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Musical Acts by Letter - J

Guess the musical acts that performed these songs. All the answers start with J.
Going by first names and ignoring "the"
Covers in italics
Years active starts with their first major commercial release
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Last updated: February 23, 2020
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First submittedNovember 10, 2010
Times taken46,181
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Years Active
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Songs
Band or Artist
2010 -
Baby | What Do You Mean?
Justin Bieber
2004 -
All of Me | Green Light
John Legend
2002 -
SexyBack | Can't Stop the Feeling!
Justin Timberlake
2001 -
Your Body is a Wonderland | New Light
John Mayer
1999 -
Jenny from the Block | Love Don't Cost a Thing
Jennifer Lopez
1996 -
Empire State of Mind | Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Jay-Z
1980 -
I Love Rock 'N Roll | Cherry Bomb
Joan Jett
1975 -
Don't Stop Believin' | Any Way You Want It
Journey
1969 - 1989
2012 -
ABC | I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
1976 -
Jack & Diane | Hurts So Good
John Mellencamp
1970 -
Margaritaville | Cheeseburger in Paradise
Jimmy Buffett
1969 - 1997
Rocky Mountain High | Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
1968 - 1980
Imagine | (Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon
1967 - 1970
Piece of My Heart | Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
1966 - 1972
White Rabbit | Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane
1965 - 1970
Purple Haze | Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Jimi Hendrix
1958 -
Great Balls of Fire | Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On
Jerry Lee Lewis
1958 - 2003
I Got You (I Feel Good) | Sex Machine
James Brown
1955 - 2003
I Walk the Line | Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
1966 - 1973
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Time In a Bottle
Jim Croce
plattitude
+3
Level 89
Nov 7, 2013
Was really confused when Jefferson Starship wasn't accepted. Forgot they had been Airplane
yeetdeet
+6
Level 60
Jul 23, 2020
Now that’s what I call technological advancement!
haggy999
+4
Level 57
Jul 23, 2020
Is Jefferson Teleporter next?
BobSaget
+8
Level 80
Nov 15, 2013
No Jethro Tull? For shame.
postwaste
+4
Level 80
Nov 15, 2013
Yes, leaving them out was a Bungle in the Jungle.
buck1017
+9
Level 73
Nov 15, 2013
Quizmaster must be Thick as a Brick
ArstanWhitebeard
+1
Level 48
Jan 13, 2014
These last 2 comments made me crack up! :-D
Twentysix385
+1
Level 60
Nov 15, 2013
Or J. Geils??
TimFed
+1
Level 70
Jun 26, 2017
Would have loved to see J. Geils, even if you had to choose Centerfold for the clue.
chucktizzle
+2
Level 34
Jan 17, 2014
Can I get some Jamiroquai, Jurassic 5, Jack Johnson, Jam Master Jay, or Jodeci?
plattitude
+1
Level 89
Jan 29, 2016
Of those, I've only heard music by Jamiroquai, and please don't make me try to spell that during a quiz!
tom88
+1
Level 67
Mar 16, 2016
you should try out some Jack Johnson. He makes great music
CripplingVelocity
+1
Level 59
May 13, 2016
Yea, but Jam Master Jay is (was) part of Run DMC, so that would be the musical act, in the quiz for "R".
david2013
+1
Level 81
Feb 10, 2014
Great quiz! Had to stop and think for the musicians' first names instead of their last names.
Travellinman
+1
Level 43
Jun 8, 2014
Me and Bobby McGee is actually a cover. Original is Kris Kristofferson.
ander217
+1
Level 78
Nov 11, 2014
Kris co-wrote it, but Roger Miller was the first one to perform it. Kristofferson, The Grateful Dead, and Joplin all performed it at least a year after Miller.
fldoughboy
+4
Level 32
Aug 25, 2014
Musical acts should be listed by last name. At least, it's what I do when I file them in order!
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 11, 2015
Where does Beyonce go?
TheWombat
+5
Level 74
Aug 27, 2015
In the bin?
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 80
Apr 3, 2017
Probably in the Ladies Room, I imagine.
kenpo17
+4
Level 67
Dec 7, 2017
Knowles? Or did she change her last name when she got married?
fldoughboy
+2
Level 32
May 19, 2018
B of course. Any musical act goes by last name, especially in Billboard.
Osiris
+2
Level 65
May 26, 2018
Nah, Wombat is correct.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Mar 5, 2020
@fldoughbin Im no expert. But beyonce isnt her last name, I know that much..
MrMediocre
+1
Level 57
May 23, 2015
So proud of myself for not knowing the Justin Bieber song . . . in fact, other than hearing "Baby, Baby, Baby, Oh" on a commercial, I don't know a single thing that kid has ever done.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 84
Jan 29, 2016
All you need to do is not listen to modern music, since as of right now two of his songs are at the top of the US charts.
kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Dec 7, 2017
Sounds like a good reason not to listen to modern music to me!
Carry
+2
Level 64
Feb 25, 2020
Modern music and charts are not necessarily the same thing. I don't listen to the charts but to other great new music, which actually exists.
Insaniot
+2
Level 49
Mar 23, 2018
I only got the Justin Bieber song by guessing Justin Bieber. In fact, all the artists I got were just me typing artists that started with J, didn’t even look at the songs.
amm14
+3
Level 69
Apr 17, 2019
Such cheap, easy pride...
CorkSpork
+3
Level 71
Nov 6, 2015
It delighted me that "cougar" was all I needed for Mellencamp.
bubbabubba23
+1
Level 32
Nov 12, 2015
Janet !
kittykat999
+1
Level 46
Jan 8, 2016
For some reason, I always confuse John Mayer, John Denver and Jim Croce. I don't know why.
ander217
+2
Level 78
Jan 29, 2016
I was watching Lobo in concert at my school in 1973, and after a break he came back out on stage very upset, and told us that his good friend, Jim Croce, had just died in a plane crash after performing at Northwestern State in Louisiana. I'll never forget that moment.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 80
Apr 3, 2017
Wow, that's crazy. I guess something like that would stick with you. Impossible to calculate how much good music we lost with Jim Croce dying so young.
BlackLab
+1
Level 58
Jul 29, 2019
Kept thinking Joe Cocker
pamu
+2
Level 54
Jan 31, 2016
'73-'67 looks like a list of artists who died too young....
Boris2307
+1
Level 44
May 9, 2016
'The Jackson 5' doesn't begin with 'J' in my perspective.
CripplingVelocity
+3
Level 59
May 13, 2016
Articles (a, an, & the) do not count when sorting things alphabetically.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 50
Jul 24, 2020
Perhaps you would appreciate a quiz of bands that begin with "The".
Findlay
+5
Level 75
Jul 18, 2016
Joy Division and Jethro Tull are notable for their absence here.
ander217
+3
Level 78
Oct 19, 2016
You are so beautiful, Joe Cocker. But not on this list.
Cyclonus
+4
Level 68
Dec 3, 2016
Judas Priest.
kenpo17
+1
Level 67
Dec 7, 2017
Joan Jett!
Arp2600
+3
Level 82
Feb 24, 2020
Yeah, well, british music is totally neglected in this particular quiz... 18/20 american acts (and, well, Bieber... ok...).

In four different styles, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Joy Division and Judas Priest are all very significant.

determinedtobeatthis
+3
Level 68
Jul 23, 2020
also James Taylor
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 80
Jul 24, 2020
Johannes Brahms (though I have to admit, 19th century music videos left a lot to be desired)
TLM
+2
Level 48
Dec 12, 2016
Totally realized I often confuse Joan Jett and Janis Joplin!
GeoGuy8
+2
Level 42
Jun 18, 2017
hi
skoldpadda
+3
Level 65
Feb 23, 2020
It should be the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
secksmaster
+2
Level 58
Jun 11, 2020
i mean just leave off one of the most influential bands of all time thats cool
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 84
Jul 23, 2020
Care to specify?
ducktownhusker
+2
Level 65
Jul 24, 2020
He probably meant the JBeatles
HectorVortac
+1
Level 50
Jul 24, 2020
Yeah I'm clueless here. I love Jethro Tull but that can't be it.
lvtharrison
+3
Level 72
Jul 23, 2020
A bit Amerocentric. Joe Cocker has probably had a more notable career than a few people listed. Joy Division were better than all of them. That's not even an opinion, that's fact.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 50
Jul 24, 2020
While that may be true, recognition here would have been in the single digits.
quizrockervbl1999
+1
Level 33
Jul 24, 2020
John Paul Young, John Farnham, Johnny Nash, etc.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 50
Jul 24, 2020
I really thought the Jetpunk demographic knew Jimmy Buffet better than that.
Anchi
+1
Level 45
Jul 24, 2020
Bit harsh having to know to spell Joan Jett's name with two t's. Otherwise good quiz.
ducktownhusker
+1
Level 65
Jul 24, 2020
Haha John Legend. Pfft.
GalileoS
+1
Level 69
Jul 28, 2020
Fun quiz, didn't realize how many musical groups with J fit the category. Should be able to do another quiz with those left out (BIlly Joel, Judy Garland, Jane Goodall, Janet Jackson etal)
buck1017
+1
Level 73
Sep 15, 2020
Jane Goodall? Like the gorilla lady? She cut an album?
sammymhmm
+1
Level 21
Aug 7, 2020
While Janis was the lead singer, the correct artist for "Piece of my Heart" is actually the band Big Brother Holding Company
buck1017
+1
Level 73
Sep 15, 2020
Is the second "t" in Joan Jett necessary?
Beatlesqueen432
+1
Level 45
Jan 9, 2021
Timberlake and Bieber are higher than Lennon?! How?
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