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Artist: The Corinthian
Artist: Voices of Corinthian
Artist: Corinthian Temple Cogic Choir
Artist: Joe Louis Walker
Without a doubt one of the most exciting and innovative artists gracing contemporary blues, guitarist Joe Louis Walker has glowed like a shining blue beacon over the last decade. His 1986 debut album for HighTone, Cold Is the Night, announced his arrival in stunning fashion; his subsequent output on HighTone and Verve has only served to further... [+] Read More
Artist: Ditch Croaker
Ditch Croaker played the kind of muddy, noisy rock that has brought fame to a lot of other bands from their hometown of Hoboken, NJ. The trio, consisting of Tim Newman on vocals and guitar, Tim Floyd on bass, vocals and keyboards, and Tim Barnes on drums, vocal and percussion, formed in 1992 and released their first album, Chimpfactor, on their... [+] Read More
Artist: Dell Vikings
Providing a transition from the big band-harmony singers of the 1940s and the street-corner doo-wop groups of the 1950s, the Dell Vikings are best remembered for their single, "Come Go With Me," which became a major hit in 1957.
The members of the Dell Vikings -- Norman Wright, Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson, Don Jackson, Clarence Quick, and Dave... [+] Read More
Artist: Osny Silva
Osny Silva achieved enormous success with his first recording in 1943, "Alza Manolita (As Cartas Não Mentem Jamais)," surpassing Francisco Alves and Vicente Celestino, who would record the same song afterward. In 1951, Silva launched the famous and broadly popular anthem of the soccer team Corinthians, "Campeão dos Campeões" (written by Lauro... [+] Read More
Artist: Armandinho
Armandinho was one of the most important figures of the choro developed in the city of São Paulo. Along with his importance as an accompanist and radio artist, he has had his compositions recorded by Antônio Rago and Geraldo Ribeiro (who devoted an entire LP to Armandinho's compositions). His choro "Mafuá" was recorded by Zé Menezes in 1957... [+] Read More
Artist: Jo Stafford
One of the most technically gifted and popular vocalists of the immediate post-war period, Jo Stafford effortlessly walked the line between breezy pop and the more serious art of post-big-band jazz singing. With the help of her husband, top-flight arranger and Capitol A&R director Paul Weston, Stafford recorded throughout the '40s and '50s for... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul Weston
Paul Weston (born Paul Weststein, March 12, 1912, Springfield, MA) was one of the most diverse and talented arrangers and conductors of the '40s and '50s, moving from mainstream swing and jazz to instrumental easy listening pop in the course of his career. Though he began his career playing hard swing, Weston is the father of mood music -- lush,... [+] Read More
Artist: Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay were the breakout band of the so-called alternative CCM movement of the '90s, scoring an enormous mainstream hit with their debut single, "Flood." The group's lyrics may have been exclusively Christian, but their mostly acoustic music fit perfectly into the folky jangle pop wing of alternative rock radio, at the time a rarity on the... [+] Read More
Artist: The Del Vikings
The story of the Dell-Vikings (or Del Vikings, or Del-Vikings) is one of the most glorious, complicated, and frustrating of any successful doo wop group in music history. With two major national hits ("Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells") to their credit -- one more hit than most other successful doo wop groups ever had -- they had a jump on... [+] Read More
