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Island Records artists
- Queen (band)In 1963, Brian May built a guitar with his father that would become the signature sound of Queen. The group Smile formed shortly after with singer Tim…
- Eric B. & RakimEric Barrier stood in the basement of a home in Wyandanch, New York. He held a record by Fonda Rae that played "Over Like A Fat Rat".
- Elton JohnOn the 25th of March 1947, Reginald Kenneth Dwight entered the world in Pinner, Middlesex. His father served in the Royal Air Force and his mother worked as…
- Katy PerryKatheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born on the 25th of October 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. Her parents were Pentecostal pastors who had turned to religion…
- Amy WinehouseAmy Jade Winehouse was born at Chase Farm Hospital in Gordon Hill, Enfield, London, on the 14th of September 1983. Her father Mitchell Winehouse worked as a…
- Justin BieberOn the 1st of March 1994, Justin Drew Bieber entered the world at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario. He grew up in Stratford, a small city where his…
- Cat StevensSteven Demetre Georgiou stood on the rooftop above his family's restaurant in Marylebone, London. He listened to musicals drifting from Denmark Street below.
- Mariah CareyMariah Carey was born on the 27th of March 1969, in Huntington, New York. Her name came from the song They Call the Wind Maria, which appeared in the 1951…