 | David Bowie David Bowie is one of Britain's most eminent rock musicians and songwriters. Famous for reinventing his image, Bowie has had five decades of success. It started in 1969 with `Space Oddity' and through the early 1970s Bowie was an icon of `glam rock'. Bowie achieved further success in 1983 with the album Let's Dance. In 2004 Bowie was ranked no. 39 in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest artists.
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 | Eric Clapton Eric Clapton is a Grammy Award winning guitarist who has played with the worlds greatest musicians. He first came to prominence with the Yardbirds, but his best known rock connection was when he formed the band Cream in 1966. Cream had great but short-lived success before splitting up after three years. Following this Clapton formed the group Derek and the Dominoes and wrote `Layla', the lyrics of which related to his infatuation with Pattie Boyd, then wife of George Harrison.
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 | Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry first came to prominence with Roxy Music in the early 1970s, a band famed for their glamorous stage costumes and stylish music videos. Ferry followed a parallel solo career at this time and had a number of hits including `Lets Stick Together’. He was also well-known for dating beautiful women, including Jerry Hall (later to marry Mick Jagger). The only No.1 hit for Ferry, was `Jealous Guy’, a tribute to John Lennon.
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 | Elton John Elton John is one of the dominant forces in popular music, having hits across a four-decade career as well as writing many hits for other artists. His collaboration with Bernie Taupin in the 1970s created one of the greatest partnerships in pop music and one which found renewed significance when Taupin rearranged the lyrics to `Candle in the Wind' which Elton John played at the funeral of Princess Diana. Elton John has had 25 UK Top Ten Hits and five UK No.1 hits.
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 | Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne was originally lead vocalist of Black Sabbath had success in the 70s with `Paranoid’ and `Master of Reality’ but in 1979 Osbourne was sacked from the band due to unreliability, largely caused by drug use. Ozzy has had continued success as a solo artist and a re-union with Black Sabbath came about in 2004 at the Ozzfest.
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 | Tom Jones Tom Jones rose to fame in the mid-1960s with the hit It's Not Unusual released in early 1965. Jones was as famous for his exuberant live act which regularly resulted in knickers being thrown on stage. Jones' recording career slumped on the pop charts during the 70s and 80s but in 1988 he had success with Prince's popular song Kiss. Following this, he started to record in collaboration with a younger generation of musician and maintained hi popularity.
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 | George Michael George Michael is one of the most successful UK male solo artists. He came to prominence with pop band Wham! before starting off on a successful solo career. George Michael has had 12 UK No.1 hits; two with the band Wham! and ten solo hits. The hit `Careless Whisper’ is considered by many fans to be his signature tune, becoming one of the most played records of the 80s. Success has continued despite well publicised fall out with his record company, with a sell out 25th anniversary tour in 2007.
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 | Cliff Richard In his early career, Cliff Richard was often referred to as `the English Elvis’ due to his good-looks and his adoption of an Elvis-style of dress. With his band, The Shadows, he dominated the UK singles charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The arrival of the Beatles took the limelight away for a time, but Cliff successfully re-focused his career to such an extent that he has had a No.1 hit single in each of the four decades from the 1950s to the 1990s.
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 | Rod Stewart Rod Stewart has had a successful rock career for nearly 40 years. His earliest successes were with `The Faces’ before starting on a solo career. `Maggie May’, `Reason to Believe’ and `You Wear It Well’ were his first successes, all reaching No.1. This was followed by `Sailing’ in 1975 and then a host of other hits through the late 70s and 1980s. His career went into decline in the 1990s, but in recent times has concentrated on singing 1930s and 1940s pop-standards from The Great American Songbook to critical acclaim and commercial success.
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 | Robbie Williams Robbie Williams career began as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career, the band having sold more than 25 million records. He subsequently has had massive success as a solo artist selling millions of records as well as picking up many awards including more BRIT awards than any other artist.
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