| Long Island Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which (Queens and Kings) are boroughs (Queens and Brooklyn) of New York City, and two of which (Nassau and Suffolk) are mainly suburban. Long_Island
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| Mariah Carey Mariah_Carey
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| Public Enemy (band) Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for its politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community.In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Public Enemy number forty-four on its list of the ImmortalsAcclaimed Music ranks them the 29th most recommended musical act of all time and the highest hip-hop group. The group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007. Public_Enemy_(band)
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| Ramones Ramones
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| Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American Grammy- and Emmy-award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums and over 40 singles, and as of 2008 had sold more than 25 million albums worldwide. She continues to tour the world, often in support of human rights. Cyndi_Lauper
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| Carole King Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period. King has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting, along with long-time partner Gerry Goffin. Carole_King
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| Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge was an American psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970. Members included vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice.Stein and Bogert played in a local band called Rick Martin & The Snowmen and were so impressed by the sound of The Rascals (swinging and floods of organ) that they decided to form their own band with Martell and Rick Martin's drummer, Joey Brennan. Vanilla_Fudge
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| Stray Cats The Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra) with school friends Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had several hit singles in the UK, Australia and the U.S. during the early 1980s. Stray_Cats
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| Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.Neil Diamond is one of pop music's most enduring and successful singer-songwriters. As a successful pop music performer, Diamond scored a number of hits worldwide in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. According to David Wild, common themes in Diamond's songs are Neil_Diamond
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| Richie Havens Richie Havens (born January 21, 1941) is an American folk singer and guitarist. Havens is best known for his intense rhythmic guitar style, soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Richie_Havens
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| Tony Bennett Tony_Bennett
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| The Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with often heartbreaking teen melodramas, and remain known for "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)". The_Shangri-Las
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| Marvin Hamlisch Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American composer. He and Richard Rodgers are the only two individuals to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize. Marvin_Hamlisch
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| Walter Becker Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and a co-writing half of the duo which make-up the rock band Steely Dan. Walter_Becker
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| Little Anthony & The Imperials Little Anthony & The Imperials is a rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s. Lead singer Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine was noted for his high-pitched falsetto voice influenced by Jimmy Scott. The group was announced as inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 14. They were inducted on April 4, 2009. Little_Anthony_&_The_Imperials
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| Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge (or simply The Brooklyn Bridge) is an American musical group, best known for their rendition of Jimmy Webb’s "The Worst That Could Happen" (1968). Johnny_Maestro_&_The_Brooklyn_Bridge
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| Leslie West Leslie West (born Leslie Weinstein on October 22, 1945) is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Leslie_West
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| Shadow Morton George 'Shadow' Morton (b 3 September 1944, Richmond, Virginia) is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his influential work in the 1960s and the introduction of girl group The Shangri-Las to the pop music world.Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and then Hicksville, Long Island, he formed a doo-wop group, the Marquees, at school. Shadow_Morton
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| Sam Ash Sam_Ash
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| The Good Rats The Good Rats are a rock band from Long Island, New York. Their music mixes elements of hard rock with jazz and pop. Although they have had some success both nationally and internationally, it's on their native Long Island that they have always been best known. The_Good_Rats
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