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Date of Birth (and death if applicable): March 30th, 1945
===Education: At age 13, Clapton received his first guitar from his grandmother. After that he began to pretty much play his guitar full time. Clapton failed out of Kingston College of Art at age 17 where he had been studying stained glass design. Soon after that he moved to London where he took a manual labor job. He persuaded his grandparents to buy him an electric guitar, and he began to play in pubs and clubs.=== ===Accomplishments: ** Silver Clef Award, 1983, for outstanding achievement in the world of British music; Lifetime Achievement Award, 1987, from the British Phonographic Institute; Grammy Award, best rock vocal, male, 1991, for "Bad Love;" MTV's Best Video Award, 1992, for "Tears in Heaven;" Grammy Award, best male vocal, 1993, for "Tears in Heaven;" Grammy Award, best pop vocal, 1993, for "Tears in Heaven;" Grammy Award, record of the year, 1993, for "Tears in Heaven;" Grammy Award, song of the year, 1993, for "Tears in Heaven;" Grammy Award, album of the year, 1993, for //Unplugged;// Grammy Award, best rock song, 1993, for "Layla;" W.C. Handy Award for Blues, 1995; Grammy Award, record of the year, 1995, for //Change the World;// Grammy Award, best male pop vocal, 1995, for "Change the World;" Grammy Award, best male pop vocal, 1998, for "My Father's Eyes;" Grammy Award for best traditional blues album, for //Riding With The King// (with B.B. King), 2000; Stevie Ray Vaughan (Allegro) Award, 2000; named Commander of the British Empire, 2003. ** ===

Date of Birth (and death if applicable): October 7th, 1968
**Education: Yorke attended a private Abingdon School in the Oxford area as a teenager. While there, he became friends with Colin Greenwood and Ed O'Brien. After that, all three friends began playing music together and added two more people to their group, Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood. During the 1980's, the group took a break from playing and Yorke studied English literature at the University of Exeter. He completed his degree and then returned to Oxford. After that, the band got back together and became known as Radiohead.** ===Accomplishments: In 1998, Radiohead won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. In 2001, they won Best Alternative Music Performance again, while in 2008 they won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.===

Date of Birth (and death if applicable): December 3rd, 1923 (September 16th, 1977)
===Education: After growing up in NYC, Maria moved back to Greece at age 13 where she began studying at the National Acadamy in Athens. She studied with a famous soprano named Elvira de Hidalgo in 1939 and began to sing opera professionally in 1940 while she continued to go to school.===

Accomplishments:
Selective Works Operatic debut, 1941, in Tosca; Italian Debut, 1947, Verona; Joined La Scala, Milan, 1951; U.S. debut with Chicago Lyric Opera, 1954, in Norma; Metropolitan Opera debut, 1956, in Norma; also appeared in Aida, La Traviata, Don Carlos, Un ballo in maschera, Rigoletto, Anna Bolena, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Tosca, Turandot, Tristan und Isolde, and Die Walkurie.
 * Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, EMI, 1953.
 * Bellini, I Puritani, EMI, 1953.
 * Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana, EMI, 1953.
 * Puccini, Tosca, EMI, 1953.
 * Verdi, La Traviata, Cetra, 1953.
 * Bellini, Norma, EMI, 1954.
 * Leoncavallo, Pagliacci, EMI, 1954.
 * Verdi, La Forza del Destino, EMI, 1954, reissued, 1987.
 * Rossini, Il Turco in Italia, EMI, 1954.
 * Puccini, Madama Butterfly, EMI, 1955.
 * Verdi, Aida, EMI, 1955.
 * Verdi, Il Trovatore, EMI, 1956.
 * Puccini, La Boheme, EMI, 1956.
 * Rossini, Il Barbiere de Siviglia, EMI, 1957.
 * Bellini, La Sonnambula, EMI, 1957.
 * Puccini, Turandot, EMI, 1957.
 * Puccini, Manon Lescaut, EMI, 1957.
 * Cherubini, Medea, Mercury, 1957.
 * Verdi, La Traviata, EMI, 1958.
 * Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, EMI, 1959.
 * Ponchielli, La Gioconda, EMI, 1958.
 * Puccini, Tosca, EMI, 1964.
 * Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, Seraphim, 1968.
 * Verdi, La Traviata, Melodram, 1986.
 * Puccini, Tosca, Melodram, 1986.
 * Various composers, Maria Callas and Beniamino Gigle: A Samremo, Suite, 1992.
 * Rarities, EMI Classics, 1992.
 * Bellini, Norma Highlights, Melodram/Koch, 1993.


 * Song Lyrics:**

code Casta Diva, che inargenti          O pure Goddess, who silver queste sacre antiche piante,       These sacred ancient plants, a noi volgi il bel sembiante       Turn thy beautiful semblance on us senza nube e senza vel...           Unclouded and unveiled... Tempra, o Diva,                    Temper, o Goddess, tempra tu de’ cori ardenti         The brave zeal tempra ancora lo zelo audace,      Of the ardent spirits, spargi in terra quella pace        Scatter on the earth the peace che regnar tu fai nel ciel...      Thou make reign in the sky...

Fine al rito : e il sacro bosco    Complete the rite : and the sacred wood Sia disgombro dai profani. Be clear of the laity. Quando il Nume irato e fosco,      When the irate and gloomy God Chiegga il sangue dei Romani,      Asks for the Roman’s blood Dal Druidico delubro               My voice will thunder La mia voce tuonerà. From the Druidic temple. Cadrà; punirlo io posso. He will fall ; I can punish him (Ma, punirlo, il cor non sa.      (But my heart is unable to do so). Ah! bello a me ritorna             (Ah! Return to me beautiful Del fido amor primiero;           In your first true love ; E contro il mondo intiero... I’ll protect you Difesa a te sarò. Against the entire world. Ah! bello a me ritorna            Ah! Return to me beautiful Del raggio tuo sereno;            With your serene ray; E vita nel tuo seno,              I’ll have life, sky E patria e cielo avrò. And homeland in your heart. Ah, riedi ancora qual eri allora, Ah, return again as you were then, Quando il cor ti diedi allora,    When I gave you my heart then, Ah, riedi a me.)                  Ah, come back to me.) code http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYl8GRJGnBY

**Source Citation: "Maria Callas." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 11. Detroit: Gale, 1994. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 5 May. 2011.** "Greece: Famous People." //CultureGrams Online Edition//. ProQuest, 2011. Web. 5 May 2011. http://www.aria-database.com/translations/norma04_casta.txt

Nostalgia Title:
Nassau, Bahamas last July Staying at Atlantis for my birthday. A week of vacation to look forward to Just me, my sister, and my mom to.

An island full of adventure With parasailing, sea lion and dolphin encounters. Eating and shopping in the town center Soaking up the sun and sliding down the Mayan Ruins.

Who cares about the time or how much money This is a vacation for girls only.

But at some point everything comes to an end And at some point time and money do matter. But even though the fun ends The memories made last forever.

**﻿Ballad:** Oh that Angel was a stubborn one A black and white ferocious bun. He liked to play, hop and run But could only do so with the supervision of at least one.

It was a hot summer day When Angel decided to go his own way. Through the trees and grass he went Leaving no twig or blade of grass bent.

A little while later his mommy noticed That her little bunny was no long with us. We searched all over, up and down In the trees, brush and all around.

His mommy cried and cried because she thought That her bunny would never come back to her heart. But as I was crawling under brances and twigs I saw a butterfly that was colorful and big.

I followed that butterfly to a small tree Where I found Angel just running free. I quickly grabbed him before he could run And that was the end of Angel bun's fun.


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