She had sold over two million copies. This talented young singer had everything going for her. The big hit for Aaliyah was when she recorded "Journey to the Past", this was an award nominated theme song from the classic
Selena was a very talented woman. She did so much in her short time of fame. She was a singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, model, designer, and entrepreneur. She began singing at the age of 6 and later joined her father’s band called Los Dinos. Selena recorded her first album in 1984 with the Freddie Label.
Roberta Flack Roberta Flack was born February 10, 1940, in the small town of Black Mountain, NC, but she grew up in Arlington, VA. She was the daughter of Loran and Irene Flack, who were both skilled musicians. Her father taught himself to play the piano and her mother had formal piano lessons, which had Roberta around music all the time. She started taking formal piano lessons at the age of nine. At the age of 13 she had won second place in a state-wide piano competition between the black students. By the age of 15 she had already graduated from high school and earned a piano scholarship to Howard University.
As a child Fanny's mother took her to every show they could get at and started her love for performing at a very young age. Even though she was the third of four children and had a drunk as a father, her mother still made time for Fanny and cheered her, on her journey to her dream. After winning an amateur talent contest at age 13 singing "When you know you're not forgotten by the girl you can't forget" at Keeney's Theater in Brooklyn. She then quit school at the age of 14 to become a performer on the "low-down" burlesque circuits. She later changed her name to Fanny Brice and got her first professional job in the chorus of The Talk of the Town but ironicely she got fired during rehearsals by the big current star George M. Cohen.
The family was very accepted and loved by the people. When Selena was fourteen she recorded her first album. In the three years following that, she recorded and released six more albums. In 1987 she won the ‘Best female vocalist’. She used visit schools to speak to the kids about how important education is
After six successful reprints of the Spanish-issue, "People" decided to release a Spanish-language version of their magazine, "People en Española" which became a popular selling magazine. Selena had many nicknames as a child including preciosa, and la Rena de tex-mex. Her trademarks were her sequin purple jumpsuit, silky pure black hair, and her shiny red lip-gloss. Selena was working on her first English album at the time she was killed. Sources say she was on her way to the studio when she was murdered.
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.
Her mom was a nurse trying to help the family. Edna’s mother encouraged her kids to be independent and appreciate books and music. When Edna was in high school, she was interested in theater. She performed many plays and even wrote a Halloween play that her classmates performed. When she was 20 she entered a poem called “Renascence” in a contest in which 100 poems were picked to be published.
There, Schumann immediately fell in love with Clara’s piano playing and moved in with her family in order to study music with Wieck. During that period, Wieck recognized Schumann’s talent, however doubted him as an unstable and undisciplined being – which was perhaps be one of the reason that Wieck objected to his marriage with Clara later. During Schumann’s time with Wieck, Schumann’s passion for Clara grew and finally they were in love in 1835. When Clara was on tour in Europe, they sent letters that expressed their love and the excruciating pain it was to endure without seeing each other. When Clara turned nineteen, she confessed to Wieck about her relationship with Schumann.
Marian Anderson Buhmi Hello, my name is Marian Anderson and I was born in Philadelphia in 1897. I love to sing. My mother remembers when I use to walk and dance around the house singing, She stopped me one afternoon, while I was singing and told me, “Marion, you will one day become a great singer”. When I was 17, they wouldn’t let me go to music school because I was black and that made me practice more. I won a singing contest and I was on my way to New York and then I became famous.