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Maria Guleghina

An incisive dramatic soprano, Guleghina has attained a busy profession internationally, advancing quickly at leading international operatic venues since her debut in 1987 on the Condition Opera of Minsk. In 1987 she made an appearance in Verdi’s El Ballo in Maschera with Luciano Pavarotti at La Scala, Milan. Her American …

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The Velvets

The Odessa, TX-based Velvets are best remembered because of their violin-enriched 1961 Top 40 hit “Tonight (May be the Evening),” where the group chanted “doo-wop” behind lead singer Virgil Johnson. It had been among the initial uses from the expression in a melody (the Turbans’ usage of the expression in …

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