Long before Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera gave teen pop a raunchy makeover, Debbie Gibson was the undisputed queen of the mall rats. Born in…
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Australian band Deckchairs Overboard formed in Sydney in 1982 with Ken Campbell on vocals, John Clifforth on guitar and keyboards, Cathy McQuade on bass and…
After a stint as a backing vocalist for the Cameo-Parkway labels, Dee Dee Sharp added extra oomph as an uncredited vocalist on Chubby Checker’s 1962 Slow…
Dee Jay and the Runaways came from Milford, Iowa, and enjoyed a national US hit with the novelty rocker Peter Rabbit in 1966. The group was formed in 1964 by…
Formed in Birmingham in 1966, Deep Feeling were the band with which a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix sat in when he first arrived in London. Their…
In 1967, former drummer of The Searchers, Chris Curtis, asked the boss of Alice Edwards Gowns (a rag trade company) to manage a new group…
Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 as Atomic Mass with original members Rick Savage, Pete Willis and Tony Kenning. Frontman Joe Elliot came…
The five DeFranco siblings – Benny, Nino, Marisa, Merlina and Tony – were born to Italian immigrant parents and raised in Port Colborne and Welland,…
Justin Currie formed Del Amitri in Glasgow at the dawn of the 1980s. The band meandered directionless until the autumn of 1982 when 17-year old…
Del Shannon was born Charles Weedon Westover in Coopersville, Michigan, on 30 December 1934, and began singing during his Army service. Following his discharge, he…
Formed in 1955, doo-wop group The Del-Vikings hold the distinction of being the first commercially successful racially integrated group in American pop history. The group…
Delaney Bramlett was born in Mississippi and Bonnie Lynn O’ Farrell in Illinois and their whirlwind romance resulted in the formation of a partnership that…
The Dells have been around so long they make The Rolling Stones look like young whippersnappers. Starting out in Chicago as a Doo Wop group called The El Rays,…
Australian vocal harmony group The Delltones formed in Sydney in January 1959, comprising Warren Lucas (tenor vocals), Brian Perkins (baritone vocals), Noel Widerberg (lead vocals)…
A seven-piece outfit, Demon Fuzz was launched as Britain’s answer to Santana and signed to Red Bus – the company also behind Mungo Jerry. Demon Fuzz were some…
Denise LaSalle (real name Denise Craig) was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and raised in LeFlore County. After serving her apprenticeship singing in church, she moved…
The Dennisons were named after a Liverpool street and managed by the parents of drummer (and ex-accountancy student) Clive Hornby – Their lead singer Eddie…
Denny Seyton & The Sabres were one of the more promising Liverpool-based bands that never made it, despite getting as far as charting a single,…
The Dentists formed in the Medway (Kent) town of Chatham in 1983. Their first single, Strawberries are Growing in My Garden (and It’s Wintertime), was…
Initially formed in Sydney (Australia) in 1961 as the backing band for singer Digger Revell (born Gary Hildred), The Denvermen comprised Les Green on lead…