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Tango’s modern master, Astor Piazzolla, was a composer who revolutionised the music of his native Argentina. In the 1950s, he single-handedly invented “nuevo tango”, a modernised ver...
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Guitarist and rockabilly singer Link Wray was one of the key cult figures in the history of rock ‘n’ roll and modern rock, having pioneered the technique of using power chords on a distorted electric ...
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As adjuncts to our highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early ‘60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in th...
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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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Bob Newhart was an advertising copywriter in Chicago who wrote comic satirical monologues with a work colleague, sending tapes of them to radio stations, which led to an introduction to Warner Bros. R...
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Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin Wolf, was one of the most important and influential figures in Chicago Blues through the 1950s, and along with Muddy Waters helped to establish the electric blu...
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The Sons Of The Pioneers were one of the USA’s earliest western singing groups, and the primary originators of what might be called “cowboy country”, their songs, vocal harmonies and instrumental make...
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Powerhouse performer, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, was a singing sensation who did not get the recognition her talents so richly deserved. A big woman with a big personality, Big Mama T...
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Happy Birthday George Shearing b. 13th August 1919; d. 14th February 2011
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