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Baltimore, Maryland. Genres. Vocal jazz. Years active. 1955–2005. Ethel Llewellyn Ennis (November 28, 1932 – February 17, 2019) [1] was an American jazz musician whose career spanned seven decades. Ennis spent the majority of her life in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was affectionately known as the "First Lady of Jazz".
Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.He recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock.
The Temptations. Edward James Kendrick[ 3 ] (December 17, 1939 [ 2 ] – October 5, 1992), [ 4 ] better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American tenor singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971.
She has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, [346] [347] while her singles "No One" and "Empire State of Mind" are also amongst the list of best-selling singles worldwide. [ 348 ] [ 349 ] Billboard ranked Keys as the fifth-most successful artist of the 2000s decade, [ 150 ] top R&B artist of the 2000s decade, [ 350 ] and placed her at number ...
Griffin was born and raised in West Baltimore, Maryland.He attended Garrison Junior High School and Forest Park High School.He, like his brother Donald Griffin (1955–2015), [2] [3] (who later replaced Marv Tarplin in the Miracles), was a guitarist, as well as a singer, and sang with a local Baltimore group called The Last Dynasty.
Music video. "Empire State of Mind" on YouTube. " Empire State of Mind " is a song performed by American rapper Jay-Z featuring American singer Alicia Keys from the former's eleventh studio album, The Blueprint 3 (2009). It was released by his then-newfound record label Roc Nation and Atlantic Records on October 20, 2009.
Frank Vincent Zappa [nb 1] (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist ...
State of Mind (1990) Number 7 (1991) State of Mind is the sixth album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1990 on Benson Records. It ...