We search for the best Saturday Night Live hosts who were also musical guests, from Ariana Grande to Willie Nelson.

The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together. It's a mashup of performances from artists that few people would think of putting together,

Lorne Michaels has maintained no musical guest has ever been "banned" from Saturday Night Live. In the new documentary Ladies & Gentleman... 50 Years of SNL Music, the creator and producer of the long-running sketch comedy show addressed speculation that several artists had been barred from returning over the years.

Live has had a broad variety of musical guests over the decades, and while the performances mostly go well, sometimes, there’s friction. Some (in)famous appearances have reportedly led to artists being banned: Acts like Sinéad O’Connor,