In reality, country music owes its most profound roots to Black musicians and artists — such as the ones who taught country pioneerJimmie Rodgerseverything he knew about music. Or the ones who wrote the groundbreaking music that was made mainstream byElvis Presley. With any justice, country si...
On the other hand, the chart-type songs I was trying my hand at writing for us to perform were really quite corny." "We recorded my first song, ‘It Was You’, in late 1963 at the home studio of Barry Gray, who wrote music for children’s TV puppet series like Thunderbirds and Fi...
The DJ-turned-hitmaker still notched an Oscar nomination, though, thanks to a different Barbie number he co-wrote: the Ryan Gosling-sung "I'm Just Ken." Martin Scorsese Here's a staggering fact: Martin Scorsese, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers in Hollywood history, has ...
Parton's breakthrough in television came in 1967 when she joined Porter Wagoner on his weekly variety show, but it was not until she was cast in the comedy9 to 5(for which she wrote the award-winning theme song) that she realized how easily she could slip into a role. Other notable w...
Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.” I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the Nobel Prize have much to fear from AI. Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story ...
She then moved on to Clapton, who played guitar on the Harrison-penned Beatles song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in 1968. Boyd noted the two musicians were close friends who played and wrote music together and that she was always aware of Clapton’s attraction to her. It was flattering...
In August 2022, Iyanna and Jarrette released a joint statement on Instagram that announced they werefiling for a divorce. “While we have love for each other, our lives are going in different directions, and that’s okay,” they wrote. “Coming to this decision was far from easy and we...
The Pointer Sisters enjoyed massive success in the late ’70s and ’80s, chalking up a string of hits, including “Fire,”“Slow Hand,”“I’m So Excited,”“Jump (For My Love),”“He’s So Shy,” and “Neutron Dance,” among others. Anita released a solo album,Love For What It...
You see after two years I failed the course but we now had a new principal, Mielie Pip Mclean, who wrote to my parents about a week after the results came through. He told them that I had failed one subject (Engineering) by 1% and he felt this unduly harsh. He had been talking to...
the 2016 reboot. This did not go down well with Jones, who took to Twitter to express her displeasure. "[Making the new Ghostbusters movie is] so insulting," the actresswrote. "Like f**k us. We didn't count." Jones also noted that the new film would reinforce the Hollywood ...