Bryan Ferry

As both the frontman for Roxy Music and as a solo artist, Bryan Ferry offers a glamorous blueprint for art rock, brilliantly updating the parameters of the pop songbook. Although Ferry's solo career has included several excellent self-penned tracks, most notably the synthy, romantic ballad "Slave to Love" off 1985's Boys and Girls, he's equally well-known for his adventurous interpretations of songs from the rock and pop canon. Combining a studied, wry, lounge-singer persona with a genuine passion for everything from Motown and Bob Dylan to the Great American Songbook of the 1...