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...Jefferson was the earlier and more conventional blues artist. A powerful singer who wrote his own music and accompanied himself on the guitar, Jefferson was the first male blues superstar, and enjoyed a highly successful recording career whose influence was still being felt 1961, when Bob Dylan recorded "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" on his debut album. Being the first out of the gate may have accounted for some of Jefferson's success; his songs and their variations became part of the blues canon, but how much of it was Jefferson and how much was part...
...might have been Pope John Paul II, whose calls for fair treatment of developing nations can be heard around the world. It might have also been Bono, lead singer of U2, whose visit to the Vatican initiated probably the first joint statement by a Catholic pope and an Irish pop star. It could have also been Jeffrey D. Sachs '76, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade and Director of Harvard's Center for International Development, who is one of the most outspoken representatives of the economics profession and an avid supporter of the global debt relief program...
...most underappreciated singers in country music is Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens, who turns 75 this year. Instead of being remembered for the fine ballad singer that he is, his main legacy is a string of rather silly novelty tunes (his biggest hit was "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose") perhaps engendered because crowds found it hard to take the less-than-five-foot Dickens seriously. It's a pity - he had a fine voice (it's a bit ragged now), some good material in his repertoire and a good heart...
...night is settling in front on my TV and watching the terminally kitsch show "Your Big Break," another game-show import from Britain, which comes on after "Saturday Night Live." People come on the show in ordinary clothes, go behind a screen of smoke and emerge dressed as the singer they're about to try to sing like-Patsy Cline, Elvis, Janet Jackson, you get the idea...
When the other members of British cult pop sensation Saint Etienne took a little break to launch their own record label, their lead singer built on her songwriting experience with the band and worked her vocal magic, giving the world of pop her first solo album, Lipslide. An expedition into a world of '60s girl pop mixed with some electronic production, Sarah Cracknell's dreamy vocals grow and grow on you until you're forced to surrender to the album's subtle yet straightforward sound...