Sentence examples for lesser fame from inspiring English sources

The virtues that are essential to his art — understated swing, intelligent understanding of the lyrics, perfect taste in material — would seem to be ones that might belong to a fine jazz singer of lesser fame: a Mel Torme, or a Johnny Hartman.

Unlike murderers of lesser fame, there is no waxwork figure of Jack the Ripper at Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrorss, in accordance with their policy of not modelling persons whose likeness is unknown.

If he'd had a lesser fame like that of Steve Forbert, who in the 70's went gold with a single ("Romeo's Tune" or "Meet Met In The Middle of the Day"), would Rafferty have been able to live like Stevie and record a CD every year, change genres at will--Forbert is a kind of elder statesman in Nashville now--and keep doing what he loved most?

We hope she enjoys the somewhat lesser light of fame and fortune that attends her victory.

While celebrity status is considered currency in our corporate mileu, screen star Harrison Ford described to TV Guide fame's lesser known hidden cost.

Perhaps the most amusing instance of newfound fame among lesser-known players was shown on the Twitter feed of the reserve defensive end Justin Trattou.

And also why contestants from lesser shows still work lingering fame in small rooms.

Or maybe it's a question of sexism, his voice and macho fame overshadowing her "lesser" reputation?

I find name-droppers amusing, especially when their fame-bombs are lesser lights: local TV weathermen or Totie Fields.

8 30 p.m. 8) EL BULLI LITE The celebrity chef Ferran Adrià of El Bulli fame has a lesser-known outpost about 25 minutes by taxi from the city center.

Later in the decade, British bands like the Sex Pistols and The Clash found short-lived fame at home and, to a lesser degree, in the United States.