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Lists: Musical Guests on Saturday Night Live 1975-2006
Freeway Jam

Source: SNL Transcripts

Saturday Night Live has long been an institution on late night TV, and their roster of musical guests who have performed live on the show reads like a who's who list of rock/pop history. Collect 'em all!
I thought it might be handy to compile a list of all the music performers who have appeared on the show since its inception, in a single post. So here they are:
10/11/75: Billy Preston, Janis Ian
10/18/75: Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow
11/08/75: Esther Phillips
11/15/75: ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III
12/13/75: Gil Scott-Heron
12/20/75: Martha Reeves, The Stylistics
01/10/76: Anne Murray
01/17/76: Bill Withers, Toni Basil, The Blues Brothers
01/24/76: Neil Sedaka
01/31/76: Jimmy Cliff
02/14/76: Al Jarreau
02/21/76: Desi Arnaz, Jr.
02/28/76: Leon Redbone, The Singing Idlers
03/13/76: Betty Carter
04/17/76: Patti Smith
04/24/76: Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian
05/08/76: Carly Simon
05/15/76: Leon Russell
05/22/76: Gordon Lightfoot
05/29/76: Leon Redbone
07/24/76: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
07/31/76: Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge
09/18/76: James Taylor
09/25/76: Boz Scaggs
10/02/76: Joe Cocker, Stuff
10/16/76: John Prine
10/23/76: Kinky Friedman
10/30/76: The Band
11/13/76: Ry Cooder
11/20/76: Paul Simon, George Harrison
11/27/76: Brian Wilson
12/11/76: Frank Zappa
01/15/77: George Benson
01/22/77: Chuck Berry
01/29/77: Leo Sayer, Donny Harper Singers
02/26/77: The Kinks
03/12/77: Richard Baskin
03/19/77: Levon Helm, Dr. John, The Meters
03/26/77: Santana
04/09/77: Tom Waits, Brick
04/16/77: Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Roslyn Kind
04/23/77: Alan Price, Neil Innes
05/14/77: Joan Armatrading
05/21/77: Jennifer Warnes, Kenny Vance
09/24/77: Jackson Browne
09/08/77: Taj Mahal
10/15/77: Libby Titus
10/29/77: Paul Simon
11/12/77: Ray Charles
11/19/77: Leon Redbone
12/10/77: Willie Nelson
12/17/77: Elvis Costello
01/21/78: Randy Newman, Dirt Band
01/28/78: Bonnie Raitt
02/18/78: Billy Joel
02/25/78: Ashford & Simpson
03/11/78: Stephen Bishop
03/18/78: Eddie Money
03/25/78: Meat Loaf
04/08/78: Eugene Record
04/15/78: Keith Jarrett, Gravity
04/22/78: The Blues Brothers
05/13/78: Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman
05/20/78: Sun Ra
10/07/78: The Rolling Stones
10/14/78: Devo
10/21/78: Frank Zappa
11/04/78: Van Morrison
11/11/78: The Grateful Dead
11/18/78: The Blues Brothers
12/09/78: Kate Bush
12/16/78: Peter Tosh
01/27/79: The Doobie Brothers
02/10/79: Talking Heads
02/17/79: Judy Collins
02/24/79: Delbert McClinton
03/10/79: Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines
03/17/79: The Chieftains
04/07/79: Rickie Lee Jones
04/14/79: Ornette Coleman
05/12/79: James Taylor
05/19/79: Linda Ronstadt & Phoebe Snow
05/26/79: Bette Midler
10/13/79: Blondie
10/20/79: Bob Dylan
11/03/79: Chicago
11/10/79: Tom Petty
11/17/79: The Roches
12/08/79: Randy Newman
12/15/79: David Bowie
12/22/79: Desmond Child & Rouge
01/26/80: The B-52's
02/09/80: Marianne Faithfull
02/16/80: Gary Numan
02/23/80: Sam & Dave
03/08/80: The J. Geils Band
03/15/80: James Taylor & Paul Simon, David Sanborn
04/05/80: The Grateful Dead
04/12/80: Anne Murray
04/19/80: The Specials
05/10/80: Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
05/17/80: 3-D, Paul & Linda McCartney
05/24/80: Andrew Gold, Andrae Crouch & Voices of Unity
11/15/80: Kid Creole & The Coconuts
11/22/80: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
12/06/80: Aretha Franklin, Keith Sykes
12/13/80: James Brown, Ellen Shipley
12/20/80: The cast of The Pirates of Penzance
01/10/81: Jack Bruce & Friends
01/17/81: Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio
01/24/81: Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crown, 14 Karat Soul
02/07/81: Jimmy Cliff
02/14/81: Funky 4 + 1 More
02/21/81: Todd Rundgren, Prince
03/07/81: Delbert McClinton
04/11/81: Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
10/03/81: Rod Stewart
10/10/81: The Kinks
10/17/81: Miles Davis
10/31/81: Fear
11/07/81: Rick James & The Stone City Band
11/14/81: The Go-Go's, Billy Joel
12/05/81: Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express
12/12/81: The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
01/23/82: The Allman Brothers Band
01/30/82: Jennifer Holliday
02/06/82: Lindsey Buckingham
02/20/82: Luther Vandross
02/27/82: Hall & Oates
03/20/82: Mink DeVille
03/27/82: Rickie Lee Jones
04/10/82: John Cougar
04/17/82: Johnny Cash, Elton John
04/24/82: Charlie Daniels Band
05/15/82: Sparks
05/22/82: Olivia Newton-John
09/25/82: Queen
10/02/82: George Thorogood & The Destroyers
10/09/82: The Clash
10/23/82: Men at Work
10/30/82: Joe Jackson
11/13/82: Kenny Loggins
11/20/82: Squeeze
12/04/82: Laura Branigan
12/11/82: Lionel Ritchie
01/29/83: The Bus Boys
02/05/83: Joe Cocker
02/19/83: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
02/26/83: Randy Newman
03/12/83: Leon Redbone
03/19/83: Duran Duran
04/09/83: Musical Youth
04/16/83: Michael McDonald
05/07/83: Stevie Wonder
05/14/83: Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners
10/08/83: John Cougar
10/15/83: Eddy Grant
10/22/83: Men at Work
11/05/83: Stray Cats
11/12/83: Mick Fleetwood's Zoo & Lindsey Buckingham
11/19/83: Loverboy
12/03/83: Big Country
12/10/83: Stevie Nicks
01/14/84: Huey Lewis & The News
01/21/84: The Motels
01/28/84: Billy Idol
02/11/84: Adam Ant
02/18/84: The Fixx
02/25/84: Kool & The Gang
03/17/84: Al Jarreau
04/07/84: Deniece Williams
04/14/84: Madness
05/05/84: Spinal Tap
05/12/84: The Cars
10/06/84: Thompson Twins
10/13/84: Peter Wolf
10/20/84: Andrae Crouch, Wintley Phipps
11/03/84: Chaka Khan, The Folksmen
11/10/84: Frankie Goes to Hollywood
11/17/84: The Kinks
12/01/84: Billy Squier
12/08/84: Ringo Starr, Herbie Hancock
12/15/84: Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers
01/12/85: John Waite
01/19/85: Billy Ocean
02/02/85: Tina Turner
02/09/85: Bryan Adams
02/16/85: Power Station
03/30/85: The Commodores
04/06/85: Santana
04/13/85: Greg Kihn
11/09/85: Simple Minds
11/16/85: Sheila E.
11/23/85: Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band
12/07/85: Mr. Mister
12/14/85: Sade
12/21/85: Dream Academy, The Cult
01/18/86: The Replacements
01/25/86: Al Green
02/08/86: The Nelsons
02/15/86: Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn
02/22/86: The Neville Brothers
03/15/86: Roseanne Cash
03/22/86: Philip Glass
04/12/86: Joe Jackson
04/19/86: Laurie Anderson
05/10/86: Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
05/17/86: Level 42, E.G. Daily
05/24/86: George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
10/11/86: Buster Poindexter
10/18/86: Run DMC
11/08/86: Ric Ocasek
11/15/86: Lou Reed
11/22/86: Paul Simon
12/06/86: Randy Newman
12/13/86: The Pretenders
12/20/86: Lone Justice
01/24/87: Debbie Harry
01/31/87: Bruce Hornsby & The Range
02/14/87: Paul Young
02/21/87: Willie Nelson
02/28/87: Robert Cray Band
03/21/87: Percy Sledge
03/28/87: Wynton Marsalis
04/11/87: Anita Baker
04/18/87: Timbuk 3
05/09/87: Suzanne Vega
05/16/87: Los Lobos
05/23/87: Roy Orbison
10/17/87: Steve Martin / Sting
10/24/87: L.L. Cool J, Michael Penn & The Pull
10/31/87: The Cars
11/14/87: Simply Red
11/21/87: Cher
12/05/87: Bryan Ferry
12/12/87: Buster Poindexter, David Gilmour
12/19/87: Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt
01/23/88: James Taylor
01/30/88: Robbie Robertson
02/13/88: Terence Trent D'Arby
02/20/88: Randy Travis
02/27/88: 10,000 Maniacs
10/08/88: Keith Richards
10/15/88: The Sugarcubes
10/22/88: Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
11/05/88: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
11/12/88: Johnny Clegg & Savuka
11/19/88: Tracy Chapman
12/03/88: The Bangles
12/10/88: Bobby McFerrin
12/17/88: Little Feat
01/21/89: Anita Baker
01/28/89: John Hiatt
02/11/89: Luther Vandross
02/18/89: Cowboy Junkies
02/25/89: Gipsy Kings
03/25/89: Elvis Costello
04/01/89: Living Colour
04/15/89: Dolly Parton
04/22/89: John Mellencamp
05/13/89: Fine Young Cannibals
05/20/89: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
09/24/89: 15th Anniversary Special
09/30/89: Neil Young
10/07/89: Rickie Lee Jones
10/21/89: Billy Joel
10/28/89: Don Henley
11/11/89: Eurythmics
11/18/89: David Byrne
12/02/89: k.d. lang & The Reclines
12/09/89: Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
12/16/89: Tracy Chapman
01/13/90: Harry Connick, Jr.
01/20/90: Bonnie Raitt
02/10/90: Tevin Campbell & Kool Moe Dee & Big Daddy Kane
02/17/90: Aerosmith
02/24/90: Technotronic
03/17/90: The Pogues
03/24/90: Eric Clapton
04/14/90: The Smithereens
04/21/90: The B-52's
05/12/90: Julee Cruise, Spanic Boys
05/19/90: The Notting Hillbillies
09/29/90: Sinead O'Connor
10/06/90: Hothouse Flowers
10/20/90: The Time
10/27/90: Mariah Carey
11/10/90: World Party
11/17/90: Paul Simon
12/01/90: Faith No More
12/08/90: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
12/15/90: The Neville Brothers
01/12/91: Vanilla Ice
01/19/91: Sting
02/09/91: INXS
02/16/91: Deee-Lite with Bootsy Collins & The Rubber Band
02/23/91: Whitney Houston
03/16/91: Black Crowes
03/23/91: Fishbone
04/13/91: R.E.M.
04/20/91: Michael Bolton
05/11/91: Chris Isaak
05/18/91: Elvis Costello
09/28/91: Public Enemy
10/05/91: Color Me Badd
10/12/91: Tom Petty
10/26/91: Bonnie Raitt
11/02/91: Skid Row
11/16/91: Mariah Carey
11/23/91: Tin Machine
12/07/91: Hammer
12/14/91: James Taylor
01/11/92: Nirvana
01/18/92: Robbie Robertson & Bruce Hornsby
02/08/92: C+C Music Factory
02/15/92: Teenage Fanclub
02/22/92: Red Hot Chili Peppers
03/14/92: Garth Brooks
03/21/92: En Vogue
04/11/92: Pearl Jam
04/18/92: Annie Lennox
05/09/92: Bruce Springsteen
05/16/92: Vanessa Williams
09/26/92: Bobby Brown
10/03/92: Sinead O'Connor
10/10/92: Spin Doctors
10/24/92: Arrested Development
10/31/92: 10,000 Maniacs
11/14/92: Morrissey
11/21/92: Sade
12/05/92: Neil Young
12/12/92: Black Crowes
01/09/93: Bon Jovi
01/16/93: Madonna
02/06/93: Mick Jagger
02/13/93: Paul McCartney
02/20/93: Sting
03/13/93: Mary J. Blige
03/20/93: Soul Asylum
04/10/93: Peter Gabriel
04/17/93: Lenny Kravitz
05/08/93: Midnight Oil
05/15/93: Willie Nelson & Paul Simon
09/25/93: Nirvana
10/02/93: Cypress Hill
10/09/93: Aerosmith
10/23/93: Billy Joel
10/30/93: Smashing Pumpkins
11/13/93: James Taylor
11/20/93: Stone Temple Pilots
12/04/93: Paul Westerberg
12/11/93: Tony! Toni! Tone!
01/08/94: Blind Melon
01/15/94: Counting Crows
02/05/94: Salt-N-Pepa
02/12/94: UB40
02/19/94: Crash Test Dummies
03/12/94: Aretha Franklin
03/19/94: Snoop Doggy Dogg
04/09/94: Dwight Yoakam
04/16/94: Pearl Jam
05/07/94: The Pretenders
05/14/94: Janet Jackson
09/24/94: Eric Clapton
10/01/94: Bonnie Raitt
10/15/94: Seal
10/22/94: Edie Brickell & Paul Simon
11/12/94: R.E.M.
11/19/94: Tom Petty
12/03/94: Green Day
12/10/94: Beastie Boys
12/17/94: Hole
01/14/95: Luscious Jackson
01/21/95: Live
02/11/95: Des'ree
02/18/95: Bon Jovi
02/25/95: The Cranberries
03/18/95: Annie Lennox
03/25/95: The Tragically Hip
04/08/95: Dionne Farris
04/15/95: Dave Matthews Band
05/06/95: TLC
05/13/95: Rod Stewart
09/30/95: Blues Traveler
10/07/95: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
10/21/95: Natalie Merchant
10/28/95: Alanis Morissette
11/11/95: The Smashing Pumpkins
11/18/95: Rancid
12/02/95: Foo Fighters
12/09/95: Silverchair
12/16/95: Bush
01/13/96: Joan Osborne
01/20/96: Tori Amos
02/10/96: Coolio
02/17/96: Tupac Shakur
02/24/96: Sting
03/16/96: Everclear
03/23/96: Gin Blossoms
04/13/96: Rage Against The Machine
04/20/96: Dave Matthews Band
05/11/96: The Cure
05/18/96: Soundgarden
09/28/96: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
10/05/96: Sheryl Crow
10/19/96: New Edition
10/26/96: Dr. Dre
11/02/96: The Wallflowers
11/16/96: Fiona Apple
11/23/96: Bush
12/07/96: No Doubt
12/14/96: Whitney Houston
01/11/97: Beck
01/18/97: Snoop Doggy Dogg
02/08/97: David Bowie
02/15/97: Live
02/22/97: Tina Turner
03/15/97: Veruca Salt
03/22/97: Aerosmith
04/12/97: Spice Girls
04/19/97: Rollins Band
05/10/97: Jewel
05/17/97: En Vogue
09/27/97: Jamiroquai
10/04/97: Oasis
10/18/97: Bjork
10/25/97: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
11/08/97: Jane's Addiction
11/15/97: Mariah Carey
11/22/97: Sarah McLachlan
12/06/97: Metallica
12/13/97: Hanson
01/10/98: Ben Folds Five
01/17/98: Portishead
02/07/98: Paula Cole
02/14/98: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
02/28/98: Garth Brooks
03/07/98: Natalie Imbruglia
03/14/98: Backstreet Boys
04/04/98: Third Eye Blind
04/11/98: All Saints
05/02/98: Natalie Merchant
05/09/98: Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page
09/26/98: The Smashing Pumpkins
10/03/98: Sheryl Crow
10/17/98: Elliott Smith
10/24/98: Alanis Morissette
11/07/98: Eagle-Eye Cherry
11/14/98: Jewel
11/21/98: Beastie Boys
12/05/98: Lauryn Hill
12/12/98: Luciano Pavarotti & Vanessa Williams
01/09/99: Beck
01/16/99: Everlast
02/06/99: Barenaked Ladies
02/13/99: Busta Rhymes with The Roots
02/20/99: Lucinda Williams
03/13/99: The Corrs
03/20/99: Garbage
04/10/99: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
05/08/99: Ricky Martin
05/15/99: Backstreet Boys
10/02/99: David Bowie
10/16/99: Marc Anthony
10/23/99: Dr. Dre
11/06/99: Foo Fighters
11/13/99: Chris Gaines
11/20/99: Sting
12/04/99: Beck
12/11/99: R.E.M.
01/08/00: Blink-182
01/15/00: Macy Gray
02/05/00: Jennifer Lopez
02/12/00: DMX
02/19/00: Fiona Apple
03/11/00: N*Sync
03/18/00: AC/DC
04/08/00: Christina Aguilera
04/15/00: Eve
05/06/00: Neil Young
05/13/00: Britney Spears
05/20/00: Kid Rock
10/07/00: Eminem
10/14/00: Radiohead
10/21/00: The Wallflowers
11/04/00: Paul Simon
11/11/00: Ricky Martin
11/18/00: David Gray
12/09/00: U2
12/16/00: Jay-Z
01/13/01: Nelly Furtado
01/20/01: Lenny Kravitz
02/10/01: Jennifer Lopez
02/17/01: Shaggy
02/14/01: Dave Matthews Band
03/10/01: Don Henley
03/17/01: Aerosmith
04/07/01: Coldplay
04/14/01: Eve
05/05/01: Destiny's Child
05/12/01: Bon Jovi
05/19/01: Weezer
09/29/01: Alicia Keys
10/06/01: Sum 41
10/13/01: Macy Gray
11/03/01: Ja Rule
11/10/01: Ryan Adams
11/17/01: Creed
12/01/01: Shakira, Bubba Sparxxx
12/08/01: Mick Jagger
12/15/01: No Doubt
01/12/02: Pink
01/19/02: The Strokes
02/02/02: Britney Spears
03/02/02: Outkast
03/09/02: India.Arie
03/16/02: Kylie Minogue
04/06/02: Jimmy Eat World
04/13/02: Andrew W.K.
04/20/02: P.O.D.
05/11/02: Eminem
05/18/02: Moby
10/05/02: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
10/12/02: Faith Hill
10/19/02: White Stripes
11/02/02: Jay-Z
11/09/02: Eve
11/16/02: Nelly
12/07/02: Norah Jones
12/13/02: Phish
01/11/03: Avril Lavigne
01/18/03: The Donnas
02/08/03: Dixie Chicks
02/15/03: Beck
02/22/03: Foo Fighters
03/08/03: Ms. Dynamite
03/15/03: Christina Aguilera
04/05/03: Good Charlotte
04/12/03: Zwan
05/03/03: 50 Cent
05/10/03: Sean Paul, Wayne Wonder
05/17/03: Beyonce
10/04/03: John Mayer
10/11/03: Justin Timberlake
10/18/03: Britney Spears
11/01/03: Outkast
11/08/03: Dave Matthews
11/15/03: Missy Elliot
12/06/03: Pink
12/13/03: Jet
01/10/04: Black-Eyed Peas
01/17/04: G-Unit
02/07/04: Clay Aiken
02/14/04: Kelis
02/21/04: Maroon 5
03/06/04: Norah Jones
03/13/04: N.E.R.D.
04/03/04: Toots & The Maytals
04/10/04: Janet Jackson
05/01/04: Usher
05/08/04: Avril Lavigne
05/15/04: J-Kwon
10/02/04: Nelly
10/09/04: Queen Latifah
10/23/04: Ashlee Simpson
10/30/04: Eminem
11/13/04: Modest Mouse
11/20/04: U2
12/11/04: Scissor Sisters
12/18/04: Destiny's Child
01/15/05: The Killers
01/22/05: Ludacris featuring Sum-41
02/05/05: Keane
02/12/05: Kelly Clarkson
02/19/05: 50 Cent
03/05/05: Jack Johnson
03/12/05: Gwen Stefani
04/09/05: Green Day
04/16/05: Beck
05/07/05: System of a Down
05/14/05: Queens of the Stone Age
05/21/05: Coldplay
10/01/05: Kanye West
10/08/05: Ashlee Simpson
10/22/05: Franz Ferdinand
10/29/05: Sheryl Crow
11/12/05: Foo Fighters
11/19/05: Korn
12/03/05: James Blunt
12/10/05: Shakira
12/17/05: Neil Young
01/14/06: Death Cab For Cutie
01/21/06: The Strokes
02/04/06: Prince
03/04/06: Fall Out Boy
03/11/06: Arctic Monkeys
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