| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Johnston, Arthur |
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1898 |
1954 |
Composer known for such works as “Mandy, Make Up Your Mind,” "Pennies From Heaven," and many others. |
| Johnston, Bruce |
Baldwin, Benjamin |
1942 |
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American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as a member of the Beach Boys. |
| Johnston, Ken |
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20th century Scottish composer/arranger |
| Johnston, Peter F. |
Johnston, Peter Fyfe |
1906 |
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Scottish Author, composer, teacher |
| Johnston, Tom |
|
1948 |
|
American musician. He is a guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, |
| Johnstone, Gordon |
|
1876 |
1926 |
Lyricist of 1st World war songs |
| Jolson, Al |
Yoelson, Asa |
1886 |
1950 |
Lithuanian/American singer, film actor, and comedian |
| Joncas, Michael |
|
1951 |
|
American priest, theologian and composer of contemporary Catholic music |
| Jones, B. Hall |
Bigby, Betty Hall; Jones, Betty Hall |
1911 |
2009 |
American pianist and singer. |
| Jones, Henry |
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Texas Afro-American singer songwriter |
| Jones, Ifor |
Jones, William Ifor |
1900 |
1988 |
Welsh conductor and organist. who emigrated to the United States in early 1930. At the Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music, New York City, he led conducting courses for choirmasters. In 1939, he made his debut as the third Conductor of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem oldest Bach Choir in America |
| Jones, Isham |
Jones, Isham Edgar |
1894 |
1956 |
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. |
| Jones, Mai |
|
1899 |
1960 |
Welsh songwriter, entertainer and radio producer. Successful songs written by Mai Jones included: "Blackbirds" (1924), "Wondering If You Remember" (1927), "We'll Keep a Welcome" (1940), "Nos Da/Good night" (1946) and "Rhondda Rhapsody" (1951). |
| Jones, Matthew Dylan |
|
1961 |
|
Australian Composer |
| Jones, Percy |
Jones, Rev. Dr. Percy |
1914 |
1992 |
Church musician; teacher; arranger; collector; folklorist; priest. Professor of music from Geelong, Victoria, Vice Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Became Director of St. Patrick'sw cathedral choir in 1942 |
| Jones, Robert |
|
1577 |
1617 |
English lutenist and composer, the most prolific of the English lute song composers (along with Thomas Campion). |
| Jones, Robert William |
|
1932 |
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Composer of Art songs and choral settings |
| Jones, Stan |
|
1914 |
1963 |
American songwriter and actor, primarily writing Western music. He is best remembered for writing the legendary "Ghost Riders in the Sky", which has been called the #1 Western song ever written. |
| Jones, Thomas Samuel |
|
1882 |
1932 |
American oet and Journalist |
| Jones, Tom |
|
1928 |
|
American lyricist (and often librettist) of musical theatre. |
| Jones. Tim Y. |
Mister Jones |
|
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A prolific and award-winning singer, composer, arranger, actor, teacher, music director and conductor. He is music director for Denver, Colorado-based Yearround Sound entertainment company, and directs and sings with 80s a cappella cover band Rubix. |
| Jonson, Ben |
|
1572 |
1637 |
English playwright, poet, and literary critic of the seventeenth century, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. |
| Jonson, William |
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20th century Conductor, Author, Instrumentalist, Arranger, Performer |
| Jónsson, Ólafur Rev. |
Ólafur Jónsson of Sandar |
1560 |
1627 |
Icelandic poet |
| Joplin, Scott |
|
1867 |
1917 |
African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime Writers". During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became ragtime's first and most influential hit, and has been recognized as the archetypal rag. |
| Jordan, James |
|
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American Professor and Senior Conductor, and conducts the Westminster Schola Cantorum and the Westminster Williamson Voices. He is praised around the musical world as one of the nation’s pre-eminent conductors, writers, and innovators in choral music. |
| Jordan, Philip |
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Lyricist |
| Joseph, Jenny |
|
1932 |
|
English Poet |
| Joubert, Jean |
Joubert, John |
1927 |
|
British composer of South African descent, particularly of choral works. A music academic at the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on composing and has remained active into his 80s |
| Joubert, Joseph |
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American musician arranging and performing in any style from classical to pop, Broadway to gospel, spiritual to R & B |