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Bob Welch was a guitarist and vocalist who played with the American band Fleetwood Mac in their early years. He lived in Paris as a young man and studied French before coming back to the U.S., where he met up with the other band members in the early ’70s. They recorded five albums together before [...]
Pete Cosey was a legendary Chicago-born guitar player, mostly known for his work with Miles Davis. Earlier in Cosey’s career, he was involved with Chess Records, and collaborated on various works with Etta James, Fontella Bass, Rotary Connection, Howlin’ Wolf, and Muddy Waters.
Robin Gibb was a well-known singer and songwriter from the British family-based band “The BeeGees” (The Brothers Gibb), known for their distinct disco presence in the 1970′s. Robin brought a unique sound to the trio with his high-pitched vibrato singing voice. Robin, from the Isle of Man, was married twice. His first marriage was to [...]
Summer was a legendary singer/songwriter who gained her fame during the disco era of the 19070s. She was known for her mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time grammy winner.
Brown was a guitarist and singer and often called “the Godfather of Go-go”. Brown is also known for his “Go-go” covers of Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing If Ain’t Got That Swing”, “Moody’s Mood for Love”, Johnny Mercer’s “Midnight Sun”, Louis Jordan’s “Run Joe”, and T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”. (Go-go is a suggenre [...]
Dunn was a bass guitarist, song writer, and record producer. He is probably best known for his stint with Booker T. & the M.G.’s. During his career he played with the likes of The Blues Brothers, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Albert King, Levon Helm, Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater [...]
Adam Yauch was one of the three singers for the well-known hip-hop band The Beastie Boys, known under his stage names of “MCA” and “Nathanial Hörnblowér”. Yauch was also a cofounder of the hip hop group as well. Yauch helped form The Beastie Boys while attending high school. Yauch also taught himself how to play [...]
Joel Goldsmith was an American television and movie score composer, well known for his work for the science fiction hit Stargate SG-1. Goldsmith also has been known to collaborate on works with his father, Jerry, and Neal Acree.
Marth was the saxophonist for The Killers, and contributed to two albums: Sam’s Town and Day & Age.
“Mark” Levon Helm was a singer and drummer for the popular 60′s and 70′s band The Band, known for hit songs like “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down” and “Up on Cripple Creek.” Later in life, Helm became involved with a series of concerts titled “The Midnight Ramble,” which were centered at [...]
Greg Ham was well known for playing the flute in the Australian band Men at Work that was active in the 1980′s, known for the hit “Land Down Under.” Ham also was involved in acting, and played a role in the series “While You’re Down There.” After Ham’s involvement in the media, he taught guitar [...]
Clark was a game show, and television host as well as a radio personality. He was the chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions. He is probably best remembered for his hosting duties on the Pyramid game show, American Bandstand, and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. He is also remembered for his departing catchphrase, “For [...]
Michael “Big Mike” Hossack was the drummer of the 1970′s rock band The Doobie Brothers. This American rock band had several hits, such as: Listen to the Music and Jesus Is Just Alright. Prior to Hossack’s involvement with The Doobie Brothers, he played drums for a Boy Scouts drum and bugle band named Little Falls [...]
Jimmy Ellis was the lead singer of the soul band The Trammps, who are best known for the hit single, “Disco Inferno”. The single was part of the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, the second largest soundtrack ever sold.
Sherman was a songwriter who specialized in musical films. Working with his brother, their work can be heard in Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Slipper and the Rose, and the theme song of “It’s a Small World (After All)”.
Jones was a rock singer-songwriter, and is probably best known as a member of The Monkees. The Monkees was a pop-rock group formed exclusively for a television show of the same name. With the group Jones was the lead singer, and did the vocals for “I Wanna Be Free” and “Daydream Believer”.
James “Red” Holloway was a noted saxophonist who played with most of the greats during the big band era. During a career that, which spanned seven decades, Holloway’s versatile style kept him in high demand.
Whitney Houston was a famous singer who rose to stardom in the 1980s with hits like “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”. By the early 90s, she was a huge star. Anyone old enough to remember 1992 will remember how huge Houston’s hit “I Will Always Love You” was. The song [...]
Peaston was a gospel and R&B singer, who in 1990 won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B / Soul or Rap New Artist. In Total Peason had two albums, “Introducing… David Peaston”, and “Mixed Emotions”. He is probably best known for his two singles, “Two Wrongs (Don’t Make it Right) – and – [...]
Cornelius was a television show host and producer who is best known for creating, and hosting (from 1971 – 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 [...]
Etta James was a well-known R&B singer, recognized for her hits like: At Last, Tell Mama, I’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&B Founders Award as well.
Bob Weston was a guitar player in one of the early incarnations of the group Fleetwood Mac. He appeared on two of the band’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 [...]
Dwight Arrington Myers, a.k.a. Heavy D, was a Jamacian producer, singer, and rapper. He’s probably best known for being the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group that included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), “Trouble” T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (Edward Ferrell).
Welsh was a musician, who is probably best known for his stint as the bassist of Weezer. When Weezer’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 [...]
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 [...]
Williams was an R&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&B chart. Her career spanned from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. She is probably best known for her hits: [...]
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’t No Mountain High Enough, Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing, Solid (As a Rock), Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand) and I’m Every Woman. The duo began [...]
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 [...]
Peek was a member of the “rock band” America from 1970 to 1977. During his tenure with the group he contributed lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and harmonica. Peek was on four top 100 singles: Don’t Cross The River, Lonely People, Woman Tonight, and Today’s the Day. After growing tired of life on [...]
Amy Winehouse was a singer-songwriter known for such songs as “Rehab” and “Tears Dry on Their Own”. Problems with substance abuse were often highly publicized.