He actually got his start singing on cruise ships, and entered the business world in construction in the 1960s.

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If we get enough of us singing the same song of simplicity, the tune will be so catchy that everyone else will start singing along.

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Dr. SPENCE: Yeah, I was about to start singing.

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They jostle their way inside, and start singing.

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Get ready to start singing on that bus.

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You start singing to yourself.

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For Ms. Watts, working at a store with a pop-star clientele could help kick-start her singing career.

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Stir in Anna Louizos' elaborate sets and you've got a musical that's resplendent whenever the members of the cast are singing and repellent whenever they stop singing and start talking.

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Bieber got his start on YouTube, where home videos of him on his account singing covers of hip-hop songs from artists Usher and Chris Brown attracted the attention of a talent scout in 2007.

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The charity claims Shaikh has always maintained he went to China to start a career as a pop star, despite no history of public singing, having previously lived in Poland where he tried to set up an airline.

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Bono, who spent decades in the entertainment industry and gained fame as half of the popular singing duo Sonny and Cher, left it all behind in the late 1970s to start a restaurant in Palm Springs.

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