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The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies-penned "You Really Got Me", became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the Top 10 in the United States.
The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially, and later adopting British music hall, folk, and country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fueled by Ray Davies' wittily observational writing style, and made apparent in albums such as Face to Face (1966), Something Else (1967), The Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Arthur (1969), Lola Versus Powerman (1970), and Muswell Hillbillies (1971), along with their accompanying singles including the transatlantic hit "Lola" (1970). After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival during the late 1970s and early 1980s with their albums Sleepwalker (1977), Misfits (1978), Low Budget (1979), Give the People What They Want (1981) and State of Confusion (1983), the last of which produced one of the band's most successful US hits, "Come Dancing". In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack, the Pretenders and the Romantics covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur and Oasis cited the band as a major influence.
Ray Davies (rhythm guitar, lead vocals, keyboards) and Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals) remained members throughout the band's 33-year run. Longest-serving member Mick Avory (drums and percussion) was replaced by Bob Henrit, formerly of Argent, in 1984. Original bass guitarist Pete Quaife was replaced by John Dalton in 1969. After Dalton's 1976 departure, Andy Pyle briefly served as the band's bassist before being replaced by Argent bassist Jim Rodford in 1978. Session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins accompanied the band in the studio for many of their recordings in the mid-to-late 1960s. The band became an official five-piece in 1970, when keyboardist John Gosling joined them. Gosling quit in 1978; he was first replaced by ex-Pretty Things member Gordon Edwards, then more permanently by Ian Gibbons in 1979. The band gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.
The Kinks have had five Top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40. In the UK, they have had seventeen Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums. Four Kinks albums have been certified gold by the RIAA and the band have sold 50 million records worldwide. Among numerous honors, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music". In 1990, the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in November 2005. In 2018, after years of ruling out a reunion due to the brothers' animosity and the difficult relationship between longtime drummer Mick Avory and Dave, Ray and Dave Davies finally announced they were working to reform the Kinks, with Avory also on board. However, comments made by each of the Davies brothers in 2020 and 2021 would indicate that in the years since the initial announcement, little (if any) progress has been made towards an actual Kinks reunion for a new studio band album.- Actor
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Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.- Music Artist
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The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single "Cloud Nine" in October 1968, pioneered psychedelic soul, and was significant in the evolution of R&B and soul music. The band members are known for their choreography, distinct harmonies, and dress style. Having sold tens of millions of albums, the Temptations are among the most successful groups in popular music.
Featuring five male vocalists and dancers, the group formed in 1960 in Detroit under the name The Elgins. The founding members came from two rival Detroit vocal groups: Otis Williams, Albridge Bryant, and Melvin Franklin of Otis Williams & the Distants, and Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams of the Primes. In 1964, Bryant was replaced by David Ruffin, who was the lead vocalist on a number of the group's biggest hits, including "My Girl" (1964), "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (1966), and "I Wish It Would Rain" (1967). Ruffin was replaced in 1968 by Dennis Edwards, with whom the group continued to record hit records such as "Cloud Nine" (1969) and "Ball of Confusion" (1970). The group's lineup has changed frequently since the departures of Kendricks and Paul Williams from the act in 1971. Later members of the group have included singers such as Richard Street, Damon Harris, Ron Tyson, and Ali Woodson, with whom the group scored a late-period hit in 1984 with "Treat Her Like a Lady".
Over the course of their career, the Temptations released four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and fourteen R&B number-one singles. Their music has earned three Grammy Awards. The Temptations were the first Motown recording act to win a Grammy Award - for "Cloud Nine" in 1969 - and in 2013 received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Six of the Temptations (Edwards, Franklin, Kendricks, Ruffin, Otis Williams and Paul Williams) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Three classic Temptations songs, "My Girl", "Just My Imagination", and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The Temptations were ranked at number 68 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time.- Composer
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The Beach Boys is an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson; their cousin Mike Love; and their friend Al Jardine. The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful, and widely influential bands of all time. The group had over eighty songs chart worldwide, thirty-six of them US Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band), four reaching number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Beach Boys have sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.- Music Artist
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Gerry and the Pacemakers is known for Nobody (2021), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) and Beast (2017).- Actor
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The Marketts were formed in 1961 by Michael Z. Gordon in Los Angeles, California (originally spelled "The Mar-kets"). Gordon penned and co-produced their first release, "Surfer's Stomp" (under the pseudonym Michael Daughtry), which became an instant national hit for Gordon and his group. Their first song was released on Union Records, but they were immediately signed by Al Bennet, president of Liberty Records, and came through with another national surfing hit, "Balboa Blue".
The group then attracted the attention of Warner Brothers Records, which signed them to a long-term contract with co-producer Joe Saraceno. Gordon then composed their first release on WB Records, "Outer Limits" (later changed to "Out of Limits"), which soared to the top of the charts and earned the group their first BMI Award for instrumental of the year. The record was so successful that the song has been used in television and films including, Pulp Fiction (1994), Saturday Night Live (1975), The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968), Slayground (1983), The Outsiders (1983), Mafioso: The Father, the Son (2001) and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993).
Warner Bros. released three more albums and all three LPs experienced brisk sales over the next few years. While the group's follow-up singles never achieved the success of their first release, the group remained in demand for bookings and continued to tour for the next four years. Their personal appearances included performances at the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden. Gordon went on to earn another BMI Award for "Apologize", which was penned by Gordon and the late Jimmy Griffin, who co-wrote the Academy Award-winning song, "For All We Know".- Music Artist
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The greatest girl group ever had its origins in the late 1950s in Detroit's Brewster Projects. At the beginning the girls formed a quartet and named themselves "The Primettes", achieving mild success locally and recording a single for the Lupine record label. They ended up being a trio in 1960 shortly after they were signed by Detroit-based Motown, a record company founded by Berry Gordy. At Gordy's request, the trio formed by Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross became The Supremes.
In spite of the support of Motown writers and producers such as 'Smokey Robinson' and Gordy himself, the group spent a few years recording songs that disappeared into oblivion as soon as they were released. During those early years it was generally accepted that "Flo" Ballard had the strongest, more soulful voice to lead the group, but Gordy decided that Diane Ross had a more "commercial sound" and she became the lead singer in most of their recordings. However, his enthusiasm was not initially shared by other producers and musicians who found Ross' voice too high-pitched and nasal. In late 1963 The Supremes were turned over to the in-house production team formed by Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Eddie Holland. From the very beginning the collaboration worked like magic when their first release, "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" became a top 40 hit nationwide providing the first hint of the girls potential.
For the next release, Holland-Dozier-Holland picked "Where Did Our Love Go," a song that nobody thought much of. First they tried recording it with The Marvelettes but the group rejected it. Then they switched to The Supremes with Mary Wilson in mind to sing the leads but Mary didn't like the song either. Finally the song was cut with Ross singing in Wilson's lower mezzo-soprano register resulting in a sound that was sexy, romantic and extremely commercial. By pure chance they had stumbled into the right key for Diane Ross and a unique sound for The Supremes. "Where Did Our Love Go" was up and running as soon as it was released, an instant million seller for the group. But this was only the beginning of a Cinderella-like story that would make the girls from Detroit a legendary institution. As The Supremes kept topping the charts ("Baby Love," "Come See About Me," "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "Back In My Arms Again," "Nothing But Heartaches") their presence was requested on national television,live concerts and even films. Here another miracle happened when audiences - of all races, social and economic backgrounds - fell in love with these charming black princesses, impeccably groomed, made up and dressed in gowns that in time became more and more extravagant. Their individual personalities so endearing, their harmonies so unique, their movements so graceful, the public just couldn't get enough of The Supremes and by 1965 they were the undisputed No. 1 female group in the country competing with The Beatles for most #1 hits in the charts. Their contribution to the civil rights movement should not be underestimated; suddenly, they were "the face" of Black America and it was a face of beauty, of glamour and of unity, an image everyone could identify with.
About this time Diane decided to use the name in her birth certificate which, by a spelling error, had been entered as "Diana". This is the year also in which her relationship with 'Berry Gordy Jr'. becomes a full fledged love affair although the details are kept away from the press and the fans. The Supremes continued turning out hits such as "I Hear A Symphony," "My World Is Empty Without You," "You Can't Hurry Love," "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart" and they were clearly "the sound of young America" but Gordy had a broader vision for them. Now that he had the kids listening to the group, the next step was to conquer the adults. The Supremes were the first R & B group to perform at the famed "Copacabana Night Club" in New York, enchanting audiences with their rendition of old American standards, songs from Broadway and Hollywood productions and their Motown hits. This was surely a well calculated gamble which paid off immediately. Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard were now perceived as much more than a rock group. Actually they had become the embodiment of the American dream and as performers they were now in the same league as Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand or Judy Garland. They constantly appeared on television with the greatest names in show business from Bobby Darin to Ethel Merman, Bob Hope or Bing Crosby. Looking at their seasoned performances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (the new title of The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and other TV shows it is easy to forget that these ladies were barely 20 years old.
By 1966 the first rumors of dissension within the group leaks out. 'Berry Gordy Jr.', had made the decision that Diana Ross would become a solo artist and The Supremes just a showcase for her talents, sort of a launching pad. This turn of events was not received well by Mary and "Flo" as their own talents became relegated to background singers for a super star. It should be remembered that The Supremes owed their sound in recordings to Diana Ross and the lady deserved the extra credit for being an exceptional talent, but on TV or in concerts, audiences were fascinated by all three Supremes, by their performances and by their individual personalities. Gordy knew the dangers of this situation so he pursued the strategy of minimizing The Supremes impact in favor of asserting the name and appeal of Diana Ross. A disgruntled 'Florence Ballard' began drinking and her behavior became erratic both on and off stage. The hits kept coming ("You Keep Me Hangin' On," "Love Is Here But Now You're Gone," "The Happening") but there was internal turmoil and tensions. In 1967, two major changes were instituted: "Flo" was dismissed and replaced with Cindy Birdsong (of Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles) and the group became officially known as "Diana Ross and The Supremes".
As with the Ross-Gordy relationship, the details of Ballard's departure were kept under wraps. The group went on to higher success, becoming more sophisticated than ever and performing in the best venues not only in America but all over the world. Beautiful Cindy Birdsong had her own charismatic presence and was accepted by audiences everywhere. However the departure from Motown of Holland-Dozier-Holland dealt a blow to the girls recording career. Their last hits with H-D-H were "Reflections" and "In And Out of Love" but from there on their presence on the charts became hit and miss. They bounced back with "Love Child", "I'm Living In Shame" and "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" a "duet" with The Temptations with whom the ladies also appeared in two highly rated television specials: TCB (1968) and G.I.T. on Broadway (1969). Their recordings of "The Composer" and "No Matter What Sign You Are" didn't do what expected but by the end of 1969 the ladies released another million seller, "Someday We'll Be Together" as it was announced that Diana would no longer be with the group. Their last concert together was in January 1970, an emotional farewell performance at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
The career of Diana Ross as a solo artist struggled at the beginning but with Gordy's guidance and Motown resources solidly behind her she became the star of the 70s with such unforgettable recordings as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Touch Me In The Morning" becoming one of the world's highest paid performers. Ross demonstrated her unique talents both as a singer and as an actress in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues (1972) based on the life of Billie Holiday, which won her an Oscar nomination. About this time it was expected that Ross and Gordy would make their relationship public but Diana surprised everybody by marrying Robert Ellis Silberstein on 20 January 1971. It was obvious that Ross was beginning to question Gordy's leadership both in her career and her private life. As far as The Supremes were concerned both Diana and Berry tried to convince the public that the group no longer mattered. The pitch went out that The Supremes had been great because Diana was great and now it was no longer important. At Motown there was room for only one diva act and the name was Diana Ross, a gross miscalculation that would eventually backfire.
In spite of Motown's lack of support, The Supremes continued their successful recording career well into the 70s with Chicago born singer Jean Terrell replacing Diana. Top 10 hits such as "Up The Ladder To The Roof", "Stoned Love", "Nathan Jones" and half a dozen of excellent albums, including collaborations with The Four Tops, kept the name alive and had the potential to go on into new heights. The girls continued to be a big draw in concerts and television and it seemed the group was destined to live forever. This threw a wrench in the Motown machinery since they couldn't afford having a newcomer like Terrell with Wilson and Birdsong at her side compete with Ross for number one spots on the charts. Something had to be done fast to send The Supremes into oblivion. Most of the fans stood solidly behind The Supremes while Motown quietly pulled the plug off the most successful female trio in the business. The lack of company support eventually created dissension within the group. By 1973 Jean Terrell quit and was replaced by Scherrie Payne; Cindy Birdsong left the group not once but twice, being replaced in each instance by Lynda Laurence and Susaye Greene. Surprisingly, during these confusing times, The Supremes recorded excellent material that kept the fans interested but the group was doomed.
The real shocker came in 1976 when original Supreme Florence Ballard died of heart failure in Detroit. After leaving the group she had tried to launch a solo career and landed a recording contract with ABC Records. However her first two singles didn't do well and ABC lost interest. Among rumors of industry blacklisting, "Flo" ended up destitute and on welfare in order to feed her three daughters. For The Supremes (Mary, Scherrie and Susaye) the final performance came in 1977 at the Drury Lane Theater in London but it was not the end of the legend... Diana Ross, whose career was grossly over-managed at Motown, signed with RCA and enjoyed recording success through the mid 1980s when, suddenly, the hits just stopped coming. She maintained her super star status on the concert circuit but her career decisions and choice of material began to be questioned. In 1983 Motown produced a TV special to celebrate their 25th Anniversary which was planned as a reunion of the old Detroit gang. The Supremes were invited to reunite for the occasion but during their performance it was obvious that Diana was not comfortable singing with her old partners. The audience gasped when it saw Ross pushing Wilson but this was edited out of the TV special and the home video release. Mary Wilson tried to launch a solo career but record companies were just not interested and rumors of blacklisting resurfaced. She managed to continue singing all over the world and in 1986 surprised everyone with a candid autobiography titled "Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme" which became a best seller, actually the biggest rock and roll autobiography in history. There was a sequel titled "Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together" which was also well received by the public. In Mary's books, The Supremes are presented both as an American dream and an American tragedy.
Far from dying, The Supremes became cult figures with their recordings constantly on release, lots of air play, the subject of hundreds of articles, dozens of books, documentaries and TV specials. They are the inspiration behind the Broadway hit and film Dreamgirls (2006) and the film Sparkle (1976), their music heard in dozens of film soundtracks. The 80s and the 90s witnessed several ex-Supremes revivals in the concert circuits including the "Mary Wilson Supremes Revue" and reunions by Jean Terrell with Lynda Laurence and Scherrie Payne. In the late 80s and well into the 90s, The Supremes received important recognition such as a "star" in Hollywood's Walk of Fame and the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which were attended by Mary Wilson with the daughters of 'Florence Ballard'.
In 2000, Diana Ross herself tried to invigorate her career by planning a "Millennium Supreme reunion" with Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong but both ladies declined the invitation, alleging being denied input in the shows. Also there was quite a difference between the salaries of Diana and those of Mary and Cindy. Undaunted, and making the same mistake all over again, Miss Ross deludes herself into thinking that the important part of this "Supreme reunion" is HER participation and substitutes her former partners with Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence to serve as background singers in a monumental tour of the United States. Mary counterattacked publicly about this "fake reunion" and the tour was canceled after playing a few dates to half filled venues.
Meanwhile, The Supremes recordings keep getting reissues and continue to sell very well. Lately, scores of previously unreleased Supremes recordings are being issued for the first time, while songs like "Baby Love," "I Hear a Symphony," "You Can't Hurry Love" and "Someday We'll Be Together" remain perennial favorites worldwide. As for the ladies themselves, Diana continues touring in spite of many personal problems which have even brought her in confrontation with the law. She has been known to check herself into "rehab clinics" in at least two occasions. Mary also continues touring both as a singer and a lecturer and was named by the Bush administration (2002) "United States ambassador of good will." She has also appeared in the film "Only The Strong Survive" while Cindy Birdsong leads a quite life in Los Angeles as a Christian minister helping out disadvantaged young people. In 2004 Mary and Cindy reunited for the Motown 45 (2004) TV special where they sang a medley of Supremes hits with Kelly Rowland, of Destiny's Child substituting the elusive Diana Ross. Whatever happens in the future for these ladies it is clear that The Supremes legend has stood the test of time and will continue. At their prime they touched so many lives and excelled in so many ways that their impact seems destined to live forever. Where did our love go? Nowhere. It's still here baby, baby...- Actor
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Jan & Dean is known for Blast from the Past (1999), The Karate Kid (1984) and Lords of Dogtown (2005).- Jay and the Americans is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Meddler (2015) and Flight of the Intruder (1991).
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The Newbeats were a 1960s vocal trio from Nashville, Tennessee. Larry Henley provided the striking and highly distinctive falsetto lead vocals while brothers Dean Mathis and Mark Mathis supplied the smooth backing harmonies.
Dean and Mark started out as a vocal duo in the late 1950s; they had a minor hit with the 1959 song "Tell Him No." Henley briefly collaborated with them in 1962 and had a largely unsuccessful solo career before reuniting with them two years later. The trio called themselves The Newbeats and recorded a string of singles on the Hickory Records label. They scored their biggest and best known hit in 1964 with "Bread and Butter"; the extremely catchy and upbeat ditty peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop charts and sold over one million copies in the US. Their follow-up single, "Everything's Alright", was a Top-20 hit. The Newbeats had a Top-40 chart success with "Break Away (From That Boy)" in the spring of 1965 and their final hit song, "Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)", went all the way to #12 on the Billboard pop charts in the fall of 1965. Moreover, the trio appeared as themselves on the TV music variety shows Shindig! (1964), American Bandstand (1952) and Where the Action Is (1965) at the height of their mid-'60s heyday and toured both Australia and New Zealand with The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison in 1965. The group continued to record singles for Hickory Records up to 1972. Following stints with Buddah Records and Playboy Records, The Newbeats disbanded in 1974. Henley went on to become a very successful songwriter who's probably most famous for co-writing the enormously popular Grammy Award-winning Bette Midler smash "Wind Beneath My Wings."- Music Department
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Manfred Mann was born on 21 October 1940 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and composer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), L.A. Story (1991) and Fist Fight (2017).- Soundtrack
The Tams are a Southern soul vocal group from Atlanta, Georgia. The group first formed in 1959 and took its name from the Tam o'shanter hats they wore on stage. The original members were brothers Charles and Joseph Pope, Robert Lee Smith, Floyd Ashton and Horace Key. The Tams experienced their first successful single in 1962 when "Untie Me" peaked at #12 on the R&B charts. The band then had a huge smash with "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)," which reached #6 on the Billboard pop charts in 1964. The follow-up tune, "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me", was only a modest success. The group's last major chart success in America came in 1968 with "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy," which sold over a million copies and reached #26 on the R&B charts. Although the 1965 song "I've Been Hurt" failed to crack the Billboard pop charts, it was nonetheless a substantial regional hit in the southwest US and has been widely hailed as a beach music classic.
In 1971 The Tams had a surprise #1 UK singles chart smash with a reissue of "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me." "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Shag (1988)). Moreover, The Tams appear as themselves and perform this particular song in the groovy rock concert documentary Mondo Daytona (1968). The band has not only toured and recorded with Jimmy Buffett but also has performed on stage with such artists as Gladys Knight and Jackie Wilson. The group has been inducted into the Georgia Hall of Fame, the Atlanta Hall of Fame, and the Beach Music Hall of Fame. Today two different incarnations of The Tams exist: one version is fronted by Robert Lee Smith and the other one is headed by Charles Pope.- Actor
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The Zombies were formed in 1961 by students Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy. They later brought in bassist Paul Arnold, who in turn brought in Colin Blunstone as lead singer. They first called themselves The Mustangs, then The Sundowners, before finally settling on The Zombies. The band began its musical career performing 1950s rock standards at various clubs, dances and other venues, which was common for young rock bands at the time.
Arnold decided that he really didn't want a musical career (he eventually became a doctor) and left the band, to be replaced by Chris White. The band began gathering a following in mid-1962 in the St. Albans area. In 1963 they were approaching college age and began to discuss breaking up, as several members were thinking about going to university. That same year they entered a rock contest in which first prize was a recording contract with Decca Records. They made the finals and, even before the winner was chosen, they impressed Decca executives so much that they were offered a contract anyway (as it turned out, they actually did win the contest). In 1963 they began recording for Decca. The producer assigned by the label to work with them heard a song written by Argent, "She's Not There", and strongly pushed for it to be released as the group's first single. It became an immediate smash. It was played on a British music show, Juke Box Jury (1959)--a British version of American Bandstand (1952)--and, as it happened, George Harrison of The Beatles was on the panel that week and loved the song. It wasn't long before the record shot to #1 on the US pop charts.
The next single, "Leave Me Be", didn't do particularly well, but their following one, "Tell Her No", made the Top 10 in the US (although, for some reason, it was only a minor hit in Britain). The band toured the US with such artists as Patti LaBelle, The Shirelles and Ben E. King, among others. As successful as they were in the US, they were an even bigger hit in Asia (in The Philippines they once had five records in the Top 10 at the same time).
In 1965 the band did the soundtrack for the film Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), and made a brief appearance in the film as themselves. Unfortunately, the film was not successful. In addition, the records they were putting out didn't sell well. The band also began having problems with Decca, which they believed wasn't letting them do the kind of music they wanted to do, and they eventually split from the label. They were signed by CBS Records, for which they recorded the album "Odessey and Oracle", which was finished at The Beatles' Abbey Road Studios in 1967. After the album was done, the band broke up. Although CBS didn't want to release an album by a band that no longer existed, CBS staff producer Al Kooper--the founder of Blood Sweat & Tears--finally persuaded them to release it, and it came out in July of 1968. The first single from the album, "Care of Cell 44", didn't do particularly well, and neither did the next two tracks that were released as singles. The label agreed to release one more cut off the album as a single, and no more. That cut was "Time of the Season". It went nowhere in the UK, but a radio station DJ in the US was entranced by it and kept playing it over and over. It began to catch on, and by late 1968 it had cracked the Top Five charts in the US. Although CBS wanted the band to re-group for more albums and concert promoters offered the band enormous sums of money to re-form and tour, by this time the band had already been broken up for a year--by which time Rod Argent and Chris White had already formed the band Aster Argent and Colin Blunstone had embarked on a solo career--and the members declined. They did reunite in 1991 to record the album "New World", but it was never released in the US (where the band was always a bigger draw than they were in the UK). On November 25, 1997, all of the original band members reunited on stage at The Jazz Club in London and played live together for the first time in almost 30 years. Three years later Rod Argent and Bluntone began touring together. Although they used their individual names, promoters began to bill them as The Zombies, and the duo eventually went along with it.
Paul Atkinson, who had retired as a performer and began a career as an A&R man, died in Santa Monica, Califonria, on April 1, 2004.- Soundtrack
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The Swinging Blue Jeans was a quartet founded by Ray Ennis and Les Braid in Liverpool in 1958 and that achieved success with the "British Invasion" of North America that revolutionized pop music in 1964. The Blue Jeans, was a part of the "Merseybeat" sound that gave the world The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Cilla Black. Like other Merseybeat bands, The Swinging Blue Jeans featured two guitars, bass and drums. It essentially was a rock n' roll band influenced by country & western music, the early, country-influenced rock n' roll (a sound now called "rock-a-billy") and the local Liverpudlian "skiffle" sound, northern English 20th-century folk music influenced by the blues and jazz, played by bands using improvised instruments to complement the acoustic guitar and banjo.
The Swinging Blue Jeans' most famous song was "Hippy Hippy Shake", which was a smash hit, reaching #2 in the British charts after being released by EMI's prestigious HMV label in 1964. "Hippy Hippy Shake" was released in the U.S. on Imperial Records and in Canada by Capitol, The Beatles' North American label. The group's popularity peaked from 1964 through 1966, along with that of the other Merseybeat bands. The Merseybeat sound suddenly became old-fashioned with the rise of psychedelia in 1967, which saw the beat-driven rock n' roll replaced by the acid-fueled musical phenomenon that became known simply as "Rock". (The Beatles managed to enjoy another three-year cycle of success from 1967 through 1969, after which the band broke up). Now obsolete, the band no longer had any hits and eventually was forced onto the "oldies" circuit. The Swinging Blue Jeans continue to tour to this day.- Actor
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The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964.The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole consistent member. Although their time as one of the most popular groups in the world only lasted for a short period in the mid-1960s, the Byrds are today considered by critics to be among the most influential rock acts of their era. Their signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangle twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar was "absorbed into the vocabulary of rock" and has continued to be influential.
Initially, the Byrds pioneered the musical genre of folk rock as a popular format in 1965, by melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music on their first and second albums, and the hit singles "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!". As the 1960s progressed, the band was influential in originating psychedelic rock and raga rock, with their song "Eight Miles High" and the albums Fifth Dimension (1966), Younger Than Yesterday (1967) and The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968). The band also played a pioneering role in the development of country rock, with the 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo representing their fullest immersion into the genre.
The original five-piece lineup of the band consisted of McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums). This version of the band was relatively short-lived and by early 1966 Clark had left due to problems associated with anxiety and his increasing isolation within the group. The Byrds continued as a quartet until late 1967, when Crosby and Clarke also departed.McGuinn and Hillman decided to recruit new members, including country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, but by late 1968, Hillman and Parsons had also exited the band. McGuinn elected to rebuild the band's membership; between 1968 and 1973, he whelmed a new incarnation of the Byrds that featured guitarist Clarence White, among others. McGuinn disbanded the then-current lineup in early 1973 to make way for a reunion of the original quintet. The Byrds' final album was released in March 1973, with the reunited group disbanding later that year.
Several former members of the Byrds went on to successful careers of their own, either as solo artists or as members of such groups as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers, McGuinn, Clark & Hillman, and the Desert Rose Band. In 1991, the Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion that saw the five original members performing together for the last time. Gene Clark died of a heart attack later that year, while Michael Clarke died of liver failure in 1993. McGuinn, Crosby, and Hillman remain active.- The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band's core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Shapes of Things", and "Over Under Sideways Down".
Originally a blues-based band noted for their signature "rave-up" instrumental breaks, the Yardbirds broadened their range into pop, pioneering psychedelic rock and early hard rock; and contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s. Some rock critics and historians also cite their influence on the later punk rock, progressive rock, and heavy metal trends. Following the band's split in 1968, Relf and McCarty formed Renaissance and guitarist Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin - the latter of which was initially intended as a direct successor to the Yardbirds.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. They were included at number 89 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and ranked number 37 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
The Yardbirds reformed in the 1990s, featuring drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja as the only original members of the band. Dreja left the band in 2012, leaving McCarty as the sole original member of the band present in the lineup. - Actor
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Wilson Pickett was born on 18 March 1941 in Prattville, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Commitments (1991), Road House (1989) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was married to Bonnie Covington. He died on 19 January 2006 in Reston, Virginia, USA.- Soundtrack
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The Beau Brummels, formed in 1964 in San Francisco, CA, are said by some to be the first folk-rock band. Known mostly for their hits "Just a Little", "Laugh, Laugh" and "You Tell Me Why", they were America's first response to the British Invasion, and were often mistaken for an English band because of their sound. After suffering numerous career blunders and the loss of guitarist (and primary songwriter) Ron Elliott, whose diabetes made it impossible for him to tour with the group, they disbanded in the late '60s.- Music Artist
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Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs were a 60s Tex-Mex rock 'n' roll band. The group was formed by lead singer Domingo "Sam" Samudio in 1961 in Dallas, Texas, USA. The other original members were Carl Medke, Russell Fowler, Omar "Big Man" Lopez, and Vincent Lopez. The original lineup only recorded one record which failed to sell. They broke up in late 1962. Samudio went on to become an organist for the rock group Andy and the Knightriders.
Samudio resurrected The Pharaohs in 1963. The new lineup was Samudio (vocals/organ), Dave Martin (bass), Ray Stinnet (guitar), Jerry Patterson (drums), and Butch Gibson (saxophone). They made their debut with the novelty number "Haunted House" and signed up with the MGM music label. The follow-up songs "Ju Ju Hand" and "Ring Dang Do" were minor chart successes. The band scored their greatest smash hit with the wonderfully raucous "Wooly Bully," which sold over three million copies and stayed on the Billboard Top 40 charts for 18 weeks (the song peaked at #2 on the pop charts). "Wooly Bully" was named Record of the Year for 1965 by "Billboard" magazine. The bubbly "Li'l Red Riding Hood" likewise did very well; it peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop charts for two weeks straight. The group went on to record more enjoyably frothy novelty singles, but none of them were as successful as either "Wooly Bully" or "Li'l Red Riding Hood." The band appear as themselves in the musical When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965). Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs disbanded in 1967.
A true rock 'n' roll classic, "Wooly Bully" was featured on the soundtracks to the films Wild Country (2005), Mistah (1994), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Baby It's You (1983), and More American Graffiti (1979). Domingo Samudio went on to contribute two self-penned songs for the soundtrack to The Border (1982), starring Jack Nicholson. Samudio is now a motivational speaker who still makes occasional live concert appearances as well as continues to write both songs and poetry.- Actor
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Singer Billy Joe Royal enjoyed a successful musical career which spanned over forty years and encompassed the pop, rock, and country music genres. He was born on April 3, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia and raised in Marietta, Georgia. Royal hailed from a family of musical entertainers. Billy Joe made his public debut at age five in a first-grade performance for the PTA and sang on his uncle's radio show at age eleven. At age fourteen Royal learned how to play the steel guitar and joined the Georgia Jubilee. He fronted his own rock band at age sixteen which performed around Atlanta. In addition, Billy Joe was a local singing sensation at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah, Georgia in the 1950's and early 1960's.
Royal recorded a single in 1962 that flopped. Billy Joe scored a massive top 10 hit in 1965 with "Down in the Boondocks," which peaked at #9 and turned Royal into a teen idol for a short spell. The follow-up songs "I Knew You When," "I've Got To Be Somebody," and "Cherry Hill Park" all likewise cracked the Billboard top 40. When Royal's career faltered in the late 1970's, he became a regular performer in both Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. Billy Joe bounced back in the 1980's as a country singer; the songs "Burned Like a Rocket," "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow," and "Tell It Like It Is" were all top 10 country chart hits. Royal acted in the Shakespearean rock opera "Catch My Soul," made an uncredited appearance singing the folk ballad "Mountain Woman" in the bizarre horror picture "A Name for Evil," and narrated the groovy rock documentary "Mondo Daytona." He also acted in several TV commercials. His signature tune "Down in the Boondocks" is featured on the soundtracks for the films "Glory Road" and "Riding in Cars with Boys." Among the albums Billy Joe recorded were "Stay Close to Home," "Now and Then, Then and Now," and "His First Gospel Album," which was his last album. Moreover, Royal continued to perform on stage in country bars all over the South. He died in his sleep at age 73 at his home in North Carolina on October 6, 2015.- Actor
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The Lovin' Spoonful is known for Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Blow-Up (1966) and The Parent Trap (1998).- Music Artist
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The McCoys is known for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and The Doors (1991).- Actor
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The Castaways were a "garage rock" group formed in Richland, Minnesota, in 1962. The original members were Jim Donna (keyboards), Bob Folschow (lead guitar), Dick Roby (bass), Roy Hensley (rhythm guitar) and Denny Craswell (drums). They scored their lone hit song with the marvelously wacky frat party rock classic "Liar, Liar" in 1965. With its bizarre falsetto lead vocal by Folschow, quivery guitar, ripping keyboards and driving beat, "Liar, Liar" peaked at #12 on the Billboard pop charts and sold a million copies. The band appears as themselves and performs their signature tune in the "beach party" It's a Bikini World (1967). Moreover, "Liar, Liar" was featured on the soundtracks of Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Married to the Mob (1988). Guitarist Hensley died on June 8, 2005. Jim Donna was inducted into the Minnesota Rock/Country Hall of Fame in 2005 and now fronts a new version of the Castaways, which performs at various events on a regular basis.- Music Department
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The Standells are a Los Angeles punk/garage rock group that was formed in 1962. The original line-up was Larry Tamblyn (organ/vocals), Tony Valentino (guitar), Gary Lane (bass) and Gary Leeds (drums). Leeds was later replaced by former Mouseketeer Dick Dodd, who not only played drums but also handled lead vocal chores as well.
The band began its career doing gigs in various L.A. clubs in the early 1960s. They recorded albums and singles for such labels as Liberty, Vee Jay and MGM, and popped up in the silly Get Yourself a College Girl (1964). They scored a substantial success with the tough-'n'-snarly "Dirty Water," which peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop charts on June 11, 1966. The group's follow-up songs include the incisive "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White," the bitter "Why Pick on Me," the racy "Try It" (banned from many radio stations because of its suggestive lyrics), the bluesy "Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail," the ferocious "Barracuda" and the atypically gentle and melodic "Animal Girl." The Standells are prominently featured in the groovy American-International Pictures hippie exploitation classic Riot on Sunset Strip (1967), singing the terrific opening credits theme song. In addition, they made a memorable guest appearance on _"The Munsters" (1964) {Far Out Munsters (#1.26)_.
The band proved to be a key influence on the punk rock music movement of the 1970s and 1980s. The hardcore band Minor Threat covered "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" while The Inmates did their own rendition of "Dirty Water." In 1999 several band members got back together to do a live show at the Cavestomp festival. They also reunited to perform at both the second game of the 2004 World Series and the first game of the 2007 American League Division Series at Fenway Park.- Donovan Leitch is known for We Need to Do Something (2021).
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New Orleans-born Aaron Neville started singing in a group called The Hawkettes, in which his brother Art Neville also sang. He had some minor hits over the years, mostly regional, but finally hit the big time in 1966 with the delicate "Tell It Like It Is". For a variety of reasons--including the collapse of his record company--he wasn't able to capitalize on that record's success. In 1978 he, his brothers Art, Cyril Neville and Charles Neville formed what eventually became known as The Neville Brothers, although he also continued his career as a solo artist. In 1989 he hit the charts big-time again in a duet with Linda Ronstadt called "Don't Know Much". Lately he has been issuing gospel albums.- Music Department
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Alabama-born Percy Sledge had a somewhat unusual introduction to the music business. Working as an orderly in a local hospital, he was touring with a local band called the Esquires Combo on weekends and working at the hospital during the week. A former patient at the hospital who knew both Sledge and local record producer Quin Ivy introduced them to each other. Ivy was impressed with Sledge's emotional style of singing and signed him to a recording contract. Sledge hit it big with his first record, the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman", released by Atlantic Records, which went on to become a worldwide hit (and, incidentally, the first Atlantic record to go gold). Although Sledge never had another hit as big as "When a Man Loves a Woman," he did manage to place several follow-up records on the charts. He still tours today, and has an especially large following in Europe.- The Shadows of Knight was an American rock band formed in Mt. Prospect, IL, in 1964 as The Shadows. They later learned that there was already an English band called The Shadows, , so they renamed themselves The Shadows of Knight (the "Knight" came from the sports team in Mt. Prospect High School, which they all attended, called the Knights). The original band members were lead guitarist Warren Rogers, rhythm/lead guitar/vocalist Roger Spielmann, rhythm guitarist Norm Gotsch, bass guitarist Wayne Pursell, drummer Tom Schiffour and vocalist Jimy Sohns. The band released several albums over the next five years and went through some personnel changes. Pursell left and was replaced by Joe Kelley, Gotsch was drafted into the army and replaced by Jerry McGeorge and Hawk Wolinski was added as a bass player. They played the Chicago suburb circuit for a few years, then became the weekend house band at The Cellar Club in nearby Arlington Heights. They developed an enthusiastic following and filled the club on the nights they played.
In 1965 they played on the same bill with The Byrds at Chicago's McCormick Plaza and were contacted by executives from Dunwich Records. They liked the version of Van Morrison's "Gloria" the band performed at the gig and had the band record it as their first single. Released in December of 1965, the song was a major hit in the Chicago region, getting large amounts of airplay (what also helped was the fact that many area radio stations, especially the huge Chicago station WLS, had refused to play Morrison's version because of "suggestive" lyrics, but played the Shadows' version because they changed those lyrics). The song went to #10 on the Billboard national charts and to #7 on the CashBox charts. The record wound up selling more than one million copies.
The band released a "Gloria" album and a follow-up album, "Back Door", in 1966. They also released several follow-up singles to "Gloria", but none were as successful. In 1967 the band broke up, with its members forming their own bands or joining existing ones. - Music Artist
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The Mamas and the Papas is known for The One I Love (2014), Hotel Artemis (2018) and Repo Men (2010).- Actor
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- Paul Revere & The Raiders is known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Jesus' Son (1999).
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Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s-Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)-and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album Surrealistic Pillow ranks on the short list of the most significant recordings of the "Summer of Love". Two songs from that album, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", are among Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."- The Box Tops formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1963 as The Devilles. They became a popular band in the Memphis rock scene. In 1967 they changed their name to The Box Tops to avoid confusion with another local band called The Devilles. They reached national prominence with their song "The Letter" in 1967, which reached the #1 spot on Billboard's chart and stayed there for four weeks. It eventually sold more than four million copies (and earned two Grammy Award nominations). "The Letter" was followed by another hit, "Neon Rainbow", which was followed by an even bigger hit in 1968, "Cry Like a Baby". That same year they also hit the charts with "Sweet Cream Ladies". Shortly afterward the band went through some personnel changes, and the next year they had yet one more hit with "Soul Deep".
In 1970, after a series of clashes with managers, lawyers and a disastrous British tour in which they were treated shabbily by the local promoters, the band was on the brink of dissolving, but Bell Records, their label, continued releasing material they had previously recorded. Sales of these records were respectable, but were not at the level of their previous hits. The original band members' final record was released in 1971 and the band broke up, but a new Box Tops--the name wasn't owned by the band but by a management company--was assembled in 1972 and began releasing records. However, these "new" Box Tops records went nowhere, and the group was finally disbanded in 1974.
In 1989 the band reunited for a concert in Nashville, with some of the original members and some of the newer members. In 1996 all of the band's original members reunited, recorded a new album and embarked on an international tour, selling out venues in Germany, and returning to the US for a series of concert dates. - Actor
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Starting out in the early 1960s as an instrumental band playing surf music under a variety of names, The Turtles saw the impact that "British invasion" groups were having on pop music and in 1964 decided to go in that direction. They then veered toward folk-rock, a la The Byrds, but soon veered off again toward a more commercial sound, and had their first big hit with a cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe". Their next song, the P.F. Sloan-written "Let Me Be", didn't manage to break into the top 20, although its follow-up, 1966's "You Baby", did (at #20). The band then went through a slew of personnel changes, which resulted in their changing direction again to a more "psychedelic" sound and outlook, resulting in their first #1 hit, the catchy "Happy Together", in 1967. Their next song, the more driving (and lusher) "She'd Rather Be With Me", hit #3 in the US. The group had several more hits, including "You Know What I Mean", "Elenore" and "You Showed Me", before breaking up. Afterwards, members Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman put their own act together, known as Flo and Eddie, and scored some minor hits, but their main claim to fame was as the hosts of a quirky rock-n-roll radio show. They later resurrected the band, calling it "The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie", and toured the US.- Music Artist
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Jackie "Sonny" Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Highland Park, the only son of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson from Columbus, Mississippi. His father was an alcoholic and constantly unemployed, and his mother, who had lost two earlier children, doted on Jackie and became a powerful influence in his life. He began to sing at an early age, and even formed a quartet, The Ever Ready Gospel Singers Group, which earned a small measure of fame among the local churches.
Wilson was a habitual truant, getting in trouble on a regular basis. He began drinking at age nine, and in 1950 at age 16 dropped out of high school. He married Freda Hood, his childhood sweetheart, and a daughter arrived in March, 1951. At this time he was singing in local clubs with Levi Stubbs(later of The Four Tops fame). In 1953 he successfully auditioned for Billy Ward's Dominoes, replacing Clyde McPhatter when the latter left the group to form The Drifters. Their first release was "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down", followed by "Rags to Riches." In 1956 they had their first pop hit, "St. Therese Of The Roses."
In 1957 Wilson embarked on a solo career. His manager was Al Green, a music publisher and manager who was already managing Della Reese, Johnnie Ray and La Vern Baker. Green was able to secure Wilson a recording contract with Brunswick Records. However, Green suddenly died the day before the deal was officially signed. He was replaced by Nat Turnpool. Collaborating with Berry Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis, Wilson soon had a string of hits to his name, among them "To Be Loved," "Reet Petite" and "That Is Why," as well as his biggest hit, "Lonely Teardrops."
This partnership ended after disagreements between Tarnpool and the team of Davis/Gordy over inadequate payments. After parting ways, Gordy used his royalties to create Hitsville USA Studios, later to become Motown Records. The rest is music history. Davis joined Chess Records as A&R manager and would achieve success in his own right as a songwriter and producer. Tarnpool, confident that he could do without the Davis/Gordy team, had band leader Dick Jacobs produce most of Wilson's recordings from 1957 through 1966, resulting in frequent crossovers between R&B and pop. Wilson had moderate hits during this period, with songs such as "Night" and "Alone at Last". In 1961 he formed a songwriting partnership with Alonzo Tucker that yielded the hit "Baby Workout."
Although married to Freda Hood since 1951, Wilson was notorious for his numerous affairs with other women. Things came to a head in 1961 when Juanita Jones, an aspiring model, shot Wilson twice in the stomach after hearing about his affair with Harlean Harris, ex-girlfriend of singer Sam Cooke. Wilson was rushed to the hospital where quick surgery saved his life, although he lost a kidney. Since one of the bullets was too close to his spine, doctors ruled out surgery to remove it as far too dangerous. Wilson would have to carry it around for the rest of his life.
Besides women, Wilson had another dangerous weakness: he was incredibly naive and easily trusting, something that Tarnpool took advantage of. Wilson had signed over power-of-attorney to him despite strong rumors of Tarnpool's mob connections and his reputation as an unscrupulous businessman. In 1962 the IRS seized Wilson's family home due to his failure to pay back taxes (due mainly to the fact that Tarnpool had been pocketing all of Wilson's earnings). Wilson realized that, despite the success of his career, he was broke and homeless. Eventually he made arrangements with the IRS to make restitution on the unpaid taxes and was able to re-purchase his own house at an auction.
During this time the "British Invasion" took place, sending his career into freefall. His last hit was "Your Love (Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher)" in 1968. Two years later his 16-year-old son Jackie Jr. was shot and killed during a confrontation with a neighbor. Jackie's wife Frida had long since filed for divorce, having their marriage officially annulled in 1965. Despite these circumstances, Jackie treated her as though she was still his wife.
On September 29, 1975 Wilson suffered a major heart attack while on stage at Dick Clark's "Traveling Oldies Revue". As he fell he hit his head on some stage equipment, resulting in serious brain damage. He stayed in a coma until his death at 49 on January 21, 1984.- Actor
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles is known for Hollywood Homicide (2003), Coming to America (1988) and Rocky Balboa (2006).- Actor
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Scott McKenzie was born on 10 January 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Cocktail (1988), The Rock (1996) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was married to Anzy Lanie Wells and Alana Vee Horan. He died on 18 August 2012 in Silver Lake, California, USA.- Actor
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Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty years. Known as the man with the "Million-Dollar Voice", her father was one of the most respected and prominent ministers in the country, and Aretha grew up singing in church, and surrounded by local and national celebrities. She learned how to play piano by ear and soon understood the correct tones and pitches.
Aretha released her first single at the age of eighteen, under Columbia Records, it reached number ten on the BillBoard charts and her first record was released in January of 1961. While working for the label, she managed to score two more R&B hits, Operation Heartbreak and Won't Be Long. However the people at Columbia often felt they didn't understand the direction Aretha wanted to go with her music, and ultimately failed to bring out her potential. In 1966, Aretha signed a contract with Atlantic Records, where she released her first legendary single, Respect, written by The King Of Soul, Otis Redding. With this single, Franklin would trigger a new vocal skill called, "call and response," which would help liven up many of her singles. While signed with Atlantic, she released three additional top ten hits, Baby I Love You, A Natural Women,and Chain Of Fools, and won her first two Grammy awards, and eight consecutive Grammys for best female R&B vocal category.
Franklin had not only achieved her dream of becoming a musical sensation but stood out in the civil rights movement for her single with Otis Redding, Respect. The song helped send a message to Americans about equality, peace, and justice. Franklin continued to release pop hits throughout the decade, such as Think, I Say A Little Prayer, and Ain't No Way. After these amazing hits to many listeners she was seen as The Queen Of Soul. In the 1970s, she started recording gospel hits such as Don't Play That Song, Rocksteady, and Daydreaming. It was foreseeable that Franklin would soon stumble upon a masterpiece which became the best selling gospel album of all time, which she did in 1972 with her album Amazing Grace.
In the mid '70s, even though she was releasing hit songs, she began to lose touch with her soul-pop audiences due to the disco genre making its entrance into mainstream music. In 1979, she released an album in order to gain the audience of disco lovers called, La Diva. La Diva sold less than 50,000 copies and was marked as the lowest point in Franklin's career. On June 10, 1979, her father Clarence was shot by a mugger. This left Clarence in a coma for five years and Aretha decided to move back to Detroit to take care of her father. Clarence Franklin died on July 27, 1984.
In 1980, along with several other musicians such as Ray Charles and James Brown, Aretha Franklin appeared in the hit feature film The Blues Brothers. In 1982, she returned to the R&B top ten charts with her hit album Jump To It, featuring Luther Vandross. It sold more than 600,000 copies and was gold-certified, managing to stay on number one for seven weeks. In 1985, Franklin released an album which featured a unique never before heard element of rock. The album, "Who's Zoomin Who?", and soon went on to receive platinum-certified success. The album also featured a hit song with George Michael called I Know You Were Waiting For Me, and went on to sell more than one million copies. In 1987, Aretha sang the theme song to A Different World, a sitcom created by Bill Cosby, and in 1989, she released a pop album which featured Elton John, James Brown, The Four Tops, Kenny G, and Whitney Houston, called Through The Storm. In 1992, Franklin sang the song Someday We'll All Be Free for the soundtrack to the biopic film Malcolm X (1992). In 1993, Aretha sang at Bill Clinton's inauguration. At a slower rate in the mid-late '90s, she continued to release albums and singles, working with new artists such as BabyFace, Jermaine Dupri, Sean "P Diddy" Combs, and Lauryn Hill along with her label, Arista Records.
In 2003, she had ended the 23 year relationship with Arista and opened her own label, Aretha. Franklin released her first album on the label, A Woman Falling Out Of Love, in 2011. It marked her fifty years in show business.
Aretha Franklin died of advanced pancreatic cancer on August 16, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan. She will be known as one of the most influential singers of all time, and as an activist who spoke of the world through her music, and used music as a tool for truth, justice, and soul.- Producer
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The Buckinghams formed in 1965 in the Chicago area, consisting of Carl Giammarese, Nick Fortuna, Jon Jon Poulos, Dennis Tufano and Dennis Miccoli. Their break came when they won a "Battle of the Bands" contest sponsored by a Chicago TV show, "All Time Hits", and were awarded a 14-week gig on the show. This being the height of the "British invasion", the show wanted the band to have a more British-sounding name, and settled on The Buckinghams.
In 1966 the group signed a contract with USA Records, a Chicago label, Their first records were covers of hit songs: James Brown's "I'll Go Crazy", The Beatles' "I Call Your Name", The Hollies' "I've Been Wrong Before". They sold fairly well in the Chicago area, but the band needed a national hit to cement their reputation. They found it in "Kind of a Drag", which sold more than a million copies and went to #1 on the national pop charts.
The group soon left USA Records for the much larger Columbia Records, and had another hit with "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", which was previously a hit for Lloyd Price. Their next song was an even bigger hit, "Don't You Care", reaching #6 on the national charts. The band soon became a hot property on TV teen and variety shows, appearing on such programs as The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and American Bandstand (1952). It was during this period that they came out with yet another hit, a remake of Cannonball Adderley's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", which got to #5 on the charts. In 1967 their string of hits continued with "Susan" and "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song", which reached #11 and #12, respectively.
Unfortunately, things began to decline in 1968. Their album, "In One Ear and Gone Tomorrow", didn't produce one hit single. They went through a string of personnel changes, which didn't help matters, and the next year they decided to disband. In 1980 the band--minus Jon Poulos, who had died of a drug overdose earlier that year--reunited for a reunion show sponsored by Chicago radio station WLS.- Music Artist
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- The Strawberry Alarm Clock are a psychedelic rock group from Glendale, California. The band formed in 1965 and called themselves Thee Sixpence. They initially did for the most part covers of popular songs. The original band members are: Ed King (vocals), Mark Weitz (keyboards), Lee Freeman (rhythm guitar; died February 14, 2010), Gary Lovetro (bass), and Randy Seol (drums). The group signed with the Uni record label in 1967 and scored a massive smash success with the insanely catchy and groovy "Incense and Peppermints," which peaked at #1 on the Billboard pop charts in 1967. Their debut album "Incense and Peppermints" likewise did well and reached #11 on the album charts.
The group went on tour in the second half of 1967 and most of 1968; they shared billing with such artists as the Beach Boys, the Who, Buffalo Springfield, Jimi Hendrix, and Country Joe and the Fish. The follow-up song "Tomorrow" was the band's only other recording that cracked the Top 40; it went to #23 on the Billboard pop charts in early 1968. The group appeared as themselves in the nifty hippie exploitation winner "Psych-Out" and Russ Meyer's delightfully outrageous cult camp classic "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." They perform their signature tune "Incense and Peppermints" in both pictures. ("Incense and Peppermints" was also featured on the soundtracks to "Riding the Bullet," "Recess: School's Out," and "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.")
Alas, the group went through several line-up changes and failed to produce any subsequent hit songs. They eventually disbanded in 1971. However, the band got back together in 1987 and performed at various oldies concerts. More recently the Strawberry Alarm Clock reunited for a one-hour set at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois on April 29, 2007 for Roger Ebert's ninth annual Overlooked Film Festival, where Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) was screened prior to the Strawberry Alarm Clock's performance. The band performed at various other gigs throughout the United States. Lee Freeman died of cancer on February 14, 2010. - Arthur Conley was born on 1 January 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He died on 17 November 2003 in Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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The Electric Prunes are a mid 60s psychedelic acid/garage rock band from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. They are well known for their offbeat and unique hard-rocking sound which makes inventive and extensive use of echo, reverb, and other kinds of quirky sonic distortion. The group first formed in 1965. The original members were James Lowe (vocals), Ken Williams (lead guitar), Mark Tulin (bass/keyboards), and Michael Weakley (drums). They started out as the Sanctions before changing their name to Jim and the Lords. The name the Electric Prunes was suggested as a joke by manager and RCA Records sound engineer David Hassinger. Their debut single "Ain't It Hard/Little Oliver" was a flop. The band achieved their greatest commercial success with the groovy "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)," which peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop charts. The equally gnarly follow-up tune "Get Me to the World on Time" likewise did well; it reached #27 on the Billboard pop charts. Moreover, the Electric Prunes recorded several albums which include the underground cult favorite "Mass in F Minor," "Release of An Oath," and "Just Good Old Rock and Roll." However, these three albums were recorded by different line-ups of the band. The Electric Prunes folded in 1970. The song "Kyrie Eleison" was featured on the soundtrack for the hit counterculture movie "Easy Rider," "Shadows" popped up on the soundtrack for the obscure exploitation picture "The Name of the Game is Kill," and "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" was put to effective use on the soundtrack for the horror film "Bad Dreams." Original members Lowe, Tulin and Williams reunited in 1999. They recorded the album "Artifact" in 2001 and have performed at various venues all over the world.- Music Artist
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Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock band, formed in late 1967 in Los Angeles. Steppenwolf has sold over 25 million records worldwide, released eight gold albums and 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles, of which six were top 40 hits, including three top 10 successes: "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me". Steppenwolf enjoyed worldwide success from 1968 to 1972, but clashing personalities led to the end of the core lineup. Today, John Kay is the only original member, having served as the lead singer since 1967.- Soundtrack
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Otis Redding was born on 9 September 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Top Gun (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Road House (1989). He was married to Zelma Redding. He died on 10 December 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.- Music Artist
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British rock band Cream formed in 1966. Its members had come from other bands and had backgrounds in blues. Drummer Ginger Baker and bass guitarist Jack Bruce had both played with The Graham Bond Organization, an early British blues band, while lead guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton had come from The Yardbirds and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. The band quickly made a name for itself with its blues/rock blend, and turned out such classics as "Sunshine of Your Love", "Free", "Crossroads" and "Born Under a Bad Sign", with Clapton particularly being hailed as one of the finest guitarists in rock history. Their first album, "Fresh Cream" in 1966, introduced them to the music scene but it was their second and, by far, biggest album, 1967's "Disraeli Gears", that made them superstars. A third album, "Wheels of Fire", had both live and recorded songs on it.
Unfortunately, internal tensions came to a head and the band broke up in late 1968. Baker and Clapton formed their own group, Blind Faith, with Steve Winwood and had some success. Bruce went on to a solo career. After the break-up of Blind Faith, Baker formed his own group, Ginger Baker's Air Force. Clapton went on to an extremely successful solo career, with one of his biggest hits being (as Derek and the Dominos) "Layla".- Actor
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Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone's brother and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone, sister and singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Greg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham. It was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, male and female lineup.
Formed in 1966, the group's music synthesized a variety of disparate musical genres to help pioneer the emerging "psychedelic soul" sound. They released a series of Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits such as "Dance to the Music" (1968), "Everyday People" (1968), and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1969), as well as critically acclaimed albums such as Stand! (1969), which combined pop sensibility with social commentary. In the 1970s, it transitioned into a darker and less commercial funk sound on releases such as There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) and Fresh (1973), proving as influential as their early work. By 1975, drug problems and interpersonal clashes led to dissolution, though Sly continued to record and tour with a new rotating lineup under the name "Sly and the Family Stone" until drug problems forced his effective retirement in 1987.
The work of Sly and the Family Stone greatly influenced the sound of subsequent American funk, pop, soul, R&B, and hip hop music. Music critic Joel Selvin wrote, "there are two types of black music: black music before Sly Stone, and black music after Sly Stone". In 2010, they were ranked 43rd in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and three of their albums are included on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.- Music Artist
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Dion DiMucci was born on 18 July 1939 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Road House (1989). He has been married to Susan Butterfield since 23 March 1963. They have three children.- Music Department
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The Grass Roots were created by the storied producer/songwriter duo of P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri under the direction of Lou Adler in 1966. The group frequently hit the Billboard charts until the early 70's with several lineups of musicians. Their music has stood the test of time by appearing in numerous soundtracks and films since their heyday. The Grass Roots maintain a nationwide touring schedule at casinos and resorts as the headlining act, due to the durability of their many charting rock and roll songs.- Composer
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Vanilla Fudge is known for Zodiac (2007), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) and Sightseers (2012).- Actor
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Johnnie Taylor is a three-time Grammy-nominated American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco.
Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas. He grew up in West Memphis, Arkansas, performing in gospel groups as a youngster. He had one release, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", on Chicago's Chance Records label in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group The Highway QC's, which had been founded by a young Sam Cooke. Taylor's singing then was strikingly close to that of Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in the latter's gospel group, The Soul Stirrers, in 1957. A few years later, after Cooke had established his independent SAR Records, Taylor signed on as one of the label's first acts and recorded "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" in 1962. However, SAR Records quickly became defunct after Cooke's death in 1964.
In 1966, Taylor moved to Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was dubbed "The Philosopher of Soul". He recorded with the label's house band, which included Booker T. & the M.G.s. His hits included "I Had a Dream", "I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby" and most notably "Who's Making Love", which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the R&B chart in 1968. "Who's Making Love" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
During his tenure at Stax, he became an R&B star, with over a dozen chart successes, such as "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone", which reached No. 23 on the Hot 100 chart, "Cheaper to Keep Her" and "I Believe in You", which reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 chart. "I Believe in You" also sold in excess of one million copies, and was awarded gold disc status in 1973. Taylor, along with Isaac Hayes and The Staple Singers, was one of the label's flagship artists. He appeared in the documentary film, Wattstax (1973), which was released in 1973.
In 1996, Taylor's eighth album for Malaco, Good Love!, reached number one on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart (No.15 R&B), and was the biggest record in Malaco's history. With this success, Malaco recorded a live video of Taylor in the summer of 1997.
Taylor's final song was "Soul Heaven", in which he dreamed of being at a concert featuring deceased African-American music icons from Louis Armstrong to Otis Redding to Z.Z. Hill to The Notorious B.I.G., among others.- Music Artist
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Jackson 5 is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Four Brothers (2005) and The Italian Job (2003).- Actor
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Shocking Blue were a Dutch rock band from the Hague, Netherlands. The group first got together in 1967. The line-up was: Mariska Veres (lead singer), Robbie van Leeuwen (vocals/guitar/sitar), Klaasje van der Wal (bass guitar), and Cornelius van der Beek (drums). Shocking Blue had two minor hit singles in 1969 with "Long and Lonesome Road" and "Send Me a Postcard." The group scored a massive international smash that same year with their breakthrough song, "Venus." With its incredibly bouncy and catchy guitar riff, urgent driving beat and a powerhouse fiery vocal by stunning brunette beauty Veres, "Venus" peaked at #1 on the US pop charts in February, 1970 and sold over a million copies. Alas, it was the band's only major chart success in America.
"Venus" has been featured on the soundtracks of The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Grumpier Old Men (1995), Outside Providence (1999), Remember the Titans (2000) and Otis (2004), among others. In 1986 the British girl group Bananarama had a #1 US hit with their cover of the song, and Nirvana did a cover of the Shocking Blue song "Love Buzz" on their 1989 debut album "Bleach." However, Shocking Blue enjoyed a steady succession of Dutch radio hits with such excellent, exciting and innovative songs as "Mighty Joe," "Never Marry a Railroad Man," "Hello Darkness," "Shocking You," "Blossom Lady," "Inkpot," "Out of Sight Out of Mind," "Eve and the Apple," and "Rock in the Sea." The group also recorded several albums before disbanding in 1974. Veres went on to pursue a solo career and fronted a new version of Shocking Blue in the 1990s. The original band briefly reunited in 1984 for a "back to the '60s" concert festival. In addition, Shocking Blue recorded a few singles from the mid-'80s up until the mid-'90s. Sadly, Mariska Veres passed away from cancer at 59 on December 2, 2006. Drummer van der Beek died at age 49 on April 2, 1998.- Additional Crew
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The Youngbloods is known for Forrest Gump (1994), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).- Music Artist
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The Foundations is known for Baby Driver (2017), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Shallow Hal (2001).- Music Artist
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R&B singer Wilbert Harrison was born in 1929 in Charlotte, NC. He had been making records for a variety of small labels since the early 1950s, but never had a hit. That changed in 1959, when he recorded "Kansas City"--written by legendary songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller--and it reached #1 on the R&B charts. Harrison toured in various R&B and rock shows and continued to record. In 1969 he had a comeback of sorts when he recorded "Let's Work Together", which he also wrote, and it went to #32 on the pop charts.
He kept recording and touring into the 1980s, but didn't meet with much success. He eventually left the music business.- Actor
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Tommy Roe was born on 9 May 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), The New Guy (2002) and Love and Other Disasters (2006). He was previously married to Josette Banzet.- Music Department
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The Ventures are a hugely successful instrumental rock combo that formed in 1958 in Tacoma, WA. The original line-up was Don Wilson (rhythm guitar), Nokie Edwards (bass), Bob Bogle (lead guitar) and Skip Moore on drums (he was later replaced by Howie Johnson, who in turn was replaced by Mel Taylor. Taylor played drums for the group right up until his death from cancer in 1996 and was replaced by his son, Leon). The Ventures scored their first big hit with "Walk Don't Run", which peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop charts in September 1960. The follow-up singles "Perfidia" and "Ram-Bunk-Shush!" likewise did well. The band's stirring rendition of the theme for the TV series Hawaii Five-O (1968) went all the way to #4 on the Billboard pop charts and "Walk Don't Run '64" charted at #8 in 1964. In addition, the group has released more than 150 albums altogether (85 in the US alone) that have sold over 100 million copies worldwide (they are especially popular in Japan). The group appears in the rock concert documentary Beloved Invaders: The Ventures (1965). Such artists as George Harrison, Stephen Stills, Gene Simmons, Elton John, Keith Moon, Alan White, Joe Perry and Roger Glover have cited the band as a major influence on rock music. Their songs have been featured on the soundtracks to several movies, including Madagascar (2005), Kangaroo Jack (2003), Zoolander (2001), American Pie (1999), The Van (1996), Dutch (1991) and Crocodile Dundee II (1988). The band continues to play and tour all over the world. The Ventures celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2008 and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008.- Composer
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Jerry Butler got his start in the music business at age 18 when he and his friend Curtis Mayfield formed a singing group and named them The Impressions. They had an almost immediate hit with a song Butler wrote, "For Your Precious Love", which became the group's first gold record. Nicknamed "The Iceman" by legendary Philadelphia DJ Georgi Woods for his smooth, cool delivery and effortless style, Butler has had numerous hits on his own since embarking on a solo career, "He Will Break Your Heart", "Moon River", "Only the Strong Survive" and "Never Gonna Give You Up" being among his biggest. He has been nominated three times for a Grammy award, has won a CLIO award for writing and producing TV commercials, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Rhythm & Blues Foundation in 1994. Iin addition to his music career, Butler also has a career in politics: he is a member of the Cook County (Illinois) Board of Commissioners, having first been elected in 1985.- Actress
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The extremely talented, prolific and versatile Jackie DeShannon was one of the first successful female singer/songwriters to hit the rock and pop music scene back in the '60s. DeShannon has done music in such diverse genres as folk, orchestral pop, gospel, country, and rock 'n' roll. Jackie was born Sharon Lee Myers on August 21, 1941, in Hazel, Kentucky to Sandra Jean and James Erwin Myers. Her father was a barber in Batavia, Illinois, where she attended high school for two years. By age six, DeShannon was singing country music on the radio and, at age eleven, she was hosting her own radio show. In 1957, Jackie recorded a rollicking tribute to her musical idol, Buddy Holly, called "Buddy." Jackie befriended rockabilly singer Eddie Cochran, who convinced her to move to California. DeShannon formed a songwriting partnership with Cochran's girlfriend, Sharon Sheeley; they wrote "Dum Dum" for Brenda Lee and "Breakaway" for Irma Thomas. The British rock group, The Searchers, scored big hits with their covers of DeShannon's "Needles and Pins" and "When You Walk in the Room". Jackie performed with The Beatles during their first US tour. In the fall of 1964, DeShannon went to London, England and recorded four songs with Jimmy Page which included the rousing "Don't Turn Your Back on Me". DeShannon wrote the hit song "Come and Stay With Me" for Marianne Faithfull. Jackie collaborated with Randy Newman on such songs as "Hold Your Head High" and "Did He Call Today Mama". DeShannon scored her first major breakthrough hit with "What the World Needs Now Is Love"; this song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Jackie had another substantial success with "Put A Little Love in Your Heart". Among the artists who have done covers of DeShannon's songs are Tracey Ullman, Annie Lennox and Al Green (they did a duet on "Put A Little Love in Your Heart"), Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton, Pam Tillis, and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Kim Carnes scored a massive Number One hit with "Bette Davis Eyes", which Jackie co-wrote with Donna Weiss. DeShannon's songs have been featured on the soundtracks for such movies as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), "In Country," Forrest Gump (1994), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and RV (2006). Jackie made a brief foray into acting in the mid 60s; she appeared in the films Surf Party (1964), Intimacy (1966) and C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967). Moreover, DeShannon made guest appearances on the TV shows The Virginian (1962), The Wild Wild West (1965), My Three Sons (1960) and The Name of the Game (1968). DeShannon is married to singer/songwriter and film music composer Randy Edelman. Jackie was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 17, 2010.- Music Department
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Eddie Holman was born on 3 June 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is known for Nothing to Lose (1997), Must Love Dogs (2005) and You Got Served (2004). He is married to Sheila. They have three children.