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Dalida

"Dalida" was a pseudonym of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (1933-1987), also known as يولاندا كريستينا جيجليوتي and, following French naturalisation, Yolanda Gigliotti, was a singer of Italian origin, who made her career in France. She received fifty-five gold records, and was the first female singer to get a diamond disc.Born on the 17th January 1933 in Shoubra, Cairo, Egypt, she was the child of an opera violinist, and was given singing lessons at an early age. She developed into a beautiful young lady and, in 1954, she won the Miss Egypt beauty contest and immediately left for Paris, France, to pursue a career in motion pictures.Despite her looks, her first films......

Coolio

Coolio (born Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. on August 1, 1963 in Compton, California) is an American rapper and actor whose G-Funk sounding beats and funky flow make listening very pleasant. Coolio started his career as a member of the rap group, WC and the Maad Circle.In 1994, Coolio released his debut album It Takes a Thief which featured the hugely successful singles, Fantastic Voyage and It Takes a Thief. In 1995 Coolio released his second and most successful album Gangsta's Paradise, which went 4X Platinum and featured the mega hit, Gangsta's Paradise and the popular party track, Sumpin New. The album 'Gangsta's Paradise" is considered by some to be a......

Deluxe

Deluxe is name of at least four acts:(1) French hip-hop / downtempo / funk band(2) Spain rock soloist.(3) London, UK electro / synthpop soloist.(4) Australian hip-hop soloist.(1) An Aix-en-Provence, France band that mixes elements from different genres, including: hip-hop, downtempo, funk and electronic music. Their first EP was Polishing Peanuts (Nov 2011) and their debut album was The Deluxe Family Show (Sep 2013). The band consists of six people: Kaya, Wondosas Martin (aka Kilo), Pietre, Soubri, Pépé and female vocalist Liliboy (aka Lili Boy).Sites: Wikipedia, Discogs and MySpace(2) A Coruña, Galicia, Spain alternative rock pseudonym of Xoel López, releasing music in......

Angus

There are different bands with the name Angus:(1)Angus is a Dutch heavy metal band formed in 1983. Claiming the name was inspired as much by their favorite guitar player, AC/DC's Angus Young, as by their favorite breed of Scottish bull (they claimed that the animal's rugged disposition typified their sound), vocalist Edgar Lois, guitarist Ed Sprey, bassist Gerard Carol, and drummer William Lawson first began tormenting neighbors in their native Amsterdam circa 1983. Typical of most Dutch heavy metal at the time, the band's raw, energetic style was indebted as much by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal as the older regime of the 1970s…and, yes, a little......

Orleya

Born October 22, 1982, and from an early age Orleya showed a passion for music. At 15, already widely dominated the piano, composing frantically around the clock to then start to take her first and small shows.Just returned from Berklee College of Music decided to record first demo which ended up in the hands of the prestigious producer Seoan, who had just returned from a trip of more than two months in India and was looking to merge with Western voices all sounds discovered. Orleya was commissioned to record the song Myati which would become the first single and quickly rang both radios, and television clubs and curtains. The second Orleya album is published in Spain. It......

Jazzanova

Jazzanova is a crew of DJs/producers from Germany (Berlin, Hamburg & Munich), inc' Alexander Barck, Axel Reinemer, Claas Brieler, Jürgen von Knoblauch, Roskow Kretschmann & Stefan Leisering. They have been producing hits in the breakbeat / electronic scene since 1996. Their music fuses many styles, including: acid jazz, soul & broken beat. Source

Ganga

Christian made his debut as GANGA in 2005, releasing I Dream About Trees on influential danish label Music For Dreams, known for an eclectic roster of artists (including Aura, Kenneth Bager, Bliss, Banzai Republic, Hess Is More, Djosos Krost and Lulu Rouge) and compilation series including Luftkastellet and Dub Pastry. In 2007, he launched his own Flinc Music label and in the years to follow released four beautiful albums: Don’t Wake Me Up (2007), More Light Please (2009), Gaia (2010), Forget Gravity(2011) , Circle (2012), Wondrous Machine (2014) and Reptile Routine in 2016, the latter two on Wormland White and Kid Recordings. 2019 saw two retrospective albums curated and......

Lulu

There are at least two artists called Lulu:1) Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie OBE (born 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer and songwriter most known for the 1960s international hit record To Sir With Love.A native of Glasgow, Lulu shot to fame at the age of fifteen with her version of Shout, delivered in a raucous and extremely mature voice. Her backing group were called The Luvvers, but after several more British hits she left the group to become a solo artist.In 1966, Lulu toured Poland with the British rock and roll band The Hollies, making her the first British female singer to appear live behind the Iron Curtain.In 1967 she made......