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Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) [1] was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.
Nancy LaMott (December 30, 1951 – December 13, 1995) was an American singer from Midland, Michigan, [1] popular on the New York City cabaret circuit in the 1980s and breaking out into radio and the national and international scene in the 1990s.
When New York cabarets featured jazz, they tended to focus on famous vocalists like Nina Simone, Bette Midler, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, and Hildegarde rather than instrumental musicians. Julius Monk's annual revues established the standard for New York cabaret during the late 1950s and '60s.
The Mabel Mercer Foundation awarded him with a 'Mabel Award' in 2006. He received a MAC Lifetime Achievement award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs in 2015; [14] and in 2016 Ross was inducted into the Cabaret Hall of Fame. [15] Steve Ross with Mabel Mercer, New York, 1982
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Rappers from New York City (5 C, 85 P) Pages in category "Singers from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 809 total.
Less than a decade after the spectacular commercial failure of his self-titled debut album, Jobriath, who had reinvented himself as New York cabaret pianist Cole Berlin and had disavowed his ...
Mabel Mercer (3 February 1900 – 20 April 1984) [1] was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret. She was a featured performer at Chez Bricktop in Paris , owned by the hostess Bricktop , and performed in such clubs as Le Ruban Bleu, Tony's, the RSVP, the Carlyle ...