Top 10 Iconic Singers from Colombus, Ohio

Flag of the city of Columbus, Ohio, USA. Self-drawn, based upon File: Seal of Columbus, Ohio. Photo by Alex – Wikimedia Commons

Top 10 Iconic Singers from Colombus, Ohio

Columbus is Ohio’s state capital. The city’s Scioto Mile is a string of parks on both sides of the Scioto River, with a huge interactive fountain and trails. On the west bank, the COSI science center offers hands-on exhibits and a planetarium.

Downtown, the Columbus Museum of Art includes American and European paintings and a sculpture garden. The German Village area has restored brick houses built by 1800s settlers.

1. Dwight Yoakam              

Dwight Yoakam at the 2008 San Diego County Fair. Photo by dirkhansen – Wikimedia Commons

Dwight David Yoakam was born on 23^rd October 1956. He is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, known for his pioneering style of country music. Dwight Yoakam is an American, country musician

 First becoming popular in the mid-1980s, Yoakam has recorded more than 20 albums and compilations charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and sold more than 30 million records.

 He has recorded five Billboard No. 1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple-platinum This Time. He is married to Emily Joyce.

2.  Joshua Dun   

Southside Festival. Photo by Mr. Rossi – Wikimedia Commons

Joshua William “Josh” Dun is an American musician. He is currently the drummer for the band Twenty One Pilots. He was born on 18^th June 1988. He is married to Debby Ryan.

3. Joe Walsh 

Joe Walsh performs live at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA. Photo unattributed – Wikimedia Commons

Joseph Fidler Walsh was born on 20^th November 1947 and is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has been a member of five successful rock bands: James Gang, Barnstorm, Eagles, the Party Boys, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

Walsh was also part of the New Zealand band Herbs. In the 1990s, he was a member of the short-lived supergroup The Best.

4.  Tyler Joseph 

Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 10, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Photo by Ralph Arvesen from Round – Mountain, Texas – Wikimedia Commons  Tyler Robert Joseph was born on 1^st December 1988 and is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman for the musical duo Twenty One Pilots.

He also released a solo album titled No Phun Intended in 2008. As a member of Twenty One Pilots, he has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, of which he has won one.

5. Gary leveaux        

Recording the vocals. Photo by Leo Wieling on Unsplash

Gary leveaux was born Gary Wayne Vernon Jr. on 10^th July 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country pop trio Rascal Flatts, and his stage name was taken from the studio-console label for his lead-vocal track.

6. Jermaine Stewart                       

Vancouver indie pop band The Western Investor. Photo by Chris Stewart – Wikimedia Commons

William Jermaine Stewart was on 7^th September 1957.  He was an American male R&B singer best known for his 1986 hit single “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off”, which reached number 2 in both the UK and Canada.

 It also reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. He died on March 17, 1997

7.   Jay demarcus 

Jay DeMarcus Performing Live During Rascal Flatts Thaw Out 2012 Tour. Photo by Redfires23 – Wikimedia Commons

Jay demarcus was born on Stanley Wayne Demarcus Jr. on 26^th April 1971. He was an American bassist, guitarist, vocalist, pianist, record producer, and songwriter.

 He is a member of the country-pop group Rascal Flatts.

8.  Nancy Wilson 

Nancy Wilson. Photo by Eva Rinaldi – Wikimedia Commons

Nancy Sue Wilson was born on 20^th February 1937. He was an American jazz singer and actress whose career spanned over five decades, from the mid-1950s until her retirement in the early 2010s.

She was especially notable for her single “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am” and her version of the standard “Guess Who I Saw Today”.

Wilson recorded more than 70 albums and won three Grammy Awards for her work. During her performing career, Wilson was labeled a singer of blues, jazz, R&B, pop, and soul; a “consummate actress”; and “the complete entertainer”. The title she preferred, however, was “song stylist”. She received many nicknames including “Sweet Nancy”, “The Baby”, “Fancy Miss Nancy” and “The Girl With the Honey-Coated Voice”.

9.  Howard Jones  

Howard Jones performing at Let’s Rock Liverpool, Wavertree Playground, 31st  July 2021. Lets Rock is a one-day retro music festival concentrating mainly on British 80s bands,m Photo by Andrew D. Hurley – Wikimedia Commons

Howard Jones was born on 20th July 1970. He is an American metalcore vocalist, best known as the vocalist of the band Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed, and as the current vocalist of Light the Torch, formerly known as Devil You Know.

10. Terry Glaze

Band member under red floodlights. Photo by Melanie van Leeuwen on UnsplashTerrence Lee Glaze was born on 29^th November 1964. He is an American rock singer and guitarist who is best known for his early work with the heavy metal band Pantera.