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Kari Bremnes
About Kari Bremnes is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Albums/Songs: Live You’d Have to Be Here Løsrivelse Det vi har Fantastisk allerede 11 ubesvarte anrop Erindring Folk i husan Mitt ville hjerte Ly Over en by Blå krukke Decemberbarn Spor Gåte ved gåte Svarta bjørn Norwegian Mood Månestein Og så kom resten av livet Salmer…
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Kyu Sakamoto
About Kyu Sakamoto was a Japanese singer and actor. Albums/Songs: 九・メモリアル ミュージカル 見上げてごらん夜の星を 九ちゃんの唄 第2集 ゴールデンレコード受賞記念盤 ベスト坂本九99 坂本九アニバーサリー・ベスト 689コンプリート 九ちゃんとパラキン 第３集 九ちゃんの歌 第2集 坂本九全曲集 689 坂本九リサイタル BIG ARTIST BEST COLLECTION 坂本九メモリアルボックス 心の瞳 ボクの星 坂本九ヒットソング 坂本九 プレスリーを唄う 坂本九シングルス 坂本九ひっと・ぱれーど 九ちゃんとパラキン ベスト30 坂本九 CD&DVD THE BEST 九ちゃんの歌 坂本九オン・ステージ 九ちゃんと歌おう 坂本九シングル全集 坂本九ゴールデン☆ベスト Call to Action: What’s your favorite…
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Caetano Veloso
About Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a…
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
About Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. Often called the “Shahenshah-e-Qawwali”, he is considered by The New York Times to be the greatest Qawwali singer of his generation. He was described as the fourth greatest…
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Celia Cruz
About Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname “La Guarachera de Cuba”. In the following decades, she…
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Gilberto Gil
About Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil’s Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil’s musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including…
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Jacques Brel
About Jacques Romain Georges Brel was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. Albums/Songs: Les Bourgeois Jacques Brel chante ses plus grands succès de 1955 à 1961…
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Edith Piaf
About Édith Piaf was a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France’s greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. Albums/Songs: 25e anniversaire, Volume 2 De L’Accordéoniste à Milord Chansons parisiennes Disque d’or Piaf Tonight La…
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Carmen Miranda
About Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed “The Brazilian Bombshell”, she was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. Albums/Songs: Original Recordings 1930 – 1950 Cocktail Hour Raízes do Samba O melhor de Carmen…
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Diana Krall
About Diana Jean Krall is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as one of the…