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Comedy
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending (the black comedy being an exception). One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies. Comedy, unlike other film genres, puts much...
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Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.
Palin wrote most of his material...
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- May 5, 1943 (age 66 years)
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Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright.
Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have...
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- Dec 1, 1935 (age 74 years)
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The Rutles
The Rutles (also known as the Prefab Four) are a band that are known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles. Originally created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes as a fictional band to be featured as part of various 1970s...
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Jerky Boys
The Jerky Boys is an American comedy duo from Queens, New York, whose routine consisted of prank telephone calls and other related skits. Formed in 1989, The Jerky Boys was made up of former childhood friends Johnny Brennan, and Kamal. After Kamal...
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- 1989
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- 2001
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Bill Cosby
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action...
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- Jul 12, 1937 (age 72 years)
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Fred Wedlock
Fred Wedlock (born Peter Frederick Wedlock, 23 May 1942, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England) is a folk singer best known for his UK hit single, "The Oldest Swinger In Town".
He has played the folk circuit for many years, both prior to, and in the...
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- May 23, 1942 (age 67 years)
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Cheech & Chong
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the era's hippie, free love, and especially drug culture...
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- 1970
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- 1986
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known (by her informal stage name) as The Divine Miss M. During her more than forty year career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four...
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- Dec 1, 1945 (age 64 years)
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Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as...
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- May 13, 1922
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- Apr 25, 2009 (age 87 years)
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Dermot Morgan
Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian, actor and former schoolteacher, who achieved international renown as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.
Born in Dublin and educated at Oatlands College,...
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- Mar 31, 1952
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- Feb 28, 1998 (age 45 years)
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Fascinating Aïda
Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act, which has retired twice, most recently in 2004. After the death in 2007 of the group's pianist and musical director, Russell Churney, all plans for a new show were shelved...
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan (born 1 June 1968, Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold more than 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was the highest-selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million...
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- Jun 1, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Stefan Raab
Stefan Konrad Raab (born on October 20, 1966, in Cologne) is a German entertainer, music producer, singer and comedian. He attended Jesuit boarding school Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn. Before entering the media world, he worked as a butcher and studied...
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- Oct 20, 1966 (age 43 years)
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Jian Ghomeshi
Jian Ghomeshi is an award-winning Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician and producer who was born June 9, 1967 in London, England and raised in Thornhill, Ontario. (now based in Toronto). He is currently the host and co-creator of the national...
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- Jun 9, 1967 (age 42 years)
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Goldie Lookin Chain
Goldie Lookin Chain is a Comedic Rap music group based in Newport, Wales. The group produces humorous, controversial and often explicit songs that satirise hip hop, today's consumer society, the chav culture and life in Newport and southern Wales in...
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Bob Rivers
Bob Rivers is a well known American rock and roll radio on air personality in the Pacific Northwest as well as a prolific producer of parody songs, most famous for his Christmas song parodies.
Rivers' radio program, The Bob Rivers Show, is broadcast...
Date of birth:
- 1952 (age 58 years)
Michael Ball
Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is an Olivier Award winning English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in...
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- Jun 27, 1962 (age 47 years)
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Manic Opera
Manic Opera is an a cappella music trio, who primarily sing (frequently lewd) original comedy songs. The group is composed of Anahera Higgins, Fiona Moir and Jen Calthrop.
They are regarded as a New Zealand version of the similar British comedic...
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Doug Anthony All Stars
The Doug Anthony All Stars (or Doug Anthony Allstars, DAAS, D.A.A.S. or stylized as D⋆A†A☭S) were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul McDermott and Tim...
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The Barron Knights
The Barron Knights is a British humorous pop group, originally formed in 1959 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire as The Knights of the Round Table. They became the Barron Knights on 5 October 1960. Although the Barron Knights undoubtedly had their...
Corky and the Juice Pigs
Corky and the Juice Pigs was a Canadian comedy musical group made up of Phil Nichol (Guitar/Vocals), Greg Neale (Mandolin/Vocals), and Seán Cullen (Harmonica/Vocals). Their output consisted mainly of original comedic songs, largely satirical and...
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Homer and Jethro
Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versions of popular songs. Known...
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Robin Harris
Robin Hughes Harris (August 30, 1953 – March 18, 1990) was an American comedian and actor, best known for his recurring comic sketch about Bébé's Kids.
Robin Harris was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Earl, was a welder and his mother, Mattie...
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- Aug 30, 1953
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- Mar 18, 1990 (age 36 years)
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Brenda Song
Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and model. Song started in show business as a child fashion model. After many commercials and television roles in the late 1990s, Song won a Young Artist Award for her work in The...
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- Mar 27, 1988 (age 21 years)
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Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias (often erroneously spelled Alberto y Los Trios Paranoias) were a comedy rock band, formed in Manchester, England in 1973. Their story is told in the book 'When We Were Thin' (published 2007 by Hotun Press). The name of...
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Albert Chevalier
Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier (21 March 1861 – 10 July 1923) was an English comedian and actor.
Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill. The son of a French master at Kensington Grammar...
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- Mar 21, 1861
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- Jul 10, 1923 (age 62 years)
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Alex Arrowsmith
Alex Arrowsmith (born July 10, 1982) is a rock/pop musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released 11 albums on his independent label, Ectoplasmic Records. All of his albums are self-produced. He has also collaborated with Portland artists Jeffrey...
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- Jul 10, 1982 (age 27 years)
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Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group uses a...
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The Yuppie Pricks
The Yuppie Pricks are a five-piece punk rock band from Austin, Texas. They "deal in reserve psychology punk by ironically celebrating the materialist excesses of the upwardly mobile in songs like 'Greed Is Good', 'Fraternity Days', and 'Fuck You, I...
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Brock Skywalker
Brock Jason Armstrong Skywalker (born August 3, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a founding member of the Alberta band Captain Tractor and since Tractor's inception, back in 1993, Brock has become a permanent fixture in the Alberta (even Canadian)...
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- Aug 3, 1971 (age 38 years)
Kenneth C. Burns
Kenneth C. Burns (March 10, 1920–February 4, 1989) was an American country musician, comedian, and mandolin player. He was better known by his stage name Jethro from his years with Henry D. Haynes as part of the comedic musical duo Homer and Jethro...
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- Mar 10, 1920
Date of death:
- Feb 4, 1989 (age 68 years)
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Sean Altman
Sean Altman (born May 9, 1961) is an American musician and songwriter. He is a founder and former lead singer of the singing group Rockapella and a pioneer of the modern a cappella movement. He was a member of Rockapella from its inception in 1986...
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- May 9, 1961 (age 48 years)
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Jim West
James "Jim" "Kimo" West is a guitarist best known for working with the singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic. West auditioned for Yankovic, after being introduced by Steve Jay, and the two have worked together ever since. West can be heard and seen...
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Henry D. Haynes
Henry Doyle Haynes (July 27, 1920–August 7, 1971) was an American entertainer who gained fame on radio and television as Homer of the country music comedy duo Homer and Jethro with Kenneth C. Burns for 35 years beginning in 1936.
Haynes was born...
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- Jul 27, 1920
Date of death:
- Aug 7, 1971 (age 51 years)
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Paul and Storm
Paul and Storm are a Arlington, Virginia-based comedic musical duo consisting of Paul Sabourin and Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo. They had formerly been half of the a cappella group Da Vinci’s Notebook. When that group went on their "Moxy Früvous-style...
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The Squids
The Squids are a Chicago-based punk band that was created by Chicago born singer/songwriter Joey Spatafora and William LaTour also known as LaTour. The Squids appeared to break up recently though it is never clear when they will resurface. The...
Gay for Johnny Depp
Gay for Johnny Depp is a hardcore band formed in New York, USA. Members are: Sid Jagger (Guitar - Real name: Joseph Grillo), Marty Leopard (Vocals - Real name: Arty Shepherd), Chelsea Piers (Bass - Real name: Lyndon Roeller), JJ Samanen (drums)....
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Brian Haner
Brian Haner, Sr. (born April 7, 1958), also known as Guitar Guy is an American musician. He is a guitarist, songwriter, singer and a stand-up comedian. Brian is the father of the lead guitarist for the hard rock/heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold,...
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Pleaseeasaur
Pleaseeasaur (pronounced Please-ee-uh-saur) is a comedic musical act made of JP Hasson (formerly in We’re Not From Idaho and Touch Me Zoo both with Joe Jack Talcum of The Dead Milkmen). The music is high energy camp style humor. The live performance...
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Jim Copp and Ed Brown
Copp and Brown recorded and released nine albums of stories and songs for children between 1958 and 1971. Jim Copp (1913-1999) wrote all of the stories and songs, and played and recorded all of the music. Ed Brown (d. 1978) designed and illustrated...
Date of birth:
- 1913
Date of death:
- 1978 (age 65 years)
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The Arrogant Worms
The Arrogant Worms are a Canadian musical comedy trio that parodies many musical genres. They are well known for their humorous on-stage banter in addition to their music.
The Arrogant Worms came together in 1991 to do a few spots on campus radio...
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- 1991
Afroman
Joseph Foreman (born July 29, 1974), better known by his stage name Afroman, is an American comedy rapper who came to prominence with his singles "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap". "Because I Got High" circulated around the Internet before...
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- Jul 29, 1974 (age 35 years)
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The Moldy Peaches
The Moldy Peaches were an indie group founded by Adam Green and Kimya Dawson. Leading proponents of the anti-folk scene, the band has been on hiatus since 2004. The appearance of their song "Anyone Else but You" in the film Juno has significantly...
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Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author. He is known for being half of the...
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- Dec 9, 1957 (age 52 years)
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ApologetiX
ApologetiX is a Christian parody band located in Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.. The band was founded in 1992 and consists of J. Jackson on vocals, Keith Haynie on bass guitar, Jimmy "Vegas" Tanner on drums Bill Hubauer on keyboard, and Tom Milnes and Tom...
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The Four Postmen
The Four Postmen is a Los Angeles based rock group that consists of five band members. Featuring electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums, bass, and an emphasis on three-part vocal harmony, their live show is highly energetic and theatrical,...
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Scared Weird Little Guys
Scared Weird Little Guys (also referred to as SWLG or The Scaredies) are an Australian comedy music duo formed in July 1990. Comprising John Chaplin-Fleming (vocals, guitar) and Rusty Berther (vocals, guitar, banjo).
In 1987 John joined Four Chairs...
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- 1990
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Kid 'n' Play
Kid 'n Play was a hip-hop and comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo comprised Christopher "Kid" Reid (born April 5, 1964 in The Bronx, New York City) and Christopher "Play" Martin (born July 10,...
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Jake Thackray
John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002), was an English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from...
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- Feb 27, 1938
Date of death:
- Dec 24, 2002 (age 64 years)
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Topp Twins
The Topp Twins (b. 1958, Huntly, New Zealand) are the folk singing sister comedy duo of New Zealand entertainers Jools and Lynda Topp.
They are known for their country music influenced style, live shows and television performances. They are openly...
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- 1958 (age 52 years)
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Richard Cheese
Richard Cheese (born Mark Jonathan Davis) fronts Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, a cover band and comedy act based in Los Angeles, California. Lounge singer Richard Cheese performs popular rock, rap, heavy metal, and pop songs in a...
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- Nov 27, 1965 (age 44 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2000
Blowfly
Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid (born February 14, 1945 in Cochran, Georgia), who was a songwriter for many hit R&B; acts in the 1960s and 1970s. As Blowfly, he has recorded numerous albums, mostly of sex-based...
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- Feb 14, 1945 (age 64 years)
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (pronounced /ˈjæŋkəvɪk/; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, and satirist. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular...
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- Oct 23, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Groucho Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit.
He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of which he was the third-born. He also had a successful...
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- Oct 2, 1890
Date of death:
- Aug 19, 1977 (age 86 years)
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Jessica delfino
Jessica Delfino (born June 8, 1976 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a controversial singer, songwriter, and comedienne based in New York City. Her songs tend to ridicule taboos and typically include jokes about vaginas and other sexual or dark topics....
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- Jun 8, 1976 (age 33 years)
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The Rockin' Berries
The Rockin' Berries were a beat group from Birmingham, England, formed in 1961. Despite a brace of UK Top 10 hits in the mid 1960s, the Rockin' Berries could make no inroads on the lucrative U.S. market, even at the height of the so-called 'British...
Michi-chan
Michi-chan is the character name of Michelle Eyre from REC Networks. Inspired by the Hello Project and various other female styles of Japanese popular music, Michi-chan has recorded several parody songs of Japanese and Western pop songs both in...
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- Aug 15, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Gavin Osborn
Gavin Osborn is an English indie / folk singer-songwriter from Bedford UK, based in London.
Osborn's lyrics mix twee whimsy and bitter sweet romance with wry comedy. He usually appears as a solo artist, but sometimes performs with a cellist and...
Date of birth:
- 1977 (age 33 years)
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Boymongoose
Boymongoose is an Indian comedy band based in Brisbane, Australia.
Boymongoose released their first single, 12 Days Of Christmas, on Brisbane's 96.5 FM and Briz31 in 2004, and after positive feedback, the band went on to record Christmas in Asia...
Awilda Carbia
Awilda Carbia (January 30, 1938 – March 22, 2009) was an actress, comedian, and impersonator.
Awilda Carbia started her acting career as a 7-year-old child, without ever suspecting that later in her acting career, 1970s, she would portray a children...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1938
Date of death:
- Mar 22, 2009 (age 71 years)
