London has contributed much to the history and development of popular music, from the British Rock revolution of the 1960s to the punk rock explosion of the 1970s to the underground electronic and dance sounds of recent years. The city is often cited as the birthplace of classic rock and the popular music industry. Several genres of rock and pop originated in London throughout the 1960s to the 1990s including British blues, psychedelia, mod, prog, glam, hard rock, punk rock, New Romantic and Britpop.^[1] This page includes bands formed and based in London.^[2] Below is a list of music artists and bands from London. These are separated by genre. For Drum and Bass and UK Funky House, there are separate entries on Wikipedia.

• Jeff Beck (member of The Yardbirds, Beck was the founder of the London rock band, The Jeff Beck Group)
• Ritchie Blackmore (grew up in Heston, Blackmore was a London-based session guitarist and co-founder and lead guitarist of the rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow)
• Marc Bolan (founding member of the London band, T. Rex and pioneer of the glam rock movement)
• David Bowie (guitarist, singer-songwriter and pioneer of the glam rock and punk movements)
• Jonny Buckland (guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of Coldplay, born in Islington and raised in Pantymwyn, Wales)
• Eric Clapton (member of the London rock bands Cream, The Yardbirds and Derek And The Dominos)
• Ray Davies (lead guitarist of the London rock band, The Kinks)
• Peter Frampton (Guitarist, singer and songwriter born in London)
• David Gilmour (lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, born in Cambridge)
• Peter Green (blues guitarist born in London and co-founder of London band, Fleetwood Mac)
• Steve Hackett (lead guitarist of Genesis from 1971-1977)
• Jimi Hendrix (born in Seattle, career took off in London and he founded the London-based rock band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• Steve Howe (lead guitarist of the London progressive rock band, Yes)
• Mick Jones (lead guitarist of the London punk band, The Clash)
• Mick Jones (founder and lead guitarist of the rock band, Foreigner)
• Steve Jones (lead guitarist of the London punk band, The Sex Pistols)
• Mark Knopfler (lead guitarist of London rock band, Dire Straits)
• Paul Kossoff (lead guitarist of the London hard rock band, Free)
• Hank Marvin (lead guitarist of the London rock band, The Shadows)
• Brian May (lead guitarist and founding member of London rock band, Queen)
• Jimmy Page (London born and based guitarist and member of London blues rock group, The Yardbirds and founding member of the rock band, Led Zeppelin)
• Andy Powell (Guitarist and founder of 70's hard rock band, Wishbone Ash)
• Slash (lead guitarist of American rock band, Guns 'N' Roses, born in London)
• Steve Marriott (London born and based guitarist of rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie)
• Keith Richards (lead guitarist of London rock band, The Rolling Stones)
• Mike Rutherford (guitarist and founding member of the London rock band, Genesis)
• Pete Townshend (lead guitarist of London rock band, The Who)
• Paul Weller (guitarist and founding member of the bands, The Jam and the Style Council)
• Ronnie Wood (member of The Rolling Stones, The Faces and the Jeff Beck Group)

• Martin Briley
• Albert Hammond
• Elton John
• Kirsty MacColl
• Mumford & Sons
• Noah and the Whale
• Pentangle
• Skinny Lister
• Bear's Den
• Sandy Denny

• Audio Bullys
• Alunageorge
• Art of Trance
• Basement Jaxx
• Bomb The Bass
• Disclosure
• Maya Jane Coles
• Sounds from the Ground
• S-Express
• The Orb
• Mat Zo

• Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.).