The following is a list of rock and roll artists.
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- Richard Anthony
- Chet Atkins
- Hank Ballard
- The Beatles
- Chuck Berry
- The Big Bopper
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Johnny Burnette
- Ray Campi
- Freddy Cannon
- Goree Carter
- Johnny Cash
- Adriano Celentano
- Ray Charles
- Chubby Checker
- Eddie Cochran
- The Crickets
- Dick Dale
- Bobby Darin
- Bo Diddley
- Fats Domino
- Bill Doggett
- Drive-By Truckers
- Duane Eddy
- The Everly Brothers
- Adam Faith
- Billy Fury
- Danyel Gérard
- Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Rosco Gordon
- Bill Haley
- Arch Hall Jr.
- Roy Hall
- Johnny Hallyday
- The Head Cat
- Buddy Holly
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Wanda Jackson
- Shooter Jennings
- Kid Rock
- Johnny Kidd
- B.B. King
- Kings of Rhythm ("Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats")
- Peter Kraus
- Freddie 'Fingers' Lee
- Ricky Nelson
- Little Richard
- Little Tony
- Brenda Lee
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Mina
- Roy Orbison
- Paul Revere and the Raiders
- Carl Perkins
- Phantom, Rocker & Slick
- Elvis Presley
- Cliff Richard
- The Rolling Stones
- Jack Scott
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Bob Seger
- The Shadows
- Del Shannon
- Jumpin' Gene Simmons
- Howie Stange
- Tommy Steele
- Stray Cats
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Big Joe Turner
- Conway Twitty
- Ritchie Valens
- Bobby Vee
- Gene Vincent
- Marty Wilde
- Hank Williams Jr.
- Larry Williams
- Johnny Winter
- Sheb Wooley
- Link Wray
See also
References
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- ^ "Pop/Rock » Rock & Roll/Roots » Rock & Roll". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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- Browne, David (25 October 2017). "Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89". Rolling Stone.
- Seymour, Gene (November 21, 1996). "From the archive: Blues musician Bill Doggett dies". Newsday. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- Deming, Mark. "The Dirty South – Drive-By Truckers". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- "Drive-By Truckers: Live from Austin TX". PopMatters. August 16, 2009.
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- Perone 2009, pp. 13, 21–22, 32.
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Wild Guitar at least allows you to hear Arch Hall, Jr. make with the rhythm on your stereo at last, and confirms this guy was a natural-born rock & roller, and not some teen actor who got handed a guitar.
- Eder, Bruce. "Roy Hall – Roy Rocks". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- "The Ike & Tina Turner Story 1960-1975 - Ike Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- Hughes, Rob (October 25, 2016). "Shooter Jennings: Meet the outlaw country renegade with a taste for darkness". Louder. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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- Bradley 1992, p. 63.
- Leigh, Spencer (2 March 2014). "Freddie Fingers Lee". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- Unterberger, Richie. "Roy Orbison – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- eder, Bruce. "Paul Revere & the Raiders Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
Hard-working American rock & roll band of the 1960s who gained plenty of hits but suffered in comparison with their flashier British counterparts.
- Bradley 1992, p. 60.
- Perone 2009, pp. 15, 17, 25.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jack Scott – Baby She's Gone". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Bob Seger System: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- Perone 2009, p. 15.
- Associated Press (9 February 1990). "Del Shannon, 'Runaway' Rocker". The Seattle Times.
- Adams, Greg. "Gene Simmons – Haunted House: The Complete Jumpin' Gene Simmons on Hi Records". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- Perone 2009, pp. 13–15, 25, 32.
- Kamau, Eric (January 2022). "Top 10 Conway Twitty Songs". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- Perone 2009, pp. 25, 32.
- Webb, Todd (December 7, 1984). "Hank Williams Jr. Rocks Norman Crowd". Oklahoman. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Larry Williams – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- Eder, Bruce. "Johnny Winter: Live – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- Eder, Bruce. "Sheb Wooley". Allmusic. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- Cartwright, Garth (22 November 2005). "Link Wray". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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- Perone, James E. (2009). Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-99860-8.
- Kouvarou, Maria (2015). "American Rock with a European Twist: The Institutionalization of Rock'n'Roll in France, West Germany, Greece, and Italy (20th Century)". Historia Crítica (57): 75–94. doi:10.7440/histcrit57.2015.05. ISSN 0121-1617.