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James Leland Walters Jr. (born June 13, 1969) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 and The Heights and singing lead vocal on "How Do You Talk to an Angel". Career Walters was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. After graduating from high school, he attended New York University and studied film for two years and studied acting at The Actors Space in New York City. While attending college, he was discovered at a bank by a casting agent who placed him in three high-profile commercials for Levi's 501 Jeans. He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting and musical career. He played a bit role on Everyday Heroes. His film debut came in 1991 with the movie Shout, alongside John Travolta, Heather Graham, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Walters performed the song "Rockin' the Pad" on the Shout soundtrack album. In 1992, Aaron Spelling cast Walters as the lead on the Fox series The Heights, in which he also sang the theme song "How Do You Talk to an Angel?." The single reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics". (The award went to Liza Minnelli.) The show was canceled by Fox, but it launched his music career when Atlantic Records took an interest in Walters and signed him to a recording contract. In October 1994, he started playing Ray Pruit on Beverly Hills, 90210; he was the musician-boyfriend of Donna (played by Tori Spelling), a role he played for one season. On September 20, 1994, Walters released his self-titled debut album Jamie Walters. The first single from the album, "Hold On", peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 76 in Australia. The album sold over 1 million copies and was certified platinum. In 1997, he released his second album Ride. It was certified gold. A third album, Believed, followed in 2002. In 2009, he appeared in the VH1 reality show Confessions of a Teen Idol, in which former teen idols attempt to resurrect their careers. He became a firefighter and paramedic in 2002. Personal life In 2002, Walters married Patricia Walters; they have three children. She filed for divorce in 2015. Filmography Discography Studio albums Jamie Walters (1994) Ride (1997) Believed (2002) Singles References External links 1969 births Living people American male film actors American male singers American male television actors People from Marblehead, Massachusetts Musicians from Los Angeles County, California Actors from Los Angeles County, California Male actors from Massachusetts 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Singers from Massachusetts 21st-century American firefighters
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The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired Thursday at 9:00 pm on Fox from August 27 to November 26, 1992. Synopsis The Heights centered on a fictional band (also called the Heights) made up of mostly working-class young adults. Episodes regularly featured one of their songs. The eventual theme song for the show, "How Do You Talk to an Angel" (sung by cast member Jamie Walters), went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was the first song from a television show to top the Hot 100 since 1985, as well as the first song by a fictional band to top the Hot 100 since 1969. The Heights premiered on August 27, 1992, to low ratings, and never gained a substantial audience. Fox canceled the series less than a week after the theme song fell from the number one spot. Cast Ray Aranha as Mr. Mike Lee, Stan's father Alex Désert as Stan Lee, bass player Ken Garito as Arthur "Dizzy" Mazelli, drummer Cheryl Pollak as Rita MacDougal, sax player Donnelly Rhodes as Harry Abramowitz, Jodie's father Charlotte Ross as Hope Linden, guitarist Shawn David Thompson as J.T. Banks, lead singer Zachary Throne as Lenny Wieckowski, keyboardist Tasia Valenza as Jodie Abramowitz, Dizzy's girlfriend Jamie Walters as Alex O'Brien, singer-songwriter On the soundtrack album, session musicians played most of the backing tracks, although the cast sang their own vocals. On the single "How Do You Talk To An Angel", the instrumentation was entirely performed by session musicians, while the vocals were entirely performed by all seven "Heights" members (with Jamie Walters on lead). However, some of the actors were actually also musicians, and on a few album tracks, Jamie Walters played guitar, Zachary Throne guitars, keyboards and bass, Cheryl Pollak saxophone and Ken Garito drums, percussion and guitar. Episodes Awards and nominations See also Catwalk, a 1992–94 TV series about a fictional band, with several of the same songwriters called the Heights. The Monkees, a 1966–68 comedy television series about a band who achieved huge success in real life. California Dreams, a 1992-96 Saturday morning series about a fictional band which also had music by Steve Tyrell and which used Heights theme co-writer Barry Coffing and cast member Zachary Thorne as singing voices for two of the characters. References External links 1992 American television series debuts 1992 American television series endings 1990s American drama television series 1990s American music television series American English-language television shows Fictional musical groups Television series about fictional musicians Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Spelling Television Television shows set in New York City Fox Broadcasting Company television dramas
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Steve Tyrell (born Stephen Louis Bilao III, December 19, 1944) is an American singer and record producer. He won a 2004 Grammy Award as the producer of the Rod Stewart studio album Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III. He also hosts a jazz radio program on KKJZ at Cal State, Long Beach (California). Tyrell was head of A&R and promotion at Scepter Records. He produced B. J. Thomas' hits "Hooked on a Feeling," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," and "Rock and Roll Lullaby." He wrote "How Do You Talk to an Angel" for the TV show The Heights, "Hold On" for Jamie Walters, "It's Only Love" for B. J. and Elvis Presley, and all the songs in the teen sitcom California Dreams. He sang "The Way You Look Tonight" on the soundtrack for Father of the Bride (1991). Tyrell inherited the annual holiday residency at the Carlyle Hotel from cabaret singer Bobby Short. Discography A New Standard (Atlantic, 1999) Standard Time (Columbia, 2001) This Time of the Year (Columbia, 2002) This Guy's in Love (Columbia, 2003) Songs of Sinatra (Hollywood, 2005) The Disney Standards (Walt Disney, 2006) Back to Bacharach (Koch, 2008) It's Magic: The Songs of Sammy Cahn (Concord, 2013) That Lovin' Feeling (Concord, 2015) A Song for You (EastWest, 2018) Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles (Arts Music/Warner, 2019) References External links Official site 1944 births Living people People from Palo Pinto County, Texas Jazz musicians from Texas Singers from Texas American film score composers American jazz singers Grammy Award winners American male film score composers American male jazz musicians St. Thomas High School (Houston, Texas) alumni
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"How Do You Talk to an Angel" is a song written by Steve Tyrell, Barry Coffing, and Stephanie Tyrell. It was the theme for the American TV series The Heights. The single was released with Jamie Walters as the lead singer, and it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992, but the series was canceled exactly one week after the song fell from its number one position. Vocalists on the single included Shawn David Thompson, Cheryl Pollak, and Charlotte Ross, as well as Zachary Throne from the Las Vegas rock band Sin City Sinners. In 1993, the song was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics". The Emmy went to the song "Sorry I Asked" by Kander and Ebb from Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall. No follow-up singles under The Heights name were ever commercially released. Promo CDs were issued to radio for a follow-up "I'm Still On Your Side", but there was no commercial issue for this track as a single. Walters, the lead singer on the single and the lead actor on the show, later had a number-16 Hot 100 hit with his single "Hold On" in 1994. It was his only subsequent chart appearance. Personnel Jamie Walters: lead vocals Steve Tyrell: producer, arranger Bob Mann: arranger, acoustic/electric guitar (inc. solo) Michael Landau: electric guitars Mike Finnigan: piano John "JR" Robinson: drums Leland Sklar: bass Brandon Fields: saxophone Barry Coffing, Guy Moon: keyboards Alex Desert, Charlotte Ross, Cheryl Pollak, Jamie Walters, Ken Garito, Shawn Thompson, Zachary Throne: background vocals Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts All-time charts Certifications References 1992 songs 1992 singles Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Capitol Records singles Rock ballads Songs written for television series Songs written by Steve Tyrell Music television series theme songs Television drama theme songs
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"Boys" is a song written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, originally recorded by the Shirelles at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and released as the B-side of their "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" single in November 1960. It was recorded more than two years later by the Beatles and included on their debut album in the United Kingdom, Please Please Me (1963). The Shirelles' version In 1960, the American girl group the Shirelles released "Boys" as B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Scepter single 1211), published by Ludix Pub. Inc. (BMI). The Beatles' version The Beatles' version was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on February 11, 1963, in a single take. It is Ringo Starr's first recorded lead vocal with the Beatles and, as the fifth track on the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, represents the first time many fans heard Starr singing a lead vocal. This version bears many similarities to Ray Charles's hit "What'd I Say", particularly during the chorus verses. February 11 was a marathon day for the Beatles, because they recorded 10 of the 14 tracks they needed for Please Please Me. The band also included another song by the Shirelles, "Baby It's You" on the album. The Beatles did not concern themselves about possible homosexual undertones that go with singing a song about boys, although they altered the gender pronouns employed on the Shirelles' version (e.g. "My girl says when I kiss her lips..."). In an October 2005 Rolling Stone interview, Paul McCartney stated: "Any one of us could hold the audience. Ringo would do 'Boys', which was a fan favourite with the crowd. And it was great — though if you think about it, here's us doing a song and it was really a girls' song. 'I talk about boys now!' Or it was a gay song. But we never even listened. It's just a great song. I think that's one of the things about youth — you just don't give a shit. I love the innocence of those days." McCartney also said: "Ringo always used to do a song in the show. Back then he had 'Boys'. It was a little embarrassing because it went, 'I'm talking about boys - yeah, yeah - boys'. It was a Shirelles hit and they were girls singing it, but we never thought we should call it Girls, just because Ringo was a boy. We just sang it the way they'd sung it and never considered any implications." (Paul McCartney. From Anthology.) "Boys" had always been the Beatles' "drummer" song during their Cavern days − Pete Best sang it at that time – and it was their main "drummer" song until 1964. Coincidentally, Starr also sang the song for his solo spot with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and Cilla Black would sometimes join him on stage, sharing the microphone. Best released his own version of the song in 1965. A live version of the song was included on the Beatles live
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Mark Derek Foster (born February 29, 1984) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Foster the People. After struggling to create a successful band in his early twenties, Foster finally had his big break as the founder and frontman of Foster the People in 2009, which he formed alongside his two friends Mark Pontius and Cubbie Fink. The band has since released three studio albums: Torches in 2011, Supermodel in 2014, and Sacred Hearts Club in 2017. Early life Mark Foster was born on February 29, 1984, in Milpitas, California, and grew up outside Cleveland, Ohio. As a boy, he sang in the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus and played the drums, guitar, and piano. As a teenager he played in garage bands. His first gig came in 2001, when his high-school band competed in a local Battle of the Bands. In 2002, he graduated from Nordonia High School in Macedonia, Ohio. Career Early career (2002–2008) After graduating from high school in 2002, Foster followed on his father's advice and moved out to live with an uncle in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Sylmar, Los Angeles. As a result he would be closer to pursuing his musical dreams. In an interview with NPR's David Greene, Foster detailed his reaction to the intimidating city into which he had thrown himself, reflecting: "You really got to have a strong sixth sense to be able to kind of navigate the waters because the weird thing about LA is just—especially in Hollywood—is just like, the entertainment industry is kind of bizarre. It was the first time that I realized that people that were mentally ill also happened to be in like, powerful positions." Foster's early years in Los Angeles were very difficult for him; of that time, he said "For eight years, I just scraped by as a starving artist delivering pizzas, sleeping on couches, sleeping in my car and all of those things." Foster worked various odd jobs during his first several years on his own while trying to grow his own social network. These included waiting tables, painting houses, telemarketing, and bartending. In a 2012 interview with The Baltimore Sun, he talked about how he particularly valued bartending and encouraged aspiring musicians to follow in his footsteps: "Kids hit me up on Twitter and I tell them to learn how to bar-tend. There are career waiters in Los Angeles and they're making over $100,000 a year." In his first six years in Los Angeles, Foster did not have much success with breaking into the music business as a solo artist. At age 21 his band almost secured a record deal in New York. About two years later, he was given the opportunity to work with Dr. Dre's record label, Aftermath Entertainment. However, the deal fell through and he was left without solid footing for a solo musical career. Foster co-composed and performed lead vocals on the Toques' song "Breakdown", featured in the 2006
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Siobhan Patricia Dillon (born 1 September 1984) is an English actress and singer, who rose to fame when she performed in the British talent show-themed television series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? on BBC One in 2006. Since then, Dillon has performed in the West End, playing the roles of Sandy in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre, Vivienne Kensington in Legally Blonde at the Savoy Theatre, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Molly in Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre, Ellen in Miss Saigon, and Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard with the English National Opera. Siobhan reprised this role at the Palace Theatre in New York City. Background Dillon's mother owned her own business in advertising after being a drama teacher. Her father is Irish from Dún Laoghaire. For her ninth birthday Dillon asked her parents for singing lessons, and had vocal training with singing teacher Richard Paul up to the age of 16. Siobhan attended The Friary School in Lichfield where she performed in shows, but as she did not think she would become a singer, she turned to the fashion world. She was a member of Lichfield Operatic Society and in October 2001 performed the title song from the musical Whistle Down the Wind as part of the society's show, Whistle Down the West End at The Friary School Theatre in Lichfield. After Michael Parkinson heard a tape of her singing, he asked her to sing at his charity cricket ball in 2003, where she got a standing ovation. Prior to appearing on How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Dillon was in the middle of a BA Hons degree in Product Design and Development for the Fashion Industry, Accessories pathway at Cordwainers College, University of the Arts London. Career How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Dillon was 21 years old when she appeared on the BBC television show, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. She reached the final of the show and finished in third place behind Helena Blackman and winner Connie Fisher. Despite being one of the favourites during the first round of auditions, Dillon initially did not make the final ten after an illness had affected her vocals during the final stages. However, after finalist Emilie Alford dropped out of the competition, Dillon, being the last person eliminated during the selection process returned to the show and was given the nickname, "Second Chance Maria". In week one of the live shows Dillon sang the Shania Twain hit, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!". In week two she sang the Tina Arena song, "Chains". In the lead up to the third week's show, David Ian talked to the girls about fitness and stamina and sent them on a fitness test mission with Olympic track and field athlete Iwan Thomas, requiring the Marias to complete an assault course. Dillon completed the course in the fastest time of under two minutes. On the show she sang the Pointer Sisters hit, "Jump!".
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony took place on Thursday, 14 June 2018, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia at 3:30 (BST), about a half hour before the opening match which Russia won 5–0 over Saudi Arabia. Mascots Zabivaka (English: "The one who scores"), was the official mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was voted for by a 53% margin. The design is of a wolf who represents fun, charm, and character. Former world cup winning, Brazilian striker Ronaldo was another mascot of the tournament. Ronaldo was the intended man to deliver the ceremonial first kick of the tournament but instead, he gave that honor to the child mascot who passed the official match ball to Zabivaka in order to start the tournament. The match ball (an Adidas Telstar 18) was sent into space with the International Space Station crew in March and came back to Earth in early June. Speeches Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the opening speech of the tournament in which he talked about an "open, hospitable and friendly" Russia hosting the tournament. He also described Russia's love for football, calling the tournament and the game "a unity which cannot be affected by a different language, ideology or faith". Putin ended by saying: Putin's speech was immediately followed by a short speech from FIFA President Gianni Infantino who said: Following the two speeches the performance of the ceremony were allowed to commence before the opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Performances British pop singer Robbie Williams took centre stage at the end of the ceremony with a rendition of "Let Me Entertain You" before Russian soprano Aida Garifullina was carried out on to the pitch on the back of a "firebird" float. Williams sang a section of "Feel" before he and Garifullina performed a duet of "Angels" as performers emerged, dressed in the flags of all 32 teams and carrying a sign bearing the name of each nation. Williams then sang "Rock DJ" in an encore as the pitch was being cleared for the first match. Controversy During the encore, Williams gave the middle finger. Fox in the US apologised for the incident. The incident was not shown on ITV in the UK who had cut away prior to the encore. In addition, while singing Rock DJ, Williams sung, "Pimpin' ain't easy. Most of them fleece me, but I did this for free." The lyrics "But I did this for free" replaced the lyrics "Every night". Williams appeared on This Morning on 19 June and explained what happened, “It was one minute to kick off, I was under a lot of pressure, because there was one minute left and I didn't know how I was going to do half a minute, so I just did a one-minute countdown [using his middle finger].” Asked by presenter Phillip Schofield whether he regrets it, he said: "Yeah, of course, yeah. I cannot trust me. And the last thing I said to my manager before we
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Terra Deva McNair is an American singer, actress, and dancer, best known for her contributions to seasons 4 and 5 of the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club. She has achieved continued success as both a solo artist and collaborator. Deva was born in Northern California. She lived for several years in New York and London and currently resides in Los Angeles. Early career During her early years, Deva landed her first job starring in the television show The Mickey Mouse Club for two seasons. She sang, acted, danced, and interviewed celebrities five days a week. At 16, she left Disney. Around 1993, Terra started going to raves and clubs. After meeting several British DJs and producers, she traveled back and forth to the United Kingdom to write and perform small shows. She also did jazz shows, funk shows, television and radio commercials, and industrial films in San Francisco. Influences Deva's work was influenced by Prince, Al Green, Bob Marley, michael jackson, Cocteau Twins, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Björk, Seal, Joyce, Lenny Kravitz, and Nick Drake. She also appreciates the work of The Brand New Heavies, Deee-Lite, and underground dance vinyl. Discography Studio albums Pulled Apart (1998) Singles Fresh Start (1997) Inside (1998) NRK ReMasters 003 (2005) NRK ReMasters 007 (2005) Easy / Sniff (unknown) Guest appearances Furry Phreaks: Want me (Like Water) (1995), Soothe (1998), and All Over The World (2007) Colorful Karma: For the Music (1999) Junior Jack: Thrill me / How you Thrill Me (2002) AK1200: Fake (2002) Pete Moss - After 2 (2002) Who Da Funk - Sting Me Red (Clever) (2002) Charles Webster - Ready (2002) Jimmy Van M & Young American Primitive - Forget Time (2002) Morillo - What Do You Want (2004) Bang On! Productions - Plush City (unknown) Successful singles Terra's most successful singles are: "At Night" with Shakedown, which reached number 6 in the United Kingdom and was in the top ten in Europe "Sting Me Red (Clever)" with Who Da Funk "How You Thrill Me" with Junior Jack and Erick Morillo "Less Talk More Action" with Tim Deluxe References External links Terra Deva on Facebook Terra Deva on Instagram Terra Deva on Twitter Terra Deva on YouTube Singers from California Living people American child actresses Mouseketeers 1976 births American child singers
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Satsangi Jivan is the authorised biography of Swaminarayan. The book contains information on the life and teachings of Swaminarayan. It is written by Shatanand Swami and completed in 1829.Swaminarayan decided to make Gadhada his permanent residence on the insistence of Dada Khachar and his sisters. Upon completion of the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada in 1828, Swaminarayan instructed Shatanand Swami to write a book on his life and pastimes. The book Satsangi Jivan comprises 19,387 Shlokas among 360 Chapters, in 5 Volumes. To enable Shatanand swami to write from His childhood, Swaminarayan had blessed Shatanand Swami with Sanjay Drishti - special power to see the entire past right from His childhood. Once written by Shatanand Swami, this book was verified and authenticated by Swaminarayan. He was much pleased to read the book. Swaminarayan then asked his disciples to do Katha of Satsangi Jivan. Volume 1 narrates the prologue and the circumstances leading to Swaminarayan taking birth. This volume then goes on to speak of His childhood, His journey across India as a teenager and the meeting of Swaminarayan (then known as Neelkanth Varni) with his guru, Ramanand Swami. The volume ends with Swaminarayan being appointed head of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. In volume 2, Shatanand Swami describes Swaminarayan’s social upliftment of the masses, spiritual / religious / social guidance for their personal well being and visiting followers whilst moving through villages, towns & cities. Volume 3 continues the narrations of Swaminarayan’s movements to teach the depths of Devotion with true observance of Dharma. It is in this volume that the construction of temples by Swaminarayan is first talked about. Volume 4 commences with narrations of the scriptural recitals that Swaminarayan instructed. However, this volume is primarily revered for its intricate explanation of the Shikshapatri, the establishing of the Acharyaship and teachings specifically to the Acharyas. Volume 5 is dedicated to personal religious activities of Swaminarayan in minute detail. Meaning of Satsang In Satsangi Jivan, Shatanand Swami mentions that merging the two terms, the meaning of Satsang is derived. The term Sat implies four significances: 1. God 2. Saints who has entirely surrendered to God 3. Dharma asserted by God Himself and his favorite saints, and 4. The Scriptures wherein these three above mentioned are prescribed. In Vachanamrut, Swaminarayan commented on the term "sang". The association which is made by body, action, and mind is called "sang". When you put the two together you get Satsang. Jivan means life, therefore the meaning of the title, Satsangi Jivan is way of life for a Satsangi. Other useful links The Ahmedabad Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday The Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday How Swaminarayan Sampraday is Vaidic with citations Miraculous acts by Swaminarayan in Hindi - Charitra in Hindi Swaminarayan Non Stop Prabhatiya by Nand Santo Swaminarayan Nitya Niyam Cheshta- Daily night Prartha to sung by all Satsangies References Satsangi Jeevan Swaminarayan Sampradaya Books about Hinduism
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Portia Nelson (born Betty Mae Nelson; May 27, 1920 – March 6, 2001) was an American popular singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She was best known for her appearances in 1950s cabarets, where she sang soprano. In 1965, she portrayed the cantankerous Sister Berthe in the film version of The Sound of Music; she also had a minor role as Sarah in the musical Doctor Dolittle; on TV's All My Children Nelson played the long-running role of nanny Mrs. Gurney. Her book of poetic musings, There's a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery, became a mainstay of twelve-step programs. Early life and education Nelson was born in Brigham City, Utah on May 27, 1920. Early career Back home in Los Angeles in early 1946, Nelson worked briefly as secretary to film director André de Toth; she held another secretarial job in the publicity department of United Artists Pictures. Around that time she adopted the name Portia, a nickname that friends gave her based on her love of the popular radio soap opera Portia Faces Life. She was known for occasionally sitting at pianos on the lot and demonstrating songs, and word of her vocal talents spread. Jane Russell was then on the lot making a film, Young Widow; one day they talked about songs they both liked, and Nelson performed one at the piano. "What the hell are you doing pounding a typewriter? ... You should be singing," said Russell. Nelson would later work for Russell as a vocal coach. After Nelson's death, Russell said that she "had a high, clear voice, with such intonation and shading! Her lyrics were sung with such understanding that you felt you'd heard a poem sung." Early cabaret work After leaving Nick Arden's, Nelson continued to work day jobs, while singing sporadically. In 1949 she performed at the Café Gala, a cabaret on Hollywood's Sunset Strip; singer-pianist Bobby Short entertained. Recalled Short in his 1995 autobiography Bobby Short: The Life and Times of a Saloon Singer: "Portia walked onto the floor of the Gala, tall, poised, goddesslike in floating chiffon – and singing in a way that was all her own. She was a smash." It was at the Café Gala that Nelson was heard by Herbert Jacoby, the owner (with Max Gordon) of Manhattan's preeminent cabaret, the Blue Angel. Jacoby invited her to sing there. In January 1950, Nelson moved to New York; soon after she was performing on one of the Blue Angel's four-act bills. She would sing there on and off until 1959, sharing rosters with Carol Channing, Pearl Bailey, Imogene Coca, Orson Bean, Wally Cox, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Mathis, and other budding stars. Nelson sometimes performed in the front lounge, where her accompanist was William Roy, a young pianist and composer who was just beginning a fifty-year career as a musical director for many of cabaret's greatest performers. In 1951 Nelson would also appear at the New York lounge Celeste, accompanied by songwriter and pianist Bart Howard, who
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Cheekface is an American indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2017, the group consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Greg Katz, bassist and backup vocalist Amanda Tannen, and drummer Mark Edwards. Cheekface has released four studio albums, two EPs, and one live album, all on Katz's own label, New Professor Music. The group's songs, characterized by Katz's talk-singing, are typically short and lyrics-driven with a dry sense of humor and tend to share a thematic interest in anxiety and sociopolitical unease. Some of Cheekface's fans refer to themselves as Cheek Freaks. History Cheekface consists of three members: Greg Katz (guitar), Amanda Tannen (bass), and Mark Edwards (drums). After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, during the Great Recession, Katz began working in artists and repertoire for record labels. Katz, who played bass in the band LA Font, lost his job in 2011 and thereafter began his own label, New Professor Music. Tannen, meanwhile, had trained in classical cello in her youth and had played bass with the Brooklyn, New York-based indie rock band Stellastarr in the 2000s. After the band's dissolution, Tannen worked in graphic design and moved to Los Angeles. She was connected with Katz through a graphic design friend who was dating him around 2017, and the pair decided to begin writing songs together. Cheekface formed in Los Angeles in 2017 with the recruitment of Edwards, with whom Katz was familiar from the city's music scene. Tannen stated that she wanted to "be in a band that is not cool"; the group considered other names before Cheekface including Ryan Gosling's Huge Freakin' Delts and Plumping. Cheekface's first year was dedicated to songwriting; Tannen and Katz described the writing process as attempts to make one another laugh, with lyrics that successfully accomplished this ending up in the songs. Katz and Tannen wrote what would become the group's breakout single, "Dry Heat/Nice Town" (2018), after attending the 2017 Women's March. The band began to play live in 2018, generally as an opening act. The band did not expect an enthusiastic response to their music. However, in 2019 while playing a set at The Satellite in Los Angeles, Katz was startled when a small group of attendees sang along to every word in one of the band's tracks, temporarily causing him to forget several lines of his own lyrics. After releasing several more singles on Bandcamp in 2018, including "Sexy National Anthem", "Glendale", and "I Only Say I'm Sorry When I'm Wrong Now", the band released their first album, Therapy Island, in March 2019. Amidst the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Cheekface contributed a cover of "That Thing You Do!" to the tribute album Saving for a Custom Van, honoring the track's songwriter, Adam Schlesinger, who died of COVID-19 complications earlier in the year. In January 2021, the band released its second album, Emphatically No., followed by an EP of B-sides from that record, titled Emphatically Mo'''. Emphatically No. was listed as
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Grant Kitchings was a singer who was a member of the Ravens then, in the 1970s, a member of the Drifters. History 1950s Kitchings was a tenor who joined a group that was going to become the King Toppers in 1955 or 1956. The group at the time consisted of Dave Colter, Don Turner, Louis Day and Jesse Hines. They had heard about him and thought he'd fit into the group. They got in touch with Kitchings via his uncle, the local barber shop owner. In 1956, the band was called the Corvettes and they had an audition and recording session with RCA Victor. The group recorded two songs with Kitchings as lead singer. One was a Tex Cornelius composition, "Angel Mine". RCA never released the recordings. Later the group changed its name to the King Toppers. In November 1956, the group had a session at Jubilee Records. They recorded a couple of songs: "You Were Waiting For Me" which featured Kitchings on lead and "Walkin' And Talkin' The Blues" which featured Welton Young as lead. Later he was drafted into the army. After getting out in 1958 he joined the Ravens. Later he was in various versions or successions of the Ink Spots. Early to mid-1970s In the 1970s, he was a member of the Drifters, which were led by Johnny Moore. Prior to his joining the group they had already relocated to England. In 1972, the Drifters line-up consisted of Moore, Bill Fredericks, Kitchings, and Butch Leake. In the same year, Atlantic records released the album Saturday Night at the Club. Kitchings along with Johnny Moore, Butch Leake and Bill Fredericks was credited as co-writer on "Country to the City", "She Never Talked To Me That Way" and "Beautiful Music". Kitchings was most visible in the Drifters between 1972 and 1975. He sang, backing Johnny Moore, on their hits "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" and Down on the Beach Tonight". He left the group in 1975 and was replaced by Billy Lewis. Mid-1970s to 1990s After leaving the Drifters in 1975 and having moved back to New York, he worked with various New York groups. 1990s to 2005 In the mid-1990s he was in a version of the Ink Spots. He was with Harold Winley's Ink Spots, having replaced Jim Nabbie, who suddenly died in September 1992. Shortly before he died, he named Grant Hitchings to be his successor as lead tenor. Around 1994, the group consisted of Sonny Hatchett, Kitchings, Morris Dow and Harold Winley. Later on, health problems saw him leave the group. He had become ill while the group was doing a show on the Mississippi Queen. He was replaced by Herman Denby. He died in 2005 from complications related to diabetes at 66 years of age. Recordings As lead singer The Corvettes Angel Mine – RCA (Unreleased) – 1956 Unknown track – RCA (Unreleased) – 1956 The King Toppers "You Were Waiting for Me" – JOSIE 811 – 1957 References 2005
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Mike Clifford (born 5 November 1943), is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his 1962 pop hit, "Close To Cathy", which reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Early life Mike Clifford was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, Cal Clifford, was a professional trumpeter who took him to his engagements. Clifford developed an interest in music and began taking voice lessons. While in school, he began to perform at school and community functions, and by the age of 16 he was performing at local nightclubs in Los Angeles. In 1959 he signed with Liberty Records and recorded his first single, titled "Should I". The song was written and produced by Mark McIntyre and featured additional vocals from Patience and Prudence and guitar from Eddie Cochran. Helen Noga, who with her husband John managed the career of Johnny Mathis, became Clifford's personal manager and signed him to Columbia Records. She took Clifford to meet Ed Sullivan, who was impressed with his poise and stage presence and booked him for a TV debut, the first of three appearances, on The Ed Sullivan Show. Initial success Clifford's first taste of success came at age 18 when "Bombay", became a hit in Venezuela. He appeared on the state owned Venevision in his own TV special. However, Clifford's recordings for Columbia received little buyer’s attention, and in July 1962, Clifford signed with United Artists Records. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced several songs for Clifford, including his biggest hit "Close To Cathy", written by Earl Shuman and composed by Bob Goodman. The song reached number 12 in September of that year, and stayed there for two weeks and remained on the charts for 12 weeks. On December 29, 1962, "What To Do With Laurie" entered the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number No. 67. "One Boy Too Late" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on May 11, 1963 and was to be his last nationally charted record. He subsequently, had several songs that were regional hits in the U.S. He had hit records in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany as well as "It Had Better Be Tonight" in Chile, "See You In September" in the Philippines, and "How To Murder Your Wife" in Japan. In 1965, United Artists released Clifford's debut album, For The Love Of Mike, which was reviewed and a spotlight pick in the February 13, 1965 issue of Billboard. Clifford appeared in the films Village of the Giants in 1965, and also sang the love theme of the film, The Glass Sphinx in 1967, the title song to Dagmar's Hot Pants, "You Say Love" in 1971, The love theme for the film Necromancy , "The Morning After" in 1972, and for The Lord Of The Rings in 1978. In the 1978 film Sextette, Clifford sang "Love Will Keep Us Together", with Mae West, while actor Timothy Dalton lip synched the words. Tours Clifford toured over one hundred cities during 1964 and 1965, with the Dick Clark
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Van and Schenck were popular American entertainers in the 1910s and 1920s: Gus Van (born August Von Glahn, August 12, 1886 – March 12, 1968), baritone, and Joe Schenck (pronounced "skenk"; born Joseph Thuma Schenck, (June 2, 1891– June 28, 1930), tenor. They were vaudeville stars and made appearances in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921. They made numerous phonograph records for the Emerson, Victor, and Columbia record companies. History With Schenck on piano, the duo sang and performed comedy routines. Van was especially adept at dialect humor, and could imitate any number of regional and continental accents. One of the team's typical novelty hits was Pastafazoola, in praise of Italian food and sung in the appropriate style. Van's hearty baritone and Schenck's high tenor harmonized well, and the team became known as "the pennant-winning battery of songland." They performed on radio shows and appeared in early talking motion pictures, including several musical shorts—in both Vitaphone and MGM Movietone—and one feature, the MGM film They Learned About Women (1930). During World War I, they recorded humorous songs such as "I Don't Want to Get Well" which told the tale of a wounded soldier who did not want to recover, as he was comfortable in hospital and in love with a nurse. After Schenck's death in 1930 of heart disease, Van continued to perform as a solo artist on stage, screen, and radio. He appeared in many New York-produced Soundies in 1941. Schenck was buried in The Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn. Van and Schenck gained a modern-day resurgence after their 1920 recording of Irving Berlin's "After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It" was sampled in the soundtrack of the indie video game Pizza Tower. Selected discography "It's Been a Long, Long Time Since I've Been Home" (1916) "Hawaiian Sunshine" (1916) "For Me and My Gal" (1917) "Yaddie Kaddie Kiddie Kaddie Koo" (1917) "Huckleberry Finn" (1917) "That's How You Can Tell They're Irish" (1917) "My Little China Doll" (1917) "Mother, May I Go in to Swim?" (1917) "Dance and Grow Thin" (1917) "There's Something Nice about the South" (1917) "Far Away in Honolulu" (1917) "Mulberry Rose" (1917) "The Ragtime Volunteers are Off to War" (1917) "I Don't Want to Get Well" (1917) "Southern Gals" (1917) "I Miss the Old Folks Now" (1917) "In the Land O' Yamo Yamo" (1917) "Where Do They Get 'Em and How Do They Get 'Em?" (1918) "My Mind's Made Up to Marry Carolina" (1918) "Ragtime Moses Old-Time Bomboshay" (1918) "I Always Think I'm Up in Heaven" (1918) "Tackin 'Em Down" (1918) "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" (1918) "Why Do They Call Them Babies?" (1918) "You'll Always Find A Lot of Sunshine in My Old Kentucky Home" (1918) "You'll Find Old Dixieland in France" (1918) "Oh, How She Can Sing" (1919) "Mandy" (1919) "Open Up The Golden Gates To Dixieland" (1919) "Sweet Kisses" (1919) "They're All Sweeties" (1919) "After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want
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Songs from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is the first EP by Nick Jonas, released on May 8, 2012. The EP contains 5 songs which are available as a digital download on iTunes. The 5 songs on the EP are tunes that Nick performs on stage during the Broadway musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Background and development On February 19, 2012 Nick recorded 5 songs ("How to Succeed," "I Believe in You," and "Brotherhood of Man." In addition, he will be joined by Rob Bartlett for "The Company Way," by Rob Bartlett & Ellen Harvey for "Brotherhood of Man", and by Rose Hemingway for "Rosemary.") for the How To Succeed In Business soundtrack. The album is produced by six-time Grammy nominee Robert Sher, who also produced the revival’s How to Succeed cast album. On February 27 it was announced that the EP will be released during the Spring. As of April 17, the EP was available for pre-order and also on that same day the track list was revealed. It was announced on April 19 that the EP will be released on May 8, 2012. On April 30, 2012 the song "I Believe in You" was released online. Reception Ian Gude said about the EP: The last thing I expected to enjoy was an EP of songs from How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, featuring the current lead on Broadway, Nick Jonas from another 'bubble gum pop' band, The Jonas Brothers. But enjoy it I did. Judging by this EP by Broadway Records, he should pop by more often. The EP is too short (5 tracks) - oh how I would have loved to have heard more. Jonas is totally at home with the style, melodies and lyrics of the piece, and is certainly one to watch in future Broadway productions. It would be great to hear him do a Broadway album, or songs from the Great American Songbook, as he clearly has the voice, and the intelligence, to give them the treatments they deserve. The CD design and production is top notch, and puts many full recordings to shame. It's clear a lot of thought has gone into this release and its design, and Broadway Records should be pleased with the final product. I know I was. Promotion On January 26, 2012 Nick stopped by Live! with Kelly to talk about his role as J Pierrepont Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. He also sang the song "I Believe In You". On February 14 he performed the song live for the soundcheck live chat show. Nick Jonas stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on February 20 to perform on the first night of Fallon's annual Broadway Week. He closed the show by singing a jazzy rendition of “I Believe in You,” a signature song from the classic Frank Loesser musical. On April 1, 2012 Nick performed songs from the musical with the musical cast &
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Dolores Gray (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice, winning once. Early life Both her mother and father were vaudeville actors, which is how they met. Gray's parents divorced when she was a young child. She had an older brother, Richard Gray who also had a career in Hollywood. While attending Polytechnic High School she was in the Girls' Glee Club. She was discovered by Rudy Vallee, who gave her a guest spot on his nationwide radio show. Career Her career commenced as a cabaret artist in restaurants and supper clubs in California and in Reno, Nevada. In Los Angeles in 1941 she appeared at the Pirate’s Den and Hollywood Playhouse. Later that year San Francisco engagements included one at Stairway to the Stars. Gray returned to Los Angeles in early April 1942; she headlined at Slapsy Maxie’s late that year. In Los Angeles, on 1 April 1943, she was the vicitim of a drive-by sidewalk shooting, fracturing her left humerus. That July, she sang at the city’s Biltmore Bowl. In 1945 she appeared in her own radio program. While she was appearing in Annie Get Your Gun in London (1947–1950), she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1948. As a fundraiser to help rebuild the RADA theatre, she appeared as Nell Gwyn in In Good King Charles's Golden Days at Drury Lane Theatre (Oct 1948). Gray was briefly signed with MGM, appearing in Kismet (1955), It's Always Fair Weather (1955) and The Opposite Sex (1956). Portraying a singing and dancing stage actress, she appeared with Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in the film Designing Woman (1957), as his former romantic interest. During her music career, she sang Marilyn Monroe's part on the Decca Records soundtrack album of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). She appeared at the London Palladium in 1958 while doing a concert tour of Europe and in cabaret at The Talk of the Town in February 1963. Among her many stage roles, she appeared in Two on the Aisle (1951), Carnival In Flanders (1953); Destry Rides Again (1959); Sherry! (1967); and 42nd Street (1986). She also performed the lead role in Annie Get Your Gun in its first London production (1947). Gray won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical for her role in Carnival in Flanders, even though this Broadway musical, with a script by Preston Sturges, ran for only six performances. She therefore holds a record that is unlikely to be broken: briefest run in a performance which still earned a Tony. She is the first person to have sung the English version of the French song “C'est si bon”, for the short film Holiday in Paris: Paris directed by John Nasht. She was best known for her theatre roles. In 1973 she took over from Angela Lansbury in the London production of Gypsy at the
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Mimi Hines (born July 17, 1933) is a Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and her work on Broadway. She succeeded Barbra Streisand in the original production of Funny Girl. Life and career Hines was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and resides in the United States. She worked for a time in Anchorage, Alaska, where she met comedian Phil Ford in 1952 while they were working at different night clubs. They married in 1954 and divorced in 1972. On August 28, 1958, she and Ford appeared on The Tonight Show for the first time. Hines sang "Till There Was You". In a later stand-up routine on The Tonight Show, she portrayed the NBC peacock. In 1959 she sang several of the numbers on the Esquivel-Ray Martin Christmas song collaboration, The Merriest of Pops (RCA Victor). In 1964, Hines and Ford filmed a pilot episode for a potential sitcom, Mimi, that would have starred the two as owners of a resort hotel, but the series was not picked up for airing. In 1966, Hines succeeded Barbra Streisand on Broadway in Funny Girl, performing the role for eighteen months, after which she starred in touring companies of I Do! I Do! and The Prisoner of Second Avenue, as well as productions of Anything Goes, Never Too Late, The Pajama Game, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, No, No, Nanette and Sugar. She played at Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. She appeared with the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra and starred in national tours of Sugar Babies and Nite Club Confidential and on a recorded salute to Johnny Mercer called Mostly Mercer. She toured the world for a year in the title role of Hello, Dolly! and starred in productions of A Majority of One and Can-Can in Florida and in revues featuring the songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, How Do You Keep the Music Playing? in Los Angeles, as well as the songs of Rodgers and Hart titled This Funny World at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the songs of Jerry Herman at the Schoenberg Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hines appeared as Mrs. Latimer on the television program Frasier and returned to Broadway in 1994 for the Tommy Tune production of Grease, in which she appeared as Miss Lynch. She also co-starred in the off-Broadway revival of Kander and Ebb's 70, Girls, 70, with Jane Powell, Charlotte Rae and Helen Gallagher, and was a guest in the final week of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She performed for L.A.'s reprise, as Letitia Primrose in On The Twentieth Century, and in 2005 as Berthe in Pippin. She co-starred in 2002 as Sister Mary Amnesia in the National Tour of the 20th Anniversary production of Nunsense, along with Kaye Ballard, Georgia Engel, Lee Meriwether and Darlene Love. In 2007, Hines starred in the City Center Encores! production of Follies. Discography Mimi Hines Sings (Decca Records, 1966) Mimi Hines
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"Orwellian" is a song by Manic Street Preachers, released as the lead single from their 14th studio album, The Ultra Vivid Lament, on 14 May 2021, alongside a YouTube lyric video. Background Announced as a departure from the sound of their 2018 previous effort Resistance Is Futile, the single tries to capture the essence of the new album, musically and lyrically. Wire stated that "the track is about the battle to claim meaning, the erasing of context within debate, the overriding sense of factional conflict driven by digital platforms leading to a perpetual state of culture war... It felt like the perfect sonic and lyrical introduction to The Ultra Vivid Lament". The meaning of the song has been seen as political, much due to the social context in which the song was released, musically it echoes ABBA, Talk Talk and Fleetwood Mac. In an interview with The Quietus Nicky Wire said that the song was the rejection of digital coercion, much like their previous 2010 song from Postcards from a Young Man, "Don't Be Evil", the single focuses on how the tech platforms overload information and lack the capacity for nuance that have fostered so many of people's insecurities, including Wire's. “Every time I put anything on, Peloton’s just fucking staring at me. Or fucking Park Run. What happened to the loneliness of the long-distance runner?” The magazine goes further saying that "It raises a complex issue, and there are plenty of holes you could pick in Wire's arguments, yet it still feels articulate and focussed, the words in perfect step with Bradfield’s pumping pop piano chords and bracing crescendo chorus". Later, on June 10 the band showed a new video, adding to the previous lyrical one, directed by Kieran Evans, about the video, the latter said that "For this album project, Nicky Wire and myself decided there should be more experimentation to the visual approach to both the promos and short films we have planned", concluding that "We’ve called this clip of 'Orwellian' a 'visualised' version because it's not strictly a promo, it’s much more of a visual interpretation of the song by me." Release The song was released as a download on 14 May 2021. After its launch, The Guardian reported on the song, questioning if we do indeed live in Orwellian times. Giving a negative answer to this question it goes on to say that "People who ought to know better, including people who once sang about how “libraries gave us power”, have long used the word Orwellian as shorthand for a bit like Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four”, finishing with "This is very much not the normal function of eponyms: after all, Orwell was not recommending that we adopt his Orwellian vision. It’s as if we were to use Shakespearean to mean “approving of rape, murder, and cannibalism”, simply because such things happen in Titus Andronicus. An Orwellian practice indeed". About the song The Quietus stated that "it can be weaponised by the left and the righ", going
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Jam Tronik was a German Eurodance group which consisted of Anja Lukaseder (also known as Nikita Warren), Ulrich Fischer and Volkmar Kalff. Charlie Glass was the founder and producer of the project. The group released dance cover versions, several of which were hits in Europe. They were signed to ZYX Music. Their first single, in 1989, was a cover version of the Phil Collins hit "Another Day in Paradise", and was a top 20 hit in Germany and the United Kingdom in 1990. A cover version of Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love" was a top 20 hit Austria in 1994. The 1993 release "Bee G-Esque" contained four cover versions of Bee Gees songs: "Staying Alive", "Tragedy", "How Deep Is Your Love" and "Jive Talking". Discography Compilation albums 1993: Best Of... 2008: The Very Best Of 2010: Complete Hit Collection Singles 1989: "Another Day in Paradise" - UK #19, GER #17, BEL #30 1991: "Yesterday Once More (Every Sha La La La)" - (Turntablist Mel "Herbie" Kent) 1992: "Stand by Me" 1992: "End of the Road" 1993: "Bee G-Esque" (four tracks: "Staying Alive", "Tragedy", "How Deep Is Your Love" and "Jive Talking") 1994: "I'd Do Anything for Love" - AUST #15 1994: "An Angel" 1994: "Without You" 1995: "Wish You Were Here" 1996: "Forever Love" References German dance music groups German Eurodance groups Musical groups established in 1989 Musical groups disestablished in 1996 Cover bands ZYX Music artists
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Jeffrey Clay Erlanger (November 30, 1970 – June 10, 2007) was an American advocate and activist for disability rights. He is known for appearing on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood when he was 10 years old, talking about his electric wheelchair and why he needed it. Erlanger's philosophy was summarized in a 2002 Wisconsin Public Television ad: "It doesn't matter what I can't do—what matters is what I can do." Early life and education Jeffrey Clay Erlanger was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 30, 1970, to Howard and Pam Erlanger, joining his older sister, Lisa. His father is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Law. When Erlanger was 7 months old, he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor. Surgery was used to remove it, but he was left as a quadriplegic. He received his first electric wheelchair when he was 4 years old. He required many additional surgeries while growing up. Erlanger graduated from Memorial High School and from Edgewood College with a degree in political science. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Before Erlanger underwent spinal surgery at age 5, his parents asked him what he wanted. He said he wanted to meet "Mister Rogers". His sister wrote Fred Rogers about her brother's wishes. Rogers happened to be traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, so the Erlangers drove to meet him for breakfast in a restaurant. Several years later, Erlanger was invited to be on Rogers' show. Erlanger appeared in Season 11, Episode 4 (#1478), which aired on February 18, 1981. The ten-year-old showed Rogers how his electric wheelchair worked and explained why he needed it. They talked about his parents, doctors, recent surgery and what you can do when you're sad. Together they sang one of Rogers' popular songs, "It's You I Like". The two of them continued to communicate. In speeches Rogers gave, he told of Erlanger's example of "overcoming obstacles and feeling comfortable about yourself." Career Political career and activism Erlanger worked as an intern for Representative Tammy Baldwin and Senator Russ Feingold, who honored Erlanger in the Senate. Erlanger became very active in Madison, Wisconsin municipal politics, holding a number of positions in the community including as a member of the Economic Development Commission, chair of the Commission on People with Disabilities, and chair of the Board of Directors of the Community Living Alliance. In 2003, he ran for the Madison Common Council for the 8th District, losing to UW student Austin King almost 2-to-1 in the heavily student district. He helped gain the accessible taxicab service in Madison today. In 2004 Erlanger flew to Boston to attend the Democratic National Convention, although he did not have a ticket. Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, whose campaign Erlanger had worked on, was on his flight and got him in. Falk said after his death, "Jeff was passionate about our nation on a big-scale level and equally passionate about our community," adding, "This is a man who devoted so many countless hours to making things better for other people." In
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"Babyfather" is the second single from English band Sade on their sixth studio album, Soldier of Love. The song was released for radio broadcast on 13 April 2010, single artwork was revealed on 27 April, and a music video premiered on 4 May. The song was nominated in the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal category at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Background and writing In this reggae-flavoured song, Adu sings of a male figure who can be the father of a woman's child and a strong male role model, without necessarily being a lifemate. Frontwoman Sade Adu told People that "Babyfather," is "about how great it is to be a parent, what a great honor and privilege that is, and what a terrible thing that is to waste. As long as you feel good about yourself, you can be a good parent, and then it becomes an endless fruitful cycle". As for the sound of the new song, "I wanted it to sound quite rough and scrappy, not too honed," says the Grammy-winning singer, 51. "The beginning," says Sade, "feels like the ice cream van coming down the street". Thirteen years old at the time, Sade Adu's child sang backing vocals on the track, along with Clay, the teenage son of veteran Sade band-member Stuart Matthewman, who co-wrote the song. Sade’s child later transitioned to male and took the name Izaak. Reception A preview of the song was teased online by People in late January 2010, before the album was released. Entertainment reporter Mayer Nassim from Digital Spy gave the song three out of five stars and said, "'Babyfather' it's not as striking as its sultry predecessor, possessing a much friendlier, summery vibe. Twanging acoustic guitars combine with that still-rich voice, so-laidback-they're-horizontal drums and positive lyrics about fatherhood and family love. It's not the most exciting thing to hit our ears this year, but it's still nice enough stuff that should keep things ticking on for Sade fans". Frank Guan of Vulture commented "The sunnier side of Soldier of Love is on glorious display here, as Sade describes to a child how its parents first met. Some dads are good dads." Music video The music video, which featured people wearing bright-coloured outfits, is directed by Sophie Muller, who also photographed and designed the single's cover art. It premiered on 4 May 2010 and featured frontwoman Adu as a home-maker who is doing daily chores from cooking to washing dishes and laundry. Promotion The band performed the song on many talk shows. They appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 12 April 2010; Dancing with the Stars on 14 April 2010; and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on 15 April 2010. Charts References 2010 singles Music videos directed by Sophie Muller Sade (band) songs Songs written by Sade (singer) Songs written by Stuart Matthewman 2010 songs Songs about fathers
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"Work" is a song by Jimmy Eat World from their 2004 album, Futures. It was the second single released from that album. The song was written by Jim Adkins and features backing vocals by Liz Phair. "Work" was released to radio on December 7, 2004. "Work" received positive reviews from critics, and it appeared on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the UK Singles Chart. A music video was released for the song; it featured interviews with high school students. Since the song's release, Jimmy Eat World have included it in their live performances. Background "Work" was written by Jimmy Eat World's frontman, Jim Adkins. According to Adkins, "'Work' is about doing something you know you shouldn't be doing ... It's about walking into an unhealthy situation, on purpose. Which could mean it's about an interoffice romance." Liz Phair agreed to sing backing vocals on the song after the band played it for her. Adkins later said, "We're all fans of [Phair's album Exile in Guyville], so maybe a bit of a crush thing was happening. She definitely brings the sexiness. An unquantifiable sexiness, sure, but she definitely brings it. She was super cool to work with. 'Work' sounded like something she would sing, so we hunted her down through people we knew in Los Angeles. We showed her the song, she really liked it, so she came down and sang on it." Reception Critical reception "Work" received praise from music critics. It has been called a "classic" and has also been described as "a song tailor-made for teenage runaway fantasies." Tim Sendra of Allmusic noted that the song "display[s] the sweetly melodic side of the band." However, The Trades' Tony Pascarella called it "a more emo-geared track that stays shrouded on the dark side of Jimmy Eat World." Carrie Pierce of The Battalion wrote: "The gem of [Futures] is 'Work,' a catchy song featuring backup vocals by Liz Phair. It's too bad that you can barely hear Phair over the guitar riffs. The lyrics make up for this flaw. Though not as deep and brooding as other tracks, 'Work' will replay in your head." Chart performance "Work" was the second single from the 2004 album Futures. In the U.S., it stayed on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for 21 weeks, peaking at number six on March 19, 2005. The song made two appearances on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 49 on April 9, 2005. In popular media The song has been featured on the television shows One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl. Music video The music video for "Work" was filmed at Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin. It features interviews with some of the school's students, who talk about their futures and their lives after graduation. The students are shown during the school day and also after school, doing things such as skateboarding, smashing television sets, and going to parties. The video also features the band playing under a tree in a field. The
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Gary R. King (born November 15, 1972) is an American director and writer. Films King's feature film, a musical entitled How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song (2012) won the Jury Prize for "Film of the Festival" at the Raindance Film Festival, as well as the Cox Audience Award and the Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award at the Phoenix Film Festival. The film also won Best Feature, Best Trailer, Best Soundtrack and Best Director at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. The film was also shortlisted for an IFP Gotham Audience Award. The film has also received positive reviews from indieWire, Empire and Twitch. The film stars Christina Rose (who also appeared in King's previous film, Death of the Dead (2011)), Joe Schermann, and Mark DiConzo (who appeared in King's previous film, New York Lately (2009)). Aside from How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song, King has directed four other feature films: Death of the Dead (2011), What's Up Lovely (2010), Dismal (2009), and New York Lately (2009). The zombie action-comedy film Death of the Dead (2011) received positive reviews from Ain't It Cool News as well as Sound on Sight magazine. King's other horror film, Dismal (2009), was picked up by Showtime, The Movie Channel, Time Warner OnDemand (VOD) and DVD. King's film, What's Up Lovely (2010), the first film in his self-described "Loneliness" trilogy, received positive reviews from /Film as well as other sources. King's feature film debut, the ensemble drama New York Lately (2009), received a positive review from The Independent Critic and was named one of Row Three's Top 10 Films of 2009. King frequently collaborates with composer Kenneth Lampl who has scored King's films "Dismal","Death of the Dead". "What's Up Lovely", "How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song" and "Unnerved". Background King actually spent several years working in the corporate world of Silicon Valley/The Bay Area before deciding to move to New York and pursue a career in filmmaking. King also studied Psychology in college and began his career in Human Resources. King currently blogs and writes articles on film from his official site, "The Indie Life." Further reading IndieWire Review of How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song Twitch Film Review of How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song Filmmaking Stuff, Gary King Talks Filmmaking Gary King, An Indie Life (Official Site) Idyllwild CinemaFest Featured Director: Gary King References External links (Alternate) 1972 births Living people American film directors of Chinese descent American male screenwriters American writers of Chinese descent People from Rochester, Minnesota Film directors from Los Angeles Film directors from Minnesota Screenwriters from Minnesota Screenwriters from California
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Songs by the German band Modern Talking, listed in chronological order (current through 2009). Some songs may be known by more than one title (like Brother Louie is known also as No te pertenece (Spanish language version) or Brother Tuki). 1984 - 1987 "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" (The 1st Album) "You Can Win If You Want" (The 1st Album) "There's Too Much Blue in Missing You" (The 1st Album) "Diamonds Never Made a Lady" (The 1st Album) "The Night is Yours - The Night is Mine" (The 1st Album) "Do You Wanna" (The 1st Album) "Lucky Guy" (The 1st Album) "One in a Million" (The 1st Album) "Bells of Paris" (The 1st Album) "Cheri, Cheri Lady" (Let's Talk About Love) "With a Little Love" (Let's Talk About Love) "Wild Wild Water" (Let's Talk About Love) "You're The Lady of My Heart" (Let's Talk About Love) "Just Like an Angel" (Let's Talk About Love) "Heaven Will Know" (Let's Talk About Love) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Let's Talk About Love) "Why Did You Do It Just Tonight" (Let's Talk About Love) "Don't Give Up" (Let's Talk About Love) "Let's Talk About Love" (Let's Talk About Love) "Brother Louie" (Ready for Romance) "Just We Two (Mona Lisa)" (Ready for Romance) "Lady Lai" (Ready for Romance) "Doctor for My Heart" (Ready for Romance) "Save Me - Don't Break Me" (Ready for Romance) "Atlantis is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" (Ready for Romance) "Keep Love Alive" (Ready for Romance) "Hey You" (Ready for Romance) "Angie's Heart" (Ready for Romance) "Only Love Can Break My Heart" (Ready for Romance) "Geronimo's Cadillac" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Riding on a White Swan" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Give Me Peace on Earth" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Sweet Little Sheila" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Ten Thousand Lonely Drums" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Lonely Tears in Chinatown" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "In Shaire" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Stranded in the Middle of Nowhere" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "The Angels Sing in New York City" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Princess of the Night" (In the Middle of Nowhere) "Jet Airliner" (Romantic Warriors) "Like a Hero" (Romantic Warriors) "Don't Worry" (Romantic Warriors) "Blinded by Your Love" (Romantic Warriors) "Romantic Warriors" (Romantic Warriors) "Arabian Gold" (Romantic Warriors) "We Still Have Dreams" (Romantic Warriors) "Operator Gimme 6-0-9" (Romantic Warriors) "You and Me" (Romantic Warriors) "Charlene" (Romantic Warriors) "In 100 Years" (In the Garden of Venus) "Don't Let It Get You Down" (In the Garden of Venus) "Who Will Save the World" (In the Garden of Venus) "A Telegram to Your Heart" (In the Garden of Venus) "It's Christmas" (In the Garden of Venus) "Don't Lose My Number" (In the Garden of Venus) "Slow Motion" (In the Garden of Venus) "Locomotion Tango" (In the Garden of Venus) "Good Girls Go to Heaven - Bad Girls Go Everywhere" (In the Garden of Venus) 1998 - 2003 "I Will Follow You" (Back for Good) "Don't Play With
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The Stronger Tour was the sixth headlining tour by American pop recording artist Kelly Clarkson. Beginning on January 13, 2012, the tour supported her fifth studio album, Stronger (2011). With over fifty dates, the tour traveled to the Americas, Australia and Europe. It ended on October 20, 2012, in London, England. The tour grossed $7.4M in the US with 43 dates. Background During an interview with MTV News, Clarkson stated a tour was being planned for "sometime in 2012". The tour was officially announced on November 14, 2011 with over 30 shows in the United States and Canada. Joining the singer on tour is Matt Nathanson as the opening act on select shows. Clarkson mentioned she was looking forward to performing "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)". She explained, "I can't wait to perform What Doesn't Kill You. We've already rehearsed it, and it's so much fun. It's like this big dance anthem". For the show, Clarkson asked her fans to votes to requests on Twitter. Opening acts Matt Nathanson (North America) (select dates) Carolina Liar (North America) (select dates) The Fray (Australia) Sarah De Bono (Australia) Cover Drive (Europe) Setlist {{hidden | headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 59%; | contentcss = text-align: left; font-size: 100%; width: 75%; | header = North America | content = January 13 – April 14, 2012 "Dark Side" "Behind These Hazel Eyes" "Since U Been Gone" "Gone" "You Love Me" "Heavy in Your Arms" Fan Request Medley: "The Trouble With Love Is" / "Walk Away" / "How I Feel" / "I Want You" "I Know You Won't" "Einstein" "Don't You Wanna Stay" "Let Me Down" "I Forgive You" "Already Gone" "Breakaway" "You Still Won't Know What It's Like" "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" "Never Again" "Because of You" Encore "My Life Would Suck Without You" "Mr. Know It All" "Miss Independent" Source: Notes During the concert at the Radio City Music Hall, Clarkson performed "I'd Rather Go Blind". During her concert in Grand Prairie, Clarkson sang Bonnie Raitt's "Something To Talk About" with her friend April Beck. During the concert in Los Angeles Clarkson performed "When You Believe" with Tamyra Gray, "Leave the Pieces" with Michelle Branch, "Don't You Wanna Stay" with Blake Shelton and "Because of You" with Reba McEntire. }} {{hidden | headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 59%; | contentcss = text-align: left; font-size: 100%; width: 75%; | header = Australia/Europe | content = September 25 – October 20, 2012 "My Life Would Suck Without You" Behind These Hazel Eyes" "I Forgive You" "Dark Side" "Walk Away" "You Love Me" "We Are Young" Already Gone" Don't You Wanna Stay" Fan request "Because of You" "Catch My Breath" "Let Me Down" "Breakaway" "Since U Been Gone" Encore "Never Again" "Mr. Know It All" "Miss Independent" "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" Notes In Perth, Clarkson, The Fray & Sarah De Bono all sang fun.'s "Some Nights". "Catch My Breath" was only performed in Europe. }} Fan requests Tour dates {| class="wikitable"
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Warren Eckstein (born April 6, 1949) is an American "pet behaviorist", animal trainer, animal rights activist, humorist, author, director of the Hugs & Kisses Animal Fund, and broadcaster in the United States who hosts The Pet Show, a radio talk show syndicated by Radio America. Prior to that, Eckstein was resident animal expert for Saturday Morning Live, a local New York City-based series hosted by Gene Rayburn, which aired on WNEW-TV from 1982 to 1983. Eckstein was born in Oceanside, New York, the son of Ruth and Charles Eckstein. His nephew (his sister's son) is actor Michael Rosenbaum. Bibliography Books Books authored by Warren Eckstein include: 1980: Yes, Dog, That's Right! (with Fay Eckstein) Alpine Pubns () 1984: Pet Aerobics: How to Solve Your Pets' Behavior Problems, Improve Their Health, Lengthen Their Lives and Have Fun Doing It (with Fay Eckstein) Holt, Rinehart and Winston (ASIN: B001I4QRZO) 1985: Understanding Your Pet: The Eckstein Method of Pet Therapy and Behavior Training (with Fay Eckstein) Henry Holt & Company () 1990: How to Get Your Cat to Do What You Want (With Fay Eckstein) Villard () 1990: The Illustrated Cat's Life Fawcett Publications () 1992: How to Get Your Dog to Do What You Want Ballantine Books () 1996: Understanding Your Pet Random House (ASIN: B001LNK0A0) 1995: The Illustrated Dog's Life Fawcett Publications () 1998: Memoirs of a Pet Therapist: A Tail All Book (with Denise Madden), Fawcett Publications () References External links Warren Eckstein's website. The Pet Show - Audio Archive. . Living people 1949 births American radio personalities American animal rights activists Place of birth missing (living people) American male writers People from Oceanside, New York People from Los Angeles 20th-century American LGBT people
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Beauty is the eighth solo studio album by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. Both a Japanese and an international version were released by Virgin Records in 1989 and 1990, respectively. The international release contains the track "You Do Me (Edit)" featuring singer Jill Jones, a song previously released as a single. Overview Beauty is notable for its "collage of styles" that range from rock, techno, and classical to flamenco, African, and Japanese traditional. In discussing whether music is narrative and illustrative or an abstract medium, Sakamoto said, "I have visions sometimes when I'm writing contemporary music, even when it's very logical. For example, for one of my songs on the album Beauty, I was always having visions of Amazonian rainforests, a little plane flying very low over the trees. Trees, trees, trees, and some birds. But the title of the song is 'Calling from Tokyo'." Recorded at various sound studios throughout Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles, Beauty features many collaborators that include Arto Lindsay, Brian Wilson, Robbie Robertson, and Sly Dunbar. On his time working with Wilson, Sakamoto said, "I had asked Brian Wilson to sing on the album so I went to Los Angeles and we recorded with him. I had been informed that he had had a difficult time, some kind of mental illness, and I could sense that, even though he wasn't that surprising in the studio. But then the following day, I flew from LA back to New York to continue recording and he showed up without telling me, with his whole family in tow. The schedule was already tightly planned, but I was so grateful he'd come, so we made some time to work with him. It was a beautiful moment – one I won't forget for the rest of my life." Track listing Personnel Performers Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, producer, mixing, engineering, arranger, keyboards, piano, vocals Arto Lindsay – vocals, rap Brian Wilson – vocals Kazumi Tamaki – vocals, shamisen Misako Koja – vocals, shamisen Nicky Holland – vocals Yoriko Ganeko – vocals, shamisen, castanets Youssou N'Dour – vocals Laura Shaheen – vocals Robert Wyatt – vocals Jill Jones – vocals ("You Do Me") Alex Brown – backing vocals ("You Do Me") Angel Rogers – backing vocals ("You Do Me") Anita Sherman – backing vocals ("You Do Me") Kirk Crumpler – keyboards, programmer ("You Do Me") Carlos Lomas – guitar Bun Itakura – guitar Dali Kimoko-N’Dala – guitar Eddie Martinez – guitar, soloist Robbie Robertson – guitar Pino Palladino – bass Mark Johnson – bass Larry White – bass ("You Do Me") Sly Dunbar – drums Pandit Dinesh – tabla Naná Vasconcelos – percussion Paco Yé – percussion Seidou "Baba" Outtara – percussion Sibiri Outtara – percussion Magatie Fall – talking drum Milton Cardona – shekere L. Shankar – double violin Sang Won Park – zither Sham Guibbory – string section leader Jiang Jian Huo – erhu Technical Greg Calbi – engineer, mastering Jason Corsaro – engineer, mixing Ikuo Honma – engineer Kinji Yoshino
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Down from the Mountain is a 2000 documentary and concert film featuring a live performance by country and traditional music artists who participated in the Grammy-winning soundtrack recording for the Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The concert, held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on May 24, 2000, was a benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The documentary was directed by Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker. The artists in the concert also participated in a Down from the Mountain concert tour. Summary The concert portion of the film is preceded by a 30-minute section in which the various artists are seen rehearsing for the show, doing soundchecks, and talking backstage at the Ryman Auditorium. Time is spent with bluegrass star Ralph Stanley, who rides in a limousine to Nashville, Tennessee, and is interviewed on radio station WSM, whose DJ introduces him as "the newest member of WSM's Grand Ole Opry", despite his having performed professionally as a country musician since the 1960s. John Hartford, who acts as master of ceremonies for the concert, is interviewed while piloting a paddlewheeler riverboat, and he talks about his time as a towboat pilot on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers. He mentions that he had to stop when his cancer got too bad, and, indeed, this film marks Hartford's last filmed appearance before his death on June 4, 2001, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. T-Bone Burnett is seen working with the girl trio, The Peasall Sisters, instructing guitarist Chris Sharp to increase the tempo on their number, "In the Highways", and "do it like a rock and roll song". When Sharp has trouble understanding him, Burnett asks the musician, "You can't relate to rock and roll?" Emmylou Harris reveals her obsession with Major League Baseball, showing that she carries a Motorola "Sports Trax" pager that tracks the action in all the games being played that day. Gillian Welch explains that Harris and Alison Krauss take delight in making her sing the highest part in their trio, "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby", even though both Harris and Krauss have higher-register voices. Harris sang the bass part on the song, which is unusual for the singer, who is well known for her role as the "angel" vocalist in her duets and backing vocals with other artists. Tim Blake Nelson, a member of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? cast who can be seen on stage during the finale of the concert ("Angel Band"), is seen backstage talking to Emmylou Harris. He recalls a performance of hers that he attended, which was on her birthday, and Harris remembers that she had remarked she was "38 with a bullet". The concert is introduced by Holly Hunter, another cast member of the film. She explains the presence of cameramen on the stage by making a joke about it being "dress-down Wednesday" at the FBI and saying that several agents have joined the performance that night. The
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Meg Giry is one of the fictional characters from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera. In the story, she is Madame Giry's oldest daughter. Description In the novel she is described as having “eyes black as sloes, hair black as ink, a swarthy complexion and a poor little skin stretched over poor little bones". She is also, in the novel, portrayed as a young girl who adores having her own way and attention. Due to her mother's role as the keeper of Box Five, Meg occasionally acts as a source of information about the ghost to the other ballet girls. She is described by the author in the prologue as "the most charming star of our admirable corps de ballet." Madame Giry is compelled to work for the Phantom because he left her a letter that told her that Meg (should she deserve it) would become Empress. Early in the novel, it is explained in the Prologue that Meg Giry, after the story's events, had indeed become the Baroness de Castelot-Barbezac. In the Andrew Lloyd Webber adaptation, she is Christine's good friend and her personality is much sweeter, caring and innocent showing genuine concern for Christine's claim of an Angel of Music (really the Phantom) coaching her. Meg is more curvaceous and has blonde hair and blue eyes. In contrast to the musical version, in the novel, it is never mentioned that she is friends with Christine Daaé, and the only reference she makes about Christine is when confronted with the news that Christine was singing in the opening Gala, she tells Count Phillipe de Chagny that it was impossible for her to have a "divine voice" let alone become a success, that "six months ago she sang like a crock/rusty hinge". In Susan Kay's novel Phantom, she is mentioned briefly through Erik’s point of view; as she is telling Christine of the Opera Ghost he listens to her story. "Never you mind how I know. I just do, that’s all. We know a lot about the Opera Ghost, Ma and I, but it isn’t safe to talk about it here. And you’d better believe me for your own good- he doesn’t like people who don’t know how to show a proper respect, and when he’s angry terrible things happen." "What sort of things?" I heard real alarm enter the other voice now. "Awful things!" said Meg cheerfully, "truly awful. The floor in our dressing room starts to run with blood..." Up in box five I blinked in surprised amusement. That was a new one! Little Giry should be writing Gothic novels, not prancing around the stage dressed as a water nymph! "...disembodied hands come out of the wall and crawl across the stage," continued Meg with glee, "and people just disappear and are never seen again. Like Joseph Buquet." Musical In the musical Meg Giry is the one who suggests to the theatre managers to put Christine in the leading role of the opera Hannibal once
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Foreign Affairs is the fifth studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on September 13, 1977, on Asylum Records. It was produced by Bones Howe, and featured Bette Midler singing a duet with Waits on "I Never Talk to Strangers". Production Bones Howe, the album's producer and engineer, remembers the album's original concept and production approach thus: "[Waits] talked to me about doing this other material [...] He said, 'I'm going to do the demos first, and then I'm gonna let you listen to them. Then we should talk about what it should be.' I listened to the material and said, 'It's like a black-and-white movie.' That's where the cover came from. The whole idea that it was going to be a black-and-white movie. It's the way it seemed to me when we were putting it together. Whether or not it came out that way, I don't have any idea, because there's such metamorphosis when you're working on [records]. They change and change." Artwork Pictured on the cover with Waits is a Native American woman named Marsheila Cockrell, who worked at the box office of The Troubadour in Los Angeles. "She was a girl who was... not a girlfriend but she thought she was a girlfriend." "For the album cover Waits wanted to convey the film-noir mood that coloured so many of the songs. Veteran Hollywood portraitist George Hurrell was hired to shoot Waits, both alone and in a clutch with a shadowy female whose ring-encrusted right hand clamped a passport to his chest. The back-cover shot of Tom was particularly good, casting him as a slicked-back hoodlum—half matinee idol, half hair-trigger psychopath. The inner sleeve depicted the soused singer clawing at the keys of his Tropicana upright." Critical reception Village Voice critic Robert Christgau gave a mixed review of Foreign Affairs. He appreciated the Bette Midler duet "I Never Talk to Strangers", "Jack & Neal"'s combination of poetry and jazz, the "mumbled monologue" of "Barber Shop", and the title track, which he described as "Anglophile", but lamented "Potter's Field" for its theatrical music and narrative following "a high-rolling nightstick". He critiqued the album further in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981): Track listing All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted. Side one Side two Personnel Tom Waits - vocals, piano Gene Cipriano – clarinet solos on "Potter's Field" Jim Hughart – bass Shelly Manne – drums Bette Midler – vocals on "I Never Talk to Strangers" Jack Sheldon – trumpet solos Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone solos Notes Tom Waits albums 1977 albums Asylum Records albums Albums produced by Bones Howe Albums with cover art by George Hurrell
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Robert Joseph Sheen (May 17, 1941 – November 23, 2000) was an American rhythm and blues singer. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Sheen is best known for singing with Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans who had their biggest hit "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in 1962 (which was produced by Phil Spector). Sheen also recorded with other groups including The Robins, The Lovables, The Ding Dongs, and The Alley Cats. He would later join Bobby Nunn's group of The Coasters and recorded an album with the group called Coasting in 1979, which was released on Sheen's own record label, Salsa Picante Records. When Bobby Nunn died in 1986, Nunn's group of The Coasters still toured with Sheen and Billy Richards, Jr. as members. Sheen died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California at the age of 59. Discography Solo singles "How Many Nights" / "How Can We Ever Be Together" (Liberty #55459) (1962) "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" / "I Want You For My Sweetheart" (Dimension #1043) (1965) "Come On And Love Me" / "Love Stealing" (Chelsea #3034) "Dr. Love" / "Sweet Sweet Love" (Capitol #5672) (1966) "I Shook The World" / "Cloud Nine" (Capitol #5827) (1967) "The Way Of Love" / "Shelter Of Your Arms" (Capitol #5984) (1967) "I Don't Have To Dream" / "She Taught Me What Love Really Is" (Capitol #2507) (1969) "Something New To Do" / "I May Not Be What You Want" (Warner Brothers #7662) (1972) "If I Ever Dreamed I Hurt You" / "It Ain't Easy Being Your Fool" (Warner Brothers #7701) (1973) "Payback" / "Don't Make Me Do Wrong" (Warner Brothers #7732) (1973) Various group singles and recordings "A Quarter To Twelve" / "Pretty Little Dolly" (Knight #2001) (1958) (The Robins) "A Little Bird Told Me" / "It's Never Too Late" (Knight #2008) (1959) (The Robins) "Talk, Talk, Talk" (Knight) (1959) (unreleased) (The Robins) "Sufferin'" (Knight) (1959) (unreleased) (The Robins) "Just Like That" / "Whole Lot Of Imagination" (Arvee #5001) (1959) (The Robins) "Live Wire Susie" / "Oh No" (Arvee #5013) (1960) (The Robins) "Ding Dong (Saw Wood Mountain)" / "Sweet Thing" (Eldo #109) (1960) (The Ding Dongs) "Lassie Come Home" / "Late Last Night" (Todd #1043) (1960) (The Ding Dongs) "The White Cliffs of Dover" / "How Many More Times" (Lavender #001) (1961) (The Robins) "Magic Of A Dream" / "Mary Lou Loves To Hootchy Kootchy Koo" (Lavender #002) (1961) (The Robins) "Short Skirt" / "Bread 'n Butter" (Eastman #9801) (1961) (The Lovables) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" / "Flip And Nitty" (Philles #107) (1962) (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans) "Puddin 'n' Tain" / "Feels So Good" (Philles #108) (1963) (The Alley Cats) "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Heart?" / "Dr. Kaplan's Office" (Philles #110) (1963) (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans) "Not Too Young To Get Married" / "Annette" (Philles #113) (1963) (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans) Albums Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Phillies #4002) (1963) Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans: Spector Wall Of
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Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with Elton John, he has written the lyrics for most of John's songs. Over the years, he has written songs for a variety of other artists, including Alice Cooper, Heart, Melissa Manchester, Starship, Rod Stewart and Richie Sambora. Taupin and John began writing together in 1967 and, aside from brief periods apart working on other projects, the two have been collaborating ever since. Their newest album, Wonderful Crazy Night, was released in early 2016. Taupin has also released three solo albums and was a member of the short-lived group Farm Dogs, which released two albums in the mid-late 1990s. List of songs This is a list of titles whose lyrics Bernie Taupin has written or co-written. Big Picture B-sides Immigrant Sons Other songs 10 Soldater 12 1965 Accents Across the River Thames Act of War Adult Music Aftermath Ain't We Bad in the Big City All I Want to do is Make Love to You All Or Nothing All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) American Triangle An Angel's Wing And the House Fell Down Anitta Answer in the Sky Are You Alright? Bad News Baby Darling Ball Ballad of the Boy in Red Shoes Bed of Nails Birds Black Cat Crossing the Road Black on Blue Blood in the Dust Blues Never Fade Away Bobbie on the Backburner Bobby Goes Electric Bonnie's Gone Away Bring Back the Magic Building a Bird But Then Again Calling it Christmas Caminaga Ella Tan Linda Cherokee D.J Child Chiquita Cowboy Cry Willow Cry Culture Shock/Counter Clock Damn My Eyes Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light) Dark Diamond Deal for Life Dear Ground Destiny Diamonds Won't Do it (But I Will) Did Anybody Sleep with Joan of Arc? Don't Be the Last to Know Du Far Ej Fa Du Far Ej Ga Dub Till You Drop Dup Songs Emery Green En Sorgsen Sang First Verse Freaks in Love Free to Believe Giardino Dell 'Amore Gimme Eight Seconds Ginseng Woman God Never Came Here Goin' North Going Blind Heart of an Angel Heart of Glass Hell How Long Lord (Before the Night Is Over?) How's Tomorrow? Hungry Eyes I Am Not the Enemy I Am the Hunter I Came to Dance I Can't Keep This From You I Have Slipped I Hypnotise I Must Have Lost It on the Wind I Stop and I Breathe I Want Love If I Was a Country I'm a Working Man I'm Not the Enemy In the Name of Dark Angels It's Getting Dark in Here It's Me that You Need It's Only Rain It's Your Game Jazz Girl Jealousy Regrets Josephine Just Like Noah's Ark Keep It a Mystery Keep Me Le Dernier Mot Leaves Leaving at Midnight Leaving the Fair Light in Your Heart Little Casanova A Little Peace Little Quick Draw Llora Al Cielo Long-Legged Women Look At What We've Done Look Ma No Hands Love Love and Greed Love Cuts Like a Dangerous
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"Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a ballad about nonverbal communication between lovers. Musically, the song is distinguished for its chromaticism, the use of a string sextet, and its key ambiguity. It is among the most harmonically complex songs that Wilson ever composed. Wilson sang lead and produced the track in early 1966 with the aid of 14 session musicians who variously played guitars, vibraphone, timpani, organ, piano, upright bass, a ride cymbal, and strings. It is one of three tracks on Pet Sounds where he is the only Beach Boy featured. Acts who have covered the song include Linda Ronstadt, Fennesz, Anne Sofie von Otter with Elvis Costello, and Jeff Beck with Johnny Depp. Background and lyrics "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" was written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher about nonverbal communication between lovers. In the lyrics, the narrator observes of his lover, "I can hear so much in your sighs / and I can see so much in your eyes / There are words we both can say / But don't talk, put your head on my shoulder". The narrator is generally celebratory of the time that the couple are spending together, although the line "let's not think about tomorrow" implies that he is also feeling a sense of desperation. According to Asher, "It's strange to sit down and write a song about not talking ... but we managed to do it and it came off well." Wilson thought that "Don't Talk" had an overall mood similar to his 1963 song "Lonely Sea", explaining, "It's a different setting, but the emotion is the same." His then-wife Marilyn opined that the lyrics demonstrated Wilson at his most "romantic", and that "[o]ther people would have thought [the message] was sissyish, but he was very romantic, and that was just coming from two people just being close." In reference to the line "Listen to my heartbeat", Brian reflected, "I felt very deeply about that line. One of the sweetest songs I ever sang. I have to say I'm proud of it. The innocence of youth in my voice, of being young and childlike. I think that's what people liked." Music journalist Geoffrey Himes describes the song as a "ballad that featured Brian singing in a devotional high tenor about the romantic moment when words fail." Biographer Timothy White suggests that the lyrics can be interpreted as both "a peaceful meditation on romantic tranquility" and "a song of reunion for any loved ones." Conversely, author Jim Fusilli felt that the lyrics suggest "the way you express your love for someone who is ready to go ... it's what you say when you know it's the last time you'll hold her in your arms." Composition Harmonic structure "Don't Talk" is among the most harmonically complex songs that Wilson ever composed. The key
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Charlotte Ross (born January 21, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Eve Donovan on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1987 to 1991, and as Detective Connie McDowell on the ABC police procedural drama series NYPD Blue from 2001 to 2004. Early life Ross was born in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois, on January 21, 1968, and grew up there. Her parents are Debbie Ross Kullby, and Peter Ross (died 2009), who was a financial advisor. She has one sibling, younger brother George, an NYC-based triathlete and hedge fund-analyst. Her first on-screen performance was in My First Mouthpiece when she was eight years old. She moved on to performing in various theater productions around metropolitan Chicago. Career After graduating from New Trier High School, Ross moved to Los Angeles, which her father opposed. She auditioned for the role of Kelly Bundy in the Fox comedy series Married... with Children, but was the producers' second choice behind Christina Applegate to whom she lost the role, before being cast as Eve Donovan on Days of Our Lives. Four years later, Ross co-starred with Katey Sagal in the television film Violation of Trust (aka She Says She's Innocent). The year after that, she guest starred on Married... with Children as one of Bud Bundy's sexier classmates. Ross's run on Days of Our Lives lasted from 1987 to 1991, earning her two Emmy Award nominations. Her other television credits include the musical drama series The Heights (where she sang on the Billboard Number One hit "How Do You Talk to an Angel"), The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Drexell's Class, Pauly, Law & Order, Trinity, Beggars and Choosers, Frasier, Savage Land, Jake in Progress, Fall Into Darkness, and A Kiss So Deadly (which reunited with her Days co-star Charles Shaughnessy). She also co-starred in the Lifetime original films Montana Sky and Christmas in Paradise (both 2007). She earned a Gold record in 1992 for her work as a singer on the soundtrack album to The Heights. Ross also played Connie McDowell in the ABC police procedural drama series NYPD Blue from 2001 to 2004. On February 25, 2003, Ross appeared in an NYPD Blue episode entitled "Nude Awakening", which featured shots of her buttocks as she prepared to step into the shower. As a result, the FCC fined each of the 52 ABC stations with a $27,500 fine (a combined $1,430,000) for broadcasting "indecent material" between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. However, on January 4, 2011, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously revoked the fine, stating that the FCC's enforcement of its indecency rules was "unconstitutionally vague and chilling." ABC, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, No. 08-0841-ag(L) (2nd Cir.). In 2006, Ross joined Billy Blanks to co-host a series of Tae-Bo infomercials. In 2011, Ross appeared as Candy in Summit's 3D film Drive Angry, alongside Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard. From 2009 to 2012, Ross began a recurring role on the
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Andrew Logan is an American performer, songwriter, and director. Solo album Logan released his debut solo album, Show Me Your Heart, on Motown Records in 1993. Work Fall Out Boy, Young Wild Things US Tour, Director Fall Out Boy, Honda Civic US Tour, Director Panic! at the Disco, Nothing Rhymes with Disco US Tour, Director Toni Braxton, Revealed at the Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas, Director Dave Koz, A Smooth Jazz Christmas, US Tour, Director Toni Braxton, Libra US Tour, Director Dave Koz, At the Movies US Tour, Director Nobody's Angel, Can't Help Myself US Tour, Director Toni Braxton, "Talking in His Sleep" Music Video, Director Nights on Broadway II & III, Musical Director/Vocal Arranger Garth Brooks, "Snow In July", Writer. Paula Abdul, "Ooh La La La", Producer. Dakota Moon, "Dakota Moon", Album Producer. Aaron Carter, "A Dream About You", Producer. Orfeh, What Do You Want from Me, Writer/Producer/Co-Executive Producer. Director 2008/2009 HOW SWEET THE SOUND U.S Tour FALL OUT BOY "Young Wild Things Tour"/U.S Tour TONI BRAXTON "Revealed" Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas PANIC! AT THE DISCO "Nothing Rhymes With Disco"/ U.S Tour" 2010 STELLAR AWARDS "Featuring Donald Lawrence & The Atlanta West Pentecostal Choir" 2010 NAACP AWARDS "Mary Mary Performance" MARY MARY "The Sound"/U.S Tour" TONI BRAXTON "Libra Tour"/ U.S Tour" FALL OUT BOY "Honda Civic Tour"/U.S Tour" DAVE KOZ "A Smooth Jazz Christmas"/U.S Tour" "At The Movies"/U.S Tour" "Greatest Hits"/U.S Tour" TONI BRAXTON "Fox’s New Year's Eve"/Fox T.V." "NBA All Star Game"/ Half Time Show TNT" "The White Party"/Palm Springs" NOBODY'S ANGEL "Can't Help Myself"/ U.S Tour" DAKOTA MOON "A Place To Land"/U.S Tour" NIGHTS ON BROADWAY 2 & 3 /Caesars, Atlantic City(Musical Director/Vocal Arranger) MUSIC VIDEOS DENNIS LOGAN "The Whole Things Going Down" TONI BRAXTON "Talking In His Sleep"/Revealed Las Vegas" DONALD LAWRENCE "Let The Word Do The Work"/ How Sweet The Sound" INDUSTRIALS Lea Michele, "Dove's Favorite Things" LEXUS, TOYOTA, AXE BODY SPRAY, DOVE, WHIRLPOOL, BURGER KING References American male songwriters American rhythm and blues musicians American rock musicians American male pop singers Motown artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American gay musicians American LGBT singers American LGBT songwriters Gay singers Gay songwriters
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Wendy Joan Matthews (born 13 January 1960) is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including "Token Angels", "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)", "The Day You Went Away" and "Friday's Child" with Top 20 albums, You've Always Got The Blues (duet album with Kate Ceberano), Émigré, Lily, The Witness Tree and her compilation, Stepping Stones. She has won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane she provides "extraordinary, crystal-clear vocals [...] a soulfulness that was the mark of a truly gifted singer". Matthews appeared on three series of It Takes Two—an Australian TV celebrity singing competition—partnered with Richard Champion (2006), Russell Gilbert (2007) and John Mangos (2008). On 27 October 2010, Models were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame by Matthews. Biography 1960-1981: Early years Wendy Joan Matthews was born in 1960 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with Abenaki (First Nations tribe), Spanish and Scottish ancestry. Peter and Joan Matthews already had a son, Gary born a year earlier and another son, Glenn followed a year after Matthews. She listened and sang along to Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt and Barbra Streisand records. Her parents separated when she was 14, Peter became a Vancouver advertising executive and Joan took up yoga instructing near Quebec. At the age of 15 Matthews joined friends in the Little Benny Blues Band (named after Little Benny Park where they hung out). She left school at 16 and went busking across North America including south to Mexico with friends. By 1978, she was in Los Angeles where she busked, made jewellery and worked as a session singer. In February 1981, Matthews sang lead vocal for "Willow Pattern" on Osamu Kitajima's album Dragon King (1982). She met Japanese musician, Hiroshi Sato, and travelled to Japan to record lead vocals for his fourth album, Awakening, which was released in June on Alfa Records. 1982–1990: Soundtracks, Rockmelons and Absent Friends Back in Los Angeles, Australian singer Glenn Shorrock (ex-Little River Band) asked her to provide backing vocals on his solo album Villain of the Peace (1982) and to join him on his subsequent six-week tour of Australia in 1983. Matthews decided to stay in Sydney at the tour's completion and found herself in demand as a session vocalist and singing jingles. She sang on albums by Jimmy Barnes, Richard Clapton, Tim Finn and Icehouse. After singing backing vocals on Models' 1985 album Out of Mind, Out of Sight, she became a regular vocalist for the band. Matthews and Models' guitarist and vocalist, Sean Kelly, had an 11-year personal relationship. Other backing singers for Models included Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne, both members of I'm Talking – the two bands often toured together. In 1986, Matthews joined Peter Blakeley and The Resurrection, with Blakeley (ex-Rockmelons) on lead vocals, Chris Abrahams on bass guitar and piano (ex-The Benders), Jim Benjamin on drums and
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Patricia Ann Cole (born October 3, 1946), known professionally as P. P. Arnold, is an American soul singer. Arnold began her career as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1965. The following year she relocated to London to pursue a solo career. Arnold enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom with her singles "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1967) and "Angel of the Morning" (1968). Early life Arnold was born into a family of gospel singers, and performed as a vocal soloist for the first time when she was four years old. Her family lived in the African-American Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. She married early and had two children, Kevin and Debbie. Arnold worked two jobs, one in an office and the other in food manufacturing. Career 1960s Arnold credited her friendship from 1964 onwards with Tina Turner for helping to kick start her ultimately successful singing career and for acting as her mentor. Speaking with Jools Holland on BBC Two in December 2023 she gave an insight into the loss of Turner. In 1965, Maxine Smith, an ex-girlfriend of her brother had contacted her with an offer. Smith and her friend Gloria Scott had arranged an audition for the three of them to replace the original Ikettes, the dancer/singer troupe that had provided the vocal and dance accompaniments for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Smith encouraged Arnold, whom she knew to be a singer to attend the audition. The three young women were offered the job on the spot, Smith persuaded Arnold to attend a concert in Fresno that night before making a final decision. When she arrived home at 6:00 the next morning, Arnold's furious husband hit her. She left him immediately, and after placing her children in the care of her parents, joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. As an Ikette, Arnold sang lead on the 1966 single "What'cha Gonna Do (When I Leave You)", backed by Brenda Holloway and Patrice Holloway for Phil Spector's Phi-Dan Records. Arnold sang backing vocals on the Ike Turner produced side of the album River Deep – Mountain High. She also appeared in the 1966 concert film, The Big T.N.T Show. Arnold quit the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the fall of 1966 after their tour with the Rolling Stones in the UK. She remained in London to establish a solo career, with the encouragement of Mick Jagger. Arnold noted the difference between how she had been treated in America and how she was received in England, saying, "A young black woman on her own in America in a white environment would not have been treated as well as I was in England." Her friendship with Jagger helped her land a solo contract with Immediate Records, a label founded by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Arnold enjoyed several major British hits on Immediate Records, including songs written for her by Paul Korda, who wrote "The Time Has Come" and released the
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Did You Know People Can Fly? is the first full-length album by Kaddisfly. It was released in 2003 under a self-titled independent record label. In interviews about the album, the group's musicians commented that they were trying to a new style to stay fresh and differentiate themselves from their prior works. Production The album was released December 12, 2003, under the label Kaddisfly. Aaron Tollefson, a musician who played guitar on the album, commented about the writing of the music, "when it came to writing this record, we wanted to wipe away everything people knew of us and resurface with a composition that couldn't be boxed, labeled, or formulaically packaged." Beau Kuther, a fellow member of the group who contributed percussive talent to the album, observed, "We wanted to really challenge ourselves and write a record where every noise, texture, and color fit into the composition on a whole." Kile Brewer, who contributed bass on the piece, emphasized the importance of the group's music staying original, "We are all of the same mind that if we are going to exist in this business for life, we will have to perpetually challenge ourselves, take risks, and never create the same record twice. The moment you grow static is the moment your music needs eyes." Christopher Ruff, who sang and played piano, later talked about how the album was done "entirely in a studio out in L.A., it felt a lot staler, it didn’t feel like there was as much depth or as much of an overall vibe to the album. We thought we were able to catch more of a vibe back in Oregon and doing it there." Track listing Personnel Christopher Ruff – vocals, piano Aaron Tollefson – guitars Beau Kuther – drums, percussion Kile Brewer – bass, vocals See also Alternative rock Caddisfly Experimental rock Four Seasons EP Set Sail the Prairie Timeline of progressive rock References Further reading External links Did You Know People Can Fly?, CDBaby 2003 debut albums
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Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King is a box set compilation album by B. B. King. It traces King's career from his first singles for Bullet Records in 1949 to material on his last recorded album in 2008. Crowdfunded by Pledge Music in 2012, it was available in a full ten-disc box exclusive through Amazon.com, and a four-disc "highlights" box available everywhere else. People who pledged money also got a digital copy of the out-of-print 1975 album Lucille Talks Back. Both versions of the box are physically out of print; the four disc edition is bundled along with Lucille Talks Back digitally, although this version removes King's first single. Track listing Ten disc edition Disc oneThree O'Clock Blues (1949-1956) "Miss Martha King" (2:42) "When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes" (2:29) "Got the Blues" (2:47) "Take a Swing with Me" (2:33) "B.B. Boogie" (3:11) Don’t You Want a Man Like Me" (2:21) Fine Looking Woman" (2:23) "She’s Dynamite" (2:30) "Three O’Clock Blues" (3:02) "That Ain’t the Way to Do It (2:17) "You Know I Love You" (3:05) "Woke Up This Morning" (2:57) "Please Love Me" (2:51) "Blind Love" (3:05) "The Woman I Love" (2:41) "Whole Lotta’ Love" (3:09) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (2:49) "Love You Baby" (AKA "Take a Swing with Me") (2:40) "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" (2:54) "You Upset Me Baby" (3:02) "Sneakin’ Around" (3:02) "Shut Your Mouth" (2:41) "Boogie Rock" (3:05) "Ten Long Years" (2:47) "Crying Won’t Help You" (3:00) "Bad Luck" (2.54) "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles" (2:54) Disc twoRock Me Baby (1957-1962) "Sweet Little Angel" (3:12) "Early in the Morning" (2:34) "(I’m Gonna) Quit My Baby" (2:32) "On My Word of Honor" (2:54) "Days of Old" (2:28) "Recession Blues" (2:21) "Please Accept My Love" (2:33) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (5:05) "Precious Lord" (3:22) "Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1 & 2" (6:15) "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore" (3:15) "I’ll Survive" (2:40) "(I’ve) Got a Right to Love My Baby" (3:14) "It’s My Own Fault" (3:33) "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" (5:09) "Walking Dr. Bill" (3:40) "Catfish Blues (Fishin’ After Me)" (2:31) "Partin’ Time" (3:00) "You’re Breaking My Heart" (4:13) "Rock Me Baby" (3:00) "Blue Shadows" (3:47) "The Jungle" (3:14) "That Evil Child" (3:51) Disc threeHow Blue Can You Get (1962-1966) "You Ask Me" (2:10) "I’m Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In" (2:13) "Blues at Midnight" (2:58) "My Baby’s Coming Home" (2:08) "Chains of Love" (2:35) "Sneakin’ Around" (2:07) "Slowly Losing My Mind" (2:32) "How Blue Can You Get?" (2:42) "Whole Lotta Lovin'" (2:26) "I Wonder Why" (3:06) "Please Accept My Love" (2:57) "Help the Poor" (2:37) "Never Trust a Woman" (2:36) "Worryin’ Blues" (2:55) "Stop Leadin’ Me On" (2:24) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (3:08) "Sweet Little Angel" (4:10) "It’s My Own Fault" (3:06) "How Blue Can You Get?" (3:35) "Please Love Me" (3:00) "Tired Of Your Jive" (2:10) "All Over Again" (2:35) "I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water" (2:21) "Cherry Red" (2:26) "You’re Still a Square" (2:23) "Don’t Answer the Door, Parts
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How Do You Do is the second studio album by American singer Mayer Hawthorne. It was released on October 11, 2011, by Universal Republic Records. The limited edition box set of the album gave Hawthorne his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2014. Singles The album's lead single, "A Long Time", was released on May 23, 2011, its music video was released on September 5, 2011. The album's second single, "The Walk", was released on August 29, 2011, its music video was released on October 5, 2011, the song peaked at number 32 on the US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. Critical reception How Do You Do was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 19 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. AllMusic editor David Jeffries commented that Hawthorne's songwriting ability compliments his "adherence to an aesthetic" and "love of nostalgic soul", and stated, "that the man sounds more natural and loose than on his debut might be this album's greatest asset, making the vulgar drops and other nods to the present feel less mannered than before". Barry Walters of Spin called Hawthorne a "credible crooner" and commented that "his increasingly confident cries and grooves and songwriting aplomb are undeniably pro". Colin McGuire of PopMatters dubbed it "Hawthorne's masterpiece to date" and stated, "What makes How Do You Do so much better than the singer's debut [...] is his foray into up-tempo groove-happy soul music". Los Angeles Times writer August Brown complimented its "fantastic pillow talk" and wrote that the album "splits the difference between the well-ironed soul revivalism of Adele and R. Kelly's baroquely dirty mind". Brown added that Hawthorne "comes into his own as a vocal powerhouse" and commended the production as "refined and dynamic in a way that's wholly missing from pop radio". However, Slant Magazines Jonathan Keefe found Hawthorne's singing "technically poor" and marred by a "shaky sense of pitch". Keefe noted its musicianship as "simply flawless in recreating a '70s-era R&B groove" and stated, "Hawthorne just doesn't have the vocal chops to pull off an otherwise solid album". Rolling Stone writer Chuck Eddy found "Hawthorne's oldschool pop-R&B homages [...] so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes", and concluded, "Don't expect emotion for the ages, and you'll have fun with this". In his consumer guide, critic Robert Christgau indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction". He called the album a "civically revivalist Motown / Ford homage" and stated, "What we're hearing here is the Temptations turning into the Delfonics—the way his midrange gives up the verse and his falsetto takes the chorus is as nice as his boyish sexism". Industry awards Track listing Notes "A Long Time" features additional vocals by Noelle Scaggs
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Mike Howe (August 21, 1965 – July 26, 2021) was an American heavy metal singer who performed with Metal Church, Heretic and briefly with mid 80s Los Angeles metal band Snair. Career Howe began his career as the singer for a Detroit band called Hellion (later renamed Snair after moving to Los Angeles) before joining the band Heretic, who were formed in 1986. Heretic released its sole full-length album, Breaking Point in 1988 before Howe departed to join Metal Church and Heretic disbanded. From 1988 until 1996 Howe sang in Metal Church, replacing David Wayne. After Howe joined Metal Church the subject matter deepened. The band's lyrics tackled political and social issues of the day with the releases of Blessing in Disguise and The Human Factor. Howe recorded three albums with Metal Church before the group split up in 1996. Although he had rarely recorded or performed outside of Heretic and Metal Church, Howe provided guest vocals on Hall Aflame's 1991 album Guaranteed Forever and Megora's 1997 EP Illusions. On why he left Metal Church in 1995, Mike Howe stated in an interview in 2017: "I left Metal Church because of managerial and record company and outside pressures that were putting Metal Church in a position that was not to my liking. They were ruining the band for me business-wise. Small examples like the record cover of [1993's] 'Hanging In The Balance', which was something that I did not approve of and something I did not like at all. And so… [Laughs] It's okay if you like it, but for me, it was not something that I liked. Things like that, the way it was recorded and mixed and the pressures put on me and to push me in ways that I didn't want to be pushed, so things like that. It came to a head to where this is not the band I envisioned and Kurdt envisions and we're basically being bullied around by a management company that doesn't understand us. They think they know better than us. I was like, 'This is it. I'm getting off the ship before it goes down.' Metal Church founder Kurdt Vanderhoof reported in 1998 that Howe had retired and was living in Tennessee with his family. Outside music, he had a full-time job in carpentry and was a father to two sons born in 1997 and 2002, respectively. On April 30, 2015, Metal Church announced that Howe had rejoined the band, and he appeared on two more albums with them – XI (2016) and Damned If You Do (2018), as well as their 2017 live album Classic Live and the 2020 compilation album From The Vault. Death On July 26, 2021, Metal Church announced via the band's Facebook page that Howe had died that morning at his home in Eureka, California, aged 55. The cause of death was ruled suicide. He was the second singer of Metal Church to have died following David Wayne in 2005. Discography With Heretic Breaking Point (1988,
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Yoon Joo-sang (born June 25, 1949) is a South Korean actor. In 2009, he won the Best Supporting Actor award during the 2009 KBS Drama Awards for his role in Iris. Filmography Film Cane (Hoichori) (2011) Miss Gold Digger (2007) Happy Killing (2007) Radio Star (2006) King and the Clown (2005) Diary of June (2005) Duelist (2005) Thomas Ahn Jung-geun (2004) Spider Forest (2004) The President's Barber (2004) Arahan (2004) The Circle (2003) Natural City (2003) No Comment (2002) Amygdala (2002) This Is Law (2001) Guns & Talks (2001) Dream of a Warrior (2001) General Hospital the Movie: A Thousand Days (2000) Phantom: The Submarine (1999) The Ring Virus (1999) Shiri (1999) The Happenings (1998) Bitter and Sweet (1995) The Taebaek Mountains (1994) Television series Mental Coach Jegal (2022) Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) (cameo, ep. 2) Move to Heaven (2021) (cameo, ep. 8) Revolutionary Sisters (2021) Hello, Me! (2021) The Uncanny Counter (2020) Memorials (2020) 365: Repeat the Year (2020) Doctor John (2019) Hide and Seek (2018) Your House Helper (2018) Radio Romance (2018) The Secret of My Love (2017–2018) Live Up to Your Name (2017) Second to Last Love (2016) The Good Wife (2016) High Society (2015) My Unfortunate Boyfriend (2015) EXO Next Door (2015) Drama Festival – "4teen" (2014) (cameo) Tears of Heaven (2014) Trot Lovers (2014) KBS Drama Special – "The Reason I'm Getting Married" (2014) Emergency Couple (2014) (cameo, ep. 1) One Warm Word (2013) Drama Special Series – "Puberty Medley" (2013) I Can Hear Your Voice (2013) Iris II: New Generation (2013) School 2013 (2012–2013) The King of Dramas (2012–2013) Arang and the Magistrate (2012) Big (2012) I Do, I Do (2012) Can't Live Without You (2012) The Wedding Scheme (tvN, 2012) Korean Peninsula (2012) Padam Padam (2011–2012) KBS Drama Special – "Sorry I'm Late" (2011) Ojakgyo Family (2011) Baby Faced Beauty (2011) Sign (2011) (cameo) Drama Special Series – "Special Crime Squad MSS" (2011) Smile, Mom (2010–2011) KBS Drama Special – "Family Secrets" (2010) Big Thing (2010) Kim Su-ro, The Iron King (2010) Becoming a Billionaire (2010) Iris (2009) Smile, You (2009–2010) The Accidental Couple (2009) My Too Perfect Sons (2009) Ja Myung Go (2009) Star's Lover (2008–2009) Drama City – "Love Hunt, Thirty Minus Three" (2008) Painter of the Wind (2008) Matchmaker's Lover (2008) Working Mom (2008) Lawyers of the Great Republic of Korea (2008) Women in the Sun (2008) Who Are You? (2008) Lobbyist (2007) Auction House (2007) Drama City – "Sky Lovers" (2007) MBC Best Theater – "Red Dream" (MBC, 2007) Daughters-in-Law (2007–2008) Kimchi Cheese Smile (2007) Capital Scandal (2007) Drama City – "Crazy Love" (2007) Air City (2007) MBC Best Theater – "There is Soup" (2006) Korea Secret Agency (2006) The Invisible Man (2006) MBC Best Theater – "Hello Angel" (2006) Drama City – "San-sa's Morning" (2005) Sweet Spy (2005–2006) Drama City – "Accompany" (2004) Drama City – "A Flower at the Tip of the Knife" (2004) Drama City – "Our Ham" (2004) Jang Gil-san (2004) My 19 Year Old
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"Me and a Gun" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her debut studio album Little Earthquakes and is her debut single under the name Tori Amos. It was released on October 21, 1991 by Atlantic Records in North America and EastWest Records in the UK. Background The song is three minutes and 44 seconds long. Amos wrote the song about being raped in Los Angeles when she was 21. After she performed at a bar, a patron asked her if he could have a ride home. She obliged, and he raped her at knifepoint. Years later, in London, she saw the film Thelma and Louise and was stirred. Amos discussed the attack in a 1994 interview: "I'll never talk about it at this level again but let me ask you. Why have I survived that kind of night, when other women didn't? How am I alive to tell you this tale when he was ready to slice me up? In the song I say it was 'Me and a Gun' but it wasn't a gun. It was a knife he had. And the idea was to take me to his friends and cut me up, and he kept telling me that, for hours. And if he hadn't needed more drugs I would have been just one more news report, where you see the parents grieving for their daughter. And I was singing hymns, as I say in the song, because he told me to. I sang to stay alive. Yet I survived that torture, which left me urinating all over myself and left me paralyzed for years. That's what that night was all about, mutilation, more than violation through sex. I really do feel as though I was psychologically mutilated that night and that now I'm trying to put the pieces back together again. Through love, not hatred. And through my music. My strength has been to open again, to life, and my victory is the fact that, despite it all, I kept alive my vulnerability." When released as a single, the track was not the A-side: "Silent All These Years," another song from Little Earthquakes, was the first track, with "Me and a Gun" appearing third (or as the B-side on the 7" release). "Silent All These Years" was a more accessible song, and radio stations began to play that instead. Ultimately the single was re-released with nearly identical packaging but retitled as Silent All These Years. Amos made a habit of singing this song during live appearances. In 1994, the DC Rape Crisis Center awarded her a Visionary award for the song and the co-creation of RAINN. Amos stopped singing the song live in December 2001 and did not sing it live again until September 2007 (with the exception of one performance in Istanbul in August 2005). Effect on rape myths The lyrics of Me and a Gun address the rape myth where some people believe
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Lee Hicken (born 1981) is a media entrepreneur, film, television and documentary director/producer and owner of award-winning film company The City Talking, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. His most recent project was a documentary series about Leeds United during the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons available on Amazon Prime and ESPN. Early life Lee Hicken was born in Leeds in 1981. He studied Film and Television at University in England and then later studied Fashion Marketing and Communication at the European Institute of Design in Barcelona during his early/mid twenties. Hicken returned to England in 2009. Career Music in Leeds (2015) Hicken's first film was Music in Leeds, a documentary made in conjunction with the BBC in 2015 examining the history of the music scene in the city. The film was premiered on December 8, 2015 at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds with many of the artists who inspired and featured in the film in attendance including the Kaiser Chiefs, Utah Saints, Pigeon Detectives, the Sisters of Mercy and Bridewell Taxis. The City Talking's synopsis of the film read: ‘he City Talking: Music in Leeds, Vol.1, applies the storytelling sensibilities of The City Talking to a thirty-five year period when music made Leeds a city where you didn't want to miss a note, a beat, a synth stab or a chord.’ Do You Want To Win? (2017) A documentary about Leeds United's renaissance in the early 1990s under Howard Wilkinson entitled Do You Want To Win?, released in 2017, continued The City Talking's shift more towards becoming more a film-based media company. The one-off documentary feature, Do You Want To Win? documents how, in October 1988, Howard Wilkinson laid down a simple challenge to Leeds United, the players and the city. The City Talking's synopsis of the film is: ‘Do You Want To Win? is the story of how Leeds United emerged from the shadows of history and reputation, and by 1992 got back not only what it wanted, but what it deserved. It stars Vinnie Jones, Gordon Strachan, Gary McAllister and Howard Wilkinson.‘, which in the summer of 2018 became available to watch for Prime Video customers across the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. As Good As It Gets? (2018) As Good As It Gets? is the story of the most successful period in Leeds Rhinos’ history, and how a tight knit group of people won multiple Super League Titles, Challenge Cups and World Club Challenges, culminating in the historic treble of 2015. The film stars Kevin Sinfield, Jamie Peacock, Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Brian McDermott, Gary Hetherington and is narrated by actor Matthew Lewis. Lee Hicken, an ardent Rhinos supporter, directed the film and carried out the key interviews himself. Take Us Home: Leeds United (2019 & 2020) At the start of the 2018–19 season, it was agreed that The City Talking would produce a season-long behind-the-scenes docu-series about Leeds United, entitled Take Us Home: Leeds United. The six-part docuseries debuted on Amazon Prime in August 2019
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S.H.E Is the one () was released on 4 March 2011 on Blu-ray and DVD and features the Taipei stop of their S.H.E Is the One Concert Tour. It also includes a bonus DVD of behind the scenes, video messages from their mothers, Selina's wedding proposal and their KTV music videos. The live album received "Top 1 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" in the IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards 2012. Track listing The concert had each member perform two solos. Selina and Hebe sang English songs for one of their solos while Ella sang a self-penned song. They performed different versions on some of their songs and the concert also featured songs from their Shero album. Song List Overture:"S. H. E Is the one" "Super Star" "Boom" "Super Model" "Miss Universe" (宇宙小姐) "Planet 612" (612星球) "Tropical Rainforest" (熱帶雨林) "Grey Sky" (天灰) "Mayday" (五月天) "How are you doing recently" (最近還好嗎) "Flowers Have Blossomed" (花都開好了) "I Love Rainy Night Flower" (我愛雨夜花) "London Bridge Is Falling Down" (倫敦大橋垮下來) "How to do" (怎麼辦) "Long Live Adorableness" (可愛萬歲) "VCR of Ella's Adventure Story" (Ella的冒險故事VCR) "Dream a little dream of me" (Hebe solo) "Wake me up before you go-go" (Selina solo) "I am who I am" (我就是我) (Ella solo) "Electric Shock" (觸電)(Broadway Version) "Love So Right" (愛就對了) "Daybreak" (天亮了) "Half Sugarism" (半糖主義) "I Love Trouble" (我愛煩惱) "Piquancy" (痛快) "VCR of Three Little Girls' Wishes" (三個小女孩的願望VCR) "The Angel is Singing Intro"+"Golden Shield, Iron Cloth"+"Dreamland" (天使在唱歌Intro+金鐘罩鐵布衫＋夢田) "Happy Birthday to ELLA" "Wife" (老婆) "Simple love" (簡單愛) (Ella solo) "Admiration" (崇拜) (Selina solo) "Book of Exhilaration" (笑忘書) (Hebe solo) "Loneliness Terminator"＋"Three Days and Nights" (終結孤單＋三天三夜) Taiwanese Hokkien Suite:"Tea"＋"Mother, Please Take Care"＋"Farewell to the Seacoast"＋"Huan Xi Jiu Hao"＋"S.H.E's Mothers' Debuts" (台語組曲:茶噢＋媽媽請妳也保重＋惜別的海岸＋歡喜就好+熟女版S. H. E的初登場) "Magic" (魔力) (S. H. E with you) "I. O. I. O" "Persian Cat" (波斯貓) "Don't Wanna Grow Up" (不想長大) "Beauty Up My Life" "Remember" "Genesis" (美麗新世界) Encore "Chinese" (中國話) "SHERO" Encore Again "You Won't Be" (你不會) "Where's Love" (愛呢) "Loving You" (愛上你) "Faraway" (遠方) "It's Quiet Now" (安靜了) "Not Yet Lovers" (戀人未滿) Credit References S.H.E albums HIM International Music albums 2011 video albums
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The Young Forever Tour was singer-songwriter Nessa Barret's first tour. Barrett sang a mixture of songs off her EP, "Pretty Poison", and debut album,Young Forever. The tour was announced on December 13, 2022, and kicked off in Phoenix, Arizona on February 22, 2023. The North American leg of the tour also included performances in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Nashville, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco, before ending in Los Angeles on March 21. The European leg of the tour, which included shows in London, brought the total number of performances to 23 shows. Isabel LaRosa opened for the tour in North America. She sang songs from her catalogue, including her viral hit that gained traction on TikTok, "I'm Yours." For the European leg of the tour, Daniel Briskin opened the shows. Critical reception Overall, reviews by critics were positive on the "Young Forever" tour. Alessandra Guarneri of Celeb Mix said "Barrett effortlessly captured each attendee’s attention from the moment she stepped on stage". Alex West of The Aquarian said that Nessa's performance at Terminal 5 in New York City "radiated confidence, power, and raw emotion". Catherine Goodman of The Emory Wheel was "astonished by her grace, her gratitude, and above all, her talent," and declared she was "now, without shame, a full-fledged Nessa Barrett fan". Emma Hiebert of The PCM Outlook complimented Barret's transitions between songs. Set list Nessa Barrett curated the setlist with the help of music director Asaf Rodeh. Barrett wanted to tell a story with the setlist and did so by transitioning songs together. Barrett said her favorite songs to perform are "gaslight", "lovebomb", and "BANG BANG!". North America madhouse talk to myself decay too hot to cry god's favorite scare myself dear god tired of California deathmatch American jesus lovebomb lucky star do you really want to hurt me? gaslight die first bang bang! unnecessary violence i hope ur miserable until your dead Europe madhouse talk to myself too hot to cry god's favorite scare myself dear god tired of California 505 American jesus lovebomb lucky star noose do your really want to hurt me? gaslight dying on the inside die first bang bang i hope ur miserable until your dead References 2023 concert tours Concert tours of the United States
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"Supermodel" is a song by Italian rock band Måneskin. It was released on 13 May 2022 through Epic Records and Sony Music, as the second single of their third studio album, Rush! (2023). It was written by Måneskin members Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio, alongside Justin Tranter and the song's producers Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and Sylvester Sivertsen. It is a California-inspired pop rock track with a grunge intro. Inspired by the group's stay in Los Angeles, they created a fictional character named "Supermodel", and the song talks about her life–what she does for a living, how she spends her life and that she would not love anyone back. The single was mostly met with positive reviews; however, in a review posted by Jenesaispop, Max Martin's production was deemed as damaging to the band's personality. "Supermodel" was released ahead of the band's interval performance in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, where they debuted the song live. Additionally, they performed it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon one week later. To further promote the track, its music video was published on 31 May. Directed by Bedroom Projects and Ben Chappel, the video pays homage to 1990s cinema, while its plotline involves the titular "Supermodel", portrayed by Nina Marker, who stole De Angelis' purse. The band is seen trying to capture her to reclaim the stolen object. Commercially, the single peaked within top ten of five countries, and charted at number 11 in Italy, where it was certified platinum. Background and development Following Måneskin's win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Zitti e buoni", the band achieved global success. In February 2022, they moved to Los Angeles to record their third studio album. In the city, they met many people obsessed with an idea of "celebrity" status or trying really hard to dress up for parties. According to the group's frontman, Damiano David, the band members were thinking that this obsession with status and appearance must be an exaggeration made by TV and movies, but it turned out to be real. This caused them to wonder whether or not these types of people are happy, leading to the creation of a fictional character called "Supermodel". "Supermodel" was written by the members of Måneskin, Justin Tranter, and the song's producers Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, and Sly. Måneskin first met Martin after their performance in Los Angeles in November 2021, and decided to work with him. In an interview with Billboard, David described experience of working with Martin as "cool", and said that he and his team "never tried to force us to do something that we didn't want to do [instead] he basically wanted to understand how we work and how we're used to making music and what makes us happy about music." "Supermodel" came from a jamming session that the band had, when the producer asked "How can I help you to make it global?". The song depicts
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Jet Lady is a 1982 album by Angela Masson, released under the name Tangela Tricoli. Masson is an accomplished pilot who flew with American Airlines, set several speed records, and was the first woman cleared to fly Boeing 747s. The album included songs that originated on her 1980s public access talk show Tangela Tonight. Only 1,000 copies of the album were pressed, and it loitered in obscurity until its inclusion in the 2002 outsider music compilation Songs in the Key of Z. Masson's singing on the album has been described as off-key and "deranged". The song "Stinky Poodle" from the album has been noted for its resemblance to "Smelly Cat", sung by Lisa Kudrow on the sitcom Friends. Jet Lady was reissued with bonus tracks in 2004 by Arf! Arf! Records. Background Angela Masson (Tangela Tricoli) is a pioneering aviator who captained flights with American Airlines for 20 years. She was the first woman to be authorized to fly the Boeing 747 and set several world speed records with the Boeing 777. She earned her PhD from the University of Southern California in aerospace safety, teaches aeronautics, and patented the first true electronic flight bag. In the early 1980s, Masson had a public access talk-variety show in Los Angeles called Tangela Tonight. Some of the songs that Masson recorded for Jet Lady originated on the show. The song "Stinky Poodle" was a theme song for the show and honored the poodles that appeared in each episode. Music and recording Masson composed, arranged and sang all of the songs on Jet Lady. She provided her own accompaniment on acoustic guitar, tablas, piano, and synthesizer. On some of the songs, including "Stinky Poodle", she doubles her vocal track and uses reverb and echo. Masson addresses various topics in her songs, such as love, flying jets, looking for cheese at the supermarket, space women, and the life of a housewife. Masson said that she created the 11-track album "just for fun" as a way for her to be creative. Jet Lady was Masson's sole album and only 1,000 copies were pressed. According to Masson, at one point she put the remaining 200 copies of the album in a Texas storage facility where they disappeared. They were distributed through Tower Records. The cover of the album depicts Masson wearing her officer insignia and pilot's cap. The title track from the album, "Jet Lady", was included in the second volume of the outsider music compilation Songs in the Key of Z in 2002. An expanded edition of Jet Lady was released by Arf! Arf! Records in 2004. It included six bonus tracks and several multimedia files with video footage of Tricoli in the early 1980s. For the reissue, Masson re-recorded a version of "Stinky Poodle" in 2003 along with her nieces and her daughter. Also included were two duets she made with Ed Howes, one a cover of "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me". The album includes a 40-page booklet with photographs, an
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"Talk to Me" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks for her third solo studio album Rock a Little (1985). Written by Chas Sandford, the song was released as the lead single from the album in October 1985, through Modern Records. The single became a big hit for Nicks, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks and peaking at number one on the Billboard Top Mainstream Rock Songs chart for two weeks in 1985. Background and composition The song was written by Chas Sandford, who co-wrote John Waite's 1984 hit "Missing You". Sandford also plays most of the instruments on "Talk to Me". The song was brought to Nicks' attention by producer Jimmy Iovine, "who was always on the hunt for a hit song." Nicks said she didn't like the song at first because she had trouble with the vocals, but Iovine persisted and she eventually recorded it. Jim Keltner was in the studio next door doing some drum overdubs during the recording process. After Nicks explained her dilemma, Keltner gave her some words of encouragement and offered to stay with her and be her audience. Nicks sang the song twice during the session and then it was finished. Reception Cash Box called it "a mid-tempo rocker which makes good uses of Nicks’ throaty lead and harmony vocals." Billboard said that it "packs a real wallop." Music video The promotional music video shows Nicks performing the song direct to camera in a variety of different sets in what looks like a grand house. One of the sets is a long white room that looks like an art gallery and has three steps in the middle which Nicks, her backing singers Sharon Celani and Lori Perry, and two male dancers, perform choreographed dance steps together. Nicks' brother, Christopher, features in the video playing the saxophone. Live performances "Talk to Me" made its live debut on the Rock a Little world tour in 1986. It was also included on the Canadian leg of The Other Side of the Mirror tour set in 1989. Nicks also performed on the 1991 "Whole Lotta Trouble Tour" to promote her greatest hits album Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks. The last time it was played live was on the Street Angel Tour in 1994. Single release formats "Talk to Me" was released as a 7-inch vinyl in many territories in the picture sleeve featured above, with "One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star" as its non-album B-side. Promo 7-inch singles with picture sleeve were also released in some countries, including the U.S., and featured the title track on both sides of the disc. Picture sleeves varied country by country in its European 7" release, with Spain and Germany using sleeves which featured the artist name and title but no photograph, and the UK used a picture sleeve which featured the black-and-white photograph of Nicks which was used for the back cover of the Rock a
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