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ABSTRACT FAMOUS SINGERS AND BANDS IN THE ENGLISH 2010 Contents: page The Bands · The Beatles 3 · The Who 4 · Placebo 5 · The Kooks 6 · Coldplay 7 The Singers · Sir Elton Hercules John 8 · Andrew Abraham 9  · Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams 10 · Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin 11 The Bands The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960 and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. From 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll, the group later worked in many genres ranging from folk rock to psychedelic pop

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Akon

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Bob Marley

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Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis Leona Louise Lewis is a british pop and R&B singer and she was born on 3 April 1985 in London. Besides singing she has learned to play guitar and piano. Her main influences are Mariah Carey, Eva Cassidy and Whitney Houston. She is a vegetarian and a member of PETA(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights organization). At the age on 12 she wrote her first full-lenght song with what she won several music competitions. In 2006 she auditioned to a British musical talent show called The X Factor. She was the first female winner of the UK reality TV series The X Factor. During Leona´s performance in The X Factor singer Gary Barlow told Cowell, "you've got a big responsibility because this girl is probably fifty times better than any contestant you have ever had on this show, and it's your responsibility to make her the best record you can, so please do that.". She won a £1 million recording contra

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