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Composer John Kander teamed with lyricist Fred Ebb to forge one of the longest-running and most successful creative partnerships in Broadway history; their bold, brassy style giving rise to a series of enormously popular and provocative musicals including Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman

John Lee Hancock Biography, Photos, Pictures

This native Texan is a Hollywood screenwriter and director whose films include The Rookie and The Alamo His presence in the world of recordings comes naturally through soundtrack albums which he oversees in an executive production capacity and for which he sometimes even scribbles liner notes

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, John Lupton’s love of music began as a child in the 1950s when his father assembled a Heathkit hi-fi system, tuned it to the classical music station in Philadelphia, and never changed the dial again

After a short-lived stint at the Berklee College of Music, where he had a “great learning experience, but not because of class,” John Mayer set down roots in Atlanta, where his music career hit the ground running

John McLaughlin Biography, Photos, Pictures

A household name since the early ’70s, John McLaughlin was an innovative fusion guitarist when he led the Mahavishnu Orchestra and continued living up to his reputation as a phenomenal and consistently inquisitive player through the years

Composer/editor/director and California native John Ottman’s passion for music and film began at a young age in San Jose Years spent making short films in his parent’s garage eventually lead the young auteur to USC, where he graduated from the university’s prestigious School of Cinema-Television

An entertaining series of compilations entitled Sex-O-Rama: Music from Classic Adult Films, of which by 1998 two volumes had been released, credits a performer by the name of John Thomas

John W. Patterson Biography, Photos, Pictures

I was born in April 21, 1955 in Washington, DC, USA I grew up in probably, the lowest middle-class, blue-collar echelon that suburban Maryland offered Unfortunately, music lessons were out of the question

John W. Peterson Biography, Photos, Pictures

John W Peterson was one of the most prolific gospel composers of the 20th century, authoring such contemporary Christian classics as “It Took a Miracle,” “Over the Sunset Mountains,” and “So Send I You

Though director John Waters is best known as the auteur of classic cult movies like Pink Flamingos, Polyester, and Hairspray, in the 2000s he began compiling holiday-themed collections of music that shared the same kitschy, campy aesthetic as his movies

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