Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee
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Bobby Vee (born April 30, 1943) is an American pop music singer.
Born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, his 1961 performance of the song “Take Good Care Of My Baby” went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S. charts and on the U.K. Charts. Known primarily as a performer of Brill Building pop-factory singles, Vee nevertheless became a bona fide star, and went on to record a string of international chart hits in the 1960s, including “Devil or Angel”, “More Than I Can Say”, “Run to Him”, “Rubber Ball”, “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”, and “Come Back When You Grow Up”.
Bobby Vee appeared in several British and American motion pictures as well as the Scopitone series of early film-and-music recordings, which predicted the rise of rock music videos. Vee is still active and touring internationally as a performer as of 2006. His sons and daughter have shown much interest in his music career and legacy, some of who are in a band known as “The Vees”.
Vee’s career began amid tragedy. On “The Day the Music Died” (3 February 1959) — the day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in the crash of aircraft N3974N near Clear Lake, Iowa —
Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003.
fifteen-year-old Velline and a scratched-together band of Fargo, North Dakota schoolboys calling themselves Bobby Vee and the Shadows volunteered for and were given the unenviable job of filling in for Holly and his band The Crickets in the lineup of the traveling “Winter Dance Party” rock and roll show in Moorhead, Minnesota in which Holly was to have performed. Their engagement there was a success, setting in motion a chain of events that led to Vee’s career as a popular singer. Bobby Vee regularly performs at the Winter Dance Party memorial concerts in Clear Lake to this day.
Bobby Vee is a recipient of the state of North Dakota’s Roughrider Award and his contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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1980s Hits
80s Hits: Top 40 Chart List – 1980
1. Call Me – Blondie
2. Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
3. Magic – Olivia Newton-John
4. Rock With You – Michael Jackson
5. Do That To Me One More Time – Captain & Tennille
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
7. Coming Up – Paul McCartney
8. Funkytown – Lipps Inc.
9. It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel
10. The Rose – Bette Midler
11. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
12. Cars – Gary Numan
13. Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson
14. Working My Way Back To You-Forgive Me Girl – Spinners
15. Lost In Love – Air Supply
16. Little Jeannie – Elton John
17. Ride Like The Wind – Cristopher Cross
18. Upside Down – Diana Ross
19. Please Don’t Go – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
20. Babe – Styx
21. With You I’m Born Again – Billy Preston & Syreeta
22. Shining Star – Manhattans
23. Still – Commodores
24. Yes – I’m Ready – Teri De Sario With K.C.
25. Sexy Eyes – Dr. Hook
26. Steal Away – Robbie Dupree
27. Biggest Part Of Me – Ambrosia
28. This Is It – Kenny Loggins
29. Cupid-I’ve Loved You For A Long Time – Spinners
30. Let’s Get Serious – Jermaine Jackson
31. Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer – Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes
32. Sailing – Christopher Cross
33. Longer – Dan Fogelberg
34. Coward Of The County – Kenny Rogers
35. Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
36. Take Your Time – S.O.S. Band
37. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) – Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
38. Too Hot – Kool & The Gang
39. More Love – Kim Carnes
40. Pop Muzik – M
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1960 Greatest Hits
GREATEST HITS OF 1960
Anita Bryant – In My Little Corner Of The World – 08-60
Anita Bryant – Paper Roses – 05-60
Annette – O Dio Mio – 03-60 – Vista
Annette – Pineapple Princess – 09-60 – Vista
Bill Black’s Combo – Don’t Be Cruel – 10-60
Bill Black’s Combo – Smokie Part 2 – 01-60
Bill Black’s Combo – White Silver Sands – 04-60
Billy Bland – Let The Little Girl Dance – 05-60
Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea – 02-60
Brook Benton – Kiddio – 09-60
Chubby Checker – The Hucklebuck – 11-60 – Parkway
Chubby Checker – The Twist – 08-60
Dante & The Evergreens – Alley-Oop – 07-60 – Madison
Dion & The Belmonts – Lonely Tennager – 12-60
Dion & The Belmonts – Where Or When – 02-60
Donnie Brooks – Mission Bell – 08-60 – Era
Gary U.S. Bonds – New Orleans – 11-60
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – 11-60
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Finger Poppin’ Time – 08-60
Jeanne Black – He’ll Have To Stay – 05-60
Jerry Butler – He Will Break Your Heart – 11-60
Jimmy Charles – A Million To One – 09-60 – Promo
Jimmy Clanton – Go Jimmy Go – 01-60
Johnny Burnette – Dreamin’ – 08-60
Johnny Burnette – You’re Sixteen – 12-60
Mark Dinning – Teen Angel – 01-60
Paul Anka – Puppy Love- 03-60 – ABC Paramount
Paul Anka – My Home Town – 06-60 – ABC Paramount
Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds – Shortnin’ Bread – 10-60
Perry Como – Delaware – 03-60
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind – 10-60 – ABC Paramount
Sam Cooke – Chain Gang – 09-60
Sam Cooke – Wonderful World – 06-60
The Brothers Four – Green Fields – 04-60
The Browns – The Old Lamplighter – 04-60
The Crests – Step By Step – 04-60
Fats Domino – My Girl Josephine – 12-60
Fats Domino – Walking To New Orleans – 07-60
Fats Domino – Three Nights A Week – 10-60
The Drifters – Save The Last Dance For Me – 09-60
Duane Eddy – Because They’re Young – 06-60
Duane Eddy – Pepe – 12-60
Paul Evans – Happy-Go-Lucky-Me – 6-60
Paul Evans – Midnight Special – 03-60
The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown – 05-60
The Everly Brothers – When Will I Be Loved – 07-60
The Everly Brothers – Let It Be Me – 02-60
The Everly Brothers – So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) – 09-60
The Percy Faith Orchestra – Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ – 02-60
The Fendermen – Mule Skinner Blues – 07-60
Ferrante & Teicher – Theme From ‘The Apartment’ – 09-60
Ferrante & Teicher – Theme From ‘Exodus’ – 12-60
The Four Preps – Down By The Station – 02-60
Connie Francis – Mama – 03-60
Connie Francis - Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – 06-60
Connie Francis – Many Tears Ago – 12-60
Connie Francis – My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own – 09-60
Larry Hall – Sandy – 01-60
Ron Holden – I Love You So – 05-60
The Hollywood Argyles – Alley-Oop – 06-60 – Lute
Johnny Horton - North To Alaska – 11-60
Johnny Horton – Sink The Bismarck – 04-60
Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – 07-60 – Leader
The Ivy Three – Yogi – 09-60
Johnny & The Hurricanes – Beatnik Fly – 03-62
Marv Johnson – I Love The Way You Love – 04-60
Marv Johnson – You Got What It Takes – 01-60
Jimmy Jones – Handy Man – 02-60 – Cub
Jimmy Jones - Good Timin’ – 05-60 – Cub
Joe Jones – You Talk Too Much – 10-60 – Roulette
Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland By Night – 12-60 – Decca
Steve Lawrence – Footsteps – 04-60 – ABC Paramount
Brenda Lee – I Want To Be Wanted – 10-60 – Decca
Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry – 06-60 – Decca
Brenda Lee – Sweet Nothin’s – 03-60 – Decca
Brenda Lee – That’s All You Gotta Do – 07-60 – Decca
The Little Dippers – Forever – 03-60
Little Willie John – Sleep – 10-60
Hank Locklin – Please Help Me I’m Falling – 07-60
Lolita – Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) – 12-60
Bob Luman – Let’s Think About Living – 10-60
Ricky Nelson – Young Emotions – 06-60
Roy Orbison – Blue Angel – 11-60
Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely – 07-60
Ray Peterson – Corinna, Corinna – 12-60
Ray Peterson – Tell Laura I Love Her – 07-60
The Platters – Harbor Lights – 03-60
Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never – 08-60
Elvis Presley – Stuck On You – 04-60
Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight – 11-60
Johnny Preston – Cradle Of Love – 04-60
Johnny Preston – Feel So Fine – 08-60
Johnny Preston – Running Bear – 01-60
Lloyd Price – Lady Luck – 03-60
Della Reese – Not One Minute More 01-60
Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go – 02-60
Bobby Rydell – Sway – 12-60
Bobby Rydell – Swinging School – 06-60
Bobby Rydell – Wild One – 02-60
Bobby Rydell – Volare – 08-60
The Safaris – Image Of A Girl – 07-60
Jack Scott – Burning Bridges – 05-60 – Top Rank
Jack Scott – What In The World’s Come Over You – 02-60 – Top Rank
Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven – 05-60
Skip & Flip – Cherry Pie – 05-60
Connie Stevens – Sixteen Reasons – 04-60
Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion – 10-60
Conway Twitty – Lonely Blue Boy – 02-60
Bobby Vee - Devil Or Angel – 10-60
The Ventures – Perfidia – 12-60
The Ventures – Walk Don’t Run – 08-60
Larry Verne – Mr. Custer – 09-60 – Era
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton – A Rockin’ Good Way – 06-60
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton – Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes – 02-60
Andy Williams - Village Of St. Bernadette – 01-60
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs – Stay – 11-60
Jackie Wilson – Alone At Last – 11-60
Jackie Wilson – Night – 04-60
Jackie Wilson – (You Were Made For) All My Love – 08-60
Kathy Young & The Innocents – A Thousand Stars – 11-60 sand Stars – 11-60
Hank Williams Jr
Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr. Background information Birth name Randall Hank Williams Also known as Bocephus Born May 26, 1949 (age 57) Origin Shreveport, LA, USA Genre(s) Country Music
Outlaw Country
Southern Rock Occupation(s) Country music singer and songwriter Years active 1957 – Present Label(s) MGM Records
(1963 – 1976)
Warner Bros. Records
(1977 – 1994)
Curb Records
(1994 – Present) Website www.hankjr.com
Early life and career
Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, and known by the nickname Bocephus (a name given to him by his father because he thought his son as a baby resembled a TV ventriloquist dummy named Bocephus), he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father’s death in 1953. He began performing when eight years old, and in 1963 made his recording debut with “Lone Gone Lonesome Blues”, a staple of his father’s career.
Williams’ early career was guided, some say outright dominated, by his mother Audrey Williams, who many claim was the driving force that led his father to musical superstardom during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Audrey, in many ways, wished for young Hank to be nothing more than a “Hank Williams, Sr. impersonator”, sometimes going as far as to have clothes designed for him that were identical to his father’s stage clothes and vocal stylings very similar to those of his father.
A change in musical direction
Although Williams’ recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he became disillusioned with his role as a ‘Hank Williams clone’ and severed ties with his mother in order to pursue his own musical direction and tastes. After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin’ Heart, a biography of his father, Williams, Jr. hit the charts with one of his own compositions, “Standing in the Shadows”. The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father.
Also during this time, Williams had his first two No. 1 songs: “All For the Love of Sunshine” (1970, featured on the soundtrack to Kelly’s Heroes) and “Eleven Roses” (1972).
By the mid-1970s, Williams had finally found the musical direction that would, eventually, make him a superstar. Williams’ unique blend of traditional country with southern rock and blues earned him a devoted following, although some mainstream country radio stations wouldn’t touch his new songs in this blatantly untraditional sound.
While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs, including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, and others.
Injury and recovery
On August 8, 1975, Williams was severely injured in a mountain-climbing accident in Montana. The accident shattered every bone within his face and actually exposed his brain to open air. It would eventually take nine major surgeries to put his face back together again.
His recovery took two years. In order to hide the numerous scars, Williams adopted the look that would become his trademark, a thick, full beard, cowboy hat, and dark sunglasses. Upon his re-entry into the recording studio, Williams worked with Waylon Jennings on the album entitled The New South. But as far as singles were concerned, Williams didn’t reach the charts again until the late 1970s, with Bobby Fuller’s I Fought the Law, Family Tradition and Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound.
Popular success
The singles “Family Tradition” and “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound” sent Williams’ career into orbit. During the 1980s alone, he scored no less than 35 top ten and number one singles on the country music charts and an impressive string of gold, platinum, and multi-platinum selling albums. Despite selling millions of albums, setting concert attendance records, and being one of Country Music’s biggest stars, Williams received very little recognition by the country music establishment. Williams’ untraditional approach, style, behavior, sound, and Rock and Roll attitude was seen as not being ‘country’ enough for hardcore country loyalists within the Nashville music scene.
In the mid-1980s, Williams took advantage of the emerging popularity of music videos and shot a video to showcase the single, “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight“. The song became one of Williams’ true signature songs, due in great part to the video that featured, quite literally, many of Williams’ closest friends, many of whom were among the most recognizable names in music such as George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Thorogood. The video for “All My Rowdy Friends” became the first video to be named Video Of The Year by the Country Music Association in 1985. In 1989, ABC asked Williams to change his lyrics of “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” to “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here On Monday Night”, leading to one of television’s most famous quotes: “Are You Ready For Some Football?”
Well known Ultimate Fighting Champion Matt Hughes walks out into the octagon to the tune of ‘A Country Boy Can Survive.’This song was modified to ‘America Will Survive’ following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Also, Professional Wrestler James Gibson used ‘A Country Boy Can Survive’ as his theme tune during his 2005 run in the Ring Of Honor.
Acceptance by country music establishment
Williams’ career began to hit its peak after his first taste of recognition by the country music establishment. His popularity had risen to such levels, he could no longer be overlooked for major industry awards. In 1987 and 1988, Williams was named Entertainer Of The Year by the Country Music Association. In 1987, 1988, and 1989, he won the same award from the Academy of Country Music. During the 1980s, Williams became a country music superstar known for catchy anthems and hard-edged rock-influenced country. By the end of the decade, however, the hits had begun to dry up. A new generation of country singers began to emerge that brought with them songs and vocal stylings with a more traditional sound. These singers, which would include Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, and Garth Brooks, became known as ‘Neo-Traditionalists’. Williams was now seen as somewhat out of step with this new traditionalist movement.
His last major success was “There’s a Tear in My Beer”, a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques. The song itself was written by his father, presumably, sometime between 1950 and 1953 and was recorded with Hank Williams playing just his guitar. The music video for the song combined existing television footage of Hank Williams performing and the dubbing techniques transferred the image of Hank Jr. onto the screen, so it appeared as if he were actually playing with his father. The video was an overwhelming success, both critically and commercially. It was named Video Of The Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country music. Hank Williams, Jr. would go on to win a Grammy award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
Despite his slumping album sales, Hank Williams Jr. continued to be a popular concert draw during the early 1990s and continued to record, with several of his recordings during this time still managing to achieve gold status, selling 500,000 copies.
He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”. The opening theme became a classic, as much a part of the show as the football itself. In 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, Williams’ opening themes for Monday Night Football would earn him four Emmy awards.
In 2004, Williams, Jr appeared on CMT Outlaws.
He has made a cameo appearance along with Larry the Cable Guy, Kid Rock, and Charlie Daniels in Gretchen Wilson’s music video for the song “All Jacked Up“, whose album has been released. He also appeared in Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman” video as well.
Williams, Jr. donated $125,000 to hurricane relief efforts in Biloxi, Mississippi on October 14, 2005.
On December 26, 2005 Hank Williams, Jr opened for Monday Night Football on ABC for the last time. Starting this year 2006, the series will be on Disney corporate sibling ESPN.
On January 7, 2006, Hank Williams, Jr opened up for two games on ABC for the NFL Playoffs.
Hank Williams Jr. visited with Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the Sago Mine accident, on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 in Morgantown, West Virginia. Williams traveled to the hospital after learning that McCloy was a fan of his music. “It just hit me like a ton of bricks because I had a big mountain fall in the ’70s, and they said I wouldn’t live,” Williams told Pittsburgh TV station KDKA. “It really, really affected me, and I said, ‘I’ve just got to go there and meet the family.”
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling stating that Hank Williams’ heirs — son Hank Williams Jr. and daughter Jett Williams — have the sole rights to sell his old recordings made for a Nashville radio station in the early ’50s. The court rejected claims made by Polygram Records and Legacy Entertainment in releasing recordings Williams made for the Mother’s Best Flour Show, a program that originally aired on WSM-AM. The recordings, which Legacy Entertainment acquired in 1997, include live versions of Williams’ hits and his cover version of other songs. Polygram contended that Williams’ contract with MGM Records, which Polygram now owns, gave them rights to release the radio recordings.
Hank Williams, Jr. opened for Super Bowl XL which was aired February 5, 2006 on ABC. Williams Jr was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
On April 10, 2006 CMT honored country music icon Hank Williams Jr. with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards. Williams joins an elite circle of gifted performers to have received this prestigious mark of distinction, including Loretta Lynn (2005), Reba McEntire (2004), Johnny Cash (2003).
In August of 2006 an on-line fan website started a petition to get Williams, Jr into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
For MNF’s 2006 debut on ESPN, Williams Jr. re-recorded the MNF opening theme with an all-star jam band that included Little Richard, ?uestlove, Joe Perry, Clarence Clemons, Rick Nielsen, Bootsy Collins, Charlie Daniels, Steven Van Zandt and others.
When not performing, Williams lives at his compound outside of Missoula, where he spends his time composing new material, hunting and fishing.
Controversy
Williams Jr., after being arrested in April of 2006
In a bizarre incident, he was charged with attempting to choke a teenage waitress of a Memphis hotel in April of 2006.
Hank Williams
| Hank Williams | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Hiram King Williams | |
| Also known as | Hank Williams | |
| Born | September 17, 1923 in Georgiana, Alabama, USA |
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| Died | January 01, 1953 (age 29) in Oak Hill, West Virginia |
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| Genre(s) | Country, blues, honky tonk | |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, musician, songwriter | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano | |
| Years active | 1937–1953 | |
| Website | hankwilliams.com | |
Hiram “Hank” King Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who has become an icon of country music, Rock ‘n’ Roll and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. A leading exponent of the Honky Tonk style, he had numerous hit records, and his charismatic performances and succinct compositions fueled his fame. His songbook is one of the backbones of country music, several are pop standards as well. He has been covered in a range of pop, gospel, and rock styles. His legend has only grown since his premature death at the age of 29. His son Hank Williams Jr., his daughter Jett Williams, and his grandchildren Hank Williams III and Holly Williams are also professional singers.
Williams was born in 1923, in the small unincorporated town of Mount Olive, about eight miles southwest of Georgiana, Alabama. He was named after Hiram I of Tyre, but his name was misspelled as “Hiriam” on his birth certificate.[1] He was born with a mild undiagnosed case of spina bifida occulta, a disorder of the spinal column, which gave him life-long pain—a factor in his later abuse of alcohol and drugs. His parents were Alonzo Huble Williams, known as “Lon,” a train conductor for a regional lumber company and World War I veteran, and Jessie Lillybelle Williams, known as “Lillie.” He had an older sister named Irene.
Early childhood
During his early childhood, the Williams family moved frequently throughout southern Alabama as his father’s job required. In 1930, when Williams was seven years old, his father began suffering from face paralysis. At a VA clinic in Pensacola, Florida, doctors determined that the cause was a brain aneurysm, so they sent Lon Williams to the VA Medical Center in Alexandria, Louisiana. Lon remained hospitalized for eight years and was thus mostly absent throughout Hank’s childhood.
In 1931, Lillie Williams settled her family in Georgiana, Alabama, where she worked as the manager of a boarding house. She managed to find several side jobs to support her children, despite the bleak economic climate of the Great Depression. She worked in a cannery and served as a night-shift nurse in the local hospital. Hiram and Irene also helped out by selling peanuts, shining shoes, delivering newspapers, and doing other simple jobs. With the help of U.S. Representative J. Lister Hill, the family began collecting Lon’s military disability pension. Despite Lon’s medical condition, the Williams family managed fairly well financially throughout the Depression.
Preteen years
In 1933, Hank Williams moved to Fountain, Alabama, to live with his uncle and aunt, Walter and Alice McNeil. Meanwhile, his cousin Opal McNeil moved in with the Williams family in Georgiana to attend the high school there. In Fountain, ten-year-old Williams became close friends with his cousin J.C. McNeil, who was the same age. There he learned some of the trades and habits that would dominate the rest of his life. His Aunt Alice taught him to play the guitar, and his cousin J.C. taught him to drink whiskey.
After a year of living with his relatives in Fountain, Williams moved back to Georgiana, where he met Rufus Payne, a black blues musician living in the nearby town of Greenville. Payne often travelled through Georgiana and other towns in the area to perform in the streets and other public places. Payne, who was known more commonly as “Tee-Tot,” became Williams mentor and greatly influenced his musical style.
In the fall of 1934, the Williams family moved to Greenville, Alabama, a larger town about fifteen miles to the north of Georgiana. Lillie opened a boarding house next to the Butler County courthouse, and Williams was able to spend more time with Payne. Sometimes Williams would stay at Payne’s house overnight. In 1937, Williams got into a rough fight with his physical-education coach. Furious with the coach, his mother demanded that the school board fire him. When the school board refused to take action, she decided to move the family to Montgomery.
Hiram “Hank” Williams at 13
Career
[edit] Early career
In July, 1937, the Williams and McNeil families opened a boarding house on South Perry Street in downtown Montgomery, a much larger city than any of them had ever lived in. It was at this time that Hiram decided to informally change his name to Hank, a name which he said was better suited to his desired career in country music,
After school and on weekends, Hank sang and played his Silvertone guitar on the sidewalk in front of the WSFA radio studios. He quickly caught the attention of WSFA producers, who occasionally invited him to come inside and perform on air. So many listeners contacted the radio station asking for more of the “Singing Kid” that the producers hired him to host his own fifteen-minute show, twice a week for a weekly salary of fifteen dollars.
In August 1938, Lon Williams was temporarily released from the hospital, and he showed up unannounced at the family’s home in Montgomery. Lillie was unwilling to let him reclaim his position at the head of the household, so he stayed only long enough to celebrate Hank’s birthday in September before he returned to the medical center in Lousiana. It was the first time Hank had seen his father in over eight years, and even after the reunion, he felt as though he had grown up without a father.
Drifting Cowboys
Hank’s successful radio show fueled his entrance to a music career. His generous salary was enough for him to start his own band, which he dubbed the Drifting Cowboys. The original members of the band were guitarist Braxton Schuffert, fiddler Freddie Beach, and comic Smith “Hezzy” Adair. The Drifting Cowboys travelled throughout central and southern Alabama, performing in clubs and at private parties. Hank dropped out of school in October, 1939, so that the Drifting Cowboys could work full time.
Lillie Williams stepped up to be the Drifting Cowboys’ manager. She began booking show dates, negotiating prices, and driving them to some of their shows. Now free to travel without Hank’s school schedule taking precedence, the band was able to tour as far away as western Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. Meanwhile, Hank returned to Montgomery every weekday to host his radio show.
The nation’s entrance into World War II in 1941 marked the beginning of hard times for Hank Williams. All his band members were drafted to serve in the military, and many of their replacements refused to continue playing in the band because of Hank’s worsening alcoholism. His idol, Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff warned him of the dangers of alcohol, saying “You’ve got a million-dollar voice[,] son, but a ten-cent brain.”[2] Despite Acuff’s advice, Williams continued to show up for his radio show intoxicated, so in August, 1942, WSFA fired him due to “habitual drunkenness.”
Death
On January 1, 1953, Williams was due to play in Canton, Ohio, but he was unable to fly due to weather problems. He hired a chauffeur and, before leaving the old Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee was injected with B12 and morphine. He then left in a Cadillac, carrying a bottle of whiskey with him.
When the seventeen year-old chauffeur Charles Carr pulled over at an all-night service station in Oak Hill, West Virginia, he discovered that Williams was unresponsive and becoming rigid[3] Upon closer examination, it was discovered that Hank Williams was dead. Controversy has since surrounded Williams’ death with some claiming Williams was dead before leaving Knoxville[4]. Approximate estimation of Hank’s death is around 3 AM.
Williams’ final single was ominously titled “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”. Five days after his death, his illegitimate daughter by Bobbie Jett (Jett Williams) was born. His widow, Billie Jean, married country singer Johnny Horton in September of that year (1953).
Legacy and influence
A life-size statue of Williams stands in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, where he began his music career.
His son Hank Williams, Jr., daughter Jett Williams, grandson Hank Williams III, and granddaughters Hillary Williams and Holly Williams are also country musicians.
Hank Williams’ remains are interred at the Oakwood Annex in Montgomery, Alabama. His funeral was said to have been far larger than any ever held for a citizen of Alabama and is still, as of 2005, the largest such event ever held in Montgomery. As of 2005, more than fifty years after Williams’ death, members of his Drifting Cowboys continue to tour and bring his music to generations of fans.
In February 2005 the Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling stating that Hank Williams’ heirs — son Hank Williams Jr. and daughter Jett Williams — have the sole rights to sell his old recordings made for a Nashville, Tennessee radio station in the early ’50s. The court rejected claims made by Polygram Records and Legacy Entertainment in releasing recordings Williams made for the “Mother’s Best Flour Show“, a program that originally aired on WSM-AM. The recordings, which Legacy Entertainment acquired in 1997, include live versions of Williams’ hits and his cover version of other songs. Polygram contended that Williams’ contract with MGM Records, which Polygram now owns, gave them rights to release the radio recordings.
Awards
- 2003 — CMT – Ranked #2 of the 40 greatest men in country music
- 1990 — TNN/Music City News – Video of the Year
- 1990 — TNN/Music City News – Vocal Collaboration of the Year
- 1989 — Academy of Country Music – Video of the Year
- 1989 — CMA – Vocal Event of the Year
- 1989 — CMA – Music Video of the Year
- 1989 — Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration
Milli Vanilli
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| Country | Germany |
| Years active | 1988–1990 |
| Genres | Dance, Pop |
| Labels | Hansa Records, BMG, Arista Records |
| Members | Fab Morvan, Rob Pilatus |
Milli Vanilli was a pop and dance music ensemble formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988 and fronted by Fab Morvan (b. May 14, 1966) and Rob Pilatus (June 8, 1965 – April 2, 1998). The group’s debut album achieved high sales internationally and garnered them a Grammy award for Best New Artist in 1989. However, their success turned to infamy when the award was revoked after it was revealed that the purported singers did not actually sing on the record.
Beginning
Farian chose Pilatus and Morvan to front a studio project featuring the vocal talents of Charles Shaw, John Davis, and Brad Howell. Farian felt that those musicians were talented but unmarketable. The first Milli Vanilli album was All or Nothing (see 1988 in music). Despite critical pans, Milli Vanilli’s fame continued to grow worldwide. All Or Nothing was repackaged, remixed and retitled Girl You Know It’s True for its U.S. release, and spun four hit singles: the title track, and the group’s three #1 hits, “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You,” “Baby Don’t Forget My Number” and “Blame It On The Rain.” Milli Vanilli won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist on February 22, 1990 for Girl You Know It’s True (1990 in music).
The duo were a frequent target of jokes by late-night television host Arsenio Hall, whose lambasting of the group only increased as rumors and allegations of on-stage lip-synching and studio trickery circulated amongst the music media. Charles Shaw told a reporter the truth about Milli Vanilli, but he later retracted his statement after Farian paid him off.[citation needed] Pilatus was ridiculed in the press for comparing himself to Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan; he also developed a cocaine problem.
Public backlash
In July 1989, during a live performance recorded by MTV at the Lake Compounce theme park in Connecticut, the recording of the song “Girl You Know It’s True” jammed and began to skip, repeating the line “Girl, you know it’s-” over and over. This was not unusual, as many popular artists used the same technique. The fame of this event may have been amplified by the fact that the word “true” was poetically omitted by the whim of the playback device. This was a prime example of the kind of happenstances that could make Milli Vanilli poster boys for the entire range of misrepresentation in the music industry.
Unlike the international release of All or Nothing, the inserts for the American version clearly attributed the voices on the album to Morvan and Pilatus, “brothers of soul”. Due to rising public questions regarding the source of talent in the group, as well as the insistence of Morvan and Pilatus to Farian that they be allowed to sing on the next album, Farian confirmed to reporters on November 15, 1990, that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing on the records. As a result of American media pressure, Milli Vanilli’s Grammy was withdrawn four days later (however, their three American Music Awards were never withdrawn due to the fact the organizers felt the awards were given to them by music consumers[1]), and Arista Records dropped the act from its roster and deleted their album and its masters from their catalog, making Girl You Know It’s True the largest-selling album to ever be taken out of print. (Record stores were also not allowed to return copies of the albums to Arista, and many used stores completely refused to buy copies of the album from others.)
After the details emerged, at least 26 different lawsuits[2] were filed under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws against Pilatus, Morvan and Arista Records. One such filing occurred on November 22, 1990 in Ohio, where lawyers there filed a class action lawsuit asking for refunds for at least 1,000 local citizens who had bought Girl You Know It’s True.[3] On August 12, 1991, a proposed settlement to a refund lawsuit in Chicago, Illinois was rejected. This settlement would have refunded buyers of a Milli Vanilli CD $3.00 (USD), a cassette or L.P. $2.00 (USD), and a single $1.00 (USD). However, the refunds would only be given as a credit for a future Arista release.[2] On August 28, a new settlement was approved. The same pricing structure was approved, along with a $2.50 (USD) refund to be given for concerts. A proof of purchase or ticket stub was required to take advantage of the refunds.
A Detroit radio station offered to give the first 1000 people who showed up with a copy of the album a shirt saying “Screw Milli Vanilli”.
Follow-up albums
Keep On Running (Second Album)
The material for Milli Vanilli’s second album had been recorded and finalized in spring 1990. In the autumn, the first single, “Keep On Running”, was released for radio play, shortly before Farian revealed the truth about Milli Vanilli.
Farian was forced to reveal his secret because Morvan and Pilatus would not go on promoting the second album.[citation needed] The public had received the single with enthusiam, and it would have been another hit for the group, as indicated by unusually high chart entries in countries like Germany. At the last minute, Farian had the artwork to the second Milli Vanilli album changed to depict the actual singers instead of Morvan and Pilatus, changed the album’s title from Keep on Running (the name had been meant to correspond with the first single), and changed the artist name to The Real Milli Vanilli. However, the graphic artist who performed the change forgot to update the album cover’s spine, so anyone with the second album still has the original artist and album name on the spine (“Milli Vanilli – Keep On Running”).
The resulting album, released in Europe in early 1991, was renamed The Moment of Truth and spawned three singles, “Keep On Running,” “Nice ‘n Easy” and “Too Late (True Love).” A Morvan / Pilatus lookalike named Ray Horton was depicted on the cover and provided vocals on four tracks. In addition, the album featured rappers Icy Bro on “Hard As Hell” and Tammy T on “Too Late (True Love).” A Diane Warren-penned song, “When I Die,” has been covered by several other artists, including Farian’s No Mercy.
Rob & Fab
For the American market, Farian chose to avoid any association to Milli Vanilli and had the tracks re-recorded with Ray Horton on the majority of lead vocals. In 1992, RCA signed on to release the album as the debut of the newly created group Try ‘N’ B. The self-titled release included three additional tracks not on The Real Milli Vanilli release: “Ding Dong,” “Who Do You Love”, and a remake of Dr. Hook’s “Sexy Eyes.” Due to significantly better sales under the name Try ‘N’ B in America, a slightly modified Try ‘N’ B debut album was released globally.
Meanwhile, Morvan and Pilatus moved to Los Angeles and signed to the Joss Entertainment Group, where they recorded their follow-up album under the name Rob & Fab. Almost all the songs on the album were written by Kenny Taylor and Fabrice Morvan. Morvan provides the lead vocals, while Pilatus presents self-written rap punch-ins. Morvan’s voice was considered by critics to be overly nasal and whiney. Due to financial constraints, Joss were only able to release the album in the U.S., the most critical of all markets to Milli Vanilli. A single, “We Can Get It On”, was made available for radio play shortly before the album’s release.
Attempted comeback
In order to restore their career and prominence after a series of failures, Farian agreed in 1997 to produce a new Milli Vanilli album with Morvan and Pilatus on lead vocals. On Farian’s tab, the performers took extensive vocal training to enhance their singing voice and went to elocution experts to improve their English pronunciation. This all led up to the recording of the 1998 Milli Vanilli comeback album Back and in Attack.[4] Even some of the original studio singers backed the performers in their attempt to bring back some of the fame that had been shed so quickly.
However, Pilatus encountered a number of mental roadblocks during the production of the new album. He turned again to drugs and a life of crime, committing a series of robberies and ultimately serving three months in jail in California. Farian paid for Pilatus to attend six months of drug rehabilitation and plane tickets for him to fly back to Germany. On the eve of the new album’s promotional tour on April 2, 1998, Pilatus was found dead of a drug overdose in a Frankfurt hotel at the age of 32. The record was never released.
Boney M
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| Genre(s) | Disco, pop | |
| Years active | 1975–present | |
Boney M was a Eurodance, pop, and disco group, comprised four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s.
Boney M, with their bubble gum infectious tunes, became one of the few Western groups at that time to become well-known outside of the West, including Africa, Arab countries, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. To this day, along with Swedish pop group ABBA, they are among the most widely known 1970s western music acts in these regions.
Frank Farian recorded the single “Baby Do You Wanna Bump?” in 1975, performing the sparse vocals of the song himself. Released under the name Boney M, it became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire a team of dancers and vocalists to ‘front’ the group, so it was created thereafter, and made up of four West Indian artists working in London, Germany and the Netherlands: singers Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, model Maizie Williams, and DJ Bobby Farrell.
The line-up of the group went through numerous changes, Maizie Williams being the only original member that remained. Not satisfied with merely miming to Farian’s songs, one of the members, Claudja Barry, left on short notice in February 1976 – days before the group was scheduled to appear on a local television gig in Saarbrücken. Liz Mitchell, then an unemployed singer and formerly a member of the Les Humphries Singers, was brought in as a temporary replacement for the gig, under the recommendation of Marcia Barrett. Farian was impressed with her performance, and she went on to record Boney M’s first LP, Take The Heat Off Me, along with Marcia Barrett, who had already recorded some songs with Farian for the album; these were the title track, and “Lovin’ Or Leavin’”.
The commercial response to the album was lukewarm. However, the group rigorously toured discos, clubs and even country fairs, to earn a reputation for themselves. The group’s big break came when, at the end of that summer, music-TV-producer Michael ‘Mike’ Leckebusch of Radio Bremen, requested the group for his show Musikladen. Boney M appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976, after 10pm, in their now trademark daring costumes; by the end of the following week, “Daddy Cool” became Germany’s #1 single in the charts. The album was to follow the success of the single.
In 1977, Boney M released their second album Love For Sale, and this contained further hits “Ma Baker” and “Belfast”. Neither Love For Sale nor Take The Heat Off Me did very well in the UK Album Charts, due to their rather risqué covers. In 1978, Boney M had their biggest year: they released a new single, “Rivers of Babylon”, which became a massive selling single all over Europe and #1 in the UK Singles Chart. (It also became their closest attempt to a hit in the United States, reaching number 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart). Next came their biggest-selling album, Nightflight to Venus, which spawned a further single “Rasputin”. Continuing with their success, they released “Mary’s Boy Child”, which was the 1978 Christmas number one single in the UK. Also during 1978, Boney M became the first Western pop group to tour the Soviet Union.
1979 saw Boney M release their fourth album, Oceans Of Fantasy, containing two hit singles – “El Lute”/”Gotta Go Home” and “I’m Born Again”/”Bahama Mama”. The track “No More Chain Gang”, one of a number of black freedom songs the group recorded, exemplified Boney M’s mix of white and black music – the producer Farian is white, and the singers are black. They also released another hit single, “Hooray! Hooray! It’s A Holi-Holiday”. In 1980, Boney M released a greatest hits album, The Magic Of Boney M, which also contained two new songs, “My Friend Jack” and “I See A Boat On The River”. This album made the #1 spot in the UK, and was their last big UK-seller until “Boney M Megamix” in 1992. American-born singer Madeleine Davis, who was one of the group’s recording backing vocalist, replaced Liz Mitchell for live concerts, due to the fact that Liz wished to promote her solo career, rather than join Maizie, Marica and Bobby on stage. She appeared in the video, “The Summer Mega Mix” and became a member of Marcia / Maizie and Bobby’s Boney M for the single release “Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker”.
Despite his success with Boney M, controversy followed the group’s founder, Frank Farian, in what was to foreshadow his fakery involvement with Milli Vanilli. Bobby Farrell – the male face of the group – and Maizie Williams contributed to studio recordings, but for reasons only known to Farian, were apparently left off the final mixes, while their numerous and highly competent live performances from 1977 onwards were never in any doubt. Almost all of the male vocals, along with some of the choir sections in songs such as “Dancing In The Streets” and “Bye Bye Bluebird”, were performed by Farian himself. Farrell, as Farian had finally admitted on German television in 2003, had been chosen for his personality and innovative dancing. However, in Germany, it was considered acceptable that ‘producer music’ just works this way.
As of 2006, Liz Mitchell is currently touring the world with her line-up of Boney M, which is the only official line-up supported by Farian, as well as releasing solo albums. Marcia Barrett has released two solo albums, and Maizie and Bobby are touring with their own Boney M groups which is not what Farian wants as he only allowed Liz Mitchell to use the name Boney M. Madeleine Davis is currently working on a solo jazz CD to be released in 2007.
A musical based on the music of Boney M, Daddy Cool, is now open in London.
In a sign of their continued popularity in South Asia, a concert by Boney M is a featured attraction at the 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which begins November 23, 2006 in Panaji, the state capital of Goa, India.
Osmonds
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The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenybopper idols in the 1970s.
The group originally comprised brothers Alan Ralph Osmond (born June 22, 1949), Melvin Wayne Osmond (known as Wayne Osmond) (born August 28, 1951), Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953), and Jay Wesley Osmond (born March 2, 1955).
The Osmonds’ career started with a big break at Disneyland, followed quickly by regular appearances on The Andy Williams Show in the early 1960s. In the mid-60s they performed with Sweden’s most popular singer Lars Lönndahl, and gained a lot of popularity in Sweden. However, their most successful period was the early 1970s, when they achieved a string of chart hits.
They were joined for a time by younger brothers Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957) and subsequently ‘Little’ Jimmy Osmond (born April 16, 1963). They had a self-titled Rankin/Bass-produced Saturday morning cartoon series on ABC-TV from 1972 to 1973. Donny, and to a lesser extent Jimmy, both achieved success as solo artists, as did their one sister, (Olive) Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959). Marie’s signature hit was the country song “Paper Roses” (hence the recurring theme on their variety show where Marie sang, “I’m a little bit country,” and Donny responded by singing “and I’m a little bit rock and roll”). Jimmy achieved particular success in the UK and Japan (most notably for his single “I’m a Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool”), while Donny and Marie’s success was nearly worldwide. Donny and Marie also performed as a duo, and hosted their own variety show, Donny & Marie, on ABC from 1976 to 1979.
The family members are well-known as devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Osmonds are of English descent on both their paternal and maternal sides
The Osmonds’ breakthrough US hit, “One Bad Apple”, featuring lead vocals by Merrill and Donny, bore an uncanny similarity to the ‘bubblegum soul’ sound of their contemporaries, The Jackson 5. The song spent five weeks at No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1971, and even hit #6 on the R&B chart. The single and the accompanying debut album (also called “One Bad Apple”) were recorded at Muscle Shoals by the legendary R&B producer Rick Hall.
The follow-up to “One Bad Apple”, “Double Lovin’” stalled at #14, but the mildly psychedelic “Yo-Yo” climbed all the way to #3 in late 1971. “Yo-Yo” marks the point where the brothers began recording as a self-contained rock and roll band (instead of relying on session musicians.) In spite of their squeaky clean image, the Osmonds had a soulful, sometimes raucous sound which was a precursor of the power pop of later years. (For a time in the mid-1970s, they were the one of the few rock acts on TV, since the entire Osmond family appeared on a variety show which was mostly devoted to Donny and Marie, but where the Brothers were given a segment or two each week to rock out.)
Their first single release of 1972, “Down By The Lazy River”, headed to #4 and finally broke the group in the UK, where it peaked at #40. Their British fanbase exploded overnight. All members of the Osmond family, counting group and solo recordings, charted an astonishing thirteen singles in the UK charts during 1973.
The front and back covers of their 1972 LP
Their 1972 LP Crazy Horses and its title track were met with mixed critical reaction. The album attempted a more rock-oriented sound and image, its lead track, “Hold Her Tight” bearing a marked similarity to Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song with its churning bass line and wailing guitar breaks. The album, however, was a real testament to the brother’s ability to write and play (they played all the instruments on the album) and featured some serious songwriting, singing and playing chops.
Following quickly on its heels was the ambitious 1973 release, The Plan, perhaps best described as a Mormon concept album with prog rock aspirations. These albums were followed with gentler, more sentimental songs such as “Let Me In” and “Love Me For A Reason”. This music, combined with the brothers’ good looks and clean image, greatly appealed to the teenybopper market. Like the word ‘Beatlemania’, a new word, ‘Osmania’, was coined to describe the phenomenon.
The Osmonds today
Wayne, Jay, and Merrill continue to perform as The Osmond Brothers, with frequent appearances in Branson, Missouri, as well as the UK, both as a quartet with Jimmy. Merrill also performs as a solo artist. Alan no longer performs except on very rare occasions, as he suffers from multiple sclerosis (although his typically positive Osmond motto is ‘I may have MS… but, MS does not have me!’). Today, their sound is more country & western, with a bit of rock, and adult contemporary thrown in.
Jimmy performs in Branson and the UK, as well, and has become a successful businessman. He recently appeared in the UK series I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
Marie has been a radio host and makes and sells dolls.
Donny maintains a successful touring and recording pop career in the UK, and occasionally the US. He was a theatrical hit, starring for a time in the lead role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
All of the brothers are married with some of them having large families themselves. Alan’s eight sons sometimes perform as “The Osmonds – Second Generation” or “2ndG”. Due to a resurgence of interest, they are to tour the UK in February and March of 2006.
Lonestar
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Though their name might lead you to believe that Lonestar was formed in Texas, the quintet actually hails from Tennessee. Originally called Texassee, the band features Richie McDonald (lead vocals, guitar), John Rich (lead vocals, bass), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboard, background vocals), and Keech Rainwater (drums). All the members are in fact Texas natives — they just formed in Tennessee in 1992.
In 1993, Lonestar played their first concert at Backstage Pass in Nashville in January of 1993. A booking agent happened to hear the show. Impressed, he added the group to his roster, and the group headed out on the road. Over the next two years, they played nearly 500 shows. In 1994, the group landed a record contract with BNA Records. The following year they released their eponymous debut, which spawned the Top Ten hit “Tequila Talkin’.” Crazy Nights followed in 1997, and two years later Lonestar returned with Lonely Grill, which featured the hit “Amazed.” Their seasonal effort This Christmas Time followed in fall 2000, and I’m Already There appeared the next spring. They released three more records after their 2003 greatest-hits compilation From There to Here: 2004’s Let’s Be Us Again, 2005’s Coming Home, and 2006’s Mountains. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Gloria Estefan
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Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter.
Estefan began her career as lead vocalist for the Hispanic dance music band, Miami Sound Machine, in 1975. They crossed over to mainstream popular success with English-speaking audiences with the international hit singles, “Dr. Beat” (1984) and “Conga” (1986).
Known as the “Queen of Latin Pop,” Estefan is one of the world’s most recognized popular music artists. With over 70 million albums sold worldwide, she is the single most successful crossover performer in Latin music history.
Fleeing Cuba
Cuban-born, Gloria’s family moved to Miami, Florida when she was 16 months old, following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Gloria’s father José Fajardo, who in the 1950s was a personal bodyguard to then Cuban president Fulgencio Batista’s wife, was captured in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion that attempted to overthrow the new communist government established by Fidel Castro. Gloria’s father was held as a prisoner until an exchange was arranged by President John F. Kennedy
Parents
Gloria’s father served as an officer in the United States Army in Vietnam, where he is suspected of having been exposed to Agent Orange, a defoliant used extensively during the Vietnam war to clear combat areas. He subsequently contracted multiple sclerosis, and was nursed by a young Estefan for many years. He died in 1980.
Gloria’s mother, Gloria García Pérez de Fajardo, now living in Miami, ran a school in Cuba in the 1950s for kindergarten students.
University of Miami
Gloria was raised primarily in Miami (though she accompanied her mother, father and younger sister, Becky, to several military bases in the 1960s during her father’s military service). She attended the University of Miami. As a student there, she also worked as a Spanish and French translator at Miami International Airport’s Customs Department.
Gloria graduated from the University of Miami in 1978 with a degree in communications and psychology (with a minor in French). Since graduating, she has been a prominent advocate for the university and a member of its Board of Trustees. She has appeared in national television advertisements for the university and is one of several highly prominent University of Miami alumni.
Miami Sound Machine
Estefan’s first public musical performance was at a large Cuban wedding when her future husband, Emilio Estefan, Jr., asked her to join Miami Sound Machine in singing.
Her appearance was well-received and, a few weeks later, she became the lead singer for Miami Sound Machine, which performed and recorded in Spanish in the early years of its existence. The Miami Sound Machine soon gained a large fan base and released an LP in 1977. It was the first all-Spanish album from CBS International.
With Estefan on vocals, The Miami Sound Machine had its first English-language hit with “Dr. Beat,” which topped the dance charts across Europe and went Top 5 in the UK and Australia, from the album Eyes of Innocence, in 1984. Primitive Love was released in 1986; The single “Conga” broke MSM into the American pop market. “Bad Boy”, and “Words Get in the Way” became follow up hits in the US and around the world; “Words Get In The Way” reached #1 in the US Adult Contemporary chart, establishing that the group could do pop ballads equally as well as dance tunes. The song “Hot Summer Nights” was also released that year and was part of the blockbuster movie Top Gun.
Estefan’s next album, 1988’s Let It Loose, went multi-platinum, with six million copies sold alone in the US and featured the following hits: “Anything For You” (#1 Pop), “1,2,3″ (#3 Pop), “Betcha Say That” (#36 Pop), “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” (#5 Pop), and “Can’t Stay Away From You” (#6 Pop). “Can’t Stay Away From You,” “Anything For You” and “1-2-3″ were all #1 Adult Contemporary hits as well.
In 1988, Estefan took top billing as the band’s name changed to Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. Beginning in 1989, the group’s name was dropped altogether and Estefan was credited as a solo artist, though the ever-changing line-up of Miami Sound Machine has continued to be her backing band to this day.
In 1989, after the worldwide chart success of single “Anything For You”, their Let It Loose album was repackaged as Anything For You. It became the band’s first UK #1 album, selling over a million copies. It was the biggest selling album of the year in Holland, staying at #1 for 22 weeks. The album also took top honors in Australia and Canada launching Estefan to superstar status.
In 1989, she released her best-selling album to date, Cuts Both Ways, the title of which refers to Estefan’s desire to appeal to both English and Spanish-speaking fans. Hits included “Don’t Wanna Lose You” (a USA #1 hit), “Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)”, “Here We Are”, “Cuts Both Ways” (#1 in Australia and on the US AC chart), and “Get on Your Feet” .
Cuts Both Ways sold over 1 million copies and went platinum within its first month of release in the US. The success followed in the UK, where it debuted at #1, with Gloria being the first act in 10 years to have two # 1 albums on the UK charts in one calendar year. Cuts Both Ways then shot to # 1 in Australia, Holland, Belgium, Japan and more, selling over ten million copies worldwide.
Marriage and children
Gloria Fajardo became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine’s band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. She and Emilio married on September 2, 1978. They have a son, Nayib (born September 2, 1980), and a daughter, Emily Marie (born December 5, 1994).
Tour bus crash
While touring in support of Cuts Both Ways on March 20, 1990, near Scranton, Pennsylvania, Estefan was critically injured and her back broken when a tractor trailer crashed into her tour bus. She was flown by helicopter to New York City, where surgeons permanently implanted two titanium rods to stabilize her spinal column. Her grueling rehabilitation required almost a year of intensive physical therapy but she sustained a fairly complete recovery.
Comeback
Estefan returned to the charts with a concept album, Into the Light in 1991. “Coming Out of the Dark” was performed publicly for the first time on the American Music Awards in January 1991, and reached #1 in the US as a single a few months later. The Into the Light World Tour covered 100 cities in nine countries and was seen by more than 10 million people worldwide. She followed up Into the Light with her first greatest-hits album in 1992, which included the minor US hit ballads “Always Tomorrow” and “I See Your Smile” and the international hit dance track “Go Away.” Also in 1992, Estefan helped contribute to the mainstream success of fellow Cuban-American singer-songwriter Jon Secada, including singing backup on his breakthrough hit, “Just Another Day.” Estefan spent much of the latter half of the year in Miami, helping with relief from the devastation of Hurricane Andrew.
1993’s Mi Tierra saw Estefan return to her Cuban roots with a Spanish-language album, for which she won a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. Mi Tierra was a successful album worldwide, with over eight million copies sold. In Spain, Mi Tierra became the country’s best selling international album ever.
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, a cover album of some of Estefan’s favorite 1960s and 1970s songs (including the title song, the Classics IV’s “Traces,” and Blood, Sweat & Tears’ “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” among others), was released in 1994. “Turn the Beat Around”, the first single and a remake of Vicki Sue Robinson’s 1976 disco classic, became another international hit, certified gold in the US and also featured in the Sharon Stone movie The Specialist. “Everlasting Love” (the 1967 Robert Knight and 1974 Carl Carlton classic) was a successful club and pop hit, and a third single, a remake of Carole King’s signature song “It’s Too Late,” did well on Adult Contemporary radio.
1995’s Spanish-language album Abriendo Puertas earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. It spun off two #1 Dance hits, “Abriendo Puertas” and “Tres Deseos,” and two #1 Latin singles, “Abriendo Puertas” and “Mas Allá.” The Miami Herald called Abriendo Puertas “a danceable pan-Latin American fusion, brilliantly built on improbable instrumental combinations and layers of styles and rhythms.”
In 1995, Estefan sang the Billboard Latin #1 song “Mas Allá” for Pope John Paul II as part of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood. She was the first pop star invited to perform for the Pope. At their meeting, Estefan, an anti-communist, asked the Pope to pray for a free Cuba. She has been an active opponent of Fidel Castro’s government, and after some ambiguous statements supported the unsuccessful effort to keep young Elián González in the United States.
Toni Basil
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Toni Basil (born Antonia Christina Basilotta on September 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer.
Her recording career began in 1966 with a rare one-off single for A&M Records, the title song from the film Breakaway. Although she appeared three times as musical guest during the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975–76, it wasn’t until 1982 that she released a follow-up, the international smash “Mickey”. This song is, in fact, a cover of “Kitty”, a 1979 release by UK band Racey, written by British hitmakers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. “Mickey” itself would be covered in a parody by “Weird Al” Yankovic as “Ricky”. Furthermore, “Mickey” was actually recorded in 1979, and when her record label wanted to release the song in 1982, Basil was reluctant, believing the song already sounded “dated”. But the label persevered, and pop-music history was made.
Jeff Bates
Jeff Bates was only 17 when he entered a honky tonk in his hometown of Bunker Hill, MS. He wasn’t there for the smoking, drinking, or rabble-rousing; he was there to audition, hoping to land a show or two. The audience went wild for his voice — a mix of Barry White, Elvis Presley, and Otis Redding — and before he knew it, Bates was offered a six-nights-a-week gig. Everything pointed to Nashville, but before he would get there, Bates had to battle a crippling methamphetamine addiction that eventually landed him in jail. He had a spiritual awakening while locked up and emerged from jail not only clean and sober but also driven and ambitious in a way he never was before. Moving to Nashville and working extra hard, Bates caught the ear of the RCA label and landed a deal in 2002. The label issued his debut, Rainbow Man, in 2003 and his sophomore effort, Good People, in 2005. He kicked off the promotional campaign for his 2006 release Leave the Light On by performing the album’s single, “One Second Chance,” live at the Grand Old Opry
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was one of the most respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists of all time. Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas.
He taught himself to play guitar at age eight, and formed his first band two years later. He worked as a DJ throughout his teen years, dropping out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time working as a DJ, he met and befriended Buddy Holly. When he was 21, Jennings was tapped by Holly to play bass in Holly’s new band on a tour through the Midwest in early 1959. Holly also hired guitarist Tommy Allsup and drummer Carl “Goose” Bunch for the “Winter Dance Party” tour. [1]
On the night of February 3, 1959, the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) crashed outside of Mason City, Iowa, killing all passengers. Jennings had given his seat to Richardson, who had the flu and desperately needed rest. In his 1996 autobiography, Jennings admitted for the first time that in the years afterward, he felt severe guilt and responsibility for the crash. After Jennings gave up his seat, Holly had jokingly told him “I hope your ole bus freezes up!” Jennings replied, with equal jocularity, “I hope your damn plane crashes!”; these words would haunt him for years.
Dr Hook
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- Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie.wav
- Sexy Eyes.wav
- Sharing The Night Together.wav
- Sylvia’s Mother.wav
- The Millionaire.wav
- When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman.wav
- Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show is a pop-country rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey in 1968. The original lineup consisted Ray Sawyer, Dennis Locorriere, Bill Francis, Jay David, and George Cummings, but their lineup changed quite a bit over the years. Other members include Jance Garfat, Rik Elswit, and Jon Wolters, Bob “Willard” Henke, and Rod Smarr. Sawyer was particularly noticeable due to his trademark cowboy hat and the eyepatch he wore due to a car accident in 1967. When told by a club owner that they needed a name to put out on the marquee, George made up a sign saying “Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show – Tonic for the soul.” The band name was a reference to Captain Hook from Peter Pan, but the Captain was missing a hand rather than an eye. Nevertheless, the name stuck.The band hooked up with songwriter Shel Silverstein, and manager, Ron Haffkine, who was in charge of doing the music for the movie Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Silverstein was writing songs for the film, and he and Haffkine hired the band to record, “The Last Morning,” which was the theme song for the movie. Haffkine also became their manager and got the band a record deal. He would also be their producer and song publisher; a combination fraught with peril, as the band later found out. Silverstein composed all of the songs on their first three albums.”Sylvia’s Mother,” a ballad from their first album, became a big hit, and “Cover of the Rolling Stone” from the follow up album, “Sloppy Seconds” attracted the attention of those who would like their silly stage show and its monologues done as fictional characters. It also got the band on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, although as a caricature rather than a photograph. Another big hit of theirs (1976) was the classic “A Little Bit More” from the album with the same name. Other hit singles included “Only 16,” “Sharing the Night Together,” “When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman,” and “Sexy Eyes.”
The band toured constantly but never managed to turn their success with singles into album sales, and when the smoke cleared after 15 years on the road, their managers had become millionaires, and the band owed them money. They had shortened the band’s name to “Dr. Hook” after going bankrupt and getting released from their contract with CBS Records, and their fourth album, this one on Capitol Records, was aptly titled “Bankrupt”.
Sawyer left in 1983, and the band continued to tour for two more years before completely splitting up in 1985. In the 1990s, Sawyer went back on the road as “Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer” after doing a few country records under his own name. Locorriere spent several years working as a songwriter in Nashville, and in 1989 performed a one-man show at Lincoln Center, “The Devil and Billy Markham”, written by Shel Silverstein. He currently lives in England, has recorded several solo albums, and tours, promoting himself as “the voice of Dr. Hook.”
Lorrie Morgan
- Watch Me wav
- What Part Of No.wav
Loretta Lynn “Lorrie” Morgan (born on June 27, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer.
She has released many successful albums and singles, and made a number of popular music videos.
Morgan is known for her turbulent personal life — she told Larry King in an interview that “drama is something that lets you know you’re still alive.” As of 2006, she is married to singer Sammy Kershaw; they were separated at one point but apparently have since reconciled. Kershaw is her fifth husband; she was married to country singer Keith Whitley from 1986 until his death in 1989.
Biography
The daughter of singer George Morgan, she made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at age thirteen, performing Marie Osmond’s “Paper Roses.” Her father died when she was sixteen.
When her father died in 1975, she took over his band and began leading the group through various club gigs. Within a few years she disbanded the group, and in 1977 she went on to play with the Little Roy Wiggins band. She then became a receptionist and demo singer at Acuff-Rose, where she also wrote songs.
In 1978, she had one minor hit single; the following year another minor hit with “I’m Completely Satisfied”, an electronically dubbed duet with her late father. She began touring Nashville nightclubs and opened for a number of acts, including Jack Greene, Billy Thunderkloud, and Jeannie Seely. She toured as a duet partner with George Jones and spent two years as part of the Opryland USA bluegrass show and as a regular singer on TNN’s Nashville Now.
In 1983, TNN was launched as the first cable network devoted to country music. Morgan was a regular on the show Nashville Now, singing towards the end of each show.
In 1984, Morgan scored a minor hit with “Don’t Go Changing”. That year she became the youngest singer ever to join the Grand Ole Opry.
In 1988, Morgan was signed with RCA Records, her first major label.
In 1989, Morgan’s first album Leave the Light On was released; “Trainwreck of Emotion” became her first Top 20 hit, followed by her first major hit with “Dear Me”.
In 1990, Morgan had her first number one single, “Five Minutes”. That song was also featured in her album Leave the Light On, which went gold.
In 1991, Morgan’s second album Something in Red went platinum. Morgan married her third husband Brad Thompson, bus driver of Clint Black.
In 1992, Morgan’s third album Watch Me was released on RCA’s newest label, BNA Records, spawning the number one single “What Part of No”.
In 1993, Morgan was the first female country artist to have three albums in a row to be certified platinum. Morgan’s romantic life gained tabloid attention with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman following her third divorce.
In 1994, Morgan was voted Female Vocalist of the Year by the fans in TNN’s Music City News awards. She would earn this honor again in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
In 1995, Morgan had another number one song on the Country Charts called “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” from her Greatest Hits CD.
In 1996, Morgan was featured on the Beach Boys’ now out-of-print album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 performing a cover of their 1964 hit “Don’t Worry Baby”. The Beach Boys provided the harmonies and backing vocals.
White Snake
- Sweet Lady Luck mp3
Hint: IF you right click the link below you can open it in a new window Then when you are done you can simply close the file and this will still be open. OR you can take your chances with your browsers back botton. IT is all up to you. It is a folder I have filled with White snake music Listen and Enjoy!
Here is a list of some that are in the folder
 Whitesnake ~ Give Me More Time.wav |
WhiteSnake-Crying In The Rain.mp3
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WhiteSnake-Fool For Your Loving.mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Here I Go Again (Previously unavailable on LP – Radio Mix).mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Is This Love.mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Judgement Day.mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Looking For Love (Previously unavailable on LP).mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Love Ain’t No Stranger.mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Slide It In.mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Slow An’ Easy.mp3 |
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WhiteSnake-Still Of The Night.mp3 |
WhiteSnake-The Deeper The Love.mp3
WhiteSnake-You’re Gonna Break My Heart Again (Previously unavailable on LP).mp3
Corrs
- All In A Day.mp3
- All The Love In The World.mp3
- At Your Side .mp3
- Breathless.mp3
- Give It All Up.mp3
- Hurt Before.mp3
- Irresistible.mp3
- No More Cry.mp3
- One Night.mp3
- Radio.mp3
- Rain.mp3
- Rebel Heart.mp3
- Say.mp3
- Somebody For Someone.mp3
Eagles
- Best of my Love wav
- Desperado.wav
- Doolin-Dalton.wav
- Get Over It.wav
- Heartache tonight.mp3
- Hotel California.wav
- I Can’t Tell You Why.wav
- Life In The Fast Lane.wav
- Lyin’ Eyes.wav
- Learn To Be Still.wav
- Love Will Keep Us Aive.wav
- Peaceful Easy Feeling.wav
- Pretty Maids All In A Row.wav
- Midnight Flyer.wav
- Take It Easy.wav
- Tequila Sunrise.wav
- The Girl From Yesterday.wav
- Witchy Woman.mp3
Left to right: Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Don Felder (circa 1977) |
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| Background information | ||
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States | |
| Genre(s) | Rock Country rock |
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| Years active | 1971–1982; 1994–Present |
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| Label(s) | Asylum Geffen Records |
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| Website | eaglesband.com | |
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| Glenn Frey Don Henley Joe Walsh Timothy B. Schmit |
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| Bernie Leadon (1971–1976) Randy Meisner (1971–1977) Don Felder (1974–2001)The Eagles are an American rock music group that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. With five number-one singles and four number-one albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The best-selling studio album Hotel California is rated as the 37th album in the Rolling Stone list “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. They are also the best-selling American band ever (followed by Aerosmith), with Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 being the best-selling album in the U.S. to date[1] and the second-best-selling album of the 20th century worldwide after Michael Jackson’s Thriller[2]The Eagles broke up in 1980 and were disbanded for 14 years, but reunited and have since toured regularly, making new fans in the process and continuing to record. The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. |
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Charlie Daniels Band
- Devil Came Back To Georgia.wav w/JohnnyCash
- Devil Went Down To Jamaica.wav
- Fallin’ In Love For The Night.wav
- The Intimidator.mp3
- In America.wav
- Long Haired Country Boy.wav
- Talk To Me Fiddle.wav
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia.mp3
- The Souths Gonna Do It Again.wav
- Uneasy Rider.wav
Conway Twitty
- All I Have To Offer You Is Me.wav
- After The Fire Is Gone (Conway& Loretta).wav
- Bad Man ( Demo ) (1997).wav
- Double Talk Baby (1957).wav
- Happy Birthday Darling.wav
- Hello Darlin.wav
- I Didn’t Lose Her I Threw Her Away.wav
- Its only make believe.wav
- Lay You Down.wav
- Lead Me On (Conway& Loretta).wav
- Pick Up (1963).wav
- Saturday Night Special.wav
- Thats my job.wav
- The Rose.wav
- Tight Fittin Jeans.wav
- To See My Angel Cry .wav
Bryan Adams
| Bryan Adams | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Born | November 5, 1959 | |
| Origin | Kingston, Ontario, Canada  |
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| Genre(s) | Rock, Arena rock, Pop rock | |
| Years active | 1980–present | |
| Label(s) | A&M, Badman/Polydor (1980–present) | |
| Website | BryanAdams.com | |
Bobby Rush
- 2 Eyes Full Of Tears(BobbyRush)wav
- HoochieMan(BobbyRush)wav
- Scootchin(BobbyRush)wav
- ShutUp(BobbyRush)wav
- TooShort,TooLittle(BobbyRush)wav
The son of a preacher man, Bobby Rush was born Emmet Ellis, Jr., in the north Louisiana town of Homer; he later adopted his stage name out of respect for his father. He built his first instrument, a primitive guitar or “diddley bow,” and in his early teens he was donning a fake mustache and appearing at local juke joints as a solo artist. In the mid-’50s he moved up to Chicago, where his bands included Freddie King, Earl Hooker, and Luther Allison, while on jaunts back to his family home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he performed with Elmore James and James’ cousin Boyd Gilmore
At a time when most of his contemporaries are resting on their laurels, Bobby Rush-a 50-year veteran of the stage-continues to be one of the most exciting and creative artists in the R&B/blues arena. Rush’s live shows are without parallel, replete with costume changes and comedic sketches acted out with the assistance of his lovely female dancers. In addressing a broad range of matters of the heart, Rush adopts various onstage persona-the adoring lover, the cuckold, the boastful stud-delivering all with a knowing wink that assures the audience that he’s in on the joke.
In the context of today’s all too predictable and sanitized blues market, it’s easy to understand why audiences new to Rush’s performances often find them novel or even bewildering. Unique they are, but Rush’s signifying, jesting, and double entendré jiving are at the heart of the blues, as exemplified by forbears such as Charley Patton, Memphis Minnie, Louis Jordan, and Howlin’ Wolf.
Bobby Rush-it’s pronounced as one three-syllable name-calls his music “folk funk,” an apt description for a blend that’s both decidedly modern and deeply rooted in tradition. Over the decades he has consistently updated his show by incorporating new styles-jump blues, Chicago style deep blues, soul, funk, and even hip-hop-into a fresh mix. At the same time, his original compositions often stem from his dipping into the well of folk wisdom, as exemplified by songs like “What’s Good For the Goose is Good for the Gander Too.”
The son of a preacher man, Bobby Rush was born Emmet Ellis, Jr., in the north Louisiana town of Homer; he later adopted his stage name out of respect for his father. He built his first instrument, a primitive guitar or “diddley bow,” and in his early teens he was donning a fake mustache and appearing at local juke joints as a solo artist. In the mid-’50s he moved up to Chicago, where his bands included Freddie King, Earl Hooker, and Luther Allison, while on jaunts back to his family home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he performed with Elmore James and James’ cousin Boyd Gilmore.
Rush began working as a bandleader already as a teenager after realizing that he could control his own destiny if he owned all the equipment. His entrepreneurial flair is legendary among fellow musicians, who fondly recall his working in disguise as the emcee on his own gigs, earning double pay from an unknowing club owner, and his shuffling between three gigs a night with separate bands at West Side nightclubs.
Rush’s popularity as a live performer in Chicago set back the development of his recording career, but he began to achieve national acclaim in 1971 following the success of his hit “Chicken Heads” on Galaxy records. Over the next decade he recorded for labels including Jewel, Philadelphia International, Warner Brothers, and toured widely on the “chitlin circuit,” the decades old network of clubs that stretches in a rough triangle between east Texas, north Florida, and Chicago.
In the early ’80s Rush moved from Chicago to his current home of Jackson, Mississippi, where he recorded a series of albums for the LeJam, Ichiban, and Malaco labels, and gained the title of “king of the chitlin circuit” in the wake of hits including “Sue,” “Wearin’ It Out,” “Ain’t Studdin’ You,” and “Hoochie Man.”
In 2003 Rush fulfilled his longtime dream of forming his own label, Deep Rush, recording the CD “Undercover Lover” and capturing the magic of his live show on DVD at the club Ground Zero in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Rush’s showmanship is also prominently featured in Richard Pearce’s documentary film “The Road To Memphis,” broadcast on PBS in September 2003 as part of Martin Scorsese’s film series “The Blues.”
In the last decade Rush has gained new audiences through performances at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and on festival stages in Europe and Japan. But catch him on an average weekend and he’s just as likely to be playing to packed houses in chitlin circuit clubs in places like Nesbit, Mississippi, Macon, Georgia, and Smackover, Arkansas, before mostly black, working class audiences that conventional blues wisdom suggests no longer exist.
Success in the American music marketplace generally entails leaving behind the people that sustained you during your early years, but that’s not a price Bobby Rush is willing to pay. As his career takes off in new directions, he’s determined to keep it real, presenting the same unadulterated show as he moves from Tokyo to Smackover. Or as he explains in what has become somewhat a mantra of late, “I want to cross over, not cross out.”
Alabama
- Angels Among Us
- Between the Two of Them.wav
- Changes Comin’ On.wav
- Close Enough To Perfection.wav
- Daddys Little Girl
- Deep River Woman(Alabama & Lionel Richie)wav
- Dixieland Delight.wav
- Down This Road.wav
- Face To Face.wav
- Fallin’ Again.wav
- Fiddle In The Band.wav
- God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You
- Gonna Have a Party.wav
- Green River.wav
- How Do You Fall In Love.wav
- I’m In A Hurry And Don’t Know Why.wav
- I Wanna Be With You Tonight.wav
- Lady Down On Love
- Love In The First Degree.wav
- Lovin’ You Is Killin’ Me.wav
- Mountain Music~Words at Twenty Paces.wav
- Never Be One.wav
- Old Flame.wav
- Roll On Eighteen Wheeler.wav
- She & I.wav
- Song Of The South.wav
- Take Me Down.wav
- There’s A Fire In The Night.wav
- The Christmas Shoes
- The Closer You Get
- Very Special Love.wav
- When We Make Love.wav
- Why Lady Why.wav
- Will You Marry Me.wav
- You Turn Me On.wav
Afroman
- 12 J’s Of X-Mas (Feat. The 2 Zigg Zaggs)(Afroman)
- Chipmunks get high(Afroman)
- Deck My Balls(Afroman)
- Death To The World(Afroman)
- Iwish You would Roll A New Blunt (Feat, The 2 Zigg, Zaggs)(Afroman)
- O Chronic Tree (Feat. Strainj)(Afroman
- Jobe Bells (Feat. The 2 Zigg Zaggs)(Afroman)
- Violent Night (Feat. Po Boy)(Afroman)
Bob Rivers
- Be Claus I Got High(Bob Rivers)
- Butch The Gay Santa Claus(Bob Rivers)
- Buttercracker Suite (Bob Rivers)
- Chimney Song
- Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire(Bob Rivers)
- Foreigners
- Frosty The Pervert(Bob Rivers)
- Grandma Got Dismembered By A Chainsaw(Bob Rivers)
- Grandpa Got Run Over By A Beer(Bob Rivers)
- Hey You! Get Off My House(Bob Rivers)
- Ho Ho Fucking Ho(Bob Rivers)
- Holy Shit, It’s Christmas(Bob Rivers)
- I Am Santa Claus (Bob Rivers)
- I Farted On Santas Lap (Bob Rivers)
- I’ll Be Stoned For Xmas(Bob Rivers)
- I’m Dressin’ Up Like Santa (When I Get Out On Parole)
- Inflatablewoman(Bob Rivers).wav
- I Saw Mommy Fucking Santa Claus(Bob Rivers)
- It’s The Most Fattening Time Of TheYear(Bob Rivers)
- I Want A Boob Job For Christmas(Bob Rivers)
- Jingle Hells Bells(Bob Rivers)
- Joy to the World
- Message from the King
- O Come All Ye Grateful Dead-Heads
- Restroom Door Said, “Gentlemen”
- Rummy Rocker Boy (Bob Rivers)
- Smells Like The Night Before Christmas(Bob Rivers)
- The 12 Drugs of Christmas(Bob Rivers)
- The Twisted Chipmunk Song(Bob Rivers)
- There’s Something Stuck Up In The Chimney(Bob Rivers)
- The Vagina Song (Bob Rivers)
- Twelve Pains of Christmas (Bob Rivers)
- Wreck The Malls(Bob Rivers)
- Walking Round In Womens Underware(Bob Rivers)
- We Wish You Weren’t Living With Us
- Who Put The Stump(Bob Rivers)
- Visit From St. Nicholson
- Yellow Snow !(Bob Rivers)
AC-DC
YouShookMeAllNightLong(AC-DC)
Donna Summer
- Bad Girls(Donna Summer)
- 1 Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer
| Birth name | LaDonna Andrea Gaines | |
| Born | December 31, 1948 | |
| Origin |  Boston, MassachusettsUnited States |
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| Genre(s) | Disco, pop, R&B, soul, dance, rock, gospel | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, keyboard | |
| Years active | 1971–present | |
| Label(s) | Casablanca Geffen Atlantic Epic Burgundy |
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| Associated acts |
Giorgio Moroder | |
Donna Summer (born LaDonna Andrea Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer best known for a string of dance hits in the 1970s that earned her the title “Queen of Disco” and also as one of the few disco-based artists to have longevity on the charts into the late-1980s. Even though she is one of the best-known artists of the disco era, Summer has covered different genres including R&B, rock, and gospel music, earning her Grammy Awards in those categories. It has been estimated that Summer’s album and single sales total more than 120 million, easily making her part of the list of best-selling music
Early life and career
Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Gaines was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. Donna sung in church and later joined a rock group as a teenager influenced by the sounds of Janis Joplin. At eighteen, Donna left home and school to join the cast of the Broadway music, “Hair”. The show eventually moved to Germany and Donna eventually became a German resident and performed in the German versions of “Godspell” and “Show Boat”. Settling in Munich, she participated in the Viennese Folk Opera and other musicals.
In 1971, Gaines released a single in Europe titled “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses”, her first solo recording. The single was unsuccessful, however, and Summer had to wait until 1974 to launch a solo career. After resettling in Munich, Germany, Gaines married Austrian actor Helmut Sommer (“Summer” is an anglicization of his last name) and did various musical jobs in studios and theaters for several years, including the pop group FamilyTree from 1974-75.
Donna Summer
Early success and notoriety
While singing back-up for groups such as Three Dog Night, she met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. With these producers, Summer signed a contract in the Netherlands and issued her first album, Lady of the Night, which included the European hit, “The Hostage”, which made #1 in France, Belgium, and Holland and #2 in Germany. It’s follow-up, the title track of the album, also gained some degree of European success.
In the late summer of 1975, Summer approached Moroder and Bellotte with an idea for a song. She came up with the lyric “Love To Love You Baby” as the possible title for the song. Moroder in particular was interested in developing the new disco sound that was becoming more and more popular and used Summer’s idea to develop the song into a disco track. He had the idea that she should moan and groan in an orgasmic way, but Summer was unsure of the idea. Eventually she agreed to record the song as a demo to give to someone else (possibly singer Penny McLean). In recording the song, Summer laid on the floor of a pitch black studio and imagined she was Marilyn Monroe playing the part of someone indulging in sexual activity. She has stated that she was not completely sure of some of the lyrics, and parts of the song were improvised during the recording. Moroder was astounded with Summer’s orgasmic vocals and her imaginative moans and groans that he insisted she should release the single herself. Summer reluctanly agreed and the song, titled “Love To Love You”, was released. While originally a modest success in Europe, it reached America and the hands of Casablanca president Neil Bogart, who was so ecstatic over the demo that he requested Moroder to produce a twenty-minute version of the song. Summer, Moroder and producer Pete Bellotte cut a seventeen-minute version and with that, renamed it “Love To Love You Baby”, and Casablanca signed Summer and issued the single in November 1975. Casablanca distributed Summer’s work in the U.S., while other labels distributed it in different nations during this period.
The “Love To Love You Baby” single was Summer’s first big hit in America reaching number-two on the pop singles chart in February 1976 and becoming her first number-one dance single. The seventeen-minute version became one of a recurring trend of single song, side-long disco versions, with French disco acts Cerrone, the Alec. R. Costandinos helmed Love And Kisses and many others following suit. The album (side one of which was completely taken up with the full-length version of the title track) was also released in 1975 and was soon certified gold. The song was branded “raunchy” by some rock critics and was even banned by some radio stations for its graphic content. In some areas of the music press, Summer was dubbed “the first lady of love.” The two albums that followed – A Love Trilogy and Four Seasons of Love both had a reasonably high sexual/fantasy content though Summer felt uneasy by her image.
The 1977 album I Remember Yesterday, another concept album, showed the Summer/Moroder/Bellotte team combining the disco sound with sounds of the past, present and future. The song representing the future, “I Feel Love” , originally released as a “B” side to the R&B ballad “Can’t We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)”, became a landmark recording, reaching number-six on the US pop chart and number-one in the UK and various other European countries. The song was arguably the first song to use techno and electronic sounds in dance music. A version of I Feel Love released in 1982, with additional overdubs by disco lightman turned synthesist and producer Patrick Cowley, took the eight minute and fifteen second extended version and overlayed new elements, causing an underground sensation. Summer released another album in 1977 called Once Upon a Time, a concept album telling a modern-day “rags to riches” story through the means of electronic disco and was regarded by many fans as some of her best work.
Continued success in music
In 1978, Summer acted the film Thank God It’s Friday, and released the hit single, “Last Dance”. Written by Paul Jabara who also co-wrote “It’s Raining Men”, the song became another monumental hit for Summer reaching number-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and resulted in her first Grammy win while Jabara took home the Oscar after the song was nominated for Song of the Year. Summer also recorded a side-long version of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus)” which was very similar in style to “Love To Love You Baby”, initially shelved and later released as a part of the Thank God It’s Friday soundtrack.
That same year, she released her first live album, Live and More. A double-album, it was also Summer’s first number-one album and included her first number-one American pop single, a cover of the Jimmy Webb-penned “MacArthur Park”, originally made famous by Irish singer/actor Richard Harris. The version found on the Live and More album was a longer version and incorporated two other tracks, including “Heaven Knows” which also featured vocals by the Brooklyn Dreams. Group member Bruce Sudano would become romantically involved with Summer, and “Heaven Knows” became another top five hit in te US
Later career
Summer regained her hit luster again in 1989 with her Another Place and Time album. This was a collaboration with England’s Top Dance-pop Production Team Stock Aitken Waterman. The album went platinum based on the success of the single, “This Time I Know It’s For Real”, which became her fourteenth top ten U.S. pop hit. A second single, “I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt” was a Top Ten UK hit. In 1991, she released Mistaken Identity, which was an attempt at incorporating new jack swing and urban adult contemporary R&B into her music. The album failed to chart. In 1992, Summer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This year also saw her collaborate with Giorgio Moroder for the first time in over a decade with the song “Carry On.” This was featured on his Forever Dancing album and the following year would be featured on the double compilation album The Donna Summer Anthology. This anthology also featured two exclusive remixes from the unreleased I’m a Rainbow album recorded back in 1981. It would be a while before her next release as she decided to take some time out to spend with her family. 1994 saw Summer release a gospel-influenced Christmas album entitled Christmas Spirit (her first full-length album for over three years) and a new compilation entitled Endless Summer (both albums were released by PolyGram) which also contained a couple of new tracks including “Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)”, which became a dance hit.
Summer’s autobiography.
In 1995, a re-release of “I Feel Love” (with newly recorded vocals) as a dance remix, became a hit again in the UK reaching #8 there. The following year she would score a Top 20 there with a new remix of “State of Independence”. In 1996, Summer’s album I’m a Rainbow was finally released by Polygram’s Mercury Records. In 1998, Summer was the first artist to receive a Grammy award for Best Dance Recording for her 1992 collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, “Carry On”, after the song was remixed and released as a single. In 1999, Summer starred in a televised live concert on the VH1 network entitled ‘Donna Summer – Live and More Encore. The special earned the network their highest ratings of the year, second only to their annual Divas concert. Performing a string of her classics and new singles, she also sung “Dim All the Lights” as a tribute to Rod Stewart. Summer acknowledges that she wrote the song for Stewart but recorded it herself. A CD (on the Epic label) and DVD of the special were released, returning the singer back to the U.S. albums chart. Summer scored two #1 dance hits that year with “I Will Go With You” and “Love Is the Healer” (both found as new studio tracks on the album). During that year, Summer recorded the title track for Pokémon: The Movie 2000 entitled The Power Of One.
In 2003, Donna Summer released a greatest-hits compilation called The Journey, which rocketed into the UK Top 10 in the following year, thanks to her appearance on ITV1 show Discomania – in which she co-presented & sang a number of her hits: a medley of “Hot Stuff” & “Bad Girls”, “MacArthur Park”, “Last Dance” & a duet with Westlife on “No More Tears (Enough is Enough)” – which appeared on the Discomania soundtrack album.
Current work
On September 20, 2004, Summer was among the first artists to be inducted into the newly formed Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York City. She was inducted in two categories, Artist Inductees, along with fellow disco legends The Bee Gees and Barry White and Record Inductees for her classic hit “I Feel Love”. Summer added to her credits in October 2004, when she performed “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch at Game 2 of the 2004 World Series at Boston’s Fenway Park. Two of her most recent singles, “I Got Your Love” and “You’re So Beautiful” reached the Top Ten on Billboard’s dance chart.
Today, Summer and her family make their home in Nashville, Tennessee. In July 2006, Summer joined forces with Pure Tone Music, an A&R consulting and full service independent music company, located just outside of New York City, and Summer’s official web site has announced an upcoming CD on the Burgundy label to be released in Spring, 2007. She is touring extensively in mid-2006, and is to be featured in Sade’s upcoming album “Pearls.” Summer has hinted that her upcoming album will be more political, and is currently fundraising for the incumbent Democratic governor of Tennessee.
Personal life
In 1972, Summer married her first husband, Helmut Sommer, and permanently moved to Germany to star in musicals, which resulted in her learning to speak fluent German. With Sommer, she gave birth to her first child, Mimi. The couple divorced in 1976 but before then, Donna anglicized Sommer into Summer and began her professional singing career in 1974 as Donna Summer. In 1978, she collaborated with the disco group Brooklyn Dreams for the hit, “Heaven Knows”. While at the session recording the single, she met their frontman Bruce Sudano. The duo began a romance that culminated in their July 16, 1980 marriage and later the birth of daughters Brooklyn and Amanda. Today, Mimi and Amanda sing alongside their mother while Brooklyn has been seen acting in TV shows, including the since-canceled My Wife and Kids. Summer is still married to Sudano, and she is a grandmother of three.
Summer is still a popular performer in the 2000s.
Controversy
During her lengthy career, Summer has dealt with controversy both professionally and personally. Her first hit, “The Hostage” was banned in Germany, and other radio stations banned her music for being sexually suggestive, with “Love to Love You Baby” being an example.
In 1991, during the height of the Gulf War, Summer’s song “State Of Independence” was banned from US radio play alongside many other songs that were deemed to have an imflammatory effect on the population.
Rumors persisted that Summer was in fact a man in drag and not a woman, a rumour Summer addressed in 1989 on The Arsenio Hall Show. A far more painful incident came in the early 1980’s with reports that she had made anti-gay remarks associated with the AIDS epidemic. Her songs were banned for a number of years in some gay establishments over these rumours.
Summer has long denied such allegations, and finally taking legal action against a newspaper who had printed the rumors during a review of a concert. Summer tearfully stated, “I never said anything that was written about me in that article”. To make amends, Summer has since played for AIDS benefits and has donated proceeds to AIDS research. Even in 2006, she is still asked about the rumors, recently by a Canadian newspaper. Summer responded, “So many people in my audiences are gay. I can’t live my life trying to assure people of anything. You have to live knowing who you are. I think that my actions and the person that I am speak louder than somebody else’s misgivings or lies about me,” says Summer now. “They print all kinds of things about people all the time but you can’t run after every single lie. You tell people the truth and if they choose to believe you, they do.”
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| Born | March 30, 1945 (age 61) Ripley, Surrey, England |
| Alias(es) | Slowhand (nickname) x-sample |
| Genre(s) | Blues Rock Psychedelic Rock Blues Rock |
| Affiliation(s) | The Yardbirds John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Powerhouse Cream The Dirty Mac Blind Faith The Plastic Ono Band Delaney, Bonnie & Friends Derek and the Dominos |
| Notable guitars | “Brownie“, “Blackie“, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson ES-335, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, Gibson Firebird, Gibson Explorer |
| Years active | 1963 – Present |
| Official site | Official website |
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