A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the...

Torch Singer is a 1933 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez...

still in wide usage. A torch song is typically a sentimental love song in which a singer laments an unrequited love. A tiki torch Torch seller, tacuinum sanitatis...

October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago...

all different sides." American singer Beyoncé called Sade's music a "true friend" and an inspiration. The late singer Aaliyah said that she admired Sade...

story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag queen, and torch singer who lives in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The four-hour...

known as the former lead singer of Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed. He is the current vocalist of Light the Torch, formerly known as Devil You...

Robert T. Westbrook (born December 24, 1945, New York City)[citation needed] is an American writer. He was born to columnist Sheilah Graham. Westbrook...

of how much Morrissey owed that blousy Anglo-Irish nineteenth-century torch-singer and stand-up comedian Oscar Wilde, the "first pop star". Arguably, poor...

self-sacrificing June Allyson-like character before reverting to her usual torch singer/socialite roles. In The Company She Keeps (1951), she played Joan Willburn...

most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century". In 2023, Rolling Stone placed Del Rey on their list of the "200 Greatest Singers of All Time",...

had tried to interest Holiday in the song. In 1943, a flamboyant male torch singer, Willie Dukes, began singing "Lover Man" on 52nd Street. Because of his...

1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her contralto voice, London...

Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums...

Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian. She attained international stardom and critical acclaim...

Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Feist (May 5, 2005). "A Torch Singer with an ancient sound". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2008. Berman...

(/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988), known mononymously as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting...

Mariah Carey (/məˈraɪə/;: 0:01  born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme"...

(/ʃɛər/ SHAIR; born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress, and television personality. Often referred to by the media as...

Streisand (/ˈstraɪsænd/ STRY-sand; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over...

Stop, her first film under the new contract. She played Chérie, a saloon singer whose dreams of stardom are complicated by a naïve cowboy who falls in love...

Edmunds. In 1989, lang released her last album with the Reclines, Absolute Torch And Twang. Lang chose to use a lower-case name, inspired by the poet e....

Warwick (/diˈɒn ˈwɔːrwɪk/ dee-ON WOR-wik; born Warrick) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit...

; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-born American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly 7 decades. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed...

Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman...

money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business. He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He's the singer who gets across what the composer...

disguised account (or roman à clef) of the real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband, tobacco heir Zachary Smith Reynolds, who...

"Most Promising Female Vocalists". Sherwood was usually described as a torch singer; she appeared on stage in a sweater and glasses, and used a cymbal held...

Holman in a retrospective of his favorite torch singers, calling her "perhaps the first bona fide torch singer." Boardman, Sam (Winter 2006). "Not Quite...

Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain's...