chanteuse
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Notably, the chanteuse captivated audiences singing Henry Mancini and Don Black’s “Nothing to Lose” in the 1968 comedy “The Party,” in which she played an aspiring actress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Billy Idol, chanteuse Sade, metal legends Iron Maiden and Manchester outfits Joy Division and New Order were also honored, along with hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan and velvet-voiced crooner Luther Vandross.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Tilly Norwood, the AI-created aspiring actress, is pursuing a second career as a chanteuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
A series of gorgeous surreal hallucinations include projected video flashbacks, descending carousel horses and black flamenco dancers emerging from shadows and furniture as Quichotte recalled Dulcinea, a nightclub chanteuse with a retro microphone.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
She’d chosen a strapless gold lame jumpsuit with a seaweed belt and had blown her long hair straight like a 1970s chanteuse.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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She’s glad to see him, too, but as is so often the case with cabaret chanteuses in quayside bars, she awaits her true love, the father of her young boy.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Teatro ZinZanni, the cirque/cabaret/comedy/dining company which long held court across the street from McCaw Hall, is taking its trapezes, chanteuses and multicourse meals to the Eastside.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2017
Nearly a century before, Edgar Degas had painted inhabitants of his own demimonde: prostitutes, ballet dancers, jockeys, chanteuses.
From Economist ● Jul. 21, 2016
Tonight, on the red-carpet of the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the rappers, cowboys, and chanteuses let their freak-flags fly.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2016
Musicians from hip-hop producers to folk chanteuses bow to her; a jazz big band in New York City exists to perform her repertoire.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 10, 2015