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Already a Chicago blues institution for over a quarter century, Vance Kelly finally began raising his international profile during the mid-1990s Born January 24, 1954, he began making waves on the South Side club circuit while still a teenager, performing both as a solo artist and as a sideman; over time he developed a ringing guitar sound, and a 1987-1990 tenure as a member of A

Vanessa Bell Armstrong Biography, Photos, Pictures

With a style reminiscent of Aretha Franklin, soulful Vanessa Bell Armstrong has been belting out R&B-flavored contemporary gospel since the ’80s A native of Detroit and mother of five, she got her start working with Dr

Vanessa L. Williams Biography, Photos, Pictures

When Vanessa Williams began her singing career, she was known chiefly as the Miss America pageant winner who’d been forced to renounce her title for posing in Penthouse magazine

Known for its trashy, pornographic image and its sexually exploitive lyrics, Vanity 6 was a short-lived female vocal trio that came out of Prince’s funk-rock empire in 1982

Vaughan Brothers Biography, Photos, Pictures

Sibling blues guitarists Jimmie Vaughan (born in 1951) and Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) were born and raised in Dallas, TX Each began playing guitar during childhood, Stevie Ray inspired to take up the instrument by his older brother

Vaughan Mason Biography, Photos, Pictures

New Yorker Vaughan Mason’s claim to fame is the spectacular disco/funk single “Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll,” credited to Vaughan Mason & Crew That song, released on Brunswick, hit the top five of the U

Vaughan Quartet Biography, Photos, Pictures

There is a list of musical descriptions which consist of a label name followed by the word “sound” — as in the CTI sound, the Chess sound, even the Dumpster Diver Cassette sound

Early ’80s alternative pop band Vector boasted Charlie Peacock in its first album lineup, while Jimmy Abegg and Steve Griffith have continued to the present, recording the occasional album project under the moniker

Vega
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Gone are the days when singers flocked to Detroit, MI, to get their recording careers on Vega, four talented singers, moved from the Motor City to Atlanta, GA, for a better opportunity at fame and fortune, like many others before and after them

Velvet Hammer Biography, Photos, Pictures

Tribal rockers Velvet Hammer formed in Houston, TX, in 1991 around the nucleus of singer/bassist Lynda Millard and singer/keyboardist Ginger Doss, who co-founded the group along with guitarist Dana Davis and drummer Katrina Lassberg

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