HCCC Libraries: Music of the Americas: Artists

Artists

Aretha Franklin
Born Mar 25, 1942 · Memphis, TN
Died Aug 16, 2018
Franklin was and remains undoubtedly one of the most influential and important voices in global music history. Her career spanning more than half a century. She churned out dozens of iconic hits over those decades, "Respect," "Think," "Freeway of Love," just to name a few.
B.B. King
September 16,1925 in Bena, Mississippi
died May 14, 2015
Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 2001.
American blues singer and guitarist.
Bruce Springsteen
Born: September 23, 1949, Freehold, NJ, USA.
Biography Reference Bank (Bio Ref Bank), 2009
American singer and songwriter.
Harry T. Burleigh
Born: December 02, 1866, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: September 12, 1949
Appeared on the concert stage in the United States and abroad in performances of spirituals; preserved and arranged more than 100 spirituals.
Bandcamp
Bandcamp, a feature-heavy music site that focuses on providing musicians with robust, easy-to-use, and visually pleasing artist pages, just integrated CC licensing options
CATALINA
LATIN POP SINGER-SONGWRITER
"Wierd Al" Yankovic
HUMOROUS music
Born: October 23, 1959