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Dorothy Marie Marsh was born in Tennessee on October 11, 1932. The always hopeful Dottie was always dreaming of making a profession out of singing. While in college Dottie meet her first husband Bill West, who would give her her name. Together the couple would get gigs on local tv and clubs. it wasn't until the success of Dottie’s singles "An Angel on Paper" and "Let Me Off At the Corner" did Dottie start to make a name for herself. Those minor hits were followed by a top 10 hit with Jim Reeves called "Love Is No Excuse. Read more on Last.fm

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Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (born 23 February 1996), known professionally as CMAT, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. Her debut album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, was released in February 2022 and entered the Irish Album Charts at number one. Her sophomore album, Crazymad, For Me, was released on October 13th, 2023. Her third album, EURO-COUNTRY, was released on August 29th, 2025. Read more on Last.fm

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (born 23 February 1996), known professionally as CMAT, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. Her debut album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, was released in February 2022 and entered the Irish Album Charts at number one. Her sophomore album, Crazymad, For Me, was released on October 13th, 2023. Her third album, EURO-COUNTRY, was released on August 29th, 2025. Read more on Last.fm

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (born 23 February 1996), known professionally as CMAT, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. Her debut album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, was released in February 2022 and entered the Irish Album Charts at number one. Her sophomore album, Crazymad, For Me, was released on October 13th, 2023. Her third album, EURO-COUNTRY, was released on August 29th, 2025. Read more on Last.fm

Marcos Kostenbader Valle (born September 14, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer. His work has found success across many musical styles both within Brazil and in the rest of the world, including bossa nova, samba, incidental music for drama, and fusions of American/European rock and dance music with Brazilian styles. His brother is Paulo Sérgio Valle, with whom he composed many songs. From the younger Bossa Nova generation, as well as Bebel Gilberto and others, made a large part of his career abroad. Read more on Last.fm

Car Seat Headrest is an American indie rock band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, and synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backing vocals), Seth Dalby (bass), and Andrew Katz (drums, percussion). Beginning as a solo recording project by Toledo in 2010, Car Seat Headrest self-released 12 albums on the music platform Bandcamp, before signing to Matador Records in 2015. Car Seat Headrest would begin touring as a full band the following year. Read more on Last.fm

Eunice Kathleen Waymon (21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, soul, folk, rhythm and blues, gospel, and pop. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on 21st February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA, one of eight children. Read more on Last.fm

Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Her credits include being an original cast member of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968), the female lead (Sheila) in the Los Angeles company of Hair (1968), a number 1 single "The Right Time of the Night" (1977) and 3 Oscars for Best Song - "It Goes Like it Goes," from Norma Rae (1980), "Up Where We Belong," (with Joe Cocker) from "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) Read more on Last.fm

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (born 23 February 1996), known professionally as CMAT, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. Her debut album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, was released in February 2022 and entered the Irish Album Charts at number one. Her sophomore album, Crazymad, For Me, was released on October 13th, 2023. Her third album, EURO-COUNTRY, was released on August 29th, 2025. Read more on Last.fm