Pop Music: Lead Singers

These questions can be asked either way round.  For example, "In which band is Morten Harket the lead singer?" Question setters should bear in mind that some may be easier one way round and others may be easier the other way round.

Q: Who is (or was) the lead singer with ... ?	A:
ABC		Martin Fry
Aerosmith		Steve Tyler
A–ha		Morten Harket
Altered Images (also had a leading role in the film Gregory's Girl)		Clare Grogan
Amen Corner		Andy Fairweather–Low
The Animals		Eric Burdon
Aphrodite's Child		Demis Roussos
Arctic Monkeys		Alex Turner
Bad Manners		Buster Bloodvessel
The Bangles		Susannah Hoffs
Bay City Rollers (died following a cardiac arrest in 2021, aged 65)		Les McKeown
Big Country		Stuart Adamson
Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes (from 1970)		Teddy Pendergrass
Blondie (the band's name is often believed to be her stage name)		Debbie (Deborah) Harry
Blur		Damon Albarn
Boomtown Rats		Bob Geldof
Buzzcocks		Pete Shelley
Catatonia		Cerys Matthews
The Clash (former public schoolboy)		Joe Strummer
Coldplay		Chris Martin
The Commodores		Lionel Richie
The Cranberries (died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2018, aged 46)		Dolores O'Riordan
The Cure		Robert Smith
The Damned		Dave Vanian
The Darkness (they folded after he left in 2006)		Justin Hawkins
The Doors		Jim Morrison
Dr. Hook (& the Medicine Show)		Dennis Locorriere
Duran Duran		Simon le Bon
Eagles		Don Henley
Elbow		Guy Garvey
The Equals		Eddy Grant
Fairground Attraction		Eddi Reader
The Fall (died in 2018, aged 60)		Mark E. Smith
Frankie Goes to Hollywood		Holly Johnson
Four Seasons		Frankie Valli
Four Tops – diagnosed with cancer in 1995, and retired from touring after suffering a stroke in 2000; died in 2008, aged 72		Levi Stubbs
Free, Bad Company		Paul Rodgers
Genesis (originally – before Phil Collins)		Peter Gabriel
The Go–Gos		Belinda Carlisle
Green Day		Billie Joe Armstrong
Happy Mondays		Shaun Ryder
Herman's Hermits		Peter Noone
The Hollies		Alan Clark
Hot Chocolate		Errol Brown
The Housemartins		Paul Heaton
INXS		Michael Hutchence
Iron Maiden (since 1981)		Bruce Dickinson
The Jam, Style Council		Paul Weller
Japan		David Sylvian
Jethro Tull (also played flute)		Ian Anderson
Joy Division		Ian Curtis
Kajagoogoo		Limahl
Keane		Tom Chaplin
The Killers		Brandon Flowers
The Kinks		Ray Davies
KISS (bass guitar, vocals and front man)		Gene Simmons
Kula Shaker		Crispian Mills
Led Zeppelin		Robert Plant
The Lemonheads		Evan Dando
Level 42 (also played bass guitar)		Mark King
The Libertines, Babyshambles		Pete Doherty
Madness		Suggs
Manfred Mann (early hits)		Paul Jones
Manfred Mann (replaced Paul Jones)		Mike d'Abo
Marillion		Fish (Derek Dick)
Mott the Hoople		Ian Hunter
The Move, Wizzard		Roy Wood
M People		Heather Small
Mud		Les Gray
Nirvana (1990s US grunge band)		Kurt Cobain
No Doubt		Gwen Stefani
Oasis		Liam Gallagher
The Ordinary Boys		(Samuel) Preston
The Pogues		Shane MacGowan
The Pretenders		Chrissie Hynde
Public Image Limited (former Sex Pistol)		John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)
Pulp		Jarvis Cocker
Pussycat Dolls		Nicole Scherzinger
Right Said Fred		Richard Fairbrass
The Seekers		Judith Durham
Sham 69		Jimmy Pursey
Simple Minds		Jim Kerr
Skunk Anansie		Skin (Deborah Dyer)
Slade		Noddy Holder
The Small Faces		Steve Marriot
The Smiths		Morrissey
Snow Patrol: vocals and guitar		Gary Lightbody
Spandau Ballet		Tony Hadley
The Specials (later one of the three singers in Fun Boy Three)		Terry Hall
The Spencer Davis Group		Stevie Winwood
Steeleye Span		Maddy Prior
Stereophonics		Kelly Jones
Stiff Little Fingers		Jake Burns
The Stone Roses		Ian Brown
The Stranglers (left in 1990)		Hugh Cornwell
Suede		Brett Anderson
(The) Sweet – died 1997		Brian Connolly
Talking Heads		David Byrne
The Teardrop Explodes		Julian Cope
10,000 Maniacs		Natalie Merchant
Them		Van Morrison
Travis		Fran Healy
The Troggs		Reg Presley
UB40		Ali Campbell
U2		Bono (Paul Hewson)
The Undertones		Feargal Sharkey
Van Halen (1974–85, 1996, and from 2006 until their demise in 2020 following the death of Eddie Van Halen)		David Lee Roth
The Velvet Underground		Lou Reed
The Verve		Richard Ashcroft
Wet Wet Wet		Marti Pellow
Whitesnake		David Coverdale
The Who		Roger Daltrey
The Wonder Stuff		Miles Hunt
X–Ray Spex		Poly Styrene
The Yardbirds (1963–8)		Keith Relf
Yes		Jon Anderson
The Zombies		Colin Blunstone

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