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  1. Jack White | Biography, Music, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 3, 2025 · Enlisting members of the Kills and Queens of the Stone Age, Jack formed the Dead Weather, a bluesy psychedelic rock combo whose debut album, Horehound, was released in July 2009.

  2. 123Movies | History, Shutdown, & Facts | Britannica

    The first livestreamed event was a concert by American garage rock band Severe Tire Damage. Mark Weiser, who played drums for the band, also worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, where …

  3. Lauren Boebert | Biography, Beliefs, Freedom Caucus, Elections ...

    2 days ago · Nevertheless, Eisenhower did dispatch federal troops to Arkansas in 1957 to enforce the court-ordered racial integration of a high school in Little Rock; he also signed the Civil Rights Acts of …

  4. Michael Jackson | Songs, Thriller, Kids, Wife, Cause of Death, Beat It ...

    Oct 28, 1999 · Jackson stretched into rock territory with the song “ Beat It, ” which features a raucous solo from famed guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Moreover, “Beat It” helped break down the artificial …

  5. Aretha Franklin | Biography, Songs, Albums, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 24, 2025 · In fact a new generation of artists profoundly reinterpreted the sounds of the rhythm-and-blues pioneers of the 1950s— Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, and Ray Charles …

  6. United States | History, Map, Flag, & Population | Britannica

    2 days ago · North of New York City, for example, the weight of glacial ice depressed most of the Coastal Plain beneath the sea, and the Atlantic now beats directly against New England’s rock …

  7. Japanese music | History, Instruments, Artists, & Facts | Britannica

    Japanese music, the art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, specifically as carried out in Japan. Common traits include the minimal use of …

  8. Aeneas | Myth & Family | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · The Iliad relates that he crushed Aeneas’s hip by throwing at him a massive rock that lesser men could not have lifted singly. Aphrodite came swiftly to her injured son’s aid. As she bore …

  9. Kosovo | History, Map, Flag, Population, Languages, & Capital - Britannica

    5 days ago · Kosovo, self-declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe. Although the United States and most members of the European Union (EU) recognized Kosovo’s declaration of …

  10. War of 1812 | History, Summary, Causes, Effects, Timeline, Facts ...

    Dec 8, 2025 · War of 1812, conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. …