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Lena Horne
A pioneer among African-American performers, Lena Horne had the talent, beauty and ambition to crack the race barrier in Hollywood in the 1940s. A smooth singer of bluesy ballads, Lena Horne…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Lines On John M'Murdo, ESQ.
by Robert Burns Bonie Jean-A BalladEpitaph On A Lap-DogLines On John M'Murdo, ESQ. Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day! No envious cloud o'ercast his evening ray; No wrinkle…Joan Baez Biography
Joan BaezsingerBorn: 1941 Soprano Joan Baez brought folk music into the mainstream with her best-selling albums and beautiful renditions of traditional ballads and spirituals. Her first album, the…Etta James
Name at birth: Jamesetta HawkinsEtta James sang blues, jazz, country, gospel and pop hits beginning in the early 1950s, from the suggestive dancehall favorite "Roll With Me, Henry" to her signature…Davy Crockett
David "Davy" Crockett was a frontiersman, politician and folk hero from Tennessee who joined Texas forces in 1836 and was killed in battle at the Alamo. Crockett was raised in eastern Tennessee and…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Rhyming Reply To A Note From Captain Riddell
by Robert Burns Lines To John M'Murdo, Esq. Of...Caledonia-A BalladRhyming Reply To A Note From Captain Riddell Dear, Sir, at ony time or tide, I'd rather sit wi' you than ride…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Inscription For An Altar Of Independence
by Robert Burns Ballad ThirdThe Cardin O't, The Spinnin O'tInscription For An Altar Of Independence At Kerroughtree, the Seat of Mr. Heron. Thou of an independent mind,…Live
Secret SamadhiRadioactive This young Pennsylvania band shot to the bigtime on the strength of its six-times platinum sophomore effort, Throwing Copper. On this follow-up album, Live played to…William Wordsworth
William Wordworth was one of the great Romantic poets of 19th-century England. His poems celebrated the glories of nature and the human spirit while using the simple language of the "common man" --…Tina Turner
Twenty Four SevenVirgin By this point, it seems as if the Diva thing has been done to death. But the exception to all the hype and hoopla is Tina Turner, who was, is, and always will be the…Trending
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