Abdul, Paula (San Fernando)
Original American Idol judge and singer of "Straight Up"
Famous Musicians from California
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Beck (Los Angeles)
Creator of the 1996 album Odelay -
Black, Jack (Hermosa Beach)
The wild-eyed star of School of Rock -
Black, Rebecca (Anaheim Hills)
The teen Internet sensation who sang "Friday" -
Boon, D. (San Pedro)
Guitarist and singer for punk band Minutemen -
Brubeck, David (Concord)
The jazz pianist who did the song "Take Five" -
Cage, John (Los Angeles)
Composer of the silent piano piece 4' 33" -
Carradine, Keith (San Mateo)
Lanky, Oscar-winning singer of "I'm Easy" -
Cher (El Centro)
The Sonny and Cher alum who did "Believe" -
Coleman, Zendaya (Oakland)
Michelle (aka MJ) in the Spider-Man movie series -
Crosby, David (Los Angeles)
Singer/guitarist for Crosby, Stills & Nash -
Des Barres, Pamela (Reseda)
Groupie author of I'm With the Band -
Deschanel, Zooey (Los Angeles)
The doe-eyed star of (500) Days of Summer and New Girl -
Dogg, Snoop (Long Beach)
Languid West Coast rapper and celebr-izzle -
Dolphy, Eric (Los Angeles)
The way-out reed man who recorded Out to Lunch -
Dr. Dre (Los Angeles)
Founding member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. -
Eilish, Billie (Los Angeles)
The teen pop singer who did 2019's "Bad Guy" -
Ellis, Don (Los Angeles)
The experimental post-bop jazz musician who invented the "superbone" -
Federline, Kevin (Fresno)
Britney Spears's husband -
Ferguson, Stacy "Fergie" (Whittier)
The Wild Orchid member who joined the Black Eyed Peas -
Garcia, Jerry (San Francisco)
Leader of The Grateful Dead -
Glover, Donald (Edwards Air Force Base)
Star and creator of 'Atlanta', and rapper Childish Gambino -
Gordon, Dexter (Los Angeles)
Long, tall tenor sax jazz legend -
Groban, Josh (Los Angeles)
Singer of "You Raise Me Up" -
Guaraldi, Vince (San Francisco)
The jazz pianist who wrote the music for Charlie Brown -
Haggard, Merle (Bakersfield)
The Okie from Muskogee -
Horton, Johnny (Los Angeles)
Singer of 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans" -
Hussle, Nipsey (Los Angeles)
Grammy nominated rapper who did the album 'Victory Lap' -
Ice Cube (Los Angeles)
Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop -
James, Etta (Los Angeles)
R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry" -
Johnston, Daniel (Sacramento)
The eccentric singer/songwriter of 'Hi, How Are You?' -
Kesha (Los Angeles)
Singer of the party single "TiK ToK" -
Lamar, Kendrick (Compton)
The rapper who did "Swimming Pools (Drank)" -
Lee, Amy (Riverside)
Vocalist for the rock band Evanescence -
Lil' Fizz (Los Angeles)
The singer who played Rashann in the movie You Got Served -
Lively, Blake (Tarzana)
Serena on TV's Gossip Girl -
Loc, Tone (Los Angeles)
Rapper of 1989's "Wild Thing" -
Love, Courtney (San Francisco)
The widow of Kurt Cobain -
Minnelli, Liza (Los Angeles)
Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret -
Monkees, The (Los Angeles)
The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer" -
Ocean, Frank (Long Beach)
The hip-hop creator of the the album channel ORANGE -
Omarion (Los Angeles)
R&B crooner of the 2005 album O -
Perry, Katy (Santa Barbara)
The saucy singer of "I Kissed a Girl" -
Rivera, Jenni (Long Beach)
The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda" -
Rodrigo, Olivia
The Disney+ star who sang "Drivers License" -
Stefani, Gwen (Fullerton)
The platinum-blonde singer of "Hollaback Girl" -
Steinfeld, Hailee (Thousand Oaks)
Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit -
The Game (Compton)
Rapper who did 2005's The Documentary -
Valens, Ritchie (Pacoima)
The teen star who sang 'La Bamba' -
Waits, Tom (Pomona)
Raspy-voiced singer of "The Piano Has Been Drinking" -
Weiland, Scott
The frontman for the band Stone Temple Pilots -
Wild Orchid
Photogenic singing trio who recorded "Talk to Me" -
Wilson, Dennis (Hawthorne)
The drummer for The Beach Boys -
Wolff, Nat (Los Angeles)
Lead singer for The Naked Brothers Band -
Yankovic, Weird Al (Lynwood)
Singer of "I Lost on Jeopardy" and other parody tunes