FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Jack White (*September 2, 1940 in Cologne, Germany) is a music composer and producer by the real name of Horst Nussbaum. After producing German Schlager music in the 70s, he went international when he produced Laura Branigan's hits "Gloria" and "Self Control" as well as Pia Zadora songs such as "When the Rain Begins to Fall", all in Eurodisco style. In 1989 he entered a musical partnership with David Hasselhoff, whose White-produced albums "Looking For Freedom" (1989) and "Crazy For You" (1991) made the actor/singer a major maintream success in central Europe. More recently, White's production company has helped popularize Reggaeton music (Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina"). White also worked with singers such as Barry Manilow and Paul Anka ("Put Your Head on My Shoulder"). September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Köln redirects here. ... Laura Branigan (1993) Laura Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004) was a popular American singer/actress from Brewster, New York, best known in the U.S. for the song Gloria (1982). ... // Early Life Born Pia Alfreda Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey, of part Polish and part Italian descent, she adapted part of her mothers maiden name (Zadorowska) as her stage name. ... Eurodance is style of dance music, popular in Europe during 1990s. ... David Hasselhoff at the 2005 San Sebastian International Film Festival David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor, singer and songwriter who is best known for his lead roles on Knight Rider and Baywatch. ... Ramon Raymond Ayala (born on February 3, 1977 in Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico), known publicly as Daddy Yankee, is a highly successful Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist. ... Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter best known for his hit recordings I Write The Songs, Mandy and Copacabana (At The Copa). Manilow dominated the charts for much of the 1970s with a string of major... Paul Anka receiving the Order of Canada from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in a ceremony performed at Rideau Hall on Friday, June 10, 2005. ...
The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit.
Billing themselves as brother and sister, guitarist and singer JackWhite and his ex-wife, drummer Meg White, released their self-titled debut album in 1997.
Their follow-up to White Blood Cells, entitled Elephant, was released on April 1, 2003, again to widespread critical acclaim.
White passed through the lineups of a lot of short-lived late-'60s outfits including Ginger Baker's Airforce (playing some keyboards there as well), where he was in the unfortunate position of working alongside legendary drummer Phil Seaman, who managed to eclipse his younger colleague at every turn.
For the most part, however, White became the bedrock of the group's sound during the turbulent late-'70s era, when Yes was struggling with membership changes and the end of the progressive rock boom, which reduced their sales and audience.
Indeed, it was White's breaking his ankle (at a roller-disco, no less) in late 1979 that precipitated the momentary end of the band that year, amid a disastrous attempt at recording a new album.
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