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Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding (nascida em 30 de dezembro de 1986) é uma cantora e compositora inglesa. Natural de Hereford, Goulding morou em Lyonshall durante a infância, período em que aprendeu a tocar instrumentos musicais como clarinete. Aos quatorze anos de idade, aprendeu a tocar violão e, aos quinze, começou a compor música e a participar de competições de canto. Goulding parou seus estudos na Universidade de Kent para seguir carreira musical após ser observada em concursos de talentos na instituição. A cantora assinou um contrato com a gravadora Polydor em 2009 e lançou as canções "Under the Sheets" e...

Nellie Lutcher (October 15, 1912 – June 8, 2007) was an African-American rhythm & blues and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She was most recognizable for her diction and exaggerated pronunciation, and was credited as an influence by Nina Simone among others. She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the eldest daughter of the 15 children of Isaac and Suzie Lutcher. Her father was a bass player, and her mother a church organist. She received piano lessons, and her father formed a family band with Nellie playing piano. At age 12,...

Undergraduates at Cambridge University in England, Richard Lewis and Mark Tomblin, decided to make a record. Both were members of the college party band The Wobbly Jellies, which played cover songs at drunken parties, and which even supported Elvis Costello when he visited the campus to play. The two decided to work on two minimalist disco tracks, given their love of Chic and Gang of Four, and to call themselves the Jellies. They booked a few hours of studio time at the local Spaceward Studios, and went in one afternoon without even a demo of the project. Recording went smoothly,...

Luc de Larochellière was born in 1966 in Quebec, and has released eight studio albums since 1998. He bagan his career at the age of 20, after winning three awards at the Festival de la chanson, including best singer/songwriter and best song for "Trac du lendemain" ("Stage Fright the Next Day. In 1988, he released his debut album, Amère América (Bitter America), which was an immediate success. His next six albums received many awards and honors, including several awards from SOCAN and even a nomination in 2006 for the Victoires de la Musique in France for the best French-language album...

Ellie Williams is an acoustic singer-songwriter and was born in 1980 in Exeter, England. Music has been part of Ellie's life since she was a child. She played the cheap organ at home, went to church and joined the choir. She now plays the piano and lives in Exwick, a suburb in Exeter, Devon. She describes her music as a mix between acoustic, folk, pop and gospel. In December 2006 she almost signed a deal with Mike Batt, Katie Melua's manager. But the deal fell off once Mike moved his business to New York. She held the record for realizing...