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- Conway Twitty (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of the United States' most successful rock and country music artists of the twentieth ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- Zoltán Kodály ( ˈzoltaːn ˈkodaːj ) (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an important twentieth century female American pop singer, drummer, and with her ...18 KB (2,813 words) - 07:12, 5 October 2022
- Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and comedian. She was a member of the famed pioneer ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- Category:Image wanted Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- category:image wanted Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs) (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968) was a blues singer, harmonica player, and ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- Category:image wanted [[File:Abbott and Costello circa 1940s.JPG|thumb|200px|Photo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello from their NBC Radio program.]] ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- Laurel and Hardy were an American-based comedy duo who became famous during the early half of the twentieth century for their work in motion ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- Baron Samuel von Pufendorf (January 8, 1632 – October 13, 1694), was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist, statesman, and historian ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:05, 23 December 2022
- The Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California, during the early 1970s. With five number one singles and six ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- Pope Saint Gelasius I (reigned 492 - 496 C.E.) was an important pope of the late fifth century who strongly affirmed the primacy of Rome and ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- category:image wanted Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937, Littlefield, Texas – February 13, 2002, Chandler, Arizona) was one of the most ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- category:image wantedWells, Kitty {{Infobox musical artist |Name = Kitty Wells |Img = |Img_capt = |Img_size = (Only use for images smaller ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 23:17, 3 March 2023
- Category:Image wanted Drysdale, Don {{Infobox MLB retired |name=Don Drysdale |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birthdate=1936|7|23Van ...16 KB (2,353 words) - 17:18, 30 January 2024
- Semi-Pelagianism is a Christian theological understanding about salvation, the process of restoring the relationship between humanity and God ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 17:49, 25 January 2023
- William Wells (June 10, 1907 or 1909 – November 12, 1985), known as Dicky Wells (sometimes Dickie Wells), was an African-American jazz trombonist ...5 KB (863 words) - 03:26, 29 July 2022
- category:Image wanted Brautigan, Richard Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – September 14, 1984) was an American writer, best known for ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 30, 1971) and Richard A. Loeb ...16 KB (2,623 words) - 21:57, 25 October 2022
- Loretta Lynn born Loretta Webb (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022) was an American country music performer. One of the leading country vocalists ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a multiple Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, dancer ...23 KB (3,629 words) - 22:06, 21 December 2023
- The American Ballet Theatre (ABT), based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the twentieth century and remains a leading ...8 KB (1,230 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2023
- category:image wanted Dusty Springfieldcategory:image wanted {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Dusty Springfield | Img = ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- Bonnie Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were notorious outlaws, robbers, and criminals ...42 KB (6,735 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country music singer/songwriter, author, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке) (November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a twentieth ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
- The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are a folk rock/rock supergroup known as Crosby, Stills, & Nash (CSN). The group ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. The word mambo ("conversation with the gods") is the name of a priestess in Haitian ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- category:image wanted Leiber and Stoller Jerry Leiber (April 25, 1933 - August 22, 2011) and Mike Stoller (March 13, 1933 - ) were a songwriting ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland and Ireland ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American, entertainment writer and television host, best known as the ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- Fritz Kreisler (February 2, 1875 - January 29, 1962) was an Austria-born American violinist and composer. Noted for his sweet tone and expressive ...12 KB (1,707 words) - 07:05, 15 April 2024
- Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas) were among the most successful Motown recording groups ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30, 1813 – March 29 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- Category:Image wanted Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American singer and guitarist, with ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke (August 27, 1886 – October 13, 1979) was an English classical composer and violist best known for her chamber music ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic descent who have lived the majority of their lives outside Korea or, simply ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- 10 (ten) is a natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive integer, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Often, the number 0 ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- Random access memory (also hyphenated as random-access memory), usually known by its acronym RAM, is a class of media used in computers for data ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- George Balanchine (January 22, 1904 — April 30, 1983) was one of the twentieth century's foremost choreographers and one of the founders ...14 KB (1,953 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- Tertullian (/tərˈtʌliən/; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; 155 – 220 C.E.) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- category:Image wanted [[Image:Gretsch G6122-1958.jpg|thumb|125px|The Gretsch Chet Atkins "Country Gentleman" model guitar]]Chester Burton ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss) (June 9, 1915 - August 14, 2009) was an American jazz and country guitarist, one of the key developers ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 22:00, 25 October 2022
- Petrus Ramus, or Pierre de la Ramée (1515 - August 24, 1572), was a French humanist philosopher, logician, and educational reformer, known for ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 02:53, 24 November 2022
- Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O," was an influential American singer-songwriter and ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- category:image wanted Haggard, Merle {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Merle Haggard | | Img = Merle Haggard in ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- Category:Image wanted Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American poet, songwriter, musician ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Joan Crawford (March 23, 1904 - May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest ...17 KB (2,572 words) - 13:41, 1 August 2022
- The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers—Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, they were raised in ...20 KB (3,173 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( [ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃.tɛg.zy.pe.ʀi] ) (June 29, 1900 – presumably July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- 2 (two) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number. It is the natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- Ellen Gould White (née Harmon) (November 26, 1827 - July 16, 1915) was co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, prolific writer, lecturer ...20 KB (3,079 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- Death Valley National Park is a United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in California, and extending into ...35 KB (5,565 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party ( Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei ), is an 1848 pamphlet by German ...44 KB (6,124 words) - 22:56, 14 September 2023
- Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), is one of the most well loved and ...18 KB (2,942 words) - 17:12, 13 February 2024
- A solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most oriented toward or away from the ...25 KB (3,968 words) - 19:48, 28 August 2023
- In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path or circuit, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- Sir Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, is an English singer, composer, and pianist. John has been one of the dominant ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as one of ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
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- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain is the name under which 18 caves located in different regions of northern Spain are ...25 KB (4,047 words) - 06:22, 18 November 2022
- Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Old West. His ...21 KB (3,433 words) - 18:45, 4 May 2023
- wood or lacquer plates which are mono- or duo-tone in color, in keeping with the aesthetic qualities of this cuisine. Many small sushi restaurants ...23 KB (3,535 words) - 00:29, 27 February 2023
- Bessie Smith (July, 1892 or April, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was the most popular and successful female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s ...21 KB (3,265 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- category:image wanted {{Football player infobox2 | playername = George Best| fullname = George Best | nickname = The Belfast Boy The Fifth Beatle| ...22 KB (3,398 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, comprising more than 990 islands. Its capital is Honiara, located on the ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- Anorexia nervosa is a complex condition, involving psychological, neurobiological, and sociological components.B. Lask and R. Bryant-Waugh (eds ...25 KB (3,785 words) - 05:13, 31 July 2023
- Category:Image wanted Peter Press Maravich (June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988) was a American basketball player known for his ballhandling, shooting ...25 KB (3,756 words) - 14:43, 28 March 2023
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was the foremost American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics The Chicago School is one of the better known American "schools" of economics ...28 KB (4,174 words) - 20:58, 9 December 2023
- The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional comic book superhero co-created by ...56 KB (8,607 words) - 11:11, 20 September 2023
- Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and ...27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
- Vaudeville was a genre of variety, family-oriented entertainment that appeared after the American Civil War in the United States and Canada and ...25 KB (3,760 words) - 14:43, 3 May 2023
- Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop ...61 KB (9,033 words) - 20:13, 12 September 2023
- Pop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished from classical or art music and from ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer who created within the style referred to as Impressionist music ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for ...34 KB (5,336 words) - 21:04, 4 October 2022
- Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was ...38 KB (5,690 words) - 22:10, 3 March 2023
- John Dee (July 13, 1527–1609) was a noted Welsh mathematician, geographer, occultist, astronomer, and astrologer, whose expertise in these ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often overshadowed by the more famous gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- The double bass, also known as the standup bass, is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra ...40 KB (6,473 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. For example, both Birgitta of Sweden (fourteenth ...37 KB (5,478 words) - 16:22, 12 January 2024
- Kobe Bean Bryant (/ˈkoʊbiː/ KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an accomplished artist, author, multi-talented musician, and the ...37 KB (5,901 words) - 08:01, 3 April 2024
- Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Hindi: LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg|2={{lang|hi|लगे रहो मुन्नाभाई}} , ləgeː ɾəhoː ...43 KB (6,480 words) - 05:34, 4 March 2023
- The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical center of the British Isles. ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860) – (May 18, 1911) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor. Mahler was best known during his own lifetime ...43 KB (6,581 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2023
- Country music, the first half of Billboard's country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 07:41, 3 August 2022
- Bangalore (Indian English: [ˈbæŋgəloːɾ]), officially Bengaluru ( ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು , ['beŋgəɭuːru]), serves as the capital ...48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
- a camera belonging to Oswald, an Imperial Reflex Duo-Lens 620. When shown the pictures at Dallas Police headquarters after his arrest, Oswald insisted ...49 KB (7,803 words) - 19:01, 25 October 2022
- Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- Apple Inc., ( AAPL ) formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics ...56 KB (7,806 words) - 15:54, 11 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Navajo(Diné) |image=[[Image:Navajo medicine ...48 KB (7,395 words) - 15:33, 11 November 2022
- J. Robert Oppenheimer The meaning of the "J" in J. Robert Oppenheimer has been the source of confusion among many. Historians Alice ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- The Kingdom of Mysore (Kannada ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ) (1399–1947 C.E.) was a kingdom of southern India founded in ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
