Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is an Indonesian dangdut singer. During the height of his stardom in the 1970s, he became the self-p

Is an Indonesian dangdut singer. During the height of his stardom in the 1970s, he became the self-proclaimed Raja Dangdut (King of Dangdut) with the group Soneta. He was known as his stage name Oma Irama before he made a pilgrimage to Mecca and became a haji. He later took the name Rhoma Irama, which is an abbreviation of "Raden Haji Oma Irama" (Raden is an aristocracy title for Javanese and Sundanese cultures, but it is still unknown whether Rhoma Irama is a member of aristocrat class of Sundanese, which is known as his ethnic background).

An Australian entertainer.Burchmore gave her first major Australian breakthrough performance in the

An Australian entertainer.Burchmore gave her first major Australian breakthrough performance in the 1988 production of Sugar Babies, opposite Garry McDonald and Broadway theatre performer Eddie Bracken. Later that year, she reprised her role opposite Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in London’s West End theatre production. Whilst in the U.K she also starred in the revival of Stop The World - I Want To Get Off.After a string of further stage performances, playwright David Atkins wrote a role especially for Burchmore in his tap dancing musical, Hot Shoe Shuffle. Then in 1997, she gave the Crown Casino in Melbourne its opening performance with her very own cabaret spectacular, Red Hot & Rhonda, playing to an audience of over 60,000. The year proved to be big for Burchmore, she also secured a role on Broadway in the Irving Berlin classic,

Is a bluegrass singer, mandolin player, guitarist and fiddle player.Her musical career started as a

Is a bluegrass singer, mandolin player, guitarist and fiddle player.Her musical career started as a child in her family's band, The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned almost four decades. She achieved success in the bluegrass genre in the 1970s and '80s

Is an Australian pop singer, dancer and make-up artist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Rhys was a fina

Is an Australian pop singer, dancer and make-up artist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Rhys was a finalist on Network 10's inaugural season of So You Think You Can Dance (Australia) and on the 27 of April 2008 he came runner up in the season finale.

An Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) entertainer. She was a model and a member of the girl group Luv' in 1980

An Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) entertainer. She was a model and a member of the girl group Luv' in 1980 and 1981. She was officially introduced to the public with the release of the album Forever Yours (a LP which reached the gold status in the Netherlands) a

Is an American musician. He is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars. He has been a producer

Is an American musician. He is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars. He has been a producer for several other groups including Weezer, Bad Brains, No Doubt, Guided by Voices, and Suicide.

Was a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-song writer, actor, teacher, journalist and histori

Was a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-song writer, actor, teacher, journalist and historian who became popular in the Philippines.Ric was then sent back to the Philippines to attend high school at the Ateneo de Manila. While there he became fast friends with Jim Paredes who later formed The Apo Hiking Society. After a year at Ateneo, Ric returned to Guam. He then formed a band that included his brother called the Salvation Army, singing and playing all over the island every weekend till he finished out his high school.

The creator of "Turey el Taino", Puerto Rico's most successful locally produced comic book-magazine.

The creator of "Turey el Taino", Puerto Rico's most successful locally produced comic book-magazine.On October 26, 1989, "Turey el Taino", published by Editorial Manos, made its debut in the news and magazine stands in stores all over Puerto Rico. "Turey el Taino" is what is know as a "comic magazine". Instead of the regular comic format, this comic comes in the form of a magazine. It is printed in black and white.[1] Turey is a lovable chubby Taino who has two sons and a wife who is very dominating. Turey went on all kinds of adventures, accompanied by his best friend "Batu", the tribe witchdoctor "Baracutey" and "Tureycito", one his sons . They would either face the "ferocious" Caribs, or fight evil spirits. The comic book is educational oriented. It teaches about how the Tainos must have lived before the arrival of the Spaniards. The comic book also contains a section where the letters and drawings from the fans are published. The first newspaper to publish the adventures of Turey was "El Mundo" of Puerto Rico. Soon, the adventures of Turey were being published in color in the Sunday newspaper pages of "El Nuevo Dia".[2]

Is a Mexican singer who was the runner-up of the second season of Latin American Idol. Ricardo is kn

Is a Mexican singer who was the runner-up of the second season of Latin American Idol. Ricardo is known as the "Caballero de Mexico".Caballero was born in the city of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, located in western Mexico. He is the only son of Raul Caballero, a performer, and Georgina Tostado Orozco de Caballero a fitness trainer; he has an older paternal half brother.

Was a mexican concert pianist and composer, considered the last romantic of the time of Porfirio Dí

Was a mexican concert pianist and composer, considered the last romantic of the time of Porfirio Díaz.His father Vicente Castro was a deputy congress and his mother was María de Jesús Herrera. Ricardo began his music education with Pedro H. Ceniseros. In 1879 his family moved to Mexico City where the boy entered the National Conservatory of Music (Mexico) and studied piano with Juan Salvatierra and Julio Ituarte, Harmony and Counterpoint with Melesio Morales. He finished all his studies just in 5 years, when the normal was 10. He graduated in 1883.

An award winning author and artist from Argentina, best known for his long career in comics.Garijo b

An award winning author and artist from Argentina, best known for his long career in comics.Garijo became known outside his homeland in the early 1980s through his work at D. C. Thomson before moving to European publications in the 1990s.Since 1981, his work has gained an international audience in the Scottish war magazine, Commando. He is also co-publisher of his own comic magazine, Gurbos, which often deals with serious social themes.

Better known by his stage name Rikrok is an English singer.Rikrok's parents migrated from Jamaica to

Better known by his stage name Rikrok is an English singer.Rikrok's parents migrated from Jamaica to England in the mid 1960s in search of greater economic opportunities but never lost touch with their roots. Jamaican music played a great role in Rikrok’s

Is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has alrea

Is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and over 22 million units sold.

An Argentine cartoonist.Liniers began drawing from a very early age; he has remarked that he began t

An Argentine cartoonist.Liniers began drawing from a very early age; he has remarked that he began to draw in order to enjoy movies in his home. "I wanted to have Star Wars and the only way to have it was to draw it. So we could look at it whenever we wanted to."[1] His father was a lawyer and his mother worked at various jobs, including making slippers and little paintings.[1] He has two siblings, who are younger, and is married (to the writer Angie Erhardt del Campo [2]) and has a daughter.

An Argentinian illustrator known for his work in the American comic book industry.In 1982, Villagran

An Argentinian illustrator known for his work in the American comic book industry.In 1982, Villagran traveled to the United States, to establish contacts in the comics publishing industry to obtain work for his studio. His contacts brought him work from American comic publishers such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Archie Comics, Comico Comics, First Comics, and Dark Horse Comics. In 1983 he met Chuck Dixon at a convention, which brought Villagran to eventually ink the Evangeline comic. Villagran also acted as a liaison for other artists from his home country and introduced Dixon and illustrator/comic artist Judith Hunt to fellow Argentinian Jorge Zaffino. Between 1984-1987 Villagran and his studio worked with Hunt on various comic and commercial art projects; also joining her art studio, Off the Wall Studios, located in Media, Pennsylvania, for a short time. When Hunt discontinued illustrating comics and representing artists to pursue her own career in children’s publishing and license character development, Villagran continued to work in American comics with Mike Manley, a former cartoonist employed by Off the Wall Studios.

Is a French-Italian singer-songwriter and actor. His oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French,

Is a French-Italian singer-songwriter and actor. His oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, and Spanish; he has recorded some of his songs in all three languages.

Is a Singaporean pop singer, composer and playwright. He is best known as a Singapore Idol judge, bu

Is a Singaporean pop singer, composer and playwright. He is best known as a Singapore Idol judge, but often too as spokesperson for the New Asian generation.

Was a notable Victorian illustrator. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch ma

Was a notable Victorian illustrator. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch magazine; he drew the cover of the first issue, and designed the magazine's masthead, a design that was used for over a century.

Was the frontman of the Miami Showband, three members of which were murdered in 1975. Before he was

Was the frontman of the Miami Showband, three members of which were murdered in 1975. Before he was famous Dickie was an apprentice welder. Dickie was the subject of a well-known Irish catchphrase - "spit on me Dickie". The phrase took off in Belfast in the 60s and spread all over the country. Between 1963 and 1977 Dickie and the Miami Showband had eight top ten hits.

Is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.In 1972 he began working with Stan Getz. He als

Is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.In 1972 he began working with Stan Getz. He also worked with Chet Baker and in the 1990s worked well with French saxophonist Henrik Frisk. He maintained an ongoing musical partnership with David Liebman

An American artist. (His last name is pronounced: "Aah-Nuss-Kay-Vitch" with the accent on the third

An American artist. (His last name is pronounced: "Aah-Nuss-Kay-Vitch" with the accent on the third syllable.)Richard Anuszkiewicz trained at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio (1948 – 1953), and then with Josef Albers at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut (1953 – 1955) where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts.He was one of the founders and foremost exponents of Op Art, a movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s.[1] Victor Vasarely in France and Bridget Riley in England were his primary international counterparts. In 1964, Life magazine called him "The New Wizard of Op.

Is an American illustrator who has worked in both advertising and comic books. Raised in the New Yor

Is an American illustrator who has worked in both advertising and comic books. Raised in the New York City borough of Queens from age three, he lived successively in the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Corona, and Whitestone until his marriage in 1961, when he

An Australian painter.Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his painting Scientia

An Australian painter.Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his painting Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) won the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. With the text "Aboriginal Art — It's A White Thing" prominently featured across the 240 × 240 cm work, it was a winner that divided the room on both political and aesthetic grounds. It was taken literally in some quarters and seen as an attack on other artists. Others saw it as an honest statement of things as they are in the eyes of this artist, and possibly something no one else has had the guts to state quite so publicly before. Many others employed uncomfortable laughter to hide behind.

Was an American singer and songwriter, best known as the composer and original performer of the rock

Was an American singer and songwriter, best known as the composer and original performer of the rock standard "Louie Louie".The Flairs’ record "She Wants To Rock", on Modern Records, featured Berry’s bass vocals, and was an early production by Leiber and

Is a jazz musician and bassist, was born in October 28, 1967 in the town of Minta, in eastern Camero

Is a jazz musician and bassist, was born in October 28, 1967 in the town of Minta, in eastern Cameroon. His real African name, as he said live in Montreal in a show with Bobby McFerrin, is Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo.