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Fatima Rainey is a pop/soul singer from Gothenburg, Sweden. Her debut single, "Love Is A Wonderful Thing," became a smash hit across Europe and Japan in the mid-'90s, and following the success of the single, Fatima released her debut album of the same title in 1997. .

Bhob Rainey, a soprano saxophonist and composer, is best known as a solo artist and as one half of nmperign, with whom he plays alien extended technique effects that are influenced by electronic music, environmental sounds and free improvisation. Rainey studied at the New England Conservatory of Music with free jazz saxophonist Joe Maneri. Rainey's music during his early- to mid-twenties was, like Maneri's, characterized by long microtonal lines. Rainey's first CD, Ink, featuring Dan DeChellis, was released in 1997. After a controversial 1998 solo concert in Washington D. C. attracted a considerable amount of attention to Rainey's music, he...

PARAMOUNT formed in 2002 while the band members were students at UCLA (where they studied things like taxidermy, civil engineering, and museum studies). This three-piece act plays fast-paced rock; some people call it garage rock, some people might say pop rock. Drawing on influences like (early) Beatles, the Kinks, and more contemporary acts like the Strokes and (really early) Weezer (seriously just the first two Weezer albums, we swear), PARAMOUNT puts on an energetic live show and plays often around the LA area. PARAMOUNT'S music has been played on LA's Indie 103.1 FM, and on Rodney Bingenheimer's show on LA's...

Rainey (born Rayney Haynes on August 16, 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer-songwriter. She is also an actor, producer, writer of fiction and visual artist. She is probably best known for her contribution on the "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" soundrack (a film starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt). She performed the songs "I Can Fly" and "Technique". In 1987 Rainey toured France for six months as backup vocalist and duet singer for French superstar Johnny Hallyday. The following year, she appeared on the T.V. show "Star Search" and won Best Female Vocalist three times. .