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Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American , best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo, from 1976 to 1995 and later for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme. He has scored the majority of the films for his long-time friend Tim Burton. Born in Los Angeles, he entered the film industry in 1976, initially as an actor. He made his film scoring debut in 1980 for the film Forbidden Zone directed by his older brother Richard Elfman.

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Greg Lake

Gregory Stuart Lake was born in Poole, Dorset, England on 10 November 1947. Greg Lake began his musical career as bass player and vocalist for progressive rock pioneers King Crimson. Lake appears on the band's debut album, and he also recorded vocals for the follow-up, but quit the band before its release. After leaving King Crimson, Lake teamed up with Keith Emerson (The Nice) and Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster) to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

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Jane McDonald

Jane McDonald (born 4 April 1963 and raised on the Peacock Estate in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England) is an English singer and television presenter, who first became famous after appearing in the 1998 television series, The Cruise. She has released four albums, Jane McDonald (which reached number 1 in the UK album charts, staying there for three weeks), Inspiration, Love at the Movies and You Belong to Me.

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Anonymous 4

Anonymous 4 is a female quartet, based in New York City. Their main performance genre is music, although they have also premiered works by living composers such as John Tavener and Steve Reich. Anonymous 4 has performed in cities throughout North America, and have been regulars at major international festivals. They decided to make the 2003-2004 season their last as a full-time recording and touring ensemble, although special projects (such as their Gloryland CD and their "Long Time Traveling" Tour) continue to bring them together on occasion.

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Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth (born July 24, 1968) is an American soprano and actress. She released her fourth album and debut country album Some Lessons Learned on September 13, 2011. Chenoweth was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Oklahoma City University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater and a master's degree in opera performance. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.

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Christmas

There are six artists with this name: 1. A psychedelic/progsessive rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
2. A psychedelic pop band from Boston, MA
3. A U.K. Folk band
4. A sludge/drone band from Malvern, West Midlands, UK
5. An Indie band from Medicine Hat, Alberta.
6. A rock and roll band from Olympia, WA
1) Christmas was formed in 1969 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, out of the ashes of the cult underground psychedelic band Reign Ghost.

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Jennifer Terran

Jennifer Terran was born in Los Angeles, growing up in the 70’s on a dead end street in North Hollywood suberbia. She was the youngest of five children and raised Mormon though she would leave her religion at 15. Her mother Adele Kathryn was an intense, passionate woman, an artist, a dancer and a singer. Jennifers’ parents met at a nightclub- her mom singing in a very tight, sexy sequened dress, her father Tony Terran in the band.

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Robin Mitchell

Robin is currently based in Bristol, UK, where he writes and records music in a wide range of styles. He fronts a new Bristol rock outfit called Absent Me!, and has been linked to the secretive electro-pop artist Mystery White Boy. http://robinmitchell.bandcamp.com
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Reprise

Reprise is a barbershop quartet assembled in 2001 at Brigham Young University. The singers, Tim Workman (tenor), Joel Gillsepie (lead), Rex Kocherhans (baritone), and Tad Harris (bass) are alumni of the internationally-renowned BYU Singers. Strangely enough for a barbershop, all are classically trained. The year of the group's conception (2001), Reprise won the MBNA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest held in Nashville, Tennessee with their renditions of the barbershop classics "What'll I Do?" and "Dinah".

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