question: What year was the artist who released the album, The A-Z Recordings, born?
answer: 1955
context: Title: Meet The Supremes
  Passage: Meet the Supremes is the debut studio album by The Supremes, released in late 1962 on Motown.  The LP includes the group's earliest singles: "I Want a Guy", "Buttered Popcorn", "Your Heart Belongs to Me" and "Let Me Go the Right Way".  The earliest recordings on this album, done between fall 1960 and fall 1961, feature the Supremes as a quartet composed of teenagers Diane Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Barbara Martin.  Martin left the group in early 1962 to start a family, and the other three girls continued as a trio.  Martin is not pictured on the album because of her departure earlier in the year; although her vocals are present on the majority of the recordings on the album (as well as other recordings made during that period), she never received any royalties from album sales.  She does have a spoken interlude line (as do the other group members) on the bridge of the song "(He's) Seventeen", and also sings lead on "After All", a song recorded for but not originally included on the album.  Along with these songs, Ballard and Wilson are heard out front on other songs as well.  Wilson sings lead on "The Tears" (another former non-album track) and "Baby Don't Go"; Ballard has leads on a handful of songs as well (see below), including "Buttered Popcorn" and the short intro line to "Let Me Go the Right Way".
  Title: Let There Be Love (1953 Joni James album)
  Passage: Let There Be Love is Joni James debut album, recorded in 1953 and released by MGM Records at the end of the year.  It was released in a four-disc 10-inch 78-rpm record box, in both a two-disc 7-inch 45-rpm extended-play foldout album and a four-disc 45-rpm regular-play box and on a 10-inch 33⅓-rpm album.  The serial number, 222, coincidentally included James's lucky number, "22," which appeared in many of her record serial numbers all over the world.  The album is the first to present its songs as a book in music, opening with "Let There Be Love" and closing with "I'll Be Seeing You", with the songs telling a story start to finish.  The memorable cover was done at M-G-M Pictures Studios in Culver City by artist Russ Gale.  From the album a single of "Let There Be Love" and "You're Nearer" was shipped to radio stations.  Then, by public demand, a single of "You're My Everything" and "You're Nearer" was released.  This album offered Joni's second recording of "Let There Be Love," which had been released in an earlier version in 1952 as her first single on Sharp Records in Chicago, then going to M-G-M Records for further distribution.  Both recordings were arranged and conducted by Lew Douglas.  "Let There Be Love" went to the top of the album charts and was the sixth-best-selling album of 1953.  In 1956 the album was reissued as a 12-inch L.P. and in three single EPs; there was no EP set including the entire album.  For this release, four Joni James singles were added, but one of them had never been released.  That was "I Need You Now," which was to have followed the hit "My Love, My Love" but was canceled when Eddie Fisher came out with a version recorded several weeks after Joni's.  M-G-M had expected Joni's original version to go straight to #1.  For the new album the first four songs and second four songs were switched to get "You're My Everything" in the outside groove of the L.P. to facilitate disc jockey play.  So, for 50 years, the story the album tells has been garbled.  In 1961 the album got new cover art, a new serial number (E3931), and an electronically simulated stereo release.  Released again on compact disk with yet more bonus tracks, the album is in its fifth decade as a best seller.  Joni James hopes for yet another release which will restore the original song order.  Significantly, for her last M-G-M album, "Bossa Nova Style", Joni included new recordings of several songs from "Let There Be Love", including a new single of "You're Nearer."  That album was arranged by Lew Douglas's protégé Chuck Sagle.  This information comes from Wayne Brasler, longtime President of the Joni James International Fan Club and the writer of the album notes for all Joni James' CD releases.
  Title: Tejano Music Award for Album of the Year – Tejano
  Passage: The Tejano Music Award for Tejano Album of the Year (formerly the Tejano Music Award for Best Tejano/Norteño Album) is an honor presented annually by the Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA).  The award was first presented at the 23rd Tejano Music Awards (TMA) and was not given out at the 24th and 29th awards ceremony.  Previously, musicians who predominantly record Tejano recordings were nominated for either the Tejano Music Award for Best Conjunto Album, Orchestra Album of the Year, Album of the Year – Traditional, or Album of the Year – Progressive, depending on their style of music: conjunto, cumbia, pop ballads, or polka music.  Since the genre's popularity faded after the mid-1990s, the TMAs either merged or retired the over-categorization of their album-of-the-year categories through the 2000s decade.  The record and current holder of the award is Elida Reyna, who won four non-consecutive times.  The Tejano Music Award for Tejano Urban Album of the Year was a subcategory of the award and included nominations from musicians who recorded urbanized Tejano recordings; this was awarded to musicians at the 25th and 26th awards ceremony.  No artist won twice, though DJ Kane remains the only musician to have been nominated twice for the award.
  Title: Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
  Passage: The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.  The award is given to the performers, producers, audio engineers and mastering engineers for vocal or instrumental albums with 51% of new recorded songs.  Albums of previously released recordings, such as reissues, compilations of old recordings and greatest hits albums packages are not eligible.  Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees, according to a restructuration made by the academy for the four general categories: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Album of the Year.
  Title: Jason Mraz
  Passage: Jason Thomas Mraz ( ; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in the San Diego coffee shop scene in 2000.  In 2002, he released his debut studio album, "Waiting for My Rocket to Come", which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)".  With the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, Mraz achieved major commercial success.  The album peaked at number 5 on the "Billboard" 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US.  In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, "We Sing.  We Dance.  We Steal Things. " It debuted at number 3 on the "Billboard" 200 and was an international commercial success primarily due to the hit "I'm Yours".  The song peaked at number 6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, giving him his first top ten single, and spent a then-record 76 weeks on the Hot 100.  His fourth album, "Love Is a Four Letter Word", peaked at number 2 on the "Billboard" 200, his highest-charting album to date.
  Title: Alexz Johnson
  Passage: Alexzandra Spencer "Alexz" Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist.  Her debut album "Voodoo" was independently released in 2010, followed by the demo release of "The Basement Recordings" in 2011, with its sequel, "The Basement Recordings II", and EP "Skipping Stone" in 2012. " The Basement Recordings III" was released in 2013.  A follow-up extended play "Heart" followed in 2014; with her sophomore effort "Let 'Em Eat Cake" being released October of that year.  Johnson's third studio album "A Stranger Time" was released in 2017.
  Title: The A – Z Recordings
  Passage: The A – Z Recordings is an eight-volume live album by Australian rock musician, Paul Kelly, which was released on 24 September 2010 on Gawd Aggie Records in Australia and Universal Import in North America.  It had been recorded from a series of performances from 2004 to 2010 on Kelly's A – Z Tours in various locations.  The tours led to Kelly writing his memoir, "How to Make Gravy" (named for the song of the same name), also in September 2010.  Kelly's A – Z Tours continued until March 2012. " Rolling Stone"' s Jason Cohen described the release as "a 106-track, eight-CD boxed set culled from Kelly's now-trademark A to Z live performances" and, with the associated memoir, Kelly "might be creating the world's longest CD liner notes" at 568 pages.
  Title: Frank Black and the Catholics (album)
  Passage: Frank Black and the Catholics was the debut album from Frank Black and the Catholics.  The backing group on this album performed on Black's previous album, "The Cult of Ray", but the group name was first adopted on this release.  The album was recorded live to two-track tape over the course of two days in 1997, but a protracted dispute with Black's label American Recordings, reportedly over the "raw" sound of the recordings, delayed its release for 18 months.  The album was released in June 1998 in the MP3 format on GoodNoise.com (precursor to eMusic) and was the first album by a major artist to be commercially released on the Internet.  The album was then released in the fall of 1998 by SpinART records in the US.  During the interim, Lyle Workman left the group and was replaced by Rich Gilbert, and Black prepared the follow-up, "Pistolero".
  Title: Paul Kelly (Australian musician)
  Passage: Paul Maurice Kelly {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 13 January 1955) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player.  He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers.  He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five.  Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock, and country.  His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years.  David Fricke from "Rolling Stone" calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise."  Kelly has said, "Song writing is mysterious to me.  I still feel like a total beginner.  I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet".
  Title: Dean Brody
  Passage: Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards.  Originally signed to Broken Bow Records in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single "Brothers".  This song, a Top 40 country hit in the US, was the first single from his self-titled debut album, released in 2009 under the production of Matt Rovey.  In 2010, Brody was signed to Open Road Recordings and released his second album, "Trail in Life".  In 2012, he released his third album, "Dirt", earning the 2012 CCMA Album of the Year award and a 2013 Juno nomination for Country Album of the Year.  Brody also won the 2012 and 2013 CCMA Male Artist of the Year award.  Brody's fourth album, "Crop Circles", was released in 2013.  Brody's fifth album, "Gypsy Road", was released in 2015.  Brody’s six album, "Beautiful Freakshow", was released in 2016, and recently earned the singer 3 Awards at the 2017 CCMA Awards show, including Fan’s Choice, Songwriter of the Year and Top-Selling Canadian Single of the Year for “Bush Party”.  Brody recently headlined one of the largest and most iconic venues in the country, The Budweiser Stage.
citations: Paul Kelly (Australian musician) The A – Z Recordings