b. Archibald Alexander Leach, 18 January 1904, Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Britain, d. 29 November 1986, Davenport, Iowa, USA. As a kid, Leach became a member of a troupe of itinerant entertainers and was still in his teenagers if they travelled to the united states where he battled in vaudeville while …

So, this is actually the tale — familiar to all or any enthusiasts of Frank Zappa — of Ruben Sano and his ’53 Nash, as well as the music group he left out in 19 when his sweetheart said she’d keep him if he didn’t quit the group. Best? Wrong. …

British isles AOR veterans FM were shaped throughout the trio of Steve Overland, his sibling Chris, and Pete Jupp. The three primarily formed the music group Animals in 1980 and documented Burning up for Chrysalis. Their second recording, Animals, included drummer Simon Kirke (ex-Free, Poor Business) and was made by …

Located in Montreal, David Kristian provides looked far back to electronic music’s previous to unite his vision of soundtrack music and experimental electronics. Motivated with the initial completely digital film rating, 1956’s Forbidden Globe by Louis and Bebe Barron, Kristian documented a 1997 record (Cricklewood) being a tribute towards the …

Despite a documenting career that prolonged for nearly 2 decades, including a stint in the famed Motown label, Barbara McNair continues to be better-known as an actress than as a singer, making use of both skills because the star of her own eponymously-titled television variety series. Given birth to January …

Singer/celebrity Mary Martin was, alongside Ethel Merman, among the two leading performers in stage musicals through the middle third from the 20th hundred years. In the 1930s towards the 1960s, Martin made an appearance on Broadway, in the Western world End, and on tour a large number of situations in …

b. 13 Apr 1924, Columbia, SC, USA. The movie director and choreographer to get a string of traditional MGM musicals from the 50s, Donen was fascinated with film and theatre from an early on age group. After graduating from senior high school he done Broadway within the chorus from the …

Sparks may be the automobile for the skewed pop smarts and wise-guy wordplay of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, LA natives who have spent their years as a child modeling adolescent men’s attire for mail-order catalogs. While going to UCLA in 1970, the Maels shaped their 1st group, Halfnelson, which …

Despite the fact that he includes a low profile musically, Nicholas James Bullen deserves reputation to be the founder of the very most influential grindcore band, Napalm Loss of life, and an associate from the critically praised ambient dub project Scorn. Nick Bullen was a teenage punk affected from the …