9 Darrel Higham, Rocky Burnette the Enforcers | ru

Раким Майерс (Rakim Mayers), более известный как A$AP Rocky — американский рэпер. Родился 3 октября 1988 года в Гарлеме и был назван в честь рэпера Ракима. Когда ему было 12 лет, его отец попал в тюрьму за торговлю наркотиками. Год спустя старший брат был убит возле своего дома, что побудило Майерса всерьёз заняться рэпом. Он начал читать рэп в возрасте 8 лет, был поклонником рэп-группы The Diplomats; на него оказала влияние музыка Three 6 Mafia, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, UGK и Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Жил с матерью, затем в разных местах на Манхэттене, после чего переехал в Элмвуд-Парк, Нью-Джерси. В 2007...

Since picking up guitar in 1980 he found a way onto the scene via local punk groups, leading to a stint with UK Subs ('87-90). Touring with Die Toten Hosen leads to forming The Crybabys with Honest John Plain (90-?). Joins The Dogs D'amour playing on top 30 album 'More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace' (93). As the years progress he works for Ian Hunter recording "Dirty Laundry" and "Artful Dodger" he tours with him until 2000. The following years see him working with artists like Ed Tudor Pole and Nikki Sudden (R.I.P.), as well as releasing his own solo stuff...

The Johnny Burnette Trio was the name of a rockabilly group which was formed in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1950s. They were also known as "Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio" and the "Rock and Roll Trio". The members of the Trio were Dorsey Burnette, his younger brother Johnny, and a friend named Paul Burlison. Dorsey and Johnny Burnette were both natives of Memphis, having been born there in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Paul Burlison had been born in Brownsville, Tennessee in 1929, but had moved to Memphis with his family in 1937. The Brunette brothers were keen...

The Rocky Fellers were discovered as a pop/rock band in the 1960s by Stanley Kahn and signed to Scepter Records. The group was composed of four Filipino brothers: Tony, Junior, Eddie, and Albert Maligmat, and their father, Doroteo "Moro" Maligmat. They had a hit single called "Killer Joe", written by Bert Russell and Bob Elgin in 1963. The song was inspired by famed dance instructor and "King of the Discotheque," Killer Joe Piro. It has many similarities to the chorus of the Mickey and Sylvia hit, "Love is Strange." "Killer Joe" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in...