List of former Warner Bros. Records artists
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of artists who used to record for Warner Bros. Records.
Listed in parentheses are names of Warner Bros.-affiliated labels for which the artist recorded.
| Contents: |
|---|
[edit] A
- A-ha
- Above the Law (Ruthless/Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Abandoned Pools (Extasy International/Warner Bros.)
- Al B. Sure!
- All Saints
- Altered State
- Arthur Alexander
- Laurindo Almeida
- John Anderson
- Armor For Sleep
- Eric Anderson[disambiguation needed
] - Laurie Anderson
- Angelic Upstarts
- Anthony and the Camp
- Aphex Twin (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Apollonia 6
- Ash (Record Collection/Warner Bros.)
- Ashford & Simpson
- The Association
- Atlantic Starr
- A-Town Players (Premeditated/Warner Bros.)
- The Avalanches
- Aztec Camera
[edit] B
- The B-52's
- Baby Ford (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Bad Brains (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Badfinger
- David Ball (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Bandana (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- The Bantams
- Barenaked Ladies (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
- Battlecat (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Baxter (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- The Beau Brummels
- Beaver & Krause
- Bee Gees
- The Bellamy Brothers (Curb/Warner Bros. Nashville)
- George Benson
- Frankie Beverly
- Biohazard
- Biz Markie (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- Black Sabbath (US & Canada)
- B.M.O.C (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Body Count (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Graham Bond
- Boom Crash Opera
- Bootsy's Rubber Band
- Brougham
- Bronx Style Bob (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Debby Boone
- Chad Brock (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Anthony Farr
- Jocelyn Brown
- Julie Brown (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Shannon Brown (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Tim Buckley
- Harold Budd (Opal/Warner Bros.)
- Bulletboys
- Burning Spear (Slash/Warner Bros.)
- Da Bush Babees
- Edd Byrnes
[edit] C
- John Cale
- Tevin Campbell (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Joe "Fingers" Carr
- Jim Carroll (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- James Carter
- Eliza Carthy
- Shaun Cassidy
- Casserine
- Peter Cetera
- Agnes Chan
- Ray Charles (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Cheap Trick
- Cher
- Ingrid Chavez (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Chic
- Chicago
- China Crisis
- Jane Child
- Chino XL
- Cibo Matto
- Citizen King
- Darrell Clanton
- Petula Clark
- Cleopatra (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Climax Blues Band
- George Clinton (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Club Nouveau
- Anita Cochran (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- The Collectors
- Alice Coltrane
- Paula Cole (Imago/Warner Bros.)
- Bootsy Collins
- Control Freq (F-111/Warner Bros.)
- Ry Cooder
- Elizabeth Cook (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Cool for August
- Alice Cooper
- Cornershop (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.)
- Bill Cosby
- Elvis Costello
- Joanna Cotten (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Cowboy Troy (Raybaw/Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Deanna Cox (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Randy Crawford
- Crawford/West (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Christopher Cross
- Andraé Crouch
- Julee Cruise
- Rodney Crowell
- The Cure (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Curved Air
- Billy Ray Cyrus (Curb/Word/Warner Bros. Nashville)
[edit] D
- Aja Daashuur (Extasy International/Warner Bros.)
- D-A-D
- Dale (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Damn Yankees
- Dana Dane (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Dark New Day
- James Darren
- Carole Davis
- Miles Davis
- Laura Dawn (Extasy International/Warner Bros.)
- Danielle Dax (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Morris Day (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- El DeBarge
- Deep Purple
- Deftones (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Iris DeMent
- Deodato
- The Derailers (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Manu Dibango (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Dick and Dee Dee
- Dio
- Dion
- Dire Straits (US)
- Sacha Distel
- D-Knowledge (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- The D.O.C. (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Thomas Dolby (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Donald D (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Dr. John
- Doobie Brothers
- Lamont Dozier
- Duncan Dhu (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Dusty Drake (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- D:Ream (Sire/Giant/Warner Bros.)
- George Duke
- The Dukes
- Jimmy Durante
[edit] E
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Steve Earle (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Carmen Electra (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Electronic
- Lorraine Ellison (Loma/Warner Bros.)
- Brian Eno (Opal/Warner Bros.)
- Erasure (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Euge Groove
- Everlast
- Everly Brothers
- Everything but the Girl (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Eric Hutchinson
- Eye to Eye
[edit] F
- Faces
- Donald Fagen
- Failure (Slash/Warner Bros.)
- Falco (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- The Family (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Perry Farrell
- Father Guido Sarducci
- Faze Action (F-111/Warner Bros.)
- Bryan Ferry
- Jerry Fielding
- Figures on a Beach (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Flame (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Béla Fleck
- Five (Festival Mushroom/Warner Bros.)
- John Fogerty
- Steve Forbert
- Robben Ford
- The Forester Sisters (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- 4 Non Blondes
- The Four Seasons
- Fourplay
- Michael Franks
- Funkadelic
[edit] G
- Gang of Four
- Greg Garing (Paladin/Revolution/Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Kenny Garrett
- Djivan Gasparyan (Opal/Warner Bros.)
- Timmy Gatling (Tommy Boy/Warner Bros.)
- Crystal Gayle
- Sophia George (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Amanda Ghost
- Gina G (Eternal/Warner Bros.)
- Glorified Magnified (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Gods Child (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Good Question (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Larry Graham
- Graham Central Station
- Green Velvet (F-111/Warner Bros.)
- Grateful Dead
- Dave Grusin
- Vince Guaraldi
- Arlo Guthrie
- Gwen Guthrie
- Jasmine Guy
[edit] H
- Alex Haley
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Hard Meat
- Joni Harms (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- George Harrison (Dark Horse/Warner Bros.)
- Jessica Harp (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Harper's Bizarre
- Jon Hassell
- Ofra Haza (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Eddie Hazel
- Ray Heindorf
- Hesher
- Herbie Hancock
- Paris Hilton
- Hiroshima (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Greg Holland (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Richard "Groove" Holmes
- Holy Moses
- Honeymoon Suite
- Lena Horne (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- The House Band
- Hugo Largo (Opal/Warner Bros.)
- Hues Corporation
- Con Hunley
- Tab Hunter
- Hüsker Dü
[edit] I
- Ice-T (Sire/Warner Bros. Records)
- The Ides of March
- Incorporated Thang Band
- James Ingram
- The Isley Brothers
[edit] J
- Paul Jabara
- Milt Jackson (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Jade (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Jaheim
- Bob James
- Boney James
- Jane's Addiction
- Al Jarreau
- Bobby Jay
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Jill Jones (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Quincy Jones (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Spike Jones
- Jeremy Jordan (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Jovonn
- The Judybats (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Jungle Brothers
- Jr. Walker
- Josiah Leming
[edit] K
- Madleen Kane
- Tara Kemp (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Doug Kershaw
- Chaka Khan
- The Anita Kerr Singers
- Kid Capri (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Kidneythieves (Extasy International/Warner Bros.)
- King Crimson
- Ramona King
- Sam Kinison
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Earl Klugh
- Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- Kraftwerk
- K-Yze
[edit] L
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Laid Back (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Daniel Lanois
- k.d. lang
- Marit Larsen
- Nicolette Larson
- Melissa Lawson (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Leschea
- Less Than Jake (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Jerry Lee Lewis (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Liberace
- Little Feat
- Little Indian (Premeditated/Warner Bros.)
- Little Texas (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Jackie Lomax
- Jeff Lorber
- Los Lobos (Slash/Warner Bros.)
- Love De-Luxe
- Lauren Lucas (Warner Bros. Nashville)
[edit] M
- M2M
- Madonna (Sire: 1982-1994; Maverick: 1992-2004; Festival Mushroom Records [Australian/NZ releases] 2005-2009)
- M (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Madhouse (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Major Figgas (Ruffnation/Warner Bros.)
- Miriam Makeba
- Malo
- Howie Mandel
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Marley Marl (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- The Marketts
- Randy Marr
- Steve Martin
- Martini Ranch (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Curtis Mayfield
- Lyle Mays
- Mazarati (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- M.C. Shan (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- Mac McAnally (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Lila McCann (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- The McCarters (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Neal McCoy (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Michael McDonald
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle
- Maureen McGovern
- Lori McKenna (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Loreena McKennitt
- Rod McKuen
- Christine McVie
- Meg & Dia (Doghouse/Warner Bros.)
- Brad Mehldau
- Tim Mensy (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Mephisto Odyssey
- Mest (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Pat Metheny
- Hilly Michaels
- Georgia Middleman (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Bette Midler
- The Mighty Lemon Drops (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Dennis Miller
- Lance Miller
- Ministry
- Robert Mirabal
- Adam Mitchell[disambiguation needed ]
- Chad Mitchell
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- Moloko (Echo/Warner Bros.)
- Monie Love
- John Michael Montgomery (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Billy Montana (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Montrose
- Van Morrison
- M.O.T. (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Mr. Bungle
- Maria Muldaur
- My Bloody Valentine (Sire/Warner Bros.)
[edit] N
- Napoleon XIV
- Les Négresses Vertes (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Vince Neil
- The Neon Philharmonic
- Bob Newhart
- Randy Newman
- Joe Nichols
- Nightmare of You (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- The Notting Hillbillies
- Debi Nova
[edit] O
- Ric Ocasek (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Maura O'Connell
- Mark O'Connor (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Danny O'Keefe
- Oingo Boingo (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Olive (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Ondar
- One 2 One
- William Orbit (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Outloud
- The Outriggers
[edit] P
- Tommy Page (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Jack Palance
- Paul Parker (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Van Dyke Parks
- Peter, Paul & Mary
- Tom Petty
- Phajja
- Porno for Pyros
- The Premiers
- The Pretenders
- The Pretty Things
- Dory Previn
- Primal Scream (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Prince
- Private Life
- The Prodigy (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Program 2 (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- James Prosser (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Bonnie Prudden
- Richard Pryor
- Public Image Limited
- Pudgee tha Phat Bastard (Giant/Warner Bros.)
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Gilda Radner
- Radioactive Cats
- Bonnie Raitt
- John Raitt and the Kids
- Ramones (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Marion Raven
- Raw Breed
- Red Box (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Joshua Redman
- The Reese Project (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Lawrence Reynolds
- RBX (Premeditated/Warner Bros.)
- Turley Richards
- Don Rickles
- Rockers Hi-Fi
- Janice Robinson
- Rochelle[disambiguation needed ]
- The Roches
- Nile Rodgers
- Rollerskate Skinny
- Wallace Roney
- Rosebud
- Rose Royce
- David Lee Roth
- The Routers
- Royalty
- Roxy Music
- David Rudder (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Rumble
- Todd Rundgren (Bearsville/Warner Bros.)
- The Rutles
- Tim Ryan (Warner Bros. Nashville)
[edit] S
- Sue Saad and the Next
- Saafir (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- Saint Etienne
- David Sanborn
- The Sanford/Townsend Band
- St. Paradise
- Sandra St. Victor
- Joe Sample
- San Sebastian Strings
- Sanford-Townsend Band
- Leslie Satcher
- Saukrates
- Leo Sayer (Festival Mushroom/Warner Bros.)
- Robert Schimmel
- Ray Scott (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Scritti Politti
- Johnny Sea
- Seal
- Brady Seals (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Seals and Crofts
- Dawn Sears
- Seatrain
- S'Express (Rhythm King/Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Michael Sembello
- Sex Pistols
- Skyhooks (Mushroom/Warner Bros.)
- Sherbet (Festival Mushroom/Warner Bros.)
- Shadowfax
- Sheila E.
- Allan Sherman
- Shello (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Shriekback
- Sherrick
- Sofia Shinas
- Carly Simon
- John Simon
- Paul Simon
- Bill Sims (PBS/Warner Bros.)
- The Sisters of Glory
- Sixwire (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Skrew (Metal Blade/Warner Bros.)
- The Sky Kings (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Slade
- Roger Smith
- The Smiths (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Joanie Sommers
- Soul Coughing (Slash/Warner Bros.)
- Soft Cell (Sire/Warner Bros)
- Spirea X
- Candi Staton
- Connie Stevens
- Carl Stalling
- Mavis Staples (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Static-X
- Steve Stevens
- B.W. Stevenson
- Rod Stewart
- Stoneground
- Paul Stookey
- Sub.bonic (Extasy International/Warner Bros.)
- Stuff
- Sue Ann
- Swallow
- Sway & King Tech (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Julia Sweeney
- Sylvester
[edit] T
- Talking Heads (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Tamia (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- James Taylor
- TBTBT (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- T.C.F. Crew (Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.)
- Teen Dream
- Telex (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- The Three O'Clock (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
- Thompson Twins
- Throwing Muses (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Tidewater Grain (Ruffnation/Warner Bros.)
- David Van Tieghem
- Pam Tillis
- The Time
- Tin Tin (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- TKA (Tommy Boy/Warner Bros.)
- The Tokens
- Tower of Power
- Trapt
- Traveling Wilburys (Wilbury/Warner Bros.)
- Mary Travers
- Randy Travis (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Rick Trevino (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- T.Rex
- Travis Tritt (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- John Scott Trotter
- Ike & Tina Turner (Loma/Warner Bros.)
- Lane Turner (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Mark Turner
[edit] U
- Ultramarine (Sire/Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Ultra Naté
- UNV (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Uriah Heep
[edit] V
- Van Halen
- Vanity 6
- Sven Väth
- The Velvet Underground (Sire/Warner Bros.)
- V Factory
- Christina Vierra
- Violent Femmes (Slash/Warner Bros.)
[edit] W
- Joe Walsh
- Dionne Warwick
- The Who
- Kirk Whalum
- Karyn White
- Michael White
- Hank Williams Jr. (Curb/Warner Bros.)
- Mason Williams
- Brian Wilson (Giant/Warner Bros.)
- Wiz Khalifa
- Brad Wolf (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Womack & Womack
- World Renown
- The Wreckers (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- Gary Wright
- Steven Wright
- Wright Brothers Band (Warner Bros. Nashville)
[edit] Y
- Glenn Yarbrough
- Peter Yarrow
- Yaya³ (Loma/Warner Bros.)
- Eikichi Yazawa
- Yellowjackets
- Jesse Colin Young
- Kenny Young
- The Youngbloods
