The Dovells are most widely known for a small number of early-’60s dance hits, including their biggest one — “The Bristol Stomp” — number 1 (according to Cash Box) and number 2 (Billboard) within the pop charts in 1961, climbing its way to number seven within the R&B charts aswell. …

Finnish rock outfit Daniel Lioneye may be the splinter group developed by members from the acclaimed hard rock-band H.We.M. The music group was created in 2001 by H.We.M. guitarist Mikko Viljami “Linde” Lindström (aka Daniel Lioneye) on vocals and acoustic guitar, Mikko Heinrik Julius “Migé” Paananen on bass, Ville Hermanni …

Malcolm Holcombe can be an acclaimed singer/songwriter within the insurgent nation/folk vein who was raised in Weaverville, N.C. The discharge of his debut recording, 1996’s 100 Lays — which presented his moody poetry, nation blues acoustic guitar, and rumbling baritone — was fulfilled with acclaim from USA Today and Moving …

Furthermore to launching a string of effective information between 1912 and 1949, Al Jolson achieved pre-eminent stardom on Broadway, hosted many radio series, and became the very first important figure from the sound-era of movies. His performing design was brash and extroverted; he billed himself as “the world’s ideal entertainer,” …

In 1961, Troy Shondell’s “THIS TIME AROUND (We’re Really SPLITTING UP)” rode the charts for four months. Inside the 1st week from the single’s launch, enthusiasts of his swamp pop audio snatched up 10,000 copies from the record. In one year, sales increased to a lot more than three million …

The vocal quartet alternately referred to as the Norfolk Jazz as well as the Norfolk Jubilee was the very best known & most influential band of this kind to emerge from the Tidewater region of Virginia before the appearance of the best-known followers the Golden Gate Quartet. Founded by bass …

Reba McEntire was probably the most successful feminine recording musician in nation music within the 1980s and 1990s, where period she scored 22 number 1 strikes and released five platinum albums, six platinum albums, two double-platinum albums, four triple-platinum albums, a quadruple-platinum album, along with a quintuple-platinum album, for qualified …

Fusing traditional country with a rich selection of rock and roll, pop, and Latin affects, the Mavericks became perhaps one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful sets of the first ’90s. The group’s operate of strikes faded in the 21st hundred years, however they still kept to a …

Crimson Foley was one of the primary famous actors in country through the post-war era, a silky-voiced singer who marketed some 25 million records between 1944 and 1965 and whose popularity went much to make country music a practical mainstream commodity. Blessed Clyde Julian Foley on June 17, 1910, in …

Straight down in Louisiana, Marva Wright was known as the Blues Queen. Followers of her energy-filled shows, both live and documented, called her a whole lot of other activities, as well, like “Marvalous Marva.” The “bluesiana” figures she favored had been a strong display for her powerful, gospel-rooted tone of …