* 1935 – Steve Lawrence, American singer and actor

* 1938 – Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter ( The Four Tops ) ( d. 1997 )

* 1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer ( Styx )

Sakamoto has also acted in several films: perhaps his most notable performance was as the conflicted Captain Yonoi in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, alongside Takeshi Kitano and British rock singer David Bowie.

* 1934 – Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer

** Lawrence Tibbett, American opera singer and actor ( b. 1896 )

** Norma Zimmer, American singer ( The Lawrence Welk Show ) ( d. 2011 )

She is referenced in the Lawrence Arms song " Light Breathing ( Me and Martha Plimpton in a Fancy Elevator )," a song detailing the singer unexpectedly stepping into an elevator with her and being unable to overcome shyness to ask her out.

Famous residents have included comedian Jim Davidson, who grew up in Holburne Road ; interior designer Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen, who lived in a bungalow on Kidbrooke Park Road until 2004 ; and singer Sandie Shaw.

* Tracy Lawrence, country music singer

He buys a house in Beverly Hills from opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, planning to stay while his wife and two daughters remain in the New York suburb of Scarsdale.

Lawrence Mervil Tibbett ( November 16, 1896 – July 15, 1960 ) was a famous American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality.

Female performers were popularly viewed as morally akin to prostitutes, and Sickert's painting Katie Lawrence at Gatti's, which portrayed a well known music hall singer of the era, incited controversy " more heated than any other surrounding an English painting in the late 19th century.

* July 4-Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer and dancer

* Lawrence Tibbett, actor and singer

She was also nominated for the Oscar in 1951 for her performance as Kirk Douglas's wife in Detective Story and again in 1955 for her portrayal of opera singer Marjorie Lawrence in the Oscar-winning biopic Interrupted Melody.

* 1971 Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer

He had two sons, Christopher and Michael by his second wife, actress / singer Carol Lawrence.

Lawrence Eugene " Larry " Williams ( May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980 ) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Vicki Lawrence, a young singer from the " Johnny Mann Singers ", joined the series shortly after its start.

In 2003, Japanese singer Ai released the R & B single " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ," which sampled the song.

Also in 2009, British teen singer Faryl Smith recorded a version of the song for her album Wonderland, entitled " Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence ( Somewhere Far Away )".

in celebration of his 85th birthday: Juniflip featuring guest appearances from Love front-man Arthur Lee, vocalist ( and successful actor ) Bill Henderson, and former Hamilton band members trombonist George Bohanon and bass trombonist Jimmy Cheatham ; Believe with special guest appearances from vocalist and rhythm and blues singer Fontella Bass and trombonist George Bohanon ; 6th Avenue Romp featuring special guest appearances from guitarist Shuggie Otis, trumpeter Jon Faddis, trombonist George Bohanon, vocalist Brenna Bavis and percussionist Jaimoe of the Allman Brothers Band ; and Heritage with special guest appearances from vocalist Marya Lawrence and trombonist George Bohanon.

Gertrude Lawrence ( July 4, 1898 – September 6, 1952 ) was an English actress, singer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End theatre district of London and on Broadway.

At the end of 1920, Lawrence left Murray's and began to ease her way back into legitimate theatre while touring in a music hall act as the partner of popular singer Walter Williams.

If they'd had another singer they'd never have got further than Salford shopping centre.

The song was already published in several song books and sung with " Du gamla, Du friska ", but a priest who had known Dybeck got the opportunity to tell the singer most associated with the song, opera singer Carl Fredrik Lundqvist, about the change in the year 1900.

When they got to the bar, the Bowery had already hired a singer, making Wildcountry the backup band.

On November 20, 1955, African-American rock ' n ' roll singer and guitarist Bo Diddley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, only to infuriate Sullivan (" I did two songs and he got mad ").

After Milo had left, Bill and the others from the Descendents, Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, got singer Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty and formed All.

Lead singer Sebastian Bach recalled, " When ( Skid Row ) got signed to Atlantic, Gary Moore heard about it and said we could have the name for $ 35, 000 U. S. dollars.

When her contract with Modern came up in 1960, she decided to sign with Leonard Chess ' namesake label, Chess Records, and shortly afterwards got involved in a relationship with singer Harvey Fuqua, founder of the doo-wop group, The Moonglows.

The Premiers, now calling themselves The Teenagers, got their first shot at fame after impressing Richard Barrett, a singer with The Valentines.

The public offer to Chris Daughtry to be Fuel's next singer was a publicity stunt made at a point where the new singer was already chosen, had made three demos, and got green light from Sony.

At the age of 13, she got her first job as a dance band and schlager singer in 1958, with The Evald Eks Orchestra.

On March 31, 2008, Jones commemorated the 10th anniversary of The Living Room with a midnight performance at the intimate Manhattan music venue where the singer got her start.

Lead singer Tortelvis, flanked by his boys, finally got his shot at singing " The Star Spangled Banner " at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 27, 2005.

* In 1983, English-American rock group The Pretenders, released their song " Back on the Chain Gang ", featuring the lyrics " The phone, TV and the News of the World got into the house like a pigeon from hell ..." Written by the group's singer, Chrissie Hynde, the song was about the band's experience of losing their guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott, to a drug overdose, and these lines were in reference to the surviving members ' inability to escape the story at the time.

In January, Lomax, who knew nothing whatever about the recording business, became Lead Belly's manager and, through a friend, cowboy singer Tex Ritter, got Lead Belly a recording contract with the famous A & R man Art Satherly of ARC records.

Jay Jay hired a former high school friend of Eddie Ojeda, who joined as co-lead singer and second guitarist, and got drummer Kevin John Grace after reading an ad that Kevin put in the Village Voice.

Before becoming a voice actress, Hidaka got her start in the 1980s as a tarento and pop singer.

Walsh told the press: " wasn't the most talented one – he's not a great singer and he's got no personality.

The character of Tony Polar, the mentally impaired singer, was rumored to be based on Frank Sinatra, but Susann herself was quoted in her biography Lovely Me saying that she got the idea for Polar when she tried to interview Dean Martin after one of his shows ; he was too engrossed in a comic book to pay attention to her.

During the season, Danny dated a few other women and nearly got engaged to a widowed singer until he found out she didn't like children.

Gary got drunk at his promotion party, causing a binge in the two-part season finale, “ Bottom of the Bottle .” Ginger caught her record producer husband, Kenny, cheating on her with a singer, Sylvie ( Louise Vallance ), and broke up with him.

Geritol was often used in the 1960s as a punch line for a joke in sitcoms or in comedy routines ; comic singer Allan Sherman satirized Geritol on his 1962 album My Son, the Folk Singer, singing " Yasha got a bottle of Geritol " to the tune of " Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho ".

Famously during the time of Rhythm and Blues, WWF announcer Gorilla Monsoon would proclaim every time Valentine got on the microphone and sang that " if you hung The Hammer for being a good singer you would hang an innocent person ".

Hart got an early career break when singer Carl Smith covered Hart's song " Loose Talk " in 1955.