Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter B

An American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the debut season of NBC's America's Got

An American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the debut season of NBC's America's Got Talent at age eleven.[1],Ryan's eponymous first CD was recorded just after her 12th birthday and released on November 14, 2006; Bianca Ryan broke into the Billboard 200 at #57.[2] One month later, the EP Christmas Everyday! was released as a promotional giveaway. She has since performed in such countries as Austria and Switzerland;[3] her first concert tour took her across the United States as the "special guest" artist for Live Nation's Nextfest.[4]

A famous Indian tabla player.[1]Bickram is son of tabla mastreo Pandit Shankar Ghosh and Sanjukta Gh

A famous Indian tabla player.[1]Bickram is son of tabla mastreo Pandit Shankar Ghosh and Sanjukta Ghosh. He studied at La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata and did his graduation in English from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University.

A Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, poet, cartoonist, and actress.Bif Naked was bo

A Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, poet, cartoonist, and actress.Bif Naked was born in New Delhi, India to teenage parents attending private school[1]. She was subsequently adopted by American missionaries.[2] She spent part of her chil

Is an English vocalist for the heavy metal band Saxon. Byford formed Son of a Bitch with guitarists

Is an English vocalist for the heavy metal band Saxon. Byford formed Son of a Bitch with guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill in 1976. Prior to this, Byford had been the vocalist with Blue Condition from about 1970.

Was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when h

Was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played Country blues to mostly black audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound pop

Is the Big Chief of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Golden Eagles. He is widely known for his long

Is the Big Chief of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Golden Eagles. He is widely known for his long time collaboration with Big Chief Bo Dollis in The Wild Magnolias.

Was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s.[1]She was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in

Was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s.[1]She was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, for her hit single "Candy".[2]Her debut solo recordings, as Mabel Smith, came for King Records in 1947, backed by Oran "Hot Lips" Page, but she had

Is an Irish country music singer, guitarist, and saxophone player. Established since 1966 he is curr

Is an Irish country music singer, guitarist, and saxophone player. Established since 1966 he is currently front man of the Irish showband Big Tom and The Mainliners.

Is an Iranian Kurdish musician.He is a member of Kamkarha and is the lead singer for the group. He a

Is an Iranian Kurdish musician.He is a member of Kamkarha and is the lead singer for the group. He also plays tar, robab, tombak and daf—the Kurdish drum which he has introduced to the classical Iranian repertoire. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Tehran.

Is a popular Iranian violinist, singer and songwriter. Although his albums are banned in Iran his in

Is a popular Iranian violinist, singer and songwriter. Although his albums are banned in Iran his instrumental pieces aired many times in Iran TV.After release of the album "Bijan Mortazavi 3" most of Iranian considered Bijan as a talented violinist and singer. His next album "Fire on Ice (instrumental) which was a combination of Persian violin style and New Age instrumental music brought him fame but he never composed a separate instrumental album again, so the success didn`t repeat.

An American actress, fashion model, and singer. Some of her larger film roles include Bully, Havoc,

An American actress, fashion model, and singer. Some of her larger film roles include Bully, Havoc, Hostel: Part II, and Tart.Phillips was born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas an

Was an Indian painter from Kolkata in West Bengal. Through his paintings, he depicts the life of the

Was an Indian painter from Kolkata in West Bengal. Through his paintings, he depicts the life of the average middle-class Bengali - their aspirations, superstitions, hypocrisy and corruption, and even the violence that is endemic to Kolkata. He worked on all mediums - oil, acrylic, water-colour, conte and collage. His ability to penetrate and portray the inner psychological undercurrents makes him one of India's most powerful contemporary artist.

Is an American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Cir

Is an American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication.

Also known by the stage name of just Bilal, is an American "neo soul" and jazz singer, who is also a

Also known by the stage name of just Bilal, is an American "neo soul" and jazz singer, who is also a member of the loose collective, the Soulquarians.In 2001, he released his debut album 1st Born Second, which featured contributions from the Soulquarians

Is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.Amend made a television appearance

Is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.Amend made a television appearance on The Screen Savers, which aired October 20, 2003 on the former TechTV. Amend is also an avid World of Warcraft player, but refuses to reveal his charact

Is an English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.Caddick's songs, such as "Unicorns" and "She Move

Is an English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.Caddick's songs, such as "Unicorns" and "She Moves Among Men", have been recorded by numerous other musicians on the folk scene, including June Tabor and Christy Moore.

Also referred to as Billy Chinnock, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised

Also referred to as Billy Chinnock, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, he was a prominent member of the Jersey Shore music scene during the late 1960’s, leading bands that included future members of the

Is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art.Fontana attended New School for

Is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art.Fontana attended New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. He traveled to Australia, and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing. Fontana began making sound sculptures in 1976. In a career spanning 30 years, Fontana’s sound sculptures use the urban environment as a living source of musical information, all with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the mind of the listener. He has made works all over the world and has presented his sound sculptures extensively, including at the Venice Biennale (1999), the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (1995), The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1991) and Tate Modern, London (2006), and Madison Square Park, New York (2007). Some of his more famous works include Distant Trains, Satellite Ear Bridge Cologne-San Francisco, Journey Through My Sound Sculptures, The Sound of an Unblown Flute, and Panoramic Echoes.

Was an American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death.Graham was born

Was an American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death.Graham was born Wolfgang Grajonca in Berlin, the youngest son of a lower-middle-class Jewish family that had emigrated from Russia prior to the rise of Nazism.[1][2] Graham's father died two days after Graham's birth.[3] Graham's mother placed Graham and his younger sister in an orphanage in Berlin, as it became increasingly difficult for Jews to survive in Nazi Germany. This turned out to be fortunate, as the orphanage sent them to France in a pre–Holocaust exchange of Jewish children for Christian orphans.

Is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his comic strip Zippy the Pinhead.Griffith began his

Is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his comic strip Zippy the Pinhead.Griffith began his comics career in New York City in 1969. He was a prominent cartoonist in the underground comics movement based out of San Francisco in the late 1960s, and

Was one of the first American rock and roll musicians, and is credited by many with first popularizi

Was one of the first American rock and roll musicians, and is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the mid-1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song Rock Around the Clock.

An Australian contemporary art photographer.Henson's art has been exhibited in many locations, inclu

An Australian contemporary art photographer.Henson's art has been exhibited in many locations, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. His current practice involves holding one exhibition in Australia every two years, and up to three overseas exhibitions each year.Henson's photographs reflect an interest in ambiguity and transition. The use of chiaroscuro is common throughout his works. His photographs are painterly and often presented as diptychs, triptychs and other groupings.

Is an English bassist and vocalist. He was a member of the bands Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera, brot

Is an English bassist and vocalist. He was a member of the bands Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera, brother Ian MacCormick (also known as Ian MacDonald) and others; Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt and others; 801 with Manzanera, Brian Eno and others; and Rand

Was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famou

Was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe. These cartoons were broadly publis

Is a prolific guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician from Wakefield, West Yorkshir

Is a prolific guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. He currently lives in Selby.Nelson's debut solo album was named Northern Dream and drew more attention from John Peel on his national BBC Radio 1 programme in the United Kingdom, and this eventually led to Nelson's band Be Bop Deluxe signing to EMI