Alicia Secrets became a global celebrity through her singular mixture of vintage and modern R&B. Behind the main pop strike “Fallin,” her debut record, Songs in A, sold a lot more than 50,000 copies during its initial time of availability in 2001 and finally transferred over ten million systems worldwide, …

Vocalist and pianist Linda Williams, a local of NEW YORK, was a music movie director for Natalie Cole through the ‘70s and co-composed “La Costa,” from 1977’s Thankful. The music caught to such an degree that versions had been later documented by Ahmad Jamal and Philip Upchurch. In 1979, Williams …

Given birth to and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, R&B vocalist Mario developed his normal talent while performing together with his mother utilizing a karaoke machine in the home. Found out at age 11 in an area talent display, he later journeyed to NEW YORK to establish a profession and obtained …

Few figures exerted higher influence on the music from the 1960s and 1970s than Isaac Hayes; after laying the groundwork for the Memphis spirit audio through his use Stax-Volt Information, Hayes began an extremely successful single profession which predated not merely the disco motion but additionally the development of rap. …

Swizz Beatz was created Kasseem Dean within the Bronx borough of NEW YORK. He relocated to Atlanta as an adolescent, where he began to DJ celebrations. When his family members became associated with the Ruff Ryders label, he started to make tracks in the sensitive age group of 16. Forgoing …

Through the early- to mid-2010s, Latisha Hyman stated her put in place the music industry like a songwriter and/or presented vocalist on several commercial rap, R&B, and dance produces. Born and elevated in the Bronx, Hyman — who goes on Tish — began as a fight rapper, influenced by her …

American composer and pianist Philippa Duke Schuyler was the daughter of African-American author George Schuyler and eccentric, Texas-born Caucasian artist and ex-Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty Josephine Cogdell, whose marriage to Philippa Schuyler’s father served to ostracize Cogdell from her rich family. Anxious to verify that mixed-raced children were inherently more …

Jimmy Small, whose true name is Leslie Ronald Small was created in Cinderford, close to Gloucester and it is among Britain’s most liked radio broadcasters, hosting his own morning hours present on BBC’s Radio 2 between 1973 until his pension in 2002. Before that nevertheless, he had liked a successful …

Zascha Moktan can be an Indian-born, English-language pop-soul vocalist/pianist from Germany who begun to look for achievement there in 2007-2008 using the discharge of her debut recordings. Blessed in 1981 in New Delhi, India, Moktan may be the daughter of the Nepalese dad and a German mom. At a age …

Within the span of three brief years, Kanye West went from hip-hop beatmaker to world-wide hitmaker, as his stellar production work with Jay-Z resulted in a major-label documenting contract and, ultimately, a wildly effective solo career. Western world matched his beats with tongue-twisting raps along with a self-assured, flamboyant character. …