Jimmy Cliff

Honor Jimmy Cliff, OM (born James Chambers; 1948), a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician and actor, he is a musician currently holds the Order of Merit, the highest honor that can be received by the Jamaican government for success in the art and science. He is well known among the main for music such as "sitting in limbo," you will get if you really "need" we are all one "and" rivers Cross "from the song Heavy them. He came to help the popular worldwide reggae; And his coverage of Cat Stevens '"Wild World" and Johnny Nash' s "I can see clearly Now" from the movie Cool Runnings outside world, reggae, he might well known nature film are heavy, they come. Jimmy Cliff. is one of five inducted into the Rock Show and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Early life and career

Cliff was born in Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica, he started writing songs while still in elementary school in St. James, listen to audio of the neighborhood in 1962 his father took him Kingston to Technical School, Kingston, where he ended up together. One of his relatives, rent a room in his East Kingston for the production lot while going to school trying to get his music is not successful record. He is also the ability to compete. "One night I was walking through the store and restaurant where they close the drive itself and confidence in one of them, Leslie Kong, to business records from me," he wrote in the site history of their own after two singles that can not impress much of his career took off when Hattie him "Hurricane" became hit while he was age 14 they are produced by Hong Kong people Cliff until the still die from Hong Kong, a heart attack in 1971 and Cliff. including the local hit singles "King of Kings", "close Beverley", "Miss. Jamaica "and" Pride and Passion "in 1964, Cliff was chosen as one of the representatives Jamaican at the World 's Fair, and Cliff soon signed to Island Records and moved to the United Kingdom, Island Records first (and unsuccessfully) tried to sell Cliff to rock listening, but his career took off in late 1960 international first His album is Hard road to travel to receive comments good and included "Waterfall" (composed by Nirvana '. s Alex Spyropoulos and Patrick Campbell - Lyons), a Brazilian folk music and won Festival International.
"Waterfall" is in 1969 with "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" and "Vietnam" in 1970 all the most popular in the world Bob Dylan called "Vietnam" to the best of music protest, he heard also. in the range. Cliff is opening the cover of the Cat Stevens' "Wild World" is one but not included in his Wonderful World, Beautiful People album

Hire him.

In 1972, Cliff starred in (Perry Henzell directed) classic reggae film hire to tell them the subject of Ivan Martin, young people do not have money to come to Kingston from trying to save the business. But change the lives of crime and finally died out on the beach in the police firing. Album of the film is a big success at the world's best selling reggae to international audiences for the first time. It remains the most important film that has come from Jamaica since independence. Films released as London 's Notting Hill Gaumont film September 1, 1972 After the album, Cliff took a break and traveled to Africa and converted later to Islam, he quickly returned to Hollywood, here many years. Before he recorded with Kool & Gang for Power 1983 Glory 1984 Cliff appeared in the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, The Netherlands.
During 1981 River Tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to know music's little - Cliff "trap" to make alive the outstanding combined with 1985's We Are The World album benefits) to monitor Cliff Hanger (1985) has. won Grammy Award for 'Best Reggae Album' but it is a major success last of him in the United States until 1993 than in 1985, Cliff supports music "Sun City", a song strikes Written by Steven Van Zandt and recorded by United artists against apartheid Opposition to the separation policy of South Africa's foreign policy, the skin Cliff, and then to sing backup on the Rolling Stones '1986 album, Dirty Work in the 1988 film of his song "Shelter. Your Love "was featured hit the cocktails.
In 1991 Cliff appears the second Rock in Rio in Estadio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he continues to sell well in Jamaica and the low level Britain back to the main pop chart in the U.S. and other (1. France) with the version Johnny Nash 's "I can see clearly Now" in the Cool Runnings soundtrack in 1993, 1995, Cliff released single "Hakuna Matata" (in cooperation with Lebo M), music from Film Music of Lion King,.
In 2002, Cliff released people Plastic Fantastic in Europe after the first free download using p2p software, this album features a collaboration with Joe Strummer, Ann Lennox and Sting is the new music is very reminiscent of the old hits of Cliff. In 2004 Cliff reworked complete songs, put reggae for the Electronica sound for inclusion in Black Magic, he also shows the closing ceremony of 2002 Commonwealth Games in 2003 as his music, you will get if you want "is included. Music for the film, Something 's Gotta Give Cliff appeared in July 2003 at Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland.
Cliff has covered the Solomon Linda 's "Mbube" which was recorded again by the token as "Lion Sleeps Tonight" some album had been distributed by Popularity Product Name Cliff audit Welsh privateer, Henry Morgan,. the music of his "Oh, Jamaica" rivers Cross "was mentioned in the dialogue in the film High Fidelity Joe Strummer writes" The Border "with Cliff in the album back in, Black Magic in 2007 Cliff show at the opening ceremony. The Cricket 's World Cup over his multi-song "Rivers references to" White cliffs of Dover.
Awards and honors.
Government under Jamaican PJ Patterson honor Cliff on October 20, 2003 by offering him order of merit, honor most of the third country to recognize the participation of his movies and music of Jamaica, he and Mervyn Morris is. We are the only figures in the arts block this difference, and he is the only musician to do so.
Cliff is a member of the inaugural Independent Music Awards' panel decided to support independent artists More recently, Cliff appeared in the Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2008.
Cliff's recording of "You will be if you want" has been used as a campaign song by the Sandinista National Liberation Front in the 1990 election in Nicaragua is still led by the British Conservative Party. During their annual meeting in October 2007, it is not clear that both political parties endorsed Cliff.
In September 2009, Cliff has been nominated for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Earle following his campaign on behalf of the American, Charles Cliff reaction to news by "This is good for Cliff good. Jamaican music, and good for my country. 15/2009, Cliff announced officially inducted in the military and 15/2010 by Wyclef Jean.

Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr (born December 14, 1980) better known by his stage name Frankie J is a Mexican American. Singing and a former member of music Kumbia Kings was born in Tijuana, he grew up in San Diego and an artist Freestyle Follow a Frankie Boy in 1990 end after his debut album is Freestyle fold, he joined Kumbia Kings album single First J Frankie, do what is Man, was released in 2003 followed by the English some more albums, Spanish, and in 2005's album, he is certified and platinum singles gold certified "Kitty (No. Es Amor) "," How to Deal "and" More Than Words ".

History

Bautista was born in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in San Diego, California, after his uncle brought him and his brothers to the United States. He grew up listening to Latin music and traditional American music as the city he joined Southwest Senior High School in San Diego, he started to develop more interested in singing with the encouragement of his family. Old high school, he started to show with talent and performance schools.
In 1997, Bautista signed with fire while recording Hola, brainchild of legendary music, dance and production Jellybean Benitez, while he is an artist Freestyle known as Frankie Boy and his music was released on 3 Freestyle compilations up but He folded before the CD single release

In 1999 he became a member of the Kings Kumbia by AB Quintanilla III, brother of Selena, he carried out under a Cisko members include AB Quintanilla (bass, background singing), DJ Kane (born Jason Cano; Vocals), Frankie J / Cisko (the Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr; Sing), Baby Drew (born Andrew Maes; Sing), Cruz Martinez (Keyboards), Alex Ramirez (keyboards), Roy "Slim" knock Ramirez (, singing background), Frankie Aranda (percussion), Jorge Pena (percussion), Jesse "O'Jay" drum Martinez () and Robert Del Moral (drums), they issued their first album Amor, Familia Y Respeto album in 1999 included hit singles such as "Azúcar", "Fuiste. Mala "," Reggae Kumbia "," Te Quiero Tee "and" Se Fue Mi Amor "in 2001, they released the second Shhh! Which included singles "Shhh!", "Boom Boom" and "Desde Que No estas here" in the 2002 group released three of them called "All Mixed Up: Los Remixes including single" La Cucaracha "Cisko already started. under the name Frankie J. In 2003 they released their fourth run that included four hit singles "No Tengo dinero", "Insomnio" and "Mi Gente" They also released proposed Kings Kumbia repackaged language England highlights from the list after the group and La History repackaged Spanish people later in the year 2003 Frankie J is a member of the original Kumbia Kings from the band along with lead singer DJ Kane and other members of the band because they Not satisfied with the payment of Andrew "Baby Drew" Maes, Alex Ramirez, Roy "Slim" Ramirez, and Frankie Aranda his own band called K1 as Frankie J and DJ Kane in a solo singer.

As Frankie J, Bautista signed an artist with Columbia Records and released his first What is Man made in the 2003 album of his own about Spanish first Frankie J was released later in the same year, a single "do not want to try. "pointed the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart while" Ya No Es Igual "is a Top 10 Latin charts World.
He recommended the single "Suga Suga" by rapper Baby Bash Frankie J worked with a number of manufacturers known in the album next to his one and Irv Gotti of Murder Inc. on the track name is Bryan Michael Cox - and Winans Mario. album was released hit singles, it included "Kitty (No Es Amor)" featuring rapper Baby Bash (copy 3 Wish generation European manufactured by Mintman) contains the original and added the Latin bachata group adventures as a single singles "How To Deal. "and" More Than Words ", song cover of the 1990 hit by band Extreme J cover Frankie of" More Than Words "was released in a DualDisc version of the tracking bonus of one in October 2005 By April 2005, album sold 300,000 Series] [. His nine Spanish language album Un Nuevo Dia is the second release of 13 June 2006 It spawned a single "Pensado En Ti".
English CD-three Frankie, no charge, was released in stores and online on It debuted at # 30 on Billboard 200for the video "That Girl" was shot in Miami in July featured Chamillionaire and Mannie Fresh.
Frankie J with the famous Latin, including Don Omar, Paola Turbay, Edgar Lopez, Miguel Varoni, years ago, Mary GamarraTazón partners and players in National Football League (NFL), Latin I / Latin Bowl I. Frankie J famous people appear in the third season of the MTV reality 's game show Yo Momma in 2007.
On December 7, 2007 interview with San Diego, CA KHTS radio as he announced that he was working in the UK studio albums four of them and they've worked with brothers Avlia and R & B singer Sam Salter on June 5, 2008. One video was released on YouTube on "Pictures.
He also appeared as guests of the famous people, 16 of Marissa Mishelle on MTV 's My Super Sweet 16.
Frankie J has made open to Britney Spears promo tour 2007 'M + M' s Tour.

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Ya Ali John de Na Hong Su tons is. singers, American actor model she was born in Brooke Army chief New York and grow in Detroit, Michigan when a child She issued a list Star Kearney. And displayed in concert with the Night Visitors, LLC Paul has 12 years of age has signed a contract with Giant Records and volume Kok Black Round Records. With her uncle Barry Singer Harry Johnson, which they introduce the R.. Kelly is a consultant and later also the main writer and producer with her first album Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, sales more than 2 million copies in the United States and has received two multi-platinum disc. By R. IAA. After Ali and John R. Ya. Kelly married when she was 15 years old, but not considered legal. Void by her parents. After drug Ali Mosque and drive out the contract with the Giants signed with Atlantic Records.

She works out again two sets of One in a Million Aaliyah and she is successful marketing. To work with Tim Ba Island has made music Style R & B with her in the late 1990s, she is a model for Tommy Hilfiger, and appeared in a wig weaving Maria C. Crazy ต also. show two films on the Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned, before she and another eight people died in the accident airplane fall Baja Thomas on August 25, 2001 after filming Music Video Music "Rock. the Boat ", then the work single famous as" Miss You ", and" I Care 4 U "She is artist first with music in rank 1 on the Billboard Hot MO 100 of total turnover. broadcast only to the music "Try Again".

Natasha Thomas

In 2003, at the age of sixteen, Thomas's debut single "Why (Does Your Love Hurt So Much)" reached number forty in Germany (and airplay top four).

"Save Your Kisses For Me," released at the beginning of June 2004, had great success. Her second single "It's Over Now" ranked 12th. The mid-tempo love song, which features the Tobagan reggae artist Sugar Daddy (who has already worked with Buju Banton, Sizzla and Capleton), also made it into the top twenty of the airplay charts.

Thomas was selected to represent one of the world's best-known and most important fashion labels, Lacoste. As the new worldwide "Lacoste face" Thomas was seen from May 2004 onwards in a pan-European print and TV campaign alongside the French tennis ace Arnaud Clément (currently number 26 in the world rankings). The advert was directed by Bruno Aveillan (Nissan, Perrier, Nintendo, and others), who in the course of his career has already filmed top stars such as Monica Bellucci, Claudia Schiffer, and Gisele Bündchen.

Thomas was also seen worldwide in the Lacoste's Touch of Pink fragrance print and TV ads. One of Thomas's song fragments that appeared in the TV ads was "Let Me Show You (The Way)". Touch of Pink won two FiFi Awards in Berlin in April 2005, including "People's Choice' Award for Women".

Thomas broke her worldwide recording contract with Sony Music and has started her own record company along with her management crew.

Save Your Kisses, Natasha Thomas' first album was a minor hit in some South America Countries, such as Argentina and Brazil (where it was released by Epic Records in 2004). Thomas' song "It's Over Now" was included on the Brazilian soap opera "Senhora do Destino" (English: "The Owner of Destiny") international soundtrack. Her second album "Playin' With Fire", was not released there.

In 2008, Natasha Thomas released a new single "Stereotypical". For the third album she works with D'Klay Produktionz and Gabriel Flies. The album will be released early 2009 according to her Myspace. She posted new songs to her Myspace. The album had never released and have not informations about the release date.

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Vanessa Amorosi is an Australian singer and recording artist. To date she has sold over 1.6 million albums.

Life and career

Early life

Amorosi was born in Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Australia. When Amorosi was 4, along with her younger sisters, she would go to tap, jazz and classical ballet classes, which were being run by her uncle. She attended Emerald Primary and Emerald Secondary School. At the age of 12 Amorosi started to perform in shopping centers and local council concerts under the supervision of her family. Amorosi was discovered performing at Matrioshka, a Russian restaurant in Carnegie, by Jack Strom and signed a recording contract in 1997. After being signed to MarJac Productions (co-owned by managers Mark Holden and Jack Strom) and recording a promo CD titled "Get Here", she secured a deal with Transistor Music Australia. Amorosi also spent a short period training with the army.

Amorosi is a vegetarian.

Voice and vocal range

Amorosi is known for her versatile vocal ability. She is able to vocally cover many genres of music including, pop, rock, blues, jazz, and gospel. Amorosi is also known for her vocal range which reaches Soprano C6 in what is perceived to be full chest voice. Amorosi's ability to connect chest voice and head voice is one of her trademark talents. Amorosi's effortless approach to singing in her upper registry is what helped her become well known in both Australia and Germany. She is also noted for her ability to sing in the whistle registry as well, hitting notes above E6. Amorosi's most powerful vocals can be heard in her song "Start It" from her 2008 album Somewhere in the Real World, in which she can be heard belting two A5's and two B5's in mixed/chest voice and an E6 in the whistle registry. Also in "I Am Woman", performed at the ARIA Hall of Fame tribute for Helen Reddy in 2006, Amorosi can be heard belting a sustained C6.

The Power

In 1999, Amorosi released her debut single "Have a Look" which became a Top 20 hit. Second single "Absolutely Everybody", an anthemic dance song, reached the Top 10 and became the longest charting Australian single by an Australian female artist. It remained in the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart for over six months after its release. "Absolutely Everybody" was released internationally and reached the Top 10 in many European countries including the United Kingdom and Germany where it received a gold certification. Amorosi performed at many large events such as the NRL Grand Final, the opening of the Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island and the new millennium on "New Year's Eve" at Darling Harbour.

In 2000 two more singles "Shine" and "The Power" became major Australian hits, and her album The Power reached number one on the Australian album charts. Amorosi received six ARIA nominations in the year 2000 awards and The Power was nominated for "Best Female Artist" and "Best Pop Release" in the ARIA Music Awards of 2001. Her largest audience came in September 2000 with performances at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and at the Paralympic Games. At the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics she sang the Olympic song titled "Heroes Live Forever". Amorosi won the APRA Award in 2001 for "Most Played Song" on Australian Radio with "Shine" and received international acclaim in Germany where she won "Best International Newcomer" at the 2001 VIVA Comet Awards. Later that year she also made a special appearance at the Goodwill Games Opening and Closing ceremonies in Brisbane. In 2001 she performed at the AFL Grand Final.

In August 2002 Amorosi traveled to Manchester where she was one of the stars of the Commonwealth Games Hand-Over Ceremony, performing her hit "Shine" and a new song written especially for the event, "I’ll always be a Melbourne girl".

In February 2003, Amorosi performed her "Blues" set for the first time at the Melbourne International Music And Blues Festival and traveled to Germany to perform her latest European single "True to Yourself" on "Top of the Pops" and the hugely successful long-running show "Wetten, dass..?" which screens throughout Europe.

Somewhere in the Real World

On 25 January 2006, it was revealed that Amorosi signed with Manager Ralph Carr, having completed her seven year management with MarJac Productions. She is quoted on the website as saying, "I have been with my previous management for seven years and thought both parties had gone as far as we could together... Moving over to Ralph Carr Management seemed like a natural progression, given the acts he has successfully managed. I am excited and enthused." On , 2006 it was announced that Amorosi had signed to Universal Music Australia. Amorosi’s charity work predates her fame, and her involvement with Kids Help Line and the Variety Club led to a number of honours, including a 2003 nomination for Australian of the Year. She still has the farm where endangered animals can find refuge, although she doesn’t get to visit much; her friends run it for her. She supported Kiss on their 2008 tour of Australia. In 2008 Amorosi released the album Somewhere in the Real World, through Universal Music Australia, on 24 May 2008. The album tracks "Perfect" and "Start It" have both been used in promotions for the Seven Network. "Start It" is Channel 7's AFL song for 2008 and will be used again in 2009. Released digitally and in stores on 24 May 2008, Somewhere in the Real World was already sitting at Number 3 on the national iTunes chart within hours of its release and climbing to number 2 within the first 24 hours and finally hitting the number 1 spot on the charts after just 4 days of release. Somewhere in the Real World reached Gold sales in Australia.

Singles

The single "Kiss Your Mama!" was serviced to radio on 3 August and released 8 September 2007. On a special edition of Australian Idol she sang her hit song "Kiss Your Mama!". Amorosi released her second single "Perfect" digitally on 5 April and physically on 26 April 2008. The single made it to number 1 on the digital iTunes charts on the 7th of June 2008. "Perfect" reached Platinum sales in Australia and was the most played Australian song on Australian radio for 2008. "Perfect" was nominated for the 2009 APRA awards for 'Most Played Australian Work'. The song "The Simple Things (Something Emotional)" was released as the third single on 20 September 2008. In December 2008, a video for the song "My House" was released onto her website, but never released as a single.

Post Somewhere in the Real World

On the 28th December 2008 it was reported in the Melbourne Herald Sun that Vanessa will return to the US in 2009 to start writing her next album with Prince after meeting him in August 2008. On 20 April 2009, a Vanessa fan website revealed details of a collaboration with U.S. band Hoobastank on a single titled "The Letter". The website, VanessaAmorosi.net, also provided the duet to be streamed in full. Amorosi also appears in the video which was shot in Los Angeles at Lacy Street Studio with director Paul Brown (Alicia Keys, Jack White). The video and single was serviced to Australian media on May 4. The single was released in Australia on June 19, 2009.

This Is Who I Am

On 28 August 2009 Amorosi's new song "This Is Who I Am" was serviced to Australian radio. On 31 August 2009 Universal Music Australia released a press release for Amorosi's new single with details of new single and album.

The first single to spawn from her forthcoming album is the fierce pop-rock song “This Is Who I Am”. The undoubtable hit single was produced by MachoPsycho (Pink) and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day) and was serviced to Australian radio this week. The video for “This Is Who I Am” was recently shot in Los Angeles and directed by Christopher R Watson who is better known for his work on the international hit TV series “CSI New York” and horror film “Hostel”. The video was predominately shot on green screen and will launch on September 14.

Universal Music Australia

"This Is Who I Am" debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts for the week beginning October 18, 2009. This is Amorosi's first number 1 single in Australia. Vanessa Amorosi occupied the No.1 position for the second week in a row with her single 'This Is Who I Am', the first Australian artist to debut at #1 and hold #1 single since Silverchairs 'Straight Lines' in 2007.

This Is Who I Am has now achieved Gold sales in Australia.
New album 'Hazardous' out November 6 2009.

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