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The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
Recording Group

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The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys is considered to be the leading ensemble of its kind in the Anglican choral tradition in the United States. Over recent years, the choir has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia.

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The Ronettes
The Ronettes
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and Vocal Group Hall of Fame Inductee

Music

The Ronettes were an American girl group from New York City. One of the most popular groups from the 1960s, they placed nine songs on the Billboard Hot 100, five of which became Top 40 hits. The group were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

Tags: The Darling Sisters · Grammy Hall of Fame · Billboard Hot 100 · Ronnie Spector · Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee · Vocal Group Hall of Fame Inductee · Philles Records · Be My Baby · Baby, I Love You · Phil Spector

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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Inductee, UK Music Hall of Fame

Music

The Rolling Stones are a rock band formed in London in 1962. The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. They still continue to release albums to brisk sales and critical acclaim.

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The Ritchie Family
The Ritchie Family
Recording Group

Music

The Ritchie Family was an American vocal group based in Philadelphia that achieved several hits during the disco era. The three original members were not related. The group was a creation of Jacques Morali who also formed Village People.

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The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
Recording Group

Music

The Righteous Brothers were originally a musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They began performing together in 1962 in the Los Angeles area as part of a group called The Paramours. Their emotive vocal style is sometimes dubbed "blue-eyed soul".

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The Revolution
The Revolution
Recording Group

Music

The Revolution is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota and assembled in 1983 by Prince. The Revolution rose to international fame in the mid-1980s with "Purple Rain", selling over 16 million albums in the United States alone.

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The Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

The Pussycat Dolls were a girl group and dance ensemble, founded in Los Angeles, California, by choreographer Robin Antin as a burlesque troupe. The group has sold 54 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling girl groups of all-time.

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The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers
Recording Group

Music

The Proclaimers are a folk/rock duo composed of the identical twin brothers Charlie Reid and Craig Reid. They are best known for their songs "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Sunshine on Leith", "I'm On My Way" and "Letter from America".

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The Police
The Police
Recording Group

Music

The Police were an English new wave band formed in London in 1977. The band has won a number of music awards, including six Grammy Awards, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

The Pointer Sisters are a R&B recording group, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.

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The Pogues
The Pogues
Recording Group

Music

The Pogues were an English Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone". The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles.

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The Platters
The Platters
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

The Platters was an American vocal group. They were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre.

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The Osmonds
The Osmonds
Recording Group

Music

The Osmonds are a family music group who gained their highest profile in the early 1970s. The group consists of siblings who are all members of the Osmond family, a family of musicians from Ogden, Utah, who have been nationally recognized since the 1960s.

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The O'Jays
The O'Jays
Recording Group

Music

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958. Numerous hits followed through the 1970s and into the 1980s and 1990s, and The O'Jays were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

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The Monkees
The Monkees
Recording Group

Music

The Monkees have sold more than 75 million records worldwide and had international hits. At their peak in 1967, the band outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined.

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The Masqueraders
Recording Group

Music

The Masqueraders is a recording group, who scored a minor hit in 1968 with "I Ain't Got to Love Nobody Else".

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The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
Recording Group

Music

The Marvelettes was recording group that achieved popularity in the 1960s. The group has received several honors including induction into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, as well as receiving the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

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The Marty Paich Dek-Tette
The Marty Paich Dek-Tette
Recording Group

Music

Marty Paich was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. He came to prominence on the West Coast Jazz scene of the 1950s as both a pianist and a composer. His son David is a founding member of the band Toto.

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The Manhattans
Grammy Award Winner

Music

The Manhattans are a R&B vocal group. Their work includes million-selling songs "Kiss and Say Goodbye" and "Shining Star". The Manhattans have recorded twelve top 10 R&B hits in the United States charting on the Billboard chart for the first time in 1965.

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The Main Ingredient
The Main Ingredient
Recording Group

Music

The Main Ingredient is an American soul and R&B group best known for their 1972 hit song "Everybody Plays the Fool".

Tags: R&B · Harlem, New York · Red Bird Records · RCA Records · Polydor Records · Everybody Plays the Fool · Cuba Gooding Sr. · Billboard Hot 100 · Coca-Cola · Legacy Recordings

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The Magnificents
The Magnificents
Recording Group

Music

The Magnificents are an American doo-wop group from the 1950s. The group's first session in January 1956 yielded the group's only hit single, "Up on the Mountain". Past group members included L. C. Cooke, brother of Sam Cooke.

Tags: Up on the Mountain · Barbara Arrington · L. C. Cooke · Sam Cooke · Ray Ramsey · Doo-Wop · 1950s · Johnny Keyes · The Moonglows · The Rays

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The Lumineers
The Lumineers
Recording Group

Music

The Lumineers are a folk rock band. The founding members are Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion). Their self-titled first album, has been certified triple platinum in the United States and Canada.

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The LeeVees
The LeeVees
Recording Group

Music

The LeeVees are a rock band featuring Adam Gardner of Guster and Dave Schneider of The Zambonis. Gardner and Schneider thought it would be fun to form another rock band, a Jewish one, that only wrote songs about Hanukkah.

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The Laurence Juber Trio
Recording Group

Music

Laurence Juber is often considered most famous for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney & Wings from 1978 to 1981, with whom he won a Grammy, he has since had a distinguished career as a solo fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician.

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The Kinks
The Kinks
Recording Group

Music

The Kinks were an English rock band. Four of their albums have been certified gold by the RIAA and have gone on to sell over 50 million albums worldwide. In 1990, the original four members of The Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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