London has contributed much to the history and development of popular music, from the British Rock revolution of the 1960s to the punk rock explosion of the 1970s to the underground electronic and dance sounds of recent years. The city is often cited as the birthplace of classic rock and the popular music industry. Several genres of rock and pop emerged from London's music scene including British rhythm and blues, psychedelia, mod, prog, glam, hard rock and punk rock. This page includes bands formed and based in London. Below is a list of music artists and bands from London. These are separated by genre. For Drum and Bass and UK Funky House, there are separate entries on Wikipedia.
Pop
Adele
Zak Abel
Adam Ant
All Saints
Another Level
Bananarama
Breathe
Chad and Jeremy
Chas & Dave
Childhood
Coldplay
Phil Collins
Culture Club
The Dream Academy
East 17
David Essex
Adam Faith
Climie Fisher
Five (stylised as 5ive) Five Star Samantha Fox Nick Gilder Girls Aloud Haircut 100 Hot Chocolate Murray Head Elton John Jonathan King Level 42 Leona Lewis Liberty X Dua Lipa Laurie London George Michael Hayley Mills Matt Monro Naked Eyes The New Vaudeville Band One Direction Peter and Gordon Cliff Richard (born in India) Julie Rogers The Rubettes Hurricane Smith Spandau Ballet Spice Girls Steps The Style Council The Tourists Wham! Wang Chung Jessie Ware Kim Wilde Zola Blood
Rock
AC/DC (Formed in 1973 in Sydney, Australia, they were largely based in London from 1976) Ace After the Fire America (members from America, band formed in London) The Animals (originally formed in Newcastle in 1962, relocated to London in 1964) Argent Asia Atomic Rooster The Beatles (formed in Liverpool in 1960, relocated to London in 1963, helped establish the city's early rock sound) David Bowie The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Bad Company The Blockheads (also known as Ian Dury & The Blockheads) The Boomtown Rats (originally formed in Dublin in 1975, relocated to London in 1976) Bush Dave Clark Five Cream Curved Air Cutting Crew Deep Purple Derek And The Dominos (with American members) Dire Straits Doctor And The Medics Emerson, Lake & Palmer Faces Fairport Convention Foghat Foreigner (partly formed in London, founded by English musicians with American members) Marianne Faithfull Fleetwood Mac (with American members) Free Genesis The Groundhogs Gryphon Hawkwind The Honeycombs Iron Maiden Island of Love The Jeff Beck Group Jethro Tull (originally formed in Blackpool in 1967 and relocated to London the same year) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (English-American band) King Crimson The Kinks Led Zeppelin Manfred Mann Marillion John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers The Moody Blues (formed in Birmingham in 1964, based in London) Motorhead Mott The Hoople (formed in Hereford in 1969, based in London) Mud The Outfield The Alan Parsons Project The Kut Pink Fairies Pink Floyd The Police The Pretenders (English-American rock band, Chrissie Hynde born in Akron, Ohio) Pretty Things Procol Harum The Quireboys Queen The Rolling Stones Skunk Anansie Small Faces Status Quo Strawbs Squeeze Rainbow Rod Stewart Roxy Music The Shadows Slash (born in London) Supertramp The Sweet (also known as Sweet) T. Rex Thin Lizzy (originally formed in Dublin in 1969, relocated to London in 1970) Tom Robinson Band Thunder UFO Uriah Heep Whitesnake Paul Weller The Who The Yardbirds Yes Young Guns The Zombies