Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 .
He was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century.

He is often referred to as "The king of Rock and Roll" or simply "The king".

He was born in Tupelo , but he moved to Memphis with his family at the age of 13.

Presley sing rock and roll , country , rockabilly , pop , blues , gospel and R&B .

He is vocalis , guitar and piano.

Elvis was in the groups : The Blue Moon Boys , The Jordanaires , The imperials.

In november 1956 , he made his film debut in "LOVE ME TENDER".

Conscripted into military service on 1958.

Proceeded to devote to much of the 1960 to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums

On 1973 , Presley staged the first concert broadcast globally via satelite , Aloha from Hawwaii , seen by approximately 1.5 billion viewers .

On 1977 at the age of 42 he died for abuse of drugs.

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2Pac

Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York in 1971.His artistic name is 2pac or Makiaveli. He was a very famous rapper.His songs talk about the racism,the economy,

the politic and the poetry.

When Tupac was 12 years old,he went to live to Baltimore.Tupac studied jazz,ballet and poetry in the Baltimore Art School.In 1991 singed a song with the group

Digital Underground,and he publics his first album.Tupac created the groups ''Thug Life'' and ''Outlawz inmortalz''.Tupac was shot in 1994,but he survived.In 1995

Tupac went to the jail. He was released for a discografic GEO.His dead is a very big mistery. In 1996, Tupac went to Las Vegas to see a Boxing fight.At the finish of fight,

Tupac took his car,but a men in other car killed Tupac with a weapon.It doesn´t k

now who killed him.Tupac sold 50 millions of albums in USA and 120 millions in

the rest of world.

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop music group formed in Stockholm in 1972. The quartet was formedfor:Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog.
Abba sold 400 million CD’s in whole world.
The first success was the song “ People need song “ sung by the women.
Abba gained the festival of eurovision on April 6, 1974 with 24 points, giving him to Sweden his first victory in the festival with the song “Waterloo” .
Abba sang some songs in Spanish as: Chiquitita and Estoy soñando.
Discography : Ring Ring (1973)Waterloo (1974)ABBA (1975)Arrival (1976)The AlbumVoulez-Vous (1979)Super Trouper .
There were several consequences of Abba's separation. There separated the pairs, the fame, etc…
There are many musicals based in abba for example : MAMMA MIA !

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota, EEUU on 24th May 1941. His real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman. He is one of the most influencial composers and musicians on twentieth century. He expanded and personalized musical styles like folk, folk rock, rock, blues and country.

His passion for music began when he still was a kid at school. When he comes to University, he makes a music group and takes his stage name. Before he was twenty, he moved to New York to visit those places where there were performances. In this city still could see some of his idols like Woody Guthrie. At this time works for the Columbia record label. The letters of his first album pierce deep among many of the youth of his generation. The course of his career continued with two more LPs, but a motorcycle accident takes him off the stage for seven years but he never stopped working. Back to the show is socially committed writing songs and even writes a song about religion. After releasing a greatest hits disc, begins a tour that takes you around this country. His way of writing had a significant influence on many of his contemporaries like Joan Baez and Springteen himself. Of his musical works to remember "Slow Train Coming", "Knocked Out Loaded" or "Down in the Grove".

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Michael

Michael Jackson was born in Indiana on August 29, 1958 and died in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009
He was a singer, composer and performer of pop music.
In the sixties as a child was playing with his brothers in a band called "The Jackson Five"
in the eighties became a pop music superstar, the new king. His album "Thriller"
was the biggest selling album in music history.
He became world famous as the "King of Pop."
His music was modernized with the tiempo.Tuvo three children, now 13, another 12 years and the youngest 8 years.
You will always be remembered as "the king of pop."