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4 days ago · Tito Puente (born April 20, 1923, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 31, 2000, New York City) was an American bandleader, composer, and musician who was one of the leading figures in Latin jazz. His bravura showmanship and string of mambo dance hits in the 1950s earned him the nickname “King of Mambo.”. The son of Puerto Rican immigrants ...
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3 days ago · The greatest Mambo singles of the 1970s, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users
5 days ago · 2016 was the first year since 2000 to not have films that were among the 10 highest-grossing films of all time at the time of their releases. Sing broke the record of a film that never reached #1 in the US with $270.3 million, passing My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($241.4 million in 2002–2003).
4 days ago · Art Zoyd (formed 1968) – new scores for Nosferatu, Metropolis, Häxan. Eduard Artemyev (1937–2022) – Solaris, Stalker, Burnt by the Sun, The Barber of Siberia. Joseph Arthur (born 1971) – Hell's Kitchen, Deliver Us from Evil. Philippe Arthuys (1928–2010) – The Glass Cage, The Carabineers, Le trou.
3 days ago · Dunkirk is a 2017 epic historical war thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of the land, sea and air. It features an ensemble cast comprising Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles in his feature film debut, Aneurin ...
16 hours ago · 1894 in music, 1894 in Norwegian music – Cello Concerto and Humoresques by Antonín Dvořák. 1893 in music, 1893 in Norwegian music – Symphony No. 9 and String Quartet No. 12 by Antonín Dvořák; Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler; Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius; Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer.
3 days ago · Wake-up call. "I had a tour with 24 gigs in 25 days in America. Before that, I was already on tour in South America and had jet lag problems," Lou Bega recounts. "Then I suffered a heart attack ...
