Harmonica: Harmonica organizations, Harmonica players, Shakira, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Richter-tuned harmonica, Harmonica techniques, Chromatic harmonica, List of harmonicists, Juke, Tremolo harmonica, Horrie Dargie, Jim Conway, Harmonica concerto

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Harmonica organizations, Harmonica players, Shakira, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Richter-tuned harmonica, Harmonica techniques, Chromatic harmonica, List of harmonicists, Juke, Tremolo harmonica, Horrie Dargie, Jim Conway, Harmonica concerto, Humberto Clayber, Sigmund Groven, Wayne Raney, King's College Harmonica Band, Max Geldray, Angelo Dos Santos, Robert Bonfiglio, Albert Raisner, Jack Poels, Rick Epping, The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival, Borrah Minnevitch, National Harmonica League, Diatonic harmonica. Excerpt: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as Shakira (pronounced , Spanish: or ), is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French and Arabic. After commercial flops with local producers on her first two albums, and being little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? was a critical success selling over 7 million copies worldwide. In 2001, aided by the worldwide success of her first English single "Whenever, Wherever", she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. Both reinforced her success, particularly with the best selling song of the 2000s, "Hips Don't Lie". In 1995, Shakira founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation. It is a Colombian charity with special schools for poor children all around Colombia. During her career, Shakira has performed at a large number of benefit concerts. Among the most famous are the Live 8 Benefit Concert in July 2005, the Concert of Live Earth in Hamburg where she headlined the show, as well as the "Clinton Global Initiative" created by former US President Bill Clinton. She was also invited to the Oval Office by President Barack Obama in February 2010 to discuss early chi