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Kirsty MacColl
10th October 1959-18th December 2000. Born Croydon, the daughter of English folk singer Ewan MacColl. Initially signed by Stiff Records, making the UK charts with “A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis”. Best known for her work with The Pogues, particularly the classic “Fairytale of New York”. Never happy with celebrity and Rockstar trappings, Kirsty spent much of her final days working with Cuban musicians. Killed by a speedboat whilst on holiday in Mexico.
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Ginger MacKenzie
Texas born singer/songwriter, influenced by Patsy Cline and Joni Mitchell.
A cult success in the US with albums such as 'Earthbound' and 'Kismet'.
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Shirley Manson
Born 26th August 1966 in Edinburgh. The voice of Garbage, Shirley cut her teeth with Scots post-punk band "Goodbye Mr McKenzie" before hitting global paydirt with every student’s favourite Rock act.
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Jennifer Marks
Born New York City. Her debut CD "Pizza" was released in 1998 to critical acclaim.
She has since formed her own record company, Red Kurl Records, and released "My Name's Not Red" in 2001. Once again, the New York and US music press were mightily impressed, describing her lyrics as smart, fun and sexy.
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Martina McBride
Born 29th September 1966. Sharon, Kansas. Top US Country singer whose albums "The Way I Am" and "A Broken Wing" have gone platinum. Voted Country Female Vocalist of The Year in 1999.
www.martina-mcbride.com |
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Jono McCleery
Surbiton (London) based singer-songwriter influenced by Jeff Buckley amongst others.
www.jonomccleery.com
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Reba McEntire
28 March 1955, Chockie, Oklahoma, USA. As far as Reba's concerned, there's only two kinds of music - Country and Western. Huge star of the genre, and an Increasingly successful actress. |
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Alan McGhee
Born in Glasgow, he is the man from Creation who gave the world Oasis and Primal Scream. Hob-nobbed with Tony Blair at number 10 during New Labour’s Honeymoon period, McGhee has now grown to resent and despise our fine Prime Minister.
Recently founded Poptones. |
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Loreena McKennitt
Born Morden, Canada "Eclectic Celtic" self managed, self-produced singer/songwriter who owns her own label, Quinlan Road. She has sold over 10 million records worldwide, her best selling album being "The Book of Secrets".
www.quinlanroad.com
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Sarah McLachlan
Born Halifax, Nova Scotia 1968. Acoustic folk artist who made her debut LP "Touch" in 1988, an album that went gold in Canada.
Has gone on to release "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy", "Surfacing", and the live album "Mirrorball".
Sarah is the creator of Lilith Fair, a tour highlighting female artists that began in 1997, and has gone on to become one of the top draws on the US concert circuit. |
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Jo Dee Messina
Born 25th August 1970 Framingham, Mass, USA. Country and Western singer Jo Dee is a chart regular Stateside with her albums “I’m Alright” and the 2001 release “Burn”. |
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Van Morrison
Born 31 August 1945 Belfast. Began his career as lead singer with “Them” and has gone on to become one of the most influential recording artists of his generation. Has a reputation as being a grumpy old git, however a Red and Proud representative bumped into him in a pub in Chorleywood and he was all sweetness and light. |
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Allison Moorer
Born Frankville, Alabama, a Nashville resident since 1983. Hardcore country ballads are Allison’s stock in trade - she was nominated for an Academy Award for her composition “A Soft Place To Fall”, featured in Robert Redford’s 1998 movie hit “The Horse Whisperer”. |
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Dave Mustaine
Born La Mesa, California 13th Septemer 1961. Former member of Metallica, now frontman and major songwriter of US metal band Megadeth. Megadeth have sold over 20 million records worldwide, and are set to continue on the road to world domination for some time to come. |
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Willie Nelson
Born 30th April 1933 Texas. Country music star whose best known albums are 'Shotgun Willie' and 'Phases and Stages'. Has now branched out into TV and film acting, and he starred in 'The Redheaded Stranger', a movie named after one of his own songs. |
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Carl Newman
Born 1968. Canadian musician and songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and
Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he re-emerged as the leader of The New Pornographers in 2000. (Their opus 'Sing Me Spanish Techno' is a long-term favourite of the R&P web team.) Has released a solo album as A.C. Newman.
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Harry Nilsson
15 June 1941 – 15 January 1994. Brooklyn born singer songwriter who first found worldwide fame by performing "Everybody’s Talkin’", penned by the late Fred Neil.
Respected as a wry, intelligent songwriter, ironically it was the recording of the Badfinger song "Without You" that made Harry and his musical Red Top a household name. A close friend of John Lennon and a famed New York party animal, he and the ex-Beatle spent a year-long "Lost Weekend" during the late 1970’s. |
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Renee Olstead
Born 18 June 1989, Houston. U.S. actress and singer who first appeared on TV in the sitcom "Still Standing". She has starred on the big screen, most notable in "13 Going On 30", "Scorched" and "Space Cowboys". Musically, Renee has released "Stone Country" , "Unleashed" and "By Request". Now signed to the Warner Bros label.
reneeolstead.com |
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
1860 - 1941. Polish composer and pianist whose sensitive playing made him the most popular musician since Liszt.
An ardent patriot and statesman , he briefly headed the Polish government.
He died in the US on a trip attempting to gain support for his country from the American Senate. |
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Parisian Redheads
Some like it hot or as the French would say - Certains L'Aiment Chaud. And that's when to call for this Redheaded Jazz quintet.
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The Proclaimers
Brothers Craig and Charley Reid came to prominence in 1988 with their mix of Everly Brothers style and post-punk melodies.
Their big numbers were "Letter From America", and "I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)" which was featured in the 1993 film "Benny and Joon". The Redheaded lads were Top Ten both sides of the Atlantic, but despite a minor hit with a cover version of "King of The Road" they have not troubled the charts since.
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Bonnie Raitt
Born 1949 California. Multi Grammy winning R&B singer who is the daughter of Broadway star John Raitt. Bonnie’s first hit was the 1972 album 'Give It Up' and since then she has been a permanent fixture in the charts with albums such as 'Nick of Time' and 'Luck of The Draw. |
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Eddi Reader
Born Glasgow. After busking around Europe, Eddie entered the crazy world of Rock'n'Roll as backing singer with the superb Gang of Four. Leaving Scotland for London she worked with Alison Moyet and Eurythmics, before forming Fairground Attraction, who hit Number 1 in 1988 with “Perfect”, following up with the platinum selling album “First of a Million Kisses”.
Uneasy with the excesses of the music business, Eddi is now a solo artist, collaborating with fellow folk/rockers Clive Gregson & Boo Hewerdine.
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Axelle Red
Born Hasselt, Belgium 1968. Talented singer/songwriter first made the Belgian charts at the tender age of 15 years with her debut single "Little Girls".
She has now fully developed into a Continental pop star. Her first album "Sans Plus Attendre" was a fixture in the Belgian and French charts for over a year. Her most interesting project resulted from an invitation from soul legend Isaac Hayes to record her second album "A Tatons" in Memphis. Perhaps the first and only soul album to be recorded completely in French.
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Red Rodney
Born Robert Chudnick in Philadelphia, 27th Sept 1927. Be-Bop trumpeter who is best known for playing with Charlie Parker, Red also blew with Jimm Dorsey and Gene Krupa. Still going strong in New York, Red was featured in Clint Eastwood’s Charlie Parker jazzumentary 'Bird' and played his own solos. Cool Daddyo. |
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Axl Rose
Born William Bailey on 6th February 1962, this wild Redheaded Rocker is the man behind Guns n Roses.
GNR have left a thousand hotel rooms and not a few leather clad young ladies in their wake.
Phew! Rock n Roll. |
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Patti Scialfa
Born Deal, New Jersey 29th July 1958. Guitarist/singer and member of New Jersey’s E-Street band, but better known as wife of E-Street gaffer Bruce Springsteen. Now a solo performer in her own right, Patti has recorded and released the album “Rumble Doll”. She is currently performing with the re-united E-Street band, keeping a close eye on The Boss. |
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John Scott
Generally regarded as the World’s leading organist. Redhead John has performed to audiences on all five continents. He is Organist and Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, and durong the year 2000 he pulled out all the stops for the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday celebrations.
He has made many recordings, including works by Mendellsohn, Liszt and Dupre. |
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Kevin Shields
Leading light, singer/guitarist and songwriter with My Bloody Valentine. The band were formed in Dublin in 1984, and have gone on to attain cult success. Not exactly prolific, the band enjoy taking their time - the last album "Loveless" released in 1999 took nearly five years to complete. |
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Beverly Sills
Born 1929. One of the top sopranos of the 20th century. Redheaded Beverly has been acclaimed for making Opera accessible and available to the great unwashed.
Her autobiography, 'Bubbles: A Self-Portrait' was a US best seller.
Now retired from performing, she was the first woman to be in charge of the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. |
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Phil Solem
Formed "The Rembrandts" with sidekick Danny Wilde in 1990. After many years playing the US club circuit, they hit gold with the song "I'll Be There For You" which was snapped up as the theme music to TV mega show "Friends". Mr. Solem and his bank manager are very happy men. Phil also has time for another project, the band "Thrush". |
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Jimmy Somerville
Born 1963, Glasgow. High profile, militant gay singer-songwriter who gained early success as the voice of Bronski Beat. Went on to form The Communards and is now a solo artist. |
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Sonia
Born 13th February 1971, Liverpool. Whilst playing the Liverpool club circuit, she was spotted by record producer Pete Waterman and an impromptu audition secured a recording contract.
Debut single You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You shot to number one in the UK selling a staggering 350,000 copies. Everybody Knows, her debut album sold half a million copies.
In 2003, Sonia took part TV's 'Reborn in the USA'.
www.soniaevans.com |
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Vivian Stanshall
21 March 1943 - 5 March 1995. Born East London. Formed The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band in the mid 1960’s, playing “a mixture of badly played jazz, Dadaism and pop-music parody“.
The band split in 1970, Stanshall going on to create “Sir Henry at Rawlinson’s End”, a project that spawned two albums and a film. Viv’s most commercial work was his contribution to Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells”.
His last years were dogged by drink and drug problems. |
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Patrick Stump
Born 27 April 1984- Glenview, Illinois. Lead singer and guitarist in US pop-punk band Fall Out Boy. Patrick sports a fine head of red hair with accompanying red mutton chops - a most original look.
Check out all of Patrick's work at : www.falloutboyrock.com |
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Christian Tanna
Born Hamilton, Canada. Christian is both drummer and lyricist with the Canadian thrash band "I Mother Earth". The band were formed in 1990, and have so far released four albums, "Dig ", "Scenery & Fish", "Blue Green Orange" and most recently "Quicksilver Meat Dream".
www.imotherearth.com |
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Martin Taylor
We wouldn't like to say Martin is the world's best jazz guitarist, but we reckon he's in the top one. Fantastic solo performances and discs led him to fame in the jazz firmament, and a gig in Stephane Grappelli's band. Has also guested with the likes of Bill Wyman, Chet Atkins, Bryn Terfel, and Dionne Warwick to name but a few. Also has an MBE, having been voted the UK's best jazz guitarist ten times!
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Tiffany
Born 2nd October 1971, as Tiffany Renee Darwish, in Norwalk, California. Valley girl, mall-singing Redhead who, for a few short weeks in 1988, became a fully fledged pop phenomena when she made number one with a cover of The Rubinoos' “I Think We’re Alone Now”. Her US career continued long after the fickle UK pop fans tired of her, and Tiffany is still treading the boards Stateside. |
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Maureen (Moe) Tucker
Born New Jersey, New York 1945. The drummer in seminal rock group The Velvet Underground, Moe’s standing up, no cymbal style gave the VU sound it’s highly individual edge.
Moe is still at it, having moved from drums to guitar, and selling CDs like a good ‘un at her website:
www.spearedpeanut.com/tajmoehal |
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Antonio Vivaldi
1678-1741. A visit to an Italian Restaurant just would not be complete without a CD recording of "The Four Seasons" helping the pasta and chianti down.
Vivaldi, complete with a fine Redtop, worked in Venice during the Baroque period - "The Four Seasons" four concertos depicting the seasons of the year being his most famous work.
And as all Redheads know, it had nothing to do with Frankie Valli. |
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John Waite
Born 4th July 1955 Lancaster. Soft Rock singer/songwriter, now a solo artist who is best remembered for his career with The Babys and his hit 'Missing You'. |
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Marti Webb
West End musical star who has appeared in “Cats” and “Evita” amongst many others. Marti has crossed over to the pop charts, most successfully with “Take That Look Off Your Face”. A regular at Royal Variety Shows, Redheaded Ms Webb has even been known to perform at private functions for the Royal Family. |
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Bert Weedon
West End musical star who has appeared in “Cats” and “Evita” amongst many others. Marti has crossed over to the pop charts, most successfully with “Take That Look Off Your Face”. A regular at Royal Variety Shows, Redheaded Ms Webb has even been known to perform at private functions for the Royal Family. |
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David Wells
Born 17th December 1964 as David Smith. Charismatic frontman from 1990’s UK rockers 'The Wildhearts' who made the charts with such gritty hits as 'Sick of Drugs' and 'Just in Lust'. |
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Lena Zavaroni
4th Nov 1963 - 1st Oct 1999. Child star of TV variety shows, she won Opportunity Knocks in 1973, going on to become a UK version of Shirley Temple.
Struggled with eating disorders, a battle she eventually lost. |
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