Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer.Finegan grew up in a household full

Was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer.Finegan grew up in a household full of piano players. He spent time studying at the Paris Conservatory and had his first professional experience leading his own piano trio. Finegan was offer

Was a U.S. realist painter.Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later m

Was a U.S. realist painter.Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later moved to New York City, where he co-founded what came to be called the Ashcan School art movement. This group of artists, dubbed by the press "the Eight Ind

Was a student at University of California, Berkeley and now attends the CSU Northridge who gained fa

Was a student at University of California, Berkeley and now attends the CSU Northridge who gained fame in early 2004 as a result of his off-key audition performance of Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol. In the tradition of Florence Foster Jenkins, he is a celebrity that has gained fame from the novelty derived from his lack of talent and his candid attitude.

Was a leading exponent and teacher of the Welsh singing medium of Cerdd Dant (Free verse singing). C

Was a leading exponent and teacher of the Welsh singing medium of Cerdd Dant (Free verse singing). Cerdd Dant is sung to a particular tune selected for the verse and the singer is accompanied by a harpist playing a different but complementary melody. It i

Was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of the 20th century. His use of im

Was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of the 20th century. His use of impressionist harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his syncopated and polyrhythmic melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Denny Zeitlin[1] and Keith Jarrett, as well as as guitarists Lenny Breau and Pat Metheny. The music of Bill Evans continues to inspire younger pianists like Fred Hersch, Ray Reach, Esbjörn Svensson, Bill Charlap, David Thompson, Brad Mehldau[2], Geoffrey Keezer, Lyle Mays and Eliane Elias[3]. Evans is an inductee of the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

Was an Irish painter.Leech was born in Dublin and studied there at the Metropolitan School. He later

Was an Irish painter.Leech was born in Dublin and studied there at the Metropolitan School. He later transferred to the Royal Hibernian Academy and studied under Walter Osborne. In 1903, Leech left Dublin for Paris, where he would fall in love with the French landscape. He married Mlle. Saurin, a young painter of a similar style, in Concarneau.

Was an American pianist.Kapell was born in New York City. His father was of Spanish-Russian Jewish a

Was an American pianist.Kapell was born in New York City. His father was of Spanish-Russian Jewish ancestry and his mother of Polish descent.[1] [2] There he studied with Dorothea Anderson La Follette, then with Olga Samaroff in Philadelphia and at the Juilliard School.He won his first competition when he was 10. The prize was a turkey dinner with the pianist José Iturbi. In 1941, he won the Philadelphia Orchestra's youth competition and the Naumburg Award. The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation then sponsored his New York début which brought him The Town Hall Award for the year's outstanding concert by a musician under 30.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwate

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and then a diploma in Fine Arts from the Johannesburg Art Foundation. At the beginning of the 1980s, he studied mime and theatre at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He had hoped to become an actor, however: "I was fortunate to discover at a theatre school that I was so bad an actor [... that] I was reduced to an artist, and I made my peace with it."[1]. Between 1975 and 1991, he was acting and directing in Johannesburg's Junction Avenue Theatre Company. In the 1980s, he worked on television films and series as art director.

Was a British singer and composer of the 19th century.In 1788 he sang in the treble chorus at the Co

Was a British singer and composer of the 19th century.In 1788 he sang in the treble chorus at the Concerts of Antient Music, and in 1795 appeared there as the principal alto. In 1797 he was appointed one of the gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, and soon afte

Was a Canadian artist and writer.In 1952, suffering from depression and emotional problems he was ad

Was a Canadian artist and writer.In 1952, suffering from depression and emotional problems he was admitted to the Maudley Psychiatric Hopital in England. There he was treated for schizophrenia.[1] In hospital he painted, producing "The Maze", a dark depiction of his tortured youth.[2] (This 1953 work was subsequently used as the cover of the 1981 Van Halen rock album Fair Warning.) His experience in the hospital was documented in the Time-Life book The Mind, published in 1965.

A native of Brewton, Alabama, is an American country music singer. Since 1965, he has been the barit

A native of Brewton, Alabama, is an American country music singer. Since 1965, he has been the baritone singer in the country music group The Oak Ridge Boys.Golden joined The Oak Ridge Boys (then a Southern Gospel group) in 1965. He is credited with pushing the group to move in a more innovative direction in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Was an American wildlife photographer and conservationist from Southern California.[1] The William L

Was an American wildlife photographer and conservationist from Southern California.[1] The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge was named in his honor.In 1905, Finely and Herman T. Bohlman visited and photographed Lower Klamath Lake and Tule Lake. Their report in the November-December issue of Bird Lore helped prompt President Theodore Roosevelt to set the areas aside as federal bird reservations.[5] The same year, Finley was elected to the board of the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals (which later became the National Audubon Society), to fill the term vacated by Isaac N. Field.[5]

Was a Scottish singer, notable for his powerful voice and vast vocal range.MacKenzie was born and gr

Was a Scottish singer, notable for his powerful voice and vast vocal range.MacKenzie was born and grew up in Dundee. As a youngster, he lived in Park Avenue in the Stobswell area and attended St Mary's Forebank Primary School and St Michael's Secondary Sc

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 fifth best-selling recording artist in the United States.

Was an American composer and pianist and a member of a musical family.Mason's father was composer Lo

Was an American composer and pianist and a member of a musical family.Mason's father was composer Lowell Mason, a leading figure in American church music. His younger brother, Henry Mason, was a co-founder of the piano manufacturers Mason and Hamlin.After a successful debut at the Boston Academy of Music, William went to Europe in 1849; there he was the first American piano student of Franz Liszt and Ignaz Moscheles. Mason was the leader of a chamber ensemble based in New York that introduced many works of Robert Schumann and other famous Europeans to Americans during the Civil War era and beyond, at a time when classical music still had little specifically American identity. He published numerous pedagogical works for the piano student but is remembered above all for his Chopinesque compositions for piano.

Was a famous American pianist who studied with Carl Friedberg, a disciple of Brahms and Clara Schuma

Was a famous American pianist who studied with Carl Friedberg, a disciple of Brahms and Clara Schumann, and also with Nelly Reuschel (another Clara Schumann disciple) at New York's Institute of Musical Art (later called Juilliard School).William Masselos was born on August 11, 1920 in Niagara Falls to a Dutch mother and a Greek father. He made his New York The Town Hall debut at the age of 18, in 1938. In 1952, at the age of 32, Masselos played the Brahms Piano Concerto in D minor in his first appearance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Dimitri Mitropoulos. This impressive debut was the first in a long line of appearances with major orchestras which also included the New York Philharmonic under Monteux and Bernstein, the Montreal Symphony under Klemperer, the London Philharmonic under Bernard Haitink, the American Symphony Orchestra under Stokowski, the Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy, and numerous others.

Was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher.He was born in Willia

Was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher.He was born in Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana, to the family of a local merchant. Chase's father moved the family to Indianapolis in 1861 and employed his son as a salesma

Billy Idol lived in Worthing, England before attending Sussex University for only one year before jo

Billy Idol lived in Worthing, England before attending Sussex University for only one year before joining the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans. Idol first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees (before the band had decided on a name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist. However, he and Chelsea bandmate Tony James soon quit that group and co-founded Generation X, with Idol switching from guitar to lead singer.

Was an Irish-American painter who practiced a trompe l'oeil (literally, "fool the eye") style of rea

Was an Irish-American painter who practiced a trompe l'oeil (literally, "fool the eye") style of realistic painting. His still lifes of ordinary objects, arranged on a ledge or hanging from a nail, are painted in such a way that the painting can be mistak

Was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated w

Was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement.Morris was educated at Marlborough and Oxford. In 1856, Morris became an apprentice to Gothic revival architect G. E. Street. That same year he founded the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, an outlet for his poetry and a forum for development of his theories of hand-craftsmanship in the decorative arts. In 1861, Morris founded a design firm in partnership with the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti which had a profound impact on the decoration of churches and houses into the early 20th century. Morris's chief contribution was as a designer of repeating patterns for wallpapers and textiles, many based on a close observation of nature. Morris was also a major contributor to the resurgence of traditional textile arts and methods of production.

Is a jazz pianist.He comes from a musical background. His mother, Sandy Stewart, is a singer who had

Is a jazz pianist.He comes from a musical background. His mother, Sandy Stewart, is a singer who had a hit in 1962 with My Coloring Book, while his father was Broadway composer Mark Charlap. Charlap and his mother recorded a duet album: "Love Is Here To S

Was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticizing depictions of ru

Was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticizing depictions of rural scenes.William Mulready was born in Ennis, County Clare. Early in his life, in 1792, the family moved to London, where he was able to get an education and was taught painting well enough so that he was accepted at the Royal Academy School at the age of fourteen.Many of his early pictures show landscapes, before he started to build a reputation as a genre painter from 1808 on, painting mostly everyday scenes from rural life. Besides this, he also illustrated books, including the first edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare in 1807.[1] His paintings were very popular in Victorian times. His first painting of importance, Returning from the Ale House, now in the Tate Gallery, London, under the title Fair Time, appeared in 1809.

Also known as Don Omar, El Rey, King of Kings, is a Puerto Rican-Latin Grammy Award-nominated Reggae

Also known as Don Omar, El Rey, King of Kings, is a Puerto Rican-Latin Grammy Award-nominated Reggaetón singer/rapper.Both “The Last Don” and the live edition of it have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Worldwide, The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] sold over one million copies, according to the official website. His debut single, “Dale Don Dale”, sold over 500,000 copies in South America.

Was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s and a leading exponent of the Honky

Was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s and a leading exponent of the Honky Tonk style of country music. His relaxed style of singing was a major influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones.

Was an American painter and portrait artist.William Page studied at Phillips Academy, Andover in 182

Was an American painter and portrait artist.William Page studied at Phillips Academy, Andover in 1828-29 (not the Andover Theological Seminary on the same campus, as is commonly asserted). A man of mercurial temperament, Page was lacking in religious beli