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Hutchinson Family, 1845. The Hutchinson Family Singers were an American family singing group who became the most popular American entertainers of the 1840s. The group sang in four-part harmony a repertoire of political, social, comic, sentimental and dramatic works, and are considered by many to be the first uniquely American popular music performers.
Released in the summer of 1955, it became the group's first Top Ten hit on the pop charts and topped the R&B charts for seven weeks. The follow-up, "The Great Pretender", with lyrics written in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas by Buck Ram, [4] exceeded the success of their debut and became The Platters' first national #1 hit ...
The Chapman Family; Cheney Family Singers; Cherryholmes; Chevelle (band) The Chipettes; Cimorelli; The Clancy Brothers; Clannad; Clayton Miller Band; The Click (band) The Cockman Family; The Collingsworth Family; The Collins Kids; Colony House (band) Corrick Family Entertainers; Cowan Powers and his Family Band; The Cowsills; The Cox Family ...
The Nylons appeared in Season 3 of the show on the "Treasure Island" episode, singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". These songs appeared on the band's albums Seamless (1984) and Rockapella (1989). During this era, the band also gained exposure from the mid-1980s syndicated sitcom Throb by singing (with the show's lead actress Diana Canova ) the ...
A version of "Let It Out" was recorded by The Nails in the mid-1980s. The song was sampled in "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" by Definition of Sound (1991), "The Humblest Start" by LP&JC (2010), and "Let It All Hang Out" by Matlock (2022). [6] The song appears on John Mellencamp's 1989 album, Big Daddy.
The Jackson 5, an American popular music family group, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine (later replaced by Randy), Marlon, and Michael Jackson; Jagged Edge, an American R&B group whose members include identical twin lead singers Brandon and Brian Casey; Jan & Kjeld, a Danish musical duo of brothers Jan and Kjeld Wennick
Fred Maddox played upright bass using the "slap bass" technique as early as 1937. [7] [6] Fred Maddox's bass is displayed at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. "They wanted his bass because they believe he might have hit the first note of rock 'n' roll on it." [8] Don Maddox was the last surviving member of the band and lived in Ashland ...
Midland is an American country music group formed in 2014 in Dripping Springs, Texas. The group members are Mark Wystrach (lead vocals, guitar), Jess Carson (guitar, vocals), and Cameron Duddy (bass guitar, vocals). Through Big Machine Records, the band has released two EPs, their self-titled EP and The Last Resort.