Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an American figure skater. Rizo trains at the Skating Club of Boston and is coached by Mark Mitch

Is an American figure skater. Rizo trains at the Skating Club of Boston and is coached by Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.

Is an American singer and guitarist, best known for being a member of British post-punk band The Fal

Is an American singer and guitarist, best known for being a member of British post-punk band The Fall, and as lead singer with The Adult Net.In 1985, Brix started her side project, The Adult Net, with fellow Fall member, Simon Rogers, and other contributo

Is an Australian singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar and banjo player.[1] He has been a member of 1

Is an Australian singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar and banjo player.[1] He has been a member of 1970s bands Carson and The Dingoes, 1980s Broderick Smith's Big Combo and performed solo.[2] He has also acted on stage in the 1973 Australian version of the rock opera Tommy and in minor roles on 1990s Television series Blue Heelers, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga and State Coroner.[3] Smith has been involved in writing about 200 songs and has run workshops on songwriting, harmonica and vocals.

Is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock b

Is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers.At the age of 13, Dalle started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a solid fanbase, and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Summersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk rock band Rancid at this festival when she was 16. She met him after seeing him packing up the drums backstage, and the two subsequently pursued a relationship. Despite Armstrong being 12 years her senior, and Dalle initially lying about her age,

A singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band

A singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band, The Distillers.At the age of 16, Dalle started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a solid fanbase, and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Summersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk rock band Rancid at this festival when she was 16. She met him after seeing him packing up the drums backstage, and the two subsequently pursued a relationship. Despite Armstrong being 12 years her senior, and Dalle initially lying about her age, the couple got engaged shortly after Dalle turned 18. She moved with Armstrong from Melbourne to Los Angeles, California and there founded The Distillers, which took their name from a distillery she saw in Geelong.

Is a Polish sculptor, medallist, painter, and draughtsman, and a professor at the Academy of Fine Ar

Is a Polish sculptor, medallist, painter, and draughtsman, and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Chromy is a Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Letters. He was born at Lencze near Lanckorona in 1925, he was educated at the Secondary School of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, graduating in 1956. He was a student of Xawery Dunikowski.His works are in the collections of the Warsaw National Museum, Kraków National Museum, Museum of Medal Art in Wroclaw and Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, Paris, Copenhagen, Moscow, Skopje, Helsinki, Barcelona, Dijon, Ravenna, Hasselt, Bochum, Arezzo.

Was a Polish-Romani classic poet and singer.In 1949 she was heard by the Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski

Was a Polish-Romani classic poet and singer.In 1949 she was heard by the Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski who instantly recognized her talent. Many of her poems dealt with "Nastos" (Greek for "a return home"), a theme common in Romani poetry. Although Roma used this to describe the yearning to return to the open road Ficowski saw this as Papusza yearning to be settled down, to no longer be nomadic. He published several of her poems in a magazine called Problemy along with an anti-nomadic interview with Polish poet Julian Tuwim. Ficowski became an adviser on "The Gypsy Question", often using Papusza's poems to back him up.

Was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop

Was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.

Is an American pair skater. Her partner is Benjamin Okolski. They are the 2007 U.S. National Champio

Is an American pair skater. Her partner is Benjamin Okolski. They are the 2007 U.S. National Champions. In 2010 she was cast on ABC's Skating with the Stars. Her partner will be Jonny Moseley.

An American singer-songwriter and part-time fashion model, and was the fifth place finalist on the s

An American singer-songwriter and part-time fashion model, and was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol.White tried out for American Idol in Philadelphia. She sang "Like a Star" and she received a positive review from all the judges. During her audition, she admitted to never having seen an R-rated movie, prompting Cowell to state that he could "bring her over to the dark side". During the Hollywood week, White performed "Beautiful" by Carole King, accompanying herself on piano. After that performance, judges were quick to point out that Brooke reminded them of a young Carly Simon or Carole King.

Is an American pop singer and television personality

Is an American pop singer and television personality

An Australian singer and songwriter. She has written songs for Kate DeAraugo and Olivia Newton-John

An Australian singer and songwriter. She has written songs for Kate DeAraugo and Olivia Newton-John and been a support act for Troy Cassar-Daley and Ronan Keating.[1] Her influences include Sheryl Crow, ABBA, Faith Hill and Alanis Morissette.[2]McClymont was first discovered in 1992, at age eleven, when an ironing lady heard her sing in front of the mirror at her home and told McClymont's mother that she should put her into the Jacaranda Talent Quest in Grafton.[2] Her mother entered her and she sang "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" by Heart.[2] In 1999 she sang "God Save the Queen" and "Advance Australia Fair" to open the day-night Australia vs. England cricket match.[2]

Is an American singer, known for his 1962 number one hit, "Hey! Baby".Channel originally performed o

Is an American singer, known for his 1962 number one hit, "Hey! Baby".Channel originally performed on the Louisiana Hayride radio show, and then joined up with harmonica player Delbert McClinton singing country music. Channel wrote "Hey! Baby" with Margar

Was an American artist renowned for his work in film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and pho

Was an American artist renowned for his work in film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography, among other disciplines.Conner worked in a variety of mediums from an early age. His first solo gallery show in New York City took place in 1956 and featured paintings. His first solo shows in San Francisco, in 1958 and 1959, featured paintings, drawings, prints, collages, assemblages, and sculpture.Conner first attracted widespread attention with his moody, nylon-shrouded assemblages, complex amalgams if found objects such as as women's stockings, bicycle wheels, broken dolls, fur, fringe, costume jewelry,

A Canadian folk/rock guitarist/interpritive dance and singer-songwriter. His 29th album was released

A Canadian folk/rock guitarist/interpritive dance and singer-songwriter. His 29th album was released in summer 2006, and he has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.Cockburn was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Is an artist residing in Los Angeles. His work includes kinetic art such as rolling ball machines, m

Is an artist residing in Los Angeles. His work includes kinetic art such as rolling ball machines, mobiles, stabiles, and suspended magnetic sculptures. He also creates found objects sculptures such as a lifesize motorcycle sculpture constructed from trai

A Canadian singer / songwriter, from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Guthro has a strong solo caree

A Canadian singer / songwriter, from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Guthro has a strong solo career, and in 1998 also joined scottish folk rock band Runrig, whilst still pursuing his solo career and residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Was a pianist born in Korumburra, Victoria, Australia.Bruce Hungerford was originally named Leonard

Was a pianist born in Korumburra, Victoria, Australia.Bruce Hungerford was originally named Leonard Hungerford. In an undated manuscript he recounts "When it came to naming me my parents were torn between 'Bruce' and 'Leonard.' I think they really wanted Bruce, but I was such a puny specimen that they hardly felt I fitted the name of the Warrior King of Scotland. Then a day or two before I was to be christened, my grandfather journeyed down to see me. He was a Scotsman to the backbone and after taking one look at me said sadly, "This is no 'Bruce', and so the die was cast, at any rate for my first 35 years." He changed his name to Bruce in 1958.

Was an American figure skater from the early 1900s. In 1913, the jump now known today as the flip be

Was an American figure skater from the early 1900s. In 1913, the jump now known today as the flip became known by his last name, but it is not known for certain if he was the inventor. In 1920, Mapes invented the toe loop, which is now called a Mapes in a

A Scottish performance artist and painter.McLean was born in Glasgow[1] and studied at Glasgow Schoo

A Scottish performance artist and painter.McLean was born in Glasgow[1] and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at St Martin's School of Art, London,from 1963 to 1966.[2] where his sculpture class was taken by Anthony Caro.[3] In a reaction to the attitude of the latter he began making sculpture from rubbish.[4]He has gained international recognition for his paintings,ceramics, prints, work with film, theatre and books.[5] McLean is Head of Graduate Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art London [6] He has had numerous one man exhibitions including Tate Gallery in London, The Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.[7]

A contemporary American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photo

A contemporary American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance.Nauman studied mathematics and physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and art with William T. Wiley and Robert Arneson at the University of California, Davis. He worked as an assistant to Wayne Thiebaud, and in 1966 he became a teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1968 he met the singer and performance artist Meredith Monk and signed with the dealer Leo Castelli. In the 1980s he moved to New Mexico.

Was a Canadian musician most famous for playing bass guitar in the influential folk-rock band Buffal

Was a Canadian musician most famous for playing bass guitar in the influential folk-rock band Buffalo Springfield.In one of rock history's most synchronous moments, Young and Palmer ran into Stills while stuck in Los Angeles's notorious traffic, Stills having recognized Young's distinctive mode of transportation.

Is one of Australia’s best known political satirists and cartoonists. He is a regular contributor

Is one of Australia’s best known political satirists and cartoonists. He is a regular contributor to Melbourne's The Age newspaper. He is married to Australian award-winning novelist, Kate Grenville; they live in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wal

Hornsby has also achieved recognition for his solo albums and performances, his current live act Bru

Hornsby has also achieved recognition for his solo albums and performances, his current live act Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers, his bluegrass project with Ricky Skaggs, his jazz act The Bruce Hornsby Trio, and his appearances as a session- and guest-musician. He also collaborated with the Grateful Dead.

Is an award-winning artist noted for his caricatures of entertainment and sports figures.During thos

Is an award-winning artist noted for his caricatures of entertainment and sports figures.During those decades, Stark also created covers for Time, Fortune, Industry Week, Forbes and TV Guide, plus numerous paperback covers. He contributed interior artwork