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Pedro Pubill, better known as Peret (b. 1935) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Pubill was born on 26th March 1935 in Mataró, Barcelona province, Spain, the son of a Gypsy clothes-dealing family. He composed and sang in both Spanish and Catalan, and became the first star of pop-rhumba in the 1960s. In 1974 he represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. .

Poperetta was formed by husband and wire duo Greg Penny (producer of Elton John, k.d.lang) and Katia Lempkowicz Penny (Artiste Extraordinaire). Their debut album in electronic bossa-nova operetta based in the Mediterranean port village of St.Tropez, France. The album narrates the summer love story between a visiting tourist and a local photogirl. Released on Flower Records, distributed by Universal Music. .

The Cooperettes are four sisters raised in Philadelphia, Pa. Their names are Janette, Debbie, Tina and Angie. They started singing in church in the early 1960's and later switched over to R&B music. They recorded Shing-a-ling, Everything's Wrong, School is Out, Win all your love, Spiral Road, Life has no meaning now, Don't trust him and Trouble. They traveled all over the USA and Europe. They later married and had children. Their sister Debbie passed away in 1989 after suffering with cancer. Their mother, Ethel Cooper, passed away in 1998 and the other sisters live in different states now. They...

Dave Mulcahy's first post-Jean Paul Sartre Experience band was the unfortunately short-lived Superette, who sprung up in Auckland in 1993. With Mulcahy taking guitar and vocal duties, he pulled together Ben Howe (bass) and Greta Anderson (drums/backing vox) to record the rough, thematically scary, but thoroughly charming Rosepig EP. From here the band became known as one of the better live pop-rock acts around New Zealand, and were a defining sound (along with the artists like 3Ds) in mid-1990s New Zealand music. Superette expanded the tracks on their earlier release to the fully-fledge debut Tiger in 1995. Over the twelve...