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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music that that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. While disco was a form of black commercial pop music and a craze among black gay men...
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ABBA
ABBA was a pop music group formed in Sweden in November 1970. The band consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. They topped the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. The name "ABBA" is an acronym...
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- 1970
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- 1982
Boney M.
Boney M. is a pop and disco group created by record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official lineup were Bobby Farrell (Aruba), Liz Mitchell (Jamaica), Marcia Barrett (Jamaica) and...
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- 1976
Commodores
The Commodores are a Grammy Award winning American funk/soul band, most popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The group is best known for their ballads, such as "Easy" and "Three Times a Lady", but, for the most part, the group mainly recorded funky,...
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- 1968
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles, September 7, 1949, Newark, New Jersey) is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 #1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 #4, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have A Right)" (Hot...
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- Sep 7, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai (pronounced: juh-meer-o-kwy) are an English Alternative/acid jazz/funk/soul/disco band. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the...
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- 1992
Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a two-time Ivor Novello Award recipient and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, guitarist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader of...
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- Dec 30, 1947 (age 62 years)
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actor on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours,...
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- May 28, 1968 (age 41 years)
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue (born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer, occasional actress, and TV Personality. Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian television talent show, Young Talent Time and the...
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- Oct 20, 1971 (age 38 years)
Barry White
Barry White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944(1944-09-12) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.
A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1944
Date of death:
- Jul 4, 2003 (age 58 years)
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CHIC
Chic (pronounced /ˈʃiːk/ "sheek", sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC) is an American disco and R&B; band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is best-known for its commercially successful disco songs,...
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- 1976
Marilyn Chambers
Marilyn Chambers (April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009) was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress and vice-presidential candidate. She was best known for her 1972 hardcore film debut Behind the Green Door.
Born Marilyn Ann...
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- Apr 22, 1952
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- Apr 12, 2009 (age 57 years)
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S Club 7
S Club (formerly known as S Club 7) was a British pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, comprising Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens. The group rose to...
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- Apr 2003
Dalida
Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987) was an Italian Egyptian singer and actor. Dalida was born and raised in Egypt, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc....
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- Jan 17, 1933
Date of death:
- May 3, 1987 (age 54 years)
The Supremes
The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes,...
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- Jan 15, 1961
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Jun 12, 1977
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the...
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- Apr 2, 1939
Date of death:
- Apr 1, 1984 (age 45 years)
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Bee Gees
The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but the trio had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in...
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music, earning the title "The Queen of Disco".
Summer was trained as a gospel singer before her...
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- Dec 31, 1948 (age 61 years)
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Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb CBE (born 22 December 1949) is a singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, cofounded with his twin brother Maurice Gibb (1949-2003), and elder brother Barry.
Born in the Isle of...
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- Dec 22, 1949 (age 60 years)
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The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Founding group members Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael formed the group...
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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons is an American pop and rock group, with a sound somewhat reminiscent of doo-wop, although they were not thought of as actually being a doo-wop group. By the mid 1960s, they had become an internationally famous rock-and-roll act (the...
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- 1960
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire is an African American R&B; band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 and led by founder Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the Elements or the Elements of the Universe, the band has won ten Grammy Awards and four American Music...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor and musician. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter...
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- Aug 20, 1942
Date of death:
- Aug 10, 2008 (age 66 years)
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Kool & the Gang
Kool & The Gang are an American jazz/R&B;/soul/funk/disco group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 1964. They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1964
Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge is an American musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four sisters: Kim Sledge (born 21 August 1957), Debbie Sledge (born 9 July 1954), Joni Sledge (born 13 September 1952), and Kathy Sledge ...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1972
Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers (born September 19, 1952, in New York City) is an American musician, composer, arranger, and guitarist, and is considered one of the most influential music producers in the history of popular music.
Rodgers began his career as a...
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- Sep 19, 1952 (age 57 years)
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Maurice Gibb
Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE (22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting...
Date of birth:
- Dec 22, 1949
Date of death:
- Jan 12, 2003 (age 53 years)
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Barry Gibb
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb CBE (born 1 September 1946) is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man, to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all...
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- Sep 1, 1946 (age 63 years)
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Blondie
Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk rock scenes of the mid-1970s. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1974
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England.
Horn has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and...
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- Jul 15, 1949 (age 60 years)
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The Average White Band
Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B; band who had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They continue to perform as of 2009.
AWB was formed in 1971 by Alan Gorrie and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Onnie McIntyre,...
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- 1971
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, May 3, 1934, First Ward, Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons.
Valli, along with Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio, (the original members...
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- May 3, 1934 (age 75 years)
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Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), best known by her stage name of Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter and actress. She fronted two groups, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, which received minor success on the pop...
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- May 24, 1944 (age 65 years)
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Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio (Hansjoerg) Moroder (born on April 26, 1940 in Urtijëi (Ortisei), Italy) is a three-time Oscar winning Italian record producer, songwriter and performer. His work with synthesizers during the 1970s and 1980s had a significant influence on...
Date of birth:
- Apr 26, 1940 (age 69 years)
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003) was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".
Starr was born Charles Edwin Hatcher in...
Date of birth:
- Jan 21, 1942
Date of death:
- Apr 2, 2003 (age 61 years)
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Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1, 1945) is an American singer–songwriter and actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the New Wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she also performed and...
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- Jul 1, 1945 (age 64 years)
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KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B;, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1973
Andy Gibb
Andy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an Australian singer, teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, also known as the Bee Gees.
Born Andrew Roy Gibb in Manchester, England, to Barbara (née Pass) and Hugh Gibb,...
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- Mar 5, 1958
Date of death:
- Mar 10, 1988 (age 30 years)
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara (born March 18, 1959) is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and...
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- Mar 18, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Rosa López
Rosa López, (born 14th January 1981, Granada Province, Spain), is a Spanish singer. She came to fame in 2001 as part of the reality show "Operación Triunfo", she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. She has subsequently released...
Date of birth:
- Jan 14, 1981 (age 28 years)
Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson (born March 6, 1944) is an American singer who gained fame as a founding member of the Motown female singing group The Supremes during the 1960s and '70s. Wilson was the only singer to be a consistent member of the group in its eighteen...
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- Mar 6, 1944 (age 65 years)
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Village People
Village People is a concept disco group formed in the late 1970s, well known for their on-stage costumes as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics. Original members were: Victor Willis (police officer), Felipe Rose (American Indian chief),...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1977
Rick James
Rick James (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American Grammy Award winning musician. James was a popular R&B; and funk singer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four #1 hits on the U.S. R&B; charts. Among his best-known songs are ...
Date of birth:
- Feb 1, 1948
Date of death:
- Aug 6, 2004 (age 56 years)
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Texas
Texas is a rock band from Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) in 1986 and had their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee. They took their...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1986
Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part...
Date of birth:
- May 13, 1943
Date of death:
- Jul 26, 1992 (age 49 years)
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Yvonne Elliman
Yvonne Elliman (born Yvonne Marianne Elliman, December 29, 1951, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American singer and actress. Her father was of Irish descent, and her mother shared Japanese and Chinese ancestries. She was born and raised in Honolulu, and...
Date of birth:
- Dec 29, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive is a British New Wave band from Liverpool, England that rose to popularity during the 1980s with their 1985 #1 UK single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". Dead or Alive was the first group to have a #1 single under the production...
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Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston (née Jackson; born May 7, 1943, Leland, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for...
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- May 7, 1943 (age 66 years)
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Andrea True
Andrea True (born July 26, 1943) is a former adult film star and a singer during the disco era. In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Andrea Travis, Catherine Warren, Singh Low, and Singe Low.
She is...
Date of birth:
- May 29, 1952 (age 57 years)
Junior Senior
Junior Senior was a pop musical duo from Denmark. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards) (born February 17, 1979, Jutland) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (vocals, keyboards, programming) (born December 25...
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- 1998
Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American theatre and film actress and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around."
Born in Harlem, New...
Date of birth:
- May 31, 1954
Date of death:
- Apr 27, 2000 (age 45 years)
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The Three Degrees
The Three Degrees are a female Philadelphia soul and disco vocal musical group, formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although always fronted by a three person line-up, there have been a number of personnel changes, and a total of twelve...
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- 1963
Bobby Farrell
Bobby Farrell (born October 6, 1949 on Aruba) is a dancer and performer. He is best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.
Farrell left Aruba at age 15 to become a sailor. He lived in Norway and the Netherlands...
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- Oct 6, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Amii Stewart
Amy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart (born January 29, 1956) is an American contemporary R&B;/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for the disco tune "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to...
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- Jan 29, 1956 (age 53 years)
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Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges is an American singer who co-wrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978.
Alicia Bridges was born in Lawndale, North Carolina, a small town in Cleveland County. She sang from a very young...
Date of birth:
- Jul 13, 1953 (age 56 years)
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Silver Convention
Silver Convention was a German disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was originally named "Silver Bird Convention", or "Silver Bird".
The group was initiated in Munich by producers and songwriters Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze. "Silver"...
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1979
McFadden & Whitehead
McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now". They wrote and produced some of the most popular R&B; hits of the 1970s, and were primarily...
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Björn Again
Björn Again is a satirical show which parodies ABBA, and takes its name from Björn Ulvaeus, a member of ABBA, and a pun on the phrase "born again".
This show has become so successful that as of 2007 there are five Björn Agains performing in various...
Eddie Kendricks
Eddie Kendricks (born Edward James Kendrick; December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992) was an American tenor singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was...
Date of birth:
- Dec 17, 1939
Date of death:
- Oct 5, 1992 (age 52 years)
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Scissor Sisters
The Scissor Sisters are a Grammy Award-nominated American band that formed in 2001. Their style draws from disco, glam rock, pop and the club scene of New York City.
The group take their name from a sexual position between women known as tribadism....
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2001
Otis Williams
Otis Williams (born October 30, 1941) is an American tenor singer. He has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues...
Date of birth:
- Oct 30, 1941 (age 68 years)
