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The elder statesman of literature’s Defeat Generation — and, by extension, from the American underground culture — few figures beyond the music sphere exerted a larger influence over rock & roll than novelist William S. Burroughs. A provocative, questionable amount famed for his exclusive cut-up prose visual, Burroughs resided the …

Nashville songwriter Hank Cochran penned a large number of nation hits through the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, including “We Fall to Parts” (Patsy Cline), “The Seat” (George Strait), “Don’t Contact Me personally” (Jeannie Seely), “NOT Ever Get Sick and tired of Hurtin’ Me personally?” (Ray Cost and Ronnie Milsap), “IT …

b. Donald Munro, 2 August 1953, Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Munro produced his name as vocalist and guitarist using the extremely effective Scottish folk rockers Runrig, before choosing to keep the band on the top of their industrial achievement to pursue a profession in politics. Munro was created for …

Polish pop vocalist Justyna Steczkowska was created in August 2, 1972, right into a musically energetic and wealthy family. Learning violin as her initial device, Justyna got her initial taste of functionality using her family music group, which gained her valuable knowledge and resulted in her steely perseverance to produce …

Easy listening composer and arranger Joe Harnell was created in the Bronx, NY, about August 2, 1924. The child of a previous vaudevillian, he initiated piano research at age six and was playing expertly by 14, carrying out with some jazz rings (including his father’s Catskills klezmer combo) while carrying …

Leo Soileau was among the dominating Cajun musicians from the 1930s and early ’40s. His a lot more than 100 recordings included such important music as “Hackberry Hop,” “La Gran Mamou,” La Valse De Gueydan,” and his best strike, “Jolie Blonde.” Taught the fiddle by important Cajun fiddlers Dennis McGee …

b. Albert Forrest Stinson Jnr., 2 August 1944, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, d. 2 June 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Although he performed several equipment as a kid, by his early teenagers Stinson had resolved over the bass. Still an adolescent, he used Terry Gibbs and with Chico Hamilton, with whom he …

Naná Vasconcelos was among the cluster of endlessly inventive Brazilian percussionists who changed the path and noises of Brazilian jazz in the post-bossa nova 1970s. Vasconcelos was a particularly inventive virtuoso from the berimbau, the expressive device shaped as an archer’s bow, and he’s also adept on the odd-numbered meters …

Most widely known for his 1960 R&B smash “Useful Guy,” Jimmy Jones sang inside a clean yet soulful falsetto modeled on famous brands Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke. Given birth to in Birmingham, AL, Jones relocated to NY with his family members and started his entertainment profession like a faucet …

The duo of Roy Kral and Jackie Cain (1928) were particularly well-known in the ’40s and ’50s. They combined vocalese, laughter and display business patter, with Cain also being truly a great ballad and interpretative vocalist. Kral fulfilled Cain in Chicago while he was playing piano inside a quartet. They …