That started my search to feed my curiosity -- to learn more about the person, what they accomplished, what they are doing now if still around and what is their legacy. Often this "research" would branch to other people, events and related cultural and historical resources that I had somehow missed out on or had long forgotten. It was a lot of fun and a real learning (in some cases relearning) experience.
In the process I also discovered information providing new incites into the lives of people who were already known by me and most others. It also improved my understanding of the culture and history surrounding those persons.
To better enable you to begin enjoy doing your own "research", here are some links (in random order) to help get you started:
Musician Guide - musician personals, awards, and works. Includes guides to individuals and groups.
PBS Biographies:
Jazz - Biographies of jazz artists from Ken Burns' PBS film documentary on Jazz.
Dance - Biographies of dance artists from PBS film documentary, "Free To Dance".
History - PBS series and site biographies.
Google - Biography Directory - here's a starting point to online biography sites throughout the web.
Reference Desk (RefDesk.com) - links to biographical resources on the Internet.
B-Westerns - Remembering the B-Western Movie, Heroes, Heroines, Sidekicks, Heavies and Henchmen.
Exclusively B-Westerns circa 1929-1954 or so ... no A-Westerns, no TV Westerns, no 'spaghetti' westerns.
Biography.com - The Biograpy Channel profiles on people in the news, pop icons, and more. Also has Bio-Classroom for teachers to use as a resource.
Library Spot - has database of over 25,000 bios, plus links to additional biographical resources.
Internet Public Library (IPL) - main page for biographies of artists, architects, authors, musicians and composers, politicians and rulers, scientists and inventors.
Wikipedia.org - locate information about any public or famous person.
Atomic Archive - brief biographies about key atomic age players.
Artnet - Browse over 180,000 international artists, from Old Masters to Modern and Contemporary Art. Find works of art, galleries, auctions & art prices.
Artist Biography - data bank (in English or French) dedicated to artists biographies.
Art History Guide - art history and periods, art galleries and schools, in addition to artist biographies.
Internet Library - Internet Library for Librarians - Ready Reference: Artists and Musicians Biographies.
World Music Central - Access biographies of world music artists (by Artist's Name; By Country; by Geographical Region; by Genre; and by Instrument.)
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