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Billy Lee Tipton (December 29, 1914 – January 21, 1989) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and talent broker. Tipton lived and identified as a man for most of his adult life; after his death, friends and family were surprised to learn that he was transgender . Tipton's music career began in the mid-1930s when he led a band for radio ...
Real Estate performing in 2018. Real Estate is an American indie rock band from Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, formed in 2008. The band is currently based in Brooklyn, New York, [ 1][ 2] and consists of Martin Courtney (vocals, guitar), Alex Bleeker (bass, vocals), Matt Kallman (keyboards), Julian Lynch (guitar), and Sammi Niss (drums).
Loveland (band) Loveland were an English house music group, formed in 1994 by Mark Hadfield, Paul Taylor and Paul Waterman. The group scored several dance hits in the UK in the mid-1990s, and released one album, 1995's The Wonder of Love. [1] Rachel McFarlane was the group's 'featured' lead vocalist, and was often co-credited on their releases ...
George Gershwin. George Gershwin ( / ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn /; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs ...
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They decided to continue as a group and were signed to Warner Bros. Records by producer Tommy LiPuma, who chose the name "Yellowjackets" from a list of potential group names the band had compiled. [2] [3] In 1984, the band's second album, Mirage a Trois, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Fusion Performance. [3]
Secret Garden. Secret Garden is an Irish - Norwegian band specialised in new instrumental music, led by the duo consisting of Irish violinist and singer Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian composer, arranger and pianist Rolf Løvland. [ 1] The group came to fame when they won the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, representing Norway with the composition ...
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. [1] [2]