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Calypso Rose

McArtha Lewis, better known as Calypso Rose (born April 27, 1940 in Bethel, Tobago) is a Tobagonian calypsonian. Named after the American general Douglas MacArthur, Rose's earliest years were a crowded environment - 19 people in a one-bedroom house. When she was 9, she moved to live with an uncle in Barataria She began writing songs at the age of 15, and has written over 800 songs. In 1966 she wrote the song Fire in Me Wire, which has since become a calypso anthem. Rose was the first female to win the Trinidad Road March Competition, in 1977 with her song Tempo.

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Surge

There are more artists with the same name. 1. Surge (S. Bratch) is a Britisch Drum & bass producer, most renown for his work for Full Cycle.
2. Surge is a rock band from Louisiana

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Impulse

There are several artists using this name: 1. Impulse (Импулс) was a heavy metal band from Bulgaria.
2. Impulse is a thrash/heavy metal band from Ankara, Turkey. They have one demo album named "Trident of Life".
3. Impulse is also a soca-artist from Trinidad and Tobago.
4. Impulse is a straightedge hardcore band from Richmond, VA.
5. Impulse is a Pink Floyd tribute band from the Tilburg area, The Netherlands.
6. Impulse is an indie japanese heavy metal band from the mid 80's.

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John King

John King can refer to at least three artists: 1) a composer of contemporary classical and avant garde music:
http://www.johnkingmusic.com/site/home.html
http://www.myspace.com/johnkingmusic 2) the lead guitarist for American rock band The Litter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Litter 3) a Canadian guitarist, also known as Papa John King; longtime associate of Long John Baldry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_King

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Dru

Soca artist from Barbados.

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Timmy

1. Timmy is an young, very inovative and talented musician from Bratislava, Slovakia. He plays the lead guitar in a symphonic death metal (the description of the genre is only approx.) band called Erratum and does their samples and backing vocals. He made some music pieces also on his own, mostly orchestra like (his huge influences for this genre are Hans Zimmer and Clint Mansell), made soundtracks to certain video games and tried to music some of the poems of Edgar Allan Poe. For more info go to: http://www.myspace.com/huvanity or http://www.myspace.com/erratumsk

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