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This R&B vocal group was formed in 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Sheppards created a marvellous transitional style of R&B during the early 60s, drawing much of its character from earlier doo-wop, yet incorporating instrumentation and vocal stylings that in later years would inform soul music. They were named after their producer Bill ‘Bunky’ Sheppard. The members were lead and bass Millard Edwards, lead and top tenor Murrie Eskridge, baritone Jimmy Allen, bass and fifth tenor James Dennis Isaac, second tenor O.C. Perkins and guitarist Kermit Chandler. The group’s most famous song was the doo-wop ballad ‘Island Of Love’...

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It’s the stuff of teenage dreams: one minute you’re writing songs in your parents’ front room, the next you’re knocking Pharrell Williams’ Happy off the number one slot. Sheppard's international hit single Geronimo was the Brisbane band's battle-cry, a super-sophisticated stadium pop anthem shot through with all the mixed emotions of being young. Now the multi-platinum indie six-piece, formed around siblings George, Amy and Emma Sheppard, are launching their debut album Bombs Away on the world - and what a fast, strange journey it’s been. The Sheppard story starts two and half thousand miles from Brisbane in the tropical Pacific...

There are two persons with this name: Andy Sheppard (b. Warminster January 20, 1957) is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. Andy Sheppard (b. Simcoe, Ontario November 4, 1972) the acoustic guitar finger style player ANDY SHEPPARD - SAXOPHONE Born in the South West of England, at the age of 19 Andy emerged as an outstanding musician in the Hard Bebop band "Sphere" in the late 70's. He honed his skills in the wine bars and Jazz Clubs of Bristol where a young Jazz scene thrived into the early eighties. He was notable then for venturing out of the safe...

Craig Sheppard (full name: Craig Douglass Sheppard, born 26 November 1947; Philadelphia, PA) is an American concert pianist and educator of Scots-Irish, English and German descent. The son of Jeanne Linton and George Edgar Sheppard, Sheppard was raised in Jenkintown, PA, and graduated Abington High School in 1965. He studied with Eleanor Sokoloff at the Curtis Institute from 1965–68 and Sasha Gorodnitzki at the Juilliard School from 1968–71, graduating from the latter with Bachelor of Music and Master of Science degrees.[1] In 1968, he won the Bronze Medal in the Busoni Competition. In 1972, he won the Silver Medal at...