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Tracy Chapman ,

(born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles “Fast Car”, “Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution”, “Baby Can I Hold You”, “Give Me One Reason”, “The Promise” and “Telling Stories”. She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist. ….More

Tracy Chapman - Our Bright Future

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Spagna ,

(born Ivana Spagna, 16 December 1954) is an Italian singer and songwriter.
Spagna was born in Verona, Italy. She started her career singing in English. In the early ’80s she provided vocals (with Angela Parisi) and wrote songs for a pop duo project called Fun Fun as well as writing songs for many other disco projects until 1986 when she embarked on a solo career. ….More

Spagna - Dedicated To The Moon

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Yves Jamait ,

né le 28 octobre 1961 à Dijon, est un chanteur, auteur-compositeur-interprète français.
Yves Jamait apprend la cuisine au CET du Castel en 1975 et, en 1977, découvre la guitare et travaille dans divers domaines (il devient notamment cuisinier, manœuvre dans le BTP, animalier en laboratoire pharmaceutique, infographiste). Yves Jamait forme son premier trio baptisé « De verre en vers ». En 2003, le groupe sort son premier album De Verres En Vers et change de nom et s’intitule désormais « Jamait ». Grâce au soutien de l’animateur de télévision Patrick Sébastien, le premier album du trio est réédité. En mars 2006, Yves Jamait fait à Dijon son premier Zénith, son premier Olympia le 2 juin et finalement sort un deuxième album Le Coquelicot. ….More

Yves Jamait - De Verre En Vers

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

The Wallflowers ,

are a Grammy Award-winning rock band from Los Angeles, California.
The band started in 1989 in Los Angeles’s clubs but self-titled debut album was released in 1992 on the Virgin Records label. Although praised by critics, it only sold 40,000 copies initially, but has sold an estimated 1,000,000 to date.

The original members of the Wallflowers include Jakob Dylan (vocals and guitar; the youngest son of Bob Dylan), Barrie Maguire (bass guitar and vocals), Peter Yanowitz (drums and percussion), Rami Jaffee (keyboards and vocals), and Tobi Miller (guitar). This quintet broke up shortly after the album’s release due to conflicts within the band, and with the record company. ….More

The Wallflowers - The Wallflowers

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Billy Ocean ,

(born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Fyzabad, Trinidad) is a Grammy Award-winning British-based popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues-tinged international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the top British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the 1980s.He waited seven years after scoring his first four UK top 20 hits, before accumulating an impressive run of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones. ….More

Billy Ocean - Billy Ocean Greatest Hits

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Dalida ,

(January 17, 1933 – May 3, 1987) was an Egyptian born singer of Italian origin who lived most of her life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc.
Dalida was born Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti to middle-class parents in Shoubra, Cairo, Egypt. Her family was of Italian origin, her grandparents having emigrated at the turn of the century from Calabria. The middle child between two brothers, Orlando and Bruno (who would later in Dalida’s career change his name to Orlando like his other brother and become her manager). Dalida’s father was first violin (premier violon) at the Cairo Opera. Dalida’s early life was spent in the district of Shoubra, where she attended Catholic school. ….More

Dalida - L’originale

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Alain Bashung ,

(born Alain Baschung on 1 December 1947 in Paris) is a French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor ….More

Alain Bashung - Blue Petrole

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Yma Sumac ,

[e-mah soo‘-mac] (September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008) was a noted Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music and became an international success, based on the merits of her extreme vocal range, “well over four octaves”, which was commonly claimed to span four and even five octaves at her peak. ….More

Yma Sumac - Mambo

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Yves Jamait ,

né le 28 octobre 1961 à Dijon, est un chanteur, auteur-compositeur-interprète français.
Yves Jamait apprend la cuisine au CET du Castel en 1975 et, en 1977, découvre la guitare et travaille dans divers domaines (il devient notamment cuisinier, manœuvre dans le BTP, animalier en laboratoire pharmaceutique, infographiste). Yves Jamait forme son premier trio baptisé « De verre en vers ». En 2003, le groupe sort son premier album De Verres En Vers et change de nom et s’intitule désormais « Jamait ». Grâce au soutien de l’animateur de télévision Patrick Sébastien, le premier album du trio est réédité. En mars 2006, Yves Jamait fait à Dijon son premier Zénith, son premier Olympia le 2 juin et finalement sort un deuxième album Le Coquelicot. ….More

Yves Jamait - Le Coquelicot

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

René Villard ,

(né le 24 juillet 1946 à Paris) est un chanteur français connu sous le pseudonyme Hervé Vilard.
Il grandit dans un orphelinat et dans diverses familles d’accueil avant d’être adopté tardivement par Daniel Cordier.
Il est surtout connu pour la chanson Capri, c’est fini, qui fut un énorme tube en son temps.
Parmi ses autres succès, on peut citer Fais la rire, Champagne, Va pour l’amour libre, T’es pas Dietrich, La Vie est belle, le Monde est beau, Rêveries, Je l’aime tant, Sayonara, Mourir ou vivre, et surtout les 3 tubes Nous, Reviens et Méditerranéenne composés par Toto Cutugno. ….More

Herve Vilard - 14 Chansons D’or

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Francis Cabrel ,

(born 23 November 1953 in Agen, France) is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist. Inspired heavily by Bob Dylan, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as “L’encre de tes yeux” and “Petite Marie” have become enduring favourites in French music. Others, such as “C’était l’hiver”, about the suicide of a young girl, have since been covered by other artists such as Canadian Isabelle Boulay. ….More

Francis Cabrel - Des Roses Et Des Orties

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Cheba Maria ,

est une chanteuse originaire de Casablanca au Maroc. En 1998, cheba maria rejoint la France et s’installe à Toulouse en quête de nouvelles rencontres et d’expériences musicales.
Rapidement elle arrive à convaincre un public plus large et se fait une place dans le milieu artistique grâce à sa voix exceptionnelle et son irrésistible joie de vivre. Elle se produit aux cotés de plusieurs artistes :
En 1998 son duo avec Cheb Rachid « Enta ould bladi » (toi de mon Pays) se vendra à plusieurs milliers d’exemplaires dans differents pays et notamment au Maroc ou elle garde un public fidèl.
En 1999, « Amalek a Zine » ( qu’est ce que tu as ).
En 2000 « Zinek Khater » (Ta beauté est irrésistible) En 2001 « Rani Mghamra » (je part a l’aventure).
En2003 « jenetinie » (tu m’as rendu folle) ,et son incroyable participation dans l’album Rain’b Fever le titre Mon Bled en duo avec Mohamed lamine et Rohff vendu a plus de 250.000 exemplaires lui donnera l’occasion de recevoir des mains de la maison de disque Sony Music son premier Disque d’or.
Elle a pu créer un style à part le style CHEBA MARIA influencée par le rai,la musique populaire marocaine et moyen-orientale plus généralement. ….More

Cheba Maria - Mon Amour

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The Brothers Johnson ,

is a band consisting of American musicians, and brothers, George aka ‘Lightnin’ Licks’ and Louis Johnson aka ‘Thunder Thumbs’.
Guitarist/vocalist George and bassist/vocalist Louis formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy, and their cousin Alex Weir, while attending school in Los Angeles, California. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston’s band, and wrote Music in My Life and The Kids and Me for him before leaving his group in 1973. In 1976, The Brothers covered the Beatles’ song, Hey Jude, for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II. ….More

The Brothers Johnson - Blam!!

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Adele - 19

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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988 in Enfield, North London), known professionally as Adele, is an English-Welsh singer. Adele has described her musical style as “heartbroken soul”. She is the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics’ Choice, which was given to artists who, at the time, had yet to release an album. She has noted American jazz and blues singers Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald as influences. She debuted at number one with her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album (19) on the UK album chart; the disc has since been certified platinum with sales of more than 500,000 copies. After the album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 chart on 8 July, 2008 (though it did reach #36 on the magazine’s “Top Heatseekers” chart). Adele performed before an estimated audience of 14 million television viewers on Saturday Night Live, leading to a very strong showing on a couple of notable download charts, and leading the album to leap from #46 to #11 on the official chart.

19 is Adele’s debut album. It was released on 28 January 2008, the week after the lead single, “Chasing Pavements”, was physically released. It debuted at number one on the UK charts on its first week. Included is a cover of the Bob Dylan song “Make You Feel My Love” from his 1997 album, Time Out Of Mind.

The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album…More

Joey + Rory - The Life Of A Song

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Joey + Rory is an American country music duo made up of husband and wife Rory Lee Feek and Joey Martin Feek. They were the third-place finalists on CMT’s series Can You Duet in 2008, where they captured America’s heart along with the hearts of the 3 judges. Shortly after the competition, they were signed to the independent labels Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records. Their debut single, “Cheater, Cheater” was originally recorded by the duo Bomshel, whose own version failed to chart earlier in 2008. Joey and Rory’s version of the song was released in August 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from Naomi Judd. The song received a “thumbs up” review from Matt C. of The 9513, who called it a “delightfully acoustic barn-burner”. The song is included on Joey & Rory’s debut album, The Life of a Song, which was released on October 28.

The Life of a Song is the debut studio album from the country music duo Joey & Rory. The album was released on October 28, 2008 via Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records….More