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Artist: Michael Card
Michael Card began writing songs at a Kentucky college, where he would write praise choruses for a local church service. Although pushed to earn his Ph.D. by a professor, he was lured into the recording industry by friends Randy Scruggs and John Thompson, who needed a musician to record for their production company's demos. The record label... [+] Read More
Artist: Rookie Card
Artist: Race Card
Artist: Joy Card
Artist: Wild Cards
Artist: Cards in Spokes
Artist: V-Card
Artist: Parker Card
Artist: Wild Card
Artist: Red Card
Artist: Eric Reyes Carde
Artist: Five Cards Stud
Artist: V.Card
Artist: Rock 'n' Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co. of Philadelphia 1941
Yet another of the seemingly endless aliases employed by the Kasenetz-Katz production team to market their bubblegum hits of the late 1960s, the unwieldy named Rock and Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Company of Philadelphia 19141 was among the last of the duo's projects to enjoy chart success. Their 1969 anthem "Bubble Gum Music" was written... [+] Read More
Artist: Paris Hilton
Born into wealth and the American equivalent of aristocracy, Paris Hilton was the oldest of Kenneth Hilton and Kathy Richards' four children, and an heir to the family's hotel chain (her great-grandfather, Conrad Hilton, was the founder). Growing up in New York and L.A., Paris, though she was often seen with celebrities, didn't become a... [+] Read More
Artist: Insane Clown Posse
Insane Clown Posse are a cartoonish metal/rap band with a vaunted live show that featured open fires, chainsaws, liters of soda dousing the audience (Faygo being the group's favorite brand), and more emphasis on performance art than the performance of music. In the world of the late '90s, that was more than enough to get them a recording... [+] Read More
Artist: Camp 22
“Crank is not just dancing, crank means to simply get it started, whether its homework, working out, etc”………….Lil Playboy of Cash CampCASH CAMP, the four-man pheonom from Atlanta Ga. that is responsible for a new genre of Hip-Hop called “Crank Music”. Cash Camp consist Lil Playboy, Young Jit, Yella... [+] Read More
Artist: Blakjak
Born in Decatur, GA, Jafari Eady took the moniker Blakjak from the nickname he earned in high school due to his proficiency at winning the card game. In 2006, the rapper released his first album, Place Your Bets, on Vintage Sound/Universal Republic. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Prairie Soul
Formed from the Edmonton music scene, Prairie Soul started performing in 1999. Originally, violinist and vocalist Sarah Card was involved in the music industry at an early age. Classically trained on the violin at her home in Grand Prairie, Alberta, her father owned a live concert sound company. After moving to Edmonton in the mid-'90s, Card met... [+] Read More
Artist: Gerry Long
Self-described "poster addict" Gerry Long was born in Detroit in 1950, and while in high school he played guitar in a band called the Sweet Wine which also featured his younger brother Ken on drums, appearing at countless local sock hops, battles of the bands and recreation centers. In 1968 he saw the Who perform during his first trip to the... [+] Read More
Artist: Lighthouse Family
A Northern soul duo who recorded the single "Lifted" in 1995 but had to wait two years for it to become a hit, the Lighthouse Family was formed in Newcastle by vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and programmer/keyboard player Paul Tucker. Both had been born in London, though Baiyewu lived in Nigeria for ten years before returning to attend college in the... [+] Read More
Artist: John Lennon
Out of all the Beatles, John Lennon had the most interesting -- and frustrating -- solo career. Lennon was capable of inspired, brutally honest confessional songwriting and melodic songcraft; he also had a tendency to rest on his laurels, churning out straight-ahead rock & roll without much care. But the extremes, both in his music and his life,... [+] Read More
Artist: Saga
Ex-members of Fludd, bassist Jim Crichton, drummer Steve Negus, and keyboard player Peter Rachon formed Saga (originally called Pockets) in the late '70s with guitarist Ian Crichton and vocalist Michael Sadler. Part of Canada's '70s progressive rock movement with Rush, the group released a self-titled album in 1978, Images at Twilight (1979),... [+] Read More
Artist: Wink Martindale
Millions of Americans know Winston Conrad as game show host Wink Martindale. Few know that he once waxed a record, "Deck of Cards," that reached the number seven position on Billboard's Top 100 pop chart in November 1959. Martindale was born in Belle, TN, on December 4, 1934. As a teenager he realized his gift of gab, and school friends gave him... [+] Read More
