Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens album cover
Background information
Birth name	Richard Steven Valenzuela
Born	May 13, 1941
Origin	Pacoima, California, USA
Died	February 3, 1959 Clear Lake, Iowa, USA
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.

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

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The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton era
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Blues-Rock\Pop\Folk Rock
Years active	1962 – 1968 1992 – present
Label(s)	Columbia Records (UK) Epic Records (US)
Website	www.theyardbirds.com
Members
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.

Steppenwolf
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Canada
Genre(s)	Rock & Roll Hard Rock
Years active	1967 – 1971 1974 – 1976 1981 – present
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.

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Journey

Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genre(s)	Progressive rock (originally) Arena rock Rock
Years active	1973 – 1987, 1996 – present
Label(s)	Columbia Records Sony BMG Music Entertainment Sanctuary Records
Members
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)
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

Gigi D’Agostino
DJ, remixer and music producer Gigi D’Agostino
Country	Italy
Years active	1994 -
Genres	Electronic/Dance, Trance
Labels	Arista Records, ZYX Music

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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

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George Michael

George Michael
Background information
Birth name	Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
Also known as	George Michael
Born	June 25, 1963
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Pop Pop rock Blue-eyed soul
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

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Gene Chandler

Gene Chandler
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]

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Gavin DeGraw

Background information
Born	February 4, 1977
Origin	South Fallsburg, New York, United States.
Genre(s)	Rock
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	J Records, Sony BMG
Website	Official site

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Gary Glitter

Background information
Origin	England
Genre(s)	Pop Glam rock Proto-punk
Years active	1960s –2000s

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MADONNA

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Madonna performing during her 2006 Confessions Tour.
Background information
Birth name	Madonna Louise Ciccone
Born	August 16, 1958 (age 48)
Origin	Bay City, Michigan, United States of America
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

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Origin	Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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

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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.”

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Jethro Tull

Country	England
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)

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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.

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Tenacious D

Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s)	Range includes: Rock Folk Metal Acoustic Rock Comedy Rock
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Sony BMG Music Entertainment Epic Records
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.

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Pat Benatar

Background information
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/

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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.

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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.

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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“.

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Jewel

Background information
Birth name	Jewel Kilcher
Born	May 23, 1974 (age 32)
Origin	Payson, Utah, United States
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

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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.

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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.

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.

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Nuclear Assault

Origin	New York City
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/

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Anthrax

Background information
Origin	New York City, United States
Genre(s)	Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal
Years active	1981–present
Label(s)	Island Def Jam Elektra Megaforce Sanctuary
Website	http://www.anthrax.com/
Members
Dan Spitz Charlie Benante Joey Belladonna Scott Ian Frank Bello
Former members
*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

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Megadeth

Background information
Origin	USA
Genre(s)	Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal
Years active	1983–2002 2004–present
Label(s)	Combat Records (1984−1986) Capitol Records (1986−2000) Sanctuary Records (2001−2006) Roadrunner Records (2006−Present)
Associated acts	Metallica Cacophony Damn the Machine Eidolon
Website	www.megadeth.com
Members
Dave Mustaine Glen Drover Shawn Drover James LoMenzo
Former members
David Ellefson Marty Friedman Nick Menza Gar Samuelson (deceased) Chris Poland Chuck Behler Jeff Young Jimmy DeGrasso Al Pitrelli James MacDonough

Faith Evans

Background information
Birth name	Faith Renée Evans
Born	June 10, 1973
Origin	Lakeland, Florida, United States
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)
Website	FaithEvansOnline.com

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Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes

Background information
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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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.

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Earth Wind & Fire

• After The Love Has Gone
• Fantasy

Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois USA
Genre(s)	R&B Funk Soul Disco
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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Scary Kids Scaring Kids

• Just Because

Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Origin	Gilbert, Arizona, USA
Years active	2002 – Present
Genres	Post-hardcore
Labels	Immortal Records
Members	Tyson Stevens (vocals) Chad Crawford (guitar, vocals) Steve Kirby (guitar) DJ Wilson (bass) Pouyan Afkary (keyboards, vocals) Justin Salter (drums)

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FireHouse

• Love Of A Lifetime

FireHouse is an American glam metal band formed in Charlotte, NC in 1988. The band released its self-titled debut FireHouse in 1990 which provided the hit singles “Don’t Treat Me Bad”, “All She Wrote”, and “Love Of A Lifetime”. Their second album Hold Your Fire in 1992 provided the hits “Reach For The Sky”, “Sleeping With You”, and “When I Look In Your Eyes”. At the 1991 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for Best New Hard Rock/Metal Band, chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains.

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Placebo

• Peeping Tom
  

Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock Alternative rock
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	EMI Virgin Records (current), Hut Records, Caroline Records
Website	http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/
Members
Brian Molko Stefan Olsdal Steve Hewitt
Former members
Robert Schultzberg (1994–1996)

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Neil Young

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Background information
Also known as	Bernard Shakey Joe Yankee Phil Perspective Shakey Deal Clyde Coil
Born	November 12, 1945 (age 61) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Rock Folk rock Country rock Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar Harmonica Vocals Piano Banjo
Years active	1963 – Present
Label(s)	Reprise Records
Associated acts	The Mynah Birds Buffalo Springfield Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crazy Horse The Stills-Young Band The Ducks
Website	Official website
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson R6 Les Paul Goldtop “Old Black“

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Black Sabbath

Background information
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genre(s)	Heavy metal
Years active	1969 – present
Label(s)	Warner Bros. Vertigo Records I.R.S. Records EMI
Website	black-sabbath.com
Members
Ozzy Osbourne Tony Iommi Geezer Butler Bill Ward
Former members
Ronnie James Dio Vinny Appice Ian Gillan Geoff Nicholls Tony Martin Cozy Powell (Deceased) Neil Murray Bobby Rondinelli Laurence Cottle Terry Chimes Jo Burt Bob Daisley Bev Bevan Dave Spitz Eric Singer Glenn Hughes David Donato Ray Gillen (Deceased)

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Type O Negative

Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre(s)	Heavy metal, Gothic-doom metal
Years active	1990–present
Label(s)	Roadrunner Records, SPV
Associated acts	Carnivore
Website	Official Site
Members
Peter Steele Josh Silver Kenny Hickey Johnny Kelly
Former members
Sal Abruscato

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The Supremes

The Supremes in 1965. Left to right: Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross.
Background information
Also known as	The Primettes; Diana Ross & the Supremes
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genre(s)	R&B, pop, soul
Years active	1959 – 1977
Label(s)	Lupine, Motown
Associated acts	The Temptations
Former members
Diana Ross Florence Ballard Mary Wilson Betty McGlown Barbara Martin Cindy Birdsong Jean Terrell Lynda Laurence Scherrie Payne Susaye Greene

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Freda Payne

Freda Charcelia Payne (born September 19, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American singer and actress. She is the older sister of Scherrie Payne, the final lead singer for the Motown act The Supremes.

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Rare Earth

Rare Earth
Country	USA
Years active	1967–1978
Genres	Rock
Labels	Rare Earth/Motown

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Simon and Garfunkel

• Bridge Over Troubled Waters
• Scarboro Fair

Background information
Origin	Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, NY, USA
Genre(s)	Folk rock
Years active	1957 – 1970 1982 – 1983 2003 – 2004
Label(s)	Columbia
Website	www.simonandgarfunkel.com
Members
Paul Simon Art Garfunkel

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Johnny Cash

• The Talking Leaves
• A Boy Named Sue
  

Johnny Cash in 1969
Background information
Born	February 26, 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Died	September 12, 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s)	Country Blues Rock ‘n’ Roll Folk
Website	www.johnnycash.com

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July For Kings

• Normal Life
• New Black Car

Comparable to bands like Default, Third Eye Blind and Familiar 48, July for Kings is a melodic post-grunge/alternative pop-rock outfit whose primary influences include Pearl Jam, Live and Creed (with hints of U2 at times). Joe Hedges, July for Kings? lead singer, is obviously well aware of Pearl Jam?s Eddie Vedder, and Live?s Ed Kowalczyk has clearly had a major impact on his vocals. July for Kings generally rocks harder than U2, although some of the band?s lyrics hint at U2?s spirituality. Much like Creed and Default, July for Kings has a way of combining loud, amplified, crunching guitars with poppy melodies and sensitive, reflective lyrics–in other words, July for Kings? sound is quite typical of what alternative rock radio formats were playing in the late ?90s and early 2000s.

Previously known as Swim, July for Kings was formed in the Cincinnati, OH area in 1998; that was when Hedges (who plays rhythm guitar in addition to singing lead) officially joined forces with Travis Delaney (lead guitar), Jason Morgan (bass), T. Miller (cello, guitar, background vocals) and Sam Dobrozsi (drums). Hedges, Delaney and Dobrozsi had been friends since childhood, and they were high school students when they first met Morgan and Miller. After reaching adulthood and officially becoming Swim, the five Midwesterners played around Cincinnati for several months before they started recording their debut album, Safe Unless, in late 1998. They put out the CD independently the following year, and their second indie album, The Laughter and the Noise, came out in 2000. By that time, Swim had acquired a small local following and had created enough of a Midwestern buzz to attract the attention of Wind-Up Records (home of Creed). It was also in 2000 that five of Swim?s songs were heard on MTV?s hit series The Real World.

At first, Wind-Up seemed to be seriously interested in signing Swim. But after five months of negotiations with Wind-Up, things fell apart–and Wind-Up ended up passing on the band. But all was not lost. A&R person Joel Mark, who was with Wind-Up in 2000, subsequently moved to Los Angeles and joined MCA?s A&R department. Mark still felt that Swim had potential, and MCA signed the band in 2001. After signing with MCA, the members of Swim agreed that a name change was in order. The Midwesterners learned that there were at least seven other bands in the United States that were using the name Swim, and they decided to change their name rather than risk any possible lawsuits or intellectual property hassles. So Swim officially became July for Kings in 2001, and the new name was a combination of two of their songs: “July” and “Kings”. As July for Kings, the rockers paid tribute to their old name when they opted to call their third album Swim. Released by MCA in November 2002, Swim is the band?s first major label release, first album as July for Kings and third album overall. ~

Dion an The Belmonts

1955 to 1960

They first recorded in 1957, with The Chosen Few and Out in Colorado for Mohawk Records. Also recording on Mohawk was Dion DiMucci, who joined the group as lead vocalist shortly thereafter. Now known as Dion and the Belmonts, they recorded We Went Away and Tag Along for Mohawk, before leaving for the newly formed record label, Laurie Records.

Their first release on Laurie, I Wonder Why, brought them their first real success, charting in 1958. They followed it with the ballad No One Knows, which was also a hit in their local area. They continued recording, and in 1959, were part of a tour that lost three members to a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa — Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. P. Richardson, a.k.a. The Big Bopper.

Almost immediately after this tragedy, the quartet hit again with Teenager in Love. They recorded a few more songs, including Where or When which reached #3 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1960

1960 to 1971

In late 1960, Dion decided to leave the group – (the decision partly due to a heroin problem that had developed) – but the Belmonts carried on with Mastrangelo singing the lead vocal parts. Their success dwindled at this point, but they continued to record through the 1960s.

Their biggest separate hit was Tell Me Why in 1961 on the Sabrina (aka Sabina) label. It reached #18. They had a total of six hits on the US top 100 between 1961 and 1963. In 1960 before leaving the Laurie label they released an enchanted rendition of We Belong Together (the Robert and Johnny hit), which was not a hit but is valued today.

Mastrangelo himself would attempt a solo career in 1962 and was replaced by Frank Lyndon, who was also replaced after a short time by Warren Gradus. Later still they were a quartet with Milano, D’Aleo, Gradus, and Daniel Elliott.

1972 to 1990

The group reunited in 1972 with Mastrangelo, D’Aleo, Milano, and Dion, and carried on recording, with Dion eventually returning to his solo career. Dion also recorded with a group of ‘Belmonts’ in the mid 1980s – the group was Mastrangelo, Louis Colletti, and Tommy Moran (Colletti and Moran were backing vocalists on Dion’s 1992 Dream On Fire). Meanwhile, in the original group, D’Aleo left, leaving the group a trio of Milano, Gradus, and Elliott. Art Loria also came in for singing duties in the mid to late 1980s.

1994 onwards

In 1994, a lawsuit was filed by Fred Milano and Warren Gradus, claiming trademark infringement against DiMucci, Mastrangelo, and D’Aleo. It was alleged that, while Dion had agreed to reunite with Milano, he had simultaneously agreed to take part in a reunion with Mastrangelo and D’Aleo. Milano won the suit.

Elliott was later replaced by Daniel Rubado in the late 1990s. Presently the still performing singing group features Fred Milano, Warren Gradus, and Frank DeLigio.

Vanessa Carlton

• Wanted

Carlton on the Harmonium (2004) album cover

Background information
Birth name	Vanessa Lee Carlton
Born	August 16, 1980 (age 26) Milford, Pennsylvania
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Interscope (1999–2001) A&M (2001–2005) The Inc. (2006–)
Website	VanessaCarlton.com

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Foundations

• Build Me Up Buttercup

Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Soul
Years active	1967–1970
Label(s)	Castle, Uni
Former members
Pat Burke Clem Curtis Eric Allan Dale Mike Elliot Tony Gomez Tim Harris Peter MacBeth Allan Warner Colin Young

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1960 Greatest Hits

GREATEST HITS OF 1960

Anita Bryant – In My Little Corner Of The World – 08-60
Anita Bryant – Paper Roses – 05-60
Annette – O Dio Mio – 03-60 – Vista
Annette – Pineapple Princess – 09-60 – Vista
Bill Black’s Combo – Don’t Be Cruel – 10-60
Bill Black’s Combo – Smokie Part 2 – 01-60
Bill Black’s Combo – White Silver Sands – 04-60
Billy Bland – Let The Little Girl Dance – 05-60
Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea – 02-60
Brook Benton – Kiddio – 09-60
Chubby Checker – The Hucklebuck – 11-60 – Parkway
Chubby Checker – The Twist – 08-60
Dante & The Evergreens – Alley-Oop – 07-60 – Madison
Dion & The Belmonts – Lonely Tennager – 12-60
Dion & The Belmonts – Where Or When – 02-60
Donnie Brooks – Mission Bell – 08-60 – Era
Gary U.S. Bonds – New Orleans – 11-60
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – 11-60
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Finger Poppin’ Time – 08-60
Jeanne Black – He’ll Have To Stay – 05-60
Jerry Butler – He Will Break Your Heart – 11-60
Jimmy Charles – A Million To One – 09-60 – Promo
Jimmy Clanton – Go Jimmy Go – 01-60
Johnny Burnette – Dreamin’ – 08-60
Johnny Burnette – You’re Sixteen – 12-60
Mark Dinning – Teen Angel – 01-60
Paul Anka – Puppy Love- 03-60 – ABC Paramount
Paul Anka – My Home Town – 06-60 – ABC Paramount
Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds – Shortnin’ Bread – 10-60
Perry Como – Delaware – 03-60
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind – 10-60 – ABC Paramount
Sam Cooke – Chain Gang – 09-60
Sam Cooke – Wonderful World – 06-60
The Brothers Four – Green Fields – 04-60
The Browns – The Old Lamplighter – 04-60
The Crests – Step By Step – 04-60

Fats Domino – My Girl Josephine – 12-60
Fats Domino – Walking To New Orleans – 07-60
Fats Domino – Three Nights A Week – 10-60
The Drifters – Save The Last Dance For Me – 09-60
Duane Eddy – Because They’re Young – 06-60
Duane Eddy – Pepe – 12-60
Paul Evans – Happy-Go-Lucky-Me – 6-60
Paul Evans – Midnight Special – 03-60
The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown – 05-60
The Everly Brothers – When Will I Be Loved – 07-60
The Everly Brothers – Let It Be Me – 02-60
The Everly Brothers – So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) – 09-60
The Percy Faith Orchestra – Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ – 02-60
The Fendermen – Mule Skinner Blues – 07-60
Ferrante & Teicher – Theme From ‘The Apartment’ – 09-60
Ferrante & Teicher – Theme From ‘Exodus’ – 12-60
The Four Preps – Down By The Station – 02-60
Connie Francis – Mama – 03-60
Connie Francis - Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – 06-60
Connie Francis – Many Tears Ago – 12-60
Connie Francis – My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own – 09-60
Larry Hall – Sandy – 01-60
Ron Holden – I Love You So – 05-60
The Hollywood Argyles – Alley-Oop – 06-60 – Lute
Johnny Horton - North To Alaska – 11-60
Johnny Horton – Sink The Bismarck – 04-60
Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – 07-60 – Leader
The Ivy Three – Yogi – 09-60
Johnny & The Hurricanes – Beatnik Fly – 03-62
Marv Johnson – I Love The Way You Love – 04-60
Marv Johnson – You Got What It Takes – 01-60
Jimmy Jones – Handy Man – 02-60 – Cub
Jimmy Jones - Good Timin’ – 05-60 – Cub
Joe Jones – You Talk Too Much – 10-60 – Roulette
Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland By Night – 12-60 – Decca
Steve Lawrence – Footsteps – 04-60 – ABC Paramount
Brenda Lee – I Want To Be Wanted – 10-60 – Decca
Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry – 06-60 – Decca
Brenda Lee – Sweet Nothin’s – 03-60 – Decca
Brenda Lee – That’s All You Gotta Do – 07-60 – Decca
The Little Dippers – Forever – 03-60
Little Willie John – Sleep – 10-60
Hank Locklin – Please Help Me I’m Falling – 07-60
Lolita – Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) – 12-60
Bob Luman – Let’s Think About Living – 10-60
Ricky Nelson – Young Emotions – 06-60
Roy Orbison – Blue Angel – 11-60
Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely – 07-60
Ray Peterson – Corinna, Corinna – 12-60
Ray Peterson – Tell Laura I Love Her – 07-60
The Platters – Harbor Lights – 03-60
Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never – 08-60
Elvis Presley – Stuck On You – 04-60
Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight – 11-60
Johnny Preston – Cradle Of Love – 04-60
Johnny Preston – Feel So Fine – 08-60
Johnny Preston – Running Bear – 01-60
Lloyd Price – Lady Luck – 03-60
Della Reese – Not One Minute More 01-60
Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go – 02-60
Bobby Rydell – Sway – 12-60
Bobby Rydell – Swinging School – 06-60
Bobby Rydell – Wild One – 02-60
Bobby Rydell – Volare – 08-60
The Safaris – Image Of A Girl – 07-60
Jack Scott – Burning Bridges – 05-60 – Top Rank
Jack Scott – What In The World’s Come Over You – 02-60 – Top Rank
Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven – 05-60
Skip & Flip – Cherry Pie – 05-60
Connie Stevens – Sixteen Reasons – 04-60
Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion – 10-60
Conway Twitty – Lonely Blue Boy – 02-60
Bobby Vee - Devil Or Angel – 10-60
The Ventures – Perfidia – 12-60
The Ventures – Walk Don’t Run – 08-60
Larry Verne – Mr. Custer – 09-60 – Era
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton – A Rockin’ Good Way – 06-60
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton – Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes – 02-60
Andy Williams - Village Of St. Bernadette – 01-60
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs – Stay – 11-60
Jackie Wilson – Alone At Last – 11-60
Jackie Wilson – Night – 04-60
Jackie Wilson – (You Were Made For) All My Love – 08-60
Kathy Young & The Innocents – A Thousand Stars – 11-60 sand Stars – 11-60

The Kinks

Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock, British Invasion, Pop, Hard Rock, Proto-Punk
Years active	1964–1996
Label(s)	Pye, Reprise, RCA, Arista, London, MCA, Sony, Konk/Guardian
Website	The Kinks.com
Former members
Dave Davies Ray Davies Pete Quaife Mick Avory John Dalton John Gosling Andy Pyle Gordon Edwards Mark Haley Jim Rodford Ian Gibbons Bob Henrit

The Kinks were an English rock group, formed

Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock and Roll, Country, R&B, Reggae, Blues
Years active	1962—present
Label(s)	Decca, Rolling Stones
Website	Rolling Stones.com
Members
Mick Jagger Keith Richards Ron Wood Charlie Watts
Former members
Brian Jones(Deceased) Bill Wyman (Deceased) Mick Taylor Ian Stewart (Deceased)Kevin Wirth (Bass Guitar) (had to retire because of awsomeness)

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band that helped spearhead the British Invasion of the early 1960s. During their 1969 American tour, the Stones were introduced as and since have been often called “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World.” ^[1]

Originally an R&B outfit that recorded rock n’ roll as well as ballads on their first album, they later took up country blues, country music, psychedelia, and reggae. By 1965 lead singer and harmonica player Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) and guitarist Keith Richards (born December 18, 1943) wrote almost all of the band’s new material, including a string of number one songs for The Stones that continued until the early eighties.

The Rolling Stones still record and perform and are one of the longest running and most successful acts in show business. They are often the highest grossing concert act the years they tour, and every album of primarily new studio material has placed in the top 5 in the United States.

For more than forty years of The Stones’ existence, Jagger, Richards, and drummer Charlie have been constant members.

The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and they were rated #4 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

History

Hank Williams Jr

Hank Williams, Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr. Background information Birth name Randall Hank Williams Also known as Bocephus Born May 26, 1949 (age 57) Origin Shreveport, LA, USA Genre(s) Country Music
Outlaw Country
Southern Rock Occupation(s) Country music singer and songwriter Years active 1957 – Present Label(s) MGM Records
(1963 – 1976)
Warner Bros. Records
(1977 – 1994)
Curb Records
(1994 – Present) Website www.hankjr.com

Early life and career

Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, and known by the nickname Bocephus (a name given to him by his father because he thought his son as a baby resembled a TV ventriloquist dummy named Bocephus), he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father’s death in 1953. He began performing when eight years old, and in 1963 made his recording debut with “Lone Gone Lonesome Blues”, a staple of his father’s career.

Williams’ early career was guided, some say outright dominated, by his mother Audrey Williams, who many claim was the driving force that led his father to musical superstardom during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Audrey, in many ways, wished for young Hank to be nothing more than a “Hank Williams, Sr. impersonator”, sometimes going as far as to have clothes designed for him that were identical to his father’s stage clothes and vocal stylings very similar to those of his father.

A change in musical direction

Although Williams’ recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he became disillusioned with his role as a ‘Hank Williams clone’ and severed ties with his mother in order to pursue his own musical direction and tastes. After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin’ Heart, a biography of his father, Williams, Jr. hit the charts with one of his own compositions, “Standing in the Shadows”. The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father.

Also during this time, Williams had his first two No. 1 songs: “All For the Love of Sunshine” (1970, featured on the soundtrack to Kelly’s Heroes) and “Eleven Roses” (1972).

By the mid-1970s, Williams had finally found the musical direction that would, eventually, make him a superstar. Williams’ unique blend of traditional country with southern rock and blues earned him a devoted following, although some mainstream country radio stations wouldn’t touch his new songs in this blatantly untraditional sound.

While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs, including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, and others.

 Injury and recovery

On August 8, 1975, Williams was severely injured in a mountain-climbing accident in Montana. The accident shattered every bone within his face and actually exposed his brain to open air. It would eventually take nine major surgeries to put his face back together again.

His recovery took two years. In order to hide the numerous scars, Williams adopted the look that would become his trademark, a thick, full beard, cowboy hat, and dark sunglasses. Upon his re-entry into the recording studio, Williams worked with Waylon Jennings on the album entitled The New South. But as far as singles were concerned, Williams didn’t reach the charts again until the late 1970s, with Bobby Fuller’s I Fought the Law, Family Tradition and Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound.

 Popular success

The singles “Family Tradition” and “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound” sent Williams’ career into orbit. During the 1980s alone, he scored no less than 35 top ten and number one singles on the country music charts and an impressive string of gold, platinum, and multi-platinum selling albums. Despite selling millions of albums, setting concert attendance records, and being one of Country Music’s biggest stars, Williams received very little recognition by the country music establishment. Williams’ untraditional approach, style, behavior, sound, and Rock and Roll attitude was seen as not being ‘country’ enough for hardcore country loyalists within the Nashville music scene.

In the mid-1980s, Williams took advantage of the emerging popularity of music videos and shot a video to showcase the single, “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight“. The song became one of Williams’ true signature songs, due in great part to the video that featured, quite literally, many of Williams’ closest friends, many of whom were among the most recognizable names in music such as George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Thorogood. The video for “All My Rowdy Friends” became the first video to be named Video Of The Year by the Country Music Association in 1985. In 1989, ABC asked Williams to change his lyrics of “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” to “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here On Monday Night”, leading to one of television’s most famous quotes: “Are You Ready For Some Football?”

Well known Ultimate Fighting Champion Matt Hughes walks out into the octagon to the tune of ‘A Country Boy Can Survive.’This song was modified to ‘America Will Survive’ following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Also, Professional Wrestler James Gibson used ‘A Country Boy Can Survive’ as his theme tune during his 2005 run in the Ring Of Honor.

Acceptance by country music establishment

Williams’ career began to hit its peak after his first taste of recognition by the country music establishment. His popularity had risen to such levels, he could no longer be overlooked for major industry awards. In 1987 and 1988, Williams was named Entertainer Of The Year by the Country Music Association. In 1987, 1988, and 1989, he won the same award from the Academy of Country Music. During the 1980s, Williams became a country music superstar known for catchy anthems and hard-edged rock-influenced country. By the end of the decade, however, the hits had begun to dry up. A new generation of country singers began to emerge that brought with them songs and vocal stylings with a more traditional sound. These singers, which would include Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, and Garth Brooks, became known as ‘Neo-Traditionalists’. Williams was now seen as somewhat out of step with this new traditionalist movement.

His last major success was “There’s a Tear in My Beer”, a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques. The song itself was written by his father, presumably, sometime between 1950 and 1953 and was recorded with Hank Williams playing just his guitar. The music video for the song combined existing television footage of Hank Williams performing and the dubbing techniques transferred the image of Hank Jr. onto the screen, so it appeared as if he were actually playing with his father. The video was an overwhelming success, both critically and commercially. It was named Video Of The Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country music. Hank Williams, Jr. would go on to win a Grammy award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.

Despite his slumping album sales, Hank Williams Jr. continued to be a popular concert draw during the early 1990s and continued to record, with several of his recordings during this time still managing to achieve gold status, selling 500,000 copies.

He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”. The opening theme became a classic, as much a part of the show as the football itself. In 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, Williams’ opening themes for Monday Night Football would earn him four Emmy awards.

In 2004, Williams, Jr appeared on CMT Outlaws.

He has made a cameo appearance along with Larry the Cable Guy, Kid Rock, and Charlie Daniels in Gretchen Wilson’s music video for the song “All Jacked Up“, whose album has been released. He also appeared in Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman” video as well.

Williams, Jr. donated $125,000 to hurricane relief efforts in Biloxi, Mississippi on October 14, 2005.

On December 26, 2005 Hank Williams, Jr opened for Monday Night Football on ABC for the last time. Starting this year 2006, the series will be on Disney corporate sibling ESPN.

On January 7, 2006, Hank Williams, Jr opened up for two games on ABC for the NFL Playoffs.

Hank Williams Jr. visited with Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the Sago Mine accident, on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 in Morgantown, West Virginia. Williams traveled to the hospital after learning that McCloy was a fan of his music. “It just hit me like a ton of bricks because I had a big mountain fall in the ’70s, and they said I wouldn’t live,” Williams told Pittsburgh TV station KDKA. “It really, really affected me, and I said, ‘I’ve just got to go there and meet the family.”

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling stating that Hank Williams’ heirs — son Hank Williams Jr. and daughter Jett Williams — have the sole rights to sell his old recordings made for a Nashville radio station in the early ’50s. The court rejected claims made by Polygram Records and Legacy Entertainment in releasing recordings Williams made for the Mother’s Best Flour Show, a program that originally aired on WSM-AM. The recordings, which Legacy Entertainment acquired in 1997, include live versions of Williams’ hits and his cover version of other songs. Polygram contended that Williams’ contract with MGM Records, which Polygram now owns, gave them rights to release the radio recordings.

Hank Williams, Jr. opened for Super Bowl XL which was aired February 5, 2006 on ABC. Williams Jr was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

On April 10, 2006 CMT honored country music icon Hank Williams Jr. with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards. Williams joins an elite circle of gifted performers to have received this prestigious mark of distinction, including Loretta Lynn (2005), Reba McEntire (2004), Johnny Cash (2003).

In August of 2006 an on-line fan website started a petition to get Williams, Jr into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

For MNF’s 2006 debut on ESPN, Williams Jr. re-recorded the MNF opening theme with an all-star jam band that included Little Richard, ?uestlove, Joe Perry, Clarence Clemons, Rick Nielsen, Bootsy Collins, Charlie Daniels, Steven Van Zandt and others.

When not performing, Williams lives at his compound outside of Missoula, where he spends his time composing new material, hunting and fishing.

Controversy

 

 

Williams Jr., after being arrested in April of 2006

In a bizarre incident, he was charged with attempting to choke a teenage waitress of a Memphis hotel in April of 2006.

Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli
Country	Germany
Years active	1988–1990
Genres	Dance, Pop
Labels	Hansa Records, BMG, Arista Records
Members	Fab Morvan, Rob Pilatus

Milli Vanilli was a pop and dance music ensemble formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988 and fronted by Fab Morvan (b. May 14, 1966) and Rob Pilatus (June 8, 1965 – April 2, 1998). The group’s debut album achieved high sales internationally and garnered them a Grammy award for Best New Artist in 1989. However, their success turned to infamy when the award was revoked after it was revealed that the purported singers did not actually sing on the record.

Beginning

Farian chose Pilatus and Morvan to front a studio project featuring the vocal talents of Charles Shaw, John Davis, and Brad Howell. Farian felt that those musicians were talented but unmarketable. The first Milli Vanilli album was All or Nothing (see 1988 in music). Despite critical pans, Milli Vanilli’s fame continued to grow worldwide. All Or Nothing was repackaged, remixed and retitled Girl You Know It’s True for its U.S. release, and spun four hit singles: the title track, and the group’s three #1 hits, “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You,” “Baby Don’t Forget My Number” and “Blame It On The Rain.” Milli Vanilli won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist on February 22, 1990 for Girl You Know It’s True (1990 in music).

The duo were a frequent target of jokes by late-night television host Arsenio Hall, whose lambasting of the group only increased as rumors and allegations of on-stage lip-synching and studio trickery circulated amongst the music media. Charles Shaw told a reporter the truth about Milli Vanilli, but he later retracted his statement after Farian paid him off.^{[citation needed]} Pilatus was ridiculed in the press for comparing himself to Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan; he also developed a cocaine problem.

Public backlash

In July 1989, during a live performance recorded by MTV at the Lake Compounce theme park in Connecticut, the recording of the song “Girl You Know It’s True” jammed and began to skip, repeating the line “Girl, you know it’s-” over and over. This was not unusual, as many popular artists used the same technique. The fame of this event may have been amplified by the fact that the word “true” was poetically omitted by the whim of the playback device. This was a prime example of the kind of happenstances that could make Milli Vanilli poster boys for the entire range of misrepresentation in the music industry.

Unlike the international release of All or Nothing, the inserts for the American version clearly attributed the voices on the album to Morvan and Pilatus, “brothers of soul”. Due to rising public questions regarding the source of talent in the group, as well as the insistence of Morvan and Pilatus to Farian that they be allowed to sing on the next album, Farian confirmed to reporters on November 15, 1990, that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing on the records. As a result of American media pressure, Milli Vanilli’s Grammy was withdrawn four days later (however, their three American Music Awards were never withdrawn due to the fact the organizers felt the awards were given to them by music consumers^[1]), and Arista Records dropped the act from its roster and deleted their album and its masters from their catalog, making Girl You Know It’s True the largest-selling album to ever be taken out of print. (Record stores were also not allowed to return copies of the albums to Arista, and many used stores completely refused to buy copies of the album from others.)

After the details emerged, at least 26 different lawsuits^[2] were filed under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws against Pilatus, Morvan and Arista Records. One such filing occurred on November 22, 1990 in Ohio, where lawyers there filed a class action lawsuit asking for refunds for at least 1,000 local citizens who had bought Girl You Know It’s True.^[3] On August 12, 1991, a proposed settlement to a refund lawsuit in Chicago, Illinois was rejected. This settlement would have refunded buyers of a Milli Vanilli CD $3.00 (USD), a cassette or L.P. $2.00 (USD), and a single $1.00 (USD). However, the refunds would only be given as a credit for a future Arista release.^[2] On August 28, a new settlement was approved. The same pricing structure was approved, along with a $2.50 (USD) refund to be given for concerts. A proof of purchase or ticket stub was required to take advantage of the refunds.

A Detroit radio station offered to give the first 1000 people who showed up with a copy of the album a shirt saying “Screw Milli Vanilli”.

Follow-up albums

Keep On Running (Second Album)

The material for Milli Vanilli’s second album had been recorded and finalized in spring 1990. In the autumn, the first single, “Keep On Running”, was released for radio play, shortly before Farian revealed the truth about Milli Vanilli.

Farian was forced to reveal his secret because Morvan and Pilatus would not go on promoting the second album.^{[citation needed]} The public had received the single with enthusiam, and it would have been another hit for the group, as indicated by unusually high chart entries in countries like Germany. At the last minute, Farian had the artwork to the second Milli Vanilli album changed to depict the actual singers instead of Morvan and Pilatus, changed the album’s title from Keep on Running (the name had been meant to correspond with the first single), and changed the artist name to The Real Milli Vanilli. However, the graphic artist who performed the change forgot to update the album cover’s spine, so anyone with the second album still has the original artist and album name on the spine (“Milli Vanilli – Keep On Running”).

The resulting album, released in Europe in early 1991, was renamed The Moment of Truth and spawned three singles, “Keep On Running,” “Nice ‘n Easy” and “Too Late (True Love).” A Morvan / Pilatus lookalike named Ray Horton was depicted on the cover and provided vocals on four tracks. In addition, the album featured rappers Icy Bro on “Hard As Hell” and Tammy T on “Too Late (True Love).” A Diane Warren-penned song, “When I Die,” has been covered by several other artists, including Farian’s No Mercy.

Rob & Fab

For the American market, Farian chose to avoid any association to Milli Vanilli and had the tracks re-recorded with Ray Horton on the majority of lead vocals. In 1992, RCA signed on to release the album as the debut of the newly created group Try ‘N’ B. The self-titled release included three additional tracks not on The Real Milli Vanilli release: “Ding Dong,” “Who Do You Love”, and a remake of Dr. Hook’s “Sexy Eyes.” Due to significantly better sales under the name Try ‘N’ B in America, a slightly modified Try ‘N’ B debut album was released globally.

Meanwhile, Morvan and Pilatus moved to Los Angeles and signed to the Joss Entertainment Group, where they recorded their follow-up album under the name Rob & Fab. Almost all the songs on the album were written by Kenny Taylor and Fabrice Morvan. Morvan provides the lead vocals, while Pilatus presents self-written rap punch-ins. Morvan’s voice was considered by critics to be overly nasal and whiney. Due to financial constraints, Joss were only able to release the album in the U.S., the most critical of all markets to Milli Vanilli. A single, “We Can Get It On”, was made available for radio play shortly before the album’s release.

Attempted comeback

In order to restore their career and prominence after a series of failures, Farian agreed in 1997 to produce a new Milli Vanilli album with Morvan and Pilatus on lead vocals. On Farian’s tab, the performers took extensive vocal training to enhance their singing voice and went to elocution experts to improve their English pronunciation. This all led up to the recording of the 1998 Milli Vanilli comeback album Back and in Attack.^[4] Even some of the original studio singers backed the performers in their attempt to bring back some of the fame that had been shed so quickly.

However, Pilatus encountered a number of mental roadblocks during the production of the new album. He turned again to drugs and a life of crime, committing a series of robberies and ultimately serving three months in jail in California. Farian paid for Pilatus to attend six months of drug rehabilitation and plane tickets for him to fly back to Germany. On the eve of the new album’s promotional tour on April 2, 1998, Pilatus was found dead of a drug overdose in a Frankfurt hotel at the age of 32. The record was never released.

Boney M

 

 

Genre(s)	Disco, pop
Years active	1975–present

Boney M was a Eurodance, pop, and disco group, comprised four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s.

Boney M, with their bubble gum infectious tunes, became one of the few Western groups at that time to become well-known outside of the West, including Africa, Arab countries, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. To this day, along with Swedish pop group ABBA, they are among the most widely known 1970s western music acts in these regions.

Frank Farian recorded the single “Baby Do You Wanna Bump?” in 1975, performing the sparse vocals of the song himself. Released under the name Boney M, it became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire a team of dancers and vocalists to ‘front’ the group, so it was created thereafter, and made up of four West Indian artists working in London, Germany and the Netherlands: singers Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, model Maizie Williams, and DJ Bobby Farrell.

The line-up of the group went through numerous changes, Maizie Williams being the only original member that remained. Not satisfied with merely miming to Farian’s songs, one of the members, Claudja Barry, left on short notice in February 1976 – days before the group was scheduled to appear on a local television gig in Saarbrücken. Liz Mitchell, then an unemployed singer and formerly a member of the Les Humphries Singers, was brought in as a temporary replacement for the gig, under the recommendation of Marcia Barrett. Farian was impressed with her performance, and she went on to record Boney M’s first LP, Take The Heat Off Me, along with Marcia Barrett, who had already recorded some songs with Farian for the album; these were the title track, and “Lovin’ Or Leavin’”.

The commercial response to the album was lukewarm. However, the group rigorously toured discos, clubs and even country fairs, to earn a reputation for themselves. The group’s big break came when, at the end of that summer, music-TV-producer Michael ‘Mike’ Leckebusch of Radio Bremen, requested the group for his show Musikladen. Boney M appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976, after 10pm, in their now trademark daring costumes; by the end of the following week, “Daddy Cool” became Germany’s #1 single in the charts. The album was to follow the success of the single.

In 1977, Boney M released their second album Love For Sale, and this contained further hits “Ma Baker” and “Belfast”. Neither Love For Sale nor Take The Heat Off Me did very well in the UK Album Charts, due to their rather risqué covers. In 1978, Boney M had their biggest year: they released a new single, “Rivers of Babylon”, which became a massive selling single all over Europe and #1 in the UK Singles Chart. (It also became their closest attempt to a hit in the United States, reaching number 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart). Next came their biggest-selling album, Nightflight to Venus, which spawned a further single “Rasputin”. Continuing with their success, they released “Mary’s Boy Child”, which was the 1978 Christmas number one single in the UK. Also during 1978, Boney M became the first Western pop group to tour the Soviet Union.

1979 saw Boney M release their fourth album, Oceans Of Fantasy, containing two hit singles – “El Lute”/”Gotta Go Home” and “I’m Born Again”/”Bahama Mama”. The track “No More Chain Gang”, one of a number of black freedom songs the group recorded, exemplified Boney M’s mix of white and black music – the producer Farian is white, and the singers are black. They also released another hit single, “Hooray! Hooray! It’s A Holi-Holiday”. In 1980, Boney M released a greatest hits album, The Magic Of Boney M, which also contained two new songs, “My Friend Jack” and “I See A Boat On The River”. This album made the #1 spot in the UK, and was their last big UK-seller until “Boney M Megamix” in 1992. American-born singer Madeleine Davis, who was one of the group’s recording backing vocalist, replaced Liz Mitchell for live concerts, due to the fact that Liz wished to promote her solo career, rather than join Maizie, Marica and Bobby on stage. She appeared in the video, “The Summer Mega Mix” and became a member of Marcia / Maizie and Bobby’s Boney M for the single release “Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker”.

Despite his success with Boney M, controversy followed the group’s founder, Frank Farian, in what was to foreshadow his fakery involvement with Milli Vanilli. Bobby Farrell – the male face of the group – and Maizie Williams contributed to studio recordings, but for reasons only known to Farian, were apparently left off the final mixes, while their numerous and highly competent live performances from 1977 onwards were never in any doubt. Almost all of the male vocals, along with some of the choir sections in songs such as “Dancing In The Streets” and “Bye Bye Bluebird”, were performed by Farian himself. Farrell, as Farian had finally admitted on German television in 2003, had been chosen for his personality and innovative dancing. However, in Germany, it was considered acceptable that ‘producer music’ just works this way.

As of 2006, Liz Mitchell is currently touring the world with her line-up of Boney M, which is the only official line-up supported by Farian, as well as releasing solo albums. Marcia Barrett has released two solo albums, and Maizie and Bobby are touring with their own Boney M groups which is not what Farian wants as he only allowed Liz Mitchell to use the name Boney M. Madeleine Davis is currently working on a solo jazz CD to be released in 2007.

A musical based on the music of Boney M, Daddy Cool, is now open in London.

In a sign of their continued popularity in South Asia, a concert by Boney M is a featured attraction at the 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which begins November 23, 2006 in Panaji, the state capital of Goa, India.

Village People

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Background information
Origin New York City, USA
Genre(s) Disco
New Wave
Funk
Dance music
Years active 1977 – present
Label(s) Casablanca Records
Scorpio Music
Website www.officialvillagepeople.com
Members
G. Jeff Olsen
Eric Anzalone
Ray Simpson
Felipe Rose
Alex Briley
David “Scar” Hodo
Former members
Randy Jones
Glenn Hughes
Victor Willis

Background information
Origin New York City, USA
Genre(s) Disco
New Wave
Funk
Dance music
Years active 1977 – present
Label(s) Casablanca Records
Scorpio Music
Website www.officialvillagepeople.com
Members
G. Jeff Olsen
Eric Anzalone
Ray Simpson
Felipe Rose
Alex Briley
David “Scar” Hodo
Former members
Randy Jones
Glenn Hughes
Victor Willis

Village People is a novelty disco band of the late 1970s. The group is as well known for its outrageous on-stage costumes as for its catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics. The members each dress as a police officer, an American Indian chief, a construction worker, a member of the military, a leatherman (biker), and a cowboy. Depending on the era, the member of the military could be an enlisted member of the Army, an enlisted member of the Navy, or a Navy officer. Each of the members were basically dressed as forms of masculinity to emphasize their song lyrics that hid homosexually charged innuendo. Many of the gay stereotypes originally appear in erotic art by Tom of Finland.

The band was assembled (in 1977) By two French musicians, Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo (see picture), specifically to showcase and perform their disco music creations. Much like Frank Farian’s Boney M or The Spice Girls, the group was manufactured. Despite the French songwriters, the songs were all in English.

The band’s name references New York City’s Greenwich Village, at the time known for having a substantial gay population. Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo got the inspiration for creating an assembly of American man archetypes based on the gay men of The Village who frequently dressed in various fantasy ways.

The United States Navy considered using the Village People hit “In the Navy” in a recruiting advertising campaign on television and radio. They contacted Belolo, who decided to give the rights for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. Less than a month later, Village People arrived at the San Diego Naval base. The Navy provided them with a war ship, several aircraft, and hundreds of Navy men. When the video started showing and the Navy started the planned ad campaign, some newspapers protested using taxpayers’ money to fund music videos (especially for a group considered by some to be “morally dubious”). The Navy quickly cancelled the campaign. The scandal tremendously boosted the popularity of the song.

Other hits include their trademark “Macho Man”, “Go West”, the classic club medley of San Francisco (You’ve got me) / In Hollywood (Everybody is a star) and “YMCA”. Almost thirty years later, a dance that involves forming the latter four letters with the dancer’s arms is still popular at summer camps, office functions, wedding receptions, school dances, sporting events and B’nai Mitzvah. At the end of the fifth inning of each baseball game at Yankee Stadium, the grounds crew take an on-field break from grooming the infield to dance as “YMCA” is played, typically to enthusiastic cheers from the fans.

The group also appeared in its 1980 feature film Can’t Stop the Music, directed by Nancy Walker, written by Allan Carr and Bronte Woodard, music and lyrics by Jacques Morali and starring Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, and the Village People. The movie “won” the Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay prizes at the 1980 Golden Raspberry Awards in March 1981 and was nominated in almost all the other categories. The soundtrack also featured the talents of “David London,” who under his real name Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen went on to become the future lead singer of Toto and one of the main contributors to the Village People’s next album.

In 1981, with the popularity of disco waning and New Wave music on the rise, Village People replaced its on-stage costumes with a new look inspired by the New Romantic movement, and released the New Wave album Renaissance; it was not a commercial success.

Osmonds

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The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenybopper idols in the 1970s.

The group originally comprised brothers Alan Ralph Osmond (born June 22, 1949), Melvin Wayne Osmond (known as Wayne Osmond) (born August 28, 1951), Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953), and Jay Wesley Osmond (born March 2, 1955).

The Osmonds’ career started with a big break at Disneyland, followed quickly by regular appearances on The Andy Williams Show in the early 1960s. In the mid-60s they performed with Sweden’s most popular singer Lars Lönndahl, and gained a lot of popularity in Sweden. However, their most successful period was the early 1970s, when they achieved a string of chart hits.

They were joined for a time by younger brothers Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957) and subsequently ‘Little’ Jimmy Osmond (born April 16, 1963). They had a self-titled Rankin/Bass-produced Saturday morning cartoon series on ABC-TV from 1972 to 1973. Donny, and to a lesser extent Jimmy, both achieved success as solo artists, as did their one sister, (Olive) Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959). Marie’s signature hit was the country song “Paper Roses” (hence the recurring theme on their variety show where Marie sang, “I’m a little bit country,” and Donny responded by singing “and I’m a little bit rock and roll”). Jimmy achieved particular success in the UK and Japan (most notably for his single “I’m a Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool”), while Donny and Marie’s success was nearly worldwide. Donny and Marie also performed as a duo, and hosted their own variety show, Donny & Marie, on ABC from 1976 to 1979.

The family members are well-known as devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Osmonds are of English descent on both their paternal and maternal sides

The Osmonds’ breakthrough US hit, “One Bad Apple”, featuring lead vocals by Merrill and Donny, bore an uncanny similarity to the ‘bubblegum soul’ sound of their contemporaries, The Jackson 5. The song spent five weeks at No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1971, and even hit #6 on the R&B chart. The single and the accompanying debut album (also called “One Bad Apple”) were recorded at Muscle Shoals by the legendary R&B producer Rick Hall.

The follow-up to “One Bad Apple”, “Double Lovin’” stalled at #14, but the mildly psychedelic “Yo-Yo” climbed all the way to #3 in late 1971. “Yo-Yo” marks the point where the brothers began recording as a self-contained rock and roll band (instead of relying on session musicians.) In spite of their squeaky clean image, the Osmonds had a soulful, sometimes raucous sound which was a precursor of the power pop of later years. (For a time in the mid-1970s, they were the one of the few rock acts on TV, since the entire Osmond family appeared on a variety show which was mostly devoted to Donny and Marie, but where the Brothers were given a segment or two each week to rock out.)

Their first single release of 1972, “Down By The Lazy River”, headed to #4 and finally broke the group in the UK, where it peaked at #40. Their British fanbase exploded overnight. All members of the Osmond family, counting group and solo recordings, charted an astonishing thirteen singles in the UK charts during 1973.

 

 

The front and back covers of their 1972 LP

Their 1972 LP Crazy Horses and its title track were met with mixed critical reaction. The album attempted a more rock-oriented sound and image, its lead track, “Hold Her Tight” bearing a marked similarity to Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song with its churning bass line and wailing guitar breaks. The album, however, was a real testament to the brother’s ability to write and play (they played all the instruments on the album) and featured some serious songwriting, singing and playing chops.

Following quickly on its heels was the ambitious 1973 release, The Plan, perhaps best described as a Mormon concept album with prog rock aspirations. These albums were followed with gentler, more sentimental songs such as “Let Me In” and “Love Me For A Reason”. This music, combined with the brothers’ good looks and clean image, greatly appealed to the teenybopper market. Like the word ‘Beatlemania’, a new word, ‘Osmania’, was coined to describe the phenomenon.

The Osmonds today

Wayne, Jay, and Merrill continue to perform as The Osmond Brothers, with frequent appearances in Branson, Missouri, as well as the UK, both as a quartet with Jimmy. Merrill also performs as a solo artist. Alan no longer performs except on very rare occasions, as he suffers from multiple sclerosis (although his typically positive Osmond motto is ‘I may have MS… but, MS does not have me!’). Today, their sound is more country & western, with a bit of rock, and adult contemporary thrown in.

Jimmy performs in Branson and the UK, as well, and has become a successful businessman. He recently appeared in the UK series I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

Marie has been a radio host and makes and sells dolls.

Donny maintains a successful touring and recording pop career in the UK, and occasionally the US. He was a theatrical hit, starring for a time in the lead role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

All of the brothers are married with some of them having large families themselves. Alan’s eight sons sometimes perform as “The Osmonds – Second Generation” or “2ndG”. Due to a resurgence of interest, they are to tour the UK in February and March of 2006.

Kelly Clarkson

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Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and actress who has enjoyed success in the pop and rock music genres. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum sophomore album Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more rock-oriented style of music.

Kelly Clarkson
Background information
Birth name	Kelly Brianne Clarkson
Born	April 24, 1982 (age 24) Fort Worth, Texas United States
Genre(s)	Pop, Pop/Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2002—present
Label(s)	RCA Records (2002—present)
Website	KellyClarkson.com

Early life

Clarkson was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in the small town of Burleson, Texas. She is the third and youngest child of Jeanne Ann Rose, a first grade teacher who is of Greek and Irish descent, and Stephen Michael Clarkson, a former engineer who is of Welsh extraction. Clarkson’s siblings include her brother Jason, and her sister Alyssa. When Clarkson was six years old, her parents split up after seventeen years of marriage; her brother went to live with her father, her sister went to live with an aunt, and Clarkson remained with her mother. Clarkson frequently moved around Texas while her mother managed several professions in order to support the family. Clarkson has since stated that, being six years old at the time, she did not understand why her family had been constantly moving. Eventually, the family settled in Burleson, where Clarkson’s mother married her second husband, Jimmy Taylor.

Clarkson attended Pauline Hughes Middle School when she reached seventh grade. She had originally wanted to become a marine biologist, but during the same school year, a teacher overheard her singing in a hallway and asked her to audition for the school choir. Clarkson told the teacher that she had never received professional vocal training before. Following middle school, she attended Burleson High School and performed in musicals such as Brigadoon.

Upon graduation in 2000, Clarkson worked several occupations to finance her demo CD that she had been hoping to market toward record labels. She received few responses though, and eventually decided to move to Hollywood to seek out other opportunities in music, one of which was a mentorship under songwriter Gerry Goffin. However, Goffin fell ill, and to make ends meet, Clarkson appeared as an extra on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and That ’80s Show among others, as well as played a small role in the film Issues 101, which was released in 2002. Following four months in Hollywood, Clarkson was discouraged when her apartment burnt down and returned to Texas, where she worked at a cinema, and as a cocktail waitress, Six Flags performer, telemarketer, Kirby Vacuum saleperson, and a Red Bull promoter.

American Idol

Once Clarkson returned to Burleson, several of her friends encouraged her to audition for the 2002 debut of the reality television program American Idol. She entered the competition with 10,000 others, and the judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson were impressed with her voice. She earned a position in the Top 30 finalists and week-by-week performed a song on live television to North America. When American Idol concluded each week, the viewers would vote based on the performance they enjoyed the most. Clarkson sang a rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” which garnered her a top ten position. Other songs Clarkson performed on American Idol include Carole King’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, Badfinger’s “Without You”, and Céline Dion’s “I Surrender”.

Duran Duran

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Duran Duran in 2006
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genre(s)	Rock New Wave New Romantic
Years active	1978–present
Label(s)	EMI / Capitol Records Hollywood Records Epic Records
Website	Duran Duran Official Website Duran Duran Official Fan Community

Duran Duran are an English New Wave band notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. They were a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the United States, and the most commercially successful of the New Romantic bands. They are still often identified as an “Eighties band” despite continuous recording and chart success over their twenty-eight year history.

The band has sold well over 70 million records worldwide, and has had eighteen singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and thirty in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, including “Rio”, “Hungry Like the Wolf”, “Is There Something I Should Know?”, “The Reflex” and the James Bond theme “A View to a Kill” in the 1980s, “Ordinary World” and “Come Undone” in the early-1990s, and “Sunrise” and “What Happens Tomorrow” in the 2000s.^[1]

Duran Duran was created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass), with the later addition of Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals); none of the Taylors are related. Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo was also a member of the band from 1989 to 2001, and drummer Sterling Campbell was a member from 1989 to 1991.

Although the group never disbanded, it went through several line-up changes over the years. The reunion of the original five members in the early 2000s created a stir among music media and the band’s fans. Duran Duran released Astronaut from the reunited line-up in 2004. Andy Taylor dropped out of the band in October 2006, but the band has continued recording their next album, which is expected to be released in mid-2007.

Four Jacks And A Jill

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Four Jacks & A Jill is one of few South African groups to score a Stateside hit. Their folksy tale “Master Jack,” made the Top 20, nesting at #18, June 8, 1968. The members were Glenys Lynne (Jill), Clive Harding (bass), Till Hanamann (guitar), Bruce Barks (guitar), and Tony Hughes (drums). Glenys sung lead and had a voice that was undeniably folksy, rather she tried to sing that style or not, everything came out that way. Their second single “Mr. Nico” made the States chart too, but barely, entering the Pop 100 and immediately stalling at #98. The four guys sans Jill originally formed in 1964 and went through two name changes before adding Glenys and becoming Four Jacks & A Jill. Out-the-box they scored a South African hit entitled “Timothy.” Unfortunately, they never graced the charts in the States after “Mr. Nico,” but remained viable and quite popular in South Africa.

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a highly distinctive voice. Joplin released four albums as the frontwoman for several bands from 1967 to a posthumous release in 1971.

Background information
Birth name	Janis Lyn Joplin
Born	January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Died	October 4, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s)	Blues-rock Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, arranger
Instrument(s)	Guitar Vocals
Label(s)	Columbia
Associated acts	Big Brother & the Holding Company

 

Janis Joplin was born at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas, the daughter of Seth Ward Joplin and Dorothy Bonita East.[1] Her father was an engineer at Texaco. Janis had two younger siblings, Michael and Laura. As a teenager, she befriended a group of outcasts, including Jim Langdon and Grant Lyons, the latter of whom played her the blues for the first time. She began listening to musicians such as Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, Odetta, and Big Mama Thornton and singing in the local choir. While at Thomas Jefferson High School, she was mostly shunned. Among her high school classmates was another individual destined for stardom: future college and NFL coach Jimmy Johnson. In a 1992 Sports Illustrated profile of his career, Johnson claimed that he gave Janis the high school nickname of “beat weeds.” Primarily a painter, it was in high school that she first began singing blues and folk music with friends. Joplin graduated from high school in 1960 and attended the University of Texas in Austin, though she never attained a degree. One persistent story is of her being nominated in a Fraternity contest “The Ugliest Man on Campus.” She lived in a building commonly refered to as “The Ghetto” which was located at 2812 1/2 Nueces Street. The building has since been torn down and replaced with new apartment buildings. The rent was a mere $40 a month when she lived there.

Cultivating a rebellious manner that could be viewed as “liberated” — the women’s liberation movement was still in its infancy at this time — Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues heroines, and in part after the beat poets. She left Texas for San Francisco in 1963, lived in North Beach and in Haight-Ashbury as well as Corte Madera. On 25 June 1964 Janis and Jefferson Airplane guitar player Jorma Kaukonen recorded a number of blues standards at Jorma’s Mother’s House in San Jose, CA , further accompanied by Margaretta Kaukonen on typewriter (as percussion instrument). These lo-fi sessions included seven tracks: “Typewriter Talk”, “Trouble In Mind”, “Kansas City Blues”, “Hesitation Blues”, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out”, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy” and “Long Black Train Blues”, and were later released as the Bootleg Album The Typewriter Tape.

Around this time her drug use began to increase, and she acquired a reputation as a “speed freak” and occasional heroin user. She also used other intoxicants. She was a heavy drinker throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was Southern Comfort.

Like many other female singers of the era, Joplin’s feisty public image was at odds with her real personality. The book Love, Janis, written by her sister, has done much to further the reassessment of her life and work and reveals the private Joplin to have been a highly intelligent, articulate, shy and sensitive woman who was devoted to her family.

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Joplin again moved to San Francisco in 1966, where her bluesy vocal style saw her join Big Brother and The Holding Company, a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent hippie community in Haight-Ashbury. The band signed a deal with independent Mainstream Records and recorded an eponymously titled album in 1967. However, the lack of success of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success.

The band’s big break came with their performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, which included a version of Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball and Chain” and featured a barnstorming vocal by Joplin. (The D.A. Pennebaker documentary Monterey Pop captured Cass Elliot in the crowd silently mouthing “Wow, that’s really heavy” during Joplin’s performance.) Their 1968 album Cheap Thrills featured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the late Sixties. It also produced Joplin’s breakthrough hit single, “Piece of My Heart”, whose chorus would be borrowed two years later by Alive N Kickin”s one-hit wonder “Tighter, Tighter”. Cheap Thrills sold over one million copies in its first month of release. Live at Winterland ’68, recorded at the Winterland Ballroom on April 12 and 13, 1968 shows Janis and Big Brother and the Holding Company at the height of their mutual career working through an inspired selection of tracks from their studio albums.

Solo career and Woodstock

After splitting from Big Brother in December of 1968, she formed a new backup group, modelled on the classic soul revue bands, named the Kozmic Blues Band, which backed her on I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969: the year she played at Woodstock). The band contained a horn section and many reviewers felt the horns competed with her. The album was certified gold later that year but was a more modest success than Cheap Thrills. The group was indifferently received and soon broke up after a year, and Joplin then formed The Full Tilt Boogie Band. The result was the posthumously released Pearl (1971). It became the biggest selling album of her short career and featured her biggest hit single, the definitive version of Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee”, as well as the wry social commentary of the a cappella “Mercedes Benz”, written by Joplin and beat poet Michael McClure.

Among her last public appearances were two broadcasts of The Dick Cavett Show on June 25 and August 3, 1970. On the June 25 show she announced that she would attend her ten-year high school Class reunion, although she admitted that when in high school she had been “laughed out of class, out of school, out of town, out of the state”. She made it there, but it would be one of the last decisions of her life and it reportedly proved to be a rather unhappy experience for her.

Death

During the fall 1970 recording sessions for the Pearl album with The Doors and Phil Ochs producer Paul A. Rothchild, Joplin died, aged 27. Her death was caused by an overdose of heroin on October 4, 1970. The last recordings she completed were “Mercedes Benz” and a birthday greeting for John Lennon on October 1, 1970; Lennon later told Dick Cavett that her taped greeting arrived at his New York home after her death.

She was cremated in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California, and her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. The album Pearl, released six weeks after her death, included a version of Nick Gravenites’ song “Buried Alive In The Blues”, which was left as an instrumental because Joplin had died before she was able to record her vocal over the backing track.

Legacy

Joplin is now remembered best for her powerful, and distinctive voice — her rasping, overtone-rich sound was significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influenced styles that were common among many white artists at the time — as well as for her lyrical themes of pain and loss. To many, she personified that period of the Sixties when the San Francisco sound, along with (then considered) outlandish dress and life style jolted the country. Many Joplin fans remember her appearance on the Dick Cavett show with an obviously delighted Dick Cavett. She is mentioned in the book, “Small Steps”, a sequel to the hit novel, “Holes”. ^[1] The genuineness of her personality always came across in press interviews, for better or worse.

Joplin’s contributions to the rock idiom were long overlooked^{[citation needed]}, but her importance is now becoming more widely appreciated, thanks in part to the recent release of the long-unreleased documentary film Festival Express, which captured her at her very best. Janis’s vocal style, her flamboyant dress, her outspokenness and sense of humour, her liberated stance (politically and sexually) and her strident, hard-living “one of the boys” image all combined to create an entirely new kind of female persona in rock.

It can be argued that, prior to Joplin, there was a tendency for solo, white female pop performers to be pigeonholed in to a few broadly defined roles — the gentle, guitar-strumming ‘folkie’ (e.g. Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell), the virginal ‘pop goddess’ (e.g. Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney) or the cool, elegantly dressed chanteuse (e.g. Dusty Springfield)^{[citation needed]} who, in fact, included a version of “Piece Of My Heart” on her 1968 album “Dusty…Definitely”, released within a few months of Joplin’s studio version. As one of the first women to front a fully-fledged rock band, Joplin followed the precedent set by her white, male counterparts in adopting the image, repertoire and performance style of African American blues and rhythm and blues artists, both male and female. In so doing, Joplin was pivotal in redefining what was possible for white female singers in mainstream American popular music.

Not recognized by her hometown during her life, she was remembered much later. In 1988, her life and achievements were showcased and recognized in Port Arthur by the dedication of the Janis Joplin Memorial, with an original bronze, multi-image sculpture of Joplin by Douglas Clark.

Alongside Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, she pioneered an entirely new range of expression for white women in the previously male-dominated world of post-Beatles rock. It is also notable that, in a very short time, she transcended the role of “chick singer” fronting an all-male band, to being an internationally famous solo star in her own right.

Joplin is also notable as one of the few female performers of her day to regularly wear pants (or slacks), rather than skirts or dresses.^{[citation needed]} Her body decoration with a wristlet and a small heart on her left breast, by the San Francisco tattoo artist Lyle Tuttle, is taken as a seminal moment in the tattoo revolution and was an early moment in the popular culture’s acceptance of tattoos as art.^[2]. Another trademark was her flamboyant hair styles, often including colored streaks and accessories such as scarves, beads and feathers, a style strikingly at odds with the ‘regulation’ perms or wigs sported by most female singers of the day.^{[citation needed]} It is especially notable that she is probably the only major female pop-rock star of the period who never wore makeup — something that was very striking at a time when the wearing of makeup was de rigueur for female performers.

People have drawn comparisons between Joplin and her close contemporary Jimi Hendrix (with whom it was rumored that she had a tryst in a bathroom stall)^{[citation needed]}, who similarly was catapulted to fame by his appearance at Monterey, had a brief, successful career, and who also died from drug-related causes within weeks of Joplin, also at the age of twenty-seven.

Joplin also has been compared with Jim Morrison, another contemporary who died at twenty-seven after a successful and drug-fueled career. She and Morrison also reportedly had an affair.

The 1979 film The Rose was loosely based on Joplin’s life. The lead role earned Bette Midler an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress (Joplin had gone to see Midler perform several times at the Continental Baths at the Ansonia Hotel in New York, when Midler was first starting out). In the late 1990s, a musical based on “Love, Janis,” was launched, with an aim to take it to Off-Broadway. Opening there in the summer of 2001 and scheduled for only a few weeks of performances, the show won acclaim and packed houses and was held over several times, the demanding role of the singing Janis attracting rock vocalists from relative unknowns to pop stars Laura Branigan and Beth Hart. A national tour followed. Gospel According to Janis, a biographical film starring Zooey Deschanel as Joplin as currently in production and scheduled for a 2008 release.

Contemporary singer P!nk has cited Janis Joplin as one of her first idols. During her 2004 Try This Tour, P!nk performed a three song acoustic medley of: Summertime/Me and Bobby McGee/Piece of My Heart

George Thorogood

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George Thorogood (born December 31, 1951) is a blues-rock and rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware. He was raised on Clearview Avenue in Naamans Gardens, a suburb of Wilmington, Delaware. During this time he went to Brandywine High School.

Thorogood cut his debut album titled Better Than the Rest in 1974, and released it that same year. In the autumn of 1976 he recorded his second album, the eponymous George Thorogood with his band, The Destroyers (sometimes also known as The Delaware Destroyers or simply GT and D) and issued the album in 1977. Thorogood released his next album titled Move It On Over in the autumn of 1978 with The Destroyers, which included the hit “Move It On Over” in 1978. “Please Set A Date” and “Who Do You Love” both followed in 1979.

During the 1980s, and 1990s, Thorogood recorded some of his most well known works, Bad to the Bone (used to great effect during the bar scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and in the opening scene of John Carpenter’s Christine) and in the movie Major Payne, “I Drink Alone” (from his Maverick album), “You Talk Too Much”, and “If You Don’t Start Drinking, I’m Gonna Leave”.

Thorogood is best known for his animated stage presence and loud, raucous electric slide guitar playing. He is also known as “Lonesome George”.

Gloria Estefan

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Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter.

Estefan began her career as lead vocalist for the Hispanic dance music band, Miami Sound Machine, in 1975. They crossed over to mainstream popular success with English-speaking audiences with the international hit singles, “Dr. Beat” (1984) and “Conga” (1986).

Known as the “Queen of Latin Pop,” Estefan is one of the world’s most recognized popular music artists. With over 70 million albums sold worldwide, she is the single most successful crossover performer in Latin music history.

Fleeing Cuba
Cuban-born, Gloria’s family moved to Miami, Florida when she was 16 months old, following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Gloria’s father José Fajardo, who in the 1950s was a personal bodyguard to then Cuban president Fulgencio Batista’s wife, was captured in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion that attempted to overthrow the new communist government established by Fidel Castro. Gloria’s father was held as a prisoner until an exchange was arranged by President John F. Kennedy

Parents
Gloria’s father served as an officer in the United States Army in Vietnam, where he is suspected of having been exposed to Agent Orange, a defoliant used extensively during the Vietnam war to clear combat areas. He subsequently contracted multiple sclerosis, and was nursed by a young Estefan for many years. He died in 1980.
Gloria’s mother, Gloria García Pérez de Fajardo, now living in Miami, ran a school in Cuba in the 1950s for kindergarten students.
University of Miami
Gloria was raised primarily in Miami (though she accompanied her mother, father and younger sister, Becky, to several military bases in the 1960s during her father’s military service). She attended the University of Miami. As a student there, she also worked as a Spanish and French translator at Miami International Airport’s Customs Department.
Gloria graduated from the University of Miami in 1978 with a degree in communications and psychology (with a minor in French). Since graduating, she has been a prominent advocate for the university and a member of its Board of Trustees. She has appeared in national television advertisements for the university and is one of several highly prominent University of Miami alumni.

Miami Sound Machine
Estefan’s first public musical performance was at a large Cuban wedding when her future husband, Emilio Estefan, Jr., asked her to join Miami Sound Machine in singing.
Her appearance was well-received and, a few weeks later, she became the lead singer for Miami Sound Machine, which performed and recorded in Spanish in the early years of its existence. The Miami Sound Machine soon gained a large fan base and released an LP in 1977. It was the first all-Spanish album from CBS International.
With Estefan on vocals, The Miami Sound Machine had its first English-language hit with “Dr. Beat,” which topped the dance charts across Europe and went Top 5 in the UK and Australia, from the album Eyes of Innocence, in 1984. Primitive Love was released in 1986; The single “Conga” broke MSM into the American pop market. “Bad Boy”, and “Words Get in the Way” became follow up hits in the US and around the world; “Words Get In The Way” reached #1 in the US Adult Contemporary chart, establishing that the group could do pop ballads equally as well as dance tunes. The song “Hot Summer Nights” was also released that year and was part of the blockbuster movie Top Gun.
Estefan’s next album, 1988′s Let It Loose, went multi-platinum, with six million copies sold alone in the US and featured the following hits: “Anything For You” (#1 Pop), “1,2,3″ (#3 Pop), “Betcha Say That” (#36 Pop), “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” (#5 Pop), and “Can’t Stay Away From You” (#6 Pop). “Can’t Stay Away From You,” “Anything For You” and “1-2-3″ were all #1 Adult Contemporary hits as well.
In 1988, Estefan took top billing as the band’s name changed to Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. Beginning in 1989, the group’s name was dropped altogether and Estefan was credited as a solo artist, though the ever-changing line-up of Miami Sound Machine has continued to be her backing band to this day.
In 1989, after the worldwide chart success of single “Anything For You”, their Let It Loose album was repackaged as Anything For You. It became the band’s first UK #1 album, selling over a million copies. It was the biggest selling album of the year in Holland, staying at #1 for 22 weeks. The album also took top honors in Australia and Canada launching Estefan to superstar status.
In 1989, she released her best-selling album to date, Cuts Both Ways, the title of which refers to Estefan’s desire to appeal to both English and Spanish-speaking fans. Hits included “Don’t Wanna Lose You” (a USA #1 hit), “Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)”, “Here We Are”, “Cuts Both Ways” (#1 in Australia and on the US AC chart), and “Get on Your Feet” .
Cuts Both Ways sold over 1 million copies and went platinum within its first month of release in the US. The success followed in the UK, where it debuted at #1, with Gloria being the first act in 10 years to have two # 1 albums on the UK charts in one calendar year. Cuts Both Ways then shot to # 1 in Australia, Holland, Belgium, Japan and more, selling over ten million copies worldwide.

Marriage and children
Gloria Fajardo became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine’s band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. She and Emilio married on September 2, 1978. They have a son, Nayib (born September 2, 1980), and a daughter, Emily Marie (born December 5, 1994).

Tour bus crash
While touring in support of Cuts Both Ways on March 20, 1990, near Scranton, Pennsylvania, Estefan was critically injured and her back broken when a tractor trailer crashed into her tour bus. She was flown by helicopter to New York City, where surgeons permanently implanted two titanium rods to stabilize her spinal column. Her grueling rehabilitation required almost a year of intensive physical therapy but she sustained a fairly complete recovery.

Comeback
Estefan returned to the charts with a concept album, Into the Light in 1991. “Coming Out of the Dark” was performed publicly for the first time on the American Music Awards in January 1991, and reached #1 in the US as a single a few months later. The Into the Light World Tour covered 100 cities in nine countries and was seen by more than 10 million people worldwide. She followed up Into the Light with her first greatest-hits album in 1992, which included the minor US hit ballads “Always Tomorrow” and “I See Your Smile” and the international hit dance track “Go Away.” Also in 1992, Estefan helped contribute to the mainstream success of fellow Cuban-American singer-songwriter Jon Secada, including singing backup on his breakthrough hit, “Just Another Day.” Estefan spent much of the latter half of the year in Miami, helping with relief from the devastation of Hurricane Andrew.
1993′s Mi Tierra saw Estefan return to her Cuban roots with a Spanish-language album, for which she won a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. Mi Tierra was a successful album worldwide, with over eight million copies sold. In Spain, Mi Tierra became the country’s best selling international album ever.
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, a cover album of some of Estefan’s favorite 1960s and 1970s songs (including the title song, the Classics IV’s “Traces,” and Blood, Sweat & Tears’ “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” among others), was released in 1994. “Turn the Beat Around”, the first single and a remake of Vicki Sue Robinson’s 1976 disco classic, became another international hit, certified gold in the US and also featured in the Sharon Stone movie The Specialist. “Everlasting Love” (the 1967 Robert Knight and 1974 Carl Carlton classic) was a successful club and pop hit, and a third single, a remake of Carole King’s signature song “It’s Too Late,” did well on Adult Contemporary radio.
1995′s Spanish-language album Abriendo Puertas earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. It spun off two #1 Dance hits, “Abriendo Puertas” and “Tres Deseos,” and two #1 Latin singles, “Abriendo Puertas” and “Mas Allá.” The Miami Herald called Abriendo Puertas “a danceable pan-Latin American fusion, brilliantly built on improbable instrumental combinations and layers of styles and rhythms.”
In 1995, Estefan sang the Billboard Latin #1 song “Mas Allá” for Pope John Paul II as part of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood. She was the first pop star invited to perform for the Pope. At their meeting, Estefan, an anti-communist, asked the Pope to pray for a free Cuba. She has been an active opponent of Fidel Castro’s government, and after some ambiguous statements supported the unsuccessful effort to keep young Elián González in the United States.

Toni Basil

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Toni Basil (born Antonia Christina Basilotta on September 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer.

Her recording career began in 1966 with a rare one-off single for A&M Records, the title song from the film Breakaway. Although she appeared three times as musical guest during the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975–76, it wasn’t until 1982 that she released a follow-up, the international smash “Mickey”. This song is, in fact, a cover of “Kitty”, a 1979 release by UK band Racey, written by British hitmakers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. “Mickey” itself would be covered in a parody by “Weird Al” Yankovic as “Ricky”. Furthermore, “Mickey” was actually recorded in 1979, and when her record label wanted to release the song in 1982, Basil was reluctant, believing the song already sounded “dated”. But the label persevered, and pop-music history was made.

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Chris Abbondanza – Vocals/Guitar

Ryan Lucotch – Drums
Dave Cramer – Keyboard/Vocals
Bob Crafton – Steel Guitar
Chris Higbee – Fiddle
David Guthrie – Electric Guitar
Jeff Volek – Bass/Accordion/Guitar/Vocals

“We did things backwards,” PovertyNeck Hillbillies lead singer Abby proudly declares.

What Abby means is that, in this day of style’s triumph over substance, he and his bandmates – fiddler Chris Higbee, keyboardist Dave Cramer, guitarist David “Junior” Guthrie, pedal steel guitarist Bob “Crafty” Crafton, bass player Jeff Volek and drummer Ryan Lucotch – started with the music, not the marketing. The Hillbillies built a fervent fan base in their home state of Pennsylvania based on their wild, charismatic live shows, their muscular, melodic playing, and their catchy, crowd-pleasing songs – and they’re now expanding that rapidly growing audience nationwide.

“It was grassroots, word-of-mouth stuff,” says Abby. “That’s how we did it. We kept throwing out pebbles, and the ripples went out a little further each time.”

And so by the time the PovertyNeck Hillbillies set foot on a Nashville stage for the first time, they had already sold tens of thousands of CDs and boasted a fan club larger than many acts in the mainstream country Top 10. The Hillbillies are poised to make a play for that mainstream themselves – and make no mistake, the 10 tracks on The PovertyNeck Hillbillies, their debut album, are as radio-ready and instantly accessible as they are honest, heartfelt and fresh.

The Hillbillies’ music is as direct and down-home as their striking moniker, which comes from a sign that founding member Chris Higbee discovered on his grandfather’s farm on Poverty Neck Lane in Southwestern Pennsylvania. “It’s typical farmland,” says Higbee of the area that he and his bandmates – country boys, outdoorsmen, hunters and fishermen – all call their homeland.

The Hillbillies began playing there together in 2000. “We were originally just a bunch of friends getting together,” remembers Higbee. “We all lived around each other. We just heard about this guy through that guy and started playing music very naturally.” Their upbringings had been similar, but their tastes in music were varied. “There’s seven different personalities in the band, and seven different musical backgrounds,” explains Abby. “Two of the guys grew up playing polka, Chris Higbee grew up listening to rock, Dave Cramer liked ’80s music, “Crafty” listened to Southern rock, and Junior and I always liked old country. When we get together though, it all blends together.”

When they took their act to the clubs in the state’s rock stronghold of Pittsburgh, the group quickly began amassing a following for their rootsy, hard-hitting country music. Their blistering live shows and relentless determination have gotten them where they are today. “We’re all goal-driven so we took things into our own hands and did it,” recalls Abby. “For us there was no question about getting things done because we love what we do and have the best fans a group could ask for. We are first and foremost musicians but we are also entertainers. So our goal is to give the fans what they want – great music and an even greater live show.”

After a while it was so long day jobs, hello music-making. “Everybody gave up everything in their lives to do this 100 percent,” adds Higbee. “The little goals were what kept us going.”

Little goals turned into big accolades. The Country Music Association named the Hillbillies one of 2005′s top independent artists, and they were declared the official band of the Pittsburgh Steelers – quite an honor indeed for these diehard pigskin fans.

“We started out by doing the national anthem at a Steelers game, then the halftime show,” says Abby of the band’s association with the 2005 Superbowl champs. “We were asked to do some private functions, then we got asked to do the pep rally at Heinz field four days before they left to go to the Superbowl. We played in front of 40,000 people, then Art Rooney, the owner of the Steelers, came up onstage and said, ‘I’d like to welcome and thank the new official band of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the PovertyNeck Hillbillies.’ We had no warning. If you’d have taken a picture of our faces ? It is such an honor.” (Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger guest stars in the group’s “Mr. Right Now” video, shot at Heinz Field.)

Just as thrilling was the moment the Hillbillies hooked up with Bob Corbin, who had enjoyed country success with the Corbin/Hanner Band and gone on to a successful songwriting and production career. Corbin began writing with primary group tunesmith Abby, and finally wound up producing The PovertyNeck Hillbillies. Most of the album’s tracks come with a pedigree, having been tested on the rowdy, rabid audiences at the group’s live shows. “The crowd helps to decide whether we record a song,” explains Abby. “Usually you know it’s a keeper if you see people catching on to the chorus by the end of the song.”

The biggest challenge the Hillbillies faced was capturing the infectious, uncontainable energy of those concerts on record. “We’ve always said that if we can play in front of you live, you’ll at some point in the show become a fan,” says Abby. “We’re not a sit-down-and-watch band and people across the country appreciate that. With seven members it’s hard not to be high energy and give it everything we got every time we go on stage.” Abby’s vocals blend a deep, country twang with a hint of rock-n-roll gravel, and are backed by powerful harmonies in songs such as, “She Rides Wild Horses” and “Mr. Right Now.” The six-piece band provides the full, articulate sound that makes The PovertyNeck Hillbillies unique in their genre.

Finally, the group decided it was time to take on Nashville, signing with Rust Records in February 2006. To their surprise, this organic, homegrown phenomenon has already found a place in Music City.

“We’re glad they’re accepting us with open arms, because that was a fear of ours,” admits Abby. “We’re not the typical Nashville band.”

The Hillbillies released their self-titled debut album nationally in June 2006, throwing in a two-hour DVD so newcomers to the band’s trademark sound can get a glimpse of their live shows and behind-the-scenes personalities. “We wanted you to get face-to-face with the music,” says Abby. “It gives you a better idea of what we’re about.”

What this band is about is a fresh, varied and wide-ranging approach to country music, held together by boundless energy and a fierce commitment to the songs, the audience and one another. The PovertyNeck Hillbillies might have gotten to where they are backward, but the only direction they’re moving in now is straight up.

Peter Paul & Mary

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The trio Peter, Paul and Mary (often PP&M) is an American musical group that was one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. The trio comprises Peter Yarrow, Noel “Paul” Stookey, and Mary Travers.

The group was created and managed by Albert Grossman, who sought to create a folk “supergroup” by bringing together “a tall blonde (Travers), a funny guy (Stookey), and a good looking guy (Yarrow).” He launched the group in 1961, booking them into the The Bitter End, a coffee house and popular folk venue in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

Peter, Paul and Mary’s debut album

The group recorded their first album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included “500 Miles,” “Lemon Tree”,”Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” and the hit Pete Seeger tune “If I Had a Hammer,” (“The Hammer Song”). The album was listed on Billboard Magazine Top Ten list for ten months and in the Top One Hundred for over three years.

By 1963, they had recorded three albums, released “Puff the Magic Dragon”, which Yarrow and fellow Cornell student Leonard Lipton had written in 1959, and performed “If I Had a Hammer” at the 1963 March on Washington, best remembered for Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Their biggest single hit was the Bob Dylan song, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” an international #1 and the fastest selling single ever cut by Warner Brothers Records. For many years after, the group was at the forefront of the civil rights movement and other causes promoting social justice. “Leaving On A Jet Plane,” which in December 1969 became their only #1 (as well as their final Top 40) hit, was written by the then-unknown John Denver and first appeared on their Album 1700 in 1967. “Day Is Done,” a #21 hit in June 1969, was the last Hot 100 hit the trio recorded.

On March 26, 1970, Peter Yarrow pled guilty to taking indecent liberties with a 14-year old girl in an August 31, 1969, incident at the Shoreham Hotel prior to a Washington, D.C., concert. Beginning September 1970 he served 3 months in prison. He was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter in 1981.[1]

The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers, but found little of the success they did as a group, although Stookey’s “The Wedding Song (There Is Love)” (written for Yarrow’s marriage to Marybeth McCarthy, the niece of senator Eugene McCarthy) was a hit and has become a wedding standard since its 1971 release.

In 1978, they reunited for a concert to protest nuclear energy, and have recorded albums together and toured since. They currently play around 25 shows a year.^[1]

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with leukemia, leading to the cancellation of the remaining tour dates for that year. She received a bone marrow transplant and is recovering successfully. She and the rest of the trio resumed their concert tour on December 9, 2005 with a holiday performance at Carnegie Hall and are scheduled for several additional concerts in 2006.

Peter, Paul and Mary received in 2006 the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The trio sang at in Mitchell, South Dakota George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center for Leadership dedication concert on October 5, 2006.

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Ivory Joe Hunter made his network television debut on You Asked for It in April, 1951.

Ivory Joe Hunter (born October 10, 1914 in Kirbyville, Texas – died November 8, 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an African American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, best known for his hit recording, “Since I Met You, Baby” (1956). Billed as “The Baron of the Boogie,” he was also known as “The “Happiest Man Alive.” He is sometimes confused with Motown producer-songwriter Ivy Joe Hunter.

In Kirbyville, Texas, he was christened Ivory Joe as an infant. Developing an early interest in music from his father, Dave Hunter, who played guitar, and his gospel singing mother, he was a talented pianist by the age of 13. As a teenager, Hunter made his first recording in Texas for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress in 1933. ^[1]

Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert “Lenny” Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is a American rock singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist whose retro-style amalgam of rock, pop, funk, and even techno is inspired by such music icons as Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon.

Kravitz plays guitar, bass, drums, piano, saxophone, trumpet and sitar. He usually plays all the instruments on each recorded track.

Early life

Kravitz was born in New York City, and is the son of Russian-Jewish American film producer Sy Kravitz and Bahamian American actress Roxie Roker, best known as Helen Willis, a regular character on The Jeffersons. Kravitz was named after his uncle, Pfc. Leonard Kravitz, who was killed in action in Korea while suppressing a Chinese attack and saving most of his platoon; he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

His parents moved to California. Having taught himself bass, piano, guitar, and drums at an early age and developed his singing voice in the California Boys Choir and the Metropolitan Opera, he attended Beverly Hills High School and performed under the artist name, Romeo Blue. At that stage, he was heavily influenced by Prince. His parents were friends with jazz greats Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Short, and Miles Davis so he grew up in a musical household although he would pursue a career in rock rather than jazz.

In the late 1980s, Kravitz returned to New York to pursue a musical career. He ended up sharing a house with Lisa Bonet of The Cosby Show. The two would fall in love and marry on November 16, 1987, Lisa’s 20th birthday; they divorced in 1993 and have a daughter, Zoe Isabella Kravitz, together. Kravitz would broaden his influences beyond Prince to artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield and Bob Marley. He signed a contract with Virgin Records.

Early career

 

 

Let Love Rule album cover

His 1989 debut album Let Love Rule was a moderate success, reaching #61 on the US Billboard album charts. The title track would reach #89 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the modern rock charts. The second single, “I Build This Garden For Us” reached #25 on the modern rock charts.

Kravitz gained greater recognition when Madonna reached number one with a cover version of his song, “Justify My Love” on her 1990 Immaculate Collection album. Kravitz’s marriage to Lisa Bonet ended in the same year. He also briefly dated Madonna at this time.^[1]

The following year, his second album, Mama Said reached the top 40 of the Billboard album charts and songs on the album were influenced by his divorce from Bonet. It contained the hit single “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”, which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Billboard R&B charts. “Always On The Run” featured Slash of Guns N’ Roses and reached #8 on the modern rock charts and #40 on the mainstream rock charts. “Stand By My Woman” would scrape the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #76, while “What Goes Around Comes Around” reached the top 40 of the Billboard R&B chart. The album would also feature a contribution by Sean Lennon.

In 1993, Are You Gonna Go My Way was released, reaching #12 on the Billboard 200 and Kravitz earned a Brit Award for best international male artist in 1994. The title track won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video for the video produced by Mark Romanek, in which Kravitz slung his dreadlocks and wore high-heeled platform boots. The single would reach #1 on the Australian and Billboard mainstream rock charts and #2 on the modern rock charts. Several singles from the album would follow including:

• “Believe” #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, #15 on the mainstream rock charts and #10 on the modern rock charts;
• “Is There Any Love In Your Heart” would reach #19 on the mainstream rock charts; and
• “Heaven Help/Spinning Around Over You” reached #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Heaven Help” reached #92 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles charts.

Kravitz covered the KISS song “Deuce” for a tribute album, with the track reaching #15 on the Billboard rock chart. He released the Circus album in 1995, which reached number 10 on the Billboard chart on the back of his past achievement. However, it only had two singles: “Rock And Roll Is Dead” peaked at #75 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on the mainstream rock chart and #10 on the modern rock charts. “Can’t Get You Off My Mind” reached #62 on the Billboard chart and #36 on the US adult chart.

Later career

With 5 (1999), Kravitz embraced digital technology such as synthesizers and tape loops for the first time. 5 introduced his music to an even wider audience, particularly in Europe, thanks to the hit single “Fly Away” being featured prominently in both car manufacturer and airline commercials. 5 would reach #28 on the Billboard 200, with “Fly Away” reaching #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998 and ,,Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] at the Grammy Awards of 1999. Other hits from the album included:

• “If You Can’t Say No” reached the top 40 on the Billboard mainstream rock chart in 1999 – dance producer Brian Transeau would remix the track; and
• “I Belong to You” would reach #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on the Billboard adult chart in 2000.

His cover version of The Guess Who’s hit “American Woman” won him another Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000 and helped The Guess Who find a new audience. The song originally came from the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and was added to the 5 album as a bonus track in 1999. The song would reach #49 on the Billboard 100, #3 on the Billboard modern rock chart and #7 on the Billboard mainstream rock chart.

Kravitz released a Greatest Hits compilation in 2000. It proved to be his most successful album, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200 and Canadian album charts and achieve triple platinum status. The single “Again” reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on a world adult composite chart (based on the US, UK, Canada, Germany, France and Australia) and US adult chart. The track would also earn him his third consecutive Grammy for the Best Male Rock Vocal in the Grammy Awards of 2001.

 

 

album cover

Kravitz released his sixth album Lenny in October 2001. It reached #12 on the Billboard 200 and #9 on the Canadian charts. The first single from the album “Dig In” reached #31 on the Billboard 100 and went top ten in the world adult and US adult charts. It also reached #1 in Argentina, went top 5 in Portugal and top 10 in Italy. He won his fourth consecutive Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal at the Grammy Awards of 2002. Subsequent singles included:

• “Stillness of Heart” went top 10 in Italy, top 20 in the US and world adult charts and Argentina and top 40 in Canada and the UK;
• “Believe in Me” reached #1 in Portugal, went top 10 in the Netherlands, top 20 in Italy and Germany and reached the top 100 world sales and airplay charts; and
• “If I Could Fall In Love” reached the US adult top 40.

Jay-Z invited Kravitz to appear on the track “Guns and Roses” on his 2002 Blueprint 2: the Gift and the Curse. Kravitz would also join P. Diddy, Pharrell Williams and Loon on the track “Show Me Your Soul” from the Bad Boys 2 soundtrack. In 2004, he would appear on a track on N.E.R.D’s album Fly or Die. Jay-Z would appear on the track “Storm” on Kravitz’s 2004 Baptism album.

In early 2003, Kravitz released the track “We Want Peace” as a download-only track as a protest against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The track reached #1 on the world internet download charts and MP3.com download chart. Kravitz also appeared on Unity, the official album of the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Also in 2003, Kravitz worked with Michael Jackson on a song titled “Another Day”. Kravitz said of the experience, “working with Michael Jackson was probably the best recording experience of my life. He was totally cool, absolutely professional and a beautiful, beautiful guy. And let’s not forget, Michael is a musical genius.”

Kravitz’s seventh album Baptism was released in May 2004. On his website, Kravitz says that he chose the title because “I’ve made my first record all over again. That’s how it feels, as pure as the beginning.” Baptism would debut at number 14 on the US album charts, in the top 50 of the Australian album charts and in the top 75 of the UK album charts. The first single, “Where Are We Running,” reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100, top 25 on a composite European chart and top 20 on Internet charts, Argentina, Italy and the world and US top 20 as of the end of May 2004. “Storm,” featuring Jay-Z, reached the top 100 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 50 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts. However, “Lady” became the album’s surprise hit, making the US Top 30 and propelling “Baptism” to gold status. From March 2005, Lenny toured all over the world with the tour Electric Church, which ended at the Brixton Academy, London in July 2005. Kravitz is currently serving as the opening act for Aerosmith on their fall 2005 tour.

Kravitz’s latest project is a charity single for Hurricane Katrina victims. The single titled “From The Bottom Of My Heart” is a song written and composed by Michael Jackson. Kravitz traveled to London, along with other recording artists, to record the song. The single was anticipated to be released towards the end of 2005 but has been delayed to 2006.

On January 2006 Kravitz participated in absoluttracks a project of the vodka brand Absolut. He was given total freedom to realize a track that reflected his vision of the product, the result was the track “Breathe”. Later on this song was re-mixed by other ten musical producers from the eight most important markets of the vodka brand, the traks were only available via internet, in the sites www.absolutkravitz.com and www.absoluttracks.com, where also were wallpapers and videos relating to the subject.

Lately Kravitz has co-founded an interior design firm named Kravitz Design. He designed a chandelier for the Swarovsky Crystal Palace Collection named “Casino Royale”.

Waffle House

• 844,739 Ways to Eat a Hamburger.wav
• Good Food Fast.wav
• There are Raisins in My Toast.wav

Dr Hook

• A Little Bit More.wav
• Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk 1982.wav
• Makin’ It Natural.wav
• Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie.wav
• Sexy Eyes.wav
• Sharing The Night Together.wav
• Sylvia’s Mother.wav
• The Millionaire.wav
• When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman.wav

• Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show is a pop-country rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey in 1968. The original lineup consisted Ray Sawyer, Dennis Locorriere, Bill Francis, Jay David, and George Cummings, but their lineup changed quite a bit over the years. Other members include Jance Garfat, Rik Elswit, and Jon Wolters, Bob “Willard” Henke, and Rod Smarr. Sawyer was particularly noticeable due to his trademark cowboy hat and the eyepatch he wore due to a car accident in 1967. When told by a club owner that they needed a name to put out on the marquee, George made up a sign saying “Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show – Tonic for the soul.” The band name was a reference to Captain Hook from Peter Pan, but the Captain was missing a hand rather than an eye. Nevertheless, the name stuck.The band hooked up with songwriter Shel Silverstein, and manager, Ron Haffkine, who was in charge of doing the music for the movie Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Silverstein was writing songs for the film, and he and Haffkine hired the band to record, “The Last Morning,” which was the theme song for the movie. Haffkine also became their manager and got the band a record deal. He would also be their producer and song publisher; a combination fraught with peril, as the band later found out. Silverstein composed all of the songs on their first three albums.”Sylvia’s Mother,” a ballad from their first album, became a big hit, and “Cover of the Rolling Stone” from the follow up album, “Sloppy Seconds” attracted the attention of those who would like their silly stage show and its monologues done as fictional characters. It also got the band on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, although as a caricature rather than a photograph. Another big hit of theirs (1976) was the classic “A Little Bit More” from the album with the same name. Other hit singles included “Only 16,” “Sharing the Night Together,” “When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman,” and “Sexy Eyes.”

  The band toured constantly but never managed to turn their success with singles into album sales, and when the smoke cleared after 15 years on the road, their managers had become millionaires, and the band owed them money. They had shortened the band’s name to “Dr. Hook” after going bankrupt and getting released from their contract with CBS Records, and their fourth album, this one on Capitol Records, was aptly titled “Bankrupt”.

  Sawyer left in 1983, and the band continued to tour for two more years before completely splitting up in 1985. In the 1990s, Sawyer went back on the road as “Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer” after doing a few country records under his own name. Locorriere spent several years working as a songwriter in Nashville, and in 1989 performed a one-man show at Lincoln Center, “The Devil and Billy Markham”, written by Shel Silverstein. He currently lives in England, has recorded several solo albums, and tours, promoting himself as “the voice of Dr. Hook.”

Good Charlotte

• Hold On.wav

Marylin Manson

• Sweet Dreams mp3
• Marilyn Manson is an industrial rock and alternative metal band based in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. Frequently termed “shock rock”, the group’s sound contains influences from heavy metal, industrial music, and glam. As a whole, Marilyn Manson is highly difficult to categorize as each album has a distinct and individual image and sound. Formed in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, the band’s uniquely theatrical performances gathered a local cult following that has, over seventeen years, developed into a worldwide fanbase.

Donovan

• Catch the Wind.mp3

Goombay Dance Band

• Seven Tears.wav

La Bouche

• Be my lover.mp3

Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra

• Something Stupid.mp3

Gladys Knight & The Pips

• Letter Full Of Tears.mp3

Eve 6

• Inside Out mp3

Elkie Brooks

• We’ve Got Tonight.mp3

General Johnson

• Bless your heart.wav

Doors

• Light my firewav

Emerson Drive

• Fall into me.mp3

Edward Bear

• Last Song.mp3

Edward Bear was a folk-rock group from Canada formed originally in 1966 by Larry Evoy and Craig Hemming. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1969. Most of their chart successes were in the early ’70s before disbanding in 1974. Their band name is derived from A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, whose ‘proper’ name is Edward Bear. Their top singles include “You, Me & Mexico”, “Last Song”, and “Close Your Eyes”, all three of which were top five in Canada and charted well in the United States.

The band charted its biggest hit in 1972. “Last Song” charted No. 1 in Canada and peaked at No. 3 in the US. By then, the original band had split up. Evoy rebuilt the band twice, but it finally was disbanded in 1974 after a disastrous tour of high school gigs and small club venues.

Evoy, who embraced Scientology in 1973, went on to a semi-successful solo career but is currently retired. Danny Marks has continued a very successful career as a blues guitar veteran; Weldon performs with a jazz combo and teaches at Seneca College in Toronto; Loop resides in South Western Ontario and plays locally with various session musicians. He also teaches guitar.

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Heart

• Crazy On You.wav 
  

Wayne Wonder

• Perfect Proposal mp3
  

Dance Factory

• Electric Slide.wav

Dusty Springfield

• Silver Threads And Golden Needles.wav

Gary Numan

• Cars.wav

Donna Delory

• On & On.mp3

Best known as a background singer and dancer for Madonna

Donna De Lory is a singer, dancer and songwriter. Part of a musical family, De Lory has been performing since a very young age. Her voice can be heard on albums by Carly Simon, Ray Parker, Jr., Kim Carnes, Santana, and Madonna, the latter with whom De Lory accompanied on every single concert since the “Who’s that Girl” tour in the late 1980s.

De Lory’s latest venture is The Lover & The Beloved, a Sanskrit & English CD released on Ajna Music, a record label emerging as a leader in the metro-spiritual music genre. While a collection of ancient Indian mantras set to modern beats may seem like a departure, for De Lory, this seamless blend of east and west, devotion and pop, is just the next bold step in her continuing musical evolution.

“In English, I write about relationships, but when I sing in Sanskrit it’s more about spirit and what is beyond words,” she explains. “It’s great to not have to follow a certain form, like you do in pop. There are no rules for this type of music.” After traveling the globe in support of her self-titled MCA debut, Donna’s pop and world influences took root in her collaboration with cellist, Cameron Stone. Together they formed a beautiful musical hybrid and began creating albums such as Bliss and In the Glow. De Lory was surprised to find fans of her new sound in unusual places, including yoga centers.

“It felt really free,” she said. “When you play in a space like that, the people are so into the music. They want to be taken away. They’re closing their eyes. They’re letting go and really listening.” These performances, coupled with De Lory’s burgeoning yoga practice, led her further in the direction of devotional music. Soon she found herself adding Sanskrit chants to her songs and performance repertoire, hence, the inception of The Lover & The Beloved. “Playing music helps me get away from my personality and my mind and allows me to just be,” said De Lory.

“I realize that being able to do this is a gift. If I can inspire people or help with their healing, if I can help them appreciate the people they love more or get in touch with their own bliss, then I’ve done what I’m here to do.”

The DeLory family is well-known in the music business: Donna is the daughter of musician/producer/arranger Al DeLory, who was responsible, among other things, for Glenn Campbell’s three-album “golden era” on Capitol records.

Donna performs Elise’s theme, “My Destiny”, in the 2006 game

Don Henley

• Dirty Laundry.wav

Don McClean

• American Pie.wav
• And I Love You So .wav

Don McLean
Background information
Birth name	Don McLean
Born	2 October 1945
Genre(s)	singer-songwriter
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	guitar
Years active	1970 – present
Website	http://www.don-mclean.com/

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Eva Cassidy

• Time After Time (Smallville Sdtk).mp3

EP

Escape Club

• I’ll be there.wav
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The band was made of lead singer Trevor Steel, guitarist John Holliday, bassist Johnnie Christo and drummer Milan Zekavica.

WASP

• Inside The Electric Circus.wav

Eddie Murphy

• My Girl Wants to Party all the time wav

Gretchen Wilson

• Politically uncorrect.wav w/Merle Haggard
• RebelChild.wav

Great White

• The Angel Song.mp3

Everly Brothers

BeBopALula.wav

DevotedToYou.wav

Let It Be Me.wav

The Everly Brothers are a pair of brothers who were top-selling country-influenced rock and roll performers, best known for their acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing, who had their greatest success in the 1950s.

Don Everly was born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Phil Everly was born Philip Everly January 19, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. The sons of two Kentucky country musicians, Ike and Margaret Embry Everly, the Everly Brothers grew up performing with their parents on live radio and in small-market live shows.
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Will Young

Friday’s child.wav

 Your Game.wav

Pink

• Get The Party Started.wav

Van Halen

• Ice Cream Man.mp3

Who

Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock Hard rock Protopunk
Years active	Live: 1964–83, 1988-90, 1996 – present Studio: 1964 – 1982, 2002 – present
Label(s)	Brunswick, Decca, MCA, Warner Brothers, Track, Polydor, Universal Republic
Members
Pete Townshend Roger Daltrey
Former members
John Entwistle (deceased) Keith Moon (deceased) Kenney Jones

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5 15.mp3

Cut My Hair.mp3

Drowned.mp3

Helpless Dancer.mp3

 I Am The Sea.mp3

I’m One.mp3

Is It In My Head.mp3

I’ve Had Enough.mp3

Quadrophenia.mp3

Sea And Sand.mp3

The Dirty Jobs.mp3

The Punk And The Godfather.mp3

The Real Me.mp3

Wilson Pickett

• Land Of 1000 Dances.wav
• Soul Man.wav

Wolfman Jack

• Did You Boogie Flash Cadillac.wav

Sam the Sham & the Pharohs

• Little Red Riding Hood.mp3

Mary J Blige

• 911.mp3

Mary J. Blige performing at the National Mall at the NFL Kickoff Live 2003 Concert, on September 4, 2003
Background information
Birth name	Mary Jane Blige
Also known as	Brook Lynn, The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul
Born	January 11, 1971 (age 35)
Origin	The Bronx, New York, United States
Genre(s)	R&B, soul, hip-hop soul
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress
Years active	1990–present
Label(s)	Matriarch/Geffen (2003–present) MCA Records (1997–2002) Uptown/MCA (1992–1996)
Website	MJBlige.com

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White Snake

• Sweet Lady Luck mp3

Hint: IF you right click the link below you can open it in a new window Then when you are done you can simply close the file and this will still be open. OR you can take your chances with your browsers back botton. IT is all up to you. It is a folder I have filled with White snake music Listen and Enjoy!

Give Me More Time.wav

THE FOLDER

Here is a list of some that are in the folder

Whitesnake ~ Give Me More Time.wav

WhiteSnake-Crying In The Rain.mp3

WhiteSnake-Fool For Your Loving.mp3

WhiteSnake-Here I Go Again (Previously unavailable on LP – Radio Mix).mp3

WhiteSnake-Is This Love.mp3

WhiteSnake-Judgement Day.mp3

WhiteSnake-Looking For Love (Previously unavailable on LP).mp3

WhiteSnake-Love Ain’t No Stranger.mp3

WhiteSnake-Slide It In.mp3

WhiteSnake-Slow An’ Easy.mp3

WhiteSnake-Still Of The Night.mp3

WhiteSnake-The Deeper The Love.mp3

WhiteSnake-You’re Gonna Break My Heart Again (Previously unavailable on LP).mp3

WhiteSnake~Now You’re Gone.mp3

XTC

• Senses Working Overtime.wav

New Order

• Blue Monday wav

Yes

Led Zeppelin

• All My Love wav

Ying Yang Twins

• Whats Happnin (f-Trick Daddy).wav

Yesterdays Today

• Gloria

Frankie Lymon

• Why Do Fools Fall In Love.wav

Whitney Houston

• Greatest Love of All.wav
• I Will Always Love You.wav
• One Moment In Time.wav

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born on August 9, 1963) is a African American pop and R&B singer and actress. She is also a former fashion model. She is known for her soulful voice, vocal power and range, and melismatic skill. She is often considered to be one of the best female vocalists of all time.[1]. Her debut album was released in 1985 to considerable critical and commercial international success, and she went on to release a still-record seven consecutive number-one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. She was one of a handful of African-American artists who received heavy-rotation on MTV during the network’s early years in the 1980s.

Houston continued her success into the 1990s with the release of several films and their corresponding soundtrack albums, the most popular of which was The Bodyguard (1992), which produced the extremely successful single “I Will Always Love You”. However Houston’s sales seemed to be on the decline after the year 2000, as her success seemed meager in comparison with her earlier career, with the high point of the era for her being the 2002 release of her studio album Just Whitney which has only sold over 4 million copies worldwide to date.

Her personal life became the subject of controversy because of allegations of drug abuse, especially after repeated cancellations of public appearances, erratic behaviour, and rapid weight loss. Houston has since undergone an intense rehabilitation process and seems to be returning to her early 90′s persona.

Houston is one of the highest selling artists in music history, having sold over 120 million albums and 50 million singles.^[1]

Diana Degarmo

• i’m still standing.wav

Deniece Williams

• Let’s hear it for the boy.wav

Devo

• Whip It.wav

Dido

• I’m No Angel.wav

Deborah Cox

• Absolutely Not (Chanel Club Mix).wav

Origin	Toronto, Ontario Canada
Years active	1995–present
Genres	R&B, Dance
Labels	Arista (1995–2000) J Records (2000–2003)

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Dirty Vegas

• Days Go By.wav

Dino Desi & Billy

• I’m A Fool.wav

Enigma

• The Dream of the Dolphin.mp3

Delfonics

• Didnt I Blow Your Mind.wav 
•  Oh Girl.mp3

DC Talk

• What If I Stumble.mp3

Davy Jones

• Girlmp3

David Bowie

• China Girl.wav
• Space Oddity.wav

David Bowie circa 1991
Background information
Birth name	David Robert Jones
Also known as	“Thin White Duke”, “Ziggy Stardust”
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock Pop Glam rock Art rock Soul Dance Experimental Music
Instrument(s)	guitar, piano, keyboards, saxophones, synthesizers, drums, percussion, harmonica, koto, marimba, violin, cello, organ, vibraphone, stylophone
Years active	1964—present
Website	www.davidbowie.com

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Emmy Lou Harris

• Austin City Limits.w/Dave Matthewsmp3

Daniel Bedingfield

• If You’re Not The One.wav 
•  Nothing hurts like love.mp3

Diana Ross

• upside down.wav

Dan Hill

• NeverThought.wav

Dan Seals

• Bop With Ya Baby.mp3

Foo Fighters

• All My Life.mp3
• Burn Away.mp3
• Come Back.mp3
• Disenchanted Lullaby.mp3
• Have It All.mp3
• Halo.mp3
• Lonely as You.mp3
• Low.mp3
• Overdrive.mp3
• Times Like These.mp3
• Tired of You.mp3

Dan Fogelberg

• Leader of the Band.wav

Dale & Grace

• I’m Leaving It All Up To You.wav

Curtis Lee (The Halos)

• Pretty Little Angel Eyes.wav

Culture Club

• Do You really want to hurt me.wav

Zagara & Evans

• In The Year 2525.wav

Clannad

• In A Life Time.mp3

Cohn Marc

• Walking In Memphis .mp3

Christina Aguilera

• I’m Ok .wav

Chris Montez

• The More I See You .wav

Cindi Lauper

• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun .wav
• Time After Time.mp3

Cream

• Sunshine Of Your Love.wav

Coolio

• Gangsta’s Paradise.wav

Country Joe & The Fish

• I’m Fixin to Die Rag.mp3(clean version)
• Vietnam Song from Wookstock(69).mp3 w/F word

The Police

• Every Breath You Take.mp3
• Roxanne.wav

Chad Jeremy

• A Summer Song.wav

Cathy Jean & The Roomates

• Please Love Me Forever.wav

Young Rascals

• How Can I Be Sure.wav

Dickie Lee

• I Saw Linda Yesterday.wav
• Laurie (1965).wav
• Patches wav

Sheryl Crowe

• If It Makes U Happy .mp3

Steve Miller Band

• FlyLikeAnEagle.wav

Eddie & The Cruisers

• Hey Little Girl.wav
• Just A Matter Of Time.wav
• Maryia.wav
• On The Dark Side.wav
• Open Road.wav
• Pride And Passion.wav
• Runnin’ Thru The Fire.wav
• Some Llike It Hot.wav
• The Tender Years.wav

Eddie and the Cruisers
Promotional movie poster for Eddie and the Cruisers
Directed by	Martin Davidson
Produced by	Joseph Brooks Robert K. Lifton
Written by	P.F. Kluge (novel) Martin Davidson & Arlene Davidson(screenplay)
Starring	Tom Berenger Michael Pare Joe Pantoliano Matthew Laurance Helen Schneider David Wilson Michael ‘Tunes’ Antunes Ellen Barkin
Music by	John Cafferty
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Editing by	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures
Release date(s)	September 23, 1983 (USA)
Running time	95 min.
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
IMDb profile

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Cathy Dennis

• Touch me (all night long).mp3

Corrs

• All In A Day.mp3
• All The Love In The World.mp3
• At Your Side .mp3
• Breathless.mp3
• Give It All Up.mp3
• Hurt Before.mp3
• Irresistible.mp3
• No More Cry.mp3
• One Night.mp3
• Radio.mp3
• Rain.mp3
• Rebel Heart.mp3
• Say.mp3
• Somebody For Someone.mp3

Clash

• I’m So Bored with the USA.mp3

Santana

• Black Magic Woman.wav

Buchanan & Goodman

• The Flying Saucer.wav

Eagles

• Best of my Love wav
• Desperado.wav
• Doolin-Dalton.wav
• Get Over It.wav
• Heartache tonight.mp3
• Hotel California.wav
• I Can’t Tell You Why.wav
• Life In The Fast Lane.wav
• Lyin’ Eyes.wav
• Learn To Be Still.wav
• Love Will Keep Us Aive.wav
• Peaceful Easy Feeling.wav
• Pretty Maids All In A Row.wav
• Midnight Flyer.wav
• Take It Easy.wav
• Tequila Sunrise.wav
• The Girl From Yesterday.wav
•  Witchy Woman.mp3

Left to right: Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Don Felder (circa 1977)
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	Rock Country rock
Years active	1971–1982; 1994–Present
Label(s)	Asylum Geffen Records
Website	eaglesband.com
Members
Glenn Frey Don Henley Joe Walsh Timothy B. Schmit
Former members
Bernie Leadon (1971–1976) Randy Meisner (1971–1977) Don Felder (1974–2001)The Eagles are an American rock music group that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. With five number-one singles and four number-one albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The best-selling studio album Hotel California is rated as the 37th album in the Rolling Stone list “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. They are also the best-selling American band ever (followed by Aerosmith), with Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 being the best-selling album in the U.S. to date[1] and the second-best-selling album of the 20th century worldwide after Michael Jackson’s Thriller[2]The Eagles broke up in 1980 and were disbanded for 14 years, but reunited and have since toured regularly, making new fans in the process and continuing to record. The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Yvonne Elliman

• I Don’t Know How To Love Him.mp3

Crosby Stills Nash & Young

• Deja Vu.wav
• Love The One You’re With.wav
• Ohio.wav
• Our House.wav
• Southern Cross.wav
• Sweet Judy Blue Eyes.wav
• Teach Your Children.wav
• Wasted On the Way.wav
• Wooden Ships.wav
• Woodstock.wav

Canned Heat

• Got My Eyes On You.wav
• OnTheRoadAgain.wav

Joan Baez

• The night they drove old dixie down.wav

Force Majuere

• Hey Girl.wav

Bruce Willis

• Under the Board Walk wav

Cilla Black

• Youre My World.wav
• 
  

 

Tommy James & The Shondells

• Crimson & Clover   wav

Chubby Checkers

• Limbo Rock.wav

Zombies

• Time Of The Season.wav

Buffalo Springfield

• For What Its Worth

Creed

• Are You Ready.mp3
• Beautiful.mp3
• Faceless Man.mp3
• Higher.mp3
• Inside Us All.mp3
• My Own Prison.mp3
• Never Die.mp3
• Say I.mp3
• What If.mp3
• Wash Away Those Years.mp3
•  With Arms Wide Open .mp3
• Wrong Way.mp3

Clarence Carter

• Guardian Angel.wav
• Sixty Minute Man.wav
• Strokin.wav
• Too Weak to Fight.wav

Chicago

• Alive Again .wav
• Along Comes A Woman.wav
• Beginnings.wav
• Can We Last Forever .wav
• Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is.wav
• Happy Man .wav
• Hard Habit To Break .wav
• Here In My Heart .wav
• I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love .wav
• If You Leave Me Now .wav
• Look Away .wav
• Old Days .wav
• Saturday In The Park .wav
• Wishin’ You Were Here .wav
• You’re The Inspiration .wav

ZZ Top

• Backdoor Medley.wav
• Breakaway.wav
• Doubleback.wav
• Fuzzbox Voodoo.wav
• Gimme All Your Lovin.mp3
• Give it Up .wav
• Girl in a T-Shirt.wav
• Gun Love.mp3
• Have You Heard .wav
• La Grange.mp3
• Leggs.wav
• Mexican blackbird .wav
• Pincushion.wav
• Sharp Dressed Man.mp3
• Sleeping Bag.mp3
• Tube Snake Boogie.mp3
• Tush.wav
• Velcro Fly.mp3
• What Would You Do.wav
• World of Swirl.wav

Brook Benton

• I Who Have Nothing.wav
• Tomorrow Night.wav

Brook Benton

Brook Benton, real name Benjamin Franklin Peay born (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988) in Camden, South Carolina in 1931, was a very popular soul singer in the early 1960s, perhaps most widely known for “Rainy Night in Georgia”, “Fools Rush In”, “This Time of the Year”, and “It’s Just A Matter Of Time”, his first big hit. He was also a songwriter whose songs were performed by both him and other artists.
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Carpenters

(They Long To Be) Close To You.mp3

For All We Know mp3

I Believe You.mp3

It’s Going To Take Some Time.mp3

I Need To Be In Love.mp3

I Won’t Last A Day Without You.mp3

Please Mr. Postman.mp3

Sing.mp3

Those Good Old Dreams .mp3

Touch Me When We’re Dancing.mp3

We’ve Only Just Begun.mp3

Yesterday Once More.mp3

Cher

•  A Cowboy’s Work.wav
• A Different Kind of Love.wav
• After All (Love Theme From Chances Are).wav
• A House Divided.wav
• Alfie.wav
• Alive Again.wav
• All Because of You.wav
• All I Really Want To Do.wav
• All or Nothing.wav
• Am I Blue.wav
• Angels Running.wav
• A Young Girl.wav
• Bad Love (rare).wav
• Bang Bang (My Baby Shot me Down).wav
• Because.wav
• Behind the Door.wav
• Believe.wav
• Believe 2.wav
• Body to Body.wav
• Carousel Man.wav
• Chastity Sun.wav
• Cherokee.wav
• Classified 1a.wav
• Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore.wav
• Emotional Fire.wav
• Found Someone.mp3
• Heart Of Stone.wav
• If I Could Turn Back Time.mp3
• I Hate To Sleep Alone.wav
• It’s In His Kiss.wav
• Just Like Jesse James.wav
• Kiss To Kiss.wav
• Love On A Rooftop.wav
• Starting Over.wav
• Still In Love With You.wav
• Takin’ Back My Heart.wav
• You Wouldn’t Know Love.wav

Brewer & Shipley

• One Toke Over The Line.wav

Boston

• More Than A Feeling.mp3

Bonnie Raitt

• Angel From Montgomery .wav
•  A Thing Called Love(Bonnie Raitt)mp3
•  Hear Me Lord(Bonnie Raitt)mp3
• I Can’t Make You Love Me(Bonnie Raitt)mp3
• Longing In Their Hearts You.wav
• Love Sneakin’ Up On You(Bonnie Raitt)mp3
• Nick Of Time(Bonnie Raitt)mp3
• Nobody’s Girl.mp3
• Not The Only One.mp3
• Silver Lining.mp3
• Something To Talk About.mp3
• Time Of Our Lives.mp3

Boys II Men

• Doin’ Just Fine.wav
• End Of The Road.wav

Bonnie Tyler

• Holding Out For A Hero.mp3
• It’s A Heartache.mp3
• Straight From The Heart.wav
• Total Eclipse Of The Heart .wav
• Turn Around(Bonnie Tyler)mp3

Booker T. & The MG’s

• Green Onions(Booker T. & The MG’s)wav

Bobby Rush

• 2 Eyes Full Of Tears(BobbyRush)wav
• HoochieMan(BobbyRush)wav
• Scootchin(BobbyRush)wav
• ShutUp(BobbyRush)wav
• TooShort,TooLittle(BobbyRush)wav

The son of a preacher man, Bobby Rush was born Emmet Ellis, Jr., in the north Louisiana town of Homer; he later adopted his stage name out of respect for his father. He built his first instrument, a primitive guitar or “diddley bow,” and in his early teens he was donning a fake mustache and appearing at local juke joints as a solo artist. In the mid-’50s he moved up to Chicago, where his bands included Freddie King, Earl Hooker, and Luther Allison, while on jaunts back to his family home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he performed with Elmore James and James’ cousin Boyd Gilmore
At a time when most of his contemporaries are resting on their laurels, Bobby Rush-a 50-year veteran of the stage-continues to be one of the most exciting and creative artists in the R&B/blues arena. Rush’s live shows are without parallel, replete with costume changes and comedic sketches acted out with the assistance of his lovely female dancers. In addressing a broad range of matters of the heart, Rush adopts various onstage persona-the adoring lover, the cuckold, the boastful stud-delivering all with a knowing wink that assures the audience that he’s in on the joke.

In the context of today’s all too predictable and sanitized blues market, it’s easy to understand why audiences new to Rush’s performances often find them novel or even bewildering. Unique they are, but Rush’s signifying, jesting, and double entendré jiving are at the heart of the blues, as exemplified by forbears such as Charley Patton, Memphis Minnie, Louis Jordan, and Howlin’ Wolf.

Bobby Rush-it’s pronounced as one three-syllable name-calls his music “folk funk,” an apt description for a blend that’s both decidedly modern and deeply rooted in tradition. Over the decades he has consistently updated his show by incorporating new styles-jump blues, Chicago style deep blues, soul, funk, and even hip-hop-into a fresh mix. At the same time, his original compositions often stem from his dipping into the well of folk wisdom, as exemplified by songs like “What’s Good For the Goose is Good for the Gander Too.”

The son of a preacher man, Bobby Rush was born Emmet Ellis, Jr., in the north Louisiana town of Homer; he later adopted his stage name out of respect for his father. He built his first instrument, a primitive guitar or “diddley bow,” and in his early teens he was donning a fake mustache and appearing at local juke joints as a solo artist. In the mid-’50s he moved up to Chicago, where his bands included Freddie King, Earl Hooker, and Luther Allison, while on jaunts back to his family home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he performed with Elmore James and James’ cousin Boyd Gilmore.

Rush began working as a bandleader already as a teenager after realizing that he could control his own destiny if he owned all the equipment. His entrepreneurial flair is legendary among fellow musicians, who fondly recall his working in disguise as the emcee on his own gigs, earning double pay from an unknowing club owner, and his shuffling between three gigs a night with separate bands at West Side nightclubs.

Rush’s popularity as a live performer in Chicago set back the development of his recording career, but he began to achieve national acclaim in 1971 following the success of his hit “Chicken Heads” on Galaxy records. Over the next decade he recorded for labels including Jewel, Philadelphia International, Warner Brothers, and toured widely on the “chitlin circuit,” the decades old network of clubs that stretches in a rough triangle between east Texas, north Florida, and Chicago.

In the early ’80s Rush moved from Chicago to his current home of Jackson, Mississippi, where he recorded a series of albums for the LeJam, Ichiban, and Malaco labels, and gained the title of “king of the chitlin circuit” in the wake of hits including “Sue,” “Wearin’ It Out,” “Ain’t Studdin’ You,” and “Hoochie Man.”

In 2003 Rush fulfilled his longtime dream of forming his own label, Deep Rush, recording the CD “Undercover Lover” and capturing the magic of his live show on DVD at the club Ground Zero in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Rush’s showmanship is also prominently featured in Richard Pearce’s documentary film “The Road To Memphis,” broadcast on PBS in September 2003 as part of Martin Scorsese’s film series “The Blues.”

In the last decade Rush has gained new audiences through performances at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and on festival stages in Europe and Japan. But catch him on an average weekend and he’s just as likely to be playing to packed houses in chitlin circuit clubs in places like Nesbit, Mississippi, Macon, Georgia, and Smackover, Arkansas, before mostly black, working class audiences that conventional blues wisdom suggests no longer exist.
Success in the American music marketplace generally entails leaving behind the people that sustained you during your early years, but that’s not a price Bobby Rush is willing to pay. As his career takes off in new directions, he’s determined to keep it real, presenting the same unadulterated show as he moves from Tokyo to Smackover. Or as he explains in what has become somewhat a mantra of late, “I want to cross over, not cross out.”

Billy Joel

Allentown(Billy Joel/Elton John)wav

It’s All Rock and Roll To Me(Billy Joel)mp3

JustTheWayYouAre(Billy Joel/Elton John)wav

Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)wav

We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel)mp3

INFORMATION AND TRIVIA

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Centerfield.wav

Commotion.wav

Down On The Corner.wav

Fortunate Son.wav

Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Hearts Of Stone.wav

Hey Tonight.wav

Jeremiah was a bullfrog.wav

Lodi.wav

Long Cool Woman mp3

Run Through The Jungle.wav

Swamp River Days.wav

Travelin Band.wav

Up Around The Bend

Vietnam War Song.mp3

Yellow River.wav

All 4 One

I swear (all 4 one )wav

Alan Parsons Project

• Breakdown.wav
• Day After Day (The Show Must Go On).wav
• Don’t Let It Show.wav
• Eye In The Sky.wav
• Genesis Ch.1. V.32.wav
• I Robot.wav
• I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You .wav
• Nucleus.wav
• Some Other Time .wav
• The Voice.wav
• Total Eclipse.wav

Aerosmith

• • Adam’s Apple(Aerosmith)
  • Ain’t Enough( Aerosmith )
  • Amazing 
  • Angel  
  •  Bllind Man
  •  Cryin’  
  •  Crazy  
  • Dream On( Aerosmith)
  • Dude (Looks Like A Lady)  
  • Dueces Are Wild  
  • Eat The Rich  
  •  I Dont Want To Miss A Thing.(Aerosmith )wav
  • Janie’s Got A Gun  
  • Love In An Elevator  
  • Rag Doll 
  • The Other Side  
  • Walk On Water 
  •  WalkThisWay.wav (Aerosmith )
  • What It Takes
• Aerosmith – Aerosmith Discography 1970s (Aerosmith Fans)

Mixed Adult

• Short Dick Man
• Hermaphroditie(Steven Lynch)
• Fuck Her Gently(Tenacious D)
• Baby Got Back(Sir Mix Alot)
• Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot(the dead milkmen)

Screamin Jay Hawkins

• I put A Spell on you (Screamin Jay Hawkins) wav

MUPPETS

• The Rainbow Connection(Kermit)

Eminem

• Ass Like That(Eminem)
• Encore Like Toy Soldiers.mp3
• Encore Mosh.mp3

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and occasional actor.

He was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri,[1] and was raised in Warren, Michigan and relocated to Detroit, Michigan around the East 8 Mile Rd. & Schoenherr intersection, the same neighborhood where he met his best friend Proof. Mathers got his big break when his talents were discovered by pioneer rapper and producer Dr. Dre, who signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment label, becoming a crossover sensation with his debut single “My Name Is” and simultaneously earning respect for his technical and lyrical ability.

Eminem is noted for his ability to change his vocal pace and style multiple times within one song without losing the beat, and has been praised for his skill in alliteration and assonance; Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has praised Mathers for his “verbal energy” and for arousing popular interest in poetry and lyrics.^[1]. In 2003 Eminem was also named the second most powerful celebrity on the planet.[2] Mathers is also infamous for the controversy surrounding many of his lyrics. With the enormous success of his highly acclaimed album The Marshall Mathers LP and its subsequent nomination for four Grammy awards including Album of the Year, critics such as GLAAD denounced his lyrics as homophobic and misogynist, while others protested that it promoted violence.

The most recent release from Aftermath was a greatest hits album from Eminem called Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005, a compilation covering many of his previous commercial hit songs, in addition to three new tracks. Mathers has stated that he is taking a break from solo work, but continues to produce and collaborate with fellow Aftermath artists as well as G-Unit artists and rappers under his Shady Records label.

Most recently, on December 5, 2006, Shady Records released Eminem Presents The Re-Up, an album compiled in mixtape format that features Eminem and several rappers signed to his label, including 50 Cent and Obie Trice.

Eminem has sold 50 million albums worldwide.^[2]

John Valby

• 50 Ways To Eat Your Lover(John Valby)
• Hairyass(John Valby)
• Marijuanaville(John Valby)
• Puff the Magic Tampon- Doctor Dirty(John Valby)
• She’s Got a Pickle to Ride(John Valby)
• Thank God Im a Pubic Hair(John Valby)

Ray ParkerJr

• Ghostbusters(RayParkerJr.)wav

Afroman

• 12 J’s Of X-Mas (Feat. The 2 Zigg Zaggs)(Afroman)
• Chipmunks get high(Afroman)
• Deck My Balls(Afroman)
• Death To The World(Afroman)
•  Iwish You would Roll A New Blunt (Feat, The 2 Zigg, Zaggs)(Afroman) 
•  O Chronic Tree (Feat. Strainj)(Afroman
• Jobe Bells (Feat. The 2 Zigg Zaggs)(Afroman)  
• Violent Night (Feat. Po Boy)(Afroman)

Martina McBride

• Away In A Manger( Martina McBride)

MARIAH CAREY

• ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS( MARIAH CAREY)

Mariah Carey on the set of the “I Still Believe” (1998) music video
Background information
Birth name	Mariah Carey
Born	March 27, 1970 (age 36)
Origin	Long Island, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B[1]
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress
Years active	1990–present
Label(s)	Columbia (1988-2001) Virgin (2001-2002) Island/Def Jam (2002-present)
Associated acts	Babyface, Allure, C&C Music Factory, Jermaine Dupri, Trey Lorenz, David Morales, DJ Clue
Website	MariahCarey.com

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Acorns

Your Name and Mine(Acorns)wav

AC-DC

YouShookMeAllNightLong(AC-DC)

David Cassidy

• Could It Be Forever(David Cassidy & Hearsay )

3 Doors Down

• Here Without You(3 Doors Down)

Accept

• Prisoner (Accept ) wav
• Turn The Wheel(Accept ) wav
• Stand 4 What U R(Accept ) wav

Abba

• Abba Medley(Abba)
• Does Your Mother Know(Abba)wav

Leon Russell

• Bluebird.wav (Leon Russell)
• Lady Blue(Leon Russell)wav
• She Belongs To Me(Leon Russell)wav
• Tight Wire(Leon Russell)

Pointer Sisters

• Fire(The Pointer Sisters

Warren Zevon

• Werewolves of London(Warren Zevon

Randy Newman

• Short People       ( Randy Newman

Joe Walsh

• I Like Big Tits( Joe Walsh)
• Life’s Been Good (Joe Walsh)

Exile

• Kiss You All Over (Exile)
• You’re Good for Me.wav

Alicia Bridges

• I Love the Nightlife (Disco ‘Round) (Alicia Bridges)

Nick Gilder

• Hot Child in the City (Nick Gilder)

Kansas

• Dust in the Wind  (Kansas)

Patti Smith Group

• Because the Night {Patti Smith Group)

Eddie Money

• Baby Hold On (Eddie Money)>

10cc

• The Things We Do for Love 10cc

Al Stewart

• Year of the Cat Al Stewart

Atlanta Rythm Section

• So in to You          Atlanta Rythm Section

The Marshall Tucker Band

• Heard It in a Love Song        The Marshall Tucker Band 

Jared Campbell

• Jared Campbell – Never Knew.mp3

INXS

• INXS-Switch-03Afterglow.mp3

John Sebastion

• Welcome Back        John Sebastion

Sukiyaki

• A Taste Of Honey – Sukiyaki.mp3

Goldfrapp

• Goldfrapp -Strict Machine.mp3

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

• Blinded by the Light          Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  

Chic

• Good Times(Chic
• Le Freak       (Chic)

Blondie

• Heart of Glass(Blondie

Gloria Gaynor

• I Will SurviveGloria Gaynor

Cheap Trick

• Flame.wav
• I Want You to Want Me

Fort Minor

• Fort Minor – Whered You Go.mp3

Foreigner

Urgent single cover
Background information
Origin	New York City
Genre(s)	Rock, Arena rock, Hard rock
Years active	1976–present
Label(s)	Atlantic Records
Members
Mick Jones Jeff Jacobs Thom Gimbel Kelly Hansen Jason Bonham Jeff Pilson

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Cold as Ice

Double Vision

Feels Like the First Time

Hot Blooded

I Want to Know What Love Is.wav

Waiting For A Girl Like You.mp3

Peter Frampton

Baby I love your Way wav

I’m in You        

Show Me the Way

Peter Frampton
Born	April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, England
Genre(s)	Rock Arena rock
Affiliation(s)	Humble Pie The Herd
Notable guitars	Peter Frampton Signature model Les Paul
Years active	1966 – present
Official site	Official website

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Dirty Wormz

• Dirty Wormz–Top Of The Food Chain.mp3

The Knack

• My SharonaThe Knack

Peaches and Herb

• ReunitedPeaches and Herb

Hall & Oates

• Miss DJ.wav
• Rich Girl
• Sara Smile

Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, USA
Genre(s)	Blue-eyed soul Pop Pop rock
Years active	1967 – present
Label(s)	Atlantic Records RCA Records Arista Records U-Watch Records
Website	hallandoates.com
Members
Daryl Hall John Oates

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Anita Ward

• Ring My BellAnita Ward

Sister Sledge

• We Are FamilySister Sledge

Steve Miller Band

• Fly Like an Eagle       Steve Miller Band
• Rock ‘N Me.mp3         Steve Miller Band

Wild Cherry

• Play That Funky Music        Wild Cherry 

Donna Summer

• Bad Girls(Donna Summer)
• 1 Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer

Birth name	LaDonna Andrea Gaines
Born	December 31, 1948
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts United States
Genre(s)	Disco, pop, R&B, soul, dance, rock, gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actress
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, keyboard
Years active	1971–present
Label(s)	Casablanca Geffen Atlantic Epic Burgundy
Associated acts	Giorgio Moroder

Donna Summer (born LaDonna Andrea Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer best known for a string of dance hits in the 1970s that earned her the title “Queen of Disco” and also as one of the few disco-based artists to have longevity on the charts into the late-1980s. Even though she is one of the best-known artists of the disco era, Summer has covered different genres including R&B, rock, and gospel music, earning her Grammy Awards in those categories. It has been estimated that Summer’s album and single sales total more than 120 million, easily making her part of the list of best-selling music

Early life and career

Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Gaines was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. Donna sung in church and later joined a rock group as a teenager influenced by the sounds of Janis Joplin. At eighteen, Donna left home and school to join the cast of the Broadway music, “Hair”. The show eventually moved to Germany and Donna eventually became a German resident and performed in the German versions of “Godspell” and “Show Boat”. Settling in Munich, she participated in the Viennese Folk Opera and other musicals.

In 1971, Gaines released a single in Europe titled “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses”, her first solo recording. The single was unsuccessful, however, and Summer had to wait until 1974 to launch a solo career. After resettling in Munich, Germany, Gaines married Austrian actor Helmut Sommer (“Summer” is an anglicization of his last name) and did various musical jobs in studios and theaters for several years, including the pop group FamilyTree from 1974-75.

Donna Summer

Early success and notoriety

While singing back-up for groups such as Three Dog Night, she met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. With these producers, Summer signed a contract in the Netherlands and issued her first album, Lady of the Night, which included the European hit, “The Hostage”, which made #1 in France, Belgium, and Holland and #2 in Germany. It’s follow-up, the title track of the album, also gained some degree of European success.

In the late summer of 1975, Summer approached Moroder and Bellotte with an idea for a song. She came up with the lyric “Love To Love You Baby” as the possible title for the song. Moroder in particular was interested in developing the new disco sound that was becoming more and more popular and used Summer’s idea to develop the song into a disco track. He had the idea that she should moan and groan in an orgasmic way, but Summer was unsure of the idea. Eventually she agreed to record the song as a demo to give to someone else (possibly singer Penny McLean). In recording the song, Summer laid on the floor of a pitch black studio and imagined she was Marilyn Monroe playing the part of someone indulging in sexual activity. She has stated that she was not completely sure of some of the lyrics, and parts of the song were improvised during the recording. Moroder was astounded with Summer’s orgasmic vocals and her imaginative moans and groans that he insisted she should release the single herself. Summer reluctanly agreed and the song, titled “Love To Love You”, was released. While originally a modest success in Europe, it reached America and the hands of Casablanca president Neil Bogart, who was so ecstatic over the demo that he requested Moroder to produce a twenty-minute version of the song. Summer, Moroder and producer Pete Bellotte cut a seventeen-minute version and with that, renamed it “Love To Love You Baby”, and Casablanca signed Summer and issued the single in November 1975. Casablanca distributed Summer’s work in the U.S., while other labels distributed it in different nations during this period.

The “Love To Love You Baby” single was Summer’s first big hit in America reaching number-two on the pop singles chart in February 1976 and becoming her first number-one dance single. The seventeen-minute version became one of a recurring trend of single song, side-long disco versions, with French disco acts Cerrone, the Alec. R. Costandinos helmed Love And Kisses and many others following suit. The album (side one of which was completely taken up with the full-length version of the title track) was also released in 1975 and was soon certified gold. The song was branded “raunchy” by some rock critics and was even banned by some radio stations for its graphic content. In some areas of the music press, Summer was dubbed “the first lady of love.” The two albums that followed – A Love Trilogy and Four Seasons of Love both had a reasonably high sexual/fantasy content though Summer felt uneasy by her image.

The 1977 album I Remember Yesterday, another concept album, showed the Summer/Moroder/Bellotte team combining the disco sound with sounds of the past, present and future. The song representing the future, “I Feel Love” , originally released as a “B” side to the R&B ballad “Can’t We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)”, became a landmark recording, reaching number-six on the US pop chart and number-one in the UK and various other European countries. The song was arguably the first song to use techno and electronic sounds in dance music. A version of I Feel Love released in 1982, with additional overdubs by disco lightman turned synthesist and producer Patrick Cowley, took the eight minute and fifteen second extended version and overlayed new elements, causing an underground sensation. Summer released another album in 1977 called Once Upon a Time, a concept album telling a modern-day “rags to riches” story through the means of electronic disco and was regarded by many fans as some of her best work.

Continued success in music

In 1978, Summer acted the film Thank God It’s Friday, and released the hit single, “Last Dance”. Written by Paul Jabara who also co-wrote “It’s Raining Men”, the song became another monumental hit for Summer reaching number-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and resulted in her first Grammy win while Jabara took home the Oscar after the song was nominated for Song of the Year. Summer also recorded a side-long version of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus)” which was very similar in style to “Love To Love You Baby”, initially shelved and later released as a part of the Thank God It’s Friday soundtrack.

That same year, she released her first live album, Live and More. A double-album, it was also Summer’s first number-one album and included her first number-one American pop single, a cover of the Jimmy Webb-penned “MacArthur Park”, originally made famous by Irish singer/actor Richard Harris. The version found on the Live and More album was a longer version and incorporated two other tracks, including “Heaven Knows” which also featured vocals by the Brooklyn Dreams. Group member Bruce Sudano would become romantically involved with Summer, and “Heaven Knows” became another top five hit in te US

Later career

Summer regained her hit luster again in 1989 with her Another Place and Time album. This was a collaboration with England’s Top Dance-pop Production Team Stock Aitken Waterman. The album went platinum based on the success of the single, “This Time I Know It’s For Real”, which became her fourteenth top ten U.S. pop hit. A second single, “I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt” was a Top Ten UK hit. In 1991, she released Mistaken Identity, which was an attempt at incorporating new jack swing and urban adult contemporary R&B into her music. The album failed to chart. In 1992, Summer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This year also saw her collaborate with Giorgio Moroder for the first time in over a decade with the song “Carry On.” This was featured on his Forever Dancing album and the following year would be featured on the double compilation album The Donna Summer Anthology. This anthology also featured two exclusive remixes from the unreleased I’m a Rainbow album recorded back in 1981. It would be a while before her next release as she decided to take some time out to spend with her family. 1994 saw Summer release a gospel-influenced Christmas album entitled Christmas Spirit (her first full-length album for over three years) and a new compilation entitled Endless Summer (both albums were released by PolyGram) which also contained a couple of new tracks including “Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)”, which became a dance hit.

Summer’s autobiography.

In 1995, a re-release of “I Feel Love” (with newly recorded vocals) as a dance remix, became a hit again in the UK reaching #8 there. The following year she would score a Top 20 there with a new remix of “State of Independence”. In 1996, Summer’s album I’m a Rainbow was finally released by Polygram’s Mercury Records. In 1998, Summer was the first artist to receive a Grammy award for Best Dance Recording for her 1992 collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, “Carry On”, after the song was remixed and released as a single. In 1999, Summer starred in a televised live concert on the VH1 network entitled ‘Donna Summer – Live and More Encore. The special earned the network their highest ratings of the year, second only to their annual Divas concert. Performing a string of her classics and new singles, she also sung “Dim All the Lights” as a tribute to Rod Stewart. Summer acknowledges that she wrote the song for Stewart but recorded it herself. A CD (on the Epic label) and DVD of the special were released, returning the singer back to the U.S. albums chart. Summer scored two #1 dance hits that year with “I Will Go With You” and “Love Is the Healer” (both found as new studio tracks on the album). During that year, Summer recorded the title track for Pokémon: The Movie 2000 entitled The Power Of One.

In 2003, Donna Summer released a greatest-hits compilation called The Journey, which rocketed into the UK Top 10 in the following year, thanks to her appearance on ITV1 show Discomania – in which she co-presented & sang a number of her hits: a medley of “Hot Stuff” & “Bad Girls”, “MacArthur Park”, “Last Dance” & a duet with Westlife on “No More Tears (Enough is Enough)” – which appeared on the Discomania soundtrack album.

Current work

On September 20, 2004, Summer was among the first artists to be inducted into the newly formed Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York City. She was inducted in two categories, Artist Inductees, along with fellow disco legends The Bee Gees and Barry White and Record Inductees for her classic hit “I Feel Love”. Summer added to her credits in October 2004, when she performed “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch at Game 2 of the 2004 World Series at Boston’s Fenway Park. Two of her most recent singles, “I Got Your Love” and “You’re So Beautiful” reached the Top Ten on Billboard’s dance chart.

Today, Summer and her family make their home in Nashville, Tennessee. In July 2006, Summer joined forces with Pure Tone Music, an A&R consulting and full service independent music company, located just outside of New York City, and Summer’s official web site has announced an upcoming CD on the Burgundy label to be released in Spring, 2007. She is touring extensively in mid-2006, and is to be featured in Sade’s upcoming album “Pearls.” Summer has hinted that her upcoming album will be more political, and is currently fundraising for the incumbent Democratic governor of Tennessee.

Personal life

In 1972, Summer married her first husband, Helmut Sommer, and permanently moved to Germany to star in musicals, which resulted in her learning to speak fluent German. With Sommer, she gave birth to her first child, Mimi. The couple divorced in 1976 but before then, Donna anglicized Sommer into Summer and began her professional singing career in 1974 as Donna Summer. In 1978, she collaborated with the disco group Brooklyn Dreams for the hit, “Heaven Knows”. While at the session recording the single, she met their frontman Bruce Sudano. The duo began a romance that culminated in their July 16, 1980 marriage and later the birth of daughters Brooklyn and Amanda. Today, Mimi and Amanda sing alongside their mother while Brooklyn has been seen acting in TV shows, including the since-canceled My Wife and Kids. Summer is still married to Sudano, and she is a grandmother of three.

Summer is still a popular performer in the 2000s.

Controversy

During her lengthy career, Summer has dealt with controversy both professionally and personally. Her first hit, “The Hostage” was banned in Germany, and other radio stations banned her music for being sexually suggestive, with “Love to Love You Baby” being an example.

In 1991, during the height of the Gulf War, Summer’s song “State Of Independence” was banned from US radio play alongside many other songs that were deemed to have an imflammatory effect on the population.

Rumors persisted that Summer was in fact a man in drag and not a woman, a rumour Summer addressed in 1989 on The Arsenio Hall Show. A far more painful incident came in the early 1980′s with reports that she had made anti-gay remarks associated with the AIDS epidemic. Her songs were banned for a number of years in some gay establishments over these rumours.

Summer has long denied such allegations, and finally taking legal action against a newspaper who had printed the rumors during a review of a concert. Summer tearfully stated, “I never said anything that was written about me in that article”. To make amends, Summer has since played for AIDS benefits and has donated proceeds to AIDS research. Even in 2006, she is still asked about the rumors, recently by a Canadian newspaper. Summer responded, “So many people in my audiences are gay. I can’t live my life trying to assure people of anything. You have to live knowing who you are. I think that my actions and the person that I am speak louder than somebody else’s misgivings or lies about me,” says Summer now. “They print all kinds of things about people all the time but you can’t run after every single lie. You tell people the truth and if they choose to believe you, they do.”

Elvin Bishop

• Fooled Around and Fell in Love     Elvin Bishop

Eric Carmen

• All by Myself
• Hungry Eyes.wav

Van McCoy

• The Hustle          Van McCoy

KC and The Sunshine Band

• That’s the Way (I Like It) KC and The Sunshine Band

Average White Band

• Pick Up the Pieces         Average White Band 

J. Geils Band

• Must of Got Lost        J. Geils Band

Linda Ronstadt

• Blue Bayou               Linda Ronstadt
• It’s So Easy           Linda Ronstadt
• Love Is a Rose         Linda Ronstadt
  
• Ooh Baby Baby       (Linda Ronstadt
• That’ll Be the Day       Linda Ronstadt
• You’re No Good        Linda Ronstadt 

Patti LaBelle

• Lady Marmalade       Patti LaBelle

Ozark Mountain Daredevils

• Jackie Blue     Ozark Mountain Daredevils 

Ace

• How Long         Ace

Orleans

• Dance With Me Orleans
• Still the One            Orleans

Lynyrd Skynyrd

FreeBird~Baby I Love Your Way.wav

Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama {Lynyrd Skynyrd }

Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Released	1973
Format	7″
Recorded	1973
Genre	Southern rock
Length	9:08
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)	Al Kooper
Chart positions
#19 (US) (1975) #38 (US) (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd singles chronology

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Brownsville Station

Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room {Brownsville Station}

Al Wilson

 Show and Tell (Al Wilson )

Steely Dan

• Peg        (Steely Dan 
• Rikki Don’t Lose That Number {Steely Dan }

The Hues Corporation

Rock the Boat {The Hues Corporation}

David Essex

• Rock On {David Essex}

Carl Douglas

 Kung Fu Fighting {Carl Douglas}

Wet Willie

Keep on Smilin’ {Wet Willie}

Billy Swan

I Can Help ( Billy Swan )

Maria Muldaur

Midnight at the Oasis {Maria Muldaur}

Joni Mitchell

• Help Me wav
• woodstock wav

Redbone

Come and Get Your Love (Redbone)

Bad Company

 

Can’t Get Enough (Bad Company )

Feel Like Makin Love Bad Company

HolyWater(Bad Company)wav

Rock N Roll FantasyBad Company

INFORMATION AND TRIVIA

Lou Reed

•  Walk On The Wild Side  { Lou Reed  }

Grand Funk Railroad

Feelin’ Alright.wav

Ride Captain Ride.wav

Some Kind of Wonderful

Spirit In The Sky.wav     

The Loco-Motion 

We’re An American Band 

Background information
Origin	Flint, Michigan, USA
Genre(s)	Rock, Hard Rock, AOR, Funk Rock
Years active	1969–1976 1981–1983 1996–1999 2000–present
Label(s)	Capitol, MCA, Full Moon
Website	http://www.grandfunkrailroad.com/
Members
Don Brewer Mel Schacher Bruce Kulick Max Carl Tim Cashion
Former members
Mark Farner Craig Frost Dennis Bellinger

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War

• The Cisco Kid {War }
• Why Cant We Be Friends-       War 

Curtis Mayfield

Pusher Man.mp3

Superfly mp3

Deep Purple

• Kentucky Woman.mp3
• Smoke On The Water
  

Deep Purple c. 1970′s, from left to right, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Richie Blackmore and Roger Glover.
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Hard rock Heavy metal
Years active	1968–1976; 1984–Present
Label(s)	Edel
Website	deep-purple.com
Members
Ian Gillan Steve Morse Roger Glover Don Airey Ian Paice
Former members
Ritchie Blackmore Jon Lord David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Rod Evans Tommy Bolin (deceased) Joe Lynn Turner Joe Satriani Nick Simper

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Paul Simon

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon

Loves Me Like A Rock { Paul Simon }

Slip Slidin’ Away       Paul Simon 

Seals and Crofts

Diamond Girl {Seals And Crofts }

Get Closer       Seals and Crofts  

The ChiLites

Have You Seen Her.wav

Oh Girl

Doobie Brothers

• Black Water The Doobie Brothers
• Listen To The Music (The Doobie Brothers )
• Long Train Runnin’ { The Doobie Brothers }
• Takin’ It to the Streets      The Doobie Brothers 
• What a Fool BelievesThe Doobie Brothers

Elton John

Bennie and the Jets {Elton John}

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart       Elton John and Kiki Dee 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road {Elton John }

Island Girl        Elton John 

Philadelphia Freedom        Elton John  

Rocket Man (Elton John)

The Bitch Is Back {Elton John}

Your Song (Elton John)

Melissa Ferrick

Melissa Ferrick im a lesbian.wav

Al Green

•  Let’s Stay Together   (Al Green)
•  Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) (Al Green)
• Tired of Being Alone (Al Green)  

Gordon Lightfoot

 Boss Man.wav 

Did She Mention My Name.wav

If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)

Alice Cooper

• I’m Eighteen (Alice Cooper)
• School’s Out (Alice Cooper)
• Skeletons In The Closet

Edwin Star

War Edwin Star

Joe Cocker

• The Letter Joe Cocker
• You Are So Beautiful         Joe Cocker

JASON MRAZ

Bella Luna.mp3
Clockwatching.mp3
Did You Get My Message.mp3
Geek In The Pink.mp3
Life Is Wonderful.mp3
Mr. Curiosity.mp3
O. Lover.mp3
Plane.mp3
Please Don’t Tell Her.mp3
Song For A Friend.mp3
The Forecast.mp3
Wordplay.mp3

Pussy Cat Dolls

1) DontCha.mp3
2) Beep.mp3
3) Wait a Minute.mp3
4) Stickwitu.mp3
5) Buttonsmp3
6) I Don’t Need A Man.mp3
7) Hot Stuff.mp3
8) How Many Times, How Many Lies.mp3
9) Bite the Dust.mp3
10) Right Now.mp3
11) Tainted Love.mp3
12) Feelin’ Good.mp3
13) Sway.mp3
14) flirt.mp3
Like what you here want more check out there site

http://www.pcdmusic.com/

.:: The Pussycat Dolls ::. – Home
Official artist site has news, biography, press, tour dates, sample audio, and forum.
http://www.pcdmusic.com/
The Pussycat Dolls – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyperlinked encylopedia article includes group history, discography, and list of celebrity guests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussycat_Dolls
MuVids.com – Pussycat Dolls Music Videos
MuVids.com – Pussycat Dolls Music Videos. … featured artist. Pussycat Dolls · Pussycat Dolls. Pussycat Dolls Music Videos. Pussycat Dolls – Beep …
http://www.muvids.com/pussycat_dolls_videos/

Smash Mouth

Beautiful Bomb
Everyday Superhero
Getaway Car
Girl Like You
Hey L.A.
Quality Control
Right Side, Wrong Bed
So Insane
Story Of My Life
Summer Girl
The Crawl

Like what you heard here? Want to Download some?

Go to thier site and Buy some.

http://www.smashmouth.com/

Amerie

• Amerie – Touch.mp3

Evermore

• Evermore – Its Too Late (Dirty South ..>
• Evermore-Running.mp3

Freestyle

• Freestyle- Dont Stop The Rock.mp3

Hope Partlow

• Hope Partlow – Who We Are.mp3

Jessica Simpson

• Jessica Simpson – I Belong To Me.mp3

KIDS Songs

• Laurie Berkner – We Are the Dinosaurs..>
• Squaredance(Bugs Bunny ) wav
• The Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley) wav

Little Big Town

• Little Big Town-The Road To Here-04-Bring IT on Home

Lollipop Lust Kill

• Lollipop Lust Kill – Like a Disease.mp3

Sukiyaki

• A Taste Of Honey – Sukiyaki.mp3

 

Boyzone

• Boyzone-No MatterWhat

Bon Jovi

• Beds of roses(Bon Jovi)mp3
• MegaMix(Bon Jovi)mp3
• Bon Jovi ~ Runaway.mp3

Bruce Springsteen

• Bruce Springsteen – Im On Fire(3).MP3
• Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden.mp3

MEATLOAF

• MEATLOAF VIDEOS
• Alive 
• Bad For Good
• Blind As a Bat
• Cry Over Me
• Cry To Heaven
• If God Could Talk
• If It Ain’t Broke Break It
• In The Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King
• It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
• Monstro
• Seize the Night
• The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be
• The Monster is Loose
• Two Out of Three Aint Bad      (Meat Loaf
• What About Love

Dionne Warwick

Anyone who had a Heart wav

I Say A Little Prayer For You.mp3

 Then Came You {Dionne Warwick and The Spinners}

Cat Stevens

100 I Dream.mp3

Here Comes My Baby.wav

How Many Times.mp3

I Love My Dog.mp3

Later.mp3

Oh Very Young.wav

Old Schoolyard.mp3

 The Hurt.mp3

The Wind.wav

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