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The Charmels started life as The Tonettes singing under the Stax label's umbrella. .

There are several artists that go under the name Carmel: 1) A British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby. 2) An electronic pop duo from Argentina. 1) The band formed in Manchester twenty six years ago during an interesting time when punk had lost steam, and change was in the wind. Two students with music in their soul, Carmel McCourt and Jim Parris got together and with drummer Gerry Darby (Jim's cousin) began a long career of defeating definition. Their first single - "Storm" - reached No. 1 in the independent charts...

Eric Howard Carmen (Cleveland, 11 agosto 1949) è un cantante e compositore statunitense. Il suo primo gruppo Cyrus Eerie non ebbe molto successo fino a quando non si trasforma in The Raspberries di cui fu componente di spicco (1970). Nel 1975 il gruppo si scioglie, è la sua fama diverrà internazionale grazie alla sua carriera da solista, con canzoni che hanno segnato un'epoca come la sempreverde "All By Myself e "Never Gonna Fall In love Again". .

Cantante dalla presenza glaciale, Carmen McRae è stata una delle più significative voci del jazz del Ventesimo secolo. Nonostante questo primato, McRae detestò con ogni forza, finchè fu in vita, il termine “cantante jazz”. Pur ispirandosi a grandi interpreti come Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan e Frank Sinatra, il suo stile non condivise mai la loro partecipe passione - da cui l’aggettivo “glaciale”’ spesso associato al suo nome. .

Llama Farmers sprung into existence in a school classroom in Greenwich, London sometime in 1996. Friends William Briggs and Brooke Rogers, bored of algebra, asked the 14 year old Jennie Simpson to join them on bass in their then nameless band. On her first rehearsal Jennie brought along her older brother, Bernie Simpson, for moral support but by the end of the rehearsal he too had been recruited on guitar and vocals. A Chilean friend at school, who the band had nicknamed ’Llama Farmer’, gave them their somewhat unusual (and slightly racist) monicker. After only a handful of gigs in...