Women in Music Posters “L...-”
for social studies and music education classrooms, home schoolers, and inspirational decor.

Patti LaBelle
née Patricia Louise Holte
b. 5-24-1944; Philadelphia, PA

Singer and actress Patti LaBelle has been called the Godmother of Soul, the High Priestess of Good Vibrations and the Queen of Rock & Soul, as well as having been listed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

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Patti LaBelle quote ~
• “The smallest deed is greater than the grandest intention.”

Cyndi Lauper, Photographic Print

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
b. 6-22-1953; Ozone Park, Queens, NY

Cyndi Lauper is a singer/songwriter and actress.

Gertrude Lawrence
b. 6-4-1898; London
d. 9-6-1952; NYC

Gertrude Lawrence is best remembered for her work in musical comedy.

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Marjorie Lawrence
b. 2-7-1907; Australia
d. 1-13-1979; Arkansas

Soprano Marjorie Lawrence was striken with polio in 1941; her story was told on film in Interrupted Melody, 1955.

Lotte Lehmann
b. 2-27-1888; Germany
d. 8-26-1976; Santa Barbara, CA

Lotte Lehmann was a soprano best remembered for her reprertory of German work such as Richard Strauss' operas. She is a noted voice teacher, earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was a writer of poems, novels and a memoir. She also discovered the Trapp Family Singers who inspired The Sound of Music.

Lotte Lenya
née Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
b. 10-18-1898; Vienna, Austria
d. 11-27-1981; NYC

Lotte Lenya was a singer and actress best remembered for her work with her husband Kurt Weill's A Threepenny Opera (1928), and a nomination for an Academy Award for a supporting role in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961).

Jenny Lind (née Johanna Maria)
b. 10-6-1820; Stockholm, Sweden
d. 11-2-1887; England

Jenny Lind, known as the “Swedish Nightingale” because of her voice, was also notable for her philanthropy.

Marie Lloyd
née Matilda Alice Victoria Wood
b. 2-12-1870; Hoxton, London
d. 10-7-1922; Middlesex

Marie Lloyd was a popular, and risque, music hall singer.

Christa Ludwig
b. 3-16-1928; Berlin, Germany

Christina Ludwig is a mezzo-soprano sang opera, Lieder, oratorio between the late 1940s to the early 1990s.

Loretta Lynn, née Webb
b. 4-18-1934; Butcher Hollow, KY

Loretta Lynn, a country music singer-songwriter was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s. Her 1976 autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter, was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1980.

Vera Lynn, née Webb
b. 3-20-1917; London

Vera Lynn, singer and actress, was popular during World War II. In 2009, she became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 on the British album chart, at the age of 92. One of her best know numbers is “As Time Goes By”.