Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A multiple Dove Award and Grammy Award-winning Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, and published

A multiple Dove Award and Grammy Award-winning Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, and published author. She is known for her hit singles "Wait For Me", "God", "Reborn", "Omega", "Pray", "Come Quickly Lord", "Yes, I Believe in God" and "Alive".St. James' musical career began in 1990 when she opened shows for CCM artist Carman during his Australian tour. In 1991, she released her first album, Refresh My Heart, under the name Rebecca Jean. Later that year, she moved to the United States upon signing with ForeFront Records, and took her stage name at the label's request. Her album God was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1995. Also, Pray was certified Gold by the RIAA on the last week of September 1999.

A singer, formerly with British band The Pipettes, where she was commonly known as RiotBecki.On Apri

A singer, formerly with British band The Pipettes, where she was commonly known as RiotBecki.On April 18 2008 it was announced in a blog post on the band's Myspace that Becki and bandmate Rosay had left the band "to pursue other musical projects".Brighton-born Becki normally stood stage left with The Pipettes, and is identified with blonde hair, glasses, nose ring and tattoos. She is a self-described feminist and has a degree in media studies and film/video production from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College having written her dissertation on early Seventies hardcore pornography. [

A singer-songwriter from Exeter, UK.[1]Worthley recorded her first full-length album, Myths and Eleg

A singer-songwriter from Exeter, UK.[1]Worthley recorded her first full-length album, Myths and Elegies, in 2005. The album was voted one of the top 25 independent albums of 2006 by indie-music.com.[2] The following year she met music producer Mark Hill who helped produce her 2006 eponymously titled EP. The acoustic version of Worthley's song "Consumed", which is recorded on both CDs, was used that year on a YouTube video about sweatshop labor.[3] In April 2007, Worthley was the first musician to perform on SofaGig, an online music venue.[4] She was the only musician from outside Plymouth invited to perform for The Still Sessions at Plymouth Gin Distillery for an acoustic compilation album.[5][6] Rebecca has also received national airplay on BBC Radio 2[7], and performed a live session with Radio 2 producer Bob Harris on 17 February 2007.[8] Her new album Morning Comes to Those Who Wait was released on Peppy Records in June 2008 and features two tracks by producer Sean Genockey.

Is a singer from the United States. She is the daughter of popular music duo Delaney and Bonnie.Bekk

Is a singer from the United States. She is the daughter of popular music duo Delaney and Bonnie.Bekka Bramlett has been a member of Mick Fleetwood's band The Zoo (1991-1992) and Fleetwood Mac (1993-1995), country duo Bekka & Billy with Billy Burnette (199

A former child star and was half of the Danish pop duo, Creamy. She is a sister of the singers Simon

A former child star and was half of the Danish pop duo, Creamy. She is a sister of the singers Simon Mathew and Sabina Mathew.In 2007 she recorded the Danish version of "You Are the Music In Me" from High School Musical 2 with her brother Simon Mathew. Th

An American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic s

An American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life. Groom was given the nickname "Red" by Dominic Falcone (of Provincetown’s Sun Gallery) when he was starting out as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Provincetown and was studying with Hans Hofmann. [1]During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Grooms made a number of "Happenings". The best known was "The Burning Building," staged at his studio (dubbed "The Delancey Street Museum" for the occasion) at 148 Delancey Street in New York's Lower East Side between December 4 and 11, 1959. Shortly thereafter, Grooms invented "sculpto-pictoramas" (such as his work, Ruckus Manhattan (1975))—the mixed-media installations that would become his signature craft.

An Indian painter. Bansal took up painting at the age of three when she was encouraged by her family

An Indian painter. Bansal took up painting at the age of three when she was encouraged by her family and enthused by her teachers. She persisted with the brush despite her neuropathy - a disease which entails weakening of hands, arms, feet and legs. She has many awards and certificates to her credit obtained from various drawing and painting competitions.Her most recent exhibition of paintings Strokes-III was inaugurated by Kiran Bedi, Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and first lady police officer of India.

An artist based in Mumbai, India.Kallat was born in Dehli. She works in photography, sculpture, inst

An artist based in Mumbai, India.Kallat was born in Dehli. She works in photography, sculpture, installation and painting.[1] Her work often brings the intimate imagery of - and objects associated with - the human body into the expanse of the public and political arena.[2]

Is a singer and songwriter, most famous for being the solo and lead singer with The Boys and The Act

Is a singer and songwriter, most famous for being the solo and lead singer with The Boys and The Action.

Is an English singer/songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer with prominent 1960s rock and r

Is an English singer/songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer with prominent 1960s rock and roll band The Troggs, whose biggest hit was "Wild Thing".

Is a Grammy award winning singer-songwriter who first surface in the late 1980s. She is notable for

Is a Grammy award winning singer-songwriter who first surface in the late 1980s. She is notable for her Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World".

Was an American actress, singer and dancer. She is most notably remembered for appearing in her husb

Was an American actress, singer and dancer. She is most notably remembered for appearing in her husband, film director Al Adamson's films.

A Swedish actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress Sonja Lund. Regina is no longer in a re

A Swedish actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress Sonja Lund. Regina is no longer in a relationship with the Swedish rock star Joakim Thåström.[citation needed] In 2007 Regina performed the song "Rainbow Star" in the Melodifestivalen competition, but was eliminated after the semi-final.

Is a Soviet-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk

Is a Soviet-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village.In New York, Spektor studied classical piano with Sonia Vargas, a professor at the Manhattan School of Music whom Spektor's father had met through her husband, violinist Samuel Marder, until she was 17. [6] Although the family had been unable to bring their piano from Russia, Spektor found a piano on which to play in the basement of her synagogue, and also practiced on tabletops and other hard surfaces.[

Was a British wildlife artist who contributed many painted pages to Look and Learn and Treasure maga

Was a British wildlife artist who contributed many painted pages to Look and Learn and Treasure magazines. Davis also drew comic strips and cover illustrations for girls' comics.

An artist who makes American Folk Art collages[1] and Hollywood iconographic mixed-media assemblages

An artist who makes American Folk Art collages[1] and Hollywood iconographic mixed-media assemblages and sculptures.During this time, he completed a series of large still-life paintings which extended the imagery of Giorgio Morandi by elongating vessels and vases, transforming them into "architectonic towers".[2] The direct quality of the collage textures led him to abandon these paintings altogether and turn to collage as his next form of expression.[3] The Jewish Holocaust was a prevalent theme in Case’s early pieces – in these modest but masterfully executed and consistent works, Case has been compared to something of a graphic Edgar Allan Poe or Pier Paulo Pasolini by Ronald A. Kuchta, Director of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY.[4]

Was a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.Foresythe's father was a Yoruban barr

Was a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.Foresythe's father was a Yoruban barrister and his mother was an Englishwoman of German descent. He played piano from age eight, and worked in the second half of the 1920s as a pianist and acc

Was a Australian country and western singer who won three Golden Guitar Awards and wrote more than f

Was a Australian country and western singer who won three Golden Guitar Awards and wrote more than five hundred songs in his fifty-year music career.Born in the Sydney suburb of Waverley in 1929, Reg was two years of age when his father gave him a harmonica which he quickly mastered. He then learned how to play the banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle. His career ambition was to become a stockman but in 1951 he won a Sydney radio talent quest which launched his career as a singer-songwriter.[1] In a music career of over 50 years he wrote more than 500 songs and hosted various TV shows including The Reg Lindsay Country Hour in 1964 which ran for eight years, followed by his own TV program, Country Homestead, which ran for four years and earned him four Logie Awards.

Was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his detailed depictions of life in New York

Was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his detailed depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He produced many watercolors, egg tempera paintings, oil paintings, Chinese ink drawings, and a number of lithographs and etchings.he also produced series' of photographs and linoleum cuts. He was the second son born to his parents who were both artists themselves. His mother, Alice Randall was a miniaturist painter and his father Fred Dana Marsh was one of the earliest American painters to depict modern industry. When Marsh was two years old his family moved to Nutley, New Jersey. He was able to attend prestigious schools in the states because his grandfather was a very well known man.

Is a Filipino singer and guitarist best known for fronting the Filipino rock bands The Dawn,[1] form

Is a Filipino singer and guitarist best known for fronting the Filipino rock bands The Dawn,[1] formed in 1985 and still active to date, and the defunct Jett Pangan Group.Pangan's love for singing was already evident during his grade school and high school years in San Beda College. While attending college at De La Salle University-Manila, he was approached to audition for a band that would later etch its name in the annals of Philippine music history. When The Dawn disbanded in 1995

A Canadian singer songwriter born October 20, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.He has released 4 albums and

A Canadian singer songwriter born October 20, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.He has released 4 albums and the most recent original one being 2004's The Unavoidable Truth, distributed by Universal Music Canada. Produced by Josh Finlayson, The Unavoidable Truth f

Was a Finnish painter from Finnish Lapland. He is considered one of the greatest Finland-Lappish art

Was a Finnish painter from Finnish Lapland. He is considered one of the greatest Finland-Lappish artists in the entire history of Finland.Särestöniemi was born as the youngest child of Alma and Matti Kaukonen at the Särestöniemi farm near the Ounasjoki river in Kittilä. The family later renamed itself after the farm. Reidar Särestöniemi studied art in Helsinki from 1947 to 1951. After this he studied for three years in the famous Repin Institute.Särestöniemi has had many exhibitions all over the world, with the furthest being in Japan in 1980. The President of Finland awarded Särestöniemi the title of Professor of Arts in 1975.

A Japanese actress, seiyu and occasional J-Pop singer. She was part of the J-Pop group Aurora Gonin

A Japanese actress, seiyu and occasional J-Pop singer. She was part of the J-Pop group Aurora Gonin Musume. When she married to Tetsuhito Kirihara in 1998, Chiba's legal name became Reiko Kirihara (?? ?? ,Kirihara Reiko?). However, she continues to be kno

A female Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan. She is currently represented by Sigma Seven.

A female Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan. She is currently represented by Sigma Seven.

A female Dance-pop singer-songwriter.The performer began in the music industry as a pre-teen. She wa

A female Dance-pop singer-songwriter.The performer began in the music industry as a pre-teen. She was a backup singer for such music artists as Deborah Cox and Corina, became an overnight sensation[citation needed] on the Dance/Club scene when "Find Anoth