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		<title>David Peaston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peaston was a gospel and R&#038;B singer, who in 1990 won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&#038;B / Soul or Rap New Artist. In Total Peason had two albums, &#8220;Introducing&#8230; David Peaston&#8221;, and &#8220;Mixed Emotions&#8221;. He is probably best known for his two singles, &#8220;Two Wrongs (Don&#8217;t Make it Right) &#8211; and &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peaston was a gospel and R&#038;B singer, who in 1990 won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&#038;B / Soul or Rap New Artist. In Total Peason had two albums, &#8220;Introducing&#8230; David Peaston&#8221;, and &#8220;Mixed Emotions&#8221;.</p>
<p>He is probably best known for his two singles, &#8220;Two Wrongs (Don&#8217;t Make it Right) &#8211; and &#8211; &#8220;Can I?&#8221;. </p>
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		<title>Don Cornelius</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cornelius was a television show host and producer who is best known for creating, and hosting (from 1971 &#8211; 1993, the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train. MadVision Entertainment purchased Soul Train in 2008 from Cornelius. The way Soul Train came about was, Cornelius recognized that in the late 1960s there was no television venue [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cornelius was a television show host and producer who is best known for creating, and hosting (from 1971 &#8211; 1993, the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train. MadVision Entertainment purchased Soul Train in 2008 from Cornelius.</p>
<p>The way Soul Train came about was, Cornelius recognized that in the late 1960s there was no television venue in the States for soul music. He created the show which introduced many African-American musicians to a larger audience.</p>
<p>Cornelius will probably be remembered for his iconic catchphrase, which he used to close each show: <em>&#8220;&#8230; and you can bet your last money, it&#8217;s all gonna be a stone gas, honey! I&#8217;m Don Cornelius, and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace and soul!&#8221;</em></p>
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		<title>Etta James</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Etta James was a well-known R&#038;B singer, recognized for her hits like: At Last, Tell Mama, I&#8217;d Rather Go Blind, and Dance With Me, Henry. James was also awarded into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and also received the prestigious Billboard R&#038;B Founders Award as well.]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Weston</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Weston was a guitar player in one of the early incarnations of the group Fleetwood Mac. He appeared on two of the band&#8217;s albums, but is better known for events that transpired behind the scenes with the band, which would ultimately lead to the group acquiring Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, which became two [...]]]></description>
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<p>Weston also recorded a couple of solo albums, and appeared on numerous albums from other artists. </p>
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		<title>Heavy D</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dwight Arrington Myers, a.k.a. Heavy D, was a Jamacian producer, singer, and rapper. He&#8217;s probably best known for being the leader of Heavy D &#038; the Boyz, a hip hop group that included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), &#8220;Trouble&#8221; T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (Edward Ferrell).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dwight Arrington Myers, a.k.a. Heavy D, was a Jamacian producer, singer, and rapper. He&#8217;s probably best known for being the leader of Heavy D &#038; the Boyz, a hip hop group that included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), &#8220;Trouble&#8221; T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (Edward Ferrell).</p>
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		<title>Mikey Welsh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welsh was a musician, who is probably best known for his stint as the bassist of Weezer. When Weezer&#8217;s original bassist, Matt Sharp, left the group to focus on his other group, Welsh was chosen to take over his duties. Welsh played with the group from 2000 until August 2001, when he suffered a mental [...]]]></description>
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<p>When Weezer&#8217;s original bassist, Matt Sharp, left the group to focus on his other group, Welsh was chosen to take over his duties. Welsh played with the group from 2000 until August 2001, when he suffered a mental breakdown. Not to long after that Welsh retired from music for good, and focused on his art career.</p>
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		<title>Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California, who named him Steven Paul. During his early years Jobs would often attend after-school lectures at Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California and was later hired there. This is where he met Steve Wozniak, they were both [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California, who named him Steven Paul. During his early years Jobs would often attend after-school lectures at Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California and was later hired there. This is where he met Steve Wozniak, they were both summer employees.</p>
<p>Jobs attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after only one semester. He continued going to classes, even though he wasn&#8217;t technically a student. He is quoted as saying: &#8220;If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, with later funding from a then-semi-retired Intel product-marketing manager and engineer A.C. &#8220;Mike&#8221; Markkula Jr., founded Apple. Some years later Jobs would be removed from the head of the Macintosh division. He would go on to form NeXT Computer. Much like the Apple Lisa, the NeXT workstation was quite advanced, but generally wrote off for it&#8217;s cost.</p>
<p>In 1986 Jobs bought &#8220;The Graphics Group&#8221;, today they&#8217;re known as Pixar, from Lucasfilms for $10 million. After a couple of years of unprofitability selling the Pixar Image Computer, they were contracted to Disny to produce a number of computer-animated films.</p>
<p>In 1996 Apple announcd that it would buy NeXT for $429 million, which brought Jobs back to the company he had co-founded. Shortly after the acqusition, Jobs was CEO again.</p>
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		<title>Vesta Williams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Williams was an R&#038;B sing who never had any certified gold albums nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, but was the beloved singer of six Top 10 hits on the US Billboard R&#038;B chart. Her career spanned from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. She is probably best known for her hits: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Williams was an R&#038;B sing who never had any certified gold albums nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, but was the beloved singer of six Top 10 hits on the US Billboard R&#038;B chart. Her career spanned from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. She is probably best known for her hits: Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Sweet Sweet Love, Congratulations, and Special.</p>
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		<title>Nick Ashford</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashford was part of the singer / songwriter duo that was Ashford and Simpson. The duo, also husband and wife, penned several iconic songs over the years: Ain&#8217;t No Mountain High Enough, Ain&#8217;t Nothing Like the Real Thing, Solid (As a Rock), Reach Out and Touch (Somebody&#8217;s Hand) and I&#8217;m Every Woman. The duo began [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ashford was part of the singer / songwriter duo that was Ashford and Simpson. The duo, also husband and wife, penned several  iconic songs over the years: Ain&#8217;t No Mountain High Enough, Ain&#8217;t Nothing Like the Real Thing, Solid (As a Rock), Reach Out and Touch (Somebody&#8217;s Hand) and I&#8217;m Every Woman.</p>
<p>The duo began their careers as a successful writing and producing tandem, then eventually transitioned over to being performers themselves. During their early career, they wrote a couple of songs for Ray Charles, Lets Go Get Stoned and I Don&#8217;t Need No Doctor, this led to them receiving attention from Motown chief Berry Gordy.</p>
<p>Ashford &#038; Simpson were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.</p>
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		<title>Jani Lane</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lane was a lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and songwriter for the popular glam metal band Warrant. Born John Kennedy Oswald, Lane was the youngest of five children. His brother was an accomplished musician, and taught Jani how to play drums at the age of four. By the age of 11 Lane was playing drums for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lane was a lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and songwriter for the popular glam metal band Warrant.</p>
<p>Born John Kennedy Oswald, Lane was the youngest of five children. His brother was an accomplished musician, and taught Jani how to play drums at the age of four. By the age of 11 Lane was playing drums for various bands in bars and nightclubs, under the name of Mitch Dynomite.</p>
<p>Later in life, when Warrant was finally establishing some notoriety on the club circuit, they began to attract attention from various record labels. They eventually signed with Columbia Records and partnered with Tom Hullet (who is known for working with The Beach Boys, The Moody Blues, Three Dog Night, Elvis, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix among others).</p>
<p>During the bands career they had several hit songs: Heaven, I Saw Red, Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin, Down Boys, Big Talk, Sometimes She Cries, Blind Faith, We Will Rock You&#8230; arguably their biggest hit was Cherry Pie (as it&#8217;s the song they&#8217;re known for).</p>
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