Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas",...
Run-D.M.C. was a pioneering hip hop group during the 1980s founded by Joseph "[The Reverend] Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell. The group had an...
Rammstein (German pronunciation: [ˈʀamʃtaɪ̯n]) is a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann (lead vocals), Richard Z. Kruspe (lead guitar...
Russell Ira Crowe is an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe-, and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and Australian actor. His acting career began in the early 1990s with...
Roxy Music are an English art rock group who formed in 1971 by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). The other members are Phil Manzanera (guitars), Andy Mackay (saxophone...
Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a guitarist, composer and a record producer best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the...
Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His unique sound has made him a long sought after studio man. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him...
Robert Leroy Johnson is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills,...
REO Speedwagon is an American rock band that grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. REO Speedwagon hits include "Keep On Loving...
Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952) is an Academy Award-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, record producer and actor, based in New...
The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in 1974, all of the band members adopted stage names ending with...
Roy Kelton Orbison , nicknamed "The Big O," was an influential Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose...
Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. For most of its existence, the band has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John...
Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The band is composed of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard,...
Robert Peter Maximilian Williams is an English singer-songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop "boy band" Take That in 1990, then going on to leave the band in 1995...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was renowned for his...
Roxette is a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. They enjoyed worldwide success, from the late 1980s until the mid 1990s, gaining nineteen UK Top 40 hits...
Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock...
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of the music for more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway musicals. He also...
Robin McLaurim Williams is an American actor and comedian, who won an Oscar, for his performance in Good Will Hunting, as well as six Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild...
Robert Sylvester Kelly better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, occasional rapper and record producer. Debuting in 1992 with the group...
Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949 in Perivale, London) is an English keyboard player, composer, and songwriter known as the keyboardist for progressive rock group Yes. Originally...
Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop...
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era, particularly noted for his operas and tone poems – the most famous being Also...
Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists...