Emily and Mary Edmonson spent much of September 1850 making appearances in small towns across New York to raise money for Chaplin’s bail. The teenagers had lovely singing voices. They sang and begged for funds on Chaplin’s behalf, even on Sundays, the Sabbath, but, as they believed that ...
Houston's journey into the music industry began at an early age when she started singing in her church choir and performed solo for the first time when she was just 11. Houston's career took off in the mid-1980s after signing with Arista Records. Her self-titled debut album Whitney ...
Born April 4, 1973, Kelly Cherelle Price began her singing career in 1992, performing backing vocals for Mariah Carey. She, at first, collaborated with celebrities of the caliber of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Faith Evans and the Notorious B.I.G. In 1998, she launched her solo career...
“It means something to a lot of people — and not just women,” Chaka adds. “You’d be surprised: When I’m on a stage doing it, I get as many men as women cheering and singing.” Chaka performed the hit song at the American Music Awards 50th anniversary celebration S...
There are dancing songs [and] collaborations with Jamaican women; we’re singing about our power as women. My fan base has grown tremendously so there’s anAfrobeatscollaboration and we are going into the Indian market. I give all praise to Him after my near-death experience, so there’s...
The show’s action plays out on the crisp, bi-level set of designer, Kevin Colburn, with the upper level working well for elevated scenes like the opening candle-lit procession with the fine singing of the Delta Nu’s. The early action takes place on the UCLA campus, and it then moves...
Nick Gordon, 30. He was found liable in the death of his ex-partner, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Jan. 1. Heroin overdose. Don Larsen, 90. The journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in...
Roger W. Smith's writings: personal essays and reminiscences; views; literature; culture; day to day jottings; people and places.
Johnny Cashwas born toArkansas sharecroppersand forged a path to the highest heights of country music with hit songs "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," and the June Carter Cash-penned "Ring of Fire." Cash became the youngest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 at...
Nick Gordon, 30. He was found liable in the death of his ex-partner, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Jan. 1. Heroin overdose. Don Larsen, 90. The journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in...