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    lunchtime affair relationship in her attractive white underpants in the first scene which shows the loss of innocence; likewise by capturing a toilet bowl and flush in a restroom (a first in an American film), and killing off its significant "star" Janet Leigh 33% of the path into the film (in a stunning, splendidly altered shower murder scene joined by

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    Rebecca McKenney History and Sociology of Rock Music Mrs. Trimble 1 October 2016 Motown: Musical Achievements and Major Artists “As surely as Atlantic was the greatest independent record company of the fifties, Motown was the greatest of the sixties.” – Jon Landau from “The Motown Story” Rolling Stone Magazine According to Motown Encyclopedia, on January 12th, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. began the record company called Tamla Records, which would be incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April

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    On February 19, 1940 Smokey Robinson was born. Save for founder Berry Gordy, no one has been more connected with the recording empire in Detroit known as Motown than the great William “Smokey” Robinson. First he leads the Miracles singing Group then he did other things such as being a producing at Motown, writing sons for them, he also became very close to Gordy you can say he was his right hand man. Smokey Miracles were signed second in Gordy’s management and production company. Motown was just

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    A sixteen year old girl poses for the camera, wearing a shirt that resembles something more akin to a bra than to an actual shirt. She is lying prostrate upon the floor with the photographer snapping pictures above her scantily-clad form. The girl's name is Britney Spears. She has just recorded her first hit single, named "Hit Me Baby One More Time". As Britney's veneer of a bubblegum pop princess fades, she has resorted to shedding more and more layers of clothing in order to attract

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    Similarly, Michael Jackson has had many achievements besides in the music industry. His music really spoke to people besides a form of entertainment and it has changed many people's lives even if it is just music. It has impacted many others. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana to an average African American working class family. Jackson’s father had been a leading guitarist, but had to put that aside to raise Jackson and his other sons, so he stopped playing and received

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    Boyce Avenue are the three-piece band of brothers taking the world by storm with their peppy pop-rock. The band has defied the bounds of internet fame with their highly successful YouTube channel, which currently has nearly eight million subscribers. While the band, brothers Alejandro (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano), Fabian (acoustic and electric guitar, back-up vocals, keyboards) and Daniel Manzano (percussion, bass, back-up vocals, violin), may be mostly known for their covers, Boyce Avenue have

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    Michael Jackson was the world’s “King of Pop”. When he was five years old he and his brothers put together a music group that would do great. Only when he decided to go off on his own was when the pop music industry would change forever. (Michael Jackson Biography, n.d.) He was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. His full name is Michael Joseph Jackson and he got his middle name from his father, Joseph Jackson. When he was five years old he became the lead singer of his family’s singing group

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    Biography of Michael Jackson He was known as the “king of pop” but his reign on the throne wasn’t always easy. Michael Jackson was a talented singer, songwriter, dancer, and one of the most popular entertainers in pop culture history. As a child, Michael was the lead singer of his family's Motown group, the Jackson 5. He went onto a solo career debuting his first song “Got To Be There” in 1971. His 1982 album Thriller has sold an estimated sixty-six million copies around the world, making it the

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    Michael Jackson was a famous American singer who rose to fame in the 1980’s for his pop music. He had millions of fans. In this essay I am going to write about Michael Jackson beginning of his life, Rising to fame, and his death. Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958. Michael Jackson was 5 when he started benning to sing, he started with his brothers and sisters there band was called the Jackson Brothers. Also the lead singer. His dad was the manger. “Hes dad worked in the steel

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    When people think of Michael Jackson they think of Thriller and the white glove, but they never think of the darkside that was also in Jackson to. Jackson early life was filled with fame and money therefore it made him grow up faster than most kids at his and led to. Michael Jackson becoming one of the greatest artist of all time, but with fame and fortune coming so fast his downfall became inevitable. For Jackson most of his early life was filled with hard work and busy schedules with trying to

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