3 Doors Down
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| Background information | Music | ||
| Origin | Escatawpa, Mississippi, United States | All That She Wants | |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Post-grunge Hard rock Southern rock |
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| Years active | 1996 – present | ||
| Label(s) | Republic Universal |
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| Associated acts | Puddle of Mudd Nickelback Daughtry Theory Of A Deadman Hoobastank Shinedown |
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| Website | Official Website | ||
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| Brad Arnold Matt Roberts Todd Harrell Chris Henderson Greg Upchurch |
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| Richard Liles Daniel Adair |
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Ace of Base
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Ace of Base in Vantaa, Finland 2008.
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| Origin | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genre(s) | Dance Techno Europop Adult contemporary |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Label(s) | Playground Music (Scandinavia) Universal (Europe & Australia) EMI (Japan) Sony-BMG (Americas & Japan) |
| Website | Official website Official MySpace |
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| Jenny Berggren Jonas Berggren (Joker) Ulf Ekberg (Buddha) |
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| Former members | |
| Malin “Linn” Berggren | |
Jayne Mansfield
| Playboy centerfold appearance |
February 1955 |
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| Birthplace | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| Birthdate | April 19, 1933 |
| Date of death | June 29, 1967 |
| Measurements | 40D – 21 – 36 |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Preceded by | Bettie Page |
| Succeeded by | Marilyn Waltz |
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens album cover |
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| Birth name | Richard Steven Valenzuela | |
| Born | May 13, 1941 | |
| Origin | Pacoima, California, USA | |
| Died | February 3, 1959 Clear Lake, Iowa, USA |
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| Genre(s) | Rock’n'Roll | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar | |
| Years active | 1958–1959 | |
| Label(s) | Del-Fi Records | |
The Day The Music Died
Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003.
Willie Lewis
Willie Lewis (born 1946) is a rockabilly recording artist and owner of the label Rock-A-Billy Records, based in Denver, Colorado. He started the label in order to release rare and authentic rockabilly recordings, most of which were pressed on colored vinyl between 1982 and 1998. He released music from artists such as Go Cat Go, Ronnie Dawson, Don Rader, Marti Brom, and Little Roy Williamson & the Denver Ramblers.
Lewis recorded his own music under a variety of names, including Willy & the String Poppers, Billy & the Bop Cats, King Cat & the Pharaohs, and most recently, the Bop-a-Whiles.
Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee
The Very Best of Bobby Vee by Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee (born April 30, 1943) is an American pop music singer.
Born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, his 1961 performance of the song “Take Good Care Of My Baby” went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S. charts and on the U.K. Charts. Known primarily as a performer of Brill Building pop-factory singles, Vee nevertheless became a bona fide star, and went on to record a string of international chart hits in the 1960s, including “Devil or Angel”, “More Than I Can Say”, “Run to Him”, “Rubber Ball”, “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”, and “Come Back When You Grow Up”.
Bobby Vee appeared in several British and American motion pictures as well as the Scopitone series of early film-and-music recordings, which predicted the rise of rock music videos. Vee is still active and touring internationally as a performer as of 2006. His sons and daughter have shown much interest in his music career and legacy, some of who are in a band known as “The Vees”.
Vee’s career began amid tragedy. On “The Day the Music Died” (3 February 1959) — the day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in the crash of aircraft N3974N near Clear Lake, Iowa —
Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003.
fifteen-year-old Velline and a scratched-together band of Fargo, North Dakota schoolboys calling themselves Bobby Vee and the Shadows volunteered for and were given the unenviable job of filling in for Holly and his band The Crickets in the lineup of the traveling “Winter Dance Party” rock and roll show in Moorhead, Minnesota in which Holly was to have performed. Their engagement there was a success, setting in motion a chain of events that led to Vee’s career as a popular singer. Bobby Vee regularly performs at the Winter Dance Party memorial concerts in Clear Lake to this day.
Bobby Vee is a recipient of the state of North Dakota’s Roughrider Award and his contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
The Very Best of Bobby Vee by Bobby Vee
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton era |
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| Origin |  London, England |
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| Genre(s) | Blues-Rock\Pop\Folk Rock | |
| Years active | 1962 – 1968 1992 – present |
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| Label(s) | Columbia Records (UK) Epic Records (US) |
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| Website | www.theyardbirds.com | |
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| Keith Relf Chris Dreja Jim McCarty Paul Samwell-Smith Top Topham Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Jimmy Page |
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a rock ‘n’ roll band, starting out in 1967 and best known for the hits “Born to Be Wild”, “Magic Carpet Ride” and “The Pusher”. Due to the German background of the band’s leader John Kay, they were named after the novel Steppenwolf by author Hermann Hesse.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Toronto, Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Rock & Roll Hard Rock |
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| Years active | 1967 – 1971 1974 – 1976 1981 – present |
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| Label(s) | ABC Dunhill Records Mums Records Epic Records MCA Records |
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Gallery
Gallery was a soft rock band of the 1970s. It was formed in Detroit, Michigan by Jim Gold. While Gallery did record a good amount of songs, they are most famous for their 1972 song called “(It’s So) Nice To Be With You,” released by Sussex Records, which earned the band a gold record for sales of one million copies. Gallery also had a hit in 1972 with a cover of Mac Davis’ “I Believe In Music,” which charted moderately well at number 22.
Journey
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| Origin | San Francisco, California | |
| Genre(s) | Progressive rock (originally) Arena rock Rock |
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| Years active | 1973 – 1987, 1996 – present | |
| Label(s) | Columbia Records Sony BMG Music Entertainment Sanctuary Records |
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| Steve Augeri (1998-present) Neal Schon (1973-1987; 1996-present) Jonathan Cain (1980-1987; 1996-present) Deen Castronovo (1998-present) Ross Valory (1973-1985; 1996-Present) |
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| Former members | ||
| Steve Perry (1977-1987; 1996-1997) Gregg Rolie (1973-1980) Steve Smith (1978-1986; 1996-1998) Aynsley Dunbar (1974-1978) Prairie Prince (1973) George Tickner (1973-1976) Randy Jackson (1985-1987) Robert Fleischman (1977) |
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Gigi d Agostino
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 DJ, remixer and music producer Gigi D’Agostino |
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| Country | Italy |
| Years active | 1994 - |
| Genres | Electronic/Dance, Trance |
| Labels | Arista Records, ZYX Music |
The Esquires
Formed:
1957
Representative Songs:
“Get on Up,” “You Got the Power,” “And Get Away”
Representative Albums:
Get on Up…And Get Away With the Esquires, Get on Up, Best of the Esquires
Similar Artists:
The Tams, The Stylistics, The Impressions, The Dramatics, The Dells, The Delfonics, The Chi-Lites
Followers:
Triple S, Flavor
George Michael
 George Michael |
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| Birth name | Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou | |
| Also known as | George Michael | |
| Born | June 25, 1963 | |
| Origin | London, England |
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| Genre(s) | Pop Pop rock Blue-eyed soul |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, multiple instruments | |
| Years active | 1982 – present | |
| Label(s) | Columbia Records, DreamWorks, Virgin, Epic, Sony Music | |
| Associated acts |
WHAM! | |
| Website | http://www.georgemichael.com | |
Sammy Kershaw
Samuel Paul “Sammy” Kershaw (born February 24, 1958, in Kaplan, Louisiana) is an American Country and Western music singer and songwriter.
He is a relative of Cajun music legend, Doug Kershaw.
After the death of his father when Sammy was 11, he worked a variety of jobs by day while playing roadhouses at night to support his family.
During that time, he opened shows for Ray Price, Merle Haggard and George Jones while barely into his teens. When the pressures of growing up fast took their toll in the form of a serious drug and alcohol problem, he quit his bad habits cold turkey in 1988 and took a break from music to work as a remodeling supervisor at Wal-Mart. Kershaw married and divorced Lorrie Morgan.
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Travis Tritt
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| Country | Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Country Rock |
| Labels | Warner Brothers Records (1987-1999) Columbia Records (1999-2005) Category 5 Records (2005-present) |
Tammy Wynette
 Tamy Wynette |
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| Birth name | Virginia Wynette Pugh | |
| Born | May 5, 1942 | |
| Origin | Tremont, Mississippi | |
| Died | April 6, 1998 | |
| Genre(s) | country music | |
| Occupation(s) | country singer | |
| Instrument(s) | singing/guitar | |
| Years active | 1966-1998 | |
| Label(s) | Epic | |
| Associated acts |
Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, George Jones, David Houston, Lynn Anderson | |
| Website | Tammy Wynette Official Site | |
Gene Chandler
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Eugene Dixon | |
| Born | July 6, 1937 | |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |
| Genre(s) | R&B, soul | |
| Occupation(s) | singer | |
| Website | [1] | |
Gene Pitney (Billy Bryan)
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. Through the mid-1960s, he enjoyed considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic, and charted more than 20 Top 40 hit singles. He was also an accomplished guitarist, pianist, drummer, and skilled sound engineer.
Biography
Pitney was born in Hartford, Connecticut. In his youth, he lived primarily in Rockville, part of the town of Vernon. He attended Rockville High School from which he earned the name “The Rockville Rocket,” and where he formed his first band called “Gene & the Genials.” He also made a couple of records as part of a duo called “Jamie and Jane” with a lady called Ginny Arnell and then released a single as Billy Bryan.
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Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs(born July 18, 1954 in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. Skaggs’s music career began in 1970 when he joined Ralph Stanley‘s bluegrass band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He plays mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo. For a few years, Skaggs was a member of Emmylou Harris‘s “Hot Band“. He wrote the arrangements for Harris’s bluegrass-roots album, Roses in the Snow. In addition to arranging, Skaggs sang harmony, and played mandolin and fiddle. In 2000, he shared the stage with the now defunct jam band Phish.
Gavin DeGraw
| Background information | ||
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| Born | February 4, 1977 | |
| Origin |  South Fallsburg, New York, United States. |
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| Genre(s) | Rock | |
| Years active | 2001–present | |
| Label(s) | J Records, Sony BMG | |
| Website | Official site | |
Gary Glitter
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| Origin | England | |
| Genre(s) | Pop Glam rock Proto-punk |
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| Years active | 1960s –2000s | |
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Madonna performing during her 2006 Confessions Tour. |
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| Birth name | Madonna Louise Ciccone | |
| Born | August 16, 1958 (age 48) | |
| Origin |  Bay City, Michigan, United States of America |
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| Genre(s) | Pop, R&B, Electronica, Dance | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer, musician, dancer, author, actress | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, percussion | |
| Years active | 1982–present | |
| Label(s) | Warner Bros. (2004-Present), Maverick/Warner Bros. (1995-2004), Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. (1992-1995), Sire/Warner Bros. (1982-1992) | |
| Website | Madonna.com | |
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
| Origin | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
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| Years active | 2004 – Present |
| Genres | Alternative Rock Screamo Post-hardcore |
| Labels | Virgin Records |
| Members | Ronnie Winter Duke Kitchens Elias Reidy Joey Westwood Jon Wilkes |
| Website(s) | www.redjumpsuit.com |
Jim Croce
James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973), popularly known as Jim Croce (pronounced CROW-chee), was an American singer-songwriter.
Croce, 30, and Muehleisen, 24, died in a small commercial plane crash on September 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, Louisiana two months before the release of his third ABC album, I Got a Name. The posthumous release included three hits, “I Got A Name”, “Workin’ At The Car Wash Blues” and “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song.”
Jethro Tull
| Country | England |
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| Years active | 1968–Present |
| Genres | Progressive rock
Blues-rock |
| Labels | Chrysalis Records Eagle Records Roadrunner Records EMI Capitol Records Island Records |
| Members | Ian Anderson Martin Barre Doane Perry Andrew Giddings Jonathan Noyce |
| Past members | Mick Abrahams Glenn Cornick Clive Bunker John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock David Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Gerry Conway Peter-John Vettese Martin Allcock Dave Mattacks Tony Iommi (Minor member) Tony Williams (Minor member) Matthew Pegg (Minor member) Steve Bailey (Minor member) |
Gary Morris
Gary Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American country music singer. His peak years were the 1980s. His first big hit was “Headed For A Heartache” in 1981. Other hits included “Baby Bye Bye,” “Second Hand Heart,” “Between Two Fires” (all from the 1984 album Faded Blue); “I’ll Never Stop Loving You”, “Velvet Chains”, and “100% Chance of Rain.” He also had two smash duets with Crystal Gayle: “Makin’ Up For Lost Time” and “(You Take Me Away) To Another World”. His son Matthew Morris also is a singer.
Morris is one of various singers to have recorded “The Wind Beneath My Wings.” He is also well-known as the second Jean Valjean in the Broadway production of Les Misérables, where he replaced Colm Wilkinson in the role. He is featured on the Complete Symphonic Recording of the musical.
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Feargal Sharkey
Feargal Sharkey (born Sean Feargal Sharkey on August 13, 1958, in Derry) is a Northern Irish singer, who first found fame as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones, famous for the hit single “Teenage Kicks”. Before his actual solo career took off, he was also the singer of the one-shot group The Assembly, with the ex-Yazoo supremo Vince Clarke in 1983 (with their UK singles chart number 4 hit, “Never Never”).
His best-known solo material is the 1985 UK chart-topping single penned by Maria McKee, “A Good Heart”, which went to number one in several countries. His solo work is significantly different from the semi-punk offerings of The Undertones. He also got a UK number 2 in 1986 with “You Little Thief”.
Starting in the early 1990s Sharkey moved into the business side of the music industry, initially as an A&R manager for Polydor Records and then as Managing Director of EXP Ltd. He was appointed a Member of the Radio Authority for five years from December 1998 to December 2003. He then became Chairman of the UK Government task force the ‘Live Music Forum’ in 2004.
Tenacious D
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| Origin |  Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| Genre(s) | Range includes: Rock Folk Metal Acoustic Rock Comedy Rock |
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| Years active | 1997–present | |
| Label(s) | Sony BMG Music Entertainment Epic Records |
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| Website | www.tenaciousd.com | |
| Members | ||
| Jack Black (Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar) Kyle Gass (Lead guitar, Backup vocals) |
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John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including “Jack and Diane”, “Pink Houses” and others, and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event.
Pat Benatar
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| Birth name | Patricia Mae Andrzejewski | |
| Born | January 10, 1953 | |
| Origin | New York City | |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Arena rock, Hard rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Years active | 1978 – present | |
| Label(s) | Chrysalis Records | |
| Website | http://benatar.com/ | |
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the 1960s, best-known for hits like “Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)” (1971), “Steppin’ Out”(1965), “Kicks”(1966), “Let Me” (1969) and “Hungry” (1966).
The band, initially located in Boise, Idaho, started as an instrumental rock outfit led by organist Paul Revere (legal name Paul Revere Dick; original stage name Revere Dick [1]), whose distinctive given names were in honor of the Revolutionary War hero. In his early twenties, Revere already owned several restaurants in Caldwell, Idaho, and first met singer Mark Lindsay while picking up an order of hamburger buns from the bakery where Lindsay worked. Lindsay joined Revere’s band in 1958. Originally called The Downbeats, they changed their name to Paul Revere & The Raiders in 1960 on the eve of their first record release for Gardena Records. The band scored their first Pacific Northwest regional hit in 1961 with “Like, Long Hair”, an instrumental. Revere was drafted, became a conscientious objector and worked at a mental institution for a year and half of deferred service. After reforming the band, they attracted national attention again with a cover of “Louie Louie”, which was picked up by Columbia Records although beaten in the charts by The Kingsmen’s version.
Bo Donaldson/The Heywoods
- Genre: Rock
- Active: ’70s
- Instrument: Vocals
Biography
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods shot to prominence in 1974 with “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero.” Sales that topped three million copies brought the group a gold record. The single spent two weeks in the top spot on the charts. The number one single was the band’s greatest success, but it didn’t mark the first time that the group charted. Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods made a showing on the charts with “Someone Special” in 1972 and “Deeper and Deeper” the following year. The band was ten years old when “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero” made such a splash, and it had already performed as the opening act for such artists as Herman’s Hermits, the Box Tops, the Osmond Brothers, the Rascals, the Grass Roots, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. The group also performed on American Bandstand. After “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero,” the band took “Who Do You Think You Are” into the Top 20. “The Heartbreak Kid” followed, reaching the Top 40. The group charted again with “House on Telegraph Hill” and “Our Last Song Together.”
Donaldson, whose real name is Robert Walter Donaldson, sang and played keyboard and the trumpet. The group also included lead vocalist James Michael Gibbons on bass and trumpet; lead vocalist Richard Leon Joswick on percussion; Gary James Coveyou on vocals, woodwinds, and reeds; David Alan Krock on vocals, trumpet, and bass; Richard Brunetti on vocals, percussion, and drums; and Earl Baker Scott on vocals and guitar. Danny Loveland, a co-vocalist on the Heywoods’ number one single, dropped out in 1975 to pursue a solo career and record “Black Is Black.” Originally a drummer, Loveland began singing because the group kept losing its lead singers. When he gave up singing, the Kansas native launched a disco that he named Backstage. He went on to establish a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand.
Freddie King
Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer, best known for his recordings “Hide Away“, “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” and “Going Down“.
Jewel
| Background information | ||
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| Birth name | Jewel Kilcher | |
| Born | May 23, 1974 (age 32) | |
| Origin | Payson, Utah, United States |
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| Genre(s) | Pop, folk, rock, dance, adult contemporary, country | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, guitarist, poet, actress | |
| Instrument(s) | Singing, guitar | |
| Years active | 1995–present | |
| Label(s) | Atlantic Records (1995–2006) | |
| Website | JewelJk.com | |
Hootie & the Blowfish
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Hootie & the Blowfish is an American pop-rock band, originally formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim “Soni” Sonefeld and Mark Bryan.
Their debut album was Cracked Rear View (1994) and it was an instant success, ultimately selling over 16 million copies in the U.S. and becoming the best-selling album of 1994. The album was propelled by four hits, “Hold My Hand”, “Let Her Cry”, “Only Wanna Be With You”, and “Time”. In 1995, Hootie and the Blowfish and Bob Dylan reached an out-of-court settlement for the group’s unauthorized use of Dylan’s lyrics in their song “Only Wanna Be With You.” The band won the “Best New Artist” award at the 1996 Grammy Awards.
In 1995, Hootie & the Blowfish contributed the song “Hey Hey What Can I Do” to the Encomium tribute album to Led Zeppelin. Also, their cover of Canadian group 54-40′s “I Go Blind”, originally released on the soundtrack to the TV series Friends in 1995, did not appear on Cracked Rear View or Fairweather Johnson, but nevertheless became a surprise hit at radio in 1997 after three singles from Fairweather Johnson had been released. Both “Hey Hey What Can I Do” and “I Go Blind” were later released on the rarities/B-sides collection, Scattered, Smothered and Covered.
Hootie & the Blowfish appeared on MTV Unplugged on the eve of the release of their second album, 1996′s Fairweather Johnson. Though sales began promisingly, the album quickly ran out of steam, having sold four million copies in the U.S. Hootie & the Blowfish has since released four more studio albums, Musical Chairs; Scattered, Smothered and Covered; Hootie & the Blowfish; and Looking for Lucky.
The band’s name comes from two of frontman Darius Rucker’s college choir friends, neither of whom was ever a band member. One, with a round face and glasses, was nicknamed Hootie because of his perceived owl-like appearance. The Blowfish also got his nickname from his facial appearance, in his case chubby cheeks.
Hootie & the Blowfish’s members are avid golfers, and have sponsored the Monday After the Masters charity golf tournament since 1995.
Edwin Mccain
Edwin McCain
Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina) is an alternative and indie rock singer-songwriter. While his albums are released under his name, he does have a permanent band, referred to as the Edwin McCain Band. Members of the band include Larry Chaney, lead guitar; Pete Riley, rhythm guitar and background vocals; Craig Shields, saxophone and keyboards; Manny Yanes, bass guitar; and Tromell Blassingame, drums.
Long time touring friends with Hootie and the Blowfish, the Edwin McCain band signed with same label, Atlantic Records. In 1994, he recorded his first major-label album, Honor Among Thieves under the Lava Records imprint (matchbox twenty, Kid Rock and Jewel). The record was then released in 1995. His second album, Misguided Roses, spawned I’ll Be, a major hit single in 1998. This song is also featured on the charitable album, Live in the X Lounge, along with a live version of “Solitude”. Two more albums (Messenger and Far from Over) followed, but at the end of 2001, he split from Lava. In 2003 he released a collection of acoustic versions of songs both old and new called The Austin Sessions via ATC Records, a Nashville-based independent record label (at which McCain was the first artist signed following its creation in 2001). Mid-2004 saw the arrival of his first studio album in three years, entitled Scream & Whisper, which was released on another indie label, DRT Entertainment.
He has released two DVDs to date. The first was through ATC records in late 2002, called Mile Marker: Songs and Stories from the Acoustic Highway, and it consisted of interviews, live performances, and other material. The other was in late 2004, Tinsel & Tap Shoes. It was his first live concert DVD, recorded at The House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Co-written & performed with singer/songwriter Maia Sharp, McCain released a single, “Hold Out a Hand.” This song, available for a 99 cent download on iTunes.com, gives all profits to the relief of the hurricane victims of 2005.
Edwin McCain Band’s newest CD, titled, “Lost in America,” was released on April 11, 2006, under the Vanguard Records label. This album (#9) is said to be a true “rock ‘n roll” collection. There are 2 single releases from this CD: #1 – “Gramercy Park Hotel.” #2 – “Truly Believe.”
The band is currently on an extensive U.S. tour, promoting the “Lost in America” album.
Napalm Death
| Origin | Birmingham, England |
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| Years active | 1982 – present |
| Genres | Grindcore (early) Death metal |
| Labels | Earache Records Spitfire Records Century Media (now) |
| Members | Mark “Barney” Greenway Shane Embury Mitch Harris Danny Herrera |
| Website(s) | Official Napalm Death website |
Brutal Truth
Brutal Truth was a New York City based deathgrind band that was formed in 1990 by ex-Anthrax and Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker. The group disbanded in 1999. Brutal Truth was one of the pioneers of deathgrind who enjoyed world wide success, particularly in Japan and Australia.
Originally signed to Earache Records, on which they released two albums, 1992′s Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses, and 1994′s Need to Control, as well as an EP entitled Perpetual Conversion, and a 7″ single for the song “Godplayer”. During this time, music videos were made for the songs “Ill Neglect”, “Collatoral Damage”, and “Godplayer”. Brutal Truth found frustration with Earache Records, as did many 1990s Relapse Records bands, and switched to Relapse Records, known for its roster of grindcore acts, with whom they stayed until the band’s demise.
On Relapse they released the mini album Kill Trend Suicide, a full length release entitled Sounds of the Animal Kingdom, and a double CD live album called Goodbye Cruel World. The band has also released many split 7″ singles on smaller labels, with most of these being out of print and difficult to find.
In 2001, the Guinness Book of Records awarded Brutal Truth the record for “Shortest Music Video” for their video “Collateral Damage,” which weighs in at 2.18 seconds long and consists of 48 still images in rapid succession followed by a clip of an explosion.
Drummer Rich Hoak now provides vocals and drums for a new project titled Total Fucking Destruction. Kevin Sharp released an album with Venomous Concept in 2004, a hardcore punk band featuring members from The Melvins and Napalm Death. He was also a member of Australian grind band Damaged for a little over a year from 1999. Dan Lilker now plays for a host of bands and is currently bassist for the re-united Nuclear Assault.
Nuclear Assault
| Origin | New York City |
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| Country | U.S.A. |
| Years active | 1984–1995 2002–present |
| Genres | Thrash metal |
| Labels | I.R.S. Records Combat Records In-Effect Receiver Records SPV |
| Members | John Connelly Scott Harrington Danny Lilker Glenn Evans |
| Website(s) | http://www.nuclearassault.us/ |
Anthrax
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| Origin | New York City, United States | |
| Genre(s) | Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal |
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| Years active | 1981–present | |
| Label(s) | Island Def Jam Elektra Megaforce Sanctuary |
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| Website | http://www.anthrax.com/ | |
| Members | ||
| Dan Spitz Charlie Benante Joey Belladonna Scott Ian Frank Bello |
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| *Jason Rosenfeld, Dirk Kennedy, John Connelly, Neil Turbin, Matt Fallon, John Bush, Kenny Kushner, Greg Walls,Paul Crook, Rob Caggiano, Paul Kahn, Dan Lilker, Dave Weiss, Greg D’Angelo | ||
Megadeth
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| Origin | USA |
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| Genre(s) | Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal |
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| Years active | 1983–2002 2004–present |
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| Label(s) | Combat Records (1984−1986) Capitol Records (1986−2000) Sanctuary Records (2001−2006) Roadrunner Records (2006−Present) |
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Metallica Cacophony Damn the Machine Eidolon |
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| Website | www.megadeth.com | |
| Members | ||
| Dave Mustaine Glen Drover Shawn Drover James LoMenzo |
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| Former members | ||
| David Ellefson Marty Friedman Nick Menza Gar Samuelson (deceased) Chris Poland Chuck Behler Jeff Young Jimmy DeGrasso Al Pitrelli James MacDonough |
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Faith Evans
| Background information | ||
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| Birth name | Faith Renée Evans | |
| Born | June 10, 1973 | |
| Origin | Lakeland, Florida, United States |
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| Genre(s) | R&B, soul | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress | |
| Years active | 1992–present | |
| Label(s) | Capitol (2005–present) Arista Records Bad Boy Entertainment (1995–2003) |
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| Website | FaithEvansOnline.com | |
Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes
| Background information | ||
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| Also known as | The Charlemagnes, The Blue Notes | |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Genre(s) | R&B/soul/disco | |
| Years active | 1960 – 1997 | |
| Label(s) | Philadelphia International/CBS, ABC | |
| Former members | ||
| Harold Melvin Teddy Pendergrass Sharon Paige Bernard Wilson Roosevelt Brodie Jesse Gillis Jr. Franklin Peaker John Atkins Lawrence Brown Lloyd Parks David Ebo Dwight Johnson William Spratelly Gil Saunders |
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Jim Boyd
- Tell Me A Storyw/Frankie Laine
- Jim Boyd is an American actor, born in Philadelphia.Boyd spent four years in the Air Force and studied at the American Academy for Dramatic Arts.
He did voice work (along with Wayland Flowers and Cleavon Little) for puppets on The Surprise Show, a children’s program that aired locally in the New York City area in the late 1960s. The puppets used on the show, called Aniforms, had been developed by puppeteer Morey Bunin.
In 1971, the Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) contacted Boyd because they wanted to use Aniforms in a television show that became known as The Electric Company. During the first season, Boyd’s voice was used extensively, especially for the character J. Arthur Crank (who was just an angry voice at the time). Boyd was unseen until season two, when he became a regular cast member, appearing on-camera until the show stopped production in 1977.
Boyd is often confused with Mississippi-born Jimmy Boyd, singer of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” who was also an actor. The Internet Movie Database mistakenly lists the two men as the same person, combining their television and film credits, but a correction order has been submitted there.
Frankie Laine
Tell Me A Story w/Jimmy Boyd
| Background information | ||
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| Birth name | Francesco Paolo LoVecchio | |
| Born | March 30, 1913 | |
| Genre(s) | Pop Standards Jazz Rhythm and Blues Gospel Folk Country |
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| Years active | 1937–2005 | |
| Label(s) | Mercury Columbia Capitol ABC Amos Score |
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| Website | Offical Website | |
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He has appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best remembered for his novelty song “When you’re Hot, You’re Hot” for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1972. As an actor, he is remembered for his role as Burt Reynolds’s buddy in the Smokey and the Bandit movies.
Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer and actor.
Reddy was immensely successful as a singer in the 1970s with numerous hit records including three U.S. #1 singles. She has sold more than 15 million albums and 10 million singles, and was the first Australian-born performer to win a Grammy award. In 1974, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States, but currently lives near Sydney, Australia.
Earth Wind & Fire
- After The Love Has Gone
- Fantasy
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| Background information | ||
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois USA | |
| Genre(s) | R&B Funk Soul Disco |
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| Years active | 1969 – Present | |
| Label(s) | Columbia, Sanctuary | |
| Website | http://www.earthwindandfire.com/ | |
| Members | ||
| Maurice White Verdine White Ralph Johnson Philip Bailey John Paris David Whitworth Myron McKinely Greg Moore Vadim Zilberstein Gary Bias Bobby Burns Jr. Reggie Young Krystal Bailey Kimberly Johnson |
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Mark Chesnutt
- That’s the Way You Make an Ex
Mark Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Although his first hit, 1990′s “Too Cold at Home,” was extremely neotraditional, subsequent songs were more mainstream Contemporary Country. Chesnutt surprised many fans in late 1998 when he recorded a cover of Aerosmith’s recent hit, I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. As reported on American Country Countdown, Chesnutt first heard the song when his teenage daughter changed the presets on his truck radio. Chesnutt’s version of this song was a #1 country hit for two weeks in February 1999, and peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.
His other hits include:
- Bubba Shot the Jukebox
- She Dreams
- Down in Tennessee
- Big D
- Let It Rain
- I Just Wanted You to Know
- A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side (with Tracy Byrd)
- http://www.markchesnutt.com/
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