• Gene Chandler

    Duke of Earl Gene Chandler

    Gene Chandler

    Gene Chandler (born Eugene Dixon, July 6, 1937, Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer. He is esteemed by soul fans as one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene, along with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler. His signature hit is the #1 Billboard Hot 100 chart song, "Duke of Earl" (1962). Chandler wrote and performed many more songs, and collaborated with many of the greats in the soul and R&B world. Chandler attended Englewood High School (later known as Englewood Technical Prep Academy) on Chicago's south side. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Hollie Cook

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    Hollie Cook

    Hollie Cook, born 1987 in London, is a British reggae and pop singer plus keyboardist. With Sex Pistol Paul Cook as dad, music was always around. Entering professional acting, singing and modelling at a young age; Hollie soon rejected her performance arts schooling for a musical path truer to her influences. Family friend and The Slits singer Ari Up persuaded Hollie to sing backing vocals for a new EP Revenge of the Killer Slits, which she followed by ditching school to join the band on a six week tour. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Big Youth

    Screaming Target Big Youth

    Big Youth

    Manley Augustus Buchanan (⋆ 19 April 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica), is a Jamaican DJ (reggae toasting and early singjay). Big Youth started toasting for a sound system in 1970. Inspired by the first toaster who was successfully recorded and released – U-Roy – Big Youth developed his own, unique style. His work with producer Gussie Clarke resulted 1972 in 'The Killer' (version of Horace Andy's 'Skylarking') and 'Tippertone Rocking' – his first big Jamaican hits. 1973 the first and legendary album Screaming Target was released. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Dennis Brown

    Westbound Train Dennis Brown

    Dennis Brown

    Dennis Emanuel Brown (February 1, 1957–July 1, 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. He recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the pioneers of lovers rock. Bob Marley dubbed him the "Crown Prince of Reggae". Brown's first recording was "Lips of Wine" recorded for Derrick Harriott (The Musical Chariot), but this was not released initially. He then recorded for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, and Dodd released Brown's first single, "No Man is an Island". Read more on Last.fm

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  • The Bobby Fuller Four

    I Fought the Law The Bobby Fuller Four

    The Bobby Fuller Four

    The Bobby Fuller Four, sometimes stylized as Bobby Fuller 4, was an American rock and roll band active in the mid-1960s. The group was founded by Bobby Fuller in 1962 in El Paso, Texas, and gained recognition for its recordings under Mustang Records in Hollywood, California. Some of the band's notable songs include "Let Her Dance", "I Fought the Law", and "Love's Made a Fool of You". Bobby Fuller recorded his first single, "You're in Love", in 1961 with a local band called the Embers, achieving a regional hit. Read more on Last.fm

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  • The Clash

    Janie Jones The Clash

    The Clash

    The Clash were an English punk band from London, England, active from 1976 to 1985. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 70s, they incorporated rock and roll, reggae, rockabilly, and many other music styles into their repertoire. They were legendary for their uncommonly intense stage performances. From their earliest days as a band, The Clash stood apart from their peers with their musicianship as well as their lyrics Read more on Last.fm

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  • Gene Vincent

    High Blood Pressure Gene Vincent

    Gene Vincent

    Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock and roll musician who helped pioneer the rockabilly style. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band, the Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-a-Lula", is considered an influential early example of rockabilly. His chart success was brief in the United States, where he had three top 40 hits in 1956 and 1957 and did not enter the top 100 again. In the United Kingdom, he achieved greater success, earning eight top 40 hits between 1956 and 1961. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Buzzcocks

    Breakdown Buzzcocks

    Buzzcocks

    Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK in 1976, led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley (1955 – 2018) for nearly their entire existence. They are commonly regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement and the punk rock, power pop, and pop punk genres in general. They are primarily remembered for their singles, a string of would-be hits that combined a strong grasp of pop song craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Eddie Cochran

    Nervous Breakdown Eddie Cochran

    Eddie Cochran

    Edward Ray Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. He is known for songs such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", which reflected teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. Cochran experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing, even on his earliest singles. He played guitar, piano, bass, and drums, and Read more on Last.fm

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  • Slim Gaillard

    Mishugana Mambo Slim Gaillard

    Slim Gaillard

    Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 4, 1911 or 1916 – February 26, 1991) was an American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, noted for his scat singing and word play. Despite record company publicity accounts that Gaillard was born in Santa Clara, Cuba of a Greek father and an Afro-Cuban mother, he was born in Pensacola, Florida to a german immigrant named Theopolous Rothschild and an African-American woman named Liza Gaillard. He grew up in Detroit and moved to New York City in the 1930s. Read more on Last.fm

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