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David Guetta　

France’s David Guetta belongs to the sparkling wave of DJs who combine Daft Punk’s sleek house music with a pinch of electroclash’s punch. Guetta had been DJ’ing around France playing p ..more

Delegation　

Ricky Balley founded Delegation in the United Kingdom in 1975, a three-man group who changed members frequently with Balley the only constant. Balley, a native of Jamaica, moved to Britain ..more

Dells　

The Dells are one of the finest and longest-lived R＆B vocal groups in history, and what’s most amazing is that they’ve done it with nearly all the same members -- they haven’t changed personnel ..more

De La Soul　

At the time of its 1989 release, De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, was hailed as the future of hip-hop. With its colorful, neo-psychedelic collage of samples and styles, plus ..more

Debarge　

Groomed to be the heirs to the Jackson 5 throne in the early ’80s, DeBarge mirrored the Jacksons early success with a string of hits, but were unable to sustain their winning streak. Original ..more

Denise Lasalle　

Unlike so many other blues vocalists who just reinterpret material given to them by songwriters, Denise LaSalle is a seriously talented songwriter. Although her soul blues style has strong {\ ..more

Deniece Williams　

Deniece Williams grew up singing in a Pentecostal church, which was strict on the congregation listening only to gospel music. During the late ’60s, she was a candy striper in a Chicago hospital ..more

deadmau5　

Born Joel Zimmerman on January 5, 1981, Deadmau5 rose to prominence when his track Faxing Berlin found its way onto the playlist of legendary DJ/producer Pete Tong’s radio show. Deadmau5 ..more

Destiny's Child　

Destiny’s Child rose to become one of the most popular female R＆B groups of the late ’90s, eventually rivaling even TLC in terms of blockbuster commercial success. Their accomplishments came in ..more

Dayton　

DJ FUMI YEAH!　

DJ FILLMORE　

DJ KOMORI　

DJ KAWASAKI　

DJ Shadow　

DJ Shadow’s Josh Davis is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo’ Wax label. His early singles for the l ..more

DJ KAORI　

Dee Dee Warwick　

Like Darlene Love and Cissy Houston, Dee Dee Warwick’s considerable gifts as a soul singer were mostly confined to session work. And like Aretha Franklin’s sisters, Dee Dee had to st ..more

Dionne Warwick　

It is easier to define Dionne Warwick by what she isn’t rather than what she is. Although she grew up singing in church, she is not a gospel singer. Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan are c ..more

D'angelo　

D’Angelo was one of the founding fathers and leading lights of the neo-soul movement of the mid- to late ’90s, which aimed to bring the organic flavor of classic R＆B back to the hip-hop ag ..more

Temptations　

Thanks to their fine-tuned choreography -- and even finer harmonies -- the Temptations became the definitive male vocal group of the 1960s; one of Motown’s most elastic acts, they tackled both l ..more