… Read more: Japan - Sparks
Sparks is the musical partnership of American keyboardist–songwriter Ron Mael and his vocalist brother Russell Mael. They first recorded as… Read more: Sparks - Camel
Camel are an English symphonic/jazz-rock band that released ten studio albums between 1973 and 1984. They formed as a quartet… Read more: Camel - Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra is an English rock band that released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986. Conceived by multi-instrumentalists… Read more: Electric Light Orchestra - Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 was an American soul-pop group composed of brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson. They formed… Read more: Jackson 5 - Renaissance
Renaissance are an English rock band that released eleven studio albums between 1969 and 1983. The original concept behind the… Read more: Renaissance - Chicago
Chicago are an American band formed in 1967; noted as one of the first rock acts with an integrated three-piece… Read more: Chicago - The Who
The Who are an English rock band that released ten studio albums between 1965 and 1982, including the rock operas… Read more: The Who - Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 — December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, producer, and bandleader with a career… Read more: Frank Zappa - Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 — April 1, 1984) was an American R&B vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Washington, D.C.,… Read more: Marvin Gaye - Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant was an English art-rock band that released eleven studio albums between 1970 and 1980. Their original lineup featured… Read more: Gentle Giant - Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz and funk keyboardist active since the late 1950s. His 1962… Read more: Herbie Hancock - Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American art-rock band from New York City. They released eight studio albums between 1977 and 1988… Read more: Talking Heads - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley (Feb. 6, 1945 — May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter known internationally as the… Read more: Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band that released eight albums and eighteen singles between 1978 and 1989 on Fiction… Read more: The Cure - The Miracles
The Miracles were an American soul group from Detroit, best known for the Motown hits “Shop Around,” “You’ve Really Got… Read more: The Miracles - Ultravox
Ultravox was an English new wave band, first fronted by John Foxx on the 1977–78 Island releases Ultravox!, Ha!-Ha!-Ha!, and… Read more: Ultravox - Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English metal band from Birmingham. Between 1974 and 1990, they released twelve studio albums and scored… Read more: Judas Priest - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are an English–American rock band formed in 1967 by drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Peter Green. The first-recorded… Read more: Fleetwood Mac - Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer who made the 1967–68 Track/Reprise albums Are You… Read more: Jimi Hendrix - Weather Report
Weather Report was a multinational jazz-funk/fusion ensemble that released fourteen studio albums between 1971 and 1986 on Columbia. Throughout its… Read more: Weather Report - The Cars
The Cars were an American new wave band that released six albums between 1978 and 1987 on Elektra. Their first… Read more: The Cars - Roxy Music
Roxy Music was an English art-rock band led by singer Bryan Ferry. They emerged with the 1972/73 albums Roxy Music… Read more: Roxy Music - The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band that released six studio albums between 1967 and 1971 on Elektra. They formed… Read more: The Doors - Blondie
Blondie is an American rock band from New York that released six albums between 1976 and 1982 and had four… Read more: Blondie - Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English hard-rock band formed in 1967. They emerged at the height of psychedelia and played a… Read more: Deep Purple - The Police
The Police were an English rock trio that released five albums between 1978 and 1983 on A&M. They were the… Read more: The Police - 10cc
10cc are an English art-pop band that released two albums on UK Records in 1973/74, followed by seven albums and… Read more: 10cc - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 — August 16, 2018) was an American soul singer from Memphis. She began performing gospel… Read more: Aretha Franklin - Supertramp
Supertramp was an English rock band that released nine studio albums and a live double-LP on A&M between 1970 and… Read more: Supertramp - Prince
Prince — aka Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 — April 21, 2016) — was an American vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist,… Read more: Prince - The Pretenders
The Pretenders are an English rock band, formed in London in 1978 by American-expat Chrissie Hynde. They released seven studio… Read more: The Pretenders - The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English rock band, formed in 1974 by guitarist–singer Hugh Cornwell. They rose to prominence with the… Read more: The Stranglers - The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band that released twenty-four studio albums between 1964 and 1993. Singer–guitarist and songwriter Ray… Read more: The Kinks - The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues were an English rock band active from 1964 to 2018. The original lineup included singer–guitarist Denny Laine… Read more: The Moody Blues - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd was an English rock band that released twelve studio albums and two soundtracks between 1967 and 1994. They… Read more: Pink Floyd - Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy was an Irish rock band that released twelve studio albums between 1971 and 1983. They started as a… Read more: Thin Lizzy - Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner were the R&B/soul-rock duo of American guitarist/bandleader Ike Turner and his then-wife, singer Tina Turner. They… Read more: Ike & Tina Turner - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was an English rock band, formed in 1968 and active till 1980. Guitarist Jimmy Page formed the band… Read more: Led Zeppelin - The Supremes
The Supremes were an American soul-pop trio from Detroit, formed in 1961. Their classic lineup featured singers Mary Wilson, Florence… Read more: The Supremes - Yes
Yes are an English rock band that released twenty-one studio albums between 1969 and 2014. Formed in London in 1968,… Read more: Yes - Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull are an English rock band that released twenty studio albums between 1968 and 1999. They are best known… Read more: Jethro Tull - Elton John
Elton John (born March 25, 1947) is an English vocalist, pianist, songwriter, and philanthropist with a career stretching back to… Read more: Elton John - Split Enz
Split Enz was a New Zealander art-rock band from Auckland, formed in late 1972 and active through several iterations over… Read more: Split Enz - Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator are an English rock band, formed at Manchester University in 1967 by singer–songwriter Peter Hammill. On… Read more: Van der Graaf Generator - Return to Forever
Return to Forever was an American jazz-rock supergroup that evolved from a namesake 1972 solo album by bandleader Chick Corea.… Read more: Return to Forever - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Daryl Hall and John Oates — commonly known as Hall & Oates — were an American musical duo, active from… Read more: Daryl Hall & John Oates - Santana
Santana are an American Latin-rock jam band from San Francisco, formed in 1966 by guitarist Carlos Santana. Their self-titled debut,… Read more: Santana - Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and producer, originally from Philadelphia. He first… Read more: Todd Rundgren - Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic band established in 1969 by Edgar Froese (1944–2015). They emerged at the forefront of… Read more: Tangerine Dream - Funkadelic
Funkadelic was an American soul-funk/psych band from Detroit that released eight albums on Westbound between 1970 and 1976, followed by… Read more: Funkadelic - The Clash
The Clash was an English rock band that released five albums between 1977 and 1982 on CBS. Their classic lineup… Read more: The Clash - Henry Cow
Henry Cow was an English avant-garde rock and free-jazz band that released four studio albums between 1973 and 1975 on… Read more: Henry Cow - McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner (1938–2020) was an American jazz pianist, active for six decades. He earned his earliest credits on 1960 albums… Read more: McCoy Tyner - The Animals
The Animals were an English rock band that released three albums and nine singles between 1964 and 1966 on Columbia… Read more: The Animals - Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic band that released seven studio albums and a live disc between 1981 and 1990… Read more: Depeche Mode - U2
U2 is an Irish rock band that emerged in Dublin’s late-1970s new wave scene. As of 2023, the band contains… Read more: U2 - Bee Gees
The Bee Gees were a pop trio comprised of three English-born/Aussie-raised brothers — Barry (born 1946) and twins Robin and… Read more: Bee Gees - Public Image Ltd
Public Image Limited — commonly spelled Public Image Ltd. and known by the acronym PiL — are an English post-punk… Read more: Public Image Ltd - Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire are an American soul-funk band from Chicago that released thirteen studio albums between 1971 and 1983.… Read more: Earth, Wind & Fire - Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer–songwriter who released five albums between 1978 and 1985 on EMI. She rose to international… Read more: Kate Bush - Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his improvisational… Read more: Thelonious Monk - Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer–songwriter who released nineteen studio albums between 1968 and 2007. She emerged with the Sixties… Read more: Joni Mitchell - Soft Cell
Soft Cell was an English electro-pop duo from Leeds, composed of singer–lyricist Marc Almond and keyboardist–programmer Dave Ball. They cut… Read more: Soft Cell - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath was an English hard-rock and heavy-metal band from Birmingham that formed in 1968. Their original lineup—guitarist Tony Iommi,… Read more: Black Sabbath - The Jam
The Jam was an English rock trio that released six albums between 1977 and 1982 on Polydor. They scored eleven… Read more: The Jam - The Specials
The Specials were an English ska band that released the 1979–80 albums The Specials and More Specials on 2 Tone,… Read more: The Specials - Donna Summer
Donna Summer (December 31, 1948 — May 17, 2012) was an American soul-funk singer. She began performing in the late… Read more: Donna Summer - Buzzcocks
The Buzzcocks were an English punk-rock band from Manchester that debuted with an EP on self-press New Hormones in January… Read more: Buzzcocks - Curved Air
Curved Air are an English symphonic-psych band that released four albums on Warner Bros. between 1970 and 1973, followed by… Read more: Curved Air - Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a multinational jazz-rock ensemble headed by English guitarist John McLaughlin, who led two lineups during their… Read more: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Siouxsie and The Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English rock band that released eleven studio albums and twenty-seven singles between 1978 and… Read more: Siouxsie and The Banshees - Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band that released eleven studio albums between 1979 and 1995. They first achieved fame… Read more: Simple Minds - Brian Eno
Brian Eno is an English art-rock/ambient musician and producer who first emerged as the original keyboardist for Roxy Music. Between… Read more: Brian Eno - Procol Harum
Procol Harum was an English symphonic-rock band that released nine studio albums between 1967 and 1977. Functioning for most of… Read more: Procol Harum - Soft Machine
Soft Machine was an English jazz-rock band that was active between the late 1960s and early 1980s. They were among… Read more: Soft Machine - Traffic
Traffic was an English rock band fronted by singer–keyboardist Steve Winwood. They appeared with the 1967 psychedelic album Mr. Fantasy… Read more: Traffic - Yardbirds
The Yardbirds were an English rock band that emerged in London’s R&B–beat boom and released twelve 1964–68 singles. Their sonic… Read more: Yardbirds - Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, and bandleader, active from the 1940s… Read more: Charles Mingus - The Move
The Move was an English rock band from Birmingham that achieved UK fame with the 1967–68 pop-psych singles “Night of… Read more: The Move - George Duke
George Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American jazz-funk keyboardist, composer, arranger, and producer, active from… Read more: George Duke - Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep are an English hard-rock band that released twenty-five albums between 1970 and 2023. They emerged in London’s post-psych… Read more: Uriah Heep - Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears were an English New Wave/art-pop band that emerged with the 1983 Mercury album The Hurting, which spawned… Read more: Tears for Fears - The Temptations
The Temptations were an American soul group from Detroit, formed in 1961. They first charted in 1964 with “The Way… Read more: The Temptations - Devo
Devo are an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, best known for the 1980 hit “Whip It” and their… Read more: Devo - Billy Joel
Billy Joel is an American pianist, singer, and songwriter from the Bronx who released the album Cold Spring Harbor on… Read more: Billy Joel - Squeeze
Squeeze is an English pop-rock band from London, formed in 1974 and active with multiple lineups in the decades since.… Read more: Squeeze
Directories of bands, singers, and musicians of the sixties, seventies, and eighties from around the world.
- Africa — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from the African continent.
- Asia — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from the Far East.
- British Isles — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
- Caribbean — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
- Europe — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from the European continent, including Scandinavia, the Balkan Peninsula, and Russia.
- Middle East — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from the Middle East.
- North America — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America.
- Oceania — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from Australia and New Zealand.
- South America — Directory of jazz, rock, soul, pop, and folk bands and singers from Brazil and the Spanish Americas.