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    had developed a great sense of loyalty in his band. James Brown was very serious when they were practicing, as he would decrease the pay of his band members if they messed up when they played. James Brown is a great representative of funk and soul music as he reflected the changes that were happening as he pushed for the development of this musical…

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    was at the pinnacle of her career. She went on to star in and produce several hit movies like, ‘Waiting to Exhale, ‘The Preacher’s Wife’, and ‘Sparkle’ She has won over 400 awards including, six ‘Grammys’, two ‘Emmys’, ‘30 Billboard Music Awards’, and 22 ‘American Music Awards’ in her singing and acting career the ‘Guinness World Records’ also cited her as the most awarded female musician of all time. She is the only woman to have more than one album spend at least ten weeks at No.one. She had…

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    Most people that know of her is due to her drug problems and death. Her music was authentic to herself and style which was the genre of jazz, soul and rhythm and blues music. She had such a strong and powerful voice. Basically, I believe her artistic career was great and that more people should be familiar with. What I want people to obtain from my artwork is her uniqueness…

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    Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. She was an award-winning singer. She was also the youngest child and had two brothers. She began to show signs of her talent at a very young age. It was like the talent of singing ran in her blood because her mother, cousin, aunt, and godmother were all amazing singers. She started her singing career at a church singing side by side with her mother. She was signed to a record label at the age of nineteen and…

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    1. In the two different selections of reading "Ship of Gold" and "Gold Grubber", Tommy Thompson was presented in two different ways. In the article, "Ship of Gold" Tommy Thompson was presented as a hero. The article states, "In the early 1980's, Thompson began a determined search that took years. He spent many millions and faced many setbacks"(Ship of Gold 20). This shows that Tommy Thompson had patience and perseverance, qualities often found in a hero. However, from a totally different view,…

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    (I found this on www.biography.com/people/ella-fitzgerald-9296210) Ella Fitzgerald, known as the “First Lady of Song”and “Lady Ella,” was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American songbook. Born in 1917, Ella turned to singing after a troubled childhood and debuted at the Apollo theater in 1934. Ella went on to become the female jazz singer for decades. In 1958, Ella made history as the first African-American woman to win Grammy Award. “It isn’t where you came…

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    World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time.[1] Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide.[2][3] She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts, as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know",[4] influenced several…

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    Whitney Elizabeth Houston by: Alisa Dettmer 6B Whitney Houston impressed me by her self-conscious as a singer and wanted to be a singer since she could talk. She became her dream. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born 09.08.1963 in New Jersey. Whitney was seemed to become a singer from birth on. Her mother Cissy Houston was a singer. She was the choir minister at New Hope Baptist Church. This is the place where Whitney as a young girl started singing. Even as a small girl she was…

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    Creation of Neo-soul Neo soul is a common style of music. The term was instituted by music industry business visionary Kedar Massenburg amid the late 1990s to showcase and depict a style of music that risen out of soul and contemporary R&B. Intensely situated in soul music, neo soul is recognized by a less ordinary sound than its contemporary R&B partner, with joined components running from jazz, funk, and hip bounce to pop, combination, and African music. It has been noted by music journalists…

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    from all the people who were supposedly different and grow on their graves. In other words, the speaker is saying that all people are equal in the face of death and nature. Moreover, the growth of grass on top of the grave signifies the idea that souls are…

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