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Sheena Easton
1980s pop diva Sheena Easton was born Sheena Shirley Orr in Bellshill, Scotland on April 27, 1959. Inspired to pursue a singing career after seeing Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, she later attended the Royal Scottish Academy of … Continue reading
Jennifer Kimball
Singer/songwriter Jennifer Kimball first emerged during the early ’80s as one half of the Story, a folk-pop duo she co-founded with Jonatha Brooke while both were students at Boston’s Amherst College. Signed to Elektra in 1991, the Story issued a … Continue reading
Nancy Sinatra
Growing up as the child of one of the greatest icons in American music can’t be easy, but Nancy Sinatra managed to create a sound and style for herself fully separate from that of her (very) famous father, and her … Continue reading
Les Baxter
Les Baxter is a pianist who composed and arranged for the top swing bands of the ’40s and ’50s, but he is better known as the founder of exotica, a variation of easy listening that glorified the sounds and styles … Continue reading
Jack Allocco
Jack Allocco is a six-time Emmy Award winning composer and conductor. Jack has composed works for stage, television and films, as well as concert works for orchestra, and a classical ballet for children. Jack has appeared on The Tonight Show, … Continue reading
Jack Harrison
In January 2007 Jack was invited to Yoga Thailand to record a live album based on merging the yoga music tradition with Irish music and song. The result was the album Wind Across the Sea. Since then, this music has … Continue reading