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Christopher Cross, richtiger Name Christopher Geppert (* 3. Mai 1951 in San Antonio, Texas), ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Songschreiber. Seine Karriere begann bei der Cover-Band Flash in Austin, bevor er 1978 einen Plattenvertrag als Solosänger bekam. Schon mit seiner ersten Single Ride Like The Wind gelang ihm 1980 der große Durchbruch. Christopher Cross, der alle seine Lieder selbst schreibt, erreichte auf Anhieb Platz 2 der US-Charts. Auch international machte er damit auf sich aufmerksam. Mit seiner zweiten Single konnte er den Erfolg sogar noch übertreffen und Sailing (nicht zu verwechseln mit dem gleichnamigen Rod-Stewart-Hit) verbrachte sogar eine Woche auf...

Johanna Kurkela (born 10 April, 1985 in Lumijoki, Finland) is a Finnish singer. She started to play the violin at the age of five and continued for for seven years. She went on to the classical piano a few years later. She attended secondary school in Oulu at Madetojan musiikkilukio (an upper secondary school, otherwise known as a gymnasium in other parts of Europe) specializing in music. Her first published work was the duet Tahdon tanssia kanssasi with Tomi Metsäketo in 2004. Kurkela released her first album Hetki hiljaa in 2005. She got a lot of publicity in Finnish Preselection...

A star has risen. Christopher Martin, the talented singer/performer from Back Pasture in St. Catherine who shot to instant fame and recognition shortly after winning the coveted Digicel Rising Stars title in 2005, is fast becoming one of the most sought after performers on the Jamaican music landscape. With a slate of singles permeating radio and the Jamaican music charts including Giving It and Jamaican Girls, Christopher created history when he became the first Digicel Rising Stars alumni to score a hit single on any chart in Jamaica. ‘It has been a wonderful journey so far, filled with new and...

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) was an Austrian music theorist, organist, and composer. Born in Klosterneuburg on the 3rd February 1736, he originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna, and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age. Albrechtsberger's earliest classmates included Michael Haydn and Franz Joseph Aumann. After being employed as organist at Raab in 1755 and Maria Taferl in 1757, he was appointed Thurnermeister back at Melk Abbey. In 1772 he was appointed organist to the court of Vienna, and in 1792 Kapellmeister of St Stephen's Cathedral. His...