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 |
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Martin Fry |
Aerosmith |
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Steve Tyler |
A–ha |
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Morten Harket |
Altered Images (also had a leading role in the film Gregory's Girl) |
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Clare Grogan |
Amen Corner |
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Andy Fairweather–Low |
The Animals |
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Eric Burdon |
Aphrodite's Child |
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Demis Roussos |
Arctic Monkeys |
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Alex Turner |
Bad Manners |
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Buster Bloodvessel |
The Bangles |
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Susannah Hoffs |
Bay City Rollers (died following a cardiac arrest in 2021, aged 65) |
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Les McKeown |
Big Country |
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Stuart Adamson |
Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes (from 1970) |
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Teddy Pendergrass |
Blondie (the band's name is often believed to be her stage name) |
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Debbie (Deborah) Harry |
Blur |
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Damon Albarn |
Boomtown Rats |
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Bob Geldof |
Buzzcocks |
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Pete Shelley |
Catatonia |
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Cerys Matthews |
The Clash (former public schoolboy) |
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Joe Strummer |
Coldplay |
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Chris Martin |
The Commodores |
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Lionel Richie |
The Cranberries (died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2018, aged 46) |
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Dolores O'Riordan |
The Cure |
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Robert Smith |
The Damned |
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Dave Vanian |
The Darkness (they folded after he left in 2006) |
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Justin Hawkins |
The Doors |
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Jim Morrison |
Dr. Hook (& the Medicine Show) |
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Dennis Locorriere |
Duran Duran |
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Simon le Bon |
Eagles |
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Don Henley |
Elbow |
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Guy Garvey |
The Equals |
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Eddy Grant |
Fairground Attraction |
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Eddi Reader |
The Fall (died in 2018, aged 60) |
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Mark E. Smith |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
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Holly Johnson |
Four Seasons |
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Frankie Valli |
Four Tops – diagnosed with cancer in 1995, and retired from touring after suffering a stroke in 2000; died in
2008, aged 72 |
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Levi Stubbs |
Free, Bad Company |
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Paul Rodgers |
Generation X (1976–9); Gen X (1980–1) |
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Billy Idol |
Genesis (originally – before Phil Collins) |
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Peter Gabriel |
The Go–Gos |
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Belinda Carlisle |
Green Day |
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Billie Joe Armstrong |
Happy Mondays |
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Shaun Ryder |
Herman's Hermits |
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Peter Noone |
The Hollies |
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Alan Clark |
Hot Chocolate |
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Errol Brown |
The Housemartins |
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Paul Heaton |
INXS |
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Michael Hutchence |
Iron Maiden (since 1981) |
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Bruce Dickinson |
The Jam, Style Council |
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Paul Weller |
Japan |
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David Sylvian |
Jethro Tull (also played flute) |
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Ian Anderson |
Joy Division |
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Ian Curtis |
Kajagoogoo |
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Limahl |
Keane |
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Tom Chaplin |
The Killers |
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Brandon Flowers |
The Kinks |
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Ray Davies |
KISS (bass guitar, vocals and front man) |
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Gene Simmons |
Kula Shaker |
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Crispian Mills |
Led Zeppelin |
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Robert Plant |
The Lemonheads |
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Evan Dando |
Level 42 (also played bass guitar) |
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Mark King |
The Libertines, Babyshambles |
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Pete Doherty |
Madness |
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Suggs |
Manfred Mann (early hits) |
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Paul Jones |
Manfred Mann (replaced Paul Jones) |
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Mike d'Abo |
Marillion |
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Fish (Derek Dick) |
Mott the Hoople |
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Ian Hunter |
The Move, Wizzard |
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Roy Wood |
M People |
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Heather Small |
Mud |
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Les Gray |
Nirvana (1990s US grunge band) |
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Kurt Cobain |
No Doubt |
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Gwen Stefani |
Oasis |
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Liam Gallagher |
The Ordinary Boys |
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(Samuel) Preston |
The Pogues |
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Shane MacGowan |
The Pretenders |
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Chrissie Hynde |
Public Image Limited (former Sex Pistol) |
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John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) |
Pulp |
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Jarvis Cocker |
Pussycat Dolls |
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Nicole Scherzinger |
Right Said Fred |
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Richard Fairbrass |
The Seekers |
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Judith Durham |
Sham 69 |
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Jimmy Pursey |
Simple Minds |
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Jim Kerr |
Skunk Anansie |
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Skin (Deborah Dyer) |
Slade |
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Noddy Holder |
The Small Faces |
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Steve Marriot |
The Smiths |
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Morrissey |
Snow Patrol: vocals and guitar |
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Gary Lightbody |
Spandau Ballet |
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Tony Hadley |
The Specials (later one of the three singers in Fun Boy Three) |
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Terry Hall |
The Spencer Davis Group |
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Stevie Winwood |
Steeleye Span |
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Maddy Prior |
Stereophonics |
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Kelly Jones |
Stiff Little Fingers |
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Jake Burns |
The Stone Roses |
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Ian Brown |
The Stranglers (left in 1990) |
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Hugh Cornwell |
Suede |
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Brett Anderson |
(The) Sweet – died 1997 |
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Brian Connolly |
Talking Heads |
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David Byrne |
The Teardrop Explodes |
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Julian Cope |
10,000 Maniacs |
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Natalie Merchant |
Them |
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Van Morrison |
Travis |
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Fran Healy |
The Troggs |
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Reg Presley |
UB40 |
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Ali Campbell |
U2 |
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Bono (Paul Hewson) |
The Undertones |
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Feargal Sharkey |
Van Halen (1974–85, 1996, and from 2006 until their demise in 2020 following the death of Eddie Van Halen) |
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David Lee Roth |
The Velvet Underground |
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Lou Reed |
The Verve |
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Richard Ashcroft |
Wet Wet Wet |
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Marti Pellow |
Whitesnake |
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David Coverdale |
The Who |
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Roger Daltrey |
The Wonder Stuff |
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Miles Hunt |
X–Ray Spex |
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Poly Styrene |
The Yardbirds (1963–8) |
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Keith Relf |
Yes |
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Jon Anderson |
The Zombies |
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Colin Blunstone |