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Artist: Keys
The Keys are primarily a husband and wife team. Russ Keys is the songwriter and composed all of the songs for their debut album entitled Here's To Love. Marie Keys, the niece of a prominent doctor, George Morrissette from Lewiston Maine, honed her singing skills performing with church and school choirs. Both Russ and Marie Keys share the same... [+] Read More
Artist: Will Keys
Will Keys was born in 1923 in the Blackley Creek region of eastern Tennessee, the tenth of 11 children. He started playing the banjo at the age of eight, gradually developing his own unique two-finger picking style. After serving in World War II, Keys returned to his home state, settling in Gray, TN, in 1950, and began to work for the Eastman... [+] Read More
Artist: The Keys
Artist: Alicia Keys
Her official website says she possesses an "old soul," and the hard facts seem to back up the implied claim of wisdom and experience that transcend Alicia Keys' youth. Barely in her twenties, Keys was responsible for an extremely hot debut, Songs in A Minor. The release, which she wrote and produced for Clive Davis' J Records, blends diverse... [+] Read More
Artist: Alica Keys
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Artist: Skeleton Key
The junk-rock quartet Skeleton Key began to take shape in 1994 when guitarist/vocalist Chris Maxwell and former Lounge Lizards bassist Erik Sanko met at the downtown New York Club the Knitting Factory, where Maxwell worked as a booking agent. After enlisting drummer Steve Calhoon, the trio announced they wanted to play "garbage; " they were soon... [+] Read More
Artist: The Black Keys
The two-man duo comprising the Black Keys, singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, were in their early twenties when their debut, The Big Come Up, was issued in 2002. From Akron, OH, they play close-to-the-bone, raw blues-rock, the only instrumentation being Auerbach's guitar, Carney's drums, and the occasional organ. Auerbach... [+] Read More
Artist: Steven Keys
Artist: Lo-Key
Lance, Dre, and T-Bone mix funk and R&B on two albums for Perspective Records. Their debut, Where Dey At?, featured "I Got A Thing 4 Ya," a number one R&B single; their second album is Back 2 Da Howse. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Jonathan Key
I am a singer/songwriter/actor/writer. I have performed in two small amateur musicals and a stageplay. I do not have a band yet. for this moment my music is only for the internet. I am working on my first virtual album : the mirror of algra. Hopefully the end of 2008 I will perform these songs life with a little band/orcestra. These songs that I... [+] Read More
Artist: Steve Key
Key was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in San Francisco, CA. He later returned to New York City and joined the Fast Folk crowd. He hosted a radio show on WFUV-FM in New York. He now resides in Washington, DC, has issued the DC compilation Capitol Acoustics, and is involved in the Washington folk community. Key is a polished performer whose... [+] Read More
Artist: Troy Keyes
Best known among soul aficionados for his cult-classic 1968 single "Love Explosions," singer Troy Keyes was born in Pantego, NC, on March 13, 1940. A member of his church's choir throughout childhood, from the age of ten he grew up in Brooklyn, New York, there singing in street-corner doo wop groups in addition to studying dance at the Fred... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Keyes
Make no mistake about it, trumpeter Joe Keyes was a mainstream player, not an avant-garde man. But the manner of his death has much in common with one of the kingpins of the latter style, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler. The corpses of both men were found floating in one of New York City's rivers; it was the Harlem River in the case of Joe Keyes,... [+] Read More
Artist: Dana Key
With Eddie De Garmo, this Memphis-raised rocker formed the Christian rock bands Globe, Christian Band, and later the duo De Garmo & Key. He is influenced by Elvis Presley, Al Green, and other Memphis-style performers. ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Chroma Key
Onetime Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore left that band after three albums to pursue his own project, Chroma Key. Stripping away the metallic elements of Dream Theater's sound, Chroma Key is more influenced by '70s prog-rock and early-'80s synth-pop, particularly the most ethereal, ambient-flavored components of each -- artists like Brian... [+] Read More
Artist: The Church Keys
Inheriting the slop jar mantle thrown down by label honchos Billy Miller and Miriam Linna, heading up the now defunct A-Bones, the Church Keys play a brand of rock & roll that's long on slop and generally short in subtlety and taste. Featuring saxman Lars Espensen (the modern day King Uszniewicz) from the A-Bones and members of the New York City... [+] Read More
Artist: Bobby Keys
Best-known for his long association with the Rolling Stones, tenor saxophonist Bobby Keys spent several decades as an in-demand session man and touring musician, able to play blues, R&B, and rock & roll with equal flair. Born and raised in Texas, Keys was playing in rock & roll bands as early as the '50s, and worked with Buddy Holly and Bobby... [+] Read More
Artist: Tara Key
Tara Key is primarily known for her singing and stellar, barbed guitar heroics in the New York group Antietam. In the mid-'90s, she started releasing solo albums.
Key began her music career in Louisville, KY. Long before making the move to N.Y.C., she and boyfriend Tim Harris were members of the early-'80s post-punk group the Babylon Dance Band... [+] Read More
Artist: Bert Keyes
When the history of New York City r&b is written, the name of Bert (or, sometimes, "Burt") Keyes shouldn't be overlooked--for much of its existence, Keyes was the music director of Rama Records, one of the earlier New York-based r&b labels to find national success. Keyes' career in music as a pianist began in the 1940's with Ruth Brown, and in... [+] Read More
Artist: The Mar-Keys
Despite scoring only one national hit, the 1961 instrumental smash "Last Night," the Mar-Keys remain one of the most important groups ever to emerge from the Memphis music scene. As the first house band for the legendary Stax label, they appeared on some of the greatest records in soul history, with their ranks also producing such renowned... [+] Read More
Artist: Western Keys
The Austin, TX, band Western Keys, led by Post-Parlo records head Ben Dickey (formerly of Capsize and New Cuba), presents a bit of a conundrum for those quick to lump bands into the alt-country sphere. The group's tunes may be lathered, at times, in big weeps of pedal steel, but overall the music also inhabits the spheres of emo, indie rock and... [+] Read More
Artist: The Five Keys
The Five Keys are generally regarded by aficionados of 1950s R&B vocal group harmony as one of the finest groups to ever record in this genre. They are best known for their Capitol recordings of "Wisdom of a Fool," "Close Your Eyes," "Ling Ting Tong," and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind." But in collectors' circles their earlier recordings for... [+] Read More
Artist: Shä-Key
Rapper Shä-Key first jammed with seven-piece band Rhythm Method at parties in her home of Yonkers, NY. A videotape of one performance earned the band a contract with Imago, who issued her jazz- and soul-tinged debut, A Head Nädda's Journey to Adidi Skizm, in 1994. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [+] Read More
