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Hal Willner, the Glossary

Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events.^[1]

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Adam McKay

Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.

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Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.

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Amarcord Nino Rota

Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.

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Anohni

Anohni Hegarty (formerly Antony Hegarty, born 1971), styled as ANOHNI, is a British-born American singer, songwriter, and visual artist.

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Baby Gramps

Baby Gramps is an American guitar performer, who, though born in Miami, Florida, has been based in the Northwest U.S. for at least the last 40 years.

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Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Børns

Garrett Clark Borns (born January 7, 1992), better known by his stage name Børns (stylized as BØRNS), is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Bertolt Brecht

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.

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Beth Orton

Elizabeth Caroline Orton (born 14 December 1970) is an English musician known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica.

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Bill Frisell

William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist.

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Bill Withers

William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Bob Holman

Bob Holman is an American poet and poetry activist, most closely identified with the oral tradition, the spoken word, and poetry slam.

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Bobby Previte

Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in Niagara Falls, New York) is a drummer, composer, and bandleader.

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Bono

Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist.

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Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.

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Camille O'Sullivan

Camille O'Sullivan is an Irish singer, musician, and actress.

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Carl W. Stalling

Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films.

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Carla Bley

Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader.

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Cartoon

A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style.

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Champagne Charlie (album)

Champagne Charlie is an album by Leon Redbone, released in 1978.

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Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.

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Charlie Haden

Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years.

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Charlie Watts

Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.

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Charlotte Kemp Muhl

Charlotte Kemp Muhl (born August 17, 1987), also known as Kemp Muhl, is an American musician, writer, model and director from Atlanta, Georgia.

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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

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Closed on Account of Rabies

Closed On Account of Rabies (1997) is a double-CD with poems and tales of Edgar Allan Poe performed by various artists, and produced by Hal Willner.

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A comedian or comic (feminine comedienne) is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City was confirmed on March 1, 2020, though later research showed that the novel coronavirus had been circulating in New York City since January, with cases of community transmission confirmed as early as February.

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David Johansen

David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor.

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David Sanborn

David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist.

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David Thomas (musician)

David Lynn Thomas (born 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, now based in the UK.

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Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie.

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Devendra Banhart

Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is a Venezuelan singer-songwriter and visual artist.

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Diamanda Galás

Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and visual artist.

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Doc Pomus

Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter.

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Don Byron

Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.

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Donald Fagen

Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker.

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Double Time (Leon Redbone album)

Double Time is the second studio album by singer/guitarist Leon Redbone, released in 1977.

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Dr. John

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Elvis Costello

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter.

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Elysian Fields (band)

Elysian Fields is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 1995 by the co-composers Jennifer Charles (vocals, instruments) and Oren Bloedow (guitar).

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Emily Haines

Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

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Father John Misty

Joshua Michael Tillman (born May 3, 1981), better known by his stage name Father John Misty, is an American musician.

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Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

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Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant.

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Fiyo on the Bayou

Fiyo on the Bayou is the second studio album by the New Orleans four piece the Neville Brothers.

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Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.

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Gaby Moreno

Maria Gabriela Moreno Bonilla (born 16 December 1981) is a Grammy-winning Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book The Gangs of New York.

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Gary Lucas

Gary Lucas (born June 20, 1952) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer who was a member of Captain Beefheart's band.

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Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday (born Fionán Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes.

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Glenn Richards

Glenn Anthony Richards (born 29 December 1973) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March.

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Gus Van Sant

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American filmmaker, photographer, painter, and musician who has earned acclaim as an independent filmmaker.

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Harry Everett Smith

Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 – November 27, 1991) was an American polymath, who was credited variously as an artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, mystic, record collector, hoarder, student of anthropology and a Neo-Gnostic bishop.

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Harry Partch

Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments.

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Helga Davis

Helga Davis is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist who works as an actress, singer, writer and composer, as well as a radio and podcast host.

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Henry Rollins

Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter.

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Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist.

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Iggy Pop

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster.

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Jaki Byard

John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jeff Buckley

Jeffrey Scott Buckley (raised as Scott Moorhead; November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American musician and singer-songwriter.

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Jesse Harris

Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist.

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Joan Jett

Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Hal Willner and Joan Jett are record producers from Pennsylvania.

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Joel Dorn

Joel Dorn (April 7, 1942 – December 17, 2007) was an American jazz and R&B music producer and record label entrepreneur. Hal Willner and Joel Dorn are record producers from Pennsylvania.

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John Cale

John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground.

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John Cameron Mitchell

John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963) is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director.

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John Zorn

John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Hal Willner and John Zorn are Jewish American musicians.

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Julian Lennon

Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon; 8 April 1963) is an English musician, photographer, author, and philanthropist.

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Kamila Thompson

Kamila Thompson, more commonly known as Kami Thompson, is a singer-songwriter based in London and New York.

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Kansas City (film)

Kansas City is a 1996 American crime film directed by Robert Altman, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy and Steve Buscemi.

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Katy Steele

Kate Elizabeth Steele (born 9 September 1983) is an Australian singer, guitarist and songwriter of the four-piece rock band Little Birdy.

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Keith Richards

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones.

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Ken Nordine

Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 – February 16, 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of word jazz albums.

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Kesha

Kesha Rose Sebert (born March 1, 1987), known mononymously as Kesha (formerly stylized as Ke$ha), is an American singer and songwriter.

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King Khan (musician)

Arish Ahmad Khan (born January 24, 1977), better known by his stage name King Khan, is a Canadian musician/producer/artist/writer.

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Laurie Anderson

Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.

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Lenny Bruce

Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist.

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Leon Redbone

Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics.

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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist.

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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man is a 2005 concert film by Lian Lunson about the life and career of Leonard Cohen.

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Liam Finn

Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand singer and musician.

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Lian Lunson

Lian Lunson (born 3 February 1959) is an Australian actress who became a filmmaker and author.

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Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

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Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill

Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill is a 1985 tribute album to German-American composer Kurt Weill.

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Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States.

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter.

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Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist.

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Marc Almond

Peter Mark "Marc" Almond (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer best known from the synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell and for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image.

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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet.

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Maria McKee

Maria Luisa McKee (born August 17, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English rock singer.

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Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy and pornography.

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Marry Waterson

Maria Gilhooley (Knight), who records under the name Marry Waterson, is a singer, songwriter and visual artist.

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker.

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Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. Stipe was born in Metro Atlanta in January 1960.

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Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium.

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Nena

Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons".

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.

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Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer and actor.

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Nino Rota

Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota, was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti.

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NRBQ

NRBQ is an American rock band founded by Terry Adams (piano), Steve Ferguson (guitar) and Joey Spampinato (bass).

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.

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Peaches (musician)

Merrill Nisker (born 11 November 1966), better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electroclash musician and producer.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)

"Perfect Day" is a song written by American musician Lou Reed in 1972.

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Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell (born Peretz Bernstein; March 29, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician referred to as the "Godfather of Alternative Music". Hal Willner and Perry Farrell are Jewish American musicians.

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Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie.

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Peter Garrett

Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philip Glass

Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer-songwriter.

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Randy Newman

Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, composer and conductor known for his non-rhotic Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores.

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Record producer

A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.

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Red Hot + Blue

Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series.

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Richard Barone

Richard Barone is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos.

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Richard Strange

Richard "Kid" Strange (born January 1951) is an English writer, actor, musician, and curator, who was the founder and front man of mid-1970s protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Robert Quine

Robert Wolfe Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys

Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties produced by Hal Wilner.

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Rufus Wainwright

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer.

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Sampling (music)

In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.

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Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Hal Willner and Sandra Bernhard are Jewish American musicians.

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Sarah Blasko

Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976), known professionally as Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.

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Saturday Night Live at Home

"Saturday Night Live at Home" refers to the final three episodes of the 45th season of the late-night comedy program Saturday Night Live.

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Sea shanty

A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels.

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Sean Lennon

is a British-American musician, songwriter, and producer. Hal Willner and Sean Lennon are musicians from New York City.

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September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill

September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill is a music video of 94 minutes recorded in 1994 for Rhombus Media, ZDF (Germany), CBC (Canada) and RTP (Portugal).

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Sheila Rogers

Sheila Rogers is an American columnist and television producer, known for her work in the field of music.

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Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright. Hal Willner and Shel Silverstein are Jewish American musicians.

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Short Cuts

Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman.

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Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys

Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties and the follow-up to Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys.

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Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.

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Spanish Fly (band)

Spanish Fly is an avant garde jazz trio from New York City.

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Spoken word

Spoken word is an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities.

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Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films

Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films is a 1988 tribute album recorded by various artists performing songs from Disney films.

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Steve Lacy (saxophonist)

Steve Lacy (born Steven Norman Lackritz; July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone.

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Sting (musician)

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known professionally as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.

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Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen

Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen is a compilation tribute album of Harold Arlen songs, released by Sony in February 2003 as a companion album to the film of the same name.

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Sun Ra

Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.

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Sunday Night (American TV program)

Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, is a late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists.

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Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival is a major arts festival in Australia's largest city, Sydney, that runs for three weeks every January since it was established in 1977.

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T. Rex (band)

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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American sports comedy film directed by Adam McKay who co-wrote the film with Will Ferrell.

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Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952.

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The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were an American hip-hop musical ensemble, active during the early 1990s.

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The Firesign Theatre

The Firesign Theatre (also known as the Firesigns) was an American surreal comedy troupe who first appeared on November 17, 1966, in a live performance on the Los Angeles radio program Radio Free Oz on station KPFK FM.

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The Million Dollar Hotel

The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 drama film based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein, directed by Wim Wenders, and starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson.

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The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Tim Buckley

Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician.

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Tim Robbins

Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia. Hal Willner and Todd Rundgren are record producers from Pennsylvania.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Upper West Side

The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vernon Reid

Vernon Alphonsus Reid (born 22 August 1958) is a British-born American guitarist and songwriter best known as the founder of the rock band Living Colour.

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Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur.

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Warner Bros.

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William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist.

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Wim Wenders

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema.

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Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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Yma Sumac

Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian-born American-naturalised vocalist, composer, producer, actress and model.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Willner

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