OCEANS, LUCKY.

 Pedal steel guitar.
Member of Asleep At The Wheel, 1973.

OCHOA, MARIO.

 Piano.
Session for Santana, 1971.

OCHS, HANS.

 Guitar, vocals.
Member of Supermax, 1979.

OCHS, MICHAEL.

 Manager, rock music archivist.
Initially manager of brother Phil until the two fell out. He then set up a commercial rock music photo library, The Michael Ochs Archives.

OCHS, PHIL.

 Born 19th December 1940 in El Paso, Texas. Committed suicide 8th April 1976.
Guitar, vocals, writer.
Member of The Sundowners, 1962-63.
Wrote for a variety of artists incluing Joan Baez before being signed yo a solo deal by Elektra Records. His work was intensely journalistic with an ironic twist and often controversial. In 1970 he was dropped by Elektra and went into virtual retirement. Booze and an unstable mental condition got the better of him after he was robbed and injured during a trip to Chile. He took his own life by hanging himself.

OCTOBER, GENE.

 Vocals.
Member of the Infants, 1976; Chelsea, 1976-77.

OCTOBER DAYS.

 Formed in New Haven.
Carl Boland - bass, vocals; Bryon Lyons - synthesiser; John Robinson - drums.

OCKER, DAVID.

 Clarinet.
Session for Frank Zappa, 1979.

ODA, RANDY.

 Guitar, keyboards, vocals.
Member of Ruby, 1976.

ODDIE, BILL.

 Vocals.
Session for Rick Wakeman, 1977.

ODETTA.

 Born Odetta Holmes, 31st December 1930 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Vocals.
In 1949 got a job in the chorus of a touring production of "Finian's Rainbow". Started working in Blues clubs across America during the fifties. Was signed by manager Albert Grossman in 1956 and soon became one of the best known instigators of the sixties folk boom.
Also had a career as a stage and screen actress during the fifties and sixties. Married Louisiana Red in 1977 - her third husband.

ODGERS, BRIAN.

 Bass, woodwind.
Member of Sweet Thursday, 1970.
Sessions for Elton John, 1971; Lou Reed, 1972; Brian Protheroe, 1976.

ODUMOSA, MIKE.

 Bass.
Member of Osibisa.

OFF BEACH.

 Angela Babbit; Michael Brown; Joe Dizney; Kurt Hoffman; Ian Peru; Fritz Van Orden.

OFF BROADWAY.

 Mike Gorman - bass, vocals; Ken Harck - drums; Rob Harding - guitar, vocals; John Ivan - guitar; Cliff Johnson - vocals; John Pazdan - bass, vocals.

OFFENBACH.

 Roger Beval - drums, vocals; Gerry Boulet - keyboards, vocals; Jean Gravel - guitar, vocals; Michael Lamothe - bass, vocals.

OFFS.

 Formed in San Francisco, 1978.
Denny Boredom - bass; Billy Hawk - guitar; Bob Steeler - drums; Don Vinyl - vocals.

OFFSPRING.

 Helyn Hughes - drums, vocals; Sean Jones - guitar; Les Paul Morrison - bass, vocals; Alan Williams - guitar.

OGAN, GARY.

 Vocals.

OGDIN, BOBBY.

 Keyboards.
Sessions for Jimmy Hall, 1980; Levon Helm, 1980.

OGLETREE, MIKE.

 Drums.
Member of Cafe Jacques, 1977; Simple Minds, 1982.

OHIO EXPRESS.

 Tim Corwin - drums; Douglas Grassel - guitar; Dean Kastran - bass; Jim Pfayler - organ; Dale Powers - guitar.

OHIO PLAYERS.

 Formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959.
Billy Beck - keyboards; Leroy "Sayer" Bonner - guitar, vocals; Marshall "Rock" Jones - bass; Ralph "Pee-Wee" Middlebrooks - trumpet; Marvin Pierce - trumpet; Clarence "Satch" Satchell - flute, saxaphone; Jimmey "Diamond" Williams - drums, percussion.
The Players started life as an instrumental backing band, the "Ohio Untouchables", touring with Wilson Pickett and The Falcons as well as backing them on record.

OIL TASTERS.

 Formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1980.
Caleb Alexander - saxaphone; Guy Hoffman - drums, vocals; Richard LaValliere - bass, vocals.

OINGO BOINGO.

 Steve Bartek - guitar; David Eagle - drums; Danny Elfman - vocals; Richard Gibbs - keyboards; Kerry Hatch - bass; Sam Phipps - saxaphone; Leon Schneiderman - saxaphone; Dale Turner - trumpet.