(ˈsɪŋə) n 1.(Biography)Isaac Bashevis.1904–91, US writer of Yiddish novels and short stories; born in Poland. His works includeSatan in Goray(1935),The Family Moscat(1950), the autobiographicalIn my Father's Court(1966), andThe King of the Fields(1989): Nobel prize for ...
Country music flourished in the 1950s, giving rise to legendary performers who left an indelible mark on the genre. This decade saw the birth of iconic songs and styles that would shape country music for generations to come. Artists like Johnny Cash and
Shirley Horn: One of the Great Jazz Singers of the 1950s and 1960s Written by Cynthia Kirk (THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN VOA Special English. Today we tell about jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn. (THEME) ...
Born in New Orleans, she rose to prominence during the 1940s and 1950s, becoming a powerful force in both gospel and civil rights movements. Her passionate renditions of spirituals like "Move on Up a Little Higher" and "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" resonated deeply with audiences, ...
Trivia:Kenny was the fourth of eight children. He started recording in the 1950s performing psychedelic rock and jazz, only switching to country in the '70s. His farewell concert in 2017 featured many artists on this list, as well as others from many genres. He's stuck with the band Blo...
Best known as the co-host of the long-running TV showHee Haw, Roy Clark was also an accomplished singer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Meherrin, Virginia but raised in Staten Island, New York until his family moved to Great Kills. As one of Oklahoma's most beloved artists...
He was born in Mississippi as Aleck Miller. Miller took on various monikers as he traveled around Mississippi and Arkansas, playing harmonica and singing the blues. In the late 1930s, he began using the name Sonny Boy Williamson, although another blues singer from Chicago was already well ...
His career began in the 1950s and was boosted by his appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, leading to his album Johnny’s Greatest Hits spending 490 consecutive weeks and nine and a half years on the Billboard Top 200 album charts.
Born February 20th, 1967 (died circa April 5th, 1994) Key Tracks "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Lithium," "All Apologies" Influenced Dave Grohl, Gavin Rossdale, Rivers Cuomo Kurt Cobain's ferocious rasp clawed its way out of the rock & roll underground in 1991, transforming the ...
TheInternational Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) classifies humpback whales as least concern, or not threatened with extinction. The species suffered greatly from commercial whaling but recovered after whaling laws were introduced in the North Atlantic in the 1950s, and in the North Pacific an...