"Zarm on the 1990s television show ""Captain Planet and the Planeteers"". In 1989 he starred as Macheath (Mack the Knife) in John Dexter's Broadway production of ""The Threepenny Opera"". Sting also appeared as himself in the video game ""Guitar Hero World Tour"". Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical,"
"""All for Love"", with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, ""You Will Be My Ain True Love"" with Alison Krauss, and introduced the North African music genre raï to Western audiences through his international hit ""Desert Rose"" with Cheb Mami. In 2018 he released the album ""44/876"", a collaboration with Jamaican musician Shaggy. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born on 2 October 1951, in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and engineer. He grew up near Wallsend's shipyards, which made an impression on him. At eight or"
"Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he has received 16 Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for ”Every Breath You Take”, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 1994 and"
"with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in 1992. Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards Grammy Awards Kerrang! Awards Revolver Music Awards Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fifty years. With his distinctive raspy voice and a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers alike to be ""The Godfather of Shock Rock"". He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and"
"Bernard Sumner Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is a founding member of both Joy Division and New Order, and is widely credited with the latter band's move towards electronica and synthpop. Sumner is widely credited in advancing UK dance music, and the popularisation and technological advancement of sequencers. In the early 1990s, he collaborated with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as Electronic. Sumner was educated at Salford Grammar School. From 1976 to 1979, Sumner was employed at the animation studio Cosgrove Hall Films as an artist on ""Jamie and"
"Gordon Waller Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (4 June 1945 – 17 July 2009) was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the No. 1 million-selling classic ""A World Without Love"". Waller was born in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of a prominent surgeon. The family later moved to Middlesex, when Waller was a child, where Waller gained entrance to Westminster School. While attending Westminster School, he met fellow student Peter Asher, also the son of a doctor, and they began playing together as a duo"
"more in 2012), and Roger Menees (2011). Sumner was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997. In 1964, Sumner founded the Gospel Music Association with James Blackwood. He was also the founding force behind the National Quartet Convention. Sumner wrote more than 700 songs including the following: See Masters V discography J. D. Sumner John Daniel Sumner (November 19, 1924 – November 16, 1998) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and music promoter noted for his bass voice, and his innovation in the Christian and Gospel"
"J. D. Sumner John Daniel Sumner (November 19, 1924 – November 16, 1998) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and music promoter noted for his bass voice, and his innovation in the Christian and Gospel music fields. Sumner sang in five quartets and was a member of the Blackwood Brothers during their 1950s heyday. Aside from his incredibly low bass voice, Sumner's business acumen helped promote Southern Gospel and move it into the mainstream of American culture and music during the '50s and '60s. J. D. Sumner first sang with The Sunny South Quartet from 1945 to 1949. The quartet"
"Records acts including Happy Mondays (whose second single ""Freaky Dancin' ""he produced in 1986), Shark Vegas, Abecedarians, 52nd Street and Section 25. Sumner has been portrayed on film twice. John Simm played him in the 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"", which focused on Factory Records. In the Ian Curtis biopic, ""Control"", he is played by James Anthony Pearson. For Sumner's discographies with ""Joy Division discography"", ""New Order discography"", ""Electronic (band)"" and ""Bad Lieutenant (band)"". ""(Singles featuring Bernard Sumner on guest vocals and/or guitar)"" Bernard Sumner Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record"
"Stomp Gordon Archie A. Gordon, known professionally as Stomp Gordon (February 10, 1926 – January 18, 1958), was an American jump blues pianist and singer in the 1950s. He led a five piece ensemble, which was known for their riotous live performances and released eight singles in the decade, including an uproarious skit on the then recent Kinsey Reports on ""What's Her Whimsey, Dr Kinsey"". However his rather brief recording career finished in his 30th year, and Gordon died in January 1958, aged 31. Archie A. Gordon was born in Columbus, Ohio, United States, to parents William Gordon and Leola"
"Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fifty years. With his distinctive raspy voice and a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers alike to be ""The Godfather of Shock Rock"". He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock people. Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in the late 1960s after he moved from Detroit,"
"Geoffrey Sumner Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908, Ilfracombe, Devon – 29 September 1989, Alderney, Channel Islands) was a British actor. As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for British Movietone News., His parents were Edmund and Kathleen Marion (Brook). He married Gwen Williams Roberts, and they had three daughters. A sample of ""Train Sequence"" (""This is a journey into sound"") from the LP ""A Journey Into Stereo Sound"" (1958) was used by different artists like Eric B. & Rakim in their track ""Paid in Full"", Bomb the Bass (""Beat Dis""), Public Enemy (""Welcome"
"Barry Gordon Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) is an American film, television and voice actor, and political talk show host and producer. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995. Gordon was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His stepfather, Bob Manning, was a crooner of popular love songs in the 1940s and 1950s, most known for his rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's ""The Nearness of You"". Gordon began performing at age three; in his television debut, he won second place on Ted Mack's ""Amateur Hour"" singing Johnnie Ray's ""Cry"". At six, Gordon recorded"
"Rubble"". Brandon Flowers (of the Killers) has dubbed him the ""Chairman of the Beat"". Sumner's autobiography ""Chapter and Verse"" was published in 2014. Sumner was a founding member of Joy Division, a Salford band formed in 1976. He and childhood friend Peter Hook both attended the fabled Sex Pistols concert at Manchester's Free Trade Hall on July 20, 1976 and were inspired to form a band. The band is widely considered one of the most influential bands of the era. Primarily known as the band's lead guitarist (his main guitars were a Gibson SG and a Shergold Custom Masquerader), Sumner"
"State University, Los Angeles. In 2008, Gordon debuted his daily Internet talk show, ""Left Talk,"" on BlogTalkRadio. Barry Gordon Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) is an American film, television and voice actor, and political talk show host and producer. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995. Gordon was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His stepfather, Bob Manning, was a crooner of popular love songs in the 1940s and 1950s, most known for his rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's ""The Nearness of You"". Gordon began performing at age three; in his television debut,"
"on 22 November 2016. Peter Sumner Peter Malcolm Sumner-Potts (29 January 1942 – 22 November 2016), professionally known as Peter Sumner, was an Australian actor, director and writer. He was born in Sydney, Australia. His credits include parts in such films as ""Color Me Dead"" (1969), ""Ned Kelly"" (1970), ""The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith"" (1978), ""The Survivor"" (1981) and ""Bush Christmas"" (1983), as well as a starring role in television series ""Spyforce"" along with his portrayal of Bill Hayden in ""The Dismissal"". In an interview in 1978 for the Sir Joseph Banks High School newspaper, he revealed that he had"
"Gordon Banks (musician) Gordon Banks (born February 22, 1955), a.k.a. Gordon 'Guitar' Banks, is an American guitarist, producer, writer and musical director. He was voted one of the top 100 guitarists in America by Rolling Stone magazine in 1985. Banks played an important part in Marvin Gaye's later years. Gaye referred to him as ""ID"" meaning ""The Indicator"". Banks was born on February 22, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia. Adept at playing instruments at an early age, he joined his first band, The Showmen, at the age of twelve playing guitar. The group, noted for beach music, was created by later"
"of 17 July 2009 at Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. On May 29, 2010, a sold-out tribute performance for Gordon Waller was held at the Cannery Casino and Hotel, which was Waller's favourite Las Vegas venue. Performers included Peter Asher, Chad and Jeremy, Denny Laine, Terry Sylvester of The Hollies, Ian Whitcomb, John Walker of the Walker Brothers and DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley's drummer. Gordon Waller Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (4 June 1945 – 17 July 2009) was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was"
"Peter Sumner Peter Malcolm Sumner-Potts (29 January 1942 – 22 November 2016), professionally known as Peter Sumner, was an Australian actor, director and writer. He was born in Sydney, Australia. His credits include parts in such films as ""Color Me Dead"" (1969), ""Ned Kelly"" (1970), ""The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith"" (1978), ""The Survivor"" (1981) and ""Bush Christmas"" (1983), as well as a starring role in television series ""Spyforce"" along with his portrayal of Bill Hayden in ""The Dismissal"". In an interview in 1978 for the Sir Joseph Banks High School newspaper, he revealed that he had an uncredited role off"
"On August 15, 2015, exactly 51 years to the day when he first teamed up with The Southern Gentlemen in 1964, James was inducted into The Birmingham Record Collectors Hall of Fame. Gary Robble, one of The Southern Gentlemen, accepted the award on behalf of James and all of The Southern Gentlemen. Sonny James Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, ""Young Love"". Dubbed the ""Southern Gentleman"" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials"
"Kim Gordon Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, visual artist, and actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s as a bassist, guitarist, and vocalist in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, Gordon was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles's Otis College of Art and Design, Gordon moved to New York City to begin an art career. There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in 1981. She and Moore"
"John Koerner ""Spider"" John Koerner (born August 31, 1938, in Rochester, New York, United States) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Tony Glover. He has also made albums as a solo performer and with Willie Murphy. Koerner grew up in Rochester, New York, and after a brief military service attended the University of Minnesota. He intended to major in engineering but soon became involved in the Minneapolis music scene, where he met Dave Ray and Tony Glover. They"
"Sonny Knight Joseph Coleman Smith (17 May 1934 – 5 September 1998), who performed and recorded under the name Sonny Knight, was an African-American singer, songwriter and author. His biggest hit was ""Confidential"", which reached the pop and R&B charts in 1956, and he continued to record into the 1960s. In 1981, using his real name, he wrote ""The Day the Music Died"", a fictionalised account of racism in the American music business in the 1950s. He was born in Maywood, Illinois, and moved to Los Angeles with his family in the early 1950s. He enrolled at Los Angeles State"
"wheel of his parked station wagon on Madison Avenue, New York. His body was taken to Bellevue Morgue where it was formally identified. The New York medical examiners stated that his autopsy found that Gordon had died from a combination of pneumonia and a liver ailment, on January 18. He was aged 31. His body was transferred back to his hometown and interred at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus. Stomp Gordon Archie A. Gordon, known professionally as Stomp Gordon (February 10, 1926 – January 18, 1958), was an American jump blues pianist and singer in the 1950s. He led a"
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur. As a child, Gordon-Levitt appeared in the films ""A River Runs Through It"", ""Angels in the Outfield"", ""Holy Matrimony"" and ""10 Things I Hate About You"", and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series ""3rd Rock from the Sun"". He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again. He has since starred in ""(500) Days of Summer"", ""Inception"", ""Hesher"", ""50/50"", ""Premium Rush"", ""Miracle at St. Anna, The Brothers Bloom,"" ""The Dark"
"a showcase for Sumner's voice and compositions and won the 1981 Grammy Award for best traditional gospel performance. Sumner was credited not only for his singing, songwriting, and concert promotions, but was also noted for being the first to customize a coach bus for the entertainment business to use for music groups. After the Masters V disbanded in 1988, Sumner reformed the Stamps Quartet and performed with the group until his death in 1998. He was often seen in his latter years appearing as a guest artist on the Bill Gaither Homecoming videos. After Sumner's death, lead singer Ed Enoch,"
"2011 at his home in Llandudno, Wales. Gordon Lorenz Gordon Lorenz (4 March 1943 – 5 June 2011) was an English songwriter and record producer, who made his fame by writing the UK Christmas number one hit ""There's No-one Quite Like Grandma"" for St Winifred's School Choir. Since the song's release, Lorenz became one of the most prolific record producers in the music industry, producing over 800 albums selling eight million records, and earning seventeen platinum, gold and silver discs. Born in Childwall, an affluent suburb of Liverpool, his parents were both members of the Salvation Army. He was a"
"Bob Howard (singer) Bob Howard (born Howard Joyner, June 20, 1906 – December 3, 1986) (Another source gives his birth date as June 20, 1897.) was an American pianist-vocalist on swing records in the 1930s. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Joyner began singing in New York night clubs in the mid-1920s. He began recording in 1931 under his real name for Columbia. Under the name Bob Howard, he played New York's Park Central Hotel, Famous Door, Hickory House and other clubs as well as theaters. He was signed to Decca in late 1934 and recorded a series of hot small group"
"Smilin' Ed McConnell Smilin<nowiki>'</nowiki> Ed McConnell (born James McConnell; 1882 – July 23, 1954) was a radio personality, best known as the host of the children's radio and television series, ""Smilin<nowiki>'</nowiki> Ed's Gang"", closely identified with its sponsor, Buster Brown shoes, and also known as ""The Buster Brown Program"". For his work in radio, McConnell was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Born James McConnell in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a minister, McConnell began to sing at age three and soon learned how to play drums and the piano. He was athletic as a teenager,"
"Carl Gardner Carl Edward Gardner (April 29, 1928 – June 12, 2011) was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song ""Yakety Yak"", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Gardner was born in Tyler, Texas, to Rebecca and Robert Gardner. As a singer, his first major career success came with The Robins, a rhythm and blues group that had a big hit in 1955, ""Smokey Joe's Café"". After leaving"
"Sonny James Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, ""Young Love"". Dubbed the ""Southern Gentleman"" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love. James had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unprecedented five-year streak of 16 straight Billboard #1 singles among his 26 #1 hits. Twenty-one of his albums reached the country top ten from 1964 to 1976. James was given a star on the Hollywood Walk"
"of Fame in 2011. Steven Noel Wariner was born on Christmas Day of 1954 in Noblesville, Indiana. Influenced at an early age by George Jones and Chet Atkins, Wariner started performing in his father's band, and later moved on to playing in local clubs. By age 17, he had been hired by Dottie West as a bass guitarist, and played on her single ""Country Sunshine"". He also worked with Glen Campbell, who he has cited as a major influence on his work. After his stint with Dottie West, Steve Wariner toured playing bass for Grand Ole Opry star Bob Luman,"
"Cal Smith Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 – October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hit ""Country Bumpkin"". Calvin Grant Shofner was born on April 7, 1932, in Gans, Oklahoma, as the youngest of three sons of James ""Otto"" and Ethel (Quinn) Shofner. During the Great Depression, the Smiths headed west and settled in Oakland, California, and he grew up in San Jose, California. Smith began his music career performing at the Remember Me Cafe in San Francisco at the age of 15, but he was not financially"