American composers

The list American composers includes Lenny Kravitz, Mark Salling, Barry Manilow, Bebe Buell and Johnny Cash. The list consists of 4,023 members and 17 sublists.

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Lenny Kravitz

American, Singer

Overview: Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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American rhythm guitarists 182T

American lead guitarists 435T

20th-century African-American male actors 912T
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Mark Salling

American actor and musician (1982–2018)

Overview: Mark Wayne Salling (August 17, 1982 – January 30, 2018) was an American actor and musician known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the television series Glee.

Date of birth: 17 August 1982

Date of death: 30 January 2018

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Texas 670T

2018 suicides 78T

21st-century American male musicians 5,607T
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Barry Manilow

US musician

Overview: Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus, June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician, producer and actor, with a career that has spanned more than 50 years. His hit recordings include ...

Date of birth: 17 June 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Garry Kief (Married)

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Las Vegas shows 68T

Eastern District High School alumni 22T

LGBT singers from the United States 352T
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Bebe Buell

American, Singer

Overview: Beverle Lorence "Bebe" Buell (born July 14, 1953) is an American singer and model. She was Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. Buell moved to New York in 1972 after signing a modeling ...

Date of birth: 14 July 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Jim Wallerstein (Married)

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21st-century American women composers 328T

Women who experienced pregnancy loss 272T

Singer-songwriters from Virginia 146T
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Johnny Cash

Singer and songwriter

Overview: John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and ...

Date of birth: 26 February 1932

Date of death: 12 September 2003

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Country Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Guitarists from Arkansas 59T

Guitarists from Tennessee 196T

Rock and roll musicians 36T
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Clint Eastwood

American actor and director (born 1930)

Overview: Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, film director and producer. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Directors of Best Picture Academy Award winners 82T

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 95T

Oakland Technical High School alumni 70T
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Marvin Gaye

American, Singer

Overview: Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1939

Date of death: 1 April 1984

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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African-American male pianists 9T

20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,346T

Progressive soul musicians 35T
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Rick James

American musician (1948–2004)

Overview: James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born and raised in ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1948

Date of death: 6 August 2004

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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African-American United States Navy personnel 171T

African-American male singer-songwriters 368T

20th-century African-American male singers 1,001T
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Tori Amos

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Overview: Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing i ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Mark Hawley (Married)

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American expatriates in the Republic of Ireland 17T

20th-century women composers 1,221T

20th-century American women pianists 112T
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Ray Charles

American, Musician

Overview: Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often ...

Date of birth: 23 September 1930

Date of death: 10 June 2004

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Blind jazz musicians 18T

DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame members 181T

20th-century American organists 146T
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Patsy Cline

American musician

Overview: Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1932

Date of death: 5 March 1963

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Deaths in Tennessee 5T

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1963 6T

20th-century women composers 1,221T
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James Brown

American, Singer

Overview: James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music ...

Date of birth: 3 May 1933

Date of death: 25 December 2006

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American education activists 87T

21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,878T

20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,378T
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Quincy Jones

American, Music Producer

Overview: Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he r ...

Date of birth: 14 March 1933

Date of death: 3 November 2024

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Music Producer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century American trumpeters 283T

21st-century American trumpeters 210T

21st-century American jazz composers 53T
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Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

Overview: Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American singer-songwriter, innovative rock guitarist, modernist composer, multi-instrumentalist, satirist, film-maker, and bandleader ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1940

Date of death: 4 December 1993

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American contemporary classical composers 42T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T

American people of Campanian descent 89T
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Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

Overview: Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter and musician, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1950

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Tomeekah Robyn Bracy (Married)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 276T

Singer-songwriters from Michigan 179T

20th-century African-American male singers 934T
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Leehom Wang

American singer, songwriter, actor

Overview: Wang Leehom (born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Formally trained at Eastman School of Music, Williams College ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1976

Age: 49

Nationality: Taiwanese

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Mandarin-language singers of the United States 1T

Japanese-language singers of the United States 1T

21st-century American male singers 2,095T
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Mark Slaughter

American singer

Overview: Mark Allen Slaughter (born July 4, 1964) is an American singer and musician, and one of the founders of the hard rock band Slaughter.

Date of birth: 4 July 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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20th-century American composers 2,573T

Guitarists from Nevada 15T

20th-century American guitarists 3,557T
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David Pomeranz

American musician

Overview: David Pomeranz (born February 9, 1951) is an American singer, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theatre. He is also ambassador for Operation Smile.

Date of birth: 9 February 1951

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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21st-century American composers 1,806T

American male composers 2,226T

Jewish American songwriters 301T
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George Benson

American guitarist and singer (born 1943)

Overview: George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.

Date of birth: 22 March 1943

Age: 82

Nationality: American

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Johnnie (Married)

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Musicians from Englewood, New Jersey 38T

20th-century African-American men 44T

21st-century African-American men 28T
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Mike Patton

American actor and musician

Overview: Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, producer, film composer, voice actor and record label owner, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Faith No More ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1968

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American contemporary classical composers 44T

Alternative metal singers 13T

American people of Native American descent 59T