musicianBorn: 3/12/1948Birthplace: Boston, Mass. The Bing Crosby of the 1970s, Taylor's brand of mellow introspective music delineated the shift away from the socially and politically charged music…
(Arthur Garfunkel)singer; actorBorn: 11/5/1941Birthplace: Forest Hills, Queens, New York Garfunkel is best known as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel (1962–70), formed with his grade-school…
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(Encyclopedia) Ladysmith Black MambazoLadysmith Black Mambazomämbäzˈō [key], choral group formed in 1965 in Ladysmith, South Africa, founded and led (until 2014) by Joseph Shabalala (1941–2020). The…
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(Encyclopedia) Jude, Saint, or Saint Judas [Jude is an English form to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles, also called Thaddaeus. He is thought to…
