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O.J. Hanssen Biography, Photos, Pictures

Growing up in Mosjøen, Norway, just two hours south of the arctic circle, OJ Hanssen inherited a love for American country music from his parents, who filled their house with the sounds of Buck Owens, Tammy Wynette, Gene Watson, Bobby Bare, and Jim Reeves

OST (Original Soundtrack, as well as a few other, less printable pseudos) is the one-man ambient/experimental electro project of DJ/producer Chris Douglass A native of Edinburgh, Douglass left Scotland at the age of ten for San Francisco, where he’s lived ever since

O.V. Wright
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Genre: R & B

A truly incendiary deep soul performer O V Wright’s melismatic vocals and Willie Mitchell’s vaunted Hi Rhythm Section combined to make classic Memphis soul during the early ’70s

Oak were Tony Engle (concertina (a small accordion)), Danny Stradling (tambourine), Rod Stradling (melodeon (a small reed organ)), Peta Webb (fiddle) The quartet, organized in the early 1970s, specialized in traditional dance tunes, and their sole album, Welcome to Our Fair (1971), on the Topic label became the jumping-off point for virtually every traditional dance band that followed in their wake

Oak Ridge Boys Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the longest-running groups in country music, the Oak Ridge Boys started life as a gospel quartet before gradually modernizing their style and moving into secular country-pop

Oakland Faders Biography, Photos, Pictures

Featuring DJs Platurn and Spair, the Oakland Faders graduated from on-air personalities on U of C Berkeley’s KALX to production and club work Both DJs have been recognized for their turntable skills, with Spair being named 1999’s Mix Tape Champion by Urb magazine

When Oneida’s Pat Sullivan left the band in 2001, he wanted to try something a little more country He formed Crazee & Heaven, but it was a short stint Sullivan wasn’t defeated, however; he gathered some of his Crazee & Heaven bandmates — drummer Will Dyar, bassist Jesse Barnes, and fiddle player Claudia Mogel — to form Oakley Hall

Oaktown's 357 Biography, Photos, Pictures

While riding high on his domination of commercial rap in the late ’80s and early ’90s, MC Hammer branched his empire further by bringing two of his seemingly endless entourage of dancers/stage-hanger-ons into the studio

Oasis shot from obscurity to stardom in 1994, becoming one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed bands of the decade; along with Blur and Suede, they are responsible for returning British guitar pop to the top of the charts

Proving that black metal’s dark allure truly knows no bounds, Oathean hail from South Korea, from whence they’ve been building a significant following throughout Eastern Asia since 1993 (originally under the name of Odin)