Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for her recurring roles on Captain Kangar

Was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for her recurring roles on Captain Kangaroo.During the 1960s, Weems attended the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. She played a lead role in productions such as Annie Get Your Gun, The King an

Is an American country music singer. Since 1976, Allen has issued nine albums and charted 14 singles

Is an American country music singer. Since 1976, Allen has issued nine albums and charted 14 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, most notably the 1983 crossover hit "Baby I Lied" which reached #4 on the country charts and #26 on the Billboar

A musician and photographer.1995 saw the release of "Feel the Sunshine" (Island Records) by Alex Ree

A musician and photographer.1995 saw the release of "Feel the Sunshine" (Island Records) by Alex Reece featuring Deborah Anderson (included on Reece's 1996 album So Far). The drum & bass single made #67 in the UK, and, on being re-released in 1996, #26.[3] It made the European dance charts in 1998.[1] This led to Anderson signing to Mo' Wax and her debut solo single, "Lonely Without You", was released in 1997.

Is an American singer-songwriter and actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the punk roc

Is an American singer-songwriter and actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the punk rock/New Wave band Blondie. She has also had some success as a solo artist, recording five solo albums. In the mid 1990s she also performed and recorded as pa

Is an American singer-songwriter and actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the punk roc

Is an American singer-songwriter and actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the punk rock/New Wave band Blondie. She has also had some success as a solo artist, recording five solo albums. In the mid 1990s she also performed and recorded as part of the Jazz Passengers.

A singer and occasional model. She is the former lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie.Skin be

A singer and occasional model. She is the former lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie.Skin began her music career in Skunk Anansie who were a band often grouped as part of the britrock movement in the UK. They were noted for being a multi-racial band, and having Skin, a black female as their lead singer. Joining Skin in the line up for the band were Ace on guitar, Cass on bass guitar, and Mark on drums.After forming in 1994, the band released three albums. Paranoid & Sunburnt, Stoosh and Post Orgasmic Chill sold over 4 million copies worldwide. They are best known for their single "Weak", but have had a series of other hits including "Charity", "Hedonism" and "Charlie Big Potato".

Is a worldwide famous Brazilian writer dancer and choreographer. She received the Lawrence Oliver Aw

Is a worldwide famous Brazilian writer dancer and choreographer. She received the Lawrence Oliver Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 2001 for her choreography work on the show 'Mix'. [1]. In 2009, she directed the Cirque du Soleil production, OVO.

An Australian rock singer, songwriter, guitarist, model and actor who became well known in the 1980s

An Australian rock singer, songwriter, guitarist, model and actor who became well known in the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi (1981–1988)[4] with their surprise hit "Man Overboard".Conway attended Lauriston Girls' School and then University of Melbourne, modelling and singing her way through.[5]Conway joined The Benders in 1979 whilst still at University. Other members included: Dorland Bray, Neville Aresca, Les Barker, John Campbell, Daniel Solowiej and Greg Thomas.[4] They performed mostly in Melbourne and gigged around pubs playing original material (mostly written by Conway and Thomas) and Blondie and Devo covers.[5] Conway also wrote songs with Bray.[2

A Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Cox's 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held th

A Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Cox's 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (14 weeks), a record held for nearly eight years. Cox has achieved nine number-one hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.Deborah Cox began singing for TV commercials at age 12, and she entered various talent shows with the help of her mother. She performed in nightclubs as a teenager, and she also began to write music around the same time.[1] Cox entered the music industry as a backup vocalist for Celine Dion, and after signing to Arista Records, she released her self-titled debut album in 1995. She earned many comparisons to Whitney Houston

An English rock and blues vocalist and the sister of John Bonham, the late drummer for the band Led

An English rock and blues vocalist and the sister of John Bonham, the late drummer for the band Led Zeppelin. Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, she lived with her father in The Old Hyde farm, Cutnall Green, Worcestershire (the location where John Bonham's fantasy sequence[1] was filmed for The Song Remains the Same). While living there, she started playing and recording music with her nephew Jason Bonham who has played drums on her two most recent studio releases.

Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Patsy Clin

Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Patsy Cline. It was at the young age of 17, that Allen decided to pursue a country music career, and she then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, the hometown of Country music

Was an Australian operatic soprano. Hers is generally regarded as one of the greatest voices ever pr

Was an Australian operatic soprano. Hers is generally regarded as one of the greatest voices ever produced in Australia. She died of cancer at the height of her career, at the age of 50.Riedel was born in Carlingford, New South Wales (in north-western Sydney). She gained a Diploma of Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and taught for some time at Riverstone High School. She joined the chorus of Opera Australia (OA) in 1983. She won a number of important competitions, which enabled her to study overseas. Back in Australia, she sang mezzo roles with Victoria State Opera and West Australian Opera. At OA, her mentor Richard Bonynge guided her transition from mezzo to soprano. She first came to notice when she sang Leila in Georges Bizet's The Pearl Fishers with Victoria State Opera in 1986

A popular Italian-Brazilian singer who became known in Europe, in 1992, with the pop ballad "Innocen

A popular Italian-Brazilian singer who became known in Europe, in 1992, with the pop ballad "Innocence".Since her early childhood she demonstrated her talent for music, winning one of the first prizes of the Zecchino d'Oro Festival, a version for children of the famous Sanremo Festival, when she was only 2 years old. In her childhood, she moved to Southern Brazil with her parents and kept in touch with music, singing in local choruses and covering famous Italian singers from the 1970s. At just eleven, she recorded her first album, Giovanna – Alegria da Gente, with Italian songs. In her teens, Deborah joined the Brazilian theater company Os Menestréis, which has revealed many promising singers in Brazil, and started touring the country acting and singing in their musicals.

An Australian entertainer.Byrne made her television debut on Brian and the Juniors, an early predece

An Australian entertainer.Byrne made her television debut on Brian and the Juniors, an early predecessor of Young Talent Time, which was hosted by a young Brian Naylor. She stayed with the show for 12 months. In 1971 she was cast as one of the original six Young Talent Time cast members. Byrne proved to be a popular cast member and in 1974 she won the Logie Award for Best Teenage Television Personality and the TV Week Queen of Pop Award.

Is an American photographer. Bloomfield's work is included in the collections of the San Francisco M

Is an American photographer. Bloomfield's work is included in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, among others. Her subjects include the southwest United States, the ocean, Alaska, and family farms. She also photographed extensively in Mexico based on the lives and affairs of Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky.

Is an American vocalist who has worked with Barry Manilow and Bob Dylan, appeared on Broadway, and s

Is an American vocalist who has worked with Barry Manilow and Bob Dylan, appeared on Broadway, and serves as the head vocal coach for American Idol and Canadian Idol, also singing backup for the contestants.

Is an American figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion and 1988 Olympic bronze m

Is an American figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, having taken part in the Battle of the Carmens at those games. She represented the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club from 1983 on, which launched he

Clinton co-wrote both of these songs with the late Lee Rogers (Craton) amongst several other songs a

Clinton co-wrote both of these songs with the late Lee Rogers (Craton) amongst several other songs and screenplays.

A contemporary singer of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras. She is the Tibetan-born daughter of t

A contemporary singer of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras. She is the Tibetan-born daughter of the Venerable Dagsay Tulku. Born in India in 1961/2[1], in first year of the Chinese occupation of Tibet, Dechen fled with her family to Switzerland in 1965, where she has resided ever since.[2Strongly committed to "preserving Tibetan culture in the West," Dechen studied and performed traditional Tibetan music and dance throughout her childhood and adolescence. However, she considers herself to be truly a product of Eastern and Western culture. As an adult, she pursued a successful career as a marketing executive in Zurich.[2]

Is an English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Roc

Is an English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Rochester, Kent. His grandfather was in a band, played several instruments, and took Galbraith to Fleadhs (concerts) he was participating in, and the mix of S

An English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Roches

An English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Rochester, Kent. His grandfather, was in a band, played several instruments, took Declan to ‘Fleadhs’ (concerts) he was participating in and the explosive mix of Scottish and Irish musical traditions inspired Declan and became his early musical influence.[1] Declan is known for the control and range of his voice, as well as his ability to interpret and adapt material of differing genres.

And later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his

And later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s. Steeped in wordplay, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs, and his music has drawn on dozens of genres. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Costello, the pop encyclopedia, can reinvent the past in his own image".

A Welsh character actor.She is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a host of ser

A Welsh character actor.She is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a host of series, including The Rag Trade, That's My Boy and Chance in a Million. She usually appears in meek, spinsterish roles. She has also appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as The Bill, Upstairs, Downstairs and Grange Hill.Most recently she scored unexpected musical success as a member of superannuated pop group The Zimmers. Their cover version of "My Generation" highlighted the plight of the elderly, and reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2007.

An English singer.Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she lef

An English singer.Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she left the group to work as a solo artist and also to join Paul Weller's new band, The Style Council. She was later married to Weller (but now divorced), and they have two children, Nathaniel and Leah.Following her departure from Wham!, Lee released her first solo single, "Selina Wow Wow", in 1983. Despite considerable airplay, the single failed to reach the top 40. In 1984, she then worked with The Style Council and appeared on their debut album Café Bleu (released as My Ever Changing Moods in North America). Lee can be heard on the tracks "Headstart for Happiness", "It Didn't Matter", "The Lodgers", "Walls Come Tumbling Down", and "Shout to the Top". Lee continued to record solo material during this time, but singles "Yippee Yi Yay!" and "Don't Do It Baby" failed to chart.

A musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving

A musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving into music, working with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.After years working for other artists, Jackson released her first single - "Man of a Man" (1978), but this has not been included in any of her albums. The single did not get the public's attention. Her next attempt was the release of her biggest single ever, "Automatic Lover" (also 1978), a hit all over the world. A futuristic song about a robot who falls in love with an intergalactic girl, the song reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart, #1 in Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Germany and Japan. In Brazil the success was so huge that the Brazilian media produced its own version of Dee D. Jackson. A Brazilian girl (Regina Shakti) dressed like Jackson, and along with her robot and a meteor man, were introduced on TV programs there as the real Dee D. Jackson. Regina was introduced as D. Dee Jackson to avoid problems with royalties.[citation needed]