Tag: biography
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Sporty Spice biography
The world-famous Sporty Spice, singer Melanie Chisholm was born January 12, 1975, in Liverpool, England; a onetime session vocalist and ballet dancer, in March of 1994 she answered an advertisement for an all-girl vocal group, and with fellow applicants Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, and Melanie Brown formed the nucleus of what later (with the addition…
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Beyonce Knowles biography
“When I started the record,” says Beyoncé about her new double album I AM… SASHA FIERCE, “I knew that, artistically, I had to grow. Even though I’ve been very successful and very fortunate, I want to still be challenged and still be nervous and still be anxious about all the things that make my career…
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Shakira biography
Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira’s first steps in her creative life were developed at a very early age. As a child, she would write short notes to her father, who encouraged her to keep logging her thoughts and emotions and was unintentionally fostering her ability to write song lyrics.
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Gene Simmons biography
Although Gene Simmons found fame as a blood-spurting, fire-breathing, bass-playing demon with Kiss, his early years were about as far removed as you can possibly get from the notorious heavy metal band. Born August 25, 1949, and named Chaim Witz, he and his mother left Israel by the late ’50s, relocating to the United States…
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Michael Jackson biography
Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the ’80s, and certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time.
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Simon Cowell biography
Simon Cowell started out in the postroom at EMI Music Publishing, but after launching his own label at the age of 23, he joined BMG in 1989 and began a professional relationship so far spanning more than 20 years.
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Ol’ Dirty Bastard biography
Russell Tyrone Jones aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual microphone technique, Jones’ stage name came from a 1980 kung fu fi lm entitled Ol’ Dirty & The Bastard, the relevance of which was articulated by Method…
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Wah-Lay biography
You pronounce his name: Wah-Lay! He brings many blessings on the mic and he’s from D.C. Rap heads and broader music fans know that the nation’s capital is both a blessing and a curse. It’s an intensely musical city, volatile, stratified, somewhat disenfranchised. Natives often chirp about the ‘crab-in-the-bucket’ syndrome when it comes to artists’…
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Lifehouse – biography
With Smoke & Mirrors, Lifehouse’s fifth studio album, lead singer/guitarist Jason Wade, drummer Ricky Woolstenhulme Jr., bassist Bryce Soderberg and newly added guitarist Ben Carey, along with long time producer Jude Cole, have created a set that combines their live sound with great record making. Smoke & Mirrors started out with a mission to capture…
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Ashlyne Huff – biography
Multi-talented newcomer Ashlyne Huff is the first artist signed to the Anderson Companies new innovative music marketing and recording company, Liquid Digital Media. Huff released her first single, an infectious blend of pop and rock called “Heart of Gold”, through iTunes and WalMart.com on September 22nd – her debut album is set for release in…