That same year, Cash was dropped from Columbia Records, and he signed with Mercury/Polygram Records, with which he recorded four albums: Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (1987), Water from the Wells of Home (1988), Boom Chicka Boom (1989), and The Mystery of Life (1991). During the 1990s, Cash received recognition…
pop rock and other genre. In 1962, it released the first single "Love Me Do". In 1963, it issued the first album "Please Me", a record for 30 consecutive weeks ranked British pop album charts of the top of the record. April 4, 1964, set the sweep of the billboard Hot…
Eminem is a multiple time grammy winner, platinum hit record winner, and a father of three. Even though Eminem was bullied, when he sings his songs, he wants no one to experience the fate he experienced. Eminem’s music earned him a lot of awards, and he thanks everyone who likes his music (biography.com). Eminem was born Marshall Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri. When Eminem was still an infant, his father left him. Marshall’s mom raised him through his childhood, and had a hard time raising…
didn’t come about until 1954 when he met Sam Phillips from Sun Records, at the time Elvis was a truck driver for Sun Electric and was curious about how he…
One year for Christmas she asked for a typewriter so she could write down what she wanted to. She understood and loved the art of poetry. She was very good at it from a relatively young age. According to an article written by Biography.com, Shakira wrote her first song when she was only 8 years old. Shakira wasn’t just fast at writing her own songs she was also incredibly fast as a child in school…
(Erlewine 1). In Rolling Stone magazine, it mentions that after the fact that the group formed in 1970, it was signed into Columbia Records. As Rolling Stone writes, “Clive Davis saw the band perform at Max’s Kansas City in New York and signed them to Columbia” (Rolling Stone 1). Columbia Records, as we learned throughout this semester is one of the biggest music records to sign into and is a huge step to take as an artist looking to step foot in the music industry. From here the band toured…
Michael Jackson was known as the “King of Pop”. He is an international superstar loved by all who listens to his albums and sees him live. He has won many awards and recognition of written songs that became classic we love like such as “Thriller, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, etc.” Throughout his life, he suffered great trouble and overcame it with Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Katherine Jackson, his mother, was a homemaker and a faithful Jehovah's Witness.…
music is the key ingredient in achieving peace. He has been living in various cultures and places throughout his life and has connected the people of these cultures together with his music. He was pianist and a recording artist who after winning the Grammy realized the true…
created a modern-day renaissance man as Drake excels at nearly everything. Drake has won multiple GRAMMY’s, along with awards from Billboard, American Music Awards, BET, and People’s Choice. Drake is also an entrepreneur, as he has even started his own label, OVO Sound (AceShowbiz). Drake is the most-worthy nominee for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Drake is not only a grammy awarded singer/songwriter, he was a very successful actor, and continues to develop new songs, beats,…
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. She was the youngest of 3. Her parents are John Houston and Emily "Cissy" Houston. Her mom was a Grammy-award-winning gospel singer and her godmother was Aretha Franklin and her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick were also singers, as well as her other godmother, Darlene Love so she knew singing and was born for it . At age 11 she started performing in her church’s gospel choir as a soloist and learned to play the piano.…