(Roberta Joan Anderson)folk singer, guitaristBorn: 11/7/1943Birthplace: Alberta, Canada Grammy Award-winning folk singer and guitarist known for her cutting, powerful lyrics and her vocal range.…
(Donna Gaines)singerBorn: 12/31/1948Birthplace: Boston Grammy Award-winning singer who was disco's diva and, surviving the period, emerged as a 1980s pop star. Her recordings include Bad Girls (…
singer, dancerBorn: 6/3/1906Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri African-American expatriate jazz singer who got her start on the Harlem stage and later appeared on Broadway and throughout Europe. Known…
actor, singerBorn: 6/29/1901Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island Actor and singer known for his baritone voice. Nelson starred with Jeanette MacDonald in eight major musicals and operettas,…
musician and singerBorn: Nov. 29, 1940Birthplace: Halifax, Nova ScotiaDied: Jan. 19, 2007 (Mississauga, Ontario) Founding member and lead singer of the 1960s pop-folk…
(Encyclopedia) Cruz, Celia, 1929–2003, Cuban-American singer, b. Havana. The “Queen of Salsa” began singing as a teenager, and in 1950 joined Sonora Matancera, Cuba's most popular band. She left Cuba…
(Encyclopedia) Howlin' Wolf, 1910–76, African-American blues singer and composer, b. White Station, Miss., as Chester Arthur Burnett. Exposed to blues performers from childhood, he sang locally and…
(Encyclopedia) Hooker, John Lee, 1917–2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale, Miss. From a cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various…
(Encyclopedia) Jolson, AlJolson, Aljōlˈsən [key], 1888–1950, American entertainer, whose original name was Asa Yoelson, b. Russia. He emigrated to the United States c.1895. The son of a rabbi, Jolson…
