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One Direction　

Following the success of JLS and the Wanted, X-Factor contestants One Direction were the next group of heartthrobs to help revive the previously dying concept of the boy band. Niall ..more

ONE-LAW　

OneRepublic　

Featuring the anthemic songwriting of Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic rose to prominence in 2007, when Apologize began its reign as the most popular digital download in American history. Although ..more

Oneness Of Juju　

Based around saxophonist James Plunky Branch, Oneness of Juju was the second incarnation of the Afrocentric creative jazz group Juju who recorded two albums for the Strata East label in ..more

ONE DRAFT　

ONE OK ROCK　

One Ok Rock are a Japanese power pop/alt-rock band that draws on the sound of blink-182 and Foo Fighters. The group, which derives its name from the phrase one o’clock (the time of the band ..more

One Way　

This was the later identity of the group originally called the Soul Partners. Al Hudson, Alicia Myers, guitarists Dave Robertson and Cortez Harris, bassist Kevin McCord, and drummers ..more

Overkill　

New York thrash quartet Overkill was formed in 1984 by vocalist Bobby Blitz Ellsworth and guitarist Bobby Gustafson, also including bassist D.D. Verni and drummer Sid Falck. The band garnered a repu ..more

Ouyan Feifei　

Opeth　

Brought together in Stockholm by guitarists Peter Lindgren and Mikael Akerfeldt in 1990, Opeth added progressive influences and acoustic instrumentation to their brand of Swedish {\death meta ..more

Orb / Lee Scratch Perry　

Orb　

The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed the ..more

Orbital　

Orbital became one of the biggest names in techno during the mid-’90s by solving the irreconcilable differences previously inherent in the genre： to stay true to the dance underground and, at th ..more

Ovall　

Ornette Coleman　

One of the most important (and controversial) innovators of the jazz avant-garde, Ornette Coleman gained both loyal followers and lifelong detractors when he seemed to burst on the scene in 1959 ..more

Otis Redding　

One of the most influential soul singers of the 1960s, Otis Redding exemplified to many listeners the power of Southern deep soul -- hoarse, gritty vocals, brassy arrangements, and an emoti ..more

Otis Rush　

Breaking into the R＆B Top Ten his very first time out in 1956 with the startlingly intense slow blues I Can’t Quit You Baby, southpaw guitarist Otis Rush subsequently established himself ..more

O'Jays　

The O’Jays were one of Philadelphia soul’s most popular and long-lived outfits, rivaled only by the Spinners as soul’s greatest vocal group of the ’70s. In their prime, the O’Jays’ reco ..more

Ocean Colour Scene　

Falling between the energetic pop/rock of mod revival and the psychedelic experimentations of Traffic, Ocean Colour Scene came to be one of the leading bands of the traditionalist, post-Oasis ..more

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)　

Featuring the core members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey, the Liverpudlian synth pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark formed in the late ’70s. Humphreys and McCluskey began p ..more