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Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder.He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which performed with numerous notable artists on their studio albums and helped define the "Muscle Shoals sound".
Birmingham's culture of popular music first developed in the mid-1950s. [1] By the early 1960s the city's music scene had emerged as one of the largest and most vibrant in the country; a "seething cauldron of musical activity", [2] with over 500 bands constantly exchanging members and performing regularly across a well-developed network of venues and promoters. [3]
Birmingham, Alabama boasts several active big bands, including the SuperJazz Big Band, the Joe Giattina Orchestra, the Night Flight Big Band and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, founded and directed by Ray Reach. In addition, there is a world-class horn section, the Tuscaloosa Horns, comprising some of Alabama's finest jazz/soul/funk ...
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals.One of the most prominent American studio house bands from the 1960s to the 1980s, these musicians, individually or as a group, have been associated with more than 500 recordings, including 75 gold and platinum hits.
This is a list of songs written about the city of Birmingham, Alabama: "Birmingham, Alabama" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves "Birmingham Bertha" by Ethel Waters (1929) (from On with the Show!) "Birmingham Black Bottom" by Charlie Johnson (1927) "Birmingham Blues" by Edith Wilson, Fats Waller (and many others) (1921) "Birmingham Blues" by ...
Roni Sagi and her dog Rhythm have always been in sync. Resting casually on the floor of a production room near the stage of “America’s Got Talent” at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Sagi sits ...
Cobb was born to Rose Hutchins and James Cobb, Sr. in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 5, 1944. His family later moved to Jacksonville, Florida. In 1953, at the age of nine, he and his two siblings were placed in the Baptist Children's Home in Jacksonville [2] after his father left the family and his mother needed assistance. Cobb called the ...
We all know that feeling — sinking into a cool car on a hot day and never wanting to leave. Well, Moose, an irresistibly cute Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, has just discovered the joy of car air ...