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Artist: 7 Remains
7 Remains splitted up inPath Out of Paradise - www.pathoutofparadise.tk/www.mp3.com/pathoutofparadiseDarkriders - www.mp3.com/darkriders [+] Read More
Artist: Darkriders
Darkriders is a Dutch rap group formed when 7 Remains broke up, with two vocalists, Zerocool and Fumo.There's not much too tell about because there isn't a really big history yet. They're currently working at their first cd, more details will follow. [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the '80s, and certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time. In his prime, Jackson was an unstoppable juggernaut, possessed of all the tools to dominate the charts seemingly at will: an instantly identifiable voice, eye-popping dance moves, stunning musical versatility,... [+] Read More
Artist: K7
New York City native K7 had success in the mid-'90s with his fusion of rap, dancehall, and dance. His 1994 album, Swing Batta Swing, spawned the pop hit "Come Baby Come" and a club favorite, "Zunga Zeng." Prior to his solo success as K7, Louis "Kayel" Sharpe was one-third of Latin freestyle group TKA. Both K7 and TKA remained quiet throughout... [+] Read More
Artist: Dick Cathcart
A fine Dixieland trumpeter, Dick Cathcart became best-known for his role of ghosting the playing of Pete Kelly (as played by Jack Webb) in a radio series, film, and television show all titled Pete Kelly's Blues. Early on, Cathcart played trumpet in the U.S. Army Air Force Band. After stints with Alvino Rey, Ray McKinley, and Bob Crosby, he... [+] Read More
Artist: Baby Dodds
Arguably the first important jazz drummer, Baby Dodds was one of the earliest to vary his patterns during a performance; a strong example of his adventurous style can be heard on a trio performance (with Jelly Roll Morton and Baby's brother Johnny) of "Wolverine Blues" in 1927. A major influence on Gene Krupa, Dodds worked in New Orleans with... [+] Read More
Artist: Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys were, in many ways, a contradictory band. Comprised entirely of white, middle-class Americans, the group sang a hybrid of new jack balladry, hip-hop, R&B, and dance club pop that originally found its greatest success in Canada and Europe, with their 1996 debut album charting in the Top Ten in nearly every country on the... [+] Read More
Artist: Janet Jackson
Few celebrity siblings can emerge from the shadows of their already famous relations to become superstars in their own right and with their own distinct personalities. That's exactly what Janet Jackson did in becoming one of the biggest female pop and R&B stars of the '80s and '90s. Since her breakthrough in 1986 with the album Control,... [+] Read More
Artist: José María Cano
Spanish José MarÃa Cano was captivated by John Lennon's music at a young age and he soon learned how to play guitar. After meeting Ana Torroja, an economics student who liked to sing, both decided to start making music together. They were later joined by José MarÃa's younger brother Nacho Cano, forming one of the most popular European... [+] Read More
Artist: Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman was a child prodigy who was a professional from the age of seven and sat in on drums with Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band in 1944 when he was ten. He was active in his native England through the bebop years (mostly on drums), debuting as a leader in 1948. By 1952, Feldman was getting better-known for his vibes playing and he... [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Coleman
Before becoming one of Chicago's hottest electric blues guitarists, Michael Coleman began his career playing alongside James Cotton for nearly a decade. The guitarist joined Cotton's band in 1979 at the age of 23. For the next seven years, he remained by Cotton's side before eventually going on to work with Eddy Clearwater and Syl Johnson, among... [+] Read More
Artist: The Phantom Surfers
Surf music revivalists the Phantom Surfers formed in early 1988 around the lineup of guitarists Johnny Bartlett and Mel Bergman, bassist Mike Lucas, and drummer Danny Seelig. Originally founded at the 11th hour to fill a cancelled gig at the University of California Santa Cruz, the group quickly emerged as an underground favorite, famed for... [+] Read More
Artist: Ruben Gomez
A onetime member of Menudo, Brooklyn-born Latin-pop vocalist Ruben Gomez made his professional debut at the age of six in a McDonald's commercial; his musical bow followed four years later, when he appeared as an Elvis impersonator at the New York City club the Village Gate. In 1987, a 12-year-old Gomez joined Menudo; he remained with the teen... [+] Read More
Artist: Seven Nations
The Orlando-based five-piece Seven Nations encompasses a wide variety of diversity in music, but the love for creating their own musical sound remains a common goal. Seven Nations pushes American trad rock and Celtic roots rock while intertwining the brooding beauty of the mandolin, violin, bagpipes, and horns for a worldbeat seascape of rock &... [+] Read More
Artist: The Dinning Sisters
A bright and harmonious vocal group in the tradition of the Boswell Sisters and the Andrews Sisters, the Dinning Sisters worked in the Midwest in the '40s and early '50s. The Dinnings were a musical family of nine children, all of whom started singing harmony in church, and then spent their Sunday afternoons singing for fun. Three of the... [+] Read More
Artist: Catchpenny
Formed in Pittsburgh in 1994, Catchpenny is a driving yet melodic quartet that has favored a very introspective style of alternative rock. Catchpenny went through more than its share of personnel changes in the 1990s--at the end of the decade, singer Michael Seven (whose real name is Michael Sirianni) and bassist Michael Henry were the only... [+] Read More
Artist: Marcus Viana
Marcus Viana belongs to an extremely musical family. His father, Sebastião Viana, a well-known conductor, was assistant to the Brazilian composer Villa Lobos. His home environment did not mean technical musical instruction; his first attempt at formal piano training (ten years old) was not successful. However, when he was 13 he started taking... [+] Read More
Artist: Nick Carter
As one of the Backstreet Boys, singer Nick Carter became an international superstar during the mid-'90s as his band became one of the best-selling teen pop bands in history. Born Nickolas Gene Carter on January 28, 1980, in upstate New York, Carter's life in entertainment began at an early age. He starred in various commercials and participated... [+] Read More
Artist: Pita
One of the first artists to explore the style of "laptop techno" eventually tagged as glitch, producer Peter Rehberg joined the Mego collective in late 1994, shortly after Ramon Bauer, Peter Meininger, and Andreas Pieper started the Vienna-based label. Employing the moniker Pita, Rehberg collaborated with General Magic (Bauer and Pieper) for the... [+] Read More
Artist: No-Neck Blues Band
One of the most enigmatic, mysterious, and defiantly anti-commercial groups to emerge from the New York loft scene during the '90s, the No-Neck Blues Band formed in 1992 around a core of multi-instrumentalists who have stubbornly and admirably insisted on individual anonymity. The membership of NNCK (as the group is often abbreviated) solidified... [+] Read More
Artist: Trio Esperança
The Trio Esperança was formed in 1958 by siblings Mário Correia José Maria, Regina Correia José Maria, and Eva Correia José Maria (Evinha), who were respectively ten, 12, and seven at the time. They debuted in radio in 1961, at Rádio Mundial (RJ), soon recording their first single, Menino do Amendoim (José Messias), through Odeon. In 1963... [+] Read More
Artist: Scott Bucklin
Contemporary jazz pianist Scott Bucklin was born in Tulsa, OK, where at age five he first announced his desire to compose and conduct music; three years later he sat at a piano and improvised his first song, and throughout his teens played in his high school jazz band. After studying music at the University of North Texas, Bucklin moved to New... [+] Read More
Artist: Arthur Petties
Arthur Petties (his surname is sometimes listed as Pettis) was a fine Mississippi country blues guitar player and singer with an expressive and versatile voice. He is known for only six sides, two of which were recorded on February 14, 1928 in Memphis, TN, for Victor Records, while the remaining four were tracked two apiece in Chicago, IL, on... [+] Read More
Artist: Mory Kanté
Acclaimed for both his preservation and modernization of the musical traditions of West Africa's Mandinka culture, Mory Kante was born in Kissidougou, Guinea in 1951; the product of a family of griots (musicians who serve not merely as entertainers but also as tribal historians), at age seven he was sent to Mali to learn tribal lore as well as... [+] Read More
Artist: Bryan Adams
From the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist Bryan Adams was one of the most successful recording artists in popular music worldwide. Usually dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, and white T-shirts, the energetic performer stalked stages around the globe, electric guitar in hand, singing his own up-tempo pop/rock songs... [+] Read More
