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Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson worked at a bank and wrote songs on the side, mostly jingles and pop tunes in the mid-1960s. Under contract with RCA, his first record was a flop, but it yielded hits for The Monkees…

Yellowman

Name at birth: Winston FosterYellowman is the stage name of Winston Foster, one of the biggest Jamaican reggae stars of the 1980s. Foster, an albino, grew up in Kingston institutions and overcame a…

Paul Dresser Biography

Paul DressersongwriterBorn: 4/22/1858Birthplace: Terre Haute, Ind. Born John Paul Dreiser, Jr., Dresser was the fourth of 13 children and the older brother of famous author Theodore Dreiser…

1983 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Ballad of Narayama, Shohei Imamura (Japan)Special Jury PrizeMonty Python—The Meaning of Life, Terry Jones (United Kingdom)Grand Prix Du Cinema De CreationRobert Bresson, L'…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1796

by Robert Burns Versicles of 1795Glossary1796ContentsThe Dean Of FacultyEpistle To Colonel De PeysterA Lass Wi' A TocherHeron Election Ballad, No. IV.Complimentary Versicles To Jessie…

Chris Isaak Biography

Chris Isaak musician, actorBorn: 6/26/1956Birthplace: Stockton, California Although he bristles at being labeled a “retro” act, Chris Isaak's mournful, melancholy ballads, full of ache and…

Dean Martin

Name at birth: Dino CrocettiDean Martin had a long career in music and comedy, mostly in the guise of a bemused and handsome crooner of ballads. With his Italian good looks, wavy hair and velvety…

Ledoux, Louis V.

Ledoux, Louis V.[1880-1948](1)Born at New York City, June 6, 1880. Educated at Columbia University, where he graduated in 1902. He is the author of "Songs from the Silent Land", 1905; "The…

Coates, Florence Earle

Coates, Florence Earle[1850-1927](3)Born at Philadelphia and educated at private schools in that city and in France. She studied also at Brussels. Her volumes of poetry in their order are…

Ledoux, Louis V

Ledoux, Louis V[1880-1948](3)Born in New York City, June 6, 1880. Educated at Columbia University where he graduated in 1902. He is a poet who writes chiefly upon Greek themes and is the…