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Blues Traveler Biography

Blues Travelerblues/rock band Lead singer John Popper almost had no choice but to embark upon a music career after his parents had enrolled him in music lessons for one instrument after…

Pearl Jam Biography

Pearl Jamalternative rock band One of several Seattle-based grunge bands, Pearl Jam found a following during the 1990s. The group's first album, Ten (1991), established the band with songs…

Gary Busey

Gary Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his first lead role in 1978's The Buddy Holly Story, but modern audiences know him more for portraying wild-eyed villains in such films as Lethal Weapon (…

Tom Petty

Tom Petty was the front man and songwriter for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the rock band whose hits from the 1970s and 1980s included "Breakdown," "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Free Fallin'."…

Beanie Feldstein

Name at birth: Elizabeth Greer FeldsteinBeanie Feldstein is the comic actress who played Fanny Brice in the show Funny Girl on Broadway in 2022. Elizabeth Feldstein was born in Los Angeles in 1993.…

Jack Black Biography

Jack Blackactor, musicianBorn: 4/7/1969Birthplace: Los Angeles Black spent most of the mid- and late-1990s in relative obscurity, frequently playing offbeat sidekick characters. That all…

Jay-Z

Name at birth: Shawn CarterJay-Z is one of the great rap performers and moguls of the 21st century, known for his many hits, his street-hustler background, his self-created label Roc-A-Fella Records…

Top 10 Selling Digital Albums, 2008

The British alternative rock band Coldplay topped the charts in America with the most selling digital album of 2008. The following table lists the rank, title, artist, and…

George Martin

Sir George Martin CBE was the composer and producer who signed The Beatles to a record deal with EMI and then proceeded to arrange, produce and assist dozens of hit songs as they became the most…

Steven Tyler

Name at birth: Stephen Victor TallaricoSteven Tyler is the scrawny frontman for the rock band Aerosmith, whose hits during the 1970s became staples of American classic rock radio. The band formed in…