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Sam Cooke, the son of Reverend Charles Cook, Sr., (a Baptist minister) and Annie May Cook was born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1933. He had four brothers and three sisters – Willie, Charles Jr., L.C., David, Mary, Hattie and Agnes. Link
Wikipedia says, “Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band, consisting of Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, venezuelan/argentinian Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani. Since their debut album, Word Gets Around, which peaked at #6 in the album chart, they have had 5 consecutive albums reach #1 in the UK album charts. Described as “classic UK rock with whiskey vocals”[1][2], the band has enjoyed considerable success in the UK, with 25 singles reaching the top 40 of the UK Singles chart. In 2005, their song Dakota became the band’s biggest hit, reaching #1 on both the UK Singles chart and the UK Downloads chart, and becoming the band’s first single to chart in the US, reaching #34 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart.” Link
Hi-Fructose says, “Mark Ryden and Marion Peck present a strange cautionary fairy tale for dolls, bears and babies about fairies and loads of sugar entitled “Sweet Wishes”. Based on the above short film co-created by the artists, a hardcover book will be released on July 21st through Porter House.”
Wikipedia says about the two, “Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Academy-Award winning songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish rock group The Frames. Markéta Irglová (born February 28, 1988, in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic) is an Academy Award-winning songwriter, musician, actress and singer. As of 2008, she resides in Dublin.
Wikipedia says, “The Jamacian musical group Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are one of the best known ska and reggae vocal groups. Their sound is a unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock.” Link
