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[HEADING=2]The Rolling Stones[/HEADING]

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The Rolling Stones are a British rock band formed in London in 1962 as "The Rollin' Stones". The first stable line-up

consisted of founders Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), bandleader Brian Jones

(guitar, harmonica, and keyboards), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). Stewart was

removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued to work with the band as a contracted musician until his

death in 1985.

 

The band's primary songwriters, Jagger and Richards, assumed leadership after Andrew Loog Oldham became the

group's manager.

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Toad the Wet Sprocket

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Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative-rock band which consists of singer Glen Phillips, guitarist

Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Josh Daubin. The band enjoyed chart success in the 1990s

with singles including "Walk on the Ocean", "All I Want", "Something's Always Wrong", and "Fall Down".

 

The band broke up in 1998 to pursue other projects but in 2006 began touring the United States again in

small-venue, short-run tours. In December 2010, the band announced their official reunion as a full-time

working band and started writing songs for their first studio album of new material since their 1997

Columbia Records release, Coil.

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XYP

 

XYP is a pop group with members from Scotland, England, Wales and The Netherlands. The members

were brought together by auditions, and the X.Y.Project was started by Gary Barlow and some more

big names in the music industry. XYP released their debut single Body to Body in november 2006 in

The Netherlands. Climbing to the top spot of the Dutch Top 40 in 5 weeks, Body to Body was an

immediate success.

 

XYP member Bart Voncken already had chart success in the past when he achieved a #1 hit with his

former band K-otic. XYP's second single called "Confessions" is to be released in The Netherlands on

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[HEADING=2]The Zombies[/HEADING]

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The Zombies are an English rock band formed in 1962 in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent

and vocalist Colin Blunstone.

 

The group scored British and American hits in 1964 with "She's Not There". In the US, two further singles—"Tell

Her No" in 1965 and "Time of the Season" in 1968—were also successful.

 

Their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle is ranked number 100 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of

All Time. The Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

 

The Zombies signed to Decca and recorded their first hit, "She's Not There" after winning a beat-group competition

sponsored by the London Evening News.

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[HEADING=2]The Blues Brothers[/HEADING]

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The Blues Brothers are an American blues band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John

Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character

as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues, fronted the band, which was

composed of well-known and respected musicians.

 

The band made its debut as the musical guest on the April 22, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live.

 

The band then began to take on a life beyond the confines of the television screen, releasing an album,

Briefcase Full of Blues, in 1978, and then having a Hollywood film, The Blues Brothers, created around

its characters in 1980.

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[HEADING=2]Everything but the Girl[/HEADING]

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Everything But the Girl (EBTG), was a Hull, Yorkshire, UK, folk-pop / trip-hop duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.

They débuted with a single for a Cole Porter cover, Night And Day (Mar 1982, Cherry Red). Their final album was

Temperamental (Sept 1999, Virgin).

 

Ben met Tracey when they were at Hull University and she was singing in pop girl-band Marine Girls. Ben

contributed a photograph, for a forthcoming album cover, after which, the pair became partners (later getting

married).

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