"Billy J. Kramer William Howard Ashton, better known by the stage name Billy J. Kramer (born 19 August 1943 in Bootle, Lancashire) is an English pop singer. In the 1960s he was managed by Brian Epstein, who also managed The Beatles, and he recorded several original Lennon–McCartney compositions. He grew up as the youngest of seven siblings and attended the St George of England Secondary School, Bootle. He then took up an engineering apprenticeship with British Railways and in his spare time played rhythm guitar in a group he had formed himself, before switching to become a vocalist. The performing"
"a wave (Pye Records) 1969: Rare_Bird: Rare Bird, Charisma Records, London 1970: Rare Bird: As Your Mind Flies By, Charisma Records, London 1974: Headstone: Bad habbits (John_Anthony) EMI, London 1975: Headstone: Headstone (John Anthony) EMI, London 1976: Mark Ashton L.A. (Chris Bond) 20th Century Records, L.A. 1979: Solo (Alan Callan) Ariola Records, London 1988: Modern pilgrims (Paul Rothchild), RCA Records, L.A. Mark Ashton (musician) Mark Ashton or Mark Ashton Vey (born Mark McVey; 23 June 1949) is a British painter, musician, compositer, ex-drummer of an English progressive rock band Rare Bird. Mark Ashton was born 23 June 1949, in Bridge,"
"Howie Epstein Howard Norman ""Howie"" Epstein (July 21, 1955 – February 23, 2003) was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a musical household. His father, Sam, was a top local record producer who worked with various rock and roll and soul groups in the 1950s and 1960s. Epstein often visited the music studios, watching his father work and occasionally making recordings under his father's watchful eye at a very young age. He recalled, ""I would go into the bars with my father"
"Roy Ashton Howard Roy Ashton (17 April 1909 – 10 January 1995) was an Australian tenor, associated for a while with Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group, and make-up artist who became particularly associated with his work on the Hammer Horror films. Ashton was born, the youngest of four sons, in Perth, and grew up in Menzies, Western Australia, where his father, Howard White Ashton, was in charge of the local bank, handling accounts of prospectors in . His mother was a talented pianist and singer: Dame Nellie Melba had offered to take her to England to join her opera company,"
"with whom he co-founded the Jewish hip hop group Shtar in 2006. They released their debut album, ""Infinity"", in 2011; it was re-released the following year after the group signed to Shemspeed Records. In December 2012, the group independently released the ""Boss"" EP, which he co-produced with Adrian Bushby and which featured a collaboration with Jewish rapper Nissim (then D. Black) on the song ""Rabbit Hole"". Rubinstein lives in Beit Shemesh with his wife and six children. Brad Rubinstein Bradley Adam ""Brad"" Rubinstein (born August 24, 1972; Ilford, Essex, England; Hebrew name: Binyamin Adam) is an English-Israeli Orthodox Jewish guitarist,"
"Gwyn Ashton Gwyn Ashton (born 1960, Wales) is a Welsh-Australian blues/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. The Welsh-born and singer/songwriter/guitarist Gwyn Ashton migrated to Adelaide, South Australia in the 1960s, picked up a guitar at 12 and at 16 started his musical journey, playing bars and festivals across the country. He relocated to Sydney in 1983, formed his own trio with drummers John Lalor (Heaven, The Beast, Swanee, Cheetah), Richard Harvey (Divinyls, Party Boys) and John Watson (Australian Crawl, James Reyne, Daryl Braithwaite) and played stints with Swanee and Stevie Wright. In 1991 he moved to Melbourne, recorded his first two albums"
"Julian Howard Ashton Julian Howard Ashton (9 August 1877 – 30 April 1964), often referred to as Howard Ashton, was a journalist, writer, artist and critic born in England, who had a considerable career in Australia. Ashton was born in Islington, London, a son of Julian Rossi Ashton and his wife Eliza Ann Pugh, who with their family moved to Melbourne in 1878, and Sydney five years later, where his father founded his famous art school. Ashton became a junior shipping reporter of ""The Sydney Morning Herald"" but, two years later, he moved to Melbourne, where he was given the"
"Epstein Brothers Orchestra The Epstein Brothers Orchestra (also known as the Epstein Brothers) was a Jewish musical quartet from the United States who mainly played Klezmer music. It consisted of the four New York City born brothers, Max Epstein (October 4, 1912 – March 18, 2000), William “Willie“ Epstein (March 3, 1919 – July 2, 1999), Julius “Julie“ Epstein (November 4, 1926 – July 25, 2015) and Isidore “Chi“ Epstein (December 28, 1913 – November 9, 1986). In 1996 Max, William and Julius Epstein performed together in the documentary ""A Tickle in the Heart"" which told the story of the"
"John Ashton (musician) John Geza Ashton (born 30 November 1957) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer, with a career spanning more than 30 years. He is best known as the guitarist of the Psychedelic Furs. John Geza Ashton was born on 30 November 1957 in Whips Cross Hospital, Forest Gate, London, and lived in North Kilworth in south Leicestershire. Ashton came to prominence in the early 1980s as the guitarist of the Psychedelic Furs. The band is an English group formed in 1977 by Richard and Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn and Roger Morris. Their first album release"
"closer to his family. Their third son, J(ulian) Richard Ashton, and his wife Edith Wondreda ""Wenda"" Ashton, née Smith, ran the Julian Ashton Art School from 1960. Julian Howard Ashton Julian Howard Ashton (9 August 1877 – 30 April 1964), often referred to as Howard Ashton, was a journalist, writer, artist and critic born in England, who had a considerable career in Australia. Ashton was born in Islington, London, a son of Julian Rossi Ashton and his wife Eliza Ann Pugh, who with their family moved to Melbourne in 1878, and Sydney five years later, where his father founded his"
"Steven Epstein (music producer) Steven Epstein is an American record producer. Epstein graduated from Hofstra University in 1973. He has worked with Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Plácido Domingo, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Bobby McFerrin, Juilliard String Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, Fine Arts Quartet, and Punch Brothers. He has worked with the Vienna, Berlin and New York Philharmonic Orchestras, and with the Chicago, Cleveland, London, Concertgebouw, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles Symphony Orchestras. Epstein was senior executive producer of Sony Classical and produces and engineers independently. He has won over fifteen Grammy Awards, including Classical Producer of"
"Will Ashton Sir John William Ashton, OBE, ROI (20 September 18811 September 1963) was an English-Australian artist and director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1937 to 1945. Ashton was born on 20 September 1881 in Clifton, York, England, the son of James Ashton, an artist. The Ashtons migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, and he was educated at Prince Alfred College from 1889-1897. Upon graduating, Ashton entered the life of an artist. In 1900, he left for England to work, and spent 1902-1903 at the Académie Julian in Paris. Ashton had some of his works accepted"
"Will Ashton Sir John William Ashton, OBE, ROI (20 September 18811 September 1963) was an English-Australian artist and director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1937 to 1945. Ashton was born on 20 September 1881 in Clifton, York, England, the son of James Ashton, an artist. The Ashtons migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, and he was educated at Prince Alfred College from 1889-1897. Upon graduating, Ashton entered the life of an artist. In 1900, he left for England to work, and spent 1902-1903 at the Académie Julian in Paris. Ashton had some of his works accepted"
"Mark Ashton (musician) Mark Ashton or Mark Ashton Vey (born Mark McVey; 23 June 1949) is a British painter, musician, compositer, ex-drummer of an English progressive rock band Rare Bird. Mark Ashton was born 23 June 1949, in Bridge, Kent, England. Soon he moved to Scotland and grew up in the Scottish countryside of Stirlingshire, near Glasgow. At a very young age, he shows a talent for drawing and music, and the passion for music soon predominated. When he came back to England (Herne Bay, Kent) he joined his first band The Vikings as a drummer at 11 years old."
"Daniel Mark Epstein Daniel Mark Epstein (born October 25, 1948) is an American poet, dramatist, and biographer. His poetry has been noted for its erotic and spiritual lyricism, as well as its power—in several dramatic monologues—in capturing crucial moments of American history. While he has continued to publish poetry he is more widely known for his biographies of Nat King Cole, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bob Dylan and Abraham Lincoln, and his radio plays, ""Star of Wonder,"" and ""The Two Menorahs,"" which have become holiday mainstays on National Public Radio. Daniel Mark Epstein was born in Washington D.C., the son"
"Gwyn Ashton third best guitarist of the year, beaten by Jeff Beck and Gary Moore. In 2007, his album ""Prohibition"" was voted 'Album of the Year' by the British ""Guitar and Bass"" magazine. Ashton is endorsed by: Gwyn Ashton Gwyn Ashton (born 1960, Wales) is a Welsh-Australian blues/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. The Welsh-born and singer/songwriter/guitarist Gwyn Ashton migrated to Adelaide, South Australia in the 1960s, picked up a guitar at 12 and at 16 started his musical journey, playing bars and festivals across the country. He relocated to Sydney in 1983, formed his own trio with drummers John Lalor (Heaven,"
"their albums through the 1970s and 1980s, winning a Grammy Award for ""The World is A Ghetto"" (1973). He also worked with James Brown, Ben E. King and many others. Huston has subsequently become a consultant and lecturer on acoustics, building design, recording techniques and record production, based near Nashville, Tennessee. Chris Huston Christopher John 'Chris' Huston (born 25 June 1943) is a British born record engineer and guitarist. Huston arrived in Wallasey, near Liverpool, toward the end of World War II from an orphanage in North Wales. As a teenager he began studies at the Liverpool College of Art,"
"usually upbeat repertoire. From 1912 to 1914 Oakland recorded in the Heidelberg Quintet, joining the members of the American Quartet. Will Oakland Will Oakland (January 15, 1880–May 15, 1956) was an American countertenor famed for his exceptionally high vocal range. He was born Herman Hinrichs in Jersey City, New Jersey, to German-American immigrant parents. Oakland began his musical career after leaving the United States Army in 1905, joining Lew Dockstader's minstrels in Rochester, New York. He began recording for Edison Records in 1908, soon after Richard Jose's retirement. In addition to appearing as a solo performer, Oakland recorded duets with"
"Bassnectar Lorin Ashton (born February 18, 1978), better known under his stage name Bassnectar, is an American DJ and record producer. Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and initially identified with visual arts rather than music, creating movies with his dad's camera at the age of ten. He experienced an immediate sense of welcome and comfort going to raves in the mid-nineties, which led to the confluence of his heavy and electronic style of music. In the following years, he became exceedingly more involved in the scene, promoting shows, distributing food and assistance to concertgoers, buying records"
"Tony Ashton Edward Anthony Ashton (1 March 1946 – 28 May 2001) was an English rock pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, producer and artist. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Ashton spent his formative years in the seaside town of Blackpool where his parents had an upright piano. When he was a child, his mother sent him to piano lessons. At the age of 13 in 1959, whilst Ashton was a student at St. George's School, Blackpool, he joined a local group, The College Boys, on rhythm guitar and piano. When Ashton left school at the age of 15 he was already an"
"addition, he has been called ""Rap's best-kept secret"" and ""Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper"". In 2007, he appeared in a documentary titled ""Screwed In Houston"" produced by ""VBS/Vice Magazine"" that details the history of the Houston rap scene. Devin the Dude Devin Copeland (born June 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Devin the Dude, is an American hip hop recording artist from Houston, Texas. He is known for his unique rapping style and his 2002 songs ""Lacville '79"" and ""Doobie Ashtray"". Devin Copeland was born in Pontiac, Michigan on June 4, 1970. He spent most of his childhood"
"pneumonia in New York City. Lewis Merenstein Lewis Merenstein (October 23, 1934 – September 6, 2016) was an American record producer, most famous as the producer of the Van Morrison album ""Astral Weeks"", and as executive producer for ""Moondance"", Morrison's 1970 album. ""Astral Weeks"" was listed as #19 on the Rolling Stone Magazine's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003. In November 2006, when CNN published their list of ""The All-Time 100 Albums"", ""Astral Weeks"" was on the list, along with ""Moondance"". He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1934; his aunt was Bess Berman, co-founder of the"
"with his brothers Jakov (Jacques) and Vatroslav (Ignaz), the benefactor society ""Društvo čovječnosti"" Zagreb (""Humanity society"") which aided poor and needy across the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and Kingdom of Dalmatia. Julius Epstein (pianist) Julius Epstein (7 August 1832 – 3 March 1926) was a Croatian Jewish pianist. Epstein was born in Zagreb, Croatia. He was married to Amalija (née Mautner) Epstein with whom he had a son Richard Epstein, notable Zagreb pianist and music pedagogue. Epstein was a pupil at Agram of the choir-director Vatroslav Lichtenegger, and in Vienna of Johann Rufinatscha (composition) and Anton Halm (pianoforte). He made his"
"Epstein, Larry Engstrom, David Ake With Epstein Alliance With Chris Clark Quintet With David Ake The Peter Epstein Website Peter Epstein at the University of Nevada, Reno Peter Epstein Peter Coleman Epstein (born January 18, 1967, Eugene, Oregon) is an American jazz saxophonist. Epstein learned clarinet as a youth from his father, Ed Epstein, who played saxophone, but picked up his father's instrument in his teens, playing in high school ensembles. While attending the California Institute of the Arts, Epstein studied improvisation and composition with bassist Charlie Haden, flautist James Newton, and clarinetist John Carter, concurrently exploring West African music"
"Ashtech Ashtech (born Andrea Nicoletti, December 15, 1973, Italy) is an Italian producer, bass player and solo artist. His style combines original dub and urban electronica and it is characterised by the flavor of his heavy dubby bassline which features in all of his productions. Ashtech's recent work, primarily 'Walkin Target', released in 2007 on Interchill Records Involving input from fellow producer Gaudi and vocalist Cheshire Cat (Leftfield), was very well received by the UK and US electronica/dub scene. He has appeared at festivals such as Glade (UK) – Electric Picnic (Ireland) – Eclipse Festival – Waveform Festival (UK). His"
"in Alexandria, Virginia. Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is noteworthy as a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions. Paxton's songs have been widely covered, including modern standards such as ""The Last Thing on My Mind"", ""Bottle of Wine"", ""Whose Garden Was This"", ""The Marvelous Toy"", and ""Ramblin' Boy"". Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, The"
"before he fulfilled a dream of his and opened ""New York's only Jazz Speakeasy"", ""Bill's Place"", on West 133rd Street in Harlem in 2006. With Dannie Richmond With Ted Curson With Big John Patton Bill Saxton William Edward Saxton (born June 28, 1946 in New York City) is an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. He studied clarinet, composition and arrangement at the New England Conservatory in Boston, graduating in 1973 and worked with Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean and Bennie Maupin. He began working with Dannie Richmond in 1979, and he later worked with Charlie Persip's big band and Errol Parker."
"mastered records for the Who, ABBA, George Harrison, Tori Amos, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, the Pretty Things, Jools Holland, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Cloven Hoof, Emmylou Harris, Ella Guru, Damien Dempsey, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Hothouse Flowers, Level 42, The Boomtown Rats, John Mayall, Marilyn Martin, Toto, Norah Jones, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Slade, Sting, Bono, Starlite Campbell Band and Anathema. Jon Astley is not related to singer Rick Astley; he is, by way of sister Karen, the ex-brother-in-law of Who guitarist Pete Townshend, as well as the brother of recording artist Virginia"
"manager, Brian Epstein, to see them perform a lunchtime concert at the Cavern Club on 9 November 1961. Epstein subsequently asked Harry to create a national music paper, the ""Music Echo"", but after disagreements with Epstein about editorial control, he decided to become a P.R. agent; working for many solo artistes and groups, including Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys, as well as many others. Harry was born in Smithdown Road Hospital (now demolished), in Liverpool, Lancashire, on 17 September 1938. He came from a poor Liverpudlian background and was brought up"
"Peetie Wheatstraw William Bunch (December 21, 1902 – December 21, 1941), known as Peetie Wheatstraw, was an American musician, an influential figure among 1930s blues singers. The only known photograph of him shows him holding a National brand tricone resonator guitar, but he played the piano on most of his recordings. William Bunch was the son of James Bunch and Mary (Burns) Bunch. It has been reported that he was born in Ripley, Tennessee, but it was widely believed that he came from Arkansas. After his death, his body was shipped to Cotton Plant, Arkansas, for burial, and the blues"
"- 1996) Member, Editorial Board, Anesthesiology (5 year term) Past President, Association of University Anesthesiologists Robert M. Epstein Robert Marvin Epstein (born March 10, 1928) is an American anesthesiologist, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and the Harold Carron Professor of Anesthesiology (""emeritus"") at the University of Virginia. Epstein was born in the Bronx, New York on March 10, 1928, the son of immigrants from Slonim, in present-day Belarus. He attended primary school in the Bronx, and completed his secondary education in Miami Beach, Florida where the family moved in 1940. From there he attended the University of"
"Devin the Dude Devin Copeland (born June 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Devin the Dude, is an American hip hop recording artist from Houston, Texas. He is known for his unique rapping style and his 2002 songs ""Lacville '79"" and ""Doobie Ashtray"". Devin Copeland was born in Pontiac, Michigan on June 4, 1970. He spent most of his childhood growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida and moved to Texas while in the fourth grade. He spent his childhood moving back and forth from New Boston and Houston, finally settling in Houston after graduating from high school. He"
"Chris Stainton Christopher Robert ""Chris"" Stainton (born 22 March 1944) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s. In addition to his collaboration with Cocker, Stainton is best known for his work with Eric Clapton, The Who, Andy Fairweather Low and Bryan Ferry. Stainton was born in Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. After passing his eleven-plus examination, Stainton attended Rowlinson Technical School, Norton, Sheffield. Stainton's musical career began in 1960, when he played bass guitar with a local Sheffield band, 'Johnny Tempest and the Mariners'. The Mariners"