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The Swanee Quintet are one of the premier vocal groups in the history of gospel music, and have been singing in different guises since 1939. They are noted for having a powerful and impassioned style,...
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Patsy Cline is one of the most important and revered female artists in the history of country music, a situation made all the more remarkable by the fact that she only had a couple of years at the top...
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This is the first in a new Acrobat series which will be devoted to the illustrious composers who made significant contributions to the Great American Songbook - the songs written during the half-centu...
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Lee Wiley was a jazz and big band singer whose career began in the sophisticated orchestral era of the early ‘30s and encompassed swing and small band work through the ‘30s and early &lsqu...
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Dean Martin was one of the most distinctive and recognisable talents of the post-war era, whether as singer, actor or comedian, and with his effortless charisma and relaxed self-assurance breezed his ...
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Bobby Bland, often known as Bobby “Blue” Bland, was one of the best blues, R&B and soul singers of the post-war era, recognised as one of the finest interpreters of blues-influenced so...
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Brian Hyland was one of the good-looking teen stars to come to the fore in years after the initial impact of the rock ‘n’ roll explosion had dissipated somewhat and the moguls of Tin Pan A...
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Herbie Hancock is an innovative and influential jazz pianist, keyboard player, bandleader and composer who has embraced other musical developments during his career, playing funk and using synthesiser...
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Charlie Barnet was a highly successful bandleader in the swing and big band eras of the '30s and '40s, and was one of the first to racially integrate his orchestra
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