Yorkshire Musicians
Barnsley
- Danse Society[1]
- Exit Calm[2]
- Party Day
- Hands Off Gretel
- Kate Rusby[3]
- Saxon[4]
- The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican[5]
Batley
Bingley
Bolton upon Dearne
Bradford
Bradford's Kimberley Walsh performs with Girls Aloud.
- Anti System[10]
- Tasmin Archer[11]
- The Cult[12]
- Kiki Dee[13]
- Susan Fassbender[13]
- Fun-Da-Mental[14]
- Gareth Gates[13]
- Allan Holdsworth
- Natalia Kills[13]
- Zayn Malik[13]
- Chantel McGregor[13]
- Melissa Steel
- My Dying Bride
- New Model Army[13]
- Smokie[13]
- Southern Death Cult[15]
- Benson Taylor
- Terrorvision[13]
- Kimberley Walsh (from Girls Aloud)[13]
Bridlington
Brighouse
- Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band (attained No. 2 position in the charts, the highest ever for a brass band)
- Embrace[17]
Dewsbury
- Bob Hardy (bassist from Franz Ferdinand)[21]
- Joel Graham (bassist from Evile)
Doncaster
- Tony Christie[22]
- Groop Dogdrill[23]
- Tiny Dancers (from South Elmsall)[24]
- Louis Tomlinson[25]
- The Wallbirds[26]
- Yungblud[27]
Halifax
Harrogate
- Acid Reign[36]
- Blood Youth[37]
- Stuart Colman[38]
- Karl Culley[39]
- Fig.4.0[40]
- The Harrogate Band
- Garry Jennings
- Little Angels[41]
- Daniel Schwarz. Daniel and Otto Schwarz were travelling bandleaders who performed mainly in Harrogate.[42]
- Otto Schwarz.[43]: 878–880
- Sulk[41]
- Utah Saints[44]
- Wally[44]
- Mark Wharton
- Workshed
Helmsley
Huddersfield
- Evile[46]
- Kava Kava
- O'Hooley & Tidow
- John McCoy (bassist with Gillan, McCoy & G.M.T.)
- Sore Throat[47]
Keighley
Kingston upon Hull[edit]
The Beautiful South in concert
- The Beautiful South[49]
- Biscuit Boy (a.k.a. Crackerman) (Paul Heaton's solo act)[50]
- COUM Transmissions[51]
- The Cutler
- Everything but the Girl[52]
- Fila Brazillia[49]
- Fonda 500[49]
- Roland Gift (from Fine Young Cannibals)[49]
- The Heights of Abraham
- Hey, Rube!
- Ronnie Hilton (following his demobilisation in 1947, he took work as a fitter in Leeds)[53]
- Homespun (band formed by Dave Rotheray, formerly of The Beautiful South)
- The Housemartins[52]
- J*S*T*A*R*S
- Kingmaker[49]
- Nyam Nyam[54]
- The Paddingtons[49]
- The Rats[14]
- Red Guitars[49]
- Mick Ronson (best known for work with David Bowie – see Tadcaster)[14]
- Sade (formed in London but three of the five members were Hull natives)
- Salako[55]
- Salem
- Scarlet
- Spacemaid
- Throbbing Gristle[52]
- Trevor Bolder (David Bowie's Spiders From Mars with Mick Ronson, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash)[56]
- Lal Waterson[57]
- Norma Waterson[57]
- The Watersons[57]
- Infant Annihilator
Leeds
- Mark Abrahams
- Abrasive Wheels[58]
- Age of Chance[14]
- Alt-J[44]
- Big Cheese[59]
- Black Wire[60]
- Castrovalva
- Michael Chapman
- The Chevin
- Christie
- Chumbawamba[60]
- Classically Handsome Brutes
- Sean Conlon (member of Five)
- Cryptic Shift[61]
- Cud
- Dead Disco
- Dinosaur Pile-Up
- Eagulls
- Embrace
- Eureka Machines
- The Expelled
- The Flex[62]
- ¡Forward, Russia!
- Gang of Four[14]
- Gentleman's Dub Club
- Girls at Our Best!
- Higher Power[63]
- Hood
- I Like Trains
- Kaiser Chiefs[60]
- The Lodger
- The March Violets
- The Mekons[14]
- Mel B (solo and also of the Spice Girls)
- The Mission[64]
- The Music
- The Pigeon Detectives
- Pulled Apart by Horses[65]
- Corrine Bailey Rae
- Jason Rae (born in Aberdeen; lived in Leeds)
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry[66]
- Lou Rhodes
- Roller Trio
- Paul Ryan
- Scritti Politti
- Send More Paramedics
- Sigma
- The Sisters of Mercy[64]
- Soft Cell
- Static Dress[67]
- The Sunshine Underground[60]
- Utah Saints
- The Wedding Present[60]
- Your Vegas
- Tom Zanetti
Middlesbrough[edit]
- Amelia Lily
- James Arthur
- Black Wire
- The Chapman Family
- Collectors Club
- Chris Corner (also frontman of Hartlepool-based band Sneaker Pimps)
- David Coverdale (from nearby Saltburn, lead singer with Whitesnake)
- Vin Garbutt
- The Hangmen
- IAMX
- Journey South
- Maxïmo Park
- Misery Addict
- Bob Mortimer (as in Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer- see Darlington)[19]
- Chris Rea
- Paul Rodgers (of Free and Bad Company)
- Space Raiders
- Jamie Tinkler (Eurovision, Pop Idol and X Factor contestant; member of boy/girl band POP!; two top twenty singles)
- Whitesnake
Ossett
- Black Lace (featured on a local film, the Bradford-set Rita, Sue and Bob Too)
Ovingham
Ripon
Rotherham
- Nick Banks (from Sheffield band Pulp)
- Bring Me the Horizon (Drummer Matthew Nichols is from Maltby in Rotherham.)
- Jo Callis
- Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
- Muse (Although actually formed in Teignmouth, Devon, bassist Chris Wolstenholme is from Rotherham.)
Rothwell
Ryton
Scarborough
Settle
Sheffield[edit]
Main article: List of musicians from Sheffield
The Human League, July 2007: from left, Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall, Susan Ann Sulley
- ABC[14]
- Arctic Monkeys[9]
- Derek Bailey
- Dave Berry
- Black Spiders
- Bring Me the Horizon[9]
- Bromheads Jacket
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Paul Carrack
- Chakk[14]
- Clock DVA
- Jarvis Cocker[9]
- Joe Cocker
- Comsat Angels
- Dead Sons
- Def Leppard[9]
- The Dylans
- Richard Hawley[9]
- Heaven 17
- The Heights of Abraham
- Hey, Rube!
- The Human League[9]
- J*S*T*A*R*S
- Little Glitches
- Little Man Tate
- The Long Blondes
- Longpigs
- Paul Shaft
- Lucy Spraggan
- Malevolence[68]
- Milburn[9]
- Moloko
- Monkey Swallows the Universe
- Pulp[9]
- Reverend and the Makers[9]
- Rolo Tomassi
- Stoney
- Thompson Twins
- While She Sleeps
Todmorden
Wakefield
Whitby
York
- Asking Alexandria
- John Barry
- The Batfish Boys
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- Berri (singer)
- Glamour of the Kill
- Chris Helme
- Elliot Minor
- Mostly Autumn
- The Mood
- The Redskins
- RSJ
- The Seahorses
- Shed Seven
- The Smoke[14]
- Supermoon
- Van Der Neer
