Greatest Guitarists

1. Duane Allman

Self | Untitled Allman Brothers/Nick Cassavetes Project

Duane Allman was born in Nashville, Tennessee in November 1946. On Christmas Day in 1960, Duane was given a motorcycle as a gift while his younger brother, Gregg Allman, got a guitar. A few months later, Duane wrecked his motorcycle in an accident, but traded in the spare parts for a guitar of his ...

2. Jimi Hendrix

Soundtrack | Woodstock

Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al ...

3. Carlos Santana

Soundtrack | La Bamba

Carlos Santana is a Mexican guitarist, composer, singer and band-leader who helped to shape the concept of "world music" by his experiments with blending many styles of music from a multitude of ethnic sources.

He was born Carlos Augusto Alves Santana on July 20, 1947, in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco,...

4. Keith Richards

Soundtrack | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Keith Richards is an internationally recognized iconic figure in contemporary culture and popular music as a singer, guitar player, songwriter, film actor, and public figure. He was voted 10th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine, and was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

5. George Harrison

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

A master musician, a film producer and actor, best known as the lead guitarist and occasionally lead vocalist of The Beatles, George Harrison was born February 25, 1943, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He was also the youngest of four children, born to Harold Harrison and Louise Harrison.

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6. Eric Clapton

Soundtrack | Lethal Weapon 3

Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, on March 30, 1945. His real father was a Canadian pilot but he didn't find that out until he was 53. When he was 2 his mother felt she was unable to look after him, so Eric then went to live with his grandparents. When he was 14 he took up the ...

7. Dickey Betts

Soundtrack | Big Fish

Dickey Betts, born in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1943, was the oldest member of the Allman Brothers Band when they formed in 1969. He shared lead guitar duties with band founder and leader Duane Allman, also playing alongside bassist Berry Oakley, drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, and Allman's ...

8. Derek Trucks

Soundtrack | The Rite

Derek Trucks was born on June 8, 1979 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Rite (2011), The Irishman (2019) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020). He has been married to Susan Tedeschi since December 2001. They have two children.

9. Gary Rossington

Soundtrack | Crimson Tide

Gary Rossington was born on December 4, 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Crimson Tide (1995), Con Air (1997) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was married to Dale Krantz-Rossington and Martha Claire Millen. He died on March 5, 2023 in the USA.

10. Steve Howe

Soundtrack | Apollo 18

Steve Howe was born on April 8, 1947 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Apollo 18 (2011), Almost Famous (2000) and Toys (1992). He has been married to Janet Osborne since January 1975. They have three children. He was previously married to Patricia Stebbings.

11. Billy Gibbons

Soundtrack | Battleship

Billy Gibbons was born on December 16, 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Battleship (2012), Armageddon (1998) and The Perfect Storm (2000). He has been married to Gilligan Gibbons since December 14, 2005.

12. Warren Haynes

Soundtrack | The Perfect Storm

Warren Haynes was born on April 6, 1960 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Perfect Storm (2000), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) and Renegades (1989).

13. Trevor Rabin

Composer | Deep Blue Sea

Trevor Rabin was born in South Africa in 1954. He began playing guitar at the age of 12 after having had piano lessons since he was a toddler. In 1972 he formed the band Rabbit becoming the most successful rock act ever to emerge from South Africa. Rabin left Rabbit to pursue a solo career in ...

14. Jimmy Page

Soundtrack | The Song Remains the Same

Jimmy Page was born on January 9, 1944 in Heston, Middlesex, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Song Remains the Same (1976), Godzilla (1998) and The Adam Project (2022). He was previously married to Jimena Gomez-Paratcha, Patricia Ecker and Charlotte Martin.

15. Pete Townshend

Music_department | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Born in Chiswick, London just ten days after the German surrender in 1945, Townshend grows up in a typical middle-class home. His parents, Cliff and Betty Townshend, are both musicians, and as a child he accompanies them on dance band tours. Townshend starts playing guitar at 12. He goes to art ...

16. Chrissie Hynde

Soundtrack | Happy Feet

Chrissie Hynde was born on September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Happy Feet (2006), Stealth (2005) and The Living Daylights (1987). She was previously married to Lucho Brieva and Jim Kerr.

17. Robby Krieger

Soundtrack | Army of the Dead

Robby Krieger was born on January 8, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Army of the Dead (2021), Forrest Gump (1994) and Road House (1989). He has been married to Lynn Ann Veres since December 26, 1970. They have one child.

18. Kaki King

Soundtrack | Into the Wild

Kaki King was born on August 24, 1979 in Marietta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Into the Wild (2007), August Rush (2007) and 3 People I've Never Heard Of. She is married to Jessica Templin.

19. The Edge

Soundtrack | Gangs of New York

One of the most instantly recognizable and influential guitarists in rock history, The Edge was born David Howell Evans, in Barking, Essex, in 1961. When he was two years old the family moved to Dublin. During his childhood he learned how to play the guitar and the piano. In 1978, the Edge became ...

20. Mick Taylor

Soundtrack | The Man Who Fell to Earth

Mick Taylor was born on January 17, 1948 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Freight (2010) and The Last of the Finest (1990).

21. Ronnie Wood

Soundtrack | Almost Famous

Ronald David Wood is an English rock musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist, author, and radio personality best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, when he joined the Birds on guitar.He...

22. Greg Lake

Soundtrack | Children of Men

Greg Lake was born on November 10, 1947 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Children of Men (2006), Power Rangers (2017) and MacGruber (2010). He was married to Regina Bottcher. He died on December 7, 2016 in London, England, UK.

23. Bob Marley

Soundtrack | I Am Legend

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a Jamaican of English descent. His mother was a black teenager. The couple were married in 1944 but Norval left for Kingston immediately after. Norval died in 1957, seeing...

24. John Lennon

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...

25. B.B. King

Actor | Blues Brothers 2000

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many ...

26. Muddy Waters

Soundtrack | The Long Kiss Goodnight

Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield) was one of the major forces in contemporary blues. He was instrumental in bringing the sound of the Mississippi Delta to Chicago in the 1940s, where his recordings for the Chess label exerted an enormous influence on both blues and rock musicians from the ...

27. Buddy Guy

Soundtrack | In the Electric Mist

Buddy Guy was born on July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for In the Electric Mist (2009), Idiocracy (2006) and Nothing to Lose (1997).

28. Rory Gallagher

Soundtrack | Last Night in Soho

Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher was born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, in 1959 (his brother Donal Gallagher is also a blues musician). He began his career in the 1960s in Ireland, playing in a variety of show bands. In 1965 he formed his own band, Taste, a blues-based rock trio. They had some success ...

29. Gary Moore

Soundtrack | Winter's Bone

A brilliant blues and rock guitarist and successful singer-songwriter, Gary Moore has nevertheless always been rather underrated, especially in the United States, where he was never a major artist and rarely gets ranked highly in the usual "best guitarist" lists. He was born and raised in Belfast ...

30. Mike Rutherford

Soundtrack | Spencer

If drummer and singer Phil Collins became the superstar of Genesis, it could be said that Mike Rutherford was the secret weapon on their way to fame, fortune and selling out the world's biggest venues. He wrote the lyrics for their first major international single, Follow You Follow Me, which ...

31. Robert Johnson

Soundtrack | The Skeleton Key

Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer, known for The Skeleton Key (2005), Chocolat (2000) and Holes (2003). He was married to Calleta "Callie" Craft and Virginia Travis. He died on August 13, 1938 in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA.

32. Blind Willie Johnson

Soundtrack | The Skeleton Key

Gospel/blues singer and musician Blind Willie Johnson was born--as far as is known, since not much information is available about his early life--in 1902 in Marlin, TX. Supposedly, he was blinded when he was about three years old when his stepmother threw lye at his father during an argument, ...

33. Paul McCartney

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sir Paul McCartney is a key figure in contemporary culture as a singer, composer, poet, writer, artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and holder of more than 3 thousand copyrights. He is in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for most records sold, most #1s (shared), most covered song, "Yesterday," ...

34. Dan Toler

Soundtrack | Ken Park

Dan Toler was born on September 23, 1948 in Connersville, Indiana, USA. He was married to Debbie. He died on February 25, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

35. David Gilmour

Soundtrack | Pink Floyd: The Wall

David Jon Gilmour was born on 6th March, 1946, in Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge. As the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, he is by many considered one of the most influential guitarists on the rock stage. Right up to "The Dark Side of The Moon", Dave wrote his own songs, but from then up to "The ...

36. Joe Walsh

Soundtrack | The Warriors

Joe Walsh was born on November 20, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Warriors (1979), Spy Game (2001) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). He has been married to Marjorie Bach since December 13, 2008. He was previously married to Denise Driscoll, Juanita ...

37. Joe Satriani

Soundtrack | Say Anything...

Joe Satriani was born on July 15, 1956 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Say Anything (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Moneyball (2011). He has been married to Rubina Satriani since 1981. They have one child.

38. Stevie Ray Vaughan

Soundtrack | Unbreakable

Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Dallas, Texas. He was the main guitarist and frontman for the musical trio "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble" from 1978 to his death in 1990. Vaughan and his band-mates specialized in blues rock, and Vaughan was a key ...

39. Jeff Beck

Soundtrack | Pirate Radio

Jeff Beck was born in Surrey in 1944. He grew up in a suburban street in Carshalton. When he was about 10, he wanted to play the guitar. His mum, however, wanted him to play the piano because she didn't approve of the guitar. When he was in his late teens, he joined "The Tridents" on lead guitar. ...

40. Prince

Soundtrack | Under the Cherry Moon

Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer and social worker, and John L. Nelson, a lyricist and pianist. His father's stage name was "Prince Rogers". His parents were both from African-American families from Louisiana. They separated during his youth, ...

41. Susan Tedeschi

Soundtrack | Bug

Susan Tedeschi was born on November 9, 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bug (2006), Queen City (2013) and Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000). She has been married to Derek Trucks since December 2001. They have two children.

42. Jerry Garcia

Soundtrack | The Box

One of the most prolific and iconic guitarists of the second half of the 20th Century, Jerome John Garcia was born in San Francisco, California, USA on August 1st 1942. Garcia, whose mother was a registered nurse and whose father, Jose, was a small time jazz musician, had a troubled childhood. At ...

43. Ritchie Blackmore

Soundtrack | Point Break

Ritchie Blackmore was born on April 14, 1945 in Weston Super Mare, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Point Break (1991), Twister (1996) and Almost Famous (2000). He has been married to Candice Night since October 2008. They have one child. He was previously married to Amy Rothman, ...

44. Peter Green

Soundtrack | Frequency

Peter Green was born on October 29, 1946 in London, England, UK. He was a music artist, known for Frequency (2000), 6 Underground (2019) and Jerry Maguire (1996). He was married to Jane Samuels. He died on July 25, 2020 in Canvey Island, Essex, England. UK.

45. Elmore James

Soundtrack | The Blues Brothers

Mississippi-born Elmore Leonard was a blues musician known as "The King of the Slide Guitar". He played on various radio shows throughout the South and built up a following. In 1951, he recorded his first record, "Dust My Broom", for the small Trumpet Records label out of Jackson, MS. It became a "...

46. John Lee Hooker

Soundtrack | The Blues Brothers

John Lee Hooker was born on August 22, 1917 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), The Colony (2013) and Kiss the Girls (1997). He was married to Maude Mathis, Alma Hopes and Sarah Jones. He died on June 21, 2001 in Los Altos, California,...

47. Joe Perry

Soundtrack | Armageddon

As co-founding member, principal co-songwriter, electrifying lead guitarist and co-producer of Aerosmith--America's Greatest Rock & Roll Band--Joe has achieved permanent iconic stature in the pantheon of rock. He has helped to drive his band, over the course of three decades, to sales of more than ...

48. Mark Knopfler

Soundtrack | Local Hero

Mark Knopfler recorded his first single at age 16, but it was never released, He started the band Dire Straits in 1977, they were signed to Vertigo Records in 1978 and recorded the album "Dire Straits", which featured their first major hit single, "Sultans of Swing". Their follow-up albums include ...

49. Lindsey Buckingham

Soundtrack | Back to the Future

Lindsey Buckingham was born on October 3, 1949 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Back to the Future (1985), Twister (1996) and Vacation (1983). He has been married to Kristen Leigh Messner since February 15, 2000. They have three children.

50. Neil Young

Composer | Dead Man

Neil Young is one of the most respected and prolific rock/folk guitarists of the late 20th century. Raised in Canada, he first became well-known as a guitarist and occasional vocalist for the band Buffalo Springfield. After the band's breakup, Young became a solo performer. However, he also has ...

51. Steve Vai

Soundtrack | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

American guitarist, songwriter, composer and producer. He first learned guitar by studying under Joe Satriani and also studied at the Berklee College of Music. He started as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa in 1978, joined his band in 1980 and stayed until 1983. He formed two separate bands, the ...

52. Trey Anastasio

Soundtrack | 127 Hours

Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born 30 September 1964) grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, playing drums. He worked with his mother, an editor for Sesame Street Magazine, developing stories and songs of fantasy and fun and meaning. (His father was an executive with the Princeton-based ...

53. Albert King

Soundtrack | Star Trek Into Darkness

Albert King was born on April 25, 1923 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), The Switch (2010) and 27 Dresses (2008). He died on December 21, 1992 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

54. Steve Cropper

Soundtrack | Blues Brothers 2000

If not the most influential guitarist in the Memphis soul music scene, Steve Cropper is definitely near the top. He was a member of Booker T. & the M.G.s', wrote songs for and performed with Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave (he's the Steve referred to when they say "Play it, Steve!" in ...

55. Eric Johnson

Writer | The Fighter

Eric Johnson is known for The Fighter (2010), Patriots Day (2016) and The Outpost (2019).

56. Dave Mason

Music_department | Making Grace

Dave Mason is known for Making Grace (2004).

57. Leslie West

Soundtrack | Vanishing Point

Leslie West was born on October 22, 1945 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Vanishing Point (1971), Spenser Confidential (2020) and The Expendables (2010). He was married to Jenni Maurer. He died on December 23, 2020 in Palm Coast, Florida, USA.

58. Deborah Coleman

Music_department | Waiting to Exhale

Deborah Coleman is known for Waiting to Exhale (1995).

59. Samantha Fish

Self | Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

Blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist Samantha Fish was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Fish started out playing the drums before switching to guitar at age fifteen. Moreover, Samantha while growing up in Kansas City would frequently go to the local blues club the Knuckleheads Saloon to...

60. Bob Dylan

Soundtrack | Renaldo and Clara

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Co. Six years later the family moved to Hibbing, often the coldest place in the US, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several high school rock bands. In 1959 he entered the...

61. Al Stewart

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Quirky and talented folk-rock singer/songwriter Al Stewart was born on September 9, 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up in the coastal resort town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Stewart began his musical career playing guitar in Tony Blackburn's band the Sabres and went on to become a solo ...

62. Chuck Berry

Soundtrack | Men in Black

Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll ...

63. Ana Popovic

Producer | Spasioci

Ana Popovic is known for Spasioci (2016), Krivolovci: Hunting for Poachers in Serbia (2015) and Srbija i smrt (2017).

64. Brian Wilson

Soundtrack | Love & Mercy

Brian Douglas Wilson was born on June 20th 1942 and has gone on to become one of, if not the greatest, musical geniuses in the world. It was while growing up, while being physically and psychologically abused by his father, that he discovered music as a way of shutting out all hurt and pain that he...

65. The Ventures

Soundtrack | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Ventures are a hugely successful instrumental rock combo that formed in 1958 in Tacoma, WA. The original line-up was Don Wilson (rhythm guitar), Nokie Edwards (bass), Bob Bogle (lead guitar) and Skip Moore on drums (he was later replaced by Howie Johnson, who in turn was replaced by Mel Taylor....

66. Dick Dale

Soundtrack | Escape from L.A.

Hailed as the "King of Surf Guitar, " Dick Dale virtually galvanized the surf rock sound in the 1950s. An avid surfer and accomplished musician, Dale and his band, 'Dick Dale and the Del-Tones', appeared in several of the ever-popular "Beach Party" teen flicks starring Annette Funicello and Frankie...

67. Melvin Taylor

Self | Sky News @Breakfast

68. Theodore Roosevelt Taylor

Soundtrack | Tomorrowland

Taylor had a condition known as polydactylism, which resulted in him having six fingers on each hand.

69. Vic Flick

Composer | Wilson Chance

Vic Flick was born in Worcester Park, Surrey in 1937. His interest in music started in his early teens, when he joined a band led by his piano-playing father; a band that also included his brother on saxophone and a neighbour on violin. Although he could already read music and play the piano, he ...

70. Joanne Shaw Taylor

Self | Monochrome: Black, White and Blue

71. James Honeyman-Scott

Soundtrack | Lost in Translation

James Honeyman-Scott was born on November 4, 1956 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Lost in Translation (2003), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Private Parts (1997). He was married to Peggy Sue Honeyman-Scott. He died on June 16, 1982 in London, England, UK.

72. Willie Nelson

Soundtrack | The Dukes of Hazzard

This versatile, eclectic, rather wanderlust country crossover star known for his classic ballads ("Always On My Mind"), autobiographical road songs ("On the Road Again") and catchy rhythms ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") started out life as Willie Hugh Nelson on April 30, ...

73. Andy Summers

Soundtrack | Copycat

Andy Summers was born on December 31, 1942 in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Copycat (1995), The Medallion (2003) and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986). He is married to Kate Summers. They have three children. He was previously married to Robin ...

74. Robin Trower

Soundtrack | Lords of Dogtown

Robin Trower was born on March 9, 1945 in Catford, London, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Lords of Dogtown (2005), Private Parts (1997) and Rush (1991). He was previously married to Andrea.

75. Dave Davies

Composer | Village of the Damned

Dave Davies is the brother of Ray Davies, the lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks, of which he was the lead singer up to 1964, when Ray joined. He was also the lead guitarist and backup singer for the Kinks. As children, both brothers were immersed in a world of different musical styles, from ...

76. Elvis Costello

Soundtrack | Cold Mountain

Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in London, England and raised in Liverpool. The son of British band leader Ross McManus, Costello took his pseudonym from Elvis Presley and his father's stage name (Day Costello). He began performing professionally in 1969 and was a musician and/or ...

77. Richie Havens

Soundtrack | Green Lantern

Richie Havens was born on January 21, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Green Lantern (2011), I'm Not There (2007) and Collateral (2004). He was married to Nancy. He died on April 22, 2013 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

78. Paul Kantner

Soundtrack | Forrest Gump

Paul Kantner was born on March 17, 1941 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Forrest Gump (1994), Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and A Serious Man (2009). He died on January 28, 2016 in San Francisco, California, USA.

79. Jorma Kaukonen

Soundtrack | Transcendence

Jorma Kaukonen was born on December 23, 1940 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Transcendence (2014), The Rookie (2002) and Stranger Things (2016). He has been married to Vanessa since December 7, 1988. He was previously married to Margaretan Pettersson.

80. Stephen Stills

Soundtrack | Prometheus

Stephen Stills was born on January 3, 1945, in Dallas, Texas. He dropped out of college to play music professionally. He formed Buffalo Springfield ("For What It's Worth") with Neil Young and later became part of Crosby Stills & Nash. After they broke up, Stills joined Manassas, then helped to form ...

81. Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Producer | 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

Kenny Wayne Shepherd was born on June 12, 1977 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and producer. He has been married to Hannah Gibson since September 16, 2006. They have three children. He was previously married to Melissa Abcock.

82. Nancy Wilson

Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky

Nancy Wilson was born in San Francisco, California and joined her sister Ann Wilson in the Seattle, Washington based hard rock-band Heart in the early-seventies. She sang lead vocals on the number one-hit "These Dreams" and on the top-twenty hit "Stranded". Ann performed on "The Battle of Evermore"...

83. J. Geils

Soundtrack | Hancock

J. Geils was born on February 20, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hancock (2008), Frontline (1983) and The J. Geils Band: Freeze Frame (1982). He died on April 11, 2017 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA.

84. John Fogerty

Soundtrack | Battleship

John Fogerty was born on May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Battleship (2012), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Blade (1998). He has been married to Julie Lynne Kramer since April 20, 1991. They have three children. He was previously married to ...

85. Robert Randolph

Soundtrack | The Game Plan

Robert Randolph was born on December 20, 1980 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Game Plan (2007), Elvis (2022) and 30 Rock (2006).

86. Nick Drake

Soundtrack | How I Live Now

Fabled singer/songwriter who only recorded three albums in his short lifetime. "Five Leaves Left" rightly brought him acclaim from the folk crowd, although the exquisite arrangements on follow-up "Bryter Layter" received surprisingly stilted attention upon release. Nick became disillusioned with ...

87. George Thorogood

Soundtrack | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

George Thorogood was born on February 24, 1950 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Bull Durham (1988) and Megamind (2010). He has been married to Marla Raderman since July 16, 1985. They have one child.

88. Albert Collins

Soundtrack | Adventures in Babysitting

Albert Collins was born on October 1, 1932 in Leona, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Casino (1995). He was married to Gwendolyn Collins. He died on November 24, 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

89. Johnny Winter

Soundtrack | The Accused

Johnny Winter was born on February 23, 1944 in Beaumont, Texas, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Accused (1988), Sliver (1993) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978). He was married to Susan Warford. He died on July 16, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.

90. Mick Ralphs

Soundtrack | Friday Night Lights

Mick Ralphs was born on March 31, 1944 in Hereford, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Friday Night Lights (2004), G.I. Jane (1997) and Old School (2003).

91. Rory Block

Soundtrack | Care Bears

Rory Block was born on November 6, 1949 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

92. Luther Allison

Soundtrack | Nobody

Blues guitarist Luther Allison was born in Widener, AR, in 1939. His family moved to Chicago in 1951 and he joined a local gospel group, The Southern Travellers. He became interested in the blues and joined a blues band headed by his brother Ollie. He later formed a band with another brother, Grant...

93. Bernard Allison

Self | American Music: Off the Record

94. Richard Thompson

Soundtrack | Looper

Talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist co-founded the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention in 1967. He left the group in 1971 to perform and record solo and then with his wife, Linda Thompson, with whom he made the legendary albums I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) and Shoot...

95. Roy Clark

Soundtrack | Hee Haw

Roy Clark was born on April 15, 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Hee Haw (1969), Uphill All the Way (1986) and The Kallikaks (1977). He was married to Barbara Joyce Rupard. He died on November 15, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

96. Tom Scholz

Soundtrack | The Adam Project

Tom Scholz was born on March 10, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Adam Project (2022), Boss Level (2020) and Spenser Confidential (2020). He has been married to Kim Hart since January 11, 2007. He was previously married to Michelle.

97. Angus Young

Soundtrack | School of Rock

Angus Young was born on March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland. At school, Angus was an unenthusiastic student. His only real academic interest was art which allowed him some freedom of expression. He gave up school at 15 and went to work for a soft porn magazine called Ribald as a printer. But his ...

98. Peter Banks

Actor | Highlander

Peter Banks was born in 1943 in Canada. He is an actor, known for Highlander (1986), The Shaft (2001) and Princess Kaiulani (2009).

99. Cassie Taylor

Actress | Georges Branch News

Cassie Taylor is known for Georges Branch News (2019), The Clown Alley Horror Revue (2018) and Splintered (2020).

100. Sue Foley

Self | I Plead the 61