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Jewel Carmen was an American silent film actress. Born Florence Lavina Quick in Danville, Kentucky, Carmen made her film debut in the 1912 film The... Will of Destiny. She went on to appear in Daphne and the Pirate , opposite Lillian Gish and D. W. Griffith's Intolerance . In 1917, Carmen contracted with Fox Film Corporation, but finding the deal unsatisfactory opened a new contract with the Keeney Corporation in 1918 while her first contract remained in effect. Fox sent Keeney notice of their prior contract, warning that they would hold Keeney responsible for assisting her in breaking it, promising to indemnify Keeney against legal retaliation. Carmen launched two lawsuits against Fox, one to attempt to free herself of the obligation of living up to her contract and another to seek redress for their interference with her contract with Keeney. Key to the issues was the question of where the contracts had been made: New York or California. Fox's offices were located in New York; Carmen was a resident of California.
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John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two... of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold " . Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", and "The Little Girl", while thirteen more have reached Top Ten. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with R&B versions by the group All-4-One. Montgomery has also released eleven studio albums, counting a Christmas album. The most recent, Time Flies, was released on his own Stringtown label in late 2008. Born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky and raised and lived in Garrard County, Kentucky, Montgomery received musical encouragement from his father, who performed in a local country band and taught his son his first chords.
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Larnelle Steward Harris is a gospel singer and songwriter. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy... Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris started playing the piano at the age of nine. His first formal vocal training came when he attended college at Western Kentucky University, from which he graduated in 1969. Harris then became a part of the popular gospel touring group The Spurrlows . He received notability for his solo work and as member of the Gaither Vocal Band from 1984 through 1987. Perhaps Harris' best-known songs are his duets with Sandi Patty, "More than Wonderful" and "I've Just Seen Jesus" . His song, "Mighty Spirit" was featured in a 1993 television campaign for the Points of Light Foundation, headed by President George H. W. Bush; he performed the song for Bush and his wife Barbara at the White House. His recording of "All Along the Way," co-written by Greg Nelson and Dan Schafer, reached the No. 1 spot for 5 weeks on the CCM Christian Inspirational chart and No.
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Robert Todd Duncan was an American baritone opera singer and actor. Todd Duncan was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1903. He obtained his musical... training at Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in music followed by an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College. In 1933, Duncan debuted in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana at the Mecca Temple in New York with the Aeolian Opera, a black opera company. Duncan was George Gershwin's personal choice as the first performer of the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess in 1935 and played the role more than 1,800 times. He led the cast during the Washington run of Porgy and Bess at the National Theatre in 1936, to protest the theatre's policy of segregation. Duncan stated that he "would never play in a theater which barred him from purchasing tickets to certain seats because of his race." Eventually management would give into the demands and allow for the first integrated performance at National Theatre. Duncan was also the first performer for the role of Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars. Duncan taught voice at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for more than fifty years.
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John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two... of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold " . Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", and "The Little Girl", while thirteen more have reached Top Ten. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with R&B versions by the group All-4-One. Montgomery has also released eleven studio albums, counting a Christmas album. The most recent, Time Flies, was released on his own Stringtown label in late 2008. Born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky and raised and lived in Garrard County, Kentucky, Montgomery received musical encouragement from his father, who performed in a local country band and taught his son his first chords.
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Larnelle Steward Harris is a gospel singer and songwriter. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy... Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris started playing the piano at the age of nine. His first formal vocal training came when he attended college at Western Kentucky University, from which he graduated in 1969. Harris then became a part of the popular gospel touring group The Spurrlows . He received notability for his solo work and as member of the Gaither Vocal Band from 1984 through 1987. Perhaps Harris' best-known songs are his duets with Sandi Patty, "More than Wonderful" and "I've Just Seen Jesus" . His song, "Mighty Spirit" was featured in a 1993 television campaign for the Points of Light Foundation, headed by President George H. W. Bush; he performed the song for Bush and his wife Barbara at the White House. His recording of "All Along the Way," co-written by Greg Nelson and Dan Schafer, reached the No. 1 spot for 5 weeks on the CCM Christian Inspirational chart and No.
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Keith McGuffey, born in Danville, Kentucky, known by his stage name Trey D., is a songwriter and composer who became known mostly by his euro-rap... style songs in the mid-1990s. He is also co-founder of a music academy called The Music Workshop, with Kevin Richardson , in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Ashley Gorley is an American songwriter and producer. Gorley graduated from Belmont University in 1999, and in 2001 signed with Combustion Music. He... scored his first #1 with Carrie Underwood's “Don’t Forget To Remember Me” in 2006. Hailing from Danville, Kentucky, United States, Gorley has been involved in six number one hits: Carrie Underwood’s “All-American Girl,” Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This,” the Brad Paisley / Keith Urban duet “Start A Band,” Darius Rucker’s “It Won’t Be Like This For Long,” and Brad Paisley’s “Then” and “American Saturday Night.” He also had a Top 5 hit with Jason Aldean’s “Laughed Until We Cried.” Gorley has landed songs on the Country, AC, Contemporary Christian, and Pop charts. In the past several years, Gorley has been nominated for and won many awards. He was awarded the 2009 ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year, also receiving Song of The Year honors for "You're Gonna Miss This" performed by Trace Adkins. To date, Gorley has received 8 ASCAP awards. He was nominated twice for CMA Song of the Year, won the ACM Single of the Year award in 2009, and is a 2-time Grammy nominee for Country Song of the Year.
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Louis Mason is a film actor.

Charles McDowell was a journalist and actor.