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Nonchalant
Nonchalant
Recording Artist

Music

Nonchalant is an American female rapper, and songwriter from Washington, D.C. who was signed to MCA Records. Nonchalant is best known for her hit single "5 O'Clock", which peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was eventually certified gold.

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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
Jazz Poet, Musician, and Author

Music

Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s.

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John Lennon
John Lennon
Member, The Beatles

Music

John Lennon was an English singer and songwriter who co-founded The Beatles (1960-70), the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership.

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Wiley College Choir
Wiley College Choir
Recording Group

Music

Wiley College Choir is an a cappella choir based at Wiley College. Founded in 1873, in Marshall, Texas, the college is a private, co-educational institution of higher learning affiliated with the United Methodist church and the United Negro College Fund.

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Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
10-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Chaka Khan is an American singer whose career has spanned four decades. Widely known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.

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"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Recording Artist

Music

"Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer, songwriter, and parodist. He has sold more than 12 million albums. His works have earned him four Grammy Awards and a further 11 nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States.

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Chase & Rose
Recording Group

Comedy

Chase & Rose is the musical comedy duo of Casey Jost and Patrick Noth.

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The Delfonics
The Delfonics
Recording Group

Music

The Delfonics are an American R&B/Soul vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were most popular in the late–1960s and early–1970s. Their most notable hits include "La-La (Means I Love You)" and "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)".

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Sting
Sting
Recording Artist

Music

Sting is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police from 1977 to 1984, before launching a solo career. He has received 16 Grammy Awards.

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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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TLC
TLC
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

TLC is an American girl group whose original line-up consisted of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Having sold over 75 million records worldwide, TLC is the best-selling American girl group of all time.

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Matchbox Twenty
Matchbox Twenty
Recording Group

Music

Matchbox Twenty rose to international fame with their debut album, "Yourself or Someone Like You" (1996), which was certified 12× Platinum (diamond) in the United States and multi-platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

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Barry Lyon
Recording Artist

Music

Barry Lyon is a singer-songwriter. He co-wrote "Let Them Know We Care" with Michael Ohara (Anita Baker). He also worked on various projects with actor, voice artist, singer, and songwriter Scott Grimes (American Dad) and composer Greg O'Connor (MADtv).

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Lorde
Lorde
Recording Artist

Music

Lorde is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. In mid-2013, Lorde released her debut single "Royals". It became an international crossover hit and made Lorde the youngest solo artist (and the only New Zealander) to achieve a US number-one single.

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Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
64th United States Attorney General

Politics

Robert F. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the United States junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Assassination · Conspiracy Theories · Brookline, Massachusetts · Civil Rights · Death Penalty Issues · Cuba · Japan · RFK · Bobby · United States Naval Reserve

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Malcolm X
Malcolm X
African-American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist

Activism

To the admirers of Malcolm X, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence.

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Bonné Dunning Williams
Member, Ladies of SKYY

Music

Ladies of SKYY (Denise, Dolores, and Bonné Dunning) are best known as the female vocalists of the hit group known as Skyy. Their biggest chart position was achieved in 1982, when their album "Skyy Line" was certified gold and reached #1 album status.

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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States (1981 - 1989)

Politics

Ronald Reagan was an American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

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Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Justin Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His United States album and singles sales total 44.7 million. He has sold an estimated 100 million records, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists.

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Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams
Recording Artist

Music

Oleta Adams is an American soul, jazz, and gospel singer and pianist.

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Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
Recording Artist

Music

Joe Cocker was an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs. Hewas ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.

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Douglas Baldeo
Actor, Singer, and Dancer

Theatre

Twelve-year-old Douglas Baldeo was a principal cast member of the award-winning Broadway Musical, "Kinky Boots". Following his run in "Kinky Boots", he was cast as a vacation swing for "Motown the Musical" on tour.

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Billy Sherwood
Bassist, YES and Bassist, Asia

Music

Billy Sherwood is mostly known for his time as a member of progressive rock band YES. He is also a member of the band Asia. Sherwood's godfather was the television icon Milton Berle, and his father was a famous musician, who has worked with Frank Sinatra.

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YES
YES
Progressive Rock Band and Inductee, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Music

YES are an English rock band formed in 1968. They adopted several changes in musical style, from rearranged covers to progressive and art rock in the 1970s, before moving towards pop in the 1980s. They have sold 13.5 million albums in the United States.

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Rachel Lorin
Recording Artist

Music

Rachel Lorin is a rock singer, who starred on the reality show "The Next Big Thing: NY" (2012), broadcast on Oxygen and E! networks. She has worked with multi-Grammy Award winner Earl Cohen, Tony Harnell of TNT and Skid Row, and Pat Gasperini of Pound.

Tags: The Next Big Thing: NY

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