Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-conscious narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notions that in order to perform, a singer had to have a conventionally good voice,... [+] Read More

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Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, was the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek father who ran a restaurant in London. He became interested in folk music and rock & roll in his teens while attending Hammersmith College and in 1965 began performing under the name Steve Adams. Mike Hurst, a former member of the folk-pop group the... [+] Read More

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Mexican diva Lucía Méndez began her acting career in 1972, playing a role in a movie called Cabalgando A La Luna and participating in the Latin soap opera Paloma. It was in 1975 when she made her singing debut, performing "Siempre Estoy Pensando En Ti" at a popular TV show called Siempre En Domingo. In 1983, the talented artist was crowned as... [+] Read More

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Miguel Bosé has been a force in Latin music in a career that has spanned 21 albums, roles in more than 35 films, his own television show, and work as a theatre director. With Picasso as his godfather and Ernest Hemingway among his family friends, Bosé grew up in the arts, constantly travelling from his Panama homeland to Milan, New York, London,... [+] Read More

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Singer/songwriter from Argentina Miguel Mateos started getting involved in the local music scene by leading a band called Cristal. Along with his brother Alejandro Mateos and musician Jorge Infusino, the talented artist formed a band called Zas in 1979. The group was presented live while opening for British rock act Queen in February of 1981. A... [+] Read More

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Puerto Rican singer and actress Nydia Caro studied singing, dancing, and acting while living in New York. When her father passed away, Caro moved to Puerto Rico. In 1967, her first album, called Dímelo Tú, was released by Tico. While working in a TV station, Nydia Caro had the opportunity to get a main role in a soap opera called Sombras del... [+] Read More

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Singer and actor Pedro Infante was born in the bosom of a modest Mexican family, learning basic music knowledge from his father, musician Delfino Infante García, and inspiring loving care from his mother, Refugio Cruz. Pedro Infante assembled a minor orchestra called la Rabia, touring the night club circuit before joining a major group known as... [+] Read More

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Actress and singer Maria de los Angeles de las Heras Ortíz was born and raised in Spain in the bosom of a working class family. While Maria was studying at Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, she started to get captivated by music. Supported by her grandfather, Maria participated in festivals and radio station contests. At the age of 15, while singing the... [+] Read More

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Having had a promising beginning as one of the big voices of MPB, Simone has recorded more than 31 albums, increasingly abandoning the more activist repertory of compositions by João Bosco/ldir Blanc, Geraldo Vandré, Chico Buarque, and Milton Nascimento in favor of mainstream romantic songs, with which she has enjoyed international success. [+] Read More

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