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Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens In a recording career that spanned less than two years and produced only one album released during his lifetime, Ritchie Valens (1941-1959), born Richard Steven Valenzuela, has had an enduring influence on rock 'n roll music despite the fact that he died before his eighteenth... Read more |
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Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly 1936-59, American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, b. Lubbock, Tex., as Charles Hardin Holley. He performed country and western music while a teenager, but influenced by black rhythm and blues and by Elvis Presley he switched to the rock 'n' roll in the mid-1950s. His band, the... Read more |
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The Ramones
The Ramones Rock group For the Record… Rock Stardom the Only Escape Became a Sensation at CBGB Sold-Out but Hitless 1990s Renaissance Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Selected discography Selected writings Sources In the often harsh, sometimes unjust world of popular... Read more |
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson), 1930-2004, African-American musician and composer, b. Albany, Ga. Blinded at age seven, he was raised in Florida and at 16 began singing in a local hillbilly group. Two years later he moved to Seattle, where he formed his own trio. Charles rose to fame in the... Read more |
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker 1917-2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale, Miss. From a cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various visiting Delta bluesmen, constructing his first instrument from strings made of rubber inner tube nailed to a barn. He... Read more |
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Les Paul
Les Paul 1916-, American guitarist and inventor, b. Waukesha, Wis., as Lester William Polfus. He began playing country music at 14, later switched to jazz, and started his own trio in 1936. Considered one of the finest jazz guitarists, he is famous for his amazing versatility. Dissatisfied with the... Read more |
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944-), singer Robert Plant (1948-), bassist John Paul Jones (1946-), and drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham (1948-80). Mingling elements of blues, folk, and rock in its performances and recordings, Led Zepplin emerged as one... Read more |
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers (James Charles Rodgers), 1897-1933, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter often called "the father of country music," b. Meridian, Miss. The son of a railroad foreman, he left school at 14 and worked various railroad jobs, meanwhile learning the blues from his... Read more |
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B B King
B. B. King 1925-, African-American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Indianola, Miss., as Riley B. King. He grew up poor in the Mississippi Delta region, began playing the guitar at 12, was a street corner performer as a teenager, and as a young man worked as a singing, guitar-playing radio disk... Read more |
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PRIDE OF PACOIMA VALENS NEXT TO JOIN ROCK'S HALL OF FAME.(News)
...Goldberg and Dominic Berbeo Staff Writers PACOIMA - Forty years after he was killed in a...family members, fans and musicians to get Pacoima-born Valens named to the prestigious...He got along with everyone. Here in Pacoima, everyone knows him as a local boy... |
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PICTURING PACOIMA : ART CONTEST AIMS TO BUILD COMMUNITY PRIDE, VISION FOR...
...all in the name of community pride, individual accomplishment...contribution. The sixth annual Pacoima Pride art contest is well under...You are the future of Pacoima. Use your eyes as cameras...000 schoolchildren from six Pacoima elementary ... |
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CHILDREN DRAW HOPEFUL PICTURE FOR CITY 13-YEAR-OLD WINNING "PACOIMA PRIDE"...
...colorful, more full of hope and pride. Pictures on the environment...old Ismael Ortiz, depicting Pacoima in the next century with a...monorail. "When did you come to Pacoima, Dad?" the son asks...realized what a great place Pacoima was to live. That's why... |
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PARADING THROUGH PACOIMA HOLIDAYS EVENT DRAWS BIG CROWDS.(News)
...holiday season and a showcase for Pacoima pride. ``Life out here is rough,'' said Danny De Avila, 42, of Pacoima, whose daughter, Jennifer, 14, carried the American flag in the Pacoima Middle School color guard at the... |
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PARADING THROUGH PACOIMA HOLIDAYS EVENT DRAWS BIG CROWDS
...holiday season and a showcase for Pacoima pride. "Life out here is rough," said Danny De Avila, 42, of Pacoima, whose daughter, Jennifer, 14, carried the American flag in the Pacoima Middle School color guard at the... |
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A SIGN OF TOLERANCE, DIVERSITY; PACOIMA FIFTH-GRADER'S WINNING POSTER IS NOW...
...time he sees his own drawing towering on a billboard above Sepulveda Boulevard. But where there's pride, there's also disbelief - the Pacoima Middle School student says modestly that his drawing ability could use some work. "I'm not very... |
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A SIGN OF TOLERANCE, DIVERSITY PACOIMA FIFTH-GRADER'S WINNING POSTER IS NOW...
...time he sees his own drawing towering on a billboard above Sepulveda Boulevard. But where there's pride, there's also disbelief - the Pacoima Middle School student says modestly that his drawing ability could use some work. ``I'm not very... |
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PEOPLE ENLIST IN WAR ON CRIME; PACOIMA RESIDENTS HELP POLICE DO JOB.(News)
...parking spot and hawk cocaine on a Pacoima street. ``The only thing they...parks and schools. ``I love Pacoima. I take pride in everything I do,'' a 50...members would routinely hang out in Pacoima's Humphrey Park and harass children... |
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NEIGHBORS TAKE STEP FOR UNITY, HARMONY; PACOIMA CLEANUP HAS 9-11 OVERTONES
...breaking into tears. The Pacoima event was one of about 40...of San Fernando Gardens in Pacoima said they felt Saturday morning...supervisor who helped organize the Pacoima cleanup, said the event helped build pride in the community. "This... |
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NEIGHBORS TAKE STEP FOR UNITY, HARMONY PACOIMA CLEANUP HAS 9-11 OVERTONES.(News)
...breaking into tears. The Pacoima event was one of about 40...of San Fernando Gardens in Pacoima said they felt Saturday morning...supervisor who helped organize the Pacoima cleanup, said the event helped build pride in the community. ``This... |
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