Top 10 Iconic Singers From Cincinnati Ohio

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Top 10 Iconic Singers From Cincinnati Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in Ohio, on the Ohio River. The Over-the-Rhine district is known for its 19th-century architecture, including Findlay Market, which has food and craft vendors. To the north is the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

The Cincinnati Museum Center encompasses history, science, and children’s museums in the art deco Union Terminal. Works spanning 6,000 years are on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

1. Carmen Electra 

Carmen Electra, Los Angeles, California, September 2013. Photo by Glenn Francis – Wikimedia Commons

Tara Leigh Patrick was born on 20^th April 1972. He is known professionally as Carmen Electra.

He is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis, where she met Prince, who produced her self-titled debut studio album, released in 1993.

Electra began glamour modeling in 1996 with frequent appearances in Playboy magazine, before relocating to Los Angeles, where she had her breakthrough portraying Lani McKenzie in the action drama series Baywatch (1997–1998).

2.   Andrew Biersack 

Andy on El Rey Theatre LA. Photo by Elle Lea Hartman – Wikimedia Commons

Andrew Dennis Biersack was born on 26^th December 1990. He is formerly known as Andy Six.

He is an American singer, Actor, singer-lyricist, songwriter, and pianist. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Black Veil Brides and is its only remaining original member. In May 2014, he started a solo music project under the moniker Andy Black and released his debut album, The Shadow Side, in 2016.

3. Doris Day                                               

Publicity photo of Doris Day. Photo unattributed – Wikimedia Commons

Doris Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff on 3rd April 1922. He was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.

 She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, “Sentimental Journey” and “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time” with Les Brown & His Band of Renown.

She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. She died on 13^th May 2019.

4. Andy Williams 

Publicity photo of Andy Williams. Photo by Sheldon Saltman – Wikimedia Commons

Howard Andrew Williams was born on 3^rd December 1927. He was an American singer, record producer, and songwriter.

 He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold-certified and 3 platinum-certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards.

 He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, and numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri is named after Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini’s “Moon River” song for which he is best known.

He sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States. He died on 25^{th September 2012.}                          

5. Nick Lachey 

Nick Lachey. Photo by Horv from the United States of America – Wikimedia Commons

Nicholas Scott Lachey ( lə-SHAY was born on 9^th  November 9, 1973. He is an American actor, singer, television personality, and host.

He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson.

 He has released four solo albums: SoulO, What’s Left of Me, A Father’s Lullaby, and Soundtrack of My Life. He also had a recurring role on the television series Charmed.

He hosted NBC’s The Sing-Off, co-hosted VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live from 2014 to 2015, and now hosts Nickelodeon’s America’s Most Musical Family, and co-hosts the Netflix show Love is Blind with his wife Vanessa Lachey.

6. The Isley Brothers 

The Isley Brothers. Photo by T-Neck Records – Wikimedia Commons

The Isley Brothers are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that started as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O’Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley, and Ronald Isley in the 1950s. With a career spanning over seven decades, the group has been cited as having enjoyed one of the “longest, most influential, and most diverse careers in the pantheon of popular music”.

7. Roy Rogers 

Roy Rogers in The Carson City Kid, 1940. Photo by Joseph Kane – Wikimedia Commons

Roy Rogers was born Leonard Franklin Slye on 5^th November 1911. He was an American singer, actor, and television host.

He was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the “King of the Cowboys”, he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.

In many of his films and television episodes, he appeared with his wife, Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger; and his German shepherd, Bullet. His show was broadcast on the radio for nine years and then on television from 1951 through 1957.

His early roles were uncredited parts in films by fellow cowboy singing star Gene Autry. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often Pat Brady, Andy Devine, George “Gabby” Hayes, or Smiley Burnette.

 In his later years, Rogers lent his name to the franchise chain of Roy Rogers Restaurants

8.  Liz Phair

Liz Phair. Photo by Flickr user ultra 5280 from Denver, USA – Wikimedia Commons

 Liz Phair is an American actor and musician. Elizabeth Clark Phair was born on 17^th April 1967.

9.  Hal Sparks     

Hal Sparks. Photo by Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA – Wikimedia Commons

 Hal Harry Magee Sparks III was born on 25^th September 1969. He is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, political commentator, television and radio host, and television personality.

 He is known for his contributions to VH1, hosting E!’s Talk Soup, and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk, Donald Davenport in Lab Rats, and as the voice of Tak in Tak and the Power of Juju television series and video games.

10.   Ronald Isley 

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Ronald Isley was born on 21^st May 1941. He is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor.

Isley is best known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.