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Moore may refer to:

• Moore (crater on Venus), a crater on Venus
• Moore (lunar crater), lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon
• Moore (surname), a common English-language surname
• People with surname Moore
• More language, a major language of Burkina Faso (also Mooré, Moré, More)

People[link]

• List of people with surname Moore

• Albert Moore (disambiguation)
• Ann Moore (disambiguation)
• Alan Moore, writer and magician
• Barbara Moore, New Zealand long-distance runner
• Bobby Moore, English football World Cup-winning captain
• Charles Moore (disambiguation)
• Christopher Moore (author), Writer
• Christy Moore, Irish singer and songwriter
• David Moore (disambiguation)
• Demi Moore, (born Demetria Gene Guynes) American actress
• Dickie Moore, American actor
• Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• Dudley Moore, English actor
• E. H. Moore, American mathematician
• Ellen Bryan Moore, Louisiana politician
• Enoch Moore, Loyalist (American Revolution) turned rebel
• Erica Moore
• Freddy Moore, American musician
• Frederic Moore, British zoologist
• Gary Moore (1952–2011), Northern Irish rock and blues guitarist
• George Edward Moore, English philosopher
• George Fletcher Moore, prominent early Western Australian settler
• Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law
• Greg Moore, Canadian racing driver
• Hal Moore, American Lieutenant General
• Henry Moore, English sculptor
• James Moore (disambiguation)
• Julianne Moore, American actress
• Larissa Moore, Brazilian Dancer
• Lisa Moore (disambiguation)
• Mandy Moore, American actress
• Margaret Moore, Canadian author of romance novels
• Marianne Moore, Modernist American poet and writer
• Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and comedienne
• Maya Moore, American professional basketball player
• Melissa Moore, American movie actress and equestrian
• Michael Moore, American filmmaker and liberal political commentator
• Nathan Moore (disambiguation)
• Patrick Moore, celebrity astronomer and TV presenter
• Paul Moore, Episcopalian Bishop of New York
• Paul Moore, Sr., American business executive
• Peter Moore (disambiguation)
• Robert Lee Moore, American mathematician
• Robert Lee Moore, Georgian politician
• Roger Moore, English actor, famous for playing James Bond
• Samuel Moore, colonial official in early New Jersey
• Shemar Moore, an American actor
• Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler
• Susanna Moore, American writer
• Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress
• Thomas Moore (disambiguation)
• Thurston Moore, American musician
• Vinnie Moore, American guitarist
• William Moore (disambiguation)

Places[link]

Australia

• Moore, Queensland
• Division of Moore, Western Australia
• Moore River (Western Australia)
• Moore River National Park, Western Australia

United Kingdom

• Moore, Cheshire, England

United States

• Moore, Indiana
• Moore, Idaho
• Moore, Montana
• Moore, Oklahoma
• Moore, Pennsylvania
• Moore, South Carolina
• Moore, Texas
• Moore County, North Carolina
• Moore County, Tennessee
• Moore County, Texas
• Moore Haven, Florida

Science[link]

• Moore's law, the empirical observation that the transistor density of integrated circuits doubles every 2 years
• Moore (constructor), former racing car constructor

Programming[link]

• Boyer–Moore string search algorithm, particularly efficient string searching algorithm
• Moore machine, finite state automaton where the outputs are determined by the current state alone in the theory of computation

Education[link]

• Moore Catholic High School, high school in Staten Island, New York
• Moore College of Art and Design, located in Philadelphia - the first and only women's art and design college in the United States
• Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia
• Moore Traditional School, grades 6–12 school in Louisville, Kentucky

See also[link]

• Mohr, a surname
• Moor (disambiguation) ("Moore" is an archaic spelling for "Moor")
• MOR (disambiguation)
• More (disambiguation)
• Mór (disambiguation)

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Kenya Summer Moore (born January 24, 1971) is an American film and television actress, producer, beauty queen, model and author.

She is recognizable for her roles in movies such as Waiting to Exhale, Deliver Us from Eva and the 2007 Lindsay Lohan thriller I Know Who Killed Me. One of her best acting roles came in the independent film Trois which also starred Gretchen Palmer and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Gary Dourdan. Trois went on to become one of the highest grossing African-American films of 2000. She has appeared on the cover of several major magazines, including Glamour, Seventeen, Ebony and Essence.

Kenya has also been featured in several music videos, including R&B group Shai's "I Don't Wanna Be Alone", rapper Nas' "Street Dreams" and the Jay-Z & Jermaine Dupri Grammy-nominated hit "Money Ain't a Thang".

She founded the Kenya Moore Foundation which awards scholarships to under-privileged girls from her high school alma-mater. In 2007, she released her first book Game, Get Some!, that coaches men on how to get the woman of their dreams as she reveals the secrets of what women really desire from men.

In 2010 Moore starred in the film Trapped: Haitian Nights.^[1]

Early life[link]

Moore was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan by her grandmother (and primary inspiration). She is of African ancestry and is a graduate of Cass Technical High School; whose other notable alumni include Diana Ross, David Alan Grier, Lily Tomlin, Big Sean, Jack White, Shaun Robinson, and Miss USA 1990 Carole Gist (the first African American to win). After high school, she went to Wayne State University where she majored in Psychology.

Pageants[link]

Moore competed in numerous beauty pageants in 1993; first becoming Miss Michigan USA, then Miss USA 1993, and then competing in Miss Universe 1993, where she finished fifth.

At Miss Universe 1993, Kenya was heavily booed after becoming one of the 10 semifinalists. This may have been attributed to Kenya's entry into the top 10, while Miss Mexico 1993 failed to make the cut. The pageant gained notoriety again in 2007 when Miss USA Rachel Smith was booed at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico for the same reason, except Smith slipped and landed on her bottom and barely made top 5.

Producer[link]

Moore's first produced-by/director credit was a feature entitled Haitian Nights,^[2] written by Obba Babatundé and Marc Cayce.^[3] After the project lost its director for unspecified reasons, Moore took over the production and completed the film. "Haitian Nights" was nominated for Best Narrative Feature in the 2009 Black Film Festival.

Since Haitian Nights' failure to find distribution, Moore has founded Moore Vision Media in 2008, an independent movie production and home video distribution company ^[4] According to her Facebook, the company was officially launched at a gala in Miami Beach, FL.^[5]

The first production under her company's banner is an erotic thriller entitled The Confidant which stars Moore, Billy Zane, Boris Kodjoe, David Banner and Bai Ling, and Richard Roundtree amongst a few. The Confidant was released into worldwide distribution through Universal Vivendi August 24, 2010.

TV appearances[link]

In addition to her guest hostess spot on BET's Video Soul, Moore made guest appearance roles in notable sitcoms such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Living Single, The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, In the House, The Steve Harvey Show and on the UPN sitcoms Girlfriends and The Parkers.

• Video Soul - Guest Hostess
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994) — Dana
• Martin (1996) — Lena Bozack
• Homeboys in Outer Space (1996) — Nefertiti
• Sparks (1997) — Ms. Collins
• Smart Guy (1997) as Vivian Kennedy
• Living Single (1997) — Lisa DeLongpre
• Damon (1998) — Julia Burton
• The Steve Harvey Show (1998) — Miss Gerard
• In the House (1999) — Valerie Bridgeforth
• The Jamie Foxx Show (1999) - Heidi Junk
• The Parent 'Hood (1999) — Celeste
• Nubian Goddess (1999) — Host
• Men, Women & Dogs (2001) — Carmen
• The Parkers (2002) — Herself
• Girlfriends (2004) — Kara
• Brothers in Arms (2005) — Mara
• Under One Roof (2008) — Moose
• Meet The Browns (2009) - Tamiko

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1476428/
2. ^ http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur47305.cfm
3. ^ Haitian Nights on IMDb - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151914/
4. ^ Moore Vision Media - http://www.moorevisionmedia.com/
5. ^ http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=Kenya+Moore&init=quick#/photo.php?pid=2462107&id=570092820

External links[link]

• Kenya Moore at the Internet Movie Database
• Kenya Moore's Official Website
• Game, Get Some! on Amazon.com

Gary Moore
Moore in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Robert William Gary Moore
Born	(1952-04-04)4 April 1952 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	6 February 2011(2011-02-06) (aged 58) Estepona, Malaga Province, Spain
Genres	Blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica
Years active	1969–2011
Labels	Virgin, Eagle
Associated acts	Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Phil Lynott, Greg Lake, BBM
Website	www.gary-moore.com
Notable instruments
Gary Moore Signature Les Paul Fender Stratocaster

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952^[1] – 6 February 2011), was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a blues singer and guitarist.

In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, George Harrison and Greg Lake, as well as having a successful solo career. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high profile musicians, including a cameo appearance playing the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.

Early life and career[link]

Moore started performing at a young age, having picked up a battered acoustic guitar at the age of eight. He got his first quality guitar at the age of 14, learning to play the right-handed instrument in the standard way despite being left-handed. He moved to Dublin in 1968 at the age of 16. His early musical influences were artists such as Albert King, Elvis Presley, The Shadows and The Beatles. Later, having seen Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in his home town of Belfast, his own style was developing into a blues-rock sound that would be the dominant form of his career in music.

Moore's greatest influence in the early days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin. Green's continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album Blues for Greeny, an album consisting entirely of Green compositions. On this tribute album, Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac. Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Green's request, so that "it would have a good home".^[2]

Moore performing at the Manchester Apollo, 1985

While less popular in the US, Moore's work "brought substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world – especially in Europe".^[3] Throughout his career, Moore was recognised as an influence by many notable guitarists including Vivian Campbell,^[4] Patrick Rondat,^[5] John Norum, Paul Gilbert,^[6] Gus G, Slash, Orianthi, Joe Bonamassa, Adrian Smith, Doug Aldrich, Zakk Wylde,^[7] Randy Rhoads, John Sykes and Kirk Hammett^[8]

He collaborated with a broad range of artists including Phil Lynott, George Harrison, Trilok Gurtu, Dr. Strangely Strange, Colosseum II, Travelling Wilburys, Albert Collins, Jimmy Nail, Mo Foster, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Jim Capaldi, B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Vicki Brown, Cozy Powell, Rod Argent, the Beach Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Rodgers, Keith Emerson, Roger Daltrey, Albert King and together with Colosseum II with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the composer's Variations album in 1978. He experimented with many musical genres, including rock, jazz, blues, country, electric blues, hard rock and heavy metal.^[9]

In 1968, aged 16, Moore moved to Dublin to join the group Skid Row with Noel Bridgeman and Brendan "Brush" Shiels. It was with this group that he earned a reputation in the music industry, and his association with Phil Lynott began.^[10]

Solo career[link]

Moore released his first solo album in 1973, Grinding Stone (billed as "the Gary Moore Band"). 'Grinding Stone' was issued in North America on Neil Kempfer-Stocker's fledgling record label imprint Cosmos. It received 'Album of the Year' accolades on KTAC-FM/Seattle-Tacoma, Washington in 1974. In 1978 his solo career continued with help from Phil Lynott. The combination of Moore's blues-based guitar and Lynott's voice produced "Parisienne Walkways", which reached the Top Ten in the UK Singles Chart in April 1979 and the Thin Lizzy album Black Rose: A Rock Legend which reached number two in the UK album chart. Moore appears in the videos for Waiting for an Alibi and Do Anything You Want To.

In 1987, he collaborated on the UK charity record "Let It Be", a cover of the Beatles track. He performed a guitar solo for inclusion on the recording, which was released under the group-name of 'Ferry Aid'. The record raised substantial funds for the survivors of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.

In 1993, he was included on a cassette called Rock Classics Vol. 1 with "Run to Your Mama", and "Dark Side of the Moog".

Moore performing, 23 October 2010

After a series of rock records, Moore returned to blues music with Still Got the Blues, with contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison. The album was well received by fans. He stayed with the blues format until 1997 when he returned to the harder rock, but with a softer, more pop and ballad-oriented sound on Dark Days in Paradise followed with another change of direction in 1999, when he decided to experiment with modern dance beats on A Different Beat; this left many fans, as well as the music press, confused. He also contributed guitar sections to Richard Blackwood's 2000 album, You'll Love to Hate This.

With Back to the Blues, Moore returned to his tried and tested blues format in 2001: he continued with this style on Power of the Blues (2004), Old New Ballads Blues (2006), Close As You Get (2007) and Bad For You Baby (2008).

In January 2005, Moore joined the One World Project, which recorded a song for the 2004 Asian Tsunami relief effort. The group featured Russell Watson, Boy George, Steve Winwood, Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Robin Gibb on vocals (in their order of appearance), and featured a guitar solo by Moore. The song, entitled "Grief Never Grows Old", was released in February 2005, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart.^[11]

At a press conference in Russia, weeks before his death, he announced that he would not visit the "criminal state" of Israel "because of its racist policies against the Palestinian people".

He also took part in a comedy skit entitled "The Easy Guitar Book Sketch" with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark King from Level 42, and David Gilmour.

Personal life[link]

Moore grew up on Castleview Road opposite Stormont's Parliament Buildings, off the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast, as one of five children of a promoter named Bobby and housewife, Winnie, but he left the city as a teenager, because all was not well in their household. His parents parted a year later. He left just as The Troubles were starting in Northern Ireland.^[12]

Aiming to become a musician he moved to Dublin at the age of 16 and joined Skid Row, a band that then included Phil Lynott. Moore would later join Lynott again in 1973 when he first joined Thin Lizzy, after the departure of founding member Eric Bell and again in 1977. He moved to England in 1970 and remained there, apart from two short periods in America. In 2002 he bought a five-bedroom detached Edwardian house in Hove, just west of Brighton, Sussex, to be near his sons, Jack and Gus, from his former marriage which had lasted from 1985 to 1993. Since 1997 he was living with his partner, an artist named Jo, and their daughter Lily (b. 1999) and Saoirse.^[12] His residence was reported to be on Vallance Gardens in Hove, East Sussex.^[13]

Death[link]

Moore died of a massive heart attack, associated with consumption of large amounts of alcohol,^[14] at the age of 58 during the early hours of 6 February 2011. At the time, he was on holiday at the Kempinski Hotel in Estepona, Spain, with his girlfriend, who raised the alarm at 4:00 am. His death was confirmed by Thin Lizzy's manager Adam Parsons.^[10][15][16] Tests revealed that Moore died after consuming huge amounts of alcohol. He had 380 mg of alcohol per decilitre of blood in his system – 30 mg more than the amount usually associated with such deaths. Although he wasn't driving, that amount would have put him nearly five times over the legal limit for driving in the UK.^[14]

Moore was laid to rest in St Margaret's Churchyard, Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, which is close to Brighton, in a private ceremony with only the family in attendance.^[17]

Legacy[link]

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Since his death, many fellow musicians have commented on Gary Moore's talents including Ozzy Osbourne,^[18] Eric Singer,^[19] Doug Aldrich,^[20] T mi,^[21] Bob Geldof,^[22] Roger Taylor,^[23] Brian May,^[24] Brian Downey,^[25][26] Andy DiGelsomina,^[27] Ricky Warwick,^[28] Glenn Hughes, Bryan Adams, Henry Rollins, Scott Gorham,^[29] Ignacio Garay,^[30] and Mikael Åkerfeldt.^[31] On 18 April 2011, a number of musicians including Eric Bell and Brian Downey, Silverbird and The Business blues band gathered for a tribute concert in Whelan's bar in Dublin, Ireland titled 'The Gig For Gary'.^[32]

Fans have called for popular magazines such as Classic Rock, Guitarist and Total Guitar to do tributes. In March 2011 Guitarist produced a tribute special with unreleased footage from 2009. Twitter was flooded with tributes from fans for several days after the news was revealed.^[33]

Moore left an estate worth more than £2 million following his death.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

• Grinding Stone (1973)
• Back on the Streets (1978)
• G-Force (1980)
• Corridors of Power (1982)
• Dirty Fingers (1984)
• Victims of the Future (1984)
• Run for Cover (1985)
• Wild Frontier (1987)
• After the War (1989)
• Still Got the Blues (1990)
• After Hours (1992)
• Blues for Greeny (1995)
• Dark Days in Paradise (1997)
• A Different Beat (1999)
• Back to the Blues (2001)
• Scars (2002)
• Power of the Blues (2004)
• Old New Ballads Blues (2006)
• Close As You Get (2007)
• Bad for You Baby (2008)

Tributes:

• Give us Moore! - Gary Moore Tribute (Lion Music 2004)^[34]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Kip Moore is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is signed to MCA Nashville and has released two singles, "Mary Was the Marrying Kind" and "Somethin' 'bout a Truck". His debut album was released on April 24, 2012.^[2]

Biography[link]

Kip Moore was born in Tifton, Georgia. He began playing guitar while attending Wallace State Community Collage in Hanceville, AL, and made his first public performance at a Mellow Mushroom restaurant in Valdosta, Georgia. After college, he moved to a "little hut" in Hawaii, where he also took up backpacking and surfing.^[3]

He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004, where songwriter and producer Brett James helped him sign a publishing deal.^[3] He spent four years in Nashville before signing to a record deal with MCA Nashville.^[4] Moore released his debut single "Mary Was the Marrying Kind" in early 2011. (Karlie Justus of The 9513 gave the song a "thumbs up", praising the lyrics but criticizing the "heavy-handed production".^[5] It entered the Hot Country Songs charts at number 58 on the chart dated for the week ending April 2, 2011, peaking at number 45.^[6]

Moore also co-wrote two tracks, "All the Way" and "Let's Fight", from Thompson Square's self-titled debut album, which was released in February 2011. "Let's Fight" was released as Thompson Square's debut single in 2010, and briefly charted on Billboard Hot Country Songs, reaching number 58. He also co-wrote James Wesley's single "Walking Contradiction".

On September 27, he released his second single, "Somethin' 'bout a Truck". The song was included on his debut album Up All Night, which MCA released in April 2012. A month later, "Somethin' 'bout a Truck" reached number 1 on the country charts.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

• ^ACurrent single.

Music videos[link]

References[link]

Justin Moore
Justin Moore at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards
Background information
Birth name	Justin Cole Moore
Born	(1984-03-30) March 30, 1984 (age 28)[1]
Origin	Poyen, Arkansas, USA
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Years active	2007-present
Labels	Valory Music Group[2]
Associated acts	Randy Houser

Justin Cole Moore (born March 30, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to Big Machine Records imprint Valory Music Group. He has released two albums for Big Machine Records: Justin Moore in 2009 and Outlaws Like Me in 2011. He has charted six times on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the number one hits "Small Town USA" and "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" and the top 10 hit "Backwoods".

Music career[link]

Moore began performing during his junior year of high school.^[3] After graduating, he joined his uncle's Southern rock band and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2002.^[3]

Through his music attorney Bernie Cahill,^[4] he met a young producer in Nashville, Jeremy Stover, who introduced him to Scott Borchetta, a respected industry executive who was planning to launch The Valory Music Co. Borchetta promised to give him a record deal if he would be patient.^[3]

2008-2010[link]

In mid-2008, Moore signed to the Valory Music Group, an imprint of the independent record label Big Machine Records. The label then released the digital single "I Could Kick Your Ass". His first radio single, "Back That Thing Up", was co-written by his producer Jeremy Stover and Universal South Records artist Randy Houser. It reached number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He continued working on his debut album, which was part of a special promotion called "So You Want to Be a Record Label Executive". This promotion placed his music on social networking sites such as MySpace and iLike, where fans were allowed to create playlists comprising ten of his songs; the top ten songs picked were then included on the final album.^[5] His next single, "Small Town USA", entered the charts in February 2009,^[6] followed by a digital EP entitled The "You Asked for It" EP.

On August 11, the label released his self-titled debut album, on which he co-wrote nine of ten tracks.^[7] Justin Moore debuted at #3 on the Top Country Albums chart.^[8] He promoted the single and album on a "Small Town USA" tour which began in his hometown of Poyen and included several stops in small towns, as well as acoustic shows at Walmart stores.^[7] On the Billboard charts dated for October 3, 2009, "Small Town USA" became his first Number One hit. "Backwoods" was released as the album's third single in October 2009; the song was his second Top 10 hit with a peak of #6 in April 2010. The album's fourth single, "How I Got to Be This Way", debuted at #54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 12, 2010; it became his third Top 20 country hit.

2011-Present[link]

In February 2011, he released the song "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away", which was originally recorded by Rhett Akins on his 2007 album People Like Me but did not chart. Justin Moore's rendition debuted at 46 on the Hot Country songs chart. In June 2011, the song became his third top ten hit on that chart, and a three weeks later, reached Number One. "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" serves as the lead-off single to his 2011 album Outlaws Like Me, released June 21, 2011.

Musical styles[link]

Steve Leggett of Allmusic describes him as having "a ready-made image. He was that good kid from a small town with a rowdy heart of gold who just happened to be able to sing about it."^[6] He has said that he learned to write songs because, when he had first moved to Nashville, no songwriters wanted to offer him material.^[7] His album has received mixed reviews from music critics: Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time referred to him as a "poseur" for name-dropping,^[9] and Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic referred to it as "anonymous country rock."^[6] The 9513's Karlie Justus said that his influences were comparatively more authentic than most other acts on country radio,^[10] and Matt Bjorke of Roughstock said that his music has "a heavy dose of southern, country charm and twang."^[11]

Personal life[link]

Justin Moore married his wife, Kate, of Houma, Louisiana, in 2007. They have two daughters, Ella Kole, born February 11, 2010, and Kennedy Faye born November 21, 2011.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Singles[link]

Other charted songs[link]

Music videos[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]