Research Paper On Adele

One of Aaliyah’s contributions to her genres of music would be that she brought back the teen girl's voice for R&B. Due to the fact that when she first started her career she was fifteen years old. Her career started when she did a cover for the song “At your best.” By the Isley Brothers. When Aaliyah dropped her first single “Back & Forth.” It was a hit because Aaliyah was a young talented solo artist. Since she was a solo artist she was appealed more by a younger audience. Due to the fact that she wasn’t like the older singers such as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

Aaliyah was my best friend, we told eachother everything, I was there with her when she first recorded her first song, we sang together, we even wrote a song together, i thought of her like a little sister, little did I know of the short time I had with her. I remember when I first heard of her, she was performing in Las Vegas with the famous singer Gladys Knight. You should have seen my face full of shock and awe as I heard this eleven year old’s voice, the way she hit all the right notes, and how her voice blended perfectly with Gladys was amazing. From that point on I knew she was going to be a superstar, and that I wanted her, no needed to have her in one of my albums. Three years later, yet again she surprises me by her debut album with

Singer. Born April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. (Though many biographical sources give her birth date as 1918, her birth certificate and school records show her to have been born a year earlier.) Often referred to as the "first lady of song," Fitzgerald enjoyed a career that stretched over six decades. With her lucid intonation and a range of three octaves, she became the preeminent jazz singer of her generation, recording over 2,000 songs, selling over 40 million albums, and winning 13 Grammy Awards, including one in 1967 for Lifetime Achievement.

Whitney Houston was born to a family that were singers. She was the youngest of three children and was related or friends with lots of talented singers, Aretha Franklin was her grandmother. She began singing in a choir at church and soon went on to become a background singer. When she was 18 she had her first record deal. With her second album she had to first album by a women to enter the number 1 charts.

Etta loved to sing, before she got discovered by Otis, and asked to record for chess. People then started to realize she was going to be a singing star (Weissman, 2006). James, recorded a lot of albums and songs, Some were hits and some were nothing at all, one of her finest albums was Seven year Itch,The best selling album was Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (Weissman, 2006). Yes, she did go off the charts when new bands started coming out and making new hit songs, but i bet that didn't stop her from keep recording music (Hodgkinson,

Born in Los Angeles, California, on January 25, 1938, Etta James was a gospel prodigy. In 1954, she moved to Los Angeles to record "The Wallflower." Her career had begun to soar by 1960, due in no small part to songs like "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "At Last." Despite her continued drug problems, she earned a Grammy Award nomination for her 1973 eponymous album. In 2006, she released the album All the Way. James died in Riverside, California, on January 20, 2012, and continues to be is considered one of the most dynamic singers in music.

Ella Baker “Other mother” of civil rights activist born December 13, 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia. She was an advocate for African American civil rights and political organations after she fought her right the political process, and including the way party delegates were selected. Ella’s Beliefs were to make it equality for people of all race Then she died December 13 1986 on her birthday, but before Ella died she was awarded the coalition of 100 black women threw party in New York City in her honor. In 1984, the organization presented her with its Candace award for outstanding

Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, into a talented singing family. The youngest of three children, her mother, Cissy, was a successful backing singer. Whitney's singing career began in the local gospel choir but she quickly graduated to backing singing with the likes of Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan, when she also worked as a model. At the age of 18, Whitney was signed to record label Arista Records, with whom she produced the album, 'Whitney Houston' with 'Saving All My Love For You' earning her a Grammy Award. Her second album, the uninspiringly titled 'Whitney', was the first album by a woman to enter at number one in the charts. Its first four singles all made #1 in the Billboard chart. 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Diana Ross is internationally known. With a career spanning for over 40 years, Ross is by far one of the best female entertainers of all time. Diana Ross began her career as a singer that evolved as an actress. She began as a member of a famous singing group, which grew into world-wide fame, riches, and family. Diana has led a rags-to-riches life that is one to be admired.

Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her parents are Cissy and John Houston. At an early age Whitney knew with the guiding hands of cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin she would become an amazing singer. Cissy Houston was the choir minister at New Hope Baptist Church, and that’s where she got her start. On her first interview with Diane Sawyer, Houston said “I think I knew then that [my singing ability] was an infectious thing that God had given me.”

Whitney’s second album was launched on june,1987 which consists another Grammy winning hit “ I wanna dance with somebody”, “So emotional”, “Didn’t we have it all” and “Where do broken hearts go” . This album made Whitney the first ever female singer toppling the billboard charts #1 and surpassed the record of setting up consecutive #1 hits after Beatles & Bee

“Rage to Survive, The Etta James Story” as told by Etta James, and written by David Ritz, is a biographical telling of the history of the soul singer who, through a series of crashes and comebacks, became one of the most famous blues, R&B and jazz singers in history. Born in Los Angeles, California, Etta James, or as a young child known as Jamesetta Hawkins, was born January 25th, 1938 to Ms. Dorothy Hawkins who was just fourteen, and an absent father. This is a solidified fact, the place and date of birth and the woman Jamesetta was born to. However, this is the only question that could be answered about her life with certainty. It would take a lot of writing to try and explain every piece of the puzzle, Jamesetta had a complex,

Etta James, birth name Jamesetta Hawkins, was born on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California to her 14-year-old mother, Dorothy Hawkins, who encouraged her daughter's singing career. James never knew her father. By the age of 5, Etta James was known as a gospel prodigy, by singing in her church choir and on the radio. Then by age 12, she moved north to San Fransico, where she formed a trio and was soon working for a band leader Johnny Otis. Four years later, in 1954, she moved to Los Angeles to record "The Wallflower" with the Otis band. It was that year that she became Etta James, deciding to shorten her name. Her vocal group was dubbed "the Peaches" which also Etta's nickname. James then launched her solo career with such hits as "Good

Being a touring singing and performer can become a very rough and tiring job. Being on the road traveling for many months, playing different shows every night would make you really realize if singing is what you love to do. Ella was a singer for more than 60 years. Ella Fitzgerald goes down in history as one of the greatest female singers proven by the many awards and respect she received.

On July 28th in the evening at home alone, I watched Adele live at Royal Albert Hall on YouTube, which can be found following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7bnkVbI88&t=0s.. Adele was born in 1988 in London, and is a well known British singer/songwriter. Adele has released three albums in her career: 19, 21, 25 and Adele has thirteen hits on the billboard top 100 chart as of 2017. Adele started her career in 2006 when a video of hers was discovered on myspace. An influence on Adele’s style of music is Etta James. This performance is before her last album was released and features more of her past relationships in her music, so this concert was not about happy party music, it was a deep soulful experience.