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Dickens was a bluegrass singer / songwriter from West Virginia. Her music was characterized by her lonesome singing style, and her proactive pro-union / feminist songs. Her career began when she met Mike Seeger, the younger brother of Pete Seeger, the two formed the group the “New Lost City Ramblers”. Also, during this time she [...]
Gerard Smith was the bassist for the art rock band TV on the Radio. Smith was also associated with Celebration, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jane’s Addiction, Maximum Balloon, Rain Machine, and Scarlett Johansson.
Stanley is someone who’s famous for being involved with the world of music, without ever creating any music. He was a sound engineer for The Grateful Dead, and is famous for creating the “Wall of Sound” amp system. He’s also well known for being a pioneer in the LSD movement during the 1960′s.
Nate Dogg was a west coast rapper who came up around the same time as Snoop Dogg, and Warren G. He collaborated on many songs which were featured on the Billboard charts.
Mike Starr is an original member of the platinum selling band Alice in Chains. Though he would eventually break up with the band, he was a part of their best selling album.
John Barry is one of the most famous film composers in the medium. He is credited as being one of the architects of the original James Bond theme song. Along with his Bond work, Barry composed or conducted over 110 themes for film and TV.
Charlie Louvin is one half of the legendary country music duo – The Louvin Brothers. He’s been a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and 20 songs by The Louvin Brothers have been listed on the country music sales charts.
Don Kirshner was a well renowned music producer, who had the nickname: ‘The Man With the Golden Ear’. He’s been influential in starting the careers of Carole King, Bobby Darin, and Neil Diamond.
Teena Marie was an American singer-songwriter nicknamed Lady Tee, considered an R&B legend who proclaimed herself as the “Ivory Queen of Soul” because she was one of the first successful white performers of that genre of music.
Gregory Isaacs is considered by many to have the best voice in the history of Reggae music. Unfortunately, this title also came with a long battle with drug abuse, and dealing. Even through the struggle, Isaacs was able to create music through four decades.
Jimmy Dean was born in Plainview, Texas, in 1928. Dean is famous as a country music singer, and the original creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade, and toured as an entertainer for the U.S Air Force during the 40′s. In the 50′s Dean would appear [...]
Ronnie James Dio is one of the legends of heavy metal, who’s influence can be seen in the last five decades of the twentieth century. He had been performing in bands since the late 1950′s, and the experience would eventually culminate into a band called Elf.
Pendergrass, also known as Teddy P, or Teddy Bear, was an R&B singer and songwriter. He began his career as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before breaking away for a solo career. Pendergrass’ self titled debut album was released in 1977 and made it all the way [...]
He was a musician, singer and actor more commonly known as “The King of Rock n’ Roll” or just simply “The King”. Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee Elvis would go to the local record stores that had juke boxes or listening booths and just play records for hours. The area also had a strong blues [...]
James Owen Sullivan, better known as The Rev, was the drummer and back-up vocalist for the band Avenged Sevenfold.
Gately was a signer / songwriter who is probably best known for being the lead vocalist of the pop group Boyzone. Boyzone had sixteen consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK singles chart. In 1999 Gately became one of the first pop stars to come out as gay.
Travers was a singer-songwriter who is best known for being the “Mary” out of the folk group “Peter, Paul and Mary. The groups first album came out in 1962 and featured one of their classic songs, If I Had a Hammer and Lemon Tree. That same year the group won Grammys for best performance by [...]
Paul was a former jazz guitarist and electronic mastermind. He pioneered the development of the solid-body electric guitar, which paved the way for rock-n-roll.
Dolla was an up-and-coming rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. When Dolla was 12 years old he caught the attention of R&B singer Akon while performing in various showcases around Atlanta. Akon and T-Pain contributed to Dolla’s first single, “Who the Fuck Is That?” According to CNN, Dolla was born in Chicago, Illinois but later moved to [...]
Evans was the bassist for legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 2001 until his untimely death. Evans began playing the guitar around age 15, and soon there after he was playing with various cover bands. A few years later he switched to bass and began to study the techniques and styles of famed musicians [...]
Cook was the older brother of David Cook, winner of American Idol 2008. Cook, who was a Terre Haute, Indiana lawyer, flew to L.A. during the American Idol taping to see his brother perform… even though he was in the middle of extensive chemotherapy. The flight costed about $80,000, and was paid for by friends [...]
Livingston was a businessman, songwriter, producer, and probably best known for creating Bozo the Clown. While working at Capitol Records, Livingston was given the task of creating a children’s record. After some deliberation he came up with “Bozo the Clown”. The first Bozo album, entitled Bozo at the Circus, was released in 1946. The concept [...]
Boyd was a singer, songwriter, musician and actor who is probably best known for his Holiday classic “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”, which he recorded at the age of 12. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus became an instant sensation, selling over two and a half million copies in its first week of release. [...]
Interior was a singer and a founding member of the legendary punk band The Cramps. In 1972, Interior met his future wife Kristy Wallace (Poison Ivy) in California while she was hitchhiking. The couple formed the band and eventually made their way to New York in 1975, where they became part of the flourishing CBGB [...]
Montalbán was a theatre, film, and television actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles on Fantasy Island and as Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Many of his early roles were Westerns that saw him playing “Indians” or a “Latin Lover”. Montalbán appeared in a wide assortment of [...]
Dee was a songwriter and singer, who was the frontman for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. The group, whose name is an amalgam of their nicknames, spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than The Beatles between 1965 and 1969. Recently Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich had their song “Hold [...]
Asheton was the guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the band The Stooges. He held that role for their first two albums, and later appeared as the bassist for their third, Raw Power. Separate from The Stooges, Ashetom also played roles in other bands such as The New Order, Destroy All Monsters, New Race, [...]
Kitt was an actress, singer and cabaret star. She is probably best known for her 1953 Christmas song “Santa Baby”. In the 1960s she replaced Julie Newmar in the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of the Batman TV series.
She was an African-American songwriter, guitarist, actress, singer, and most notable a civil rights activist. She is often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”. Her style of music was mainly American folk music, jazz, blues and spiritual songs. It’s been noted that her style influenced Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Bob [...]
Laboa was a singer songwriter from Pasaia, Basque Country, Spain.