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C.K. Mann (Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann, born in 1936 in Cape Coast, Ghana) is a Ghanaian highlife artist. A former seaman and a member of Kakaiku’s Guitar Band for some time, he joined the Ocean Strings’ which he led until 1965. The band folded up and the owner of Princess Cinema in Takoradi invited C.K. to lead the Carousel 7, a newly formed resident band of the Princess night club. He then came to prominence with a single hit record Edina Benya in 1969. C.K. has leaped to fame with his captivating revival and modernization of "Osode", the traditional music...

A.C.K. began 1985 with the following members: Markus: voice, Klaus-Peter: guitar, Oli: bass, Martin: drums. In the beginning they played good old "German Street Punk", which was influenced from the English punk rock scene. With this line-up, they recorded two albums: A.C.K. - "First" and "Heile Welt". The lyrics were political statements against racism, the political system and social problems in Germany. 1990 the guitarist Klaus-Peter leaves the band and Ole took over the guitar part. With the new guitarist, the music of A.C.K. became more powerful and aggressive. In 1993 they recorded the long player "Mucha Policia ". This...

Louis C.K. is the stage name of Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967), an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. C.K. was born in New York City, to a father descended from Jewish Hungarians and Catholic Mexicans, and a mother with Irish Catholic ancestors. After four years in Mexico, he grew up in Massachusetts, in Framingham and, mostly, Newton. His family pronounces their surname Szekely roughly as "SAY-kay", and in his grade-school years he resorted to "C.K." as an easy way to get his name pronounced almost correctly as "SEE-kay". His credits as a writer include Saturday Night...