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| Aretha Franklin is a living legend, "Lady Soul", a natural woman who has inspired and influenced countless female vocalists the..... |
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| Twenty years and 20 million albums into a career that began as a low-rent lark in Athens, Georgia, the B-52's remain the most unlikely pop superstars ever. The first band..... |
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| His sweet, fluid, jazzy guitar style is legendary, but B.B. King's gospel-drenched singing would've been enough to make him a star. He's sold the most records and..... |
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| The Beach Boys featuring Mike Love & Bruce Johnston. Hear some of the greatest songs ever written including; “Surfin' Safari,” “409,” “In My Room,” “Little..... |
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Brian McKnight
Embracing an effortless eloquence and cocoa butter smooth persona, the music of Brian McKnight has defined the
true meaning of American soul man since 1991..... |
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| "'Like pouring gasoline on a fire" is how Brian Setzer describes 1998’s double-platinum, Grammy-winning, Top 10-charting..... |
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| "Buster Poindexter" is the pseudonym rock singer David Johansen adopted in the mid-'80s for a semi-comic nightclub-singer act he began to perform. Eschewing..... |
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| Chris Isaak clearly loves the reverb-laden rockabilly and country of Sun Studios. In particular, he transfers the sweeping melancholy of Roy Orbison's classic Monument..... |
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| After four years out of the public eye, Collective Soul singer Ed Roland has a message for the world. "Let the word out/I gotta get it out. Whoa, I'm feeling..... |
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| Cyndi Lauper was one of the biggest stars of the early MTV era, selling five million copies of her debut album, She's So Unusual, as well as scoring a string..... |
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| As one of the most popular Californian pop/rock bands of the '70s, the Doobie Brothers evolved from a mellow, post-hippie boogie band to a slick, soul-inflected pop..... |
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| While quite a few arena rock acts of the '70s found the transformation into the '80s quite difficult, several acts continued to flourish and enjoyed some..... |
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| The Gap Band is one of the most influential groups in the history of R & B, Charlie and his brothers, Robert and Ronnie..... |
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| George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician; and that frustrates critics to no end..... |
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| From their first hit in 1974 through their heyday in the '80s, Daryl Hall and John Oates' smooth, catchy take on Philly soul brought them enormous commercial..... |
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| While he was as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success..... |
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| Los Lobos was one of America's most distinctive and original bands of the '80s. They may have had a hit with "La Bamba" in 1987, yet that cover barely scratches the surface..... |
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| The O'Jays were one of Philadelphia soul's most popular and long-lived outfits, rivaled only by the Spinners as soul's greatest vocal group of the '70s. In their..... |
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| A novelty rock band in the same vein as Presidents of the United States of America, but with surf and garage influences instead of the Presidents' punk/thrash background, Smash Mouth found..... |
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| Thanks to their fine-tuned choreography -- and even finer harmonies -- the Temptations became the definitive male vocal group of the 1960s; one of Motown's most elastic..... |
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| Toto was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by David Paich (b. June 21, 1954, Los Angeles; keyboards, vocals), Steve Lukather (b. October 21, 1957, Los Angeles; guitar, vocals), Bobby..... |
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