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Meja Beckman
Meja Anna Pernilla Kullersten (formerly Beckman; born Anna Pernilla Torndahl, 12 February 1969) is a Swedish composer, artist and singer. Among her best known songs are "Happy" (with Legacy of Sound), "Private Emotion", a duet with Ricky Martin from his multi-Platinum album ''Ricky Martin'' (1999), and " All 'Bout the Money", which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1998. Biography Meja was born Anna Pernilla Torndahl in Nynäshamn, Stockholm County. She had her stage debut at "Ystads City theatre" at the age of 7. She was brought up in a musical family, her grandfather, Per Lundkvist, was a composer of both classical and contemporary music and her mother, a recording artist as a child before choosing a path as a painter. In 1986, at the age of 16, she moved to Mallorca, Spain, to study. She was introduced to American jazz trumpet player/singer Stephen Frankevich and started to take vocal lessons with singer Deborah Carter. Meja went to Stockholm in 1990. She sang in diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nynäshamn
Nynäshamn is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 13,510 inhabitants in 2010. While interest in the area as a potentially useful port grew from the mid-19th century, it was only with the opening of the Nynäshamn Station, railway station to Stockholm in 1901 that Nynäshamn started to develop. During the early 20th Century, Nynäshamn also became well known as a spa town, though most such facilities were closed down before the end of World War I. Main industries arrived through Televerket (Sweden), Telegrafverkets verkstäder (the factories of the Government owned telephone company) in 1916Bo i Nynashamn "Det började för 6500 år sedan" Retrieved on 2009-04-24. and an oil refinery bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Steinberg
William Endfield Steinberg (born February 26, 1950) is an American songwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly (musician), Tom Kelly; together they wrote or co-wrote the No. 1 hits "Like a Virgin (song), Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984), "True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song), True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper (1986), "Eternal Flame (song), Eternal Flame" by the Bangles (1989), "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston (1987), and "Alone (i-Ten song), Alone" (covered by Heart (band), Heart in 1987). They also wrote or co-wrote the hit songs "I Drove All Night" (recorded by various artists, initially recorded by Roy Orbison in 1987 but first released by Cyndi Lauper in 1989), "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls (1990), and "I'll Stand by You" by The Pretenders (1994). After Kelly retired from music in the 1990s, Steinberg collaborated with other songwriters. With Rick Nowels and Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo he wrote the hit songs "Falling Into You" (covered by Cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says that it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world. The stated mission of the organization is to campaign for "a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments". The organization has played a notable role on human rights issues due to its frequent citation in media and by world leaders. AI was founded in London in 1961 by the lawyer Peter Benenson. In what he called "The Forgotten Prisoners" and "An Appeal for Amnesty", which appeared on the front page of the British newspaper ''The Observer'', Benenson wrote about two students who toasted to freedom in Portugal and four other people who had been jailed in other nations because of their beliefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Ghibli
is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo."Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment". ''Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment''. Retrieved 2020-12-14. It has a strong presence in the animation industry and has expanded its portfolio to include various media such as short subjects, television commercials and two television films. Their work has been well received by both critics and audiences and recognized with numerous awards. Their mascot and most recognizable symbol, the character Totoro from the 1988 film ''My Neighbor Totoro'', is a giant Kami, spirit inspired by Japanese raccoon dog, raccoon dogs (''tanuki'') and cats (''neko''). Among the studio's highest-grossing films are ''Princess Mononoke'' (1997), ''Spirited Away'' (2001), ''Howl's Moving Castle (film), Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004), ''Ponyo'' (2008), and ''The Boy and the Heron'' (2023). Studio Ghibli was founded on June 15, 1985, by the directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mando Diao
Mando Diao is an alternative rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album '' Hurricane Bar''. Their main fan base is in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. Band members are Björn Dixgård (vocals, guitar), Carl-Johan Fogelklou (bass), Daniel Haglund (keyboard) and Patrik Heinkipieti (drums). History Early years (1999–2002) The roots of Mando Diao date back to 1999 when Björn Dixgård (vocals, guitar) and Daniel Haglund (keyboard) played in a band called Butler, which they had founded in the middle of the 1990s. In 1996, Gustaf Norén (vocals, guitar), joined the band. In 1999, Carl-Johan Fogelklou (bass, backing vocals) and Samuel Giers (drums) became members and completed the original band. The current line-up decided to take the project more seriously. Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén locked themselves up in a summer house and spent 14 months writing songs. They claim the Beatles as their original so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Gibbons
William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist, primary vocalist, and only constant member of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded '' Flash'' (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released '' ZZ Top's First Album'' in early 1971. He has also maintained a solo career in recent years, starting with his first album '' Perfectamundo'' (2015). Gibbons has made appearances with other artists and acted on television shows, most notably in a recurring role as Angela's rock star father on '' Bones''. In 2001, ''Rolling Stone'' named him the 32nd greatest guitarist of all time. Early life Gibbons was born to Frederick Royal ("Freddie") and Lorraine (née Duffy) Gibbons in the Tanglewood neighborhood of Houston, Texas. His father was an entertainer, orchestra conductor, and concert pianist who worked alongside his second cousin, art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Barry
Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a number 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart when it was recorded by Ricky Valance in 1960), " Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", " Then He Kissed Me", " Be My Baby", " Chapel of Love", and " River Deep - Mountain High" (all written with his then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector); " Leader of the Pack" (written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); " Sugar, Sugar" (written with Andy Kim); "Without Us" (written with Tom Scott), and " I Honestly Love You" (written with Peter Allen). Early life Barry was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family. His parents divorced when he was seven, and his mother moved him and his sister to Plainfield, New Jersey, where they resided for several years before returning to New York. Chart success In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Stuart
James Hamish Stuart (born 8 October 1949) is a Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. He was an original member of the Average White Band. Biography Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in Glasgow and left to form as lead guitarist his first professional band, the Dream Police in 1964. He recorded a couple of singles with the Dream Police before he was invited to join the recently formed Average White Band (AWB) in June 1972. A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and David Sanborn. He wrote Atlantic Starr's 1986 hit "If Your Heart Isn't in It" and songs for Smokey Robinson, Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson, and Diana Ross. Stuart joined Paul McCartney’s band (where he switched between guitar and bass as necessary with McCartney) for McCartney's 1989 comeback album '' Flowers in the Dirt'' and went on to appear on several other albums and McCartney's world tours of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Leãozinho
"O Leãozinho" () is a song composed by Brazilian singer/songwriter Caetano Veloso. The song title means "little lion" in Portuguese. It was recorded by Veloso himself in 1977 and published as the eighth track from his album '' Bicho'' (meaning "animal" or "bug" in Portuguese). English lyrics were added by Meja in her 2004 ''Mellow'', however keeping the original title in Portuguese. History The song is a tribute to the bassist of the band Novos Baianos, Dadi Carvalho. It was featured in the soundtrack of the soap opera ''Sem Lenço, sem Documento''. Notable recordings * Vozes da Rádio - ''Mappa do Coração'' (1997) *Meja - ''Mellow'' (2004) *Jane Birkin & Caetano Veloso - ''Rendez-Vous'' (2006) *Teresa Salgueiro - ''La Serena'' (2007) *Priscilla Ahn - ''Live Sessions EP'' (2008) *Beirut - ''Red Hot + Rio 2'' (2011) *Mary Roos Mary Roos (born Rosemarie Schwab on 9 January 1949) is a German singer and actress. Biography 1949–1970 Schwab was born in Bingen am Rhein, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicália, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, Brazilian military dictatorship that 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nineteen Brazilian Music Awards, nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On 14 November, Latin Grammy Awards of 2012, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. Veloso was one of seven children born into the family of José Telles Veloso (commonly known as ''Seu Zeca''), a government official, and Dona Canô, Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (known as ''Dona Canô''). He was born in the city of Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dindi (song)
"Dindi" () is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. It is a world-famous bossa nova and jazz standard song. Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles. "Dindi" is a reference to a farm named "Dirindi", in Brazil, a place that Jobim and his friend/collaborator Vinicius de Moraes used to visit (according to Helena Jobim, his sister, in her book ''Antonio Carlos Jobim - Um Homem Iluminado''). In December 1966, Telles recorded this piece with the guitarist Rosinha de Valença. :Céu, tão grande é o céu :E bandos de nuvens que passam ligeiras :Prá onde elas vão, ah, eu não sei, não sei. English version English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert: :"Sky so vast is the sky / with faraway clouds just wandering by / Where do they go / oh I don't know." Discography *Sylvia Telles - ''Amor de Gente Moça (Musicas de Antonio Carlos Jobim)'' (1959), ''Amor em Hi-Fi'' (1960) *Sylvia Telles, Edu Lobo, Trio Tamba, Quint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Água De Beber
"Água de Beber" ("Water to Drink") is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and originally recorded in the key of A minor, with lyrics written by Vinícius de Moraes. The English lyrics were written by Norman Gimbel. The story is, as told by Kléber Farias, one of the engineers who helped build Brasília: In 1959, when the new capital was being built, the President of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, invited Antônio Carlos "Tom" Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes to spend a season at Catetinho (the provisional presidential palace, made of wood) to compose a symphony that would be performed at the inauguration of Brasília. One evening, Vinícius and Tom were walking near the wooden palace when they heard the noise of the water. They asked the watchman, "But what is that noise of water here?" The watchman replied, "Você não sabe não? É aqui que tem água de beber, camará." on't you know? This is where you have drinking water, buddy boy. At that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
