His music is so inspirational
His music is so inspirational
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. Name at birth: Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. Quincy Jones started as a trumpet player, touring with Lionel Hampton in the early 1950s. He soon gained a reputation as an arranger and composer, and was leading his own bands by the end of the decade. Since then he has worked as an arranger, composer and producer for some of the greatest performers of swing, jazz, blues and hip-hop, from Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra to Little Richard and Michael Jackson. Nicknamed "Q," Jones is also a noted composer of film and television scores who was especially active in the 1960s and 1970s.…
Lil Wayne (born Da'Wayne Carter September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was one of the Hot Boys, an American rap group associated with Cash Money Records. His debut solo album was, Tha Block Is Hot was released in 1999. The title track was a huge hit. His second album was 2000's Lights Out, followed by 500 Degreez in 2002. In 2004 he released his latest solo album titled " Tha Carter".…
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. who is better known as Lil Wayne is an American rapper. Lil Wayne was born on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Carter mother was a 19 year old chef when he was born. At age 2 Carter’s parents got divorced and his father permanently abandoned him and his mother. While he attended Lafayette Elementary School he was enrolled in the schools gifted program and once he reached secondary school at Eleanor McMain Secondary School he became involved in the drama club.…
In my paper I will write about CCR’s Original band and their new band Creedence Clearwater Revisited created in 1995. I will also inform you about CCR’s top three hit Singles.…
Johnny cash is one of the best artist of all time. Johnny as a successful singer/songwriter for over 6 decades, influencing people and the music industry. Not only is he in the Country music hall of fame but the Rock & Roll hall of fame to. Johnny started playing music in the age where rock & roll was just being discovered. The music style Johnny had was country, rock, gospel, and the blues.…
According to Steve Huey, “Wonder was born Steveland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, MI, on May 13, 1950” (np). As a premature infant, he was put in an incubator, with an excess of oxygen that resulted in a visual condition known as retinopathy, causing blindness (Huey np). Steve Huey said that, “He learned piano, drums, and harmonica all by the age of nine” (np). Stevie performed for a few friends in 1961, while being discovered by Ronnie White of the Miracles, who arranged an audition with Berry Gordy at Motown (Huey np). Steve Huey also said that, “Gordy signed the youngster immediately and teamed him with producer/songwriter Clarence, under the new name Little Stevie Wonder” (np). Stevie covered one of his heroes, Ray Charles, in his first two albums in 1962: A Tribute to Uncle Ray (Huey np). His song “Fingertips, Pt. 2” skyrocketed to the top of both the pop and R&B charts; meanwhile the young genius became Motown’s first chart topping (Huey np). Steve Huey said that, “Wonder charted a few more singles over the next year, but none on the level of “Fingertips, Pt. 2” (np).…
He is noted for his impersonations of actors, musicians and other celebrities. At the age of 3, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father and Will Mastin as the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, Davis returned to the trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) after the 1951 Academy Awards. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, he lost his left eye in a car accident, and several years later, he converted to Judaism.…
Folk singer Pete Seeger was born in New York, New York in 1919. His father was a musical man and taught at the University of California in Berkeley, as well as Julliard. His mother taught violin at Julliard as well, although she would have preferred to be a traveling violinist if she did not have a family to care for. Seeger’s brother and sister became musicians as well. It seems Seeger was destined to be a musician himself.…
Elvis faced many hardships in his life one of them was racial issues the other where 1.Elvis’s father was in jail when elvis was born, 2.His twin died at birth, 3.his family relied on local donations from the church and neighbors, 4.Elvis was in the army, 5.His mom died when elvis was born…
The premise of this work is that rock 'n' roll matters, and that it means what it says. It seems that rock 'n' roll music has seldom been given its due as an art form, that it is somehow relegated to a category of less "mature" or "serious" artistic pursuits by the media and the intellectual community. Some critics use the generic term "Pop" to refer to any popular music, including all contemporary rock musicians, as if the fact of rock 'n' roll's immense commercial success implies that it cannot really be taken seriously alongside, say, classical music, or even Jazz. Beyond artistic circles, rock 'n' roll is usually given even less credibility; the ideas and feelings and beliefs expressed and reflected in rock songs tend to be dismissed by…
He wasn’t just some junkie that made music, he was a true artist who is appreciated and will never be forgotten. It’s evident what kind of impact that he has left on the music industry, even today in this generation you can ask people of the younger age groups about Marvin Gaye and they will know him because the music and work he put into his master pieces are timeless. “Gaye’s last public performance was on February 13, 1993 performing the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the NBA all-start game in Inglewood, California” (Grow). A day before his 45th birthday Marvin and his father got into a heated argument and his own father shot him in the heart, then in his shoulder. He was taken to the hospital and was pronounced dead the same day. This goes to show how love and hate are basically the same thing and will drive you to do things that you can’t imagine. The charges if murder were dropped on the father because they found traces of cocaine in Marvin’s system and he had a brain tumor that he didn’t he didn’t tell anyone about. Hopefully this paper has opened your eyes to the world of Marvin Gaye and his trials and tribulations to make it as…
The history of hip hop music and the lyrics is controversial. Over the years, the lyrics evolved tremendously. Hip hop music today has became more acceptable and commonly seen in American culture, and even internationally. Although hip hop music has violent lyrics, so do pop, country, rock, and other genres of music. It really all depends on the person who is perceiving the music…
Rock and roll icon Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex England, is a singer, songwriter and composer (Biography.com Editors). At the age of four years old, he taught himself how to play the piano and developed an eagerness and artistry for music (Biography.com Editors). He soon acquired a scholarship to a youth program at the Royal Academy of Music in London (Biography.com Editors). Up until his teenage years, John and his father, Stanley Dwight, often debated on John’s future. John wanted to pursue a career in pop music, while his father insisted on something more professional (Biography.com Editors). John’s relationship with his mother was quite the contrary. In his movie, “Tiaras…
-Ian DeanEnglish 9Ms. Smith4/27/12Bob MarleyIn 1945 on February 6th Robert Nesta Marley was born. Raised in the poor Trenchtown area in Kingston Jamaica, his childhood would be one without a father, and steeped in Rastafarianism, a faith that would govern his life. He would grow to be one of the most influential pop culture figures in history, amassing a following still going strong through a generation who could never even see him perform. Bob Marley's charity and concern for the wellbeing of impoverished countries and their citizens is what makes him truly an icon.As the child to a single parent in a Jamaican ghetto, Bob would have a childhood rooted in music and faith. Although he attended a school and received a formal education, most of…
Born in Jamaica, Marley was a child of an absentee white father and his family…