The soprano singing voice is the voice of children and the highest type of female voice with vocal range that typically lies between "middle C" (C 4) and "high C" (C 6) The soprano voice (unlike the mezzo-soprano voice) is stronger in the head register than the chest register, resulting in a bright and ringing tone. Some sopranos can sing one or more octaves above high C using the whistle ...

Smile (stylized as SMiLE) is an unfinished album by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was planned to follow their 11th studio album Pet Sounds (1966). It was to be a 12-track LP that drew from over 50 hours of interchangeable sound fragments, similar to the group's 1966 single "Good Vibrations".Instead, after a year of recording, the album was shelved and the group …

Geoffrey Himes remarked that Left of Cool sounded too ordinary. In his negative review he wrote, "Unfortunately the Flecktones' first studio album in five years reveals that they've become a very ordinary band." Himes adds, "The four Flecktones are all marvelous musicians, and they come up with imaginative parts for the new album's 15 cuts. The ...

Douglas James Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana.Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kershaw.He had an extensive solo career that included fifteen albums and singles that charted on the Hot Country Songs charts. He is also a member of the …

Biography. A native of Woodstock, New York, Weider was born in 1951 and began playing guitar at age 11.Some of his early influences included Chuck Berry, James Burton and Scotty Moore.While still a teenager in Woodstock, Weider was influenced by guitarist Buzz Feiten, Robbie Robertson and harp blues musician Paul Butterfield, he became acquainted with Levon …

Early life. Gaelynn Lea was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic condition that causes complications in the development of bones and limbs.Lea became impassioned by classical music from an early age, and in fifth grade a teacher took notice and encouraged Lea to pursue music after she had the class's only perfect score on a music listening test.

Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of moving to New York in 1956, he had recorded with Miles Davis and on Sonny Rollins' album Saxophone Colossus.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (born Ronald Theodore Kirk; August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977), known earlier in his career simply as Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute, and many other instruments.He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and …

Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits.After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. The crime went unsolved for a decade before her killer, Jesus Mezquia, was arrested in 2003.

Mary Patricia Plangman, dite Patricia Highsmith, (née à Fort Worth, Texas, le 19 janvier 1921 et morte à Locarno, Suisse, le 4 février 1995) est une romancière américaine. Elle est connue pour ses thrillers psychologiques, à partir desquels ont été tirés une douzaine de films.. Son premier roman, L'Inconnu du Nord-Express, a été adapté trois fois au cinéma, notamment par Alfred ...