Singer-songwriters from Virginia

The list Singer-songwriters from Virginia includes Chris Brown, Missy Elliott, Jason Mraz, Jim Morrison and Kiely Williams. The list consists of 140 members.

1.

Chris Brown

American, Singer

Overview: Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to Billboard, Brown is one of the most important African American singers ever, also being one ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1989

Age: 33

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 276T

21st-century African-American male singers 540T

Chris Brown 2T
2.

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: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from New York (state) 696T

Ford Models models 21T

21st-century women composers 684T
3.

Missy Elliott

American, Rapper

Overview: Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), best known by the stage name Missy Elliott, is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1971

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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American female hip hop singers 63T

Women hip hop record producers 27T

21st-century American women singers 2,977T
4.

Jason Mraz

American musician

Overview: Jason Thomas Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In 2002 he released his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the single "The Remedy ...

Date of birth: 23 June 1977

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Christina Carano (Married)

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LGBT singers from the United States 352T

People from Mechanicsville, Virginia 12T

Musicians from Richmond, Virginia 77T
5.

Jim Morrison

Musician, Songwriter, Poet, Filmmaker

Overview: James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter and poet, who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1943

Date of death: 3 July 1971

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Vocalist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Jim Morrison 7T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Musicians from Alexandria, Virginia 21T
6.

Kiely Williams

American, Actress

Overview: Kiely Alexis Williams (born July 9, 1986) is an American singer, rapper, dancer, actress, and songwriter. She is known for being a former member of girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls.

Date of birth: 9 July 1986

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Brandon Cox (I) (Married)

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21st-century American women singers 3,014T

20th-century American women singers 2,186T

21st-century American rappers 2,336T
7.

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
8.

Emmylou Harris

American, Musician

Overview: Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1947

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Alabama 149T

Singer-songwriters from North Carolina 155T

20th-century American women guitarists 264T
9.

Dave Grohl

American, Musician

Overview: David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He was the drummer for rock band Nirvana and founded the band Foo Fighters, for whom he ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1969

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Annandale High School alumni 17T

Them Crooked Vultures members 4T

Teenage Time Killers members 9T
10.

Wayne Newton

American, Entertainer

Overview: Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and actor. One of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is known by the nicknames The Midnight Idol, Mr. Las Vegas and Mr ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1942

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Entertainer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T
11.

Roy Clark

American musician

Overview: Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1933

Date of death: 15 November 2018

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Country Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Barbara Joyce Rupard (Married)

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Singer-songwriters from Oklahoma 165T

Deaths from pneumonia in Oklahoma 11T

20th-century American male musicians 7,733T
12.

Phil Vassar

American singer-songwriter

Overview: Phillip George Vassar Jr. (born May 28, 1962) is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, i ...

Date of birth: 28 May 1964

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Country Musician

Gender: Male

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20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

21st-century American male musicians 4,997T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T
13.

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

Overview: Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone ...

Date of birth: 25 April 1917

Date of death: 15 June 1996

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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People from St. Albans, Queens 31T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T

Jazz musicians from Virginia 69T
14.

June Carter Cash

Singer

Overview: June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter; June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was a five-time Grammy award-winning American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, comedian, and author who was a member of the ...

Date of birth: 23 June 1929

Date of death: 15 May 2003

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Country Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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20th-century American women guitarists 83T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
15.

Taryn Manning

American, Actress

Overview: Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for portraying Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) ...

Date of birth: 6 November 1978

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Arizona 76T

American women fashion designers 343T

LGBT singers from the United States 537T
16.

DeVante DeGrate

American, Rapper

Overview: Donald Earle DeGrate Jr. (born September 29, 1969), better known by his stage name DeVanté Swing, is an American record producer, singer, rapper and songwriter.

Date of birth: 24 September 1969

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

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Record producers from Virginia 35T

Musicians from Hampton, Virginia 15T

Singers from Virginia 165T
17.

Asher Monroe

American dancer and actor

Overview: Asher Monroe Book (born September 18, 1988), known professionally as Asher Monroe, is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor. In 2006, after starring in an extensive run of national tours in ...

Date of birth: 18 September 1988

Age: 34

Nationality: American

Occupation: Vocalist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Sanela Diana Jenkins (Engaged)

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

21st-century American singers 6,055T

American male dancers 506T
18.

Neko Case

American singer-songwriter

Overview: Neko Richelle Case (born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case has a powerful, untrained contralto voice, which has ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1970

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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Loose Music artists 18T

21st-century American women guitarists 235T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T
19.

D'Angelo

American musician

Overview: Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced di-Angelo), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. D'Angelo is ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1974

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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American neo soul singers 100T

Male pianists 806T

Musicians from Richmond, Virginia 77T
20.

Bruce Hornsby

American singer, pianist, and songwriter

Overview: Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, gospel, rock, blues, and jam band musical ...

Date of birth: 23 November 1954

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Kathy Hornsby (Married)

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

20th-century American keyboardists 311T

Jazz musicians from Virginia 69T