Aaliyah was raised by her father, mother and brother Rashad Haughton in Detroit. At age 9 she appeared on "Star Search" (1983), the TV program and sang "My Funny Valentine", a song which her mother had sung years earlier. At age 11, she sang with Gladys Knight in a five-night stint in Las Vegas. In 1992, she began to work on her debut album with the help of singer R. Kelly. The album, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number" was released in 1994 and received heavy praise.
Her first single became a hit in 1960, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl”. The movie “Coal Miner’s Daughter” is a biography of the life and music career of one the greatest country music singers that come from east of the Mississippi River, in my opinion. This movie being set in the late 1948’s to the 1970’s, portrays a lot of stereotypical
Celia Cruz Celia Cruz was one of the most famous Cuban salsa singers. She was nicknamed the Queen of Salsa, with more than thirty-six albums, recorded with some other leading singers in Latin music. Cruz worked as a singer for more than forty years, and during that time, she became well known for her vigorous work, great personality, and her emotional way of singing. During her performances, she was well known for being able to improvise lyrics. Celia Cruz was born on October 21, 1924, in the Santo Suarez neighborhood of Havana.
Michael Jackson: A Life Worth Knowing I. A performer since the age of five, Michael Jackson is one of the most popular singers in history. His 1983 album, Thriller, sold forty million copies, making it the biggest seller of all time. Through his record albums and music videos he created an image imitated by his millions of fans. II.
Peer's field recording work was complemented by the rise of the radio and the hugely successful radio "barn dance" programs, of which Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the most famous. As America pitched into the Great Depression in the early '30s, radio sustained the still-young country music industry and strengthening signals carried the barn dance programs to listeners and fans across the country. The '40s, then, proved to be a pivotal period in shaping the future of the music and the business for decades to follow. Power and profits shifted to Nashville, already home of the Opry, with the founding of country music's great publishing company, Acuff-Rose, in 1942. A country music establishment of sorts, a stable of local talent, and even a fledgling style that would become the heralded "Nashville Sound" began to coalesce in the town.
Other musicians included: Jimmy Rodgers (Father of Country music), and Johnny Cash who, like Elvis Presley, recorded in Sun Studio in Memphis TN. Rockabilly was country music merged with Rhythm and Blues. It had a "hillbilly" rock sound with a fast tempo. Also known for the "twangy" sounding electric guitars, often soloing with few to no
After a while Lauryn Hill decided to release a solo album. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was a twelve track album, which took listener on a journey. She shared her pain and struggles as a young woman and as an artist. 1. She released five single from the album, and won five Grammys.
He earned gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards. He starred in 31 successful films from “Love me tender” his first film in 1956, to “Change of habit” his last film in 1969. His famous songs are: “Love me tender”, “All shook up”, “In the ghetto”, “Jailhouse rock”, “Hound dog”, “Heartbreak hotel”, and “Burning love”, and much more. These songs were from, 1956 to 1969. Elvis is the single highest-selling performer in history.
One of these covers was a country and western song, "Blue Moon Of Kentucky". Elvis is the best-selling solo artist of all time in the United States with confirmed 189.2 million records in RIAA shipments. Before Sam Philips sold Elvis' contract to rca victor in 1956 for $35,000 they had recorded six two-sided singles. Each of these recordings featured a country and western song on one side and a rhythm and blues song on
The Staple Singers, started out as just a family then ended up as a musical sensation. They where all related and brought together as a band by their father, who was a civil rights activist during the 1960’s. Which makes the reasons and lyrics in the song more obvious? They almost had always some sort of black power or equal rights theme in each of there songs. Even when moving to the New York-based Riverside label, the Staple Singers adopted a more folk-oriented sound, recording contemporary, message-oriented songs by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan and were able to keep that Civil Rights theme.