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Christiane Legrand (21 August 1930 – 1 November 2011) was a French soprano and sister of Michel Legrand.  Legrand was born in in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France. Her father Raymond Legrand was a conductor and composer renowned for hits such as Irma la douce, and her mother was Marcelle Ter-Mikaëlian (sister of conductor Jacques Hélian), who married Legrand in 1929. Her maternal grandfather was of Armenian descent and considered a member of the bourgeoisie. Having studied classical music and piano from the age of 4, she quickly turned to singing and jazz, which was second nature to her. With her brother Michel Legrand they constantly improvised swinging duets.  It was André Hodeir, a great writer, critic and composer of Jazz who discovered her in 1957, by having her sing the credits of Brigitte Bardot's film "Une Parisienne", then, a little later her "Jazz Cantata" from "Jazz and Jazz", famous among all musicians. Throughout the 50s and 60s, we re...

It’s been about a month or so since Lyte made Skitzo & Str8jaket the first 2 official signees to MonStar Entertainment. However, it was just announced this morning that the legendary Flint duo Project Born has joined the label. Very exciting to see the roster continuing to grow. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Email Via https://ift.tt/HOXFP1s

Tom Clay (born Thomas Clague; August 20, 1929 – November 22, 1995) was a controversial American radio personality and disc jockey.  Thomas Clague was born in New York, and in the 1950s he was popular in the Detroit area on WJBK-AM both as a DJ, and for his on-air comic characterizations; he became a local celebrity. In the early 1950s Clay, using the pseudonym "Guy King", worked for WWOL-AM/FM in Buffalo, New York; on July 3, 1955, he conducted a stunt in which he played "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets repeatedly from atop a billboard in Buffalo's Shelton Square, an incident that led to his firing and arrest (Danny Neaverth later repeated Clay's stunt but did not suffer the same consequences). In the mid-1950s he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and was equally popular.  He was caught up in the payola scandal of the late 1950s, and admitted to having accepted thousands of dollars for playing certain records. After being fired from WJBK...

  12" - 1994 -   C-Ya Ent.   Here is the first and only 12"  released  by  Brother Arthur from Mount Vernon  on C-Ya Entertainment in 1994.  It contains 2 singles entitled "What You Gonna Do" and "The Year Of The 9", produced by Brother Arthur and the legendary Chuck Chillout who also managed  C-Ya Entertainment.  It was also co-produced by Ramon "Bro Sham" and Lionel "Big Geno" McKee for Bald Nation Production. The main samples used for the production of "What You Gonna Do" come from the songs " Sho'nuff Must Be Luv " performed by Heatwave and " It's a New Day " performed by Skull Snaps.  For the production of "Year of the 9", you will have recognized the same sample used by DJ Premier for Jeru the Damaja's joint "Come Clean", which comes from the song " Infinity " performed by Shelly Manne.  KRS One & Brother Arthur - On The Flipsyde Magazine...

  Almost 2 Hours of 90s indie hip-hop joints selected and mixed by Rug  & SampleMind.  Here is the latest episode of No TV Raps Radio Show aired on August 19th on Radio FSK, Hamburg (Germany). source https://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com/2022/08/radio-show-no-tv-raps-august-19th-2022.html

Although Eminem's skill and talent is not in question, Mistah Wilson is suspicious of his album sales. What are your thoughts on this?

Follow GRYNCH on Instagram King of Ballard GRYNCH drops NEW ALBUM "Born in 86" featuring Sir-Mix-A-Lot, Boom Bap Project, Anthony Danza, Daz Dillinger, Kokane, Latoiya Williams, & more... Born in '86 by Grynch