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Rakim Mayers (born October 3, 1988 in Harlem, New York NY, United States), better known by his stage name ASAP Rocky (stylized as A$AP Rocky), is an American rapper, director, and member of the New York based Hip-Hop collective ASAP Mob. ASAP Rocky gained recognition among the hip hop community in 2011 with his first mixtape LIVE.LOVE.A$AP. He released his first album 'Long.Live.A$AP' in 2013, and his second album 'AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP' was released on May 26, 2015. Both albums debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. .

Since picking up guitar in 1980 he found a way onto the scene via local punk groups, leading to a stint with UK Subs ('87-90). Touring with Die Toten Hosen leads to forming The Crybabys with Honest John Plain (90-?). Joins The Dogs D'amour playing on top 30 album 'More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace' (93). As the years progress he works for Ian Hunter recording "Dirty Laundry" and "Artful Dodger" he tours with him until 2000. The following years see him working with artists like Ed Tudor Pole and Nikki Sudden (R.I.P.), as well as releasing his own solo stuff...

The Johnny Burnette Trio was the name of a rockabilly group which was formed in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1950s. They were also known as "Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio" and the "Rock and Roll Trio". The members of the Trio were Dorsey Burnette, his younger brother Johnny, and a friend named Paul Burlison. Dorsey and Johnny Burnette were both natives of Memphis, having been born there in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Paul Burlison had been born in Brownsville, Tennessee in 1929, but had moved to Memphis with his family in 1937. The Brunette brothers were keen...

The Rocky Fellers were discovered as a pop/rock band in the 1960s by Stanley Kahn and signed to Scepter Records. The group was composed of four Filipino brothers: Tony, Junior, Eddie, and Albert Maligmat, and their father, Doroteo "Moro" Maligmat. They had a hit single called "Killer Joe", written by Bert Russell and Bob Elgin in 1963. The song was inspired by famed dance instructor and "King of the Discotheque," Killer Joe Piro. It has many similarities to the chorus of the Mickey and Sylvia hit, "Love is Strange." "Killer Joe" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in...