Artists

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	B.B. King Riley B. King, known by his stage name B.B. King, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 1 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and ... Read More	Hits: 1956
	Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning in 1954. His best-known song is "Blue Suede Shoes". According to Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly ... Read More	Hits: 2727
	Chet Atkins Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, ... Read More	Hits: 2717
	Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements ... Read More	Hits: 2048
	David Bowie David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, and was considered by critics and other musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. Read More	Hits: 2095
	Dimebag Darrell Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American musician best known for being the founding member of the bands Pantera and Damageplan alongside his brother, Vinnie Paul. Abbott also contributed to the record Rebel Meets Rebel Read More	Hits: 3659
	Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. Often regarded as the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the idiom, he is also revered by guitarists worldwide as among the foremost exponents of the instrument. ... Read More	Hits: 2889
	Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa was an American musician, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. ... Read More	Hits: 2751
	Gary Moore Robert William Gary Moore was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a singer and virtuoso guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the ... Read More	Hits: 3308
	Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey was an American singer, songwriter, producer and actor, best known as a founder member of rock band the Eagles. During the seventies, Frey played guitar with the band, as well as piano and keyboards; alongside Don Henley, Frey was the lead singer from the Eagles, he sang ... Read More	Hits: 2086
	Isaac Guillory Guillory was born at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, the son of Victoria (Ojalvo) and Easton Joseph Guillory, an American sailor. His maternal grandparents were immigrants from Turkey who met and married by arrangement only 10 days before they sailed for Cuba. His family was Jewish. He ... Read More	Hits: 5037
	Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley, raised as Scottie Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East ... Read More	Hits: 2975
	Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of ... Read More	Hits: 2998
	Jimmy Bain James Stewart "Jimmy" Bain was a Scottish bass guitarist best known for playing in the bands Rainbow and Dio with Ronnie James Dio. He also worked with Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums. Read More	Hits: 1955
	Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author who was considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country icon, his songs and sound spanned other genres including rock and ... Read More	Hits: 2389
	Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain was an American musician who was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach ... Read More	Hits: 2704
	Lemmy Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister was an English musician, singer, and songwriter who founded and led the rock band Motörhead. His music and lifestyle was a distinctive part of the heavy metal genre. Lemmy was born in Stoke-on-Trent and grew up in North Wales. He became influenced ... Read More	Hits: 2635
	Paco de Lucía Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomes, known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the New Flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed ... Read More	Hits: 3611
	Randy Rhoads Randall William Rhoads was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. Despite his short career, Rhoads is a major influence on neo-classical metal, ... Read More	Hits: 5327
	Rory Gallagher William Rory Gallagher was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. He was a talented guitarist known for hischarismatic performances ... Read More	Hits: 2711

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