Music facts
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Interesting facts about music
The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980. The first CD that was pressed in the U.S. was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”. To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States. He has sold 75 ...
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Interesting facts about Tupac Amaru Shakur Makaveli
Tupac Shakur a.k.a. Lesane Parish Crooks (which was his real name untill the panthers changed it) was born in NYC. Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief, "Tupac Amaru" means "Shining serpent" and "Shakur" means "thankful to god" in Arabic. 2Pac wrote his first rap at 15. Tupac studied ...
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interesting facts about the Beatles
Ring Starr wasn't always the drummer for The Beatles. George Harrison was the youngest of The Quarrymen ( The Beatles) when he joined, he was 14. John Lennon has 2 sons, one with Yoko Ono (2nd wife) and another with his 1st wife Cynthia. May 8, 1970 - The Beatles last album, ...
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Interesting facts about 50 Cent
His real name is Curtis James Jackson III . 50 Cent was expelled in 10th grade for possession of crack. Got his GED while in jail. As a teenager, %0 Cent was fondly known as Boo-Boo. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die ...
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Interesting Led Zeppelin facts
Led Zeppelin English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin deliberately misspelled their first part of their name so people would not mispronounce it. Mingling elements of blues, folk, and rock in its performances and recordings, Led Zepplin emerged as one of the most important and ...
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Interesting Facts about Guitars
The electric guitar was patented by George Beauchamp in 1936. Dimension standards of the modern guitar were established by Antonio Torres Jurado, between 1817 and 1892. The smallest guitar in the world is 10 micrometres long with strings 50 nanometres (100 atoms) wide. There are two major types of guitars: Acoustic ...
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interesting facts about rap and rappers
Rap music or hip-hop, genre originating in the mid-1970s among black and Hispanic performers in New York City. Hip Hop artists have the highest incarceration rates of any musical genre's artists list. 2pac is credited with being the first rapper to popularize tattoos in the rap community. First hip hop ...
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Interesting facts about rock music
Rock music started in the 1950s as a fusion of rhythm and blues, gospel music, and country music. Emerging in 1954-55, rock music was initially referred to as "rock 'n' roll." After 1964 it was simply called "rock music. The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat ...
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interesting facts about Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson was originally a music journalist before he got into music. His name is a combination of the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson.The original name of his rock group was Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids. His real name is Brian Hugh Warner. Marilyn Manson ...
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Interesting facts about Eminem
Hailie's last name is not Mathers (Marshall's last name), but rather Kim's last name (Scott). Eminem failed 9th grade 3 times and then dropped out. Dr. Dre didn't know Eminem was white until they met, but Dre said "I don't care what color, size or age as long they ...