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Barry Manilow started off writing jingles…

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022Weirdo

Barry Manilow started off writing jingles, including State Farm (“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there”) and Band-Aid (“I am stuck on Band-Aid, ’cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me!”)

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In 1997 David Bowie sold asset-backed…

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022Weirdo

In 1997 David Bowie sold asset-backed securities, dubbed “Bowie bonds”, which awarded investors a share in his future royalties for 10 years.

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Shakira was rejected for the choir…

November 9, 2021Weirdo

Shakira was rejected for the choir in her Catholic school because her music teacher thought that her vibrato was too strong and that she sounded “like a goat”

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Tim Storm is a singer who holds…

September 29, 2021Weirdo

Tim Storms is a singer who holds the record for lowest note produced by a human. The note is eight octaves below the lowest G on a piano, and humans can’t even hear it.

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Barry White spent 4 months in jail…

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021Weirdo

Barry White spent 4 months in jail for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires when he was 16. While behind bars, he heard Elvis Presley’s “It’s Now or Never” which he stated inspired him to become a singer.

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Paula Abdul constantly talks about…

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021Weirdo

Paula Abdul constantly talks about surviving a plane crash of which no record exist.

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On 3 December 1976, seven gunmen…

December 6, 2020Weirdo

On 3 December 1976, seven gunmen attempted to assassinate Bob Marley. During the trial, one of the gunmen claimed that the CIA hired them to do it, as Marley backed the left wing party PNP rather than the right wing LP. Two days later the injured Marley gave a 90 minute concert.

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Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli…

October 23, 2020Weirdo

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli convinced his hometwon in 2006 to build a theater where only one concert is given a year (by him). The theater stays silent the rest of the year.

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Background singers in the Beatles’…

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020Weirdo

Background singers in the Beatles’ All You Need Is Love include Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Graham Nash and Eric Clapton.

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When Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t…

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020Weirdo

When Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked by clubs and TV because she was black, Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let Ella sing.

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