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Vivian Sessoms was born and raised in Harlem in a musical family. Her whose mother was a session/jingle-singer, and her father was a flautist/percussionist. No wonder if she learned the wonder of music at a young age. As she was only 9, she had begun work doing television and radio voiceovers. She attended auditions for various Broadway plays, took lessons to train her voice and to learn the piano. Around the age of 16, Vivian began composing her own songs. She did a tour with with pianist/composer Ryuichi Sakamoto who taught her a lot. She appeared on several of his releases, such as albums Sweet Revenge and Smoochy Later she worked with artists such as P. Diddy, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Keith Sweat, Sinead O'Connor, Lisa Lisa, Robin S and Stevie Wonder.
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Rapper and songwriter Eric Newkirt Singleton was born on November 6th 1968 in New York.
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Dennis Mavashev (aka Sniper) was born in Russia on January 6th, 1974. At the age of 9 went to music school and learned how to play flute. After graduation from music school, he on his own learned how to play piano. He wrote his first melody in 1986. He had won an amateur competition in song writing sponsored by the state in 1990. He recorded his first in 1993, after his arrival to USA, where he met his future companion Reginald. Dennis graduated from Queens College in 1997 with a degree in Accounting and Information Systems.
Known for : Fly With Me, Avalon, Dance All Night...
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Her real name is Paula Brown. She was born in Washington DC in the early70's. She is a blond, green-eyed Black woman. She learned classical dance (her mother was her ballet teacher). After she ended college, she went to New York to begin a career. She was chosen after an audition for theTV-serie Fame and went to Los Angeles where she met Janet Jackson with whom whe created her first choreographs for her album Control. Afterwards she danced with Prince (for the video of Batdance) and Janet Jackson and sung with Paula Abdul, James Brown and Snoop Doggy Dog. Her brother died from AIDS in 1990.
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T-roc, born in Germany, is also known under the name of Tiger One. He replaced Rod D as rapper for the group Fun Factory. He took part, among others, to the hit singles I Wanna B with U and et Celebration. After he left Fun factory he collaborated to a Romanian project called K1 with Radu Fornea, Daniel Alexandrescu, and Mircea "X-Mann" Presel. They released singles such as Ma Luai or Plangeam In Noapte.
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American Andrew Freddie Thomas was born 25th May 1946 in San Francisco (USA). He was one of the 3 original members of the Bad Boys Blue project.
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Joe aka Jacki was born in the US 1972. He took part in operation Desert Storm in the Gulf whilst in the army. He then left the forces and began rapping with friends like Rod D (Fun Factory). He became rapper for the project X-Pression in 1994, contributing to the songwriting as well. In 1995, he created the very succesful euro-rap project Down Low in 1995 with the rapper Mike Dalien. Producers were exactly the same team as X-pression : Harald Schubert and Daniel Gonschorek, along with Volker Lindner.
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Melanie Janene Thornton was born in May 13th 1967 in Charleston, South Carolina. She studied voice from the age of six, played the piano and the clarinet and learned how to act and to dance. She had long dreamed of a career in music. Her parents had a friend of a friend who was a singer in Charleston. Even though she didn't get to go out and see her, she saw pictures and heard them talk about her work and heard her talk about going out on the road.When she was growing up her mother would listen to Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and The Temptations, a lot of the Motown music artists. She would mimic the female vocalists she saw on TV or heard on radio. Later, Melanie financed her College studies with appearances in talent shows and smaller band concerts. She frequented a club called The Peacock Lounge, getting up and doing jam sessions when the live band invited people up to sing.
Known for : Love How You Love Me, Heartbeat, Makin' Oooh Oooh (Talking About Love)...
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TKC (real name : Chris Chudzik, aka TKC Kool Traxx) is a rapper and a deejay. He released many megamixes compilations that he mixed himself (such as the Mixin It Up series, the compilations Droppin' That Old Skool, Freestyle Forever, Chicago's Most Wanted...).
Known for : Esta Loca, Can You Feel The Beat, Gotta Make Some Noise...
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His real name is Keith McGuffey and he comes from Danville, Kentucky. He started writing songs when he was only nine years old
Known for : Higher And Higher, Summertime, Mirror Mirror...
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(Maurice Darron Butler)
Rapper of Snap and Centory
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George R. Walden III was born in Houston, Texas. Under the scene name Homeboy, he contributed to the project Techno Cop (Stop The Police). Then he became rapper for eurodance project 3-O-matic under the name Wild Thang.
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Real name : Michelle Reynoso. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and has been singing since the tender age of 4. At 5 years old, she won the prestigious Herman Stevens Award. A graduate of the famed LaGuardia School of Music & Art, Michelle went on to perform on Broadway – debuting in the musical, "The Tap Dance Kid". She also played starring roles in "Madhattan" (where she received rave reviews from stars like Ben Vereen, Debbie Allen & James Ingram); and the major motion picture, "Little Shop of Horrors" (alongside Tisha Campbell & Tichina Arnold).
Known for : Don't Give Up, Step Out Of Faith, Can You Handle It...
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Young Fire is a duo : Ricardo (vocals) and Evaldo (keyboards), based in Rhode Island. They write, arrange and perform their music and also produces present, upcoming artists, and bands. Their first album Burning Thru was released in August 2006.
Known for : Here We Go Again, Hello, This Time...
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Yumm Yumm is the brainchild of songwriter/producer Nivek Tek. It is the zany duo of Sugar B. and Candy Wrapper. Yumm Yumm's unique sound combines the traditional Bubblegum sound of Dance acts like AQUA with the stronger Club feel of the popular Euro Trance movement. They recorded catchy Pop melodies such as Boom Boom Bang Bang and Ready Freddy, and nursery-rhyme like songs such as Happy Day.
Known for : Whole Lotta Fun, Happy Day, Super Duper Christmas...
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