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20th-century American singers

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Scatman John
American musician (1942–1999)
Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
Tia Carrere
American actress (born 1967)
Yvonne De Carlo
Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (1922–2007)
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and "Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist.
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)
Betty Grable
American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)
Corey Taylor
American musician
Andy Williams
American singer (1927–2012)
Chaka Khan
American singer (born 1953)
Alicia Witt
American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1975)
Traci Lords
Traci Elizabeth Lords is an American actress and singer. She has starred in TV series such as Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Profiler, and First Wave. She has also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity (1995), Blade (1998), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and Excision (2012), which earned her a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress, Fright Meter Award, and a CinEuphoria Award.
Carol Channing
American actress (1921–2019)
Fiona Apple
American musician (born 1977)
Leontyne Price
African-American soprano
Louis Gossett Jr.
American actor (1936–2024)
George Benson
American guitarist and singer (born 1943)
Yma Sumac
Peruvian-American singer (1922–2008)
Dorothy Dandridge
American actress and singer (1922–1965)
Belinda Carlisle
American singer
Jason Newsted
American musician
Linda McCartney
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings that also featured her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles.
Nick Carter
American singer (born 1980)
Mario Lanza
American tenor and actor (1921-1959)
Frank Gorshin
American actor and comedian (1933-2005)
Rose Marie
American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer (1923–2017)
Bill Withers
American musician (1938–2020)
Billy Preston
American R&B musician (1946–2006)
Bo Diddley
American guitarist (1928–2008)
Ken Page
American actor (1954–2024)
Thelma Ritter
American actress and vaudevillian (1902-1969)
June Carter Cash
American singer (1929–2003)
Al Jarreau
American singer (1940–2017)
Alison Krauss
American musician
Donald O'Connor
American dancer, singer, and actor (1925-2003)
Diahann Carroll
American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer (1907–1994)
Estelle Parsons
American actress
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943)
Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-American actress and singer (1929–2007)
Jonathan Davis
American singer
Yasiin Bey
American rapper
Chubby Checker
American rock 'n roll singer
Percy Sledge
American singer (1941–2015)
La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer and actor. She is the fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family. Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, The Jacksons, on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of 15 years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie". Jackson's other songs include "Night Time Lover", "If You Feel the Funk", "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato", "You're Gonna Get Rocked!", and "Sexbox". Another one of Jackson's songs, "Just Say No" from her fifth album was composed for US first lady Nancy Reagan and Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.
Divine
American actor, singer and drag queen (1945–1988)
Chuck Schuldiner
American musician (1967–2001)
Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981)
Jack Albertson
American actor (1907–1981)
Jessye Norman
American opera singer (1945–2019)
Smokey Robinson
American R&B singer, songwriter and producer (born 1940)
Tom Araya
Chilean-American musician
Dinah Shore
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Dorothy Lamour
American actress and singer (1914-1996)
Curtis Mayfield
American singer-songwriter (1942–1999)
Jiah Khan
British−American Bollywood actress (1988–2013)
Eddie Cantor
American comedian and actor (1892–1964)
Jodi Benson
American actress
Eddie Albert
American actor (1906–2005)
Tracey Ullman
British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director