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Female Melodic Rock vocalist Joal (a.k.a. Annette Stangenberg) from Hannover made a career for herself as a session singer appearing on albums by LETTER X and VICTORY, amongst others. She finally got her big break as a solo artist with a WEA recording contract that resulted in two albums in the late 80s and early 90s. She was assisted in the debut recording by FARGO and VICTORY guitarist Tommy Newton and ex-FARGO drummer Rudi Kaeding alongside keyboard playing producer Tommy Hansen. Bass was in the hands of Ulli Heicher of HESS and Gero Drneck. Helping out on vocals would be...

Jaak Joala (26. juuni 1950 - 25. september 2014) oli eesti laulja ja muusikapedagoog. Alustas oma muusikukarjääri Olav Ehala popansamblis Kristallid 1967. aastal. Nendega on salvestatud kümmekond lugu. Need olid Jaak Joala esimesed helilindistused raadios. Sügisel 1968 lõi bassimängija ning lauljana kaasa populaarses Toivo Kurmeti ansamblis Virmalised. Koos Virmalistega laulis ta sisse mitu Toivo Kurmeti laulu: "Taas on päev", "Naer", "Ainult sul", "Ma ei tea miks", "Üksinda". Tema salvestustega on avaldatud rohkesti heliplaate kodu- ja välismaal. 1980ndatel sai ta rahvasuus hüüdnime "Kremli ööbik", kuna esines ja salvestas palju Venemaal ja mujal tollases NSV Liidus ning suur osa tema tolleaegsest repertuaarist...