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...

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...

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...

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...

French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one...

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...

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...

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...

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",...

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...

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...

The 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from April 27 to July 19, leading up to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The route covered 26,875 kilometers...

(/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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

ˈwɔːrwɪk/ dee-ON WOR-wik; born Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit...

Mariah Carey (/məˈraɪə/;: 0:01  born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. An influential figure in music, she...

334 episodes 1978 Fantasy Island Harry Beamus Episode: "Call Me Lucky/Torch Singer" 1978 The Love Boat Bert Buchanan Episode: "The Song Is Ended" 1979 Bizarre...

"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...

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...

ˈdiːtʁɪç] ; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-born actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich...

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

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...