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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,......

REX

Rex are at least two artist names:1)An early version of slowcore band Rex originated in Maine in 1991, but at the time, drummer Doug Scharin was devoting most of his time to slowcore innovators Codeine. In 1994, Rex relocated to Brooklyn. With bands like Idaho, Acetone and the Red House Painters helping to keep alive the pensive, brooding slowcore movement, Rex didn't waste any time recording their self-titled debut for Southern Records that same year. This record fluctuates wildly between gentle, meandering guitar lines and powerful, emotive vocals. The band's next album, C, revealed a significantly more mature version of Rex. The slow, rolling nature of the band......

Redbone

Redbone was a Native American rock group that was most active in the 1970s. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with the song, Come and Get Your Love.Formed in 1968 in Los Angeles, California, by the brothers Patrick Vasquez (bass and vocals) and Lolly Vasquez (guitar and vocals), the name Redbone itself is a joking reference to a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, the band's members being of mixed blood ancestry. The band referenced Cajun and New Orleans culture many times in their lyrics and performing style. Pat and Lolly had previously performed and recorded under the stage surname Vegas, in part to downplay the Latin American......

RuPaul

RuPaul (born RuPaul Andre Charles on 17 November 1960) is an American drag performer singer-songwriter, actor and television personality who gained world-wide fame in the 1990s; appearing in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Though a catty attitude is often associated with drag queens, RuPaul intentionally set himself apart with a "love one another" attitude. Although primarily known for his extravagant drag queen persona, his has performed as a man in a number of roles, usually billed as RuPaul Charles.Ru was born in born in San Diego, California. His name was given to him by his mother, a Louisiana native. The "Ru" came......

Ramona

There are at least six artists that have recorded under the name of Ramona. - Ramona - U.S. Rhythm and Blues/Soul singer, former member of The Johnny Otis Show- Ramona (aka Ramona Wulf) - Germany- Ramona - Canada- Ramona - U.K.- Ramona - Mexico- Ramona - USA1. Ramona (who records under her first name only), was born Ramona Smith in Los Angeles, Ca., (no date given in her bio), and is a blues and soul belter who got her lucky break in the mid-1980’s when the legendary Johnny Otis recruited her for his revue. She can be heard on the 1990 album by Johnny Otis, Good Lovin’ Blues, where she sings lead on several tracks. That record also features Johnny’s son Shuggie Otis (a......

Raphael

There are several artists with this name: 1) A Spanish singer2) A French singer-songwriterRaphaël Haroche Raphaël 3) A Japanese rock group Ｒａｐｈａｅｌ4) An American New Age artist5) A Russian Hip-Hop & RnB artist.1) Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez , worldwide as Raphael, is one of the best known singers from Spain, his career began in 1959. Wide-range voice, added to his flamboyant stage personna has entertained and engaged people worldwide for more than four decades. He is also a movie and television actor. He is the father of Spanish movie director Jacobo Martos.Raphael is known for acting each one of his songs while onstage, sometimes exaggerating his mannerisms for......

Ridsa

Maxence Boitez better known by his artistic name Ridsa stylized as RIDSA (born 16 Octobre 1990 in Orléans, France) is a French rapper and singer of Spanish descent. After practicing soccer in his youth, he started rapping in 2010 putting his materials online gaining popularity. Recordings included collaborations with Flavie in "Toi et seulement toi", with Demhys in "J'aime quand" and with Latino, Cween, Angèle, Nabila etc. On 28 December 2012 he released "Amour Secret" with an accompanying music video. But it was his collaboration with Willy William and Canadian drummer Ryan Stevenson that gave him his first commercial success with the......

Rupa

Rupa Biswas Sen (stage name: Rupa) is an Indian singer known for her 1982 album "Disco Jazz". On this album she was backed by a crack group of Indian and Canadian musicians led by none other than Ustad Aashish Khan, one of India’s outstanding living musicians on sarod. He’s supported by the amazing guitarist Don Pope.Pope and Khan trade solos and jugalbandi back and forth throughout the album, daring the rest of the band that includes renown jazz drummer Robin Tufts, bassist John Johnston, tablasaaz and accompanist of Ali Akbar Khan and others, Pranesh Khan, keyboardist Geoff Ball, synthesizer player Rhonda Padmos, and percussionist Frank Lockwood to keep pace.......