List of rock and roll performers

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This is a list of rock and roll performers.

• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• Bill Haley & His Comets - key contributor of the rockabilly revolution from R&B to rock and roll; "Rocket 88", "Rock Around the Clock"
• Bobby Darin - teen idol; "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife"
• Bobby Lewis - "Tossin' and Turnin'"
• Bruce & Terry - surf duo; "Hey Little Cobra"
• Buddy Holly - rock and roll musician; "Peggy Sue"
• Carl Perkins - rockabilly pioneer; "Blue Suede Shoes"
• The Chantays - surf band; "Pipeline"
• Chuck Berry - singer-songwriter, guitarist, "Maybellene", "Johnny B. Goode"
• Dave "Baby" Cortez - "The Happy Organ"
• Dick Dale - surf music pioneer; "Let's Go Trippin'"
• Dorsey Burnette - rockabilly singer; "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
• Johnny Burnette - rockabilly singer; "You're Sixteen", "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
• Eddie Cochran - rockabilly guitar hero; "Summertime Blues"
• Elvis Presley - popularizer of American rock and roll; "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Jailhouse Rock", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
• Fabian - teen idol; "Tiger"
• Freddy Cannon, hard rock, nicknamed "Boom Boom"
• Gene Vincent - rockabilly musician; "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
• Gene Summers - rockabilly entertainer; "School Of Rock 'n Roll" "Big Blue Diamonds", "Nervous"
• Tommy & The Tom Toms aka The Bill Smith Combo - "Tomahawk", "Heartbreak Hotel"
• Jackie DeShannon - pop-folk singer; "What the World Needs Now"
• Jackie Wilson - soul singer; "Lonely Teardrops", "Baby Workout"
• Jan & Dean - surf and pop doo-wop duo; "Surf City", "Baby Talk"
• Jerry Lee Lewis - pianist, singer; "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire"
• Pat Boone - pop vocalist; "Tutti Frutti", "Ain't That a Shame"
• Ritchie Valens - rock and roll musician; "La Bamba"
• Ricky Nelson -a Rockabilly singer and early television teen idol
• Ronnie Van Zant - rockabilly performer; "Sweet Home Alabama", "Free Bird"
• Ronny & the Daytonas - surf rock; "G.T.O."
• Roy Orbison - "Running Scared", "It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman"
• Jack Scott - pop balladeer, "Burning Bridges", "What In The World's Come Over You"
• The Surfaris - surf band; "Wipeout"
• Tommy James & the Shondells - pop-rock; "Crimson and Clover", "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now"
• Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City", "Let's Work Together"
• MGMT - psychedelic-rock; "Weekend Wars", "Time to Pretend, "Kids"