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MY FAVOURITE SINGER

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My favourite singer is Illayaraaja, 68. His real name is Gnanadesikan and was born on the 3rd of June 1943 in Panaipuram,Theni District, Tamil Nadu . He is an Indian film singer, composer, lyricist,instrumentalist,song writer, conductor, music director and film producer mainly in the Tamil film industry. So far he has composed approximately over 4500 songs and provided film score for more than 950 Indian films in various languages in his career spanning more than 30 years . His background scoring for Indian films is very wide and his songs and background score played a very crucial role in the success of many Indian films. In certain circumstances, even tough the storyline of the movie seem to be quite a lousy one, his songs in the movie still become hit. He is known to be and remain as one of the most popular and capable composers in the South Indian Film Industry . He has been a prominent composer of film music in South Indian Cinema since the late 70s . Altho...

The Cranberries

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In 1989 an Irish rock band was formed in Limerick under the name The Cranberry Saw Us.And, it was later changed by a vocalist, Dolores O'Riordan . Currently,the band consists of O'Riordan, Noel Hogan a guitarist,bassit Mike Hogan and also a drummer,Fergal Lawler.The band also incorporates indie-pop,post-punk, Irish folk, and pop rock elements although generally is known to be widely associated with alternative rock.This particular rock band became internationally famous in the 1990s with their debut album "Everybody Else Is Doing It,Why Can't We? which was indeed a huge commercial success that account the sales over five million copies in the Unites States.The group has sold over fifteen million album in the Unites States alone and was one of the most successful rock acts of the 90s.The rock band has achieved four top twenty albums on the Billboard 200 chart and eight top twenty singles on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.After a six-year hiatus, The Cranberries reunited ...