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Oasis Biography

rock group While possessing a reputation for their off-stage antics, Oasis was the first British group to break into the American post-grunge era with the album Definitely Maybe (1994) under the…

Louis the German

(Encyclopedia) Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent…

DK Science: Galaxies

SPIRAL GALAXY ESO 510-G13IRREGULAR GALAXYELLIPTICAL GALAXYBIOGRAPHY: EDWIN HUBBLE American, 1889–1953MILKY WAYFIND OUT MOREStars are not scattered evenly throughout the Universe. Instead, they…

Guy Lombardo

(Gaetano Albert Lombardo)band leader, impressario, speed boat racerBorn: 6/19/1902Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada Popular band leader who added the phrase “the sweetest music this side of…

Judah, persons in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) JudahJudahj&oomacr;ˈdə [key]. 1 In the Bible he is the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. In the Book of Genesis, Judah…

John Popper

musician, singer, song writerBirthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Harmonica man John Popper wanted to become a musician after seeing the film The Blues Brothers (1980). Popper tried the piano, the cello,…

Patty Schemel Biography

musicianBorn: April 24, 1967Birthplace: Marysville, Washington At age 11, Patty Schemel learned how to play the drums. By age 15, she had formed her first band, Sybil,…

Mark Knopfler

musician, songwriter, composerBorn: 8/12/1949Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland Mark Knopfler is best known as the songwriter, lead guitarist, and singer for the band Dire Straits, which first gained…