Mimi Gross
Mimi Gross( born 1940) is a New York City born American artist.
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.
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.
Sick City (song)
"Sick City" is a 1974 song with music written by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
It is the B-side of the single release of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me".
It later appeared on the 1995 remaster of the album "Caribou" that features the Tower of Power Horns.
It also features altered piano tones through a Leslie speaker.
The song is about life in 1970s New York in which there is a love/hate sometimes relationship with a groupie.
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer.
He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums.
John has sold more than 300million records, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists.
He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the United States, 58 "Billboard" Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10 singles, four of which peaked at number two and nine of which reached number one.
His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts.
He has also produced records and occasionally acted in films.
John owned Watford F.C. from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club.
Raised in the Pinner area of London, John learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed Bluesology, an R&B band with whom he played until 1967.
He met his longtime musical partner Taupin in 1967, after they both answered an advert for songwriters.
For two years, they wrote songs for artists including Lulu, and John worked as a session musician for artists including the Hollies and the Scaffold.
In 1969, John's debut album, "Empty Sky", was released.
In 1970, his first hit single, "Your Song", from his second album, "Elton John", reached the top ten in the UK and the US.
John has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing for "The Lion King" and its stage adaptation, "Aida" and "Billy Elliot the Musical".
John has received five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Disney Legends award, and the Kennedy Center Honor.
In 2004, "Rolling Stone" ranked him 49th on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era.
In 2013, "Billboard" ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the "Billboard" Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists, and third overall, behind the Beatles and Madonna.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
He was knighted by Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
John has performed at a number of royal events, such as the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Party at the Palace in 2002 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012.
John has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s.
In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and a year later he began hosting his annual Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry.
Since its inception, the foundation has raised over £300 million.
John, who announced he was bisexual in 1976 and has been openly gay since 1988, entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005; they married after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014.
Presenting John with France's highest civilian award, the Legion d'honneur, in 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron called him a "melodic genius" and praised his work on behalf of the LGBT community.
In 2018, John embarked on a three-year farewell tour.
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.
Nicole Blackman
Nicole Blackman( born November 30, 1971) is a New York City – born performance artist, poet, author, and vocalist.
Tony O'Neill
Tony O'Neill (born 1978, Blackburn, Lancashire) is a New York-based author.
A one-time musician with Kenickie (1997–98), Marc Almond (1997–98), The Brian Jonestown Massacre (1999) and Kelli Ali (2001–04), O'Neill is also the author of several books including "Digging the Vein" (2006), "Down and Out on Murder Mile" (2008) and "Sick City" (2010).
"Digging the Vein" was a novel based on the author's years as a heroin and crack addict as well as his experiences in the music industry, while the sequel, "Down and Out on Murder Mile" was released by Harper Perennial as a mass market paperback in November 2008.
Jerry Stahl said of "Down and Out on Murder MileI fucking loved it."
"Sick City" was released by Harper Perennial in July 2010.
The plot revolves around two heroin addicts who try to sell a legendary sex tape starring Sharon Tate.
The book earned praise from Barry Gifford, Sebastian Horsley, and Tom McCarthy among others.
In 2012 the novel was optioned for the screen by screenwriter Jayson Rothwell.
A sequel to "Sick CityBlack Neon" was published by Walde and Graf in German in August 2012.
It follows the further adventures of "Sick City"s protagonists Randal and Jeffrey, and their adventures in the world of Santaria, art-house cinema and a their run-ins with a pair of lesbian pharmacy bandits.
He also co-wrote the memoirs of NFL player Jason Peter.
The resulting book, "Hero of the Underground", was a "New York Times" bestseller published in July 2008 by St Martins Press.
Other non-fiction works includes the memoir of the lead singer of The Runaways, Cherie Currie –  (2010, It Books / Harper Collins).
A short story anthology, "Notre Dame Du Vide", was published in France, June 2009, by 13e Note Editions. "
Down and Out on Murder Mile" and "Sick City" have also been translated into French, and "Sick City" was scheduled to be published in Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2011.
He has written short stories for  and Laura Hird's fiction showcase, among others.
A short story collection, "Seizure Wet Dreams", was published by Social Disease in the UK, also in 2006.
In 2007 "Songs From The Shooting Gallery", his first book of poetry, was published by Burning Shore Press of Long Beach, California.
His short story "Fragments of Joe" was featured in "The Heroin Chronicles" ed.
Jerry Stahl, on Akashic Books.
He is a founding member of the Brutalists, a literary collective including authors Adelle Stripe and Ben Myers
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.
Valerie Phillips
Valerie Phillips is a New York City- born fashion photographer, based in London.

Question: Where was the performer of song Sick City (Song) born?
Answer: Pinner