Believe it or not, I'm actually trying to do you a favor, by engaging in a good faith discussion rather than just nominating this article for deletion. In any case, if you have other genuine references, I'll be happy to review them.  Could you please provide dates and titles of the NY Times articles, and cite the dates and names of a few of the "many, many other newspapers"?  Ideally, they should be articles about Antonia Bennett, confirming that she is a notable singer.  Just having her name isn't sufficient though.  For example, the claim of a reference at the "whitehouse.gov" site.  When I took a look, what this seems to refer to, is nothing more than Bennett's name appearing on a Kennedy Center guest list .  That is not sufficient proof of notability, please provide other references that she is famous.