Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits is an American singer, songwriter, composer and actor. His lyrics often focus on society’s underbelly and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He began in the folk…
Jazz
-
-
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety…
-
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.
-
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed “Sassy”, “The Divine One”, and the “Queen of Bebop”, she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was…
-
Ian Robertson Underwood
Ian Robertson Underwood is an American woodwind and keyboard player, who was a member of the original version of Frank Zappa’s band the Mothers of Invention. Following the original band’s split in…
-
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter, and filmmaker. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, earning her all…
-
Andy Summers
Andrew James Summers is an English guitarist best known as a member of the rock band the Police. Prior to joining the Police, Summers had been a member of several bands during…
-
Kay Starr
Kay Starr was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multiple genres, such as pop, jazz, and…