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Strictly in alphabetical order (and very incomplete):
5 Chambered Heart;
Adrian Byron Burns;
Alan Price;
Alison Moyet;
Anna Cheek;
Annie Lennox;
The Bayleaf Rollers;
The Beach Boys;
The Beatles;
Bert Jansch;
Bette Midler;
Billy Bragg;
Billy Joel;
Blur;
Bob Marley;
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band;
Broadsword;
Bruce Springsteen;
Buffy St. Marie;
Captain Beefheart;
Caravan;
Carol King;
Chris Difford;
Claude Bourbon;
Clannad;
Clancy;
The Clash;
Corinne Bailey Rae;
Crosby, Stills & Nash;
Crowded House;
David Bowie;
Damon Alburn;
Deacon Blue;
Django Reinhardt;
Donovan Leitch;
Doobie Brothers;
Edie Reader;
Eels;
Ella Fitzgerald;
Elvis Costello;
Emerson, Lake & Palmer;
Evanessence;
Ewan MacColl;
Fairground Attraction;
Fairport Convention;
Faithless;
The Fall;
Fingers Flynn;
Frank Sinatra;
Frank Zappa;
Gary Moore;
George & Ira Gershwin;
Georgie Fame;
Glenn Tilbrook;
Helian Keys;
The Huskies;
Ian Drury & The Blockheads;
Icubus;
Iggy Pop (and the Stooges);
Igor Stravinsky;
The Incredible String Band;
Ivor Cutler;
The Jam;
James;
James Taylor;
Jamie Cullum;
Jarvis Cocker;
Jefferson Airplane/Starship;
Jimi Hendrix;
Jimmy Page;
Joe Jackson;
Joe Satriani;
Johann Sebastian Bach;
John Mayall;
Joni Mitchell;
Kate Bush;
Kate Rusby;
King Crimson;
Kings X;
The Kinks;
Kirsty MacColl;
KT Tunstall;
Led Zepplin;
Level 42;
The Levellers;
Lily Allen;
Little Feat;
Lou Reed;
Lo Woods;
Manic Street Preachers;
Maroon 5;
Marianne Faithful;
Mark Willerton;
Merlin's Keep;
Mick Rutherford Band;
Miles Davis;
Muse;
Neil Young;
Nick Drake;
Nick Harper;
Nick Lowe;
Oasis;
Patti Smith;
Paul Simon;
Pink Floyd;
Planet Pitheads;
The Pogues;
The Pretenders;
Primus;
Pulp;
The Ramones;
Ray Davis;
Red Hot Chilli Peppers;
Richard Thompson;
Rob Lowdon;
Robbie Williams;
Robert Wyatt;
Rod Stewart;
The Rolling Stones;
Roy Harper;
Runrig;
Ry Cooder;
Sandy Denny;
The Sex Pistols;
Shanghai;
Sheryl Crow;
Silence;
Si Nicholls;
The Small Faces;
Snakehips;
The Specials;
Spinal Tapp;
Squeeze;
Steely Dan;
Stephan Grapelli;
Steve Earle;
Steve Vai;
Steve Winwood;
Stevie Wonder;
Sting;
The Stranglers;
Supertramp;
Third World;
Tom Pacheco;
Tom Petty;
Tom Robinson;
Tom Waits;
Traffic;
The Twanglers;
U2;
Vintage;
The Waterboys;
Waylon Jennings;
Weather Report;
Whiskas Superfeat;
The Who;
Wild Wolds Women;
Will Young;
Willy Nelson;
Wishbone Ash;
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart;
Yes;
I don't claim to like every little thing that the above have created, but they have in common that they created, at least, one little thing that I enjoy.
Some films that I like:
The Big Lebowski; Oh Brother Where Art Thou;
The Big Sleep; The Maltese Falcon;
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & His Lover; Death By Numbers; Prospero's Books;
Casablanca;
Brief Encounter;
A Matter Of Life And Death; The Red Shoes;
Delicatessen; The City Of Lost Children;
Nil By Mouth;
The Birds;
Field Of Dreams;
Fat City;
Apocalypse Now;
Big Fish; The Nightmare Before Christmas;
The Princess Bride;
Citizen Kane;
Pulp Fiction; Reservoir Dogs;