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Bob Dylan was honored by MusiCares, the charity organization that aids musicians in need. He received the “Person of the Year Award” and he talked about how much the organization means to him and how they have helped many people.

In his acceptance speech that lasted 30 minutes he contradicted his detractors and thanked his supporters. He spoke humbly and whole-heartedly of the many people who believed in his songwriting and recorded his songs. The total information that he imparted tells so much about Bob Dylan and who he is and is a detailed historical explanation of music history.

Bob Dylan is an artist who truly understands music and made noteworthy contributions to our beloved music profession. His exemplary knowledge of all kinds of music genres is awesome.

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Cilla Black was surrounded by music and influenced by her family. Her father played the mouth organ and her mother and aunts would sing at family get-togethers and social gatherings.

From a very early age she wanted to be professional singer and be famous. During her late teens her ambition led her to working at some trendy clubs in England such as The Cavern where she worked as a coat-check girl and at The Zodiac where she was a waitress.

She would mingle with many up-and-coming singers that were appearing at the clubs. Since she was a good singer with plenty of experience she would convince the powers that be to let her share the spotlight on stage. With the established singers she gained valuable contacts since they were impressed with her vocal ability.

In the early 1960’s Cilla’s career began to get some momentum due to help from the members of the Beatles including Brian Epstein.

Cilla’s first two number one hits were “Anyone Who Had A Heart” and “You’re My World.” Amazingly this was accomplished before her 21st birthday.

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Ella Fitzgerald was classified as a Jazz singer but this talented lady singer was so much more than that. She could sing Jazz, Ballads, Swing and Pop. She had the special talent of being able to sing Scat. She started singing scat while working with Dizzy Gillespie’s band.

She started her singing career with Big-bands such as Chuck Webb’s Orchestra. A t the time she had several hit songs such as “Love and Kisses” and “If You Can’t Sing it You’ll Have to Swing It”.

She had much success with an eight multi-album Songbook set of artists like Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and others.

During her career she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million records.

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Dolly Parton was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. She is the fourth of 12 children. By her own admission she described them as "Dirt Poor."

She tells the story of a song she wrote titled "Coat of Many Colors." It was an actual coat that her mother lovingly made for her from a bunch of rags that someone had given to them. You'll hear the full story about it and some of the words to that song.

You'll also hear in iTunes about her many accomplishments from her recordings, movies, and her charitable foundation for children titled "Imagination Library."

She is truly a "Woman For All Seasons."

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Loretta Lynn has received many awards. Some of them are as follows.

In 1972 she was the first woman to be named “Entertainer of the Year”.

In 1977 she was the first female country artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

In 2010 she received the Lifetime Grammy Achievement Award for her 50 years in country music.

And in 2013 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

More importantly however is that this story is about her personal life and the ups and downs that come along with being a celebrity. It delves into her character and the principles that she believed in given the tragedies she endured.

Her character and attitude about doing the right thing is quite a story. Once you read it your respect for her will grow immensely for her accomplishments.

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Connie Francis is an American pop singer who was the top charting female singer of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The last song on an MGM contract was a song titled “Who’s Sorry Now.” At first she did not like the song and thought her voice sounded awful. But as fate would have it in January 1958 the song debuted on American Bandstand. In short order it sold over a million copies and hence she was on her way to stardom.

You will also read about her relationships with songwriters Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield,her romance with Bobby Darin and the tragedy she endured during her prolific career.

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Pharrell Williams is a multi-talented singer/songwriter/musician and record producer.

You will read about his many Grammy awards between 2003 and the present, the two groups that he is a member of under the name of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D.

The many singers that he has lent his producer ability to create hit records including Snoop Dog, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Madonna and others.

You’ll also read about his composition of the sound track for the movie Despicable Me and so much more.

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Cyndi Lauper is the Singer/songwriter Icon that she is for many more reasons than the millions of records she has sold.

Grammy award winning albums like She’s So Unusual with song hits like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, “Time After Time”, “She Bop”, and “All Through The Night” were all award winners but not just because of the music but because of the story behind the song..

Time After Time was certified Gold and recorded by over 100 different artists. Rolling Stone and MTV have listed it as one of the best love songs of all time.

You’ll read about her Blues album that stayed on the charts for 13 consecutive weeks. You’ll learn how she won a Tony for Best Musical Score for a Broadway Play.

Her tireless activism for the Gay rights movement and the many charities established by her to support LGBT people especially students in school.

And of course you’ll learn the story behind the titles of her many songs.

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In this lady singer’s career you will see her many accomplishments. She has had major success with the band Sugarland in that they had won several Grammys and Country Music Association awards.

The Grammy included collaboration singing with Bon Jovi for “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” and the Country Music Association award several times for Best Vocal Group.

You’ll learn about an awesome jam performance with Lady Gaga on a pre-Grammy nominations show.

And no article would be complete without a discussion of her singing most of the time during her pregnancy.

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Aretha Franklin has embraced music since a very young age and started playing piano at the age of five. Many felt she was a child prodigy due to her growing talent of piano playing and singing.

Her music influences started at a young age with her mother and father. Her mother was a gospel singer and homemaker and her father was a Baptist Preacher who gained national renown via radio and television exposure. Because of that his church services had visiters by famous blues singers and musicians such as Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward and Billie Holiday.

Since Aretha was active in the church playing piano and singing she had much exposure to many of these famous people. Her father was so well known that even Dr. Martin Luther King visited the church and became friends with the whole family including Aretha.

She has won 18 Grammys and at one time was the best-selling female artist of all time. She was the first woman to have been 'inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.'

She can sing Rhythm & Blues, Rock, Gospel and Pop and would you believe Opera. Who could ever forget the hits "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You," "Respect," "Amazing Grace" and "Chain of Fools."