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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris [ 1 ] [ 2 ] April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young , Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
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Sugar Babydoll , Pagan Babies , Doll Squad , Babes In Toyland , Janitor Joe , Tinker , Rodney & the Tube Tops , The Smashing Pumpkins , RRIICCEE , MAdM , Bastard, The Chelsea, Larrikin Love , Ozric Tentacles Rock Kills Kid Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles. Formed in 1989, the band is fronted by singer-songwriter Courtney Love ( vocals , rhythm guitar ), who co-founded Hole with Eric Erlandson ( lead guitar ). Hole achieved considerable commercial and critical success throughout the 1990s, initially releasing singles through independent labels in L.A. and debuting with their caustic noise rock -influenced Pretty on the Inside (1991), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and later gaining near-unanimous critical acclaim with their 1994 album Live Through This .
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Her song "Enchantment" was featured on a third season episode of Grey's Anatomy . The song was also featured in a 2007 commercial for The Bay department stores, and in the third episode of the CBC show Being Erica . Her song "Who Am I" was featured in the season 7 episode of Stargate SG-1 , "Fragile Balance", as well as the season 4 episode of Charmed , "Hell Hath No Fury". Her song "Two of Us" was featured in a 2007 Chevy Cobalt commercial. Her song "Where is Love" has been featured in the television show 15!Love several times.Sweet Inspirations , Carolyn Franklin , Erma Franklin , Cissy Houston , Whitney Houston , George Benson , George Michael , Michael McDonald , Eurythmics , Mahalia Jackson Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as the Queen of Soul , Franklin is also adept at jazz , blues , R&B , gospel music , and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list, [ 1 ] as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time . She has won 18 Grammys and received two honorary Grammys.
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Kate Bush - Wikipedia
Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush 30 July 1958) [ 1 ] is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years. In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single " Wuthering Heights ", becoming the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song. [ 3 ] She has since released ten albums, three of which topped the UK Albums Chart , and has had 25 UK Top 40 hit singles including the Top 10 hits " Wuthering Heights ", " Running Up that Hill ", " King of the Mountain ", " Babooshka ", " The Man with the Child in His Eyes ", and " Don't Give Up ". In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002, her songwriting ability was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
Classical crossover , operatic pop , symphonic rock , symphonic metal , pop , new age , rock , dance , electronica , techno , folk , traditional Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano , actress , songwriter and dancer . She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She sings in many languages which are English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. [ 3 ]
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Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004 [ 1 ] ) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, who had Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit " Gloria " and in Europe for the number-one single " Self Control ". Branigan is also remembered for the Top 10 " Solitaire " and for the number-one adult contemporary hit " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You ", as well as four other US Top 40 hits. Branigan also contributed songs to notable motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy and Academy Award-winning Flashdance soundtrack (1983), the Ghostbusters soundtrack (1984), and the Baywatch soundtrack (1994), as well as having songs featured in the popular Grand Theft Auto video game series.
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Michelle Branch - Wikipedia
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper , and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003. In 2005, she formed the country music duo The Wreckers with friend and fellow musician Jessica Harp , and produced the Grammy-nominated single " Leave the Pieces ". The Wreckers disbanded in 2007 to pursue their respective solo careers. She has had several commercially successful songs, most notably winning a Grammy with Santana for " The Game of Love ". Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch was born on July 2, 1983, in Phoenix, Arizona , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] to David and Peggy Branch, six months after they were married. [ 3 ] Her father is of Irish descent, and her mother is of Dutch Indonesian and French descent. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her siblings include an older half-brother named David and a younger sister named Nicole.
Alternative rock , electronica , experimental , ethereal wave , trip hop , jazz , folk , alternative dance , avant-garde , industrial , rave Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( / ˈ b j ɜr k / ; [ˈpjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtoʊhtɪr] ( listen ) ; born 21 November 1965), known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock , jazz , electronic dance music , classical and folk . [ 1 ]
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Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski ; January 10, 1953) is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success, particularly in the United States. During the 1980s, Benatar had two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums, five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, three RIAA-certified Gold albums and 19 Top 40 singles, including " Love Is a Battlefield ", " Hit Me With Your Best Shot ", and " We Belong ". [ 1 ] Benatar was one of the most heavily played artists in the early days of MTV . [ 2 ] [ edit ] Life and career
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Melissa Auf der Maur ( / ˌ ɔː f d ər ˈ m aʊər / ; born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal , Quebec , Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds , was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a published photographer . On October 19, 2011, she officially announced on her website that she was pregnant with her first child and expecting a girl sometime that week. [ 1 ]
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Joan Armatrading - Wikipedia
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading , MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. [ 1 ] Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award -nominee [ 2 ] and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She also received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996. [ 3 ] In a recording career spanning 40 years she has released a total of 17 studio albums, as well as several live albums and compilations. [ edit ] Early lifeFiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist . Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal , which was a critical and commercial success. At the age of nineteen she received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single " Criminal " from that album in 1998.