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Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an African American gospel singer. With her powerful contralto voice, Mahalia Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and is the first Queen of Gospel Music. She recorded about 35 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen golds —million sellers. Born as Mahala Jackson and nicknamed Halie , Jackson grew up in the Black Pearl section of the Carrollton

Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American singer songwriter, musician, producer and multi instrumentalist. Founder of the industrial rock musical project known as Nine Inch Nails, he was previously associated with the bands Option 30, Exotic Birds, and Tapeworm, among others. Reznor left Interscope Records in 2007, and is now an independent musician. Reznor began creating music early in his life, and cites his sheltered Western Pennsylvania childhood as an early influence. After

Music of the Millennium II (retitled Music of the Millennium 2001 for its Japanese release) is the 2nd edition in the Music of the Millennium trilogy. The album was released around at the beginning of the new millennium and it includes some of the most influential names that have contributed to popular music in the last millennium. The album sees some of the biggest international hits from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Different versions of the album have been released including two

The Temptations is an American vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five decade career, R&B;, doo wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music. Formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1960 as The Elgins, the Temptations have always featured at least five male vocalists/dancers. Known for its recognizable choreography, distinct harmonies, and flashy onstage suits, the

Terry Southern (1 May 1924 – 29 October 1995) was a highly influential American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the sixties and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. In the 1980s he wrote for Saturday Night Live and lectured on

The soundtrack of the computer and video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is set in 1992 in the fictional U.S. West Coast state of San Andreas, required that the game's radio stations reflect the music tastes of the time and area, in addition to covering current events in the state of San Andreas, and even weather forecasts. Together with several pieces of early 1990s music, the soundtrack also included songs from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Many of the songs interpolate or

The soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is presented as a series of radio stations that broadcast music and information to Vice City, circa 1984. Most of these stations are also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; however, as Vice City is set two years later, there are many differences between the stations. This provides an additional mini storyline involving the DJs and personalities who feature in both games. Some stations and radio shows have suggestively

Seven Ages of Rock was a BBC Two series, co produced by BBC Worldwide and VH1 Classic in 2007 about the history of rock music. It comprised six 60 minute episodes (reduced to 48 minutes for VH1 Classic), with a final episode of 90 minutes, and was broadcast on Saturdays at 21:00 (repeated on BBC One on Sundays). Each episode focused on one type of rock music, each typified by one or two artists or bands. The series producer was William Naylor, and the executive producer for the BBC was Michael

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