Best Singers and Bands from Pennsylvania
Good ol' P.A. has quite a few spectacular native singers & Bands! And it's my Home State!
Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho is an American classical crossover singer who gained wide recognition at an early age. Since 2009, she has issued an EP and eight albums, including a platinum and gold album, and three Billboard 200 top 10 debuts. Evancho's latest album 'The Debut', was her eighth consecutive release to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart.
In 2017, Evancho performed the U.S. national anthem at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump and became the youngest person ever to perform a concert series at Café Carlyle. Jackie is from western Pennsylvania and at the age of 12 was awarded the title of History Maker in the field of Arts by the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. Now 14, she has released five albums, one certified platinum and one gold, has just completed her *third* PBS Great Performances special and has represented Pennsylvania well in many corners of the world with her thrilling performances.
Jackie continues to live and go to school in Pennsylvania. She loves it here!
Jackie is about 30 miles from where I was born!
This guy was so good, he was known as the 'King of Rock & Soul'.
Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards better known under the stage name Patti LaBelle, is an American singer, author, actress, and entrepreneur. This was my father's guilty pleasure when growing up. Unfortunately, he may have passed on that potentially faulty gene.
Daryl Hall and John Oates, known more commonly as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo from Philadelphia.Originally known as Paris from Camphill PA I remember seeing them play in a little dive bar called Toots in Hummelstown
Alecia Beth Moore known professionally as P!NK, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.
Joan Marie Larkin known professionally by her stage name Joan Jett, is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and occasional actress, best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, preceded by success with The Runaways, including their hit song "Cherry Bomb". Man, I love Joan Jett. But the reason she couldn't be higher is because she didn't have a lot of hits.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift is best known for writing personal songs and has won 13 Grammy Awards... read more Taylor Swift really isn't my thing, but she does have an enormous amount of hits, and is the only artist to have all of the songs on an album hit the top 100. And she must be talented, because Ozzy Osbourne said so.
Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years.
Christina María Aguilera is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for songs such as "Beautiful", "Genie In A Bottle", "Fighter", "Hurt", "Dirrty", "Your Body", "Lady Marmalade", "Reflection", "I Turn To You", "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" "What A Girl Wants", and "Candyman". Born in New York, but raised in Rochester and Wexford, PA. She belongs here.
Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The band is well known for politically charged lyrics and activism, focusing on anti-war activism, anti-imperialism, class struggle, human rights, and various sociopolitical sentiments.
Cinderella was an American glam metal and hard rock band from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. Definitely. Worthy of a top 10 from Pennsylvania they are one of the top hair bands from the 80s
Live is an American alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania, composed of Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, and Chris Shinn. Live's original lead singer Ed Kowalczyk left the band in November 2009, but returned in December 2016.