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Carol was the only child of a wealthy Chicago furniture manufacturer. Her enthusiasm for opera showed itself when she returned home from study in Europe in 1950. [ 2 ] With Lawrence Kelly, also aged 28, a real estate agent and insurance broker, and the conductor Nicola Rescigno she organized the rebirth of a resident opera company at the ...
Sherrod began hosting on a jazz station at 18. [2] At 19, she got a job as a radio station music director—the youngest in the country. [2] She was the number one radio personality for New York City’s WBLS 107.5, [2] where she interviewed Prince, Tyler Perry, and Oprah. [4]
Born in Chicago Zach Blair: Dec 26, 1974: Guitarist for Rise Against: Harold Bradley Jr. Oct 13, 1929 Apr 13, 2021 Singer of spirituals and blues, painter, actor, TV host, former football player, founder of Italy's iconic Folkstudio music club Born in Chicago Oscar Brown Jr. Oct 10, 1926: May 29, 2005: Musician, poet Born in Chicago Bob Bryar ...
Musicians from Chicago (either those who were born in the Chicago metropolitan area or those who have lived there). For musical groups from Chicago, see Category:Musical groups from Chicago Contents
B. Louis Bacon (musician) LaVern Baker; Two Ton Baker; Brooke Barrettsmith; Willis Earl Beal; Herbert Beattie; William Beckett (singer) Gary Beisbier; Lurrie Bell
Peter Paul Cetera (/ s ə ˈ t ɛr ə / sə-TERR-ə; born September 13, 1944) [1] is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985.
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
Albert Grossman (May 21, 1926 – January 25, 1986) was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music and rock and roll scene. He was famous as the manager of many of the most popular and successful performers of folk and folk-rock music, including Bob Dylan; Janis Joplin; Peter, Paul and Mary; the Band; Odetta; Gordon Lightfoot; and Ian & Sylvia.