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List of R&B musicians encompasses sub-genres such as urban-contemporary, doo wop, southern, neo-soul and soul, indie, alternative, country, rap, ska, funk, pop, rock, electronic and new jack swing fusions.
Marty Robbins, one of the most popular artists in country music history. Named artist of the decade (1960–1969) by the Academy of Country Music; Jeannie C. Riley, "socked it to" the pop charts with "Harper Valley PTA." Kenny Rogers, unique-voiced storyteller who also recorded love ballads and more rock material. He defined what was known as ...
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
American R&B singers/musicians active during the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and/or 2020s should be categorized under Category:American contemporary R&B singers. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
List of best-selling music artists; List of child music prodigies; List of club DJs; List of deaths in rock and roll; List of girl groups; List of honorifics given to artists in popular music; List of instrumental bands; List of jam bands; List of lead vocalists; List of multilingual bands and artists; List of murdered hip hop musicians; List ...
Artists that covered his music included Tom Jones, who brought his version of the song "Kiss" into the top 40 for the second time in the decade. Melissa Morgan brought her cover of "Do Me, Baby" to the top of the R&B charts in 1986. Other notable artists that covered Prince during the 1980s were The Pointer Sisters and Cyndi Lauper. [21]
Hank Williams, regarded as one of the most important singers and songwriters in the history of country music, gains his first number one. [1] [4] 1950: Lefty Frizzell, one of the most influential artists in the transition of country music to mainstream acceptance, reaches number one for the first time. [19] [20] 1951
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1980, 43 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports ...