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Tom Gaebel is a German singer and innovator of the big music group named after himself (he changed the spelling of his last name, preventing the umlaut to provide it a far more international sheen). He was created on January 13, 1975, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and quickly begun to play …

Most widely known for his association using the past due sweet band innovator Sammy Kaye (b. Mar. 31, 1910, d. Jun. 2, 1987) in the ’40s and ’50s, the Tony Alamo profiled with this bio shouldn’t be confused using the infamous quasi-evangelist/cult innovator Tony Alamo (whose bizarre antics possess ranged …

A ballad and blues singer with small recordings, Speed was overshadowed by Sinatra, but rivaled Johnny Desmond, Chet Baker, and Bobby Darin.

With hardly any exceptions, the career of Harry Connick, Jr., could be divided in two — his 1st two albums encompassed straight-ahead New Orleans jazz and stride piano while his later on profession (which paralleled his increasing celebrity position) alternated between more sophisticated New Orleans music and pop vocals having …

Alan Dale (given birth to Aldo Sigismondi) was once among America’s biggest performing superstars. His baritone was noticed on Pérez Prado’s million-selling 1955 strike, “Cherry Red and Apple Blossom White colored,” while his tune “Nice and Mild” launched the cha-cha to THE UNITED STATES. He positioned second after Frank Sinatra …

Vocalist/pianist Michael Feinstein was both a perfect motivator and a beneficiary of the renewed curiosity about pre-rock popular music that were only available in the 1980s, a craze that also present Linda Ronstadt offering an incredible number of copies of albums of traditional pop made out of conductor Nelson Riddle …

Ralph Sharon made his professional debut with Ted Heath in 1946, after that shifted to Frank Weir’s orchestra before leading his very own sextet. He transferred to the U.S. in 1953, where he originally proved helpful as an accompanist to Chris Connor. In 1957, he became musical movie director and …

Along with his avuncular appearance and rich baritone, African-born British pop singer Roger Whittaker appeared like a past due successor to Bing Crosby when he surfaced into worldwide popularity in the ’70s. Although his preliminary hits had been self-written, he quickly switched mainly to interpretive performing as he documented prolifically. …

Robert Farnon, a author of light classical and “disposition music,” is a rival to find such as for example Eric Coates, David Rose, and Percy Beliefs. He in addition has been notably effective in neuro-scientific film music because the 1940s. Robert Joseph Farnon was created right into a musical family …

Traditional pop singer Ron Kaplan was created in Hollywood, CA, the son of a specialist trumpeter who played out in jazz bands. His early affects had been the pop performers from the 1950s, including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. His initial device was the drums, although he afterwards performed piano …