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German-American classical pianist and piano professor [14] Ray Anthony: 1922– 103: American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor [15] Walter Arlen: 1920–2023: 103: American composer [16] Svend Asmussen: 1916–2017: 100: Danish jazz violinist [17] Dave Bartholomew: 1918–2019: 100: American musician, bandleader and composer [18 ...
Swedish athlete [184] Marjorie Okell: 1908–2009: 101: British athlete [185] Luis Oliva: 1908–2009: 101: Argentine athlete [186] Hanna Olsen: 1889–1990: 100: Swedish fencer [187] Bill Otis: 1889–1990: 100: American Major League Baseball player [188] Ace Parker: 1912–2013: 101: American professional American football and Major League ...
You know their songs, but what you don't know about some of your favorite singers is that they were pretty talented athletes before their careers took off. 15 famous musicians you'd never guess ...
The use of music at sporting events is a practice that is thousands of years old, [1] but has recently [when?] had a resurgence as a noted phenomenon. Some sports have specific traditions with respect to pieces of music played at particular intervals. Others have made the presentation of music very specific to the team—even to particular players.
The man born as Cassius Clay is not only one of the greatest boxers of all time, but one of the most significant athletes of the 20th century across all sports, and a man whose political, civil ...
Jesse Owens won four gold medals to become the most successful athlete of any sport in the entire Olympics — a record that would stand until 1984 when another African-American track-and-field ...
Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981 [1]) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions). [2]
We ranked the 50 best players throughout the history of professional sports who went a career without relocating.