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The Models

There are at least 7 bands called The Models The Models
1. One is a girl group from the 1960s, who relased a cover of "Bend Me, Shape Me" in 1966 2. The Models are Canadian group formed 1975. 3. The Models (credited also as Models) was a short-lived punk band formed in Harrow, London, England. It consisted in Cliff Fox on vocals and guitar, Marco Pirroni on guitar, Mick Allen on bass and Terry Day on drums.

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Nena

Nena (born Gabriele Susanne Kerner on March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) acquired her nickname "Nena", which means " baby girl" in Spanish, at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain. Her first band was called The Stripes. They had a very minor hit with the song "Ecstasy", but never managed to achieve broad success. The band Nena was formed with Nena (singer), Rolf Brendel (drums), Carlo Karges (guitar), Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (keyboard) and J

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Rocky Burnette

Rocky Burnette was part of the early 1980s revival of the rockabilly style. He released his first album, Son of Rock 'n' Roll, on EMI America in 1979. In the summer of 1980, his single "Tired of Toein' the Line" became a Top Ten hit in the United States. The song was also popular internationally. EMI America's financial problems interfered with promotion efforts for the follow-up singles (several of which became hits in other countries), and Burnette's second album, Heart Stopper, was not successful.

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Xena

Xena was actually grammy award winning vocalist Lisa Fischer(How do I ease the pain") with the production boys Mark Liggett & Chris Barbosa who are also responsible for Shannon's "Let the Music Play".

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Sugar

There are several bands by the name of Sugar:
(1) Project of former Hüsker Dü member Bob Mould.
(2) is a Korean girl-pop group with releases in Japan and Korea
(3) is a Japanese visual-kei group (Sugar).
(4) is Australian psy-trance producer / artist Felix Hamer, on the Green Ant label from Melbourne, Australia.
(5) is a rockband from Den Bosch The Netherlands. Sugar (1) was formed by Bob Mould after the breakup of Hüsker Dü, and conceived as having a similar sound, though with Mould as the sole leader.

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Propaganda

There are at least ten artists sharing the name Propaganda; The name is used by a German synthpop band, a Spanish metal band, a Bulgarian crossover band, a Polish hard rock band, a British DJ duo, a Russian pop band, a Finnish gospel band as well as a Greek political hip-hop band, a Romanian alternative band, an Italian nsbm band, and an American underground rapper, an German rac band. German: The first Propaganda was a synthpop musical group formed in Düsseldorf...

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Patti Austin

Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950, in Harlem New York) is an r&b and jazz music singer. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents. By the late 1960s Austin was a prolific session musician and commercial jingle singer. By the 1980s she was signed to Jones's Qwest Records and she began having hits.

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Fifth Column

1) All-women experimental post punk band from Toronto 2) Female fronted UK punk band from the mid 1980's
1) Fifth Column is an all-women experimental post punk band from Toronto, which came about during the early 1980s. They took the name Fifth Column after a military manoeuvre by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Their live shows often included films played overtop of the band and a 'go-go' boy dancing. They were frequently accompanied by guest musicians who played instruments as varied as saxophone, trumpet, flute, or violin.

Read more about Fifth Column on Last.fm.

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