List of Rock and Roll Performers

This is a list of rock and roll performers.

  • The Beach Boys
  • The Beatles
  • Bill Haley & The 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"
  • Bobby Lewis - "Tossin' and Turnin'"
  • 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"
  • Dave "Baby" Cortez - "The Happy Organ"
  • Dick Dale - surf music pioneer; "Let's Go Trippin'"
  • Dorsey Burnette - rockabilly singer; "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
  • Johnny Burnette - rockabilly singer; "You're Sixteen", "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
  • Eddie Cochran - rockabilly guitar hero; "Summertime Blues"
  • Elvis Presley - popularizer of American rock and roll; "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Jailhouse Rock", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
  • Fabian - teen idol; "Tiger"
  • Freddy Cannon, hard rock, nicknamed "Boom Boom"
  • Gene Vincent - rockabilly musician; "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
  • Gene Summers - rockabilly entertainer; "School Of Rock 'n Roll" "Big Blue Diamonds", "Nervous"
  • Tommy & The Tom Toms aka The Bill Smith Combo - "Tomahawk", "Heartbreak Hotel"
  • Jackie DeShannon - pop-folk singer; "What the World Needs Now"
  • Jackie Wilson - 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"
  • Pat Boone - pop vocalist; "Tutti Frutti", "Ain't That a Shame"
  • Ritchie Valens - rock and roll musician; "La Bamba"
  • Ricky Nelson -a Rockabilly singer and early television teen idol
  • Ronnie Van Zant - rockabilly performer; "Sweet Home Alabama", "Free Bird"
  • Ronny & the Daytonas - surf rock; "G.T.O."
  • Roy Orbison - "Running Scared", "It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman"
  • Jack Scott - pop balladeer, "Burning Bridges", "What In The World's Come Over You"
  • The Surfaris - surf band; "Wipeout"
  • Tommy James & the Shondells - pop-rock; "Crimson and Clover", "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now"
  • Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City", "Let's Work Together"

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