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Napalm Death
Album(s):
Scum (1987)
Born: 9/14/1973 Died:
American rap singer.
Song(s):
The World Is Yours (1994)
NY State of Mind (1994)
One Mic (2002)
Made You Look (2002)
Album(s):
Illmatic (1994)
Johnny Nash
Song(s):
I Can See Clearly Now (1972)
Nate Dogg
Song(s):
Regulate (with Warren G, 1994)
Syd Nathan
Naughty by Nature
Song(s):
O.P.P. (1991)
Nayer
Song(s):
Give Me Everything (Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer; 2011)
Theresa Needham
Born: 11/2/1974 Died:
Rap singer.
Song(s):
Hot Shit (Country Grammar) (2000)
Hot in Herre (2002)
Dilemma (with Kelly Rowland, 2002)
Album(s):
Country Grammar (2000)
Nellyville (2002)
Ken Nelson
Oliver Nelson
Album(s):
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
Born: Oswald George Nelson on 3/20/1906 Died: 6/3/1975
American actor and jazz/big band leader.
Born: Eric Hilliard Nelson on 5/8/1940 Died: 12/31/1985
Pop singer (“Garden Party”, “I’m Walkin’”). Son of famous parents Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Sons formed pop-rock duo Nelson (“Can’t Live without Your Love and Affection”).
Song(s):
Hello Mary Lou (1961)
Skip Nelson
Song(s):
That Old Black Magic (with Glenn Miller, written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1943)
About: Prolific country singer/songwriter. Raised in Abbott, TX. Wrote hits for others before becominga successful singer in his own right. Moved to Nashville in 1960. Moved back to Texas in 1970. Pioneered the “outlaw” country movement. Appeared in several movies including The Electric Horseman (1979), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), and Barbarosa (1982).
Born: 4/30/1933 in Forth Worth, TX
Song(s) written by Willie Nelson:
Hello Walls (written by Faron Young, 1961)
Crazy (written by Patsy Cline, 1961)
Song(s) performed by Willie Nelson:
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (1975)
Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (with Waylon Jennings, 1978)
On the Road Again (1980)
Always on My Mind (1982)
City of New Orleans (1984)
Highwayman (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen; 1985)
Album(s):
Red Headed Stranger (1975)
Wanted! The Outlaws (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jessi Colter, 1976)
Stardust (1978)
Always on My Mind (1982)
The DMDB Blog/Facebook Note(s):
Willie Nelson – Top 10 Songs
Born: 1/24/1941 in Louisiana
R&B singer with the Neville Brothers. Also a solo artist.
Song(s):
Tell It Like It Is (1966)
Ethelbert Nevin
Bob Newhart
Album(s):
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960) comedy
New Kids on the Block
Album(s):
Hangin’ Tough (1988)
Anthony Newley
Born: 3/17/1900 in New Haven, CT Died: 2/17/1970
Musical theater composer.
David “Fathead” Newman
Born: 11/28/1943 Died:
American songwriter and film score composer.
Song(s):
Sail Away (1972)
Album(s):
12 Songs (1970)
Sail Away (1972)
Techno-dance group from Manchester England. Sumner, Hook, and Morris had all been in Joy Division and, after lead singer Ian Curtis hung himself, formed New Order. Morris and Gilbert, who are married, also formed The Other Two.
Active: 1980-2005 Members: Bernard Sumner (v/g/k), Peter Hook (b), and Stephen Morris (d), Gillian Gilbert (k – New Order: 80-01), Phil Cunningham (g/k: 01-05)
Song(s):
Temptation (1982)
Blue Monday (1983)
Bizarre Love Triangle (1986)
True Faith (1987)
Album(s):
Low-Life (1985)
Substance (1981-1987) Gx2
Technique (1989)
New Seekers
Song(s):
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (1971)
Jason Newsted
Born: 4/3/1942 Died: --
American singer and entertainer (“Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast”, “Danke Schoen”) nicknamed “Mr. Las Vegas.”
Born: 9/26/48 in Cambridge, England
Country/pop singer with Pat & Olivia duo and group Tomorrow before going solo. Moved to Australia in 1953. At age 16, won talent contest to England. Granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning German physicist Max Born. CMA Award for 1974 Female Vocalist of the Year. In movies Grease, Xanadu, and Two of a Kind. Married actor Matt Lattanzi in 1984. Opened own chain of clothing boutiques (Koala Blue) in 1984. Battled breast cancer in 1992.
Song(s):
I Honestly Love You (1974)
You're the One That I Want (with John Travolta, 1978)
Physical (1981)
Album(s):
Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)
Grease (with John Travolta et al, 1978) ST
The DMDB Blog:
The Grease Soundtrack Goes to #1: July 29, 1978 (7/29/11)
Olivia Newton-John charted with “Physical”: October 3, 1981 (10/3/11)
The New Vaudeville Band
Song(s):
Winchester Cathederal (1966)
About: American punk rock band from New York. Hugely influential in the look of man new wave and glam metal groups.
Active: 1971-76, 2004-. Members: David Johansen (v: 71-76, 04-), Johnny Thunders (g/v: 71-75), Sylvain Sylvain (g/b/piano: 71-76, 04-), Arthur Kane (b: 71-75, 04), Billy Murcia (d: 71-72), Rick Rivets (g: 71), Jerry Nolan (d: 72-75), Peter Jordan (b: 75-76), Blackie Lawless (g: 75), Chris Robison (k: 75), Tony Machine (d: 75-76), Bobby Blaine (k: 76), Steve Conte (g/v: 04-10), Gary Powell (d: 04), Sami Yaffa (b: 05-10), Brian Koonin (k: 05-06), Frank Infante (g: 10-11), Jason Hill (b: 10-11), Jason Sutter (d: 11), Earl Slick (g: 11-), Kenny Aaronson (b: 11-), Brian Delaney (d: 05-)
Song(s):
Personality Crisis (1973)
Album(s):
New York Dolls (1973)
New York Pro Musica
Album(s):
with Noah Greenberg – The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Drama (1958)
New York Strings Quartet
Song(s):
Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) (1972)
Next
Song(s):
Too Close (1998)
Ne-Yo
Song(s):
Miss Independent (2008)
Give Me Everything (Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer; 2011)
Born: Ernest Loring Nichols on 5/8/1905 Died: 6/28/1965
American jazz/big band leader, cornettist, and composer.
Song(s):
Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider (1927)
Embraceable You (with Dick Robertson, written by George Gershwin, 1930)
I Got Rhythm (written by George Gershwin, 1930)
Nickelback
Song(s):
How You Remind Me (2001)
Album(s):
All the Right Reasons (2005)
Born: Stephanie Lynn Nicks on 5/26/1948 Died:
American rock singer/songwriter with Fleetwood Mac (“Dreams”, “Sara”) and a solo artist (“Edge of Seventeen”, “Leather and Lace”, 1981’s Bella Donna).
Song(s):
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 1981)
Edge of Seventeen (1981)
Alice Nielsen
Song(s):
Home, Sweet Home (1915)
Born: 11/30/1909 in Helena, AR Died: 11/5/1967
American blues guitarist.
Album(s):
Live on Maxwell Street (year?)
Harry Nilsson
Song(s):
Everybody’s Talkin’ (1968)
Without You (1971)
Album(s):
Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Nine Inch Nails
Song(s):
Head Like a Hole (1990)
Closer (1994)
Album(s):
Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
The Downward Spiral (1994)
The Fragile (1999)
About: Grunge rock trio from Aberdeen, Washington.
Active: 1987-94 Members: Kurt Cobain (v/g: 87-94), Jason Everman (g – Nirvana: 89; Soundgarden; Mindfunk), Chris Novoselic (b – Stiff Woodies; Skid Row; Nirvana: 87-94; Sweet 75: 97-?; The No W.T.O. Combo: 00), Chad Channing (d – Nirvana: 87-90), Dan Peters (d – Mudhoney: 88-; Nirvana: 90), Dave Grohl (d: 90-94)
Song(s):
Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
Come As You Are (1992)
Lithium (1992)
Heart-Shaped Box (1993)
All Apologies (1993)
Album(s):
Nevermind (1991)
In Utero (1993)
MTV Unplugged in New York (1993) live
The DMDB Blog:
Nirvana’s Nevermind is released: September 24, 1991 (9/24/11)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Album(s):
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
Born: 12/17/1903 Died: 4/3/1978
Jazz/big band songwriter.
Song(s):
The Old Spinning Wheel (with Al Bowlly, 1933)
The Very Thought of You (with Al Bowlly, 1934)
I've Got You Under My Skin (written by Cole Porter, 1936)
Linda (with Buddy Clark, 1947)
Gene Nobles
Song(s):
Don't Speak (1996)
Album(s):
Tragic Kingdom (1995)
The DMDB Blog:
No Doubt released Tragic Kingdom: October 10, 1995 (10/10/11)
Born: 9/15/1945 Died:
Soprano opera singer.
Born: 3/31/1908 Died: 4/6/1999
American jazz/big band leader.
About: Vaudevillian performer married to singer Nora Bayes (1908-13).
Song(s):
Shine on, Harvest Moon (written by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, performed by Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton, 1909)
Born: Christopher George Latore Wallace on 5/21/1972 in New York City, NY Died: 3/9/1997
American rap singer. Sometimes known as Biggie Smalls, Big Poppa, or the Black Frank White. Killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
Song(s):
Juicy (1994)
Big Poppa (1994)
Mo Money, Mo Problems (with Puff Daddy & Mase) (1997)
Hypnotize (1997)
Album(s):
Ready to Die (1994)
Life after Death (1997)
The DMDB Blog:
14 Years Ago Puff Daddy Memorialized Notorious B.I.G. (6/14/2011)
Krist Novoselic
N.R.G. – see Kevin Gilbert
Album(s):
No Reasons Given (1984)
N’ Sync
Song(s):
Bye, Bye, Bye (2000)
Album(s):
No Strings Attached (2000)
Gary Numan
Song(s):
Cars (1979)
Song(s):
Fuck tha Police (1989)
Straight Outta Compton (1989)
Album(s):
Straight Outta Compton (1989)
Born: 10/18/1947 Died: 4/8/1997
About: Singer/songwriter and pianist. Began recording as a teenager. Known mostly for her songs covered by others, including “And When I Die” (Blood, Sweat & Tears), “Wedding Bell Blues” (The 5th Dimension), and “Eli’s Coming” (Three Dog Night).
Album(s):
Laura Nyro (1966)
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