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Artist Biography by Bruce Eder Michael Franks was born in La Jolla, California in 1944. His parents weren't musicians, but they were music lovers and he was soon immersed in swing music and vocal jazz and pop. Franks' early idols included such jazz-cum-pop legends as Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee, as well as composers and lyricists such as Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Johnny Mercer. His first instrument was the guitar, and he got the only formal instruction of his life -- a total of six private lessons that came with his first instrument -- at age 14. Franks was drawn to poetry as a high-sc...

Michael Franks Artist Biography by Bruce Eder Michael Franks was born in La Jolla, California in 1944. His parents weren't musicians, but they were music lovers and he was soon immersed in swing music and vocal jazz and pop. Franks' early idols included such jazz-cum-pop legends as Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee, as well as composers and lyricists such as Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Johnny Mercer. His first instrument was the guitar, and he got the only formal instruction of his life -- a total of six private lessons that came with his first instrument -- at age 14. Franks was drawn to poet...

Husband and wife Stan and Betty Mallett took hundreds of photographs of celebrities in the 1960s Their children thought the images were lost after handing them to a historian after Stan's death in 1995 Son Steve recently found 500 images taken between 1961 and 1964 in a box that lay unopened for 25 years  The husband and wife team captured the musical hits of the 1960s and dealt with publicity around Exeter

The Brothers Four: 60 Years...and Counting! There’s something special about The Brothers Four, but it’s in addition to their uniqueness and wholesomeness as family-oriented entertainers. The group has been on the  international stage since 1960, an achievement unto itself....but it’s more than that, too! Read on! Author: By Bill Bronk Picking a performer or group to write about can be a lot of fun (or not!). And fun was the operative word for a fan like me in researching and writing about The Brothers Four. I happen to like reading what’s on LP record jackets, in liner n...