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Graphic artist Ken Anderson was active in the ’70s, splashing colors around vividly on fusion jazz albums with titles such as Awakening and Yesterday’s Dreams He also designed a batch of albums for the band Mink De Ville, the evocative Bob Seger cover Stranger in Town, and the largely forgotten solo effort of Guess Who vocalist Burton Cummings
Respectfully known as “Britain’s undisputed king of comedy,” Ken Dodd (born Kenneth Arthur Dodd) was one of the most successful artists in the history of the British theater
A radio/TV producer who collected bloopers ~ Larry Lapka, All Music Guide
All but legendary in Australia for a brand of raunchy humor that owes as much to rugby songs as it does to the “ocker” attitude best espoused by fellow Aussie Paul Hogan, Kevin Wilson receives next to no airplay anywhere, yet manages to achieve good album sales and concert attendances
The Kids of Widney High weren’t originally intended to be a grassroots pop cultural phenomenon At first, it was just a way for special education teacher Michael Monagan to introduce his class of severely handicapped high school students to the wondrous effects of songwriting
Equally popular and controversial, Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop series of singalong collections debuted in 2001 Known for their “kid-friendly” versions of hit singles that are re-recorded by session musicians and singers and the Kidz Bop Kids, a chorus of child singers, the compilations became popular with families who wanted cleaned-up versions of contemporary songs: 2006’s Kidz Bop, Vol
German comedian Kurt Krömer translated his absurdist sensibilities and nerdish image into surprising mainstream success Born in Berlin on November 20, 1974, Krömer was the stereotypical class clown, and from his teen years forward fixated on a career in comedy
An irreverent, quirky standup comedian from Seattle, Kyle Cease began headlining comedy clubs at 18, making him one of the youngest headliners in America Performing in front of his classmates since the age of seven helped him gain the confidence he needed, but it was his sharp, sometimes bizarre material and lively delivery that had club owners willing to take such a risk on a young main attraction
Karen Williams is known as that thin Black lesbian stand-up comic with a lot to say and the gift for saying it in a screamingly funny way Heads turn at her rapid-paced raps on single motherhood, dating, relationships, celibacy, AIDS, economic inequity, racism, codependency, and whatever topic strikes her fancy, or object from the audience catches her attention
Kate Clinton began performing her political comedy in 1981, the same year as Ronald Reagan Like Reagan, Kate Clinton has built her success upon breaking the rules Her fast- paced, cutting edge performance skewers political egos and shreds taboos