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Jewish women singers

  • Amy WinehouseAmy Winehouse won five Grammys singing by satellite from London at 3 a.m. Her visa was not processed in time.
  • Doja CatIn August 2018, Doja Cat uploaded a homemade music video in which she fantasized about being a cow. Within a week it had passed three million views. The American rapper, singer and producer was born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, and the…
  • Alanis MorissetteAlanis Morissette recorded a demo cassette in August 1989 and sent it to Geffen Records. The tape has never been heard. It was stolen, along with other records, in a burglary of the label's headquarters in October 1989. Whatever it held is…
  • Bette MidlerBette Midler was born on the 1st of December 1945, and her trophy shelf is very nearly complete. She has won three Emmys, three Grammys, two Tonys and four Golden Globes. Only the Oscar has eluded her, despite two nominations. Across about…
  • Goldie HawnGoldie Hawn was born on the 21st of November 1945, and her first major film role won her an Academy Award. That is a startling debut for a performer who, only a short time earlier, had been known for giggling her way through a television…
  • Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand once filed a lawsuit that sent a crowd of strangers to look at a single photograph. In 2003 she claimed that a website documenting coastal erosion had invaded her privacy. Among its more than 12,000 images, one happened to…
  • Paula AbdulPaula Abdul is an American singer, dancer, choreographer and television personality, and one sentence she spoke to a record executive changed the shape of her career. Years afterward, Jeff Ayeroff recalled it this way: "She said, 'I can…
  • Idina MenzelIn 1992, a young singer named Idina Menzel recorded a demo of a song called "In Your Eyes" and was paid $75 for the job. The song went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993, sung by the Irish performer Niamh Kavanagh. That story…
  • Hailee SteinfeldHailee Steinfeld once ran a swear jar on a film set. During the making of True Grit, the harshest word cost its speaker five dollars, and other vulgarities cost a dollar each. Steinfeld fined herself fifty cents whenever she said the word…
  • Emmy RossumEmmanuelle Grey Rossum was seven years old when she sang "Happy Birthday" in all 12 keys for a stranger. The stranger was Elena Doria, director of the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus, and the performance earned the girl a place in the…

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