Knowledge: vocalists
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- Deller, Alfred
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/performers/deller.html - English countertenor and director of the Deller Consort. Includes comprehensive discography.
- Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
http://www.mwolf.de/start.html - German baritone. All aspects of the career of the most recorded singer of all time. [German/English]
- Odetta
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Park/8672/odetta1.html - Blues, Folk and Gospel singer and guitarist with a distinguished fifty year long career. This fan site includes a biography, discography, news and photos.
- Wyndham-Read, Martyn
http://www.martynwyndhamread.com/ - English-born folksinger, whose interest in music started during a stay in Australia. Includes a discography, tour dates, and details of his workshops.
- Parker, Kim
http://www.kimparker.net/ - Jazz singer was raised by two fathers who are jazz legends: Charlie Parker and Phil Woods. Biography, photos, and a long list of musicians she's performed with.
- Wilson, Nancy
http://www.missnancywilson.com/ - Jazz singer who has recorded over 60 albums. Includes biography, discography, photos, and concert listings.
- Bott, Catherine
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=bott - English soprano known for her interpretations of Baroque vocal music. Includes biography, RealAudio samples and discography of her Hyperion recordings.
- Garrett, Lesley
http://www.lesleygarrett.co.uk/ - English soprano with an extensive career in opera, concerts, recordings and television. Provides biography, upcoming concerts, reviews, discography and audio samples.
- Dutch Divas - In Opera and Concert
http://www.dutchdivas.net/ - Biographies, lists of recordings and rare photographs of Dutch opera and concert singers. Also provides quality music fragments. [English/Dutch]
- 50 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists
http://www.waer.org/50women.html - Chosen by members, listeners and staff of National Public Radio station WAER in Syracuse, NY, USA. Includes brief biography of each singer.
- Opera Italiana
http://www.operaitaliana.com/lista.asp?Criterio=2 - Extensive list of Italian opera singers. Provides biographies, audio samples and photographs. [English/Italian]
- Afrocentric Voices in Classical Music
http://www.afrovoices.com/ - Biographies, bibliographies, and other resources about African American performers and composers of Classical vocal music.
- Historic Opera
http://www.historicopera.com/index_main.htm - Collection of photographs and biographies of many historic opera singers. Also includes images of operatic sheet music and post cards.
- Great Voices of Yesteryear
http://bassocantante.com/opera/index.html - Biographic sketches and RealAudio performance clips of opera singers who were active before 1950. Home page of Carlton Higginbotham.
- Fitzgerald, Ella
http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/ - Official website of the jazz singer known as "The First Lady of Song." Includes biography, quotes, awards, screensavers and recordings.
- Holiday, Billie
http://www.cmgww.com/music/holiday/ - Official site. Provides a brief biography, photo gallery, career summary, and the artwork from the Billie Holiday U.S. postal stamp.
- Vaughan, Sarah
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/vaughan_s.html - Called the most important singer to emerge from the bop era. Offers biography, list of major works and links to sites for connected artists. From the PBS series American Masters.
- Washington, Dinah
http://www.davidalbert.com/dinah/ - Known as The Queen, she was voted the all-time favorite recording star by Jet magazine. Fan site has many images and biographies, a complete discography, and numerous audio and video clips.
- 30 Greatest Male Jazz Vocalists
http://www.waer.org/jazzmen.html - Chosen by members, listeners and staff of National Public Radio station WAER in Syracuse, NY, USA. Includes brief biography of each singer.
- McRae, Carmen
http://www.iaje.org/bio.asp?ArtistID=24 - 1994 recipient of the Jazz Masters Award by the National Endowment for the Arts and the International Association for Jazz Education. Provides a biography and complete discography.
- 111 Greatest (Anglo-American) Folk Music Artists, The
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/essays/FOLK111.htm - An annotated and ranked list of Anglo-American folk performers. Provides links to biographical information for each performer.
- Cole, Nat "King"
http://www.nat-king-cole.org/ - Official site of the Nat "King" Cole Society. Offers biography, discography and information on the activities of the Society.
- Sinatra, Frank, Jr.
http://sinatrajr.8m.com/ - Unofficial site offers discography and biographical information, as well as show dates and news.
- Torme, Mel
http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/torme.html - Jazz singer known as "The Velvet Fog." From the National Public Radio program, "Jazz Profiles." Offers biography, photographs and numerous audio clips.
- Armstrong, Louis
http://www.satchmo.net/ - "Satchmo" was best known as a jazz trumpet player, but also recorded many vocals. Official site includes biography, archives, FAQs, recordings, books, bulletin board.
- Hartman, Johnny
http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/hartman.html - National Public Radio profile of this jazz singer offers audio comments from Billy Taylor, Tony Monte and Will Friedwald.
- Bennett, Tony
http://www.tonybennett.net/ - Official site from Sony. Includes news, biography, discography and appearance dates.
- Charles, Ray
http://www.raycharles.com/ - Official site includes biography, autobiography, discography, fan club, tour dates, audio clips, interviews and downloads.
- Hendricks, Jon
http://www.harmonyware.com/JonHendricks/ - Creator of "Vocalese" which went gold and earned seven Grammy Awards. Includes biography, news and performance dates.
- Pavarotti, Luciano
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Pavarotti - Wikipedia article providing a detailed overview of the career, decline and death of this Italian tenor.
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