Profiles — Musicians

Musicians

Singers, players and composers, and the records and performances that carried their work.

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith (1500–1571)

Benvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author.

American blues singer (1892–1937)

Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age.

German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

Bettina von Arnim was a German writer, composer, and novelist.

American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)

Elizabeth Ruth Grable was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer.

American operatic soprano (1929-2007)

Beverly Sills was an American soprano whose career peak in opera was between the 1950s and 1970s.

Singer and songwriter

A singer, songwriter and performer whose career spans Destiny's Child and a run of genre-shifting solo albums.

Former King of Thailand (1927–2016)

Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946 until his death in 2016.

American jazz pianist (1929–1980)

William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio.

American rock and roll music pioneer (1925–1981)

William John Clifton Haley was an American rock and roll musician.