Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter C

An Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She came to prominence in 2005 with the release of

An Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She came to prominence in 2005 with the release of her second album What Was Left, which received excellent critical reviews, high rotation airplay on radio station Triple J and moderate commercial success. She won the Best Female Artist award at the 2006 ARIAs.

Is an American retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Charles Fishpaw, she has competed three

Is an American retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Charles Fishpaw, she has competed three times on the senior level at the United States Figure Skating Championships and won the gold medal at the 2008 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championshi

Is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist.His parents were of German, French, Irish-Sc

Is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist.His parents were of German, French, Irish-Scot, and English backgrounds. In grade school he started his general music study with violin and tuba as his first instruments. At the age of 7 he began to

An English singer / songwriter and pianist. Original from Moseley, Birmingham, she is currently livi

An English singer / songwriter and pianist. Original from Moseley, Birmingham, she is currently living in Nashville, TN.

Is an American musician, best known as the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.In addit

Is an American musician, best known as the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.In addition to his E Street Band work, Clemons has recorded with many other artists and has had a number of musical projects on his own. The best known of these are his 1985 vocal duet with Jackson Browne on the hit single "You're a Friend of Mine", and his saxophone work on Aretha Franklin's 1985 hit single "Freeway of Love"

Is a former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of t

Is a former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic. He left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 to pursue a solo career. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

Better known as Hank Snow, was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter.Snow was born in B

Better known as Hank Snow, was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter.Snow was born in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada. When he was 14, he ordered his first guitar from Eaton's catalogue for $5.95, and played his first show in a church basement in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia at the age of 16. He then travelled to the nearest big city, Halifax, where he sang in local clubs and bars. A successful appearance on a local radio station led to his being given a chance to audition for RCA Victor in Montreal, Quebec. In 1936, he signed with RCA Victor, staying with them for more than 45 years.

Was an American artist.Carter studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1923 to 1927. Following gr

Was an American artist.Carter studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1923 to 1927. Following graduation, he studied with Hans Hofmann in Capri, Italy, for the summer of 1927. Throughout the 1930s and 40s he was known for his paintings of rural America and the burden brought on by the Great Depression. By the end of World War II he had adopted a more surrealist approach to painting.Carter's work is found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; the James A. Michener Art Museum; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; and many others.

Was a Sri Lankan musician who pioneered the use of electric guitar in Sinhala music. He is said to h

Was a Sri Lankan musician who pioneered the use of electric guitar in Sinhala music. He is said to have revolutionized Sri Lankan music in the 1960s and is often named as the father of Sri Lankan pop music - having influenced performers in ranging from W D Amaradewa, Premasiri Kemadasa to Athula Adhikari. His music is often characterized by simple melodies built around a melody that features the electric guitar - this style may be best illustrated by the song Malata Bambaraku Se (Translated: Like a Bee To a Flower).

Was a music hall and variety theatre singer and performer.Early in her career, Mayne often played th

Was a music hall and variety theatre singer and performer.Early in her career, Mayne often played the "principal girl" in pantomimes for Francis Laidler, among others.[1] She also became a noted music hall performer. Later, she played the "principal boy" roles.[2]Mayne sang in the variety theatre act called "Clarice Mayne and That". Mayne was "This", and Tate, accompanying on the piano, was "That" ("This sings, That Plays!"). They first appeared together at “The Oxford” in 1906 and introduced a number of popular numbers including “I was a Good little girl, ‘till I met You” (1912), and “Put on Your Ta-Ta little Girlie”, both written by Tate. They married in 1912 after the death of Tate's first wife, Lottie Collins. Tate died in 1922, and Mayne married Teddy Knox of Nervo and Knox in 1934.

The Southern Singer" was an American vaudeville personality from the late 1800s to about 1917.Recent

The Southern Singer" was an American vaudeville personality from the late 1800s to about 1917.Recent discoveries in the NY Time archive tell us that Clarice Vance later married to Phelps Decker, a screen scenario writer in the NY offices of Universal Pict

Is a English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He first came to fame in 1987 as the

Is a English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He first came to fame in 1987 as the lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in the band Johnny Hates Jazz.

Was an American sculptor, best known for three equestrian statues of Andrew Jackson, in Washington D

Was an American sculptor, best known for three equestrian statues of Andrew Jackson, in Washington D.C., Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1865 Mills made a life-cast of Abraham Lincoln's head. It is generally felt to be inferior in tec

An American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted ste

An American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes.

A Canadian singer-songwriter.Dubois was an early star of the francophone musical Starmania. He was a

A Canadian singer-songwriter.Dubois was an early star of the francophone musical Starmania. He was a vocalist in the Canadian famine relief song "Tears Are Not Enough" and was nominated Most Promising Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1985.More recently

Was a French painter. He was a decorative artist, and made a number of tapestries for the Gobelins.

Was a French painter. He was a decorative artist, and made a number of tapestries for the Gobelins. Audran's style included arabesques, grotesques and singeries. He died in 1734. [1]

Is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.He was born in Cannes, s

Is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. Bolling's books on jazz technique show that he did not delve far beyond bebop into much avant garde jazz. He was a major part of the traditional jazz revival in the late 1960's, and he became friends with Oscar Peterson.

Is a French choreographer and dancer in contemporary dance. In 1984 he founded his own company, the

Is a French choreographer and dancer in contemporary dance. In 1984 he founded his own company, the Compagnie Claude Brumachon. Since 1992, he has been co-directing the Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes (National Choreographic Centre of Nantes), with Benjamin Lamarche.

Was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often pl

Was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played with the concepts of gender and sexuality.She began making photographic self-portraits as early as 1912, when she was just eighteen years old, and she

Was a famous French Baroque painter of the 17th century, from the city of Nancy.Deruet was an appren

Was a famous French Baroque painter of the 17th century, from the city of Nancy.Deruet was an apprentice to Jacques Bellange, the official court painter to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. He was in Rome between ca. 1612 and 1619, where - according to André Félibien - he studied with the painter and etcher Antonio Tempesta.

Was a French poet. Author of a major poetic work of this last half-century, Claude Esteban wrote num

Was a French poet. Author of a major poetic work of this last half-century, Claude Esteban wrote numerous essays on art and poetry and was the French translator, inter alia, of Jorge Guillén, Octavio Paz, Borges, García Lorca, or Quevedo.

Was a French pop singer and songwriter. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way

Was a French pop singer and songwriter. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."Claude François' mother was very musical and had her son take piano and violin lessons. On his own, the boy learned to play the drums. As a result of the 1956 Suez Crisis, the family returned to live in Monaco, where they struggled financially after Claude's father fell ill and could not work. A young Claude found a job as a bank clerk and at night earned extra money playing drums with an orchestra at the luxury hotels along the French Riviera.

A German-born, American Jewish pianist whose career has included appearances with highly reputed orc

A German-born, American Jewish pianist whose career has included appearances with highly reputed orchestras, at major festivals, and in major recital halls around the world. Born December 24, 1925 in Nuremberg, Germany, Frank studied at the Paris Conservatoire; worked with Artur Schnabel in New York, for whom he first played in Europe;[1] and studied composition and conducting at Columbia University. At Tanglewood he studied with Serge Koussevitzky.[2] He has performed worldwide as a soloist with distinguished orchestras, touring the Orient, Australia, Europe, Israel and South America, and in chamber music concerts. A milestone in his career was RCA's release of his recordings of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas and his worldwide performances of the cycle.[3]

A Quebec singer-songwriter and actor.Gauthier grew up in a family that enjoyed and performed music.

A Quebec singer-songwriter and actor.Gauthier grew up in a family that enjoyed and performed music. His father sang Sundays in the Catholic Mass and his mother played piano. Listening to the classic French singers of the time on radio, such as Edith Piaf

Was a French pianist noted particularly for his advocacy of 20th-century music.He was born in Paris,

Was a French pianist noted particularly for his advocacy of 20th-century music.He was born in Paris, and began piano lessons at the age of five and from the age of ten until the outbreak of World War II he studied with Robert Casadesus. During the War he entered the élite École polytechnique and fought for the Resistance (in the Maquis du Vercors). After the War he studied theory and composition with René Leibowitz. He made his début in Paris in 1948 and from 1954 appeared regularly in the concerts of the Domaine musical.