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Pavarotti & Friends, the Glossary

Pavarotti & Friends was a series of benefit concerts hosted by Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti between 1992 and 2003 in his home town of Modena, Italy.^[1]

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Luciano Pavarotti
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Anastacia

Anastacia Lyn Newkirk (born September 17, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli (born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor.

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Andreas Vollenweider

Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist.

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Aqua (band)

Aqua is a Danish Europop band, best known for their 1997 single "Barbie Girl".

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B. B. King

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Barry White

Barry Eugene White (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance (e.g., concert, show, or gala) featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. Pavarotti & Friends and benefit concert are benefit concerts.

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Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist.

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Bond (string quartet)

Bond (stylised as BOND; formerly often typeset as bond in deference to the owners of the 007 trademark) is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover and synth-pop music.

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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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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Boyzone

Boyzone was an Irish boy band, created in 1993 by talent manager Louis Walsh.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.

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Brian May

Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast television shows or radio programs to multiple television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air on.

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Bryan Adams

Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer.

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Caetano Veloso

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress.

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Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.

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Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama is a title given by Altan Khan in 1578 AD at Yanghua Monastery to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Darren Hayes

Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Dolores O'Riordan

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band The Cranberries.

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Donatella Versace

Donatella Francesca Versace (born 2 May 1955), sometimes simply referred to mononymously as Donatella, is an Italian fashion designer, Grand Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana and businesswoman, socialite, and model.

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Elisa (Italian singer)

Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), performing under the mononym Elisa, is an Italian singer-songwriter.

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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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Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Eurythmics

Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.

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George Benson

George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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George Michael

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist.

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Gianni Morandi

Gian Luigi "Gianni" Morandi (born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer.

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Gino Paoli

Gino Paoli (born 23 September 1934, in Monfalcone) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

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Giorgia (singer)

Giorgia Todrani (born 26 April 1971), best known as simply Giorgia, is an Italian singer and songwriter.

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Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman.

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Grace Jones

Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, model and actress.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.

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Irene Grandi

Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.

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Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country.

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Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements.

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Jon Bon Jovi

John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor.

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Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini (born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer and songwriter.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality.

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Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer.

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London Recordings

London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent.

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Lou Reed

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

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Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 19356 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.

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Maná

Maná is a Mexican pop rock band formed in 1981.

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Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.

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Mónica Naranjo

Mónica Naranjo Carrasco (born 23 May 1974) is a Spanish singer widely popular in Spain and Latin America and recognised as one of the most powerful voices of the Spanish and Latin American music scenes.

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Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows.

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Michael Bolton

Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter.

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Michael Douglas

Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer.

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Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English former musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success.

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Modena

Modena (Mòdna; Mutna; Mutina) is a city and comune (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

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Morcheeba

Morcheeba are an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey.

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Nancy Gustafson

Nancy Gustafson (born June 27, 1956, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American opera singer.

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Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).

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Renato Zero

Renato Fiacchini (born 30 September 1950), known by the stage name Renato Zero, is an Italian singer-songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans from the 1960s to the 2020s.

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Ricky Martin

Enrique Ricky Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor.

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Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and actress.

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Simon Le Bon

Simon John Charles Le Bon (born 27 October 1958) is a British singer.

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Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie is a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion).

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Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were an English girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"); Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"); Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"); Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"); and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice").

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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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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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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The Corrs

The Corrs are an Irish family band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music.

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The Edge

David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp.

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Tibet

Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.

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Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.

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Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" (1988) and "Give Me One Reason" (1995).

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Trisha Yearwood

Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country singer.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

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War Child (charity)

War Child International is an independent non-government organization founded in 1993 by film-makers Bill Leeson, David Wilson, and peace activist Willemijn Verloop.

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Zucchero Fornaciari

Adelmo Fornaciari (born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero, is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavarotti_%26_Friends

Also known as Pavarotti and Friends.

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Pavarotti & Friends, the Glossary

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See also

Luciano Pavarotti

Modena

Recurring events disestablished in 2003

References