English > vocalist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who sings. |
|---|
| Synonyms | singer, vocalizer, vocaliser |
|---|
| Instances | Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey | United States singer (1918-1990) |
|---|
| Cash, Johnny Cash, John Cash | United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) |
| Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier | French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) |
| Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch | United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992) |
| Dylan, Bob Dylan | United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) |
| Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald | United States scat singer (1917-1996) |
| Garland, Judy Garland | United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) |
| Horne, Lena Horne, Lena Calhoun Horne | United States singer and actress (born in 1917) |
| Iglesias, Julio Iglesias | Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943) |
| Jackson, Mahalia Jackson | United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) |
| Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson | United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) |
| Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson | United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950) |
| Joplin, Janis Joplin | United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) |
| King, B. B. King, Riley B King | United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) |
| Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder | Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950) |
| Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly | United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) |
| Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone | United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958) |
| Marley, Robert Nesta Marley, Bob Marley | Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981) |
| Martin, Dean Martin, Dino Paul Crocetti | United States singer (1917-1995) |
| Merman, Ethel Merman | United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984) |
| Orbison, Roy Orbison | United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) |
| Piaf, Edith Piaf, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow | French cabaret singer (1915-1963) |
| Robeson, Paul Robeson, Paul Bustill Robeson | United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism / socialism (1898-1976) |
| Russell, Lillian Russell | United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922) |
| Simon, Paul Simon | United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942) |
| Smith, Bessie Smith | United States blues singer (1894-1937) |
| Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith | United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) |
| Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Joan Streisand | United States singer and actress (born in 1942) |
| Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan | United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) |
| Waters, Ethel Waters | United States actress and singer (1896-1977) |
| Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram Williams, Hiram King Williams | United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) |
| Wynette, Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynetter Pugh | United States country singer (1942-1998) |
| Narrower | alto | A singer whose voice lies in the alto clef |
|---|
| baritone, barytone | A male singer |
| bass, basso | An adult male singer with the lowest voice |
| canary | A female singer |
| caroler, caroller | A singer of carols / carols |
| castrato | A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice |
| chorister | A singer in a choir |
| contralto | A woman singer having a contralto voice |
| crooner, balladeer | A singer of popular ballads |
| folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour | A singer of folk songs |
| hummer | A singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words / words |
| lieder singer | A singer of lieder |
| madrigalist | A singer of madrigals |
| opera star, operatic star | singer of lead role in an opera |
| rapper | someone who performs rap music |
| rock star | A famous singer of rock music |
| songster | A person who sings |
| soprano | A female singer |
| tenor | An adult male with a tenor voice |
| thrush | A woman who sings popular songs |
| torch singer | A singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs |
| voice | (metonymy) a singer |
| warbler | A singer |
| yodeller | A singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs) |
| Broader | musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
|---|
| Spanish | cantante, cantora, cantor, vocalista |
|---|
| Catalan | cantant, cantor, vocalista |
|---|
| Nouns | vocalism | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
|---|
