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4 days ago · Pete Seeger was one of the earliest backers of Bob Dylan; he was responsible for urging A&R man John Hammond to produce Dylan's first LP on Columbia, and for inviting him to perform at the Newport Folk Festival, of which Seeger was a board member.
2 days ago · Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986.
1 day ago · Robert Nesta Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, he fused elements of reggae, ska and rocksteady in his music and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
6 days ago · An artist and a genius, for most of his quarter-century in the major leagues, you simply could not keep your eyes off Willie Mays. Mays died at the age of 93 on Tuesday, June 18, just two days before his San Francisco Giants were scheduled to play a major-league game at Rickwood Field in Mays’ home state of Alabama.
3 days ago · From theatre and radio drama to sketch comedy and film, Eleanor Witcombe's career is characterised by her ability to adapt. According to 2023 National Library Fellow and biographer Eleanor Hogan, Witcombe’s career is the perfect means of ‘exploring the challenges of being a woman scriptwriter in the 20th-century’s ever-changing media landscape.’
3 days ago · Henry VIII (born June 28, 1491, Greenwich, near London, England—died January 28, 1547, London) was the king of England (1509–47) who presided over the beginnings of the English Renaissance and the English Reformation.
3 days ago · Peter Paul Rubens (born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia [Germany]—died May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now in Belgium]) was a Flemish painter who was the greatest exponent of Baroque painting’s dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance.
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