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James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues pianist, organ player and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. John described Booker as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” Booker was the son and grandson of Baptist ministers, both of whom played the piano. He spent most of his childhood on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where his father pastored a church. Booker received a saxophone as a gift from his...

A Brazilian Singer .

Eliana Printes, one of the phenomenons of Brazilian popular music in the late '90s, started in music at 13, singing at local bars in Manaus, Amazonas. Joining the band Transcendental, she had her compositions performed for the first time. Printes reached the finals of the TV contest "A Mais Bela Voz do Brasil" (Brazil's Most Beautiful Voice) on Show Sem Limite, and performed together with the composers Beto Guedes and Cláudio Nucci; before recording her first CD, Eliana Printes (1994), which was nominated by the Sharp Awards as the revelation MPB of the year (1995). In 1998, she participated in...

Barbara Pittman (April 6, 1938 – October 29, 2005) was an American rockabilly singer, one of the few female singers to record at Sun Studio. As a young teenager she recorded some demos of songs for others. Pittman's most popular recordings include "I Need A Man" on the Sun label and "Two Young Fools In Love", released on Sam Phillips' International label. It is thought that she could have had much more success except that she did not receive much promotion. The families of Elvis Presley and Barbara Pittman were friends. She spent time working in Lash LaRue's western shows....