Biography: George Matthews, George Mitchell, George Nooks, George Thomas, George Thomas, George V. Johnson, Jr., George W. Meyer, George Winston, Georges Brassens, Georges Decimus,

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George Matthews Biography, Photos, Pictures

Tenor vocalist George Matthews performed with the Fisk University Jubilee Singers between 1924 and 1940 and was on a choral recording of George Gershwin’s classic Porgy and Bess created in 1954

George Mitchell Biography, Photos, Pictures

This reggae bassist is actually George Mitchell II and named his son George Mitchell III, a contribution to the genealogy of one common name that discographers if nobody else might appreciate, considering how many performers named George Mitchell there actually are

George Nooks Biography, Photos, Pictures

A hotly tipped raggamuffin vocalist with three 1997 Tamika Reggae Music awards to his credit (for Crossover Artist, Outstanding Male Artist, and Vocalist of the Year), George Nooks fell afoul of the law scant weeks before the official ceremony, and was arrested by bounty hunters — authorized by the Immigration and Naturalization Service — for being in the United States illegally

George Thomas Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Caribbean is yet another area of the world where this name shows up on recording credits, provided there are any on the sides in question George Thomas is an arranger whose work has shown up on compilations of the so-called zouk or “party” style

George Thomas is a dancer with the Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble, an ensemble whose commercial releases since the early ’90s include Siye Goli and Under African Skies

George V. Johnson, Jr. Biography, Photos, Pictures

Considering himself the musical offspring of the highly entertaining jazz singer Eddie Jefferson, George V Johnson, Jr’s common surname has sometimes led to confusion, particulary in the early days of his career when neither the middle initial nor “junior” status were attached to his credits

George W. Meyer Biography, Photos, Pictures

Another self-made Tin Pan Alley legend, George did time as an accountant in the department stores of Boston, and then graduated to the even larger department stores of New York

George Winston Biography, Photos, Pictures

Self-described “rural folk piano” player George Winston was among the earliest and most successful proponents of the genre of contemporary instrumental music later dubbed new age

Georges Brassens Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of French pop’s most poetic songwriters, Georges Brassens, was also a highly acclaimed and much-beloved performer in his own right Not only a brilliant manipulator of language and a feted poet in his own right, Brassens was also renowned for his subversive streak, satirizing religion, class, social conformity, and moral hypocrisy with a wicked glee

Georges Decimus Biography, Photos, Pictures

Two early solo efforts by one of the founders of Kassav’ After more than a decade with Kassav’, Georges went off in 1990 to form his own band, called Volt-Face ~ Gene Scaramuzzo, All Music Guide

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