* 1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer and songwriter

* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader

* 1981 – Kari Jobe, American singer and songwriter ( Gateway Worship )

* 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter ( Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits )

* 1925 – Ned Miller, American singer and songwriter

* 1950 – David Cassidy, American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist ( The Partridge Family )

* Adrian Belew ( born 1949 ), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer

* Adrian Borland ( 1957 – 1999 ), English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer

* Adrian Gurvitz ( born 1949 ), English singer, musician and songwriter

* " Absalom, Absalom " is the title of a song on the 1996 Compass CD Making Light of It by singer / songwriter Pierce Pettis, incorporating several elements of the biblical narrative.

* 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer, songwriter, actor and director ( d. 1991 )

* 1967 – Greg Camp, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist ( Smash Mouth )

* 1999 – Anthony Newley, English actor, singer, and songwriter ( b. 1931 )

Ani DiFranco (; born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970 ) is an American singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter.

* 2002 – Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter ( b. 1948 )

* Alexandra Lee ( stage name Alexandra Starlight ), American singer and songwriter

* 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer and songwriter ( d. 1959 )

* 1945 – Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and writer

* 1951 – Janis Ian, American singer, songwriter, musician, and author

* 1981 – Vanessa Olivarez, American singer, songwriter, and actress

" Boudica has also been the primary subject of songs by Irish singer / songwriter Enya, Dutch soprano Petra Berger, Scottish singer / songwriter Steve McDonald, English metal band Bal-Sagoth, Faith and the Muse and Dreams in the Witching House.

* Gordie Sampson, singer / songwriter.

In the mid-1980s, Grant began touring and recording with young up-and-coming songwriter Michael W. Smith.

He began his professional career at the age of six, and has worked on over 400 television episodes, 18 motion pictures, various commercials, and scores of voice over work, as well as working as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and writer.

* 1957 – Vesta Williams, American recording artist and songwriter ( d. 2011 )

James Joseph Brown ( May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006 ) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist.

Ian Pickering is a lyricist / songwriter currently writing and recording with the band Polaroid Kiss with Brandun Reed whose debut album ' Weakness of the Beautiful Souls ' is due for release in 2011.

* December 5 – Keri Hilson, American R & B recording artist, songwriter and actress

* Millard Powers, musician, songwriter, record producer, and grammy nominated recording engineer.

After the Kinks obtained a recording contract in early 1964, Davies emerged as the chief songwriter and de facto leader of the band, especially after the band's breakthrough success with his early composition " You Really Got Me ", which was released as the band's third single in August of that year.

In a 1970 concert Norman wrote " The Tune ", which one reviewer described as " probably ... Larry's finest achievement as a songwriter and recording artist ", while improvising on the piano.

This recording of " Blinded by the Light " is Springsteen's only # 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100.

After hearing that very song, American songwriter Paul Simon phoned his manager and asked him to arrange a recording session with the musicians who had performed it.

He was a electric blues guitarist and songwriter, who later owned his own recording studio and record label in Detroit.

Several well-known people live here, including Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, who spent nine years building an architecturally authentic, $ 200 + million Japanese feudal castle and man-made lake in Woodside ; Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore's Law ; John Thompson, CEO of Symantec ; Neil Young, rock musician and songwriter, who owns a ranch and recording studio there ; Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, and her husband David E. Kelley, producer ; Thomas Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems ; Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit, Inc .; John Doerr, venture capitalist ; Dr. Carl Djerassi, novelist and member of team that developed the birth control pill ; Kenneth Fisher, founder of Fisher Investments, Forbes columnist, author, and local historian ; Susan Dawson, philanthropist ; and Joan Baez, folk singer.

* Athena Cage, recording artist, producer, and songwriter

* Saltine aka The Mad Rapper ( Jon H. Harris ), recording artist, songwriter who gained international attention with his remake of the 60's classic " 96 Tears " that featured the songs creator (?

* Birthplace of Charles " Charlie " Ryan ( December 19, 1915, Graceville, Minnesota – February 16, 2008, Spokane, Washington ), who was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing and first recording the rockabilly hit single " Hot Rod Lincoln ".

* Thomas Franzak, contemporary Christian composer, songwriter, recording artist, ( associated with the Oregon Catholic Press )

Brandy Rayana Norwood ( born February 11, 1979 ), known professionally as Brandy, is an American R & B and pop recording artist, songwriter, producer, model, actress, and dancer.

* JoJo Billingsley, American singer, soloist, songwriter and recording artist

While she was performing background on The Drifters's recording of " Mexican Divorce ," Warwick's voice and star presence were noticed by the song's composer, Burt Bacharach, a Brill Building songwriter who was writing songs with many other songwriters, including lyricist Hal David.

Leading the effort for the band is songwriter and drummer Jim Sonefeld who teamed with the nationally-ranked Benedict College Gospel Choir to produce a new recording of the song.

Haüser is the name of an independent recording artist / songwriter from Northern Ireland who has released several EPs since 2001 and is currently recording new material scheduled for release in late 2012. The Hauser Project is a musical project created in 2011 whose name was inspired by Kaspar Hauser.

After the break-up, Hopkins continued as a songwriter, O ’ Hara became a recording engineer and de Lone played as a session musician with Bonnie Raitt, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello and others.