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Train

Train is a Grammy Award winning rock band formed in San Francisco, California. To date, three of their albums have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and have sold a total of over 4 million albums in the US. Four of their songs have been top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including their highest charting (#3) and best selling (certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA) worldwide hit "Hey, Soul Sister." Train has found success on modern adult contemporary radio stations, where they have had four #1 songs on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart, the latest being to date their most successful (peaking at #34) secondary single off an album, "If It's......

TLC

TLC is an R&B group which was originally formed in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. For most of their career, the group consisted of singers Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozanda "Chili" Thomas, and rapper/songwriter Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes. The group disbanded in 2003, following Lopes' death the previous year, but reunited as a duo in 2008.The group has released four studio albums - "Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip" (1992), "CrazySexyCool" (1994), "FanMail" (1999), and "3D" (2002) - and are the second-best selling all-female group of all time (only the Spice Girls have sold more albums).In......

The Supremes

The Supremes were a very successful Motown all-female singing group active from 1959 until 1977, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway showtunes, psychedelia, and disco. One of Motown's signature acts, The Supremes were the most successful African-American musical act of the 1960s, recording twelve #1 hits between 1964 and 1969, many of them written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland-Dozier-Holland. The crossover success of the Supremes during the mid-1960s paved the way for future black soul and R&B acts to gain mainstream audiences both in the United States and overseas.Founded in Detroit, Michigan,......

The Pogues

The Pogues is a Celtic punk band from London, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before breaking up in 1996. The band, including MacGowan, reformed in 2001 and has been playing regularly ever since. While the band has not released an album since 1996, they are credited with inventing Celtic Punk and have had a large influence on the larger Celtic Fusion scene. The band was awarded the life-time achievement award at the annual Meteor Ireland Music Awards......

Tareq

Tareq is half Jordanian, half Greek and was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1983. He has studied piano and alto horn. Influenced by the electronic music scene, he focused on music production, DJing and singing.In 2002 he co-created the nu electro band TechSoir, in which up to 2009, he was the front man. They released the album ‘Dark Room’, in 2008. He has appeared in Ejekt Festival and in various concerts, along with names of the Greek and international discography, such as Fischerspooner, Digitalism, U.N.K.L.E., Hercules And The Love Affair, James, Chicane, The Fall, Torture Garden. As a Dj he has played next to Swayzak, Metope, Klinik, V-Sag, d: tek, D.J. Girl. At the......

Tobias

There are multiple Tobiases:1. A drum and bass producer from the United Kingdom 2. A screamo band from South Dakota, United States3. an alias of Tobias Freud.1. TOBIAS Started production in 1992 Under the name TOBIAS AKA DJ FORMULA, he quickly started his dj career in 1993 with a residency at world dance radio. He spent much of the mid 90's working with Duncan Mackay (Primal Scream) Building on his tradename working within the rave scene and breakbeat culture Tobias released his first recording on vinyl in 1993 with the trio Retornym, since then has has siginings with Digi lab, Extent Recordings, EASY Records UK, Industry Standard UK & Physmatics USA. His style of......

The Christians

The Christians are a soul band from Liverpool, England, scoring several UK chart hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They consisted of Garry Christian (lead vocals), Roger Christian (vocals), Russell Christian (keyboards, saxophone, vocals) and Henry Priestman (b. 21 September 1955) (keyboards, guitars, vocals). The band's name refers to the Christian brothers' surname (which is coincidentally also Priestman's middle name), rather than any religious sentiment.Their first three singles all made the Top 40 in the Britain, and their eponymously-titled 1987 debut album entered the UK album chart at number 2, and eventually sold over a million copies. The......

Tyrone

Tyrone; b. Garth Evans, c.1944, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 19 October 2000, New York, USA. Vocalist with the Paragons. Released the classic Sings Bullwackies Style, which is regarded as his definitive album.Tyrone was featured on the Supercharger Records mixtape ''The Campaign''. Source