She recorded her final album - Jungle - in 2002, before retiring from public performances. She went on to advocate against animal cruelty in her later years. Read more: BBC, The New York Times Genres (Music): Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz, Bossa nova Albums: Gilberto with Turrentine, A ...
Deep in the jungle, an elephant hears a voice from a small particle of dust. It turns out to be a mini planet on which the city of Who-Ville is located. The Whos order Horton to protect their planet with the help of his friends. Actors: Michiel Huisman Philemon Wesselink Giel Beelen...
Kurt Cobain became the unlikely spokesman for a generation as the frontman of Nirvana. Few predicted the grunge revolution, a changing of the tides that emerged from Seattle in the early ‘90s to alter the sound and look of rock. Nirvana had plenty of contemporaries in the movement – Pearl ...
GuitaristJeff Beckwas gone just 10 days into the new year at the age of 78, a victim of a sudden onset of bacterial meningitis. A member of early groundbreaking rock act The Yardbirds, Beck continued to push the boundaries of rock guitar throughout his long and prolific career. He put ou...
Notable ones include The Big Heat (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), and Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Despite Hollywood's ever-changing landscape, Ford remained a constant, respected for his consummate professionalism and dedication to his craft. He was honored with numerous awards, including a...
it was Jonas' debut single that caught the attention of Columbia Records, with Kevin and Joe completing the band's lineup. As the Jonas Brothers grew in popularity, the trio appeared inCamp Rockas well as their own Disney Channel sitcom,Jonas.TheJumangi: Welcome to the Junglestar, now mar...
Axl Rose welcomed everyone to the jungle as the lead singer of Guns N' Roses and has been named as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. The Indiana troublemaker made his way out to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and landed in the middle of the hard rock explosion. As Guns...
De La Soul, along with A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and Black Sheep would be known as the “Native Tounges,” delivering more positive-minded, Afrocentric, and eclectic lyrics behind sampled beats that would inspire a generation. READ MORE 58. Barrett Strong, 82 The...
“3 Feet High and Rising” in 1988. Their more conscious style of rap made them known as “Hip-Hop Hippies.” De La Soul, along with A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and Black Sheep would be ...
Charlie Thomas, who recorded memorable songs like“There Goes My Baby”and “Under the Boardwalk” with the Drifters, the silken-voiced R&B group that had a long string of hits from 1959 to 1964 and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Fame, died on Jan. 31 at his home in Bowie,...