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Had a major hit in the USA with the single ‘Cry’ in 1989 earning an award for the most performed song of 1989
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on: November 15, 2004
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Jaleel White played the annoying nerd Steve Urkel on the popular TV show Family Matters”. He appeared on the show from 1989-1998 and started off as a guest apperance on the show as Laura’s first date. The reaction to him on the show was overwhelming so it was decided to keep him on the show. […]
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on: November 3, 2004
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One of the “brat-pack” teen stars of such films as ‘Sixteen Candles’, ‘Weird Science’, ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ and ‘Breakfast Club’
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on: October 31, 2004
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A prefab group masterminded by producer Frank Farian, where he assembled a collection of studio musicians to record his fusion of European dance-pop and American Rap. The esemble lacked “image”, so a pair of aspiring models/break dancers, Pilatus and Morvan were brought in to front the outfit. They did not actually sing the material, merely […]
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on: October 30, 2004
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Tom Lehrer is perhaps one of the most unique pioneers of the “cult following” phenomenon: By day a mild-mannered Harvard University professor of mathematics, by night a singer-songwriter of scathing comedic parody as yet unmatched in cleverness and musicality. See references below for more lengthy accounts of Tom’s career, but in a nutshell, he was […]
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on: October 14, 2004
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She made her career in various broadway productions and due to her looks, as a pinup girl, but her main passion was “to be funny”. She is best remembered for her role as Catwoman in the Batman television series.
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on: October 13, 2004
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Was the runner up on the talent show American Idol he had a flopped feature film with Kelly Clarkson and a CD that sold roughly 100 000 copies.
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on: October 10, 2004
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Satirically named in response to glam rockers “Pretty Boy Floyd”, UKJ’s debut single “Everything About You” helped propel their “Ugly As They Want To Be” EP to become the first debut EP to attain multi-platinum status.
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on: September 22, 2004
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One of the protypical “shock jocks” of talk radio and front running right-wing loon, Morton Downey, Jr. made the transition to television with The Morton Downey Jr. Show in 1987. After an incident allegedly involving “neo nazis” who cut his hair and spray-painted a swastika on his face, the show was yanked. (It was never […]
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on: September 22, 2004
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Identical twin sisters who became pin-up and calendar girl sensations in the mid-90’s after appearing on two best-selling covers of Playboy Magazine
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on: September 22, 2004
