Which famous singer's real first names were Harry Lillis?
"Harry Crosby (businessman) Harry Lillis Crosby III (born August 8, 1958) is an American investment banker and a former film and television actor. Crosby was born in Hollywood, California, at Queen of Angels Hospital. He is the fifth son of actor and singer Bing Crosby, the eldest from Bing's second marriage to actress Kathryn Crosby. Harry is the elder brother of Mary and Nathaniel Crosby; the younger half-brother of Gary, Dennis, Phillip and Lindsay Crosby; the half-uncle of Denise Crosby; the nephew of Bob Crosby and Larry Crosby. Crosby has been in investment banking since 1985 and is a partner"
"great pioneers of music-hall song."" Harry Clifton (singer) Harry Clifton (born Henry Robert Clifton, 1832 – 15 July 1872) was a British music hall singer, songwriter and entertainer. A prolific songwriter, his most successful song was ""Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green"". Clifton was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, the son of a carpenter, and was baptised on 20 May 1832. He was orphaned as a child, and little is known of his early adulthood, but by the early 1860s he had become well known as a singer and songwriter in the song and supper rooms and early music halls of"
"Harry Clifton (singer) Harry Clifton (born Henry Robert Clifton, 1832 – 15 July 1872) was a British music hall singer, songwriter and entertainer. A prolific songwriter, his most successful song was ""Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green"". Clifton was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, the son of a carpenter, and was baptised on 20 May 1832. He was orphaned as a child, and little is known of his early adulthood, but by the early 1860s he had become well known as a singer and songwriter in the song and supper rooms and early music halls of London. Nicknamed ""Handsome Harry Clifton"""
"Shirley Ellis Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 [though her Social Security card shows 20 Jan 1927] – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin. She is best known for her novelty hits ""The Nitty Gritty"" (1963) (US no. 8), ""The Name Game"" (1964) (US no. 3) and ""The Clapping Song"" (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). ""The Clapping Song"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. By 1954 she had written two songs which were recorded by"
"became known as the ""Bushmen’s Contingent"". In 1902 Harry Rickards bought Carthona after selling Craignest. Harry Rickards whose real name was Harry Benjamin Leete was born in 1843 in London. His first occupation was an engine driver but soon after he married Caroline Hayden in 1862 they both went on the stage. Harry was a singer and the couple toured in various countries including Australia during the 1870s. In 1879 his wife divorced him and a year later he married Kate Roscoe, an acrobat and trapeze artiste. They had two daughters and for some years toured and performed mainly around"
"Lolly (singer) Lolly (born Anna Shantha Kumble (pronounced ""KUUM-blay, Kŭmblā""); 27 June 1977, Sutton Coldfield) is a British pop star, TV presenter and actress. Anna Kumble worked as a model before going into a pop career. Lolly arrived on the British pop music scene in 1999 with the release of her first single, ""Viva La Radio"". She released five singles and two albums over her two-year career in music. Her real name was released one letter at a time in ""Smash Hits"" magazine. After quitting her record label Polydor, Lolly reverted to her real name and began TV presenting, working"
"Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer. He has been described as ""rock & roll's first great wild man."" A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis. ""Crazy Arms"" sold 300,000 copies in the South, but it was his 1957 hit ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" that shot Lewis to fame worldwide. He followed this with ""Great Balls of Fire"", ""Breathless"" and ""High School Confidential"". However, Lewis's rock and roll"
"Bing Crosby Harry Lillis ""Bing"" Crosby Jr. (; May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations such as the microphone. This allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. ""Yank"" magazine said that he was the person who had done the most for American soldiers' morale during World War"
"Gary Lewis (musician) Gary Lewis (born Gary Harold Lee Levitch; July 31, 1945) is an American musician who was the leader of Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Gary Lewis' parents were comedian, actor, singer, humanitarian, movie director, producer and screenwriter Jerry Lewis (1926–2017) and singer Patti Palmer. His mother, who was a singer at the time with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra, intended to name him after her favorite actor, Cary Grant, but a clerical error led to his naming as ""Gary"". He received a set of drums as a gift for his 14th birthday in 1960. When he was"
"Harry Barris Harry Barris (November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was an American popular singer and songwriter, and is one of the earliest singers to use ""scat singing"" in recordings. Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, along with Bing Crosby and Al Rinker, scatted on several songs, including ""Mississippi Mud,"" which Barris wrote in 1927. Barris was born to Jewish parents in New York City. Gary Giddins described him as ""small, wiry, and moon-faced with glittery eyes, and dark hair slicked back and parted in the middle."" He was educated in Denver, Colorado. Barris became a professional pianist"
"Harry Owens Harry Owens (18 April 1902 – 12 December 1986) was an American composer, bandleader and songwriter best known for his song ""Sweet Leilani."" Harry Robert Owens was born April 18, 1902, in O'Neill, Nebraska. He learned to play the cornet in a small band on an Indian reservation in Montana. Owens was working the vaudeville circuit by age 14. He studied for a career in law, but then started a band in 1926, when he was booked into the Lafayette Cafe in Los Angeles and auditioned a young Bing Crosby. The big turning point in his career came"
"Jimmy James Ross James Albert Abraham (10 April 1936, Trinidad and Tobago – 21 March 2000, Wiekevorst Belgium), known as Jimmy Ross or Mel Turner, was a singer and composer mostly known for his disco-hit in England, ""First True Love Affair"" in 1981. He joined the US Navy at a young age as a cook. Later in life he changed his last name to Ross, the last name of his mother. During his teenage years at the navy he quickly became known for his singing capabilities on board the ship. Making extra money in local bars and clubs whenever they"
"Harry Lewis (musician) Harry Lewis (1915–1998) was an English saxophonist and clarinetist and the husband of singer Vera Lynn. Lewis was born to a Jewish family in the East End of London in 1916. Lewis was part of George Elrick's Six Swing Makers during 1937 and 1938. Lewis met Lynn in late 1939 when he joined Bert Ambrose's eponymous orchestra and after a long courtship the couple married in August 1941. Lewis and eight other members of the Ambrose orchestra joined the RAF at the start of the Second World War, and subsequently formed a new dance orchestra, The Squadronaires."
"Singles / EPs Singles Singles Earl Sinks Henry Earl Sinks (January 1, 1940 – May 13, 2017), known professionally as Earl Sinks, was an American singer-songwriter and actor, known by many pseudonyms. He led a prolific musical and acting career from the 1950s to the 1990s before retiring. He was best known for his long music career, including his brief tenure as lead singer of the Crickets from 1958 to 1960, and for his acting roles in numerous low budget movies and TV shows in the 60s. Sinks was performing with Bob Wills at age 12 before doing his first"
"autographed ones until his death. They continue to turn up on eBay to this day. His autobiography ""A Hell of a Life"" was published in 1966. Harry Richman Harry Richman (born Henry Reichman Jr., August 10, 1895 – November 3, 1972) was an American entertainer. He was a singer, actor, dancer, comedian, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and night club performer, at his most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Richman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Russian Jewish parents Henry and Katie (née' Golder) Reichman. Harry's father died when he was 14 years old. He married three times. Yvonne Epstein, in"
"Chicago, Allbritton was confronted by Etta James, who knew the real Williams. Williams' family asked Allbritton to cease billing himself as ""Larry Williams. Allbritton died on August 24, 2017. Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including ""Bony Moronie"", ""Short Fat Fannie"", ""Slow Down"", ""Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"" (1958), ""Bad Boy"" and ""She Said Yeah"" (1959). John"
"Hal Willis (singer) Hal Willis (born Leonald Francis Gauthier; July 15, 1933 – September 4, 2015) was a Canadian country singer who lived in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec the youngest son of Alfred and Evelina Gauthier. His famous country single was ""The Lumberjack,"" an international hit that sold over 1.5 million copies. In 1965, it peaked at number 5 on the ""Billboard"" country charts in the USA. This success was such a phenomenon that he was nicknamed ""Mr. Lumberjack."" His popularity started rising in 1956 when he and his wife, Ginger Willis, were hired by"
"age of 34, for which deejay Super Cat was initially suspected yet later cleared. Nitty Gritty Glen Augustus Holness (1957–24 June 1991), otherwise known by his stage name Nitty Gritty, was a popular Reggae singer. Born in the August Town section of Kingston, Jamaica, he was the second of eleven children born to religious parents. Holness formed The Soulites in the early 1970s and recorded his first solo single in the early 1980s for producer Sugar Minott. He worked on the Zodiac sound system and recorded further singles, working with George Phang before moving on to King Jammy in 1985,"
"and his mother, Isabella Urquhart Macleod McLennan, was born in Arbroath to a family from the Black Isle. Lauder's father moved to Newbold, Derbyshire, in early 1882 to take up a job designing porcelain, but died on 20 April from pneumonia. Isabella, left with little more than John's life insurance proceeds of £15, she and the children moved to be with her family in Arbroath. To finance his education beyond age 11, Harry worked part-time at a flax mill. He made his first public appearance, singing, at a variety concert at Oddfellows' Hall in Arbroath when he was 13 years"
"Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including ""Bony Moronie"", ""Short Fat Fannie"", ""Slow Down"", ""Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"" (1958), ""Bad Boy"" and ""She Said Yeah"" (1959). John Lennon was a fan, and The Beatles and several other British Invasion groups recorded several of his songs. Williams' life mixed tremendous success with violence and drug addiction. He"
"of Rock"", ""What a Heck of a Mess"" (1966), ""Lincoln Limousine"" (1966), ""Alvin"" (1970), ""Wall Around Heaven"" from the 1972 album ""Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?"", ""Rockin' Jerry Lee"" (1980, the B side of ""Honky Tonk Stuff"", from the album ""When Two Worlds Collide""), ""Pilot Baby"" (1983), and ""Crown Victoria Custom '51"" (1995), released as a Sire 45 single B side. Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer. He has been described as ""rock & roll's first great wild man."" A pioneer"
"as well as a 1980s high energy dance version of The Name Game by actor and personality ""Divine"" aka. Harris Glenn Milstead. In addition, her song ""Soul Time"" was sampled by the UK band, The Go! Team for their single ""Bottle Rocket"". Shirley Shirley Ellis Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 [though her Social Security card shows 20 Jan 1927] – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin. She is best known for her novelty hits ""The Nitty Gritty"" (1963) (US no. 8), ""The"
"Warren Harry Warren Harry (born Warren Philip Harry, 1953 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) (also known as Warren Bacall) was a British songwriter and performer. From 1977 to the mid-1980s, Warren Harry released a number of singles under both the name Warren Harry and Warren Bacall. These were: ""I am a Radio"", ""Sail On"" (Bronze Records, 1977), ""1965"" (Ellie Jay Records, 1978), ""Radio Show"" (Polydor Records, 1979), ""Welcome to Judy's World"" (Polydor, 1980), ""Lions and Tigers"" (Stage Coach Records, 1982) and ""Brief Encounter"" (Pilot Records, 1984). In the late 1970s, Harry performed with his band, The Yum Yum Band. Members of Harry's"
"Holly Golightly (singer) Holly Golightly (born Holly Golightly Smith on September 7, 1966) is a British singer-songwriter. Her mother christened her after the self-antagonist in Truman Capote's ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". Her musical style ranges from garage rock to R&B. While she was dating Thee Headcoats' drummer Bruce Brand she had an impromptu singing performance with his band. Billy Childish, founder of the Headcoats, added her to the line up of The Delmonas and changed the name to Thee Headcoatees. Thee Headcoatees were primarily a garage band that backed up the Thee Headcoats. In 1995 she started her solo career but"
"manager, Brian Epstein, to see them perform a lunchtime concert at the Cavern Club on 9 November 1961. Epstein subsequently asked Harry to create a national music paper, the ""Music Echo"", but after disagreements with Epstein about editorial control, he decided to become a P.R. agent; working for many solo artistes and groups, including Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys, as well as many others. Harry was born in Smithdown Road Hospital (now demolished), in Liverpool, Lancashire, on 17 September 1938. He came from a poor Liverpudlian background and was brought up"
"Earl Sinks Henry Earl Sinks (January 1, 1940 – May 13, 2017), known professionally as Earl Sinks, was an American singer-songwriter and actor, known by many pseudonyms. He led a prolific musical and acting career from the 1950s to the 1990s before retiring. He was best known for his long music career, including his brief tenure as lead singer of the Crickets from 1958 to 1960, and for his acting roles in numerous low budget movies and TV shows in the 60s. Sinks was performing with Bob Wills at age 12 before doing his first recordings in 1958 at Norman"
"twins. His siblings are all doctors. Hera Diani, writing in ""The Jakarta Post"", notes that he often wore all black. His former teacher Remi Sylado, in an obituary in ""Tempo"", wrote that at times he seemed unkempt, and after returning from the Netherlands was like ""a river in the rainy season"", full of unbridled creativity. Harry Roesli Djauhar Zaharsjah Fachruddin Roesli (10 September 1951 – 11 December 2004), better known as Harry Roesli, was an Indonesian singer-songwriter. Roesli was born with the full name Djauhar Zaharsjah Fachruddin Roesli in Bandung, West Java, on 10 September 1951; he was the youngest"
"Nitty Gritty Glen Augustus Holness (1957–24 June 1991), otherwise known by his stage name Nitty Gritty, was a popular Reggae singer. Born in the August Town section of Kingston, Jamaica, he was the second of eleven children born to religious parents. Holness formed The Soulites in the early 1970s and recorded his first solo single in the early 1980s for producer Sugar Minott. He worked on the Zodiac sound system and recorded further singles, working with George Phang before moving on to King Jammy in 1985, with whom he had his breakthrough success with ""Hog inna Minty"", a Jamaican folk"
"Mr. Lif Jeffrey Haynes (born December 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Mr. Lif, is an American hip hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts. Often noted for his political lyrics, he has released two studio albums on Definitive Jux and one on Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises. Mr. Lif is also a member of the hip hop group The Perceptionists with long-time friends and collaborators Akrobatik and DJ Fakts One. Haynes grew up in the neighborhood of Brighton, Boston. After attending the Dedham private school Noble and Greenough School, he went on to attend Colgate University for two years, and he"
"Harry Nilsson Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal overdub experiments, returns to the Great American Songbook, and fusions of Caribbean sounds. A tenor with a three-and-a-half octave range, Nilsson was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists of his era to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours. The craft of his songs and the defiant attitude he projected remains"
"Alexis Krauss Alexis Krauss (born Sydney Alexis Krauss; September 27, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, former schoolteacher, activist and frontwoman of the noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. She is co-founder of Beauty Lies Truth, a website dedicated to educating consumers about the ingredients in personal care products. Krauss studied International Studies at Marymount Manhattan College, and then received New York State certificates for elementary and bilingual education at Pace University. After completing Teach For America and meeting her bandmate Derek Miller, she began her career as a full-time musician. Sydney Alexis Duncan Krauss was born and raised in Manasquan,"
"Mirror"" (using various pseudonyms such as 'Brenda Tarry' and 'David Berglas'), and wrote features for ""Music Now"" (under the name of Nick Blaine) for ""Record Retailer"". Harry and his wife moved to London in 1966 and was engaged as a public relations (P.R.) for the Kinks and the Hollies. During the next 18 years he was the P.R. to many artists, including Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Beach Boys, Clouds, Ten Years After, Free, Mott the Hoople, the Pretty Things, Christine Perfect, Supertramp, Hot Chocolate, Arrows, Suzi Quatro and Kim Wilde. During his time"
"fashion show, Kaulitz opened and closed the show with the song Screamin'. Bill Kaulitz Bill Kaulitz (born September 1, 1989), also known mononymously as Billy (stylized as BILLY) for his solo act, is a German singer, songwriter, voice actor, designer, and model. He is best known for his work from 2001 to the present as the lead singer of the band Tokio Hotel. Bill Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. He has an identical twin brother, Tom, who is older by ten minutes. His parents, Simone Kaulitz and Jörg W., separated when Kaulitz and"