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Snow Patrol
About Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish–Scottish rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland, consisting of Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, and Johnny McDaid ; Lightbody is the band’s sole remaining original member. Albums/Songs: Snow Patrol: Sessions@AOL Eyes Open Greatest Hits The Forest Is the Path Live at Somerset House Snow Patrol LateNightTales: Snow Patrol…
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Quincy Jones
About Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Albums/Songs: The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones If You Go I Heard That!! Back…
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Sonny & Cher
About Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. Albums/Songs: Sonny Side Up Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass Sonny Rollins, Volume 2…
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Wes Montgomery
About John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Albums/Songs: Tequila Boss Guitar Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings Down…
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Junior Walker & The All Stars
About Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a session and live-performing saxophonist with the band Foreigner during the 1980s. Albums/Songs: Smooth Back Street Boogie Sax Appeal Blow the House Down Shake and Fingerpop Call to…
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Roy Ayers
About Roy Ayers is an American vibraphonist, record producer and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been…
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Canned Heat
About Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson’s…
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Sniff ‘n’ the Tears
About Sniff ‘n’ the Tears are a British rock band best known for their 1978 song “Driver’s Seat”, a moderate hit in many countries. The band is led by singer/songwriter Paul Roberts, the band’s sole constant member. Albums/Songs: Fickle Heart Acoustic – Jump Love/Action / Ride Blue Divide European Tour / Summer 83 Random Elements…
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Average White Band
About The Average White Band are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track “Pick Up the Pieces”, and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett.…
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The BossHoss
About The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example “Hot in Herre” by Nelly, “Toxic” by Britney Spears and “Hey Ya!” by Outkast. They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy behavior into their act;…