Do you ever wonder?


Do you ever wonder why some artists (individuals or groups) attain success through critical acclaim and/or record (cd) sales?

Here is my list of those who have made it in the recording/entertainment industries and is completely puzzling to me.

Please list your own; it's irrelevant what you think of mine.

OK, here you go (in no particular order):

Sheryl Crow
Norah Jones
Michael Bolton
Celine Dion
Joe Cocker
Manhattan Transfer
Boston
Rickie Lee Jones
Pink
Phil Collins

That's enough to get started; show me what you got.
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Geez...I could go on and on however...to add to short list
Pink
Beyonce
Van Hagar
Bob Segar
Liberace
Rod Stewart. What was that "if u think i'm sexy just reach out and touch me blah blah dreck that he moved into? He may have a LA mansion full of gold and satin do-dahs, but that dude sold out big time.
What about Wynton Marsalis, the revisionist fraud who made a career off of the supposition that innovation was dead and the 'art of jazz' should be about copying the past? He is not a traditionalist. A traditionalist works in a tradition which is based on INVENTION. He invents nothing. He merely gives echoes of bygone sounds.