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  2. Annie Herring - Wikipedia

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    Annie Herring (born Annie Ward September 22, 1945) [1] is one of the pioneers of the Jesus music genre, later to be called Contemporary Christian music.She was a member of the trio 2nd Chapter of Acts, for which she wrote most of the songs and sang lead and harmony vocals with her brother Matthew Ward and sister Nelly (Ward) Greisen.

  3. Honorific nicknames in popular music - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists.

  4. In the Volume of the Book - Wikipedia

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    In the Volume of the Book, released in 1975, was the second studio album from the contemporary Christian music group, 2nd Chapter of Acts. The album title is a reference to Psalm 40 :7 ("...in the volume of the book it is written of me").

  5. Christopher Tye - Wikipedia

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    Tye may have been among the first singers in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Little is known about Tye's origins. Cambridge University records for the academic year 1536-37 indicate that he received the degree of Bachelor of Music after "a study of ten years in the musical art"; [2] from this it is supposed that Tye was born around 1505 (making him a direct contemporary of Thomas Tallis ...

  6. Oprah wasn't always Oprah: Her birth name revealed - AOL

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    Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...

  7. 2nd Chapter of Acts - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd Chapter of Acts was a Jesus music and early contemporary Christian music group composed of sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen and brother Matthew Ward. They began performing in 1972 [1] and enjoyed their period of greatest success during the 1970s. The group disbanded in 1988.

  8. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    A prodigy is a genius or extremely talented person (especially a young one). Posterity means future generations, or the future in a personified sense (usually used after "for" or "to"). prosecute and persecute. Prosecute is the act of legally charging a crime. Persecute is the selective harming of certain groups of people. [70]

  9. The Roar of Love - Wikipedia

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    The Roar of Love is a 1980 concept album and fourth studio album by Christian band 2nd Chapter of Acts, that recounts the story of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series by C. S. Lewis.