Old singer broadcast hit and real men cried (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
marlene dietrich
'old singer' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'broadcast hit and real men cried' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hit'+'real'+'men'+'cried'='hitrealmencried'
'hitrealmencried' with letters rearranged gives 'MARLENE DIETRICH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marlene dietrich that I've seen before include "chanteuse" , "Actress" .)