Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical
career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s,
being the idol of the "bobby soxers. " His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he
won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958) is an American musician. He performs under the mononym of Prince but has also been
known by various other names, most notably the unpronounceable symbol which he used as his stage name between 1993 and 2000.
During this period, he was usually referred to as The artist formerly known as Prince. Prince is a songwriter and musician,
having released several hundred songs both under his own name and with other artists.
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician.
He brought a soulful sound to country music and pop standards through his Modern Sounds recordings, as well as a rendition
of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem —
a classic, just as the man who sang it. " He also appeared in the 1980 hit movie, The Blues Brothers.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched
over more than half a century from 1926 until his death. One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby
held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses.
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely
considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront
of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz and fusion.
