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“Claydee Lupa” is a songwriter/producer based in Athens, Greece. He lives for his music and this does not come unnoticed in his tracks, which is why he is working with some of the top and most respected artists in Europe. He made a great impact in the European music scene with his major hit “The End” by Reckless and followed his success with “Last Summer” by Nicko and “Call me” which all three became instant hits within 6 months of their release. His name and/or work can be found in almost every chart in Europe and he is the most...

Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basie’s 'Old Testament' orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong. The “Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD” says that he “synthesi[zed] much of the history of jazz trumpet up to his own time, with a bright brassy tone and an apparently limitless facility for melodic improvisation”. .

Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums, including renditions and arrangements of popular music, French chansons, and popular piano works of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. Most of his recordings focus on popular music in general and orchestral arrangements of well-known romantic songs in particular, such as Yesterday, The Sound of Silence and Memory, rather than on Jazz or Classical Music. He is known to alter many famous pieces of music such as Für Elise. His music is generally played with an orchestra. This accompaniment is usually with James...

Philippe Chatel (birth name: Philippe de Chateleux), born 23 February 1948 in Paris, France, he is one of the first wave of the French Nouvelle Chanson songs. Starting with "Brassens", he composes, writes and performs his own songs. He scored his first great popular success "Je t'aime bien Lili" in 1977. Then follow titles like "Ma lycéenne", "Tout quitter mais tout emporter", but especially "Mr. Hyde." .

Jean-Philippe Goude came into the world in Paris on July 27th 1952. In spite of a most favorable family context - his mother being a violinist and his father happily devoting himself to the piano -, it wasn't until the age of ten that Jean-Philippe discovered piano playing when he started his classical music studies. Two years later, however, he was forced to abandon his instrument, after moving house. He started again to practice by himself, another two years later. Yet, he soon lost interest in classics and began to play with bluse rock bands, before going back to classical...