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Melina Kana,

was born in Thessaloniki and studied philology at the Aristotle University. While she was a student she started singing in small venues.

In 1987 and for four years she appears at the “Plato” venue in Thessaloniki. She meets then the great Greek composer Stavros Kougioumtzis and she cooperates with him. IN the following years she appears in many concerts of various remarkable Greek artists, such as Nikos Portokaloglou, Sokratis Malamas, Haris Alexiou, Nikos Xidakis. …More

Melina Kana – Portrait

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Our Golden Songs

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Miley Ray Cyrus,

(born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress, pop singer, and songwriter. Cyrus is known for starring as Miley Stewart/”Hannah Montana” in the television series Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel. Cyrus became a sensation after Hannah Montana debuted in March 2006. Following the success of the show, in October 2006, a soundtrack CD was released in which she sang eight songs from the show. In December 2007, she was ranked #17 in the list of Forbes Top twenty earners under the age of 25 with an annual earning of US$3.5 million. As of December 2007, she is working on a movie spin-off of Hannah Montana, titled Hannah Montana: The Movie which is due to be released on May 1, 2009. …More

Miley Cyrus – Breakout

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John Mellencamp,

previously known as John Cougar and then John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is a Grammy-winning American rock singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor.

Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008 by Billy Joel. Mellencamp eloped with his pregnant girlfriend at the age of 17 and had his first child (Michelle) just six months after graduating from high school in 1970. In 1974, he graduated from Vincennes University, a two-year college in Vincennes, Indiana, and took a job as a lineman with the telephone company in his hometown of Seymour, Indiana before deciding to go to New York in an attempt to land a record deal, which he finally managed to do in late 1975. ….More

John Mellencamp – Life, Death, Love And Freedom

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Our Golden Songs Vol 2

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The 4 Cats,

is a Lebanese band made up of four ladies: Dalida, Maya, Raya and Aline. They are also called, 4 Cats. The band is famous for singing oldies in Arabic. The members in the band have changed frequently.

The 4 cats were created in 1998 by the Lebanese musical composer and singer [Ghassan Al-Rahbani]. The band members were Dalida, Zaina, Chantal & Rula. The reason behind naming them the 4 cats, as Ghassan stated in an interview that took a place in 1998, that 3 girls is not a convenient number and 5 is too many, so four is ….More

4 Cats – Walaat Kateer

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Maribel Pérez,

(born on January 29, 1976 in Neerpelt, Belgium), best known by her stage name Belle Perez, is a Belgian musician and songwriter. Born in Neerpelt to Spanish parents as María Isabelle Pérez Cerezo. The 31 year old Belgian singer was discovered for her musical talents by her current manager Patrick Renier at a local talent show. In 1999 she participated in the Belgian preselections of the Eurovision Song Contest and from then on Belle’s career in music took off. She started off in pop music but in 2002 she changed her style to Latino/pop and went live on stage with her own “Baila Perez”-band. The album that came with it was an instant success and remained on the top spot in the Belgian charts for several weeks. ….More

Belle Perez – Gipsy

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Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda Mottola,

(born 26 August 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico), commonly known as Thalía, is a Mexican singer and actress with multiple Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard nominations. In Latin America, she is regarded as the “Queen of Telenovelas” because her telenovelas were highly successful all around the world. She has won numerous awards in Mexico as a singer and actress. She is also a businesswoman, fashion designer, record producer and writer. Her husband is the American music executive Tommy Mottola. Thalía has sold over 35 million albums worldwide. ….More

Thalia – Lunada

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Elena Paparizou,

(born January 31, 1982) is a Greek singer, born and raised in Sweden. She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece with the song My Number One…..More

Helena Paparizou – Vrisko To Logo Na Zo

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Afro-Cuban All-Stars,

is a Cuban band led by Juan de Marcos González (formerly tres player for Sierra Maestra). Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua. They are known internationally for their 1997 album A Toda Cuba Le Gusta, which was recorded at the Buena Vista Social Club sessions. Members have included Rubén González, Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez, Ibrahim Ferrer, Raul Planas, Pío Leyva, Manuel “Puntillita” Licea, Yanko Pisaco and more recently Caridad Hierrezuelo and Pedro Calvo. ….More

Afro Cuban All Stars – A Toda Cuba Le Gusta

Afro Cuban All Stars – Alto Songo

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Leonard Norman Cohen,

(born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963.

Cohen’s earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music melodies[citation needed] and instrumentation. In the 1970s his music encompassed pop, cabaret and world music. Since the 1980s his high baritone voice has evolved into lower registers (bass baritone and bass), with accompaniment from electronic synthesizers and female back up singers.

His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality, and complex interpersonal relationships.

Cohen’s songs and poetry have influenced many other singer-songwriters, and more than a thousand renditions of his work have been recorded. He has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honour. Cohen was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a speech by Lou Reed on March 10, 2008 for his status among the “highest and most influential echelon of songwriters”. ….More

Leonard Cohen – The Collection

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials,

is a musical group who mix jazz, funk, and hip hop collective featuring musicians and poets from different cultures. The band was conceived in 1993 by producer Arthur Baker and bassist and musical director Lati Kronlund. In the mid-1990s the group became a staple of the New York City club scene. Their debut album Cool and Steady and Easy (1994) scored an underground hit with the rendition of Pharoah Sanders’ “The Creator Has a Master Plan”. The following album, In The Buzz Bag (1998), included Turkish folk music rhythms and instruments, recorded in consortium with the Turkish clarinettist Hüsnü Şenlendirici. ….More

Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Watcha Playin’

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Emmylou Harris,

(born April 2, 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and alternative country musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers’ works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists. ….More

Emmylou Harris – All I Intended to Be

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Judas Priest,

are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Judas Priest’s core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing; their current drummer is Scott Travis. They have been cited as an influence on many heavy metal musicians and bands. Their popularity and status as one of the definitive heavy metal bands has earned them the nickname “Metal Gods”, from their song of the same name. They have sold over 35 million albums worldwide. ….More

Judas Priest – Nostradamus

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Desireless,

(born Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, 25 December 1952, Paris, France) is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit record, “Voyage Voyage” made it to number one in many European and Asian single charts and sold over five million copies. ….More

Desireless – Francois

Desireless – Voyage Voyage

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