Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s. She w

Was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s. She was nicknamed Carmen by her father, because of his love of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Carmen was instrumental in popularising samba.

An opera singer.her father is a writer and her mother a renowned Brazilian singer. She learned from

An opera singer.her father is a writer and her mother a renowned Brazilian singer. She learned from a young age to play the cello and the piano and at first trained to be a concert cellist. However, she began to develop her singing voice and commenced taking lessons in Brazil. During the course of her career in music she became acquainted with fellow Brazilian singer, Carla Maffioletti. After finishing her schooling, she and Maffioletti went to Maastricht, the Netherlands for further vocal training. While there, Monarcha was hired as a vocalist by orchestra leader André Rieu to tour Europe and the United States with his Johann Strauss Orchestra. She stole many hearts while performing the song "Vilja Lied".

A Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the second season of American Idol in 2

A Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the second season of American Idol in 2003. Rasmusen also plays piano and guitar.[2] Despite being eliminated, Rasmusen released an EP by herself, called Carmen featuring her first single, "Photograph". Three years later, Rasmusen signed a record deal with Lofton Creek Records. Her debut album, Nothin' Like the Summer, was released in 2007.Rasmusen auditioned initially in Los Angeles and was put through to Hollywood. She was originally eliminated by the judges during the Top 100 stage. In a surprise move, Rasmusen and three other young female singers were brought back to compete in the Wild Card show. No clear reason was made public, but speculation at the time centered on the show's producers wanting to provide a greater demographic diversity in the Final 12.

Is an American dancer, singer and actress. She was a member of the successful pop/R&B group, the Pus

Is an American dancer, singer and actress. She was a member of the successful pop/R&B group, the Pussycat Dolls and was one of the main vocalists of the Pussycat Dolls, along with Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton. Bachar departed the group in February 2008. Bachar was born in Los Angeles, her father is Israeli and her mother is of Dutch, Indonesian and Chinese descent.

Was a Puerto Rican singer who was considered a diva in Puerto Rico. She was born in San Lorenzo.Carm

Was a Puerto Rican singer who was considered a diva in Puerto Rico. She was born in San Lorenzo.Carmita Jimenez started her singing career at the young age of six, on the radio show named El Abuelito Welch (Grandpa Welch) with another legendary Puerto Rican show business legend, Jose Miguel Agrelot. This show, as its name suggested, was sponsored by the Welch's grape juice brand.At 15, Jimenez performed the Habanera from Bizet's opera Carmen. Soon after, she joined popular music groups like the Moncho Usera orchestra, and then she released her first album, which contained the hit Tierra Rica (Rich Earth).

Was an American band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress.Bruce was born Shirley L

Was an American band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress.Bruce was born Shirley Levy in Great Neck, New York, the daughter of Beatrice and Harry Levy.[1] She began her career as a singer in the late 1930s with Larry Clinton and his band

Is a retired American singer-songwriter.She was the lead singer of the pop vocal trio known as The T

Is a retired American singer-songwriter.She was the lead singer of the pop vocal trio known as The Teddy Bears, which also included Phil Spector. The Teddy Bears' only major hit, "To Know Him Is To Love Him", which Spector wrote specifically to showcase C

An English recording artist. She is best known as the singer and front woman for the band, T'Pau, wh

An English recording artist. She is best known as the singer and front woman for the band, T'Pau, which enjoyed international success in the late 1980s. Her partner at the time, Ronnie Rogers (born 13 March 1959, Shrewsbury), was also a member of the band and they co-wrote the majority of T'Pau's songs. Although Decker's music is mainly associated with the group, she also released a solo single in 1995 entitled "One Heart", in support of the Halifax World Cup Rugby League Centenary.

Was a English pop singer.Deene scored three Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1962. "Norman" re

Was a English pop singer.Deene scored three Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1962. "Norman" reached #24 in January 1962, "Johnny Get Angry" reached #32 in July, and "Some People" hit #25 in August.[3] Her first chart hit was "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", a #44 entry in the UK chart in October 1961.[1]She briefly hosted her own show on Radio Luxembourg.[4] Deene's career was interrupted in 1966 when she was involved in a serious car accident.[4] She recovered and began regularly touring the northern clubs, but suffered another car crash in 1974.[4] She now lives in Spain where she manages a radio station with her husband.[

Is an actress and singer who is best known for her disco hits "Doctor's Orders" (1974) and "Midnight

Is an actress and singer who is best known for her disco hits "Doctor's Orders" (1974) and "Midnight Love Affair" (1976). Douglas comes from a musical family background, her mother being blues and jazz singer Minnie Newsome and her cousin, soul legend, Sa

A smooth jazz and world music singer.Grimes came to prominence in 1969 as a member of Delivery, asso

A smooth jazz and world music singer.Grimes came to prominence in 1969 as a member of Delivery, associated with the Canterbury Scene. During the 1970s she performed regularly on the London blues circuit with her band The London Boogie Band. At the same time she released her first solo album Warm Blood, the first release on the Virgin's Caroline label (CA2001), backed by session musicians in London and Nashville. The cover was taken in her Notting Hill flat. The following year saw the release of a follow-up blues album recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis and Goodyear Studios in Nashville which pictured her on the cover alongside her son Sam.

Was an American dancer and actress.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she opened a dancing school w

Was an American dancer and actress.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she opened a dancing school when she was fifteen years old. After high school, Haney left her home town for Hollywood and landed bit parts in movies until she was spotted by legendary

Is an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Richard Dalley at the 1984 Winter Olymp

Is an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Richard Dalley at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Carol and her partner Richard Dalley were competitive roller figure skaters and competed out of the Riverside Skating Club in Livonia Michigan. prior

A singer and composer.She is the former wife of the musician, Dean Parks.Carol Parks found a place i

A singer and composer.She is the former wife of the musician, Dean Parks.Carol Parks found a place in the music business at an early age. As a teenager, Parks was a member of the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir, performing with Art Linkletter (Kids Say the D

Was an American artist who was also widely known for her talents as an illustrator. Her collages and

Was an American artist who was also widely known for her talents as an illustrator. Her collages and paintings appeared in Time, Fortune. and Ms, and on the covers of Business Week, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and Saturday Review.Carol Wald was born in Detroit, Michigan where she began studying art at age twelve. At age sixteen, while still a student at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, her talent was recognized by the mayor of Detroit, Albert Cobo, and in 1954 was awarded a four year scholarship at the Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit. In 1960, the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased one of her paintings, "Children On Stilts". In 1963,

A Jamaican reggae recording artist.When she was 14, her family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York. Eas

A Jamaican reggae recording artist.When she was 14, her family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York. East soon became involved in the Jamaican music scene. She earned a degree in education from the City College of New York in 1981, the same year she gave birth to her first child. Around that time she met Brigadier Jerry, a Jamaican DJ, who encouraged her to try DJ chatting in Jamaican dancehall style, rather than singing.After winning competitions in New York and Jamaica, she toured with The Meditations. Her first album, Liberation for Africa, was released in 1983 [2] as a limited edition on the Jamaican SG label[3]. The 1984 album Black Cinderella [4] established her. She formed her own record label, also called Black Cinderella.

Is an American lyric soprano.She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984 and has sung at many of t

Is an American lyric soprano.She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984 and has sung at many of the major opera houses of Europe, including Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She was partic

Was a Finnish jazz and pop singer. She was born in Helsinki as Carola Christina Standertskjöld. As

Was a Finnish jazz and pop singer. She was born in Helsinki as Carola Christina Standertskjöld. As the vocalist for Esa Pethman's jazz quartet and Hazy Ostwald's sextet in the early 1960s, Carola made fame in Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Switzerland. In 1966 with Heikki Sarmanto Trio, she recorded a jazz session in studio, which was shelved by YLE as uncommercial. Carola's accosting tone was supported by the groovy approach of her supporting orchestras. The style was partially inspired by American jazz singers of the 1950s. Simultaneously, it was in the spirit of the modal jazz scene going down in Europe in the 1960s. Mostly, Carola's jazz repertoire consisted in idiosynchratic versions of American jazz songs in English, while her most famous jazz song "The Flame" was an original composition by Esa Pethman and the lyrics by the singer herself. In late 1960s and early 1970s

Was an American pair skater who competed with Robin Greiner. The duo won the gold medal at the Unite

Was an American pair skater who competed with Robin Greiner. The duo won the gold medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships four straight times, beginning in 1953. They also placed fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships three times

Is an American lyricist, songwriter and singer.Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her

Is an American lyricist, songwriter and singer.Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her former husband, composer Bacharach. She has also collaborated with Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Masser, Peter Allen, Bruce Roberts,

A former Playboy model, musician and currently an actress.Carole was born in London but subsequently

A former Playboy model, musician and currently an actress.Carole was born in London but subsequently lived in Scotland, France, Hawaii, Cambodia and Thailand. One career highlight was composing "Slow Love", a song featured on Prince's seminal Sign O' The Times.Carole's first feature film was in the 1981 horror film Piranha II: The Spawning. Later on in the 1980s, she appeared in the 1984 comedy film The Flamingo Kid, her most well known film role came in 1987 as Roxie Shield in the cult comedy film Mannequin.She would also appear in the 1990s films such as the 1990 comedy film The Shrimp on the Barbie, in the 1991 comedy film If Looks Could Kill and also that year would appear in The Rapture.

Was an American singer most famous for her recordings in France.She was the youngest sister of blues

Was an American singer most famous for her recordings in France.She was the youngest sister of blues musician Taj Mahal. At 20 years old, she moved to California where she began her career as a singer. In 1979, she emigrated to France. There she establish

Is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first hal

Is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period.

An actress and singer from the province of Quebec in Canada.Throughout most of her career, Carole La

An actress and singer from the province of Quebec in Canada.Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she met in 1977 and who later became her husband. She debuted as a singer on the album Alibis in 1978.In 1989, she devoted an acoustic-oriented bilingual album, Western Shadows, to country and western standards. The album featured cover versions of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man", Phil Spector's "To Know Him is to Love Him", Roseanne Cash's "Seven Year Ache", and Leonard Cohen's "Coming Back to You". The video for "Danse avant de tomber" (a cover of Boris Bergman's French adaptation of Doc Pomus' "Save the Last Dance For Me") featured dancer Louise Lecavalier of the internationally famous Québéc contemporary dance troupe La La La Human Steps.

A Lebanese musician and actress. She has released three studio albums. Carole has a masters degree i

A Lebanese musician and actress. She has released three studio albums. Carole has a masters degree in acting and directing, which she has earned in 1999. She has won two Arab Music Awards[citation needed].Carole says she used to ignore her studies in orde