Biography: Ben & Ellie Kreader, Ben Harney, Ben Johnson, Ben Smith, Ben Vereen, Benn Neufeld, Berlin, Bernard Haitink, Bernard Herrmann, Bert Convy,

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Ben & Ellie Kreader Biography, Photos, Pictures

Writer/producer Ben Kreader began singing in college after placing an ad in The Chicago Reader for a woman who smoked at least a pack a day When nobody responded, he ended up discovering his own voice without the aid of cigarettes

Benjamin Robertson Harney was the first person to publish a notated ragtime musical composition According to his marriage license, Harney was born “onboard a steamer,” which might account for the fact that his birthplace is variously mentioned as Louisville, Nashville, and Middlesboro

One of Hollywood’s grand character actors, Ben Johnson came from an era when some of the folks playing cowboys onscreen actually were cowboys From an Oklahoma family whose ethnic background was typically mixed — Cherokee and Irish, at last count — Johnson had already won dozens of rodeos by the time he was a teenager

Performing with companies such as Ohio Light Opera, vocalist Ben Smith has been featured on at least a half-dozen recordings since 2000 His roles include Sir Bailey Barre in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia

Singer, dancer and actor known for his dramatic performances in theater Ben Vereen has performed on television, in films and on stage Born in Miami in 1946, Ben Vereen credits most of his success to his mother

Benn Neufeld Biography, Photos, Pictures

Benn Neufeld currently lives in relative isolation in a big cave called Canada, where it is common practice to sleep all day and write madly into the night He has been writing since his adolescent years, and although he hopes he has gotten better at it over time, it is his firm belief that it will never be as fun as those first few stories

Berlin
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This Los Angeles-based synth pop group, founded by bassist John Crawford, singer Terri Nunn, and keyboard player David Diamond, made its first national impression with the provocative single “Sex (I’m A…)” from the gold-selling debut EP Pleasure Victim in 1982

Bernard Haitink Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bernard Johann Herman Haitink built a reputation as one of the finest conductors of the 20th Century with a wide repertory and meticulous yet warm and exciting performancesHe studied violin at Amsterdam Conservatory, and began his musical career as a violinist in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

Bernard Herrmann Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bernard Herrmann was arguably the most innovative film composer of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, even though he actually rejected the term “film composer,” preferring to call himself a composer who sometimes wrote film scores

Although best remembered for his lengthy career as a television game show host, Bert Convy also enjoyed a run as a recording artist, even cracking the US Top 10 as a member of the early rock & roll trio the Cheers

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