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Artist: Pierre Dumage
St Quentin and Laon Cathedral's were home to this composer and organist. After these positions, however, Dumage gave up music for the life of a civil servant. "Livre d'orgue contenant une suite du premier ton" was dedicated to St Quentin and a later suite to Laon. The former is extant and contains eight pieces which were his first compositins... [+] Read More
Artist: John Buller
Although an early work was accepted by the BBC, Buller initially decided against a musical career and worked as an architectural surveyor. He began serious compositional study in 1964 at London University. He gained recognition for his series of pieces based on Joyce's Finnegans Wake in the 1970s. In these works, Buller uses musical gestures to... [+] Read More
Artist: Lajos Bárdos
Bárdos studied at the Budapest Academy of Music with Kodály and Siklós. He served as a teacher in a secondary school and at the academy as a professor of music. The aim of his compositional and conducting career was to develop Hungarian choral life, a goal he shared with Kodály. Toward this end he conducted many choral groups in Budapest... [+] Read More
Artist: Shaun Jackson
A Canadian vocalist with a soft voice and less-than-memorable sound, Shawn Jackson earned more recognition as a New York City model than as a singer. She was the featured vocalist at Toronto's Blue Note before moving to New York. She issued one LP for Playboy Records in the mid-'70s, but it fizzled. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Sebastian Whittaker
A fine musician, Sebastian Whittaker models his drumming and bandleading after his idol Art Blakey. Blind since the age of one, Whittaker began playing drums when he was three. After extensive musical study (he also took lessons on piano and composition), Whittaker resettled in Houston and led a few dates for the Justice label. ~ Scott Yanow,... [+] Read More
Artist: Svenska Hotkvintetten
This little-known Swedish band (its name translated to English is the Swedish Hot Quintet) was closely modeled after the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. With violinist Emil Iwring and guitarists Sven Stiberg (single-string) and Folke Eriskberg (chordal) taking solos, this group was one of the hottest in existence during 1939-1941. However,... [+] Read More
Artist: Skip & the Creations
Practically nothing is known about Skip & the Creations, apart from the fact that they were a sextet, that their first names were Walter, Brute, Jeffrey, Skip, Rick, and Tommy, and that Skip was their lead singer, Jeffrey was the lead guitarist, Walter may have been the organist, and Brute played a Fender-model bass. And that they seemed bent on... [+] Read More
Artist: Tahra
Paris-based Tahra is a classically trained singer and model who has sought to modernize the Moorish music of her native Mauritania by adding high-technology synthesizer backing to traditional songs. In 1989 she recorded the multi-lingual album Yamen Yamen with a French backing band. ~ Leon Jackson, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Avsenik Brothers
Slavko and Vilko Avsenik, better known as the Avsenik Brothers, can be credited with formulating and sustaining the basic sound of Slovenian music. Starting in the 1950s, the Brothers released a string of records which went gold, and since that time they have been a model for young Slovenian bands. They are also popular in nearby Austria and... [+] Read More
Artist: Carolina Sabino
Colombian model, actress, and pop singer Carolina Sabino became involved in entertainment while participating in a local TV show, called Pequeños Gigantes, and later playing roles in Latin soap operas such as Pasiones Secretas, Las Juanas, and El Fiscal. After issuing Las Juanas in 1997, Carolina Sabino returned with La Puerta Azul in 1999. ~... [+] Read More
Artist: Kory & The Fireflies
South Dakota rockers Kory and the Fireflies were led by singer/songwriter Kory Van Sickle, an advertising art director and onetime Levi's jeans model whose previous run-ins with the music industry ended in frustration. With the Fireflies -- guitarist Chris Beyer, bassist Steve Holbeck and drummer Andy Yost -- he self-released Sparks Fly in 1995,... [+] Read More
Artist: Star Collector
Fed up with epic long songs that include unnecessary drum solos, the collective of Vic Wayne (guitar/vocals), Steve Monteith (guitar/vocals), Robert Medic (bass), and Rene Lafleur (drums) got together Star Collector in late 1997. With a more straightforward approach of mod influenced pop and roll, the band self-released their debut single,... [+] Read More
Artist: Vicki Ford
Vicki Ford was better known as a model than a singer in the '50s and '60s. She posed with cars, she posed in bikinis, and inevitably the details of the pose were not of great importance as long as the overall effect was steamy and lurid. Music catering to the lover of smut was nothing new during the height of her career, having already reached a... [+] Read More
Artist: Vanessa Paradis
French singer and model Vanessa Paradis first hit the charts in 1987, at the tender age of 14. Her single "Joe le Taxi" spent 11 weeks at the top of the French charts, and proved an international success as well. She recorded two albums in Paris before traveling to New York in 1991 to record her self-titled English-language debut, with Lenny... [+] Read More
Artist: Deltron 3030
The underground hip-hop supergroup Deltron 3030 features Deltron Zero (Del Tha Funkee Homosapien), the Cantankerous Captain Aptos (producer/remixer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura) and Skiznod The Boy Wonder (turntablist Kid Koala). Much like Nakamura's previous conceptual projects, Dr. Octagon and Handsome Boy Modeling School, Deltron 3030's... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Satriani
Along with teaching some of the top rock guitar players of the '80s and '90s, Joe Satriani is one of the most technically accomplished and widely respected guitarists to emerge in recent times. Born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, NY, and raised in the nearby town of Carle Place, Satriani -- inspired by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix -- picked up the... [+] Read More
Artist: Necro
Brooklyn-based hardcore rapper Necro raised the bar for perversity in the late '90s and early 2000s with his music and films. Influenced by drugs, gore, pornography, and violence, Necro set out to incorporate these themes into his rapping. He effectively did so on his debut full-length, I Need Drugs (2000). The album featured drug songs (the... [+] Read More
Artist: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston is inarguably one of the of the biggest female pop stars of all time. Her accomplishments as a hitmaker are extraordinary; just to scratch the surface, she became the first artist ever to have seven consecutive singles hit number one, and her 1993 Dolly Parton cover "I Will Always Love You" became nothing less than the biggest... [+] Read More
Artist: Samantha Jade
Perth-born singer/songwriter Samantha Jade had already retired as a successful model in Australia when she made her worldwide pop music debut at the age of 16. Modeling began at age four; being bitten by the music bug came at age nine when Samantha won her first talent show singing "Amazing Grace." Writing music soon became a passion, and by... [+] Read More
Artist: Natalia Oreiro
Talented singer and actress Natalia Oreiro started working as a model at the age of 12, having the opportunity to join the Brazilian star Xuxa's dancing staff two years later. While still a teenager, Oreiro moved to Argentina, participating in a soap opera called Inconquistable Corazón, followed by roles in 1995's Dulce Ana and Ricos y Famosos.... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul Lekakis
Dance singer Paul Lekakis forged a brief career in the early '90s. Hailing from Westchester County, NY, Lekakis discovered his love of music by singing in church choirs, as well as music and dance classes during high school. Lekakis relocated to New York City as a teenager, to work as a model, all the while honing his singing and dancing skills.... [+] Read More
Artist: Fernando
Born in Ecuador, raised in California, Fernando began his career in the late '80s. With a rather smooth singing voice, he tends to record pop-ish urban dance music and an occasional message rap tune. He's one of the first Hispanics to make a strong presence in gospel music; however, because of his outspoken pride in his Latin heritage, he's also... [+] Read More
Artist: Troop
Troop was a California teen band that got its start by winning $1000 in a talent show in the mid-'80s. The Pasadena, California group were then signed to Atlantic, and their debut single, "Mamacita," reached number two on the R&B charts in 1989. It was modeled after their inspiration, New Edition, whose "Cool It Now" they had lip synched to win... [+] Read More
Artist: LFO (Lyte Funky Ones)
LFO (Lyte Funky Ones) formed in the boy-band mecca of Orlando, FL in 1996; there singer Rich Cronin befriended aspiring model Brad Fischetti, and as a duo they spent the next two years honing their vocal, dancing and songwriting skills. With the addition of third vocalist Devin Lima, LFO's line-up was complete, and the trio toured in support of... [+] Read More
Artist: Oxymoron
Oxymoron began in the early '90s when the punk scene had again been driven to the underground and the mainstream was making the transition from hard rock to grunge and metal. They played a form of Oi! music that resisted the stereotyped racial issues that plagued the genre in the mainstream's eyes and instead was one of the first revivalists to... [+] Read More
