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Evelyn Mary Dove (11 January 1902 – 7 March 1987) was a British singer and actress, who early in her career drew comparisons with Josephine Baker. [1] [2] Of Sierra Leone Creole and English parentage, Dove is recognized as a "trailblazing performer": in 1939, she made history as the first black singer to feature on BBC Radio, [3] building a solid reputation not only through her work in ...
Pages in category "British singers" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al James (bassist) C.
Des'ree was born in Croydon, South East London, [7] on 30 November 1968. [8] [9] Her mother is from British Guiana (now Guyana), and her father is from Barbados.She was introduced to reggae, calypso, and jazz music by her parents. [6]
He rapidly became popular as a singer and entertainer, touring around the country, and always performed in top hat and tails, with a combination of "charm and cheekiness". [ 4 ] Sutton was a prolific recording artist during the late 1920s and 1930s, and many of his records are of a suggestively humorous nature. [ 4 ]
Maria Gilhooley (née Knight), who records under the name Marry Waterson, is a singer, songwriter and visual artist.A member of the Waterson-Knight-Carthy family musical dynasty, Waterson is described as having "thrived on communal music making while developing highly original and distinctly English performance styles of [her] own."
Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1969), [1] known professionally as Vitamin C, [2] is an American record executive, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She began her career as an Ivory soap baby and child actress, appearing in John Waters' film Hairspray (1988), and continued to appear in minor roles in films before launching a music career with the alternative rock band ...
Elizabeth 'Elsie' Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was an English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, nicknamed "Radio Sweetheart Number One"; according to AllMusic, she was "beyond a doubt the most popular radio performer in England in the '30s."
Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) [1] was a British singer in the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. She was once called "the Marilyn Monroe of popular song". She was once called "the Marilyn Monroe of popular song".