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Hank Williams Hank Williams on the cover of "The Complete Hank Williams" box set Musical Artist Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who has become an icon of country music and one of the most influential musicians and songwriters of the 20th century. A leading pioneer of the honky...
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Paul Williams   Person We've Only Just Begun
Paul Williams (1915 – 2002) was an American blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist and composer. In his Honkers and Shouters, Arnold Shaw credits Williams as one of the first to employ the honking tenor sax solo that became the hallmark of rhythm...
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Bob Dylan Dylan in 1963 Person City of Gold
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, Hebrew שבתאי זיסל בן אברהם, May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, author, poet and disc jockey, who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's...
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Matt Mahaffey Matt Mahaffey Musical Artist Borateen
Matt Mahaffey is also known , in the music world, as Self. Mahaffey was involved with music from a young age, and he often performed with his brother, Mike Mahaffey, when they were growing up. He is a multi-instrumentalist. Self was formed in the...
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François Vincent Ayssav   Composer Yumi, Yumi, Yumi  
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Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key Person The Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Louis...
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Peadar Kearney The gravestone of Thomas Ashe, Peadar Kearney and Piaras Beaslai at Glasnevin Cemetery. Person Amhrán na bhFiann
Peadar Kearney (; 12 December, 1883 – 23 November, 1942) was an Irish Republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to The Soldier's Song (Amhrán na bhFiann), now the Irish national anthem. Kearney was born at 68...
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Randy Bachman Promotional image of Randy Bachman from 2005 Musical Artist Takin' Care of Business
Randolph Charles Bachman (the Bachman family name is pronounced as "back-man") ( ) (born September 27, 1943) was lead guitarist and songwriter of the 1970s rock bands, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of the band...
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Ira Gershwin   Musical Artist Someone to Watch Over Me
Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George he wrote more than a dozen...
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Sam Bush (b. April 13, 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the newgrass style. Attending the Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove, North Carolina in 1970, Bush overheard the pioneering...
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Ingrid Reuterskiöld   Person Jag såg mamma kyssa Tomten  
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Don Carlos   Musical Artist  
Don Carlos (born Euvin Spencer) is a Jamaican reggae singer and composer. He was born and raised in Western Kingston, Jamaica in a very deprived district known as Waterhouse out of which came many talented reggae musicians. One such artist was King...
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Arnolds Lūsis   Person Tu mazā, klusā Betlēme  
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Iakovos Kambanelis   Person  
Iakovos Kambanelis or Kampanellis (born 1922) is a Greek poet, playwright, lyricist, and novelist. Born December 2, 1922 in Hora in the island of Naxos, Kambanelis is currently one of the most popular Greek artists living in Athens. A survivor of...
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Jaromír Nohavica Jaromír Nohavica Musical Artist Mikymauz (feat. Jaromír Nohavica)
Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, Ostrava) is a Czech songwriter, lyricist, and poet. He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical University of Ostrava but eventually left the...
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Herman Brood Herman Brood 6 months before his death, Amsterdam, december 2000 Musical Artist Trippin' Thru' a Midnight Blues
Herman Brood (pronounced "Broat" /bro:t/; Zwolle, 5 November 1946 – Amsterdam, 11 July 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. Brood was the Dutch personification of "sex, drugs and rock 'n roll". After playing piano in Cuby and...
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Nancy White   Person  
Nancy White is a Canadian singer-songwriter, whose topical and humorous songs were a regular feature on CBC Radio from 1976 to 1994 on the public affairs show ''Sunday Morning". White's most famous songs include "Leonard Cohen's Never Gonna Bring...
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Rahul Dev Burman (राहुल देव बर्मन), also known as R. D. Burman, and Pancham da (पंचम दा), (June 27, 1939–January 4, 1994) was one of the great music composers of Bollywood. Commonly R.D. Burman is known as Pancham among his fans.He was the only son...
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Ed McCurdy   Person  
Ed McCurdy (January 11, 1919 - March 23, 2000) was a folk singer, songwriter, and television actor. His anti-war classic, "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," inspired and gave hope to those in the peace movement. Born to a farming family in...
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