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Napoleon "Snags" Allen Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Napoleon without a Waterloo? That would have to be Napoleon “Snags” Allen, a guitarist who seems to have never hit a bad chord Praised for his superb rhythm, he was one of a handful of very early electric guitarists who influenced the entire course of jazz guitar

Napoleon Strickland Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born circa 1920 near Como, MS, Napoleon Strickland was described as the “fife-blowingest man in the state of Mississippi” He was well-known in the South for playing harmonica, guitar, and diddley-bow, a kind of poor man’s guitar that had only one string and was used in early American blues

Nobody sounded much like Nappy Brown during the mid-’50s Exotically rolling his consonants with sing-song impunity (allegedly, Savoy Records boss Herman Lubinsky thought Brown was singing in Yiddish), bellowing the blues with gospel-inspired ferocity, Brown rode rock & roll’s first wave for a few glorious years before his records stopped selling

Nat Tarnopol Biography, Photos, Pictures

As Jackie Wilson’s manager, Nat Tarnopol occupied an important and, in some respects, controversial place in the soul giant’s career He assumed control of Wilson’s affairs almost by accident, in a combination of good luck (for him) and misfortune (for someone else)

Few singers can say that basketball is responsible for their quick rise to pop stardom, but if it weren’t for the NBA, the sultry Natalie would probably have a desk job

Natalie Cole Biography, Photos, Pictures

The daughter of jazz and pop legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole has forged a successful career in two phases, doing R&B/urban contemporary and then jazz-based pop She made her stage debut at age 11 and sang in college

N.V.
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NV is a freestyle artist on the Warlock label Following a number of 12” singles, he issued Some Kind of Love in 1994 ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Nathan Cavaleri Biography, Photos, Pictures

Blues-rock guitar virtuoso Nathan Cavaleri not only started playing at an extremely young age, but also became a developed talent, touring with BB King at the tender age of 13

Contemporary R&B singer N’Dambi was born in Dallas, taking up the piano as a child; she first emerged as a backing vocalist for Erykah Badu, later contributing to her 1997 breakthrough album Baduizm

Born one of the seven children of Thomas and Gwendolyn East on December 8, 1955, in Philadelphia, PA, Nathan East and his family moved to San Diego, CA, when he was four years old to accommodate his father’s aerodynamic engineering job

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