She was a paid singer at The Harlem’s Cotton Club for many years. Tan was a regular singer with her family members in the New York subway station. Her brother Melton Lee Ridley Jr-affectionately ...

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Dominican-born teen Amanda Mena blew away Mel B, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, and Simon Cowell on AGT with her rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Natural Woman" Melania Hidalgo is a former editorial ...

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Howard Stern had a few choice words for Syracuse native Jonah Smith during his singing audition for "America's Got Talent" on NBC-TV. Did the "AGT" judge flatter or stun Smith?