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Eagle-Eye Cherry
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Recording Artist

Music

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Spice Girls
Spice Girls
Recording Group

Music

Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. Their debut album "Spice" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. Their follow-up album "Spiceworld" sold over 20 million copies.

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Lifehouse
Lifehouse
Recording Group

Music

Lifehouse is an American rock band from Los Angeles comprising Jason Wade (lead vocals, guitar), Bryce Soderberg (bass, vocals) and Rick Woolstenhulme, Jr. (drums, percussion). To date, Lifehouse has sold over 15 million records worldwide.

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Shyheim
Recording Artist

Music

Shyheim is an American rapper and actor affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan. He was associated with a group called G.P. Wu and then began collaborating with Wu-Tang Records affiliated groups Killarmy and Sunz of Man.

Tags: Method Man · Ghostface Killah · Wu-Tang Clan · The Rugged Child · Staten Island, New York · Virgin Records · On and On · TLC · Waterfalls · Bottom Up Records

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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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Ronnie Spector
Ronnie Spector
Lead Singer, The Ronettes

Music

Ronnie Spector is an American rock and roll singer. She was the lead singer of the rock/pop vocal girl group the Ronettes, which had a string of hits during the early to mid–1960s. She has sung and collaborated with multiple other acts.

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