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Cosmos RCW 16

RCW 16 NGC 2467, sometimes called the Mandrill nebula, is ionised by the ultrahot O3 V star HD 64568, the O6 IV subgiant HD 64315, and the B0 V star LSS 830, according to Avedisova. Besides the NGC 2467 star cluster itself, it includes the star clusters Haffner 18and Haffner 19. The bright foreground star…

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Although not commercially successful during its existence, the Velvet Underground became regarded as one of the…

Larry Carlton

Larry Carlton

Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. One of the most sought after guitarists of his era, Carlton has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorded on hundreds of…

Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. It is unclear how he acquired the moniker “Lockjaw” (later shortened to “Jaws”): it is either said that it came from the title of a tune or from his way of biting hard…

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of…

Kurt Weill

Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions…

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