How can a deaf person sing? One might ask this question about Johnnie Ray but yet he did it all. He wrote songs‚ sang them‚ and even saw some become big hits across the country. He was deaf‚ but he still chose a music career and succeeded. Johnnie Ray had to overcome many obstacles to become a successful musician. But how did he do it? John Alvin Ray was born on January 10‚ 1927 in Hopewell‚ Oregon. (known as Salem today) He grew up on a farmhouse with an older sister named Elma. He loved music
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Sammy Davis Jr. was a singer‚ actor‚ dancer‚ and comedian. 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
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Willie Nelson was a singer whose albums have caught the imagination of the world for more than thirty years in the Heartland. We also‚ “learn about his childhood spent picking cotton; his stormy marriages; his impoverished early years as a fledgling songwriter; his wild experiences with drugs‚ booze‚ and women; his long rise to superstardom; and his shared musical and personal experiences with performers like Waylon Jennings‚ Julio Iglesias‚ Kris Kristofferson‚ Johnny Cash‚ Ray Charles‚ Loretta Lynn
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Detroit‚ located near the Great Lakes‚ was the biggest city of heavy industry in the 1950s and 1960s. The Big Three automobile companies such as Ford‚ GM and Chrysler‚ had their manufacturing plants in Detroit at that time. People called this city as Motown‚ a compound word of Motor Town. Berry Gordy Jr. came back to Detroit after the Korean War in 1953 and he run a jazz record store with his friends. He was absorbed in blues and bebop and used to write songs as his hobby. Since he was a versatile
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Hugh Beresford Hammond‚ better known as Beres Hammond is a Jamaican reggae legend. He was born on August 28‚ 1955 in Annotto Bay‚ St. Mary Jamaica. Hammond grew up in a big family‚ being the ninth of ten children and he was fortunate enough to rise to fame. Growing up in Jamaica‚ there are many different music influences. He grew up singing and did covers for many American artists such as Ortis Redding and Sam Cooke. He was also influenced by the different Ska and Rocksteady music styles. He would
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Tyrese Gibson is a famous R&B singer and actor who is very known around the United States. He was born in California in the year of 1978; Tyrese Gibson sharpened his musical abilities by performing in local talent shows around Los Angeles. At the point when Gibson was 17‚ he started modeling for Guess and Tommy Hilfiger and he eventually received a recording contract from RCA Records. His self-titled introduction collection won him a Grammy selection and sold more than a million duplicates. He released
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Don’t Change the World Once upon a time‚ there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day‚ he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace‚ he complained that his feet were very painful‚ because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip‚ and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.Definitely‚ this would need thousands of cows’ skin‚ and
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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24‚ 1941) is an American singer-songwriter‚ musician‚ artist‚ bard and‚ more recently‚ disc jockey‚ who has been a foremost character in fashionable music for five decades. Much of his largely celebrated handiwork dates from the 1960s when he was‚ at first‚ an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social instability. A quantity of his songs‚ such as "Blowin’ in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin’‚" became anthems
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Lots of great music was released this summer. Six albums in particular stood out. Phoenix’s Ti Amo released on June 8th and is a bright and fun album. It captures the sound of a pleasant and warm Italian summer‚ with hummable electronics and synths. Phoenix is known for their blend of synthpop‚ alternative rock‚ and disco‚ and on Ti Amo they showcase that blend in spades. Two of the best tracks are “Lovelife” and “Goodbye Soleil”. The Best of Big Star is a compilation released on June 16.
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Glen Ballard was born and raised in Natchez‚ Mississippi in 1953. Ballard started working with music by playing piano‚ followed by guitar‚ in his early years. He started writing songs at ten years old and was in many local rock bands by the beginning of fifth grade. Soon after he graduated he joined Elton John’s organization in L.A. in which he had such success to get him a secured professional job as a songwriter at MCA Music Publishing. As his music taste is exceedingly diverse he has worked with
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