Elton John

Elton John

male, 62 years old
English songwriter, English pianist, gay, Rock pianist, Grammy Award winner, sacrifice…singer-songwriter, singer, Torchsinger, Blue-eyed soul singer
Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English...
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

female, deceased (1962)
sex symbol, Pop icon, Golden Globe Award, Norwegian-American, actress, from Los Angeles…singer, Torchsinger
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and...
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

female, deceased (1959)
Eleanora Fagan, Swing singer, Classic female blues singer, Women in jazz, Pennsylvania musician, rape victim…Traditional pop music singer, Blues singer, singer, jazz singer, Torchsinger
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American jazz singer.
Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

male, deceased (1998)
singer, the rat pack, Strangers in the Night, Come Fly with Me, My Way, Only The Lonely…jazz singer, Swing singer, popular singer, Torchsinger, Traditional pop music singer
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998) was an American jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. Beginning...
Diana Krall

Diana Krall

female, 44 years old
jazz singer, Women in jazz, singer, Hit That Jive Jack, L've Got You Under My Skin, platinum disc…Torchsinger
Singer/pianist Diana Krall got her musical education when she was growing up in Nanaimo, British Columbia, from the classical piano lessons she...
Norah Jones

Norah Jones

female, 30 years old
singer, jazz pianist, pop singer, World star, platinum disc, cute…singer-songwriter, Soul singer, Torchsinger, American singer-keyboardist, country singer
Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional...
Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

female, deceased (2002)
It's a Good Day, actor-singer, death by myocardial infarction, Women in jazz, actress, oscar…singer, Traditional pop music singer, jazz singer, Torchsinger
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom and was...
Judy Garland

Judy Garland

female, deceased (1969)
actress, actor, musician, oscar, Frances Ethel Gumm, AFI's 100 Years 100 Star…Child singer, Torchsinger, Traditional pop music singer, singer
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her...
Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting

female, deceased (1978)
Vaudeville performer, Ten Cents a Dance, Button Up Your Overcoat, Torchsinger, American, love me or leave me…singer
Ruth Etting was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings. Her signature tunes were "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Ten...
Nina Simone

Nina Simone

female, deceased (2003)
My Baby Just Cares for Me, feeling good, Strange Fruit, American, gospel, soul…singer, American rhythm and blues singer-songwriter, jazz singer, singer-songwriter, Torchsinger
Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked...