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Edda dell’Orso

Born in Genoa, Italy, she moved to Rome where she studied singing and piano at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, graduating in 1956.Known for using her voice as an instrument rather than singing lyrics, defining the sound of 1960s-70s Italian soundtracks. Besides...

COSA NUESTRA

The hegemony of Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe in the circuit of rising youth bands in New York around the middle of the 1960s was consolidated at the end of 1969 with the launch of the LP “Cosa Nuestra”. The cover photograph, a Henri Wolfe original, recreates a...

Influence Two

John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillen" 1949 ZZ Top "La Grange" 1973 Norman Greenbaum "Spirit In The Sky" 1969 Slim Harpo "Shake Your Hips" 1966 Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love" Live From The Song Remains The Same 1976

Tower

Lynsey De Paul "Ivory Tower" Leonard Cohen "Tower of Song"  Elton John "Tower of Babel" XTC "Towers of London" 

Beauty

Who were the women on the Roxy Music album covers? (1972) Roxy Music (Kari-Ann Muller She Appeared in "On Her Majesty Secret Service").  (1973) For Your Pleasure (Amanda Lear) (1975) Siren (Jerry Hall) (1974) Country Life (Constanze Karoli , Eveline Grunwald) (1982)...

Branko Mataja

Born in 1923 in the coastal town of Bekar, Branko and his family moved to North Hollywood in 1964. After working as a barber, he began teaching himself to repair guitars and other instruments. He later established his own home workshop, where he built the guitars he...