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As a member of San Francisco pop-act The Sneetches (1985-1995) Levy recorded six records and three EPs. Five years ago Mike Levy began recording a solo album for the Bus Stop label, and after some fits, starts, and down time, Parasol climbed on board at the beginning of 2000 to see the album through to the finish. Six months ago we had a line-up of comparisons in mind that must've included The Beatles, June & the Exit Wounds, maybe Linus of Hollywood, and we really can't remember the rest. None of us can. Fireflies has become an album that we're...

One. LEVY is a four-piece band from New York City who have been together for almost three years. James Levy was a regular performer at the Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village where he met bassist James Broughel and guitarist Matthew Daniel Siskin, drummer David Daniels joined later. They've cut their teeth playing high profile support slots for bands like Razorlight, Guillemots, Adam Green, The Maccabees and The Zutons. In 2005, LEVY charted #37 on KCRW and made the top 20 on over 200 american college radio stations and judging by their debut album (released by One Little Indian) -...

Isaac Levy (1919-1977) was a Turkish-born musicologist, collector of Sephardic music, and singer. Born in Manisa (near İzmir) in 1919, at the age of three he moved with his family to Palestine. He studied in conservatories in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and went on to work both as a composer and as a cantor. After the creation of the state of Israel he was appointed head of the Ladino department at Israel's national radio station. His life's work was devoted to the collection and preservation of the songs of Sephardic Jews; these songs had been passed down orally from generation...

Shuki Levy (born June 3, 1947) is an Israeli/American television composer and producer. He is noted for his prolific career in composing music; he has a total of 14 Gold and Platinum records, and has composed theme tunes and background music for more than 130 TV shows, which makes him the world record holder in this regard. Some of the most notable shows he has contributed music to include Dragon Ball Z, Power Rangers, X-Men, Digimon, Spider-Man: The Animated Series and He-Man. Levy began his career as a singer and music performer in various clubs around Tel Aviv. He also...

Louis A. "Lou" Levy (March 5, 1928 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz pianist Levy was born to Jewish parents in Chicago and started playing piano when he was twelve. His chief influences were Art Tatum and Bud Powell. A professional at age nineteen, Levy played with Georgie Auld (1947 and later), Sarah Vaughan, Chubby Jackson (1947–1948), Boyd Raeburn, Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948–1950), Tommy Dorsey (1950) and Flip Phillips. Levy left music for a few years in the early fifties and then returned to gain a strong reputation as an accompanist to singers, working with Peggy Lee...