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Bethany Joy Galeotti Biography (1981-)
Published on 1 Mar, 2011 at 15:35 in Biography | Viewed 1,626 times | No Comments
Born in 1981, actress Bethany Joy Galeotti got her start at the age of 15 with roles in the Stephen King adaptation Thinner and a remake of To Kill a Mockingbird, in which she played Scout. A two-year stint on the long-running soap Guiding Light came in 1998, and in 2003 she landed one of the lead…
Randy Newman Biography (1943-)
Published on 28 Feb, 2011 at 10:15 in Biography | Viewed 269 times | No Comments
Randy Newman’s pop songs of the 1970s earned him a reputation as a songwriter’s songwriter, but he’s famous to most audiences for his songs and scores for popular movies such as Toy Story (1995), Bug’s Life (1998) and Monsters, Inc. (2001). Newman began writing songs at an early age, and in 1968 released his first album, Randy Newman…
Gary Moore Biography (1952-2011)
Published on 7 Feb, 2011 at 11:56 in Biography | Viewed 374 times | No Comments
One of rock’s most underrated guitarists (both from a technical and compositional point of view), Gary Moore remains relatively unknown in the U.S., while his solo work has brought him substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world — especially in Europe. Born on April 4, 1952, in Belfast, Ireland, Moore became interested in…
Meaghan Jette Martin Biography (1992-)
Published on 19 Jan, 2011 at 13:39 in Biography | Viewed 435 times | No Comments
Meaghan Jette Martin’s first became well known among tween audiences when she appeared on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in 2007. The 15 year old had been acting and modeling since age five, having appeared in community theater productions around her Las Vegas home for most of her life. In 2008, Martin…
Adam Levine Biography (1979-)
Published on 14 Jan, 2011 at 10:25 in Biography | Viewed 25,080 times | No Comments
Maroon 5 lead vocalist and guitarist Adam Levine was born on March 18, 1979, in Los Angeles, CA. He began playing music with junior-high friends guitarist Jesse Carmichael and bassist Mickey Madden under the influence of groups like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and after the final 1994 addition of Ryan Dusick on drums, the alternative rock band Kara’s…
Orianthi Biography (1985-)
Published on 29 Dec, 2010 at 16:49 in Biography | Viewed 788 times | No Comments
Deemed “seriously ass-whoopin’” by Carlos Santana, female guitarist Orianthi burst on the scene in 2009 thanks to the killer trifecta of Carrie Underwood, the Grammys, and the King of Pop. Born in Adelaide, Australia, Orianthi Panagaris was only six when she fell in love with the guitar thanks to her dad’s record collection. Legendary names like Clapton, Hendrix, and…
Jason Segel Biography (1980-)
Published on 28 Dec, 2010 at 13:43 in Biography | Viewed 169 times | No Comments
Jason Segel is a comic actor of TV and film who wrote and starred in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Segel was a regular cast member in the short-lived Judd Apatow series Freaks and Geeks (1999, with James Franco and Seth Rogen). Segel played Nick, the tall, awkward drummer smitten with Lindsay (played by Linda Cardellini). The show…
Marla Sokoloff Biography (1980-)
Published on 8 Dec, 2010 at 14:31 in Biography | Viewed 278 times | No Comments
Between movies and television, Marla Sokoloff established herself as a prominent teen actress in the late ’90s. Raised in San Francisco, Sokoloff moved to Los Angeles in 1994. While studying theater and music at the Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, she played guest-starring roles on such youth-friendly TV series as Fox’s Party of Five and…
Dimebag Darrell Biography (1966-2004)
Published on 8 Dec, 2010 at 11:04 in Biography | Viewed 1,194 times | No Comments
While the majority of acclaimed hard rock guitarists of the early ’90s focused primarily on songwriting rather than shredding away, there were a few exceptions to the rule, like Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell. Born Darrell Lance Abbott on August 20, 1966 in Dallas, Texas, Darrell was born into a musical family, as his father, Jerry Abbott, was a country…
Kate Voegele Biography (1986-)
Published on 26 Nov, 2010 at 9:26 in Biography | Viewed 953 times | No Comments
Before launching her dual careers as pop-minded songwriter and television actress, Kate Voegele grew up outside Cleveland in the suburban locale of Bay Village, OH, where she began singing in her church choir at age ten. Though her father often playing guitar during his daughter’s childhood, it wasn’t until she entered high school that Voegele first picked up…
Sara Bareilles Biography (1979-)
Published on 26 Nov, 2010 at 7:39 in Biography | Viewed 1,647 times | No Comments
A gifted songwriter and a versatile pianist with no formal training, Sara Bareilles burst onto the pop scene with a naturally skilled voice that ranged from powerful and soulful to sweet and gentle, earning her instant comparisons to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones. At age 18, she left the Redwood forests of her hometown, Eureka, CA, in pursuit…
