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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Il Divo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Il Divo, Italian for "divine male performer", is an international operatic pop vocal group created by pop impresario Simon Cowell, and signed to the Sony BMG music label.
		Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic vocal group, Il Divo, released in 2004.
		Siempre is the fourth album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Il-Divo (3350 words)

	Pop music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pop music is generally described as very commercial friendly, marketable and memorable, with either vocals, lyrics, instruments, or a combination of all three creating catchy choruses or verses.
		Pop music is also known for its ability to attract listeners through its versatile sound since it pulls from a plethora of musical influences.
		Pop music is far too ambiguous and far too diverse to say that it has a real concrete history as to when it began or so to speak.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pop_music (948 words)

	Operatic boy band sings pop
		Operatic boy band Il Divo applies operatic techniques and virtuosity to pop songs.
		Great arias and classic pop songs are but two sides of the same coin, as proved by Il Divo, four handsome young male singers who will debut on the Chinese mainland on January 24 at the Shanghai Grand Stage.
		The operatic pop group's future plan is nothing but "more albums and more tours." Besides Shanghai, Il Divo will visit Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo and Osaka on their Asian tour this year starting on January 16.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /citylife/2007-01/05/content_775320.htm (797 words)

	Operatic pop - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Operatic pop - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Operatic pop is a subgenre of Pop music, where lyrical opera voices sing pop songs.
		Operatic pop, Operatic pop stars and Pop music genres.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Operatic_pop (70 words)

	OPERATIC TENORS WHO COURT POP SUCCESS - New York Times
		When he very occasionally does essay a quiet high note, as in the soft G at the end of ''The Bayou Lullaby,'' the effect is positively disconcerting.
		Lanza was hardly the last tenor to essay the heights, or plumb the depths, of pop success.
		In recent months we have witnessed an eager assault on the pop charts by Placido Domingo, an apparent partial result of his rivalry with Luciano Pavarotti.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E3DB133BF932A15750C0A964948260 (729 words)

	eIndieMusic - Pop
		Pop music, is a subgenre of popular music.
		Pop music may be distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music (Frith 2001, p.94) but since the term spans many rock, hip hop, rhythm and blues (RandB), country, dance and operatic pop acts, it is reasonable to say that "pop music" is a loosely defined category.
		The term is also used in a derogatory manner by those who feel that pop acts lack any musically artistic meaning, or in lack of better terminology, represent a betrayal of the traditional sound of either the act themselves or the specific genre to which the act belongs.
	www.eindiemusic.com /pages/pop.php (105 words)

	NPR : Operatic Pop Singer Rufus Wainwright in Concert
		NPR : Operatic Pop Singer Rufus Wainwright in Concert
		I went to rehab before Want One and I had this kind of personal inventory situation where I had to recreate myself, go through all these different levels of reconstruction, and that was large, arduous, intense and dramatic.
		But once my mom had that operation, the other thing looked like a mole hill.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=10804745 (688 words)

	Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland - Gene Pitney - Song Listings
		On Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland, Gene Pitney puts aside the operatic pop grandeur that normally defined his recordings for a set of tunes that pursued folk and country styles with bare bones arrangements.
		Songs like "Lyda Sue Whad'ya Do?" and "Those Eyes of Liza Jane" suffer because Pitney's vocals are too mannered to give the songs the sly comic touch they require.
		Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland is also a less compelling listen than Pitney's other albums because it trades the diverse genre blends and lush production of his straightforward pop output for a singular folk/country sound put forward with minimalist production.
	www.mp3.com /albums/38665/summary.html (572 words)

	Simon Cowell: From Idol to Inventor
		Best known as the acerbic judge on the Fox (NWS) show American Idol (his signature phrase: "I don't mean to be rude, but..." is also the title of his 2004 memoir), Cowell claims that at heart he's a serial entrepreneur.
		Two years ago, Cowell launched the operatic pop group Il Divo, composed of four young opera singers of different nationalities.
		Cowell is now on the prowl for talent of a different sort: In March, his next competition show, American Inventor, will debut on ABC (DIS).
	www.businessweek.com /smallbiz/content/jan2006/sb20060130_727793.htm (1386 words)

	The Horse: Pet Shop Boys, PopArt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Suburbia is superior melodic pop somewhere between Abba and Kraftwerk, with the strangely awkward line "mother says you owe for toys"; number one hit Heart resamples Neil Tennant’s plummy tones stuttering "h-h-heartbeat" in a moment of karaoke-style house.
		Classic pop can be created by a singer momentarily falling in love with the track, but as a corollary, abstract, intellectually crafted pop dates itself by constantly reminding you of how and when it was created.
		When contriving pop by design such as on the samba-lite of Se A Vida E, their tight jigsaws of glossy production and cute lyrics are fitted so snug that they justify charges of smugness.
	www.the-horse.net /popart.htm (545 words)

	The Independent (London, England): Pop: Passing on the torch song; ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS Queen Elizabeth Hall LONDON ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Pop: Passing on the torch song; ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS Queen Elizabeth Hall LONDON HHHHH.(Features)
		His second album is awash with simple piano lines, but the arresting I Am A Bird Now also features operatic pop and mournful Stax-era horns that could have graced an Otis Redding record.
		It is a far cry from the singer's roots in New York's avant-garde scene, where he performed in drag as a Leigh Bowery acolyte and other artists played...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:131588183&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (242 words)

	Groban Archives: Groban’s Pop-Classical Blend Thrills Fans at Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An operatic aria one moment followed -without skipping a note - by a sad, pop break-up song that could easily be covered by Justin Timberlake.
		At each song, the audience applauded with the intensity of a pop audience but maintained a classical-concert decorum, steadfastly resisting the urge to leap up for a standing ovation.
		When he hit that high note in the chorus, the young choir right behind him, the spine tingled and there was no denying it was time to jump out of your seat and clap harder than you'd imagined you would at a concert billed as classical.
	www.grobanarchives.com /reviews/tour2004/rev040511a.html (643 words)

	Closer to Josh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He's an operatic pop star whom some liken to Andrea Bocelli, but Josh Groban's sights are on a career in musical theater.
		In case you haven't heard of him, Groban, 21, is a vocalist in a direct line of descent from Andrea Bocelli, opera's pop ambassador to the millions.
		The remaining material falls more into a genre of symphonic pop that still awaits a name: numbers not structured like songs but flowing endlessly, like a river far from its source and near to the sea, not stories or statements but yearning mood pieces, all cut from nearly indistinguishable cloth.
	www.fan-sites.org /josh-g/nytimes.php (1262 words)

	Jackie Wilson
		Elvis Presley was one of those who was mightily impressed by Wilson in the mid-'50s; he can be heard praising Jackie's on-stage cover of "Don't Be Cruel" in between-song banter during the Million Dollar Quartet session in late 1956.
		Most of these were upbeat, creatively arranged marriages of pop and R&B that, in retrospect, helped set the stage both for '60s soul and for Gordy's own huge pop success at Motown.
		In the early '60s, Wilson maintained his pop stardom with regular hit singles that often used horn arrangements and female choruses that have dated somewhat badly, especially in comparison with the more creative work by peers such as Charles and Brown from this era.
	www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?pid=P+++++5843&dt=1&cid=1&morebio=1 (751 words)

	MTV.com - Jackie Wilson
		Jackie Wilson was one of the most important agents of fl pop's transition from R&B into soul.
		Wilson would score his first big R&B (and small pop) hit in late 1956 with the brassy, stuttering "Reet Petite," which was co-written by an emerging Detroit songwriter named Berry Gordy Jr.
		Wilson also sometimes went into out-and-out operatic pop, as on "Danny Boy" and one of his biggest hits, "Night" (1960).
	www.mtv.com /bands/az/wilson_jackie/bio.jhtml (801 words)

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		Not surprisingly, for a group who had taken their name in imitation of the Hollies, they were vocally tight and very melodic.
		During 1967, they became backing group to operatic pop singer David Garrick before leaving him to try their luck on the Beatles' enterprising new label Apple.
		The Beatles' patronage, which the press were quick to latch on to, was reinforced by the group's sound, which had strong traces of the Fab Four influence, particularly on the vocals.
	members.tripod.com /~borsland/Biogr.htm (578 words)

	Operation Bocelli: the making of a superstar - theage.com.au
		Opera singer Andrea Bocelli has surpassed his classical peers' record sales, but he remains a star for whom solitude is important.
		His operatic pop concerts bring the house down.
		He has the voice of an operatic tenor and the status of a rock star.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/25/1046064026608.html (1028 words)

	Explain the Rain : A Rufus Wainwright Website
		Wainwright's record is the kind of artful, oddball pop album the music business seldom bothers to produce anymore.
		Wainwright's emotions have an adolescent intensity—from track to track, he threatens to throw himself into a river, hang himself in a doorway and hurl himself under stampeding bulls.
		Wainwright's label, DreamWorks, is anxious to see if the pop world at large will gobble up his sweet excesses; Rufus, meanwhile, has his own pop-operatic ambitions.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Woods/5951/art8.htm (713 words)

	Josh Groban at the Event Center at Turning Stone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The phenomenal voice of pop and classical singer Josh Groban will be heard resonating throughout the Event Center at Turning Stone Resort and Casino (www.turningstone.com) Saturday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m.
		According to the Rolling Stone website (www.rollingstone.com): "Already an international star, the young Josh Groban brings operatic passion and classical themes to the masses.
		Along with Bocelli, Charlotte Church (and the much artsier Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin), Groban is helping to reintroduce operatic, pre-pop singing to the public by adding modern arrangements and instrumentation.
	www.oneidanews.net /joshgroban (440 words)

	Judy Sandra
		An extraordinary sound, Judy's new EP east/west fusion is an organic global blend of western folk, pop, classical and jazz with the influences of Indian classical, devotional and Hindi pop music and a sprinkling of Latin.
		Trained in western classical and pop vocal technique, she is currently a disciple of her music Guru classical Hindustani vocalist, Krishna Chakraborty of Calcutta, India.
		A self-taught pianist, Judy's piano arrangements are lush, complex and intricate, almost compositions on their own creating an exciting sound that has been described as "artsy class, timeless and elegant".
	www.judysandra.com /about/about1.html (351 words)

	geekspeak music reviews 3
		A truly great pop song is "When Will I Get To Sing My Way", but everyone I've forced to listen to this number also reminds me, under their chuckling, that "Doug, this song is way over the top gay sounding." And it only goes downhill in this regard from here on out.
		Operatic pop acapella with synths, strings and spiralling, shimmering vocals doing lyrics that make almost no sense and TOO much sense at the same time.
		Hopefully you didn't plod your way through the bizarre operatic pop tracks with manic drum tracks sandwiched in between...
	www.dsquared.org /music3.html (1356 words)

	Sarah Brightman - Articulos de Prensa
		And though she has no real operatic ambitions, she continues to study with an Italian teacher she'd prefer not to identify.
		The problem is her penchant for blending pop and opera.
		She's not bad at all when she was trying to go for pseudo-classical music, which is mixture between classical and pop music.
	www.sarahbrightman.s5.com /articulosdeprensa.htm (10873 words)

	BBC - Easy & Soundtracks Review - Russell Watson, Reprise
		Its range is wide indeed, from operatic aria to rock fantasy via Neapolitan love song and pop ballad.
		Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheery tempi, conjuring the Med, lemon trees and a large dollop of la dolce vita straight into your living room.
		Your voice is deeper, richer since your operation, and your life experiences have certainly made their mark in this cd.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/easy/reviews/watson_reprise.shtml (8821 words)

	Amazon.com: Encore [IMPORT]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It may be a "crossover" voice in the sense that Watson successfully sings both pop and classical songs, but it has an electric quality that sets it apart from virtually any other tenor I have heard whether purely "operatic" or not.
		I particularly like the operatic arias such as Che Gelida Manina but the duets with Lulu and Lionel Ritchie are also beautiful.
		As the song began my first impressions were "hmmm, pretty good tenor voice." But then, mid-song, Russell's switch to his operatic tenor voice literally made me hold my breath and made the hair stand up on the back of my neck (not to mention the tear in my eye).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005OM5G?v=glance (1373 words)

	Metroactive Music \| The Weak in Rock
		Her latest effort, Harem, finds the 43-year-old British vocalist adjusting her profitable brand of lightly operatic pop to accommodate some Middle Eastern sounds--possibly to hop alongside Jay-Z and Timbaland on the bhangra bandwagon.
		But it's hard to believe that she would have journeyed into this domain if she was still married to the ever-sensible, if not always original, Webber.
		From operatic Middle Eastern-tinged pop and spandex-covered standards, this soon-to-be-infamous weekend of music softly strums to its conclusion with the always-earnest folk rock of Jackson Browne.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/03.17.04/weak-rock-0412.html (1112 words)

	The Mad and M&M Labels
		Rudy Robinson croons two sentimental pop tunes in a smooth baritone; further sweetening is supplied by the female backup singers.
		The contents are a sentimental ballad sung by a rather quavery tenor, along with a bass singer, female backup singers, and accompaniment by piano, guitar, bass and drums.
		This may be the same Johnny Holiday who recorded a rather operatic pop single for United in 1953 with string-heavy backup, though if so he had declined a bit in the vocal department.
	hubcap.clemson.edu /~campber/mad.html (13571 words)

	»»Latin Pop Music Reviews««
		I always thought he is the best ever since I heard his voice for the first time and his interpretation of "Music of the Night" in this album convinced me more so.
		This (as well as all of his recordings) are spectacular displays of a mix of contemporary Spanish pop with traditional Spanish guitar.
		While this album is more traditional Tejano, you can catch the beginnings of when Pop began to infuse it's self into Selena's music.
	www.megamusicreviews.com /Latin/Latin_Pop/Latin_Pop_124.html (3214 words)

	Bandpress.com - The Electronic Publicist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		NYC indie power pop/rocker, JANA PERI (www.janaperi.com), has announced UK tour dates for this October, including an appearance at the International Pop Overthrow festival at the legendary Cavern Club (www.cavern-liverpool.com).
		The singer/songwriter/guitarist will play solo shows in London, Liverpool and Manchester: the three cities that inspired her to write “The La La Song.” “La La Tour 2004” is named for the song that PERI first penned in her Liverpool hotel room a few years ago.
		PERI and her band are currently recording a new full-length CD with NYC producer Daniel Rey (Ramones, Misfits, Ronnie Spector), slated for release in early 2005.
	www.bandname.com /BandPress/display_release.asp?prnum=5496 (562 words)

	Band Aid Earns Third Christmas U.K. No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yesterday's new chart was generally agreed in the industry to be the Christmas edition, although another chart is published on Boxing Day (next Sunday, Dec. 26) and will reflect sales from Dec. 19-24.
		It's the second time he's had a hit with the song, having also reached No. 2 with it as a member of boy band Boyzone at Christmas 1995.
		The latter set fell to No. 3 as operatic pop outfit Il Dovo's self-titled album for Syco Music opened at No. 2.
	www.billboard.biz /bb/biz/archivesearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000739922 (470 words)

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		+ JUN 28 0257 - loud w/ female operatic vocal.
		Usually you get about 4 or 5 CW ID's followed by what seems like a lengthy silent period before the ID cycle occurs again.
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