This is a list of rock and roll performers.
- The Beach Boys
- The Beatles
- Bill Haley & The Comets - key contributor of the rockabilly revolution from R&B to rock and roll; "Rocket 88", "Rock Around the Clock"
- Bobby Darin - teen idol; "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife"
- Bobby Lewis - "Tossin' and Turnin'"
- Bruce & Terry - surf duo; "Hey Little Cobra"
- Buddy Holly - rock and roll musician; "Peggy Sue"
- Carl Perkins - rockabilly pioneer; "Blue Suede Shoes"
- The Chantays - surf band; "Pipeline"
- Chuck Berry - singer-songwriter, guitarist, "Maybellene", "Johnny B. Goode"
- Dave "Baby" Cortez - "The Happy Organ"
- Dick Dale - surf music pioneer; "Let's Go Trippin'"
- Dorsey Burnette - rockabilly singer; "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
- Johnny Burnette - rockabilly singer; "You're Sixteen", "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
- Eddie Cochran - rockabilly guitar hero; "Summertime Blues"
- Elvis Presley - popularizer of American rock and roll; "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Jailhouse Rock", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- Fabian - teen idol; "Tiger"
- Freddy Cannon, hard rock, nicknamed "Boom Boom"
- Gene Vincent - rockabilly musician; "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
- Gene Summers - rockabilly entertainer; "School Of Rock 'n Roll" "Big Blue Diamonds", "Nervous"
- Tommy & The Tom Toms aka The Bill Smith Combo - "Tomahawk", "Heartbreak Hotel"
- Jackie DeShannon - pop-folk singer; "What the World Needs Now"
- Jackie Wilson - soul singer; "Lonely Teardrops", "Baby Workout"
- Jan & Dean - surf and pop doo-wop duo; "Surf City", "Baby Talk"
- Jerry Lee Lewis - pianist, singer; "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire"
- Pat Boone - pop vocalist; "Tutti Frutti", "Ain't That a Shame"
- Ritchie Valens - rock and roll musician; "La Bamba"
- Ricky Nelson -a Rockabilly singer and early television teen idol
- Ronnie Van Zant - rockabilly performer; "Sweet Home Alabama", "Free Bird"
- Ronny & the Daytonas - surf rock; "G.T.O."
- Roy Orbison - "Running Scared", "It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman"
- Jack Scott - pop balladeer, "Burning Bridges", "What In The World's Come Over You"
- The Surfaris - surf band; "Wipeout"
- Tommy James & the Shondells - pop-rock; "Crimson and Clover", "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now"
- Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City", "Let's Work Together"
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