tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25840503336559136182024-03-13T06:03:35.834-04:00Today is Their Birthday-MusiciansDo you know someone who shares this birthday? Send them this post ...Music Loverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021106473037345313noreply@blogger.comBlogger1446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584050333655913618.post-88666634111435540902014-02-24T02:38:00.000-05:002014-02-12T08:11:25.292-05:00February 24: George Thorogood “Bad to the Bone,” is 64-years-old today.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Besides his hit song "Bad to the Bone," George Thorogood is known for covers of blues standards by Hank Williams, John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers have released 16 studio albums, including two that were certified Platinum. and six that have been certified Gold. The band has sold 15 million albums worldwide. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thorogood was raised in Naamans Manor, in suburban Wilmington, Delaware. Thorogood played semi-professional baseball, but turned toward music after seeing John P. Hammond perform in 1970. His demo, “Better Than the Rest,” was recorded in 1974 and released in 1979. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thorogood released his next album <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Move It On Over</i> in 1978 with The Destroyers, which included the Hank Williams remake "Move It On Over." "Please Set a Date" and their remake of the Bo Diddley song "Who Do You Love?" both followed in 1979. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When she was 16 the family moved to Bournemouth and ran a small B&B while Amanda herself studied Drama and English literature A levels with Terry Clarke and Charles Lamb at the Jellicoe Theatre, now part of Bournemouth and Poole College. She successfully auditioned for the independent drama school Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in the Wood Green area of North London when she was 18, graduating in July 1994.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Her first television appearance was as a contestant on the UK game show <em>Blind Date</em> in 1991, since which she has become a familiar face on British television. Holden appeared in the ITV drama <em>Wild at Heart</em> as Sarah Trevanion. She is currently a judge on <em>Britain's Got Talent</em> alongside Simon Cowell, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon and previously Piers Morgan, Kelly Brook, Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She has appeared on various British comedy and drama series such as <em>Smack the Pony, EastEnders, Hearts and Bones, Cutting It</em> and as a co-star with Harry Enfield in comedy series <em>Celeb</em>.
In April 2009, it was reported that the US network CBS had offered Holden the job of one-time guest presenter on <em>The Early S</em>how, a daytime talk show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In July 2009, Holden became a gossip columnist for the News of the World's celebrity-oriented magazine <em>Fabulous</em>. In January 2010, she started a new three-part show called <em>Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives</em>.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Holden has appeared in several stage musicals and in 2004 was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of <em>Thoroughly Modern Millie.</em>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011, ten weeks earlier than planned, to focus on her unborn child. She was replaced by Girls Aloud singer <a href="http://today-is-their-birthday.blogspot.com/2010/11/1981-uk-singer-kimberley-walsh-of-girls.html"><span style="color: blue;">Kimberley Walsh</span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Born Robert Kelly in Landstuhl, West Germany on Ramstein Air Base to parents serving in the U.S. Army, who moved the family place to place around the world, Rob has been the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thomas earned three Grammy awards for co-writing and singing on the Carlos Santana triple-platinum hit "Smooth," on the album <em>Supernatural</em> in 1999. He has also lent his songwriting talents to such artists as Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony, Pat Green, Taylor Hicks, Travis Tritt and Daughtry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Since 1995, his band has released a string of hit singles to radio including "Push," "3 A.M.," "Real World," "Back 2 Good," "Bent," "If You're Gone," "Mad Season," "Disease," "Unwell," "Bright Lights," and "How Far We've Come." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 2004, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Thomas its first Starlight Award, recognizing young songwriters who have already had a lasting influence in the music industry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In April 2005, after nearly 10 years with Matchbox Twenty, Thomas began his solo career with the release of <em>Something to Be </em>which shot to #1 on the album chart. This marked the first time a male artist from a rock and/or pop group had debuted at number one with his first solo album since the Billboard 200 was introduced 50 years prior. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1991, at age 15, Feist got her start in music when she founded, and was the lead vocalist for a Calgary punk band called Placebo. She and her bandmates won a local Battle of the Bands competition and were awarded the opening slot at the festival Infest 1993. At this concert she met Brendan Canning, whose band hHead performed immediately before hers, and with whom she joined in Broken Social Scene ten years later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Beginning in 1999, Feist performed with an number of other musicians including Merrill Nisker and the electro-punk musician Peaches. Feist worked the back of the stage at Peaches' shows, using a sock puppet and calling herself "Bitch Lap Lap." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She also collaborated with Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience as co-writer and guest vocalist on their album <em>Riot on an Empty Street</em>. She also co-write and sang "The Simple Story" as a duet with Jane Birkin on her album <em>Rendezvous</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Feist's solo debut album, <em>Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down),</em> was released in 1999. It is composed of 10 songs, including "Monarch" and "That's What I Say, It's Not What I Mean." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In the summer of 2001, Feist self-produced seven songs at home which she called The Red Demos, which have never been released commercially. She spent more than two years touring throughout Europe. She then joined a group of old friends in forming a new version Toronto indie rock group Broken Social Scene. While on tour in Europe she began recording new versions of her home recorded Red Demos, which would later become her major label debut <em>Let It Die</em>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In the late 1960s, McDaniels focused on black consciousness, and his best-known song in this genre was "Compared to What," a jazz-soul protest song made famous by Les McCann and Eddie Harris on their album, Swiss Movement, and also covered by Roberta Flack. McDaniels also attained the top spot on the chart as a songwriter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Phillips was born Gilliam Chynna Phillips in Los Angeles, California. She is known as a member of Wilson Phillips and for being the daughter of The Mamas & the Papas' band members <a href="http://today-is-their-birthday.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-30-papa-john-john-phillips-of.html"><span style="color: blue;">John</span></a> and <a href="http://today-is-their-birthday.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-4-michelle-phillips-of-mamas-papas.html"><span style="color: blue;">Michelle Phillips</span></a> and the half-sister of actress Mackenzie Phillips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Phillips began her career in acting. She appeared in films such as 1987's Some Kind of Wonderful, 1988's <em>Caddyshack II,</em> 1989's Say Anything and as the title character Roxanne Pulitzer in the 1989 television biopic <em>Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In the late 1980s, Phillips formed the trio Wilson Phillips with her childhood friends Carnie and <a href="http://today-is-their-birthday.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-16-wendy-wilson-of-wilson.html"><span style="color: blue;">Wendy Wilson</span></a>. Wilson Phillips released their debut album, <em>Wilson Phillips</em>, in 1990. Their debut single, "Hold On", hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1990, bumping Madonna's "Vogue" off the top spot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In June 1992, Wilson Phillips released their second album, <em>Shadows and Light</em>. The album was deeply personal and adopted a more serious tone, with tracks exploring issues such as child abuse ("Where Are You") and their estrangement from their fathers ("Flesh and Blood", "All the Way From New York"). The first single, "You Won't See Me Cry,'" peaked at #20 in the US and #18 in the UK, the first time they had a higher-ranking single in the UK than in the US. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Shortly after the release of <em>Shadows and Light</em>, Chynna Phillips announced plans for a solo career, and the group decided to disband.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 2004, Wilson Phillips reunited to record their third album <em>California</em> which featured cover tunes from West Coast singers from the 1960s and 1970s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Norwood began entering talent shows by the time she was eleven, and as part of a youth singing group, performed at several public functions. In 1990, her talent led to a binding oral contract with Teaspoon Productions, headed by Chris Stokes and Earl Harris, who obtained her gigs as a backing vocalist for their R&B boy band Immature, and helped her produce a demo tape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1993, she signed a recording contract with Atlantic, releasing her self-titled debut album a year after.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Brandy went on to sell over six million units worldwide, and produced three top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "I Wanna Be Down" and "Baby," both of which reached the top of the Hot R&B Singles chart and were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Brokenhearted," a duet with Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men, became a number-two hit on the charts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The album earned Norwood two Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance the following year and won her four Soul Train Music Awards, two Billboard Awards, and the New York Children's Choice Award. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Following a major success with Grammy Award-winning "The Boy Is Mine," a duet with singer Monica, and her second album <em>Never Say Never</em> in 1998, a series of successful records established her as one of the most successful of the new breed of urban R&B female vocalists to emerge during the mid-to late 1990s. Her 2008 studio album, was her first record to be released on the Epic label after a label change in 2005.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">During the early production stages of her debut album, Norwood was selected for a role in the ABC sitcom <em>Thea</em>, portraying the twelve-year-old daughter of a single working mother. The series only lasted eight months but Brandy received a Young Artist Award nomination for Outstanding Youth Ensemble alongside her co-stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This led to her own show, the UPN sitcom <em>Moesha</em> in 1996, and resulted in roles in the 1998 horror sequel I<em> Still Know What You Did Last Summer</em>, and the TV films in the late 1970s, <em>Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella</em> and <em>Double Platinum</em>, two of television's best rated special programs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu. In 2010, Norwood and her brother Ray J premiered the VH1 reality series <em>Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business</em> along with their parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The show debuted in April 2010 and chronicled the backstage happenings of both siblings. The show ran eleven episodes. The second season, which began in December 2011, tracks the recording of a collaboration album with brother Ray J, tentatively titled <em>R&B</em>. The joint record is currently scheduled for a 2011 release, and its first single being "Talk To Me." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After collaborating with Timbaland, it was also reported that Norwood would begin work on her sixth solo studio album which Timbaland revealed was going to embrace her new rap alter-ego, as well as her singing. The project, which is slated for release in early 2011, is involving heavy production from Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Danja, production duo Kadis & Sean, Akon, and Bangladesh, the latter of whom was commissioned to helm the major production of the album. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The RIAA ranks Norwood as one of the best-selling female artists in American music history, having sold over 8.5 million copies of her five studio albums in the U.S. and over 30 million records worldwide, to date. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">In August 2011, Norwood signed a joint record deal with RCA Records and Chameleon Records and released <em>Two Eleven</em> in October 2012. The album was preceded by </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"It All Belongs to Me," a duet which saw her reunite with Monica. It also yielded the singles "Wildest Dreams, and "Put It Down" - which features Chris Brown, and reached number three on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, it was her first top five single in 10 years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Roberta's first album did not sell well, until Clint Eastwood chose the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," for the sound track of his directorial debut <strong>Play Misty for Me.</strong> It became the biggest hit of the year for 1972 - spending six consecutive weeks at #1 and earning Flack a million-selling gold disc. Eastwood, who paid $2,000 for the use of the song in the film, has remained a friend of Flack's ever since.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year, and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won the same award at the Grammy Awards of 1974.[1] She and U2 are the only artists to win the award in back-to-back years. Her style is a mixture of jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">During her early teens, Flack so excelled at classical piano that Howard University awarded her a full music scholarship. She entered Howard University at the age of 15, making her one of the youngest students ever to enroll. She eventually changed her major from piano to voice, and became an assistant conductor of the university choir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She graduated from Howard University at 19 and began graduate studies in music, but the sudden death of her father forced her to take a job teaching music and English for $2800 a year in Farmville, North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When Flack performed at a benefit concert for the Inner City Ghetto Children's Library Fund, renowned piano player Les McCann happened to be in the audience. He arranged an audition for her with Atlantic Records, during which she played 42 songs in 3 hours for producer. In early 1969, she recorded her debut album, <em>First Take</em>. Flack's version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" hit number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Flack soon began recording regularly with Donny Hathaway, scoring hits such as the Grammy-winning "Where Is the Love" in 1972 and "The Closer I Get to You" in 1978 - both million-selling gold singles. Flack also scored her second #1 hit, "Killing Me Softly with His Song" written for Lori Lieberman in 1973. It was awarded both Record Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the 1974 Grammy Awards. Its parent album was Flack's biggest-selling disc, eventually earning Double Platinum certification.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Flack and Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaway's 1979 suicide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Seven of his albums (counting the <em>Greatest Hits</em>) are certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); the highest-certified is 1991's It's All About to Change, which is certified triple-platinum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Tritt has also charted more than forty times on the Hot Country Songs charts, including five number ones — "Help Me Hold On," "Anymore," "Can I Trust You with My Heart," "Foolish Pride" and "Best of Intentions" — and fifteen additional top ten singles. Tritt's musical style is defined by mainstream country and Southern rock influences.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He has received two Grammy Awards, both for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals: in 1992 for "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," a duet with Marty Stuart, and again in 1998 for "Same Old Train", a collaboration with Stuart and nine other artists. In addition, he has received four awards from the Country Music Association, and has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1992.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">James Travis Tritt was born in Marietta, Georgia. He first took interest in singing after his church's Sunday school choir performed "Everything Is Beautiful." He received his first guitar at age eight and taught himself how to play it; in the fourth grade, he performed "Annie's Song" and "King of the Road" for his class at school. At age fourteen, his parents bought him another guitar, Tritt joined his church band, which occasionally performed at other churches. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Tritt began writing music in high school; his first song composition, entitled "Spend a Little Time," was written about a former girlfriend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Warner Bros.' Nashville division, signed Tritt in 1987 to record six songs, with three of them would be released as singles. He would not be signed on for a full album unless one of the three singles became a hit. His first single was "Country Club." Recorded in late 1988 and released in September 1989, the song spent 26 weeks on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, peaking at number nine. It was the title track to his 1990 debut album, also named <em>Country Club</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Mann and Weil, who married in 1961, helped pioneer the more socially conscious side of the Brill Building-era songbook with hits such as "Uptown" by The Crystals, "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by the Animals, "Magic Town" by the Vogues and "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1962, Lewis' released her first single the uptempo "My Heart Went Do Dat Da," which was a local hit in the Detroit, Michigan area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Her own composition "Hello Stranger"- which had been remade in 1966 by the Capitols – was a top 20 hit for Yvonne Elliman in 1977. In 1985 Carrie Lucas' remake of "Hello Stranger" was a Top 20 R&B hit and in 2004 Queen Latifah remade "Hello Stranger" for her The Dana Owens Album.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1995, Lewis' "Baby I'm Yours" was featured on the soundtrack for the film, The Bridges of Madison County. She received the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry. Her most recent non-compilation album is <em>Live at the</em> <em>Troubadour</em>, a collaboration with <a href="http://today-is-their-birthday.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-12-james-taylor-fire-and-rain.html"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>James Taylor</strong></span></a>, which reached #4 on the charts, in its first week, and has sold over 400,000 copies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. In 2009, Carole King was inducted into the "Hit Parade" Hall of Fame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">All told, Carole King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King's album <em>Tapestry</em> topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks, in 1971, and remained on the charts for more than six years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Born Carol Klein (she added the "e" to her first name) in Manhattan, New York, she grew up in Brooklyn. She learned the piano, then began singing with a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines at James Madison High School. As a teenager dreaming of success in entertainment, she give herself a new last name, settling on "King" after paging through a telephone directory. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In addition to Neil Sedaka, at Queens College, she was friends with Paul Simon and Gerry Goffin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Goffin and King formed a songwriting partnership for Aldon Music in New York City. Their partnership's first success was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," recorded by The Shirelles and written when King was 18. It topped the American charts in 1961, becoming the first No. 1 hit by a girl group. It has been recorded by a dozen other artists. Goffin and King married in September 1960. In 1967, they wrote "Pleasant Valley Sunday," a number 3 for The Monkees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">King sang backup vocals on the demo of Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion." She had had a modest hit in 1962 singing one of her own songs, "It Might As Well Rain Until September. After "He's a Bad Boy" barely made it into the top 100, in 1963, it took King eight years to reach the Hot 100 singles chart again as a performer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1971 she released <em>Tapestry</em>, featuring new folk-flavored compositions, as well as reinterpretations of two of her songs, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." With numerous hit singles – including a Billboard #1 with "It's Too Late" – Tapestry held the #1 spot for 15 consecutive weeks, remained on the charts for nearly six years, sold 10 million copies in the United States, and 25 million worldwide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">• In 1987, Goffin and King were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">• In 1988, Goffin and King received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">• In 1990, King was inducted, along with Goffin, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the non-performer category for her songwriting achievements.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">• In 2002, King was given the "Johnny Mercer Award" by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">• In 2004, Goffin and King were awarded the Grammy Trustees Award.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Neil had been friends with Tommy Lee in high school. Mötley Crüe was looking for a lead vocalist at the time and were impressed by Neil after hearing him while performing with his band Rock Candy in 1980 and through the recommendation of Lee. He joined Mötley Crüe in 1981. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Mötley Crüe released its first album, <em>Too Fast for Love</em>, the same year. In 1983, Mötley Crüe released <em>Shout at the Devil</em>, which established the band as a top rock act.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1985, Mötley Crüe recorded <em>Theatre of Pain</em>, and in 1987, the band recorded the album Girls, Girls, Girls. In 1989, the band released their highest-selling album, <em>Dr. Feelgood</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1990, Neil had a small part in the film<em> The Adventures of Ford Fairlane</em> playing the character of Bobby Black, lead vocalist of the fictional rock band that consisted of Carlos Cavazo, Randy Castillo, and Phil Soussan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Neil signed a solo deal with Warner Brothers and in 1992, released his first single "You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come)" which was featured on the Encino Man soundtrack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>In 1993, Neil released is </em> first solo album <em>Exposed. </em>The album debuted at #13 on the Billboard charts. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In September 1995, Neil released <em>Carved in Stone</em>, an industrial-oriented album produced by the Dust Brothers. The album was recorded and was put on hold while Neil was dealing with the illness of his daughter Skylar. It sold less than 100,000 copies in the US, and Neil's contract with Warner Bros. Records eventually came to an end. The album was re-released in 2004.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">By 1997, both Neil's solo career and Mötley Crüe's fortunes were declining and he accepted their invitation to rejoin the band. They released the album <em>Generation Swine</em> which debuted at #4 on the Billboard charts. It wasn't long before tension erupted again, this time prompting Tommy Lee to leave the band. They replaced him with Randy Castillo, who later on recorded <em>New Tattoo</em> with the band in 2000, but things came to a halt when Castillo died from cancer in 2002.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Born William Charles Schneider in Los Angeles, Creed Bratton was a member of The Grass Roots and is a cast member on the NBC comedy series <em>The Office</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He decided to try life as a traveling musician and went on a global excursion through Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He changed his name once more, this time to Creed Bratton. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Bratton played lead guitar, Rick Coonce played drums, Entner played rhythm guitar, and Kenny Fukomoto played bass. They recorded a demo and sent it to Dunhill, a new record company headed by Lou Adler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Producers/songwriters P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri heard the demo and liked it. They needed new band members for a folk rock group that they had created in 1965. The 13th Floor lost their bass player to the military draft, and recruited Rob Grill. They changed their name to The Grass Roots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Grass Roots wrote many songs themselves but also had top songwriters offering them songs. Bratton co-wrote "Beatin' Round the Bush," "No Exit," and "Hot Bright Lights," and self-composed "Dinner for Eight" and "House of Stone." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He and classmate John Colley, who later changed the spelling of his last name to Coley, formed a group with three other Samuell students called the Playboys Five, then they were part of part of Dallas pop/psych group Southwest F.O.B. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He kept the name England Dan for his debut solo album, <em>Stones</em>. Although no single charted on the country charts, his first single ever as a solo artist "Late at Night" did peak at #57 on the US Hot 100. His next album, <em>Harbinger</em>, was also unsuccessful, commercially. Seals reinvented himself as a solo country-pop artist, and adapted his style to fit country radio's demands while keeping his soft singing style. He signed with Capitol Records in 1983.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She also performed during the closing ceremonies and the Paralympic opening ceremony.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yanofsky recorded the Ella Fitzgerald classic "Airmail Special" for Verve Records and it was released in June 2007 on the album <em>We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song.</em> Produced by Tommy LiPuma, this track made Yanofsky the youngest singer ever to record for Verve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Nikki then recorded "Gotta Go My Own Way" in English and French for Walt Disney’s smash hit <em>High School Musical 2</em>. The track was included as bonus material on the worldwide release of the Blu-ray, DVD and Soundtrack CD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In September 2008, Yanofsky released her first <em>full-length album, a live CD/DVD concert package entitled Ella... Of Thee I Swing. </em>Supported by her production company, A440 Entertainment, Inc. and distributed in Canada and Japan by Universal Music, it garnered critical acclaim and earned her two Juno Award nominations in 2009: New Artist of the Year and Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. She also won Favourite Jazz Artist at the 2009 Canadian Independent Music Awards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"I Believe" reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100 on the week of February 27, 2010. This made her the first Canadian artist to have a number one song on that chart since "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne topped the chart in 2007.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 2008, Yanofsky received the Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy award from the Quebec Chapter of The Association of Fundraising Professionals. Over her career, she has helped raise over $10 Million for local, national and international charities. She is currently associated with The Montreal Children’s Hospital, The Children’s Wish Foundation and MusiCounts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Troyal</span><strong> </strong></span>Garth Brooks was born in 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His mother, Colleen Carroll, was a 1950s-era country singer who appeared on Ozark Jubilee. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo during this time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Through his elder siblings, Brooks was exposed to a wide range of music. Although he listened to some country music, especially that of George Jones, Brooks was most fond of rock music, citing James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, and Townes Van Zandt as major influences. After hearing Unwound, George Strait's debut single, in 1981, Brooks became a fan of country music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Garth's first love growing up was athletics. In high school, he played football and baseball and ran track and field. He received a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he competed in the javelin. Brooks graduated in 1984 with a degree in advertising. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Later that year, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, particularly the Tumbleweed in Stillwater. In 1985, noted entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Brooks. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Garth's first demo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With Phelps's encouragement, including a list of Phelps' contacts in Nashville - and some of his credit cards - Brooks traveled to Nashville to pursue a recording contract; he returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours. Phelps continued to urge Brooks to return to Nashville, which he did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1987, he and his first wife moved to Nashville, and Brooks began making contacts in the music industry. (The couple divorced in 1999. Garth Brooks remarried on December 10, 2005 to fellow country singer Trisha Yearwood.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His self-named first album was released in 1989 and peaked at #2 in the US country album chart while climbing to #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Brooks' integration of rock elements into his recordings and live performances has earned him immense popularity. This progressive approach allowed him to dominate the country single and album charts while quickly crossing over into the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Also, according to RIAA, he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the U.S. of all time behind Elvis Presley (overall is third to the Beatles and Elvis Presley) with 128 million units sold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Brooks has released six albums that achieved diamond status in the United States, those being: Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin' the Wind, The Hits, Sevens and Double Live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He won two Grammy Awards, 16 American Music Awards (not including the poll of "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award as Best selling solo albums artist of the Century in the United States. As of 2010, Brooks' world-wide sales now exceed 200 million.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To devote himself to family life, Brooks officially retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2009. During this time he continued to sell millions of albums through an exclusive distribution deal with Wal-Mart and has sporadically released new singles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 2005, Brooks started a partial comeback, and has since given several performances and released two compilation albums.On October 15, 2009, Garth Brooks announced the end of his retirement. In December 2009, he began a 5 year concert deal with the Encore Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fabian was discovered in 1957 by Bob Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis, owners of Chancellor Records. At the time, record producers were looking to the South Philadelphia neighborhoods in search of teenage talents with good looks, and Frankie Avalon, also of South Philly, suggested Fabian as a possibility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fabian was the oldest of three brothers, and with his father, a former policeman ill and unable to work, he hoped to earn enough for his family. At fifteen, Fabian won the Silver Award as "The Promising Male Vocalist of 1958."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Fabian released a series of hit singles for Chancellor Records including "I'm a Man," "Hound Dog Man," a #9 hit in the U.S., "Turn Me Loose," and his biggest hit, "Tiger," which reached number 3 in the U.S. charts. Other singles that charted included "String Along," "About This Thing Called Love" and "This Friendly World." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His career in music basically ended after he bought out of his contract with Marcucci after signing a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. During the payola scandal of the 1960s, Fabian testified before Congress that his recordings had been doctored electronically to significantly improve his voice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fabian was contracted to 20th Century Fox beginning with Don Siegel's <em>Hound-Dog Man</em>. He appeared in more than 30 films, including <em>Five Weeks in a Balloon, High Time, Ten Little Indians, North to Alaska, The Longest Day and Ride the Wild Surf</em> and <em>Peter Brown</em>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Most of his early films were comedies, and cast him as a restless teenager with a penchant for singing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After 1965 his film and singing career began to fade, along with his popularity as a teen idol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He made several films for American International Pictures, including portraying Pretty Boy Floyd in <em>A Bullet for Pretty Boy</em>. He also played Josh Ashley in <em>Little Laura and Big John</em> in 1973.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Forte never regained his teenage popularity, but has continued performing for more than forty years. Recently he has been appearing with Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell to perform concerts as "The Golden Boys."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>in the mid-1960s, Bob Marley worked briefly as a DuPont lab assistant and on the assembly line at a Chrysler plant, under the name Donald Marley. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Nesta Robert Marley was born in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, in Jamaica, West Indies. A Jamaican passport official swap his first and middle names and he became Robert Marley - but best known as Bob.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His father, Norval Sinclair Marley, was a white Jamaican of English descent whose family came from Essex, England. Norval was a captain in the Royal Marines, as well as a plantation overseer, when he married Cedella Booker, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Although Marley recognised his mixed ancestry, he identified himself as a black African, following the ideas of Pan-African leaders. His two biggest influences were the African-centered Marcus Garvey and Haile Selassie. A central theme in Bob Marley's message was the repatriation of black people to Zion, which in his view was Africa, particularly Ethiopia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In his early teens, Marley started to play music with Neville "Bunny" Livingston - AKA Bunny Wailer. He left school at the age of 14 to make music with Joe Higgs, a local singer and devout Rastafari. At a jam session with Higgs and Livingston, Marley met Peter McIntosh - later known as Peter Tosh. In 1962, Marley recorded his first two singles, "Judge Not" and "One Cup of Coffee," which attracted little attention. The songs were later re-released on the box set Songs of Freedom, a posthumous collection of Marley's work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith formed a ska and rocksteady group, calling themselves "The Teenagers." They later changed their name to "The Wailing Rudeboys," then to "The Wailing Wailers" - at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd - and finally to "The Wailers." By 1966, Braithwaite, Kelso, and Smith had left The Wailers, leaving the core trio of Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1966, Marley married Rita Anderson, and moved near Wilmington, Delaware in the U.S. Though raised Catholic, Marley became enamored with Rastafarian beliefs in the 1960s. After returning to Jamaica, Marley began to wear his trademark dreadlocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After a conflict with Dodd, Marley and his band teamed up with Lee "Scratch" Perry and his studio band, The Upsetters. Although the alliance lasted less than a year, they recorded what many consider The Wailers' finest work. Marley and Perry split after a dispute regarding the assignment of recording rights, but they would remain friends and work together again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Between 1968 and 1972, Bob and Rita Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer re-cut some old tracks with JAD Records in Kingston and London in an attempt to commercialize The Wailers' sound. Also in 1968, Bob and Rita visited the Bronx to see Johnny Nash's songwriter Jimmy Norman. A three-day jam session with Norman and others, including Norman's co-writer Al Pyfrom, resulted in a 24-minute tape of Marley performing several of his own and Norman-Pyfrom's compositions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1972, the Wailers embarked on a tour with American soul singer Johnny Nash. Broke, the Wailers became stranded in London. Marley turned up at Island Records founder and producer Chris Blackwell's London office, and asked him to advance the cost of a new single. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After Jimmy Cliff, Island's top reggae star, had recently left the label, Blackwell needed a replacement. In Marley, Blackwell recognized the elements needed to attract rock audiences. Blackwell told Marley he wanted The Wailers to record a complete album. the Wailers returned to Kingston and started recording the album ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Primarily recorded on eight-track at Harry J's in Kingston, <em>Catch A Fire</em> marked the first time a reggae band had access to a state-of-the-art studio and were accorded the same care as their rock'n'roll peers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Blackwell envisioned "more of a drifting, hypnotic-type feel than a reggae rhythm," and restructured Marley's mixes and arrangements. Marley travelled to London to supervise Blackwell's overdubbing of the album, which included tempering the mix from the bass-heavy sound of Jamaican music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It was followed later that year by <em>Burnin'</em>, which included the standout songs "Get Up, Stand Up," and "I Shot the Sheriff," which appealed to the ear of Eric Clapton. He recorded a cover of the track in 1974 which became a huge American hit, raising Marley's international profile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">During this period, Blackwell gifted his Kingston residence and company headquarters at 56 Hope Road (then known as Island House) to Marley. Housing Tuff Gong Studios, the property became not only Marley's office, but also his home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Despite the break-up, Marley continued recording as "Bob Marley & The Wailers" along with his wife and a new group of musicians. In 1975, Marley had his international breakthrough with his first hit outside Jamaica, "No Woman, No Cry," from the <em>Natty Dread</em> album. This was followed by his 1976 breakthrough album in the U.S., <em>Rastaman Vibration</em>, which spent four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At the start of a European tour, Marley injured his toe playing football (soccer.) In July 1977, he was found to have acral lentiginous melanoma, a form of malignant melanoma. Despite his illness, he wished to continue touring and was in the process of scheduling a world tour in 1980.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1970, the group recorded "You're a Big Girl Now," a song their road manager Marty Bryant co-wrote with Robert Douglas, a member of their backing band Slim and the Boys, and the single became a regional hit for Sebring Records. The larger Avco Records soon signed the Stylistics, and the single eventually climbed to number seven in early 1971. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">There were many rumors about wild escapades. In one instance, there was a story that Mary Weiss was in trouble with the FBI for transporting a firearm across state lines. In her defense, she said someone tried to break into her hotel room one night, and for protection she bought a pistol. The group believed their reputation helped fend off advances from other musicians when they toured. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">They began playing school shows, talent shows, and teen hops, when they captured the attention of Artie Ripp, who arranged the group's first record deal with Kama Sutra. Their first recording in December 1963 was "Simon Says," later issued on the Smash label, on which Betty Weiss sang lead. They also recorded "Wishing Well" / "Hate To Say I Told You So," which became their first release in early 1964 when leased to the small Spokane label. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The group appeared on several TV shows, but in 1966 two of three releases on Red Bird failed to crack the U.S. top 50, although the group remained popular in England and Japan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She provided backing vocals for Michelle Branch's album, <em>Hotel Paper</em>. After working together, Harp joined up with Branch in 2005 to form a country duo, known as The Wreckers, whose song "The Good Kind" was featured on One Tree Hill and its soundtrack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It was followed by their debut album, <em>Stand Still</em>, Look Pretty, which was released on May 23, 2006. "Leave the Pieces" reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2006. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Despite the success of their number one debut single, album sales, and a nomination for the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Leave the Pieces," both Harp and Branch announced in August 2007 that they were putting The Wreckers on hold, while both go forward with solo albums.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After The Wreckers disbanded, Harp began a solo career on Warner Bros. Records, the same label to which The Wreckers were signed. Her solo debut album single, "Boy Like Me," debuted in March 2009 and was a Top 30 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>I got a brand new pair of roller skates,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>You got a brand new key.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>I think that we should get together and try them out, to see...</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>I been looking around awhile,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>You got something for me</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>You got a brand new key.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>For somebody who don't drive</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>I been all around the world</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Born Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk, Melanie grew up in the Astoria section of Queens, New York. Her first public appearance was at age four on the radio show Live Like A Millionaire, performing the song "Gimme a Little Kiss." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Melanie was a student at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts when she began singing in the folk clubs of Greenwich Village and signed her first recording contract with Columbia Records, then after releasing two singles, signed with Buddah Records.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She first experienced chart success in Europe with her 1969 song, "Bobo's Party," which reached Number 1 in France. Later that year, Melanie had a hit in the Netherlands with "Beautiful People," before performing at the Woodstock Festival. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The inspiration for her signature song, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," apparently arose from the Woodstock audience lighting candles during her set. The recording became a hit in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. in 1970. Later hits included "Peace Will Come (According To Plan)" and a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She left Buddah Records when they insisted that she produce albums on demand. In 1971 Melanie formed her own label, Neighborhood Records, with her producer/husband Peter Schekeryk. Her next hit was "What Have They Done To My Song Ma."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Melanie had her biggest American hit on the Neighborhood label: the novelty-sounding 1972 number one "Brand New Key" (often referred to as "The Roller Skate Song"). "Brand New Key" sold over three million copies worldwide and was featured in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Melanie was awarded Billboard's #1 Top Female Vocalist for 1972. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She had another Top 40 hit single in 1973 with "Bitter Bad," a song that marked a slight departure from the hippie sentiments of earlier hits (with lyrics such as "If you do me wrong I'll put your first and last name in my rock n' roll song"). Other chart hits during this period were the self-penned "Together Alone" and a cover of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1973, Melanie started to retreat from the spotlight to begin a family. Her daughter Leilah was born that same year. When she became an official UNICEF ambassador in 1972, she agreed to forgo a world tour in favour of raising money for the organization.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1989, she won an Emmy Award for writing the lyrics to "The First Time I Loved Forever," the theme song for the TV series Beauty and the Beast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Her sold-out performance received critical acclaim with <em>The Independent</em> claiming "<em>it was hard to disagree that Melanie has earned her place alongside Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell and Marianne Faithfull in the pantheon of iconic female singers. Meltdown was all the better for her presence</em>."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Johnny Cymbal was not his made-up stage name. At a young age, he was adopted by his mother's second husband, Nick Cymbal, who was a Polish national and a member of the Free Polish Forces stationed in Scotland during World War II. John, who always spoke of Nick as his father, took his surname, and became John Hendry Cymbal.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Johnny Cymbal was born in Ochitree, Scotland and named John Hendry Blair. When Johnny was seven or eight years old, the family moved from Scotland to Goderich, Ontario, Canada, and later to Cleveland, Ohio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Growing up outside Toronto and then Cleveland, during the genesis of rock and roll, Johnny (who was a fan of, and heavily influenced by, Elvis Presley) became fixated on music and quickly taught himself guitar. He began writing his own songs and singing at the age of 13.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When he was 15, he was discovered by Cleveland music entrepreneur, Sid Lawrence, who brought him to the attention of the well-connected Philadelphia radio personality, Jack Gale. Gale negotiated a recording contract for Cymbal with MGM, and in 1960, at the age of 15, Johnny did his first two sessions, in Nashville, singing his own compositions; "Always Always" and "The Water Was Red." When neither song charted, Johnny's contract option was not picked up by MGM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At that time, according to Gale, he became both Johnny's manager and legal guardian, and John went to live with Jack Gale and his wife, Lovey, in Philadelphia. John worked in a shoe store as a salesman during this time, while he continued writing songs and Gale sought another recording deal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"Mr. Bass Man," became an instant worldwide smash, going to #16 in the U.S., #1 in Japan and Argentina, Top 5 in England. It was recorded with French lyrics by Henri Salvador and released in France as "Monsieur Boum Boum"; with different french lyrics, it was released as "Monsieur La Basse" by Gilles Brown in Quebec, Canada. "Mr. Bass Man" continues to receive radio airplay and sell records after 40 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"Dum Dum De Dum," the July 1963 follow-up release to "Mr. Bass Man," did not do well, nor did his next record "Teenage Heaven." The inability to maintain his success was naturally discouraging to Cymbal, who ."..would lock himself in his room for hours." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">First and foremost, Johnny Cymbal thought of himself as a songwriter; throughout his life he kept diaries of ideas and notes for future use. By 1966, he devoted his time to songwriting. Although he continued to make records as a singer throughout his career, most of those recordings were released under recording pseudonyms including "Brother John," "Derek," "The Eye-Full Tower," "Dallas" and "The Non-Conformists," among many others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With Michael Rashkow as his co-writer, he penned smash hit and BMI Million Performance Award Winner, "Mary In The Morning." With that song, John attained a lifetime ambition - to have one of his compositions recorded by Elvis Presley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Cymbal's songs have been recorded by numerous artists inb addition to Elvis: Glen Campbell, Gene Pitney, Al Martino, The Partridge Family, Spencer Davis Group, Frankie Ford, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Ed Ames, Adam Wade, Aaron Tippen, Mike Curb, Jan and Dean, Trini Lopez and David Cassidy, among others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In 1983, he placed songs on the movie soundtracks of <i>Tender Mercies</i> starring Robert Duvall and <i>Tough Enough</i> starring Dennis Quaid.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Dave Davies developed the signature distorted power chord riff on The Kinks' first hit, "You Really Got Me" by slitting the speaker cone on his Elpico amplifier, which he then ran through a larger Vox as a "pre-amp." </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dave Davies was born in London, England, the last of eight children, including six older sisters and an older brother and Kinks bandmate <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1548323870"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>Ray</strong></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><strong> </strong></span><a href="http://today-is-their-birthday.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-21-ray-davies-of-kinks-is-67-years.html."><span style="color: blue;"><strong>Davies</strong></span>.</a> As children, the Davies brothers were immersed in a world of different musical styles, from the music-hall of their parents' generation, to the jazz and early rock n' roll of their older sisters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Davies grew up playing skiffle, but soon bought an electric guitar and started experimenting with rock. The Davies brothers and friend Pete Quaife jammed together in the front room of their house - where the Davies' parents would sing and play piano together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The front room and the parties their parents threw influenced The Kinks' musical style. Dave and Ray worked on the famous two-note riff of their 1964 hit, "You Really Got Me," on the piano in the front room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dave Davies founded The Kinks with Pete Quaife in 1963. His brother Ray, who became the best-known member and de-facto leader of the band, joined soon after at his mother's insistence. The drummer was Ray's friend Mick Avory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dave Davies had a turbulent relationship with Avory, one of the reasons behind Mick's departure from the band in the mid 1980s, although the two had been roommates together in the mid 1960s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Ray and Dave Davies remained the only two steady members of the band, There were a number of different bass players and keyboardists. Dave played a largely subordinate role to his brother, often staying behind the scenes. He'd make occasional contributions on Kinks records as lead vocalist and songwriter, such as "Death of a Clown" and "Strangers." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Kinks released three albums and several EPs in the next two years. "You Really Got Me" was the group's third released single, after two unsuccessful ones that failed to chart. The single was a massive hit, topping the charts in the U.K. and reaching #7 in the U.S. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Some legendary on-stage fights erupted during this time as well. The most notorious incident was at The Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales in May 1965, involving drummer Mick Avory and Dave Davies. The fight broke out during the second number of the set, "Beautiful Delilah." It culminated with Davies insulting Avory and kicking over his drum set after finishing the first song, "You Really Got Me." Avory responded by knocking down Davies with his Hi-Hat stand, rendering him unconscious. He then fled from the scene, and Davies was taken to Cardiff Royal Infirmary, where he received 16 stitches to the head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Avory later claimed that it was part of a new act in which the band members would hurl their instruments at each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In July 1967, Davies released his first solo single, credited entirely under his name, (although co-written by his brother) entitled "Death of a Clown." Although credited to Davies, it was technically a Kinks recording, as his backing band was The Kinks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Upon its release, "Death of a Clown" rose to number three on the UK Singles Chart. Wanting to profit off of the new buzz suddenly surrounding Davies, a solo LP was slated for release some time in 1968 or 1969. The follow-up single, "Susannah's Still Alive," was released in November 1967; however, it only reached #20 on the Melody Maker chart and the solo album release was held back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society</em> and <em>Arthur</em> were released in 1968 and 1969, respectively. Although they received unanimous acclaim, <em>Village Green</em> failed to chart internationally, and <em>Arthur</em> flopped as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After <em>Arthur</em>, The Kinks made a comeback with their hit single "Lola" and the accompanying concept album <em>Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One</em> in 1970. Dave recorded two songs of his own for this LP, the acoustic "Strangers" and the hard-rocking "Rats." The rootsy country-rock, and Americana themed <em>Muswell Hillbillies</em> was released in late 1971, and was well-received with critics, but failed to sell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Davies made several attempts at solo albums throughout the '70s, but he never felt enough enthusiasm or interest to see the projects through. He would often act as the producer and engineer at The Kinks' main studio, Konk, in his spare time, producing albums for others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Kinks left RCA records in 1977, switching to Arista, and reverted to a five-piece rock group again. Their debut LP for Arista was entitled <em>Sleepwalker</em>, and was a commercial and critical comeback for the group. It was the first album in what critics usually call the "arena rock" phase of the group. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The group switched to MCA records in late 1985, and began work on their next album, <em>Think Visual</em>. The record was released in 1986, but only reached #81 on the Billboard charts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">All four original members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, but this failed to revive their career. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Eventually The Kinks signed with Columbia records, who released their final studio album together, <em>Phobia</em>, in April 1993. Columbia dropped the group in 1994, forcing them to retreat back to their old Konk Records. The group released <em>To The Bone</em> on the small independent Grapevine records in 1994. T</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">he Kinks officially disbanded in 1996.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Davies released his first true solo studio album in twenty years, <em>Bug</em>, in 2002. On June 30, 2004, Davies suffered a stroke at Broadcasting House, where he had been promoting <em>Bug</em>. As he exited an elevator, the right hand side of his body seized up and he couldn't move my arm or leg and couldn't speak. By 2006, Davies had recovered enough to be able to walk, talk and play guitar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Fractured Mindz</em> followed in January 2007, his first album of all new material in nearly five years. It was also his first new studio effort since his stroke.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>For more about Dave, visit his Website at -</em></span><br />
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