Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter C

An Australian actress and popular singer. She is perhaps best known to international audiences for h

An Australian actress and popular singer. She is perhaps best known to international audiences for her role in the television series Prisoner as Sheila Brady.Born in the gold mining town of Bendigo,Victoria, Colleen began her career at the age of 12 when she sang with The Esquires of Bendigo YMCA. During the 60s she toured Australia with a number of groups including the Laurie Allen Revue. Colleen began her recording career in the early 70s with the release of her debut single "Superstar" and album "Colleen Hewett." Cast in the musical Godspell at the original Playbox Theatre in Melbourne, she received a Gold Record for "Day by Day" (1972), her song from the show. These successes led to her being crowned Queen of Pop two years running. She later achieved two further Gold Records for "Dreaming My Dreams With You" (1980) and her acclaimed version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" (1983).

Is an American ice dancer. With partner James Millns, she is the 1974-1976 U.S. national champion, t

Is an American ice dancer. With partner James Millns, she is the 1974-1976 U.S. national champion, the 1975 World silver medalist, the 1976 World bronze medalist, and the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist. As an ice dancer, she competed with Calvin Taylor. The

Is a composer of electronic and ambient music based in France. Cécile Schott began making music und

Is a composer of electronic and ambient music based in France. Cécile Schott began making music under the name 'Colleen' in 2001, after a friend gave her a CD-R with the ACID Pro music production software contained within. Samples were a common part of her early work and in summer 2003 the debut album Everyone Alive Wants Answers was released. It was notable for its heavy use of looped samples, which were taken from records in her collection and heavily modified

Was a Canadian country and folk singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the b

Was a Canadian country and folk singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Quartette.She began performing in coffeehouses in 1966, and soon attracted the attention of other notable folk musicians such as Bruce Cockburn and Dav

A former member of the Contemporary Christian group Carried Away.Colleen is a former member of the b

A former member of the Contemporary Christian group Carried Away.Colleen is a former member of the band Carried Away. On June 20, 2008, Colleen announced that she will be stepping out of the band to pursue other dreams in life, but will still support her

A Chilean musician. She was part of the Chilean grunge/alternative rock scene in the nineties. Her b

A Chilean musician. She was part of the Chilean grunge/alternative rock scene in the nineties. Her band, Ex, were well known in Latin America when their first album came out with singles like 'Sacar la Basura', 'La Corbata de mi Tío' and 'Vendo Diario' in 1996.

Was a Portuguese painter.He became the leading painter of his generation and the master of realism i

Was a Portuguese painter.He became the leading painter of his generation and the master of realism in Portuguese painting, specializing in portraiture. He was disciple of his father, the painter Miguel Ângelo Lupi and the sculptor Simões de Almeida.

Was a Cuban musician and songwriter.Born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz in the town of Siboney, i

Was a Cuban musician and songwriter.Born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz in the town of Siboney, in the East of Cuba, he moved to the city of Santiago de Cuba at age 9. In his early years he played the guitar, the clarinet, the bongos, and the congas. He became a songwriter and performer, well-known to fans of Cuban music as the second voice and tres player for Los Compadres, a group he formed in 1948 with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo.

A Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego is currently nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Alb

A Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego is currently nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.Buika's family is originally from Equatorial Guinea and she grew up in Spain among gypsy people and foreigners as the only person of African descent.[1] Her music mixes flamenco with soul, jazz and funk.During the 1990s she took part in different productions, such as Ombra by La Fura dels Baus and the soundtrack for the Spanish movie km.O. At the same time she composed several songs such as "Ritmo para vocé", "Up to the Sky" and "Loving You".

A Spanish singer.

A Spanish singer.

Was a successful Spanish mezzo-soprano singer.Supervía was born in Barcelona to an old Andalusian f

Was a successful Spanish mezzo-soprano singer.Supervía was born in Barcelona to an old Andalusian family and given the baptismal name of María de la Concepción Supervía Pascual. She was educated at the local convent but at the age of twelve entered the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona to study singing. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the young age of 15 at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina in Stiattesi's Bianca de Beulieu.[citation needed] Then she sang in Tomás Bretón's Los amantes de Teruel and as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana.

Was a country music singer. Eaton was a native of Nashville, Tennessee and began her recording caree

Was a country music singer. Eaton was a native of Nashville, Tennessee and began her recording career as a teenager in the late 1960's, recording for Chart Records. Chart was the label that established Lynn Anderson as a major country singer and Eaton was

Fisher was delighted to be named Maria: "I feel on top of the world, thanks very much. I won't let y

Fisher was delighted to be named Maria: "I feel on top of the world, thanks very much. I won't let you down. Every night will be an opening night. Thanks for making my dreams come true."[2] On 15 November 2006, she opened to excellent reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in the West End, London on a six-month contract, which was extended until February 23 2008.[3] She is currently appearing as Sonia in They're Playing Our Song at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.

Is an American pop singer best known for international hit songs such as "Who's Sorry Now?", "Where

Is an American pop singer best known for international hit songs such as "Who's Sorry Now?", "Where The Boys Are", and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool". She is known to have one of the most distinctive voices in the history of pop music.[citation needed]

Is an American Country Music Singer, who had brief success as a Country Music artist in the late 195

Is an American Country Music Singer, who had brief success as a Country Music artist in the late 1950s and 1960s. She is also a songwriter.

A Canadian contemporary folk singer/songwriter. She graduated from Campbell Collegiate in Regina in

A Canadian contemporary folk singer/songwriter. She graduated from Campbell Collegiate in Regina in 1972 and the University of Alberta in 1976 with a degree in theatre. She performed with various theatre groups until 1979, when she gave it up to start a full-time music career. In 1981, she founded her own independent record label, Coyote Entertainment, and has released nine albums. She has won the Juno Award for best children's album three times, in 1989, 2004, and 2005, though most of her music is for adults. She co-wrote the theme song for the animated television series based on the comic strip For Better or For Worse, which debuted in 2000. She is married to music producer and Hart-Rouge member Paul Campagne, and lives in Montreal.

Is an American country music singer. She is best known for her 1964 hit song "Once a Day", which spe

Is an American country music singer. She is best known for her 1964 hit song "Once a Day", which spent 8 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Country music charts, the longest of any female country music artist in history. This was Smith's only single to reach t

An English child singer from Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. She rose to f

An English child singer from Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached the final of the television talent show Britain's Got Talent, where she lost to Paul Potts. Although it had originally seemed as though Talbot would sign with Sony BMG, the label pulled out of the deal due to her age.Shortly afterwards, she signed with Rainbow Recording Company, and began production of her debut album, Over the Rainbow, which was released on 26 November 2007 in the UK. The album was rereleased 18 June 2008 with a new track listing, and the first single from the album, "Three Little Birds", was released 10 June 2008. The album is also due to feature on a video game about Talbot currently in production.

S an American songwriter, singer, poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played i

S an American songwriter, singer, poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Commander Venus and Park Ave.

Is an abbreviation for "The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah". one of emperor Haile Selassie's

Is an abbreviation for "The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah". one of emperor Haile Selassie's many titles.In the early 1980s, West formed the group Double Trouble with the now deceased Michael Menson, Karl Brown (more commonly known as the UK garage DJ Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown) and Leigh Guest; and released the single "Just Keep Rockin" on the Desire record label in 1989 as Double Trouble and Rebel MC. The single was a UK Top 20 hit, and the follow-up "Street Tuff" (1989) was his biggest success, reaching #3 in the UK Singles Chart.

Was an English born artist active in Australia from 1835.In 1832 he joined the ship Hyacinth as a to

Was an English born artist active in Australia from 1835.In 1832 he joined the ship Hyacinth as a topographic artist. In Montevideo near the end of 1833 he met Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, who engaged him as a draughtsman to replace the ship's artist Augustus Earle who had fallen ill. In this way he joined the Voyage of the Beagle and soon struck up a life-long friendship with Charles Darwin who was taking part in the expedition as a gentleman companion to the captain and self-financing naturalist. They sailed south to Patagonia, reaching Port Desire on 23 December 1833. Here Martens shot a rhea which they enjoyed eating before Darwin realised that this was the rare smaller species he had been told of by the gauchos,

Was a Gothic painter and the main master of the Westphalian school, the so-called soft style of Inte

Was a Gothic painter and the main master of the Westphalian school, the so-called soft style of International Gothic. He played an important role in the introduction of the International Courtly Style to Northern Germany around 1440, and influenced German painting into the 15th century. He was a successful artist, no doubt running a workshop, and married into the patrician elite of Dortmund.His main surviving works are influenced by French illuminated manuscripts and Early Netherlandish painting from Burgundy:

Was an American hard bop pianist. An underappreciated jazz artist during his time, Clark's work has

Was an American hard bop pianist. An underappreciated jazz artist during his time, Clark's work has become much more widely known after his death. Strongly influenced by Bud Powell, Clark is known for his unique touch, sense of melody and complex, hard-sw

Was an English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer.He was born in Ledbury, Herefordsh

Was an English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer.He was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, and discovered surrealism in 1935, spending the rest of his life exploring its potential through his paintings, collages, photographs, objects and texts. Inspired by artists such as Max Ernst, Oscar Domínguez and Salvador Dalí, he rejected academic painting in favour of techniques that expressed the surrealistic spirit of rebellion. Maddox officially joined the British Surrealist Group in 1938.

Was an American female vocalist born in Kansas City, Missouri but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Was an American female vocalist born in Kansas City, Missouri but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With her sisters, Martha and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, she performed in the 1930s as The Boswell Sisters and became a highly influential singing group during