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R.E.M.
R.E.M.
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

R.E.M. was formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. R.E.M. disbanded amicably in September 2011.

Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato
MTV Video Music Award Winner

Music

Demi Lovato is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After making her debut as a child actress in "Barney & Friends", Lovato rose to prominence in 2008. All five of her albums have received a gold certification in the United States.

Tags: Barney & Friends · Billboard Hot 100 · Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam · Camp Rock · The X Factor USA · MTV Video Music Award Winner · Smurfs: The Lost Village · Latin American Music Award Winner · People's Choice Award Winner · Substance Abuse

The Muppets
The Muppets
Ensemble Cast of Puppet Characters

Television

The Muppets are an ensemble cast of puppet characters known for their self-aware, burlesque, and meta-referential style of variety-sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson and his wife Jane Henson in 1955, they are the namesake for the Disney media franchise.

Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Social and Political Activist

Activism

Gloria Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Doreen Bazile
Social Worker

Sociology

Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, family conflict, loss, grief, bereavement, and more.

Tags: Social Worker · Spirituality · Religion · Family Conflict · Loss · Grief · Bereavement

Eagle-Eye Cherry
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Recording Artist

Music

Eagle-Eye Cherry is a Swedish musician best known for his hit single "Save Tonight".

Santana
Santana
Recording Group

Music

Santana is an American Latin rock band, who has earned nine Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards. Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all-time.

Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Member, Santana

Music

Carlos Santana is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.

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

Jim Vance
News Anchor, NBC Washington

Television

Jim Vance was an American television news anchor in Washington, D.C. He earned 19 local Emmy Awards. One of the Emmy Awards was for his coverage of the 1977 Hanafi Siege of three buildings in downtown Washington, D.C.

L.C. Cooke
Recording Artist

Music

Sam Cooke's younger brother and member of the Chicago R&B group called The Magnificents, had vocal abilities that rivaled his brother. L.C. Cooke signed with his brother's newly-formed SAR Records label. He recorded his one and only album.

Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Recording Group

Music

Stone Temple Pilots are an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's debut album, "Core" (1992), was a commercial success, and they went on to become one of the most commercially successful bands of the 1990s.

Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington
Lead Singer, Linkin Park

Music

Chester Bennington was an American singer and songwriter best known as the frontman for the rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead singer for Dead by Sunrise and fronted Stone Temple Pilots from 2013 to 2015.

John Heard
John Heard
Emmy Award Nominee

Film

John Heard was probably best known for his lead roles in several films, including "Chilly Scenes of Winter", "Heart Beat", "Cutter's Way", "Cat People", and "C.H.U.D.". He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest starring on "The Sopranos".

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Actor · Emmy Award Nominee · The Sopranos · Margot Kidder · Theatre World Award Winner · Obie Award Winner · Gonzaga College High School Theatre Hall of Fame · Heart Beat · Cutter's Way · Beaches

Chicago
Chicago
Recording Group

Music

Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. They have sold over 40 million units in the United States, with 23 gold, 18 platinum, and 8 multi-platinum albums. Over the course of their career they have had five number-one albums.

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.

Sananda Maitreya
Sananda Maitreya
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.

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.

Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Music

Wynton Marsalis is a trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. He has been awarded nine Grammy Awards, and his "Blood on the Fields" was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

One Direction
One Direction
Recording Group

Music

One Direction are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on March 25, 2015.

Jaheim
Jaheim
Recording Artist

Music

Jaheim was signed by Naughty by Nature's Kaygee to Divine Mill Records in 2000, and released his debut album "Ghetto Love" in 2001. His second effort, "Still Ghetto" (2002), contains the hit "Put That Woman First" (2003), both of which achieved platinum.

Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Co-Founder, The Walt Disney Company

Film

Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations.

Diana King
Diana King
Recording Artist

Music

Diana King is a Jamaican singer-songwriter who performs a mixture and fusion of reggae, reggae fusion and dancehall. She is best known for her hit 1995 single "Shy Guy" and her remake of "I Say a Little Prayer" which was featured on a soundtrack.

John McCain
John McCain
United States Senator (R-AZ) and Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee

Politics

John McCain is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, in office since 1987. He was the Republican nominee for the 2008 presidential election.

Leonard, Coleman & Blunt
Former Lead Singers From The Temptations, The Platters, and The Drifters

Music

Leonard, Coleman & Blunt have been around the world and back again several times each, as the lead singers of three of the most legendary vocal groups of all time: The Temptations, The Platters, and The Drifters.

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