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Mike Francis (* 26. April 1961 in Florenz; † 30. Januar 2009 in Rom; geboren als Francesco Puccioni) war ein italienischer Sänger und Komponist. Francis bildete seine erste Band im Alter von 14 Jahren mit Klassenkameraden in Rom. Bekannt wurde er 1982 mit dem Disco-Hit Survivor. Francis starb im Alter von 47 Jahren an Lungenkrebs. .

Francis Bebey (1929–2001) was a Cameroonian artist, musician, and writer. Bebey was born in 1929 in Douala, Cameroon. He attended the Sorbonne and Paris, France, and received further education in the United States. In 1957, Bebey moved to Ghana at the invitation of Kwame Nkrumah to all Africans from non-independent territories. Bebey took a job as a broadcaster. In the early 1960s, Bebey moved to France and started work in the arts, establishing himself as a musician, sculptor, and writer. His most popular novel was Agatha Moudio's Son. His writing and music often cross-fertilised, and he performed a song by...

Pamela Suzette Grier (* 26. Mai 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Pam Grier ist eins von vier Kindern des Air-Force-Mechanikers Clarence Grier und des Kindermädchens Gwendolyn Samuels und wuchs in Denver, Colorado auf. Als Studentin an der Universität Los Angeles war sie Backgroundsängerin für den Komponisten und Sänger Bobby Womack. Womacks Song Across 110th Street wurde Jahre später zum Titelsong des Films Jackie Brown. Sie wurde von Roger Corman von New World Pictures entdeckt, der sie zunächst als Darstellerin in Frauengefängnisfilmen wie The Big Doll House und The Big Bird Cage besetzte. In den frühen...

I was born in 1966 in Epsom. FAMILY 'My Mum and Dad were listening to James Last and stuff like that so I didn’t get much influence from them. I got to about 14 and realised that I enjoyed dancing ­ I started listening to early soul stuff, Motown, that kind of thing. I actually got into a bit of rock when I was 15. That was my brother’s influence really ­ his room was next to mine and I had to listen to it every day. I wasn’t into school really. I wasn’t really very good at school but...