Vocalist
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Vocalist Wanted: No Female Singers Need Apply
… online sites, desperate for a shot at the brass ring. Male vocalist wanted. What's a girl to do? Rock singer Julia Preotu was ..... a huge problem, as every rock band was looking for a male vocalist ." So she went to work learning English. She moved in with …
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Meeting Gladys
Where we don't. Now I'm gonna mean when last. Favorite female vocalist of all time. You know. Tonight. Don't know how that's how. Patience and. It's not the I think it's harder to did yeah …
Where we don't. Now I'm gonna mean when -- last. Favorite female vocalist of all time. You know. Tonight. Don't know how that's how. -- Patience and. It's not the I think it's harder to -
Sister Act: Annie Lennox's Mission to Help African Women
… taking her own advice. For her rousing, gospel-like new single, "Sing," she's gathered 23 of the world's top female vocalists , including Madonna, Shakira, Celine Dion, Fergie, and Faith Hill, to join her in another call for women's empowerment …
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Listen Up: Singer Jennifer Nettles Shares Her Playlist
The vocalist for country duo Sugarland talks about the music that moves her. Life-Changing Albums "I first heard the Indigo Girls' Strange …
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Exclusive Webisode: Cissy Houston's Precious Gift from Elvis Presley
While taking Oprah on a tour of her New Jersey home, Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning vocalist and mother of Whitney Houston, shows Oprah one of her prized possessions: an engraved bracelet given to her by music icon Elvis Presley. What nickname did Elvis give Cissy? Find out now.
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Exclusive Webisode: Why Cissy Houston Walked Away from the Music Business
Before she was known around the globe as Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy Houston was a powerhouse vocalist in her own right. In her prime, she sang backup for everyone from Elvis Presley to Van Morrison. Watch as Cissy tells Oprah why she walked away from her career and why she never wanted her ...
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Women in Country Music
As a longtime fan of country music, Dr. Angelou talks with the two of the industry's biggest stars: country legend Dolly Parton and Sugarland's lead vocalist , Jennifer Nettles. Dr. Angelou talks with Dolly and Jennifer about their music careers and their latest projects.
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What I Learned from Cole Porter
… blasé and bold. But I also loved the starring citizen of this musical Metropolis, Ella Fitzgerald. As with most great vocalists , she didn't simply draw on her technical skill but on a breadth of experience and a depth of feeling. Later I would learn …
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Get to Know Whitney Houston
… that will quite simply never be eclipsed in the modern era. She is a singer's singer who has influenced countless other vocalists . Music historians cite Whitney's record-setting achievements: the only artist to have seven consecutive number one Billboard …
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What's Playing in Emmylou Harris' Ear?
… contemporary. I'm so sorry I had to come to her after she passed." The Band, The Band (Capitol): "With those three vocalists —Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel—they're just the most extraordinary band that this country has ever …
