"in early 1977. Though he did not publicly retire the Thin White Duke as he had Ziggy Stardust, Bowie did not appear in the persona after settling in Europe. Bowie lived in West Berlin for almost two years, during which time he moved on both musically and personally with his ""Berlin Trilogy"" albums (""Low"", """"Heroes"""", and ""Lodger"") in collaboration with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti. He also produced Pop's albums ""The Idiot"" and ""Lust for Life"" . The Thin White Duke The Thin White Duke was David Bowie's 1975 and 1976 persona and character. He is primarily identified with Bowie's"
"""Thin White Duke"" remix were nominated for the 2007 Grammy Awards, the latter of which won in the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. Coldplay had difficulties with the recording sessions for months, as to the sound of the track. They were sceptical in deciding to add ""Talk"" to the final track listing of ""X&Y"". During the recording sessions, which had seen the band scrap huge amounts of material, the song was left out when they sent early versions of the album to its record label, Parlophone. The song, however, made it to the track list, after it was properly"
"Don Ho Donald Tai Loy Ho (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was an American traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer. He is best known for the song ""Tiny Bubbles"" from the album of the same name. Ho, a singer of Hawaiian and Chinese descent on his paternal side and Hawaiian and Portuguese descent on his mother's side, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako to Emily (Honey) Leimaile Silva and James Ah You Puao Ho, but he grew up in Kāneohe on the windward side of the island of Oahu. He was a graduate of the"
"women. His children include singer Hoku and Kea Ho, an actress who has appeared in films such as """", ""Flock of Dudes"", ""Condemned"", and ""Urge"". Don Ho Donald Tai Loy Ho (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was an American traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer. He is best known for the song ""Tiny Bubbles"" from the album of the same name. Ho, a singer of Hawaiian and Chinese descent on his paternal side and Hawaiian and Portuguese descent on his mother's side, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako to Emily (Honey) Leimaile Silva and James"
"Lu Cont singles followed, released both in physical formats and as free downloads from Soundcloud. Price has produced, and at times co-written, numerous songs for popular artists. Price has also remixed and re-produced numerous songs under his own name as well as the names Thin White Duke (originally used by David Bowie), Jacques Lu Cont, and Les Rythmes Digitales. Other aliases include Man with Guitar and Paper Faces (an alias for him and Adam Blake of the band Zoot Woman). Price's remixes are characterised by club-lead beats with arpeggios, riffs, and vocal lines faded and filtered throughout the song for"
"MuchMusic Video Awards, the video was nominated for Best International Video but lost to Usher's ""Caught Up"". It won the award for Best Dressed Video at the first MTV Australia Video Music Awards, and was also nominated for Video of the Year and Best Pop Video. Stuart Price (also known as Jacques Lu Cont) made the most well-known remix of the song, titled the Thin White Duke Mix, which was included on the CD single. The track, over eight minutes long, is carried by a guitar riff and occasional chimes. The remix received positive reviews from music critics. Aaron Mandel"
"BBC Radio One on 13 July. He also created a remix of Juliet's ""Avalon"". Price won his first Grammy Award in 2004 for his remix of No Doubt's ""It's My Life"" produced under the moniker Thin White Duke. In 2005, he was nominated for two Grammys: one for his production of New Order's ""Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"" and a second for his remix of The Killers' ""Mr. Brightside"". He won a second Grammy in 2006 for his remix of Coldplay's ""Talk"" (as Thin White Duke). He was also nominated in 2007 for Best Dance Recording with Madonna on the"
"Little, peter White, and Hank Moorehouse. Dana Daniels, Danny Cole, John Mendoza, Kevin James, Rachel Wild, Diamond Jim Tyler, and Gaeten Bloom. Lee Asher, Tony Miller, Mike Powers, David Sandy, Tom Jones & Rachel wild, Pete Marucci, Max Maven, and chris KornSimon Lovell. Whit Haydn Mike Powers, Jason Dean, Jay Sankey, Howie Schwarman, and Oscar Munoz. Jason Dean, Michael Finney, Tom Burgoon & David Evangelista, Sterling Steal, Howie Schwarzman, Julie Sobanski, David Solomon, Bill & Ruth Pitts, Sonny Fontana, Mark Mason, and Todd Lamanske. John Calvert Eugene Berger, Paul Gertner, Shawn Farquhar, Simon Lovell, Eric Buss, Andrew Goldenhersh, Richard Turner,"
"John White (singer) John I. White (April 12, 1902 – November 26, 1992) was a western music singer. He was born in 1902 and originated from Washington, DC. Working under various stage names, such as ""the Lone Star Ranger,"" ""the Lonesome Cowboy,"" and most often ""Whitey Johns"" he flourished as a performing and recording artist in the 1920s and 1930s. His first recordings were for the American Record Company and were released on a wide variety of record labels. He frequently performed covers of songs written by Vernon Dalhart. His most famous recordings were two of his last, ""Whoopee Ti"
"Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American recording artist, singer-songwriter and actor. A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard's most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists. Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986."
"Josh White Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. White grew up in the South during the 1920s and 1930s. He became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel music, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely. His repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk"
"Tiny Dancer ""Tiny Dancer"" is aElton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, ""Madman Across the Water"", and was released as a single in 1972. In the U.S. it was certified Gold on 19 May 2005, and Platinum on 19 August 2011, and 3x Platinum on 26 April 2018 by the Recording Industry Association of America. In the UK, ""Tiny Dancer"" has been certified Gold on 17 August 2018 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of 400,000 copies, despite never being released as an official single. Back-up vocals are provided by Tony Burrows."
"and Danny and the Juniors.(1973) Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American recording artist, singer-songwriter and actor. A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard's most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists. Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first"
"Princess White Princess White (January 14, 1881 – March 21, 1976) was an American blues singer, dancer, comedian and vaudeville performer. Born Princess White in Philadelphia, of part-American Indian descent, she started her career as a child dancer, touring with Salica Bryan and her Pickaninnies nationally and as far as Europe and Australia. Until the late 1930s, she worked as a touring performer on the Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA) circuit, and with such shows as ""Silas Green from New Orleans"". She worked with such performers as Black Patti, Ida Cox, Butterbeans and Susie, and the Whitman Sisters, and became"
"Laura Dukes Laura Ella Dukes (10 June 1907 – 10 or 14 October 1992), sometimes credited as Little Laura Dukes, was an American blues singer, dancer, and mandolin, banjo and ukulele player. She performed and recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, from the 1920s to the 1980s. She was born Laura Ella Smith in North Memphis, where her father had been a drummer in W. C. Handy's band. He took her as a young child to theaters and taverns, where she began performing and later worked as a singer and dancer. She was often billed as ""Little Laura"" or ""Little Bit"", an"
"song was remixed by Jacques Lu Cont, with the title ""Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)"". The song by Lu Cont won the coveted Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical award at the 2007 Grammy Awards. ""Talk"" was also nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best Rock Performance by a duo or Group with Vocals. The song was also used as the basis of a downloadable hoax track titled ""Talk to David"" produced as an April Fools' Day prank by the British newspaper ""The Guardian"". This featured lyrics purporting to give support to Conservative opposition party leader David Cameron. The"
"Little Caesar (singer) Little Caesar was an African American singer and Actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 28, 1928. He was born as Harry Caesar. In the late 40s when he was drafted in the army, he made a gospel group. When he was discharged in 1950, he switched to RnB music and started working for The Peter Rabbit Trio. In 1952, he recorded for Recorded In Hollywood, and one of his records on the label was very successful, and it was called ""Goodbye Baby"". After his music career, he started acting, and most notably appeared in"
"Little Jimmy Dickens James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name, Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11"" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. Dickens was born in"
"Bukka White Booker T. Washington ""Bukka"" White (November 12, 1906 or 1909February 26, 1977) was an African-American Delta blues guitarist and singer. ""Bukka"" is a phonetic spelling of White's first name; he was named after the well-known African-American educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. White was born south of Houston, Mississippi. He was a first cousin of B.B. King's mother (White's mother and King's grandmother were sisters). He played National resonator guitars, typically with a slide, in an open tuning. He was one of the few, along with Skip James, to use a crossnote tuning in E minor,"
"as Jacques Lu Cont when remixing The Knocks's single ""Trouble"", featuring vocals from Absofacto. The song became the second single to be released from their fifth extended play, entitled ""Testify"". Price remixed Coldplay's single ""Viva la Vida"", released on the band's website as the Thin White Duke remix. Price has also produced and mastered tracks for Frankmusik's debut album, one of which is ""3 Little Words"". This track was released as a single on the ""3 Little Words"" EP. He provided two Thin White Duke remixes for the release of Depeche Mode's 2009 single, ""Wrong"". In 2009, Price remixed ""It's"
"Gus Cannon, and in 1972 — as Little Laura Dukes — she recorded tracks that were first released on the Italian albums, ""Blues Oggi"" and ""Tennessee Blues Vol.1"". From the late 1950s, she mainly performed in Dixieland groups at parties and festivals, becoming a favorite with white audiences in Memphis. In 1976 she appeared in a BBC television series, ""The Devil's Music"", and continued to perform in clubs in Memphis in the 1980s. She died in 1992 at the age of 85. Laura Dukes Laura Ella Dukes (10 June 1907 – 10 or 14 October 1992), sometimes credited as Little"
"social isolation in the McCarthy era, White would be receiving this recognition. She felt that she could finally go in peace. Josh White Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. White grew up in the South during the 1920s and 1930s. He became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel music, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to"
"2016. Songs: Little Royal and The Swingmasters Little Royal and The Swingmasters was an American soul and R&B group active in the 1960s and 1970s. Due to the resemblance, both physically and stylistically, Little Royal was often called ""James Brown's little brother"". Notable people who have performed with Little Royal include Teddy Pendergrass and Bobby Parker. The title track of his album ""Jealous"", reached #15 on ""Billboard""'s Best-Selling Soul Singles chart on August 5, 1972. His song, ""Razor Blade"" was sampled by 16 artists, including Ice-T, Lord Finesse and J Dilla Little Royal died at the age of 82 on"
"Snowy White Terence Charles ""Snowy"" White (born 3 March 1948, Barnstaple, Devon) is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy (permanent member from 1980 to 1982) and with Pink Floyd (as a backing guitarist; he was first invited to tour with the band through Europe and the United States in 1977, and during ""The Wall"" shows in 1980) and, more recently, for Roger Waters' band. He is also known for his 1983 solo effort ""Bird of Paradise"", which became a UK Singles Chart Top 10 hit single. White grew up on the Isle of Wight, self-taught as"
"Little Walter Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica and impact on succeeding generations earned comparisons for him to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 in the category Sideman, the only artist to be inducted specifically as a harmonica player. Jacobs' date of birth"
"Little Royal and The Swingmasters Little Royal and The Swingmasters was an American soul and R&B group active in the 1960s and 1970s. Due to the resemblance, both physically and stylistically, Little Royal was often called ""James Brown's little brother"". Notable people who have performed with Little Royal include Teddy Pendergrass and Bobby Parker. The title track of his album ""Jealous"", reached #15 on ""Billboard""'s Best-Selling Soul Singles chart on August 5, 1972. His song, ""Razor Blade"" was sampled by 16 artists, including Ice-T, Lord Finesse and J Dilla Little Royal died at the age of 82 on September 29,"
"Little Joe Blue Little Joe Blue (September 23, 1934 – April 22, 1990) was an American electric blues singer and guitarist. His musical style was often compared to B. B. King. His most notable track was ""Dirty Work Going On"", which was written by Ferdinand ""Fats"" Washington, and originally recorded by Little Joe Blue in 1966. It was released by Checker Records. The track peaked at No. 40 in the US ""Billboard"" R&B chart. He was born Joseph Valery, Jr. in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Living in Detroit, Michigan, he formed the band the Midnighters in the late 1950s. He"
"Tiny Topsy Otha Lee Moore (May 22, 1930 – August 16, 1964), better known as Tiny Topsy, was an American R&B singer. The music journalist, Mark Lamarr, noted ""Tiny in the same spirit you'd call a bald man curly, Tiny Topsy definitely had the lungpower to match her name."" She was five feet tall and weighed 250 pounds. Although none of her seven single releases made the national charts, her early version of ""Just a Little Bit"" preceded bigger success for the song. Tiny Topsy was once believed to be an alias used by Bernice Williams (who wrote Tiny Topsy's"
"on Universal) feature a selection of songs with Little Walter as an accompanist. Little Walter Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica and impact on succeeding generations earned comparisons for him to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 in the category Sideman, the only"
"Wayne Cochran Talvin Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran is best known today for writing the song ""Last Kiss"", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. Talvin Wayne Cochran was born on May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Georgia, to Talvin A. Cochran, a cotton mill worker, and the former Mini Lee Starley, who came from a farming family. Influenced by the country and rhythm and blues music he heard on the"
"folk song has influenced art song. Robert White (tenor) Robert White (born October 27, 1936) is an American tenor and voice teacher who has had an active performance career for eight decades. If he is not better known to the general public, it is because his career, confined to art song and the concert stage, has not brought him the wider renown of singers who make their careers in opera; but he has long been cherished by connoisseurs of vocal music for the pure lyric sweetness of his voice and his scrupulous musicianship. He began performing Irish songs on the"
"Katie Crippen Catherine ""Katie"" Crippen (November 17, 1895 – November 25, 1929), also billed as Little Katie Crippen or Ella White, was an African-American entertainer and singer. Crippen was born in Philadelphia. She performed at Edmond's Cellar in New York City about 1920. In 1921, she recorded four sides for Black Swan Records in the classic female blues style under her name and one under the pseudonym of Ella White, accompanied by Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra. She toured in 1922–23 as the star of a revue, ""Liza and Her Shuffling Sextet"", which included Fats Waller. She subsequently formed a revue, ""Katie"
"Yo Yo, Git Along Dogies"" and ""The Strawberry Roan"" issued under his proper name, John White. After his musical career he pursued a career in business until his retirement in 1965. During his retirement he researched into American western music and the lives of the genre's composers. He also became a writer, contributing articles about cowboys to several magazines and publishing a book entitled ""Git Along Little Dogies; Songs And Songmakers Of The American West"" (Urbana :University of Illinois Press, 1975.) John White (singer) John I. White (April 12, 1902 – November 26, 1992) was a western music singer. He"