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Hits of the 50's Hits of the 50's is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in August 1960 in the United States by RCA Victor. "Hits of the 50's" is a covers album consisting of Cooke's versions of songs by such artists as Nat King Cole, Frankie Avalon, and Doris Day.
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Frankie Avalon Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone; September 18, 1940) is an Italian-American actor, singer, and former teen idol.
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Stanley Wayne Mathis Stanley Wayne Mathis (born December 1, 1955) is an African American actor, singer, and dancer. He played the character Schroeder in the 1999 revival of Clark Gesner's "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown".
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Bobby Vinton Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton, Jr. (born April 16, 1935) is an American singer and songwriter. In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince of Poch", as his music pays tribute to his Polish heritage. Known for his angelic vocals in love songs, his most popular song, "Blue Velvet" (a cover of Tony Bennett's 1951 song), reached No.1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1963, and made No.2 in the UK in 1990. It also served as inspiration for the film of the same name.
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Johnny Harra Johnny Lee Harra (born Harry Lee Lovett; July 11, 1946 – March 30, 2011) was an American Elvis impersonator. He began impersonating Elvis at the age of 11 and was cast as the 42-year-old Elvis in the 1981 docudrama "This Is Elvis". Harra, one of four actors to portray Elvis in the movie, was featured in two scenes from the re-enactment of August 16, 1977, filmed at Graceland. After many years in seclusion he returned to the stage before the 25th anniversary of Elvis' death.
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Johnnie Johnston Johnny Johnston (December 1, 1915 – January 6, 1996), was an American actor and singer who was popular in the 1940s.
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George Hamilton IV George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.
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Cliff Edwards Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer, actor and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' In The Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947).
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Ronnie Drew Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew (Irish": Ránall Ó Draoi" ] ) (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.
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Cheyenne Jackson Cheyenne David Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.
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Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John and grandsons Jason and Tyler). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Skip Homeier George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.
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It's Like This It's Like This is an album by American singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2000. Like her 1991 album "Pop Pop", this is a mixture of covers ranging from musical classics from the likes of Lerner and Lowe, Hoagy Carmichael and the Gershwin brothers, to classic rock from Steely Dan and Marvin Gaye. The album was nominated for a 2001 Best Pop Traditional Record Grammy Award.
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Jerry Vale Jerry Vale (born Genaro Louis Vitaliano; July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2014) was an Italian-American singer and actor. During the 1950s and 1960s, Vale reached the top of the pop charts with his interpretations of romantic ballads, many of which he sang in Italian.
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Sandy Descher Sandra Descher (born November 30, 1945) is an American former child actress of the 1950s.
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50 Number Ones 50 Number Ones is a compilation album, released in 2004, by American country music singer George Strait. It is a compilation of his first 50 Number One country music singles, starting with 1982's "Fool Hearted Memory" and presented in chronological order. A new track, "I Hate Everything", was also included, and became his 51st overall Number One in 2004. The figure of "50 Number Ones" includes not just songs that reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, but also of those that topped the "Radio & Records" and "Gavin Report" charts. The album has been certified 7 × Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. It has sold 3,791,500 copies in the US as of April 2015.
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Troy curtis Troy Curtis (born Troy Tuminelli) is an actor, singer, and entrepreneur. At a young age, Curtis enjoyed singing at the dinner table with his family, but was not encouraged by his step-father. He has also performed under the name Troy Kurtis.
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American Idol Season 6: Greatest Hits American Idol: Greatest Hits was released on iTunes on June 12, 2007. The album was finally released almost a month after the May finale. The album contains 11 cover songs, by the finalists and Jordin Sparks' winning single. The contains 76 songs and includes cover songs by top 12 and, again, Jordin Sparks' winning single. Neither collection of songs was released as an actual CD but both are available exclusively through the iTunes Store.
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Rahsaan Patterson Rahsaan Patterson is an American singer and actor, best known for portraying "The Kid" on the popular 1980s television show "Kids Incorporated." His singing and songwriting style have been said to be reminiscent of Stevie Wonder, while his voice has also drawn comparisons to Chaka Khan.
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Tony Brent Tony Brent (26 August 1927 — 19 June 1993) was a British traditional pop music singer, most active in the 1950s. He scored seven Top 20 chart hits in the UK over an almost six-year period, starting in December 1952.
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Eddie Hodges Samuel "Eddie" Hodges (born March 5, 1947) is an American former child actor and recording artist who left show business as an adult.
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Terry Teene Terry Teene (February 1942 – March 9, 2012) [sometimes alternatively spelled as "Terry Teen"] was an American musician, vocalist, songwriter, and entertainer, most commonly known for the early 1960s novelty hit "Curse of the Hearse". According to the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, he recorded over 300 distinct songs and played on 100 or more released recordings, performing as a "major artist" on 25 of them. He has recorded under 70 names and appeared in over 500 nightclubs, by his own count.