# Name your favorite musical artists A-Z **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112 "2017-01-14T15:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/41 "2017-01-17T01:52:37Z")
A Aster Aweke B Mbilia Bel C Ana Cafolina D Danielle Brisebois E Edidiya Ayele F Ibrahim Ferrer G Juan Luis Guerra H Hebe Tien I Ivan Lins J Jo Stafford K Pepe Kalle L Mpongo Love M Майя Кристалинская N Willie Nelson O Oesch die Dritten P Romica Puceanu Q (lost patience trying to think of one) R Raisa S Slawa Przybylska T Marie Jo Therio U Uranga Sisters (Mocadades) V Vaughan Monroe W Faye Wong X A Aster Aweke B Mbilia Bel C Ana Cafolina D Danielle Brisebois E Edidiya Ayele F Ibrahim Ferrer G Juan Luis Guerra H Hebe Tien I Ivan Lins J Jo Stafford K Pepe Kalle L Mpongo Love M Майя Кристалинская N Willie Nelson O Oesch die Dritten P Romica Puceanu Q (lost patience trying to think of one) R Raisa S Slawa Przybylska T Marie Jo Therio U Uranga Sisters (Mocadades) V Vaughan Monroe W Faye Wong X Xristina Koletsa Y Frankie Yankovic Z Zventa Sventana Y Frankie Yankovic Z Zventa Sventana ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/42 "2017-01-17T01:59:12Z")
Sorry, messed it up trying to edit it, and my computers isn’t fast enough to fix it in the micro-window for editing. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/43 "2017-01-17T02:17:34Z")
Alice in Chains Bowie Cannibal Ox D, Schoolly El-P Flaming Lips Gogol Bordello Hendrix INXS Jackson, Micheal Kool and the Gang Lang, Jonny Method Man Nas Ozzy Prince Queen Rock, Aesop Stone Temple Pilots Time Unknown Mortal Orchestra Van Halen West, Kanye X (as in the band named “X”) Young, Neil ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/44 "2017-01-17T02:19:25Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > So where the hell do YOU disappear to every time I try to start a “Laura is a genius and I want to bear her children oh my god _New York Tendaberry_ oh my god oh god” thread, and it drops to the bottom of the page and dies within a day because nobody but you and I know who Laura is anymore? > > Back me up, bro, we Nyrovians got to stay proud and loud. True blue Nyrovian here, reporting for duty. Every night I thank God that I was fortunate enough to see her in concert. We miss you Laura. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/45 "2017-01-17T02:20:59Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I struggled a bit with N and settled on Nirvana. Laura did not occur to me. Tell me two LN songs to go listen to and I may revise. > mmm Start with “Lucky.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/46 "2017-01-17T18:19:37Z")
Hmm. Interesting. Lessee… Alan Parsons Project Beatles Cheap Trick Dylan, Bob Electric Light Orchestra Frankie Goes to Hollywood Genesis Harrison, George Imagine Dragons Jethro Tull Kenny Loggins Led Zeppelin Mike & the Mechanics Nilsson, Harry Orleans Pitbull Queen Rolling Stones Smashing Pumpkins Ten Thousand Maniacs Usher Van Halen Wham! XTC Yes ZZ Top Some of these are a stretch, just to fill a space or because I really like one of their songs. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/47 "2017-01-17T22:54:04Z")
A - Abba B - Blondie C - Harry Chapin D - John Denver E - John Eddie F - Foreigner G - Genesis/Peter Gabriel dead heat H - Emmylou Harris I - Indigo Girls J - Journey K - Mark Knopfler (beat out Leo Kottke) L - Meat Loaf M - Barry Manilow N - Juice Newton O - Alexander O’Neal P - The Pogues Q - Queen R - Stan Rogers S - Bruce Springsteen T - Traffic U - U2 V - Stevie Ray Vaughn W - Steve Winwood X - X Y - Yaz(oo) Z - ZZ Top Yes, I did grow up in the 70s and 80s! kiss this guy will jog your memory by letter: [Singers and Bands Beginning with V](http://www.kissthisguy.com/V-artists.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/48 "2017-01-17T23:40:39Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > kiss this guy will jog your memory by letter: [Singers and Bands Beginning with V](http://www.kissthisguy.com/V-artists.htm) Thanks for that link! I may become ambitious enough to start a similar thread where you make a Music Hall of Fame pick for each letter. Sneak preview: “B” will be occupied by Justin Bieber in my list, beating out Michael Bolton. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/49 "2017-01-18T20:28:57Z")
Adams, Bryan Blessid Union of Souls Church, Eric Dada Eagles Fleetwood Mac Gaslight Anthem Hanson Incubus Jewel Kygo Lady Gaga McMahon, Andrew Newfound Glory Osborne, Joan Pink Queen Rob Zombie Swift, Taylor Third Eye Blind Urban, Keith Van Halen Wham! X Ambassadors Yellowcard Zac Brown Band ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/50 "2017-01-18T21:11:14Z")
Allman Brothers Beatles Costello, Elvis Dylan, Bob Ellington, Duke Franklin, Aretha Gaye, Marvin Hendrix, Jimi Isley Brothers Joplin, Janis King, B.B. Lewis, Jerry Lee Marley, Bob Nirvana Orbison, Roy Presley, Elvis Queen Rolling Stones Springsteen, Bruce Talking Heads U2 Velvet Undeground Who X Young, Neil Zevon, Warren ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/51 "2017-01-18T21:47:17Z")
Asia Beatles Clapton, Eric Dylan, Bob Electric Light Orchestra Foreigner Guess Who Harrison, George INXS Journey King, Carole Lightman, Toby Moody Blues Newton-John, Olivia Orbison, Roy Petty, Tom (and the Heartbreakers) Queen Rush Styx Townshend, Pete U2 Van Halen Wonder, Stevie X (none) Yes ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/52 "2017-01-18T22:03:03Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Thanks for that link! I may become ambitious enough to start a similar thread where you make a Music Hall of Fame pick for each letter. Sneak preview: “B” will be occupied by Justin Bieber in my list, beating out Michael Bolton. I meant to say hall of SHAME, not hall of FAME :o ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/53 "2017-01-19T06:12:35Z")
Alan Parsons Project Beborn Beton (sorry, not really a Beatles fan) Cooper, Alice Dream Theater Eagles Fleetwood Mac Gabriel, Peter Heart Iris Jethro Tull Kansas Little River Band (reaching - hard to find one) Moody Blues NIN (again, reaching) Ozzy Osbourne Pink Floyd Queen Rush Simon and Garfunkel Toad the Wet Sprocket U2 VNV Nation The Who X (no choice, not the band) Yankovic, Weird Al ZZTop ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/54 "2017-01-19T15:54:42Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I meant to say hall of SHAME, not hall of FAME :o Am I allowed to Rickroll your ass? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/55 "2017-01-22T01:36:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm. Interesting. Lessee… > > Alan Parsons Project > Beatles > Cheap Trick > Dylan, Bob > Electric Light Orchestra > Frankie Goes to Hollywood > Genesis > Harrison, George > Imagine Dragons > Jethro Tull > Kenny Loggins > Led Zeppelin > Mike & the Mechanics > Nilsson, Harry > Orleans > Pitbull > Queen > Rolling Stones > Smashing Pumpkins > Ten Thousand Maniacs > Usher > Van Halen > Wham! > XTC > Yes > ZZ Top > > Some of these are a stretch, just to fill a space or because I really like one of their songs. You are allowed an entry for a ‘number’ band. Stick 10,000 Maniacs in there and that frees up your T for Talking Heads, George Thorogood, or Taco. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/56 "2017-01-22T03:29:51Z")
Aphex Twin Bartok, Bela Cattle Decapitation Dolphy, Eric Ed Hall (yes, **Scabpicker** - good pick. Mr. Gary Chester’s an interesting person) The Fall Genesis Half Japanese Iggy Pop and the Stooges Jethro Tull (my last and most difficult pick for some reason) King Crimson Lacey, Steve Mahler, Gustav, with thanks to Monk, Thelonious, for giving way Nile Origin Pig Destroyer Queen Rush Soy:p Tyner, McCoy Utopia Velvet Underground Workman, Reggie (jazz bassist great) XTC Yes leg-wrestling with the Yardbirds while getting whizzed on by Niel Young Frank Zappa walking hand in hand through the saffron pasture with John Zorn > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > DAMN. Cannot come up with O, U, or X. Saxophonist Greg Osby has put out a lot of awesome stuff for quite some time now. Strictly not ‘jazz’, there’s Ruth Underwood’s vibe/xylophone work with Zappa. /nitpick/ > [@gigi](#): > > L - Meat Loaf [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112.md?page=2)