His career also had its downfalls. James Brown had many financial problems. In order to maintain a decent life without poverty, he ended up selling his three radio stations located in Georgia and Tennessee. Just when he thought things couldn’t get any worse, his son Teddy died in a car accident leaving James Brown and the rest of the family full of
was, you have to know his background and the sittings that influence him. His mother and father Alberta Williams King (Mama King) and Michael King Sr.(Daddy King and Martin Luther King Sr.) were married on November 25, 1926(Carson 1). Daddy King was born in 1899, one out of ten children and worked in a field until the age of fourteen. King Sr. was forced to leave the fields of Stockbridge, Georgia because the field boss cheated his father out of money and he spoke up. So King’s Sr. mother feared that he was going to be punished or killed, she made him get on a bus to Atlanta, Georgia (Sitkoff 7).
Lennon took it upon himself to find a new bass player. He offered two fellow classmates of his, Rod Murray and Stuart Sutcliffe, the position, but neither of them had the money to get a new guitar. Murray tried to make one by hand, but Sutcliffe sold one of his paintings, and bought a Hofner bass guitar. Stuart Sutcliffe had joined the band. The men decided to change their name, again.
Run DMC was the first hip hop act to successfully make headway in the mainstream market. Their manager, Russell Simmons, was a visionary when it came to marketing a hard nosed, gritty sound to the masses. Run DMC's sound was a very influential rap group within the genre itself. Before Run DMC, most of the releases by hip hop artists were based on 1 or 2 singles combined with a bunch of filler. When Run DMC came along, they were the first to create a full album.
He lives with his mum and her boyfriend in a trailer park due to his dead end job. His family doubt this potential and don’t offer him a great deal of support to achieve his dreams. Life does start to look brighter when he meets an old friend called Wink who has contacts who can get Jimmy deal to record a demo of his music that can possibly lead to a rap career. He also meets a girl called Alex who he starts to develop feelings for however this shadow of hope that entered his life soon disappears, as he is portrayed by Wink
Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton’s History 7/24/2011 Axia College Debbie Dennis Allan J. Pinkerton was born in Glasgow, Scotland on August 25, 1819 and died in Chicago, Illinois on July 1, 1884 at the age of 64. He was the son of a police sergeant that was disabled due to work related injuries. Pinkerton began to work as an apprentice barrel maker to support the family, but a short while later joined a political group (Chartist Movement) dedicated to improve work conditions for the poor. On the run, Pinkerton at the age of 28, and his new bride of only one day fled to Canada in 1842, where a shipwreck off the coast of Nova Scotia left them without any means supporting themselves. He then for a year began to work as cooper for a brewery in Chicago, though still dreaming of starting his own business.
Otis Redding was one of the leading pioneers of his time and served as the pinnacle of soul music during the 1960's. Raised with a background in gospel music, Redding launched his career immediately when he needed to earn money in order to support his family. Although it wasn't his first time singing for a record label, he got his first real recording session when he was introduced to Jim Stewart of Stax Records. During the session, he was singing with Jimmy Jenkins, the leader of The Pinetoppers. After Jenkins failed to leave any kind of impression on Stewart, he decided to put Redding in the last part of the session.
When Malcolm X was selected to become the leader of a mosque in Harlem in 1954, he rapidly expanded its membership (Hailey 100-105). With his dedication to the cause, he was able to work really hard with only four of sleep. With his compelling speeches, he drew a lot of media attention and the Nation of Islam was invading the living room of America. Malcolm x was seen as the most influential leader after the Honorable Elijah Mohammad himself which created a lot of jealousy from his peer group (“Black
Anyone who listens to a Motown song can identify a difference from normal R&B. Gordy started out recording R&B but decided to create a new style, known as the “Motown Sound.” Gilbert Cruz describes the “Motown Sound” as a combination of great melodies, lots of tambourines, hand clapping, blaring horns, interplay between the lead singer and back-ups, driving bass lines, and foot slapping drum parts. This “Motown Sound” would become a familiar sound to the radios of America. Now that Gordy had the record company and the sound, he needed the stars, which he would have no trouble finding. Cruz identifies one of Motown's greatest artists as Martha and the Vandellas, Smokey Roinson and the Miracles, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye.
He was born in Nebraska but was mostly raised in Michigan and although King grew up in a community with a strong African American presence, Malcolm grew up in a community where little to none of that background. As a child, he lost his father at a young age and his mother was deemed mental and no longer fit to raise Malcolm. After being sent to a foster home, he was raised by white parents and attended white schools. However his dream to become a lawyer was ruined when a teacher heard his education plans and simply laughed. Feeling defeated, and probably angry Malcolm’s intentions to further his education were tarnished.