New Jersey
New Jersey has long been an important area for both rock and rap music. Some prominent musicians from or with significant connections to New Jersey are:
- Singer Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken. He sang with a neighborhood vocal group, the Hoboken Four, and appeared in neighborhood theater amateur shows before he became an entertainment legend as an Academy Award winning actor and one of the most famous male vocalists of all time.
- Bruce Springsteen, who has sung of New Jersey life on most of his albums, hails from Freehold and is the most popular rock musician to ever come out of the state. Some of his songs that represent New Jersey life are "Born to Run," "Spirit In The Night," "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)," "Thunder Road," "Atlantic City," and "Jungleland."
- The Jonas Brothers all reside in Wyckoff, New Jersey, where the eldest brother of the group, Kevin Jonas was born, as well as the youngest Jonas, Frankie.
- Irvington's Queen Latifah was the first female rapper to succeed in music, film, and television.
- Lauryn Hill is from South Orange, New Jersey. Her 1998 debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, sold 10 million copies internationally. She also sold millions with The Fugees second album The Score.
- Redman (Reggie Noble) was born, raised, and resides in Newark. He is the most successful African-American solo hip-hop artist out of New Jersey.
- All members of The Sugarhill Gang were born in Englewood.
- Jon Bon Jovi, who hails from Sayreville, reached fame in the 1980s with hard rock outfit Bon Jovi. The band has also written many songs about life in New Jersey including "Livin' On A Prayer" and even named one of his albums after the state. (see New Jersey)
- Singer Dionne Warwick was born in East Orange.
- Singer Whitney Houston (who is Dionne Warwick's cousin) was born in Newark, and grew up in neighboring East Orange.
- Legendary jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie was born in Red Bank in 1904. In the 1960s, he collaborated on several albums with fellow New Jersey native Frank Sinatra. The Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank is named in his honor.
- Parliament-Funkadelic, the pioneering funk music collective, was formed in Plainfield by George Clinton.
- Asbury Park is home of The Stone Pony, which Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi frequented early in their careers and is still considered by many to be a "Mecca" for up-and-coming Jersey Shore musicians.
- Hip-hop pioneers Naughty By Nature hail from East Orange.
- In 1964, the Isley Brothers founded the record label T-Neck Records, named after Teaneck, their home at the time.
- The Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" is based on the lives of the members of the Four Seasons, three of whose members were born in New Jersey (Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli, and Nick Massi)
- Famous jazz pianist Bill Evans was born in Plainfield in 1929.
- Famous hardcore rock band Thursday were formed in New Brunswick, NJ. Numerous songs reference the city.
- Horror punk band The Misfits hail from Lodi, as well as their founder Glenn Danzig.
- Punk rock poet Patti Smith is from Mantua.
- Acclaimed indie rock veterans Yo La Tengo are based in Hoboken. They also have a song called "The Night Falls on Hoboken".
- New Jersey was the hub for ska music in the 90's. Some of the most popular ska bands, such as Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto, come from East Brunswick.
- Black Label Society's and Ozzy Osbourne's famed guitarist Zakk Wylde was born in Bayonne and raised in Jackson
- The Bouncing Souls original four members grew up in Basking Ridge and formed in New Brunswick in the late 1980s.
- My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Mikey Way, and Ray Toro all hail from Belleville, New Jersey.
- Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta is from New Jersey
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State symbols
| State animal | Horse (Equus caballus) |
| State bird | American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) |
| State freshwater fish | Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) |
| State dance | Square dance |
| State insect | European honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
| State flower | Common meadow violet (Viola sororia) |
| State motto | "Liberty and Prosperity" |
| State song | None[49] |
| State tree | Northern Red Oak (Quercus borealis maxima) (syn. Quercus rubra) |
| State dinosaur | Hadrosaurus foulkii |
| State soil | Downer |
| State color | Buff and Jersey Blue |
| State ship | A. J. Meerwald |
| State fruit | Northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) |
| State vegetable | Jersey tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) |
| State shell | Knobbed whelk (Busycon carica gmelin) |
| State memorial tree | Dogwood (Cornus Florida) |
| State slogan | Come See For Yourself |
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References
- ^ The Garden State and Other New Jersey State Nicknames, Robert Lupp, New Jersey Reference Services, New Jersey State Library, October 12, 1994
- ^ a b Elevations and Distances in the United States. U.S Geological Survey (29 April 2005). Retrieved on November 6, 2006.
- ^ In the event of a vacancy in the office of Governor, the President of the State Senate is first in line for succession.
- ^ NJ History Outline
- ^ Geological History by Great Swamp Watershed Association, retrieved December 22, 2005.
- ^ Streissguth pg 30-36
- ^ Klinghoffer and Elkis ("The Petticoat Electors: Women’s Suffrage in New Jersey, 1776-1807." Journal of the Early Republic 12, no. 2 (1992): 159-193.)
- ^ Our History
- ^ Camp Merritt
- ^ Camp Kilmer
- ^ Gerdes, Louise I. The 1930s, Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau (2007-05-17). 2006 Population Estimates. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ a b c U. S. Census Bureau (2006-12-15). Cumulative Estimates of the Components of Population Change for the United States, Regions and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (NST-EST2006-04) (Microsoft Excel). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ Migration Policy Institute. Percent Foreign Born by State (1990, 2000, 2005) (Microsoft Excel). MPI Data Hub: Migration Facts, Stats, and Maps.
- ^ The richest (and poorest) places in the U.S.: 2007
- ^ Population and Population Centers by State: 2000, accessed November 16, 2006
- ^ Jewish Population of the United States by State. Jewish Virtual Library (2002).
- ^ The Foreign Born from India in the United States, dated December 1, 2003
- ^ Census 2000 PHC-T-6. Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, States, Puerto Rico, and Places of 100,000 or More Population: Table 2. Percent of Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000PDF (10.6 KiB)
- ^ Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity (Microsoft Excel)
- ^ Ancestry: 2000 — Census 2000 BriefPDF (468 KiB)
- ^ Md. is ranked as richest state
- ^ Metropolitan Areas and Components, 1999, with FIPS codes
- ^ a b c d Census 2000 Brief
- ^ Modern Language Association
- ^ Mayer, Egon; Kosmin, Barry A., Keysar, Ariela (2001). American Religious Identification Survey, Key Findings, Exhibit 15. City University of New York. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
- ^ Bureau of Economic AnalysisPDF
- ^ Bureau of Economic Analysis
- ^ New Jersey Real Estate Report » NJ facing $3b budget deficit.. No new taxes?
- ^ Fortune 500 2007 - States: New Jersey (2007-03-30). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ link Chart of State to Federal government spend/receive ratios, Tax Foundation
- ^ link Tax Burdens in New Jersey
- ^ George Washington Bridge turns 75 years old: Huge flag, cake part of celebration, Times Herald-Record, October 24, 2006. "The party, however, will be small in comparison to the one that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey organized for 5,000 people to open the bridge to traffic in 1931. And it won't even be on what is now the world's busiest bridge for fear of snarling traffic."
- ^ George Washington Bridge turns 75 years old: Huge flag, cake part of celebration, Times Herald-Record, October 24, 2006. "The party, however, will be small in comparison to the one that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey organized for 5,000 people to open the bridge to traffic in 1931. And it won't even be on what is now the world's busiest bridge for fear of snarling traffic."
- ^ Supreme Court of New Jersey
- ^ Small Towns in N.J. Told to Merge or Face Cuts
- ^ SurveyUSA Pro-Life vs. Pro Choice Sorted by State
- ^ Garden State Equality Poll Results from surveys done April 12 - April 14, 2005
- ^ http://www.nraila.org/statelawpdfs/NJSL.pdfPDF (176 KiB)
- ^ [1] Hester Jr., Tom (2007) N.J. Bans Death Penalty for Associated Press
- ^ New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities: Policy Outlook January 7 newsPDF (533 KiB)
- ^ Delaware / Hudson Valley Hot Spot for biotechnology
- ^ 50states.com: New Jersey Facts and Trivia
- ^ The History of the New Jersey State Song?
- ^ The Associated Press: NJ Tops US in Number of Millionaires
- ^ NJ.com: New Jersey Advertising
- ^ The New Jersey Herald: Top Stories
- ^ NorthJersey.com: providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
- ^ State of New Jersey - FAQs
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- Official New Jersey state web site
- New Jersey State Databases - Annotated list of searchable databases produced by New Jersey state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
- A list of official and unofficial NJ county and municipal web sites
- Descriptions of NJ forms of government (e.g., township, borough, etc.) from NJ State League of Municipalities
- USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of New Jersey
- US Census Bureau
- The New Jersey Digital Highway, the statewide cultural heritage portal to digital collections from the state's archives, libraries and museums
- Abandoned and Historic Mines of New Jersey
- New Jersey State Facts
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