1. William Horsley (1774)

English Musician

English musician and composer known for his five books of glees, which included By Celia's Arbour, and O, Nightingale. He is perhaps best known, though, for his hymn, There is...

2. Elton John (1947)

English Musician

Rock and roll legend who has sold over 250 million albums in a career that's spanned over 50 years. He is best known for such hit songs as "Rocket Man,"...

3. Thom Yorke (1968)

English Musician

Singer and songwriter of the experimental British rock band Radiohead, as well as for the side project Atoms for Peace. He is known for his distinct falsetto voice and for his outspoken...

4. Jarvis Cocker (1963)

English Musician

Britpop and rock singer who is known for playing in the band Pulp and having a show on BBC Radio 6 Music called Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.

5. Boy George (1961)

English Musician

Cross-dressing lead singer for the 1980s British band Culture Club, the band known for "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" He helped lead the New Romantic movement in Britain in...

6. Mike Westbrook (1936)

English Musician

One of the pivotal pioneers of British Jazz. He was the founder of The Mike Westbrook Brass Band, later The Orckestra.

7. Ian Brown (1963)

English Musician

Singer with the alternative rock band The Stone Roses who has also pursued a solo career, debuting with the single "My Star."

8. Gillian Gilbert (1961)

English Musician

Best known for her work with the British rock band New Order and the synthopop group The Other Two, this guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist contributed to such albums as...

9. Jet Harris (1939)

English Musician

He played bass for The Shadows until April 1962 when he began his career as a solo artist.

10. Bruce Welch (1941)

English Musician

Guitarist and songwriter for The Shadows who wrote several #1 singles such as "Foot Tapper," "The Rise and Fall of Flingle Bunt," and "Please Don't Tease Me."

11. Hank Marvin (1941)

English Musician

Guitarist and frontman for the British pop group, The Shadows. He has also pursued a solo career.

12. Cliff Williams (1949)

English Musician

Hard rock bassist and vocalist who performed with AC/DC, the group known for "T.N.T.," "Back in Black," and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." 

13. Colin Young (1944)

English Musician

Singer who sang "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)."

14. Phil Collins (1951)

English Musician

Grammy Award-winning musician who gained fame as the lead singer and drummer of the progressive rock band Genesis and has sold over 100 million albums. 

15. Robert Wyatt (1945)

English Musician

Former drummer for the Canterbury rock band Soft Machine who also pursued a successful solo career and has collaborated with artists including Bjork.

16. Gary Brooker (1945)

English Musician

Singer and founder of the band Procol Harum, the group who released the popular song "A White Shade of Pale." After delving into a solo career in the late 1970's,...

17. Syd Barrett (1946)

English Musician

One of the founders of the experimental rock band Pink Floyd who pursued a solo career fraught with drug addiction and loneliness.

18. Noddy Holder (1946)

English Musician

Singer, songwriter, and frontman for the glam rock band Slade.

19. Adrian Gurvitz (1949)

English Musician

Famous for his United Kingdom top ten solo single "Classic," as well as for his rock band The Guns' hit track "Race with the Devil," this rock vocalist is also...

20. Mick Taylor (1949)

English Musician

Guitarist who played with the Rolling Stones from 1969 to 1974. He appeared on albums, including Exile on Main Street.

21. Miles Kane (1986)

English Musician

Guitarist and singer for indie rock band The Rascals and for the supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets.

22. Nicko McBrain (1952)

English Musician

Drummer with the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden who first joined the group in 1982.

23. Andy Burrows (1979)

English Musician

Former drummer with the rock band Razorlight who became the drummer for the indie rock group We Are Scientists in 2009. He has also pursued a solo career.

24. Howard Werth (1947)

English Musician

English musician and record producer known for fronting the British art rock band Audience from 1967 to 1972 and from 2004 onward.

25. Rat Scabies (1955)

English Musician

Drummer and former member of the punk rock group The Damned.

26. Alan Wilder (1959)

English Musician

Former drummer with the electronic band Depeche Mode who created the project Recoil, a trip-hop electronica outfit.

27. Martyn Ware (1956)

English Musician

Known for founding and fronting the New Wave bands Heaven 17 and The Human League, this vocalist and keyboard player also had a career as a music producer. His production...

28. Charlie Simpson (1985)

English Musician

English alternative singer known for his work in the award-winning bands Busted and Fightstar.

29. Justine Frischmann (1969)

English Musician

Lead singer of the alternative rock band Elastica, the group that has released singles like "Waking Up" and "Connection." She is also a noted painter.

30. Marc Almond (1957)

English Musician

Singer-songwriter with Soft Cell who has performed with numerous other groups and has recorded solo work for more than four decades.

31. Andy Sheppard (1957)

English Musician

Jazz musician who has won many British Jazz Awards and founded multiple big bands, including the Soft On The Inside Band. He has worked with artists like Gil Evans and...

32. Roger Webster (1960)

English Musician

Known as one of the world's best cornetists, as well as for his teachings at Royal Northern College of Music.

33. Gary Barlow (1971)

English Musician

Member of the 1990s British band Take That, the group whose album Progress became the fastest-selling album of the 21st century. The band's original five members were Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark...

34. Keaton Henson (1988)

English Musician

English folk singer known for his albums Dear... and Birthdays. He has also released a graphic novel.

35. Patrick Wolf (1983)

English Musician

Award winning singer/songwriter and model known for his genre bending style of blending electronica with classical to form a new kind of pop music.

36. Ronnie Wood (1947)

English Musician

Rock guitarist with the classic rock band Rolling Stones. He also played with the band Faces and collaborated with Jeff Beck. 

37. Jay Kay (1969)

English Musician

Grammy Award-winning frontman and founding member of the funk band Jamiroquai, with whom he has sold more than thirty million albums. He has also pursued a solo career.

38. Carl Barât (1978)

English Musician

Frontman and lead guitarist for Dirty Pretty Things who also co-fronted the garage rock band The Libertines.

39. Phil Cunningham (rock musician) (1974)

English Musician

Philip Phil Cunningham is a British guitarist who is a member of the bands Marion New Order and Bad Lieutenant.

40. The Voluntary Butler Scheme (1985)

English Musician

The Voluntary Butler Scheme is the stage name for one-man band Rob Jones based in Stourbridge near Birmingham. Jones records and produces the majority of his material by himself in...

41. Toby MacFarlaine (1975)

English Musician

Toby Macfarlaine is an English musician.

42. Fanny Waterman (1920)

English Musician

Dame Fanny Waterman DBE is a piano teacher and the founder Chairman and Artistic Director of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. She is also president of the Harrogate International Music...

43. James Blake (musician) (1988)

English Musician

James Blake Litherland known as James Blake is an English electronic music producer and singer-songwriter from London. He is also known as Harmonimix when releasing remixes. His eponymous debut album...

44. Joe Copcutt (1988)

English Musician

Joe Copcutt is an English metal bassist. He is a founding member of ZOAX and bassist of AxeWound.

45. Laurie Wisefield (1952)

English Musician

Laurence Mark 'Laurie' Wisefield is an English guitarist known for his contributions to Wishbone Ash during the 1970s and 1980s.

46. Geoff Leigh (1945)

English Musician

Geoff Leigh is an English jazz and progressive rock musician playing primarily soprano sax and flute. He was a member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow and founded several...

47. Al Jones (1945)

English Musician

Alun Ashworth-Jones known as Al Jones was an influential English folk and blues songwriter guitarist and singer noted for his distinctive and original folk-rock guitar style and his often darkly...

48. Steve Beresford (Unknow)

English Musician

Steve Beresford is a British musician who graduated from the University of York. He has played a variety of instruments including piano electronics trumpet euphonium bass guitar and a wide...

49. Norman Watt-Roy (1951)

English Musician

Norman Joseph Watt-Roy is the bassist for The Blockheads previously known as Ian Dury & the Blockheads.

50. Bob Andrews (guitarist) (1959)

English Musician

Bob Derwood Andrews is an English guitarist and former member of the punk rock band Generation X. His guitar playing in the English punk band Generation X is at par...