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Artist: Kylie Minogue
Although she's only managed a few hits in the U.S. since her arrival as a singer in 1987, Kylie Minogue is both Australia and Europe's biggest selling female pop singer over that period and a pop culture icon in those areas. Her image on the cover of magazines is guaranteed to produce extra sales. But a singing career was never what Minogue had... [+] Read More
Artist: Rogue Traders
Taking their name from the 1998 psychological drama Rogue Trader, which featured Ewan McGregor, the electro-rock group the Rogue Traders came together in the early 2000s with longtime friends and collaborators James Ash and Steve Davis. Both accomplished musicians met in 1989 while DJing in London, and they achieved their biggest successes under... [+] Read More
Artist: Sheena Easton
1980s pop diva Sheena Easton was born Sheena Shirley Orr in Bellshill, Scotland on April 27, 1959. Inspired to pursue a singing career after seeing Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, she later attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama while moonlighting with the group Something Else. Exposure on the BBC television production The... [+] Read More
Artist: Cherie
Born in 1984 in Marseilles, France, pop singer Cherie has been singing as long as she can remember. When she started doing it professionally at the age of nine, the enthusiastic audience reaction to her voice became an instant inspiration for her to pursue a career in music. By the age of 12 she had won the French National Vocalist award, and in... [+] Read More
Artist: Rocky C
i have been writing lyrics since i was 11 which is for UK Hip-Hop and R&B and bhangra remixes. As a child my relatives had worked in some area either TV such as drama serials but i had MUSIC in my soul and spirit. Music was a form of emotions put into a song for me. Once i became older and wiser i began to learn different types of genres of... [+] Read More
Artist: The Chalets
With girlish harmonies, swanky guitar riffs, stylish synth beats, and a kitschy cool sense of fashion, Dublin indie rock outfit the Chalets came together in 2001. Paula Cullen (vocals/keyboards), Caoimhe Derwin (vocals, keyboards), Chris Judge (bass), Enda Loughman (guitar), and Dylan Roche (drums) deliver a spunky presentation that's similar to... [+] Read More
Artist: Angela Lansbury
A substantial entertainer throughout six decades, Angela Lansbury hit superstardom as a senior citizen with her memorable portrayal of detective Jessica Fletcher in the long-running murder mystery drama Murder, She Wrote. The program held top viewer ratings in the U.S., the U.K., and Italy, among other countries.
Angela Lansbury has been a... [+] Read More
Artist: The Buggles
As the answer to the trivia question "What was the first act ever played on MTV?," the Buggles assured their place in pop music history. Vocalist and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes formed the electro-pop duo in England in 1979 after meeting two years prior as session musicians. Their first single, "Video Killed the Radio Star,"... [+] Read More
Artist: Midge Ure
One of the key members of the new wave band Ultravox, guitarist/vocalist Midge Ure began his professional music career with Salvation, a Glasgow-based group that became the bubblegum band Slik in 1974. Upset in the change of direction, Ure left the band to join the Rich Kids, a punk-pop group led by former Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock. The... [+] Read More
Artist: Soph
im Soph, im 18 soon to be 19 from manchester - England im not from alabama but it hasnt got UK on the thing so i had to choose that one haha.. i'v been singing since Feb. 2oo6. it all started wen I was sat in the back of my drama class with my head down and i started singing to myself, and then my teacher aproched me and said ' i didnt know you... [+] Read More
Artist: Fiat Lux
The British new wave trio Fiat Lux notched a handful of hits in the U.K. before vanishing into the pop abyss. Fiat Lux formed in Yorkshire, England, in 1982 with Steve Wright (vocals), Ian Nelson (sax, keyboards), and Dave Crickmore (guitars, keyboards). Wright and Crickmore studied drama together in college. After graduating, Wright joined a... [+] Read More
Artist: Midtown
Formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers students, Midtown soon became an energetic quartet comprised of Gabe Saporta (vocals/bass), Rob Hitt (drums), Tyler Rann (guitar/vocals), and Heath Saraceno (guitar/vocals). Taking advantage of the fertile New Jersey punk scene to develop a unique sound that combined elements of emo and hardcore, Midtown... [+] Read More
Artist: Hil St. Soul
Hilary Mwelwa) moved from Lusaka, Zambia, to England when she was five years old -- just in time for kindergarten. She studied biochemistry at the University of London, but a strong love for music pushed her to leave school and follow her heart. An a cappella demo of Stevie Wonder/Clarence Paul/Morris Broadnax's "Until You Come Back to Me," cut... [+] Read More
Artist: Duncan Browne
As a boy, Duncan Browne intended to follow his father, an Air Commodore (British equivalent of a one-star Air Force general), into the Royal Air Force, but his poor health even as a youth precluded this as a possibility. Instead, he chose to pursue his interests as an actor -- he played the clarinet and studied music theory, but wasn't possessed... [+] Read More
Artist: Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé was a jazz-oriented pop singer who worked at his craft steadily from the 1940s to the 1990s, primarily in nightclubs and concert halls. In his 1988 autobiography, It Wasn't All Velvet (its title a reference to his nickname, "The Velvet Fog," bestowed upon him by a disc jockey in the 1940s to describe his husky, wide-ranging voice), he... [+] Read More
Artist: Sherrick
A gorilla ish cocaine addiction aborted Sherrick's, a native of Sacramento, CA (circ. July 6, 1967), promising career. He joined the Motown family by hooking up with Kagny and the Dirty Rats, whose other members were Michael Dunlap, Jerry Thompson, and Cliff Liles, the son of Raynoma Gordy-Singleton. Raynoma worked a deal for them with Motown.... [+] Read More
Artist: Damon Albarn
The frontman for Brit-pop icons Blur, singer Damon Albarn was born March 23, 1968, in London. The product of a bohemian family, as a youth he studied piano, guitar, and violin and at 12 befriended one Graham Coxon, a fellow student at the Stanway Comprehensive School. Albarn later studied drama before joining the little-known synth pop outfit... [+] Read More
Artist: Chad & Jeremy
Of the many British Invasion acts that stormed the charts in the wake of the Beatles, Chad & Jeremy possessed a subtlety and sophistication unmatched among their contemporaries, essentially creating the template for the kind of lush, sensitive folk-pop embraced by followers from Nick Drake to Belle & Sebastian. Chad Stuart (born in Windemere,... [+] Read More
Artist: Eddie Izzard
The London Sunday Times has called him "the greatest British stand-up comedian of his generation" and the entity of Eddie Izzard is worthy of such praise. This comedian, actor and transvestite has bewitched the world of comedy into a kitschy, campy and cunning mix while adding a bit of British flair to American humor and it's brilliant.
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Artist: Monkeyfrog
17 December, 2006 (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom) Based in Central Scotland, Monkeyfrog leapt into the Indie rock scene this year with their new album “Monkey Picked Tea’, original songs already hailed as a blend of rock, celtic tones and the epic guitar sound.Monkey Picked Tea, released under Monkeyfrog’s own label Scabby... [+] Read More
Artist: Drop the Fear
One of the groups that came out of Denver, CO's Helmet Room collective in the early 2000s, Drop the Fear is an alternative pop/rock trio that combines the shoegazer/dream pop sound with a strong appreciation of electronica (often incorporating elements of trip-hop). But despite the heavy use of electronic programming on the band's recordings,... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sunpilots
Want free Sunpilots music and videos, news and tour updates?Get a Backstage Pass!Press"The Sunpilots could sway stadium crowds if their stagecraft is any match for their strong musical sense of drama and dynamics." The Drummedia, AUS"Poetic rock with the energy of Pearl Jam and the dark undertone of Radiohead..." Soundscape Magazine,... [+] Read More
Artist: Tony Banks
Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks has made several stabs at a solo career since 1978, writing and recording in various styles and occasionally under different group names. However, none of his attempts have been very commercially successful, a sore point for the man many deem responsible for a large portion of the Genesis sound. For many observers,... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Connolly
Scotland's most famous comedian, Billy Connolly enjoyed years upon years of stardom in the U.K. before briefly cracking the U.S. market, and subsequently settling into a career as an accomplished character actor. Connolly actually discovered his penchant for comedy while pursuing a career as a folk musician, and even scored a British number one... [+] Read More
Artist: Peter Noone
His friend John Lennon sang "Remember remember the fifth of November" in the song "Remember" off of the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album, and on that day in 1947, the eternally young Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone was born in Manchester, England. The son of Joan Blair Noone and Denis Patrick Noone, he was raised in a Roman Catholic family... [+] Read More
