| PEGGYLEE | Stage name of US jazz and pop singer Norma Deloris Egstrom (1920-2002) (5,3) |
| ELIZACARTHY | Singer and fiddler who is the daughter of singer Norma Waterson |
| PEGGYLEETREVINO | Popular singer/songwriter born Norma Deloris Egstrom and American golfing great |
| SATCHMO | Nickname of US jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901- 71) used as the title of an autobiography published in 1954 (7) |
| CARMICHAEL | Surname of US jazz musician Hoagy (10) |
| SAMCOOKE | 1960s US gospel, soul and pop singer whose hits include 'Chain Gang' and 'Twistin' the Night Away' (3,5) |
| VERONICA | Stage name of US actress Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (1922-73), known as the Peekaboo Girl (8) |
| GRECO | Buddy ___, American jazz and pop singer and pianist whose real first names were Armando Joseph |
| MEATLOAF | Mince dish and pop singer (4,4) |
| CLEO | Great English jazz and pop singer; ___ Laine (4) |
| NAT | Jazz and pop singer ___ King Cole |
| ELEANORA | American jazz and swing singer (1915-1959) better known by her professional name Billie Holiday (8,5) |
| DINAHWASHINGTON | Pseudonym of Ruth Jones, US jazz and R&B singer (5,10) |
| DOMINO | Fats, US jazz and rock-and-roll pianist born in 1928 (6) |
| AFROBEAT | Which Nigerian music genre combines West African musical styles with American funk, jazz and soul influences? (8) |
| NINASIMONE | Stage name of US singer and civil rights activist Eunice Waymon |
| ALICECOOPER | Stage name of US rock singer and radio DJ Vincent Damon Furnier, born in 1948 (5,6) |
| BLAKE | Roberta _; US jazz and soul singer (5) |
| FLACK | Roberta _; US jazz and soul singer (5) |
| HOLIDAY | Billie ___ (1915-59), US jazz and swing singer (7) |
