Natalie+Crosby

[[image:http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/01/elton.jpg width="190" height="219"]]Date of Birth (and death if applicable): March 25, 1947
===Education: He attended Retheford school until he was 10 years old. Then, in 1957, he auditioned for and was accepted into the Royal Academy of music. Around the age of 17, he decided to drop out of school when he was offered a job at Mills Music as a messenger.===

Accomplishments:

 * 1979- Was the first popular Western singer to perform in the USSR
 * 1984-1986- He played to over million people across 4 continents
 * 1986-2000- Recieved 5 Grammy Awards
 * 1991- Recieved the Best British Male Artist Brit Award
 * 1992- Established the Elton John AIDS foundation
 * 1994- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 * 1996- Was made the commander of the order of the British Empire
 * 1997- Released the biggest selling single of all time, "Candle in the Wind" (sold over 33 million copies)
 * 1998- Recieved 6 Tony awards for the music in the Broadway musical, //The Lion King//
 * 2000- Recieved a Tony award for the Best Original Score in //Aida//
 * 2001- Recieved the Grammy Legend Award
 * 2004- Recieved The Kennedy Center Honor
 * 2004- Became Fellow of the British Academy of Song Writers and Composers
 * 2005- Recieved the Oliver Award for Best Musical in //Billy Elliot the Musical//

Source Citation:
"Elton John." //Gay & Lesbian Biography//. Ed. Michael J. Tyrkus and Michael Bronski. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.

//Elton John - A Biography//. Elton John, 2004. Web. 13 Apr. 2011 []

[[image:http://www.clashmusic.com/files/imagecache/big_node_view/files/images/stevie_wonder.jpg width="195" height="208"]]Date of Birth (and death if applicable): May 13, 1950
===Education: Stevie's mother kept him in doors, afraid for his safety. When Stevie was 11, he demonstrated a gift for vocals, piano, harmonica and drums. That same year, he ended up signing with Motown Records. He was renamed Little Stevie Wonder, by Barry Gordy Jr. When he was around the age of 13, Stevie put his music career on hold to study classical piano at the Michigan school for the blind.===

Accomplishments:

 * The reason for Stevie being such a huge success because of his ability to stay current and be fluent in the R&B style of the moment.
 * Has won 22 Grammy Awards
 * 1963- Stevie had his first #1 Pop and R&B hit, whis his fourth single " Fingertips, Pt. 2"
 * 1968- He made enough chart-toppers to fill his first Greatest-Hits album
 * 1969- Met President Nixon at the White House, where he recieved a Distinguished Service Award
 * 1971- He broke away from Motown and released his first entirely self produced album
 * 1971- Founded the Black Bull Music publishing company
 * 1976- Sponsored Stevie Wonder Home for Blind and Retarded Children
 * 1982- Founded Wondirection Records
 * 1985- Academy Award for the song " I Just Called to Say I Love You"
 * 1989- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 * 1990- Won the Whitney M. Young Award from the Los Angeles Urban League
 * 1991- Won plaudits for his work on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's film "Jungle Fever"
 * 1992- Signed a Unique lifetime pact with Motown
 * 2004- Recieved the Johnny Mercer Award
 * 2004- Won the Century Award
 * 2006- Named as a Kennedy Center Honoree
 * 2006- recieved a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

Source Citation:
//Stevie Wonder, American Icon//. Steve Huey, 2004. Web. 20 Apr. 2011 []

Stevie Wonder Biography. Net Industries, 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2011 []

Date of Birth (and death if applicable): September 22, 1958
===Education: Andrea Bocelli recieved his law degree from the University of Pisa. He worked as a lawyer for a year after college. He also studied Opera Under Luciano Betterani and Franco Corelli untill 1997.===

Song Lyrics: Con te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)
__ [] __ Quando sono solo sogno all'orizzonte e mancan le parole (When I'm alone I dream of the horizon and words fail)

si, lo so che non c'e luce in una stanza quando manca il sole (Yes, I know there is no light in a room when the sun is absent)

se non ci sei tu con me / con me (If you are not with me / with me)

su le finestre (at the windows)

mostra a tutti il mio cuore che hai acceso (show everyone my heart which you set alight)

chiudi dentro me la luce che / hai incontrato per strada (give to me the light / you found on the street)

Time to Say goodbye

paesi / che non ho mai (countries which i have never)

veduto e vissuto con te (seen and experienced with you)

adesso, si, li vivro (now, yes, i will live them)

con te partiro (with you i will leave)

su navi per mari (on ships across seas)

che, io lo so / no, no, non esistono piu (which, i know, no, no, no longer exist)

It's time to say goodbye

quando sei lontana sogno all'orizzonte e mancan le parole (when you are far away I dream on the horizon and words fail)

e io si lo so che sei con me / con me (and I do know that you are with me, with me)

tu, mia luna, tu sei qui con me (you, my moon, you are here with me)

mio sole, tu sei qui con me, con me, con me, con me (my sun, you are here with me, with me, with me, with me)

time to say goodbye

paesi che non ho mai (countries which i have never)

veduto e vissuto con te (seen and experienced with you)

adesso, si, li vivro (now, yes, i will live them)

con te partiro (with you i will leave)

su navi per mari (on ships across seas)

che, io lo so / no, no, non esistono piu (which, i know, no, no, no longer exist)

con te io li rivivro (with you i will reilive them)

con te partiro (with you i will leave)

su navi per mari (on ships across seas)

che, io lo so, no, no, non esistono piu (which, i know, no, no, exist no longer)

con te io li rivivro (with you i will reilive them)

Io con te! (I'm with you!)

**My Top 10 Songs:**

 * 1) **Come What May- Moulin Rouge (Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor)**
 * 2) **When I Look at You- Miley Cyrus**
 * 3) **Funny the Way it Is- Dave Matthews Band**
 * 4) **She's in Love with the Boy- Trisha Yearwood**
 * 5) **I Dare You- Shinedown**
 * 6) **The Middle- Jimmy Eat World**
 * 7) **Rain Is a Good Thing- Luke Bryan**
 * 8) **Everyday- Rascal Flatts**
 * 9) **Defying Gravity- Wicked**
 * 10) **The Way You Do the Things You Do- The Temptations**

Ballad Title: The Ballad of Silvino Argentieri
My Great-Grandfather snuck onto a ship in 1902 he longed for a better life and something new to do.

He stole away without a word and on to America he went It was a long ride on that cargo ship and such a long time was spent.

When he finally reached shore he didn't have much except for his clothes, a little money and his cap but he knew at that moment that this was where he meant to be and he decided that was that.

He moved to Hornell and decided it was meat that he'd sell Ten years went by then sparks began to fly when he met Dorthea.

They soon wed Then had five children that needed to be fed The children grew along with Silvino and Dorthea too

The years flew by Then it was time to say goodbye And that was the end of Silvino Argentieri And now he's relived through his children and family

Nostalgia Title: Freshman Year
I was scared and afraid being in eigth grade was awful I didn't know what to do

But on that first day, of Freshman year, something changed I knew it would be a good year

That year, I made new friends became closer with old ones I worked hard in classes and all of my activites

This was a good year

I've always loved music and I always wanted to be be on Broadway. But I something changed that year, I changed my mind about being an actress and I decided to be a music teacher.

Because of my great Freshman experience I figured out where I belong and who I want to be.

That was the end of my fantastic year.