Her glamorous image and larger-than-life persona have made her an enduring icon in both music and fashion. As an actress, she's also earned acclaim for her roles in films like Lady Sings the Blues and The Wiz. Dig Deeper The Best Diana Ross Albums of All Time Also ra...
Holiday, Billie, with William Dufty.Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversary Edition. Crown. 2006. 203p. ISBN 9780767923866. pap. $17. With journalist Dufty, legendary jazz singer Holiday reflects on a childhood of abuse, her later career among Harlem’s club scene, her performances with t...
For Jones, that winding road started with a childhood on the South Side of Chicago, before moving in his early years between Kentucky and Washington before joining his school band and choir, not to mention convincing Count Basie trumpeter Clark Terry to ...
Sir Bryn Terfel sings 'I Believe' from Dreams and Songs
That whole number for me was thrilling to create because it was complicated. It was all done with mirrors. I always try to find a hook into a musical number for myself, and it always comes from the actual material itself. So she sings a song called “Roxie” about herself. It's the...
Chicago — Illinois Ballad, Ska, Rock music 1,221 votes Chicago came out of Chicago, IL in the mid-1960s. The ballad-generating soft-rockers are one of the best-selling bands of all time. Chicago has sold over 100 million records worldwide and has managed to land 20 top ten singles ...
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, wearing "Harry Caray" glasses, sings "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the Florida Marlins and the Chicago Cubs Oct. 7, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago...
“‘You look like Stevie Nicks/ In ‘75, the hair and lips/ Crowd goes wild at her fingertips/ Half moonshine, a full eclipse,’” Swift sings. Here's what else to know about Bow and Swift's song. Who is Clara Bow? Bow's name might ring a bell, particularly among Swifties’ old...
but the Hall's management refuses because rock stars would be involved and because they considerTommyto be "unsavory." Roger performs the title role, John is Cousin Kevin, Keith is Uncle Ernie and Pete sings the narrator. Rod Stewart, Peter Sellers, Stevie Winwood, Richie Havens, Sandy Denny...
Velvet Underground and Nico (1967):Andy Warhol kinda forced German singer Nico onto the ragged New Yorkers, but the three cuts she sings on here are among their very best. Her smoky, detached tone perfectly fits the tearing, buzzing and shredding played by the inventors of noisy art rock. ...