When I sang this part live on stage, I would often become furious, thrashing at my guitar until I could thrash no more, frantically forgiving my mother, her lover, my grandmother, her lovers, and most of all myself." ---Chapter Nine, Acid in the Air "Seeing Jimi play for the first...
Her collaboration with Benny Goodman, which yielded hits like "Riffin' the Scotch" and "Your Mother's Son-in-Law", catapulted her into the national spotlight. However, it was her poignant rendition of "Strange Fruit", a song that spoke against racial violence, that solidified her place in...
The two-day celebration of the Sangtiagenians of the USA 46thanniversary at Stockton Hilton, CA last weekend more than met expectations. For one, the attendance was among the best in decades, 220 plus. The vibrancy couldn’t have been matched. The Saturday banquet/dinner-dance glittered with...
Singer and actress Carol Channing smiles as she is introduced to the Governor and Council meeting in Concord, N.H., on Wed., June 27, 2007. Channing sang a song for Gov. John Lynch.AP At the age of 7, Channing decided she wanted to become an entertainer. She credited her father with...
Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but I'm trying to figure out how the news on this wasn't shoved in front of me more. Swifties are always on top of each and every move of Taylor Swift so I am sure more, if not all of you already know that Taylor Swift is going on tour. Th...
, but she’s not stopping anytime soon. in the 2020s alone, she’s appeared in an array of shows and films like the princess, the kissing booth, and the act. scarlett johansson image credit: everett collection, john salangsang/variety. scarlett johansson may have become super well-known ...
Potts in Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, in which she and Jerry Orbach sang the Oscar-nominated song "Be Our Guest." 73 of 233 Sara Lee Sara Lee/Instagram Sara Lee, a former wrestler known for winning season 6 of the WWE's reality competition series Tough ...