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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 32 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 – Diez

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Chris de Burgh ,

(born Christopher John Davison on 15 October 1948) is an Irish-based musician and singer-songwriter who holds British nationality . A musician who writes a variety of mixed instrumental material, Chris de Burgh had huge success in Ireland, Britain and the United States with the 1986 hit “The Lady in Red”.
Chris de Burgh was born in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina to Colonel Charles Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily de Burgh, an Irish Protestant. His father had substantial farming interests, and he spent much of his early years in Malta, Nigeria and Zaire, as he, his mother and brother accompanied Colonel Davison on his Diplomatic and Engineering work.

The Davisons finally settled in Bargy Castle, County Wexford, a twelfth-century castle in Ireland bought by his maternal grandfather, General Sir Eric de Burgh, a former Chief of the General staff, Indian Army, and from a distinguished Irish/Norman family. The de Burgh family claim to have traced their roots to Hubert de Burgh, a noble under King John. The castle was converted into a hotel where Chris gained a lot of early experience performing to the guests and he later assumed de Burgh as his stage name. ….More

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Yanni ,

(born Yanni Chryssomallis) on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Yanni left his homeland at the age of 18 to attend the University of Minnesota. After receiving a B.A. in psychology, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note. After playing keyboards in local rock bands such as Archangel, Straight Up, and Chameleon, he moved to California in pursuit of movie soundtrack work.

Yanni Voices, is Yanni’s 14th studio album and live DVD, released in 2009. In collaboration with producer Ric Wake, Yanni showcases vocal artists singing to his classic songs. Disney Pearl Imprint released Yanni Voices, the artist’s first studio album in six years, and its Buena Vista Concerts division will produce an extensive tour beginning in April 2009. The tour kicked off with a special concert filmed Live at The Forum (Mundo Imperial) in Acapulco Mexico. This concert is the subject of a television special airing in March 2009 on PBS. Featured vocalists include Leslie Mills, Chloe, Nathan Pacheco, and Ender Thomas.

Track List
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01. Omaggio (Tribute) 4:36
02. The Keeper 3:28
03. Our Days 4:28
04. Never Leave The Sun 3:56
05. Before The Night Ends 3:55
06. 1001 3:52
07. Mas Alla 3:30
08. Unico Amore (Enchantment) 4:06
09. Vivi Tuo Sogno (Almost A Whsiper) 3:38
10. Orchid 4:14
11. Set Me Free 3:23
12. Kill Me With Your Love 3:33
13. Love Take Me 3:31
14. Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until The Last Moment) 3:24
15. Ritual De Amore (Desire) 4:13
16. Moments Without Time 3:51
17. I’m So 4:35
18. Nei Tuoi Occhi (In The Mirror) 3:58
19. Amare Di Neovo (Adagio In C Minor) 3:52

Yanni Voices

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Diana Jean Krall ,

(born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her graceful contralto vocals.
Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. When she was 15 she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants.

At age seventeen she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International Jazz Festival to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

In Nanaimo her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton. After hearing her play, Brown and Hamilton persuaded Krall to move to Los Angeles, and study with pianist Jimmy Rowles, with whom she began to sing. This also brought her into contact with influential teachers and producers. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York.

Her father Jim Krall’s large record collection helped to expose the young Krall to jazz legends. Diana lost her mother Adella to multiple myeloma in 2002, within months of also losing her mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney. Diana’s only sibling, Michelle, a former member of the RCMP, actively supports her older sister’s career.

Krall and British musician Elvis Costello were married on December 6, 2003 at Elton John’s estate outside London. Their twin sons Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006 in New York City. ….More

Diana Krall – Quiet Nights

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Keith Lionel Urban ,

(born 26 October 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States. Urban began his career in Brisbane, Australia participating in Tamworth Country Music Festival, having moved to Caboolture, Australia at an early age. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually, Urban found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Records and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts. ….More

Keith Urban – Defying Gravity

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Eramus Hall ,

are actually a group of musicians which formed in the late 70’s. Apparently it was George Clinton of Parliament that named the band after seeing a building named “Eramus Hall” in Chicago. The two albums they released did show evidence of a post P-Funk flavour but it was their smooth soul sound and tight jazz funk that really shine on their stand out tracks.

Eramus Hall – Your Love Is My Desire

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Chuck Loeb ,

(December 7, 1955 – Nyack, New York) is a guitarist who performs numerous styles of music, most notably jazz. Loeb’s own solo projects have generally been commercially successful crossover jazz, which has “contemporary” or “smooth” jazz. He started playing guitar when he was 11, discovered jazz when he was 16, took lessons from Jim Hall, Pat Metheny and Joe Puma, and attended the Berklee College of Music.

Loeb freelanced in New York (with Hubert Laws, Chico Hamilton, Joe Farrell among others) and then in 1979 joined Stan Getz’s group for two years. Back in New York, Loeb worked on jingles and soundtracks both as a player and a composer. He spent 1985-87 with Steps Ahead and in more recent times has produced recordings by Donald Harrison, Nelson Rangell, Larry Coryell, George Garzone and Warren Bernhardt.

As a performer, Loeb was part of the Petite Blonde group featuring saxophonist Bill Evans, Metro with Mitchel Forman, and the Fantasy Band. Loeb has played with Gary Burton, Dave Samuels and many others; in addition his compositions have been recorded by a number of pop/jazz artists.

Chuck’s first album was released for Pony Canyon Records in Japan,(1989) the album called “My Shining Hour”. Later he produced some cd’s for DMP and switched to Shanachie in 1996; Moon, the Stars, & the Setting Sun was issued in 1998; Listen followed in 1999, In A Heartbeat in early 2001 and All there is in 2002. Chuck has recently toured Spain with fellow band members drummer Josh Dion, bassist Brian Killeen and Matt King on keyboards.

Chuck Loeb – Between 2 Worlds

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The Blues Collection ,

The Blues Collection: The complete 92 CDs

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Pet Shop Boys ,

are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals.

At the 2009 BRIT Awards, The Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Since 1986, they have had 39 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK, including four Number Ones: “West End Girls,” “It’s a Sin,” “Always on My Mind,” and “Heart.”

The duo’s latest album, entitled Yes, was released on 23 March 2009. ….More

           Track Listing :

      Disc: 1
01. Love etc.
02. All Over The World
03. Beautiful People
04. Did You See Me Coming?
05. Vulnerable
06. More Than A Dream
07. Building A Wall
08. King Of Rome
09. Pandemonium
10. The Way It Used To Be
11. Legacy

      Disc: 2
01. This used to be the future
02. More than a dream (Magical dub)
03. Pandemonium (The stars and the sun dub)
04. The way it used to be (Left of love dub)
05. All over the world (This is a dub)
06. Vulnerable (Public eye dub)
07. Love etc. (Beautiful dub)

      Special NGN Bonus Tracks
08. Gin And Jag
09. We’re All Criminals Now

Pet Shop Boys – Yes (Special Edition) P1

Pet Shop Boys – Yes (Special Edition) P2

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Annie Cordy ,

de son vrai nom Léonia Cooreman, est une chanteuse belge, née à Laeken (Bruxelles) le 16 juin 1928, elle a un frère Louis et une sœur Jeanne. Son père s’appelait Jan Cornelius Cooreman et sa mère Maria de Leeuw.

Le Roi des Belges Albert II l’a anoblie le 11 octobre 2004 en lui conférant un titre de baronne. Elle a choisi pour devise : « La passion fait la force » (la devise belge étant L’union fait la force).

Très énergique et toujours de bonne humeur, elle vante les mérites du sourire, même s’il lui arrive d’incarner des rôles plus sérieux au cinéma ou pour des fictions pour la télévision.

Elle a enregistré plus de 600 chansons, joué dans une dizaine de comédies musicales, une trentaine de films et de téléfilms, donné plus de 6000 galas. ….More

Annie Cordy – 50 Ans De Succès

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Phillip F. Tarver ,

is a psalmist, songwriter, arranger and exuberant worshipper who will translate you into the secret place of God. The anointing of God draws the hearts of men to the Father as Elder Tarver ministers through the spoken word of God and expressive worship. Elder Phil as he is affectionately called has been in the gospel arena for many years. He spent several years as the lead vocalist with Michael Houston & Ministry and has also recorded with other worship teams such as Anointed Praise & Worshippers and Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago. He can be seen singing with Shekinah Glory Ministry on the highly acclaimed video, Praise Is What I Do and ” Shekinah Glory Live”. He is a member of Valley Kingdom Ministries International and serves as Minister of Music and Fine Arts.

Phil Tarver – Be Pleased

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Patricia Kaas ,

(born December 5, 1966 in Forbach, France) is a French singer and actress.

Kaas is one of the most successful French-speaking singers in the world. Stylistically her music is not classical chanson, but is closer to a mixture of pop music, jazz and chanson.

Since the appearance of her debut album Mademoiselle chante… in 1988 Kaas has sold over 16 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in, e. g., Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, and Korea with her third album Je te dis vous. Kaas is almost constantly on tour internationally. In 2002 Kaas had her film debut in And now… Ladies and Gentlemen beside Jeremy Irons. Kaas goes on a world tour in the beginning of 2009. Kaas will represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. ….More

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Pat Benatar ,

(born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953) is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer best known for hit songs like “Love Is a Battlefield” and “Hit Me with Your Best Shot”. Benatar is a top-selling artist with 12.5 million certified units, including two Multi-Platinum albums, five Platinum albums, three Gold albums, and 19 Top 40 singles to her credit. Billboard Magazine ranked Benatar as the most successful female rock vocalist of all-time. Benatar became eligible for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Benatar is also known for her thrilling mezzo-soprano vocal range. ….More

Pat Benatar – The Essential P1

Pat Benatar – The Essential P2

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Armando Peraza ,

(born May 30, 1924 in Havana, Cuba) is a Latin jazz percussionist. Through his long associations with jazz pianist George Shearing, vibraphonist Cal Tjader and guitarist Carlos Santana, he has been internationally known from the 1950s through to the 1990s. Although primarily known as a bongocero and conguero, Peraza is also an innovative and accomplished dancer and composer. Peraza has been featured on classic recordings by Perez Prado, Machito, George Shearing, Charlie Parker, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader and Carlos Santana.

Significantly, and uniquely amongst the great Cuban percussionists, Peraza has for many years been an important socio-political figure, a symbol of Afro-Cuban achievement through his virtuoso musicianship and his refusal to be defeated by racism. His work with Shearing, Tjader and Santana brought him international fame. He has been inducted into the Smithsonian Institution’s Hall of Jazz Legends and has had three official “Armando Peraza Days” by the City of San Francisco. ….More

Armando Peraza – Wild Thing

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Patty Pravo ,

(born 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli, whose career has spanned more than forty years. She has a contralto vocal range.
Patty studied at the conservatory institute Benedetto Marcello and has known American poet and writer Ezra Pound and the pope Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII).

Irrepressible and adventurous, at the age of fifteen, she left home to live in London and then Rome.

In Rome, she began her career singing in the night club called Piper Club. In 1966 she made her first single, “Ragazzo Triste” (Sad Boy), the highly successful Italian version of the song “But You’re Mine” by Sonny & Cher. It was the first pop song broadcast on Vatican Radio.

Patty followed that by recording numerous songs, the most popular being “Qui e là” (Here and There), “Se Perdo Te” (”If I Lose You”, 1967), “La Bambola” (”The Doll”, 1968), “Sentimento” (”Feeling”, 1968), “Tripoli ‘69″ (1969), “Il Paradiso” (”The Heaven”, written by Lucio Battisti in 1969), “Pazza Idea” (”Crazy Idea”, 1973) and “Pensiero Stupendo” (”Stupendous Thought”, 1978).

She is featured on many Italian television programmes and in 1970 she hosted her own programme called Bravo-Pravo!, broadcast on French television. She became a symbol for women of the 1960s, exemplifying their evolution from more established conservative roles. Patty is blonde, lithe and striking in appearance, yet she has a deep, husky voice, ideally suited for rock and dramatic musicals. In 1978, she appeared on a TV show called Stryx, wearing very unusual and provocative clothing which attracted much attention.

Over the years she became more prolific, and by 1994 was travelling to China to record her album Ideogrammi. In 1995 she returned to Italy and re-emerged in 1997 with the #1 hit “E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire” (And Tell Me That You Don’t Want To Die), written by Vasco Rossi.

She has since become more creative, releasing four albums in 2004 alone.

Patty has taken part seven times in her long career in the Sanremo Music Festival (the Italian national song festival), which is hosted each year in the town of Sanremo, Liguria, on the Italian Riviera. ….More

Patty Pravo – Amanti

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