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The Barry Sisters – Yiddish-American singers from the 1930s to 1970s [101] The Belmonts – late-1950s singing group, with Dion; Jellybean Benitez (born 1957) – music producer credited with discovering Madonna; Big Bank Hank (1956–2014) – old school rapper member of the Sugarhill Gang; Big Pun (1971–2000) – rapper
Swing jazz emerged as a dominant form in American music, in which some virtuoso soloists became as famous as the band leaders. Key figures in developing the "big" jazz band included bandleaders and arrangers Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Earl Hines, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw.
Between 1939 and 1945, Gibson played at Manhattan jazz clubs on 52nd Street ("Swing Street"), most notably the Three Deuces, run by Irving Alexander, [7] and Leon and Eddie's run by Leon Enkin and Eddie Davis. During one audition for a nightclub engagement, where he played piano for a girl singer, he gave his true name of Harry Raab.
Betty Carter (1930–1998) Eva Cassidy (1963–1996) Ray Charles (1930–2004) Cher (born 1946) Emilie Stoesen Christensen (born 1986) June Christy (1925–1990) Peter Cincotti (born 1983) Cristin Claas (born 1977) Buddy Clark (1912–1949) Jay Clayton (born 1941) Rosemary Clooney (1928–2002) Freddy Cole (1931–2020) Holly Cole (born 1963 ...
4 – Morgana King, American singer and actress (died 2018). 11 – Roy Fisher, British poet and pianist (died 2017). 16 – Marilyn Moore, American singer (died 1992). 26 – Jimmy Deuchar, Scottish trumpeter (died 1993). July. 2 – Ahmad Jamal, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2023). 3. Pete Fountain, American jazz clarinetist (died ...
Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress; Jimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli National League; Morton Halperin (born 1938) – analyst; Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard; Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood) Q. R. Hand Jr. (1937–2020) – poet
In 1930, the sisters appeared in the film King of Jazz. They performed the song "A Bench in the Park", with Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, and with The Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker). In that year they also appeared in the film Spring Is Here in which they performed the song "Crying for the Carolines".
Singers from Brooklyn (1 C, 185 P) Pages in category "Musicians from Brooklyn" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 607 total.