b. 2 Dec 1924, London, Britain. A composer, arranger and conductor for the theater and movies, Ornadel researched piano, dual bass, and structure in the Royal University of Music. He was with ENSA for some time, and later on toured European countries with the favorite vocalist Dorothy Carless. He led …

Ronald Stein was never a significant name in the fraternity of soundtrack composers in the way of Bernard Herrmann or Alfred Newman; certainly, Stein spent the majority of his profession writing ratings for films whose entire costs were scarcely bigger than the amount of money allocated simply for music of …

Manufacturer Jonah Ellis co-wrote the million-selling one “Don’t End the Music” and “Don’t Waste materials YOUR TIME AND EFFORT,” both number 1 R&B strikes by Yarbrough and Individuals. The Wilson, NC, indigenous journeyed to LA to get a record offer as a vocalist on Lonnie Simmons’ Total Knowledge Records. Rather …

Among Jamaica’s most outstanding vocal skills, Johnny Clarke hasn’t achieved the international acclaim of a few of his compatriots, and he even fell from favour in his homeland in the 1980s. Nevertheless, in his heyday, through the middle- through past due ’70s, the vocalist recorded a blast of essential cuts, …

The foremost music parodist from the MTV era, “Weird Al” Yankovic carried the torch of music laughter more proudly and more successfully than any performer since Allan Sherman. In the wonderful world of novelty information — a genre mentioned for its intensive back again catalog of flashes-in-the-pan and one-hit miracles …

The best rock & roll session man, Leon Russell’s very long and storied career included collaborations having a virtual who’s who of music icons spanning from Jerry Lee Lewis to Phil Spector towards the Rolling Rocks. An identical eclecticism and range also surfaced in his single function, which couched his …

The flagship act of frontman Tag Robinson’s own TeenBeat label, Unrest was a towering pillar from the American indie rock community through the entire early ’90s — from your tongue-in-cheek garage noise of their earliest efforts towards the shimmering, manic pop thrills of their later on, most enduring work, the …

Jane Powell enjoyed an effective profession in film musicals primarily through the entire ’40s and ’50s — usually typecast while an innocent, “woman nearby” teenager. Given birth to Suzanne Bruce in Portland, Oregon on Apr 1, 1929, the youngster started going from the name of Jane Powell young as her …

Probably one of the most enigmatic and inventive suppliers from the 1960s, George “Darkness” Morton was most famed for his strikes using the Shangri-Las, although he also did well known discs with Janis Ian, Vanilla Fudge, and the brand new York Dolls. Morton was nicknamed “Darkness” partly due to his …

Songwriter/maker/keyboardist Freddie Perren’s 1st big break came while an associate of the organization, the songwriters/suppliers/arrangers collective behind the first Motown hits from the Jackson 5 including their 3 consecutive number 1 pop strikes, “I’D LIKE You Back again,” “ABC,” and “The Like You Save.” The additional members had been Motown …