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Mama Cass

"Mama" Cass Elliot, Baroness von Wiedenman (19 September 1941 – 29 July 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer who performed with The Mamas & the Papas. She then went onto a successful solo career, releasing nine albums. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she spent most of her childhood both in Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Elliot was widely considered the most charismatic member of the Mamas & the Papas due to her sense of humor and optimism, in part because of her large size and weight.

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Roger Daltrey

Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born March 1, 1944) is a popular music artist, best known as the founder and lead singer of the English rock band, The Who. He has enjoyed a less successful solo music career, and has acted in a large number of film, theatre and television roles. Daltrey and his second wife, former model Heather Taylor, have two daughters, Rosie and Willow, and a son, Jamie. He also has a son, Simon, with his first wife Jacqueline.

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The Stylistics

The Stylistics were one of the most well-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they comprised lead Russell Thompkins, Jr., Herbie Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, and James Dunn. They had their first U.S. hit in 1971 with "You're a Big Girl Now". Signing to Avco Records, The Stylistics began working with producer Thom Bell, who had already produced a catalogue of hits for The Delfonics, and songwriter Linda Creed. Bell imported the sweet soul techniques he had perfected with The Delfonics, and his arrangements worked perfectly with Thompkins' falsetto.

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Niagara

There are six artists using this name
1. A German jazz/funk-percussion group active in the early 70's
2. A French duo active from the early 80's until the early 90's
3. A Ukrainian group
4. A Spanish hard rock band
5. The lead singer for defunct 70's experimental band Destroy All Monsters
6. An Italian progressive rock band (1.) The German jazz/funk-percussion group, Niagara, existing between 1971-1973.

Read more about Niagara on Last.fm.

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The Hardy Boys

There are multiple bands using this name. 1) Formed in the town of Greenock on the Clyde in 1985 The Hardy Boys went through a host of members before settling on John White, David McArthur, Michael Bonini, Derek Mullen and Ian McLaughlan. The Hardy Boys had just four official releases: the debut release "Wonderful Lie" a four-song EP on Stella 5 Records, which has long since been deleted and now changes hands for over £200 on internet auction sites; the track "15" on a cassette compilation known...

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Paul Cook & The Chronicles

"Flawless" The 405
“Sheer bliss” Mojophenia
“Instantly catchy and brilliantly laid back” Blokely.com
“Timeless songwriting” Sounds XP
“Stunning” Zoe Ball
“...insanely catchy” Gill Mills, Best of MySpace Tipping its hat to contemporary acts like Cass McCombs and Shins and the melodic
hit of early 70s Paul Simon, Paul Cook & The Chronicles was inspired in part by the tin pan alley song poems of the 1950s.

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