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Beatles

Band Name : The Beatles
Members : John Lennon,Paul McCartney,
George Harrison,Ringo Starr 
Biography 
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was born in Liverpool on 7 July 1940. Drums and vocals. John Lennon was born in Liverpool on 9 October 1940. He was shot dead in New York on 8 December 1980. Rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals. Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on 18 June 1942. Bass guitar, keyboards, lead guitar, drums, vocals. George Harrison was born in Liverpool on 25 February 1943. Lead guitar, sitar, keyboards, vocals.
The Beatles evolved from an amateur teenage skiffle group, the Quarry Men, formed by Lennon in 1956 and named after his school, Quarry Bank High. McCartney joined the Quarry Men in July 1957, Harrison in March 1958. The only artefacts left of the Quarry Men period is a cover version of Buddy Hollys That’ll Be The Day and a McCartney-Harrison composition, In Spite of All The Danger, both available on the double-CD Anthology 1 (see links to CDs on the left). Other early group names were The Beatals (March 1960) and The Silver Beatles (May 1960).

In August 1960, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison - together with Stuart Sutcliffe (born in Edinburgh on 23 June 1940; died in Hamburg on 10 April 1962), bass guitar, and Pete Best (born in Madras on 24 Nov 1941), drums ?became the Beatles. Between then and November 1962 the group played many gigs in and around Liverpool, and also, with decisive effect on their development as performers, four extended residencies at various clubs in Hamburg’s red-light district Reeperbahn. Sutcliffe, a talented painter, left in December 1961, being replaced on bass by McCartney, who, until then, had played guitar and piano. According to MacDonald, the Beatles were influenced by rock ‘n’ roll and black music, by Doo-wop and Tamla-Motown records, especially by William ‘Smokey’ Robinson (although, in my opinion, they completely lack the soul feeling).

In November 1961, a Liverpool music shop owner, Brian Epstein (born in Liverpool in 1934; died in London on 17 August 1967), heard the Beatles at the Cavern, a local ‘beat’ club where they played most of their pre-1963 British gigs. Becoming their manager, Epstein secured the group a recording contract in June 1962 with Parlophone, a subsidiary of the EMI label run by the producer George Martin. The rawness of the Beatles?performing talent, which six months earlier had made Decca reject them, appealed to Martin, although he was then doubtful of their song-writing. Replacing Best with Starr on drums, he encouraged Lennon and McCartney, the group?s chief composers, to write with more concentration, pointing out to them simple structural devices such as commencing with the chorus (the main selling-point of most pop songs). Their second release, Please Please Me, rose to number one in the British singles chart and their commercial success thereafter was continuous. The group?s tours of Britain in 1963 created an unprecedented excitement, known as ‘Beatlemania’, which was reproduced in the USA when, on 9 February 1964, they appeared on national television singing their fifth single I Want To Hold Your Hand to an estimated audience of 70 million, an event unanimously identified by social commentators as a turning-point in postwar American culture. In the months after this breakthrough, the Beatles dominated the American singles charts, at one stage occupying the top five positions, a feat unheard of before and since.

Two feature films, A Hard Day?s Night (1964) and Help! (1965), followed. However, by the end of 1965, the influence of Bob Dylan and the accelerating popularity among pop musicians of marijuana made the international pop scene to advance from the straightforward energy and good humor of ‘beat music’ towards a greater formal and emotional complexity. Aware that they needed to regenerate themselves stylistically, the Beatles toyed uncertainly with ‘comedy songs’ and idiosyncratic variations on soul music in their transitional album Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1965). Only in early 1966, with the appearance of the counterculture and its associated drug the powerful hallucinogen LSD, did they identify with a new type of pop music created by exploiting the techniques of the recording studio. The result was their imaginative exploration of consciousness and childhood memories in albums like Revolver (Parlophone, 1966) and Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone, 1967). Together with the later releases Magical Mystery Tour (Parlophone, 1967), The Beatles (Apple, 1968) and Abbey Road (Apple, 1969), they build the Beatles?legacy.

After Epstein?s death from an overdose of tranquilizers in August 1967, the group gradually lost direction and the underlying conflicts between its otherwise intensely cohesive members soured. They managed to record some 80 more tracks. These were increasingly individual efforts, written and sometimes even recorded solo. During this period Harrison emerged alongside Lennon and McCartney as a writer of worthy songs, one of which, Something (Apple, 1969) became the Beatles?second most recorded number after McCartney’s Yesterday (Parlophone, 1965). Divisiveness, caused largely by the process of growing up and getting married, eventually broke the group. The process is visible in their final film Let It Be (1970). After the album Abbey Road, the Beatles split up.

None of the Beatles could read music. They even refused to learn. Therefore, arrangements beyond the basic four-piece were supplied by George Martin, a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music. He has successfully refuted the suggestion that he was the real creative genius behind the Beatles. He worked only according to their original designs and to their specific requests, even to details of arrangements which they sang to him and which he often transcribed on the spot in the studio. Martin was important to the Beatles in suggesting improvements in the form of their early songs (improvements they quickly came to incorporate independently into their writing) and later in guiding them in the selection of instrumental and electronic textures hitherto unused in pop music. Together with his innovative engineer Geoff Emerick, Martin endeavoured to give the Beatles a productive base within the primitive and often exasperating restrictions of the studio technology of the time. The Beatles integrated notes into their songs from newspapers and from the radio, which they happened to read and listen to and which fitted into their compositions. The randomness played a vital part in their music
 

Beyonce Knowles

Name : Beyonce Knowles
Birth Name : Beyonce Giselle Knowles
Profession : actress, musician
Place of Birth : Houston, Texas, USA
Biography 
Beyonce first began her musical career when she was 7 years old and met LaTavia Roberson while auditioning for a children’s group. Beyonc?s cousin, Kelly Rowland, soon joined the girls, and the trio was finally joined by the fourth part of the group, LeToya Luckett. Managed by Music World Management’s Matthew Knowles — who is also Beyonc?s father and Kelly’s legal guardian — the four young girls with big dreams became Destiny’s Child. Worshipping the moves and voices of R&B legendary groups such as the Supremes and the Jackson 5, the children of Destiny’s Child started small by performing at local events and moved on to their national television debut with their performance on Star Search. Not only did their strong voices standout, but their originality and refreshing rap performance was only a preview of what the music industry was in store for. Soon enough, the group had moved up from the ranks of performing at small-time gigs, to becoming the opening act for popular R&B and hip hop acts Dru Hill, SWV and Immature. The group’s first album, the self-titled Destiny’s Child, was released in 1998, under the Columbia Records label. The album features Wyclef Jean, Pras and Jermaine Dupri as collaborating producers, as well as their hit single ‘No, No, No’, which went platinum. If the three awards that Destiny’s Child received at the 1998 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards wasn’t enough of an indication of their upcoming success, their next album sure was. The Writing’s on the Wall, which was released in 1999, reached the top ten Billboard album charts upon its release. The album has so far spawned 4 hit singles, ‘Bills, Bills, Bills,’ ‘Say My Name,’ ‘Bug a Boo,’ and ‘Jumpin’, Jumpin’.’ With their album reaching triple platinum status by the end of the year, 2 Grammy nominations in 1999, an ‘Image Award’ for Outstanding Duo or Group by the NAACP, and contributions to the soundtracks for the films Why Do Fools Fall In Love?, Life, and Romeo Must Die, one would think that the Houston-based group would know no problems — but that would be wrong. In March of 2000, it was announced that group members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson had left the group. It was later revealed that the two members were unhappy with the management of Matthew Knowles, and that they left because of existing ‘creative differences.’ LeToya and LaTavia took the group and its management to court, while the remaining members found two replacements, Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. Just when it seemed that Destiny’s Child had seen the last of their problems, Farrah Franklin left the group after 5 months, leaving Beyonc?Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams (not to be confused with the blonde Dawson’s Creek star) as a trio, basking in the glory of consecutive number one hits with the release of the group’s third album, Survivor 

Billie Piper

Name : Billie Piper
Birth Name : Billie Paul Piper
Profession : singer
Date of Birth : September 22, 1982
Place of Birth : Swindon, UK
Height : 5′5%22
Biography 
Billie Paul Piper was born in Swindon, UK, on the 22nd of September 1982. Growing up with her brother Charlie and sisters Harley and Ellie, Billie knew early on that she wanted to be a performer.
An ambitious Billie enrolled in the Sixth Sense theatre company in 1990, which gave her acting experience in several television commercials and an episode of The EastEnders. After a year of studies at Secondary School in her hometown, she was accepted into the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. Despite her attendance at the prestigious school, Billie’s busy schedule forced her to continue her education with a private tutor.

This busy schedule was triggered after Billie was chosen as a spokesmodel for the British pop music magazine, Smash Hits. Scouts for the new Virgin Records subsidiary, Innocent Records, spotted the Smash Hits poster girl in 1998, and signed her to their label immediately.

Billie’s first single, %22Because We Want To%22, was released that same year and propelled the 15-year-old singer to the status of the youngest solo artist to debut at number one on the UK charts. With the help of the follow-up single %22Girlfriend%22 (which entered the charts at number 1) and the release of her debut album, Honey To The B, Billie deservedly earned the title of England’s %22Pop Princess%22 and Best Female Star at the Smash Hits Poll Winners party.

In May of 2000, 2 years more mature and more experienced, Billie made her anticipated return to the music charts with the release of the single %22Day and Night%22, off of her sophomore album, Walk of Life. Billie enlisted the help of producer Elliot Kennedy (who has worked with pop stars such as Celine Dion and the Spice Girls), to match the success of her previous album — but as her platinum album was a tough act to follow, Walk of Life has only seen considerable success.

Although Billie was out of the music scene for 2 years, she has been busy both personally and professionally. She was seriously involved with British boy band member Richie Neville from the pop group 5ive, and has been forced to cancel projects and shows due to health concerns. As for her blossoming career, she has added numerous acting credits to her resume.

Billie appeared in the television series Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Young Entertainers (as herself) in 1999, and appeared in Music Chronicles in 2000. After having appeared in small roles in movies such as The Leading Man and Evita in 1996, Billie hosted the television feature Billie Wants You!, in 1999.

Naming Madonna and Janet Jackson as her heroes, Billie has enjoyed the success of having 4 chart-topping singles — all off a single album — and of having contributed to the Pok魯n soundtrack. Although she has toured in the US, and has even performed for President Bill Clinton while on tour, Billie has yet to break through in America. But when she does, this princess will reign supreme.
 

Blu Cantrell

Name : Blu Cantrell
Profession : Singer
Date of Birth : September 12th 1972
Place of Birth : Lanett, Alabama, US
Biography 
As she grew up in Providence, R.I., with her five siblings, Blu Cantrell was toted from one jazz performance to another to watch her mother sing. From that point forward, she knew what she wanted to do, and began auditioning for vocal gigs and displaying her dynamic alto at talent shows. On a visit to Atlanta in 2000, Cantrell played her demo tape for A&R executive Tab and producer C. Stewart (aka Tricky) of RedZone Entertainment. They were so impressed that they immediately provided studio work to the young singer, and she sang backgrounds for artists including Gerald Levert, Faith Evans, Puff Daddy, and Aaron Hall. Meanwhile, Cantrell began recording tracks for what would ultimately become her first full-length album. Upon hearing the cut %22Till I’m Gone,%22 L.A. Reid, the CEO and president of Arista Records, signed Cantrell. Before the release of the full-length, the single %22Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)%22 occupied the number two position on the Hot 100 list. The buzz was out and Cantrell was invited to perform on national television programs. Her full-length debut, 2001’s So Blu, reached the Top Ten on the album charts. Her next record, 2003’s Bittersweet, didn’t perform as well on the charts but did earn Cantrell a Grammy nomination for best R&B album. 

Brandy

Name : Brandy
Birth Name : Brandy Rayana Norwood 
Profession : actress, musician
Date of Birth : February 11, 1979
Place of Birth : McComb, Mississippi, USA 
Fan Mail : C/O International Creative Management
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Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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Biography 
Most teen groups–regardless of genre–find themselves churning out gooey bubblegum songs that irritate everyone over the age of 16. Then comes Brandy, a teenage quadruple-platinum selling R&B singer whose bright midtempo ballads about friendship and love have crossed age and genre barriers, clearly making her the most popular teenage soul singer of the ’90s.
Brandy Norwood grew up in a musical home; the influence of her father, a choir director, appears on her two album releases, 1994’s Brandy and 1998’s Never Say Never. But though singing may have always been her first love, a professional acting gig on the short-lived sitcom Thea was the singer’s first big break. Brandy spent that television season simultaneously filming the sitcom and recording her self-titled debut.

Brandy was an immediate success. The first single, ‘I Wanna Be Down,’ which included a ground-breaking remix featuring female rappers MC Lyte, Yo Yo and Queen Latifah, quickly reached the top of the charts, as did subsequent singles, like ‘Baby,’ ‘Best Friend’ and ‘Broken Hearted,’ a duet with Boyz II Men singer Wayna Morris. Brandy toured with Boyz II Men and Babyface, recorded songs for soundtracks such as Waiting To Exhale and Batman Forever, then landed another acting role: UPN offered Brandy her own sitcom, Moesha, which remains the network’s highest-rated sitcom for the second consecutive season.

The release of Brandy’s long-awaited sophomore album has met with more impressive chart action, beginning with her much-discussed duet with fellow teen R&B icon Monica. Brandy’s reliance on using new talented producers, Keith Crouch and Rodney Jerkins, for her first and second discs, respectively, keeps her sound changing and growth potential increasing. On top of that success, Brandy’s big screen debut in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (the creatively-titled sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer) establishes her a legitimate horror flick queen. Brandy might have the ability to join the ranks of Lena Horne, Cher and Diana Ross, of whom have conquered careers in both film and popular music.
 

Britney Spears

Name : Britney Spears
Profession : Actress, Singer
Date of Birth : December 2, 1981
Place of Birth : Kentwood, LA
Sign : Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aquarius
Education : Studied at the off-Broadway Dance Center and at the
Professional Performing Arts School
Fan Mail : C/O Elephant Walk Entertainment
9200 Sunset Blvd.
Ste. 430
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Biography 
To say that Britney Spears?s life has changed over the course of the past two years is somewhat of an understatement. Since the release of her Jive Records debut ‘?Baby One More Time’ (which made Britney the youngest artist in Soundscan history to have a certified RIAA 12x platinum album, and included four hit singles including the title track and ‘(You Drive Me Crazy’), Britney has gone from being a star in the making to a superstar and the ‘Queen Of Teen.’ In 1999 alone she was nominated for two Grammys (including the coveted Best New Artist), swept the 1999 MTV Europe Awards (where she nabbed Best Female, Best Pop, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Song), brought her explosive live show around the globe and appeared on every major televised award show both here and in Europe.

Perhaps even more importantly than the accolades and the sales figures, Britney has become an icon to millions of fans worldwide and her infectious brand of pop/R&B has become the template for girl pop.

Now Britney is back ready to take it to the next level. Featuring tracks from Diane Warren, Rodney Jerkins, Mutt Lange, Max Martin and Britney herself, ‘Oops!?I Did It Again’ is destined to be the album of the summer and is much more than just a follow-up. It?s a record that shows the progress from phenomenon to artist. A bit wiser and more confident and self-assured, ‘Oops!?I Did It Again’ is Britney Spears as you?ve never heard her: sexy, sassy and solidly in control.

Ask Britney about the direction of her new CD and she is modest. ‘I’m not really doing anything different this time around but I am really growing up, as a person and that just all flows with the overall sound and feel of this record. There?s no master plan! I?m just gonna be me and hope it all works out!’

Signs are evident that it has already begun to ‘work out’. The title track, which deals with romantic misintentions, was written and produced by longtime collaborators Max Martin and Rami and has already broken the record for first week adds at CHR/Pop radio with 155 adds. ‘It?s an incredible song!’ Britney declares, I think it?s even better than ‘Baby One More Time!’ Also incredible is the video whose futuristic/Barbarella concept was Britney’s idea.

The most noticeable aspect of the single, the video and the album is maturity, which is just what Britney had in mind. ‘People have to remember that when I did my first album I was only 16. I had never been in the studio, it was all new to me and so before I let people help me out and honestly I think that was because I was just so new to the music industry, not only because I was young. But making records and being part of the process and becoming more in charge of my sound was something I had to experience and grow with and on this album I?ve had the chance to do that. This album is closer to who I am. It?s funkier!’

That funkier spirit is loud and clear on uptempo rump shakers like ‘Stronger’ and ‘Don’t Go Knockin?On My Door’ which find Britney in a frisky and fierce state of mind. But as she proved on her debut, Britney can deliver ballads with as much intensity as her more high energy cuts. On the aching ‘When Your Eyes Say It’ (written by Diane Warren and produced by Steve Lunt and Robert Jazayeri) and the thoughtful ‘Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know’ (penned by Shania Twain and Robert Mutt Lange and produced by Lange), Britney shows her depth. ‘I don?t want to just be some singer who sings a song just to sing it,’ Britney offers speaking to the emotional range of the album. ‘When you sing a song with feeling and do your all you connect and that?s crucial to me. Especially since I think that the songs on this album are ten times better than on my first album, so I really want my fans to feel and hear how much these songs mean to me.’

In keeping with that need to communicate is ‘Dear Diary’, co written by Britney. Britney began writing melodies and songs while on the road and she has plans to learn guitar (she is proficient on the piano) in hopes of writing more songs in the future. ‘I think I?ve always had these songs that I’ve been writing in my head,’ Britney explains. ‘Now I feel ready to let people start to hear them.’

Along with her rigorous schedule and the release of her successful 2X Platinum home video Time Out With Britney Spears in late 1999, Britney and her mother have written a book entitled Heart To Heart. As if that weren?t enough, Britney has also created the Britney Spears Foundation in conjunction with the Giving Back Fund. Its first endowment is the formation of a performing arts summer camp for underprivileged kids in Massachusetts. ‘I?m so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I?ve have been lucky enough to make such a big part of my own life.’

Britney began performing at an early age, and when she was 8, she auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club. Although she was too young for the show, a producer helped her secure an agent in New York City where Britney spent the next three years studying dance and music. She also had bit roles in commercials, theatre and films. When she turned 11, Britney was old enough to earn a spot on the Mickey Mouse Club and starred on the popular show for two years, relocating with her family to Orlando.

After her stint on TV, Britney returned home but she still had dreams of making it in the music industry. ‘I’ve always wanted to be a singer,’ she declares. Armed with those desires and a powerful voice, Britney went back to New York when she was 15 and began to make the rounds of record labels. She sang accapella for executives at Jive Records who saw and heard right away that in the teenager from Kentwood, LA, there were the makings of a star. Britney was signed soon after her audition and began work thereafter on what would become ‘?Baby One More Time.’

One listen to ‘Oops!.. I Did It Again’ and Britney will make a believer out of you - one more time. 

Bruce Willis

Name : Bruce Willis
Full Name : Walter Bruce Willis
Profession : Actor, Musician, Producer, Writer
Date of Birth : March 19, 1955
Place of Birth : Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
Fan Mail : Arnold Rifkin
C/O William Morris Agency
151 El Camino Dr.
Beverly Hills, Ca 90212
USA
Biography 
Actor. Born Walter Bruce Willis, on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany. The Willis family moved from a West German military base to the small town of Carneys Point, New Jersey, when Bruce was two years old. He grew up as the oldest of four children in a blue-collar family (his father, David, was a welder). As a teenager, he worked in a DuPont chemical plant. After graduating from high school, Willis attended Montclair (NJ) State College, where he first became interested in acting. He left college and moved to New York City in 1977, when he landed a bit part in an Off-Broadway play. In New York, he supported himself by working as a bartender in between small roles in stage productions.
Willis?first break came in 1984, when he stepped in for another actor in the lead role in Sam Shepard?s Off-Broadway hit Fool for Love. His success led to an audition for Desperately Seeking Susan, an upcoming production starring Madonna. Willis didn?t get the role, but he stayed in Hollywood long enough to attend a casting call for a new television series called Moonlighting. Chosen from among 3,000 hopefuls to play the wisecracking private detective David Addison, Willis became a star overnight when Moonlighting became a hit. The chemistry between Willis and co-star Cybill Shepherd won over fans for four successful seasons (1985-89), and Willis won an Emmy in 1987 for Best Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical).

In 1994, Willis emerged from this slump with two powerful supporting performances in relatively low-budget films?Quentin Tarantino?s gleefully violent Pulp Fiction (which also revived Travolta?s fading career) and Nobody?s Fool, starring Paul Newman. He also had a much-talked-about frontal nude scene in the psychological thriller Color of Night (1994). Unlike many of his fellow action heroes, Willis continued to mix riskier roles in smaller films with big-budget action films?meeting with varying results. He scored hits with two weird futuristic thrillers?Twelve Monkeys (1995), also featuring Brad Pitt, and The Fifth Element (1997)?while more traditional action films, like Last Man Standing (1996), The Jackal (1997), co-starring Richard Gere, and Mercury Rising (1998), did relatively mediocre business.

In 2000, Willis showed off his considerable comedic talent by starring as a hit man in the hit film The Whole Nine Yards, and guest starring on three episodes of the hit TV series Friends during the May sweeps.

Willis and his wife, the actress Demi Moore, announced their separation in July 1998, after more than 10 years of marriage. The couple, who married in November 1987 and appeared together in the 1991 film Mortal Thoughts, have three daughters, Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah Belle. While Moore, an A-list Hollywood star in her own right, lives on their 18-acre ranch in Hailey, Idaho, Willis bought a home just five miles north of Hailey. The couple’s divorce was finalized in the fall of 2000.
 

Carlos Santana

Name : Carlos Santana
Profession : Singer
Date of Birth : 20 July 1947
Place of Birth : Autlan de Novarra, Mexico
Best Known As : Leader of the rock band Santana
Biography 
Most rock artists who’ve survived the ’60s have gotten better, gotten worse or reinvented themselves in some way, but Santana has always been Santana. Not that the band’s been exactly the same all this time: It’s had more than two dozen lineups, and some fans will always insist that the first, most rocking version from the late ’60s was the best. But leader Carlos Santana has never lost his fire, and the signature sound of his guitar wailing over organ and congas is so strong that whether he plays rock, jazz, Latin or funk, he’s still playing Santana music.

Originally, Santana simply fused his Latin influences with the jam-heavy sound of West Coast rock. The first album, and the Woodstock performance of ‘Soul Sacrifice,’ were largely responsible for hundreds of bands adding congas to their lineups (including the Rolling Stones on ‘Can You Hear Me Knocking’). The original Santana had more hits than any future incarnation, usually with arrangements of outside material (Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Black Magic Woman,’ Olatunji’s ‘Jingo,’ Tito Puente’s ‘Oye Como Va,’ Willie Bobo’s ‘Evil Ways’). The one major departure came in 1972, when Santana took a hint from his friend and occasional collaborator, John McLaughlin, and headed in a spiritually-inclined jazz/fusion direction. The albums in this vein (1972’s Caravanserai, 1973’s Welcome and 1974’s Borboletta) were the band’s most adventurous. Beginning with 1976’s Amigos, he kept stretching out instrumentally, but filtered in some mainstream rock and dance elements and has maintained that mix ever since.
For years, Santana released a lot of music–usually an album every year either under the band’s name or his own (the two are pretty much interchangeable). As a result, there were many good Santana albums, but few definitive ones. (Some of his most creative works–the R&B-flavored Havana Moon and the jazz-oriented The Swing Of Delight–came out as ‘Carlos Santana’ albums). Neither he nor the band had a major hit since ‘Winning’ (from the mainstream-slanted album Zebop!) in 1981, but his reputation hinged on live shows, where there was still an emphasis on improvs and where it was still a safe bet that he’d hit upon something brilliant. If nothing else, he deserved credit as one of the few ‘classic rock’ acts that was not satisfied to go onstage and play the oldies.
In 1999, however, all this changed when Santana made a dramatic comeback with the album Supernatural, driven by hit single ‘Smooth,’ a collaboration with Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas on vocals (Thomas also co-wrote the song). The album spent multiple weeks at the top of the charts, went platinum 25 times over worldwide, and earned Santana a record nine Grammy awards. Supernatural’s long-awaited follow-up, Shaman, came out in late 2002; like Supernatural (which also boasted appearances by guests Everlast, Wyclef Jean, and Dave Matthews), the new album featured many big-name, modern-day collaborators, including Michelle Branch (who sang on the CD’s first single, ‘Game Of Love’), P.O.D, Ozomatli, Macy Gray, Musiq, and Dido.
 

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Name : Catherine Zeta Jones
Profession : Actress, Singer
Date of Birth : 25, Sep 1969
Place of Birth : Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales
Zodiac Sign : Pisces
Biography 
July 1999 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, somehow fittingly, graces the cover of July’s Allure, and the article inside is appropriately titled, ‘Smitten.’ Her unabashed self-confidence shines through even when she reveals that she wasn’t a beautiful baby, ‘My dad nearly divorced my mum when, two hours after giving birth to me, she said I was a frog.’ (Hard to believe isn’t it?) Perhaps more surprising than Catherine being an unattractive baby, is that she was once Britain’s national tap-dance champion and that she is accomplished at ballet as well - though the trained eye might have spotted her dance training in the way she seems to glide rather than simply walk through her scenes. She reveals a delightfully irreverant and playful attitude throughout the interview - the same self-effacing attitude that seems to shine through each interview she gives and is perhaps, even beyond her looks and talent, the largest part of her appeal to men and women alike.
May 1999 - OK..we confess…this jumps back a month to May’s issue of Details, but since we hadn’t had a chance to cover it and since she’s got a new movie coming out we figured you might appreciate some Catherine Zeta Jones news. First the news if you didn’t know, she has a movie coming out on July 23rd called The Haunting - a paranormal thriller in which Ms. Jones plays a bisexual. The interview revealed the more personal side of Catherine - including her penchant for, shall we say, direct speech: a definite breath of fresh air from the stuffy image far too many Hollywood’s stars project. For you guys who may be interested, she’s not attached - unfortunately she says she’s also not looking for anyone. But who knows? If you brush up on the 18th century erotica that Catherine says she loves, maybe you’ll get your shot.
 

Celine Dion

Name : Celine Dion
Profession : Singer
Date of Birth : March 30, 1968
Place of Birth : Charlemagne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fan Mail : ADDRESS 1 :
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ADDRESS 2 :
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Beverly Hills CA 90212
Biography 
Although American audiences only became aware of Dion’s five-octave vocal power in 1991 (she sang mostly in French until that point), she had been winning accolades as a singer since her teenage years in her native Canada. The child of working-class parents in a small town east of Montreal, Dion was introduced to current manager/husband Rene Angelil via a demo tape sent by her brother Michael. According to legend, Angelil was so taken by her ability that he mortgaged his home to pay for her first record date. Through the 80s she built a strong following in Canada, but it wasn’t until she sang the theme for Disney’s hit animated film ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in 1991 that Dion won over the masses. She’s only become more popular with each successive album, with only minor interferences — critical derision, disagreements with Phil Spector during the making of her Falling Into You album — sullying her rise. Her next English-language record, released in 1992, pushed her success further, but it was her 1993 album that truly made her a stateside star — featuring the schmaltzy duet ‘When I Fall In Love’ from the film ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and the hit single, ‘Power of Love.’ While fans fell for her VH-1-style pop sound, critics disparaged her overtly commercialized focus, penchant for cover tunes and a soulless vocal dexterity that brought little passion to her work. Poised for a big splash with a 1996 English-language record, Dion’s reputation was sullied slightly by a conflict with legendary producer Phil Spector, who dropped out of work on the album after tussling with her management over the record’s focus. Still, the album remained among the country’s ten best-selling records more than 18 weeks after its release.