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Encyclopedia - Columbia Records: Encyclopedia - Columbia Records
Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. Columbia was originally the local comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Above Album: Encyclopedia - Above Album
Above is the album by Mad Season, released March 15, 1995 on Columbia Records. Above album - Track List. "Wake Up" - 7:38 "X-Ray Mind"...   » Read the article

Article - Buddy Cole Musician
Edwin LeMar Cole, known as Buddy Cole (born December 15, 1916 in Irving, Illinois, died November 5, 1964), was a jazz pianist and orchest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dolly Parton: Encyclopedia Ii - Dolly Parton - Early Career
Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, with her songs being covered by Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Jr., Skeeter Davis, and a numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Cbs - History
CBS - Early years. CBS can trace its origins to the creation, in 1927 of the "United Independent Broadcasters" network. Begun by New Yo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbra Streisand: Encyclopedia - Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an iconic Jewish American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, and film producer and dir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beastie Boys: Encyclopedia - Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys are an American hip-hop music group from New York City (Brooklyn and Manhattan). The main members are Mike D (real name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babatunde Olatunji: Encyclopedia - Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 - April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer. Born in the village of Ajido, Nigeria, a member of the Yoruba ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aswad: Encyclopedia - Aswad
Formed by children of immigrants from the Caribbean in West London in 1975, British reggae group Aswad ("Black" in arabic) is a reggae gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attitude Single: Encyclopedia - Attitude Single
Attitude is the last single by Suede, released on October 6, 2003 on Columbia Records. The single was a fitting end for the band, as it w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Big Bill Broonzy: Encyclopedia - Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy (1893 or 1898-1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. Born in Mississippi, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blind Corrosion Of Conformity Album: Encyclopedia - Blind Corrosion Of Conformity Album
Blind is an album by Corrosion of Conformity. It was released in 1991 on Combat Records. This was the only COC album with Karl Agell and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Johnston: Encyclopedia - Bob Johnston
Bob Johnston (born 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a noted record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan Album: Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan Album
Bob Dylan is the eponymous debut from American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released on March 19, 1962 on Columbia Records, when D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aretha Franklin: Encyclopedia - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an iconic American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbow Mariah Carey Album: Encyclopedia - Rainbow Mariah Carey Album
Rainbow is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released in the United States by Columbia Records on November 2, 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Joel: Encyclopedia - Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949, Bronx, NY) better known as Billy Joel, is a pianist, singer and songwriter. He recorded a staggeri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aerosmith: Encyclopedia - Aerosmith
Aerosmith is a long-running U.S. classic rock band, originally formed in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s. It enjoyed major popul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1964 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1964 In Music
See also: 1963 in music, other events of 1964, 1965 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1964 in music - Events. J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1973 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1973 In Music
See also: 1972 in music, other events of 1973, 1974 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1973 in music - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1962 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1962 In Music
See also: 1961 in music, other events of 1962, 1963 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1962 in music - Events. J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obsessions: Encyclopedia - Obsessions
Obsessions is the second single off the album A New Morning by Suede, released on November 18, 2002 on Columbia Records. Though the singl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan: Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet. He is on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1974 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1974 In Music
See also: 1973 in music, other events of 1974, 1975 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1974 in music - Events. J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1976 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1976 In Music
See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1976 in music - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States
Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts Vote or comment on the no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alice In Chains: Encyclopedia - Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains was an influential grunge group formed by lead singer Layne Staley (1967-2002) in the mid-1980s as Alice N' Chains before...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonnie Raitt: Encyclopedia - Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitar virtuoso who was born in Burbank, California, the dau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 50 Cent: Encyclopedia - 50 Cent
This article is about the U.S. rapper 50 Cent. For the U.S. currency value, see Half dollar (U.S. coin). Curtis James Jackson (born July ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andy Williams: Encyclopedia - Andy Williams
Andy Williams (born Howard Andrew Williams in December 3, 1927) is an American pop singer from Wall Lake, Iowa. He first performed in a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Will Smith: Encyclopedia - Will Smith
Willard Christopher Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. He is one of few people who have enjoyed success ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbia: Encyclopedia - Columbia
Columbia is a poetic name for the United States and its nineteenth century female personification, which inspired related uses such as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clutch Band: Encyclopedia - Clutch Band
Clutch is a musical group from Germantown, Maryland in the United States. They have been playing together since the early 1990s, producin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Willie Dixon: Encyclopedia - Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was a well-known American blues bassist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Willie Nelson: Encyclopedia - Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. He reached his great...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cbs: Encyclopedia - Cbs
CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. One...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concept Album: Encyclopedia - Concept Album
Usually, in popular music, an artist or group releases an album consisting of a number of unconnected songs that the members of the grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Divine Comedy: Encyclopedia - The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (in Italian "Comedia" or "Commedia", later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri betwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead Prez: Encyclopedia - Dead Prez
Dead Prez is the pair of largely-underground alternative rappers, Sticman and M-1. They have become known largely for their hard-hitting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cypress Hill: Encyclopedia - Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is a prominent rap music group (formed in 1988), which has sold 15 million records around the world. It is composed of membe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warrant American Band: Encyclopedia - Warrant American Band
Warrant is a glam metal band from Los Angeles, California which enjoyed its greatest success in 1990 with the smash single and album Cher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Concert For Bangladesh: Encyclopedia - The Concert For Bangladesh
The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for two concerts held on the afternoon and evening of August 1, 1971, playing to a total o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gramophone Record: Encyclopedia - Gramophone Record
A gramophone record, (also vinyl record, phonograph record, LP record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium: a flat di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel: Encyclopedia - Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel, as a comic book character name, refers to one of several fictional characters, listed here in chronological order: Capta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddy Cole Musician: Encyclopedia - Buddy Cole Musician
Edwin LeMar Cole, known as Buddy Cole (born December 15, 1916 in Irving, Illinois, died November 5, 1964), was a jazz pianist and orchest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bryan Adams: Encyclopedia - Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario and traveled throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bruce Springsteen: Encyclopedia - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has frequently recorded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Perkins: Encyclopedia - Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wynton Marsalis: Encyclopedia - Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. He is among the most prominent jazz musicians of the moder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chicago Band: Encyclopedia - Chicago Band
Chicago is a rock band that was formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Well known for being one of the first (and, indeed, one of the few) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zonophone: Encyclopedia - Zonophone
Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlos Santana: Encyclopedia - Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born 20 July 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican–American Grammy Award-winning musi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boyz Ii Men: Encyclopedia - Boyz Ii Men
For the Hong Kong Cantopop duo, see Boy'z; for the magazine aimed at gay men, see Boyz. Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul sing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy: Encyclopedia - W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873–March 28, 1958) was a African American blues composer and musician, often known as "the Fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dolly Parton: Encyclopedia - Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer, author and actress. She was born Dolly Rebecca ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall: Encyclopedia - A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 somewhere in Bleecker Street, New York. It was first recorded in Columb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Healing: Encyclopedia - Sexual Healing
"Sexual Healing" was a 1982 blockbuster hit single for American soul music legend Marvin Gaye on the Columbia Records label. It was his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbey Road Studios: Encyclopedia - Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harry Connick Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry Connick Jr. - Back To Basics: Return To Jazz 1999—current
For his 1997 release To See You, Connick recorded original love songs, touring the United States and Europe with a full symphony orchestr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aretha Franklin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aretha Franklin - Biography
Franklin was born in Memphis. The family lived in Buffalo, New York for a short time before moving to Detroit, Michigan when she was seve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Godflesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Godflesh - Sound And Influences
Godflesh mixed industrial drum machine beats with discordant guitar and depth-charge bass. Although much of their work is inspired by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andy Williams: Encyclopedia Ii - Andy Williams - Album Discography
Cadence Records Andy Williams, 1957 (compilation of A and B sides of second through seventh Cadence singles) Andy Williams Sings Steve A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All: Encyclopedia Ii - How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All - Detailed Track Information And Commentary
The album consists of two 28-minute pieces, each taking up one side of the original vinyl release. On side one, the title track opens wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beastie Boys: Encyclopedia Ii - Beastie Boys - The Early Days
The Beastie Boys were formed in 1979 as a punk band called The Young Aborigines. In 1981 Adam Yauch (MCA) joined them and changed the nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Joel: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Joel - Career
Billy Joel - Early Years. Joel was born in The Bronx, New York. From an early age, he had an intense interest in music, especially clas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I Want To Hold Your Hand: Encyclopedia Ii - I Want To Hold Your Hand - Launching The Invasion
On November 29, 1963, Parlophone Records released to the United Kingdom "I Want To Hold Your Hand", with "This Boy" joining it on the sin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph Cylinder: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph Cylinder - Cylinders Versus Discs
In the era before World War I phonograph cylinders and disc records competed with each other for public favor. The audio fidelity of a so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stooges: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stooges - History
Pop (b. James Osterberg) played in several Ann Arbor, Michigan-area bands as a teenager, including The Prime Movers and The Iguanas. Iggy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Bob Dylan Album - Aftermath
Bob Dylan did not receive its fair share of acclaim until many years later. "These debut songs are essayed with differing degrees of conv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blind Corrosion Of Conformity Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Blind Corrosion Of Conformity Album - Track Listing
Blind Corrosion of Conformity album - Bonus songs on Columbia re-release. "Condition A/Condition B" "Future Now" "Jim Beam and the Coo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 50 Cent: Encyclopedia Ii - 50 Cent - Disputes And Controversy
50 Cent - The Original 50 Cent. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson took his name from a notorious stick-up artist of the 1980s by the same name. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'll Be There: Encyclopedia Ii - I'll Be There - Jackson 5 Version
I'll Be There - About the record. After three upbeat "bubblegum soul" number one singles from the Jackson 5 ("I Want You Back", "ABC", ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United States - Folk Music
Main article: American roots music Folk music in the United States is varied across the country's numerous ethnic groups. The Native Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wynton Marsalis: Encyclopedia Ii - Wynton Marsalis - Biography
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, the second of six sons of jazz pianist, composer and teacher Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores. His o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donovan's Greatest Hits: Encyclopedia Ii - Donovan's Greatest Hits - History
Donovan's Greatest Hits is a distinct entry in Donovan's discography for several reasons. First, it collects three singles that were prev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emi: Encyclopedia Ii - Emi - Musicians Signed Or Previously Signed To Emi
The musicians may have been signed under one of EMI's subsidiary labels. The subsidiary is noted next to the artist if this is the case. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don't Crush That Dwarf Hand Me The Pliers: Encyclopedia Ii - Don't Crush That Dwarf Hand Me The Pliers - Detailed Track Information And Commentary
This was The Firesign Theatre's first album wherein a single narrative took up both sides of the album. In Phil Austin's notes to the 198...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dokken: Encyclopedia Ii - Dokken - Detailed Biography
Dokken was born in the late 1970s when guitarist George Lynch and drummer Mick Brown from the group Xciter teamed up with Don Dokken on v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Divine Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Divine Comedy - Structure And Story
The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or "cantiche"), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), compose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Willie Nelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Willie Nelson - Biographical Details
Willie Nelson - Beginnings. Nelson and his sister, Bobbie Nelson, were raised by their grandparents after their father died and their m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Endless Love Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Endless Love Song - Luther Vandross And Mariah Carey Version
"Endless Love" was re-recorded by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey for Vandross' album Songs, and was released as the album's second sing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fallin': Encyclopedia Ii - Fallin' - History
Fallin' - Song information. The songwriting and production credits for "Fallin'" are credited solely to Alicia Keys. However, the song ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - James Taylor - Early Career
Taylor first learned the cello as a child in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, then switched to the guitar in 1960. His style on that instrume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alice In Chains: Encyclopedia Ii - Alice In Chains - History
In 1987, Layne Staley met guitarist and song-writer Jerry Cantrell, who joined the newly renamed Alice in Chains, bringing along two frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gene Autry: Encyclopedia Ii - Gene Autry - Career
Gene Autry - Radio. An amateur talent with the guitar and voice led to his performing at local dances. After an encouraging chance enco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Five For Fighting: Encyclopedia Ii - Five For Fighting - Career Success
In 2000, Five for Fighting signed with Columbia Records and released America Town on September 26, 2000. At first, it made little impact ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gramophone Record: Encyclopedia Ii - Gramophone Record - Basics
The normal commercial disc is engraved with two sound bearing concentric spiral grooves, one on each side of the disc, running from the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Firesign Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - The Firesign Theatre - Discography
The Firesign Theatre - Official Firesign Theatre Commercial Releases. Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him (Columbia CS-95...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gladys Knight & The Pips: Encyclopedia Ii - Gladys Knight & The Pips - History
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Forming the Pips. At the age of seven in 1952, Gladys Knight won Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour televi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Simon: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Simon - Early Career
Born into a Jewish family in Queens, Paul Simon's musical career began in Forest Hills High School when he and his friend Art Garfunkel b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Live At The Gaslight 1962: Encyclopedia Ii - Live At The Gaslight 1962 - The Songs
Live at The Gaslight 1962 captures early performances of three different Dylan compositions: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (often referred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyfe Jennings: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyfe Jennings - Discography
Lyfe Jennings - Albums. Lyfe 268-192 (2004) (U.S. Certification: Platinum) #39 US ... See also:Lyfe Jennings, Lyfe Jennings - Disco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Keith Jarrett: Encyclopedia Ii - Keith Jarrett - Solo Piano
Jarrett's first album for ECM, called Facing You (1971) was a solo piano date recorded in the studio. He has continued to record solo pia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leonard Cohen: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonard Cohen - Biography
Leonard Cohen - Early life. Cohen was born to a middle-class Jewish family in 1934 in Montreal, Quebec. He grew up in Westmount on Mont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberace: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberace - Television
He had a network television program in the 1950s which for a time had higher ratings than I Love Lucy. His brother George led the program...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of United States Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of United States Companies - Current Companies
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of United States companies - 0-9. 3Com Corporation 3M ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Letoya Luckett: Encyclopedia Ii - Letoya Luckett - Career As A Destiny's Child
In 1993, LeToya joined the group "Girls Tyme" which later became Destiny's Child (Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland and La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Record Labels: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Record Labels - Z
... See also:List of record labels, List of record labels - 0–9, List of record labels - A, List of record labels - B, List of reco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mariah Carey Albums Discography: Encyclopedia Ii - Mariah Carey Albums Discography - Albums
According to Billboard magazine, 63 million copies of Carey albums had been shipped to retailers in the United States by July 2005. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mccabe & Mrs. Miller: Encyclopedia Ii - Mccabe & Mrs. Miller - Production
The film was shot in Vancouver almost entirely in sequential order--a rarity for films. The crew found a suitable location for the filmin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merry Christmas Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Merry Christmas Album - Track Listing
Merry Christmas album - Standard version. "Silent Night" (Fr. Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber) – ? "All I Want for Christmas Is You...   » Read the article