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Scottish singer-songwriter who had consistent commercial success with his playful pop songs in the mid- to late 1960s.theremin
electronic musical instrument invented in 1920 in the Soviet Union by Leon Theremin (also called Lev Termen). It consists of a box with radio tubes producing oscillations at two sound-wave ...
Factory Records
Factory Records emerged in the punk moment of the late 1970s and was the heart of Manchester's music scene until its collapse in the early 1990s. Like his Mancunian contemporaries, the Buzzcocks, ...
McGhee, Brownie
American blues singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and longtime partner of the vocalist and harmonica player Sonny Terry.Cliff, Jimmy
Jamaican singer and songwriter who was instrumental in introducing reggae to an international audience, largely through his performance in the landmark film The Harder They Come (1972).Philadelphia Orchestra
American symphony orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pa. It was founded in 1900 under the direction of Fritz Sheel, who served until 1907. Subsequent conductors have been Carl Pohlig (1907-12), ...
Mayfield, Curtis
American singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and entrepreneur who was one of the principal architects of during the 1960s and '70s. Beginning with his earliest songs-such as
"Gypsy Woman"
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Musicland Studios
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Miami 1970s overview
In the 1970s Miami, Florida, boomed economically, and its downtown filled with thin white skyscrapers. At ground level the city developed an infrastructure of recording studios and distributors that ...
Kool and the Gang
American funk and pop band from Jersey City, N.J., that was one of the first successful self-contained black bands of the 1970s. The principal members were Khalis Bayyan (byname of Ronald Bell; b. ...
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