Aaliyah (New York City)
Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"
Famous Musicians from New York
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Aguilera, Christina (Staten Island)
The crooner of "Genie In a Bottle" and "Beautiful" -
Allen, Steve (New York City)
The original host of The Tonight Show -
Ashanti (Glen Cove)
Singer of "Foolish" and "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" -
Baez, Joan (Staten Island)
Folk singer who did "Diamonds & Rust" -
Beastie Boys (Brooklyn)
Funky, sarcastic white-boy rappers who did "Sabotage" -
Bennett, Tony (New York City)
The crooner who sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" -
Bleu, Corbin (Brooklyn)
Chad from Disney's High School Musical -
Blige, Mary J. (New York City)
The "Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul" -
Bowles, Paul (Jamaica)
Author of The Sheltering Sky -
Brice, Fanny (New York City)
The vaudeville star who was the basis for the musical Funny Girl -
Brown, Foxy (Brooklyn)
The sassy rapper of Ill Na Na -
Carey, Mariah (Huntington)
The pop diva who sang "We Belong Together" -
Cassidy, David (New York City)
The hunky star of TV's 'The Partridge Family' -
Chapin, Harry (New York City)
Singer of the 1972 hit "Taxi" -
Copland, Aaron (New York City)
American composer who wrote Appalachian Spring -
Davis, Sammy Jr. (New York City)
Singer of "The Candy Man" -
Diamond, Neil (Brooklyn)
The pop musician who sang "Sweet Caroline" -
GaGa, Lady (New York City)
The pop singer who co-starred in the 2018 film 'A Star Is Born' -
Geffen, David (Brooklyn)
The billionaire entertainment mogul behind Geffen Records and Dreamworks -
Gershwin, George (Brooklyn)
Composer of Rhapsody in Blue -
Hamlisch, Marvin (New York City)
Composer of A Chorus Line -
Hammerstein, Oscar II (New York City)
Co-writer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music -
Horne, Lena (Brooklyn)
Singer of the jazz standard "Stormy Weather" -
Hunter, Tab (New York City)
The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love" -
Jackson, Curtis (Queens)
The rapper who made the hit album Get Rich or Die Tryin -
James, Rick (Buffalo)
Funky singer of "Super Freak" -
Jay-Z (Brooklyn)
Rapper of "Empire State of Mind" -
Joel, Billy (The Bronx)
Pianist and singer of the tune Piano Man -
Jones, Norah (New York City)
Grammy-winning singer of "Don't Know Why" -
Kaye, Danny (Brooklyn)
Song-and-dance star of The Court Jester -
Keys, Alicia (New York City)
Singer of the hit R&B single "Fallin'" -
Kim, Lil' (Brooklyn)
The controversial female rapper of "No Time" -
King, Carole (Brooklyn)
Singer of "It's Too Late" -
Kravitz, Lenny (New York City)
The pop singer who plays Cinna in The Hunger Games -
Leonhart, Carolyn (New York City)
Vocalist with Lyn Leon and Steely Dan -
Lopez, Jennifer (New York City)
The star of Selena and Maid in Manhattan -
Manilow, Barry (Brooklyn)
Singer of the 1974 hit tune "Mandy" -
McCartney, Jesse (New York City)
Pop singer of "Beautiful Soul" -
McLean, Don (New Rochelle)
The guy who did "American Pie" and "Starry, Starry Night" -
Menken, Alan (New Rochelle)
The composer behind The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -
Merman, Ethel (New York City)
The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun -
Miranda, Lin-Manuel (New York City)
The creator and star of the musical Hamilton -
Moby (New York City)
The bald techno artist who recorded Play -
Money, Eddie (Brooklyn)
The rocker who did "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight" -
Mos Def (Brooklyn)
The rapper and actor formerly known as Mos Def -
Nilsson, Harry (New York City)
The guy who sang "Jump into the Fire" -
P. Diddy (New York City)
Rapper known as Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy, then Diddy, then P. Diddy again -
Punisher, Big (The Bronx)
Super-sized Latin rapper -
Ramone, Joey (Queens)
Lead singer of The Ramones -
Reed, Lou (Brooklyn)
Co-founder of The Velvet Underground -
Rhymes, Busta (Brooklyn)
Rubbery-faced, raspy-voiced Brooklyn rapper -
Rodgers, Richard (New York City)
Composer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music -
Rollins, Sonny (New York City)
The bop-era saxophonist who did "St. Thomas" -
Rule, Ja (Queens)
Tough-talking rapper of the hit singles "Holla Holla" and "Clap Back" -
Schwartz, Stephen (New York City)
Composer of the Broadway hits Wicked and Godspell -
Shakur, Tupac (Brooklyn)
Late rapper of 2Pacalypse Now -
Shaw, Artie (New York City)
The clarinet-playing big band leader who recorded Begin the Beguine -
Simon, Carly (New York City)
The singer of "You're So Vain" -
Sondheim, Stephen (New York City)
West Side Story lyricist and superstar Broadway composer -
Streisand, Barbra (Brooklyn)
The Oscar-winning star of Funny Girl -
Vandross, Luther (New York City)
The R&B singer of Dance With My Father -
Waller, Fats (New York City)
The joyous piano player who wrote the song "Ain't Misbehavin'" -
Williams, Dar (Mount Kisco)
Singer of "Spring Street" -
Williams, John (Floral Park)
Composer of the themes from Jaws and Star Wars -
Williams, Vanessa (Millwood)
The first African-American to become Miss America -
Yauch, Adam (New York City)
MCA from the rap group Beastie Boys