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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash


Background information
Birth name J. R. Cash
Born February 26, 1932
Born place Kingsland, Arkansas, U.S.
Died September 12, 2003
Death place Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre(s) Country
Rock'n'Roll
Folk
Gospel
Blues
Americana
Years active 1955—2003
Label(s) Columbia Records
Mercury Records
Legacy Recordings
American Recordings
Sun Records
Associated acts The Highwaymen
The Jordanaires
The Tennessee Three
June Carter Cash
The Statler Brothers
The Carter Family
The Oak Ridge Boys
Area Code 615
Website Website



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Saint Etienne Launch Bid To Write Olympic Song For 2012

February 6, 2009
Saint Etienne Launch Bid To Write Olympic Song For 2012Saint Etienne have launched a bid to write the official song for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Singer Sarah Cracknell told the BBC they’re affinity with London would make them the “ideal band” to record a soundtrack for the sporting spectacle.

Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley added that he would “love to do it. I'll drop Seb Coe a line, I'll send him an e-mail today."

Both Saint Etienne’s music and lyrics have always been empathetic towards London.

The band shot a film in 2005 about the capital’s Lower Lea Valley, which will be the site for the Olympic stadium.

Stanley said they had been asked to show the film, which originally debuted at the Barbican, in the run up to the Games.

But the plans were scraped after Boris Johnson took over from Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London.

(by Jason Gregory)



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