Month: January 2021

The Puppini Sisters are an English close harmony vocal trio composed of Italian-born singer Marcella Puppini and English singers Kate Mullins and Emma Smith. Although the three are not related, the name was chosen in tribute to The Andrews Sisters. Puppini first studied fashion design at Saint Martins School of Art, and later music at […]

Howard Jones is a British musician, singer and songwriter. He had ten top 40 hit singles in the UK between 1983 and 1986; six of those 10 singles reached the top ten. He appeared as a solo artist in local venues in High Wycombe before inviting mime artist Jed Hoile to perform improvised choreography as […]

The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, who helped to define the city’s Motown sound of the 1960s. Founded as the Four Aims, lead singer Levi Stubbs, Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, Renaldo ‘Obie’ Benson and Lawrence Payton remained together for over four decades, performing from 1953 until 1997 without a change in personnel. […]

The Wall of Sound (also called the Spector Sound) is a music production formula developed by American record producer Phil Spector (who died yesterday at Gold Star Studios, in the 1960s, with assistance from engineer Larry Levine and the conglomerate of session musicians later known as “the Wrecking Crew”. The intention was to exploit the […]

The Jubalaires were an gospel group active during the 1940s and 1950s. The group initially went by the name the Royal Harmony Singers, as far back as 1936 and under that name reached #10 on the R&B charts in November 1942, with “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition”, a song adapted from the speech […]

Émilie Simon is a French singer, songwriter and composer of electronic music. In May 2003, she released her debut album Emilie Simon. The electronic album was critically acclaimed and went on to become a commercial success. To promote her album, she did numerous live performances and TV appearances all over France. In 2004, she was […]

Nicola Benedetti was born in West Kilbride, Scotland, to an Italian father and an Italian-Scottish mother. She started learning to play the violin at the age of four. At age eight, she became the leader of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain. By the age of nine, she had already passed the eight grades […]

lastair Ian Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British Folk revival in the 1960’s and 70’s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history. Having bought his fourth guitar from future Police guitarist […]

Peter Frampton is an English rock musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. By the age of 12, Frampton played in a band called the Little Ravens. Both he and David Bowie, who was three years older, were pupils at Bromley Technical School. The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie’s band, George […]

America is an American rock band that was formed in London in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for its close vocal harmonies and […]