Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer. His playing style incorporates techniques from

Is an Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer. His playing style incorporates techniques from electronic and dance music.

Is a Dutch bass guitarist, record producer, and composer.Ruiter was born in Amsterdam and grew up in

Is a Dutch bass guitarist, record producer, and composer.Ruiter was born in Amsterdam and grew up in Hilversum. When he was twelve he started playing guitar by ear; later he switched to bass guitar. In 1966 he began his career by replacing Dick Ankersmit as bass guitarist for The Caps, with singer Hans van Hemert and guitarist Roy Beltman. Afterwards, he played in the groups Fullhouse and the Jay-Jays.

She was also known as nun Maria Innocentia Hummel. She is most famous for the artwork which became t

She was also known as nun Maria Innocentia Hummel. She is most famous for the artwork which became the Hummel figurines.Soon afterward, Franz Goebel, the owner of a porcelain company, saw the artwork. The convent granted him permission to make figurines based on Hummel's art. The first collection came out in 1935 and was an instant hit. In 1937, she published a painting titled "The Volunteers", which drew the enduring hatred of Adolf Hitler; one Nazi magazine wrote of her work: "there is no place in the ranks of German artists for the likes of her. No, the 'beloved Fatherland' cannot remain calm when Germany's youth are portrayed as brainless sissies."[1]

Was a Danish/Icelandic sculptor.Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen in 1770 (according to some accoun

Was a Danish/Icelandic sculptor.Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen in 1770 (according to some accounts, in 1768), the son of an Icelander who had settled in Denmark and there carried on the trade of a wood-carver. This account is disputed by some Icelande

Is a German artist (b. 1935, Hofheim am Taunus), noted especially for his realistic and detailed dra

Is a German artist (b. 1935, Hofheim am Taunus), noted especially for his realistic and detailed drawings of nature and animals.[1] To achieve accuracy in the tiniest detail, he uses specimens prepared by museums, photographs, and even microscopes.[2] Formative in his career was the private training he received from Ludwig Meidner,[3] who was associated with the Hofheimer Künstlerkreis, a group of artists associated with Hofheim.[4]

Was an English actor and singer known for his performances in plays and musical comedies in the earl

Was an English actor and singer known for his performances in plays and musical comedies in the early 20th century and then for roles in films.A huge man who stood almost 7 feet tall, Wallis won a scholarship to study voice at the Royal Academy of Music.

Was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of the twelfth cen

Was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of the twelfth century. Autafort lies at the border between the Limousin and Périgord. As a result, Bertran became involved in the conflicts of the sons of Henry II Plantagenet. He was also fighting for control of Autafort.

Is a Swiss singer and songwriter.Bertrand Bitz’s first musical education is quite eclectic. In his

Is a Swiss singer and songwriter.Bertrand Bitz’s first musical education is quite eclectic. In his childhood, he studies solfege and plays a brass instrument in the music school of his village band, l’Echo du Mont-Noble. Then he begins to practice the organ and the guitar and gradually develops a specific taste for songwriting and interpretation of his self-written songs.

Was an English jazz singer who had played with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan. Ella Fitzgerald once

Was an English jazz singer who had played with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan. Ella Fitzgerald once said of Beryl Bryden that she was "Britain's queen of the blues".Beryl Bryden, Britain's "Queen of the Washboard" was one of the most flamboyant figures in the British Traditional jazz scene.An ardent jazz fan she established a Nat Gonella fan club in her teens before taking up the washboard and singing. Her vocal style was heavily influenced by Bessie Smith but avoid affectation of an American accent.

Was an American blues singer The most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and '30s,

Was an American blues singer The most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and '30s,

Is an American singer for the indie rock band The Gossip.Ditto came to wider public attention in Nov

Is an American singer for the indie rock band The Gossip.Ditto came to wider public attention in November 2006 when she was selected by NME as the coolest person in rock—being placed at number one in the magazine's annual "Cool List." The magazine cited h

An English singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for English band Portishead.Gibbons has

An English singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for English band Portishead.Gibbons has also collaborated on a separate project with Paul Webb, aka Rustin' Man (ex-member of the band Talk Talk). In October 2002, the album, Out of Season, was released in the UK, and in October 2003 it was released in the U.S.Annie Lennox has joined forces with Beth Gibbons and 22 other female artists to raise the awareness of the transmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa. The single "Sing" was released on World AIDS Day on 1 December 2007.

Is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song (Out of This Town)". Her musical influ

Is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song (Out of This Town)". Her musical influences include rock, blues and gospel. Her vocal style has been described as raw and passionate, with some similarities to Joan Armatrading and Janis Joplin

An American classical pianist in the Romantic tradition of her teachers Marian Filar, Rudolf Serkin,

An American classical pianist in the Romantic tradition of her teachers Marian Filar, Rudolf Serkin, Leonard Shure, and Dorothy Taubman at the Taubman Institute. Levin is devoted to the highly expressive and demanding repertoire of Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel, as well as to the work of leading modernists such as David Del Tredici, Alexander Goretzky, Louis Karchin, and Scott Wheeler.

Is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for her numerous hits recorded by country and pop mus

Is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for her numerous hits recorded by country and pop music performers.Beth has had several popular songs on the Adult Contemporary charts in the 1990s, such as "I Keep Coming Back to You", "Walk My Way", "The Mo

A Contemporary Christian music artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist

A Contemporary Christian music artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane.Dillon released her second album titled Imagination in August 2005 – the CD which prompted CCM Magazine to label her as the ‘future’ of contemporary Christian music.[Ed Cash teamed up with Dillon yet again to produce an eleven track album, all of which was written or co-written by Dillon. The result was her 2007 album, Waking Up released on April 3. “Waking Up is the most joyful record I’ve made,” Bethany explains, “even though it revolves around themes of brokenness and this feeling of being really, really small in the presence of God. When the Lord is growing something in me, it feels like a lot of things are dying—because they really are. And when the Lord is making things soft and vulnerable in me, it’s really painful. But even so, I think this is the freest sounding project I’ve created.”

Is a Contemporary Christian music artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording art

Is a Contemporary Christian music artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane.Ed Cash teamed up with Dillon yet again to produce an eleven track album, all of which were written or co-written by Dil

Arfius Arf was born in the industrial town of St Helens, Merseyside. He is associated with the Stuck

Arfius Arf was born in the industrial town of St Helens, Merseyside. He is associated with the Stuckist art movement, the KONGLOMERAT art movement and The 4 Bullet Theory, a collection of artists and musicians from his hometown.Arfius Arf, along with two other members (A.K.Devious and James "Jammer" Lunt) of The 4 Bullet Theory, traveled the length of Britain (Lands End To John O' Groats) in a classic Ford Capri for five weeks in mid 2006, in a project called "The Capri Diaries".His work has been described as simplistic vectorism because of its strong colour and often sharp yet simple lines. His main subjects are portraits of people in his life as well as abstract works, including Nevermind The Pollocks, a cross between his love of punk rock music and the works of Jackson Pollock.

Is a Broadway musical and dramatic actress and soprano.

Is a Broadway musical and dramatic actress and soprano.

She works in the field of environmental art, creating installations out of waste products.She is a f

She works in the field of environmental art, creating installations out of waste products.She is a frequent conference panelist on subjects involving environmental art and collaborative projects and has worked with numerous venues including ArtSci99 Symposium, Columbia University, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies, Interactive Telecommunications Project, Japan Radio Network WMBS and University of Oregon. Her writing has appeared in Art Monthly, New York Magazine, The New York Times, NY ARTS, The Village Voice, Vita Nova Tokyo, Z Magazine and zingmagazine among others.

Was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style

Was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Carmen McRae once claimed that "there's really only one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter."

Is an American art teacher and author, best known for her 1979 book, Drawing on the Right Side of th

Is an American art teacher and author, best known for her 1979 book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. She taught and did research at the California State University, Long Beach[1] until she retired in the late '90s. While there, she founded the Center for the Educational Applications of Brain Hemisphere Research.She received a Bachelor’s in Art from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, 1947), a Master's of Art from California State University, Northridge, and a Doctorate in Art, Education, and Psychology from UCLA (1978).

Was an African-American R&B singer and pianist. She is known for her biggest hit single "The Shoop S

Was an African-American R&B singer and pianist. She is known for her biggest hit single "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)."In 1957, she moved to Chicago to pursue a career in music. She recorded for various small local labels before she was discove

Was an American pianist and singer.Jones's father was George Arthur Bigby, a cornetist and leader of

Was an American pianist and singer.Jones's father was George Arthur Bigby, a cornetist and leader of a brass band. She learned piano from her uncle in California, where she was raised after her family moved there when she was a child. She married a banjoi

Is an American Soul Singer. Her recording career in the 1960s produced three hit records that made t

Is an American Soul Singer. Her recording career in the 1960s produced three hit records that made the Billboard R&B and pop charts: "Cry to Me" (1963), "His Kiss" (1964) and "Nearer to You" (1967). However, her reputation among soul music connoisseurs fa