who was the female vocalist on gimme shelter
Gimme Shelter


also features vocals by Merry Clayton. "Gimme Shelter" was written by the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, the band's primary songwriting team. Richards began working on the song's signature opening riff in London whilst Jagger was away filming "Performance". As released, the song begins with Richards performing a guitar intro, soon joined by Jagger's lead vocal. Of "Let It Bleed"s bleak world view, Jagger said in a 1995 interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine: Similarly,
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Bonnie Bramlett


and the classic "Let It Rain", which is included on Clapton's eponymous first album. In 1969, The Rolling Stones originally asked Bonnie to sing a duet with Mick Jagger on their song "Gimme Shelter", but Bramlett's husband, Delaney, refused to let her perform with the Stones. The Stones then asked soul and gospel singer Merry Clayton to sing on the track. It remains the most prominent contribution to a Rolling Stones track by a female vocalist. Delaney and Bonnie disbanded, both musically and maritally
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Gimme Shelter


the producer's idea. It would be one of those moments along the lines of 'I hear a girl on this track – get one on the phone.'" Summoned – pregnant – from bed around midnight by producer Jack Nitzsche, Clayton made her recording with just a few takes then returned home to bed. It remains the most prominent contribution to a Rolling Stones track by a female vocalist. At about 2:59 into the song, Clayton's voice cracks under the strain; once during the second refrain on the word
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Gimme Shelter


"Four Flicks" (2003), "The Biggest Bang" (2007), "Sweet Summer Sun: Hyde Park Live" (2013), "Totally Stripped" (2016), and "" (2016). The female contributor to the song live is Lisa Fischer, the only woman to appear in all their tours since 1989. In their 2012 50th anniversary tour, the Rolling Stones sang this song with Mary J. Blige, Florence Welch, and Lady Gaga. "Gimme Shelter" was never released
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Gimme Shelter (1970 film)


Gimme Shelter is a 1970 British-American documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin chronicling the last weeks of The Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert. The film is named after "Gimme Shelter", the lead track from the group's 1969 album "Let It Bleed". "Gimme Shelter" was screened out of competition as the opening film of the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. The counterculture era documentary is associated with the Direct Cinema movement of the 1950s and
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


-life shelters (Several Sources Shelters) portrayed in the film. "Gimme Shelter" received generally unfavorable reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives an approval rating of 26% based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "In spite of its obvious good intentions — and the compelling true story that inspired it — the heavy-handed Gimme Shelter can't overcome its cliche-riddled script." The aggregator Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of
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Gimme Shelter


has appeared in three Martin Scorsese films. In 1993, a Food Records project collected various versions of the track by the following bands and collaborations, the proceeds of which went to the Shelter charity's "Putting Our House in Order" homeless initiative. The versions were issued across various formats, and had a live version of the song by the Rolling Stones as a common lead track to ensure chart eligibility. "Gimme Shelter" (pop version – cassette single) "Gimme Shelter" (alternative version – CD single)
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Are a Drag


Are a Drag is the second album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 1999 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. The album is made up mainly of show tunes. The album's title alludes to the fact that most of the songs on the album feature vocalist Spike Slawson singing songs that were originally performed by female characters in their original stage shows/movies (with the exception of the Phantom's part in "Phantom of the Opera", "Science Fiction/Double Feature" which was sung
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Crazy Elephant


and released on the Bell label in May 1970. A touring group was formed later for promotional purposes. The bassist on "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was Gary Gaynor, a local studio musician who also worked with Laura Nyro. The song was covered by Detroit band Adrenalin featuring vocalist David Larson in 1979 and later by Helix. Crazy Elephant's "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (b/w "The Dark Part of My Mind") was a transatlantic one-hit wonder, making number 12 on both the U.S.
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Charlotte Zwerin


, at the age of 72. Zwerin was an editor who worked on some of the canonical films of the cinéma vérité mode of documentary practice including, "Salesman" and "Gimme Shelter." "Salesman" is concerned with following door-to-door Bible salesmen as they attempt to sell the greatest "best seller in the world". "Gimme Shelter" monitors the famous London rock band, "The Rolling Stones", during their 1969 tour which culminated in the deadly Altamont Free Concert. The film has
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Gimme Shelter


then from society as a whole. The Rolling Stones Additional personnel Greil Marcus, writing for "Rolling Stone" magazine at the time of the "Gimme Shelter"'s release stated that "[t]he Stones have never done anything better". "Gimme Shelter" was placed at number 38 on "Rolling Stone"s list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 12 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". Ultimate Classic Rock put the song
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Gimme Shelter


at number one on their Top 100 Rolling Stones songs and number three on their Top 100 Classic Rock Songs. "Gimme Shelter" has been played in a variety of movies and television shows/commercials. The 1970 documentary film "Gimme Shelter", directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, chronicling the last weeks of the Stones' 1969 US tour and culminating in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert, took its name from the song. A live version of the song played over the documentary's credits. The song
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Albert and David Maysles


what exactly they wanted to shoot, in keeping with Albert Maysles' stated approach, "Remember, as a documentarian you are an observer, an author but not a director, a discoverer, not a controller." However, the brothers also received criticism from those who thought that they had actually planned or otherwise influenced scenes. Most notably, Pauline Kael's negative review of the film "Gimme Shelter" in "The New Yorker" included a harsh accusation that much of "Gimme Shelter" and "Salesman" had
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Keith Richards


, "Sympathy for the Devil", and "Gimme Shelter". He is also a vocalist, singing backing vocals on many Rolling Stones songs as well as occasional lead vocals, such as on the Rolling Stones' 1972 single "Happy", as well as with his side project, the X-Pensive Winos. Richards was born on 18 December 1943 at Livingston Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, England. He is the only child of Doris Maud Lydia (née Dupree) and Herbert William Richards. His father
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


Gimme Shelter is a 2013 American independent Christian drama film written and directed by Ronald Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens, James Earl Jones, Rosario Dawson, Stéphanie Szostak, Emily Meade, Ann Dowd, and Brendan Fraser. It is based on a true story about a runaway teenage girl who gets pregnant and is placed in a home for pregnant girls. Agnes "Apple" Bailey has never had an easy life. She has been in and out of foster care for years, and her mother, June, is an abusive drug
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Gimme Shelter


"Gimme Shelter" is the opening track to the 1969 album "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones. Greil Marcus, writing in "Rolling Stone" magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has "never done anything better". Although the first word was spelled "Gimmie" on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made "Gimme" the customary spelling. The recording features Richards playing in an open tuning on electric guitar. The recording
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The Rolling Stones


Women", which the band released the previous day. The Stones' last album of the sixties was "Let It Bleed" which reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 3 in the US. It featured "Gimme Shelter" with guest lead female vocals by Merry Clayton (sister of Sam Clayton, of the American rock band Little Feat). Other tracks include "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (with accompaniment by the London Bach Choir, who initially asked that their name be removed
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Candace Smith


Broken Lizard again in "The Slammin' Salmon", in which she plays the sister of Michael Clarke Duncan, and in "The Babymakers". She appeared in David Ayer's "End of Watch", as a distressed mother who receives help from Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña. Smith plays the lead female role in "My Father, Die", written and directed by Sean Brosnan and produced by Pierce Brosnan. In the film "Gimme Shelter", she plays Marie Abeanni, an African social worker, starring
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Gimme Shelter


used an Australian-made Maton SE777, a large single-cutaway hollowbody guitar, which he had previously used on "Midnight Rambler". The guitar barely survived the recording before literally falling apart. "[O]n the very last note of 'Gimmie Shelter,'" Richards told "Guitar World" in 2002, "the whole neck fell off. You can hear it on the original take." "Gimme Shelter" quickly became a staple of the Rolling Stones' live shows. It was first performed sporadically during
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Gimme Shelter


as a single. Nevertheless, it has been included on many compilation releases, including "Gimme Shelter", "Hot Rocks 1964–1971", "Forty Licks", and "GRRR!" Michel Gondry, an Academy Award-winning French filmmaker, directed a music video for the song, which was released in 1998. The video features a sixteen-year old Brad Renfro, playing a young man escaping with his brother from a dysfunctional home and the abuse they suffered at the hands of their abusive alcoholic father, and
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Gimme Shelter


by Richards follow. Then, with great energy, Clayton repeatedly sings "Rape, murder! It's just a shot away! It's just a shot away!", almost screaming the final stanza. She and Jagger then repeat the line "It's just a shot away" and finish with repeats of "It's just a kiss away". When speaking of her inclusion in the recording, Jagger stated in the 2003 book "According to the Rolling Stones": "The use of the female voice was
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Rich Kids on LSD


Planet Hell". He performed briefly in Gwar as Balsac the Jaws of Death, filling in for Mike Derks during Gwar's 1991 European tour. He was the guitarist for the death metal parody band Embryo Killers, releasing one self-titled album in 1993. He also played guitar for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their 1996 tour. Ward is the lead vocalist and guitarist for San Francisco Bay Area's Crosstops, who have released three full-length albums. Both Ward and Chris Rest played guitar on the album
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Noemí Carrión


, Yurena, alongside and Marian Rebolleda. Also in 2005, she performed as a vocalist in the children's television series "El Mundo Mágico De Brunelesky" (Telecinco), directed by Javier Espiniella, appearing on the CD recording of the show. In 2006, Naymi's spectacular pop-dance rendition of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" (Blanco Y Negro, Spain, and Mas Label, Mexico), sung in English and also produced by David Ferrero, was released with group Mito, and
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The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969


. Many other bands followed suit throughout the 1970s. The 1970 concert album "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!", mostly based on the Madison Square Garden shows, documented the tour, as did the Maysles brothers' 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter" which, while mostly known for its filming of Altamont, also contains substantial footage of the band's performance during the tour at Madison Square Garden. "Gimme Shelter" also captures Jagger's famous response to a press-conference question about whether he was "any
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Mah Nà Mah Nà


Gimme Dat Ding"", then looping back to the start of the progression. This medley was first used on Thames Episode 10, which was first screened on British television on November the 24th, 1971. The original recordings of the instrumental medley often featured vocals by Benny Hill's backing chorus, The Ladybirds. However, as there were numerous recordings and renditions of the "Benny Hill Medley" throughout the entire Thames run, some versions featured other female vocalists (after The Ladybirds departed the show) while the rest of
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Sarah Dash


his next album, Dash wrote and sang another track, "Body Talk". Another highlight during her tour with Richards was her singing the female vocal on "Gimme Shelter." Dash starts the song with her silvery "Oohs' and then cuts loose on her solo in the middle of the song. Another contribution is only available on the Keith Richards song "Eileen", a CD single from his album "Main Offender" on the Virgin Records label. In 1992, Dash added her background vocals on the collaboration
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Bridge over Troubled Water (song)


"Gimme Shelter". A cover recorded by Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple for Cash's "" album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003. Aretha Franklin's gospel-inspired cover version was released in March 1971 on Atlantic 45-2796 and reached number one on the US R&B chart and number six on the pop chart. The single was certified gold by the RIAA selling two million copies and later won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in the 1972 awards. The single is 3:18 in length.
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Incredibly Strange Wrestling


1997 headlined by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Vans' Warped Tour in 2001, and the Deconstruction Tour (Europe) in 2003 with NOFX. After a long hiatus, the promotion announced some Summer Festival dates for 2007, but these events never materialized. Participants in ISW included El Homo Loco, who wore a pink tutu, and the Poontangler, a female wrestler who claimed to have many illegitimate children (and fought several “paternity suit” matches). The ISW also featured a Scientologist boy band who would provoke
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Lisa Fischer


foil to Mick Jagger onstage more and more frequently. There are songs that have become staples during tours with the Rolling Stones where she shares lead vocals, including "Monkey Man, and "Gimme Shelter", which showcase her vocal talents and are frequently on the set lists during their live concerts. Fischer's solo career peaked with the 1991 release of How Can I Ease the Pain from her album So Intense, which reached number one on the R&B charts and won her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


Ronald Krauss lived for over a year in the Several Sources Shelter founded by Kathy DiFlore, and grew to know DiFiore, the shelter, and the two girls Apple Bailey is based on. The film was shot in the home of Kathy DiFiore and the original Several Sources Shelter. Vanessa Hudgens, in explaining why the story of Apple appealed to her, said, "... it’s very relevant to what’s going on around us and I think that it’s easy to block it out because it’s uncomfortable. It’s
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Let It Bleed


In 2003, "Rolling Stone" ranked it at number 32 on the magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The track listing on the back of the album jacket did not follow the one on the album itself. According to Brownjohn, he altered it purely for visual reasons; the correct order was shown on the record's label. Additionally, "Gimme Shelter" is rendered as "Gimmie Shelter" on the jacket. Some releases have "Gimmie Shelter" on the cover, the
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Patti Austin


producers Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma, Monte Moir (of "The Time") and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Billy Joel (Austin sang background on his "Just the Way You Are"), Dan Hartman, friends Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown and Chaka Khan were among the background vocalists on the project. Songwriters included Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton and Jam & Lewis. In 1985, Austin sang lead vocals on a collaboration with her producer, Narada Michael Walden, and the single, "Gimme, Gimme,
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Joey Cape


and vinyl in the end of 2010. In addition to his work with Lagwagon, he was the lead vocalist for the experimental band Bad Astronaut until they disbanded due to death of drummer Derrick Plourde and is also a guitarist in the cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Moreover, Joey Cape released two split albums with Tony Sly of No Use for a Name, featuring acoustic versions of Lagwagon and No Use For a Name songs. Both Cape and Sly also contributed one unreleased/new song to the split. Cape
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Swingin' Utters


always thought of [our] songs as just loud, aggressive and fast folk or country songs." Members of the Swingin' Utters have been involved in many musical side projects, most notably Johnny Bonnel, Darius Koski, and Spike Slawson's Filthy Thievin' Bastards (formed in 2000). Druglords of the Avenues with Johnny Peebucks singing (formed in Oakland, California in 2004), and Spike Slawson's Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in which he is the vocalist). Drummer Greg McEntee also joined Viva
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


jumps into the driver's seat, speeds away and crashes the car. Apple awakes in a hospital where a priest, Father Frank McCarthy, is waiting to speak with her. After gaining her trust, Father McCarthy arranges for her to stay in a home for pregnant teenage girls. The shelter is run by a formerly homeless woman, Kathy. June is informed that Apple will be staying there and goes to the shelter in an attempt to take her to her home, but is forced to leave after she gets violent.
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Roger Greenaway


formed in 1969, Greenaway was asked to be lead vocalist alongside Madeline Bell; he declined the offer and recommended Cook, who accepted. The following year Greenaway teamed up for a while with singer Tony Burrows to form the Pipkins, a duo who had a Top 10 novelty hit in 1970 with "Gimme Dat Ding". Also in 1970, he was briefly a member of Brotherhood of Man, who scored a UK and US top 20 hit with "United We Stand". The New Seekers' "I'd Like
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Altamont Free Concert


of people who love pop music and who hate it as well. If the name 'Woodstock' has come to denote the flowering of one phase of the youth culture, 'Altamont' has come to mean the end of it." The film "Gimme Shelter" was criticized by Pauline Kael, Vincent Canby and other reviewers for portraying the Stones too sympathetically, and for staging a concert for the sole reason that it could be filmed, despite all the problems leading up to it. "Salon"'s Michael Sragow
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


Apple bonds with the other girls at the shelter, beginning to open up and trust them. She gives birth to a baby girl and names her Hope. Tom comes to visit and the two reconcile. He offers to let Apple and Hope come live with him, but as they are leaving Apple realizes she has already made a home for herself at the shelter and decides to stay. The film was filmed in New York, and New Jersey. Filming started June 9, 2011. To prepare for this film, director
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Altamont Free Concert


stop it? Grateful Dead manager Rock Scully said that if the Angels hadn't been on the stage, that whole crowd could have easily passed out, and rolled down onto the stage. There was no barrier. Stefan Ponek, who hosted a December 7, 1969 KSAN-FM radio broadcast of a four-hour, "day after" post-concert telephone call-in forum (and who also helped organize the event), provided the following for the 2000 release of the "Gimme Shelter" DVD: What
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George Lucas


scholarship by Warner Bros. to observe and work on the making of a film of his choosing. The film he chose was "Finian's Rainbow" (1968) which was being directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who was revered among film school students of the time as a cinema graduate who had "made it" in Hollywood. In 1969, Lucas was one of the camera operators on the classic Rolling Stones concert film "Gimme Shelter". In 1969, Lucas co-founded the studio American Zoetrope with Coppola—whom
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Martin Scorsese


", "The Searchers", and "The Oklahoma Kid". Slow motion flashbulbs and accented camera/flash/shutter sounds are often used, as is song "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones; heard in several of Scorsese's films: "Goodfellas", "Casino", and "The Departed". Scorsese usually has a quick cameo in his films ("Who's That Knocking at My Door", "Boxcar Bertha", "Mean Streets", "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)


Gimme Gimme Gimme is a BBC television sitcom by Tiger Aspect Productions that was first aired in three series from 1999 to 2001. It was written by Jonathan Harvey, who developed the series with Kathy Burke. The title from the show stems from both the main characters' continual search for a male partner, and the theme music is a cover of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)". The first two series were originally shown on BBC Two and were deemed successful enough for the
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Fat Mike


Michael John Burkett (born January 31, 1967), known professionally as Fat Mike, is an American musician and producer. He is the bassist and lead vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX and the bassist for the punk rock supergroup cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Fat Mike started out with his first band False Alarm in 1982. While attending Beverly Hills High School, Mike began his musical career with the band False Alarm. After the band split up in 1983, he met Eric Melvin and Erik Sandin
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Altamont Free Concert


Gimme Shelter" DVD contains extensive excerpts from that broadcast. A Hells Angels member who identified himself as "Pete, from Hells Angels San Francisco" (most likely Pete Knell, president of the San Francisco chapter), says "they offered us $500 worth of beer [to] go there and take care of the stage ... we took this $500 worth of beer to do it." Sonny Barger, who also called into the KSAN forum, states: "We were told by one of the [other
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KYLD


by Stefan Ponek, the four-hour show fielded calls from a range of people who attended the event and a few who helped organize it, including Rolling Stones personnel and members of the Hells Angels. This broadcast is extensively documented in the 2000 Criterion DVD release of Gimme Shelter, the result of a restoration effort that included the filmmakers. In the early 1970s, the station rose to number one in the 18–34 demographic, developing a devoted cult following that lasted for many years. During its heyday, KSAN had maintained a
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James Dreyfus


and stupid." In response to viewers' assumptions that the character is gay, Dreyfus said that Goody is attracted to a female character in the series. Regarding his character Tom Farrell from "Gimme Gimme Gimme", Dreyfus hypothesized that, even if the character were heterosexual, the actor would still portray Tom as camp and flamboyant. Furthermore, Dreyfus said that he felt that he became typecast due to his portrayals of "flamboyant" characters. In November 2004, Dreyfus played Carmen Ghia in the London premiere of Mel Brooks
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Six Days on the Road


on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in early 1988. Others who have recorded "Six Days" include Charley Pride, Del Reeves, George Jones, Red Simpson, Nev Nicholls, Ferlin Husky, Boxcar Willie, Wolfman Jack, Motorpsycho, Red Sovine, Jim Croce, George Thorogood, the Flying Burrito Brothers, who are shown performing the song live in the movie "Gimme Shelter", as well as Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels, blues guitarist Popa Chubby (for his 2008 album "Vicious Country"
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Grey Gardens


producer. The film's editors are credited as Hovde (who also edited "Gimme Shelter" and "Salesman"), Meyer and Froemke. In 2010, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a 2014 "Sight and Sound" poll, film critics voted "Grey Gardens" the joint ninth best documentary film of all time. Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (1895–1977), known as "Big
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Minuit (band)


Minuit "(pronounced min-wee, French for midnight)" are an electronic band from New Zealand, formed in Nelson. The members of Minuit include lead singer, Ruth Carr, with Paul Dodge (also known as Gimme a C!) and Ryan Beehre (also known as Funk'n'SloCuts) playing machines. Minuit began as a guitar band with lead vocalist, Ruth Carr, on drums. Ryan Beehre bought a sampler and turned the band electronic, replacing the need for a drummer and putting Ruth out front as vocalist
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii


Gimme Shelter", where the films paid equal attention to performers and spectators. One of Maben's contacts at the University of Naples, Professor Carputi who was a Pink Floyd fan, managed to persuade the local authorities to close the amphitheatre for six days that October for filming. Access was secured after payment of a "fairly steep" entrance fee. The performances of "Echoes", "A Saucerful of Secrets", and "One of These Days" were filmed from 4 to 7 October 1971. O'Rourke delivered a
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This Is Spinal Tap


This Is Spinal Tap (stylized as This Is Spın̈al Tap) is a 1984 American mockumentary film directed and co-written by Rob Reiner. It stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer as members of the fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap, and Reiner as Marty Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker who follows them on their American tour. The film satirizes the behavior and musical pretensions of rock bands and the hagiographic tendencies of rock documentaries such as "Gimme Shelter" (1970), "The Song Remains
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Let It Bleed


integral at giving the group's arrangements a soul/jazz background, and guitarist Mick Taylor, who took on lead guitar duties with technically proficient playing, giving the band a harder rock sound during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Generally, the album's lyrics deal with 1960s life; there is social commentary on the Vietnam War ("Gimme Shelter"), as well as the hippie movement, drug culture and politics ("You Can't Always Get What You Want"), but at the same time there
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Matt Ellis (Australian musician)


(who sang the duet "Gimme Shelter" with Mick Jagger on the "Let it Bleed" album), Merry Clayton. Ellis mixed the album with Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Devotchka, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Richard Buckner) at his WaveLab studios in Tucson, Arizona. The lead single, "Heart of Mine", was featured on Andrew Zimmern's "Appetite For Life" and received an Honorable Mention in the International Songwriting Competition in the Americana category. "Heart of Mine"'s music video
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Altamont Raceway Park


, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and The Rolling Stones. Many people were beaten by members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, who were hired to provide security for the stage. During the Stones' set, Meredith Hunter, a concert-goer high on methamphetamine and brandishing his revolver, was stabbed to death by a Hells Angels member in front of the stage as the band played. The death was captured on film and appears in the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter". In
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Melvin Belli


Shall Lead", a 1968 episode of the original "" series. In it he appears as "Gorgan, the Friendly Angel", an evil being who corrupts a group of children, one of whom was played by his son Caesar. He appeared in the Albert and David Maysles documentary "Gimme Shelter" (1970), which featured his representation and facilitation of The Rolling Stones' staging of the disastrous December 6, 1969, Altamont Free Concert. Belli enjoyed his frequent television and movie appearances; in 1965,
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Salesman (1969 film)


listed "Salesman" as one of the ten best films of 1970. However, in late 1970, Pauline Kael, in her negative "New Yorker" review of the Maysles' subsequent documentary "Gimme Shelter", alleged that "Salesman" was "set up" and acted by its principals, rather than actually being direct cinema. Kael accused the Maysles of "recruit[ing] Paul Brennan, who was in the roofing and siding business, to play a bible salesman". In response, the Maysles threatened suit against
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


addict who only wants her for the welfare money she provides. She decides to run away and go in search of her absent father Tom Fitzpatrick, who she discovers is now a wealthy Wall Street broker with a family. Tom agrees to take her in, but she is quickly forced out again when he and his wife learn she is pregnant, and do not agree with her decision to keep the baby. When a pimp forces her into his vehicle to discuss "business", thinking that she is someone else, Apple
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Gimme Shelter (1970 film)


1960s. It was directed by The Maysles Brothers who are strong figures of the era. The movement revolves around the philosophy of being a "reactive" filmmaker, recording events as they unfold naturally and spontaneously rather than investigating the subject matter through documentary techniques such as interviews, reconstruction and voiceover. The film depicts some of the Madison Square Garden concert later featured on the 1969 live album, "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert", as well as the photography session for the cover featuring
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Sacrilege (song)


Media February 26, 2013. Dan Martinson stated in his positive review, "Karen O falls for an angel who falls from the sky, the constant clank of Brian Chase's cymbals and Nick Zinner's guitar curlicues evoke "Gimme Shelter" with an exaggerated gospel swing." The music video was directed by French collective Megaforce and premiered on March 26, 2013. The video stars English model and actress Lily Cole. The video consists of a chronologically reversed sequence of events outlining the rationale and events leading to a group of
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Call of Duty: Black Ops


Dead zombie map the song "Not Ready to Die" by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold is featured as an easter egg. The original music was composed by Sean Murray, who also composed "Call of Duty: World at War" while Kevin Sherwood composed music for the Zombies mode. The soundtrack was released on November 9. The use of The Rolling Stones' music in the game has seen a significant increase in the band's music sales since launch. "Gimme Shelter" sold 2,000 copies in the week before
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Charlotte Zwerin


. She studied at Wayne State University and established a film club there which sparked her interest in documentary filmmaking. After this, she moved to New York City and found a job with Drew Associates who were pioneers of direct cinema in the United States. Here, she met and began to work with Albert and David Maysles. Zwerin went on to edit and co-direct two of the canonical cinéma vérité documentaries with the Maysles brothers: "Salesman" and "Gimme Shelter." Zwerin died of lung cancer in January 2004
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Man on the Moon (musical)


attempted to generate interest in a film version of the book with the help of real estate heir Leonard Holzer (a producer on the Stones documentary, "Gimme Shelter" and the former husband of Warhol superstar, Baby Jane Holzer). Holzer took the project to Ray Stark, producer of "Funny Girl", who brought the script to the attention of Barbra Streisand, while Holzer tried to hook Jack Nicholson for the male lead. In 1972, Phillips also got a copy of the script to director George Lucas through his
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Jefferson Airplane


marred by violence. Marty Balin was knocked out during a scuffle with Hells Angels members who had been hired to act as "security." The event became notorious for the fatal stabbing of black teenager Meredith Hunter in front of the stage by Hells Angels "guards" after he pulled out a revolver during the Stones' performance. This incident was the centerpiece of the documentary film "Gimme Shelter". Spencer Dryden was dismissed from the band in February 1970 by a unanimous vote of the other members. He felt burned out
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Patti Smith


) at a few minutes after 1:00 am, performing her song "Elegie", and finally reading a list of punk rock musicians and advocates who had died in the previous years. Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007. She dedicated her award to the memory of her late husband, Fred, and gave a performance of The Rolling Stones staple "Gimme Shelter". As the closing number of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Smith's "People Have
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Vanessa Hudgens


my agent that I never want to do it ever again." In April 2011, it was reported that she would star in "Gimme Shelter" with Brendan Fraser, a film written and directed by Ron Krauss. Hudgens also plays Cindy Paulson in "The Frozen Ground" (2013), a film based on the Robert Hansen case wherein she plays as his only victim who escaped. She co-stars with John Cusack and Nicolas Cage. In 2015, Hudgens took on the title role in the new production of
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Sharon Watts


during July and August 2012. The trailer showed Albert Square and its residents being blown away by "Hurricane Sharon", who floated down from the sky wearing a wedding dress to the soundtrack of "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones. To film the trailer, Dean was suspended in mid-air by stunt wires. Discussing her return, Dean told "The Sun" that she felt like a newbie upon going back but as soon as she got into the costume and make-up department, she realised that Sharon
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Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones song)


period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, from 2 to 4 December 1969. The song was not released until over a year later due to legal wranglings with the band's former label. At the request of guitarist Mick Taylor (who had joined the band as Brian Jones' replacement in July of 1969), the Stones debuted the number live during the infamous concert at the Altamont Speedway on 6 December 1969. That performance is featured in "Gimme Shelter," the concert documentary directed by the Maysles Brothers
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)


Dancing Queen", released on 28 September 2018. Cher's version is the lead single on the new album. The accompanying audio video for "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" was premiered through Cher's official YouTube channel on 9 August 2018. An extended version of the track was later released on 14 September 2018. The song peaked at number 4 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Writing for "Rolling Stone", Brittany Spanos felt that "working with producer Mark Taylor who
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It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous


"Gimme Shelter" is a cover version of the Rolling Stones song that the group had recorded with Samantha Fox for the Shelter benefit single "Putting Our House in Order", although this album version removes Fox's vocal. Drummer Richard Chadwick performs vocals instead. The group undertook a 21-date UK tour in November to promote the album. This was followed by a 12 date Germany/Netherlands tour in December. Some shows were recorded and were released as "The Business Trip" and the mistitled "Treworgey 1989" CD.
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on NPR in 2012: However, the song's inspiration was not initially Vietnam or social unrest, but Keith Richards seeing people scurrying for shelter from a sudden rain storm. According to him: The recording features guest vocals by Merry Clayton, recorded at a last-minute late-night recording session during the mixing phase, arranged by her friend and record producer Jack Nitzsche. After the first verse is sung by Jagger, Merry Clayton enters and they share the next three verses. A harmonica solo by Jagger and guitar solo
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)


displaying manual pages would print "gimme gimme gimme" when run without arguments on 00:30 (as the opening lyrics of the song are "half past twelve"). The easter egg has been removed since version man-db 2.8.0 after it had been discovered as an annoyance in a software automatic test system on 20 November 2017 and brought to broad attention on the Stack Exchange Q&A network site dedicated to Unix & Linux. In 2005, this song was sampled by Madonna, who used it on her worldwide hit "Hung Up
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New Zealand Music Award for Best Solo Artist


Best Solo Artist is a New Zealand Music Award that honours solo artists for outstanding work. The award can either apply to solo performers or a singer who performs with a band. The award was originally divided by gender, with separate prizes going to male and female artists. The awards were first presented in 1978 at the relaunched New Zealand Music Awards. The awards were then called Top Male Vocalist and Top Female Vocalist. In 1985 they became Best Male Vocalist and Best Female Vocalist, then in 2004 they were renamed Best Male
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Gimme Shelter (1970 film)


. When Mick Jagger arrives to the grounds via helicopter, he is punched in the face by an unruly fan while making his way to his trailer. At one point Jefferson Airplane lead male singer Marty Balin is knocked out by a Hells Angel; Paul Kantner attempts to confront "the people who hit my lead singer" in response, announcing: "Hey, man, I'd like to mention that the Hells Angels just smashed Marty Balin in the face, and knocked him out for a bit. I'd like to
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The Flying Burrito Brothers


lack of success and unable to fully reconcile his predilection for R&B and groove-based music with the more conservative tastes of Parsons and Hillman, Ethridge departed the group in the autumn of 1969. Hillman reverted to bass after the band hired lead guitarist Bernie Leadon, a Dillard and Clark veteran who had also played with Hillman in the early 1960s bluegrass scene. This iteration of the band performed at the ill-fated Altamont Free Concert in December 1969, as documented in the film "Gimme Shelter". The audience remained largely
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Gimme Shelter (2013 film)


something that we don’t want to discuss, but the fact is it’s happening all around us. Young people are becoming homeless and don’t have anywhere to go. Young mothers who have no support and no love and no place to call their own… just so much. I mean, abuse and homelessness, it’s all happening around us way more than we are allowing ourselves to see." Discussing why her role as Apple's drug-addicted mother June had special meaning for her, Rosario Dawson said,
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Albert and David Maysles


in New England and Florida. "Gimme Shelter", a film about The Rolling Stones' 1969 U.S. tour culminating in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert, unexpectedly captured on film the altercation between Altamont attendee Meredith Hunter and Hells Angel Alan Passaro that resulted in Hunter's death. Film footage shows Hunter drawing and pointing a revolver just before being stabbed by Passaro, who was later acquitted of Hunter's murder on self-defense grounds after the jury viewed the footage. "Grey Gardens" depicts the lives of a reclusive upper-
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Albert and David Maysles


1974 when "Christo's Valley Curtain" was nominated for an Academy Award, to 2005 when "The Gates" (started in 1979 and completed by Albert after David's death) headlined New York's Tribeca Film Festival. Other Maysles subjects include Marlon Brando, Truman Capote, Vladimir Horowitz, and Seiji Ozawa. For many years, the Maysles worked closely with film editor Charlotte Zwerin, who received a directing credit for her work on "Gimme Shelter". Zwerin eventually stopped working with the Maysles because, according to Zwerin
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Gimme! Coffee


Gimme! Coffee is a coffee roaster and third-wave coffee shop, based in New York, with espresso bars in Ithaca, Trumansburg, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. Gimme! Coffee has a wholesale service that caters to coffee and espresso establishments. The espresso made at Gimme follows a rigorous quality control from beans to roast to cup, including a precise "dialing in" and logging of their Leftist espresso blend on a daily basis. A focus at Gimme is to form relationships with farmers who grow coffee. As part of
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Tasha Page-Lockhart


New Artist of the Year. In 2019 at the 34th Stellar awards she won Contemporary Female vocalist of the year. She won female vocalist of the year at the 2019 Steeple awards. Previously she won female vocalist of the year in the UK for the Gospel Touch Music awards. She married Clifton James "Cliff" Lockhart, who is three years older than her, in July 2006, after relocating to Atlanta. In 2008, they would move back to Detroit, Michigan, so that she could give birth to the couple
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Krishnacore


influenced punk as early as 1986. The band Shelter was formed in 1991, which is credited as the inventor of krishnacore. Shelter consisted of two ex-members of Youth of Today, vocalist Ray Cappo and guitarist John Porcelly, who had become Krishna devotees. The genre is also strongly associated with Equal Vision Records, which was formed by Shelter members to promote the Krishna movement. Other early acts within the genre include 108, Refuse to Fall and Prema. Although the Hare Krishna movement and many straight edgers shared the principles
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Gimme More


's head, and continued with Spears turning to the camera and lip synching the first lines of Elvis Presley's 1958 song "Trouble": "If you're lookin' for trouble, you came to the right place / If you're lookin' for trouble, look right in my face." "Gimme More" began, and the camera panned out to reveal Spears wearing a black, jewel-encrusted bikini and black boots. She was accompanied by male and female dancers dressed in black outfits. Several pole dancers
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Elida Reyna


Elida’s Medley), Female Vocalist of the Year. 2009 – 29th Tejano Music Awards - Female Vocalist of the Year. 2010 – 30th Anniversary Tejano Music Awards – Female Vocalist of the Year, DECADE BALLOT WINNERS – Female Vocalist 2000s, Best Song 2000s (Duele) 2011 – 31st Tejano Music Awards – Song of the Year (Prefiero Morir), Female Vocalist of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year – Tejano – Fantasia, Vocal Duo of the Year Elida Reyna & Michael Salgado – Amor
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House Dance International


See" Reeves, Marcus, “Celebrating an Unsung Body Revolution”, New York Press, July 5, 2007. http://www.nypress.com/20/28/abouttown/about2.cfm. 4. "See" Sagolla, Lisa Jo, “Breaking into House”, Backstage, November 16, 2007. http://www.backstage.com/bso/advice-columns/actors-craft/voice-movement/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003673874 1. Selah, Makkada B., “Powder Burns: House Dancing Finally Gets Its Day (Four, Actually) in New York City”, "Village Voice", June 26, 2007. http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-06-26/music/powder-burns/ 2. Thomas, Andy, “Shelter NYC: Gimme Shelter
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Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)


episode "Secrets and Flies" she is unexpectedly reunited with her 28-year-old son; she says she was 15 when she gave birth to him, meaning she must be 43. Linda has a large family consisting of a son named Zippy, two cousins, Simon who has a wonky eye, Velma who works in Soho who has an act called "Snatch and Ladders", two aunties, Nitty and Ivy, an uncle called Tyrone and a sister called Sharon Hughes who changed her name to Sugar Walls. Her Mother
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Blackout (Britney Spears album)


perform "Gimme More", with a magic act from illusionist Criss Angel in some parts of the performance. However, the bit is thought to have been rejected by the show's organisers at the last minute. The performance began with Spears lip synching the first lines of Elvis Presley's 1958 song "Trouble". "Gimme More" began, and the camera panned out to reveal Spears wearing a black, jewel-encrusted bikini and black boots. She was accompanied by male and female dancers dressed in black outfits.
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Nadirah Shakoor


Nadirah Shakoor is an American vocalist, best known for her work in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, which she joined in 1995, and is still touring with it as its featured female vocalist. "Nod to the Storyteller" is Shakoor's tribute to Jimmy Buffett, who for the last 22 years has featured her as part of his show. Prior to that, she was a female vocalist of the hip hop group Arrested Development, of which she was a member from 1993 until 1995. She was nominated for a
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Lee Sun-hee (singer)


Lee Sun-hee (; born November 11, 1964) is a South Korean singer-songwriter who debuted in 1984 with the song "To J". In her home country, she is widely regarded as a legendary singer representing South Korea, and the most successful and skilled vocalist in the country, earning her the nicknames "국민 디바" ("National Diva") and "여가왕" (Queen of Female Vocalists). She is also widely considered as a vocalist with the best vocal ability among South Korean female
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Gimme Gimme (Inna song)


million views on YouTube in one week, to which the singer replied, "I didn't expect such a positive feedback in such a short time, thus I want to thank to my fans in the entire world. I hope that 'Gimme Gimme' will make them happy and give them energy every day." The clip begins with shots of San Miguel de Allende and a couple standing close to each other. Subsequently, a man is seen transporting balloons in front of Inna, who leans over a Volkswagen Beetle car
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Emily Meade


Emily Meade (born January 10, 1989) is an American film and television actress. She has appeared in films such as "Twelve" (2010), "My Soul to Take" (2010), "Gimme Shelter" (2013), "That Awkward Moment" (2014), "Money Monster" (2016), and "Nerve" (2016), and the television series "Boardwalk Empire", "", "The Leftovers" and "Broad City". She also portrayed a
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Incognito (Celine Dion album)


the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year in 1987 and Female Vocalist of the Year in 1989. She was also nominated for three MetroStar Awards in 1987 (Female Vocalist of the Year, Young Artist of the Year, Female Personality of the Year) and four in 1988 (Female Vocalist of the Year, Young Artist of the Year, Female Personality of the Year, Jury Award), and won MetroStar Award for Young Artist of the Year in 1988. Dion's television special titled "Spécial Incognito"
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Gimme Gimme (Inna song)


sporting a yellow wool suit from Max Mara, worth circa 6350 lei. The man in the vehicle was predicted by Celebmix from a teaser video to be her love interest. Next, the singer walks through the city, encountering a banana stand, an old woman in traditional clothing and a piñata, which she eventually breaks. She wears a black skirt designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. Subsequently, the singer and two fellow females with hand fans perform to the track in front of the entrance of a building; Inna has a
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Gimme More


's first record to chart on iTunes. He also released a music video for "Gimme More", which was criticized by Spears's fans who thought Dallman was making fun of her. He explained, "There have been a few folks who have misinterpreted what I was doing and thought that I was somehow making fun of her, which really isn't the case. I have such a place in my heart for Britney". "Gimme More" has been sampled in many songs, including Girl Talk's "Give
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)


"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" is a song by Swedish band ABBA. It was recorded in August 1979 in order to help promote their North American and European tour of that year, and was released on ABBA's "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" album as the brand new track. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" was written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with the lead vocal sung by Agnetha Fältskog. Fältskog, as
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Kitty Wells


pop cross over hits. Wells is the only female artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart topping hits continued until the mid-1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s. Wells ranks as the sixth-most successful female vocalist in the history of the "Billboard" country charts, according to historian Joel Whitburn's book "The Top 40 Country Hits". In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall
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Cathy Young (vocalist)


Cathy Young (born 1951) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She released her first album "A Spoonful of Cathy Young" in 1969 and her second album "Traveled Stained" in 1973. Young won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974 and was nominated for the Juno Award for Best Female Vocalist in 1975. In November 2017, Cathy Young's image was included on a 70 ft. Mural of Canadian music Icons who have performed at historic Yonge Street music Venues. The 22 storey
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Sophie Stanton


would be reprising her role as Marsden for the Who Killed Lucy Beale? storyline. Other television includes Rose in "Dressing For Breakfast", Dilly in "The Wilsons", "Prime Suspect", "Dangerous Lady", "Wall of Silence", "Gimme Gimme Gimme", "Plastic Man", "The Vice", "Black Books", "The Sculptress", "Coupling", "Midsomer Murders", "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Fingersmith", "Jekyll",
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Roger Leach (actor)


, Rev Hale in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", Scrooge in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Bluntschi in "Arms and the Man", Subtle in "The Alchemist", Claudio in Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure", and Colin in "Ashes" for which feat of achievement he was cast in The Bill. Leach appeared in a West End production of Anthony Shaffer’s play "The Case of the Oily Levantine" directed by Patrick Dromgoole, and at the Royal Court in "Gimme Shelter
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Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)


third series to be shown on BBC One. The show is loosely based on Mike Leigh's play Abigail's Party. The series is repeated on UK television channel Gold. "Gimme Gimme Gimme" centres around loudmouthed Londoner Linda La Hughes (played by comedian and director Kathy Burke) and her gay flatmate, actor Tom Farrell (played by James Dreyfus). A modern twist on the traditional "odd couple" format, much of "Gimme Gimme Gimme's" humour springs from its lubricious innuendo subplot, which comes from
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Dottie Peoples


of the Year-Traditional, Album of the Year, On Time God, Song of the Year, "On Time God"; Atlanta Gospel Choice Award Winner, 1995, Best Choir of the Year, Song of the Year, "Everybody Ought to Know Who Jesus Is"; Stellar Awards Winner, 1996, Top Female Vocalist; First Annual NAACP Phoenix Awards Winner, 1996, Female Vocalist of the Year; Gospel Music Workshop of America/Gospel Excellence Awards, 1997, Traditional Album of the Year, Traditional Female
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MISSPSTAR


rapper to make a better life for herself and her family after her father's music career had failed and Diaz and her family found themselves living in a shelter. Diaz began her rap career at the age of nine in after hours nightclubs in Harlem, battling against other rappers twice her age. She won the Citywide Hip Hop competition in 2005 and became the youngest female entrant. That same year, Diaz recorded an album with Reggaeton Niños as the main vocalist and appeared in the music video for "Oye mi Canto".
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