| DIANAROSS | Singer who fronted The Supremes (5,4) |
| PETTY | Tom, U.S. singer who fronted The Heartbreakers (5) |
| JARVIS | Sheffield-born singer who fronted the band Pulp, _ Cocker (6) |
| DITTO | Singer who fronted The Gossip, Beth _ (5) |
| BOBMARLEY | Jamaican reggae singer songwriter and musician who fronted The Wailers (3,6) |
| GARYNUMAN | Musician who fronted the new wave band Tubeway Army |
| SAMFAIERS | Reality star who fronted The Mummy Diaries (3,6) |
| BOYGEORGE | 1980s pop singer who fronted Culture Club (3,6) |
| YOUNG | Desert Island Discs host who fronted the BBC's coverage of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (5) |
| DONCOVAY | R&B singer/songwriter who fronted The Goodtimers |
| EDIE | Singer Brickell who fronted the New Bohemians |
| SPIKE | US musician and bandleader born in 1911 who fronted the group the City Slickers (5,5) |
| READER | Eddi, Scottish singer/songwriter who fronted the folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction (6) |
| HOLDER | English singer and musician who fronted the rock band Slade from 1966 to 1992 (5,6) |
| NODDY | English singer and musician who fronted the rock band Slade from 1966 to 1992 (5,6) |
| COUNTBASIE | Bandleader who fronted the Barons of Rhythm |
| SAGAN | Carl ---, astronomer who fronted the pioneering TV series Cosmos |
| SMOKEY | Robinson who fronted the Miracles |
| YOST | Dennis who fronted the 1960s-'70s Classics IV |
| PETE | _ Doherty, musician who fronted The Libertines and Babyshambles (4) |
