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A virtuoso over the trumpet, Al Hirt was frequently “overqualified” for the Dixieland and pop music that he performed. He examined classical trumpet on the Cincinnati Conservatory (1940-1943) and was inspired with the playing of Harry Adam. He freelanced in golf swing rings (including both Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and …

A larger-than-life performer best remembered for his 1960 R&B chart-topper “THERE’S Something in your thoughts,” singer Bobby Marchan was created Oscar Wayne Gibson in Youngstown, OH, on Apr 30, 1930. As a kid he became fascinated with the feminine impersonators who made an appearance around the so-called “chitlin circuit” of …

Based in Fresh Orleans, Blood vessels Red Velvet is really a melodic, jangly adult alternative/folk-rock duo that is greatly affected by R.E.M. and 10,000 Maniacs. The twosome in addition has been set alongside the Treatment, and another impact — either immediate or indirect — may be the Beatles. Having a …

New Orleans, Louisiana-based experimental digital duo Telefon Tel Aviv — senior high school friends Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper — shaped in 1999. Following a four-song demonstration made its method to John Hughes III’s Hefty label, the duo released a couple of fractured however melodic instrumentals, Fahrenheit Good Enough, in …