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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn general biographical information on the brief life of Frankie Lyman, who was only thirteen when he recorded his hit song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" A 1993 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this site includes a...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: George Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th
Read detailed biographical information on ex-Beatle and solo artist George Harrison, a 2004 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Hank Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Read detailed biographical information on country/blues/folk music star, Hank Williams, a 1987 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes an essential songs list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Led Zeppelin

For Students 9th - 10th
Features extensive biographical information on influential Seventies rock and roll band, Led Zeppelin, 1995 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Staple Singers

For Students 9th - 10th
Recounts detailed biographical information on "God's greatest hitmakers", The Staple Singers, 1999 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading, and essential songs list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Who

For Students 9th - 10th
Read excellent biographical information on one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, the Who, 1990 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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PBS

Welcome to the Club the Women of Rockabilly

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the women who were the queens of rockabilly. Listen to samples of their music, read brief biographies and view a timeline ranging 70 years.
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Other

Clara Wieck Schumann

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to a couple of biography pages, discography, photos and more.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Duke Ellington

For Students 3rd - 8th
Duke Ellington (1899-1974 CE), a jazz legend, was a very interesting person. Here you will get brief biographical information along with a few additional articles on Ellington.
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Other

Ray Stevens

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on comedy/novelty singer Ray Stevens. Included in this resource is his discography and a photo gallery.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Brief biographical sketch of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an Austrian composer of the Classical Era.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Sergei Rachmaninoff Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Brief biographical sketch of Russian pianist, composer, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: George Frideric Handel Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Brief biographical sketch of German-born British composer, George Frideric Handel.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Antonio Vivaldi Biography

For Students 3rd - 8th
Short biographical sketch of Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer, and priest.
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Classical Bands

Classicbands

For Students 9th - 10th
Features biographies of classic rock bands along with rock history and lists of top 40 songs, best selling records, and much more classic rock trivia.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: T Bone Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on African-American musician and songwriter T-Bone Walker, a major figure in modern blues. He was the first important electric guitar soloist in the blues and one of its most influential players.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Quincy Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Quincy Jones, noted musician.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Sonny Rollins

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Sonny Rollins, an American jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who was among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Cootie Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of Cootie Williams, an African-American trumpeter whose mastery of mutes and expressive effects made him one of the most distinctive jazz musicians.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Cole Porter

For Students 9th - 10th
Cole Porter is discussed in this brief biography. It touches on the highlights of his life and career.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Art Pepper

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Art Pepper, an American jazz musician noted for the beauty of his sound and his improvisations on alto saxophone, and a major figure in the 1950s in West Coast jazz (see cool jazz).
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Ben Webster

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ben Webster, an American jazz musician, considered one of the most distinctive of his generation, noted for the beauty of his tenor saxophone tone and for his melodic inventiveness.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Billy Eckstine

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Billy Eckstine, an American singer and bandleader who achieved great personal success while fostering the careers of a number of younger jazz musicians.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bunk Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bunk Johnson, a black American jazz trumpeter, one of the first musicians to play jazz and a principal figure of the 1940s traditional jazz revival.