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Boney M
Euro-disco big cheeses Boney M were the creation of Frank Farian - the German record producer who also flogged Milli Vanilli to a grateful planet. But we should not forget during the 70s Boney M were huge...
Cosmic Psychos
Formed in January 1985, The Cosmic Psychos were a mean-looking but gentle-hearted trio from Melbourne who performed a unique blend of witty lyrics and full-volume, no-frills rock.
With no lead singer, each member of the trio...
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma - an uproarious oil town - on 14 July 1912. His father Charley was a Democrat politico and a Ku Klux Klan supporter.
His father's sour property deals impoverished...
Jamiroquai
Best known for a video where a room tries to escape from him, Jay (real name Jason Cheetham) Kay is more familiar to the 30 million people who bought his albums as Jamiroquai, and to...
Gary “U.S.” Bonds
In 1961, in the unlikely town of Norfolk, Virginia, Gary Anderson (who had been born in Jacksonville, Florida) recorded some of the wildest, most bizarre party records in the history of rock & roll: New Orleans, School...
Blues Brothers, The (1980)
Universal were so confident in The Blues Brothers that they poured a record $27 million into the movie. One scene alone called for six camera crews, five fire engines, three army tanks, two helicopters and 300 extras ....
Blur
Formed in London in 1988 via Colchester, Essex, Blur (initially called 'Seymour') started on the lower rungs of the gig circuit. Within a year they had signed to Food Records and released their debut single,...
