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SEX PISTOLS was an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. It all began when four working-class teenagers started playing with stolen instruments in their basement. Rebellious personalities formed a rebellious band which is recognized as the most influential punk rock band which created punk movement in UK and was the biggest inspiration for future alternative musicians. Although their career lasted just two-and-a-half years, they managed to become an important part of the Rock’n’Roll history. Their single ‘God save the Queen’ was banned many times from various radio stations and pressing plants, however, even then it was a massive success.

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Scott Joplin was
an African American composer and pianist who had genuine talent for composing
music in his own unique way. He was born in the first post-slavery generation
and faced the parents’ opposition in term of studying music because that kept
him from a job that could generate any money.  During his career he wrote outstanding ragtime
pieces and the one called Maple Leaf Rag became ragtime’s first and most
influential hit. He also wrote couple of operas and the second one became the
reason for his death. The opera ‘Treemonisha’ could not interest producers as
well as got negative reviews and Scott Joplin died because of his
disappointment.

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Rick Wakeman is best
known as the former member of the progressive rock band Yes. He was keyboard
player, composer and songwriter who left prestigious Royal College of Music to
become a session musician. Rick left his band Yes not only for musical
differences but also because he was only one non-vegetarian. The personal life
was not very successful for Rick as he was a self-confessed alcoholic, had
couple of heart attacks in his twenties and divorces with his wife.

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Nick Cave is an
Australian musician, author, screenwriter, songwriter and actor.  He had lots of troubles as a kid and his
mother often had to pick him up from a police station. The big influence on his
songwriting was the death of Nick’s father. 
His lyrics were usually violent and challenging, influenced by jazz,
blues and punk. With his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds he achieved critical
acclaim and the band was known for their fascination with American roots music.


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Henri Mancini was
an Academy Award winning, composer, conductor and arranger. He won a record
number of Grammy Awards and is best known of his theme to Pink Panther film series.
He wrote a lot of music for films, TV series, orchestras and operas.

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Approximately 800 school children are estimated to have been
used for the scene depicting Rocky's run through Philadelphia.

Robert Balboa Jr. in the film is the real life son of Sylvester Stallone, Seargeoh Stallone.

Although Rocky is left-handed, this film clearly shows Stallone is
right-handed; when Rocky signs autographs and punches the heavybag.

While training for the film, Stallone tore his pectoral muscle requiring
over 160 stitches.

Sylvester Stallone actually bought and drove a black and gold 1979 Pontiac Trans
Am.

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Wynton Marsalis was
one of the most controversial jazz musicians of the 1980s and 1990s. He was
also trumpeter and composer who developed his musical skills throughout all his
life. He went touring for 10 years to learn how to play and how to communicate
with his audience. He was also a political activist and took a part in
supporting New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

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Goldie Lookin’ Chain: ASBO 4 Life

Goldie Lookin’ Chain is a rap-pop music group from Newport. They are famous for humorous and controversial songs about today’s society, Newport’s lifestyle and hip hop. The big controversy occurred when the band played a song about Victoria Beckham during the World Cup in 2005 where David Beckham was playing.  

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Experience some of James Bond classics by listening to some good tunes!

Barry's love theme variation of Armstrong's song 'We have all the time in the world', however, is easily the best romantic
theme of the series, featuring beautiful strings and Barry's first consistent use of the flute.

About the film:
The most emotional adventure of his career begins for James Bond on a deserted
beach where a young woman tries to drown herself. He rescues the girl and for his trouble is attacked by two toughs - the girl's bodyguards. It soon becomes
much bigger for 007 - the girl is Teresa Draco, daughter of crime boss Marc Ange Draco, who wants James to marry his wayward daughter, and in return he can
provide 007 with information on an even more dangerous criminal leader - Ernst Stavro Bloefeld of SPECTRE. But both James and Teresa find more than they ever bargained for when their paths collide in a vicious pursuit in the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland, an enormous avalanche, and a smuggling ring for germ warfare against the West by Blofeld, who proves most difficult to kill and who exacts a revenge that James can never forget - or forgive.

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Barry's love theme variation of Armstrong's song, however, is easily the best romantic theme of the series, featuring beautiful strings and Barry's first consistent use of the flute.

About teh film:
George Lazenby's sole appearance as James Bond features some of the most exciting sequences in the entire series. Bond is on the trail, once again, of SPECTRE's leader Blofeld. Blofeld's alpine headquarters is the setting of fantastic action and, ironically, where Bond is tempted by more lovely women than in any other Bond film.

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With "You Only Live Twice," John Barry takes his music in a more romantic direction. The sweeping title song, sung by Nancy Sinatra, is arranged into a beautiful orchestral piece used throughout the film.

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When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however,
suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its
motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war.

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Grammy nominated artist and globally acclaimed DJ and Producer Paul van Dyk continues to dominate the electronic music charts and appears at the pinnacle of every Top DJ list across the globe. His latest collaboration for the Music Discovery Project has highlighted his capabilities as musician.

Paul is renowned as one of the hardest working artists, with sold-out tours that cross each continent, headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career.

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Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys are one of the longest-lived hip-hop acts and continue to enjoy commercial and critical success in 2009, almost 30 years after the release of their debut album. On September 27, 2007, they were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On February 3, 2009, the group released a digitally remastered version of their seminal album Paul's Boutique for its 20th anniversary. In 2003, they were involved in the landmark sampling decision, Newton v. Diamond. In the case, a federal judge ruled that the band was not liable for sampling James Nweton`s "Choir" in their track, "Pass the Mic."
Beastie Boys' use of a brief segment of that composition, consisting of three notes separated by a half-step over a background C note, was not sufficient to sustain a claim for copyright infringement.

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Erasure - the pop icons of the 80`s have sold more than 20 million albums and are still going strong.

Erasure's world-conquering anthems of love, lust, and longing have made it one of the most beloved and enduring success stories in modern British pop music history. After more than two decades, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (founding member of Depeche Mode and Yaz) have sold more than 20 million albums around the globe, proving themselves masters of every kind of song from disco symphonies to unplugged ballads.

And in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, April 11, 2009 twenty thousand men from around the globe will gather poolside at the Wyndham Hotel as Bell spins his favorite songs as guest DJ for Jeffrey Sanker's White Party now celebrating 20 years.

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Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr. - an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range.

Marvin Gaye is one of the best sellers at Mbop, and he was a member of the doo-wop group `The Moonglows` in the late fifties. He ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. It was not until 1971, when Marvin recorded his landmark album, `What's Going On`. This album changed the landscape of rhythm and blues music, by representing a full view of social ills in America including war, police brutality, racism, drug addiction, environmentalism, and urban decay.
In 2008, the American music magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gaye no6 on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time, and ranked no18 on 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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Johnny Cash - The Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

Johnny Cash is one of the biggest selling acts at Mbop. He has been one of the most influenial artist of the 20th centuy.
Johnny Cash popularized country and western music with the mainstream audience and became the first international country star. He had a few colaborations with Dylan and one of them was portrayed on his ABC television series, debuted featuring a film of Cash and Bob Dylan recording "Girl from the North Country." The song later appeared on Dylan's Nashville Skyline, Dylan's first country album.
Johnny was of Scottish royal descent but he learned this only when he researched his ancestry. Johnny came across his ancestral roots only after a chance meeting with former Falkland laird, Major Michael Crichton-Stuart, when he traced Johnny`s family tree back to 11th century Fife, Scotland. Johnny was as well friendly with every United States President starting with Richard Nixon. He was closest with Jimmy Carter, who became a very close friend.
June Carter Cash died on May 15, 2003, at the age of seventy-three.


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Chas & Dave - the seed of punk revolution

Chas & Dave is one of the best selling acts at Mbop. Here is a little story about them.
As the story goes, punk revolution started with Sex Pistols, but there was actually a duo from Edmonton, North London in 1973, who were the first band to write the first punk-rock anthem, a song titled Gertcha.
Following the trailer of punk, Chas & Dave got into trouble for swearing on television. The offending phrase was "cow son", an early 20th-century English version of the American "son of a bitch" used in Gertcha - proving that they may also have inadvertently invented gangsta rap. `That's an old-fashioned thing our mums and dads and grandads used to say,` says Chas Hodges.
`Their ploy of dressing as old men when in their 30s has certainly paid off - as the duo enter their 60s they still look much the same as they did on their early album sleeves,` writes Iain Aitch of the Guardian.
Chas & Dave are also famous for their collaborations with their beloved Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for which the duo wrote two football anthems. Libertines called on their inspirators to supprt them at the Forum and the Brixton Academy in London 2003 and 2004. On a interview for the Guardian, Chas commented; `Some in the pub the other day told me, ' W`ve always been a fan of you. W`ve got all your records. W've been a fan of you since we were kids. Which one of the two are you?'

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It may seem early to be name-checking the best bands of 2009 already, but it’s not often a band like ‘Hockey’ tear through the calendar to become a worthy contender.
After a feverish and ferocious bidding scramble to sign them (Virgin won), the Oregon four-piece’s sweet-Jesus of a first gem ‘Too Fake’ sounds like The Strokes covering The Killers with Arctic Monkeys excitement and all produced by James Murphy. To quote their maverick contemporaries; “Is this it?" "It’s indie rock n roll for me”, “...believe the hype”, “Hockey...are playing at my house.” They bring rock 'n' roll intensity to the dance floor.

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Katy Perry Dishes On Her 'Long And Winding Road' From Singing Gospel To Kissing Girls....

It is shocking that all the attitude and moxie is coming
from a girl who, as a child, wasn't even allowed to listen to something as
benign as the New Kids on the Block and one who recorded an album full of
gospel tunes when she was 15. She has, shall we say, done a fair amount of
growing up since then.

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Great 80's hits from artists like Rachel Whitebread, David Christopher, Barbara Bush and others.

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Listen to some legendary jazz tunes from Blue Note Recods!

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Tony Bennett has steadfastly remained the embodiment of heart in
popular music. He pours it into every note he sings and every phrase he
swings with a sophistication that deepens his unguarded emotional
directness. In the polluted sea of irony, bad faith and grotesque
attitudinizing that pop music has become, he is a rock of integrity.

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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American
jazz singer, described by
Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th
century".She had a contralto vocal range. Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award
winner. The National Endowment for the Arts
bestowed upon her its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz
Masters Award in 1989.

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Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and
he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a
trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio
recordings made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, charted a
future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged
improvisation. For this, he is revered by jazz fans. But Armstrong also
became an enduring figure in popular music, due to his distinctively
phrased bass singing and engaging personality, which were on display in
a series of vocal recordings and film roles.

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The Young Victoria: The elderly
Queen Victoria has graced the screen many times, but this period drama
takes a different approach. Here Victoria is a teenager, her natural
spirit only slightly tempered by the weight of her impending duties as
queen. We meet her as her kindly uncle King William (Jim Broadbent) is
ailing, thus ushering in a new era for the inexperienced royal...

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Fast on the heels of the Paul’s Boutique reissue, March 30th will
find the Beastie Boys re-releasing the album that followed Paul’s,
1992’s Check Your Head. The Beasties’ Website has been updated to
celebrate the Check Your Head reissue, with the band’s performance on
the Arsenio Hall Show embedded on the site. Additionally, the Beasties
announced today that they’ll headline Los Angeles’ storied Hollywood Bowl on
September 24th in anticipation of their new album, due out later this year.....

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He claims to be “the architect of rock and roll,” and history would
seem to bear out Little Richard’s boast. More than any other performer
- save, perhaps, Elvis Presley,
Little Richard blew the lid off the Fifties, laying the foundation for
rock and roll with his explosive music and charismatic persona. On
record, he made spine-tingling rock and roll. His frantically charged
piano playing and raspy, shouted vocals on such classics as “Tutti
Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally” and “Good Golly, Miss Molly” defined the
dynamic sound of rock and roll. Onstage, he’d deliver wild,
piano-pounding epistles while costumed in sequined vests, mascara,
lipstick, and a pompadour that shook with every thundering beat

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John Lee Hooker was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. He developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie
piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues
guitar and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948) and "Boom Boom" (1962).

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Exciting new album releases in Mbop Megastore!!!

New release of Radiohead's debut album!

Radiohead's work has appeared in a large number of listener
polls and critics' lists. For example, in 2005, Radiohead were ranked number 73
in Rolling Stone's list of "the greatest artists of all time". While the
band's later albums brought them a wide audience, their earlier sound on The
Bends and OK Computer remained influential on British rock music.

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OK Computer reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and marked Radiohead's highest entry into the American market
at the time, debuting at number 21 on the Billboard 200. The album expanded the band's worldwide popularity, and has been
certified triple platinum in the UK, double platinum in the
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New Pet Shop Boys album out NOW!!!

Kicking off with the wondrous lead single, Love Etc, with
its tingling electronic sheen and ravishing melody, the Xenomania-produced Yes
is as inventive and flamboyant as the strained Fundamental was falsely rumoured
to be. The Pet Shop Boys needed neither the Brit award nor this album to
cement their status as one of the finest pop acts of all time, with
their remarkable combination of thrilling pizzazz and searing
intelligence. But for us grateful fans, Yes is a wonderful vindication,
and their finest album in many, many years.

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High School Musical 3 to SING ALONG!!

Record breaking musical offers a nice opportunity to everyone who wants to be a part of the movie! Sing along, have fun, learn songs and enjoy!!!

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James Bond Forever!!

The “FOREVER BOND” project has assembled a stellar array of some of the UK’s finest dance divas to sing some of the most popular themes from the JAMES BOND movies. Each track has been produced by hot new production team KLUB KIDZ (James Hurr & Jason Prince) into a contemporary dancefloor smash and the release is timed to get the maximum publicity boost from the imminent arrival of the latest BOND movie “CASINO ROYALE” which is set for UK release in mid-November.

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Happy St. Patricks day everyone! Celebrate with some great tunes by The Dubliners and some legendary songs from Giunness adds by Various Artists.

The new album of comedian Bill Hicks!

The new album The Foxes is out now!

For many, Hicks was, and remains, the "angry young man" of stand-up comedy. His act included material on the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and the first Gulf War, of which he said: "A war is when two armies are fighting. So you see, right there, I think we can all agree it wasn't exactly a war."

One of the Bill’s jokes:

“If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CDs and burn them. Cause you know what? The musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years? Real fucking high on drugs. The Beatles were so fuckin' high they let Ringo sing a few songs."

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