Mary Eveline Fincken
South African singer and educationist
South African singer and educationist
South African political activist, educationist, and musician
South African singer-songwriter known as P. J. Powers
1700s and 1800s Austrian composer
1800s British hymn writer and poet
Renowned Spanish flamenco dancer
American transgender trailblazer
Irish fishmonger and heroine of song
Irish academic and activist
Singer Brenda Lee has enjoyed success as a child performer, teen idol, easy-listening chanteuse, and country music queen, sustained through each of these career transformations by a powerful voice. An important pioneer of early rock and roll, she achieved unprecedented international popularity during the 1960s.