Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
When You're Smiling
"When You're Smiling" is a popular song written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin in 1928.
Early popular recordings were by Seger Ellis (1928), Louis Armstrong (1929), and Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (1930).
Larry Shay
Larry Shay"( né" Lawrence Fredrick Schaetzlein; 10 August 1897 Chicago – 22 February 1988 Newport Beach, California) was an American songwriter.
Shay was born in Chicago, Illinois.
While still young, he studied the piano at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
He eventually moved to New York City to become a songwriter.
His first composition was" Do You, Do n't You, Will You, Wo n't You," published in 1923.
In 1925 he joined ASCAP( American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), and remained a member for 63 years.
In 1929 he co-authored his most famous song," When You're Smiling"( As with many other of his songs, this was a collaboration with Joe Goodwin and Mark Fisher; see Shay, Fisher, and Goodwin).
In the 1930s, Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer hired him to become their music director and Shay and his wife Doris moved from New York to Hollywood.
In that capacity, he hired Bing Crosby, who was paid$ 50 a day by MGM for his first picture.
He published over 300 songs in his life.
He died in Newport Beach, California.
He had a daughter, Dawn Russum, who is now president of the Channel Cities Jazz Society in Ventura, California.
Sally Dworsky
Sally Dworsky( born July 13, 1964) is an American singer- songwriter and playback singer in animated films.
She is notable for co-writing the song" That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You", and for singing, with Michelle Pfeiffer, the Academy Award- winning song" When You Believe", in the 1998 DreamWorks animated film," The Prince of Egypt".
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
James Thornton (songwriter)
James Thornton( December 5, 1861 – July 27, 1938) was an Irish- American songwriter and vaudeville performer.
He is primarily remembered today as the composer of the 1898 song," When You Were Sweet Sixteen".
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz.
His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz.
In 2017, he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance.
Around 1922, he followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in the Creole Jazz Band.
In Chicago, he spent time with other popular jazz musicians, reconnecting with his friend Bix Beiderbecke and spending time with Hoagy Carmichael and Lil Hardin.
He earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and relocated to New York in order to join Fletcher Henderson's band.
With his instantly recognizable rich, gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer and skillful improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song.
He was also skilled at scat singing.
Armstrong is renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice as well as his trumpet playing.
By the end of Armstrong's career in the 1960s, his influence had spread to popular music in general.
Armstrong was one of the first popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", meaning his music transcended his skin color in a racially divided America.
He rarely publicly politicized his race, to the dismay of fellow African Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation in the Little Rock crisis.
He was able to access the upper echelons of American society at a time when this was difficult for black men.
It's the Hard Knock Life
" It's the Hard Knock Life" is a song from the musical" Annie" with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin.
The song is about the hardships faced by children living in an orphanage.
In the 2014 film adaptation, the lyrics in the line" No one cares for you a smidge, when you're in an orphanage", have been changed to" no one cares for you a bit, when you're a foster kid".

Question: What is the place of birth of the performer of song When You'Re Smiling?
Answer: New Orleans