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The son of a dealer in old books, Hamilton was born in London. He taught himself from books in his father's shop, acquiring a knowledge of languages and music. He translated major works in foreign languages, as well as compiling instructional and music theory books. [1] Hamilton sold his copyrights, drank, and died in poverty on 2 August 1845. [2]
Hamilton and his older brother, James Jr., [7] were born out of wedlock to Rachel Lavien (née Faucette), [b] a married woman of half-British and half-French Huguenot descent, [c] [16] and James A. Hamilton, a Scotsman who was the fourth son of Alexander Hamilton, the laird of Grange, Ayrshire.
Hamilton narrates Alexander Hamilton's life in two acts, and details among other things his involvement in the American Revolutionary War as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, his marriage to Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, his career as a lawyer and Secretary of the Treasury, and his interactions with Aaron Burr (the main narrator for most of the ...
In mid-1953, Hamilton was discovered singing in a Newark, New Jersey night club, The Caravan, by Bill Cook, who became his manager. [8] Cook was the first African American radio disc jockey and television personality on the East Coast. [9] Cook made a demo tape of Hamilton's singing and brought it to the attention of Columbia Records.
Hamilton may refer to: Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; Hamilton, a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton, album based on the musical; The Hamilton Mixtape, album of music from the musical performed by various artists
This made Hamilton the highest charting cast album since Hair in 1969. This peak also came on the album's 250th consecutive week on the Billboard 200. [5] The album was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Top Rap Albums chart, the first cast album to ever do so. [2]
Her early life Born on. ... because the Wicked Witch of the West melted at the end of The Wizard of Oz doesn’t mean character actress Margaret Hamilton did. In fact, she went on to have an ...
Prior to becoming a musician, Hamilton worked as a nursing home orderly [6] and had embarked on a journey to become an actor; he was accepted into two different acting schools but declined in order to pursue a career in music. Eventually, however, Hamilton would fulfill his acting goal by joining the cast of Banned in Boston in 1996; he has ...