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Nick Cannon
Nick CannonOctober, 1980 • San Diego, CaliforniaActor, singer, musician, producerIn today's Hollywood it is not enough for young celebrities to be merely actors or just recording artists. Teen stars like Lindsay Lohan (1986–) and Hilary Duff (1987–) have made the transition from television, to film,... Read more |
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Keb Mo
Keb' Mo' Blues musician Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Keb' Mo' is considered one of the brightest modern stars of the blues genre. Since his 1994 debut on the OKeh label, he has won numerous awards and has expanded his work to include television and film soundtracks as well as frequent concert... Read more |
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Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack Singer, songwriter For the Record… Selected discography Sources After working in the music industry as a promoter and songwriter for a number of years, country music singer Lee Ann Womack released a debut album of her own in 1997. With one-half million records sold in the... Read more |
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Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang Violinist At the age of ten, Sarah Chang was already rated one of the world's most promising young concert musicians. Chang is a violinist and child prodigy, and a riveting soloist who began performing with a one-quarter size instrument, and gradually moved up from there. Ten years old... Read more |
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Thomas Abthorpe Cooper
Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe (1776–1849), actor and manager. The son of an English surgeon, he had become a prominent young actor on the London stage when Thomas Wignell persuaded him to come to America in 1796. He made his debut that year in Baltimore as Macbeth, later playing the same role in... Read more |
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Steve Earle
Steve Earle Singer, songwriter Music and Drugs Marked Teenage Years Raves for Guitar Town Continued Departure from Country Clean, Sober, and Successful Delved into Bluegrass with The Mountain Continued Courting Controversy Selected discography Selected writings Sources Steve Earle’s career... Read more |
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The Klezmatics
The Klezmatics Klezmer music group What do you get when you throw together a collection of gifted musicians from such diverse musical worlds as rock, experimental jazz, Balkan folk, and classical, and get them to play a hip, updated version of traditional Eastern European Jewish party music?... Read more |
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John Legend
John Legend1978— Musician John Legend, one of the top R&B performers working today, earned his stage name by having a vocal style that recalled the soul singers of old. A child prodigy from a small Midwestern town, Legend worked as a backup singer and session musician for some of the leading... Read more |
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DAngelo
D’Angelo R&B singer For the Record… Selected discography Sources Michael D’Angelo Archer’s love of music began in Richmond, Virginia, where he grew up in Southern culture in a family and community unified by religion. Here he learned a great appreciation for the... Read more |
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Louise Labe
Labe, Louise (1520–1566) French poet born as Louise Charly in Lyon. The daughter of a rope maker, and later the wife of one, she was given the nickname La Belle Cordiere. She was educated in music and languages, and as a writer joined a prominent literary circle in Lyon. In 1555, the Lyon... Read more |
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