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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters was an American blues musician who is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His influence was tremendous, not just on blues and rhythm and blues but on rock and roll, hard rock, folk music, jazz, and country music.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, later being referred to as "the godmother of rock and roll". She influenced musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Party of the Sin
Party of the Sin began as a boy band in 1989, under another name that has been since forgotten. What remains is the twisted residue of what was once such a virtuous endeavor. What remains is Party of the Sin.
Dave Vescio
Dave Vescio is an actor and former soldier and photojournalist best known for his villainous roles in film and television, such as his role in the films "Hick", "Lost Souls", "House of Flesh Mannequins", "Air Collision", "Gemini Rising", and "Virus X".
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry.
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry was a playwright and writer. She was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play "A Raisin in the Sun", highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago.
Ralph Carter
Ralph Carter is an American actor and singer. He is known for his work as a child and teenager, both in the Broadway musical "Raisin", based on the Lorraine Hansberry drama "A Raisin in the Sun"; and as Michael Evans on the CBS sitcom "Good Times".
Ephraim Lewis
Ephraim Lewis was an English soul/neo-soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was one of many highly anticipated performers that emerged in the early 1990s. However, he died with only one album to his name.
Laura Satterfield
Walela is a trio of singers, named for the Cherokee word for hummingbird. The group was founded in 1996 by sisters Rita Coolidge and Priscilla Coolidge, with Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield as the third member.
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep is an American actress and philanthropist. Nominated for 20 Academy Awards, she has more nominations than any other actor, and is one of the six actors to have won three or more competitive Oscars for acting.
Stephanie Graegin
Stephanie Graegin is an illustrator. Her clients include Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Beach Lane Books, Carus Publishing, Dial Books for Young Readers, Disney Hyperion, eeBoo, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Google, and Little Brown for Young Readers.
Lil Peep
Gustav Åhr, known by his stage name Lil Peep, was an American rapper and singer. He was cited as one of the primary artists responsible for the post-emo revival with his style of hip-hop which came to be known as emo trap. He died on November 15, 2017.
112
112 (pronounced "one-twelve") is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. The group most notably won a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for featuring in the song "I'll Be Missing You" with Puff Daddy and Faith Evans.
Puff Daddy
Sean Combs, also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, and Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards.
Harry Styles
Harry Styles rose to stardom as a member of One Direction. He signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Columbia Records. Preceded by its first single "Sign of the Times", his self-titled debut album was released, debuting atop the charts.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician, who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
Michael Moore
Michael Moore is an American documentary filmmaker and author. His film "Bowling for Columbine" (2002), which examines the causes of the Columbine High School massacre, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Bill Maher
Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He is well known for the HBO political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003–present) and the similar late-night show called "Politically Incorrect".
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". He is one of the best-selling artists in the history of recorded music, with estimated record sales of around 600 million units worldwide.
George Takei
George Takei is an American actor, director, author, and activist. He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series "Star Trek". He also portrayed the character in six "Star Trek" feature films.
John Legend
John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2015 for writing the song "Glory" from the film "Selma". He has also won ten Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Corey Haim
Corey Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films, such as "Lucas", "Silver Bullet", "Murphy's Romance", "License to Drive", "Dream a Little Dream", and "Snowboard Academy".
The Tom Browne Band
The Tom Browne Band was formed in early 2015. They consist of Kiera Browne on lead vocals/rhythm guitar, Tom Wells on lead guitar, Leon Wayland on bass guitar, and Josh Brown on drums.
Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman became well-known with roles in films such as "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" (1984), "Gremlins" (1984), "The Goonies" (1985), "Stand by Me" (1986), "The Lost Boys" (1987), and "The 'Burbs" (1989).
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