| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1044-2197." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discographies and index. |
| Contents |
Ray Anderson -- Brook Benton -- The Black Crowes -- Blood, Sweat and Tears -- Liona Boyd -- Billy Bragg -- Nell Carter -- Sarah Chang -- Chubby Checker -- The Chieftains -- Clarence Clemons -- George Clinton -- The Country Gentlemen -- Danzig -- Jack DeJohnette -- De La Soul -- Little Jimmy Dickens -- Dr. John -- Holly Dunn -- Electric Light Orchestra -- Faith No More -- Maynard Ferguson -- Fishbone -- Pete Fountain -- Vince Gill -- Mickey Gilley -- Amy Grant -- Dave Grusin -- W. C. Handy -- Bill Harley -- Shirley Horn -- Alberta Hunter -- Ice-T -- The Jackson 5/The Jacksons -- Alan Jackson -- Mick Jagger -- David Johansen -- Big Daddy Kane -- Ben E. King -- King's X -- Fela Kuti -- Tom Lehrer -- Living Colour -- Neville Marriner -- Hugh Masekela -- John Mayall -- Don McLean -- Metallica -- Midori -- The Monkees -- Melba Moore -- Jelly Roll Morton -- Jessye Norman -- The Oak Ridge Boys -- Phil Ochs -- Odetta -- Christopher Parkening -- Maceo Parker -- Gram Parsons -- Sandi Patti -- Bernadette Peters -- John Prine -- The Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Django Reinhardt -- The Replacements -- Lee Ritenour -- Sonny Rollins -- Roomful of Blues -- John Scofield -- Russell Simmons -- Isaac Stern -- Ray Stevens -- They Might Be Giants -- Richard Thompson -- Mel Tillis -- Travis Tritt -- McCoy Tyner -- The Velvet Underground -- The Village People -- Fats Waller -- Keith Whitley -- "Weird Al" Yankovic -- Faron Young. |
| Summary |
Provides comprehensive information on musicians and groups from around the world. Entries include a detailed biographical essay, selected discographies, contact information, and a list of sources. |
| Subject |
Anderson, Ray, 1952-
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Benton, Brook.
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Boyd, Liona.
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Bragg, Billy.
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Carter, Nell.
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Chang, Sarah.
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Checker, Chubby, 1941-
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Clemons, Clarence.
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Clinton, George, 1940-
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DeJohnette, Jack.
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Dickens, Little Jimmy, 1920-
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John, Dr., 1941-
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Dunn, Holly.
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Ferguson, Maynard.
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Fountain, Pete.
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Gill, Vince.
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Gilley, Mickey.
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Grant, Amy.
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Grusin, Dave.
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Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.
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Harley, Bill, 1954-
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Horn, Shirley.
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Hunter, Alberta.
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Ice-T (Musician)
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Jackson, Alan, 1958-
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Jagger, Mick.
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Johansen, David, 1950-
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Kane, Big Daddy.
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King, Ben E.
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Fela, 1938-1997.
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Lehrer, Tom, 1928-
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Marriner, Neville.
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Masekela, Hugh, 1939-
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Mayall, John.
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McLean, Don, 1945-
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Midori, 1971-
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Moore, Melba.
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Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941.
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Norman, Jessye.
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Ochs, Phil.
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Odetta, 1930-
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Parkening, Christopher.
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Parker, Maceo.
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Parsons, Gram, d. 1973.
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Patty, Sandi, 1956-
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Peters, Bernadette.
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Prine, John.
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Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953.
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Ritenour, Lee.
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Rollins, Sonny.
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Scofield, John.
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Simmons, Russell.
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Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001.
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Stevens, Ray, 1939-
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Thompson, Richard, 1949-
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Tillis, Mel.
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Tritt, Travis.
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Tyner, McCoy.
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Waller, Fats, 1904-1943.
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Whitley, Keith.
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Yankovic, Al, 1959-
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Young, Faron.
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Black Crowes (Musical group)
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears (Musical group)
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Chieftains.
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Country Gentlemen (Musical group)
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Danzig (Musical group)
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De La Soul (Musical group)
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Electric Light Orchestra.
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Faith No More (Musical group)
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Fishbone (Musical group)
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Jackson 5 (Musical group)
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Jacksons (Musical group)
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King's X (Musical group)
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Living Colour (Musical group)
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Metallica (Musical group)
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Monkees (Musical group)
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Oak Ridge Boys (Musical group)
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Red Hot Chili Peppers (Musical group)
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Replacements (Musical group)
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Roomful of Blues (Musical group)
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They Might Be Giants (Musical group)
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Velvet Underground (Musical group)
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Village People.
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Musicians -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
LaBlanc, Michael L., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary musicians, Volume 7. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1992 9780810354029 |
| ISBN |
9781414412900 (electronic book) |
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1414412908 (electronic book) |
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9780810354029 |
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0810354020 |
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