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Solitary Experiments formed in 1994 as a collaboration between Dennis Schober and Michael Thieleman, who had briefly collaborated before as 'Plague'. The following years saw occasional live shows and the release of a couple of demo tapes before the song 'God, Where Are You?' from the 'New Violent Breed' compilation in 1999, which would become a hit in their native Germany as well as Holland and the USA. Their debut album 'Final Approach' was released on Machinery later that year. A couple of high-profile festival performances in 2000 (including a slot at that years chaotic Wave-Gotik-Treffen) preceeded their second album...

Military Wives were originally a British choir formed by Gareth Malone through the fourth series of the BBC TV series The Choir. Malone formed the choir at two British Military locations in Devon (Chivenor and Plymouth). He sought to enlist voices for an all-women choir – the wives and girlfriends of military personnel deployed to Afghanistan.[1] The climax of the television series was the performance of the Military Wives at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 November 2011.[2][3] Their debut single, "Wherever You Are" was released on 19 December 2011 and became...

The Solitaires are a doo wop group, best remembered for their 1957 hit "Walking Along". Formed in Harlem in 1953, the band consisted of Herman Curtis, Buzzy Willis and Pat Gaston (who had previously ben together in another group, The Crows), and Monte Owens, Bobby Baylor and Bobby Williams (formerly of The Mello-Moods). They were quickly signed to the Old Town music label, from which they issued a series of singles. These included "Wonder Why", "Blue Valentine", and a cover version of the jazz standard "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You", all released through 1954. When...

Lolita Ritmanis is an American composer. Nominated for ten Emmy Awards, she won the award in 2001 for her work on the animated series Batman Beyond. Born on November 1, 1962, in Portland, Oregon, Ritmanis is the daughter of Dr. Andris Ritmanis and Asja Ritmanis, who left Latvia during World War II and immigrated to the US in 1949. Ritmanis has a sister, Brigita Ritmanis-Jameson, and a brother, Alberts Ritmanis. Throughout her childhood Ritmanis studied piano, flute, guitar and voice, performing in both jazz and classical music ensembles. Ritmanis composed her first song at age 11. By age 16 she...

Lita Ford (born Lita Rossana Ford on September 19, 1958 in London, U.K.) is a hard rock singer and guitarist who achieved popularity during the 1980s. Ford was born in London but is of Italian heritage. She moved with her family to the United States while still very young. She began playing the guitar at age 11. In 1976 at the age of 17 she became one of the founding members of the legendary teenage all-female hard rock band The Runaways. There she played lead guitar. After the group folded in 1979, she began a solo career. Her guitar playing...