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Kamala Devi Harris [a] was born at Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center [1] in Oakland, California, [2] on October 20, 1964. [3] Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a biologist whose work on the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast cancer research. [4]
Her first release, Beverly Kenney Sings for Johnny Smith (1956), was recorded when she was 24 and backed by a quartet led by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith. She then began a residency at Birdland accompanied by the Lester Young Quintet. [4] Her television exposure consisted of one appearance on The Steve Allen Show on May 18, 1958, performing a ...
In the UK he has worked regularly at the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company and was Artistic Director of the Young Vic from 1993-2000 and founding co-Artistic Director of Dash Arts from 2005-2019, creating theatre with artists internationally. He launched his new company, Supple Productions, in 2020.
The Wrecking Crew, also known as the Clique and the First Call Gang, was a loose collective of American session musicians based in Los Angeles who played on many studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including hundreds of top 40 hits. The musicians were not publicly recognized at the time, but were viewed with reverence by industry insiders ...
Jack Welch. For other people named Jack Welch, see Jack Welch (disambiguation). John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001. When Welch retired from GE, he received a severance payment of ...
Tatjana Patitz (25 May 1966 – 11 January 2023) was a German fashion model. She achieved international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s representing fashion designers on runways and in magazines such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and Vogue. [ 2][ 3] She was one of the big [ 4] five [ 5][ 6][ 7] supermodels who appeared in the 1990 music video ...
They worked together for a dozen years, the master inviting him regularly as a soloist of the orchestras he was led to direct. Xavier Phillips premiered the Cello Concerto by Jean-Louis Agobet in Caen on 19 March 2010. Xavier Phillips plays on a 1710 made cello by Matteo Goffriller.
Died. 13 June 1930. (1930-06-13) (aged 78) Helsinki, Finland. Genres. Opera. Emma Engdahl-Jägerskiöld ( née Madsén; 26 April 1852 — 13 June 1930) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish [1] operatic soprano, and one of the country's first internationally recognised singers, noted especially for her dramatic talents as well as her voice. [2]