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vocalist

[voh-kuh-list] / ˈvoʊ kə lɪst /


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English singer Olivia Dean scored her first real music industry job in 2017, working as a backing vocalist for the electronic group Rudimental.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

That she was a vocalist with great lung power had never been missed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

“Play it back to back and actually start understanding the sound more and realize there’s new sounds being created,” said lead vocalist Geovanni Flores.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Four of its 11 members – female vocalist Nahathai Satjalert, male vocalist Thitiwat Kaewkanha, keyboardist Pruttipong Phutmon and drummer Nathaphat Thammanitha – are among the dead.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

She also became the first black vocalist to appear as a soloist with the Philharmonic Society at Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Music.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

Though she’s no conventional jazz singer, it’s no surprise she felt compelled to sing ballads with orchestration, a time-honored formula for so many great jazz vocalists, including her earliest musical obsession, Sarah Vaughan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

After signing a 19-year-old Houston, she became one of the most successful female vocalists in recording history.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

At the city's New Empire Theatre, he orchestrated several "big-band concerts", he wrote, flying in Bombay-based maestros like Ken Mac and Sonny Lobo, and vocalists like Jean Statham and Pamela McCarthy.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

One of his first successes was writing "Stupid Cupid" for one of the era's most popular US female vocalists, Connie Francis.

From Barron's Feb. 28, 2026

This will depend on why you are transposing, and what kinds of vocalists and instrumentalists you are working with.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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