b. 8 Oct 1898, Tbilisi, Georgia, Russia, d. 4 Dec 1987, LA, California, USA. A recognized stage and film movie director whose name is specially connected with two masterpieces from the American musical theatre – Porgy And Bess and Oklahoma! – and a renowned Hollywood movie, Appreciate Me Tonight. Mamoulian …

The group Tough Red is made up of John Fegan on harmonica and classical guitar, Peter Harvey on keyboards and accordion, John Barr on bass guitar, Steve Tyson on acoustic and electric guitars, Dobro, and mandolin, and Dave Parnell on percussion and drums. All five talented associates do their talk …

David Milberg was a DJ and radio/Television station professional, now a lawyer and vice leader of a nationwide consulting/administration company. He created his very own nationally syndicated oldies present on 130 channels in the 1980s, “Rare and Scratchy Rock and roll & Move,” and owns a lot more than 60,000 …

Harry spent some time working going back twenty years like a complex article writer coving the production world, including papers for: DuPont toxicology reviews for the EPA as well as the FDA. He offers won two yellow metal achievements within DuPont’s Executive Dept. for documents advances. Harry had written about …

Latin rockers Tito & Tarantula comprised singer/guitarist Tito Larriva, previously most widely known for founding the seminal LA punk music group the Plugz. Larriva was created in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico but spent his early years living outside Fairbanks, Alaska; his family members later on relocated to Un Paso, Tx, where …

The primary focus of the initial Alice Cooper band was understandably the group’s shock rock singer Alice Cooper. Nonetheless it was the group’s guitarist/keyboardist, Michael Bruce, who was simply the primary musical power behind the group, co-writing nearly all their songs. Given birth to on March 16, 1948, and elevated …

Not merely is Alabama-born Jerry McCain a good amplified harpist, he’s also among the funniest songwriters functioning the genre and continues to be for a lot more than four years, mainly because anyone who’s dug his out-of-control 1950s Excello rockers “My NEARBY Neighbor” and “Seeking to Please make sure to” …

Sammy Johns has written several hit tunes for other performers, but the 1 he will continually be remembered for may be the 1 he recorded himself. “Chevy Vehicle,” a track in regards to a loose-loving guy who accumulates a female while he’s on the highway, struck a noisy chord with …

Originally a ’50s rock & roll singer, Conway Twitty became the reigning country superstar from the ’70s and ’80s, accumulating an archive 40 number 1 hits during the period of 20 years. Along with his deep, resonant down-home tone of voice, Twitty was among the smoothest balladeers to function in …

After an extended amount of struggle, Kris Kristofferson achieved remarkable success being a country songwriter in the beginning of the 1970s. His music “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It During the night,” “Weekend Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” and “For the nice Situations,” all chart-topping strikes, helped redefine nation songwriting, …