1 : List of rock and roll performers
2 : Predecessors and precursors (1900 - 1950)
3 : Early North American rock and roll (1951 - 1963)
4 : The British Invasion (1962 - 1969)
5 : Psychedelia, progressive rock and early hard rock (1968 - 1974)
6 : Punk, metal, and other trends (1975 - 1988)
7 : Contemporary rock (1988 to the present)
8 : Latino rock
This is a list of rock and roll performers.
See also: Rock and roll, Popular music, List of popular music performers, Country music, List of country music performers and further links at the bottom of the sections.
Predecessors and precursors (1900 - 1950)
See also: List of jazz musicians, List of blues musicians, List of ragtime musicians, List of boogie woogie musicians, List of swing/big band musicians, List of folk musicians, List of gospel musicians
Early North American rock and roll (1951 - 1963)
- The Beach Boys - surf-pop and early psychedelia band; Pet Sounds, "Good Vibrations"
- Bill Haley & His Comets - key contributor of the rockabilly revolution from R&B to rock and roll; "Rocket 88", "Rock Around the Clock"
- Bobby Darin - teen idol; "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife"
- Bruce & Terry - surf duo; "Hey Little Cobra"
- Buddy Holly - rock and roll musician; "Peggy Sue"
- Carl Perkins - rockabilly pioneer; "Blue Suede Shoes"
- The Chantays - surf band; "Pipeline"
- Chuck Berry - singer-songwriter, guitarist; "Maybellene", "Johnny B. Goode", "My Ding-a-Ling"
- David Allan & the Arrows - soundtrack surf composer; "Blues Theme" from The Wild Angels
- Dick Dale - surf music pioneer; "Let's Go Trippin'"
- Dorsey Burnette - rockabilly singer; "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
- Johnny Burnette - rockabilly singer; "You're Sixteen"
- The Drifters - early rock and roll; "Money Honey"; "I Gotta Get Myself a Woman"
- Eddie Cochran - rockabilly guitar hero; "Summertime Blues"
- Elvis Presley - legendary popularizer of African American rock and roll; "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Jailhouse Rock", "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
- Fabian - teen idol; "Tiger"
- Fats Domino - popular New Orleans piano player; "The Fat Man", "Ain't That a Shame"
- Gene Vincent - rockabilly musician; "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
- Ike Turner - influential rock and roll pioneer; "Rocket 88"
- Jackie DeShannon - pop-folk singer; "What the World Needs Now"
- Jackie Wilson - legendary soul singer; "Lonely Teardrops", "Baby Workout"
- Jan & Dean - surf and pop doo-wop duo; "Surf City", "Baby Talk"
- Jerry Lee Lewis - pianist, singer; "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire"
- Johnny Burnette - rockabilly; "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
- Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos - surf music; Hot Rod Hootenanny
- Paul Anka - pop vocalist; "Lonely Boy", "Diana"
- Pat Boone - pop vocalist; "Tutti Frutti", "Ain't That a Shame"
- Ricky Nelson - an early television teen idol
- Ronnie Hawkins - rockabilly performer; "Forty Days", "Mary Lou"
- Ronny & the Daytonas - surf rock; "G.T.O."
- Roy Orbison - legendary soul and rock and roll singer; "Oh, Pretty Woman"
- The Surfaris - surf band; "Wipeout"
- Tommy James & the Shondells - pop-rock; "Crimson and Clover", "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now"
See also: List of doo wop musicians, List of R&B musicians, List of girl groups, List of surf rock musicians, List of soul musicians
The "British Invasion" (1962 - 1969)
- The Animals - British blues; Animalism
- The Beatles - psychedelic rock band; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, ''Abbey Road, The White Album
- The Jeff Beck Group pioneers in heavy blues; Truth and Beck Ola
- The Dave Clark Five - British blues; Coast to Coast
- Gerry & the Pacemakers - merseybeat; Ferry Cross the Mersey, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
- Herman's Hermits - pop merseybeat; "I'm Into Something Good"
- The Kinks (Village Green Preservation Society)
- Marianne Faithfull - blues-rock; "As Tears Go By"
- The Moody Blues - psychedelia and early progressive rock; Days of Future Passed, On the Threshold of a Dream
- Peter & Gordon - merseybeat; "A World Without Love"
- The Rolling Stones - long-running blues-rock band; Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Exile on Main Street
- The Small Faces - psychedelic mod band; Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, There Are But Four Small Faces
- Van Morrison & Them - folk-rock; Astral Weeks, Moondance
- The Who - mod and rock; Who's Next?, The Who Sings My Generation, The Who Sell Out
- The Yardbirds - psychedelic blues rock; Five Live Yardbirds, Roger the Engineer''
See also: List of British blues musicians
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See also: List of surf rock musicians, List of psychedelic musicians, List of R&B musicians, List of hard rock musicians, List of country rock musicians, List of progressive rock musicians, List of soul musicians
Punk, metal, and other trends (1975 - 1988)"> Punk, metal, and other trends (1975 - 1988)
See also: List of forerunners of punk music, List of musicians in the first wave of punk music, List of musicians in the second wave of punk music, List of heavy metal musicians, List of progressive rock musicians, List of alternative rock musicians, List of folk musicians, List of funk musicians, List of soul musicians
Contemporary rock (1988 to the present)
See also: List of heavy metal musicians, List of rappers, List of Britpop musicians, List of jam bands, List of alternative rock musicians, List of electronic musicians, List of musicians in the second wave of punk music
Latino rock
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