Possible Clues:

• Singer of love songs
• Allan-a-Dale, for one
• Singer, a delicate creature, going after bouncer
• Sinatra, at times
• Minstrel with a pipe returned at end of dance
• Party of French monarch includes a minstrel
• Possibly bitter about everything, commercial singer
• One making a song and dance, these days, always going on
• Singer, a large guy, tucking into booze
• Do listen to a much-loved singer