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Clams Casino (musician)
Clams Casino, real name Michael Volpe (born 1987, Nutley, New Jersey), is an American producer whose stretched-vocal-sample beats for Lil B and A$AP Rocky defined cloud rap; debut album 32 Levels (2016), Moon Trip Radio (2019).
Clannad
Clannad (Irish band, from "Clann As Dobhar", family from Dore): family folk group formed 1970 in Gweedore, Donegal; famed for "Theme from Harry's Game", Robin of Sherwood's Legend, and a 1999 Grammy; distinct from the Key visual novel of the same name.
Clara (singer)
Clara (Clara Soccini, born 1999, Varese) is an Italian pop singer and actress, Crazy J in Mare Fuori, Sanremo Giovani 2023 winner, Sanremo 2024-2025 contestant, debut album PRIMO (2024, gold).
Clara Clemens
Clara Langdon Clemens (1874-1962), Mark Twain's second daughter and only surviving child, contralto singer, wife of conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch, sole heir who controlled and suppressed Twain's unpublished works until Letters from the Earth (1962).
Clara La San
Clara La San (Rosemary Claire Louise Francis) is a Manchester-based English R&B/bedroom pop singer-producer; 2014 "Let You Go", viral 2023 "In This Darkness", 2024 debut album Made Mistakes on her CLS Music label.
Clara Rockmore
Clara Rockmore (Clara Reisenberg, 1911–1998), Vilnius-born violin prodigy and theremin virtuoso; youngest St. Petersburg Conservatory student, developed aerial fingering, recorded The Art of the Theremin (1977).
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann, born Clara Wieck in Leipzig, was a leading German concert pianist and composer of the nineteenth century, publishing twenty-one works and championing Brahms.
Clare Grogan
Clare Grogan (Clare Patricia Grogan, born 1962), Scottish singer and actress; lead singer of new wave band Altered Images ("Happy Birthday", UK No. 2, 1981) and star of Gregory's Girl; married Stephen Lironi 1994; album Mascara Streakz 2022.
Clare Torry
Clare Torry (born 1947) is the British session singer whose improvised wordless vocal on Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" led to a 2005 co-authorship credit with Richard Wright.
Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter (1936-2026), Montgomery, Alabama soul and blues singer blind from birth; hits "Slip Away," "Patches," "Back Door Santa," and "Strokin'"; FAME and Atlantic recording artist, three gold records, 37 albums.
Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons, also Clarence Anicholas Clemons, the Big Man (1942-2011), American tenor saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band from 1972; solos on Born to Run, Jungleland, Thunder Road; 1985 duet hit You're a Friend of Mine with Jackson Browne.
Clarion (band)
Clarion (band): East Los Angeles shoegaze/alt-rock band formed late 2023; viral 2024 single "Hello Juliet" (55+ million streams); EPs Clarion (2024) and Blue Fairy (2026) on Broke Records; core members Saya Oliva and Anthony Sanchez.
Classics IV
Classics IV, also billed Classics IV Featuring Dennis Yost, an American soft rock band formed 1965 in Jacksonville, Florida, known for "Spooky" (#3, 1968), "Stormy" and "Traces" (#2, 1969); Cobb, Daughtry and Buie later formed the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
Claude (singer)
Claude (Claude Kiambe, born 2003) is a Dutch-Congolese singer-songwriter whose 2022 hit "Ladada (Mon Dernier Mot)" topped the Dutch charts; he represented the Netherlands at Eurovision 2025 with "C'est la vie", finishing 12th.
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy (Achille-Claude Debussy, 1862-1918), French composer and pianist born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye; creator of Pelléas et Mélisande, La mer, and the Préludes, known for non-functional harmony, parallel chords, and free form.
Claude François
Claude François (Cloclo), French yé-yé and disco singer born 1939 in Ismaïlia, Egypt, died 1978 in Paris. Creator of the Clodettes and the Flèche label; "Comme d'habitude" became "My Way" for Sinatra.
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944, Vannes) is a French musical theatre composer, not the Viennese modernist Arnold Schoenberg. With Alain Boublil he wrote Les Misérables (1980) and Miss Saigon (1989), winning two Tonys and a Grammy.
Claudette Ortiz
Claudette Ortiz (born 1981, Willingboro, NJ) is an American R&B singer, female vocalist of City High ('What Would You Do?', 2001) and a season-one cast member of TV One's R&B Divas: LA.
Claudette Rogers Robinson
Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson, "First Lady of Motown," was an original member and female vocalist of the Miracles, the first group signed to Motown; "Shop Around" was the label's first million-seller, and she was Smokey Robinson's wife.
Claudia Brücken
Claudia Brücken is a German singer, born in 1963, best known as lead vocalist of the Düsseldorf synth-pop band Propaganda and later the duo Act.
Claudia Previn
Claudia Previn (Claudia Previn Stasny), American singer, editor, and writer; elder daughter of André Previn and jazz singer Betty Bennett, based in Julian, California.
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado (1933-2014), Italian conductor; music director of La Scala, LSO, Vienna State Opera, and Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor 1989-2002; founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, born in Cremona in 1567, who carried music from the Renaissance into the Baroque as the first great opera composer.
Claudio Sanchez
Claudio Sanchez is the American singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Coheed and Cambria and creator of The Amory Wars sci-fi saga spanning albums, comics, and the novel Year of the Black Rainbow.
Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken (Clayton Holmes Grissom), American pop singer born 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina; American Idol season 2 runner-up (2003) whose debut single "This Is the Night" and album Measure of a Man both hit No. 1, later a Broadway performer, UNICEF ambassador, and two-time congressional candidate.
Clay Walker
Clay Walker (Ernest Clayton Walker Jr., born 1969, Beaumont, Texas) is an American country singer whose 1993 debut produced consecutive No. 1 hits; he has charted over 30 singles, 11 No. 1s, four platinum albums, and founded Band Against MS after his 1996 multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
Clean Bandit
Clean Bandit, British electronic group formed 2008 at Cambridge, fusing classical strings with dance pop. Members Chatto, J. Patterson, L. Patterson; hits Rather Be, Rockabye, Symphony, Solo; Grammy 2015.
Clem Burke
Clem Burke (Clement Anthony Bozewski, 1954–2025), Blondie's co-founding drummer on all albums 1976–2017, also Eurythmics drummer and briefly Elvis Ramone of the Ramones; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006, Clem Burke Drumming Project founder.
Clementine Douglas
Clementine Douglas, British singer-songwriter and producer from Birmingham, frontwoman of Kudu Blue; known for "Mixed Emotions" with Chase & Status, "Asking", and Calvin Harris's UK No. 3 "Blessings"; Radio 1 Dance Vocalist of the Year 2022; solo from 2024.
Cleo Laine
Dame Cleo Laine (Clementina Dinah Campbell, 1927–2025), English jazz singer and actress, wife of John Dankworth; four-octave contralto, 1985 Grammy winner, first British jazz dame.