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Name: Buster Poindexter
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David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.

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Name: Chester French
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Chester French is an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter David-Andrew 'D.A.' Wallach and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Maxwell Drummey. They met as college students at Harvard University, naming their band after sculptor Daniel Chester French, who designed the statue at the Lincoln Memorial, the John Harvard statue, as well as the Minuteman statue at the Lexington/Concord battlegrounds in Massachusetts. Milwaukee-raised Wallach and Boston native Drummey quickly found a lot of shared ground in musical tastes and philosophies and before long formed a band with three other classmates, playing various campus functions, eventually moving in a direction heavily influenced by classic British Northern Soul. Over the summer both stayed in Cambridge, working hard at songwriting. But when school resumed, they realized that the material went way beyond the basic guitar-bass-drums-piano format of the band, and the duo continued the work themselves, Wallach handling most of the vocals, Drummey performing much of the music on multiple instruments, supplemented with the occasional special guest – and both taking production and engineering duties for recordings.

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Name: Citizen Cope
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Name: Cold War Kids
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Los Angeles four-piece Cold War Kids elevate their passionate take on indie rock with their emotionally-raw fourth album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. 

Formed in 2004, the band’s breakthrough debut Robbers & Cowards was released to considerable acclaim in 2006. The darker Loyalty To Loyalty followed two years later, and 2011’s Mine Is Yours introduced deeper anthemic qualities to the eclectic group’s catalog.

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Name: Robbers And Cowards
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Name: Control Machete
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Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV (listed as Fermin IV Caballero Elizondo in credits), Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi (Antonio "Toy" Hernández).
The group moved to the mainstream after their song "Sí Señor" was used as backing in the Levi's Super Bowl television commercial "Crazy Legs". However, their debut album was already a bestseller, with 100,000 units sold in Mexico and 400,000 in all of Latin America.
 
In 1998, Control Machete covered the song "Amnesia" included in the album "Volcán: Tributo a José José", a tribute to Mexican legend José José.
 
Fermin IV left Control Machete in 2002 and released a solo album, Boomerang. He also collaborated with Cypress Hill on the track "Siempre Peligroso" on their album Los grandes éxitos en español.
 
Control Machete's track "Danzón" was recorded in Cuba with Buena Vista Social Club's Rubén González. "Sí señor" was featured in the Alejandro González Iñárritu film Amores perros, and Control Machete's music was heard in the 2005 film Land of the Dead (En El Camino), as well as the 2006 film Crank (Bandera) starring Jason Statham. "Humanos Mexicanos" played in an episode from the fifth season of the FX series Sons of Anarchy.
 
The group's music has appeared in several video games, including Total Overdose, Crackdown, and Scarface: The World Is Yours.
 
Their 2003 album reached #18 on the Latin Pop charts.

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Name: Count Five
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Formed in 1964 in San Jose, California, USA. Their psychedelic-punk hit, Psychotic Reaction, reached the US Top 5 in 1966. They first drew attention by wearing Dracula-style capes to their gigs. After recording one album, also titled Psychotic Reaction, they released a few more singles before disbanding in 1969.
The band's memory was immortalized in a 1972 essay by the famous rock writer Lester Bangs called Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. In the essay Bangs credited the band for having released several albums - Carburetor Dung, Cartesian Jetstream, Ancient Lace and Wrought-Iron Railings and Snowflakes Falling On the International Dateline: actually, none of these albums has ever existed, except in Bangs' own imagination.
Line-up:
- John "Sean" Byrne: vocals, guitar
- John "Mouse" Michalski: lead guitar
- Roy Chaney: bass
- Craig "Butch" Atkinson: drums
- Kenn Ellner: harmonica, vocals.

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Name: Cut Chemist
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Lucas MacFadden (born October 4, 1972). better known as Cut Chemist, is an American DJ and record producer. He is a former member of the funk Latin band Ozomatli, and of hip hop group Jurassic 5. He has collaborated with fellow turntablist DJ Shadow on a number of projects.

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Name: The Audience's Listening
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Name: The Chronic
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Name: k-os
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Kevin Brereton (born February 20, 1972), better known by his stage name k-os, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. His given name may also be cited as Kheaven, a spelling he later adopted.

The alias "k-os", spelled with a lower case "k", was intended to be less aggressive than the pseudonyms of other rappers whose names were all upper case, such as KRS-One. It is an acronym for "Knowledge of Self," although in a later interview he said that it originally stood for "Kevin's Original Sound." k-os' music incorporates a wide variety of music genres, including rap, funk, rock, and reggae. The lyrics frequently focus on promoting a "positive message" while at times expressing criticism of mainstream hip hop culture's obsession with money, fame and glorification of violence. A musician as well as a producer, k-os has written and produced nearly every part of all four of his albums. k-os usually performs with a live band, something that is uncommon in the hip hop genre. He sometimes plays guitar and keyboard both during live performances and in the studio.

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Name: Atlantis
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Name: Sam Roberts
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"There must be something in the air…"
Sam Roberts sings these words just before the first song on his first full-length album fades out into ether, conjuring that moment you experience every night in bed when your conscience shuts down in anticipation of the dreamlike delights to come. Sam Roberts may call Montreal home, but his music occupies a less definable space: the place between studious intellect and gut reaction; between psychedelic transcendence and the cold, hard truth; between fist-pumped, hockey-lovin’ hellraising and melancholic vulnerability. Or, in Sam’s universe, it’s the place where Rue St-Laurent intersects with Abbey Road.

His 2002 breakthrough EP, The Inhuman Condition (40,000 copies sold in Canada and still cha-chinging), was a heaven-sent prophecy from the classic-pop gods translated into street-level terms, and while there was no denying Sam’s way with ultra-addictive melody, he also displayed astonishing breadth in just six tracks, from knockout power-pop punches ('Don’t Walk Away Eileen) and moody folk mysticism ('Brother Down,' the official soundtrack of summer 2002) to extended psych-pop jams ('Where Have All the Good People Gone?) and middle-finger-waving rockers ('This is How I Live'). For those of us seeking something real amid the boob-jobbed divas and brow-pierced bohunks cluttering the musical landscape, Sam was almost too good to be true: an uncompromising, no-bullshit rock purist who could hold his own on the charts, and who’d absorbed the most important lessons of music history and updated them with a renewed sense of urgency for the here and now. (And hey, it didn’t hurt no right-minded girl would kick him out of bed for eating poutine.)

But as with every experience in Sam’s life, The Inhuman Condition was just another bend on the learning curve that leads to greater things: in this case, the 15 tracks that comprise Sam’s full-length Universal Records debut WE WERE BORN IN A FLAME. Though as easy as Sam makes it all look, his good fortune - both creatively and commercially - isn’t the result of some immaculate conception. "This record is not the product of the last year of my life," he explains. "It’s a product of the last 28 years of my life."

"There’s no road that ain’t a hard road to travel on"
To understand Sam Roberts, you have to backtrack to the day he picked up his first stringed instrument: a violin. When he was 4. "I actually kept taking lessons into my 20s, and I’m glad I did," he says, "because the discipline that it takes to play violin drove me to rock ‘n’ roll. The first time I picked up a guitar I was like, ‘Holy shit, I can actually play this in front of people,’ whereas with the violin I was shitting myself every single time I picked it up."

Like many kids, he experienced his rock ‘n’ roll epiphany in the place all dreams are made: the bedroom. “My friend lent me this amp,” Sam recalls. “It had camouflage fabric and a big metal grate in the front and it said ‘Ride the Lightening’ on top. I plugged in this old electric guitar, plugged it in and it made the nastiest sound I ever heard in my life. It was powerful. From that point on, I listened to music differently, and went from being a kid just listening to a Men at Work album to someone feeling music on a different level, where the hairs start standing up on the back of your neck all the time. It made me less analytical because it made me more appreciative of rock ‘n’ roll. And then one day, I just turned on a four track and recorded this song, the worst freakin’ tune you ever heard. It was about a girlfriend who died - I never had a girlfriend who died, but I just wrote this morbid little Morrissey shit: the coma failed and she kicked the bucket. I listened back and thought, ‘This is complete crap,’ and used that as a reference point and tried to make each song that I wrote if not better, at least a little less bad.”

Next came the cover bands ("Jesus and Mary Chain, Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses - the same shit I’m into now") and battle-of-the-bands bids, but as Sam says, "we were never good enough to get accepted into the shows, let alone compete in them. After that, it was like, ‘I think I might have written a decent song, let’s start a real band.’" Formed in 1993, Sam’s band William would eventually change its name to Northstar in 1996, but being a band of Anglophile pop fans in a Francophone culture at the height of grunge-mania, Northstar would shine ever so briefly before burning out. After its demise, Sam lapsed into a vicious cycle: day job, travel for months to escape day job, come back home broke, get another day job, etc. With his inspiration sapped and his old Northstar mate George Donoso off reaping critical success with Montreal indie darlings The Dears, Sam was faced with a tough choice. To quote The Shawshank Redemption, it was a matter of "get busy living or get busy dying."

"I don’t sing songs anymore/ I don’t feel young anymore."
For Sam Roberts, the winter of 2000/2001 was “the winter of my discontent.” Sure, pretty much every winter in Montreal is miserable, but this time, it wasn’t just the temperatures that were hitting rock bottom.

“I felt my clock ticking,” Sam says. “I was 25, trying to scrape through winter without committing myself to a job. You don’t come home after working 50 hours a week and say, ‘I’m going to write a couple of really great tunes about a world that I have no connection with whatsoever because my head’s up my ass because I work 50 hours a week.’ And in this particular winter I was like, ‘Holy shit, I don’t know if I’m going to make it through this one.’ But instead of saying, ‘Alright, it’s been a nice ride, but the dream is gone and now I’m going to get a job and make ends meet,’ in that moment, I turned it into ‘Alright, now I’m really going to live for music.’ I don’t know what the compulsion behind that was - but right after that very personal moment where I made that commitment, things started going well for us…”

"S-O-C-I-A, L-I-S-M is the only way"
Despite what this line from the song 'Canadian Dream' (one of the new album’s highlights) implies, Sam isn’t trying to pass himself off as some Commie radical. He’s just the kind of guy who, when he sees a brother down, lends a hand to pick him up. It’s a socialism based on love and respect, not taxation. Because Sam knows he wouldn’t be where he is now without old Northstar buddies Eric Fares (guitar) and James Hall (bass), and recently acquired mates Dave Nugent (guitar) and drummer Corey Zadorozny (drums), all of whom kicked Sam’s ass back into gear in early 2001, when Sam and his new band debuted at a well-received Canadian Music Week showcase.

"Writing good music isn’t really enough; you need the magic the band brings to the table," Sam says. "I wrote ‘Brother Down’ in that period, and while people reacted to it as a song, it wasn’t until that band element entered the picture that it took off. I’m just not a good loner. I like walking down the street with the guys in the band, I like the laughs and the stupid inside jokes and arguments and having people that you’re sharing the best fuckin’ times of your life with."

In 2002, the hard road finally led to the gold: a publishing deal with Universal, a domestic label deal with MapleMusic for The Inhuman Condition, rapturous reviews, non-stop airplay for 'Brother Down' and 'Don’t Walk Away Eileen' on radio and TV, high-profile opening stints for Oasis and the Tragically Hip, an international record deal with Universal… and, most importantly for Sam, the recording of his first full-length album with producer Brenndan McGuire (Sloan) in Vancouver.

"This is a higher learning"
The unique production process for WE WERE BORN IN A FLAME was strangely appropriate for a classically trained prodigy who says his true love is "dirty fuckin’ rock ‘n’ roll." Sam and Brenndan hibernated for a month to prepare the songs ("the only collaborating I like to do is writer to producer," Sam says), old pal Donoso was called in to lay down drum tracks and then the full band arrived to "lay down some of the shit we do live over top of it." And so we’re treated to electrifying, &"more ballsy&" new versions of 'Brother Down' and 'Where Have All the Good People Gone?'; intense rockers like'“On the Run' and 'Dead End' (a candid account of that wintertime low); epic pop-narcotic head trips that evoke Sam’s love of early ’90s Brit shoegazers ('Climb Over Me,' 'Taj Mahal,' 'Canadian Dream'); and also some of Sam’s most beautiful, honest and romantic songcraft to date (the aching waltz 'Wreck of a Life,' the French-kissed 'No Sleep').

It was a long, hard road to get here, but with WE WERE BORN IN A FLAME, Sam opens up countless new creative paths for himself, earning the freedom to travel down any one he chooses, and the confidence that his fans will come along for the trip… wherever it may lead.

"This is my first record that a whole bunch of people are going to hear, and either I could be like ‘Alright, here I am! Here’s Sam, people! Ready or not!’ or I could sing about my life and the steps it took to get here," he says. "Though I refuse to think of it as purely autobiographical. I never just write songs about myself - it’s always a combination of me and trying to put yourself in somebody else’s shoes. It’s fiction, in a sense. This is my short story, it’s a four-minute long short story set to music. Lyrically is where I can really take it in a direction, make it really feel like this is no one’s idea but my own, whereas our music feels like a nice, old, warm worn-out coat you can put on, but you’ve patched it up in a new way."

And it’s time to bundle up… because there must be something in the air…

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Name: James Ingram
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James Ingram (* 16. Februar 1956 in Akron, Ohio) ist ein US-amerikanischer Soulmusiker, Songwriter und Produzent.
James Ingram brachte sich autodidaktisch Klavier, Gitarre, E-Bass, Schlagzeug und Synthesizer bei und begann seine Karriere Anfang der 70er mit der Gruppe Revelation Funk. 1980 steuerte er für das Album The Dude von Quincy Jones die Texte für zwei Titel (Just Once und One Hundred Ways) bei. Beide Songs etablierten sich als Hits in den USA. Mit Patti Austin nahm er 1981 die Ballade Baby, Come to Me auf, die es 1983 bis auf Platz eins der USA schaffte. Ein weiteres Duett der Beiden, How Do You Keep The Music Playing? erreichte im darauf folgenden Jahr ebenfalls die Charts (USA Platz 45).[1]

1982 schrieb er zusammen mit Jones den Titel P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) für Michael Jacksons Erfolgsalbum Thriller. Im Jahr 1983 nahm er sein Debütalbum It's Your Night auf, das auch die Ballade There's No Easy Way und den Erfolgshit mit Michael McDonald Yah Mo Be There enthielt. In den Folgejahren arbeitete er mit namhaften Künstlern wie Ray Charles und Natalie Cole zusammen. Ingram konnte den Erfolg seines Debüts mit seinem zweiten Album Never Felt So Good (1986) trotz prominenter Unterstützung von Musikern wie El DeBarge, Michael Bolton oder Howard Hewett nicht wiederholen.

Seine größten Erfolge waren Somewhere Out There (1986), ein Duett mit Linda Ronstadt, das in dem Zeichentrickfilm Feivel, der Mauswanderer zu hören ist, sowie der US-Nummer-eins-Hit I Don't Have The Heart (1990). Außerdem gewann er 1982 und 1985 zwei Grammys. Insgesamt brachte er es auf zehn Hits in den amerikanischen Pop- und 20 Hits in den R&B-Charts. Hier platzierte er sich 1995 das letzte Mal: Mit Anita Baker sang er für den Soundtrack zu Vergiß Paris die Ballade When You Love Someone (Platz 71).

1985 nahm er an dem Projekt "USA for Africa" teil und sang in dem Welterfolg "We are the world", geschrieben von Michael Jackson und Lionel Richie, eine Strophe.

1997 synchronisierte er den Hund Buster aus dem Film Die furchtlosen Vier.

16 Jahre nach seinem letzten Album veröffentlichte Ingram im Januar 2009 das Werk Stand (In The Light), das eine Rückkehr zu seinen Gospelwurzeln darstellt.

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Name: Quincy Jones
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Quincy Delight Jones jr. (* 14. März 1933 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Musikproduzent, Komponist, Jazztrompeter, Arrangeur und Bandleader. Er war der erste Afroamerikaner in der Führungsspitze eines Major-Labels. Breiten Kreisen bekannt wurde er als Produzent von Michael Jackson.

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Name: Because Of The Times
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Name: Los Del Rio
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Los Del Río (Spanish pronunciation: , "The ones from the river"), also known as The Del Rios, are a Spanish (Andalusian) Pop duo who formed in 1962. They are best known for their smash-hit dance single "Macarena", originally released in early 1994. The song went on to became a worldwide success.

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Name: Veruca Salt
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1993–1998: Formation and Growth
Named after Veruca Salt, the spoiled rich girl from the children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and its 1971 film adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory directed by Mel Stuart, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend Lili Taylor, and began playing music together. They wrote songs for a year and a half before being joined by Gordon's brother, Jim Shapiro, on drums and Steve Lack on bass. Songwriting was shared between Gordon and Post, though the two seldom collaborated. Rather, each would typically submit a complete song to the group and sing the lead vocal on that song, while the other would record backing vocals.
The band had performed a handful of shows when Jim Powers of Minty Fresh Records asked them to sign to the independent label. The band's first release was the single "Seether"/"All Hail Me" on Minty Fresh Records, in 1994. The single was a success and Veruca Salt accompanied Hole on a tour, before releasing their first full-length album, American Thighs, which eventually reached Gold status.
After signing to Geffen Records, the band quickly gained in popularity as "Seether" became an MTV hit. A stop-gap EP recorded by Steve Albini, Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt, was released in 1996.
Their second album, Eight Arms to Hold You, was produced by Bob Rock and released in 1997. Lead single "Volcano Girls" gained exposure as the opening theme to the teen comedy film Jawbreaker. Veruca Salt performed another single, "Shutterbug", on Saturday Night Live; however, instead of the featured musical group performing two songs as had been tradition, the musical performances were split between Sting and Veruca Salt. Shapiro left the band soon after the release of Eight Arms and was replaced by Stacy Jones (of Letters to Cleo and American Hi-Fi). Jones toured with the band on the Eight Arms tour, but never recorded with them.
In 1996, Veruca Salt appeared as Pavement's replacement band in their video "Painted Soldiers".
In 1997, they opened for the band Bush in a North American Tour.
1998–2005: Gordon's departure, reformation and Resolver
Louise Post (left) and Nicole Fiorentino (right) in 2006 with Veruca Salt
In 1998, Gordon left the band to pursue a solo career (her first album Tonight and the Rest of My Life, was released in 2000). The undisclosed dispute between Gordon and Post has been described as "one of the greatest rock soap operas since Fleetwood Mac or Hüsker Dü."
Post, as the only remaining band member, contributed the song Somebody to the Depeche Mode tribute album For The Masses before recruiting a new lineup. Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick joined and went on to become one of Post's principle songwriting partners during the next decade. Jimmy Madla and Suzanne Sokol joined on drums and bass guitar respectively. The new version of the band signed with Beyond Records and released Resolver in 2000 which spawned both a single and video for Born Entertainer.
Suzanne Sokol left the band at the end of 2000 and was replaced by Post's friend, Gina Crosley. The band continued to tour through the summer of 2001 in the UK. Post and Crosley also attempted to form a supergroup with Courtney Love of Hole and others but the project soon imploded. This allowed the pair to focus on new material for Veruca Salt which eventually yielded the Officially Dead EP that was primarily distributed on during the band's 2002 tour of Australia. Crosley is specifically credited with co-writing "Smoke & Mirrors." She also worked on songs that later appeared on IV, but no credit is officially given and she left before the album was completed.
2005–2012: VSIV and hiatus
By 2005, Madla left to enter the restaurant business and Crosley was also dismissed. They were replaced in the studio by Solomon Snyder and Michael Miley respectively. This session resulted in the Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things (LOSALT). The band went on tour with Post, Fitzpatrick, drummer Kellii Scott of Failure, and bassist Nicole Fiorentino. LOSALT was released independently by the band and included six new songs. The title of the EP is an extract from Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. This lineup then recorded a full-length album, IV, and released it in September 2006 (like Resolver before it, this album was released a month apart from a Nina Gordon solo album). The band then went on what would prove to be the last tour of Louise Post's solo incarnation of the band. A single, "So Weird", was released to radio at the end of October 2006 but neither the song nor the album did well commercially.
In 2007, the band recorded a cover of Neil Young's song "Burned" for a 2007 Breast Cancer Benefit album and then went almost entirely dormant. Louise Post took time to have a child while Fiorentino went on to play bass with the Smashing Pumpkins and The Cold and Lovely. Kellii Scott returned to his original band Failure. On March 14, 2012, the band announced on their official website that they were on an indefinite hiatus.
2013: reunion
On March 15, 2013 the band announced the reunion of its original line-up (Nina Gordon, Louise Post, Jim Shapiro, and Steve Lack) with a message on the band's official Facebook page which read, "for now let's just say this: hatchets buried, axes exhumed." The members, including Post, have gone on to refer to the Resolver/IV era as "Veruca Starship" in reference to the convoluted evolution of the band Jefferson Airplane but have also mentioned that they might be open to adding material from their time apart into their sets at some point.
On September 29, 2013, the band announced via social media that they were working on new material. Their first release since reforming came in the form of a release for Record Store Day 2014. The band released a 10-inch vinyl EP, MMXIV, which contains two new songs, "It's Holy" and "The Museum of Broken Relationships" on one side and a twentieth anniversary re-release of Seether on the other. The band then toured both the USA and Australia.
Both Louise Post and Nina Gordon had mentioned a full length album was set to be released fall of 2014, however this has been pushed back to early 2015 to allow for touring in 2014.
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Name: Chapter 1 The Rise
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Name: Another Bad Creation
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Another Bad Creation was an American hip hop and R&B musical group from Atlanta, Georgia. Made up of preteens, A.B.C. were discovered by Michael Bivins of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe fame.

Bivins served as manager and record producer of the kiddie new jack swing act, which became a part of the East Coast Family alongside B.B.D. and Boyz II Men. Another Bad Creation comprised of Chris Sellers, Dave Shelton, Romell Chapman, and brothers Marliss Pugh and Demetrius Pugh. Signed to Motown, their debut album, Coolin’ At The Playground Ya Know, was released in 1991. The singles “Iesha” and “Playground” made it to the Top Ten on both the R&B and pop singles charts in the US. Their second album, It Ain’t What You Wear, It’s How You Play It, was released in 1993. After appearing in Robert Townsend’s superhero comedy The Meteor Man that same year, they faded into obscurity.

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Name: Althea and Donna
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Althea & Donna were the Jamaican reggae singing duo of Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid. They are best known for their 1977 single "Uptown Top Ranking", which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom in 1978. The Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid - then 17 and 18 years old respectively - caused a chart surprise when their reggae song "Uptown Top Ranking" became a UK #1 in February 1978. They released the album of the same name in 1978, on which they are backed by The Revolutionaries, on the Virgin Records subsidiary Front Line, and several more singles, but never met with any more tangible success thereafter.

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Name: Joe Gibbs
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Name: Linval Thompson
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Linval Thompson is a reggae and dub artist and producer.  He started life writing his own music and was recognised to have great talent not only with songwriting but also singing. He worked at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studios and contributed to The Upsetters classic "Kung Fu Man". Although he found greatest acclaim as a producer between the mid-70s and mid-80s, working with greats such as Scientist, King Tubby and singer Johnny Clarke. He has produced albums for artists such as Dennis Brown, The Wailing Souls, Eek-a-Mouse, Freddie Mcgregor, and The Viceroys.

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Name: Roy Reid
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Roy Samuel Reid (June 28, 1944-November 27, 1999, born in St. Thomas, Jamaica) - better known as I-Roy - was a Jamaican DJ who had a very prolific career during the '70s.  Deriving his name and to some extent his style from U-Roy, Reid was also heavily influenced in his early career by Dennis Alcapone. With early recordings for Gussie Clarke, Glen Brown, Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bunny Lee, Reid established himself at the forefront of 1970's reggae DJ's. His debut album "Presenting I Roy" is considered a classic of its genre, and was followed up by a series of strong albums including "Hell and Sorrow". For several years from 1975, I Roy engaged in an on-record slanging match with fellow DJ Prince Jazzbo, the two trading insults on successive singles, although in reality they were good friends. In 1976, I Roy signed to Virgin Records with whom he would go on to release five albums. Reggae's move to the Dancehall era in the 1980's saw I Roy's popularity decline and although he continued to record, his output was not of the standard that he had set in the previous decade. His song Sidewalk Killer is featured on the Reggae radio station K-JAH Radio West in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, released in October 2004.    He died in 1999 of heart failure.


Name: Phoenix
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The French group Phoenix draw elements from their eclectic '80s upbringing to arrive at a satisfying synthesis of rock and synthesizers. Vocalist Thomas Mars, bassist Deck d'Arcy, and guitarist Christian Mazzalai were a garage band based out of Mars' house in the suburbs of Paris. Mazzalai's older brother Branco joined the band on guitar when his band Darlin' disbanded in 1995.
The group got its touring start on the French bar circuit doing Hank Williams and Prince covers to drunken audiences. Two years later the band took on the name Phoenix and pressed 500 copies of a single on its own label, Ghettoblaster. The A-side was a punk rock song and the other a chugging Krautrocker, hinting at their eclectic tastes. Shortly after, they were signed to the Paris-based Source Records. Phoenix became well acquainted with labelmates Air when they acted as their backing band on several U.K. TV appearances. The result of the electronic exposure was a single called "Heatwave," which was very similar in approach to '70s disco.

United, the group's debut album, appeared in 2000 on Astralwerks and was recorded over two months. The album featured guest appearances from friends and family, including Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk), Philippe Zdar (Cassius), and d'Arcy's mother's choral society on the track "Funky Squaredance." From that point, they issued Alphabetical (2004), It's Never Been Like That (2006), and their mainstream breakthrough, the critically adored Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009). Part of the extended break between the third and fourth albums was due to Mars becoming a father (with his partner, director Sofia Coppola).

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Name: Quicksilver Messenger Service
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"Quicksilver Messenger Service" (sometimes credited as simply Quicksilver) is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. They were most famous for the single "Fresh Air", from the album Just for Love, which was their biggest hit, reaching No. 49 in 1970.
Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts. Though not as commercially successful as contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With their jazz and classical influences and a strong folk background, the band attempted to create a sound that was individual and innovative. Member Dino Valenti drew heavily on musical influences he picked up during the folk revival of his formative musical years. The style he developed from these sources is evident in Quicksilver Messenger Service's swung rhythms and twanging guitar sounds.

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Name: Radiohead
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Ob es ein Freitag war, an dem sich Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood und dessen Bruder Jonny zusammenfanden, um an der Abingdon Public School in Abingdon südlich von Oxford die Band On A Friday zu gründen, spielt für den heutigen Erfolg der fünf Musiker keine Rolle mehr.

Auf jeden Fall war es Anfang der 80er, und bis zur Umbenennung in Radiohead (ein Song auf der 1986 erschienenen Platte "True Stories" von David Byrnes Talking Heads) sollten noch ein paar Jahre und diverse Auftritte in der "Jericho's Tavern" ins Land gehen.

Musikalisch gesehen liegen die Wurzeln von On A Friday aka Radiohead in einem Brei aus Pixies, Pink Floyd, R.E.M. und U2. Als unverkennbares Markenzeichen drängen sich neben Yorks zerbrechlich-melancholischem Gesang auch die aus drei Stromgitarren dröhnenden Riffs auf, die sich immer wieder in die sich förmlich ins Ohr säuselnden Musikstücke einschleichen.

Anfang der 90er werden dann die Grundsteine gelegt: Nach der aus einer Identitätskrise resultierenden Namensänderung (mittlerweile an der Oxford University weilend wollte man nicht länger als Schulband betrachtet werden) kam die erste EP "Drill" (1992). Dann die Veröffentlichung der Single "Creep" (ignoriert von der britischen Musikpresse und dem breiten Publikum, in den USA allerdings ein Hit), mit "Pablo Honey" 1993 schließlich das erste Album.

Trotzdem sind Radiohead auf ihrem Weg zum Pop-Olymp noch nicht allzu weit vorangekommen. Erst nach einer Europa-Tour und einigen US-Auftritten als Support von Belly und Tears For Fears stürmen sie mit dem Re-Release von "Creep" die britischen Top 10.

Doch Radiohead bleiben die Unkenrufe vieler Kritiker, die die Band als One Hit Wonder abstempeln, nicht erspart. Und obwohl sie diese nach der Veröffentlichung ihres Zweitlings "The Bends" fast durchgehend auf ihrer Seite haben, lässt der endgültige kommerzielle Durchbruch noch auf sich warten.

Allein durch positive Plattenbesprechungen verkauft sich ein Album eben nicht, zumindest wenn man sich zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort befindet - nämlich im Jahre 1995 in England, wo gerade der "Battle Of The Bands" mit der Veröffentlichung der Platten der Britpop-Ikonen Blur und Oasis tobt.

Als Support von R.E.M. und durch perfekt inszenierte Musikvideos kommt die Band Ende des Jahres dann doch noch soweit ins Gespräch, daß "The Bends" in vielen Musik-Polls auf ersten Plätzen landet. Anfang 1996 wird das Album schließlich von der Plattenindustrie mit Gold-Status belohnt.

Spätestens seit 1997, als "OK Computer" seinen Weg in die Regale der Plattendealer findet, schaut die Musikwelt nicht mehr auf Radiohead herab. Kurz vor dem neuen Jahrtausend sind wir schon soweit, daß hervorragenden jungen Bands wie Muse nachgesagt wird, ihren Plattenvertrag nur deshalb bekommen zu haben, weil sie "irgendwie nach Radiohead klingen" (O-Ton Gavin Rossdale von Bush).

2000 erfolgt die praktische Abkehr von der real existierenden Musikwelt: "Kid A" kommt aus dem Presswerk, und Radiohead verstecken sich. Keine Singles, keine Videos, keine Interviews. Nur ein paar Zelt-Konzerte geben die Oxforder. "Kid A" gilt als das komplexeste und am schwierigsten zugängliche aller bisherigen Radiohead-Alben. Und gleichzeitig als kreativer Meilenstein der Band.

Doch schon ein Jahr später wird mit Longplayer Nummer fünf wieder alles anders. Frontmann Yorke meint hierzu scherzhaft: "Unser kommendes Album wird definitiv von Singles, Videos, schönen Farbfotos in Magazinen, Auftritten bei Kinder-Fernsehsendungen, Tanzeinlagen und vielen interessanten Interviews zu meiner gequälten Existenz begleitet werden." Das Meisterwerk "Amnesiac" erscheint 2001, darauf folgt mit "Hail To The Thief" ihre bislang vielseitigste Platte.

2006 bringt Thom Yorke seine erste Solo-Platte mit dem Namen "The Eraser" heraus. Radiohead-Erfolgsproduzent Nigel Godrich hat auch diesmal seine Hände im Spiel. Das Album ist sowas wie die Essenz von "Kid A" und "Amnesiac". Die Stimme von Yorke klingt klar, die Beats sind verschachtelt und komplex. Der Radiohead-Frontmann lässt den Hörer dabei tief in seine Gedankenwelt blicken.

2007 gibt Jonny Greenwood auf der offiziellen Radiohead-Homepage überraschend die Veröffentlichung des siebten Albums "In Rainbows" für den 10. Oktober bekannt. Die Platte sei als Vinyl inklusive Bonus-CD sowie als Download vorbestellbar. Revolutionärer Ansatz: Wer sich für den Download entscheidet, kann selbst bestimmen, wie viel er dafür zahlt. Letztlich erscheint "In Rainbows" aber auch als CD/Vinyl.

Im August 2010 meldet sich Schlagzeuger Phil Selway nach einem kreativem Schlummer zurück und bringt mit "Familial" sein Solodebüt auf dem Markt. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt ist die Band aber auch wieder im Studio, um an "The King Of Limbs" zu arbeiten. Und wieder sperren sich Radiohead gegen die Gepflogenheiten des Geschäfts, als die Scheibe plötzlich ohne jede Promo auf den Markt kommt.

Um Geld für Kriegsopfer zu sammeln, veröffentlichen Radiohead ihr gesamtes Musikwerk 2005 online. Als Teilnehmer der Kampagne "All Exclusive All Good All For Charity" bieten sie auf der Warchild-Homepage MP3s von allen Alben, Singles und Live-Aufnahmen zum Verkauf an. Die Einnahmen des Online-Vertriebs über War Child Music kommen vollständig Kindern in Kriegsregionen zugute.

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Jonathan Richard Guy "Jonny" Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and composer best known as a member of the rock band Radiohead. Beyond his primary roles as Radiohead's lead guitarist and keyboardist, Greenwood is a multi-instrumentalist and also plays viola, harmonica, glockenspiel, ondes Martenot, banjo and drums, and works with computer-generated sounds and sampling; he is also a computer programmer and writes music software used by Radiohead. Noted for his aggressive playing style, Greenwood is consistently named as one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era.[a]
Greenwood wrote the soundtracks for the films Bodysong (2003), There Will Be Blood (2007), Norwegian Wood (2010), We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) and The Master (2012), and serves as composer-in-residence for the BBC Concert Orchestra. He is the younger brother of Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood.

Greenwood had begun studying music and psychology at Oxford Brookes University when Radiohead, then known as On a Friday, signed a recording contract with EMI in 1991. He left the university shortly after, after only three weeks at the college. However, Greenwood stated that hearing Krzysztof Penderecki during that time had a significant influence on his perception of modern classical music. Greenwood is the only member of Radiohead to have been classically trained on any instrument (he took viola lessons as a child), and is also the only band member without a university degree.
Greenwood's influence on Radiohead's recording and writing can be heard in many songs, as he usually takes the traditional lead-guitarist role. In the late nineties and early two thousands, Greenwood wore an arm brace due to a repetitive strain injury attributed to his "aggressive" way of playing the instrument, often billed as "abusive guitar". He has said that "It's like taping up your fingers before a boxing match."
Greenwood is often credited as the second major influence on songwriting in Radiohead, next to Thom Yorke. He wrote the music for the closing track of OK Computer, ("The Tourist"), and the intro, chorus and outro sections of the song "Subterranean Homesick Alien" from the OK Computer album, as well as the "rain down" section of "Paranoid Android". According to Yorke, the track "Just" from The Bends was "a competition by me and Jonny to get as many chords as possible into a song". An example of Greenwood's versatility is his use of the Ondes Martenot, which is featured on songs such as "The National Anthem" and "How to Disappear Completely" from the album Kid A, and "Pyramid Song" from the album Amnesiac. The song "Where I End and You Begin" from Hail to the Thief, which also features the instrument, was dedicated to the memory of Jeanne Loriod, a pioneer of the Ondes.
Greenwood and Yorke also collaborated on the song "Arpeggi" which is a piece in a classical style centred around arpeggios for voice, Ondes, and orchestra. It was performed with the London Sinfonietta and Arab Orchestra of Nazareth at the Ether Festival in March 2005; the song would later be adapted for the full band to play in 2006, rearranged for guitar. A studio version (closer to the full band version than the orchestral version) appeared on the album In Rainbows as "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi".

In 2003, Greenwood released his first solo album, Bodysong (2003), which is the soundtrack for the movie of the same title by filmmaker Simon Pummell. Bodysong also features contributions from his brother Colin on bass.
Jonny Greenwood was hired by the BBC as composer in residence to the BBC Concert Orchestra in May 2004, a job which gave him the opportunity to compose several pieces for symphony orchestra, piano and/or Ondes Martenot: smear, Piano for Children and Popcorn Superhet Receiver. smear premiered in 2004, and on 23 April 2005 Greenwood premiered his new work commissioned by BBC Radio 3, with music performed live by the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. The printed music for smear, Popcorn Superhet Receiver, Doghouse, Suite from Norwegian Wood and 48 Responses to Polymorphia (see below) is available from Faber Music Ltd in London. smear has also been recorded by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Martyn Brabbins and was Greenwood's recorded debut in the genre. Popcorn Superhet Receiver and 48 Responses to Polymorphia have also been released commercially.
Greenwood won the Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the 2006 BBC British Composer Awards for his piece, "Popcorn Superhet Receiver". The piece was inspired by radio static and the elaborate, dissonant tone clusters of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima. It can be streamed from a BBC website. Upon winning the award Greenwood received £10,000 from the PRS Foundation towards a commission for a new orchestral work.
A fan of dub reggae, Greenwood released a compilation in collaboration with Trojan Records, entitled Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller in March 2007. This is the latest in Trojan's Artist Choice Jukebox series, to which DJ Spooky and Don Letts have already contributed. Trojan Records provided Greenwood with its extensive catalogue of songs, of which he chose 17. The title is a play on the first track on the collection, entitled "Dread Are the Controller", by Linval Thompson. The album contains tracks by artists such as Derrick Harriott, Gregory Isaacs, The Heptones and many more.
Greenwood composed the score for the 2007 film, There Will Be Blood, from director Paul Thomas Anderson. The soundtrack contains excerpts from "Popcorn Superhet Receiver". His work as the composer for this film was highly acclaimed by reviewers and earned him an award at the Critics' Choice Awards. On 21 January 2008, however, the score was declared ineligible for an Academy Award nomination under a rule that prohibited "scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music." On 4 February 2008, it was announced that Greenwood had won the trophy for Best Film Score in the Evening Standard British Film Awards for 2007. In its 2009 end-of-decade round-up Rolling Stone magazine named the film the best of the decade and cited Greenwood's score as a major element in its success, "redefining what is possible in film scores".
In 2008, Greenwood wrote the theme music for Adam Buxton's comedy pilot meeBOX, and collaborated with Israeli rock musician Dudu Tasa on Tasa's Hebrew-language single "What a Day".
In February 2010, Greenwood debuted a composition entitled "Doghouse" at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. In an interview following the performance, Greenwood and conductor Robert Ziegler revealed that the composition would be extrapolated into a score for the upcoming film Norwegian Wood directed by Anh Hung Tran, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami. Greenwood described the writing of the piece to the BBC, "I wrote this piece mostly in hotels and dressing rooms while touring with Radiohead. This was more practical than glamorous – lots of time sitting around indoors, lots of instruments about – and aside from picking up a few geographical working titles, I can't think that it had any effect where, on tour, it was written." The premiere of the entire score took place on 19 March 2010.
In 2011, Greenwood composed the score for the film adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel We Need to Talk About Kevin. He composed the score for Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 film The Master. This was the second collaboration between the two.
On 13 March 2012, Greenwood and Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki released an album together on the Nonesuch label. It includes Greenwood's "Popcorn Superhet Receiver" and a new string orchestra work, "48 Responses to Polymorphia" (a homage to Penderecki's "Polymorphia" of 1961).

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Name: Phil Selway
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Philip James "Phil" Selway (born 23 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the drummer of English rock group Radiohead. In addition to drums, he provides backing vocals, along with occasional guitar and lead vocals, for 7 Worlds Collide. Selway is well known for his precision and proficiency in various styles and unusual time signatures, being named the 26th greatest drummer of all time by Gigwise in 2008. He has worked with Samaritans since 1991. Selway released his debut solo album, Familial, on 30 August 2010.

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Name: Thom Yorke
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Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is best known as the lead singer of the English alternative rock band Radiohead. He has also recorded as a solo musician. His debut album, The Eraser, debuted July 10th 2006 in the UK and July 11th in the US. Two singles were released from the album, “Harrowdown Hill” and “Analyse”.

Yorke formed Atoms for Peace, who toured in 2010 performing the entirety of The Eraser. The rock ‘supergroup’ features Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist Mauro Refosco. 

The song “Black Swan” was used as the end theme to the 2006 film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel A Scanner Darkly and was also a successful hit on American alternative radio in the summer of 2006. “Analyse” was also used on the end credits of the film The Prestige. 2006 also saw the release of a Japan-only EP entitled Spitting Feathers, which collected together the five b-sides from the “Analyze” and “Harrowdown Hill” singles.

A collection of remixes from The Eraser from such electronic luminaries as Burial, Four Tet, Modeselektor, Various Production and Surgeon were released as MP3 files initially in 2007, followed by a series of limited 12” in 2008. These were eventually released on CD as The Eraser Rmxs album.

In 2009, Yorke contributed a new song, “Hearing Damage”, to the soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

He mainly plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar and piano, but has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the Kid A and Amnesiac Radiohead sessions).

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Name: Rage Against the Machine
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Rage Against the Machine (also known as RATM or just Rage) is an American political rap metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group consists of rapper and vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk. They draw inspiration from early heavy metal instrumentation, as well as hip hop acts such as Afrika Bambaataa, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Dutch crossover band Urban Dance Squad. Rage Against the Machine is well known for the members' leftist and revolutionary political views, which are expressed in many of the band's songs. As of 2010, they have sold over 16 million records worldwide.
In 1992, the band released its self-titled debut album, which became a commercial and critical success, leading to a slot in the 1993 Lollapalooza festival. In 2003, the album was ranked number 368 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The band did not release a follow-up record until 1996, with Evil Empire. The band's third album, The Battle of Los Angeles, followed in 1999, and in 2003, the album was ranked number 426 on the same list. During their initial nine-year run, they became one of the most popular and influential bands in music history, according to music journalist Colin Devenish. They were also ranked No. 33 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. The band had a large influence on the nu metal genre which came to prominence during the second half of the 1990s.
In 2000, the band released the cover album, Renegades. The same year, growing tensions over the direction of the band prompted de la Rocha to quit, leading to the band's breakup. De la Rocha started a low-key solo career, while the rest of the band formed the rock supergroup Audioslave with Chris Cornell, then-former frontman of Soundgarden; Audioslave recorded three albums before disbanding in 2007. The same year, Rage Against the Machine announced a reunion and performed together for the first time in seven years at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2007. Up until 2011, the band continued to perform at more live venues and festivals around the world. As of 2016, the group has no plans to perform or release new music.

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Name: Ram Jam
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Ram Jam was an American 1970s rock band, known for their 1977 hit single, "Black Betty."

The band members were Bill Bartlett (guitar), Pete Charles (drums), Myke Scavone (lead singer), and Howie Arthur Blauvelt (bass). Also, Jimmy Santoro, who toured with the band in support of their debut album, joined on guitar for the follow-up album. Bartlett was formerly lead guitarist for bubblegum group The Lemon Pipers, while Blauvelt played with Billy Joel in two bands, The Hassles and El Primo.

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Name: Rammstein
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Rammstein ist eine deutsche Rockband, die 1994 in Berlin gegründet wurde und musikalisch zur Neuen Deutschen Härte gezählt wird. Ihr Kennzeichen ist ein als „brachial“ beschriebener Musikstil, den die Bandmitglieder selbst „Tanzmetall“ nennen, sowie häufig kontrovers diskutierte Texte. Auch der massive Einsatz von pyrotechnischen Elementen findet häufig mediale Beachtung. Der musikalische Stil der Band wurde unter anderem von der slowenischen Band Laibach beeinflusst. Bis 2009 verkaufte Rammstein über 15 Millionen Tonträger und ist mit deutschsprachigen Texten auch in Ländern wie den Vereinigten Staaten kommerziell erfolgreich.
Die Vorgeschichte Rammsteins reicht bis in die Zeit vor der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Richard Kruspe floh aus seiner Heimatstadt Schwerin (damals DDR) über Ungarn und Österreich in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und gründete als Gitarrist seine erste Band Orgasm Death Gimmick. Nach dem Mauerfall 1989 zog er zurück nach Schwerin. In dieser Zeit lernte er Till Lindemann kennen, der in der Punkband First Arsch Schlagzeug spielte. Zusammen mit Richard Kruspes Mitbewohnern Oliver Riedel, Bassist der Band The Inchtabokatables, und Christoph Schneider, Schlagzeuger bei Die Firma, starteten sie das Projekt Rammstein. Mit Till Lindemann als Sänger und Textschreiber begannen sie, gemeinsam zu musizieren. Um besser proben zu können, zog Lindemann von Chemnitz nach Berlin. Eine erste Demoaufnahme mit vier Liedern (Das alte Leid, Seemann, Weißes Fleisch und Rammstein) nahmen sie am 19. Februar 1994 für den Berliner Senatswettbewerb für junge Bands auf. Diese Lieder unterschieden sich aber von den gleichnamigen Liedern, die auf Herzeleid, dem Debütalbum der Band, zu hören sind. Bei diesem Wettbewerb gewannen sie eine einwöchige Aufnahmesitzung in einem Tonstudio.
Kurz darauf stieg als zweiter Gitarrist Paul Landers von der Band Feeling B mit ein, der bei den einwöchigen Aufnahmen bereits mitgespielt hatte. Wunschkandidat als Keyboarder war Flake Lorenz, der in derselben Gruppe wie Paul Landers spielte. Dieser zeigte zuerst Abneigung gegen die neue Band, erklärte sich später aber zur Zusammenarbeit bereit.
Zunächst spielte Rammstein auf Konzerten mit wenig Publikum und in Clubs. Der erste Auftritt fand am 14. April 1994 in der für ihr alternatives Programm bekannten Leipziger Kultureinrichtung NaTo vor 15 Besuchern statt.
1994 begann die Zusammenarbeit mit Manager Emanuel Fialik und seinem Unternehmen Pilgrim Management, welches die Band Ende des Jahres bei Motor Music vorstellte, die mit Rammstein Anfang 1995 einen Plattenvertrag abschloss.
1995 debütierte Rammstein mit dem Album Herzeleid, das auf Platz 99 der deutschen Albencharts einstieg. Anschließend tourte Rammstein als Vorgruppe der Cottbuser Band Sandow und später mit Project Pitchfork durch Deutschland und trat als Vorgruppe der schwedischen Crossover-Band Clawfinger in Warschau und Prag auf. Danach folgte die erste, 17 Konzerte umfassende Deutschlandtour als Headliner. Zudem traten sie als Vorband der Ramones auf.
Das zweite Album Sehnsucht stieg dagegen in die Top Ten der deutschen, österreichischen und schweizerischen Albumcharts ein. Infolgedessen erreichte auch Herzeleid höhere Chartplatzierungen als im Erscheinungsjahr. Alle seitdem veröffentlichten Studioalben der Band erreichten in Österreich und Deutschland die Spitze der Charts.
Die entsprechende Tour im Jahr 1997 führte durch den deutschsprachigen Raum und ganz Europa. Des Weiteren trat Rammstein zum ersten Mal in den USA auf, wo sie zwei Klubkonzerte im Rahmen des „CMJ-Festivals“ in New York City gaben und als Support der Band KMFDM auftraten.
Im selben Jahr erfuhr Rammstein durch die Verwendung zweier Lieder (Rammstein und Heirate mich) in dem Soundtrack des Films Lost Highway von David Lynch internationale Aufmerksamkeit.
Die erste Headlinertour durch die USA fand im folgenden Jahr statt. Auftritte hatten sie auch bei Open-Air Konzerten unter anderen bei Rock am Ring. Konzerte mit Korn und Limp Bizkit führten sie im Rahmen der „Family Values Tour“ abermals in die Vereinigten Staaten. Beim Konzert auf der Parkbühne in der Berliner Wuhlheide am 23. August 1998 wurde das Album Live aus Berlin aufgenommen, das 1999 erschien. Außerdem präsentierte die Band das Lied Du hast bei den MTV Europe Music Awards 1998 in Mailand.
1999 tourten sie als Support von KISS durch Süd- und Mittelamerika. Eine Tour durch Nordamerika mit Soulfly als Vorgruppe folgte.
Im Jahr 2001 – vier Jahre nach ihrem letzten Studioalbum – wurde Mutter veröffentlicht. Bei der „Pledge of Allegiance Tour“ im selben Jahr trat Rammstein unter anderem mit Slipknot und System of a Down auf. Gitarrist Paul Landers fiel für zwei Konzerte aus, da er wegen eines Krankheitsfalls in der Familie zwischenzeitlich nach Deutschland zurückkehrte. Einen Abend spielte Rammstein zu fünft, am Abend darauf ersetzte Daron Malakian von System of a Down Landers. Rammstein brach die Tour danach komplett ab.
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Rammstein trat 2003 weder bei Festivals auf noch bei sonstigen Veranstaltungen, ging aber 2004 und 2005 mit dem neuen Album Reise, Reise auf Welttournee. Außerdem führte Rammstein das Lied Keine Lust bei der Echoverleihung 2005 auf, bei der die Gruppe den Preis in der Kategorie „Bester Live-Act“ gewann. Bei den Konzerten dieser Tour wurde die DVD Völkerball aufgenommen, die aber erst Ende 2006 erschien.
2004 erhielten die Dresdner Sinfoniker unter Leitung von Torsten Rasch den Klassik-Echo für ihren Liederzyklus Mein Herz brennt, in dem sie Texte von Rammstein verwendeten. Produziert wurde das Projekt von Sven Helbig, der seitdem auch an den folgenden Alben von Rammstein als Produzent mitwirkte.
Am 28. Oktober des anschließenden Jahres veröffentlichte die Band das Album Rosenrot, zu dem aber keine Konzerte gegeben wurden.[Quelle? 1] Manche der auf dem Album enthaltenen Lieder waren bereits während der Arbeiten zum Vorgängeralbum Reise, Reise geschrieben worden.
Für das Jahr 2006 legte Rammstein eine Schaffens- und Auftrittspause ein. Ab Mai 2007 arbeitete die Band an einem neuen Studioalbum.
Am 3. November 2008 wurde bekannt gegeben, dass die Band die Vorproduktion zum sechsten Album in Berlin fertiggestellt hatte. Die Schlagzeugtracks wurden von Christoph Schneider, gemeinsam mit dem Produzententeam um Jacob Hellner, im Henson Studio in Los Angeles Anfang November aufgenommen. Am 9. November begann dann die gesamte Band gemeinsam in einem angemieteten Studio in der Nähe von San Francisco das sechste Album aufzunehmen. Die erste Singleauskopplung Pussy erschien am 18. September 2009, das Album Liebe ist für alle da am 16. Oktober. Der bereits am 15. Juli 2009 im Internet aufgetauchte gleichnamige Albumtitel führte dazu, dass zwei große Fanseiten temporär vom Netz genommen wurden.
Im November 2010 tauchte, ähnlich wie schon bei Liebe ist für alle da, ein bisher unveröffentlichter Rammstein-Song mit dem Titel Eisenmann im Internet auf. Es ist höchstwahrscheinlich die Demo-Version eines nie veröffentlichten Liedes aus der Rosenrot-Zeit.
Der erste Auftritt seit zehn Jahren in den USA fand am 11. Dezember 2010 im Rahmen der Liebe ist für alle da Tour im Madison Square Garden in New York statt. Alle Tickets waren in weniger als 30 Minuten ausverkauft.
Am 2. Dezember 2011 erschien ein Best-of-Album mit dem Titel Made in Germany 1995–2011. Das Album enthält einen neuen Song sowie alle Videos auf DVD. Außerdem wurden alle alten Songs remastered. Bereits am 11. November erschien die Single Mein Land, die einen weiteren neuen Song enthält. Für das Video zu Mein Land gewann die Band den Loudwire Music Award für das Beste Musikvideo des Jahres 2011.
Am 22. März 2012 trat Rammstein im Duett mit Marilyn Manson bei der Echoverleihung 2012 auf und spielte den Manson-Song The Beautiful People.
Beim Wacken Open Air-Metalfestival 2013 trat Heino am 1. August als Überraschungsgast auf und spielte gemeinsam mit Rammstein den Song Sonne.

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Name: Rose Royce
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Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B group. They are best known for several hit singles during the 1970s including "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," "I'm Going Down", "Wishing on a Star", and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore".

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Name: Funkadelic
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The group that would become Funkadelic was originally formed by George Clinton in 1964, as the unnamed musical backing for his doo wop group The Parliaments while on tour. The band originally consisted of musicians Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce, and Langston Booth plus the five members of the Parliaments on vocals. Boyce, Boyce, and Booth enlisted in the Army in 1966, and Clinton recruited bassist Billy Bass Nelson and guitarist Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also added guitarist Tawl Ross and drummer Tiki Fulwood. The band name "Funkadelic" was coined by Nelson after the band relocated to Detroit. By 1968, because of a dispute with Revilot, the record company that owned the name "The Parliaments," the ensemble began playing under the name Funkadelic.

As Funkadelic, the group signed to Westbound in 1968. Around this time, the group's music evolved from soul and doo wop into a harder guitar-driven mix of psychedelic rock, soul and funk, much influenced by the popular musical (and political) movements of the time. Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone were major inspirations. This style later evolved into a tighter guitar-based funk (circa 1971-75), which subsequently, during the height of Parliament-Funkadelic success (circa 1976-81), added elements of R&B and electronic music, with fewer psychedelic rock elements.

The group's self-titled debut album, Funkadelic, was released in 1970. The credits listed organist Mickey Atkins plus Clinton, Fulwood, Hazel, Nelson, and Ross. The recording also included the rest of the Parliaments singers (still uncredited due to contractual concerns), several uncredited session musicians then employed by Motown, as well as Ray Monette (of Rare Earth) and future P-Funk mainstay Bernie Worrell.

Bernie Worrell was officially credited starting with Funkadelic's second album, 1970s Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow, thus beginning a long working relationship between Worrell and Clinton. The album Maggot Brain followed in 1971. The first three Funkadelic albums displayed strong psychedelic influences (not least in terms of production) and limited commercial potential, despite containing many songs that stayed in the band's setlist for several years and would influence many future funk, rock, and hip hop artists.

After the release of Maggot Brain, the Funkadelic lineup was expanded greatly. Tawl Ross was unavailable after experiencing either a bad LSD trip or a speed overdose, while Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel quit due to financial concerns. From this point, many more musicians and singers would be added during Funkadelic's (and Parliament's) history, including the recruitment of several members of the famous James Brown backing band The JB's in 1972 - most notably Bootsy Collins and the Horny Horns. Bootsy and his brother Catfish Collins were recruited by Clinton to replace the departed Nelson and Hazel. Bootsy in particular become a major contributor to the P-Funk sound. In 1972, this new line-up released the politically charged double album America Eats Its Young. The lineup stabilized a bit with the album Cosmic Slop in 1973, featuring major contributions from recently added singer-guitarist Garry Shider. After first leaving the band, Eddie Hazel spent a year in jail for drug possession and assault, then returned to make major contributions to the 1974 album Standing on the Verge of Getting It On. Hazel only contributed to P-Funk sporadically thereafter.

George Clinton revived Parliament in 1974 and signed that act to Casablanca Records. Parliament and Funkadelic featured mostly the same stable of personnel but operated concurrently under two names. At first, Parliament was designated as a more mainstream funk ensemble dominated by soulful vocals and horn arrangements, while Funkadelic was designated as a more experimental and freestyle guitar-based funk band. The ensemble usually toured under the combined name Parliament-Funkadelic or simply P-Funk (which also became the catch-all term for George Clinton's rapidly growing stable of funk artists).

In 1975 Michael Hampton, a teen guitar prodigy, replaced Hazel as the premier lead guitarist in Parliament-Funkadelic, and was a major contributor to the next several Funkadelic albums. Funkadelic left Westbound in 1976 and moved to Warner Brothers. Their first album for Warner was Hardcore Jollies in 1976. Just before leaving Westbound, Clinton provided that label with a collection of recently recorded outtakes, which Westbound released as the album Tales of Kidd Funkadelic. That album did significantly better commercially than Hardcore Jollies and included "Undisco Kidd", an R&B Top 30 single. In 1977, Westbound capitalized further by releasing the anthology The Best of the Early Years.

As Parliament began achieving significant mainstream success in the 1975-1978 period, Funkadelic recorded and released its most successful and influential album, One Nation Under a Groove in 1978, adding former Ohio Players keyboardist Walter "Junie" Morrison and reflecting a more melodic dance-based sound. The title track spent six weeks at #1 on the R&B charts, around the time that Parliament was enjoying the #1 R&B singles "Flash Light" and "Aqua Boogie". Uncle Jam Wants You in 1979 continued Funkadelic's new more electronic sound production. The album contains the fifteen-minute "(Not Just) Knee Deep" featuring former Spinners lead singer Philippé Wynne, an edited version of which topped the R&B charts. The final official Funkadelic album, The Electric Spanking of War Babies, was released in 1981. The release was originally a double-album project, but it was reduced to a single disc under pressure from Warner Brothers. Some of the deleted tracks would appear on future P-Funk releases, most notably the 1982 hit single "Atomic Dog" which appeared on the first George Clinton solo album.

Meanwhile, the album Connections & Disconnections (re-issued on CD as Who's a Funkadelic) was released under the name Funkadelic in 1981. The album was recorded by former Funkadelic members and original Parliaments Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas, who had left P-Funk in 1977 after disagreements with George Clinton's management practices. This LP, notable for its heavy use of Thomas "Pae-dog" McEvoy's jazz horn, contains the track called "You'll Like It Too", which came a very popular breakbeat source for the Hip hop community in the 80s. Another rebellious former band member, drummer Jerome Brailey, released the album Mutiny on the Mamaship, by his new band Mutiny. Even Clinton himself found this to be a good album despite containing lyrics that mocked him and his management of the P-Funk enterprise.

In the early 1980s, with legal difficulties arising from the multiple names used by multiple groups, as well as a shakeup at Parliament's record label, George Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as recording and touring entities. However, many of the musicians in later versions of the two groups remained employed by Clinton. Clinton continued to release new albums regularly, sometimes under his own name and sometimes under the name George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars. In the mid-1980s, the last Funkadelic album By Way Of The Drum was recorded by Clinton with P-Funk personnel and many electronic devices. The album was rejected by its record label and did not see official release in America until it appeared as a reissue in 2007. It features a cover of "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream. The album did not receive any publicity, but still received favorable reviews.

Clinton continued his P-Funk collective in the 1990s and 2000s, with a revolving stable of musicians, some of whom remain from the classic lineups of Funkadelic and Parliament. The rock-oriented sound of Funkadelic has diminished, as Clinton has moved towards more of an R&B and hip hop sound. In 1997 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Filmmaker Yvonne Smith of New York City-based Brazen Hussy productions produced Parliament-Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove, a full-length documentary about the groundbreaking group, which aired on PBS in 2005. As of 2008, Clinton was at work on a new Funkadelic album for his new record label. In November 2008, Westbound Records released Toys, a collection of Funkadelic outtakes and demos from the Free Your Mind and America Eats Its Young era. Critical reception of the album has generally been positive. In April 2013, the band released their first single in over 25 years when they released "The Naz". The song is a collaboration with Sly Stone and tells the story of Jesus Christ. The B-side to the song is "Nuclear Dog" which is guitar solo by former P-Funk guitarist Dewayne "Blackbird" McKnight.

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Name: Klaxons
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Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize. After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide (including the NME Indie Rave Tour) during late 2006-2007, the band started working on their follow-up album in July 2007. Klaxons' second album, Surfing the Void, was released on 23 August 2010.

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Name: Koop
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Koop is an electronic jazz duo from Sweden, consisting of Oscar Simonsson and Magnus Zingmark. 
Koop won a Swedish Grammy Award in 2003 for the album "Waltz for Koop", and received a Gold certification for sales of their most recent album, Koop Islands. Their orchestrated sound is achieved by slowly putting together thousands of small clips from records until the songs are ready, which helps explain the long time it takes to make a Koop album. Vocals have been provided by singers such as Ane Brun, Yukimi Nagano, Hilde Louise Asbjornsen, Rob Gallagher and Mikael Sundin.
In 2007, their song "Koop Island Blues" was featured in a trailer for the videogame World in Conflict called "Destruction Blues". It was later featured as the loading screen music in game. In 2009, it made its return in World in Conflict: Soviet Assault trailer called "Destruction Blues II". In 2009, "Koop Island Blues" was featured in American TV show So You Think You Can Dance. The song 'Strange Love' was also featured in a commercial for Coca Cola. Also in the same year, their song "Koop Island Blues" was featured as the intro music for the videogame The Saboteur released by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2009.

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Name: Scanners
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Scanners are an alternative band from London, England formed around 2004.The band was initially formed by Matthew Mole (vocals, guitar, synthesizer) and Sarah Daly (vocals, bass guitar, violin) around 2004, who after writing songs together played their early gigs backed by a drum machine. The line-up was later expanded with the addition of Amina Bates (guitar, keyboards, background vocals), and Tom Hutt (drums). Signed by label owner and DJ Steve Aoki to his indie label Dim Mak. They have supported The Horrors, Devo, The Mystery Jets, The Charlatans UK, Silversun Pickups, The Wedding Present, Electric Six, Juliette and the Licks and Forward Russia. Their debut album is titled Violence Is Golden and was released on US label Dim Mak Records in 2006, and saw them hailed as "a contender for this summer’s best new act" by Aversion. They have toured the United Kingdom, Europe and North America (including a show as part of the SXSW festival). They have been blogged by Perez Hilton with the title “Perez Pushes The Scanners”. and in April 2007 they appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly to perform their single "Lowlife". They also headlined the Les 3 Elefants Festival after Air in France. In October 2007 they recorded a live session for XFM, with another in January 2008. Violence is Golden was released in the UK on the 22 February 2008 (on Dim Mak/Influx records) and Dim Mak also released an EP of remixes of "Bombs" with work from A-Trak, LA Riots, The Teenagers and Uffie, and others on 22 January 2008. Their second album 'Submarine' was released in 2010 to a warm critical reception. 'Salvation' and 'Baby blue' reached a wide audience through their use in TV shows. Scanners third album 'Love is Symmetry' was released in 2012 on Dim Mak and Unterschaften records. They will be touring the States and Europe throughout 2013.

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Name: Steppenwolf
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Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1963 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The Sparrows, formed by John Kay in the early 60s, of which only Moreve was not a member.
The band has sold more than 25 million records worldwide, releasing eight gold albums and twelve Billboard Hot 100 singles of which six were Top 40 hits, including three Top 10 successes: "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me". Steppenwolf enjoyed worldwide success from 1968 to 1974, but clashing personalities led to the end of the core lineup. Today, frontman John Kay is the only original member left, having served as lead singer for more than 40 years since 1963. The name-change from The Sparrows to Steppenwolf was suggested to John Kay by Gabriel Mekler, being inspired by Hermann Hesse's novel of the same name. Steppenwolf's first two singles were "A Girl I Knew" and "Sookie Sookie". The band finally rocketed to worldwide fame after their third single "Born to Be Wild" was released in 1968, as well as their version of Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher" and were prominently used in the 1969 cult film Easy Rider (both titles originally had been released on the band's debut album). In the movie, "The Pusher" accompanies a drug deal, and Peter Fonda stuffing dollar bills into his Stars & Stripes-clad fuel tank, after which "Born to Be Wild" is heard in the opening credits, with Fonda and Dennis Hopper riding their Harley choppers through the American West. The song, which has been closely associated with motorcycles ever since, introduced to rock lyrics the signature term "heavy metal" (though not about a kind of music, but about a motorcycle: "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder, racin' with the wind..."). Written by Dennis Edmonton, who had begun using the pen name Mars Bonfire, the song had already reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1968. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
The following albums had several more hit singles, including "Magic Carpet Ride" (which reached No. 3) from Steppenwolf The Second and "Rock Me Baby" (with its bridge lasting 1:06, which reached No. 10) from At Your Birthday Party. It also sold in excess of one million units. Monster, which questioned US policy of the Nixon era, and Steppenwolf 7 were the band's most political albums, which included the song "Snowblind Friend", another Axton-penned song, about the era and attitudes of drugs and its problems. Other hits included Hey Lawdy Mama and Willie Dixon's Hootchie Kootchie Man.
There were several changes in the group's personnel after the first few years. Moreve was fired from the group in 1968 for missing gigs after he became afraid to return to Los Angeles, convinced that it was going to be leveled by an earthquake and fall into the sea. Rob Black filled in for Moreve until former fellow-Sparrow Nick St. Nicholas came aboard. Monarch quit after disagreements with Kay the next year year and was replaced by Larry Byrom, who'd been in TIME with St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas' tenure with the group proved to be brief and he was let go in 1970 after incurring Kay's wrath by showing up onstage in a bunny suit, and playing his bass loudly and out of tune. The above tales were related by Kay in his 1994 autobiography Magic Carpet Ride (co-written with Canadian author John Einarson). George Biondo was then recruited and guitarist Kent Henry replaced Byrom in 1971.
The band broke up in 1972 following the release of another political concept album, For Ladies Only, and Kay went on to an inconsistent solo career, scoring a minor solo hit in 1972 with "I'm Movin' On" from his album Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes.
Kay toured Europe as The John Kay Band in 1972 with Steppenwolf also on the bill, Kay fronting both groups.

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Name: Stone Roses
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The Stone Roses are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's most successful lineup consists of vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani, and drummer Reni.
The band released their debut album, The Stone Roses, in 1989. The album was a breakthrough success for the band and garnered critical acclaim, with many critics regarding it as one of the greatest British albums ever recorded. At this time the group decided to capitalise on their success by signing to a major label. Their current record label, Silvertone, would not let them out of their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with the band signing with Geffen Records in 1991. The Stone Roses then released their second album, Second Coming, which was met with lacklustre reviews in 1994. The group soon disbanded after several lineup changes throughout the supporting tour, which began with Reni first departing in late 1995, followed by Squire in April 1996. Brown and Mani dissolved the remains of the group in October 1996 following their appearance at the Reading Festival.
Following much intensified media speculation, The Stone Roses called a press conference on 18 October 2011 to announce that the band had reunited and would perform a reunion tour of the world in 2012, including three homecoming shows in Heaton Park, Manchester. Plans to record a third album in the future were also floated. In June 2012, Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set during the Stone Roses 1990 Spike Island show, revealed that the band "have at least three or four new tracks recorded". In June 2013, a documentary about the band's reformation directed by Shane Meadows and titled The Stone Roses: Made of Stone was released.

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Name: The Cure
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The Cure ist eine englische Pop-/Rock-/Wave-/Gothic-Band, die 1976 im südenglischen Crawley als Malice gegründet wurde. Zunächst spielte Robert Smith nur Gitarre. Nach dem Ausstieg einiger Mitglieder benannte sich die Band 1977 zunächst in Easy Cure und 1978 schließlich in The Cure um. Seit diesem Zeitpunkt fungiert Robert Smith, der mit seinen toupierten Haaren und seinem geschminkten Gesicht zur Identifikationsfigur der Gruppe wurde, als Bandleader, Komponist und Sänger. Er ist außerdem das einzig dauerhafte Mitglied.

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Name: Ronnie Lane
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Ronnie Lane (1 April 1946 - 4 June 1997) was an English singer, songwriter and bass player (nicknamed "Plonk") best known for his membership in two prominent English rock bands, Small Faces (1965-69) and Faces (1970-75). He quit Faces in 1973 and formed his own band, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, in 1973 to record the hit single "How Come" (UK No. 11) and "The Poacher", then the album Anymore for Anymore, showcasing his own blend of British rock music, folk, and country music. After initial success with the singles, he commenced a tour called "the Passing Show", touring the UK as a carnival, complete with tents, barkers, etc. Viv Stanshall, from the The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, was a short-lived ringmaster (of sorts). Lane moved to Island Records and issued Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance and One For The Road. In late 1976, he joined a short-lived reformation of the Small Faces, but quit after two rehearsals, to be replaced by Rick Wills (who currently plays alongside the former Small Faces drummer, Kenney Jones, in The Jones Gang). However, since Lane had already signed a contract with Atlantic Records as part of the reformed Small Faces, Atlantic informed him that he owed them an album. Pete Townshend recorded an album with Lane, titled Rough Mix, which was released in 1977. Rough Mix was lauded as contender for best album of the year by many critics, but the label did not promote it, and sales were thereby lacklustre. Rough Mix not only left Lane out of debt to the label, but it cemented his credentials as an unsung hero.[citation needed] During the recording of Rough Mix, Lane was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (his mother had also suffered, and died, from the disease). Nonetheless, he toured, wrote, and recorded (with Eric Clapton, among many others) and managed to release yet another album, See Me, which features several songs written by Lane and Clapton. In 1983, his girlfriend, Boo Oldfield, contacted record producer Glyn Johns in the hopes of getting a concert going to help fund Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis, a London-based organization. Johns was already arranging Clapton's Command Performance for Prince Charles, so they decided to book the Albert Hall for another couple of nights and hold a benefit. The resulting A.R.M.S. Concerts featured Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Kenney Jones, Andy Fairweather-Low, and more. With the addition of Joe Cocker and Paul Rodgers, they toured the U.S. It was during this time that Rodgers and Page started the band, The Firm.  Move to Texas Lane moved to Texas in 1984, where the climate was more beneficial to his health, and continued playing, writing, and recording. He formed an American version of Slim Chance, which was, as always, a loose-knit conglomeration of available musicians. For much of the time, membership included Alejandro Escovedo. For close to a decade, Lane enjoyed his rock royalty status in the Austin area, and even toured Japan. Still, his health continued to decline, and his last performance was in 1992 at a Ron Wood gig. Also in the band that night was Ian McLagan. In 1994, Ronnie and his last wife, Susan, moved to the small town of Trinidad, Colorado. Jimmy Page and Rod Stewart generously continued to donate money for his medical care because there were yet no royalties from Small Faces' work. Through the efforts of Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan, the Small Faces were eventually able to secure ongoing royalty payments. By then, however, Steve Marriott had died in a house fire, and on June 4, 1997, Lane had succumbed to pneumonia. In 2000, Paul Weller recorded "He's the Keeper", a song dedicated to Lane's memory. An album of live BBC recordings was about to be released to raise money for his care when Lane died. An album of live and in-studio recordings from Lane's Austin days was later culled, and released as Live in Austin. The place where he was born, Plaistow (in East London) named a street after him, fittingly called "Ronnie Lane", in 2001. In January, 2006, BBC Four debuted an extensive documentary about Lane, which had been in the works since 2000. They also aired vintage concerts by the Faces and Slim Chance. In October 2006 the documentary was also shown on BBC Two.

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Name: The Runaways
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The Runaways were an American all-female hard rock band (1975-1979) 

The group, assisted by producer Kim Fowley, consisted initially of singer/guitarist Joan Jett, bassist Michael Steele and drummer Sandy West. Steele left the band after only a few months in 1975 (and later joined The Bangles) She was replaced by a succession of bass players over the run of the group, including Peggy Foster, Jackie Fox, Vicki Blue, and Laurie McAllister. Lita Ford signed on within the first year of the band as lead guitarist after initially auditioning for bass. Cherie Currie joined as lead vocalist. Jackie Fox left the group in 1977, during the Japanese tour. Shortly after the band returned to the US, Cherie Currie left the Runaways and Joan Jett took over as lead vocalist. 

Disagreement between band members included the musical style; Joan Jett wanted the band to take a musical change, shifting towards punk rock/glam rock while Lita Ford, backed by drummer Sandy West, wanted to continue playing hard rock/heavy metal music. Neither would accept the other's point of view. The Runaways played their last ever concert on New Year's Eve, 1978 at the Cow Palace near San Francisco and officially broke up in April 1979. 

In 1987, Kim Fowley still owned the rights to the Runaways name and brought an entirely new group of girls together to record an album. This incarnation consisted of Gayle Welch, Missy Bonilla, Denise Pryor and Kathrine Dombrowski. They only released one album together, Young And Fast, and disbanded soon after its release.

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Name: Tony Bennett
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Tony Bennett (* 3. August 1926 in New York City; eigentlich Anthony Dominick Benedetto) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazzsänger und Entertainer. Er gehört zu den populärsten Künstlern der USA, gewann 19 Grammys und verkaufte über 50 Millionen Tonträger. Mit Titeln wie I Left My Heart in San Francisco wurde er auch international bekannt. Durch Neuaufnahmen bekannter Lieder und Zusammenarbeiten mit jüngeren Künstlern erweiterte Bennett sein Publikum ab den 1980er-Jahren nochmals.

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Name: Leon haywood
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Leon Haywood (born 11 February 1942, in Houston, Texas) is an American funk and soul singer, best known for his song "I Want a Do Something Freaky To You". The song was sampled on two of Dr. Dre's singles, "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" and "The Wash". The song was also sampled on the Redman track "Rockafella", on Redman's Muddy Waters Album.    Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Haywood

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Name: Eric Clapton
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"Der Blues", hat Eric Clapton einmal gesagt, "hat mich mein Leben lang inspiriert und mir immer wieder Kraft gegeben, mit den Unzulänglichkeiten des Alltags fertig zu werden."

Eric Patrick Clapton, geboren am 30. März 1945 in Ripley in der englischen Grafschaft Surrey, wächst bei seinen Großeltern auf. Seine Begeisterung für echten amerikanischen Blues und die Bewunderung der Platten farbiger amerikanischer Künstler wie Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters und vor allem Robert Johnson, dem legendären Sänger aus Mississippi, beeinflussen ihn und seine Musik stark.

Ab 1963 versucht sich Clapton in zahlreichen kleinen Rhythm And Blues-Bands, bevor er 1964 den Yardbirds beitritt. Seine ersten Aufnahmen folgen: "Five Live Yardbirds", "Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds" und die Single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl". In dieser Periode erwirbt Clapton seinen Spitznamen "Slowhand". Da er seine ernsthafte Erforschung des "American Blues" bei den nun eher kommerziellen Yardbirds ("For your Love") nicht weiter betreiben möchte, verlässt Clapton nach den ersten Erfolgen die Band.

Im April 1965 tritt er in John Mayalls Begleiband The Bluesbreakers ein. Mit dieser Gruppe entsteht "John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton". Nach dem Motto "Clapton is god" erreicht das Album Platz sechs der britischen Pop-Charts. Anschließend trennt er sich auch von dieser Band, um 1966 Cream zu gründen. Es folgen viele Auftritte in den Vereinigten Staaten und drei Alben, die die Band in der ganzen Welt berühmt machen und sie auf eine Stufe mit den Rolling Stones und den Beatles heben. Egoismus auf allen Seiten treibt die Band schließlich dazu, sich aufzulösen.

1968 gründet Clapton Blind Faith, eine Supergroup, die nach nur einem Album wieder auseinander geht. Mit Derek and the Dominos nimmt Clapton 1970 "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" auf, das George Harrisons Frau gewidmet ist. Nach der Erstellung des zweiten Albums lösen Blind Faith endgültig auf, für Clapton beginnt eine der schwersten Phase in seinem Leben. Der Erfolgsdruck wird immer größer, das Layla-Album floppt, er verfällt dem Heroin. Mit Unterstützung seiner damaligen Freundin Alice Ormsby Gore schafft er 1973 ein Comeback mit einem Konzert im Londoner Rainbow Theater.

1974 veröffentlicht er "461 Ocean Boulevard", bevor er dem Alkohol zuspricht. Diese Sucht dauert 13 Jahre an. Im Dezember 1981 fängt Clapton endlich mit einer Entziehungskur an, nachdem er zum Schluss so pleite ist, dass er beinahe seine Gitarren verkaufen muss.

Es folgen weitere Schicksalsschläge. Am 26. August 1990 sterben drei gute alte Freunde bei einem tragischen Hubschrauberabsturz, unter ihnen Stevie Ray Vaughan. Ein knappes Jahr später steht Clapton kurz vor einem Rückfall, als sein Sohn Conor bei einem Sturz aus dem 53. Stock eines New Yorker Hochhauses ums Leben kommt. Seine Trauer verarbeitet er im Song "Tears in Heaven", der 1992 auf der Werkschau "Unplugged" veröffentlicht und zu einem Megaerfolg wird. Mit dem darauf folgenden Album "From The Cradle" (1994) kehrt Clapton zu seinen alten Blues-Wurzeln zurück.

Gekennzeichnet von seinen eigenen Suchterfahrungen eröffnet er 1998 die Drogenklinik Crossroads Centre auf der karibischen Insel Antigua, um einheimischen und fremden Süchtigen eine Chance auf einen Neuanfang zu bieten. Im selben Jahr veröffentlicht Clapton das Album "Pilgrim", das den Prozess der eigenen Erleuchtung musikalisch nachzuvollziehen versucht.

Zur dieser Zeit ist er kaum noch auf der Bühne zu sehen, da er seine Arbeit mit den Drogenabhängigen intensivieren möchte. Wer seine Musik vermisst, ist auf Konserve angewiesen. Nach einem Best Of-Album 1999, das lediglich zwei neue Songs enthält, erscheint 2000 "Riding With The King", eine mit Veteran B.B. King eingespielte Sammlung klassischer und zeitgenössischer Bluessongs, und 2001 das zwiespältige "Reptile". Immerhin erscheint 2002 ein sehr empfehlenswertes Live-Doppelalbum (auch auf DVD), das bereits im Vorjahr auf einem der seltenen Gigs Claptons in Los Angeles aufgezeichnet wurde.

Noch vor seinem sechzigsten Geburtstag tritt Clapton wieder in eine neue Schaffensphase ein. 2004 erscheint eine äußerst lebhafte Würdigung Robert Johnsons, bald darauf der DVD-Mitschnitt vom "Crossroads Guitar Festival" zugunsten seiner Drogen-Klinik. Auch die Zeit nach dem Geburtstag ist schon verplant: Im Mai desselben Jahres treten Clapton, Bruce und Baker wieder gemeinsam als Cream auf. Gleich vier Abende sind für die Legende in der Londoner Royal Albert Hall reserviert - die Tickets sind innerhalb von zwei Stunden vergriffen.

Es geht munter weiter. Auf "Back Home" (2005) vermischt Clapton wieder Blues und Pop, 2006 huldigt er einem weiteren Vorbild: Mit J.J. Cale veröffentlicht er das Album "The Road To Escondido". Im Oktober 2007 erscheint mit "Complete Clapton" die erste Best Of, die alle Schaffensphasen des Musikers abdeckt.

Ebenfalls 2007 erscheint im November eine von Christopher Simon Sykes mitverfasste Autobiographie, die in Deutschland unter dem Titel "Eric Clapton - Mein Leben" bei Kiepenheuer & Witsch verlegt ist. Das Werk ist auch als mit fünf CDs ausgestattetes Hörbuch zu erhalten. Als Erzähler fungiert der Schauspieler August Zirner.

Pünktlich zu Weihnachten kommt die DVD "Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007" auf den Markt. Beim zweiten Benefizkonzert treten unter anderen B.B. King, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow und Jeff Beck auf. Es kommt zu einer weiteren Reunion: Nach 25 Jahren steht Clapton wieder mit Steve Winwood, mit dem er bei Blind Faith gespielt hatte, auf der Bühne. Als Duo geben sie Ende Februar 2008 drei Konzerte im New Yorker Madison Square Garden.

Eric Clapton weiß, was er kann und er muss keinem mehr etwas beweisen. Doch vom Ruhestand ist die "Slowhand" weit entfernt: "Ich drehe komplett durch, wenn ich länger als zehn Tage an einem Ort bin. Ich halt's nicht aus, ich muss dann weiter", sagt Eric Clapton. Nach der Veröffentlichung des selbstbetitelten achtzehnten Studioalbums im Jahr 2011, folgt ein Jahr später die Wynton Marsalis-Kooperation "Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center", ehe Clapton im Jahr 2012 Größen wie Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood und J.J. Cale um sich schart und alte Blues-Originale neu interpretiert ("Old Sock"). Abermals beeindruckt der Veteran mit versiertem Fingerspiel: "Mein Geheimnis? Es lautet: Mach es kurz! Fang pünktlich an mit deinem Solo und hör' rechtzeitig wieder auf!"

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Name: Duffy
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Duffy (born 23 June 1984 as Amie Ann Duffy) is a Welsh singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Gwynedd, Wales, she was introduced to Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade Records, which led to her signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 2007.
Following the release of the singles "Rockferry" (2007) and "Mercy" (2008), the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her 2008 debut album Rockferry. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and became the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since 1983, while Rockferry was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album amongst further nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, she won three Brit Awards for British Breakthrough, Best British Female and Best British Album.
In 2010, Duffy released her second album Endlessly. Following its relative critical and commercial failure, in February 2011, Duffy announced she would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album, and made her acting debut in the film Patagonia. She has since appeared in, and contributed music to, the films Secret Love and Legend (both 2015), in the latter playing American singer Timi Yuro.

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Name: Far East Movement
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Far East Movement (stylized as Far★East Movement or abbreviated FM) is an Asian-American hip hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), J-Splif (Jae Choung), and DJ Virman (Virman Coquia). Far East Movement's first claim to fame was their song "Round Round" featured in the Hollywood movie, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and its subsequent soundtrack, video game and DVD.
Since "Round Round", the group has been featured on various network shows including CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Entourage, Gossip Girl, and Finishing the Game (a featured film at Sundance 2007). Their single "Like a G6" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and on iTunes as well in late October 2010. Far East Movement also has the distinction of being the first Asian-American group to earn a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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Name: Arthur Lee
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Arthur Lee (* 7. März 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee; † 3. August 2006 ebenda), eigentlich Arthur Lee Porter oder Arthur Taylor Porter, US-amerikanischer Rockmusiker, wurde bekannt als Frontmann, Songwriter und Multi-Instrumentalist der West-Coast Pop- und Rockband Love, die auch Elemente des frühen Psychedelic Rock integriert hat. 

In jungen Jahren zog Lee mit seiner Familie nach Los Angeles. Als Musiker bezog er seine Inspiration aus unterschiedlichsten Stilen. Er wurde oft mit Syd Barrett verglichen, der seinerseits gestand, dass Love ein bedeutender Einfluss für seine Band Pink Floyd war.

Im Jahr 1963 machte Lee mit der Band The LAG's seine erste Aufnahme. Der Song My Diary, aufgenommen von Rosa Lee Brooks, mit Jimi Hendrix als Gitarrist, wurde der erste von Lee geschriebene Hit. Auch andere Interpreten hatten mit Stücken aus Lees Feder Hits.

Zwei Jahre später änderte Lee den Namen seiner damaligen Gruppe The Grass Roots in Love, da es bereits eine andere Band mit dem gleichen Namen gab. Ihr drittes Album Forever Changes (1967) gilt als Pop-Rock-Klassiker. Auf ihrem zweiten Album befand sich der Titel Revelation, der eine ganze Plattenseite einnahm.

Im Jahr 1970 nahm Arthur Lee eine Jam-Session mit seinem Freund Jimi Hendrix auf, die allerdings nicht veröffentlicht wurde. 1972 erschien sein Soloalbum Vindicator.

Love war unterdessen an Drogenproblemen zerbrochen. Lee belebte die Band mehrfach wieder – so entstand im Jahr 1992 die Arthur Lee & Love-LP Five String Serenade mit dem gleichnamigen, ein Jahr später von auch Mazzy Star aufgenommenen Titelsong. Danach arbeitete er wieder solo. 1996 trat er eine achtjährige Haftstrafe wegen unerlaubten Waffenbesitzes an; im Dezember 2001 wurde er vorzeitig entlassen und begann wieder aufzutreten.

Arthur Lee starb am 3. August 2006 im Methodist University Hospital in Memphis an Leukämie. 
(Wikipedia)


Name: Mark Morrison
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Mark Morrison (born 3 May 1972) is an English R&B singer. His single, "Return of the Mack", became a number-one or Top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996. The song peaked at number 2 in the United States the following year.

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Name: Masta Ace Incorporated
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Masta Ace Incorporated was a Hip Hop crew formed by rapper Masta Ace. The group, also known as The I.N.C., included Eyceurokk (Eyce, Uneek and Rokkdiesel), Lord Digga, Paula Perry and R&B vocalist Leschea. Ace first gained notice in the rap world as a member of the legendary Juice Crew, and with the release of his acclaimed 1990 debut Take a Look Around, which featured an appearance from Eyceurokk. In 1992, Ace formed the I.N.C. crew and recorded their first group album, SlaughtaHouse, which was released in May 1993. Ace provided almost all of the rapping, with Lord Digga serving as the hype-man. Digga was also responsible for a bulk of the beats, producing five of the album's songs as part of the duo Bluez Brothers. Paula Perry was the main performer on the song "Who U Jackin'?", Leschea provided vocals for "Don't Fuck Around (Outro)", and Eyceurokk appeared on the tracks '"Slaughtahouse"' (as MC Negro), "Ain't U Da Masta" and "Saturday Nite Live". The album was highly acclaimed, but sold only moderately well. Some versions of SlaughtaHouse included the hidden bonus track, "Born to Roll", which became a huge hit in 1994, breaking into the Top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Eyceurokk split from the crew after SlaughtaHouse, leaving the group to four members.

In 1995, the crew released their second album, Sittin' On Chrome, which featured "Born to Roll", as well as two more Hot 100 hit singles, "The I.N.C. Ride" and "Sittin' on Chrome". The album, produced by Ace, Bluez Bruthas (Lord Digga and Witch Doctor), Uneek and Louie Vega, featured a sound Ace called "Brooklyn Bass Music". The album was also highly acclaimed, and sold better than SlaughtaHouse, but still wasn't able to push a strong amount of units. The crew split up in 1996, after Ace began having personal conflicts with Lord Digga and Paula Perry. Ace was largely missing from the scene until 2001, when he returned with his acclaimed solo album Disposable Arts. According to a 2006 interview on Prince Paul's XM Radio show, Ace stated that he and Lord Digga are finally speaking again, but Ace has yet to collaborate with either Digga or Paula Perry since the crew's break-up. However, he did work with Leschea on "Type I Hate" from his 2001 album, Disposable Arts and "Bklyn Masala" from his 2004 album, A Long Hot Summer.

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Name: Masta Ace
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Duval Clear (born December 4, 1966), known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is an American rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony". He is noted for his high level of rapping skill and for influencing other MCs, including Eminem.

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Name: Miss Kittin
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Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé) is an electro vocalist and DJ. She was born in Grenoble, France in 1973. At age 22 she began DJing, spinning records in France, Moscow and Chicago with Mike Dearborn. Soon after she met DJ Hell in Marseille who wanted her to record for his International DeeJay Gigolos label. She presented him with the EP Champagne that she recorded with The Hacker. Miss Kittin & The Hacker released First Album in 2001. Several tracks, such as 1982 and Frank Sinatra, became anthems of the electroclash scene.  Kittin expressed an interest in the visual arts - she studied both contemporary and graphic arts. As time progressed, however, Kittin found herself emulating her parents' musical tastes by developing an interest in musical genres ranging from classic, jazz, funk, and disco to English Pop. Finding her niche in Electronic Music in 1991, Kittin raved all around the country before doing her first mix in April of 1993. Her first set came one year later in 1994, at which time she started her career with Tekmics Booking Agency, playing in the famous Dragon Ball wild parties of Southern France.  In pursuit of other opportunities, Kittin left France in 1996 and relocated to Geneva, Switzerland, where she would join the Mental Groove Record Posse one year later. Through years of an exciting and mobile career as a DJ, Miss Kittin is confident with her own personal sound. She states, "I get quickly bored when I listen to the same sound. DJs have to take risks, without only thinking about what people want to hear. Some people say I'm too technical. That's true, but this technique also gives me the freedom to concentrate only on music."  She has become one of the most important figures in electroclash, working with Felix da Housecat, Chicks on Speed, and Golden Boy. In 2002, she released a techno music compilation under her own name (Miss Kittin On The Road). Her debut solo CD I Com has elements from different electronic styles and is more experimental than her previous records.  She collaborated with Sven Väth, Steve Bug, Ellen Allien (for remixes).  In 2006, she released Miss Kittin Live at Sonar, recorded at the famous electronic music festival Sonar at Barcelona. She plays her own tracks, among others tracks from Aphex Twin, Modeselektor, Boom Bip. 2006 also saw the release of a double-disc CD Miss Kittin: Bugged Out.  Two years in the making and almost four years since her debut album I Com, Miss Kittin announced her second album, BatBox for a February 2008 release. BatBox comprises thirteen original songs, all composed whilst touring throughout the world.

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Name: Morcheeba
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Morcheeba are a British band, mixing influences from trip hop, rock, R&B, and pop. They have produced 7 albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten.

At some point in the mid-1990s, the Godfrey brothers (DJ Paul Godfrey and multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey) recruited Skye Edwards as vocalist, during a chance meeting at a party in which both brothers were introduced to Edwards. This led to the formation of Morcheeba.

The band's debut album, Who Can You Trust? was released on China Records in April 1996 and fitted smoothly into the then-modish trip hop genre, with instrumentation based predominantly around Rhodes piano, electric guitar and DJ scratching, with the songs carried by Edwards' relaxed soul-styled vocals.

The follow-up, 1998's Big Calm, moved slightly away from trip-hop towards a more pop-oriented, song-based sound. This was exemplified by the band's remaking of "Moog Island" (a song from the previous album) in a more summery, upbeat style, with the new title of "The Music That We Hear". One of the album's singles, "The Sea", became a radio favourite. The album proved to be a big seller and ensured Morcheeba's success as a breakthrough act. In 1998, Morcheeba collaborated with Hubert Laws to record for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.

In 2000, Morcheeba released their third album, Fragments of Freedom. This repeated the sales success of Big Calm but received a less positive critical response. The band's fourth album, Charango, was released in 2002, and spawned several singles including "Otherwise," "Way Beyond," and "Undress Me Now" (the release of the latter was cancelled, despite the creation and release of an expensive, erotic Balinese-inspired CGI video). In an indication of what would follow, several tracks on the album did not feature Edwards, and were instead written with and sung by Lambchop's Kurt Wagner or by emcees Pace Won and Slick Rick.

In 2003, the Godfrey brothers dismissed Edwards from Morcheeba, citing musical (and some personal) differences. A greatest hits compilation, Parts of the Process, helped to sustain momentum and featured two new tracks - "What's Your Name" (featuring a rhyming cameo from Big Daddy Kane) and "I Can't Stand It." At around the same time, Morcheeba released the live DVD Morcheeba: From Brixton to Beijing.

In 2005 Morcheeba released their fifth studio (and first post-Skye Edwards) album, The Antidote. Daisy Martey (formerly of the band Noonday Underground) was recruited to replace Edwards as the album vocalist. However, Martey's period with the band was brief and she was sacked in the middle of the promotional tour, to be replaced by Jody Sternberg. Sternberg's own tenure with the band was similarly brief, and she only appears to have been part of the band to fulfil tour dates.

After a break of several years, Morcheeba released their sixth studio album, Dive Deep in February 2008. On this album, the Godfrey brothers emphasised their role as producers creating a set of instrumental tracks entirely sung by a roster of guest performers-cult folk-rock singer Judie Tzuke, Norwegian singer-songwriter and former Jaga Jazzist collaborator Thomas Dybdahl, blues singer/guitarist Bradley Burgess, Korean-American rapper Cool Calm Pete, and French singer Manda (Amanda Zamolo). Both Manda and Burgess toured with Morcheeba as lead singers on their 2008 tour.

On 12 February 2010, NME revealed that Edwards was once again working with the band. Edwards was due to make her live return with the band at the Caprices Festival, Switzerland on 9 April 2010. Paul Godfrey confirmed the news of Edwards' return in the blog section of Morcheeba's MySpace page on 13 February 2010.

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Name: Anthony Criss
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Anthony Criss, better known by his stage name Treach, is an American rapper and actor. He is best known as the lead rapper of the hip hop group Naughty by Nature.
With Naughty by Nature, Treach worked with fellow group members Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee. Sometimes he would share verses on songs with Vin Rock, but often, especially on the group's earlier albums, Treach would be the sole performer on the song. Examples of this are some of the group's most well known singles from their self titled second album, such as "O.P.P.," and "Ghetto Bastard".
Treach's chiseled physique has helped him land roles in crime films, television crime dramas and as a leading man in romance films, including a full frontal in the 2001 crime comedy Love and a Bullet.

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Name: Leo Nocentelli
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Name: Nazareth
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Nazareth sind eine schottische Hardrock-Band, die 1968 gegründet wurde, die mehrere Hits in Großbritannien in den frühen 1970er Jahren hatte, und gründete ein internationales Publikum mit ihren 1975er Album Hair of the Dog. Vielleicht ihre bekannteste Hit-Single war ein Cover der Ballade "Love Hurts", im Jahre 1975 von 2012, die Band weiterhin zu erfassen und Tour. Nazareth im Dezember 1968 in Dunfermline, Schottland gebildet, von den übrigen Mitgliedern der Halb professionellen lokalen Gruppe Die Shadettes (1961 gebildet) von Sänger Dan McCafferty, Manny Charlton Gitarrist (ex Mark V und der Roten Falken), Bassist Pete Agnew, und Schlagzeuger Darrell Süße. Sie nahmen ihren Namen von Nazareth, Pennsylvania, die in der ersten Zeile der Band-Klassiker Song "The Weight" zitiert wird ("Ich zog in Nazareth / War Feelin 'halb tot ..."). Nazareth-Cover-Version von "Java Blues" von der Band Bassist / Sänger Rick Danko und Emmett Grogan auf ihrer 1981 Live-Album Snaz. Die Band zog nach London, England im Jahr 1970, und veröffentlichten ihr gleichnamiges Debüt-Album im Jahr 1971 Nachdem ich einige Aufmerksamkeit mit ihrem zweiten Album Übungen, im Jahr 1972 veröffentlicht, unterstützt Nazareth Deep Purple auf Tour, und gab die Roger Glover produzierten Razamanaz, Anfang 1973 Diese Sammlung brachte zwei Top-Ten-Hits in Großbritannien, "Angel Broken Down" und "Bad Bad Boy" . Dies wurde durch lautes 'N' Ende 1973 stolze, was ein weiterer Hit-Single mit einem Cover von Joni Mitchells Song "This Flight Tonight" enthalten, gefolgt. Dann kam ein weiteres Album weit verbreitet, im Jahr 1974, die ebenso erfolgreich, obwohl seine einzige Single war ", Shanghai'ed in Shanghai", knapp die britischen Top 40. Ein Non-Album-Song, wieder eine Coverversion, diesmal von morgen verpasst "My Weiß Fahrrad ", war ein UK Top 20 Eintrag im Jahr 1975. Hair of the Dog wurde im April 1975 Der Titeltrack des Albums (im Volksmund, wenn auch falsch, wie bekannt freigegeben "wegen seiner Haken lyrische Son Of A Bitch") wurde ein Grundnahrungsmittel der 1970er Jahre Rock-Radio. Die amerikanische Version des Albums enthalten ein Lied ursprünglich von den Everly Brothers aufgenommen und auch von Roy Orbison, die melodische Ballade "Love Hurts" abgedeckt, die als Hit-Single in Großbritannien und in den USA, wo es ging Platin veröffentlicht wurde . Die Strecke wurde nur US Top Ten Hit der Band. und war auch ein Top 10-Hit in neun weiteren Ländern, erreichte Platz 1 in sechs von ihnen. Das Lied verbrachte Rekorde brechender 60 Wochen auf der norwegischen Charts. Im Jahr 1979 wurde der zweite Gitarrist Zal Cleminson um das Line-Up für die verbleibenden zwei Alben, kein Mittel City und Malice in Wonderland, und trägt zahlreiche Kompositionen aufgenommen. Malice in Wonderland enthielt die Single "Holiday". Im Jahr 1981 trug sie den Song "Crazy (eine geeignete Tasche für Behandlung)" auf den Soundtrack zum Film, Heavy Metal. Verschiedene Nazareth Line-Ups weiterhin Studioalben und Tour in den 1980er und 1990er Jahren zu machen, obwohl ihre Popularität gesunken so dass einige Alben entweder eine UK oder US-Release nicht mehr empfangen. Sie blieben in Europa, insbesondere in Deutschland, wo "Dream On" wurde ein Hit beliebt. Billy Rankin wieder für eine zweite Amtszeit in den Reihen im Jahr 1991 für die No Jive Album ersetzt Manny Charlton, der eine Solokarriere verfolgt. Eine Hommage kam 1993, als Guns N 'Roses bedeckt Nazareth "Hair of the Dog" auf "The Spaghetti Incident ? ", Trost, nachdem sie die Anfrage Axl Rose lehnte für die Gruppe, auf seiner Hochzeit zu spielen. Rankin zog wieder im Jahr 1994, aber mit Jimmy Murrison und Keyboarder Ronnie Leahy, Nazareth erhalten eine Live-Fangemeinde in Europa und den USA. Im Jahr 1999, während einer Tour durch die USA, starb ursprünglichen Schlagzeuger Darrell Süße im Alter von 51 an einem Herzinfarkt. Er wurde von Bassist Pete Agnew Sohn Lee für spätere Ausgaben der Band ersetzt. Im Februar 2008 wurde die Newz auf dem Hamburger Label Edel Entertainment veröffentlicht. Die Veröffentlichung des Albums fiel mit Nazareth vierzigsten Jubiläums-Tour, die am 25. Januar in Schweden gestartet und besucht die meisten von Europa, fertigen vom 4. November 2008 in Norwegen. Eine Follow-up-Album Big Dogz, wurde am 15. April 2011 veröffentlicht.

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Name: Neil Young
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Neil Percival Young, OC, OM (geb. 12. November 1945) ist ein kanadischer Singer-Songwriter, der weithin als einer der einflussreichsten Musiker seiner Generation gilt.
Junge begann als Solo-Künstler in Kanada im Jahr 1960, bevor er nach Kalifornien im Jahr 1966, wo er die Band Buffalo Springfield mitbegründete zusammen mit Stephen Stills und Richie Furay, und schloss sich später Crosby, Stills & Nash als viertes Mitglied im Jahr 1969 schmiedete er eine erfolgreiche und gefeierte Solo-Karriere, die Freigabe seines ersten Albums in 1968; seine Karriere ist seit über 40 Jahren und 34 Studioalben aufgespannt, mit einem kontinuierlichen und kompromisslose Auseinandersetzung mit musikalischen Stilen. Die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Website beschreibt Junge als "eine der größten Rock-und Songwriter und Performer roll". Er wurde in die Hall of Fame aufgenommen wurde zweimal:. Zunächst als Solo-Künstler im Jahr 1995 und die zweite als Mitglied des Buffalo Springfield 1997
Young-Arbeit wird durch seine unverwechselbare Gitarrenarbeit, sehr persönliche Texte und Unterschrift Alt oder hohen Tenor Gesang gekennzeichnet Stimme. Obwohl er begleitet sich selbst auf verschiedene Instrumente, darunter Klavier und Mundharmonika, seiner eigenwilligen elektrischen und akustischen Gitarre clawhammer sind die bestimmenden Merkmale einer unterschiedlich zerlumpt und melodischen Klang. Während Young hat mit unterschiedlichen Musikrichtungen, darunter Schaukel und elektronische Musik in einer abwechslungsreichen Karriere experimentierte, fällt sein bekanntestes Werk in der Regel in zwei Hauptrichtungen: akustisch (Folk-und Country-Rock) und elektrische (verstärkt Hard Rock, sehr oft in Zusammenarbeit mit der Band Crazy Horse). Junge hat außerdem Elemente aus neueren Stilen wie Alternative Rock und Grunge. Sein Einfluss auf den letzteren verursacht einige ihm überspielen der "Godfather of Grunge".
Junge hat gerichtet (oder Co-Regie) eine Reihe von Filmen unter dem Pseudonym Bernard Shakey, einschließlich Reise in die Vergangenheit (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979 ), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), und CSNY / Déjà Vu (2008). Er arbeitet derzeit an einem Dokumentarfilm über Elektroauto-Technologie, mit dem vorläufigen Titel Linc / Volt. Das Projekt umfasst ein 1959er Lincoln Continental Hybrid-Technologie, die Junge will nach Washington, DC als Umweltschützer beispielsweise der Gesetzgeber dort zu fahren umgewandelt.
Junge ist ein ausgesprochener Verfechter für Umweltfragen und das Wohl der Kleinbauern, nachdem im Jahr 1985 mitbegründet das Benefizkonzert Farm Aid. Im Jahr 1986, Junge half gefunden Die Bridge School, eine Bildungseinrichtung für Kinder mit schweren verbalen und körperlichen Behinderungen, und seine jährliche Unterstützung Bridge School Benefit Konzerte, zusammen mit seiner Frau Pegi Young (geb. Morton). Junge hat drei Kinder: Sohn Zeke und Ben, der mit Zerebralparese diagnostiziert wurden, und Tochter Bernstein Jean, der, wie Junge sich selbst, hat Epilepsie (während seiner Beziehung mit der Schauspielerin Carrie Snodgress geboren). Jungen Leben auf seiner Ranch in La Honda, Kalifornien. Obwohl er seit den 1970er Jahren in Nord-Kalifornien gelebt hat, und singt so häufig über US-Themen und Themen, als er über seine Heimat hat, behält er die kanadische Staatsbürgerschaft, die keine Lust, es aufzugeben. Am 14. Juli 2006 wurde der Orden Junge von Manitoba ausgezeichnet und am 30. Dezember 2009 war ein Offizier des Ordens von Kanada gemacht.

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Name: Blind Melon
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Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, active from 1990 to 1999 and 2006 onward. Best remembered for their 1993 single "No Rain", the group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock.
After releasing two charting albums on Capitol Records and touring extensively, the band was halted in 1995 by the fatal overdose of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon, going on hiatus until officially disbanding four years later. They reformed with new vocalist Travis Warren in 2006, yielding a third album. Warren departed two years later, but again rejoined in 2010, allowing the group to return to performing and recording.

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Name: Boz Scaggs
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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1960s as a guitarist and sometimes lead singer with the Steve Miller Band and in the 1970s with several solo Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.

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Name: Atticus Ross
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Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, and audio engineer. Along with Trent Reznor, Ross won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network soundtrack in 2010. In 2013, the pair won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for their soundtrack to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Ross has worked with Reznor's band Nine Inch Nails since 2005, and became an official member of the band in 2016.

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Name: The Book Of Eli
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Name: Richard O'Brien
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Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith on March 25, 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK) is a writer and performer. He is best known for writing the musical The Rocky Horror Show and its 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he played the character of Riff-Raff. The stage show has been in almost continuous production since, and the cinematic version is one of the best known and most ardently followed cult films of all time.  He is also responsible for the little-known sequel,  Shock Treatment.

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Name: Blood in My Eye
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Name: Jeffrey Atkins
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Jeffery Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name, Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor from Queens, New York. Born in Hollis, Queens, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla". From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had several hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" with Christina Milian, "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" with Jennifer Lopez, "Always on Time" with Ashanti, "Mesmerize" also with Ashanti, and "Wonderful" with R. Kelly and Ashanti. During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to The Inc. Records, which was formerly known as Murder Inc. and was led by Irv Gotti. Ja Rule has sold over 30 million records worldwide and was the best selling rapper in 2001. He is also known for some well-publicized feuds with other rappers, such as 50 Cent and Eminem.

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Name: Caddillac Tah
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Name: Hussein Fatal
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Bruce Edward Washington, Jr. (April 3, 1973 – July 10, 2015), better known by his stage name, Hussein Fatal, was an American rapper and member of the hip hop group Outlawz. He was best known for his collaborative work with Tupac Shakur, as a member of Outlaw Immortalz.

Fatal was born Bruce Edward Washington, Jr. in Montclair, New Jersey on April 3, 1973. He began rapping and dealing in drugs at a very young age also attended the same school as fellow Outlawz member, Yafeu Fula, better known by his stage name, Yaki Kadafi. Fula informed Washington that he personally knew Tupac Shakur, but Washington didn't believe him until Fula's mother informed him that they were going to visit Shakur in jail. When they went to visit him in jail, Washington performed a freestyle rap for Shakur. Shakur was pleased with Washington's lyrical abilities and promptly added him to his newly founded hip hop group, Outlaw Immortalz. In keeping with the Outlaw Immortalz's "tyrant" theme, Shakur endowed Washington with the stage name "Hussein Fatal", after then-Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

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Name: Black Child
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Black Child is a  longtime friend of Ja rule, A member of Murderers.He is signed to The INC records.


Name: Kejuan Muchita
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Kejuan Muchita (born May 21, 1974), better known by his stage name Havoc, is an American rapper, record producer and one half of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep with Prodigy.

Havoc is from the New York City housing project Queensbridge Houses in Long lsland City, Queens. Havoc produces most of the tracks on every Mobb Deep album, and has produced songs for MCs such as Method Man, Per Vers, Eminem, Nas, Foxy Brown, Onyx, O.G.C., The Notorious B.I.G., Jadakiss, Styles P, Game, Diddy, LL Cool J, La The Darkman, Rohff, Big Noyd, Termanology, Tragedy Khadafi, Capone-N-Noreaga, and his own partner Prodigy on his solo work. In the spring of 2005, Mobb Deep was signed to fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent's record label G-Unit Records. In late 2009 50 Cent dropped the duo from the label.

Havoc is renowned among serious hip-hop fans as one of the prominent figures during the mid-1990s for his hard-hitting and stripped-down beats complementary to the RZA's work on Wu-Tang Clan projects. Following The Infamous, he tweaked his skills and transitioned to a more atmospheric production style that incorporated samples from classical music, most notably visible on the 1996 album Hell on Earth. As an MC, he is known for his hardcore lyricism, deep voice, and consistent flow. He also contributed background vocals and a verse on Black Moon's debut album Enta da Stage in 1993.

In July 2009, Havoc was featured alongside Raekwon in J Dilla's music video for "24K Rap" off of the Jay Stay Paid album, the video was directed by Derek Pike. In 2010, Havoc produced a beat for Eminem which resulted in a song called "Untitled" which is a hidden track on Eminem's album Recovery and contributed to the iTunes bonus track to Raekwon's album Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang & Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel EP. He revealed that he plans on recording a new Mobb album with Nas. His third studio album 13 was released on May 7, 2013.

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Name: The Lonny Breaux Collection
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Name: Phife
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Name: Beck
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Beck alias Beck Hansen (* 8. Juli 1970 in Los Angeles; geboren als Bek David Campbell) ist ein US-amerikanischer Musiker, Gitarrist und Sänger.

Becks Musik der Anfangszeit wird aufgrund ihrer Missachtung von Genre-Konventionen, stumpfen und ironischen Texten und der Verschmelzung von Samples mit gespielten Instrumenten oft als typisches Beispiel der gängigen alternativen Musik der neunziger Jahre angesehen. Sie verbindet Elemente aus Folk, Beatnik und modernem Hip-Hop. In späteren Jahren entstanden auch Alben wie Sea Change, die klassisches Songwriting und anspruchsvolle Texte boten.

Beck wurde am 8. Juli 1970 in Los Angeles als Sohn von David Campbell, einem gefragten Dirigenten und Studiomusiker, und Bibbe Hansen, einer Schauspielerin und Künstlerin, die im Umfeld von Andy Warhols Factory aktiv war, geboren. Als seine Eltern sich scheiden ließen, nahm er den Namen seiner Mutter an und änderte seinen Vornamen in Beck. Nach der Scheidung blieb er bei seiner Mutter und seinem Bruder Channing in Los Angeles, wo er in einem unkonventionellen Künstlermilieu aufwuchs und von den verschiedenen musikalischen Angeboten der Stadt beeinflusst wurde. Diese Einflüsse finden sich auch in seinen später aufgenommenen und veröffentlichen Arbeiten wieder.

Beck ist seit 2003 oder früher Mitglied von Scientology und bekannte sich dazu Anfang 2005. Generell vermeidet es Beck jedoch, in der Öffentlichkeit hierüber zu sprechen. Sein Kollege Adam Green behauptet, dass Beck versucht habe, ihn im Alter von 19 Jahren von Scientology zu überzeugen und ihn mit in das Scientology Celebrity Centre nahm. Viele von Becks Freunden und Familienmitgliedern sind ebenfalls Anhänger Scientologys.

Nach dem Abbruch der weiterführenden Schule im Alter von 14 Jahren bildete sich Beck selbst weiter, indem er zahllose Bücher verschlang und alte Blues-, Folk- und Countryplatten hörte, die er auf Flohmärkten erstand. Hierbei kam er mit Künstlern wie Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Fred McDowell oder Woody Guthrie in Berührung, die einen tiefen Eindruck bei dem jungen Beck hinterließen. Weitere Inspirationsquellen aus dieser Zeit waren der Hip-Hop und die Lateinamerikanische Musik, die in seiner Nachbarschaft gespielt wurden. Etwas später trat er als Straßenmusiker mit Blues- und Folkstücken auf und versuchte sich in der Poetry-Slam-Szene. All dies führte 1988 zu den Aufnahmen zu seinem ersten Album The Banjo Story, einer zu Hause aufgenommenen Kassette, das niemals offiziell veröffentlicht und erst später unter seinen Fans im Internet verbreitet wurde. In den späten Achtzigern und frühen Neunzigern unternahm er einige Reisen zu seinem Großvater mütterlicherseits, dem Fluxuskünstler Al Hansen nach Köln. Al Hansen brachte ihm viel über seine Kunst bei und sollte Beck später sehr inspirieren. 1989 zog er nach New York und versuchte dort vergeblich, sich in der vom Punk beeinflussten Szene der Anti-Folk-Musik einen Namen zu machen. Hier traf er John S. Hall von King Missile, Michelle Shocked und Roger Manning.

Um 1990 kehrte Beck mittellos, aber motiviert nach Los Angeles zurück. Während er seine Musik weiter entwickelte, nahm er eine Reihe von Gelegenheitsjobs an, um sich seinen Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen und lebte zeitweise sogar in einem Schuppen. Während dieser Zeit erforschte Beck Bühnen von Veranstaltungsorten in ganz Los Angeles, von Punk-Clubs bis zu Cafés. Im Geiste eines Künstlers, der darum kämpft, sich einen Namen zu machen, waren seine Darbietungen wegen ihrer Mischung aus Humor und Exzentrizität denkwürdig. Einige seiner frühesten und nachdenklich stimmenden Aufnahmen wurden während seiner Arbeit mit Tom Grimley in den Poop Alley Studios, einem Teil von WIN Records, erstellt.

In dieser Zeit wurde Beck von den Gründern von Bong Load Custom Records entdeckt. Seine bei diesem Label 1993 veröffentlichte 12"-Vinyl-Single Loser, deren Erstauflage 500 Kopien betrug, wurde zu einer Sensation im alternativen Radio und führte zu einem Bieterkampf zwischen Plattenlabels, die Beck unter Vertrag nehmen wollten. Letztendlich entschied sich Beck für Geffen Records, weil sie ihm Vertragsbedingungen anboten, die es ihm erlaubten, bei unabhängigen Labels Alben zu veröffentlichen, während er noch unter Vertrag bei Geffen stand.

Das 1994 bei Geffen veröffentlichte Album Mellow Gold bescherte Beck einen Mainstream-Erfolg und führte zu seinem ikonenhaften Status als Repräsentant der „Slacker-Bewegung“ innerhalb der Alternative-Rock-Szene. Beck äußerte später in Interviews oft, dass die Bezeichnung Slacker genauso wie Loser, der Song von dem sie inspiriert ist, sehr ironisch gemeint sei.

Zur gleichen Zeit veröffentlichte Beck One Foot in the Grave mit Scott Plouf als Drummer, der heute bei Built to Spill spielt, auf den unabhängigen K Records und Stereopathetic Soul Manure auf Flipside Records. Er brachte seine Musik 1995 mit der Lollapalooza-Tour zu seinem Publikum. Einige Kritiker verrissen ihn immer noch als One-Hit-Wonder. Dabei half es gewiss auch nicht, dass ein Großteil des Publikums (besonders bei der Lollapalooza-Tour) nur Loser kannten und seine anderen Arbeiten im Allgemeinen ignorierten.

Die Bezeichnung One-Hit-Wonder hat Beck endgültig 1996 mit der Veröffentlichung des Albums Odelay abgelegt, einer gemeinsamen Arbeit mit den Dust Brothers, den Produzenten des Albums Paul’s Boutique der Beastie Boys. Die Eröffnungs-Single Where It’s At erzielte hohe Airplay-Zahlen und das Video war in ständiger Rotation auf MTV. In diesem Jahr erhielt Odelay gute Kritiken im Rolling Stone Magazine und im Spin, war auf unzähligen Best-of-Listen vertreten, erzielte Doppel-Platin-Status und erhielt eine beeindruckende Anzahl von Auszeichnungen der Musikindustrie, darunter zwei Grammys.

Auf Odelay folgte 1998 das Album Mutations. Das von Nigel Godrich, bekannt durch seine Arbeit mit Radiohead, produzierte Album war als Lückenfüller vor dem nächsten ordentlichen Album geplant. Die Aufnahmen zu diesem Album erstreckten sich über zwei Wochen, in denen an jedem Tag ein Lied aufgenommen wurde, sodass am Ende der Session 14 Lieder produziert wurden. Mutations war ein Abschied von der elektronischen Dichte von Odelay und wurde gefüllt mit Einflüssen aus dem Folk und dem Blues. Auf dem Album befinden sich auch einige ältere Lieder; die Ältesten stammen aus dem Jahr 1994. Lied 10, Sing It Again, wurde für Johnny Cash geschrieben, aber Beck hatte dieses Lied nie an Cash abgeschickt, da er es für „Abfall“ hielt. Cash nahm stattdessen Rowboat auf, ein Lied, das ursprünglich auf Becks Album Stereopathetic Soul Manure erschien.

Die künstlerische Zusammenarbeit von Beck mit seinem Großvater Al Hansen, der 1995 in Köln gestorben war, war 1998 Gegenstand einer Ausstellung mit dem Titel Beck & Al Hansen: Playing With Matches, die Solo- und Gemeinschaftsarbeiten in den Bereichen Collage, Assemblage, Zeichnungen und Gedichte zeigte. Die Show zog vom Santa Monica Museum of Art zu Galerien in New York, USA und Winnipeg, Kanada. Ein Katalog der Ausstellung wurde von Plug In Editions/Smart Art Press veröffentlicht.

Im Jahre 1999 veröffentlichte Beck bei Geffen das lang erwartete Album Midnight Vultures, einer Orgie aus sexuellen und kulinarischen Anzüglichkeiten, das durch eine weltweite Tour unterstützt wurde. Für Beck war dies die Rückkehr zu den energiegeladenen Auftritten, die zu Lollapalooza-Zeiten sein Markenzeichen waren: Von der Bühnenausstattung mit einem roten Bett, das zu Debra von der Decke herabgelassen wurde bis zur Tourband, die durch Blechbläser ergänzt wurde.
Auf dem 2001 erschienenen Album 10 000Hz Legend der französischen Combo Air trug er den Titel „The Vagabond“ (Gesang, Gitarre, Mundharmonika) bei, der deutliche Anklänge an einige Songs aus Midnight Vultures hat.

Nach Midnite Vultures veröffentlichte Beck das Album Sea Change im Jahre 2002, ein weiteres emotionales Album, das in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Produzenten Nigel Godrich entstand. Sea Change, aufgenommen nach dem Ende einer langjährigen Beziehung mit Leigh Limon, wurde als Album mit einem verbindenden Thema konzipiert: die Phasen, die dem Ende einer Liebesbeziehung folgen. Das Album enthält Streicherarrangements von Becks Vater David Campbell und einen akustisch dichten Mix, der an Mutations und an einige Elemente aus Midnite Vultures erinnert. Obwohl einige Radio-Singles veröffentlicht wurden, wurden keine kommerziellen Singles der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. Beck erntete für das Album großes Kritikerlob.

Beck hat überdies eine Anzahl von B-Seiten und Liedern, die nur auf Soundtracks enthalten sind, veröffentlicht, darunter Midnite Vultures (erstaunlicherweise nicht auf dem gleichnamigen Album), ein Cover von Korgis' Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometimes, das 2004 auf dem Soundtrack zum Film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind enthalten war und David Bowies Diamond Dogs von Moulin Rouge!. Der von Beck in Koproduktion mit William Orbit verfasste Song Feel Good Time wurde später von der Sängerin Pink aufgenommen und für den Soundtrack des Films 3 Engel für Charlie – Volle Power verwendet.
Beck auf einem Geheimgig, Los Angeles Frühjahr 2005

Ende 2004 kehrte Beck ins Studio zurück, um an seinem sechsten Album auf einem Major-Label zu arbeiten: die Platte Guero, produziert von den Dust Brothers und Tony Hoffer. Das Video der ersten Single E-Pro wurde auf MSN der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Wie bei vielen kommerziellen Künstlern war auch Becks Album Mitte Januar 2005 noch vor der offiziellen Veröffentlichung im Internet aufgetaucht. Anstatt auf eine frühere Veröffentlichung des Albums zu drängen, wurde das Album mit einer Vielzahl von Bonus-Tracks, darunter auch Remixe von Boards of Canada und Dizzee Rascal am 29. März 2005 veröffentlicht. Im Dezember 2005 folgte dann mit Guerolito ein Remixalbum, welches Bearbeitungen der Guero-Tracks von Künstler wie Air, Ad-Rock und anderen enthielt.

2006 erschien das Nachfolgealbum The Information. Produziert wurde es von Nigel Godrich der schon für mehrere Beck-Alben (z. B. Sea Change) zuständig war. Das Album enthält ein leeres Cover, dafür aber Sticker, um das Cover individuell zu gestalten, und eine DVD mit Low-Budget-Videos für alle enthaltenen Stücke, die z.B. Menschen beim Herumhüpfen in Teddybärkostümen zeigen. In Großbritannien wurde es wegen der Wettbewerbsverzerrung durch das Bonusmaterial nicht in den Musik-Charts aufgeführt.

Am 7. Juli 2008 erschien schließlich das Album Modern Guilt in Europa - vertrieben durch das Label XL. In Nordamerika erschien es einen Tag später unter dem Label DGC. Beck arbeitete hier mit dem Produzenten DJ Danger Mouse zusammen. Cat Power fungiert bei einem Titel als Gastsängerin. Modern Guilt ist das bislang letzte reguläre Beck-Album.

Im Dezember 2009 erschien mit IRM ein Album von Charlotte Gainsbourg, an dem Beck als Songwriter, Komponist und Produzent mitwirkte.

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In a hip-hop career that has stretched past a decade, Blackalicious has earned respect the old-fashioned way–rising through honesty, commitment, and artistry. Blackalicious is an American hip hop duo from Sacramento, California made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley). They are noted for Gift of Gab’s often “tongue-twisting”, multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel’s “classic” beats.

Like a few other West Coast rap acts, including the Pharcyde andJurassic 5, Blackalicious has generally favored what hip-hoppers call the “positive tip”; in other words, its lyrics have often been spiritual and uplifting rather than violent or misogynous. Like a lot of experimental alternative rappers, Blackalicious can be quirky and eccentric; nonetheless, spirituality is a big part of the group’s music. Although Blackalicious wasn’t formed until the early ’90s, its members had known each other since the late ’80s. Founding members Gift of Gab (Timothy Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) first met in Sacramento, CA, in 1987 when they were students at John F. Kennedy High School. Neither of them was originally from Sacramento; DJ/producer Xcel (who was going by DJ IceSki at the time) was a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, while rapper Gift of Gab was from Los Angeles’ suburban San Fernando Valley.

The two went their separate ways after Gift of Gab (also known as Gabby T) graduated from Kennedy High in 1989, but they were reunited in Davis, CA, in 1992. By that time, Xcel had become a student at the University of California at Davis and the Gift of Gabhad moved to Davis to form Blackalicious with him. UC Davis was where Xcel had started working with a hip-hop crew named SoleSides, whose members included DJ Shadow, Lateef the Truth Speaker, and Lyrics Born. SoleSides Records was the name of the SoleSides Crew’s Northern California record company and in 1994, that label released Blackalicious’ debut single “Swan Lake.” Although not a triple-platinum smash, the single was a small underground hit that fared well among alternative rap audiences. The following year, SoleSides Records released a Blackalicious EP titled Melodica. By late 1997, SoleSides Records had transformed into Quannum Records, and in 1999, Quannum put out another Blackalicious EP, A2G.

In 2000, Quannum released the group’s full-length debut Nia (whose title is the Swahili word for purpose). After being together eight years, Blackalicious finally signed with a major label when, in late 2000, the Californians were added by MCA. In April 2002, Quannum/MCA released Blazing Arrow, which boasted guest appearances ranging from vocalist Zack de la Rocha (of Rage Against the Machine) to the Roots’ ?uestlove to veteran soul singerGil Scott-Heron. After the requisite tour, both Xcel and Gab began developing solo material; Quannum released both Maroons’ Ambush (Chief Xcel with Latyrx’s Lateef the Truth Speaker) as well as a Gift of Gab solo LP, Fourth Dimensional Rocketships Going Up. The pair returned in 2005 for their third album, The Craft, with a contract in hand from the Anti- label.

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Name: Brass Construction
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Brass Construction was an American funk group formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968. They were originally known as Dynamic Soul, and went on to record a string of hit singles and albums through to 1985.

Signed in 1975 by Sid Maurer and former Epic Records promotion man Fred Frank, they scored two US Billboard Hot 100 entries in 1976 - the most successful being "Movin'," which hit #14. They had much more success on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, with nine chart entries, including "Movin'," which reached #1. Pianist/Flautist/Arranger Randy Muller went on to score a number of R&B hits with New York disco group Skyy.

Over the years, Brass Construction members have included Wade Williamston (bass), Sandy Billups (percussion), Morris Price (trumpet), Larry Payton (drums), Paul C Saenz (Guitar), Jesse Ward Jnr. (saxophone), Michael "Micky" Grudge (saxophone), Wayne Parris (trumpet), Alvin Haskin (original Trombone player on Movin), Joseph "Chickie" Arthur-Wong (guitar), and Randy Muller.

Brass Construction played a concert on November 28, 2005 at the Bataclan Arena in Paris, France.

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Name: Bronski Beat
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Bronski Beat was a popular British synthpop trio who achieved success in the mid-1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit "Smalltown Boy". All members of the group were openly gay and their songs reflected this, often containing political commentary on gay-related issues. At the height of their popularity the band consisted of singer Jimmy Somerville backed by Steve Bronski and Larry Steinbachek, both of whom played keyboards and percussion. Somerville went on to have success as lead singer of The Communards and as a solo artist. Bronski Beat formed in 1983 when Somerville, Steinbachek and Bronski shared a three-bedroom flat at Lancaster House in Brixton.
Bronski Beat signed a recording contract with London Records in 1984 after doing only nine live gigs. The band's debut single, "Smalltown Boy", of a young man discovering the joy and hardships of being gay in a small town, was a hit, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was accompanied by a promotional video directed by Bernard Rose, showing Somerville trying to befriend an attractive diver at a swimming pool, then being attacked by the diver's homophobic mates, being returned to his family by the police and having to leave home. (The police officer was played by Colin Bell, then the marketing manager of London Records). "Smalltown Boy" reached Nº48 in the U.S. chart and peaked at Nº7 in Australia. The single featured vocals from session singer Kevin Glancy.

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Name: Jimmy Somerville
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James William Somerville (born 22 June 1961) is a Scottish pop singer and songwriter. He sang in the 1980s with the pop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards, and has also had a solo career. He is known in particular for his falsetto singing voice and that he was openly gay during a period of increasing socio-political debate and conflict in the UK regarding lesbian and gay rights.
Somerville's latest album, Suddenly Last Summer was released in May 2009 by Connor Pedersen Studios.

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Cobra Starship is an American dance-pop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2003 in New York City, New York. After writing and recording the band's debut album While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets as a solo project, Saporta enlisted guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, drummer Nate Novarro, and keytarist Victoria Asher, all of whom provide backing vocals.
The group released its debut album, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets in 2006, which contained the single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)". In 2007, ¡Viva la Cobra! was released, which served as the band's first record featuring the complete lineup. Hot Mess followed in 2009, reaching commercial success due to the single "Good Girls Go Bad". The band's fourth studio album, Night Shades was released August 29, 2011 featuring the first single "You Make Me Feel...".

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Name: Céu
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Céu (* 17. April 1980 in São Paulo, Brasilien, geboren als Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças) ist eine brasilianische Sängerin und Songwriterin.

Céu stammt aus einer musikalischen Familie, ihr Vater ist von Beruf selbst Musiklehrer, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Von ihm lernte sie die Wertschätzung der brasilianischen modernen Klassiker, insbesondere Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazaré und Orlando Silva. Mit fünfzehn Jahren entschied sie sich gegen das College, studierte stattdessen Musiktheorie und die Violão, die brasilianische Konzertgitarre.

Ihr nach ihr selbst benanntes Debüt-Album Céu kam 2005 auf dem lokalen Indie-Label Urban Jungle in São Paulo heraus. Es hatte auf Weltmusik-Kanälen weltweit Erfolg. Das bekannte französische Magazin Les Inrockuptibles wählte sie in die Top 5 der musikalische Neuerscheinungen 2005. In den USA reichte es zu einer Latin Grammy Nominierung als „Best new artist“ 2006. Sie bekam daraufhin Angebote von US-Majorlabeln, ihr Albumdebüt auch auf dem US-Markt herauszubringen. Céu entschied sich bewusst für das kleine Independent-Label Six Degrees Records, das ihr größtmögliche künstlerische Freiheit bot. Im April 2007 kam das Album dann in einer Kooperation mit der Kaffeehauskette Starbucks heraus. Es erreichte Platz 69 der Billboard 200 und Platz 4 unter den Top Independent Albums. In Kanada kam es auf Rang 32 der Popmusik-Album-Charts. Céu hat außer in Nord- und Südamerika Plattenverträge und Bekanntheit in Westeuropa und Japan erreicht.

Der Reggae-nahe Song „Malemolência“ war auf dem Soundtrack der brasilianischen TV-Serie Cidade dos Homens (nach dem Kinofilm City of God) von TV Globo network zu hören.

Die Produktion Céu: CéU wurde in Deutschland von der Jury des Preises der deutschen Schallplattenkritik mit dem Jahrespreis 2008 ausgezeichnet. Zwischen 2006 und 2011 wurden ihre Songs/Kompositionen als Soundtracks in insgesamt sieben brasilianischen Fernsehserien eingesetzt.

Mit dem Konzeptalbum Caravana Sereia Bloom hat Céu 2012 einen Stilmix aus "lateinamerikanischen Einflüssen, Neo-Soul, Surf-Rock und Dub" vorgelegt. Der Musikkritiker Martin Risel spricht von "psychedelischen Low-Fi-Sounds", die viele gängige Klischees vom Samba brächen und doch in der Tropicalismo-Tradition der 60er Jahre stünden.

Musik und Texte:
Ihre Stücke verschmelzen Einflüsse aus Samba, Choro, Soul, Rhythm and Blues, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat und Electropop. Im Interview mit der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters gab sie an, eine besondere Nähe zum „Samba de raíz“, dem ursprünglichen Samba, US-Jazz- und Soul-Sängerinnen und zum „Brega“, einer neueren Strömung der brasilianischen Musik, zu haben. 
(Wikipedia)

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Name: Dennis Edwards
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Dennis Edwards Jr. (February 3, 1943 – February 1, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang with the group from 1968 to 1976, 1980 to 1984 and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he attempted a solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "Don't Look Any Further" (featuring Siedah Garrett). Until his death, Edwards was the lead singer of The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards, a Temptations splinter group.

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Name: Digable Planets
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Digable Planets is an American alternative hip hop trio based in New York City, composed of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler (from Seattle), Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira (from Silver Spring) and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving (from Philadelphia). They released their debut album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) in 1993, and their follow-up album Blowout Comb in 1994. Shortly after this release the trio parted ways, citing "creative differences", though they've re-united to perform shows in more recent years.

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Name: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of the power pop group Ima Robot. Their first show as a full band was played July 18, 2007 at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. Their first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released digitally on July 7, 2009 and physically on July 14, 2009 on Community Records. Their second full-length album, Here, was released on May 29, 2012.
Ebert began work on a book about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe after breaking up with his girlfriend, joining a 12-step program for addiction, and moving into a house with his lifelong friend Nicholas Raymond Kellen. According to Ebert, Sharpe "was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind...but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love." Ebert later met singer Jade Castrinos outside a downtown Los Angeles cafe. In the summer of 2009, Ebert, Castrinos, and a group of musicians toured the country by bus as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Their first show in 2009 was at the Marfa Film Festival in Marfa, Texas. The band recorded their debut album, Up From Below, in Laurel Canyon. Produced by Aaron Older and Nico Aglietti, it was released on July 14, 2009.

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Name: Eric B.
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Eric B. & Rakim are a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier (born November 8, 1963) and MC Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28, 1967). Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair are generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and innovative groups in the genre. During hip hop's "golden age" of the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, the duo was almost universally regarded as the premier MC/DJ combo in hip hop. The two had a potent chemistry; the duo's beats built on the hard-hitting sound of Run-D.M.C. by adding James Brown samples and Eric B's scratching, setting the stage for hip hop's late-1980s/early-1990s infatuation with samples from Brown. Notable journalist Tom Terrell of NPR referred to the duo as "the most influential DJ/MC combo in contemporary pop music period," while the editors of About.com ranked them as #3 on their list of the 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Duos of All-Time. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011

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Name: Hercules & Love Affair
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Hercules and Love Affair is a musical project from New York based DJ Andy Butler. Members include Butler, Kim Ann Foxman, Mark Pistel, Aérea Negrot, Shaun Wright and Nellyphant. It is signed to DFA Records. The single "Blind" featuring guest Antony Hegarty (lead vocalist in Antony & The Johnsons) was released on 3 March 2008, and the debut album (produced by Butler and Tim Goldsworthy) was released on 10 March. Their self-titled album has been critically well received and charted in the top 40 in several countries. The touring group in 2008 featured guest vocalist Nomi Ruiz.

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Name: Otis Redding
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Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 - December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul music and rhythm and blues (R&B), and one of the greatest singers in popular music. His open-throated singing was an influence on other soul singers of the 1960s, and he helped to craft the lean and powerful style of R&B that formed the basis of the Stax Sound. After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he wrote and recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", which became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts after his death in a plane crash. The Dock of the Bay reached number one on UK Albums Chart, becoming the first posthumous album to do so.

Redding was born and raised in the American state of Georgia. At age 15, he left school to support his family by working with Little Richard's backing band, The Upsetters, and by playing talent shows for prize money. In 1958, he joined Johnny Jenkins's band, The Pinetoppers, and toured the Southern United States while serving as driver and musician. An unscheduled appearance on a session led to a turning point in his career. He signed a contract with Stax Records and released his debut album, Pain in My Heart, in 1964. This album produced his first Stax single, "These Arms of Mine".

Although Redding's initial popularity was with African Americans, he later became equally popular among the broader American public. He and his group first played small gigs in the South, then performed at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub, their first concert in the western United States. Internationally, Redding later performed in Paris and London among other venues. Redding's death was devastating for Stax, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. Later Stax discovered that Atlantic Records owned the rights to the entire catalog. Redding received many posthumous accolades, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Because of his influence on other artists, he received the honorific "King of Soul".

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Name: Lord Tariq And Peter Gunz
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Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz was an American hip hop duo, composed of rappers Sean "Lord Tariq" Hamilton and Peter "Peter Gunz" Pankey, from The Bronx, New York. They are best known for their single "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)", which peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The duo first appeared on Whodini's 1996 album Six, appearing on the track "Can't Get Enough", and assisting writing on two other tracks from the album. The duo released their only album in 1998, entitled Make It Reign. The album peaked at #38 on the US Billboard 200 and #8 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album featured guest appearances from fellow American rappers Big Pun, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, Kurupt and Cam'ron. But it was the album's lead single "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)", that found the most success. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of over one million. The track peaked at #21 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1998. The track samples Steely Dan, "Black Cow". However, the duo disbanded in 1999 without releasing a follow-up album.

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Name: M.E.D.
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There are at least two artists with this name.

1) M.E.D. aka Medaphoar is a hip hop MC who has recorded with Madlib, Wildchild, and Oh No.

M.E.D's debut album was released on Stones Throw records in 2005. Entitled Push Comes to Shove, the album features production from Madlib, J Dilla, Oh No (Madlib's younger brother), and Just Blaze.

A CD entitled "Bang Ya Head" was released during Stones Throw's 2005 Tour and features M.E.D (known as Medaphoar) guest spots from 1998 to 2005.
M.E.D. made a dis track toward Canibus called "Lightwork."

The west coast MC called Medaphoar is known lately by the first three letters of his name: M to the E to the D. Three short letters for a long-awaited, full-length album coming at long last in 2005. 

Why the hold up? Heads have been checking for more heat from young MED for a good while – since his recent appearance on Madvillain’s “Raid” (Madvillainy, 2004) going back to his debut on the now-classic Soundpieces by Lootpack back in ‘99. He showed up on Quasimoto’s The Unseen (2000), Spinz’s  Proz and Conz (2006),and even made the sole MC appearance on Madlib’s acclaimed Shades of Blue. As an artist on Stones Throw, the man has three 12-inch single, and two ltd.-edition white label 12s, including the Cut Chemist-produced “Blind Man” and the Erykah Badu-jacking “Special” from 2004. All this heat and yet the album is ghost... until now. 

"Push Comes To Shove" is the official title of the album, and it’s nothing but rapid-fire bangers all over it. The track list features production by Stones Throw homies Madlib and Oh No, the almighty J Dilla (Jay Dee), and... if it’s all right with y’all... a little treat from platinum-plus hitmaker Just Blaze.

Representing the Oxnard, California family of MCs and b-boys that boasts luminaries such as Madlib, Oh No, Declaime, Wildchild and Kan Kick, MED stands out for his “perforating wordplay and extraterrestrial breath control” (URB Magazine). His subject matter reflects the struggles and hustles of a young black man caught between the street life of Oxnard and the nightlife of L.A. Fans can expect a healthy dose of muscular lyricism on "Push Comes to Shove", with guest MCs including J Dilla (rapping on and producing the lead single “Push”) and (...oh sh*t!) the one and only Diamond D, for that all-time heavyweight flavor.

In 2009 he released his 100 Dolla Billz 12" single.

www.stonesthrow.com/med


2) Med (means "Honey" in slovak) is indie band from Bratislava, Slovakia, which was formed in the late 90s. They have released their first official album (digital release only, available at http://slnkorecords.sk) on February 29 2012. In the same time band broke up.

 Official webpage - http://skupinamed.sk.

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Name: Mary Jane Girls
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The Mary Jane Girls were an American R&B, soul, funk and disco group in the 1980s. They were protégées of singer Rick James. They are known for their hit songs "In My House", "All Night Long", and "Candy Man".
The group consisted of Joanne "JoJo" McDuffie (lead/background vocals), Cheryl Ann "Cheri" Bailey (who used stage name Cheri Wells), Candice "Candi" Ghant, Kimberly "Maxi" Wuletich, Yvette "Corvette" Marine, and the Water Sisters (Maxine and Julia). The Mary Jane Girls project was to be a solo debut for JoJo, who had sung background for Rick James on tours and recordings. Rick James developed tracks with JoJo and session vocalists the Water Sister creating the Mary Jane Girls sound (see last released Motown compilation for verification).

Motown offered James a contract for what they believed was the girl group he wanted to produce and, not wanting to lose the deal, James lied and told Motown that the Mary Jane Girls were a group and not JoJo's solo project. Rick got who he could to take pictures for Motown with no vocal auditions. JoJo continued to sing both lead and background with the Water Sisters for all of the Mary Jane Girl recordings. The other members of the group could not sing at all or were extremely limited vocally. The band had to sing for the other members of the group with JoJo on tour. The inability of the other members vocally with the exception of JoJo prevented the group from achieving their full potential. Television shows (Saturday Night Live, Tonight Show) could not have the group perform because of this.

The origin of the group's name is commonly believed to be an homage to James's affinity for marijuana, which is sometimes called "Mary Jane." The four group members took on distinctive character looks with matching personalities:

    Joanne "JoJo" McDuffie (lead vocalist) – Sexy and streetwise; a female version of James himself
    Cheryl Ann "Cheri" Bailey/ Yvette "Corvette" Marine – Valley girl
    Candice "Candi" Ghant - Vamp
    Kimberly "Maxi" Wuletich – Dominatrix

Cheri left the group shortly before the release of their second album, Only Four You, in 1985 and was replaced by Yvette "Corvette" Marine who took on the role of the valley girl in the group. She is the daughter of disco singer Pattie Brooks.

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Name: Mem Shannon
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Mem Shannon (born December 21, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American blues musician. He is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. Shannon is a former taxi-cab driver turned bluesman.

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Name: MISSING PERSONS
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Famed as much for their video-ready space age image as for their music, the Los Angeles-based new wave outfit Missing Persons formed in 1980, a year after the marriage of singer Dale Bozzio and her hsuband, drummer Terry. A one-time member of Frank Zappa's backing band, Terry Bozzio met the former Dale Consalvi (an ex-Playboy Bunny) at a Hollywood recording studio; after founding Missing Persons -- initially dubbed U.S. Drag -- the couple recruited fellow Zappa alumnus Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and Patrick O'Hearn on bass, and with classically trained keyboardist Chuck Wild in tow, they began playing area clubs.
Spring Session M
In 1981, the band released its self-titled debut EP; after signing to Capitol, the label reissued the record in 1982, and the singles "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both nearly hit the Top 40. Their videos also helped Missing Persons find success on the fledgling MTV network, where Dale Bozzio's hiccuping voice and campy look (comprised of shocking-pink hair and sci-fi outfits capped off with Plexiglass bras) combined with the group's synth-driven songs to make them naturals for heavy rotation. Later in 1982, the group issued its first full-length album, Spring Session M (an anagram of their name), which launched the underground smash "Walking in L.A."
Rhyme & Reason
After 1984's Rhyme and Reason notched only a minor hit with the single "Give," Missing Persons enlisted Chic's Bernard Edwards to produce 1986's dance-pop effort Color in Your Life; the album stiffed, however, and both the band and the Bozzios themselves broke up. While Dale Bozzio issued one solo album on Prince's Paisley Park label, Terry Bozzio went on to work with Jeff Beck; Cuccurullo, meanwhile, joined Duran Duran, O'Hearn recorded several instrumental new age albums, and Wild composed music for films and television.

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Name: Dale Bozzio
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Dale Frances Bozzio (née Consalvi; born March 2, 1955) is an American rock and pop vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the '80s new wave band Missing Persons and also known for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she performed significant roles in two of his major works, Joe's Garage (1979) and Thing-Fish (1984). In her solo career, Bozzio has released four albums and one EP so far.
Bozzio co-founded Missing Persons in 1980 with former Zappa musicians Warren Cuccurullo and Terry Bozzio (her husband from 1979 to 1986). In addition to being the band's lead vocalist, she also contributed lyrics. Missing Persons released one EP and six albums, including Spring Session M (1982), which achieved gold record status.
After Missing Persons disbanded in 1986, Bozzio was signed to Prince's Paisley Park label which released her first solo album, Riot in English (1988). The album's first single, "Simon Simon", successfully charted. Bozzio subsequently reformed Missing Persons and continues to perform the band's repertoire at venues across the United States. She has also participated periodically in reunions of the original band and has continued her work as a solo artist. In 2014, Bozzio was signed to Cleopatra Records and released a new studio album titled Missing in Action. During the summer of 2014, she signed with GRA Records for a new album to be produced by Stephane Deriau-Reine, who has been her keyboard player since 2013.

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Name: Terry Bozzio
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Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and begged his father for drum lessons. During the 1960s, he played in the garage bands Blue Grass Radio, The Yarde, and Tamalpais Jungle Mountain Boys.
 
In 1968 Bozzio attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin. During this time he studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on the drum set and Lloyd Davis and Roland Kohloff on a percussion and timpani scholarship. He also played Bartok-Dahl-Cowell & Baroque chamber ensembles with the Marin and Napa County Symphonies.

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Name: Warren Cuccurullo
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Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8th 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and self-released films for a few years in the early 2000s.

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Name: Nancy Wilson
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Name: quantic
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William Holland is a musician, DJ and record producer from Bewdley, Worcestershire. He is based in Colombia.
He records under various guises, notably, Quantic, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, and The Limp Twins. His music draws upon elements of salsa, bossa nova, soul, funk and jazz. Holland plays guitars, bass, double bass, piano, organ, saxophone and percussion. Much of his sound is original composition with little in the way of sampling of other artists' material.
When asked to describe what type of music he produces, Holland said:
"You're asking the wrong person really, but some stuff is hip-hop-orientated, some stuff is at house tempo, but not necessarily 'house' music, some of it has a strong Latin influence, some of it has a strong African influence, and some of it is just a mix-up of loads of styles."1
Holland also has his own label Magnetic Fields on which he releases heavy soul and funk. He has also taken on remix duties for over 30 songs.

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Name: Richard Hell & The Voidoids
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Richard Hell and the Voidoids (A.K.A. The Voidoids) were an American punk band from the first wave of punk rock, fronted by Richard Hell (born Richard Meyers), a former member of The Neon Boys, Television and The Heartbreakers. Formed in New York City, at various times the band included influential guitarist Robert Quine, Ivan Julian, Naux Maciel, former Contortions and The Raybeats guitarist Jody Harris, Golden Palominos leader Anton Fier, and future Ramones member Marc Bell (Marky Ramone). The group is best known for Hell’s nihilistic worldview, reflected in songs like “Who Says?”. Their song “Blank Generation” served as an anthem for the punk movement in New York.

The Voidoids were started in 1976 when Richard Hell left The Heartbreakers. The first lineup consisted of Hell, Quine, Julian and Bell. The band released what has been considered their best album, Blank Generation, in 1977. This lineup dissolved around 1979.

A new lineup in 1982, this time with Hell, Quine and new members Naux (Juan Maciel) on guitar and Fred Maher on drums, was featured on The Voidoids second album Destiny Street. According to Hell, Destiny Street suffered due to Hell’s being distracted during the recording process, especially by the use of narcotics. This second lineup dissolved around 1985.

1990 saw the release of the live album Funhunt (Live at the CBGB’s & Max’s), which was compiled from a series of audience tapes recorded between 1978 and 1985. 1990 also featured a reformation for a Japanese tour.

In 2009 Destiny Street Repaired, a remake and “repair” of Destiny Street, was released. Destiny Street Repaired featured guitarists Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Ivan Julian playing along to the original rhythm tracks.

Their best known songs were “Blank Generation”, “Love Comes in Spurts”, “The Kid With the Replaceable Head” and “Time”.

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Name: Schoolly D
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Schoolly D is the moniker of American rapper Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. (June 22, 1966—) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a pioneer of hardcore rap and the pioneer of gangsta rap, being one of the first rappers to embrace an antisocial persona without explicit irony.

Musically, Schoolly D and his DJ Code Money came up with electronic hardcore beats. Later on, Schoolly embraced the afrocentric style, working together with KRS-One. He contributed songs and music to many Abel Ferrara films. Schoolly also wrote “The Player” for Ferrara’s film The Blackout, as well as the score to Ferrara’s R’Xmas. In addition he also contributed the title track to Ferrara’s King of New York starring Christopher Walken. The film also contained several tracks from the album “Am I Black enough for you?”. His last album features guest appearances by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Chuck Chillout, Lady B and The Sneaker Pimps.

Schoolly also does the music and occasional narration for the cult animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

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Name: J.B. Weaver
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Schoolly D is the moniker of American rapper Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. (June 22, 1966—) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a pioneer of hardcore rap and the pioneer of gangsta rap, being one of the first rappers to embrace an antisocial persona without explicit irony.

Musically, Schoolly D and his DJ Code Money came up with electronic hardcore beats. Later on, Schoolly embraced the afrocentric style, working together with KRS-One. He contributed songs and music to many Abel Ferrara films. Schoolly also wrote “The Player” for Ferrara’s film The Blackout, as well as the score to Ferrara’s R’Xmas. In addition he also contributed the title track to Ferrara’s King of New York starring Christopher Walken. The film also contained several tracks from the album “Am I Black enough for you?”. His last album features guest appearances by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Chuck Chillout, Lady B and The Sneaker Pimps.

Schoolly also does the music and occasional narration for the cult animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

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Name: Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings
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The origins of this New York-based funk/soul band can be traced back to 1996 and the forming of the Soul Providers, the original title giving a clear indication of the founders’ musical inclinations. Philip Lehman and Gabriel Roth aka Bosco Mann were driven by their love of 60s and 70s black music to form their own band and the Desco Records label, and with the addition of former correctional officer Sharon Jones (b. Sheron Lafaye Jones, 4 May 1956, Augusta, Georgia, USA) on vocals recorded several albums of deliberately retro funk and soul.
The duo went their separate ways in 2000, with Roth forming the Daptones Records label with regular collaborator Neal Sugarman. A new group, the Dap-Kings, was put together to act as the label’s house band. Comprising Roth (bass), Leon Michels (tenor saxophone), Jack Zapata (b. Martín Perna; baritone saxophone), Anda ‘Goodfoot’ Szilagyi (trumpet), Binky Griptite (guitar), Earl Maxton (organ), Homer ‘Funkyfoot’ Steinwess (drums), and Fernando ‘Boogaloo’ Velez (percussion). Jones, whose star had been on the rise with funk and soul fans following the release of a string of singles on Desco, provided the vocals and received top billing. A studio album recorded during the group’s summer residency in Barcelona, Spain was released in very limited numbers in 2001, with a much larger run the following year after the album was championed in the retro funk press. Jones and Roth received the majority of the praise, the former for her controlled, passionate vocals and the latter for his crisp analogue production.
A number of personnel changes ensued over the next two years, with Zapata, Maxton and Szilagyi leaving and Sugarman, David Guy (trumpet) and Tommy Brenneck (guitar) added to the line-up. Roth also took a back seat for a while following a serious car accident. Naturally, released in 2005, accentuated the group’s soul leanings, although there was still a number of full-on funk numbers in place. Michels left shortly afterwards to run the Truth & Soul label and was replaced by Ian Hendrickson-Smith.
During the next two years the profile of the Dap-Kings expanded beyond the funk and soul circuit when they were hired to work on a number of projects by DJ/producer Mark Ronson, the most notable of which was UK singer Amy Winehouse’s 2006 Back To Black and Ronson’s own Version in 2007. The Dap-Kings also served as Winehouse’s backing band on her first US tour. During this period they also released their most commercially successful album, 100 Days, 100 Nights.

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Name: Stereo MC's
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Stereo MCs are an English electronic dance group, which formed in Clapham, London, in 1985. They are best known worldwide for their 1992 transatlantic Top 20 hit single, "Connected". The book Guinness Rockopedia described them as "the big boys of British rap".

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Name: Teddy Pendergrass
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Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass, Sr. (born March 26, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died January 13, 2010) was an American Grammy nominated R&B soul singer-songwriter. Pendergrass' career began when he was a drummer for The Cadillacs, who soon merged with fellow soul band Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. After a stellar early 70s run including the Grammy-nominated hit If You Don't Know Me By Now, Teddy went solo in 1976. He released a total of fifteen solo studio albums including hits like Love T.K.O.. A car accident in 1982 damaged  his spinal cord and left him paralyzed from the waist down with limited use of his arms.   His initial rise to stardom occurred under tutelage of producer's Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff on the then CBS subsidiary Philadelphia International in 1970. The Blue Notes had hits such as "I Miss You," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up Everybody," the two million seller "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and many more. Following personality conflicts between Melvin and Pendergrass, Pendergrass launched a solo career and released hit singles like "The More I Get the More I Want," "Close the Door," "I Don't Love You Anymore," "Turn Off the Lights" and others.  His first solo album was self titled Teddy Pendergrass (1977), followed by Life Is A Song Worth Singing (1978), Live! Coast To Coast and Teddy (1979), 1980's TP and the final Philadelphia International Records album It's Time For Love (1981). He also sang a duet with Whitney Houston on "Hold Me," from her self-titled debut album.  Teddy Pendergrass started singing gospel music in Philadelphia churches, becoming an ordained minister at ten years old. While attending public school, he sang in the citywide McIntyre Elementary School Choir and in the All-City Stetson Junior High School Choir. A self-taught drummer, Pendergrass had a teen pop vocal group when he was 15.  By his late teens, Pendergrass was a drummer for local vocal group the Cadillacs. In the late 60s, the Cadillacs merged with another more-established group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. In 1970, when the Blue Notes broke up, Melvin, now aware of Pendergrass' vocal prowess, asked him to take the lead singer spot. It's no secret that Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff wanted Marvin Junior of the Dells for their Philadelphia International Records roster. Since the Dells were signed to Chess, they were unavailable. When the gruff'n'ready vocals of Pendergrass came their way, they eagerly signed the group.   Beginning with "I Miss You," a steady stream of hit singles flowed from the collaboration of Pendergrass and Gamble & Huff: "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up Everybody" (#1 R&B for two weeks in 1976), and two gold albums, To Be True and Wake Up Everybody.   Unfortunately, the more success the group had, the more friction developed between Melvin and Pendergrass. Despite the revised billing of the group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass, Pendergrass felt that he wasn't getting enough recognition. Around 1976, Pendergrass left Melvin's Blue Notes and formed his own Blue Notes, featuring Teddy Pendergrass. Briefly, there was some confusion as to which Blue Notes was which. The resolution came when Pendergrass disbanded his Blue Notes in favor of a solo career and Melvin's group signed a recording contract with Source Records, distributed through ABC Records, scoring a hit with "I Want to Be Your Lover."  Pendergrass signed a new contract with Philadelphia International Records sometime between late 1976 and early 1977. He burst back on the scene with Teddy Pendergrass, a platinum solo debut that included the top-notch singles "I Don't Love You Anymore," "You Can't Hide From Yourself," and "The More I Get the More I Want." Around this time, Pendergrass began to institute his infamous "Ladies Only" concerts. His next three albums went gold or platinum: Life Is a Song Worth Singing, Teddy, and Live! Coast to Coast. The hit single "Close the Door" was used in the film Soup for One, where Pendergrass had a minor role.   The singer received several Grammy nominations during 1977 and 1978, Billboard's 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award, an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, and awards from Ebony magazine and the NAACP. He was also in consideration for the lead in the movie biopic The Otis Redding Story. The '70s ended, but Pendergrass kept racking up the hits. TP, his fifth solo album, went platinum in the summer of 1980 off the singles "Turn Off the Lights," "Come Go With Me," "Shout and Scream," "It's You I Love," and "Can't We Try." It's Time for Love gave Pendergrass another gold album in summer 1981, which included the hit singles "Love TKO" and "I Can't Live Without Your Love." However in the UK chart success was limited to a handful of singles peaking just short of the top 40. Amazingly "Love TKO" failed to even grace the top 100.  A 1982 car accident left Pendergrass paralyzed from the waist down and wheelchair-bound. After almost a year of physical therapy and counseling, Pendergrass returned to the recording scene, signing a contract with Elektra/Asylum in 1983. His ninth solo album, his Elektra/Asylum debut, Love Language went gold the spring of 1984. Philadelphia International issued two albums of unreleased tracks, This One's For You (1982) and Heaven Only Knows (1983). Other albums included Workin' It Back (1985), Joy (1988, whose title track stayed at #1 in the R&B charts  for two weeks), and A Little More Magic (1993). The latter half of '90s found Pendergrass recording for the Surefire/Wind Up label. Truly Blessed (the name of an 1991 Elektra album) is the title of the autobiography Pendergrass co-authored with Patricia Romanowski.   Pendergrass passed away at age 59 on January 13, 2010 from complications following surgery for colon cancer.

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Name: Tenor Saw
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Clive Bright (2 December 1966 – August 1988), better known as Tenor Saw, was a Jamaican dancehall singjay in the 1980s, considered one of the most influential singers of the early digital reggae era. His best-known song was the 1985 hit "Ring the Alarm" on the "Stalag" riddim.
Born in Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica, Bright was raised as the fourth of six children in the Payne Land, Maverley and Olympic Gardens areas of West Kingston before the family settled in Duhaney Park. Bright had a religious upringing and sang in the Seventh-day Adventist Church of God choir in Olympic Gardens. Seeking to make it as a recording artist, Bright approached several of Kingston's producers. After being rejected by several others, George Phang gave the youngster a chance; His first single, "Roll Call" was recorded in 1984 for Phang's Powerhouse label, on the "Queen Majesty" rhythm. He moved on, with his friend Nitty Gritty, to work with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion sound system and Black Roots Records label, having hits in Jamaica with "Lots of Sign", "Pumpkin Belly", "Run Come Call Me", and "Fever". His most successful single, however, was "Ring the Alarm", voiced over the "Stalag" riddim for Winston Riley's Techniques label. The singles' success saw Tenor Saw work with King Jammy, recording "Pumpkin Belly" on Jammy's (then) new "Sleng Teng" rhythm. Further hits followed in 1986 with "Golden Hen" (on the Uptempo label), and Minott issued Tenor Saw's debut album, Fever, that year. In common with most dancehall albums of the period, most of the rhythms were digital adaptions of older tunes from the 1960s and 1970s, usually produced originally by Coxsone Dodd or Duke Reid. Thus, "Shirley Jones" is based on the "Rougher Yet" riddim (named after Keith "Slim" Smith's "Rougher Yet"), and "Eeni Meeni Mini Mo" uses the "Real Rock" riddim from Studio One, while "Roll Call" versions The Techniques' "Queen Majesty" from Duke Reid, and "Lots of Sign" uses the bassline of "Tonight" by Keith & Tex, produced by Derrick Harriott.
By the time the album was released, Tenor Saw had relocated to Miami, joining the Skengdon crew, where he recorded "Dancehall Feeling" and "Bad Boys". He recorded "No Work On a Sunday" for Donovan Germain, before moving to New York, where he recorded with Freddie McGregor ("Victory Train"). His last recording, "Chill Out Chill Out", was a duet with General Doggie.
In August 1988 he was killed by a motor vehicle in Houston, Texas, with the official cause of death determined as a case of hit and run accident, although other sources insist that he was murdered. He died at 21 years of age. Tenor Saw is regarded as one of the most influential singers of the early digital reggae era of the mid-1980s.
Tenor Saw's friends and colleagues Nitty Gritty ("Who Killed Tenor Saw?") and King Kong ("He was a Friend") both recorded tributes the year after his death.
Super Cat's song "Nuff man a Dead" is about the death of Tenor Saw and other superstars of the time.

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Name: The Large Professor
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Name: The Rolling Stones
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Den Kern der dienstältesten Rockgruppe der Welt bilden zwei Herren: Mick Jagger und Keith Richards.

Schon als Kinder gehen sie in den 1950er Jahren zusammen auf die Dartford Maypole County Primary School, haben aber bis zu ihrem Wiedersehen 1960 keinen engeren Kontakt. Richards studiert bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt zusammen mit Dick Taylor an der Sidcup Art School. Jagger versucht sich hingegen als BWL-Student auf der London School of Economics und spielte nebenbei mit Taylor (Bass) in der Blues-Band Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys. Beider Freund Taylor führt die beiden auf gemeinsame musikalische Wege.

Jagger und Richards treffen 1961 auf den Gitarristen Brian Jones, der bei der Band von Alexis Korner (auch als "Weißer Vater des Blues" bekannt), bei Blues Inc., unter Vertrag steht. Die beiden Combos jammen zusammen, Jagger, Richards und Jones werden Freunde.

Die anderen Musiker erkennen schnell Jaggers musikalisches und theatralisches Talent und erheben ihn prompt zum Leadsänger von Blues Inc. So entsteht das erste Demotape (ein Cover des Muddy Waters-Klassikers "Soon Forgotten" und drei weitere Songs), für das sich aber die Plattenfirmen (darunter auch EMI) nicht weiter interessieren.

Taylor verlässt daraufhin die Band, um weiter zu studieren. Die anderen ändern ihren Namen in The Rolling Stones, frei nach dem bekannten Song von Muddy Waters. Die Gruppe bilden zu diesem Zeitpunkt Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Pianist Ian Stewart, Drummer Mick Avory und Dick Taylor, der kurzfristig den Bass nochmals übernimmt.

Am 12. Juli 1962 geben sie ihren ersten legendären Auftritt unter neuem Namen im Londoner Marquee Club. Für Dick Taylor übernimmt ein paar Wochen später Bill Wyman den Bass, und nachdem Mick Avory (später bei den Kinks) die Trommeln an Tony Chapman abgibt, dieser die Jungs aber nicht überzeugt, stößt Jazz-Drummer und Werbedesigner Charlie Watts von den Blues By Five hinzu.

Um 1963 hilft den Rolling Stones eine feste Anstellung für acht Monate im Crawdaddy Club dabei, ihre Fangemeinde zu vergrößern. Dort lenken sie die Aufmerksamkeit von Andrew Loog Oldham, alsbald ihr Manager, auf sich. Dieser Typ versteht zwar nicht viel von Musik, er hat aber ein begnadetes Händchen im Bezug auf Promotion und Marketing. Er lässt sich von der Vorstellung leiten, mit den Stones eine Art Bad-Boy-Alternative zu Muttis Lieblings-Pilzköpfen zu erschaffen.

Oldham soll später sogar Mick Jagger die Heirat mit seiner Freundin Chrissie Shrimpton untersagt haben, weil dies nicht zum Hallodri-Image gehöre. Auf seine Anweisung hin ekeln die Stones Ian Stewart am Piano aus der Band, weil er nicht ins Rocker-Image passt. Stewart geht, bliebt aber im engen Kontakt zur Gruppe. Bis zu seinem Tod 1985 gilt er als einer der Hauptroadies der Stones und wirkt als Gastmusiker auf einigen Alben mit.

Oldham bringt im Juni 1963 den ersten Plattenvertrag der Stones bei Decca unter Dach und Fach. Derselbe Manager, der noch vor wenigen Monaten die Beatles abgelehnt hat, unterschreibt den Drei-Jahres-Vertrag. Kurz darauf verlässt auch schon die erste Single die Presse: Ein Cover von Chuck Berrys "Come On" beschert der Band die erste Notierung, auf Platz 21 der UK-Charts. Einige weitere mehr oder minder erfolgreiche Coverversionen folgen, bis die Stones 1964 mit dem Hit der Valentinos (damals noch mit Bobby Womack an Bord), "It's All Over Now", ihre erste Nummer eins auf der Insel platzieren.

Am 17. April 1964 erscheint der erste selbstbetitelte Longplayer, der noch vorwiegend Fremdkompositionen aus dem R'n'B-Lager enthält. Nur zwei Songs stammen aus der Feder von Jagger/Richards. Dank Andrew Oldham, überzeugt von ihrem Talent, dominiert fortan dieses Autorenduo die Kompositionen der Stones. Natürlich steht auch ein wirtschaftliches Interesse dahinter, denn bei Eigenkompositionen klingeln die Kassen nur im Lager der Stones.

So veröffentlichten sie im Juni 1964 ihre erste eigene Nummer "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)", die zum ersten Top-40-Hit in den USA avanciert. Ein Erfolgsrezept, das eine Reihe von bedeutenden Jagger/Richards-Singles nach sich zieht und im Sommer 1965 mit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in einem ersten Millionenseller gipfelt. "Satisfaction" wird der Wegweiser, der das dynamische Duo von ihren Roots im Rhythm'n'Blues zum rauen Rock'n'Roll mit bluesigen Riffs und sarkastisch-zweideutigen Texten lenkt. Die Stones rücken in die Riege der Superstars auf.

Zwischen 1966 und '67 macht sich dieser Rockstar-Status mehr und mehr in den Songs bemerkbar. Brian Jones entdeckt seinen Geschmack an halluzinogenen Substanzen und zeigt sich für die exotischeren Einflüsse auf der LP "Aftermath" verantwortlich. Auch die psychedelischen Sitar-Parts bei "Paint It Black" tragen später seine Handschrift.

Anrüchige Texte verstärken das von Oldham forcierte Bad-Boy-Image der Stones. Die "Ed Sullivon Show" legt Jagger nahe, den Refrain von "Let's Spend The Night Together" für einen Auftritt in eine weniger eindeutige Zeile umzudichten, was dieser aber ablehnt.

Das Jahr 1967 beginnt mit der Verhaftung von Mick und Keith wegen Drogenbesitzes. Später folgt auch Brian Jones. Alle drei kommen aber mit einer Bewährungsstrafe davon. Die Drogen ergreifen mehr und mehr Besitz von der Band, schlagen sich aber nicht negativ auf den kreativen Output nieder.

Die Stones trennen sich 1968 von Manager Oldham, dessen Job Allen Klein übernimmt. Dieser zeigt sich mitverantwortlich für die kreative Freizügigkeit in der Gruppe. Die psychedelischeren Platten "Their Satanic Majesties Request" oder "Beggar's Banquet" erzielen äußerst positive Resonanz bei den Kritikern.

1969 bricht das Schicksalsjahr für die Stones an. Brian Jones verlässt im Juni die Band, angeblich, weil er nicht mit dem dominierenden Songschreiberduo Jagger/Richards klar kommt. Ersatz findet sich durch Gitarrist Mick Taylor. Einen Monat später ertrinkt Jones in seinem Swimmingpool.

Doch damit nicht genug. Bei einem kostenlosen Konzert am Altamont Speedway bei San Fancisco heuerten die Stones auf Anraten der Grateful Dead die Hell's Angels als Ordner an, um des Publikumsansturms Herr zu werden. Der Plan erweist sich als kompletter Fehlschlag, als einer der Angels den schwarzen Konzertbesucher Meredith Hunter niedersticht, was im Live-Film "Gimme Shelter" deutlich zu sehen ist.

Mick Jagger findet sich immer öfter im Rampenlicht der High Society wieder und heiratet das nicaraguanische Model Bianca Perez Morena de Macias. Nach seinem 69er Ausflug ins Filmgeschäft mit dem australischen Western "Ned Kelly" wagt er erneut eine Rolle in Nicholas Roegs Kultfilm "Performance". Zu beiden Filmen steuert er auch den Soundtrack bei.

Auch Keith Richards hat 1969 eine kleine Rolle in Volker Schlöndorffs Film "Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell". Mit dem 1970er-Release von "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" endet der Plattenvertrag mit Decca. Die Gruppe gründet ihr eigenes Label Rolling Stones Records als Teil von Atlantic Records. Seit der ersten Veröffentlichung "Sticky Fingers" (mit dem skandalösen Reißverschluss-Cover von Andy Warhol) ist die Zunge als Logo auf jeder Platte zu sehen.

Mehre Klagen wegen Steuerhinterziehung zwingen die Stones zur Flucht ins französische Exil. Dort entsteht die Doppel-LP "Exile On Main St.". 1975 übergibt Mick Taylor die Stones-Klampfe an Ron Wood, der schon mit Rod Stewart bei den Faces Erfolg hatte. Die Stones beginnen, sich mehr auf Nebenprojekte zu konzentrieren, wobei Wyman und Wood regelmäßig Soloalben veröffentlichen.

Auch Keith Richards jetsettet in der Weltgeschichte herum. Nachdem er 1977 mit seinem Dauergroupie Anita Palleberg eine beachtliche Menge Heroin nach Kanada schmuggelt, wird er vor Gericht zu einer Bewährungsstrafe verurteilt. Nach seinem Entzug erscheint 1978 "Some Girls" auf den Markt, die Stones-Antwort auf Punk, New Wave und Disco.

Bis 1981 und dem Album "Tattoo You" schafft es jede Stones-Single in die Top 10. Doch Jagger und Richards geraten über den weiteren Weg der Band in Streitigkeiten. Jagger möchte neuere Einflüsse in den Sound integrieren, wobei man nach Richards den alten Roots im Rock und Blues treu bleiben soll. Infolgedessen beginnt Mick eine relativ erfolgreiche Solokarriere ("She's The Boss", "Primitive Cool", "Goddess In The Doorway"), und auch Keith veröffentlicht 1988 mit "Talk Is Cheap" ein Solowerk. Obwohl sie 1986 den Grammy für ihr Lebenswerk erhalten, geraten über dem Streit der Hauptfiguren Kreativität und Erfolg der Band in den 1980ern ins Stocken.

Erst 1989 knüpfen die Stones mit "Steel Wheels" wieder an alte Erfolge an und füllen mit ihrer 140-Millionen-Dollar-Mega-Tour die Stadien der Welt. Bill Wyman verlässt nach dem Release des Live-Albums "Flashback" 1991 die Truppe und verdingt sich als Buchautor ("Stone Alone").

Mit "Voodoo Lounge" kommt Darryl Jones an den Bass, und die Band erreicht erstmals seit 13 Jahren wieder die britischen LP-Charts. Sie sind die älteste Gruppe (Durchschnittsalter 50), die bis dahin den ersten Platz dieser Hitliste belegt. Für das Album erhamstern sie einen weiteren Grammy für das beste Rockalbum. Mit der Hitsingle "Love Is Strong" im Gepäck erobern die Stones 1995 wieder die Stadien dieser Welt, zum ersten Mal ohne Basser Bill.

Auch der bereits 1997 fertige Nachfolge-Longplayer "Bridges To Babylon" mit dem Hit "Anybody Seen My Baby" lässt die Erfolgswoge des Quartetts nicht abreißen. Wenngleich neue Studioalben mittlerweile höchstens noch eine Legitimation für eine Weltreise bedeuten. Einige Sound-Experimente sind dennoch verortbar. Wie schon bei "Voodoo Lounge" sitzt erneut Don Was (B-52s, Bob Dylan, Elton John) am Produzentenpult, diesmal zusammen mit den Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys). Gemeinsam lassen sie die ergrauten Herren sogar am Reggae schnüffeln ("You Don't Have To Mean It"). Die Kritik nimmt das Album insgesamt besser auf als den Vorgänger.

Mit den Live-Alben "Stripped" (1995) und "No Security" (1998) zelebrieren die Rock-Dinosaurier ihre Live-Qualitäten, bevor es eine Weile still um die Band wird. Erst 2002 gibt es neues Futter für die Fans, wenn auch nur in Form vier neuer Songs, die auf das Best Of-Album "Forty Licks" gelangen. Erneut geht es auf Tournee, erneut veröffentlicht man Live-CD sowie DVD.

Erst 2005, acht Jahre nach dem letzten Studioalbum, präsentieren die vier Stones wieder eine Albumlänge an neuen Songs. "A Bigger Bang" heißt das Ergebnis und dient, wer hätte es gedacht, als Anlass zu einer erneuten Welttournee.

2006 spielen die Stones beim ersten Teil ihrer "A Bigger Bang"-Tour zwar auch Konzerte in Europa, sind aber gezwungen, einige Auftritte abzusagen, nachdem Gitarrist Richards auf den Fidschi-Inseln von einer Palme stürzt. Hierzulande entfallen die Konzerte in Nürnberg, Leipzig und Frankfurt. 2007 folgt der zweite Teil der Tour, die sich über drei Sommermonate erstreckt.

Kurz vor Weihnachten 2007 erscheint mit "Rolled Gold" eine Wiederauflage des bereits 1975 erschienen Best Of-Albums. Auf zwei CDs finden sich 40 Songs der Stones-Frühphase ein von "Come On" (1963) bis zu "Wild Horses" (1971). Ein ausführliches Booklet mit der historischen Einordnung der jeweiligen Songs rundet das Paket ab.

Martin Scorseses Konzertfilm "Shine A Light" eröffnet 2008 die Berlinale, im April läuft der Streifen in den Kinos. Aufgenommen wurde an drei Abenden in New York anno 2006. Zwei Jahre später zieht Keith in seiner Autobiografie "Life" dermaßen über Jagger her, dass er sich später dafür entschuldigt. Mick sieht es mittlerweile entspannt.

Zum 50. Bühnenjubiläum 2012 müssen schließlich wieder alle ins Boot. Währenddessen läuft die VÖ-Politik in Sachen Stones-Sound wie gewohnt weiter. Neben den obligatorischen autorisierten und nicht-autorisierten Büchern zum Jubiläum, erscheint mit "Doom And Gloom" der erste neue Song seit sieben Jahren auf der Kompilation "Grrr!".

Noch einmal stehen die Rock-Veteranen für eine Handvoll Konzerte, deren günstigste Karten 500 Euro kosten, gemeinsam auf der Bühne. Da erlaubt sich ein Herr Jagger doch gerne ein Scherzchen und fragt in die Menge, wie es dem Publikum auf den billigen Plätzen geht. "Ach, nein. Es gibt ja keine!" Der Dokumentarfilm "Crossfire Hurricane" rundet die Feierlichkeiten ab.

Seit Jahrzehnten als Rock-Opas beschimpft, lassen sich die ehemaligen Rotzlöffel und heutigen Elder Statesmen des Rock nicht aus der Ruhe bringen. Sie machen einfach weiter. "It's only rock'n'roll, but we like it."

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Name: thievery corporation
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Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists, Frank 'Booty Lock' Mitchell, Jeff Franca and Ashish Vyas. Their music style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, and Brazilian (such as bossa nova).

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Name: Toots & The Maytals
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Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are considered legends of ska and reggae music. Their sound is a unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock. Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, the leader of the group, was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He was the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir, but moved to Kingston in 1961 at the tender age of sixteen. In Kingston, Hibbert met Henry “Raleigh” Gordon and Nathaniel “Jerry” McCarthy, forming a group whose early recordings were attributed to “The Flames” and, possibly, “The Vikings”. Having renamed the group the Maytals, the vocal trio recorded their first album, “Never Grow Old – presenting the Maytals”, for producer Clement “Coxsone” Dodd at Studio One in 1962-63. With musical backing from Dodd’s house band, the legendary Skatalites, the Maytals’ close-harmony gospel singing ensured instant success for the 1964 release, overshadowing Dodd’s other up-and-coming gospel trio, The Wailers. The original album augmented by studio out-takes from the Studio One sessions was re-released by Heartbeat/Rounder Records in 1997, and is essential listening for Maytals and Skatalites fans.

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Name: War
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One of the most popular funk groups of the '70s, War were also one of the most eclectic, freely melding soul, Latin, jazz, blues, reggae, and rock influences into an effortlessly funky whole. Although War's lyrics were sometimes political in nature (in keeping with their racially integrated lineup), their music almost always had a sunny, laid-back vibe emblematic of their Southern California roots. War kept the groove loose, and they were given over to extended jamming -- in fact, many of their studio songs were edited together out of longer improvisations. Even if the jams sometimes got indulgent, they demonstrated War's truly group-minded approach: no one soloist or vocalist really stood above the others (even though all were clearly talented), and their grooving interplay placed War in the top echelon of funk ensembles.
The roots of War lay in an R&B cover band called the Creators. Guitarist Howard Scott and drummer Harold Brown started the group in 1962 while attending high school in the Compton area, and three years later, the lineup also featured keyboardist Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, bassist Morris "B.B." Dickerson, and saxophonist/flutist Charles Miller (all of them sang). The group had an appetite for different sounds right from the start, ranging from R&B to blues to the Latin music they'd absorbed while growing up in the racially mixed ghettos of Los Angeles. Despite a two-year hiatus following Scott's induction into the service, they released several singles locally on Dore Records (their first, "Burn Baby Burn," was with singer Johnny Hamilton), and backed jazz saxophonist Jay Contreli, formerly of the psychedelic band Love; they also went by the names the Romeos and Señor Soul during this period. In 1968, the band was reconfigured and dubbed Nightshift; Peter Rosen was the new bassist, and percussionist Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen, who'd previously played with Dizzy Gillespie, came onboard, along with two more horn players. B.B. Dickerson later returned when Rosen died of a drug overdose. In 1969, Nightshift began backing football star Deacon Jones (a defensive end for the L.A. Rams) during his singing performances in a small club, where they were discovered by producer Jerry Goldstein. Goldstein suggested the band as possible collaborators to former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon, who along with Danish-born harmonica player Lee Oskar (born Oskar Levetin Hansen) had been searching L.A. clubs for a new act.

After witnessing Nightshift in concert, Burdon took charge of the group. He gave them a provocative new name, War, and replaced the two extra horn players with Oskar. To develop material, War began playing marathon concert jams over which Burdon would free-associate lyrics. In August 1969, Burdon and War entered the studio for the first time, and after some more touring, they recorded their first album, 1970's Eric Burdon Declares War. The spaced-out daydream of "Spill the Wine" was a smash hit, climbing to number three and establishing the group in the public eye. A second album, The Black Man's Burdon, was released before the year's end, and over the course of two records it documented the group's increasingly long improvisations (as well as Burdon's growing tendency to ramble). It also featured War's first recorded vocal effort on "They Can't Take Away Our Music." Burdon's contract allowed War to be signed separately, and they soon inked a deal with United Artists, intending to record on their own as well as maintaining their partnership with Burdon. However, Burdon -- citing exhaustion -- suddenly quit during the middle of the group's European tour in 1971, spelling the beginning of the end; he rejoined War for a final U.S. tour and then left for good.

War had already issued their self-titled, Burdon-less debut at the beginning of 1971, but it flopped. Before the year was out, they recorded another effort, All Day Music, which spawned their first Top 40 hits in "All Day Music" and "Slippin' Into Darkness"; the album itself was a million-selling Top 20 hit. War really hit their stride on the follow-up album, 1972's The World Is a Ghetto; boosted by a sense of multicultural harmony, it topped the charts and sold over three million copies, making it the best-selling album of 1973. It also produced two Top Ten smashes in "The Cisco Kid" (which earned them a fervent following in the Latino community) and the title ballad. 1973's Deliver the Word was another million-selling hit, reaching the Top Ten and producing the Top Ten single "Gypsy Man" and another hit in "Me and Baby Brother." However, it had less of the urban grit that War prided themselves on; while taking some time to craft new material and rethink their direction, War consolidated their success with the double concert LP War Live, recorded over four nights in Chicago during 1974.

Released in 1975, Why Can't We Be Friends returned to the sound of The World Is a Ghetto with considerable success. The bright, anthemic title track hit the Top Ten, as did "Low Rider," an irresistible slice of Latin funk that became the group's first (and only) R&B chart-topper, and still stands as their best-known tune. 1976 brought the release of a greatest-hits package featuring the new song "Summer," which actually turned out to be War's final Top Ten pop hit; the same year, Oskar released his first solo album, backed by members of Santana. A double-LP compilation of jams and instrumentals appeared on the Blue Note jazz label in 1977, under the title Platinum Jazz; it quickly became one of the best-selling albums in Blue Note history, and produced an R&B-chart smash with an edited version of "L.A. Sunshine."

Yet disco was beginning to threaten the gritty, socially aware funk War specialized in. Later in 1977, the band switched labels, moving to MCA for Galaxy; though it sold respectably, and the disco-tinged title track was a hit on the R&B charts, it fizzled on the pop side, and proved to be the last time War would hit the Top 40. After completing the Youngblood soundtrack album in 1978, the original War lineup began to disintegrate. Dickerson left during the recording of 1979's The Music Band (which featured new female vocalist Alice Tweed Smith), and not long after, Charles Miller was murdered in a robbery attempt. After The Music Band was released, the remaining members attempted to refashion their image to fit the glitz of the era, and added some new personnel: bassist Luther Rabb, percussionist Ronnie Hammon, and saxophonist Pat Rizzo (ex-Sly & the Family Stone). The Music Band 2 flopped, and the group was thrown into disarray; Smith exited, and the follow-up took an uncharacteristic three years to prepare. Released in 1982, Outlaw was a moderate success; the title track was a Top 20 R&B hit, and "Cinco de Mayo" became a Latino holiday standard. Yet it didn't restore War's commercial standing. Rizzo left later in the year; Harold Brown followed in 1983, after Life Is So Strange flopped; and Rabb was replaced with Ricky Green in 1984. In the years that followed, War was essentially a touring outfit and nothing more. Papa Dee Allen collapsed and died on-stage of a brain aneurysm in 1988, leaving Jordan, Hammon, Oskar, and Scott as the core membership (Oskar would finally leave in 1992). Interest in War's classic material remained steady, however, thanks to frequent sampling of their grooves by hip-hop artists. 1992's Rap Declares War paired the band with a variety of rappers, paving the way for the 1994 comeback attempt Peace Sign; for that record, Brown returned on drums, and Jordan (now on bass), Scott, and Hammon were joined by saxophonists Kerry Campbell and Charles Green, percussionist Sal Rodriguez, harmonica player Tetsuya "Tex" Nakamura, and Brown's son, programmer Rae Valentine (plus guests Lee Oskar and José Feliciano). The album failed to chart, however, and the group returned to the touring circuit. Brown and Scott left the lineup in 1997.

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Name: White Denim
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Formed in February 2006 when friends James Petralli and Joshua Block (of the band Parque Touch) teamed up with Steve Terebecki (of the band Peach Train) and started recording punk-infused, psychedelic blues-rock in Block's 1940s Spartan trailer.

In 2007, the band self-released its first EP entitled Let's Talk About It on 7" only, but later these tracks became available on iTunes. While on tour in 2007, the band recorded its second album and sold copies as a nine-song "tour EP" entitled Workout Holiday, which was only sold at shows. Workout Holiday caught the ear of new record label RCRD LBL (an online record label releasing exclusive and completely free music from emerging and established artists), and the band signed on to re-record three of the songs from Workout Holiday. These songs were exclusively released as the RCRD LBL EP, one Mp3 track at a time over the course of the first few months of 2008.

Since these releases, the band has toured extensively playing shows including SXSW and CMJ Music Marathon, and also received the award of "Best New Band" at the 2008 Austin Music Awards. In order to reach European listeners, the band signed to U.K. record label Full Time Hobby (home to The Hold Steady and Viva Voce) for an overseas release. The first release on Full Time Hobby was the single "Letâ€™s Talk About It" b/w "Darksided Computer Mouth". The band also plans to release the Workout Holiday LP, which will consist of re-recorded songs from the band's first two self-released EPs along with some new tracks.

White Denim have also finished recording their debut U.S. full-length LP, which will be entitled Exposion. Originally sold during their Spring 2008 tour as a CDR with the title 11 Songs, the album is planned to be released by the summer of 2008. The new album will be self-released much like the Let's Talk About EP (on vinyl and digital format only), reporting that "CDs seem pretty worthless to us".

Members
* James Petralli: Vocals, guitar
* Joshua Block: Drums
* Steve Terebecki: Vocals, bass

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Name: Pain Is Love
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Name: OFWGKTA
Overview: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All is the full name of hip-hop collective OFWGKTA.
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Name: Pusha-T
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Terrence Thornton (born May 13, 1977), better known by his stage name Pusha T, is an American hip hop recording artist from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is also known as one half of hip hop duo Clipse, alongside his brother and fellow American rapper Gene "No Malice" Thornton. He is the co-founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Re-Up Records along with his aforementioned brother. In September 2010, Thornton announced his signing to Kanye West's GOOD Music label and on March 21, 2011, released his first solo project, a mixtape titled Fear of God. He released his debut album My Name Is My Name. on October 8, 2013.

Pusha T was born Terrence Thornton on May 13, 1977, in The Bronx borough of New York City. Thornton and his family soon relocated to Norfolk, Virginia, where he and his brother, Gene 'No Malice' Thornton, grew up. In 1992, Terrence and his brother Gene formed the duo Clipse. With help from American record producer and fellow Virginian Pharrell Williams, the duo eventually signed to Elektra Records in 1997 and released Exclusive Audio Footage, their only album under that label. Of the two brothers, Terrence was more open to features, appearing on Kelis' 1999 single "Good Stuff" and Nivea's 2001 single "Run Away (I Wanna Be with U)", respectively. In 2004, he and his brother launched their record label imprint, Re-Up Records and formed hip hop group Re-Up Gang, along with fellow rappers Ab-Liva and Sandman. In 2006, they released their third studio album and their most commercial album, Hell Hath No Fury, which was praised by critics. After one more album as the Clipse in 2009, both No Malice and Pusha T announced that they were taking time off from the duo to focus on their own respective solo projects.

2010–2011: Solo career; GOOD Music signing
Following his signing to GOOD Music in September 2010, Thornton was featured on a number of fellow label mates' projects such as Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy appearing on his hit "Runaway" and premiering the song with him at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. He was also featured on several tracks from West's GOOD Fridays series and made other appearances on Swizz Beatz's Monster Mondays series, Lloyd Banks' H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2) and tabi Bonney's Fresh, respectively. On the week of December 16, 2010, Thornton signed exclusively with NUE Agency. On February 11, 2011, Funkmaster Flex debuted Thornton's first solo offering on New York City's Hot 97. The track, titled "My God", was produced by Hit-Boy and was generally well received by the public. Soon after, the song leaked onto the internet, however was not officially released through iTunes and Amazon until August 24, 2011.

On March 21, 2011, Thornton released his first solo project, a mixtape titled Fear of God, which included "My God" and featured freestyles and other original songs. Soon after he began working on his debut extended play (EP) Fear of God II: Let Us Pray, which initially included four songs from the mixtape and five new songs. On August 31, 2011, it was announced Thornton signed a solo record deal with Def Jam. The EP was originally set to released on June 21, 2011, it was than pushed back to August 23, and for a while September 27, 2011, was believed to be the date, however on October 6, 2011, Thornton announced the EP is set to drop November 8, 2011. In addition it was revealed he added four more songs to the EP making it 12 tracks rather than just the nine tracks that were previously announced.


Pusha T performing "Runaway" with West at Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago, 2011.
The first single from Fear of God II: Let Us Pray was leaked onto the Internet on July 8, 2011. The song, titled "Trouble on My Mind", features Odd Future frontman, Tyler, The Creator. The EP's second single, "Amen" was released September 13, 2011. The song, originally meant for Young Jeezy, was produced by Shawty Redd and features verses from Kanye West and Young Jeezy respectively. After the EP's release on November 8, the project debuted at number 66 on the Billboard 200 with 8,900 copies sold in its first week released. It also entered at number ten on Billboard '​s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, at number eight on Billboard '​s Top Rap Albums, and at number 25 on its Digital Albums chart.

In 2011, Thornton appeared on the second season of the HBO series How to Make It in America. He played the role of a henchman for Urban Caribbean League. Soon after the release of his EP, Pusha T started working on solo debut studio album, which would be executive produced by Kanye West. Thornton has stated that after his solo album and the Re-Up Gang mixtape, Long Live the Cane, he and his brother No Malice, would reunite and release another album. In late 2011, English pop singer Pixie Lott released "What Do You Take Me For?", the second single from her second studio album Young Foolish Happy which featured Pusha T. The song was a hit single in the U.K., peaking at number ten on the charts.

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Name: Fear Of God
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Name: Wave Machines
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Wave Machines was an English art pop band formed in Liverpool in 2007. The band released singles "The Greatest Escape We Ever Made" and "I Go I Go I Go" on Chess Club Records before signing with Neapolitan Music Limited in 2008. Three further singles, "Keep The Lights On", a newly recorded version of "I Go I Go I Go" and "Punk Spirit" followed.

The band's debut album Wave If You're Really There was released in June 2009. It received favourable reviews from NME. Clash (magazine) and Artrocker (magazine)

The group has performed a number of live sessions on BBC 6 Music on shows presented by Lauren Laverne, George Lamb and Marc Riley, as well as sessions on other stations for Huw Stephens, John Kennedy and Rob da Bank.

The band performed live at Jodrell Bank Observatory for Jodrell Bank Live on 2 July 2011 alongside The Flaming Lips and British Sea Power.

Wave Machines won the 9th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop vote for best Dance/Electronica song "Keep the Lights On". The video for "Keep The Lights On" was awarded best choreography at the 2011 UK Music Video Awards.

On 28 April 2012 the band revealed a taster from their forthcoming album Pollen called "Counting Birds" via their website.

On 22 October 2012, the first single from Pollen, "Ill Fit", was released and followed by the announcement that the album would be released on 21 January 2013. The album was recorded throughout 2011/12 at various locations starting at Sphere Studios in Battersea before relocating to Liverpool to continue at band's rehearsal room and eventually Whitewood studios. Pollen was co-produced by Lexxx. It was later mixed by Lexxx at Konk studios in Hornsey, North London.

Since dissolving Wave Machines, Vidar Norheim (drums) has released the EP, Blind Carbon Copy, with his solo project on Furuberget in Norway, Rallye Label in Japan and independently.

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Name: Wave If You're Really There
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Name: Aphex Twin
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Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is a British electronic musician and composer. He founded the record label Rephlex Records in 1991 with Grant Wilson-Claridge. He has been described by The Guardian as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music."

Aphex Twin has also recorded music under the aliases AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window, DJ Smojphace, GAK, Martin Tressider, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Prichard D. Jams, Q-Chastic, Tahnaiya Russell, The Dice Man, Soit-P.P., and speculatively The Tuss.

Aphex Twin has released recordings on Rephlex, Warp, R&S, Sire, Mighty Force, Rabbit City, and Men Records.

Biography
Early life

James was born on 18 August 1971 in Limerick, the son of Welsh parents. He grew up in Lanner, Cornwall, with two older sisters, in a "very happy" childhood during which they "were pretty much left to do what  wanted". He enjoyed living there, feeling apart from nearby cities and the rest of the world. Some of his earliest musical experiments as a child involved James playing with the strings inside his family's piano, similar to composer John Cage's prepared piano experiments, and at age nine he began purchasing tapes and tape recorders. James attended Redruth School in Redruth, Cornwall, and claimed to have produced sound on a Sinclair ZX81 (a machine with no sound hardware) at age 11:

“	When I was 11, I won 50 pounds in a competition for writing this program that made sound on a ZX81. You couldn't make sound on a ZX81, but I played around with machine code and found some codes that retuned the TV signal so that it made this really weird noise when you turned the volume up.	”
According to musician Benjamin Middleton, James began producing music the following year. At age twelve, he bought his first synthesiser, which he reassembled himself: "I started off modifying analogue synths and junk that I bought, and got addicted to making noises. That was the buzz for me. At that point, I'd never really listened to music." As a teenager he was a disc jockey at the Shire Horse Inn in St Ives, with Tom Middleton at the Bowgie Inn in Crantock and along the beaches around Cornwall. James studied at Cornwall College from 1988 to 1990 for a National Diploma in engineering. About his studies, he said "music and electronics went hand in hand". James graduated from college; according to an engineering lecturer he often wore headphones during practical lessons, "no doubt thinking through the mixes he'd be working on later".

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Name: Syro
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Name: Broke With Expensive Taste
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Azealia Banks, Warren "Oak" Felder, Ronnie "Flip" Colson, Steve Mostyn, "Pop" Wansel, Kelly Sheehan & Jonathan Harris

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Name: Solace
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Name: What a Time To Be Alive
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Name: Beatking
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Name: Nujabes
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Jun Seba (瀬場潤 Seba Jun?, February 7, 1974 – February 26, 2010) was a Japanese hip hop producer and DJ who recorded under the name Nujabes (ヌジャベス Nujabesu (Inspired from his own name "Seba Jun" read from right to left?), the reverse spelling of his name in Japanese order. Nujabes was also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions. He died in a car accident on February 26, 2010. Nujabes is best known for his approach to hip hop beats, often blending jazz influences into his songs creating a mellow, nostalgic and atmospheric sound. In addition to Japanese artists like Uyama Hiroto, Shing02 and Minmi, Nujabes collaborated with various underground American hip hop acts CYNE, Cise Starr (as a solo apart from the hip-hop collective CYNE), Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Fat Jon, Jose James, Terry Callier, as well as British rapper Funky DL. He was also a member of the production duo Urbanforest, an experimental collaboration with Nao T.
Nujabes was one of the most prolific contributors to the background music and soundtracks of Samurai Champloo, an anime which blends a feudal Japan setting with modern anachronisms, especially in regard to hip hop culture such as graffiti and rapping.
A distinguishing feature of Nujabes' sound is his incorporation of Jazz samples in his tunes. For an example, the track "The Final View" on his album Metaphorical Music features the Jazz Standard "Love Theme From Spartacus" by Pianist Barry Harris, as played by Saxophonist Yusef Lateef, sampled over the track. Nujabes incorporates Lateef's head melody on oboe, cuts of his solos, and background piano composition in his piece. On February 26, 2010, Jun Seba was involved in a car accident while exiting the Shuto Expressway late at night. He died at a hospital in Shibuya Ward after failed attempts to resuscitate him, at the age of 36. Seba's death was officially announced by Shing02, a friend and collaborator of Nujabes, and Hydeout Productions on March 18, 2010. A private burial with only family in attendance was held for Jun. Hydeout Productions has stated that Nujabes has left behind tracks which were released in the posthumous album Spiritual State.

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Name: Haruka Nakamura
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Haruka Nakamura  (b.1982) is a composer in Tokyo, Japan. As a child, Haruka learned to play piano and guitar on his own. His sound is made of sunset and season’s perfume.

Haruka first emerged in the Japanese electronic scene with the release of “Afterglow” (Schole, 2007), a split album with Akira Kosemura. It was then followed by three solo albums “grace” (Schole, 2008), “twilight” (Kitchen. Label 2010) and “MELODICA” (hydeout productions, 2013). All 4 albums are ranked as one of the most successful independent albums in recent times by a new artist in Japan. He was awarded “Singles of the Week” by iTunes Japan for the track “twilight”.
Haruka has commissioned original music for clients such as for H.P France, PARCO and fashion brands mame, evam eva and support surface. Outside of his solo works, he has released collaboration albums with Janis Crunch and AOKI,hayato. They released the albums “12 & 1 SONG” (Kitchen. Label, 2011) and “FOLKLORE” (fete musique, 2014) respectively. Haruka also performs in his experimental side project group haruka nakamura LABO. In his forthcoming 4th album “Ongaku no Aru Fuukei” (Kitchen. Label, 2014), he has recorded with the ensemble line-up of ARAKI Shin (saxophone, flute), Akira Uchida (saxophone), Rie Nemoto (violin), isao saito (drums) and CANTUS (chorus) whom he has been touring extensively in Japan since 2010.

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Name: Funky DL
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Name: Brianna Perry
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Brianna Perry (born January 11, 1992), also known as Lil' Brianna, is an American female rapper from Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was the youngest act signed to Missy Elliott's label The Goldmind Inc. and affiliated with Slip-N-Slide Records, home to rappers Trina and Rick Ross. Perry made her debut on Trina's album Diamond Princess on the track "Kandi". Since then, she has released six mixtapes, four mainstream singles and various viral freestyles.

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Name: Ralph Tresvant
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Ralph Tresvant (born Ralph Edward Tresvant, Jr. on May 16, 1968) is an American tenor singer, best known as one of the lead singers in New Edition.

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Name: Erikah Badu
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Born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas, Erykah Badu inherited a taste for music from her mother Kolleen Wright, who introduced her to multiple genres of music (Joni Mitchell, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Phoebe Snow, Chaka Khan). At the tender age of four, Badu began singing and dancing in productions at the local Dallas Theatre Centre. It wasn’t until her acting debut in the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Center’s musical production of “Really Rosie,” directed by her godmother Gwen Hargrove, that Badu realized she was a natural performer. “I played Alligator,” Badu says, “and at 6 years old, I got my first standing ovation. I knew I wanted to bring people to their feet from that point on. Badu stayed true to her artistic leanings and enrolled at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in the late ’80s. Tomboyish and a bit of a class clown, Badu devoted most of her time to perfecting her dance form, studying the techniques of Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham, as well as practicing ballet, tap, and modern dance. Badu also sharpened her Hip-Hop skills, freestyling on the Dallas radio station 90.9 FM KNON under the name Apples the Alchemist until she eventually changed the spelling of her name from “Erica Wright” to “Erykah Badu,” “kah” being Kemetic (Egyptian) for a human’s vital energy or “inner-self” and “ba-du” after her favorite jazz scat-sound. But later, Badu would discover that her chosen name holds a far deeper meaning. Badu enrolled at Grambling State University, where she majored in theater and minored in Quantum Physics. She left in 1993 to pursue music full-time. During the day, she taught drama and dance at the South Dallas Cultural Center and worked as a coffeehouse waitress. At night, she recorded and performed songs like “Appletree,” produced by her cousin Robert “Free” Bradford. In 1994, her 19-song demo caught the attention of aspiring record executive Kedar Massenburg by way of the SXSW music festival. Massenburg signed her to his upstart label Kedar Entertainment. The company eventually merged with Motown/Universal and Badu started opening for D’Angelo, prepping the world for the massive Neo soul movement to come. The New York Times described Badu’s groundbreaking debut, 1997’s Baduizm, as “traditional soul vocals, staccato hip-hop rhythms and laid-back jazzy grooves.” Yet, hindsight reveals that Badu’s debut was more than just an album, it was the introduction of a new lifestyle. The music evoked speakeasies, incense, head wraps, and boho coffee shop culture all in one easy breath. Propelled by the lead single “On & On,” the album went multi-platinum, winning her two Grammys for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Album. Badu topped Rolling Stone’s Reader’s poll for Best R&B Artist, and Entertainment Weekly named her Best New Female Singer of 1997.

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Name: Xscape
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Xscape war ein amerikanisches R&B-Gesangsquartett aus Atlanta, Georgia. Die Girlgroup wurde 1990 in College Park gegründet und veröffentlichte zwischen 1993 und 1998 drei Studioalben, die in den USA jeweils mit Platin ausgezeichnet wurden. Die erfolgreichste Single Just Kickin’ It aus dem Jahr 1993 erhielt ebenfalls Platin.
Die Schwestern LaTocha und Tamika Scott wuchsen in der Kirche ihres Vaters, des Reverenten Randolf Scott auf. Scott, der in den 1970er Jahren selbst Mitglied einer R&B-Band namens The Scott Three war, musizierte bereits in frühen Jahren mit seinen Töchtern, die schließlich neben Auftritten in der Kirche auch an Talentwettbewerben der Umgebung teilnahmen. Während ihrer Zeit in der Tri-City High School in College Park lernten die Schwestern Kandi Burruss und Tameka Cottle kennen, mit denen sie 1990 die Gruppe Xscape gründeten.

Den ersten gemeinsamen Auftritt hatte das Quartett 1991 auf der Geburtstagsparty des Produzenten Jermaine Dupri. Daraufhin erhielten sie einen Vertrag bei So So Def Records und veröffentlichten im Herbst 1993 das Debütalbum Hummin’ Comin’ at ’Cha, das Platz 17 der Billboard 200 sowie Platz 3 der R&B-Charts erreichte und dafür mit einer Platin-Schallplatte ausgezeichnet wurde. Die Vorabsingle Just Kickin’ It erhielt ebenfalls Platin, ihr Nachfolger Understanding bekam Gold.

1995 erschien das Album Off the Hook, das es auf Platz 23 der Billboard 200 und Platz 3 der R&B-Charts schaffte, wofür es, ebenso wie sein Vorgänger, Platin erhielt. Die beiden erfolgreichsten Auskopplungen Feels so Good und Who Can I Run To erlangten Goldstatus. Auch das dritte und letzte Studioalbum Xscapes, Traces of My Lipstick, spielte Platin ein. Die Platte kam 1998 auf Platz 28 der Billboard 200 und Platz 6 der R&B-Charts. Mit The Arms of the One Who Loves You ist auch darauf eine goldprämierte Single enthalten.

Tamika Scott ist neben der Musikkarriere auch als ordinierte Pfarrerin tätig und nahm ein Solo-Gospelalbum auf. Auch LaTocha Scott war solo aktiv und veröffentlichte das Album Solo Flight 404. Tameka Cottle heiratete im Juli 2010 den Rapper T.I. Kandi Burruss hatte 2000 als Kandi mit dem Lied Don’t Think I’m Not einen Hit in Deutschland, Großbritannien und den USA. Sie bildete 2007 kurzzeitig mit der Rapperin Rasheeda Buckner das Duo Peach Candy, das jedoch erfolglos war.

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Name: Chuckii Booker
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Chuckii Booker emerged in the late 1980s as a prominent urban contemporary R&B artist and producer. He began recording music after being signed by his late godfather Barry White to his production company in 1984. Later, he played keyboards with a band called Tease for three years. Booker, known throughout the industry as a keyboard player, is considered by his music peers to be a bass player. Chuckii signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and issued his debut album Chuckii in 1989 in which he played all the instruments and sang all vocals. The album fared well on the strength of hit singles "(Don't U Know) I Love U" and the #1 R&B single "Turned Away". The follow-up final album Niice 'N Wiild was released in 1992 and yielded another chart-topping R&B hit "Games". Chuckii also wrote, performed and produced the single "Crypt Jam" from the CD soundtrack Tales from the Crypt. Booker also made a cameo in the movie House Party 3 as a piano player in the hotel lobby scenes which starred Kid N' Play, Bernie Mac & Chris Tucker. Chuckii has recorded & produced with several prominent recording artist throughout the years, including TROOP which yielded two #1 singles (All I Do Is Think of You & Spread My Wings) his godfather Barry White, Janet Jackson, CJ Anthony, Vanessa Williams,Kool & the Gang and many more. He was the musical director, producer and keyboardist for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation Tour as well as the opening act, He was music director and keyboardist for TLC & their CrazySexyCool tour as well as New Edition (Coming Home tour). In 1999, Chuckii served as musical director and keyboardist for R&B platinum artist Faith Evans on her "Keep The Faith" U.S. tour. Chuckii was also involved with one of the biggest R&B tours of 2008 as musical director with Mary J Blige on her "Heart Of The City" tour alongside Jay Z as co-headliner. Chuckii also served as musical director for acts such as Tevin Campbell, Brownstone and recently, Keyshia Cole. In recent production, Booker is one of the producers for Lionel Richie's album "Coming Home" released in 2007 as well as producer and arranger for Lionel Richie's Collection of Holiday Classics album for NBC's "Sounds of the Season" (2007) series of CDs for Christmas. He was also the pianist for Tina Turner for her "Wildest Dreams" tour in 1997 replacing Kenny Moore who succumbed to a heart attack during the tour. Chuckii has carved a sizeable niche for himself as a record producer for artists such as Lalah Hathaway, Troop, En Vogue, Angela Winbush, Diana Ross, Anastacia, Commissioned, Lionel Richie, and Bette Midler. Booker also attended the Pasadena Art Center College of Design on a scholarship program specializing in Graphic Arts. He is also known to have one of the most extensive comic book collections ranging from popular Marvel and D.C. comics to obscure paperback novels. He was also co-owner of Aire L.A. Studios in Glendale CA. which is one of L.A.'s premiere private recording and mixing studios. Chuckii comes from a vast musical background family which includes his uncle, a jazz flautist, his grandmother, who is a gospel pianist, as well as his mother, who has played and recorded with such Gospel artists as James Cleveland and Norman Hutchins. He is currently working with R&B writer/artist Steve Russell from the group TROOP To date, Chuckii is one of the most sought after musical directors in the R&B and Pop field.


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112 (pronounced "one-twelve") are an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade) with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and the Grammy nominated single, "Peaches and Cream". The group most notably won a Grammy in 1997 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for featuring in the song "I'll Be Missing You" with Sean Combs and Faith Evans.

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Name: Samuelle
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Samuelle is an African-American R&B singer who is a former member of the disco/dance/urban group Club Nouveau. He released one solo album in the early 1990s and is best known and remembered for his hit "So You Like What You See" which was written by Samuelle Prater himself. The song was released in 1989 and reached number one on Billboard R&B top 100.

In October 2004 So You Like What You See appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on R&B, Soul radio station CSR 103.9.

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Name: Adina Howard
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Her debut album Do You Wanna Ride?, featuring the number two Platinum selling hit single, "Freak like Me", was released in 1995 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Remixed versions of "My Up And Down" and "It's All About You" were also released as singles.

In 1996, she recorded three songs: "For The Funk" for the Sunset Park movie soundtrack, "Chocolate (Cuties And Condoms)" with Cydal for the Bulletproof movie soundtrack and "Damned If I Do" a duet with Somethin' For The People for the A Thin Line Between Love and Hate movie soundtrack.

A second album, Welcome to Fantasy Island (originally titled Portrait of a Lady), garnered critical raves and a moderate hit with the lead single, "(Freak) And U Know It", but was shelved by Elektra Records in 1997. The album was leaked to the internet a few years later and promotional copies sell for hundreds of dollars on eBay. In 1997, she collaborated with Jamie Foxx on the slow jam, "T-Shirt & Panties" which was originally slated for the soundtrack to his film Booty Call. However, the song ended up on the soundtrack to the 1998 feature film Woo. During this time, she made her feature film debut in the independent film High Freakquency, starring Deon Richmond and John Witherspoon.

In 2002, she filmed her second movie role, in the still-unreleased Casanova's Demise for director Tigre Hill.

By 2004, Howard released her third album The Second Coming on Rufftown Records. A video for the first single, "Nasty Grind", played on BET during early morning hours. The album sold poorly due to lack of promotion and only managed to gather 40,000 copies on store shelves and she was later sued by the label. A second single, "(Outside) The Club" was slated to be released, along with a remix album The Second Coming: Remixed & UnCut but both were cancelled following her departure from the label. She released an official mixtape album (with DJ RIP) featuring new songs, remixes, and unreleased tracks titled Let You Hit through SoundJewelz.com on August 5, 2005.

In 2006, she announced that a new single "Phone Sex" was going to be released, but the following year, the song "L.O.V.A." was released digitally as her lead single. Additionally, a song titled "Hips" was slated to be her second single.

Her fourth album, Private Show was delayed many times by Arsenal Records, almost to the point of being shelved. However, it was released on June 26, 2007 along with a promotional single "Picture This". As of 2008, the album has sold 4000 copies. Following the album's release, a remixes EP for "My Hips" (appears as "Hips" on her album) was released on iTunes & other digital services in December. A third official single, "Tease" was slated to be released, but as Howard parted ways with the label shortly after the album's release, it was cancelled.

In 2008, she appeared in the short film Poke the Sleeping Bear which won the Grand Jury Award at the 2008 Solstice Film Festival.

On September 25, 2009 a UK compilation Independent Soul Divas 2 was released on Lola Waxx Records. This compilation album featured "What Do I Do", a song recorded by Howard in 2008. The album version is different than the version that was originally included on Howard's MySpace page.

As of 2011, she is working on her Culinary Arts degree as well as an upcoming cookbook, an untitled fifth studio album, and a restaurant in Austin, Texas.

In 2012, Howard released two buzz singles online: "2 Close" and "Ooh Wee". On January 16, 2013 Howard wrote on her Twitter account that her new single "Better Than Ever" would be released soon

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Name: Kut Klose
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Kut Klose is an American R&B trio that formed in Atlanta, Georgia. The three female singers that made up the group were Athena Cage, Lavonn Battle and Tabitha Duncan. The girls were discovered by Keith Sweat who produced their debut album. He also sang a duet with the group on "Get Up On It."

In 1995, the girls released their first album, Surrender. Despite releasing three singles, "Surrender," "Lovely Thang," and "I Like" the only one to make a significant impact was "I Like", which peaked at #8 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

In 2007, the group performed with Keith Sweat for his Sweat Hotel Live project.

In September 2010, a new song, "Let It Ring", by the trio was released as a buzz single via iTunes in anticipation for the trio's upcoming untitled second album.

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Name: Brownstone
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Brownstone was a Grammy Award nominated female R&B group popular during the mid-1990s. They are best known for the 1995 hit single, “If You Love Me”. They also had some success with the singles “Grapevyne”, and “I Can’t Tell You Why”, a song originally recorded by the Eagles.

The three original members of Brownstone were Nicole “Nicci” Gilbert, Charmayne “Maxee” Maxwell and Monica “Mimi” Doby. The group was founded in Los Angeles after the three singers met each other after going to different auditions around the city. They formed the group, and less than a year later were signed to Michael Jackson’s MJJ Music Record Label. They recorded their debut album, From the Bottom Up which spawned the hit “If You Love Me”. In 1995 the band was rewarded with a Grammy nomination and a Billboard Music Award.

After extensive touring around the globe, Doby left the group after what was released in the media. In an interview with BET Video Soul host Donnie Simpson Doby cited a medical problem of bronchitis, but was later revealed to be because of internal strife with the other two members of the group. She was replaced by Kina Cosper and after a difficult transition period where their audience was not very receptive to the change, Brownstone had a brief showing with “5 Miles to Empty”. However, the group never regained their popularity, and their subsequent albums were considered commercial failures.

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Name: Joe
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Joe Pass, eigentlich Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, (* 13. Januar 1929 in New Brunswick, New Jersey; † 23. Mai 1994 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Gitarrist.

Joe Pass begann mit neun Jahren mit dem Gitarrenspiel. Bereits 1943 war er als Solist im Tony Pastor Orchestra aktiv; auch arbeitete er mit Charlie Barnet, bevor er zum Wehrdienst eingezogen wurde. Ende der 1940er Jahre zog er nach New York City, wo er Kontakt zur Bebop-Szene fand, aber auch mit Art Tatum und Coleman Hawkins jammte. Bis 1960 verstellten Drogenprobleme ihm eine Karriere. 1961 gelang ihm ein Durchbruch als Begleiter des Pianisten Arnold Ross. 1963 spielte er sein Debüt-Album Catch Me ein. In diesen Jahren arbeitete er mit Clare Fischer, Gerald Wilson, Les McCann und George Shearing (1965–1967) und begleitete Frank Sinatra. Die Liste der Musiker, mit denen er seit den 1970ern auf der Bühne stand oder im Studio arbeitete, umfasst Namen wie Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Brown, Stéphane Grappelli, Toots Thielemans oder Oscar Peterson.

Er war einer der prominentesten Vertreter der Jazzgitarre – sei es als Sideman oder als Solo-Interpret. Meilensteine in Pass' Karriere waren die Duette mit der Sängerin Ella Fitzgerald, die Maßstäbe für diese Besetzung setzten.

Anerkennung in der Jazz-Szene erarbeitete sich Pass vor allem mit der Interpretation von Bebop-Stücken. Diese spielte er meist alleine oder mit einer kleinen Rhythmusgruppe (meist bestehend aus Bass und Schlagzeug). Seine komplexen, unbegleiteten Soli gingen unter dem Namen „Chordal Improvisation“ in die Jazz-Geschichte ein. Er verband dabei in Fingerstyle-Technik Melodielinien, Akkorde und Walking-Bass-Figuren zu einer fließenden Performance, die für die Solo-Jazz-Gitarre noch heute wegweisend ist. Besonders zu erwähnen sind hier die Aufnahmen auf den Alben der Virtuoso-Serie (siehe Diskografie). 
(Wikipedia)

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Name: K. Michelle
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Kimberly Michelle Pate (better know like K. Michelle) was born on March 4, 1982 in Memphis, Tennessee. K. Michelle is an R&B/Soul singer and songwriter. She was signed to Jive Records in December 2008. Shortly thereafter she was brought to the attention of labelmate R. Kelly, who is K. Michelle's male mentor. K. Michelle is the only artist featured on R. Kelly's latest album Love Letter (2010). She is a single mother to her seven year old son Chase Bowman.  K. Michelle has stated that artists who have influenced her musical style include Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, and Tammi Terrell. Her first mixtape What's the 901?, is considered a tribute to Mary J Blige. She released her second mixtape on Christmas Eve 2010 entitled For Colored Girls (Pre-Pain Medicine). K Michelle has an upcoming album called Pain Medicine which is one of the top anticipated albums of 2011. Her two singles "Fallin" and "I Just Can't Do This" were voted on 106 and Park for over eight weeks, and another single called "How Many Times" was released in February 2011. K Michelle has worked with artists such as R. Kelly, Trina, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and many others. She earned her first gold plaque for her contribution to R.Kelly's album Love Letter where she was featured on the track "Love Is". Another mixtape, Signed, Sealed, Delivered was released in June 2011. Recent messages on twitter from K.Michelle state that she will be releasing another mixtape entitled S.T.O.R.M - she has already released "Worst Man I Ever Had", "2Pac Back Freestyle" amoung many other tracks that are slated to be on the mixtape. On a recent youtube video that played the 2Pac Back/My Last Freestyle, it was stated that the mixtape would be released in july. However, on July 28 K. Michelle told one of her fans on tumblr that the mixtape would be dropping in August. While in college at Flordia A&M University she pledged into the Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.  K. Michelle released another song from her mixtape "Many Men" which she released on twitter. However, since that song was released - no info on a S.T.O.R.M release date have surfaced. K. Michelle has been working hard on her mixtape as she has been shown in pictures with famous songwriters and producers and has recently said on twitter that one of her new songs on the album will be entitled "Real Love". She also sent a message to R&B singer Monica over twitter saying there was a spot for her on one of the songs on the album. The album and the mixtape have yet to have release dates.

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Name: Sevyn Streeter
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Amber Denise Streeter (born July 7, 1986), known by her stage name Sevyn Streeter, is an American recording artist and singer–songwriter, best known for being a member of the girl groups TG4 and RichGirl where she was known as Se7en. In 2012, she changed her stage name to Sevyn Streeter. She has written songs for artists such as Chris Brown, Brandy, Kelly Rowland, Alicia Keys, Fantasia, Ariana Grande, and Tamar Braxton. Currently signed to Atlantic Records, her debut EP entitled Call Me Crazy, But... was released on December 3, 2013.

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Name: Atlantic Starr
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Atlantic Starr was an American R&B band. Among their biggest hits were "Always" and "Secret Lovers."
The group was started in 1976, in Greenburgh, New York, by trumpeter Duke Jones (who left the band prior to their first recordings), along with drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flutist Joseph Phillips, Sheldon Tucker (Guitar; parted ways with the band before the first recordings), and three brothers: David Lewis (vocals/guitar), Wayne Lewis (keyboards and vocals), and Jonathan Lewis (percussion and trombone). The band's membership eventually stabilized around Carroll, Archer, Phillips, the three Lewis brothers, lead singer Sharon Bryant (who was later replaced by Barbara Weathers), trumpeter William Sudderth, and saxophonist Damon Rentie (who was later replaced by Koran Daniels). In 1977, the band came to Westwood, California, and performed on the nightclub scene under the name "Newban," which they agreed to change at the request of A&M executive Herb Alpert when they were signed. Having already agreed to keep the Starr part of an early idea for a new band name, the members decided to add the word Atlantic, because of their East Coast roots. The nine-member band were now A&M employees.

Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, Atlantic Starr scored several hits on the R&B charts. However, significant crossover success (onto the pop charts) did not come until halfway into the 80s, with the release of their As The Band Turns album, and the single "Secret Lovers." By this time, the band had pared itself down to a quintet, consisting of the three Lewis brothers, Phillips, and Weathers. In 1987, the band solidified their pop success by scoring a #1 pop (and R&B) hit with "Always," a slow jam off their album All In The Name Of Love. Following this success, Weathers left for a solo career, and she was replaced by Portia Martin for the band's next album, 1988's We're Movin' Up. Although this album was not quite as successful as its predecessor, it did produce another #1 R&B hit with "My First Love."

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Name: East 17
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East 17 ist eine britische Boygroup, die als eine Art proletarischer Gegenentwurf zu Take That in den 1990er-Jahren äußerst erfolgreich war. Benannt nach ihrer Herkunft, dem Londoner East End bzw. der Postleitzahl für Walthamstow, hatten sie in Großbritannien und Deutschland eine Reihe von Hits, darunter House of Love (1992), It’s Alright (1994), Stay Another Day (1994), Thunder (1995) und If You Ever (1996) – ein Duett mit der Sängerin Gabrielle.

Nach einem Skandal über den Drogenmissbrauch von Sänger Brian Harvey war die Karriere der Gruppe abrupt beendet. Unter dem Namen E-17 versuchte die Boygroup 1998 ein Comeback, das an die früheren Erfolge allerdings nicht anknüpfen konnte

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Name: Gabrielle
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Louisa Gabrielle Bobb (born 16 April 1970) is a multi-platinum selling, BRIT Award winning English singer, who records under the name Gabrielle.
Gabrielle was born Hackney, London. Her unconventional image includes short tight curls, and an eye patch on one of her eyes (she is not blind, but rather has ptosis, also known as "lazy eye").
Her debut single "Dreams" topped the UK Singles Chart in June 1993. Other notable singles include "Going Nowhere", "Give Me A Little More Time", "Walk on By" and "If You Ever" - a duet with East 17. After a few fallow years Gabrielle made a stunning comeback with "Rise", which became Gabrielle's second UK number one in 2000. The album of the same name also reached the top spot in the UK Albums Chart, where it stayed for three weeks. The successful "Out of Reach" from the soundtrack to the film, Bridget Jones's Diary, reached number four in the UK Singles Chart. Gabrielle's greatest hits collection, Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 was released in 2001.
Gabrielle has won two BRIT Awards, the first in 1994 for British Breakthrough Act, and the second in 1997 for Best British Female.
In June, 1993 Gabrielle released her debut single entitled "Dreams". "Dreams" was co-written by Gabrielle and Tim Laws and produced by Richie Fermie. The single reached number one on the UK singles chart for three weeks in June 1993  having entered the British charts at number 2 which was the highest chart entry a debut act ever scored in the UK at that time. The song also peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US and at number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In Australia, the song made number 2 on the ARIA Chart. The second single "Going Nowhere" from the same album was written by Gabrielle and George McFarlane and produced by Pete Cragie. "Going Nowhere" reached number 9 on the UK singles chart and number 18 ranking in Ireland. It was the second biggest hit from the album Find Your Way. In December 1993 Gabrielle released her third single from her debut album. "I Wish", written by Gabrielle and Jon Douglas, it was not as successful as its predecessors, which both reached the UK top ten. "I Wish" charted at number 26 on the UK singles chart and remains one of Gabrielle's lowest peaking singles to date. "Because of You" was the fourth and final single from Gabrielle's debut album Find Your Way. Written by Gabrielle, George McFarlane and Ray Saint John, "Because of You" peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. "Find Your Way" peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart.
Gabrielle released her self titled second studio album in 1996, reaching number 11 in the UK Album Chart eventually going to platinum in the country. "Gabrielle" also reached number 80 on the MegaCharts in the Netherlands. The album's lead single "Give Me a Little More Time", returned Gabrielle to the UK top ten, peaking at five, spending ten weeks inside the UK top 20 alone. The song also peaked at nine in Ireland. It is her fourth biggest selling single in the UK and has been certified silver. "Forget About the World" was released as the second single from the album. Written by Gabrielle, Wolff, Dean, Barson, who wrote previous single, "Give Me a Little More Time", "Forget About the World" did not perform as well as its predecessor, peaking at 23 in UK. It was the lowest charting single from the album and the only single to miss the top 15. The third single "If You Really Cared" was written by Gabrielle, Wolff, Dean, Barson, who wrote previous single, "Give Me a Little More Time" and "Forget About the World", "If You Really Cared" returned Gabrielle to the UK top 20 after the last single missed out. "If You Really Cared" peaked at 15 in the UK Singles Chart. "If I Ever Fall In Love" was covered in 1996 as a duet by East 17 and Gabrielle, and renamed If You Ever. It reached number two in the UK and four in Latvia. It was also one of only three songs by Gabrielle to reach the Top 20 in Australia, peaking at 16. It was the highest charting single from both aforementioned albums. The song was also the 11th biggest selling boyband single of the 1990s in the UK selling 510,000 copies and has received a Gold sales status certification. In 1997, UK singer Gabrielle released her version of "Walk on By" as the fifth and final single from her album. It reached number seven in the UK.

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Name: The Corrs
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The Corrs ist eine irische Popmusik-Gruppe. Die Gruppe besteht aus vier Geschwistern, die in Dundalk nahe der nordirischen Grenze an der Ostküste Irlands geboren und aufgewachsen sind. In ihrer Musik vereinen sie Pop-, Softrock- und Folkelemente. Den Quellenangaben zufolge haben sie in ihrer Karriere mehr als 18,7 Millionen Tonträger verkauft, davon alleine in ihrer Heimat über 110.000. Die erfolgreichste Veröffentlichung der Band ist das Album Talk on Corners mit über sieben Millionen verkauften Einheiten. 

Die Corr-Geschwister wuchsen in Dundalk, einer irischen Kleinstadt, auf. Sie stammen aus einer musikalischen Familie. Der nationale Durchbruch kam für die Corrs im Jahre 1995, nachdem sie ihr erstes Album mit dem Titel Forgiven, Not Forgotten veröffentlichten.

Auch ihr im Herbst 1997 veröffentlichtes zweites Album, Talk on Corners, verkaufte sich gut. Den Durchbruch in Großbritannien und im restlichen Europa erreichten sie mit einer Remix-Version des Albums sowie der Coverversion von Fleetwood Macs Dreams. Die CD war das erfolgreichste Album des Jahres 1998 in Großbritannien. Die Corrs waren die erste irische Band, die einen solchen Erfolg in Großbritannien erzielen konnte.

Im Sommer 2000 veröffentlichten sie ihr drittes Studioalbum In Blue, mit dem sie in den USA den Durchbruch erreichten, und spielten ein MTV-Unplugged-Konzert. Im Herbst 2001 später erschien ein Best-of-Album.

Mitte 2004 veröffentlichten die Geschwister Borrowed Heaven, ein Album, das vom Tod ihrer Mutter geprägt war. Sie starb im Alter von 57 Jahren an einer seltenen Lungenkrankheit.

Im September 2005 erschien das Album Home, das hauptsächlich irische Lieder enthält, darunter auch einige Coverversionen von Traditionals und aktuelleren Titeln. Zudem erschien im Oktober 2005 die Doppel-DVD All the Way Home / A History of the Corrs, auf der sich neben einer Konzertaufzeichnung auch eine ausführliche Dokumentation zum Werdegang der Corrs befindet.

Zwischen den Jahren 2007 und 2013 erschienen Soloveröffentlichungen von Andrea und Sharon Corr.

Am 11. Juni 2015 berichtete die Irish Times über ein Comeback der Geschwister. Andrea Corr bestätigte dies in einem Radio-Interview mit der BBC. The Corrs traten nach zehnjähriger Bühnen-Abstinenz am 13. September 2015 beim Konzert Live in Hyde Park in London auf. Zudem gab die Gruppe bekannt, an einem neuen Album zu arbeiten. Dieses Album erschien am 27. November 2015 unter dem Titel White Light. Im November 2017 wurde Jupiter Calling, das siebte Studioalbum der Gruppe, veröffentlicht. 
(Wikipedia)

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Name: All Saints
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Alle Heiligen waren eine britische / kanadische Mädchen-Gruppe. 1993 als All Saints 1.9.7.5 gegründet, bestand die Gruppe aus Gründungsmitglieder Melanie Blatt und Shaznay Lewis und Nicole Appleton Schwestern und Natalie Appleton. Sie wurde zu einer der erfolgreichsten britischen Pop-Gruppen der 1990er Jahre, mit neun Top-Ten-Singles (darunter fünf Nummer-one), zwei Multi-Platin-Alben, zwei Gold-Alben und einen Rekordumsatz von mehr als zehn Millionen weltweit.
Allerheiligen wurden gebildet, als Trio im Jahr 1993 mit Blatt, Lewis und Simone Rainford, der zwei Singles vor Rainford Weggang im Jahr 1995 Natalie und Nicole Appleton freigegeben ist der Gruppe für die Produktion ihres Debütalbums, All Saints (1997), die drei britischen Nummerierung hergestellt Eins-Singles, darunter die Brit Award-winning "Never Ever". Ihr zweites Album, Saints & Sinners (2000), war auch ein Erfolg und brachte zwei Nummer-eins-Hits, obwohl die Gruppe löste sich im Jahr 2001 Sie später für ein drittes Album reformiert, Studio 1 (2006), aber es schlecht verkauft. Allerheiligen wurde bestätigt, dass sich ein zweites Mal im Jahr 2009 geteilt haben, und Melanie Blatt hat gesagt, dass die Gruppe nie Reform.

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Name: Pretenders
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The Pretenders were one of the seminal bands of the second British Invasion, rising out of London in 1979 with a forceful, self-titled first album. Their melodic but hard-charging sound suggested a union of punk and New Wave approaches. Moreover, being older and more seasoned than their punk peers, they drew inspiration from bands of the first British Invasion, including the Kinks and the Who, as well American soul music.

Leader Chrissie Hynde was, in fact, an American expatriate who grew up in Akron, Ohio, and moved to London in the hope of finding her way into the music business. It took several years to put a band together, but once guitarist/singer Hynde assembled the definitive Pretenders lineup - guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon and drummer Martin Chambers, all from rustic Hereford - they took off almost instantly.

Throughout their volatile history, which has included the drug-related deaths of two founding members, the Pretenders have remained a vehicle for Hynde’s songs and breathy, dark-timbered alto. From the outset the Pretenders were an explosive combination of precision and flamboyance. The group mastered the blistering tempos and brute force of punk, but Hynde’s writing took them other places as well. Her songs possessed the melodic sheen of well-turned pop yet employed unconventional time signatures (one writer referred to her "treacherously eccentric meters") and at times blunt, psychosexual lyrics.

As one of the first women to front a popular rock band - not only as the singer but also main songwriter and bandleader - she presented a hard, unsentimental image that was far removed from the likes of Linda Ronstadt or Stevie Nicks. She seemed tough, and her songs - including "Tattooed Love Boys", "Up the Neck" and "The Phone Call" - could at times be unsparing, though she’d counterpoint those with sweeter tunes like "Kid" and "Don’t Get Me Wrong".

The Pretenders’ first single, released in 1979, was a cover of "Stop Your Sobbing", a Kinks song from 1964 that Hynde had loved while growing up. The self-titled album that followed was an Eighties standout and one of rock’s most solid debut albums. Pretenders and "Brass in Pocket", a soulful, sensual track taken from it, topped the U.K. album and singles charts. The album reached #9 in America, helping kick open the door for "new music" in this country. The Pretenders worked hard to broaden their following, touring for as long as a year after each new album. Released in 1981, Pretenders II yielded three more hits - "Message of Love", "Talk of the Town" and "I Go to Sleep" (another Kinks cover) - and rigorous touring further established the group.

Bassist Farndon was let go, having become increasingly incompatible with his bandmates due to a mounting drug habit. Guitarist Honeyman-Scott died two days later, on June 16, 1982, of a cocaine overdose. Farndon himself died of a heroin overdose on April 14, 1983. Between those traumatic passings, Hynde recorded an excellent new Pretenders single, "Back on the Chain Gang", with guitarist Billy Bremner and bassist Tony Butler. The song reached #5 and was chosen for inclusion on the soundtrack to The King of Comedy.

A newly revised lineup, now with guitarist Robbie McIntosh and bassist Malcolm Foster, recorded the third Pretenders album, Learning to Crawl. Like its predecessors, it was produced by Chris Thomas, and it yielded a bounty of hit singles, including "Middle of the Road", "2000 Miles" and "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". Get Close showed Hynde and company in solid form as well, producing such favorites as "Don’t Get Me Wrong", "Hymn to Her" and "My Baby". The Singles, a 16-track hits collection from 1987, showed just how much the Pretenders had impacted the charts over the previous eight years.

Following an exhausting eight-month world tour, guitarist McIntosh left the Pretenders; he would subsequently become a mainstay of Paul McCartney’s band. In terms of personnel, the Pretenders were in a perpetual state of flux, with Chambers leaving in the mid-Eighties and returning in the mid-Nineties. Hynde, of course, remained the constant, variously working with guitarists McIntosh, Bremner and Adam Seymour. In fact, guitarist Seymour and bassist Andy Hobson - who joined in 1994 - would wind up having the lengthiest tenures in the Pretenders on their instruments.

Hynde maintained a high songwriting standard on Pretenders albums that followed at a less dizzying pace: Packed! (1990), Last of the Independents(1994), Isle of View (1995) and Viva El Amor! (1999). Among them, Last of the Independents was particularly strong, containing the exquisite "I’ll Stand by You", and Isle of View is notable as a Pretenders retrospective performed acoustically with backing by the Duke String Quartet.

When the Pretenders’ two-decade-long relationship with Sire/Warner Bros. came to a close, Hynde signed with Artemis Records, releasing Loose Screw in 2002. A quarter century after the Pretenders first stood the world on its ear, Chrissie Hynde remains their feisty, determined and passionate leader.

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Name: Brand New Heavies
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The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing in west London.
The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International.
The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk". As The Brand New Heavies they gained a cult following in the London club scene and soon signed to Cooltempo as acid jazz replaced rare groove in clubs. The band issued a debut recording for Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz label in 1990 with Jay Ella Ruth as lead singer.
A single, "Got to Give", came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N'Dea Davenport (who had signed an artist development deal with Delicious Vinyl) joined the group. A revamped version of the first album with vocals by N'Dea Davenport was then released, and the singles "Dream Come True", "Never Stop" and "Stay This Way", all with Davenport on lead vocals, became hits on both sides of the Atlantic, with the latter becoming a music video directed by Douglas Gayeton that saw heavy rotation on MTV.
The group's appearance with MC Serch (formerly of 3rd Bass) and Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest) at a performance in New York City, inspired the group to incorporate elements of hip hop music. Their next album was the critically acclaimed Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, which included collaborations with Guru of Gang Starr and The Pharcyde, among others, but lacked any female vocals.
While under management by Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildlife Entertainment, The Brand New Heavies released Brother Sister (1994) which was the last album for a while with N'Dea Davenport, who had left to complete her solo album (which she had put on hold to join the Heavies). The album spawned more singles, though one of them, a cover of Maria Muldaur's "Midnight at the Oasis", was popular only in the UK because it was not included in the US version of the album.
Siedah Garrett joined the group for their next album, Shelter (1997). It contained the minor hit, the Carole King-penned song "You've Got a Friend" that was originally made famous by James Taylor. Again, though, this song did not appear on the US version of the album. The album also contained the hit "Sometimes". The remix of "Sometimes" included the rap vocals of Q-Tip.
The Brand New Heavies then released their greatest hits album, Trunk Funk - The Best of The Brand New Heavies (2000) with Carleen Anderson on vocals for some newly recorded songs, followed by the Japan only album We Won't Stop (2003) featuring a variety of vocalists and Allaboutthefunk (2004) featuring British singer Nicole Russo on vocals.

For We Won't Stop album, The Brand New Heavies relied on singer/songwriter Sy Smith for the bulk of the female vocals. Original member Jan Kincaid takes the lead on three of the tracks, and Los Angeles-based poet Gina Loring makes several appearances on the album. Where the Heavies typical sound had typically been more 1970s funk-styled and acoustically driven, We Won't Stop sees the band experimenting with more electronic elements and contemporary R&B.
The album marked the first commercial release of "What Do You Take Me For", the band's lone track featuring former flagship lead vocalist N'Dea Davenport. The track would be later re-recorded in a more modern configuration with Nicole Russo on lead for the Allabouthefunk album. The sound and musical arrangement heard on these first releases of "Music", "Love Is...", and the title track "We Won't Stop" were re-recorded with new leads on N'Dea Davenport's 2006 return to the band for the comeback album Get Used To It.
In April 2006, the Brand New Heavies reunited with N'Dea Davenport and former label Delicious Vinyl. A new album, Get Used to It was released on 27 June 2006 via Starbucks and more traditional music retail outlets. The album was recorded in New York and London; and the lead single "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)" was issued in early May. The single was notable for being one of very few late releases to feature the trademarked A Tom Moulton Mix, as he had been asked to contribute remixes. Later that year, their Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 album track "Jump 'N' Move" featuring Jamal-ski was featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 computer animated feature film Happy Feet and the in-game soundtrack for 2004's NBA Live 2005 and 2009's NBA 2k10. The band toured at the end of 2006.
The Brand New Heavies released a 2-CD album Live In London in October 2009 and worked with Lancôme on an ad campaign, resulting in the 2009 single "C'est Magnifique."
The Heavies released a free download album called "Dunk Your Trunk" in November 2011, available through blog.pedigreecuts.com and Soundcloud. The album, recorded in only four days and described as 'funky library music' is directed at 'TV and Movie people to add to their programmes and films'. The band is planning to release their yet-to-be-named new studio album in early 2013 featuring N'Dea Davenport on vocals. Their new single "Sunlight" featuring N'Dea Davenport was previewed to select fans on 3 October 2012. The band also announced recently on their Facebook page that they will be releasing Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 2 in 2013, a long talked about follow-up to 1992's Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, where various rap artists fronted the band.

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Name: Shola Ama
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Shola Ama (born on March 18, 1979, in London) is an English singer who scored her biggest hit in 1997 with a cover of Randy Crawford's "You Might Need Somebody". She is half Caribbean (of Dominican & St. Lucian origin), quarter Irish and quarter Scottish.  Much Loved Shola Ama has blossomed into the UK's premier Soul and RnB vocalist. Famed for her angelic, soulful voice and ability to fuse soul, RnB, 2-Step and UK garage music.  Shola attended Quintin Kynaston School in the early 1990s, it was here that her passion for music and performing was allowed to blossom. Shola's discovery has become the stuff of legends. At 15 singing to herself at Hammersmith tube station and was over heard by a D'Influence music producer who was so amazed with what he heard he got her into the studio. In 1995 an independent label released a single titled 'Celebrate', which was a soft soulful ballad produced by D'Influence. Although the single was not a commercial success, it did draw a lot of attention to Shola as an artist and the result was that on her 16th birthday she signed a record deal with WEA.  Months later Shola released her biggest hit "You Might Need Somebody". This Randy Crawford cover blasted Shola into the main stream - receiving huge amounts of praise from critics and reached #3 in the UK charts, and remained in the top 40 for almost 2 months becoming one of 1997 biggest hits. And at 18 Shola released her critically acclaimed, multi-platinum selling debut album Much Love (1997) which gave her 4 top ten hits and went on to top the charts around Europe. Selling over a million copies 'Much Love' became the biggest selling UK RnB album, a title it still holds to this date.  On the success of the album Shola won a Brit award for 'Best British Female' and two MOBO awards for 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best Female Vocals'.    Knocked Down While 'Much Love' brought Shola success she was not completely pleased with it; feeling it was rushed, reworking her original demos. Shola also had little creative control over the album.  In 1999 Shola released her second album 'In Return'. The project saw Ama working with top producers Fred Jerkins III, Stargate, Shaun Labelle, Full Crew, D-Influence Productions & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (formerly from A Tribe Called Quest) and co-writers included Angie Stone & Babyface with David Foster. Although the record company injected huge amounts of capital into "In Return" the album was not as commercially successful as 'Much Love' but received raving reviews, many classing it as the UK's best RnB album to date.  The album was more successful in the rest of Europe, especially France, where the single 'Still Believe' spent 4 months in the singles charts. Shola went all over Europe touring and promoting 'In Return' performing to sell out crowds night after night.  The disappointing sales of 'In Return' and low self-esteem knocked Shola into a depression that saw her drinking heavily and becoming addicted to drugs. In late 2000 her record label, looking at the undeservingly low sales of 'In Return' and negative press that was generating about her drink and drug dependence, dropped her.  The Asylum remix of Imagine, is however still a very popular club track, and still features on many compilations to this day.    Picked Up The road to recovery was slow and healing for Shola. While having counselling Shola also spent quality time with friends and family. She eventually became clean and started to think about making music.  In 2003 Shola went back into the studio to record her third album, 'Supersonic'. She was wary of signing a record deal knowing all too well of the creative limit she would have faced in order to 'get back on top'. She opted instead to form a distributing deal with Pony Canyon; this allowed Shola to be as creatively free as she wished while still insuring the album could be mass released. The album was different to its predecessors because it was extremely personal. Lyrically Ama talked about personal issues in a masked way, like on 'Emancipation (I'm Back)', where the love of a man who is bad for you, yet you still remain in love represents drugs. Musically the album was very true to Shola's personal taste; fusing RnB and soul with hip-hop and 2-Step. 'Supersonic' was initially released in Japan where it sold a respectable amount. The album was also limitedly released in the UK and other parts of Europe. The album received good reviews in both the UK and Japan.  Shola's passion for music is obvious in her songs, with her writing and producing most of her own material. Shola has won 2 MOBO awards and a Brit Award award for best female artist. Emerging as one of the most respected female vocalists discovered highlights the power of her captivating voice.    The Future Being out of the spotlight for a while Shola is taking her time to make her comeback. She is currently in the studio recording her highly anticipated 4th studio album; which is said to be her most personal to date and is expected for release in mid 2007. She is also currently mentoring her sister Saide Ama who has recently signed a recording development deal which should see her releasing music in late 2007 / early 2008. Having the UK's biggest selling RnB album behind her Shola is set to make a huge comeback in 2007.    Singles 1997 You Might Need Somebody #3  1997 You're The One I Love #3  1997 Who's Loving My Baby #4  1998 Much Love #17  1998 Someday I'll Find You #28 (feat. Craig Armstrong; AA-side with "I've Been To A Marvellous Party" by The Divine Comedy)  1999 Taboo #10 (Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama)  1999 Still Believe #26  1999 Imagine #24  2001 This I Promise U  2003 U Should Really Know #8 (Pirates feat. Enya, Shola Ama, Naila Boss & Ishani)    Albums   Much Love (1997) 4x Platinum  1. You're The One I Love  2. Much Love  3. You Might Need Somebody  4. Who's Loving My Baby  5. Celebrate  6. I Love Your Ways  7. We Got A Vibe  8. Summer Love  9. I Don't Know (Interlude)  10. I Can Show You  11. All Mine  12. One Love    In Return (1999) Silver  1. Still Believe  2. Imagine  3. Deepest Hurt  4. Lovely Affair  5. Run To Me  6. My Heart  7. Everything  8. Can't Have You  9. This Time Next Year  10. Surrender  11. That Thing  12. In Return  13. He Don't Know  14. Queen For A Day  15. Superficial Fantasy  16. Can't Go On  17. Keepin' It Real  18. Still Believe (Stargate Mix)    Supersonic (2002) Gold (Japan only)  1. Emancipation (I'm Back)  2. My Future  3. Sym4ony feat Danny K  4. U and Me  5. This I Promise U  6. Here on Earth  7. Electro High (Supersonic)  8. My Name Is...(break)  9. Blood from a Stone  10. B 2Getha  11. Like 2 Watch (bonus track)  12. Granny's Yard (bonus track)  13. This I Promise U (Phatboy Remix) (hidden track)  Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shola_Ama"

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Name: Anita Baker
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Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958)is an American singer-songwriter. Starting her career in the late-1970s with the funk band, Chapter 8, Baker eventually released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. Baker rose to stardom following the release of her sophomore 1986 album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single, "Sweet Love". To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit. Baker has an alto vocal style.

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Name: Phyllis Nelson
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Phyllis Nelson (from Indiana, USA born on 3 October 1950 - died 12 January 1998, Los Angeles), was an American singer.

In 1981 she released " Don't Stop the Train" as the first single from the album "Move Closed". Nelson worked and recorded for several years from the late 1970s into the mid 1980s without achieving much success. Her records were usually dance tracks, and she had also recorded quite a number of records during the disco era. In 1985 she recorded a self written ballad entitled "Move Closer". It was a complete departure from the type of music she had been recording.

The lyrics of "Move Closer" were based on a long term love affair she had, with a much younger white Jewish man in Philadelphia, who was struggling to start his own computer business. They lived together for several years, raising together Nelson's two children (Marc and Kenya), that she had borne earlier by two different men. This man was Phyllis's first and most likely only true love, and the passion and the chemistry between the two was undeniable, inspiring her ballad.

One of the other songs in the Don't Stop The Train album is based on Nelson's gratitude for the man's gallant behavior toward her as well as his loving support for herself, her career, and her two children.

The relationship mostly ended due to this boyfriend's family being significantly dysfunctional with both of his parents suffering from severe mental illnesses. She resented having to teach him the necessary life skills that he missed learning during his upbringing. Racism and suspicion on the part of both extended families regarding the others' values and motivations were also significant factors.

While "Move Closer" failed to find an audience in her home country, it reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in early May 1985, making her the first black woman to top those charts with a self-composed offering. The song remained on the chart for almost six months, and became one of the highest selling singles of the year. But her subsequent releases failed to make any impression, and she is eternally remembered as a one-hit wonder.

"Move Closer" returned to the UK chart in 1994, reaching the Top 40, after being featured in a television commercial for anti-perspirant. In the United States, Nelson had success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where her song entitled "I Like You" peaked at number one in 1985.

Nelson died from breast cancer on 12 January 1998, in Los Angeles. She had been living there at the time of her death, and was also divorced. She was 47 years old.

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Name: Aztec Camera
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Aztec Camera were a Scottish New Wave band from the town of East Kilbride, near Glasgow, formed in 1980 and centred around teenage singer-songwriter Roddy Frame. Their album Love was among the nominations for Best British Album at the 1989 BRIT Awards.

The band's line-up changed numerous times in its first few years. The constant member has been guitarist / vocalist / singer-songwriter Roddy Frame. Founding members included Campbell Owens (bass) and Dave Mulholland (drums). Craig Gannon and Rob Cremona were members from 1983 to 1984. Guitarist Malcolm Ross (formerly of Josef K and Orange Juice) joined the band in 1984, and played on the Knife album. By the time of their third album, Love (1987), Frame was the only de facto member of the band: this and future albums credited to Aztec Camera were actually performed by Frame and studio musicians hired on a track-by-track basis.

The band first appeared on a Glasgow cassette-only compilation of local unsigned bands on the Pungent Records label, affiliated with the Fumes Fanzine run by Danny Easson, Patrick McGlinchey and John Gilhooly, who championed several Glasgow bands before they hit the big time.

The band's first UK 7" single was released by Glasgow based indie label Postcard Records in March 1981, and contained the songs "Just Like Gold" and "We Could Send Letters". An acoustic version of the latter song appeared on the influential C81 compilation cassette, released by NME in early 1981. A second single, "Mattress Of Wire", was also the last Postcard Records release before the group signed for fellow independent record label, Rough Trade. U.S. releases were on Sire Records.

Aztec Camera's debut album, High Land, Hard Rain, was produced by John Brand and released in April 1983. The album was successful, gathering significant critical acclaim for its well-crafted, multi-layered pop. The band went on to release a total of six albums, although most of these were essentially written and played by Frame. The albums included Knife (1984), Love (1987), Stray (1990), Dreamland (1993) and Frestonia (1995). In 1990, Aztec Camera contributed the song "Do I Love You?" to the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization, the proceeds from which benefited AIDS research.

After the release of Aztec Camera's sixth album, Frestonia, Frame finally decided to record under his own name, and left the major record label, WEA.

Popular songs by Aztec Camera include "Oblivious", "Still On Fire", "Walk Out to Winter", "Somewhere in My Heart", and "Good Morning Britain" (a duet with former The Clash guitarist Mick Jones). "Somewhere in My Heart", the second single from Love, remains their biggest hit, reaching No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. "Good Morning Britain" was considered to be a comeback for them, as previous single "The Crying Scene" had only reached No. 70 in the UK.

A 'Best of' collection was released in 1999.

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Name: Simply Red
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Simply Red ist eine britische Band, die 1984 gegründet wurde. Sie setzt sich aus dem Sänger Mick Hucknall sowie wechselnden weiteren Musikern zusammen. 

Die im Juni 1985 erschienene Debüt-Single der Band Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) (eine Cover-Version eines Songs der Valentine Brothers) erreichte die britischen Top 20 und ihr Song Holding Back the Years gelangte im Juli 1986 auf die Nummer Eins in den USA. Das Debütalbum Picture Book erschien im Oktober 1985.

Es folgten im März 1987 Men & Women und im Februar 1989 A New Flame. Auch If You Don’t Know Me By Now (Original von Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, 1972) kletterte im Juli 1989 auf die Spitzenposition in den USA. Für diese Platte wurde Simply Red im Jahr 1990 mit dem Grammy ausgezeichnet.

Ende September 1991 folgte Stars, was das erste Album darstellte, auf dem ausschließlich eigene Songs auftauchen. Die LP wurde das meistverkaufte Album 1991 und 1992 in Großbritannien und stieß sogar Dangerous von Michael Jackson vom Thron.

Nach einer Pause kam im Oktober 1995 Life in die Plattenläden. Hier findet man neben acht Pop-, Soul- und Reggae-Songs Simply Reds ersten Nummer-1-Hit in England, Fairground, und die Hymne zur Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1996, We’re In This Together. Auch dieses Album enthält ausschließlich Eigenkompositionen. Außerdem gab die Band am 29. Juni 1996 anlässlich der Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1996 ein Live-Konzert im Old Trafford, dem Stadion von Manchester United. Dieses Konzert wurde im Fernsehen übertragen. Nach 25 Jahren wurde dieses Konzert nochmals am 30. Juni 2021 als Streamkonzert ausgestrahlt.

Die im Oktober 1996 herausgegebenen Greatest Hits kommen neben den oben genannten mit einer Cover-Version von Aretha Franklins Angel daher, diesmal in einer Kooperation mit den Fugees. Dies war der erste Titel von Simply Red, der erfolgreich einem Remix von Mousse T. (Horny) unterzogen wurde.

Im Mai 1998 kam Blue heraus, ein Album, das ursprünglich ein Coveralbum werden sollte. Bemerkenswert hier ist die Umsetzung des Neil-Young-Stücks Mellow My Mind.

Im November 1999 erschien Love And The Russian Winter, das letzte Album, das unter der Regie von Warner fertig wurde. Mit Veröffentlichung dieses Albums lief der Vertrag aus.

Im Herbst 2000 veröffentlichte Warner ohne Zustimmung der Band oder von Mick Hucknall eine Zusammenstellung von Simply Reds Lovesongs unter dem Titel It’s Only Love.

Mit Home ging Mick Hucknall im März 2003 neue Wege, indem er dieses Album, ohne große Plattenfirma im Rücken und selbstfinanziert, auf seinem eigenen Plattenlabel simplyred.com, veröffentlichte. Das zehnte Album Stay erschien am 12. März 2007.

Im Oktober 2007 erklärte Mick Hucknall gegenüber dem britischen Radiosender Gold Radio, dass Stay das letzte Album und The World And You Tonight die letzte Single der Gruppe bleiben werde. Nach der anstehenden Tournee, die im Jahr 2009 enden solle, werde sich die Band trennen und Hucknall als Solokünstler weiterarbeiten.

Am 7. November 2008 erschien mit Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits das offizielle Abschiedsalbum der Band, das Platz 17 der deutschen Album-Charts erreichte, inklusive eines neuen Titels namens Go Now (Coverversion eines Songs, den The Moody Blues ihrerseits von Bessie Banks gecovert haben.)

Im April 2010 startete die Band erneut eine achtmonatige Welttournee mit 78 Konzerten unter dem Motto Farewell – The Final Show. Das Abschlusskonzert der Tour fand in der O2 Arena in London am 19. Dezember 2010 statt. Das Konzert wurde live in Kinos in ganz Großbritannien übertragen. 

Am 3. November 2014 kündigte Simply Red unerwartet zum 30-jährigen Bestehen für Herbst 2015 die Big Love-Tour 2015 an.

Ab 19. April 2015 war auf ihrer offiziellen Facebook-Seite zu lesen, dass sie ein neues Studio-Album mit dem Namen Big Love herausbringen werden. Das Album mit 12 neuen Stücken wurde am 1. Juni 2015 veröffentlicht. Shine On ist die erste Singleauskopplung aus dem Album.Außerdem gab es 2016 neben einer Open Air Tour auch einen Auftritt beim Montreux Jazz Festival. Dieses Konzert wurde im Schweizer Fernsehsender RTS Deux übertragen.

Nach ihrem Studioalbum Blue Eyed Soul (2019) kündigen Simply Red für den 26. Mai 2023 ein weiteres neues Album mit dem Titel Time an. Die erste Single-Auskopplung trägt den Titel Better With You.
(Wikipedia)

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Name: Chris Rea
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Christopher „Chris“ Anton Rea (* 4. März 1951 in Middlesbrough, England) ist ein britischer Rock- und Bluessänger, Komponist, Pianist und Gitarrist. Rea ist bekannt für seine heiser-rauchige Stimme und seine virtuose Bottleneck-Technik auf der Gitarre. Als Gastmusiker ist er deshalb auf zahlreichen Alben anderer Künstler zu hören, wie Bill Wyman, John Mayall, Snowy White, Elton John oder Paul Rodgers.
Chris Reas Karriere beinhaltet zwei unterschiedliche Perioden, eine Pop-orientierte mit Rock-Blues-Musik in den 1980er und 1990er Jahren und eine mit vorwiegend klassischen Delta und Gospel Blues ab dem Jahr 2002.
Rea veröffentlichte bis heute allein 26 Studioalben und verkaufte über 30 Millionen Tonträger (Stand: Mai 2021). Seine bekanntesten Songs mit regelmäßiger Radiopräsenz sind „Driving Home for Christmas“ (1988), „Josephine“ (1984), „On the Beach“ (1986), „Road to Hell, Pt.2“ (1989) und „Auberge“ (1991).

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Name: En Vogue
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En Vogue (frz. „in Mode“) ist eine US-amerikanische, nur aus Frauen bestehende R&B- und Soul-Band aus Oakland.

En Vogue wurde 1988 gegründet von den amerikanischen Hitproduzenten Denzil Foster und Thomas McElroy, ehemals Mitglieder der Diskogruppe Club Nouveau. Die Originalbesetzung bestand aus der ehemaligen Miss Black California Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson und Terry Ellis, wobei in der aktuellen Besetzung von 2006 außer Dawn Robinson noch bzw. wieder alle Originalmitglieder aktiv sind, zusammen mit Neuzugang Rhona Bennett.

En Vogue haben über 18 Millionen Alben und Singles weltweit verkauft. Sie haben 7 MTV Video Music Awards gewonnen, mehr als jede andere Girlgroup in der MTV Geschichte. Die Gruppe wurde vom Billboard Magazine zur zweiterfolgreichsten Gruppe der 1990er Jahre und zum 18.-erfolgreichsten Act der 1990er überhaupt gekürt.

Zu den bekanntesten Hits gehören die Titel My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It), Free Your Mind, Whatta Man und Don't Let Go (Love).

2004 erschien das bislang letzte Studioalbum Soul Flower. Ein Jahr später, im Jahre 2005, erntete die Gruppe eine Grammy Nominierung für ihre Zusammenarbeit mit Stevie Wonder und Prince auf der gemeinsamen Single So What The Fuss.

Im Oktober 2007 wurde eine neue Single Glamorous als Kollaboration mit der belgischen Sängerin Natalia in den BeNeLux-Staaten veröffentlicht. 2008 traten En Vogue in Belgien mit Natalia auf zwei ausverkauften Show-Konzerten im Sportpaleis (Antwerpen) auf. Weiterer Special Guest war außerdem Shaggy. Das Konzertduo lief 2008 unter Natalia Meets En Vogue feat. Shaggy 2008.

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Name: Percy Sledge
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Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1941, Leighton, Alabama) is an American R&B and soul performer who recorded the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966. Percy Sledge worked in a series of blue-collar jobs in the fields in Leighton, Alabama before taking a job as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Through the mid 1960s, he toured the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends, while working at the hospital during the week. A former patient and mutual friend of Sledge and record producer Quin Ivy introduced the two. An audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract. Sledge's soulful voice was perfect for the series of soul ballads produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock critic Dave Marsh called "emotional classics for romantics of all ages." "When a Man Loves a Woman" was Sledge's first song recorded under the contract, and was released in March 1966. The song's inspiration came when Sledge's girlfriend left him for a modeling career after he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965. Because bassist Calvin Lewis and organist Andrew Wright helped him with the song, he gave all the songwriting credits to them. It reached #1 in the U.S. and went on to become an international hit. "When A Man Loves A Woman" was a hit twice in the UK, reaching #6 in 1966 and, on reissue, peaked at #2 in 1987. The song was also the first gold record released by Atlantic Records. The soul anthem became the cornerstone of Sledge's career, and was followed by "Warm and Tender Love" (Covered by UK songstress Elkie Brooks in 1981), "It Tears Me Up", "Take Time to Know Her" (his second biggest U.S. hit, reaching #11 and written by Steve Davis), "Love Me Tender", and "Cover Me". Sledge charted with "I'll Be Your Everything" and "Sunshine" during the 1970s, and has become an international concert favorite throughout the world, especially in the Netherlands, Germany, and on the African continent, and South Africa in particular. Sledge's career enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s once "When a Man Loves a Woman" re-entered the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #2, behind the reissued Ben E King classic "Stand By Me", after being used in a Levi's commercial. In 1994, Saul Davis and Barry Goldberg produced his new album, Blue Night, for Philippe Le Bras' Sky Ranch label and Virgin Records. It featured Bobby Womack, Steve Cropper, and Mick Taylor among others. Blue Night received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Vocal or Instrumental, and in 1996 it won the W.C. Handy Award for best soul or blues album. In 2004, Davis and Goldberg also produced the Shining Through the Rain album which led to his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Songs on the CD were written by Mikael Rickfors, Steve Earle, the Bee Gees, Carla Olson, Denny Freeman, Allan Clarke and Jackie Lomax. In the late 1990s, Michael Bolton brought "When A Man Loves A Woman" back into the limelight again on his smash hit album "Time, Love, & Tenderness." In December, 2010, Rhino Handmade issued a 4 CD retrospective "The Atlantic Recordings" which covers all of the issued Atlantic masters, as well as many of the tracks unissued in the US. What makes this limited edition release frustrating is that many of the mono tracks on discs 2, 3 and 4 have previously been issued in stereo (disc 1 comprises Sledge's first two LPs which were not recorded on stereo equipment). In October 2011 Sledge featured on the Cliff Richard album Soulicious, also appearing live on stage in the tour of the same name, reprising his top hit "When A Man Loves A Woman" as well as dueting with Sir Cliff.

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Name: Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Louise Franklin (* 25. März 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) ist eine US-amerikanische Soul-Sängerin und Pianistin. Sie wird auch die „First Lady of Soul“ oder „Queen of Soul“ genannt. In der 2008 von der Musikzeitschrift Rolling Stone veröffentlichten Liste Die 100 besten Sänger aller Zeiten steht sie auf dem ersten Platz.

Ihr Vater Clarence LaVaughn Franklin war ein bekannter Baptistenprediger in den Vereinigten Staaten. Aretha wuchs mit vier Geschwistern in der Industriemetropole Detroit (US-Bundesstaat Michigan) auf. Schon sehr früh kam sie durch ihren Vater mit der Musik in Berührung. Sie sang mit ihren beiden Schwestern Carolyn und Erma im Chor der New Bethel Baptist Church ihres Vaters. Bekannte Musiker und Sänger wie Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, Clara Ward und die Ward Sisters erschienen zu den Gottesdiensten. Gesangs- und Klavierunterricht nahm Aretha bei James Cleveland.

1956 erschien ihre erste LP, ein Gospel-Album. Im Alter von 18 Jahren begann sie, neben der Gospelmusik auch Popmusik aufzunehmen. Bei Columbia Records wurde 1960 ihre erste Pop-Platte veröffentlicht. Die LP blieb zwar ohne Erfolg, doch eröffnete sie ihr eine neue Karriere als Clubsängerin. 1967 wechselte sie zu Atlantic Records und schaffte dort den Durchbruch gleich mit ihrer ersten Single I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), die sich über eine Million Mal verkaufte. Mit dem Song Respect wurde sie Ende der 1960er Jahre endgültig zu einer der Ikonen der schwarzen Musik in den USA, und das Lied wurde in ihrer Interpretation zu einer Hymne der afro-amerikanischen US-Bevölkerung.

Nach ihrem Auftritt in dem Film Blues Brothers wechselte sie 1980 zu Arista Records und konnte an ihre alten Erfolge mit weiteren Nummer-eins-Hits und Grammys anknüpfen. Ihre erfolgreichsten Alben wurden Jump To It (produziert von Luther Vandross), Who’s Zoomin’ Who (produziert von Narada Michael Walden) und A Rose Is Still A Rose. In ihren Arista-Jahren nahm sie viele Duette auf, unter anderem I knew you were waiting for me mit George Michael, Sisters are doing it for themselves mit Annie Lennox von den Eurythmics, Gimme Your Love mit James Brown und Through The Storm mit Elton John. 1998 sprang sie gar für Luciano Pavarotti ein und sang Puccinis Opernarie Nessun dorma. 1999 erschien ihre Autobiografie From These Roots.

Für ihr Duett mit Mary J. Blige erhielt Aretha Franklin im Frühjahr 2007 bei der 50. Grammy-Verleihung ihren 20. Grammy Award. 2008 erschien ihr erstes Weihnachtsalbum This Christmas Aretha. Am 20. Januar 2009 sang sie anlässlich der Amtseinführung von US-Präsident Barack Obama vor zirka zwei Millionen Menschen. 2011 erschien auf ihrem eigenen Label Aretha's Records A Woman Falling Out Of Love.

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Name: Dionne Warwick
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Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.
Having been in a partnership with songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era (1955–2012), based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. As of January 2013, Warwick ranks joint-third with Madonna, behind only Aretha Franklin (who has a total of 88 charted Billboard singles) and Taylor Swift, as the most-charted female vocalist of all time with 56 of Dionne's singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998.

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Name: The Lemonheads
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The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band first formed in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member.

Since its formation, recording and touring lineups of the band have included co-founders Deily and Peretz, John Strohm (Blake Babies), Doug Trachten, Corey Loog Brennan, Byron Hoagland (Folks On Fire), Ben Daughtrey (Squirrel Bait), Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies), Nic Dalton (Godstar, Sneeze, The Plunderers), Dave Ryan, Patrick "Murph" Murphy (Dinosaur Jr), Bill Gibson (Eastern Dark), Mark 'Budola' Newman, Kenny Lyon, Vess Ruhtenberg, Devon Ashley, Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson (Descendents), P. David Hazel and various others.

After their initial punk-influenced releases and tours as an independent/"college rock" band in the late '80s, the Lemonheads' popularity with a mass audience grew in 1992 with the major label album It's a Shame about Ray, which was produced, engineered, and mixed by The Robb Brothers (Bruce Robb, Dee, and Joe). This was followed by a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson", which eventually became one of the band's most successful singles. The Lemonheads were active until 1997 before going on hiatus, but reformed with a new lineup in 2005 and released The Lemonheads the following year. The band released its latest album, Varshons, in June 2009.

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Name: Daryl Hall & John Oates
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Hall & Oates sind eine US-amerikanische Musik Duo von Daryl Hall und John Oates zusammen. Sie erreicht ihre größte Ruhm in den späten 1970er und frühen 1980er Jahren bis Mitte mit einer Fusion des Rock and Roll und Rhythm and Blues-Stile, die sie genannt "Rock und Soul". Sie sind am besten für ihre sechs auf # 1 Hits bekannt die US-Billboard Hot 100: "Rich Girl", "Kiss auf meiner Liste", "Private Eyes", "Ich kann nicht für das gehen (No Can Do)", " Maneater "und" Out of Touch ", wie auch viele andere Lieder, die in den Top 40. Insgesamt kartiert, hatte das Duo 34 Singles Chart-Hits der US Billboard Hot 100, sieben RIAA Platin-Alben und sechs RIAA Gold-Alben . Wegen dieser Chart-Erfolg, mit dem Namen Billboard Magazine sie die erfolgreichste Duo der Rock-Ära, übertrifft die Everly Brothers. Im Jahr 2003, sie in die Songwriters Hall of Fame aufgenommen wurden. Sie wurden auf der Billboard Magazine Liste der 100 größten Künstler aller Zeiten und dem # 1 # 15 Duo platziert, während VH1 platziert das Duo als # 99 auf ihrer Liste der 100 größten Künstler aller Zeiten. 1974 Von ihrem ersten Hit durch ihre Blütezeit in den 80er Jahren, Daryl Hall und John Oates 'glatt, eingängig nehmen auf Philly Soul brachte sie wirtschaftlichen Erfolg - darunter sechs Nummer eins Singles und sechs Platin-Alben. Hall & Oates 'Musik war gut konstruiert und gefertigt; von ihrer besten Seite, wurden ihre Songs mit starken Haken und Melodien, die die Seele von Traditionen mit Elementen der neuen Welle und Hardrock eingehalten, ohne dass ein Sklave zu ihnen gefüllt. Daryl Hall begann die Durchführung professionell, während er Schüler an der Temple University war. Im Jahr 1966 nahm er eine Single mit Kenny Gamble und den Romeos; die Gruppe vorge Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, und Thom Bell, der all die Architekten der Philly Seele werden würde. Während dieser Zeit erschien Halle häufig auf Sitzungen für Gamble und Huff. Im Jahr 1967, Halle traf John Oates, Fellow der Temple University Student. Oates führte seine eigene Seele Band an der Zeit. Die beiden Studenten realisiert sie hatten einen ähnlichen Geschmack und begann die Durchführung zusammen in einer Reihe von R & B und Doo Wop-Gruppen. Bis 1968 hatte sich das Duo trennte sich, wie Oates übertragen Schulen und Halle bildeten die Soft-Rock-Band Gulliver; die Gruppe ein Album veröffentlicht auf Elektra in den späten 60er Jahren vor dem Auflösen. Nach Gullivers Trennung, konzentriert Halle in Sitzung wieder Arbeit, als Backup-Sänger der Stilistik, dem Delfonics, und die Eindringlinge unter anderem erscheinen. Oates kehrte nach Philadelphia im Jahre 1969, und er begann zu schreiben und Hall Volksorientierte Songs und gemeinsam durchführen. Schließlich kamen sie, um die Aufmerksamkeit von Tommy Mottola, der wurde schnell die Entscheidung, die der Sicherung der Duo einen Vertrag mit Atlantic Records. Auf ihrer ersten Platten - Whole Oates (1972), Unbewohnt Imbiss (1973), Krieg Babys (1974) - das Duo wurden Gründung ihren Sound, die Arbeit mit Produzenten wie Arif Mardin und Todd Rundgren und Entfernen viel von ihrer Folk-Einflüsse. Zu Beginn des Jahres 1974 zog das Duo aus Philadelphia nach New York. Während dieser Zeit gelang es ihnen nur einen Treffer -. Die Zahl 60 "Sie ist weg" im Frühjahr 1974 Nachdem sie bewegt, um RCA im Jahr 1975 landete das Duo auf seiner gelungenen Mischung aus Soul, Pop und Rock und erzielte dabei einen Top-Ten- Single mit "Sara Smile." Der Erfolg von "Sara Smile" aufgefordert, den Re-Release von "Sie ist weg", die auch in die Top Ten katapultierte. Erschienen im Sommer 1976, größer als die beiden von uns war nach seiner Veröffentlichung nur mäßig erfolgreich. Der Rekord zog Anfang 1977, als "Rich Girl" wurde der erste Nummer eins Single des Duos. Obwohl sie hatten einige kleinere Hits zwischen 1977 und 1980 die Alben Hall & Oates am Ende des Jahrzehnts veröffentlicht waren nicht so erfolgreich wie ihre Mitte der 70er Jahre Aufzeichnungen. Trotzdem waren sie Abenteurer, Einbau von mehr Rockelemente in ihre blauen Augen Seele. Die Kombination endlich auszahlen würde Ende 1980, als das Duo hat den selbst produzierten Stimmen, das Album, das den Beginn der Hall & Oates 'größten kommerziellen und künstlerischen Erfolg gekennzeichnet. Die erste Single aus Stimmen, ein Cover von Righteous Brothers '"Du hast Lost That Lovin' Gefühl", erreichte Platz 12, aber es war die zweite Single, "Kiss auf meiner Liste", die ihre kommerzielle Potenzial, indem er das Duo zweiten bestätigt Nummer eins Single; ihr Follow-up, "You Make My Dreams" Hit Nummer fünf. Sie schnell befreit Private Eyes im Sommer 1981; die Aufzeichnung vorge zwei Nummer Eins Hits, "Private Eyes" und "Ich kann nicht für das gehen (No Can Do)", als auch die Top-Ten-Hit "Hat es in einer Minute." "Ich kann nicht für GO dass (No Can Do) "verbrachte auch eine Woche an der Spitze der R & B-Charts - eine seltene Leistung für einen weißen Akt. H20, gefolgt im Jahr 1982, und es erwies sich als erfolgreicher als ihre beiden Vorgänger-Alben und verkaufte über zwei Millionen Exemplare und starten ihre größten Hit-Single "Maneater", als auch die Top-Ten-Hits "One on One" und "Family Man". Die folgenden Jahr veröffentlichte das Duo ein Greatest-Hits-Compilation, Rock 'N Soul-, Pt. 1, die beiden neuen Top-Ten-Hits vorgestellt - die Nummer zwei "sagen, es ist nicht so" und ". Erwachsenenbildung" Im April 1984 hat die Recording Industry Association of America bekannt, dass Hall & Oates hatte Everly Brothers als die übertroffen erfolgreiches Duo in der Rockgeschichte, verdienen insgesamt 19 Gold-und Platin-Auszeichnungen. Erschienen im Oktober 1984 erweitert Big Bam Boom ihre Anzahl von Gold-und Platin-Auszeichnungen und verkaufte über zwei Millionen Exemplare und startet vier Top-40-Singles, darunter die Nummer eins "Out of Touch." Nach ihren Vertrag erfüllen Gold-Album live in der Apollo mit David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick, Hall & Oates ging auf Lücke. Nach der lauwarmen Empfang für Daryl Hall 1986 Solo-Album, drei Herzen in der Happy Ending Machine, umgruppiert das Duo bis 1988 die Ooh ja !, ihre erste Platte für Arista freizugeben. Die erste Single, "was das Herz begehrt", ging an Nummer drei und verhalf das Album Platin-Status. Keines der anderen Singles des Albums brach die Top 20, was anzeigt, dass die Ära der Dominanz Chart geendet hatte. Wechsel der Jahreszeit, im Jahr 1990 veröffentlicht, bestätigt diese Tatsache. Obwohl der Rekord ging Gold, es nur eine vorge Top 40 Hit - die Nummer 11 Single "So Close". Das Duo montiert ein Comeback im Jahr 1997 mit Ringelblume Himmel, aber es war nur teilweise erfolgreich; weit besser war 2003 tun es für Liebe und im folgenden Jahr deckt Seele aufnehmen Our Kind of Soul.

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Name: The Cars
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The Cars war eine amerikanische Rockband, die Ende der 1970er Jahre aus der New Wave-Musikszene hervorgegangen ist. Die Band entstand in Boston, Massachusetts, mit Lead-Sänger und Rhythmus-Gitarrist Ric Ocasek, Sänger und Bassist Benjamin Orr, Gitarrist Elliot Easton, Keyboarder Greg Hawkes und Schlagzeuger David Robinson.Sie wurden 1977 von George Daly, dem damaligen A & R-Chef, bei Elektra Records unter Vertrag genommen.

Die Cars waren führend bei der Verschmelzung des gitarrenorientierten Rocks der 1970er Jahre mit dem neuen synth-orientierten Pop, der damals populär wurde und in den frühen 1980er Jahren seine Blütezeit hatte. The Cars begannen neu mit ihrem Debütalbum The Cars, das Ende 1978 mit Platin ausgezeichnet wurde. Das Debütalbum der Cars wurde von Allmusic als "echtes Rock-Meisterwerk" bezeichnet. Der erfolgreichste und bekannteste Song des Albums, "Just What I Needed", wurde 1977 als Demo gestartet. Der Song wurde als Mix-Tape an einen lokalen DJ in der Region Boston gesendet, der den Song in starker Rotation spielte. Dies erregte bald die Aufmerksamkeit anderer DJs, was 1977 zur Unterzeichnung eines Plattenvertrages mit Elektra Records führte.

Die Band löste sich 1988 auf, und Ocasek hatte seitdem immer davon abgeraten, von einem Wiedersehen zu sprechen, und 1997 einem Interviewer gesagt: "Ich sage nie, und darauf können Sie zählen." Bassist Benjamin Orr starb im Jahr 2000 an Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs. 2005 gründeten Easton und Hawkes zusammen mit Todd Rundgren eine Spin-off-Band, The New Cars, die neben neuem Material auch klassische Cars- und Rundgren-Songs aufführte. Die überlebenden ursprünglichen Mitglieder kamen 2010 wieder zusammen, um ein neues Album mit dem Titel Move Like This aufzunehmen, das am 10. Mai 2011 veröffentlicht wurde, und eine Tour, die am selben Tag begann.

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Name: Foreigner
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Foreigner ist eine britisch-amerikanische Rockband, die mit eingängigem, melodiös-melancholischem Hard-Rock-Sound zwischen 1977 und 1988 ihre größten Erfolge feierte. Bis 2005 wurden weltweit über 50 Millionen Platten der Gruppe verkauft.

Foreigner gehört zu den bekanntesten Vertretern des Adult Orientated Rock (AOR). Zu ihren populärsten Hits zählen Cold as Ice, Urgent, Waiting for a Girl Like You und der weltbekannte Nummer-Eins-Hit I Want to Know What Love Is.

Die Band wurde 1976 in New York von den britischen Musikern Ian McDonald (Gründungsmitglied von King Crimson) und Mick Jones (ehemals Gitarrist bei George Harrison, Peter Frampton und Spooky Tooth), dem ehemaligen If-Schlagzeuger Dennis Elliot sowie den US-Amerikanern Al Greenwood (Keyboard), Ed Gagliardi (Bass) und Vokalist Lou Gramm gegründet.

Im März 1977 erschien das Debütalbum Foreigner, das in den USA mehr als fünf Millionen Mal verkauft wurde und die beiden Top-Ten-Singles „Feels Like the First Time“ und „Cold as Ice“ hervorbrachte. Die im Juni 1978 veröffentlichte LP Double Vision verkaufte sich noch erfolgreicher. 1979 schied Ed Gagliardi aus und wurde durch Rick Wills ersetzt.

Das dritte Album Head Games erschien im September 1979, was wiederum kommerziell erfolgreich wurde.

Im Juli 1981 folgte die vierte LP mit dem passenden Titel 4, mit der die Band den endgültigen Durchbruch auch in Europa schaffte. Die Songs „Urgent“ (mit dem berühmten Tenorsaxophon-Solo von Jr. Walker), „Juke Box Hero“ und „Waiting for a Girl Like You“ waren zwischen 1981 und 1982 weltweit in den Hitlisten erfolgreich.

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Name: Host
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Name: SAINT PEPSI
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Name: Heartbeats
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Name: Wild Cub
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Name: Daniel Merriweather
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Daniel Paul Merriweather (born 17 February 1982) is an Australian R&B recording artist who has worked as a featured vocalist for other artists and has a solo career. His guest vocals are included on album tracks by Disco Montego, Mark Ronson and Phrase. His collaborations with Ronson led to working in the United Kingdom including lead vocals on Ronson's cover version of The Smiths' song "Stop Me" in 2007. Merriweather's debut solo album, Love & War, was released in June 2009. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number two. It was preceded by two singles, "Change" and "Red", which both made the top 10 on the related singles chart. Merriweather has won two ARIA Music Awards, Best Urban Release in 2005 for "She's Got Me" and Best Male Artist in 2009 for Love & War.

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Name: Love & War
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Name: MGMT
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MGMT is an American rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio. Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006.
On October 5, 2007, Spin.com named MGMT "Artist of the Day." On November 14, 2007, Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top ten "Artist to Watch" in 2008. The band was named ninth in the BBC's Sound of 2008 Top Ten Poll. 
MGMT's first album, Oracular Spectacular, debuted at #12 on the UK album chart, #13 after 34 weeks in the New Zealand RIANZ charts, number six on the Australian ARIA Charts, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. It has also been named the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine. It was named the best album of 2008 by NME. MGMT also appeared prominently in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 2008, coming in 2nd with "Electric Feel", 5th with "Kids" and 18th with "Time to Pretend". MGMT was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and their track "Kids" was nominated for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals. These are the first Grammy nominations for the band. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. Their second album, Congratulations, was released on April 13, 2010. In January 2011 they began work on their third album, which will be called MGMT.

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Name: Yeasayer
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Yeasayer is a band based in Brooklyn, New York.

The band's three core members, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder, first came to attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Their first single consisted of a double A-side of the tracks "Sunrise" and "2080". Following the release of debut album All Hour Cymbals in October 2007 by We Are Free, Yeasayer described their music as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel". Live performances often include psychedelic visuals.

In 2008, Yeasayer toured with MGMT and Man Man and supported Beck. The same year they performed a public a cappella concert, "Take Away Show", on the Paris metro. The band has also played at Lollapalooza, the Pitchfork Music Festival, the Austin City Limits Festival, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch! Music Festival, and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. In 2009, Yeasayer contributed "Tightrope" to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization. Yeasayer appeared at the Coachella Music Festival of 2010, the Dutch Pinkpop and Lowlands festival, and performed at the Australian music festival Splendour In The Grass in August where they were asked by the organisers of Laneway Festival to return and play in 2011. Backed by labels Secretly Canadian and Mute Records, Yeasayer released their second studio album, Odd Blood, in February 2010, featuring more pop music influences than earlier work. In July 2010 they appeared at Latitude Festival in England at the Word Tent where they also completed a signing session. In January 2011, The Hype Machine named Yeasayer the most blogged artist of 2010.

In April 2011, Yeasayer released End Blood in participation with Record Store Day which the band described as "two ideas that that didn't fit on Odd Blood". Their songs have been featured on TV shows such as 90210, America's Next Top Model and The Good Wife.

In May 2011 they premiered their brand new song "Devil and the Deed ft. D'Angelo" on Patton Oswalt's late night game show, Jack off Ruby faster than Patton can make bullets. During their subsequent tour of North America, the band played this song at shows along with two other new tunes, "Demon Road" and "Henrietta".

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Name: Cher
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Cher (* 20. Mai 1946 in El Centro, Kalifornien als Cherilyn Sarkisian) ist eine US-amerikanische Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Durch ihr Auftreten und Wirken in Musik, Film und Fernsehen wie auch in der Mode wurde sie zu einer popkulturellen Medienikone. Ihr wird es zugeschrieben, dass weibliche Eigenständigkeit und Selbstverwirklichung in die Unterhaltungsindustrie Einzug gehalten haben. Dafür bekannt, kontinuierlich sowohl ihre Musik als auch ihr Image neu zu erfinden, wird sie auch als Goddess of Pop bezeichnet. Von Folk über Disco und Rockmusik bis hin zu Electropop wandte sich Cher im Verlauf ihrer Karriere diversen Genres zu, die sie zum Teil auch prägen konnte.

1965 wurde sie als weiblicher Part des Duos Sonny and Cher durch den Hit I Got You Babe bekannt. Parallel dazu schlug sie eine Solokarriere als Sängerin ein, die sie ab 1971 mit der Fernsehsendung The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour – für die sie 1999 mit Sonny Bono auf dem Hollywood Walk of Fame verewigt wurde – und ihren Ablegern erfolgreich fortsetzen konnte. In den 1980er Jahren startete sie eine zweite Karriere als Schauspielerin zunächst am Broadway; nach erstem Kritikerlob für ihre Filmrollen in Silkwood und Die Maske gewann sie 1988 den Oscar als Beste Hauptdarstellerin für Mondsüchtig. Jahrzehntelang war sie stilprägend, schaffte es sechsmal auf das Cover der Vogue und wurde 1999 mit dem „Fashion Oscar“ für ihren Einfluss auf die Modewelt ausgezeichnet. Ihre von 2003 bis 2005 laufende Farewell Tour war laut Guinness-Buch der Rekorde (2007) die bis dahin erfolgreichste Tournee einer Solo-Künstlerin.

Außerdem ist sie Emmy-, Grammy- und dreifache Golden-Globe-Preisträgerin. Mit über 200 Millionen verkauften Tonträgern und weiteren 80 Millionen zusammen mit ihrem früheren Ehemann Sonny Bono gehört sie zu den kommerziell erfolgreichsten Musikern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zu den populärsten Singles der Musikgeschichte zählt ihr Welthit Believe aus dem gleichnamigen Album von 1998, mit dem sie den Effekt Auto-Tune populär machte. 2011 brach sie ihren eigenen Rekord: Als einzige Künstlerin konnte sie in allen sechs Dekaden ihrer Karriere einen Nummer-eins-Hit in einer Sparte der Billboard Charts landen. Mit ihrer Single I Hope You Find It im Jahr 2013 etablierte sie sich als Künstlerin mit der am längsten andauernden Chartkarriere.

Cher ist die Tochter von Georgia Holt, einer Cherokee-Indianerin deutsch-französisch-irisch-englischer Abstammung, und des Armeniers John Sarkisian. Nach der Scheidung ihrer Eltern wuchs Cher bei ihrem Adoptivvater Gilbert LaPiere und ihrer Mutter auf. Aus ihrer 1964 geschlossenen ersten Ehe mit Sonny Bono entstammt Chaz Bono (bis Mai 2010 Chastity Sun Bono).

In den 1970er Jahren war Cher mit Gregg Allman verheiratet, der Sohn aus dieser Ehe ist Elijah Blue Allman. Nach der Scheidung von Gregg Allman war sie kurze Zeit mit dem Kiss-Bassisten Gene Simmons liiert. Von 1989 bis 1991 war Cher mit dem Bon-Jovi-Gitarristen Richie Sambora zusammen.

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Name: Elgin Lumpkin
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Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter dancer and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990s and early 2000s .

Leon Youngblood, manager of one of the vocalists featured on the album, told George Varga in an interview with the Union Tribune Newspaper that the album "was supposed to be billed as a 'Ginuwine Presents' album" " Youngblood stated "the album did very well, it's the first time I worked with anyone who cracked #50 on the billboard charts, I'm very proud of that fact."

Ginuwine can be spotted in one of Jodeci's videos. He, later, sang the chorus on Danny Boy's "Slip N Slide". There, he met rapper Melissa "Missy" Elliott and producer Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, who became his main collaborators through the 1990s. Ginuwine's first single, (written by Static Major) the 1996 "Pony" from Ginuwine...The Bachelor, showcased his smooth vocals and Timbaland's innovative production style, and the two became a hit-making duo. The song "Pony" was used in a "karaoke" scene from the film Wild Hogs in 2007 and again used in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV in 2008. Mike Patton and Rahzel together perform a cover of "Pony" during their concerts. Ginuwine covered Prince's "When Doves Cry" single from the movie soundtrack to Purple Rain.

After his second album, 100% Ginuwine, was released in 1999, Ginuwine and Timbaland grew apart. Producers such as R. Kelly have crafted hits for him since then. In 2001, Ginuwine had a number-four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "Differences", which also peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

Within a year, Ginuwine lost both of his parents. He later wrote a song which is featured on his album The Life entitled "Two Reasons I Cry". In 2002, Ginuwine was a feature artist on P. Diddy's number-one hit "I Need a Girl (Part II)". Later that year, Ginuwine started his own label, Bag Entertainment. The label would feature artists such as Jose Cenquentez (who appeared on The Senior) and Knight.

Ginuwine's fifth album, Back II Da Basics, was released on November 15, 2005. The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, selling close to 100,000 copies. Ginuwine stated on BET's Top 100 countdown that the album went Gold with sales of 500,000 copies.

In May 2007, an album entitled I Apologize was released in stores. Although attributed to Ginuwine, the release was an unauthorized album and included only three Ginuwine songs - apparently from stolen masters - and ten songs by other artists. Ginuwine spoke against the unofficial release on both his MySpace page and through YouTube. In 2007, Ginuwine collaborated with Canadian hip-hop artist Belly in the latter's debut solo song "Pressure", which was featured in Belly's debut album the Revolution, released in June 2007.

Ginuwine's sixth album entitled A Man's Thoughts, was released on June 23, 2009. The album was produced by The Underdogs, B Cox, Timbaland, The Runners, Johnta Austin, Oak and Polow Da Don. The album includes guests appearances from Brandy, Missy Elliott, Bun B and Timbaland.[17] Ginuwine formed a group with Tank and Tyrese named TGT. Their first single was a remix of Tank's "Please Don't Go". They were supposed to tour but plans fell apart due to conflicting schedules.[18]

Ginuwine announced on his Myspace Blog on August 21, 2008 that due to label and legal issues, they will not be able to release an official TGT album.[19] Ginuwine is the founder and CEO of LoveSong Incorporated, after completing his contract with 550 Music/Epic. Ginuwine announced on his Myspace blog on August 21, 2008 that he signed a major label deal with Notifi Records/Warner Brothers.[19]

Ginuwine introduced producer MELROG and rapper Young Knight a.k.a. Knightron on the Back 2 Da Basics album. Currently Knightron is working on his own album under Ginuwine's label BAG ENT. Elgin will be released on Valentine's Day 2011.

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Name: Goldfrapp
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Goldfrapp is an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, consisting of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).
Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, the ambient sound of their 2000 debut album Felt Mountain did not chart highly. Goldfrapp's second album Black Cherry, which incorporated glam rock and synthpop sounds into their music, was released in 2003. The album influenced the same dance-oriented sound of their third album Supernature. Supernature took Goldfrapp's work further into dance music, and enjoyed international chart success. Supernature produced three number-one US dance singles, and was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 49th Grammy Awards. Their fourth album Seventh Tree placed a greater emphasis on ambient and downtempo music, drawing inspiration from nature and Paganism, while their fifth album, Head First, found the group exploring 1980s-influenced synthpop, and brought the formation a Grammy Award-nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2010.

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Name: Jet
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Jet was an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne. The band consisted of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively. The group sold 6.5 million records worldwide, with their debut album Get Born, released in 2003, accounting for about 3.5 million of that figure. The band's last album, Shaka Rock, was released on 19 August 2009. The band announced their 'discontinuation as a group' on 26 March 2012.

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Name: Kate Nash
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Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She had a UK number-2 hit "Foundations" in 2007, followed by the platinum-selling UK number-1 album Made of Bricks. She was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards.

Her second studio album, entitled My Best Friend Is You, was released in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2010 and in the U.S. on 11 May 2010. It spawned her second biggest chart hit to date, the single "Do-Wah-Doo".

Nash is currently signed to The Island Def Jam Motown Ireland Group.

Nash was born on 6 July 1987 in Harrow, London to an English father, Steven Nash, and an Irish mother, Marie (née Walsh). Marie is a nurse in a hospice. Nash learned to play the piano while at at Sandbach School. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended St. John Fisher School, Pinner, before moving onto the St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth. She was also taught guitar by Saskia van Berkel and studied Theatre at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in South London. She auditioned at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, but was rejected. Soon afterward, she fell down a flight of stairs, breaking her foot. During her recovery, she was housebound and unable to move, so her mother bought her an electric guitar. Nash used this time to focus on her songwriting: she began to write some new songs, finish old ones and decided that she would book a gig at a local bar ("Trinity") in Harrow to showcase her songs.

Nash started her career in 2005. After several gigs, she uploaded her music to MySpace, found a manager and then producers for her music.

Nash's debut was a single, "Caroline's a Victim"/"Birds", produced and recorded in Iceland by Valgeir SigurÃ°sson and released through Moshi Moshi Records in February 2007. The release was limited to 1,000 copies and available only on 7" vinyl. Due to demand, another 1,000 copies were made and these also sold out. CD-promo copies were produced for distribution to the press and DJs and are occasionally available for sale. The single is featured on the CD Moshi Moshi Singles Compilation. A video for the song, directed by Kinga Burza, was released and received airplay on MTV2. The single's B-side, "Birds", later featured on her début album Made of Bricks. Both tracks have also been released as MP3 downloads.

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Name: Miriam Makeba
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Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), also known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actor, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was known for her advocacy against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.

Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parentage, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at the age of 17, gave birth to her only child in 1950, and survived breast cancer. Her vocal talent had been recognised when she was a child, and she began singing professionally in the 1950s, with the Cuban Brothers, the Manhattan Brothers, and an all-woman group, The Skylarks, performing a mixture of jazz, traditional African melodies, and Western popular music. In 1959, Makeba had a brief role in the anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, which brought her international attention, and led to her travelling performances in Venice, London, and New York City. In London, she met Harry Belafonte, who became a mentor and colleague. She moved to New York City, where she became immediately popular, and recorded her first solo album in 1960. Her attempt to return to South Africa that year for her mother's funeral was prevented by the country's government.

Makeba's career flourished in the United States, and she released several albums and songs, her most popular being "Pata Pata" (1967). Along with Belafonte she received a Grammy Award for her 1966 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. She testified against the South African government in front of the United Nations and became involved in the African-American civil rights movement. She married Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Black Panther Party, in 1968: as a result, she lost support among white Americans and faced hostility from the U.S. government, leading her and Carmichael to move to Guinea. She continued to perform, mostly in African countries, including at several independence celebrations. She also began to write and perform music more explicitly critical of apartheid; the 1977 song "Soweto Blues", written by her former husband Hugh Masekela, was about the Soweto Uprising. After apartheid was dismantled in 1990, Makeba returned to South Africa. She appeared in the 1992 film Sarafina!, was named a UN goodwill ambassador in 1999, and campaigned for several humanitarian causes. She continued recording and performing, including a 1991 collaboration with Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, before dying of a heart attack during a 2008 concert in Italy.

Makeba was among the first African musicians to receive worldwide recognition. She is credited with bringing African music to a Western audience, and with popularising the world music and Afropop genres. She also made popular several songs critical of apartheid, and became a symbol of opposition to this system, particularly after her right to return was revoked. Upon her death, former South African President Nelson Mandela said that "her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us."

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