"CeeLo Green Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. Green came to initial prominence as a member of the Southern hip hop group Goodie Mob and later as part of the soul duo Gnarls Barkley, with record producer Danger Mouse. Subsequently he embarked on a solo career, partially spurred by YouTube popularity. Internationally, Green is best known for his soul work: his most popular was Gnarls Barkley's 2006 worldwide hit ""Crazy"", which reached number 1 in various singles charts worldwide, including"
"Coronado, California on San Diego Bay. The band Jimmy Eat World performed at the reception. DeLonge gave each of the groomsmen, including Mark Hoppus, silver yo-yos from Tiffany & Co. They live with their dogs in Del Mar, California, and have two children: a daughter (born 2002) and a son (born 2006). Tom DeLonge Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr. (; born December 13, 1975) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, record producer, actor and filmmaker. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Angels & Airwaves, which he formed in 2005, and was the co-lead vocalist, guitarist,"
"Del Shannon Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 ""Billboard"" hit ""Runaway"". Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Coopersville. He learned to play the ukulele and guitar and listened to country-and-western music, by artists such as Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. He was drafted into the Army in 1954, and while in Germany played guitar in a band called ""The Cool Flames"". When his service ended, he returned"
"John Mellencamp John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while ""honing an almost startlingly plainspoken writing style that, starting in 1982, yielded a string of Top 10 singles,"" including ""Hurts So Good,"" ""Jack & Diane,"" ""Crumblin' Down,"" ""Pink Houses,"" ""Lonely Ol' Night,"" ""Small Town,"" ""R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.,"" ""Paper in Fire"" and ""Cherry Bomb."" He has amassed 22 Top"
"1999. Del Shannon was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2005. Del Shannon Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 ""Billboard"" hit ""Runaway"". Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Coopersville. He learned to play the ukulele and guitar and listened to country-and-western music, by artists such as Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. He was drafted into the Army in 1954, and while"
"albums John Mellencamp John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while ""honing an almost startlingly plainspoken writing style that, starting in 1982, yielded a string of Top 10 singles,"" including ""Hurts So Good,"" ""Jack & Diane,"" ""Crumblin' Down,"" ""Pink Houses,"" ""Lonely Ol' Night,"" ""Small Town,"" ""R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.,"" ""Paper in Fire"" and ""Cherry Bomb."" He has amassed 22"
"he had been dating since 2013. Alexander DeLeon Alexander Michael DeLeon (born April 8, 1989), also known as Bohnes, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most prominently known as the lead singer for the American rock band The Cab. With the band, he signed to Fueled By Ramen and Decaydance in 2007, subsequently releasing their debut album, ""Whisper War,"" in April 2008. In June 2011, The Cab released their second studio album, ""Symphony Soldier"", in 2011. The following year, the group signed with Universal Republic Records. They released the ""Lock Me"
"Jesse Frederick Jesse Frederick James Conaway (June 25, 1948), known professionally as Jesse Frederick, is an American film and television composer and singer best known for writing and performing the themes to TGIF television shows such as ""Perfect Strangers"", ""Full House"", ""Family Matters"", and ""Step By Step"" for ABC. Frederick was born Jesse Frederick James Conaway in Salisbury, Maryland, and was raised in Seaford, Delaware. He was the youngest of two children. His brother, Everett Thomas (Tommy) Conaway, Jr. (1944–1956), died of cystic fibrosis at age 12 years. In his early childhood, Jesse was familiarly known as ""Freddy"" before legally"
"Tommy DeCarlo Tommy DeCarlo (born April 23, 1965), is an American singer and is the current lead singer of Boston. DeCarlo was born in Utica, New York, and became a fan of Boston at age 12. He began recording covers of their songs and posting them on his MySpace with him on vocals. In March 2007, Boston lead singer Brad Delp committed suicide at the age of 55. As a tribute to Delp, DeCarlo wrote a song and posted it on his Myspace page. Another Boston fan heard DeCarlo's work and suggested that he send his Myspace page link to"
"a Boston associate. DeCarlo sent the link, and was approached by Boston leader Tom Scholz to be one of the singers at the Brad Delp Tribute Concert in the Bank Of America Pavilion in Boston, MA. He was later hired as a permanent member. Currently Tommy DeCarlo lives near Charlotte, NC and is the front man for the 70's and 80's cover rock band DeCarlo featuring his son Tommy Jr. DeCarlo on guitar, drummer Dan Hitz, and bassist Brett Nelson. Tommy DeCarlo Tommy DeCarlo (born April 23, 1965), is an American singer and is the current lead singer of Boston."
"Tom DeLonge Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr. (; born December 13, 1975) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, record producer, actor and filmmaker. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Angels & Airwaves, which he formed in 2005, and was the co-lead vocalist, guitarist, and co-founder of the rock band Blink-182 from its formation in 1992 until his dismissal from the group in 2015. DeLonge grew up in the suburbs of Poway, California, where he embraced skateboarding at an early age. When DeLonge received his first guitar, he began writing punk rock songs. He formed Blink-182"
"became a co-producer of ""Cooper"". He is married to his wife, Holly. Together, they have two grown sons, Kieran and Nikolas. Jesse Frederick Jesse Frederick James Conaway (June 25, 1948), known professionally as Jesse Frederick, is an American film and television composer and singer best known for writing and performing the themes to TGIF television shows such as ""Perfect Strangers"", ""Full House"", ""Family Matters"", and ""Step By Step"" for ABC. Frederick was born Jesse Frederick James Conaway in Salisbury, Maryland, and was raised in Seaford, Delaware. He was the youngest of two children. His brother, Everett Thomas (Tommy) Conaway, Jr."
"Ann Callaway Ann Marie Callaway (born October 28, 1949 in Washington, D.C.), who uses the name Ann Callaway, is an American composer. Callaway grew up in Baltimore, and began her musical training under Grace Newsom Cushman. She studied with Alvin Etler at Smith College, George Crumb at University of Pennsylvania and with Jack Beeson, Fred Lerdahl and George Edwards at Columbia University, where she earned her D.M.A. in 1991. Callaway's compositions have been widely broadcast in the U.S., and she is the subject of a documentary produced by Swedish Radio. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, commissions from the National"
"Haddaway Nestor Alexander Haddaway (born January 9, 1965), better known mononymously as Haddaway, is a Trinidadian-born German vocalist and musician best known for his 1993 hit single ""What Is Love"". Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Haddaway moved to the Washington, D.C. area at the age of nine, where he grew up to the sounds of Louis Armstrong, which encouraged him to learn how to play trumpet at the age of 14. He attended Meade Senior High School. This eventually resulted in him forming his first group which he called Chances. Haddaway moved to Cologne, Germany in 1987 where he mostly"
"Alexander DeLeon Alexander Michael DeLeon (born April 8, 1989), also known as Bohnes, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most prominently known as the lead singer for the American rock band The Cab. With the band, he signed to Fueled By Ramen and Decaydance in 2007, subsequently releasing their debut album, ""Whisper War,"" in April 2008. In June 2011, The Cab released their second studio album, ""Symphony Soldier"", in 2011. The following year, the group signed with Universal Republic Records. They released the ""Lock Me Up EP"" in April 2014. As"
"Liam Gallagher William John Paul 'Liam' Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the rock band Oasis, and later served as the singer of Beady Eye, before performing as a solo artist after the dissolution of both bands. His eccentric dress sense, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press; he remains one of the most recognisable figures in modern British music. Although his older brother Noel wrote the majority of Oasis' songs, Liam penned the singles ""Songbird"" and ""I'm"
"DeCarlo began performing again in 2012. By the beginning of the 21st century, sales of ""Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"" had exceeded 6.5 million records. Their second single, ""I've Gotta Make You Love Me"", reached number 44 in Canada in February 1970. In 2014, DeCarlo released the album ""Long Time Comin"", which included a new version of his hit. DeCarlo (born Gary Richard DeCarlo in Bridgeport, Connecticut on June 5, 1942) died on June 28, 2017, after a battle with lung cancer. He was 75 years old. Steam (band) Steam was a pop-rock music group best known for"
"Ann Hampton Callaway Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30, 1958) is a jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series ""The Nanny"". A native of Chicago, her father, John Callaway, was a journalist and her mother is a singer, pianist, and vocal coach. She learned scat singing from her father and a love of jazz from his record collection, and she learned classical music from her mother. Her sister, Liz Callaway, is a singer and actress on Broadway. Callaway performed in musicals at New Trier High School in Winnetka. After graduation, she"
"Carl Thomas (singer) Carlton Neron Thomas (born June 15, 1972) is an American Grammy-nominated R&B singer. Thomas attended East Aurora High School. He sang around Chicago and became a member of The Formula. He branched out, however, and traveled to New York, where he sang at clubs during open-mic nights. One such performance caught the eye of Sean ""Puffy"" Combs, who signed Thomas to Bad Boy Entertainment in 1997. With the single ""I Wish"" released in late 1999, topping the R&B charts for six consecutive weeks, creating strong interest. ""Emotional"", his debut album was released on April 18, 2000. On"
"Russ Columbo Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo (January 14, 1908 – September 2, 1934), known as Russ Columbo, was an American baritone, songwriter, violinist and actor. He is famous for romantic ballads such as his signature tune ""You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love"" and his own compositions ""Prisoner of Love"" and ""Too Beautiful For Words."" Columbo was born in Camden, New Jersey, the twelfth child of Italian immigrant parents, Nicola and Giulia (Julia) Colombo. He attended Everett Grammar School and started playing the violin at a very young age and debuted professionally at the age of 13."
"Cabarets & Clubs, two Backstage Bistro Awards, the 2005 Nightlife Award, the Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award, and the Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking. In 2015, she was nominated with her sister Liz for a BroadwayWorld.com Award for their show ""Sibling Revelry"". She performed for U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. and was the invited guest performer for Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's Youth Peace Summit in Moscow in 1988. With Liz Callaway With others Ann Hampton Callaway Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30, 1958) is a jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme"
"burgeoning interest in rockabilly in Europe and Japan, he made a comeback, appearing in Las Vegas in 2000 and touring widely thereafter. Lew Williams Lew Williams (born January 12, 1934, Chillicothe, Texas) is an American rockabilly singer and songwriter, known as the ""Cab Calloway of rockabilly"". Williams began singing at age four, and moved with his family to Dallas at age eleven. He played in local clubs after graduating Adamson High School and entered Midwestern State University in 1952. However, a few months later he secured a job as a headliner for a radio program on Frederick, Oklahoma station KTAT."
"held following his death from cancer on March 21, 1995. A memorial tuba rank was installed on the organ of the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes in his memory. Paul Callaway Paul Smith Callaway, (August 16, 1909 – March 21, 1995) was a prominent American organist and choral conductor, particularly well known for his thirty-eight years at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., between 1939–1977. He was also active in opera and was the founding musical director of the Opera Society of Washington in 1956, now the renowned Washington National Opera. By the time of his death in"
"Santa Clara (musician) Timothy Christopher Langley, also known under his stage name of Santa Clara is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. His song “The Fool” of the EP ""Young & Naive"" was featured on """" - The Way We Get By (2011). His follow-up single “Soldier With No Shield” had a placement in """" - Got Your Money: Part 1 (2012). In 2014 he signed with Prodigy Music Group and released the single “Castaway” which hit #36 on the Billboard Indicator Chart for Adult Top 40 in the U.S.. His single ""Melt Away” released in late 2014 peaked"
"Runaway (Del Shannon song) ""Runaway"" is a number-one ""Billboard"" Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, compiled in 2010. Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of ""Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band"" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name ""Del Shannon"", and Crook, who had invented"
"Roger Kellaway Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger, and pianist. Born in Waban, Massachusetts, he is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory. Kellaway has composed commissioned works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and jazz big band, as well as for film, TV, ballet and stage productions. One of his early mentors, the late Phil Saltman, was his piano teacher and ran a summer music camp called ENCORE in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1964 Roger Kellaway was a piano side man for bandleader-producer Boris Midney’s group The Russian Jazz Quartet's album ""Happiness"" on the ABC/Impulse jazz records"
"Dee Dee Ramone Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), known professionally as Dee Dee Ramone, was a German-American musician, singer and songwriter best known as founding member, songwriter, bassist and occasional lead vocalist for the punk rock band the Ramones. Though nearly all of the Ramones' songs were credited equally to all the band members, Dee Dee was the band's most prolific lyricist and composer, writing many of their best-known songs, such as ""53rd & 3rd"", ""Commando"", ""Wart Hog"", ""Rockaway Beach"", and ""Poison Heart"". He also co-wrote ""Bonzo Goes To Bitburg"", retitled ""My Brain Is Hanging"
"but she is briefly addressed in the second person in the lyric ""wishin' you were here by me"". Runaway (Del Shannon song) ""Runaway"" is a number-one ""Billboard"" Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, compiled in 2010. Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of ""Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band"" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won"
"considered to be one of Callaway's signature songs; Seanna Cronin of ""The Morning Bulletin"" wrote that the singer remains ""best known for singing the Oscar-nominated song Journey to the Past in the animated feature Anastasia"" to international audiences. In 2012, Callaway sang ""Journey to the Past"" live at The New York Pops's 29th Birthday Gala: ""Journey On"" at Carnegie Hall, a concert celebrating the music of Ahrens and Flaherty. Callaway performed the song live during her cabaret show ""Celebrate"" at 54 Below in 2014. In 2017, Callaway sang the song during her concert ""An Evening With Liz Callaway"" at the"
"Chris Ballew Christopher ""Chris"" Ballew (born May 28, 1965) is an American musician best known as the former lead singer and 'basitarist' of the alternative rock group The Presidents of the United States of America. He also performs as a children's artist under the pseudonym Caspar Babypants. Ballew grew up in Seattle and attended middle and high school at The Bush School, where he met Dave Dederer, with whom he would later form The Presidents of the United States of America. In the late 1980s and early 90s Ballew lived in Boston, where he performed as a street musician in"
"Lew Williams Lew Williams (born January 12, 1934, Chillicothe, Texas) is an American rockabilly singer and songwriter, known as the ""Cab Calloway of rockabilly"". Williams began singing at age four, and moved with his family to Dallas at age eleven. He played in local clubs after graduating Adamson High School and entered Midwestern State University in 1952. However, a few months later he secured a job as a headliner for a radio program on Frederick, Oklahoma station KTAT. The following year, Williams recorded demos at Jim Beck's recording studio and managed to get a single released on Flair Records in"
"""Miracle Musical""). Cantor currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Rob Cantor Robert Howard Cantor (born August 26, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and creator of multiple viral videos. He is best known as the yellow-tied vocalist and guitarist of indie rock band Tally Hall. Cantor is also known for his solo work as a comedy musician and viral video creator, particularly from the song ""Shia LaBeouf"", in which actor Shia LaBeouf is depicted as a cannibalistic serial killer. His other work has included a solo album titled ""Not a Trampoline"", and another viral video, ""29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song""."
"Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway signed with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, ""The Ghetto"", in early 1970, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ""marked him as a major new force in soul music."" His enduring songs include ""The Ghetto"", ""This Christmas"", ""Someday We'll All Be Free"", ""Little Ghetto Boy"", ""I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"", signature versions of ""A Song for You"", ""For All We Know"", ""Where Is the Love"" and ""The Closer I Get to"