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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raittblues-rock singerBorn: 11/8/1949Birthplace: Burbank, California Grammy Award-winning blues-rock singer and guitarist known for her powerful voice and late-career comeback. Her recordings…

John Lee Hooker Biography

John Lee Hookerblues musicianBorn: 8/22/1917Birthplace: Clarksdale, Miss. legendary blues musician whose somber lyrics and endless one-chord guitar riffs helped to define boogie blues. He has…

Jaja

(Encyclopedia) JajaJajajäˈjə [key], fl. 1869–87, Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became an important trader in Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between the coastal markets and the…

John Lee Hooker 2001 Deaths

John Lee HookerAge: 83 legendary blues musician whose somber lyrics and endless one-chord guitar riffs helped to define boogie blues. He has influenced bands ranging from the Rolling Stones…

Bonnie Cashin Biography

Bonnie Cashinfashion designerBorn: 9/28/1908Birthplace: Oakland, California fashion designer whose casual designs helped popularize sportswear and the layered look. Her designs included the “…

Brewer's: Bonnie Dundee

John Graham, of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee (1650-1689). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BonnyclabberBonnet Rouge A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Bonnie Raitt Biography

Bonnie Raittblues-rock singerBorn: 11/8/1949Birthplace: Burbank, California Grammy Award-winning blues-rock singer and guitarist known for her powerful voice and late-career comeback. Her recordings…

Bonnie Parker Biography

Bonnie Parkerrobber, murdererBorn: 10/1/1910Birthplace: Rowena, Texas One half of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde duo, Bonnie Parker assisted her partner, Clyde Barrow , in a nationwide crime…

John LEE, Congress, MD (1788-1871)

LEE John , a Representative from Maryland; born at ``Needwood,'' near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., January 30, 1788; was educated by private tutors and at Harvard University; in early life a…

Stratford, estate, United States

(Encyclopedia) Stratford, home of the Lee family, overlooking the Potomac River, E Va., SE of Fredericksburg. A national shrine dedicated in 1935, the site was purchased in 1716 by Thomas Lee, who…