Whitney Houston Last Will and Testament

Read the Last Will and Testament of James Brown (1933-2006), the Godfather of Soul.

• James Joseph Brown was an American singer and entertainer, who started singing in church and talent contests, and dancing for money as a child. From the age of 6, he lived with his aunt, who ran a brothel.
• Brown began his professional career in 1956 and gained fame quickly through a string of smash hits and electrifying live concerts.
• He has been recognized as one of the most influential figures in the 20th century popular music and was often referred to as "the hardest working man in show business".
• Brown's career spanned half a century and influenced the development of many different musical genres.
• Although he contributed much to the music industry, Brown held the record as the artist who charted the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart without ever hitting the number one spot.
  
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Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Janis Joplin (1943-1970).

• Janis Joplin was an American blues rock singer and an enduring icon of the '60's youth movement.
• Her incendiary stage performances, problems with drug and alcohol abuse, and her tumultuous love life formed the basis for the movie The Rose.
• Joplin's musical legacy changed the history of rock & roll.
• She died of a drug overdose in 1970, at the age of 27.

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

• Michael Joseph Jackson was an American musician, dancer, and entertainer with enormous international impact as a pop culture icon. Known worldwide as the King of Pop, he is the most commercial successful entertainer of all time.
• His 1982 album Thriller remains the best-selling album in history. He is widely credited with having transformed the music video from a promotional tool into an art form.
• One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his other achievements feature multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards, 26 American Music Awards (24 only as a solo artist, including one for 'Artist of the Century') more than any artist, 17 number one singles in the US (including the four as a member of the Jackson 5), and estimated sales between 350 million and 750 million records worldwide making him one of the best selling artists in musical history.
• While preparing for the This Is It concert tour in 2009, Jackson died at the age of 50 after suffering from cardiac arrest. He reportedly had been administered drugs such as propofol and lorazepam, and his death was ruled a homicide by the Los Angeles County coroner. His death triggered an outpouring of grief from around the world with his globally live broadcast memorial service attracting an audience of up to one billion people.

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Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Frank Sinatra.

• Francis Albert (Frank) Sinatra (1915-1998), whose nicknames include "Old Blue Eyes" and "the Chairman of the Board", was an American singer and actor who began his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. During the 1940s he launched a solo career and became a teen idol. In the 1950s, he found new fame as an actor, especially after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity.
• Frank Sinatra founded Reprise Records and recorded a number of very successful albums, touring internationally. He was a founding member of the so-called Rat Pack (which included Dean Martin and Peter Lawford), and fraternized with celebrities and presidents, including President John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
• Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music, but with sales of his music dwindling, and after appearing in several poorly received films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded several albums; scored a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980; and toured both within the United States and internationally until a few years before his death in 1998.
• Sinatra also forged a career as a dramatic actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Man with the Golden Arm. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town.
• Frank Sinatra was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. He was also the recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Biographical material taken from Wikipedia.com.