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Hace 13 horas · Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb AC CBE (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.Along with his younger brothers, Robin and Maurice, he rose to worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music.Gibb is well known for his wide vocal range including a far-reaching high-pitched falsetto.
Hace 13 horas · Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American ...
Hace 13 horas · Background and inspiration George Harrison began writing "My Sweet Lord" in December 1969, when he, Billy Preston and Eric Clapton were in Copenhagen, Denmark, as guest artists on Delaney & Bonnie's European tour. By this time, Harrison had already written the gospel -influenced "Hear Me Lord" and, with Preston, the African-American spiritual "Sing One for the Lord". He had also produced two ...
Hace 13 horas · May 11 – Johnny Hodges, jazz musician, 62 (heart attack) [26] May 14 – Jack Fina, pianist and bandleader, 56 (heart attack) May 22 – John Waterhouse, Canadian violinist, conductor, and music educator, 92. May 23 – Nydia Westman, actress and singer. June – Calvin Boze, trumpeter and bandleader.
Hace 13 horas · Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Hace 13 horas · The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the Oakland A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division.The team currently plays its home games at the Oakland Coliseum, with plans to temporarily move to Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California ...
Hace 13 horas · Signature. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate. [1] In the 1970s, he co-founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [2] [3] [4] Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was ...
