Whenever I need information like that I use
Launchcast. I used to listen to the radio there once, but that was many years ago. It still has a very complete information database about most artists.
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Something like
http://www.allmusic.com/
Also, Allmusic has two sister sites, Allmovie and Allgame which cover both subjects really well. The database for video games is only really for systems from the PS2 era onwards and only focuses on US game releases, but its got a lot of information and detail about the systems and each game.
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