claim: Jimi Hendrix served in the army.
evidence: Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev , also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff , was a Russian composer known as one of the fathers of the Russian art song .. composer. composer. Russian art song. Russian art song. He wrote seven operas , twenty musical comedies , a symphony , three string quartets , more than 200 songs , and many other pieces .