Artists born in / bands formed in 1917

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Zsa Zsa Gabor Comedy/Spoken
Yodeling Slim Clark 1930s - 1980s Country, Cowboy
Woodrow Wilson Adams Blues
Wim Sonneveld 1930s - 1970s Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock
William P. Latham
William Oscar Smith 1960s Jazz
William McCauley
William McCauley Pop/Rock, Classical, Concerto, Chamber Music
William Gillock
Wilfred Burns Stage & Screen, Classical, Orchestral
Wesley Tuttle 1940s - 1950s Country, Cowboy, Traditional Country, Western Swing
Wendy Toye
Walter Travis Price Pop/Rock
Walter Hendl Classical, Concerto
Walter Brown 1940s - 1950s Blues, Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues
Wally Fowler 1930s - 1990s Country
Violeta Parra 1930s - 1960s Latin, Classical, Choral, Latin Folk, Nueva Cancion, Vocal Music
Vic Schoen 1930s - 1940s Vocal, Classical, Traditional Pop, Vocal Music
Vera Zorina Vocal, Classical, Show/Musical
Vera Lynn 1920s - 2010s Vocal, Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop
Velma Middleton 1930s - 1960s Jazz, Vocal, Dixieland, Standards
Ulysses Kay 1940s - 1980s Classical, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Keyboard, Choral
Ulf Sandborg Classical
Tony Murena
Tons Edgars Classical, Symphony
Tonico International
Tommy Scott 1980s - 2000s International, Celtic
Thomas C. Kelly Classical, Orchestral, Choral
Theodore Roosevelt Taylor 1960s - 1970s Blues
Thelonious Monk 1930s - 1970s Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Big Band, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz
The Original Memphis Five 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Tex Williams 1940s - 1970s Country, Western Swing, Traditional Country
Tadd Dameron 1940s - 1960s Jazz, Bop, Progressive Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop
Sylvia Syms 1940s - 1990s Vocal, Jazz, Cabaret, Jazz Blues, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop
Suvi Raj Grubb Classical, Concerto
Sugar Johnnie's New Orleans Creole Orchestra 1920s Jazz
Sticks McGhee 1940s - 1950s Blues, R&B, Early R&B, Jump Blues, Electric Blues
Sonny White Jazz
Smokey Rogers Country, Western Swing
Si Zentner 1950s - 1990s Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Sebastião de Barros
Samuel Mayes 1940s - 1960s Classical, Choral, Concerto
Samuel Dolin 1950s - 1990s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral
Sam Hinton 1930s - 2000s Folk, Children's, Pop/Rock, Children's Folk, Folk Revival, Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Folk
Russell Jacquet 1940s - 1980s Jazz, Big Band, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Rufus Thomas 1930s - 2000s R&B, Blues, Memphis Soul, Soul, Southern Soul, Early R&B, Electric Memphis Blues, Funk, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues
Rudy Williams 1930s - 1950s Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Rudolf Maros
Roque Cordero 1940s - 1990s Classical, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Concerto, Orchestral