Charlyn Marie Marshall, born on January 21, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American songwriter and musician best known by her stage names Chan Marshall or Cat Power. As an American singer and songwriter, Marshall has battled depression, addiction, and personal struggles to succeed in recording...
Bappi Lahiri is reaching new heights of fame when it comes to music. Success and popularity are nothing new to the Bollywood music director who was at the top in the 1980’s and is said to have pioneered the disco music in India. Performing at the Mirchi Nite Club in Dubai, Bappi Lahiri along with...
HARRISON BERGERONby Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody...
The genius of Brooklyn trombonist and musician Nadav Nirenberg pushed him to the ranks of a few lucky people to actually catch the thief who took his iPhone on New Years Eve. Nirenberg, 27, hooked and busted the suspect by setting up a fake online dating profile under the alias "Jennifer Gonzalez"...
A Music Attorney had the duty of ensuring that the agreements happening between musicians and those who pay them are legal. They are also the ones responsible to negotiate deals considering certain conditions between the artists or musicians and the record companies who are interested to hire them....
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Automaker Bentley's U.S. division is suing Guns 'n Roses lead singer Axl Rose for $74,000, alleging the musician racked up 42,000 miles more than the lease on his 2006 Bentley Continental Flying Spur allowed. Worse, Bentley claims the car was returned with damaged wheels, a cracked windshield, a...
Bruce "The Boss" Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter born on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Springsteen was born to Douglas Frederick Springsteen, a bus driver of Irish and Dutch ancestry, and Adele Ann Serilli, a legal secretary of Italian descent....
Damien Rice is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician who plays the guitar, piano, clarinet, and percussion. Rice was born on December 7, 1973 to George and Maureen Rice and spent his childhood in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. Damien spent much of his childhood on the banks of the River...
