Audrey Williams gave birth to Randall Hank Williams on May 26‚ 1949 in Shreveport‚ Louisiana. His father was the famous country music star Hank Williams‚ and he didn’t get to know him much— he died when Hank Williams Jr. was only three years old. Though his father wasn’t alive‚ he affected Hank Williams Jr.’s career from the start— he made his music debut at eight years old‚ and sang his father’s songs. People loved that he was continuing his father’s style of music‚ and he quickly became successful
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Carlos Alberto Vives is a Colombian singer known for his fusion of pop vocals and Colombian Vallenato music. Vives was born in Santa Marta (a city on the northern coast of Colombia) on August 7‚ 1961. In addition‚ Carlos has been helping other groups that are surging like ChoQuibTown‚ that is a group of two men and a woman from a poor region located in the pacific coast of Colombia called Choco. This amazing singer is considered one of the most acclaimed artist of Latin America. According to Alisa
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John Lee Hooker born on August 22‚ 1917‚ in Clarksdale‚ Mississippi. He was the fourth out of eleven children in his family of William and Minnie Hooker. His father was a sharecropper and Baptist minister who was not fond of the blues because his father refers blues music as the “devil’s music”. When he was five years old‚ his parents separated from each other and they divorced when he was eleven. In his younger years‚ Hooker received a limited amount of formal education. However‚ music was an important
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The music industry is always waiting for the freshest tunes‚ the weirdest-sounding voices and the never before seen charisma as it always thrives for something or someone new. Not that all the existing artists are trash but music somewhat conforms to the how its listeners are---always hungry for more. One of the best ways for fans and haters alike to know who’s who on the current music scene is through closely monitoring what US Billboard Hot 100 has for its list. When a group or an act penetrated
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With Adele’s new viral hit "Hello" reaching close to 500‚000‚000 views in just about a month‚ many ask themselves -- why is music so addictive? Although music is a difficult topic to explain due to its abstract nature‚ it can be clarified. Here’s why music is so appealing to people of all ages: Music Appeals to our Individual Senses: Whether the song lyrics match up with an event in a person’s life or has a catchy tune -- the brain is naturally attracted to songs that connect with an individual
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The year was 1977 and my father probably still had a full head of hair. Besides that‚ 13-year-old Dad was able to witness one of the greatest album releases of all time. On the verge of breaking up due to divorce (Christine & Bob McVie) and the on-again-off-again relationship style of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham‚ Fleetwood Mac released their best album and one of the most legendary albums to this day. This throwback Thursday let me take you through Rumors by Fleetwood Mac. “Second Hand News:”
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When I think of term rock and roll‚ I remember watching MTV and seeing Axel Rose scream into the microphone with his whinny voice the lyrics of “Paradise City” while dancing across the stage in his ridiculous outfits. My father would nostalgically reminisce of the epic guitar solos of the Eagles‚ Don Felder. My father being a teenager during the height of the rock music era afforded him certain opportunities to see the big hair bands perform live during their prime. When I was still a boy‚ he would
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Chuck Berry "School Days" One song that personifies the raucous‚ feel good party vibe of the fifties would be Chuck Berry’s "School Days" which was released in 1957. He truly made a hit with rebellious teenagers with a song about the occurrences of a school day and all of the trials and tribulations that go along with it. Chuck was also known as one of the most influential blues guitarists of his time. In this particular Chuck Berry song there are 4 different instruments present; guitar
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Many of us know “The Rock” (Famously known as The Rock‚ Dwayne Johnson) as a legend and one of the biggest stars of the 90’s and early 2000’s. Johnson’s father was a professional wrestler‚ so he got a fast track to the WWE. He has been one of the wrestlers who performed many dangerous and life killing tricks at different WWE matches. Although a lot of new wrestlers came to this field‚ but still he managed to maintain his level of appreciation. The Rock is extremely well known both in and out of the
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Pop Rock in the Nineties The nineties were a decade of enhancement. It was no longer fit to have anything the way it was originally made. It needed to be enhanced. The tastes and wants of society changed as technology changed. Every time technology advanced it would have a ripple effect to everything around it. This included music. Alternative rock was glorious in its day‚ but in the society of the nineties something more was needed. There are some alternative bands that embraced this change and
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