Musicians 2

2. Her self-titled album has been listed as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone.
4. In later years, she wanted to study at Juilliard.
5. She was discovered by producer John Hammond at 18.
7. He believed in luck.
9. He was a choir boy and a Boy Scout.
10. She was the youngest and first female artist to be signed by Uptown records.
11. He Was Not Born Blind.

1. People were first amazed by her voice when she sang ‘Rise’ by Gabrielle at school.
3. She takes after her mother, who is a Juilliard-trained opera singer and a vocal coach.
6. He was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon, who was stillborn.
8. Before launching a legendary solo career, he joined the vocal group, The New Moonglows, in the 1950’s.