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Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) Grew up in Ohio, attended Ohio State, and then left early. Went to Europe in 1921 and studied sculpture in Paris and Berlin. She was inspired by photographers in Europe, and was working for a man named Atget. She visited New York City looking to help publish Atgets photographs, and then she saw the potential of New York in her own photographs. She soon returned to Europe, closed up her shop and then came back to NYC to take her own photographs. Penn Station Detail of Manhattan Bridge

Hot Dog Stand, West St. and North Moore, Manhattan



Hands of Jean Cocteau

Djuna Barnes

Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) Born in Iowa, but after her father died she moved to Brooklyn with her mother. She married a man in 1874 when she was 22 years old and started a family. She attended Pratt Institute of Art and Design, studying drawing and painting but she soon became obsessed with photography. She traveled to Europe to furthur her studies, and then returned to New York to become a professional photgrapher. Depicted motherhood, native americans, and promoted photography as a career for women.

Portrait of [|Evelyn Nesbit]

Chester Beach

The Manger

Indian Chief

The Red Man



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[|Salina]

[|Paranoia in Bb Major]

[|The Fall]

[|Denouncing November Blue]

__Living of Love __

[|Go to Sleep]

[|Down with the Shine]

[|At the Beach]

[|Traveling Song]

[|Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane]

[|Murder in the City]

[|When I Drink]

[|Just a Closer Walk with Thee]

[|Shame]

I [|Killed Sally's Lover]

[|Love Like the Movies]

[|November Blue]

[|Talk on Indolence]

[|Paranoia in B Major]

[|Die Die Die]

[|If It's the Beaches]

[|Colorshow]

[|Once and Future Carpenter]

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Maria Tallchief.**







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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">" <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Heavy','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">," Maria Tallchief once said. " <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Heavy','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">As an American, I believe in great individualism. That's the way I was brought up."

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Maria was a dancer and teacher. She was born January 24, 1925 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She was born on an Indian reservation, and her dad was a member of the Osage tribe. Her family moved from the reservation to L.A., California. Here, Maria began taking singing lessons where she learned she could sing well. She also began dance lessons, and she discovered her passion in life. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">She joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and worked in a few pieces. She met Balanchine, a man very high in the dance world. She worked in his pieces, and he fell in love with her. They got married. They moved to NYC so that Balanchine could have Maria with him at his Ballet society, which became New York City Ballet. Maria performed here in many dance pieces and she soon became very well known. She was the first Native American to become a prima ballerina. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Balanchine fell in love with another dancer and after nine years of marriage, Maria and Balanchine split up. Maria moved on with her dance career. She remarried in 1956, became a mother and took a break from ballet and then in 1960 returned and joined American Ballet Theatre. Maria retired in 1965 and became artistic director and teacher of the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet in 1975. From 1981-1987, she was the founder and artistic director of the Chicago City Ballet. []

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Jacques D'Amboise






<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jacques D’Amboise is seen as one of the best classical dancers of this time. He was born July, 1934 in Massachusetts. His career began when he was very young. He began ballet training in Washington Heights with Madam Seda. Right before he was 15 years old, he joined New York City Ballet. By the time he was 16 he was making his European debut. <span style="font-family: 'lucida bright','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He studied at the School of American Ballet with Balanchine. He became a Principle dancer at New York City Ballet. He had many works choreographed especially for him by Balanchine. He wrote and directed for theatre, film and different television shows. He has won many awards in his career. (Including a Kennedy Center Honors Award!!) He was married to Carolyn George, who was a ballerina and photographer. He has four children. <span style="font-family: 'lucida bright','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He was a professor and dean of dance at SUNY Purchase for two years, and was a visiting professor at University of California at Santa Barbara. In 1976, he founded the National Dance Institute. He now leads in the field of art education. His dance education programs have touched the lives of over 2 million kids. He is currently working on a memoir. <span style="font-family: 'lucida bright','serif';">Talking about his role in Balanchine’s take on Stravinsky’s //Apollo// : <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">" <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Heavy','sans-serif';">That role changed my life as a dancer," <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> D'Amboise said on a recent visit to Los Angeles. " <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Heavy','sans-serif';">I'd been an uneducated street boy from Washington Heights, and suddenly I had Stravinsky playing music for me, Cecil Beaton putting on my makeup, Balanchine choreographing for me, and I was dancing with greats like Maria Tallchief and Suzanne Farrell."

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**SCRIPT FOR VINETTE**

//Valentine’s Week. Love is in the air….or is it? Two critics of love are currently in line to check out their groceries at the local Price Chopper. They are surrounded by red heart balloons and corny cards and different colored heart candies. A woman, Jinette, is ahead in the line right in front of a man, Paul. They are both perplexed by the less than adorable Valentines spirit that surrounds them. The man can’t keep his disgust to himself and finally says something out loud.//

Paul: God. Could this holiday be ANY more overated?

Jinette: I know, right ? Do we really need a stupid holiday to show how we love someone? Love is a thing that should be expressed every day.

Paul: Love doesn’t exist. It can’t. Look at those magazines-//points to a rack full of magazines displaying various celebrity divorces-// who isn’t getting a divorce these days?

Jinette: True that. Do people really believe that there’s one single being out there that’s truly for them?

P: I hate love. You know what else I hate? Checking out at grocery stores. I’m always behind that ONE person with all the god damn coupons. Isn’t that the complete worse?

J: I HATE those people with envelopes full of coupons for things they don’t need but use the coupon just to buy it to save money that they didn’t need to spend because they didn’t need it in the first place!

P: Exactly! I hate coupons. I also hate talking about stuff like this while I’m checking out my groceries. Let’s get tea and discuss more.

J: Oh thank God you said tea. I hate coffee.


 * AT THE CAFÉ: **

//Paul and Jinette are enjoying each other’s company and are finding out they hate similar things. They are in mid conversation.//

J: Yea! I know, I hate that too.

P: See that guy over there on his laptop? Earbuds in, writing away like hes some sort of author? I HATE those people. And I can judge them, too, because I am a writer and I don’t need to come to some café to prove that by ordering some black coffee and typing on a laptop.

J: Oh, so you consider yourself a writer?

P: Yes! I love the arts. They are the one thing in this life I can love no matter what.

J: I know exactly how you feel. I love to paint.

P: Really? That’s great! Who are your favorite painters?

J: Oh, god. There are too many! Carravagio, Monet, Picasso, Rothko, Pollock. Fantastic work.

P: Wow! I love all of them too. Jack the Dripper- absolutely brilliant.

J: Yeah.

//Paul’s sleeve slips up and reveals an Aquarius tattoo on his inner wrist. Jinette notices and is shocked.//

J: I’m sorry, I can’t help but notice…Is that an Aquarius tattoo on your wrist?

P: Oh, yeah. I believe in that sort of stuff. //Shows his tattoo to Jinette.//

J: Yeah…so do I. //Raises her sleeve to reveal the same tattoo, in the same area on her own arm.//

P: Wow… That’s sort of..Amazing. When’s your birthday?

J: February 12th… I just turned eighteen.

P: Stop. So did I. Same day…

//They both kind of stop and get a little weird feeling inside. Is this meant to be?//

J: Are you.. from around here?

P: Well, I was born here, at Albany Medical Center. But I had to move to Russia with my parents, and I just came back this past summer to help my family run the Altamont Fair. Now I’m going to school at NYU for English.

J: I was born at Albany Med too… the same day as you, same year… (beat.) I’ve been in Guilderland my entire life. This is my first year at college….I go to NYU for painting…

//They stare at each other in stillness. What is going on? What sort of chance of fate is making these two people meet each other, at this time, when they are such cynics of love?// //Still, they smile at each other, knowing that something new and exciting is about to begin.//


 * FOUR YEARS LATER… **

//It is their birthday, and they are exchanging gifts with one another. Jinette has spent a long time making a painting that describes her love for Paul. It’s got all different colors, representing each emotion that Paul brings to Jinette. They are completely in love. Paul has written a poem to Jinette that he believes will explain his feeling for her in words.//

J: I’ve worked on this piece for ever, I had to make it perfect for you. I really hope you love it as much as I love you.

//Reveals her painting.//

P: Oh, Jinette! It is beautiful. What a beautiful painting from a beautiful being. I love you.

J: Happy birthday, Paul.

P: Happy birthday, Jinette. I have written you something.

//He gets out a piece of paper and hands her a huge box with a bow on it.//

P: Open it after I say this.

“The sun, it did shine

the day you came into my life

and everything that was wrong

became all right

everything that was upside down

turned around

And I smiled because finally

my heart had found its home

and I didn’t need anyone to tell me

that you are where I belong

I knew, I just knew

that it was you

And the morning sun it would rise

and dance through the happiness

that shone in my eyes

And all my dreams they did come true

every second that was spent with you

And every wish that I had ever made

came to life that one fateful day

And I smiled because finally

my life and everything made perfect sense

and I didn’t need someone to tell me

that this was love or what it meant

I knew, I just knew

I was meant for you.”

//Paul stops, looks up at Jinette who is sitting next to the big box with a bow on it.//

J: Oh, Paul! You are just so thoughtful. Thank you so much, that was beautiful. //She eyes the box.//

P: Open the box, Jinette.

//Jinette’s eyes light up and she moves in to remove the bow. She opens the box to reveal a bunch of tissue paper with nothing in it- or so it seems… She spends a few moments uncovering so much tissue paper and finally reveals a smaller box. She gasps. She picks up the box.//

P: Jinette. //He takes the box out of her hands and holds it in his own.// You make me the happiest being I could ever be. I never knew fate existed until the day I met you. After that, I knew you were the one for me. I want to marry you! I don’t want anybody else but you. Will you marry me, Jinette? //He opens the box to reveal a diamond engagement ring.//

//Jinette is on the verge of tears, touched with how much Paul loves her. Of course, she loves him back, and knows what her answer is.//

J: Paul, I want nothing else but to spend the rest of my life with you. Of course I will be your wife!!! Yes! I do!

//They hug. Paul takes out the ring and puts it on Jinette’s finger. They are now engaged!//

J:I love you Paul.

P: I love love! And you, Jinette.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wilco- You and I**

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I love Wilco. Their songs are all poetic and romantic. The lyrics are just love song after love song.

<span style="background-color: #00ffa9; color: #780080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Hey class! I’m Kelsey and I am 17. I’ll be 18 on February 18th and I’m supppper excited about that. I still don’t believe my own words when somebody asks what grade I’m in and I answer with the word “senior”. I am soo happy to finally be a senior at Guilderland High School. It’s not that I want to rush and grow up really fast but when you spend ten years in a certain place, you kind of get sick of it! I moved here during the summer going into second grade. Before that I lived in different places around the capital region and I spent Kindergarten and first grade at a catholic school called St. Mary’s in Waterford when I lived in Spiegletown. I moved into my Grandma’s house in Guilderland when she got sick, and eventually she moved into my aunt’s house to be monitored by nurses and she died peacefully there. Now me and my mom live in her house. My mom and my dad never got married and they separated when I was one. I have pretty good relationships with both of my parents and I am so thankful for the family that I have.**

<span style="background-color: #caff00; color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">When we moved into my Grandma’s house I asked my mom if I could get a cat. She told me that I could if my grandma said yes and what do you know, she did! I was so happy to get the greatest cat ever, Pete. He was raised as an indoor cat but he was always a rebel and snuck out to adventure off into the wild. This summer we let him go out a lot more than usual and it came back to bite us. He got let out a few weeks ago by one of my friends and he hasn’t come home since. People tell me that he’s on a really big adventure but I think that somebody stole him. I mean why wouldn’t they, he’s adorable. But it really sucks to think that he’s never going to come home. L <span style="background-color: #084444; color: #00ffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">At my dads house, I have three other pets Cheerio a black cat, Molly a black dog, and a turtle named Gordo. I don’t see them that much because I don’t go to my dads that much so now suddenly my mom’s house feels very lonely without Pete.

<span style="background-color: #dcc1c1; color: #ff7d00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">After three days of high school I already feel the pressure building about college. All this talk about moving on to higher education really makes me anxious. I have noooooo clue what to do with the rest of my life, and here I am supposed to decide by the end of this year. It’s crazy to think about! During my entire high school career I wanted to go down to Jacksonville, Florida and attend college there but recently I’ve changed my mind. I think I’m going to go to a SUNY school for a few years and then I could always transfer. As for my majors, who the heck knows what I’ll end up doing!

<span style="background-color: #21215e; color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">So I have the best friend any body could ask for. Her name is Casey and she’s also a senior here. We are literally two peas in one pod. If you’ve ever seen the movie Stepbrothers, we ARE Brendan and Dale. And p.s. we know every line of that movie and watch it wayyy more than we should. We have been friends since second grade, and best friends since sixth when she moved into my neighborhood. So much has happened and we’ve always been together through it all. I’m not lying when I say that we have never ever gotten into a fight. We get sick of each other for about a day, not very often, but then we are back to normal. For some odd reason we never can run out of things to say to each other. I couldn’t be the person I am today with out her as corny as that sounds!



<span style="color: #0091ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Anyways I love English, I always have. I love movies, I love good books, and I love love love music. So I’m pretty sure I’m going to have a blast in this class.



911 Kelsey Ryan

=**KELSEY's TOP TEN FAVORITE ARTISTIC THINGS:**=

**10. Waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of rain.**



**9. Bird formations**



**8. Concerts**



**7. Any song by the beatles**

**6. Clouds, more specifically... that moment when the sun is poking out of them and it looks like god has opened up the heavens to us.**

**5. Rent**



**4. THE MOON**



**.... Especially when its HUGE and reddish or orange...**


 * 3. Lady Gaga. **




 * 2. TIE DYE **






 * 1. MUSIC. **





=**THE HUNGER ARTIST IMAGES**=



All these images represent Kafka's "Hunger Artist." The first image shows a sketch of a man huddle up, alone, and starving. The second image represents the ability of humans to pass by a suffering person and not even care. The kid is eating a lollipop and going on to the next big thing in the circus. Nobody is paying any attention to him. The last image shows a suffering man who is starved to only skin and bones. He is never satisfied.

SOME ART QUESTIONS:


 * Who is an artist?** An artist is somebody who expresses themselves through a piece whether it is a song, or a sketch, or a painting!


 * What is art for?** Art is for expression. The painter, drawer, dancer, musician (etc.!) is able to express their emotions to everybody through that painting, drawing, dance, song, etc!


 * What should be considered a “work of art?” Who gets to decide this?** I believe ANYTHING can be considered a work of art. It all depends on how you look at it!! Some people could look at a group of chairs lined up and say “Wow, that is art!” Another could just see it as a group of chairs in a line. I think it all depends on the interpreter!


 * Who decides what is “worthy” to be published/shown/recorded, etc.** All the publishers decide, which is a shame, because I believe a lot of things that don’t get published could really be art! Or the public could decide, if the publisher sees that’s what the people want, then the people will get what they want!
 * Should art ever make you uncomfortable?** I think it could… It depends. If the artist is trying to send a severe message about an opinion and he crosses a bit of a line to make that point, he did his job. If you walk away feeling a little uncomfortable, at least that artist got you thinking about what they wanted.


 * __BRANCUSI’S “Bird in Space"__**
 * The Bird in Space series are pieces of art in which there is a bird looking feather type thing that is standing straight up on a block or base. The series has feathers made out of different metals, like bronze, and silver. When the pieces of art were purchased in Europe, the people who purchased them traveled to the U.S. on a boat with them. When they arrived to the U.S., Customs made a big deal of the so-called pieces of art. They stated that the piece of metal was not art, and therefore charged the travelers money for traveling with it. There was a court case that called many specialists and artists in to determine whether or not the piece of metal was art.**


 * 2. Installation art is a piece of artwork that is three dimensional and are designed to transform the perception of a space.**
 * Some pieces of Ann Hamiltion's art work:**







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 * 3. New Media Art- uses a lot of digital and technological specialties to create art.**
 * Some examples:**





=**Caravaggio:**= = =
 * -Italian artist in Rome, Naples, Malta, Sicily**
 * -lived in Shakespeare's time**
 * -paintings caused controversial scandal**
 * -high quality images**
 * -he killed someone in a brawl**





MONET: french painter, 1840-1926. Impressionist. It is just a beautiful painting. The colors stand out, and are so pretty. I want to fall asleep in the purple flowers. I love this. The colors are darker. The woman's expression looks like she is hiding something, like a secret. The little boy's eyes are the only dark feature on his face. I can feel the wind.



I reallllllllly like this painting. The land is awesome; the colors are so different. I like the fading darkness of the blue in the sky and the windmill is a really cool center of the picture.

PABLO PICASSO: Spain. 1881-1973. Cubism.

I like the different features and the way each are facing. It is a very interesting picture. I like the colors. The shapes are so cool, it's like you dont even really know whats going on completely.

Again, the shapes are just so cool. The face is awesome. The body, the hair ,the chair, everything. So cool.

MARK ROTHKO: Born in Russia, immigrated to U.S. with family. 1903-1970. Abstract Expressionism.

I like this painting. The color is so appealing. It looks like somebody put terracotta clay over a stone and then somehow engraved a photograph of a woman standing in the middle of it.

This painting is so simple. The squares of orange and white are separated by a black stripe. Its interesting.



This painting is so cool. The blue background looks fake and it clashes with the realistic red shirt.

JACKSON POLLOCK: 1912-1956. American painter. Abstract Expressionism. This painting is neat. There are lots of different images inside and you dont know whats fully going on.

This painting is one of those questionable ones. Some may look at this as something that isnt art. I do! It' so cool, the splatters are so random.

This painting is amazing to me. I see different things going on, and it's interesting to see different people's impressions from the painting.

PETAPIXEL :









BoingBoing.net :



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Frank Stella:





Robert Rauschenberg:







Robert Motherwell:





SOME KOOL ART: turner: Cassatt:



O'Keeffe:

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Lawrence:

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Munch:





Wyeth :

started essay :

The sun is our main source of energy in life. It is what makes us live! It gives us food, warmth, sunshine. Without the sun we would be cold, starved, dead. Imagine the world with out a sun. It is our inspiration. Seeing the sun lets us know that everything will be okay. Now, imagine yourself walking down the hallways of Guilderland High. Your head is down, you just came out of a class and you’re half asleep walking to your next class. You look up and suddenly see the sun. More specifically, Munch’s sun:

What a literal burst of energy it could give you. An inspiring painting that could transport you from sleepiness and into a creative state. You would now enjoy the rest of your walk to the next class and be ready to think creatively for the rest of the day. If I had my millions of dollars to spend on a painting for the school, it would be this painting. Edvard Munch’s “The Sun” inspires me when I see it; the colors are magnificent, you can feel the warmth of the sun on your face, you know the rest of your day is going to be okay. The students in Guilderland High could really benefit from having this magnificent painting in their hallways. They would be inspired and energized through the colors and image of the painting. It is not only a sun, it is life. And each student would be more lively after walking by and glancing at the painting.

Bansky Graffiti :

















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Jerry:



Thomas Harvey Wilcox:\

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Garbage Art:



JR: exhibits freely in the streets of the world



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Swoon:



Science tattoo:

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Response to Style Wars:

Style Wars was an interesting movie. It was cool to see the eighties in NYC when the graffiti art was really coming out and getting popular. The kids behind the art where actually surprisingly intelligent and had their heads on pretty straight, atleast i thought. They knew what they were doing, legal or not, and didn't seem to understand the mayor and other public's response. Why call it trash? I thought it was art, not trash. The colors are awesome, the pictures are detailed and abstract. The names- the representation of each artist- was cool to see because the artists wanted to be known, and hopefully respected by the other artists or the public. It was interesting that the mayor and person in control of the subway were so consistent with talkin about finding the boys and showing the "consequences," when really they never caught any kids or got them in any trouble. In my opinion, if I were to ride the subway to work or school or anywhere every day, I would enjoy seeing art and colors on my way. I was surprised when they were interviewing the public at the amount of people who were calling it trash. Of course, I'm sure there were some innapropriate pictures that shouldn't be on a public transit for all children to see but some of the pieces were really beautiful; they deserved to be there.







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(Intro to Usher's "These are my confessions")

Musical Confessions Back in the early 2000’s I had my share of love for artists that I would be confessing to today. I remember being completely obsessed with Britney Spears- before she got all freaky and shaved her head. I loved her in her innocent days when she was first becoming really popular. I remember making up dances to her songs with my friends and sitting at my computer looking up the lyrics to her song, literally writing them all out just so I could sing to her CD in my boom box.

Before.... After...

Another confession would be my obsession with Hilary Duff. I was obsessed with her on Lizzie McGuire, so of course when I found out she had “singing” talent and an album out I just HAD to be her number one fan. I LOVED that CD. I would listen to it for hours in my room, usually dancing and trying to be cool like Lizzie McGuire.

I could probably sing along to 80% of the words on this album

A third confession of my early pop years was Ashlee Simpson. I even supported her after she completely fudged up on Saturday Night Live when she lip synched and was live for all to see. I didn’t care; I thought her music was fantastic… Don’t blame me, I was young and naïve!



Definately could sing along to around 90% of these lyrics...

But I have to admit if I were to hear any of these three artist’s old hits that I was in love with back in the day today, I would just have to sing along. For memorial purposes, of course.



HANK WILLIAMS : what a boss



both Hanks !



Known as the father of contemporary country music Given a guitar from his Mom at eight years old His musical influence came from a local blues singer named Rufus 'Tee Tot' Payne First single hit produced for MGM was "Move it on Over" and it was produced in 1947 he died at a young 29 in the back fof a car

Hank is in the right and his wife Audrey on the left

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Ed Sullivan Show :

73 million TVs were tuned in for the first appearance by [|The Beatles] on the show, February 9, 1964.



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Hitsville, U.S.A.

The Funk Brothers:

Berry Gordy:



Gladys Knight and The Pips:



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The Kinks :

Ray Davies - vocal, guitar, songwriter Dave Davies- vocal, guitar Pete Quaife - bassist Mick Avory- drummer Banned in the states until 1969 because of rowdy shows







Lola: [|http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20aw2_kinks-lola_music#rel-page-5]

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Mamas and the Papas: John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty, Mama Cass Elliot Bonded through a trip on LSD Blindfolded Michelle and threw a dart at a map of the world that landed on the Virgin Islands, where they would all travel and write a lot of songs. They ended up in New York and wanted to be in the warm weather- they were dreaming of California. They went to the west coast and recorded their first hit, "Californa Dreaming." Other hits are "Monday, Monday" and "Dream a little dream of me"





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Peter, Paul and Mary



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Gigi Shibabaw: (Ejigayehu Shibabaw) Born and raised in Chagni, which is in northwestern region of Ethiopia. The ethiopian church prohibitted women from singing or playing music in church, but Gigi learned traditional songs from a priest through her family. Her self titled album got her a lot of attention. American jazz musicians were incorporated in her album. Her music is infused with traditional and contemporary sounds. Insturments used in her music are guitar, piano, the krar and a tabla. She is married to her producer.

KRAR TABLA

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