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  2. Cole Porter - Wikipedia

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    [n 1] [2] His father, Samuel Fenwick Porter, was a pharmacist by trade. [3] [n 2] His mother, Kate, was the indulged daughter of James Omar "J. O." Cole, "the richest man in Indiana", a coal and timber speculator who dominated the family. [5] [n 3] J. O. Cole built the couple a house on his Peru-area property, known as Westleigh Farms. [7]

  3. List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

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    Greek-American musician [71] Abdul Rashid Khan: 1908–2016: 107: Indian musician [72] Phyllis Kinney: 1922– 102: American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music [73] Mykola Kolessa: 1903–2006: 102: Ukrainian composer [74] Pierre Labric: 1921– 103: French organist and composer [75] Marcelle de Lacour: 1896–1997: 100: French ...

  4. Brian Eno - Wikipedia

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    Brian Peter George Eno (/ ˈ iː n oʊ /, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambient music and electronica, and for producing, recording, and writing works in rock and pop music. [1]

  5. Jared Gomes - Wikipedia

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    Gomes was born Paulo Sergio Gomes on February 29, 1964, in Fort Worth, Texas [2] to a mother of Indigenous Brazilian descent and a father of Afro-Brazilian descent. [3] [4] He got his first start in the music industry as the frontman of the new wave band The Clue, which was active from 1984 until 1990. After that he fronted Live Urban Sexx ...

  6. Sun Ra - Wikipedia

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    Le Sony'r Ra [2] (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.

  7. Bryan Adams - Wikipedia

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    Bryan Guy Adams CC OBC (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million [2] and more than 100 million records and singles worldwide, [3] [4] placing him on the list of best-selling music artists.

  8. Alan Walker - Wikipedia

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    Then, on 2 December 2017, to celebrate Walker's YouTube channel reaching 10 million subscribers, a video of him performing with Noah Cyrus and Juliander at YouTube Space NY was released. [71] The song reached number 1 on the Norwegian and US Billboard Dance Club Songs charts, [ 47 ] [ 72 ] and reached the top 5 in Sweden and Belgium.

  9. Evelyn Glennie - Wikipedia

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    The indigenous musical traditions of northeast Scotland were important in her development as a musician. Her first instruments were the piano and the clarinet. [2] Other influences were Glenn Gould, Jacqueline du Pré and Trilok Gurtu. She studied at Ellon Academy, Aberdeenshire and the Royal Academy of Music, London.