His work as a solo artist and leader of the Pat Metheny Group has earned him eighteen Grammy Awards.
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Michael Jackson was part of a family pop group,the Jackson 5, and he soared to international stardom as a solo performer.
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Most of the small-group and solo numbers are completed by the wee hours, and shortly afterward everything settles down, leaving just Stritch and the orchestra.
They suggest that because left-handedness is relatively rare it provides certain advantages over those who are right-handed, such as in solo and group fighting.
After Bonnie Pointer left the group to start a solo career, the remaining sisters went on to release several more albums including 1983's Break Out, featuring hit Jump which was covered by Girls Aloud in 2003.