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Helen Cornelius was recognized to nation music fans being a singer/songwriter, but she also danced, acted, and played many instruments. She was created Helen Lorene Johnson in Monroe Town, MO, and was raised on a plantation with old brothers who performed in rings. She and her sisters Judy and Sharon …

An excellent and flexible bassist in a position to contribute to a multitude of advanced configurations, Harvie S. (previously Harvie Swartz) could very well be most widely known for his group of duet recordings and shows with vocalist Sheila Jordan. Originally a pianist, he began playing bass pretty past due …

Oscar-winning songwriter Sammy Fain wrote effective pop strikes and show music for Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s through the 1950s. Blessed in N.Con.C. on June 17, 1902, Fain continued to become prolific author of traditional pop music which were oft-covered by vocalists through the years. The composer got his …

Among the most extreme, artistically accomplished, and unheralded skills from the punk college, singer/songwriter and guitarist Adrian Borland left out a thick stockpile of excellent information under many guises. Ahead of striking his twenties, Borland created the Outsiders in 1976, a music group that released several records and sometimes gigged …

Marius Westernhagen was created on Dec 6, 1948. His dad, Hans Müller Westernhagen, was an acting professional, and guided youthful Marius toward a existence in theatrical overall performance. When his dad died at age 44, Marius was still in his early teenagers and well on his method to an effective …

Appalachian singer/songwriter Nimrod Workman was created in Martin Region, KY in 1895. Called for his full-blooded Cherokee grandfather, Workman became a coal miner at age 14, an profession he remaining in 1952 after experiencing Dark lung and back again complications. Like many miners at that time, no payment was allotted …

Although he shared the same rockabilly root base as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison continued to pioneer a completely different make of country/pop-based rock and roll & move in the first ’60s. What he lacked in charisma and photogenic appears, Orbison comprised for in spades along …

Lyricist Linda Creed teamed with composer/maker Thom Bell to writer some hits forever from the lush and seductive Philly spirit sound of the first ’70s. Created in Philadelphia in 1949, Creed grew up in the city’s Mt. Airy section. Her profession premiered in 1971 when the fantastic Dusty Springfield documented …

Hugh and Karl Farr were the main fiddle-and-guitar duo in the annals of nation & traditional western music, a group of sibling virtuosos who brought the vocabulary and dexterity of the greatest jazz in to the confines of nation and cowboy music for a lot more than 25 years. That …

Ron Broomfield, aka Eugene Wilde, seemed prepared to turn into a megastar in the mid-’80s. The Miami-based vocalist, who acquired previously been with Lifestyle, acquired a resonant, authoritative tone of voice and very self-confident manner. He have scored number 1 R&B strikes in 1984 and 1985 documenting for Philly W. …