This list contains famous or notable musicians, singers, composers and bands who originated in or are associated strongly with Glasgow, Scotland.
0–9
1990s
A
AC Acoustics
Admiral Fallow
Adopted as Holograph
Adventures in Stereo
Aereogramme
Altered Images
Angel Heart
Craig Armstrong
Attic Lights
B
Baby Chaos (briefly changed name to Deckard) Baby Strange A Band Called Quinn Jimmy Barnes The Bathers Beecake Beggars Opera Maggie Bell Belle & Sebastian Bis Bleed From Within The Blimp The Blue Nile The Bluebells Bombay Talkie Brian Robertson (former Thin Lizzy Guitarist) Scott Brown Jack Bruce
C
Camera Obscura
Junior Campbell, also member of The Marmalade
Cannon
Lewis Capaldi
Cado Belle
Charlie and the Bhoys
Chvrches
The Cinematics
Gerry Cinnamon
Billy Connolly
Ivor Cutler
D
Dananananaykroyd
Darius Campbell Danesh
Deacon Blue
Del Amitri
The Delgados
Jimmy Dewar, from Robin Trower band
Jim Diamond
Lonnie Donegan
Donovan
E
El Presidente
Endgames
Errors
F
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
Future Pilot A.K.A.
G
Ganger
Bobby Gillespie, singer-songwriter
Glasvegas
Clare Grogan, singer and actress
Gun
H
H2O
Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Fran Healy
Hip Parade
Hipsway
How to Swim
RM Hubbert
Michael Hunter, music games composer
I
Isosceles
J
Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers
Bert Jansch
K
David Knopfler of Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
Oliver Knussen – composer and conductor
Kode9
L
Laki Mera
Jeanie Lambe – jazz singer
Frederic Lamond, classical pianist and pupil of Franz Liszt
Mary Lee
Life Without Buildings
Little Eye
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Logan
Loki
Lotus Eater
Love and Money
Lucia & The Best Boys
Lulu
M
Makethisrelate
Man Must Die
The Marmalade
Helen Marnie of Ladytron
John Martyn
David McCallum, Sr., violinist
Matt McGinn, folk musician
Lisa McHugh
Frankie Miller
Middle of the Road
Mogwai
Hudson Mohawke, producer, composer and DJ
Mother and the Addicts
Jim Mullen
N
Natural Acoustic Band
No Way Sis
O
One Dove
Orange Juice
The Orchids
P
The Pastels
The Phantom Band
Owen Paul
The Poets
Emma Pollock – singer-songwriter, composer, musician and a founding member of the band The Delgados El Presidente PAWS (band) Prides Primal Scream
R
Chris Rainbow
Eddi Reader of Fairground Attraction
Maggie Reilly
Remember Remember
Rustie
S
Shop Assistants
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Set the Tone
Shitdisco
The Silencers
Simple Minds
Slam
Slik
David Sneddon
Jimmy Somerville, singer
Sons and Daughters
SOPHIE
Spirea X
Sharleen Spiteri – singer, songwriter and guitarist
Sputniks Down
Stapleton
Al Stewart
Stone the Crows
Strawberry Switchblade
Hamish Stuart of The Average White Band
The Supernaturals
Swanee
T
Teenage Fanclub
Texas
Dougie Thomson
Travis
Twin Atlantic
Telstar Ponies
U
Uncle John & Whitelock
Unkle Bob
Midge Ure
Urusei Yatsura
V
The Vaselines
W
The Wake
Bobby Wellins
Eric Woolfson
Y
Yashin
Alexander Young
Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC) George Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (The Easybeats) John Paul Young, Australian singer Malcolm Young – Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC) Stevie Young