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New Jersey has long been an important area for both rock and rap music, with many artists coming from the state, they include the musicans listed at the bottom.
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- Frank Sinatra was born December 12, 1915, the only child of working-class Italian-American immigrants, in a tenement at 415 Monroe St. in Hoboken. He sang with a neighborhood vocal group, the Hoboken Four, and appeared in neighborhood theater amateur shows.
- Legendary jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie was born in Red Bank in 1904. In the 1960s, he colaborated on several albums with fellow New Jersey native Frank Sinatra.
- Musician Bruce Springsteen has sung of New Jersey life on his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and in many of his most popular songs, including "Atlantic City", "Born to Run", "Darlington County", "Freehold", "Jersey Girl" (written by Tom Waits), "Jungleland", "Spirit in the Night", and others. Fellow musician Jon Bon Jovi has also written many songs about New Jersey and even named one of his albums after it.
- Asbury Park, home of The Stone Pony, where Springsteen and Bon Jovi frequented early in their careers, is still considered by many to be a mecca for up-and-coming musicians.
- The Velvet Underground had their first performance as a band at Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey. Songs included "There She Goes Again" and "Heroin".
- Another popular Jerseyan in rock music today is Zakk Wylde of Jersey City, who is currently the guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne and is with another popular rock band, Black Label Society. Wylde is famous for his signature "Bulls-eye" Gibson Les Paul guitar.
- Former Fugee Lauryn Hill, a South Orange resident, is hip-hop's best-selling solo female artist. Her 1998 debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, sold 10 million copies internationally.
- Hip-hop's longest running radio show was founded by two Jerseyans, Special K (Kevin Bonners) and Teddy Ted (Ted Whiting) of Hackensack, who began on New York's WHBI in 1982 and now appear on WPAT-AM.
- Other rap artists include Irvington's Queen Latifah, the first female rapper to succeed in music, film and TV, and the Grammy-winning Naughty By Nature of East Orange, who cut 1992's smash hit "O.P.P.". Redman, an influential underground figure and Newark native, has recently found commercial success through collaborations with Eminem and the Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man.
- Musical artists Fountains of Wayne are a group of New Jerseyians who took the name of a semi-famous lawn and garden store on Route 46 in Wayne, New Jersey (also featured on an episode of The Sopranos). Another emerging New Jersey band is Seven and the Sun
- Emo lately has found its home in New Jersey, particularly near New Brunswick, New Jersey. Such bands that fit into this category include My Chemical Romance, Midtown, Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Outmarting Simon, Denver In Dallas, and many more.
- Punk music is also an important alternative style in New Jersey, perhaps starting with the band that essentially invented hardcore, The Misfits from Lodi, in the 90's, The Bouncing Souls and Catch 22 were also prominent figures in New Jersey punk.
- The DeLeo brothers of Stone Temple Pilots are both from New Jersey. The brothers, Dean and Robert, are the guitarist and bassist for the band.
- The Bloodhound Gang produced a song called "The 10 Coolest Things About New Jersey," which consists of 10 seconds of complete silence.
- Pete Yorn is another New Jersey artist. He has two albums out: musicforthemorningafter (2001) and Day I Forgot (2003).
- Finally, in the future, New Jersey's garage bands have become more based in 00's alternative rock and classic rock revival, two styles to expect to hear more coming out of New Jersey.
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