Events

1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.

1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.

1666 – Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.

1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.

1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War.

1793 – French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.

1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.

1800 – Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain.

1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.

1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").

1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.

1839 – The First Opium War begins in China.

1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.

1862 – American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.

1862 – James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.

1864 – Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.

1877 – Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.

1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.

1887 – Fire at Theatre Royal in Exeter, England killed 186

1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.

1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).

1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.

1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

1918 – Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia

1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.

1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.

1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.

1938 – Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.

1942 – World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.

1943 – World War II: The 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.

1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.

1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.

1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.

1957 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.

1960 – The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.

1960 – The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.

1961 – The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.

1969 – My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.

1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

1972 – Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.

1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.

1977 – Hanns Martin Schleyer, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.

1977 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.

1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.

1980 – The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.

1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.

1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

1990 – Eastern University massacre, massacre of 158 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan army at the Eastern University in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force.

2000 – The Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.

2000 – Tuvalu joins the United Nations.

2005 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.

2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.

Births

973 – Abu Rayhan Biruni, Khwarezmi-born Persian polymath (d. 1048)

1187 – Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)

1567 – Date Masamune, Japanese Samurai and Daimyo (d. 1636)

1568 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)

1621 – Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694)

1638 – Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)

1667 – Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)

1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)

1722 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)

1725 – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)

1735 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)

1750 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)

1771 – Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (d. 1847)

1774 – Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)

1775 – Juan Martín Díez, Spanish guerrilla (d. 1825)

1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)

1791 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)

1792 – Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)

1806 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (d. 1865)

1807 – Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)

1809 – Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean politician (d. 1880)

1826 – John Wisden, England cricketer (d. 1884)

1827 – Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1849)

1836 – Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)

1847 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)

1850 – Jack Daniel, Creator of Jack Daniel's (d. 1911)

1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)

1867 – Amy Beach, American composer and pianist (d. 1944)

1874 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959)

1876 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)

1876 – Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician. (d. 1944)

1881 – Otto Bauer, Austrian politician (d. 1938)

1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)

1892 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)

1897 – Ella Schuler, American supercentenarian

1897 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (d. 1980)

1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician (d. 1991)

1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)

1905 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)

1905 – Maurice Challe, French general (d. 1979)

1905 – Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (d. 2005)

1908 – Gloria Holden, British actress (d. 1991)

1908 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian writer and activist against hunger (d. 1973)

1909 – Archie Jackson, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)

1910 – Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (d. 1981)

1910 – Leila Mackinlay, British romance writer (d.1996)

1912 – John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)

1912 – Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)

1912 – Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)

1914 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet and mathematician

1916 – Frank Yerby American novelist (d. 1991)

1916 – Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 2002)

1917 – Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (d. 2008)

1918 – Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor (d. 1992)

1918 – Jean-Marie Poitras, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2009)

1919 – Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-born German Nazi concentration camp supervisor (d. 1945)

1921 – Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (d. 2007)

1923 – Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)

1924 – Paul Dietzel, American college football coach

1927 – Paul Volcker, American economist

1928 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian classical dancer of Kathak style (d. 2004)

1929 – Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian

1929 – Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2004)

1933 – Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilien Catholic archbishop

1934 – Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer

1935 – Johnny Briggs, English actor

1935 – Paul Josef Cordes, German Roman Catholic Cardinal

1936 – Jonathan Kozol, American writer, sociologist

1936 – Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player

1936 – John Danforth, American politician

1936 – Robert Burns, Canadian politician

1937 – Antonio Valentin Angelillo, Argentinian footballer

1937 – Colin Wesley, South African cricketer

1937 – William Devane, American actor

1938 – John Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1939 – Claudette Colvin, American civil rights movement leader (Montgomery Bus Boycott)

1939 – John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)

1939 – George Lazenby, Australian actor

1939 – Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (d. 2006)

1940 – Raquel Welch, American actress

1941 – Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey goaltender

1942 – Werner Herzog, German film director

1942 – Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)

1942 – Denise Fabre French television presenter.

1943 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary. (d. 2007)

1944 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and playwright (d. 1996)

1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter

1946 – Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born English singer and songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991)

1946 – Dennis Dugan, American actor and film director

1946 – Loudon Wainwright III, American singer and composer

1947 – Buddy Miles, American musician (d. 2008)

1947 – Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer

1948 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician

1950 – Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist

1950 – Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer

1951 – Paul Breitner, German footballer

1951 – Patti McGuire, American model and television producer

1951 – Michael Keaton, American actor

1954 – Frederick Kempe, American author, journalist, and executive

1954 – Richard Austin, West Indian cricketer

1956 – Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)

1957 – Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete

1961 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist

1962 – Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor

1963 – Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)

1963 – Jeff Brantley, American baseball player

1963 – Jonathan Phillips, English actor

1963 – Taki Inoue, Japanese racing driver

1963 – Kristian Alfonso, American actress

1964 – Frank Farina, Australian footballer

1964 – Ken Norman, American basketball player

1964 – Amanda Ooms, Swedish actress

1964 – Kevin Saunderson American electronic music producer

1965 – Chris Morris, English satirist

1965 – David Brabham, Australian racing driver

1965 – Chris Gore, American filmmaker

1965 – César Rincón, Colombian matador

1966 – Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director

1966 – Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer

1967 – India Hicks, English model

1967 – Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player

1968 – Dennis Scott, American basketball player

1968 – Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)

1969 – Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer

1969 – Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer

1969 – Dweezil Zappa, American musician

1970 – Kim Hye-su, South Korean actress and model

1970 – Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly)

1970 – Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer

1971 – Adam Hollioake, England cricketer

1972 – Shane Sewell, Canadian professional wrestler

1972 – Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer

1973 – Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress

1973 – Alexandra Kerry, daughter of American Senator John Kerry

1973 – Paddy Considine, English actor

1974 – Rawl Lewis, West Indian cricketer

1975 – Rod Barajas, American baseball player

1975 – George Boateng, Dutch footballer

1975 – Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer

1975 – Jamie Spaniolo, American horrorcore rapper

1976 – Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast

1976 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress

1976 – Richard Marsland, Australian comedian/writer and radio personality

1977 – Rosevelt Colvin, American football player

1977 – Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger

1977 – Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler

1977 – Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin)

1977 – Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player

1978 – Laura Bertram, Canadian actress

1978 – Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union footballer

1978 – Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player

1978 – Sylvester Joseph, West Indian cricketer

1978 – Yu Nan, Chinese actress

1979 – John Carew, Norwegian footballer

1979 – Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster

1979 – George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer

1979 – Stewart Holden, English scrabble player

1979 – Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer

1980 – Franco Costanzo, Argentinian football goalkeeper

1981 – AnnMarie, American pornographic actress

1981 – Nina Eichinger, German actress

1981 – Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player

1981 – Daniel Moreno, Spanish professional bicyclist

1982 – Alexandre Geijo, Spanish/Swiss footballer

1982 – Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician

1983 – Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer

1983 – Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer

1983 – Xavier Susai, Australian comedian

1983 – Antony Sweeney, Hartlepool United footballer

1984 – Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish professional bicyclist

1985 – Ryan Guy, American soccer player

1986 – Colt McCoy, American football player

1986 – Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer

1987 – Prince Pierre Casiraghi of Monaco

1987 – Silvestre Rasuk, American actor

1988 – Nuri Şahin, Turkish footballer

1989 – Ben Youngs, English rugby union Scrum-Half

1990 – Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer

1990 – Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater

1991 – Skandar Keynes, English actor

1993 – Gage Golightly, American actress

Deaths

1165 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)

1201 – Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161)

1235 – Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1165)

1548 – Catherine Parr, Sixth wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c.1512)

1607 – Pomponne de Bellièvre, chancellor of France (b. 1529)

1629 – Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. c.1585)

1734 – Nicolas Bernier, French musician and composer (b. 1664)

1786 – Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)

1803 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)

1803 – François Devienne, French composer (b. 1759)

1808 – John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)

1836 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)

1838 – Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)

1857 – Auguste Comte, French sociologist (b. 1798)

1876 – Manuel Blanco Encalada, first president of Chile (b. 1790)

1877 – Crazy Horse, Lakota (Sioux) chief (b. 1849)

1898 – Sarah Edmonds, Canadian nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)

1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)

1902 – Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and politician (b. 1821)

1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b. 1844)

1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)

1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist and editor (b. 1873)

1917 – Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)

1920 – Robert Harron, American actor (b. 1893)

1922 – Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)

1926 – Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (b. 1890)

1930 – Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849)

1931 – John Thomson, Scottish football player (b. 1909)

1932 – Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist (b. 1866)

1936 – Federico Borrell García, Spanish anarchist soldier during the Spanish Civil War (b. 1912)

1936 – Gustave Kahn, French Symbolist poet and art critic (b. 1859)

1942 – François de Labouchère, French aviator of World War II, compagnon de la Libération. (b. 1917)

1945 – Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)

1948 – Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (b. 1881)

1953 – Richard Walther Darré, Nazi politician (b. 1895)

1954 – Eugen Schiffer, German politician (b. 1860)

1965 – Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882)

1966 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b. 1879)

1970 – Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)

1973 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (b. 1889)

1975 – Georg Ots, Estonian singer (b. 1920)

1977 – Marcel Thiry, Belgian writer and Walloon militant (b. 1897)

1979 – Alberto di Jorio, former head of the Vatican Bank and secretary of the 1958 conclave (b. 1884)

1982 – Douglas Bader, RAF fighter pilot in World War II (b. 1910)

1983 – Antonio Mairena, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1909)

1988 – Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)

1990 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)

1992 – Fritz Leiber, American author (b. 1910)

1993 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (b.1914)

1994 – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1921)

1997 – Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)

1997 – Mother Teresa, Albanian-born missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)

1998 – Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (b. 1946)

1998 – Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1909)

1998 – Verner Panton, Danish designer (b. 1926)

1998 – Leo Penn, American film director (b. 1921)

1999 – Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (b. 1914)

1999 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (b. 1921)

2001 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian UN statistician (b. 1912)

2001 – Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (b. 1914)

2002 – David Todd Wilkinson, American astronomer (b. 1935)

2003 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer (b. 1927)

2005 – Roberto Viaux, Chilean Army General (b. 1917)

2007 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b. 1941)

2007 – Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939)

2007 – Thomas Hansen, Norwegian musician (b. 1976)

2007 – D. James Kennedy, American televangelist (b. 1930)

2007 – Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek film director and a writer (b. 1939)

2008 – Evan Tanner American mixed martial artist (b. 1971)

2010 – Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo), Belgian artist (b. 1922)

2010 – Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer (b. 1990)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Bertin

*Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

*Genebald

*Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)

*September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest date on which Jeûne genevois can fall, while September 11 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday after the first Sunday of September. (Canton of Geneva)

Jupiter Stator, commemorates that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius. (Roman Empire)

Teachers' Day (India)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
Name	Jonathan Ross
Caption	Jonathan Ross at Live 8 on 2 July 2005
Birth name	Jonathan Stephen Ross
Birth date	November 17, 1960
Birth place	Camden, London, England
Occupation	Broadcaster, film critic
Years active	1980–present
Spouse

Jonathan Stephen Ross OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross is to host a new chat show on ITV1 from 2011. Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2, and acted as a film critic and presenter of The Film Programme. Other regular roles have included being a regular panellist on the comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over from 1999 to 2006, and presenting the annual British Comedy Awards from 1991 to 2007, and 2009 onwards.

Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting The Film Programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has a boldness in presenting, which some would consider often risqué, and as a result, he has sometimes been surrounded by controversy. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences.

Ross has been married to the author, journalist and broadcaster Jane Goldman since 1988; they have three children. Ross and Goldman have together established the television production company Hotsauce TV. Ross is known as an avid fan and collector of comic books and memorabilia, and has written his own comic book, Turf. Ross is known for his distinctive voice, flamboyant style of dress, He grew up in Leytonstone

Broadcast career

Early career

Ross began his career as a researcher on the Channel 4 show Loose Talk. After leaving this, he worked on various other shows before beginning another research job on Soul Train, which became Solid Soul. It is believed his first appearance on television was as an extra in the 1981 It Ain't Half Hot, Mum episode, The Last Roll Call.

Channel X: 1987–95

Whilst on Solid Soul, he met fellow researcher Alan Marke, and the two devised what would prove to be a breakthrough hit for Ross in 1987, The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross.

The pair based their concept on the successful American show Late Night with David Letterman, and formed a new production company called Channel X, to produce a pilot. Ross was not originally slated as the show's host, but with little time to find one Jonathan Ross stepped in and made his television debut on the show in January 1987.

While the series was initially a co-production with Colin Calendar, ownership transferred to Marke and Ross, meaning that the latter retained a great deal of control as well as being presenter. The show proved popular for both Ross and for Channel 4, making him one of the major personalities on the channel.

A year later, his documentary series The Incredibly Strange Film Show introduced many to the works of cult filmmakers like Sam Raimi and Jackie Chan.

In 1989, he co-presented the biennial BBC charity telethon Comic Relief, the same year he launched One Hour with Jonathan Ross a short lived chat show on Channel 4, most notable for the game show segment "Knock down ginger" which introduced comedians such as Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson to television.

In 1991, he presented the annual British Comedy Awards on ITV. He has presented the event each year since, but in 2008 announced he would be stepping down from the role following his suspension from the BBC. In 1992 he presented an interview with Madonna about her Erotica album and Sex Book promotion.

In 1993, he was the narrator for FIA Formula One 1993 Season Review video.

Ross has appeared in numerous television entertainment programmes on several channels throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He was a regular panellist on the sports quiz They Think It's All Over, and hosted the panel game It's Only TV...But I Like It. Other projects include the BBC joke-quiz Gagtag, the Channel 4 variety show Saturday Zoo, new-acts showcase The Big Big Talent Show, and the ITV programme Fantastic Facts.

In 1995 he left Channel X, despite its profitable nature. He was quoted in a 1998 article as stating:

Television 1999–2006

He took over presenting of The Film Programme in 1999, the BBC's long-running cinema review series, after Barry Norman left the show. Ross himself has made a number of cameo appearances in films, playing himself in the Spice Girls' film Spiceworld (1997) and voicing the character of Doris in the UK version of Shrek 2 (2004). He also played himself in Only Fools and Horses, presenting Goldrush, a fictional television quiz on which the main character, Del Boy, was a contestant. In 2001 he voiced characters in two episodes of the animated comedy series Rex the Runt. In the 30 October episode of Film 2006, Ross also claimed that he had appeared as an extra in the 1981 movie 'The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin', as an Israeli soldier raiding Entebbe airport. He also appeared on the first pilot show for Shooting Stars, acting as a team captain.

BBC Radio: 1999–2010

Ross began presenting a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 in 1999. He has also presented radio shows for BBC Radio 1 and Virgin Radio (having previously worked on Richard Branson's earlier venture, Radio Radio), as well as the now-defunct commercial radio network service The Superstation, where his producer was Chris Evans.

From 23 May 2009, Ross' BBC Radio 2 show was pre-recorded 24 hours before broadcast. This decision was made to make the show more watertight and, according to the press, to make sure Ross's off-the-cuff comments that may, and have, cause offence can be edited out.

Ross' show on Radio 2 last aired on 17 July 2010 when his contract at the BBC ended.

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: 2001–10

at Live 8 in July 2005]] On 2 November 2001, Ross began presenting his chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

In 2005, Ross anchored the BBC television coverage of the Live 8 concerts. Later that year he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols (which was banned by the BBC when released in 1977) on his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show. On 21 June 2006 Ross was made a Fellow of University College London, where he studied.

In early 2006, Ross announced that after eight years he was quitting his regular panellist seat on the sport/comedy quiz show They Think It's All Over, stating:

However, after Ross' departure, only two more episodes of the show were made before it was cancelled.

In January 2006 he presented Jonathan Ross' Asian Invasion, broadcast on BBC Four. The three-part documentary followed Ross as he explored the film industry in Japan, Hong Kong and Korea, interviewing directors and showcasing clips. His interest in Asian culture and his self confessed love for anime and video games led him to making three series of BBC Three show Japanorama, as well as producing another series for the same channel called Adam and Joe Go Tokyo, starring Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. He produced the latter programme through his own production company Hot Sauce.

In June 2006, a bidding war was sparked between BBC and other broadcasters for Ross' services. Although other broadcasters were unsuccessful in poaching Ross, it is believed that their bids were higher than the BBC during negotiations. ITV, who bid for Ross, poached chat host Michael Parkinson around the same time. Ross became the highest paid television personality in Britain, when a new BBC contract secured his services until 2010, for a reported £18 million (£6 million/year).

On 25 June 2006, he performed at the Children's Party At The Palace for The Queen's 80th birthday. In August 2006, Ross was enlisted to ask the first question since the transition from beta for the Yahoo Answers in UK and Ireland. On 16 March 2007, Ross hosted Comic Relief 2007 alongside Fearne Cotton and Lenny Henry. On 7 July 2007 Ross presented at the Live Earth concert.

Starting on 10 September 2007 he presented the BBC Four series Comics Britannia, about the history of the British comic. This forms the core of a Comics Britannia season, which includes another documentary, In Search of Steve Ditko, by Ross.

In May 2008, Ross won the Sony Gold Award "Music Radio Personality of the Year".

On 3 August 2008, on BBC1, he hosted Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army.

In 2010, Ross took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.

On 7 April 2010, Ross' first comic book was published. Turf was written by Jonathan himself and drawn by artist Tommy Lee Edwards.

Leaving the BBC (2010)

On 7 January 2010, Ross confirmed that he would leave the BBC in July 2010, having decided not to renegotiate his contract. This would see him leave all his regular BBC roles, namely his Friday night chat show, Radio 2 show and a film review programme, although he would be continuing with some specials, such as Comic Relief and the BAFTA Awards.

Explaining the decision, Ross said:

Although I have had a wonderful time working for the BBC, and am very proud of the shows I have made while there, over the last two weeks I have decided not to re-negotiate when my current contract comes to an end. While there, I have worked with some of the nicest and most talented people in the industry and had the opportunity to interview some of the biggest stars in the world, and am grateful to the BBC for such a marvellous experience. I would like to make it perfectly clear that no negotiations ever took place and that my decision is not financially motivated

The decision came a day after it was announced that Graham Norton had signed a two year deal with the BBC, and the BBC's media correspondent Torin Douglas speculated Norton would be a ready-made replacement for Ross's chat show role, while Mark Kermode of BBC Radio 5 Live was a potential successor in the film review role, but that "replacing Ross on radio will be harder".

Ross's final Friday Night chat show episode aired on 16 July 2010, with David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Mickey Rourke and Roxy Music as guests. Ross ended the show with an affectionate tribute to his guests and to the audience, while mentioning that he had promised his friend Morrissey that he would remain composed and "wouldn't cry". His final Radio 2 show was broadcast the following day. Patrick Kielty initially took over Ross' Radio 2 slot from 24 July 2010 after which Graham Norton took over permanently.

ITV (2010 onwards)

Ross will host a new chat show on ITV1, to begin shortly before Christmas 2010. The first series will run for thirteen weeks and Prince Harry will be the only guest on the first show. Speaking about the new show, Ross said: "I am thrilled and excited that after a short break I will be rolling up my sleeves and creating a brand new show for ITV1."

On 19 December 2010 Ross presented a three hour Channel 4 list show, 100 Greatest Toys, with the broadcaster describing Ross as a "huge toy enthusiast with a private collection that would rival any museum's."

Controversies

BBC contract

In April 2006, Ross, along with other BBC personalities, had details of his fees leaked to the tabloid press. It was claimed at the time by a then unidentified BBC mole, that Ross earned £530,000 (equivalent to £10,000 per show) per year for hosting his Radio 2 show. This was a controversial revelation. For some, the BBC was abusing its dominant position over commercial rivals in paying popular personalities such high fees, and for others debasing its public service remit. While refusing to comment specifically on the leak in line with the BBC policy on the matter, Ross did hint during his radio show that the figure was exaggerated; in addition to this, any pay highlighted as being 'his' would actually be split between himself and his producer/co-presenter on the show, Andy Davies.

David Cameron interview

In June 2006, when Conservative party leader David Cameron appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Ross began a line of questioning relating to Conservative ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, culminating in the question "Did you or did you not have a wank thinking of Margaret Thatcher?". Ross was defended by the BBC publicly, but repeat showings of the interview have been banned.

Heather Mills comment

In 2006, Ross was criticised when he made a joke against Heather Mills, soon after she and Paul McCartney announced they were to divorce. He branded Mills, who only has one leg, a "fucking liar" and that he "wouldn't be surprised if we found out she's actually got two legs".

"1,000 journalists" comment

On 5 December 2007, Ross joked at the British Comedy Awards that his salary meant that he was "worth 1,000 BBC journalists". His quip came shortly after the BBC had announced plans for more than 2,000 jobs cuts, and was condemned as "obscene" by the general secretary of the National Union of Journalists.

The Russell Brand Show and Andrew Sachs

Following a guest appearance by Ross on The Russell Brand Show broadcast on 18 October 2008, Ross was suspended for 12 weeks without pay by the BBC on 29 October, after a series of answer phone messages were left for 79-year-old actor Andrew Sachs regarding Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie, by Russell Brand and Ross, which were broadcast on the pre-recorded show. After little initial interest, a media story about the calls generated a high number of complaints. Brand resigned from the BBC, while Ross was suspended without pay. BBC director general Mark Thompson stated that Ross should take the disciplinary action as a "final warning". The BBC was later fined £150,000 by Britain's broadcast regulator for airing the calls.

On 21 November 2008 the BBC Trust said that the phone calls were a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification". The trust gave its backing to Ross's 12 week suspension but recommended that no further action be taken against him. He returned to work in January, and the first episode of a new series of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross with guests Tom Cruise, Stephen Fry and Lee Evans, and music from Franz Ferdinand, was broadcast on 23 January 2009.

Gwyneth Paltrow interview

The BBC Trust ruled that Ross’ interview with Gwyneth Paltrow, broadcast on 2 May 2008, breached editorial guidelines. They ruled that bad language in an episode of Ross's pre-recorded BBC1 chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in which the presenter told Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow he "would fuck her" was "gratuitous and unnecessarily offensive". The trust said it disagreed with the judgement made by BBC management that the episode should be broadcast uncensored, adding that the comment was made in an "overly sexual way" and that it had upheld a number of complaints made about the edition of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. The trust reminded BBC staff that "the casual gratuitous use of the most offensive language is not acceptable on the BBC in accordance with the BBC's existing guidelines and practices", adding that "this particularly applies in entertainment programmes".

"Hannah Montana" comment

On 13 May 2009, Ross was accused of homophobia after a comment he made on his radio show. In which he said,

If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, then you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption in later life, when they settle down with their partner.

An incorrect version of this quote was also circulated, in which Ross was accused of saying:

If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his … erm … partner home.

Ofcom received 61 complaints following the comment. A representative from the BBC defended Ross saying the comment was made "purely in jest" and that "Jonathan is not homophobic in any sense and never meant for his comments to be taken seriously." On 7 July 2009 Ofcom ruled that Ross did not breach the broadcasting code. They wrote in their opinion that "the comment was clearly presented as a joke intended to make light of the reactions that some parents may have if their child chooses a toy that is very widely recognised to be designed and marketed for the opposite sex" and that the nature of the joke and tone and manner in which it was presented "made clear that it was not intended to be hostile or pejorative towards the gay community in general."

Video games

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Personal life

at the British Academy Television Awards 2009]] Ross married author/journalist/broadcaster Jane Goldman, ten years his junior, in 1988, when Goldman was just 18. They have since had three children: Betty Kitten (named after Bettie Page), Harvey Kirby (named after Jack Kirby, a comic book creator whom Ross especially admires), and Honey Kinney. The family lives in Hampstead.

Ross and others have used his rhotacism for comic effect and he is sometimes known as "Wossy," including on his Twitter feed (@wossy).

Ross is known for owning exotic pets. He is a big fan of David Bowie, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, Queen (he was in the audience for Queen at Wembley), British punk rock, Spandau Ballet, Sparks, Star Trek, Doctor Who (his favourite Doctor was Jon Pertwee), and comic books. Ross has even co-owned a comic shop in London with Paul Gambaccini and released Turf, his first comic book, in 2010, with American artist Tommy Lee Edwards. He was also the visual inspiration for the main character in the comic book Saviour. Ross is also greatly interested in Japan, presenting a BBC-TV series on many different aspects of Japanese culture, Japanorama, for three series between 2002–07. He was a regular at London's Blitz club during the early 1980s (famous for the Blitz Kids). He is a fan and friend of the singers Morrissey and George Michael.

He is a close friend of comedian Ricky Gervais and bought him a kitten after Gervais' previous cat, Colin, had died. The cat's name is Ollie and was presented to him on an episode of Ross' talk show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. He was one of the special celebrity guests in the final episode of Gervais's second season of Extras, in which Gervais's character, Andy Millman, and Ross were shown to be the best of friends after a fictional appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

He is also a friend of author Neil Gaiman, and he and his wife appear in Gaiman's short story "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch", collected in Fragile Things.

In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols on his Radio 2 show.

When talking to Colin Farrell on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 19 February 2010, Ross claimed not to have drunk alcohol for ten years.

Ross has attended a fund raiser for the James Randi Educational Foundation called The Amazing Meeting in London in 2009 and 2010. Interviewed by Rebecca Watson, Ross described himself as a big fan of James Randi and the other speakers – who were mainly prominent sceptics – and said that he and his wife had come to have a sceptical view of the world. Ross has been supportive of Simon Singh's efforts to defend an accusation of libel by the British Chiropractic Association and Ross has posed for the Geek Calendar 2011, a fund raiser for the libel reform in the UK.

At a book signing event in Central London in September 2010, Ross stated that as a youngster he went to school in Leyton (Leyton Senior High School) and supports Leyton Orient F.C.

References

Further reading

Jonathan Ross: The Biography, Neil Simpson, John Blake Publishing Ltd (31 July 2007), ISBN 184454432X

Why Do I Say These Things?, Jonathan Ross, Bantam Press (16 October 2008), ISBN 0593060822

External links

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross at TV.com

Jonathan Ross on BBC Radio 2

Interactive video talk by Jonathan Ross on Ealing studios for the British Film Institute

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
Background	solo_singer
Name	Jackie Evancho
Birth name	Jacqueline Marie Evancho
Born	April 09, 2000
Origin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Voice type	Soprano
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals, violin, piano
Label	SYCO/Columbia Records (2010–present)
Years active	2009–present
Genre	Classical crossover
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Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho ( ; born April 9, 2000) is an American classical crossover Mezzo-soprano who gained popularity after performing in the fifth season of America's Got Talent, coming in second place. Her newest CD/DVD "O Holy Night" debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts. "O Holy Night" recently achieved Platinum status.

Evancho sings in the "classical crossover" style of singers such as Sarah Brightman and Hayley Westenra. She studies singing with a voice coach, and also plays the violin and piano. She started singing when she was seven years old, after she watched the musical The Phantom of the Opera on DVD. Her mother heard Evancho singing songs from the musical and allowed her to enter the 2008 Kean Idol, a local talent contest. She sang "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again", finishing, at seven years old, as first runner-up; the winner was 20 years old. Eventually she participated in other talent contests and started a YouTube channel. Jackie began taking vocal lessons when she was 8, in June 2008, after her success in the 2008 Kean Idol contest. She was also a member of the Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh during its 2008–09 season. Evancho lives in Richland Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Career

Evancho has performed onstage with producer David Foster, was an invited performer on the PBS Special "Celebrate America" with conductor/composer Tim Janis, also feature video from CreationScapes, sang the US National Anthem at an event honoring aviation pioneer General Chuck Yeager, as well as performing the anthem to start the Pittsburgh Pirates 2010 home opener baseball game at PNC Park. At the invitation of Pennsylvania State Senator Jane Orie, Jackie has also performed. Jackie also performs at numerous events and charity functions in and around her hometown.

She competed in the 15th U.S.A. World Showcase Talent Competition in early 2009, which took place in Las Vegas in which the winner receives $100,000 and the opportunity to create a demo CD. Jackie was invited to perform at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York City, but due to scheduling conflicts with America's Got Talent, had to cancel.

Jackie performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 23, 2010, after giving her first late night interview, with Jay Leno. In her appearance on the The Oprah Winfrey Show along with singers Susan Boyle and Debby Boone on October 19, 2010, she named Josh Groban, Charlotte Church, and Andrea Bocelli among the artists that she would like to collaborate with in the future. She sang "Pie Jesu" and said that writing is her favorite subject. The episode also showed tape that was shot by Oprah's crew at Evancho's home and school. Evancho performed in the My Macy's Holiday Parade presented by WPXI in Pittsburgh on November 27. Jackie performed on The Today Show on November 9, 2010 which also featured a brief interview. Jackie is also filming a spot on Wizards of Waverly Place'' and is currently shooting her first music video. She went on The View on November 15, 2010, and is currently ranked #1 on the British site Classical-Crossover.co.uk. On November 30, 2010, Evancho sang "Silent Night" with Katherine Jenkins on NBC's Christmas Tree Lighting Special, "Christmas in Rockefeller Center".

"She is just truly blessed with a voice that's phenomenal", says classical-crossover composer/conductor Tim Janis, who invited Evancho to perform in his American Christmas Carol show (Dec. 2, 2010) at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She is the youngest female vocal soloist ever to have performed there. Although Jackie describes herself as a Classical-Crossover singer, she currently holds the world record as the youngest Opera singer.

On January 1, 2011, Evancho performed the American national anthem at the NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, while Steven Page performed the Canadian national anthem. "I thought she was just lovely, sweetly compelling." "She is compelling," said Hahn. "It is quite unusual to hear a young girl with that level of warmth and roundness." Hahn called Jackie's performance of Pie Jesu strong, with seamless delivery. "Her phrasing was lovely, which she needed for that piece."

Composer Tim Janis said "[Jackie's] voice is so pure and natural, there's no flaw in it. People say 'I can hear her potential coming,' but no, it's here, it's now."

America's Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan said that Jackie has more talent than any act he has seen after witnessing her version of "Ave Maria": "I have never seen an act, on this show or the British show or any of the other talent shows in the world, with more potential than Jackie Evancho. That was perfection."

Claudia Benack, Assistant Professor of Musical Theater at Carnegie Mellon University said that "[Jackie] has an unusually adult feel for the repertoire...I think she's very good." Evancho performed O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini. The aria is also on her debut album. She received a standing ovation after her performance, and was awarded a trip to Universal Studios Florida for receiving the most fan votes from the submissions to the show from YouTube. She was then voted into the semifinals by viewers. Her second performance was Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman's "Time To Say Goodbye" and once again received great critical reaction. In the Top 10, Jackie performed Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber and advanced through to the Final 4.

After Evancho's initial performance on America's Got Talent, there were online accusations that her performance had been lip-synched. These rumors were quickly denounced. One judge, Howie Mandel, had her sing a random voice exercise on the next evening's live show as proof that it was her voice that was heard.

Evancho performed a celebrity duet with Sarah Brightman of "Time To Say Goodbye" during the final episode of the season, aired on September 15, 2010. During this same episode, it was revealed that she came in second place in the final voting results of season 5. Evancho performed in 10 of the 25 cities scheduled for the "America's Got Talent" road show.

Performances and results

{|class="wikitable" |- ! Week ! Round ! Song choice ! Original artist/Composer ! Performance order ! Result |- | Quarterfinals | YouTube | "O mio babbino caro" | Giacomo Puccini | Andrea Bocelli The album featured mainly covers of songs such as Andrea Bocelli's "Con Te Partiro" and "The Prayer", Josh Groban's "To Where You Are", Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel", and a cover of "Amazing Grace" among others. Schubert's "Ave Maria" heard on the album is not the original song, which is set to a secular text in German; instead, it's an arrangement of the Roman Catholic setting of the "Hail Mary" prayer in Latin. The album debuted on The Billboard 200 at #121 on the chart dated August 28, 2010. It also debuted at #2 on iTunes and Billboard Classical Albums Chart. Prelude to a Dream is no longer available. Her father has given the following reason for the withdrawal: "Because the CD was recorded about a year and half ago and her current voice no longer sounds like what it did then [due to vocal maturity...], we decided to withdraw "Prelude to a Dream" and will be concentrating on new material as part of her progress." It has become such a collector's item that copies of the CD have received final winning bids of over $1,500 on eBay auctions.

O Holy Night (2010)

Jackie's newest work with Columbia Records is the CD/DVD entitled O Holy Night. It was released on November 16, 2010 and reached rank #1 on Amazon's bestsellers in music during pre-orders on October 19, 2010. It is currently ranked #3 for the entire year 2010 on Amazon. "O Holy Night" debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. This also makes her the top-selling debut artist for 2010, and the youngest female solo artist to debut in the top 10. Jackie also debuted at #1 on Billboard's Classical Albums Chart. The album has sold 381,000 copies in its first two weeks. On December 10th, 2010, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA with an excess of a million copies in the US, making her the youngest female solo artist to go platinum. 239,000 copies were sold in its first week and 142,000 in its second week. In Canada, it debuted at #1 on the Canadian Classical Albums Chart.

References

External links

Jackie Evancho at Classical Crossover UK

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Jason Powers (better known as Elzhi - often printed as eLZhi) is a rapper and a former member of the Detroit group Slum Village. Elzhi joined Slum Village in 2001 while they were working on their third album, Trinity (Past, Present and Future).

Biography

Out of Focus

In 1998, Elzhi recorded a number of songs with Detroit hip-hop artist DJ Houseshoes with DJ Rios. These recording sessions yielded the material that would become the Out of Focus EP.

In late 2000, Elzhi acquired his master tapes and provided his close friends with CD's of the Out of Focus EP in addition to 3 extra tracks. These few discs allowed the material to eventually leak onto the internet under the name "Unreleased Solo Project." CDs sold or distributed under this title are usually completely mislabeled with inaccurate tracklistings and credits.

925, Waajeed, and Jay Dee

In 1999, Elzhi became affiliated with the 9-2-5 Colony, a group formed by Nick Speed and Magestik Legend. The trio of emcees recorded only a few songs together: "Gun Talk," "Oh Shit" and "Farewell." "Farewell," produced by Lacks, is a song where each emcee spits a verse about their relationships with women. Elzhi reprises a verse he had originally recorded for the DJ Houseshoes-produced "What I Am," a discarded song from the Out of Focus sessions that eventually was released when the EP leaked onto the internet. "Farewell," like the rest of the 9-2-5 material, remains incomplete and unreleased.

In 2000, Elzhi became a frequent collaborator with Waajeed. During their countless recording sessions, the pair would create an untold number of songs. "Stunted Growth" is one of the few tracks to ever emerge from this era of recording.

As Elzhi and Waajeed became closer through their collaborations, so did El's affiliation with Slum Village. Constantly working on his music, Elzhi had the opportunity to record songs over some of Jay Dee's unused beats ("Days and Nights Analyzin'," "Concrete Eyes") and attracted the attention of Slum Village member T3, who took the young artist under his wing. T3 brought Elzhi to the attention of Jay Dee. This connection paved the way for Elzhi's national debut on Jay Dee's Welcome to Detroit album, for which he received his first ever pay check in the rap game. Elzhi's verse on the song "Come Get It" was acclaimed by Hiphopsite.com upon its release.

Slum Village

In 2001, with Jay Dee no longer an official member, Slum Village began recording their follow up to Fantastic, Vol. 2. During the sessions, T3 invited Elzhi to collaborate on a few tracks. One of the earliest of these was the "Aerodynamic Remix" by Daft Punk which was featured on the Kiss of the Dragon soundtrack. Originally, Slum Village intended Elzhi's presence on the album to be nothing more than a featured guest. But, recognizing their chemistry, Baatin and T3 invited Elzhi to become a full-time member, a choice enthusiastically supported by J Dilla. In July 2010 elZhi officially announced his departure from Slum Village. Elzhi's manager Hex Murda was quoted in XXL magazine saying, “For all intents and purposes concerning eLZhi, Slum Village is defunct."

Libido Sounds and the Future

In 2004, Elzhi and Nick Speed formed the Libido Sounds label in order to release Witness My Growth, a double CD compilation of Elzhi's unreleased solo material from as early as 1997. The double disc includes exclusive J Dilla collaborations as well as highlights from the Out of Focus EP. Production credits on the mixtape include to J Dilla, Waajeed, Karriem Riggins, Page Kennedy, B.R. Gunna, DJ Magnetic, Houseshoes and The Alchemist.

His first solo project with national distribution, The Preface, was released on August 12, 2008.

UK Tour With Black Milk

Elzhi was due to perform in London and Manchester with Black Milk on the 20th and 21 March but was refused entry due to passport issues. Despite this Black Milk still performed both venues.

Discography

with The Breakfast Club

200?: "The Breakfast Club" (EP) (with Dwele, Lacks, Big Tone & 87)

with Slum Village

2002: "Trinity: Past, Present And Future"

2004: "Detroit Deli: A Taste Of Detroit"

2005: "Prequel To A Classic" (Mixtape)

2005: "Slum Village"

2009: "Villa Manifesto EP"

2010: "Villa Manifesto"

Albums

1998: "Out Of Focus (EP)"

2008: "EuroPass: An Exclusive Tour CD" (Tour CD)

2008: "The Preface"

Mixtapes

2004: "Witness My Growth: The Mixtape 97-04"

2009: "The Leftovers Unmixedtape

References

External links

Elzhi.com - Official Elzhi Website

eLZhi interview at Leisure Lab

Elzhi Interview at geocities

Elzhi Interview at The Find Magazine/We've Got The Jazz

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
Name	Black Milk
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Curtis Cross
Born	August 14, 1983
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Instrument	drums, Turntable, Sampler, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Drum Machine
Genre	Midwest hip hop Detroit hip hop
Occupation	Record producer, rapper
Years active	2002–present
Label	Fat Beats Records / Decon
Associated acts	B.R. Gunna, Slum Village, J Dilla, Random Axe, Royce da 5'9", Elzhi, Bishop Lamont

Curtis Cross, (born August 14, 1983) better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.

Biography

In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had contributed production to. Black Milk released a solo album, Sound of the City, Vol. 1, the following year and in 2006 he signed a record contract with Fat Beats Records (Fat Beats is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment, the largest independent distributor in the U.S.). In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, entitled Broken Wax. March 13, 2007 he released a second album, Popular Demand. Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, and Pharoahe Monch, and handled most of the production on T3's Olio mixtape of 2006.

In the Winter of 2007/2008 Black Milk paired with Aftermath recording artist Bishop Lamont to release a mixtape entitled Caltroit, which was nominated for Best Hip Hop Mixtape at Justo's Mixtape Awards.

Black Milk released an album with Fat Ray entitled The Set Up on March 4, 2008 and his third official solo release "Tronic" on October 28, 2008. He also handled the majority of production on Elzhi's album The Preface, released August 12.

Elzhi's "The Leftovers Unmixedtape" was released on December 11, 2009. Black Milk produced four of the tracks on it.

On December 25, 2009, he has leaked the first single from his forthcoming album Album Of The Year, the song is called "Keep Going". He has also released two more singles named "Welcome (Gotta Go)" and "Deadly Medley" featuring Royce da 5'9" and Elzhi.

On August 22, 2010, he released music video for "Deadly Medley". Video features Black Milk, Royce da 5'9" and Elzhi.

Album Of The Year was released on September 14, 2010 through Fat Beats and Decon. It's available through www.fatbeats.com www.blackmilk.biz www.amazon.com Best Buy and other stores.

The album charted on the 5th place in iTunes Hip-Hop Charts on first day.

Most recently, Black Milk has been praised by Rah Digga and Bun B.

Black Milk has announced he has already started work on his 6th studio album which he aims to finish and release some time in Summer 2011

Discography

Solo

2005: Sound of the City

2006: Broken Wax

2007: Popular Demand

2008: Tronic (US R&B;: #76)

2010: Album of the Year (US: #136, US R&B;: #28)

Collaborations

2004: Dirty District Vol. 2 (with Young RJ as B.R. Gunna)

2008: Caltroit (with Bishop Lamont)

2008: The Set Up (with Fat Ray)

2008: The Preface (with Elzhi (contributed 14 of 16 tracks)

2010: Searching for Sanity (with Melanie Rutherford)

2011: Random Axe (with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson as Random Axe)

Production

References

External links

Black Milk on Myspace

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
Name	Alex Gaudino
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Alessandro Fortunato Gaudino
Alias	Alex Gaudino, Alex G
Born	Salerno
Origin	Italy
Genre	HouseElectro house
Occupation	DJ, producer
Years active	1993–present
Label	Rise
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Alessandro (Alex) Fortunato Gaudino is an Italian DJ who was born near Salerno, Italy, whose music generally fits into the genre of House music.

In 2007, Gaudino released the hugely popular track Destination Calabria. The mashup contains the saxophone sound from the 2003 track Calabria, originally made by Danish DJ Rune RK, also known as Artificial Funk; the vocals from Crystal Waters' 2004 track "Destination Unknown".

Alex Gaudino is also well-known for being a member of the trio Lil' Love.

In 2008, he confirmed in an interview for Fresh 40 in the UK that his new album was to be called "My Destination".

Biography

In 1993, Alex Gaudino began his music biz career working for Flying Records and UMM.

In 1998, with the support of the well-known Italian record company TIME, Alex founded his own label, RISE Records, which quickly produced a string of hit records by artists such as The Tamperer, Black Legend and Robbie Rivera's "Bang", which earned him a nomination for Best European A&R; at the 2000 European Music Awards, held in London. Alex is the only Italian A&R; man with two UK No.1 hit singles in his locker.

He produced two singles in 2003 with Crystal Waters and one with Ultra Nate. "Destination Unknown" was played by all the key DJs, including Pete Tong and Judge Jules, and reached the top of the UK Buzz charts.

You can hear Alex's influence with Supacupa and Sambatucada (Gaudino da Costa) and in his remix of "Is it Cos I'm Cool" by Mousse T which left its indelible mark on the summer of 2004.

In 2005, Lil' Love's "Little Love" was exclusively played by Pete Tong at Nikki Beach in Miami during WMC 2005. The record was released on Positiva in the UK and reached the top of the club charts. In 2006, Alex remixed for Pete Tong & Chris Cox (Deep End), Mousse T (Horny) and James Kakande (You You You). The Ministry of Sound label released his single "Reaction", and "Head over Heels", by his project Blue Lipstick, was released on Hed Kandi.

But the real gear-change came with "Destination Calabria", an artful splicing of a Crystal Waters' vocal with Rune's "Calabria". The track went on to dominate the UK and European singles charts, subsequently launching Alex's career as an international DJ.

In October 2010 Gaudino scored his first number one single in the United States, as "I'm In Love (I Wanna Do It)" reached the top spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart.

Discography

Albums

My Destination (2008)

Singles

Other songs

2008 - "I'm a DJ" (vs. Nari & Milani featuring Carl)

2009 - "Take Me Down" (featuring Steve Edwards)

References

Alex Gaudino 2008 Interview on ilikemusic

External links

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