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Bob Dylan (Born Robert Zimmerman) Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers) Billy Joel Al Jolson (jazz singer) Robbie Robertson (father is Jewish, the band) Eddie Fisher (crooner) Neil Sedaka Victor Borge (the piano comedian, danish Jew, born Rosenbaum) Leonard Bernstein Arthur Fiedler (boston pops) Carly Simon (father is of Simon & Shuster publishing fame) Simon & Garfunkle Slash (Guns N' Roses, born Sol Hudson, father is Jewish) Steven Adler (former Guns N' Roses drummer) Neil Diamond Barry Manilow Howard Kaylen & Mark Volman (The Turtles, volman is half Jewish) The Tokens (early '60s doowop hit w/ The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Brian Epstein (beatles manager) Murray The K (famed DJ, billed as the 5th beatle) Dinah Shore (father was a cantor) The Beastie Boys Adam Duritz (singer for The Counting Crows) Alan Freed (famed DJ, coined the term "Rock N' Roll) Kenny G (Born Gorelick) Lou Reed Mel Torme (Born torma, crooner) Lorna Luft (sister of Liza Minelli, daughter of Judy Garland & Sid Luft (Jewish) Andrew Gold (10 cc, "lonely boy" "I'm not in love") Gene Simmons (KISS/studied to become a rabbi,migrated from Israel, born Chaim Witz) Paul Stanley (KISS/born EISEN) Barbra Streisand Carole King (tapestry) Arlo Guthrie (mother was Jewish, father was Woody Guthrie) Burt Bacharach Ben Lee (aussie rock vocalist) Marvin Hamlisch Malcolm McLaren (manager of The Sex Pistols, mother is Jewish) Marty Friedman (lead guitarist, Megadeth) Leonard Bernstein Ira & George Gershwin Irving Berlin Benny Goodman (king of swing) Marc Cohn (walking in memphis) David Lee Roth Bette Midler Robbie Krieger (the doors, guitarist) Mike Bloomfield Michael Bolton (born Bolotin) Paul Shaffer (Late Night W/ David Letterman) Max Weinberg (drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street band/Max Weinberg 7 on Conan O' Brien) Rick Rubin (rock producer, def jam records, beastie boys, red hot chili peppers) Scott Ian (Anthrax) Danny Spitz (Anthrax, former lead guitarist) Paula Abdul (mother is sephardic Jew) Sammy Davis Jr. (converted) T-Rex (aka Marc Bolan/born Marc Feld) Lenny Kravitz (half Jew/father Sy kravitz) Bill Graham (famed rock promoter) Perry Farrell (jane's addiction, porno for pyros, born Bernstein) Peter Green (original founding member of Fleetwood Mac, lead guitarist) Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) Mort Schuman (co-writer with Doc Pomus (also Jewish), such hits as Turn Me Loose, Teenager In Love) Don Kirschner (producer/promoter/had show "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert during the 70s & 80s/Spoofed on SNL by PAUL Shaffer) David Geffen (geffen records/dreamworks) Herb Abramson (co-founder of Atlantic Records) Saul Zaentz (proudcer/founder of Fantasy records. Creedence Clearwater Revival being one of its most famous artists) Clive Davis (founder of Arista Records) Lou Adler (founder of Dunhill/Abc records) Phil Spector (producer/songwriter, created "the wall of sound" ala The Ronettes) Bob Ezrin (producer, most known for Pink Floyd's Darkside Of The Moon) Carnie Wilson (wilson/phillips, duaghter of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, mother is Jewish, ) Leonard Cohen Linda McCartney (Born Epstein, changed to Eastman) Leslie West (mountain, born Leslie Weinstein) Leonard & Phil Chess (founder of Chess Records) Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) Chris & Rich Robinson (black crowes, born Rabinowitz, half jew (father is Jewish) Chris Stein (founding member of Blondie, guitarist) J. Geils Band (everyone is Jewish except for J. Geils (lead guitarist!hehe) Leiber & Stoller (songwriters of such rock classics as Hound Dog and Stand By Me, Jailhouse Rock) Danny Rappaport (Danny & The Juniors (50s doo-wop) Doug Fieger (The Knack, "My Sharona", brother is Attorney Geoffrey Fieger who defended Dr. Jack Kevorkian) Elliot Easton (The Cars, lead guitarist, born Steinberg) Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, actor in OZ) Gary Lewis (Gary Lewis & The Playboys, had '60s hit w/ "This Diamond Ring" He is the son of Jerry Lewis the comedian) Gavin Rossdale (Bush, paternal grandfather was Jewish) Tiny Tim (mother was Jewish) Norman Greenbaum (hat one hit wonder w/ Spirit In The Sky) Helen Reddy (converted to Judaism) Sammy Davis Jr. (converted to Judaism) Gabby Glaser (lucious jackson) Joey Ramone (The Ramones, born Jeffrey Hymen) Jon Bauman (Sha-na-na) John Moss (drummer w/ Culture Club. he suggested that Boy George wear hasidic garb!!) Jorma Kaukonen (hot tuna, jefferson airplane, mother was Jewish) Kenny Aronoff (drummer with John Mellencamp) Kevin Wasserman (guitarist, Offspring) Kinky Friedman (60s cult figure, founding member of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys) Laura Nyro (mother was Jewish) |
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