List of rock and roll artists

The following is a list of rock and roll artists.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

List

• Richard Anthony[1]
• Chet Atkins
• Hank Ballard[2]
• The Beatles
• Chuck Berry[3]
• The Big Bopper[4]
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Johnny Burnette
• Ray Campi
• Freddy Cannon
• Goree Carter
• Johnny Cash[5]
• Adriano Celentano[1]
• Ray Charles
• Chubby Checker
• Eddie Cochran
• The Crickets
• Dick Dale
• Bobby Darin
• Bo Diddley[3]
• Fats Domino[6]
• Bill Doggett[7]
• Drive-By Truckers[8][9][10]
• Duane Eddy
• The Everly Brothers[3]
• Adam Faith
• Billy Fury[11]
• Danyel Gérard[1]
• Gerry and the Pacemakers
• Rosco Gordon
• Bill Haley[3]
• Arch Hall Jr.[12]
• Roy Hall[13]
• Johnny Hallyday[1]
• The Head Cat
• Buddy Holly[3][4]
• Ike & Tina Turner[14]
• Wanda Jackson
• Shooter Jennings[15][16][17]
• Kid Rock[18][19][20]
• Johnny Kidd[21]
• B.B. King
• Kings of Rhythm ("Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats")
• Peter Kraus[1]
• Freddie 'Fingers' Lee[22]
• Ricky Nelson
• Little Richard[3]
• Little Tony[1]
• Brenda Lee
• Jerry Lee Lewis[3][5]
• Mina[1]
• Roy Orbison[23]
• Paul Revere and the Raiders[24]
• Carl Perkins[3][5]
• Phantom, Rocker & Slick
• Elvis Presley[3][25]
• Cliff Richard[26]
• The Rolling Stones
• Jack Scott[27]
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• Bob Seger[28]
• The Shadows[29]
• Del Shannon[30]
• Jumpin' Gene Simmons[31]
• Howie Stange
• Tommy Steele[32]
• Stray Cats
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Big Joe Turner
• Conway Twitty[33]
• Ritchie Valens[4]
• Bobby Vee
• Gene Vincent[3]
• Marty Wilde[34]
• Hank Williams Jr.[35]
• Larry Williams[36]
• Johnny Winter[37]
• Sheb Wooley[38]
• Link Wray[39]

See also

• List of country music performers
• List of popular music performers
• List of rockabilly musicians

References

1. Kouvarou 2015.
2. "Two Teens Travel 750 Miles". Jet. Vol. 20, no. 14. 27 July 1961. p. 60. ISSN 0021-5996.
3. "Pop/Rock » Rock & Roll/Roots » Rock & Roll". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
4. Marcus, Greil (28 June 1969). "Ritchie Valens, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and Buddy Holly". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
5. "The kingmaker of rock'n'roll". The Irish Times. 9 August 2003. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
6. Browne, David (25 October 2017). "Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89". Rolling Stone.
7. Seymour, Gene (November 21, 1996). "From the archive: Blues musician Bill Doggett dies". Newsday. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
8. Deming, Mark. "The Dirty South – Drive-By Truckers". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
9. "Drive-By Truckers: Live from Austin TX". PopMatters. August 16, 2009.
10. Henderson, Stuart (October 5, 2016). "Drive-By Truckers: American Band". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
11. Perone 2009, pp. 13, 21–22, 32.
12. Deming, Mark. "Wild Guitar Review by Mark Deming". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-11-20. Wild Guitar at least allows you to hear Arch Hall, Jr. make with the rhythm on your stereo at last, and confirms this guy was a natural-born rock & roller, and not some teen actor who got handed a guitar.
13. Eder, Bruce. "Roy Hall – Roy Rocks". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
14. "The Ike & Tina Turner Story 1960-1975 - Ike Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
15. Hughes, Rob (October 25, 2016). "Shooter Jennings: Meet the outlaw country renegade with a taste for darkness". Louder. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
16. Horowitz, Hal (August 21, 2018). "Shooter Jennings: Shooter". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
17. Jurek, Thom. List of rock and roll artists at AllMusic
18. Collis, Clark (November 10, 2010). "Born Free Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
19. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Allmusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
20. Anthony DeCurtis (2015-02-24). "First Kiss". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
21. Bradley 1992, p. 63.
22. Leigh, Spencer (2 March 2014). "Freddie Fingers Lee". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
23. Unterberger, Richie. "Roy Orbison – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
24. eder, Bruce. "Paul Revere & the Raiders Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-02-06. Hard-working American rock & roll band of the 1960s who gained plenty of hits but suffered in comparison with their flashier British counterparts.
25. Bradley 1992, p. 60.
26. Perone 2009, pp. 15, 17, 25.
27. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jack Scott – Baby She's Gone". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
28. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Bob Seger System: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
29. Perone 2009, p. 15.
30. Associated Press (9 February 1990). "Del Shannon, 'Runaway' Rocker". The Seattle Times.
31. Adams, Greg. "Gene Simmons – Haunted House: The Complete Jumpin' Gene Simmons on Hi Records". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
32. Perone 2009, pp. 13–15, 25, 32.
33. Kamau, Eric (January 2022). "Top 10 Conway Twitty Songs". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
34. Perone 2009, pp. 25, 32.
35. Webb, Todd (December 7, 1984). "Hank Williams Jr. Rocks Norman Crowd". Oklahoman. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
36. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Larry Williams – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
37. Eder, Bruce. "Johnny Winter: Live – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
38. Eder, Bruce. "Sheb Wooley". Allmusic. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
39. Cartwright, Garth (22 November 2005). "Link Wray". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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• Perone, James E. (2009). Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-99860-8.
• Kouvarou, Maria (2015). "American Rock with a European Twist: The Institutionalization of Rock'n'Roll in France, West Germany, Greece, and Italy (20th Century)". Historia Crítica (57): 75–94. doi:10.7440/histcrit57.2015.05. ISSN 0121-1617.