Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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 Donde Estan 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...