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MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group (now Universal Music Group), of which MCA Records was still part. Established in 1967, MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced /ˌlɛnərd ˈskɪnərd/ LEN-ərd-SKIN-ərd) is an American rock band, formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The band became prominent in the Southern United States in 1973, and rose to worldwide recognition before three...
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- 1964
Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee (b. October 3, 1962) is an American musician, and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. He was...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1962 (age 47 years)
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. He escaped...
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- Jun 15, 1937
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- Feb 13, 2002 (age 64 years)
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Barry White
Barry White (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 success came in the 1970s as a solo...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1944
Date of death:
- Jul 4, 2003 (age 58 years)
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Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She has won 12 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. As a testament to what was her often perceived as "precocious" talent,...
Date of birth:
- Jun 1, 1974 (age 35 years)
Tom Petty
For the New York based band, see The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are a heartland rock band, most of whose members are from the United States. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench, all of whom had...
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- Oct 20, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1976
Swans
Swans were an American post-punk band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next...
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- 1982
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1997
Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter are a British metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Originally known as Pitch Shifter, the band was started by Johnny A. Carter (lead guitar/programming) and Mark Clayden (bass/vocals), with Stuart Toolin (rhythm guitar) and JS...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American rock and roll and country music singer and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to...
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- Sep 29, 1935 (age 74 years)
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The Crickets
The Crickets are a rock & roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Their first hit record was "That'll Be the Day," released in 1957.
Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Feb 1957
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and...
Date of birth:
- Feb 4, 1948 (age 61 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1965
Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American punk rock band from Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band was formed in 1992 as "Blink" with members Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar), Mark Hoppus (vocals, bass) and Scott Raynor (drums). In 1998,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Feb 22, 2005
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience were an English-American psychedelic rock band that formed in London in October 1966. Comprising eponymous singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1966
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Jun 1969
Kansas
Kansas is an American rock band which became popular in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind". They have remained a classic rock radio staple and a popular touring act in North America and Europe.
Dave...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1970
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown (born February 5, 1969) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B; singer-songwriter and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits,...
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- Feb 5, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad (also known as Grand Funk) is an American rock band, highly popular during the 1970s, Grand Funk Railroad sold more than 25 million records, toured constantly, packed arenas worldwide, and received four RIAA gold albums during...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Mark Farner
Mark Fredrick Farner (born September 29, 1948 in Flint, Michigan) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, and later as a Contemporary Christian Musician.
Farner began...
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- Sep 29, 1948 (age 61 years)
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Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy (born 30 April 1964, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a reggae and dancehall recording artist.
In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977. Levy...
Date of birth:
- Apr 30, 1964 (age 45 years)
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Sublime
Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1986. The band's original line-up consisted of Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Bud Gaugh (drums and percussion), and Eric Wilson (bass guitar). Lou Dog, Nowell's...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- May 25, 1996
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers was a reggae group composed of Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Sharon Marley and Cedella Marley, all children of Bob Marley.
Date of birth:
- Oct 17, 1968 (age 41 years)
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- 1979
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Christina Vidal
Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina, in which she played the title character.
Vidal was born and raised in Whitestone, an...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B;, and pop. Rolling...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1972
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts. The band was founded in 1972 as a performance art group called The...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1972
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Oct 31, 1995
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Diamond is one of pop music's most enduring and successful singer-songwriters. As a successful pop music performer, Diamond scored a number of hits worldwide in the 1960s,...
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- Jan 24, 1941 (age 68 years)
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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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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1960
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B;/soul musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1953
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1989
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul, is an American R&B;/soul singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the...
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- May 28, 1944 (age 65 years)
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Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records include Wishbone Ash (1970), Argus (1972), There's the Rub (1974), and New England (1976). They were one of the first of many bands to come...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Jimmy Buffett
James William "Jimmy" Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" (No. 234 on RIAA's...
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- Dec 25, 1946 (age 63 years)
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Boston
Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1975
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins (born May 1, 1939; Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, showtunes, pop, and rock and roll);...
Date of birth:
- May 1, 1939 (age 70 years)
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American hard rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry...
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Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the...
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- Apr 6, 1937 (age 72 years)
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George Strait
George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar...
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- May 18, 1952 (age 57 years)
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John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is a Grammy-winning American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his rootsy,...
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- Oct 7, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records.
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Richie grew up on the campus of Tuskegee Institute. His grandfather's house...
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- Jun 20, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is a Grammy and Dove Award-winning and two time Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as...
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- Apr 22, 1936 (age 73 years)
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Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier and MC Rakim Allah (born William Michael Griffin Jr.).
Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair is generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and...
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War
War, originally called Eric Burdon & War and often typeset as WAR, is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1994
The O'Jays
The O'Jays are a Canton, Ohio-based soul/R&B; group, originally consisting of Walter Williams (b. August 25, 1942), Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell (January 20, 1942–May 26, 1977) and Eddie Levert (b. June 16, 1942). The O'Jays were...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1958
No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop group from Germany, consisting of members Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2000
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2003
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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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1971
Box Car Racer
Box Car Racer was a side-project from two members of the band Blink-182, featuring guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker. DeLonge formed Box Car Racer to experiment with and record ideas he felt were not "Blink-friendly", along with Travis...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2002
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2003
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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Jonatha Brooke
Jonatha Brooke is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her music is notable for merging elements of folk, rock and pop, often with poignant lyrics and complex harmonies. She has been a consistent performer, writer, and artist since...
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- Jan 23, 1964 (age 45 years)
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George Thorogood
George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is a blues rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House...
Date of birth:
- Feb 24, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Tammy Wynette
Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998), was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.
She was known as the...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1942
Date of death:
- Apr 6, 1998 (age 55 years)
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GZA
Gary Grice (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage name GZA (pronounced /ˈdʒɪzə/) and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist best known as a founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan and for his inclusion on their...
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- Aug 22, 1966 (age 43 years)
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Blackalicious
Blackalicious is an American hip hop duo made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley). They are noted for Gift of Gab's often fast-paced, multi-syllabic, complex rhymes and Chef Xcel's diverse range...
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The Roots
The Roots are a Grammy Award-winning, American hip hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals. Their debut album was released in 1993 and...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1993
BLACKstreet
BLACKstreet is an American R&B; group founded in 1992 by Thomas R. Taliaferro Jr., Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy, and Chauncey Hannibal. Chauncey Hannibal and Levi Little were signed under contract...
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- 1994
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Bud Gaugh
Floyd "Bud" I. Gaugh IV (born October 2, 1967) is a rock music drummer who played in the bands Sublime (1986-1996 and again since 2009), Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997-2002), Eyes Adrift (2002-2003) Volcano (2004) Del Mar (2006-present).
He met...
Date of birth:
- Oct 2, 1967 (age 42 years)
Bradley Nowell
Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996) was an American musician who served as lead singer and guitarist of the popular Californian band Sublime. He died at 28 from a heroin overdose shortly before the release of Sublime's self...
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1968
Date of death:
- May 25, 1996 (age 28 years)
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Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is a British singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash...
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- Feb 2, 1942 (age 67 years)
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The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums).
The band is popular and influential in...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1983
Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth (born June 26, 1957, New York) is an American rock and roll musician. She first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead singer of the band Scandal. That band's self-titled debut release became Columbia Records' biggest selling EP. Her...
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- Jun 26, 1957 (age 52 years)
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Cowboy Mouth
Cowboy Mouth is a rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their name was taken from the title of a play co-written (and acted) by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith, although the phrase was used five years prior to the play by Bob Dylan in the song "Sad...
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Voivod
Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s. Starting out as a speed metal band, Voivod have added a mix of progressive metal and...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1982
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966, in Jacksonville, Texas, United States) is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best-known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost...
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- Aug 19, 1966 (age 43 years)
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The Roches
The Roches (Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy Roche) are a female vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Park Ridge, New Jersey, known for their unusual and rich harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances.
The...
