Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Many of her songs are of slow and medium tempo and/or ballads expressive of fragility. Occasionally

Many of her songs are of slow and medium tempo and/or ballads expressive of fragility. Occasionally her soft vocals are accompanied by herself on the piano.In her early stages of her singing career, she was known to have travelled extensively nation-wide to perform live at local record stores in front of small crowds.She has provided lyrics to the well-known Japanese singing-duo Chemistry for their song "Tsukiyo".

A Japanese singer, musician and actress.After gaining attention as an actress and as guest singer fo

A Japanese singer, musician and actress.After gaining attention as an actress and as guest singer for the Halmens, she began her professional music career in the early 1980s as a idol singer.In a 2001 interview, influential alternative musician and producer Jim O'Rourke (known for his work with Sonic Youth, amongst others) picked a Togawa Jun cover song album 20th Jun Togawa as one of his "best albums of the year." Having at times covered his music there is a good degree of mutual respect between them.

Was a Japanese author, dadaist,poet, essayist, musician and bohemian. He translated Max Stirner's Th

Was a Japanese author, dadaist,poet, essayist, musician and bohemian. He translated Max Stirner's The Ego and its Own into Japanese.

Is a Grammy Award-winning American coloratura soprano. Originally known for bel canto performances o

Is a Grammy Award-winning American coloratura soprano. Originally known for bel canto performances of Rossini, Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini, she was the first non-Italian ever to win the prestigious Bellini d'Oro prize.[1] Subsequently, she has extende

Was an internationally acclaimed soprano opera singer.She trained in London and gained early exposur

Was an internationally acclaimed soprano opera singer.She trained in London and gained early exposure with the Sadler's Wells company in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Her roles in Offenbach's operas, with the Sadler's Wells company, included "Eurydice" in Orpheus in the Underworld and "Gabrielle" in La Vie Parisienne. In 1964 June appeared as Elizabeth in the musical 'Robert And Elizabeth' at the London Lyric Theatre alongside Keith Michell as Robert Browning, a show she later took to Australia.She also appeared in England in tours of two Ivor Novello Musicals, 'Glamorous Night' & 'The Dancing Years', the latter playing a season at the Saville Theatre in London. She also appeared as the Mother Abbess in the 1981 London revival of 'The Sound Of Music' at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.

A reggae singer.Toward the end of high school, a relationship with Errol O'Meally led her further al

A reggae singer.Toward the end of high school, a relationship with Errol O'Meally led her further along her music path. He was a budding songwriter, and used her voice to present some of his material to Joe Gibbs' Recording Studio.[1] Both the songs and the singer were well received, and J.C. was asked to cover Charley Pride's "Someone Loves You, Honey" in 1980.[2] The reggae version of the country and western tune topped the Jamaican charts,[2] and earned the singer gold and platinum discs in the Netherlands. While the record was a big hit, it bankrupted Gibbs as he had failed to pay royalties to the songwriter.[2] An album of the same name, featuring the deejay talents of Prince Mohamed was released in 1982.

Was an American popular singer.Born in Chicago, Illinois, in the late 1930s, she joined the band of

Was an American popular singer.Born in Chicago, Illinois, in the late 1930s, she joined the band of her older half-sister, Ina Ray Hutton, singing under the name of Elaine Merritt. In 1941 she joined Charlie Spivak's band as a member of a vocal group, The

Is a floral designer. He exhibits regularly both in Japan and internationally. Since 2006, he has ma

Is a floral designer. He exhibits regularly both in Japan and internationally. Since 2006, he has mainly worked on stage decorations.He learned floral artistry from Muneyoshi Tsuchiya, then moved to Tokyo, where he entered the Yoyogi Seminer Formative Art

A Japanese video game music composer. He is best known for his music to the Pokémon series of games

A Japanese video game music composer. He is best known for his music to the Pokémon series of games. He was also the main composer for the soundtrack of Pulseman, another Game Freak title for the Sega Mega Drive. His music for the games is also used in the Pokémon television series, where it is arranged by Shinji Miyazaki.

Is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, piano pla

Is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the Scottish band, Marmalade.As a youngster, Campbell had a distinct unique style of guitar playing, whereby he played left-handed, wi

Is a singer-songwriter who was one of the first British R'n'B artists to be successful in the United

Is a singer-songwriter who was one of the first British R'n'B artists to be successful in the United States.He also became involved with the formation of Red Wedge in 1986 with Billy Bragg, Jimmy Somerville, and Paul Weller, and had been a part of The Cou

Is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is best known for the classic single "Police and Thieves", produced

Is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is best known for the classic single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976.

Was a blues vocalist and harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Wat

Was a blues vocalist and harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lonnie Brooks, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Arkansas. Wells moved to Chicago in 1948 and first made his mark at age 18, briefly replacing Little Walter in Muddy Waters' band. His first recordings were made in the early 1950s for States Records; in the later '50s and early '60s he also recorded singles for other local Chicago labels. He worked with Buddy Guy in the 1960s and recorded his first album for Delmark Records. His most memorable songs are "Messin' With The Kid" and "Little by Little," which were written and composed by Chicago blues producer Mel London.

Is a Japanese kayokyoku singer. She also sing jazz, chanson, canzone and min'yo. She made her debut

Is a Japanese kayokyoku singer. She also sing jazz, chanson, canzone and min'yo. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen. Her song "Ai no Mama de" (lit. "As Love Without Change") reached number-one on the Japan's oricon cha

Is a contemporary Japanese-American artist residing in the United States. Her works represent an unu

Is a contemporary Japanese-American artist residing in the United States. Her works represent an unusually wide variety of techniques and styles, ranging from close, very detailed and painstaking work with pencil, pen, and collage, to more gestural works done with acrylic.Her evolving artistic output reveals the influence of Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Joseph Cornell, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Mathis Grünewald, the Italian Futurists, and the master calligraphers of Japan. She has an appreciation of a number of the world’s great religions, including Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity, and Judaism, an awareness complemented by curiosity about technology, biology, and the natural environment.[1]

A seiyu who has also released several CD albums as a J-pop singer. Her most notable role is in Cardc

A seiyu who has also released several CD albums as a J-pop singer. Her most notable role is in Cardcaptor Sakura providing the voice to Sakura's best friend, Tomoyo.

A silversmith and a modernist metalwork sculptor. She was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1974. She gradu

A silversmith and a modernist metalwork sculptor. She was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1974. She graduated in from Musashino Art University in Tokyo in 1997 with her first BA in three-dimensional design. She then worked as a welder in a factory for one year. From 1998 to 2000, she studied silversmithing and metalwork at Camberwell College of Arts in London, where she earned her second BA. She then spent two years as artist-in-residence at Liverpool Hope University.

Is a beauty queen from Magnolia, Delaware who was Miss Delaware 2000.She is the first Miss Delaware

Is a beauty queen from Magnolia, Delaware who was Miss Delaware 2000.She is the first Miss Delaware of Asian decent (Junnie is half Korean and half Irish and French.) She moved to Magnolia, Delaware in 1982 and began competing in pageants when she was 18

A Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1995. He is p

A Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1995. He is perhaps best known for scoring Threads of Fate and co-composing Final Fantasy X. He has also worked as an arranger for Dawn of Mana and the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV. Nakano has collaborated with his friend and fellow composer Masashi Hamauzu on several games.

Was a Lithuanian sculptor and artist, who created the design for pre-war Lithuanian litas coins. He

Was a Lithuanian sculptor and artist, who created the design for pre-war Lithuanian litas coins. He is considered to be one of the first professional Lithuanian sculptors. He was born November 18, 1881 in the village of Paliukai near Panevežys in Lithuani

A Russian born concert pianist and pedagogue.Jura Margulis' orchestral appearances include performan

A Russian born concert pianist and pedagogue.Jura Margulis' orchestral appearances include performances with the Russian National Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Südwestrundfunk Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Venezuela, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He has played in numerous festivals, including the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Berliner Festwochen at Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Austria, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland

Is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. Born into a family of musicians in Telšiai, Jurga graduated

Is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. Born into a family of musicians in Telšiai, Jurga graduated high school and piano classes in Palanga. She acquired a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in public relations from Vilnius University.

Was a classical pianist, composer, philosopher, mathematician and boheme.Jurij Moskvitin grew up in

Was a classical pianist, composer, philosopher, mathematician and boheme.Jurij Moskvitin grew up in Denmark; his mother a Russian aristocrat and his father was a Danish civil engineer. After World War II he studied at the The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.He then obtained a master's degree in Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.

Was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was

Was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was also a classically trained pianist and violinist. Originally Pohjola rose to fame as the bass player of the Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam, but he soon departed on a solo career, initially releasing Frank Zappa -influenced progressive rock albums. As his career progressed Pohjola developed a more novel musical style that could best be described as fusion jazz. In addition to Wigwam and his solo albums, Pohjola also played with Made in Sweden, The Group and the bands of Jukka Tolonen and Mike Oldfield.

Was a French goldsmith, sculptor, painter, architect, and furniture designer. Rarely does he leave a

Was a French goldsmith, sculptor, painter, architect, and furniture designer. Rarely does he leave a foot or two of undecorated space; Meissonier carried the style of his day to its extreme and thus achieved great popularity. Like the English brothers Adam at a later day he not only as architect built houses, but as painter and decorator covered their internal walls; he designed the furniture and the candlesticks, the silver and the decanters for the table; he was as ready to produce a snuff-box as a watch case or a sword hilt.