Their powerful live performances and enduring popularity are a testament to their status as one of the most influential bands in history. Dig Deeper The Best Led Zeppelin Songs Also ranks #1 on The Greatest Classic Rock Bands Of All Time, Ranked 7 Johann Sebastian Bach 12,830 votes Bo...
of heart failure at the age of 82. Born in Montorio nei Frentani, Italy, of Spanish-Italian parents, he moved to Seville, Spain, at the age of 3, then was raised in Brooklyn from the age of 10. He began his career in 1937 and became known as the...
Dolly Parton, born on January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, is an iconic figure in the world of music. The fourth of twelve children, her family was impoverished, but rich in music and love. Her talent for singing and songwriting emerged ...
Posted by admin on May 2, 2012 in Musicians | Comments Off on Terry Clarke Terry Clarke (drummer) was born in 1944, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He began displaying rhythmic aptitude at a very early age, and was just 12 years old when he began studying formally with noted dru...
Born in 1944 on the South Side of Chicago, Henry Threadgill grew up steeped in classic jazz (Ellington, Basie) and blues (Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf). He started on saxophone as a teenager, and gigged in polka and Dixieland groups. The young jazz musician’s horizons broadened considerably...
Born in 1944 on the South Side of Chicago, Henry Threadgill grew up steeped in classic jazz (Ellington, Basie) and blues (Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf). He started on saxophone as a teenager, and gigged in polka and Dixieland groups. The young jazz musician’s horizons broadened considerably...
Bruno Coulais is a French composer, born in Paris on 13 January 1954. He has a father from Vendée and his mother is an Iraqi Jew. He is most widely known for his music on film soundtracks. Coulais began his musical education on the violin and piano, aiming to become a composer of co...
"George Enescu" National University of Arts, Iai, ROMANIAAbstract: Ten years have passed from the death of conductor and professor Ioan Pavalache. Born in Chiinu, Ioan Pavalache went through the difficulties of the 1944 refuge. He perfected his studies at Bucharest, choosing to practice in ...
60s, 70s, and 80s icon, Miss Diana Ross was born in Detroit in 1944. Elizabeth Berkley Getty Images Elizabeth Berkley Elizabeth Berkley of Saved By The Bell and Showgirls fame is from Farmington, Michigan. Eminem Getty Images for The Rock and Ro ...
While Holiday’s career was moving in the right direction, her personal life was not. She married Jimmy Monroe, best described as a hustler who was busted for smuggling marijuana, which Billie had been smoking for years. Sadly, he also brought opium into her life and, by 1944, she was ...