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Carole King

Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. As a singer, her album Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart and remained on the charts for more than six years. King's was most successful as a performer in the first half of the 1970s, although she was a successful songwriter long before and long after that. She wrote her first number '1' at 17 in 1959 and in 1997 she wrote "The Reason" for Celine Dion. In 2000 Joel Whitburn, a Billboard Magazine pop music researcher, named her the most successful female songwriter of 1955-99 because she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop music group formed in Stockholm in 1972, consisting of Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. Fältskog and Ulvaeus were a married couple, as were Lyngstad and Andersson during their career, although both couples later divorced. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, and they topped the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. They gained international popularity employing catchy song hooks, simple lyrics, sound effects (reverb, phasing) and a Wall of Sound achieved by overdubbing the female singers' voices in multiple harmonies. ABBA remains a fixture of radio play lists and is one of the world's best-selling bands, having sold over 375 million records worldwide, making them the fourth best-selling popular music artists in the history of recorded music. They still sell two to three million records a year

Jim Reeves

An American country and pop music singer-songwriter popular in the 1950s and 1960s who also gained a wide international following for his pioneering smooth Nashville sound. Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to chart for years following his death at age 40 in a private airplane crash.

the colors of 60's

the kitch series

a collection of some quirky art. Some may drool and some won't. Just like it is with bitter chocolate.

Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel an American singer-songwriter duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in the mid 60's with hits like "The Sounds of Silence", were "I Am a Rock", "Homeward Bound", "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "Mrs. Robinson", "Bridge over Troubled Water" They have received several Grammys and are inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well known for their close vocal harmonies and sometimes unstable relationship. They have reunited on several occasions since their final 1970 breakup, most famously for 1981's The Concert in Central Park, which attracted about 500,000 people.