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Known for his ability to effortlessly transition between salsa, pop, and ballads, he has earned numerous awards and sold millions of albums worldwide. As an influential vocalist and performer, his impact on Latin music is undeniable. Age: 56 Birthplace: New York, New York, USA Dig Deeper ...
The song became the most viewed clip on YouTube for a Latin track in its first 24 hours, with 63 million views, and marked multiple Billboard milestones, including making Shakira the first female vocalist to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with a Spanish-language track; it...
“high-energy” disco style. Most importantly, Sylvester was disco’s most preternaturally gifted male vocalist — from surprisingly husky spoken-word passages to a tweeter-shattering falsetto that humanized all those synths. And the church never, ever left his phrasing — whether he was straight-...
Four singles preceded the debut album from The xx vocalist Romy – and each proved increasingly enticing and hype-building for Mid Air. (Each also featured work from Grammy-nominated breakout producer Fred Again…, whose fingerprints are all over the prismatic album.) The full album more than ...
made him a star. His showmanship reached its peak with “Sing, Sing, Sing,” a tune by Louis Prima, which the Goodman band began playing early in 1936. Krupa later led his own successful band with Anita O’Day as a vocalist and Roy Eldridge on trumpet. He was 64 when he died in ...
“The hoods seemed extreme at the time, but that’s what we are in a way,” vocalist Michael Riley said. “When we wore them, people started questioning what the song was about instead of just dancing to it.”459 Sade, ‘No Ordinary Love’ 1992 Writer(s):Helen Adu, Stuart Matthewman...
“Under the Boardwalk” was given to the group’s other vocalist, Johnny Moore. The song is a perfect concoction of pop-soul, but it’s perhaps most celebrated for the tremendous cover versions it spawned. Artists who have tackled the hit include Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Sam & Dave, ...
diaspora problems so powerful is how raw and real those obstacles are—cyclical poverty, emotional abuse, the ever-present threat of institutional violence—and how completely vocalist pierce jordan turns himself inside out in response, howling and screaming and rapping about generational trauma and ...
This set was recorded with 33-year-old vocalist Marcus Scott nearly 50 years after the band’s initial formation. Scott’s performance is raucous and explosive yet faithful to the original compositions. 20. John Prine (2018) A spry 71 years young at the time of his visit, John Prine ...