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1994 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“All I Wanna Do,” Sheryl CrowAlbum of the YearMTV Unplugged, Tony Bennett (Columbia)Song of the Year“Streets of Philadelphia” (Theme from Philadelphia), Bruce Springsteen,…

Cal Ripken

Name at birth: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.Cal Ripken earned the nickname "Iron Man" by playing in a record 2632 consecutive major league baseball games. The string ran from 30 May 1982 to 19 September…

Coldplay

Coldplay's single "Clocks" won the Grammy Award for best record of 2003. The U.K. rock band is made up of vocalist Chris Martin (b. 2 March 1977), guitarist Johnny Buckland (b. 11 September 1977),…

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono's family emigrated from Japan after World War II and settled in New York, where Yoko, who had studied philosophy and music, worked as a "conceptual artist" in the early 1960s. In 1966 she…

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and band leader famous for the songs "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "One O'Clock Jump." A prodigy on the clarinet, Benny Goodman joined the professional musician's union…

Hip-Hop's Radical Roots, Part 2

Artists like Brooklyn's Mos Def and Talib Kwali are keeping hip-hop's community consciousness vital.Pioneering DJs such as Bambaataa, Flash, DXT, Herc, and others commenced a nonstop quest for…

The Man with the Golden Shoes

Michael Johnson sets the pace in 1996 by John Gettings Michael Johnson at the Atlanta Olympic Games. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Track and Field PreviewEncyclopedia: Track…

Masterpiece

European Ryder Cup captain Seve Ballesteros plants his lips on the Ryder Cup in the rain at Valderrama in Sept. 1997. The Europeans retained the Cup, 141/2–131/2, holding on after amassing a…