Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a founding member of critically acclaimed American rock band, Little Feat. He is considered to be

Is a founding member of critically acclaimed American rock band, Little Feat. He is considered to be one of the finest American piano rock and blues music artists by many other piano rock musicians, including Sir Elton John.

Was an American performer and singer. Pinkney is often incorrectly said to be the last surviving ori

Was an American performer and singer. Pinkney is often incorrectly said to be the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit records. This is technically untrue, as he was not a member of the original lineup of the group. He did, however, join the group at an early stage, before it achieved great fame. He was chiefly responsible for its sound throughout the decades. The Drifters have had a strong influence on soul, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll music.

Is an American animator best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face.Ply

Is an American animator best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face.Plympton's illustrations and cartoons have been published in The New York Times and weekly newspaper The Village Voice, as well as in the magazines Vogue, Rol

Is an English guitar player, and a founder of British Metal band Carcass.He was a guitarist for Napa

Is an English guitar player, and a founder of British Metal band Carcass.He was a guitarist for Napalm Death from 1987-1989. He played guitars in Carcass from 1985-1995. He played guitar with Michael Amott, whom he inspired to form his own bands. After th

An artist and writer who is notable for painting eBay's 'haunted painting' The Hands Resist Him, whi

An artist and writer who is notable for painting eBay's 'haunted painting' The Hands Resist Him, which became an Internet meme.Stoneham is an accomplished artist having worked in feature film, video game art, and fine art including oil painting, poetry, illustration and writing. His website contains many of his works from over the years. One painting "The Hands Resist Him" has enjoyed some notoriety since it was auctioned on eBay in 2001. The painting is featured in various books, articles, and other cultural media.

Is an English actor and singer best known for playing smooth operator and womaniser Jack Duckworth o

Is an English actor and singer best known for playing smooth operator and womaniser Jack Duckworth on the soap opera Coronation Street. First appearing in the role in 1979, he has played it on a continuous basis since 1983.

A contemporary video artist. With a career spanning 35 years his significant contribution to the gen

A contemporary video artist. With a career spanning 35 years his significant contribution to the genre of video art is today widely acknowledged on the international stage.where he studied in the Experimental Studios of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, including the Synapse experimental program, which evolved into HillTV. In 1973 he graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor in Fine Arts. His first job on graduation was as a video technician at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. From 1973 to 1980 he studied and performed with composer David Tudor in the new music group "Rainforest" (later called "Composers Inside Electronics"). From 1974-1976 Viola worked as technical director at Art/Tapes/22, a pioneering video studio in Florence, Italy where he encountered video artists Nam June Paik, Bruce Nauman, and Vito Acconci. From 1976-1983 he was artist-in-residence at WNET Thirteen Television Laboratory in New York.

Is an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-k

Is an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Ain't No Sunshine," "Use Me," "Lovely Day," "Lean on Me", "Grandma's Hands" and "Just the Two of Us".

Is a British sculptor.Woodrow's early work was made from materials found in dumps, used car lots and

Is a British sculptor.Woodrow's early work was made from materials found in dumps, used car lots and scrap yards, partially embedded in plaster and appearing as if they had been excavated. He went on to use large consumer goods, such as refrigerators and

An English female singer who had hits in the 1960s, and is best remembered for the UK hit version of

An English female singer who had hits in the 1960s, and is best remembered for the UK hit version of the song, "Tell Him" (1963) and "I Want You to Be My Baby" (1968).In her teens Hedges was an engineering secretary before she started her recording career. After winning a talent contest in which she was backed by Cliff Bennett's band, the Rebel Rousers,[3] she cut some early demo records with the Tornados for record producer Joe Meek.[4] However, her first commercial success, under Stigwood's guidance, was "Will I What?", released in August 1962,[5] on which she performed as a foil to Mike Sarne, rather as Wendy Richard had done on Sarne's chart-topping disc, "Come Outside". This reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1962.[6]

Was an American jazz singer and songwriter.

Was an American jazz singer and songwriter.

Is an American country music singer. In the 1970s, she landed a few country hits. Her best known hit

Is an American country music singer. In the 1970s, she landed a few country hits. Her best known hit is the 1975 song "Blanket on the Ground". She is known for bluesy voice.Spears finally struck gold in 1969, when her single "Mr. Walker It's All Over" bec

Is an American sculptor.Lawless was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Buffalo, New York.

Is an American sculptor.Lawless was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Buffalo, New York. His interest in art was fostered by the presence of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery nearby, and a by sculptor Larry Griffis, who was a friend of the family.

An English rock singer-songwriter.Myers' mother is English, her father Jamaican.[1]. Before her reco

An English rock singer-songwriter.Myers' mother is English, her father Jamaican.[1]. Before her recording debut, Myers was a nurse and insurance agent.[1] Myers was discovered in a nightclub by record producer Peter Q. Harris. She was offered a recording contract with Universal Music and only a short time later had songs playing on radio stations across the world. Myers toured with the Lilith Fair in the summer of 1998, as well as headlining her own tour.

Is an American artist and sculptor who lives and works in Venice, California.After seeing the work o

Is an American artist and sculptor who lives and works in Venice, California.After seeing the work of Jasper Johns at the 1958 Venice Biennale he adopted the motif of a set of sergeant's stripes. This recurring image was painted with industrial materials and techniques associated with the decoration of motorcycle tanks and surfboards.[1]Bengston encouraged viewers in the early 1960s to associate his art with motorcycle subculture, for instance by straddling a bike on the cover of the catalogue for a 1961 show at Ferus Gallery.[2] His interest in cars lead to Judy Chicago, one of his students, attending auto body school and using spray painting techniques.[2] Thomas E. Crow draws attention to the deliberate contrast between Bengston's flamboyant, competitive, aggressively masculine stance and a delicate, modest approach to his art.[1]

Was an American jazz singer. Banks is most prominently remembered for being a successful female impe

Was an American jazz singer. Banks is most prominently remembered for being a successful female impersonator on record.Banks recorded in 1932 with an all-star, multi-racial jazz lineup made up of Red Allen on trumpet, Pee Wee Russell on clarinet, Tommy Dorsey on trombone, Joe Sullivan on piano, Zutty Singleton on drums, and Fats Waller, also on piano; most of the black musicians were from Luis Russell's retinue, while the white ones had been brought to the studio by producer Irving Mills. The vocals were once thought to have been performed by Una Mae Carlisle, but Banks is the actual vocalist.

Is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his nati

Is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin (The Big One).[1] His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder (specifically a boilermaker) in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade in favour of being a folk singer.

Is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet. Corgan is the vocalist and lead gu

Is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet. Corgan is the vocalist and lead guitarist for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, who are known for their complex, layered style, and Corgan's distinctive vocals and guitar solos.

Is a Filipino American musician and actor with musical influences from R&B, Pop, and Soul. Billy Cra

Is a Filipino American musician and actor with musical influences from R&B, Pop, and Soul. Billy Crawford became known around Europe and Asia with song titles such as "When You Think About Me", "Never My Love", "Steamy Nights"[2] and "Bright Lights". Bill

Was an internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and rem

Was an internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which damaged his heart, contributed to his death.

Is a British hard rock singer-songwriter and musician. With his spiked peroxide blonde hair, sneerin

Is a British hard rock singer-songwriter and musician. With his spiked peroxide blonde hair, sneering visage and a voice capable of singing growling rock and roll and crooning ballads, Idol became a cultural icon during the 1980's

Is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973.

Is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973. According to the RIAA, he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.

A Canadian rock singer/songwriter who rose to fame via the first series of the Canadian Idol TV tale

A Canadian rock singer/songwriter who rose to fame via the first series of the Canadian Idol TV talent contest, in which he finished 3rd.His self-titled debut album on the Orange Record Label reached 36th spot on Canada's top 100 albums chart in July 2004

Was an American jazz pianist and saxophonist. Tipton became the subject of public interest posthumou

Was an American jazz pianist and saxophonist. Tipton became the subject of public interest posthumously when it was revealed that Tipton, who had lived for decades as a man, was biologically female.

Was a Scottish musician.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lyall was a keyboard player and vocalist with P

Was a Scottish musician.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lyall was a keyboard player and vocalist with Pilot and an early member of the Bay City Rollers. He also contributed to The Alan Parsons Project with fellow Pilot members. In addition, he released a sol