Musical Artists Starting with Y

Yo La Tengo

Musical Artists

Yo La Tengo is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals...

Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Actors & Actresses, Authors, Musical Artists

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (pronounced /ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn/, ING-vay MAALM-steen in English) (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer...

Yes

Musical Artists

Yes are an English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts; often extended song lengths; abstract lyrics; and a general...

YMCK

Musical Artists

YMCK is a Japanese Chiptune band. The band members are as follows; Midori (vocals), Yokemura (music, lyrics, arrangement), and Nakamura (music video). Their work has not been confined to...

Yehudi Menuhin

Musical Artists, Authors

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Jewish parents...

Yusuf Islam

Authors, Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948), best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator...

Yo-Yo Ma

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Yo-Yo Ma is a French-born Chinese-American virtuoso cellist and composer and winner of multiple Grammy...

Yoshiyuki Tomino

Musical Artists, Authors

Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野由悠季, Tomino Yoshiyuki, born 富野喜幸 November 5, 1941) is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa...

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Musical Artists

Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is a Japanese electropop band formed in 1978, known for pioneering the electropop music genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro...

Young Marble Giants

Musical Artists

The Young Marble Giants were a Cardiff post-punk band. A trio formed in 1978, their music was constructed around the powerful and minimal instrumentation of brothers Philip and Stuart Moxham...

Yasunori Mitsuda

Musical Artists

Yasunori Mitsuda (光田康典, Mitsuda Yasunori, born January 21, 1972) is a Japanese video game composer, sound programmer, and musician. He has composed music for or worked on over 35 games, and...

Yōko Shimomura

Musical Artists

Yoko Shimomura (下村陽子, Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer. She has been described as "the most famous female video game music composer in the world...

Yip Harburg

Musical Artists, Authors

Edgar Yipsel Harburg (April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981), known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the...

Yoko Kanno

Musical Artists

Yoko Kanno (菅野よう子, Kanno Yōko, born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films...

Yui Horie

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Yui Horie (堀江由衣, Horie Yui, born on September 20, 1976) is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. Horie's real name is Yoshiko Horie (堀江由子, Horie Yoshiko), and she is sometimes...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Musical Artists

Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a Grammy nominated American alternative rock group that formed in New York City in 2000. Since its inception, the band has comprised vocalist and pianist Karen O...

Yanni

Musical Artists, Authors

Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis (pronounced Chrysomallis), (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, classical transcription Giannis Chrysomallis), on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a...

Yvonne Elliman

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer and actress. Her father was of Irish descent, and her mother shared Japanese and Chinese ancestries. She...

Yellowcard

Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Yellowcard is a band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1997, and based in Los Angeles, California since 2000. Their music features the use of a violin, unusual for the genre. They are...

Yvonne De Carlo

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Yvonne De Carlo (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American film and television actress, dancer and singer. In her six-decade career, her most prolific appearances in...

You Am I

Musical Artists

You Am I is an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at...

Yuriko Yamaguchi

TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口由里子, Yamaguchi Yuriko, born November 21, 1965) is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Osaka. Previously a member of Vi-Vo, Yuriko is currently freelance. She is...

Yuko Miyamura

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Yūko Miyamura (宮村優子, Miyamura Yūko) (born December 4, 1972), married name Yūko Seki (関優子, Seki Yūko) is a Japanese seiyū, actress, J-pop singer and director of audiography. She was born in...

Yuuji Mitsuya

Actors & Actresses, TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Yūji Mitsuya (三ツ矢雄二, Mitsuya Yūji, born October 18, 1954) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who is affiliated with Bring Up. He graduated...