ROCK MUSICIANS

This document contains a representative selection of the rock musicians for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries.

BARRETT, Syd [Roger]	(b. Cambridge, England, 1946). Rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
BERRY, Chuck [Charles Edward Anderson]	(b. San Jose, Calif., 1926). Rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
BO DIDDLEY [McDaniel, Elias]	(b. McComb, Miss., 1928). Rock-and-roll singer.
BYRNE, David	(b. Dumbarton, Scotland, 1952). Rock songwriter, singer, and guitarist.
CHECKER, Chubby [Evans, Ernest]	(b. Philadelphia, 1941). Rock-and-roll singer and dancer.
CLAPTON, Eric	(b. Ripley, Surrey, 1945). Rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
COSTELLO, Elvis [McManus, Declan Patrick]	(b. London, 1954). Rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
DOMINO, Fats [Antoine]	(b. New Orleans, 1928). Rock-and-roll singer and pianist.
EVERLY, Don and Phil	(b. Brownie, Ky., 1937) (b. Brownie, Ky., 1939). Rock-and-roll singers.
FOGERTY, John	(b. Berkeley, Calif., 1945). Rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
GABRIEL, Peter	(b. London, 1950). Rock songwriter, singer, keyboardist, and guitarist.
GARCIA, Jerry [Jerome John]	(b. San Francisco, 1942; d. Forest Knolls, Calif., 1995). Rock songwriter, singer, and guitarist.
HARRISON, George	(b. Wavertree, Liverpool, 1943). Rock guitarist, sitarist, singer, and songwriter.
HENDRIX, Jimi [James Marshall]	(b. Seattle, Wash., 1942; d. London, 1970). Guitarist and singer.
HOLLY, Buddy [Holley, Charles Hardin]	(b. Lubbock, Tex., 1938; d. near Clear Lake, Iowa, 1959). Rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
JAGGER, Mick [Michael Philip]	(b. Dartford, Kent, 1944). Rock singer and songwriter.
JOHN, Elton [Reginald Kenneth Dwight]	(b. Pinner, Middlesex, 1947). Rock singer, songwriter, and pianist.
JOPLIN, Janis (Lyn)	(b. Port Arthur, Tex., 1943; d. Hollywood, 1970). Blues and rock singer.
LENNON, John [Winston]	(b. Liverpool, 1940; d. New York, 1980). Rock singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist.
LEWIS, Jerry Lee	(b. Ferriday, La., 1935). Rock-and-roll and country singer and pianist.
LITTLE RICHARD [Penniman, Richard]	(b. Macon, Ga., 1935). Rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
MCCARTNEY, (John) Paul	(b. Liverpool, 1942). Rock singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and keyboardist.
MORRISON, Jim	(b. Melbourne, Fla., 1943; d. Paris, 1971). Rock songwriter and singer.
ORBISON, Roy (Kelton)	(b. Vernon, Tex., 1936; d. Hendersonville, Tenn., 1988). Rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
PAGE, Jimmy [James] (Patrick)	(b. Middlesex, 1945). Rock guitarist and songwriter.
PRESLEY, Elvis (Aaron) [Aron]	(b. East Tupelo, Miss., 1935; d. Memphis, Tenn., 1977). Rock-and-roll singer and guitarist, actor.
PRINCE [Nelson, Prince Rogers]	(b. Minneapolis, 1958). Soul and rock singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer.
REED, Lou [Louis Alan]	(b. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1942). Rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
ROTTEN, Johnny [John Lydon]	(b. London, 1958). Rock singer and songwriter.
SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce	(b. Freehold, N.J., 1949). Rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
STARR, Ringo	(b. Liverpool, England, 1940). Rock drummer, singer, and songwriter.
STING [Gordon Sumner]	(b. Walksend, England, 1951). Rock singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and keyboardist.
TOWNSHEND, Pete(r)	(b. Chiswick, England, 1945). Rock guitarist and songwriter.
VALENS, Ritchie [Valenzuela, Richard]	(b. Pacoima, Calif., 1942; d. Mason City, Iowa, 1959). Rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
WILSON, Brian	(b. Hawthorne, Calif., 1942). Rock singer, songwriter, pianist, and bass guitarist.
ZAPPA, Frank [Francis Vincent]	(b. Baltimore, 1940; d. Los Angeles, 1993). Rock songwriter and guitarist, composer.