b. 23 February 1964, Vardö, Norway. Norum was formerly guitarist for the Swedish band Europe but left just as the band were on the verge of worldwide recognition with "The Final Countdown". After completing the recording of The Final Countdown, he de…

This Boston quartet comprised Gary Cherone (b. 26 July 1961, Malden, Massachusetts, USA; vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (b. 20 September 1966, Azores, Portugal; guitar), Pat Badger (b. 22 July 1967, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; bass) and Paul Geary (b. 24 …

b. 8 January 1937, Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales. A thrilling, highly emotional singer, whose career has spanned some 40 years. Her early jobs included work in a factory's wrapping and packing department, while playing working men's clubs at weekends. Af…

In the early 1980s, aspiring New Jersey musician John Bongiovi assembled a rock band, secured a record deal, and changed his name to Jon Bon Jovi. By 1986, Bon Jovi's brand of melodic hard rock was a runaway hit, with the band's third album, SLIPPERY…

b. 2 November 1931, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Woods began playing alto saxophone as a child, studied later at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and by his early 20s had already made a significant mark on jazz. Playing hard bop and ackn…

Michael Learns to Rock is one of the most popular Danish bands in their homeland as well as the ever-eclectic Asian rim The group was formed around a tiny bar band fronted by vocalist Jascha Richter and his sister plus guitarist Mikkel Lentz and drum…

This UK pop quartet originally comprised lead singer Easther Bennett plus sister Vernie Bennett, Louise Nurding (b. 4 November 1974, Croydon, Surrey, England) and Kéllé Bryan. Nurding and Bryan both attended London's Italia Conti stage school, and th…

Born Gerald Gardrinier in 1967 to French parents in Reunion the boy who would later be known as Gerald De Palmas spent the first ten years of his life on the small island in the Indian Ocean In 1977 his family moved to the south of France and young G…