"The hardest thing in the music business to have is your first hit, the hardest. The first song I ever wrote and sang by myself on a record was 'Lady.' I wrote that song for my wife, we'd married in '70, it was '72, I wrote about the things I knew," DeYoung recalled onDec...
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At Columbia, he sang and acted in off-campus productions. After graduating, he became a figure in the Harlem Renaissance with performances in The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings. Between 1925 and 1961, Robeson recorded and released some 276 distinct songs, many of which were ...
“God delivered me from homosexuality he added. He then told the audience to believe the Bible over the blogs: “God is the only way.” The crowd sang and clapped along in full support. I can see how this can be more than mildly offensive to gay people, but at the same time I thin...
over 100 immigration activists movingly sang “Let My People Stay”. The Walkabout Clearwater Chorus and Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir also lifted people’s spirits with song. Thanks to photojournalist Erik McGregor for capturing the march. Printed below is the final published version...
The last song played, and the girls learned about an encore as we clapped and shouted. The lights came up and we sang and skipped all the way to the car, our feet suddenly painless, our dresses less itchy. We buckled up and gramma handed out hot dogs. I turned up the music and we...
He played a huge upright bass fiddle, and as the children grew, they sang and played guitar and banjo. He introduced me to MAD Magazine, and to the satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. He loved to engage a guest, child or adult, in intellectual discussion. It was a unique experience for me...
(Rev. Jerry Lawritson, New Testament Scholar/preacher). If this is so, it tells us a lot about the people who laid palms at Jesus’ feet and sang Hosannas. The people who celebrated Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem were the people of little to no social standing, who would not be missed...
He sang it again to his audience at the London Palladium last night.“I never get tired of singing it,”he said.“I lie it too much. It’s a great city and it’s a good song.”Bennett is to record a TV special with American singer Lena Home while he is here. And a new LP ...
Olivia Newton-John danced and sang her way into audience's hearts with her portrayal of Sandy in the movie adaptation of "Grease," opposite John Travolta. The English-born, Australian-raised actress got her first taste of fame at 14 when she started an all-girl singing group, The Guardian...