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Jingo

Ishmael Jingo was from Kenya. He is best known for his song Fever, which was released in 1974. It was released as a single. The song has been featured on numerous compilations including the soundtrack to The Last King of Scotland in 2006. Source

Elisa

There are multiple artists named Elisa: 1) Italian singer. 2) Japanese singer. 3) Swedish band.1) Elisa (full name: Elisa Toffoli, born 19 December 1977) is an Italian singer and songwriter. She sings in several musical genres that go from pop, rock, to blues and soul.Born in Monfalcone, in the province of Gorizia (north-eastern Italy), since childhood she expressed a great artistic ability: dancing, painting, reciting and writing stories. Her love for art grew with poems of Rudyard Kipling and the lyrics of Jim Morrison, but the best of her talent is expressed in music. At the age of 11 she wrote her first lyrics and melody.When she was 17 Elisa signed with Sugar. When she......

Enya

Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin (born May 17, 1961 in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland), known simply as Enya, is a Grammy award winning and Academy award nominated Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad, before leaving to pursue her solo career. Her album Watermark, which was released in 1988, propelled her to international recognition and she became known for her unique sound, which is characterized by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesized backdrops and ethereal reverberations. Since then she has released a further nine albums, sold over 75 million albums worldwide and is......

Ultravox

Ultravox (formerly Ultravox!) have been one of the primary exponents of the British new wave synthpop music movement since the late 70s. The band is particularly associated with the New Romantic scene, although it both pre- and post-dated the peak of that movement by several years. Known for popular hits such as "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" and "Vienna" among many others, the band has drawn inspiration variously from dark, moody post-punk, the artier side of glam rock, and latterly straightforward synthpop. Their latest album is 2012's 'Brilliant', featuring the 80s line-up of Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross, and Warren Cann.The......

Mary

There are at least seven artists using the name Mary:1. Mary is a four-piece band from Oulu, Finland. The band took the first steps in the early 1990's. Line-up changed frequently in the first few years and was stabilized after the mid-90's to create an original mixture of rock, metal, hardcore and punk with progressive elements and Finnish lyrics.After the band first surfaced, they've always had a reputation as a phenomenal and energetic live band. The sheer in-your-face approach to the lyrical section has also created mixed emotions. Even though, or perhaps because of this, the Mary fans have always been a small but an enthusiastic and passionate crowd.Mary......

Chill

There are at least three bands with the name Chill:1 - chILL: Finnish grunge metal band.chILL's music can be described as some kind of "controlled chaos", where grunge driven rock blends seamlessly into brutal metal. Members are Jouni Rantanen (vocals), Eero Koivu (guitars), Miska Rautiainen (guitars), Mika Rautiainen (drums), Helend Jantsikene (bass, vocals).2 - Chill: american R&B group from the ’80s. The lead singer was Michael Ian Ellis.In 1985, they released their debut single “Lady Seduction”. Their second single “Think About It” was released, but didn’t appear to make the charts at all just like the previous single. In 1986, Chill released their......

Rainbow

Rainbow is the name of at least four bands:1. A British rock band.2. A K-Pop group (레인보우).3. A U.S. psychedelic rock band.4. Mid-80's Hi-NRG project.1. Rainbow was a British rock band formed by Deep Purple founder and former guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over the years, Rainbow went through many lineup changes. including bringing in other vocalists Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner, before it folded in 1999.The name of the band was inspired by the Rainbow Bar and Grill, a Los Angeles,......

Glambeats Corp.

The group composed of Anekka (one of the sensual voices from the Bossa n’ Stones live show) and the talented duo Sixth Finger (musicians, producers and composers, Morgan Bianco and G-Spliff) have become a key player on the global electronic scene, due to the major task they have taken on of renewing the sounds of house music. They debuted in 2005 with the single Fantasy/Take My Soul (which can be found on the compilations FTV Beach and The Glam Sessions) and got the attention of listeners around the world, as they hit the charts in France, Japan, the United States and Russia. In 2006 they rolled the dice again and released a second single Miracle/Everything I Have (Space......