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The Boys Choir of Harlem
The Boys Choir of Harlem
Recording Group

Music

The Boys Choir of Harlem was a choir located in Harlem, New York City, United States. Its last performance was in 2007 and the group folded shortly thereafter due to several controversies, a large budget deficit, and the death of its founder.

Tags: Harlem, New York · Dr. Walter Turnbull · Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church · Rev. Frederick B. Williams · Church of the Intercession · Budget Deficit · New York City Department of Education · Nelson Mandela · Pope John Paul II · Glory

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The Boys
The Boys
Recording Group

Music

The Boys are an American R&B quartet composed of the four Abdulsamad brothers, Khiry (born 1973), Hakeem (born 1975), Tajh (born 1976), and Bilal (born 1979). The group had three #1 singles on the R&B charts.

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The Boston Pops Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra
Orchestra

Music

The Boston Pops Orchestra is an orchestra that specializes in playing light classical and popular music. The Boston Pops was founded in 1885 as a second, popular identity of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier.

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The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
Recording Group

Music

The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975, that had a series of Irish and United Kingdom hits between 1977 and 1985. The group is led by vocalist Bob Geldof.

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The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes
Recording Group

Music

The Black Crowes were an American rock band formed in 1989. The band has sold over 30 million albums, and is listed at number 92 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".

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The Beatles
The Beatles
7-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era.

Tags: John Lennon · Paul McCartney · George Harrison · Ringo Starr · The Quarrymen · Beatlemania · Liverpool, England · Psychedelia · Rock · Pop

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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
Recording Group

Music

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. The core quintet of the three Wilsons, Love, and Jardine were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

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The Bar-Kays
The Bar-Kays
Recording Group

Music

The Bar-Kays are a soul, R&B, and funk group. The group had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" (Billboard Hot 100 number 17) in 1967, "Son of Shaft" in 1972, and "Boogie Body Land" in 1980.

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The Bangles
The Bangles
Recording Group

Music

The Bangles are an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, in 1981. They scored several hit singles as that decade continued. The band's hits include "Walk Like an Egyptian", Billboard's number-one single of 1987.

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The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band
Recording Group

Music

The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band. The band has been awarded seven gold and four platinum albums, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

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The 1975
The 1975
Recording Group

Music

The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel.

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Teyana Taylor
Teyana Taylor
Recording Artist

Music

Teyana Taylor is a singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model. In 2005, she signed a record deal with American musician Pharrell Williams' Star Trak Entertainment imprint, before making her first national appearance on MTV's "My Super Sweet 16".

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Tevin Campbell
Tevin Campbell
5-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Tevin Campbell is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Throughout his career, he has earned 5 Grammy Award nominations, selling an estimated 3 million album copies worldwide (primarily from his first two albums).

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Terry Derkach
Co-Founder, Hookist

Music

Terry Derkach's music production and writing credits include 3-time Grammy nominated, multi-platinum artist Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies), gospel vocalist Vernon Bush (Stevie Wonder, Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles), and Gary Lucas (Jeff Buckley).

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Terry Crews
Terry Crews
Host, "America's Got Talent"

Television

Terry Crews is an American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder, and former professional football player. He began hosting "America's Got Talent" in 2019, following his involvement in the same role for the program's spin-off series.

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Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Terri Lyne Carrington is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and many others.

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Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Recording Artist

Music

Terence Trent D'Arby came to fame with his debut studio album, "Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby", released in July 1987, which included the singles "Wishing Well" and "Sign Your Name". He adopted a new name, Sananda Maitreya.

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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Recording Artist

Music

Terence Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and music educator. He has composed more than forty film scores and performed on more than fifty.

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Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama

Ministry

The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Thondup) is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Tennant/Lowe
Tennant/Lowe
Recording Group

Music

Neil Tennant is an English musician, singer, songwriter, music journalist, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Chris Lowe in 1981. They have also recorded under the name Tennant/Lowe.

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Teller
Teller
Magician, Penn & Teller

Art

Teller is an American magician, illusionist, writer, actor, painter, and film director. He is best known as half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. Teller usually does not speak during performances.

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Tei Shi
Tei Shi
Recording Artist

Music

Tei Shi is a Colombian-Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer based in New York City. She released her first singles and music videos in 2013, also performing live for the first time at CMJ.

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Teddy Riley
Teddy Riley
Member, Guy and Member, BLACKstreet

Music

Through his production work with artists, including Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Doug E. Fresh, Today, Keith Sweat, Heavy D, Usher, and Jane Child, and his membership of the groups Guy and BLACKstreet, Teddy Riley is credited with having a major impact.

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Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass
Recording Artist

Music

Teddy Pendergrass was an American singer–songwriter and composer. He first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade.

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Ted Ross
Actor

Film

Ted Ross was an American actor, who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in "The Wiz", an all African-American reinterpretation of "The Wizard of Oz". He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production.

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