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“White Christmas”—Bing Crosby (1942) Added to the National Registry: 2002 Essay by Cary O’Dell
“White Christmas”—Bing Crosby (1942) Added to the National Registry: 2002 Essay by Cary O’Dell Crosby’s 1945 holiday album Original release label “Holiday Inn” movie poster With the possible exception of “Silent Night,” no other song is more identified with the holiday season than “White Christmas.” And no singer is more identified with it than its originator, Bing Crosby. And, perhaps, rightfully so. Surely no other Christmas tune has ever had the commercial or cultural impact as this song or sold as many copies--50 million by most estimates, making it the best-selling record in history. Irving Berlin wrote “White Christmas” in 1940. Legends differ as to where and how though. Some say he wrote it poolside at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, a reasonable theory considering the song’s wishing for wintery weather. Some though say that’s just a good story. Furthermore, some histories say Berlin knew from the beginning that the song was going to be a massive hit but another account says when he brought it to producer-director Mark Sandrich, Berlin unassumingly described it as only “an amusing little number.” Likewise, Bing Crosby himself is said to have found the song only merely adequate at first. Regardless, everyone agrees that it was in 1942, when Sandrich was readying a Christmas- themed motion picture “Holiday Inn,” that the song made its debut. The film starred Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby and it needed a holiday song to be sung by Crosby and his leading lady, Marjorie Reynolds (whose vocals were dubbed). Enter “White Christmas.” Though the film would not be seen for many months, millions of Americans got to hear it on Christmas night, 1941, when Crosby sang it alone on his top-rated radio show “The Kraft Music Hall.” On May 29, 1942, he recorded it during the sessions for the “Holiday Inn” album issued that year. -
The Twenty Greatest Music Concerts I've Ever Seen
THE TWENTY GREATEST MUSIC CONCERTS I'VE EVER SEEN Whew, I'm done. Let me remind everyone how this worked. I would go through my Ipod in that weird Ipod alphabetical order and when I would come upon an artist that I have seen live, I would replay that concert in my head. (BTW, since this segment started I no longer even have an ipod. All my music is on my laptop and phone now.) The number you see at the end of the concert description is the number of times I have seen that artist live. If it was multiple times, I would do my best to describe the one concert that I considered to be their best. If no number appears, it means I only saw that artist once. Mind you, I have seen many artists live that I do not have a song by on my Ipod. That artist is not represented here. So although the final number of concerts I have seen came to 828 concerts (wow, 828!), the number is actually higher. And there are "bar" bands and artists (like LeCompt and Sam Butera, for example) where I have seen them perform hundreds of sets, but I counted those as "one," although I have seen Lecompt in "concert" also. Any show you see with the four stars (****) means they came damn close to being one of the Top Twenty, but they fell just short. So here's the Twenty. Enjoy and thanks so much for all of your input. And don't sue me if I have a date wrong here and there. -
Singer Kristin Chenoweth Speaks up for Ose with Migraine
CELEBRITY PROFILES DECEMBER 2019/JANUARY 2020 BY LAUREN PAIGE KENNEDY Singer Kristin Chenoweth Speaks Up for ~ose with Migraine Chenoweth says migraine and Meniere's disease almost ended her career. Now she advocates for others with these conditions. Stage lights, flashing cameras of paparazzi, air travel, and adoring fans seeking selfies are all in a day's work for actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth. They're also the reasons the Broadway legend, recording artist, and TV star almost retired in her thirties. Identifying triggers and finding the right combination of medications help actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth manage her migraine attacks. Photograph by Michael Larsen The performer says light, even from a smartphone's tiny camera, can bring on a migraine with aura—a temporary visual loss or disturbance—intense nausea, and crippling head pain, as well as room-spinning vertigo. Now 51, Chenoweth has battled these symptoms half her life. Her first attack happened mid-performance with the Virginia Symphony when she was 25. She lost peripheral vision and saw strobing flashes, or what she refers to as "kaleidoscope eyes." The viselike head pain that followed left her "crawling off the stage," she says, only to retreat to her hotel room. There, she vomited repeatedly and experienced extreme light sensitivity and dizziness, even as the worst headache of her life did not abate for days. "I didn't know what hit me," says Chenoweth, who is readying for the release of For the Girls, her seventh album, with an all-star roster of female singers including Ariana Grande, Dolly Parton, and Reba McIntire. -
Julian Velard Song List
JULIAN VELARD SONG LIST # Cheer Up Charlie - Willy Wonka 1999 – Prince Close To You — Carpenters 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Cold As Ice —Foreigner 9 To 5 — Dolly Parton Cracklin’ Rosie — Neil Diamond A Crazy — Patsy Cline A Song For You – Leon Russell Crazy For You - Madonna Africa - Toto Crying — Roy Orbison After the Gold Rush — Neil Young Cupid – Sam Cooke Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band D Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers Dance With Me – Orleans Alison — Elvis Costello Darling Be Home Soon – John Sebastian Alone Again Naturally — Gilbert O’Sullivan Do You Know the Way to San Jose? — All By Myself – Eric Carmen Dionne Warwick All Of Me – Frank Sinatra Do You Realize??? – Flaming Lips America – Neil Diamond Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne Angel Eyes – Frank Sinatra Domino – Jesse J Angel Of The Morning — Juice Newton Don’t Cry Out Loud – Melissa Manchester Arthur’s Theme – Christopher Cross Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart — Elton John & Kiki Dee As Time Goes By Don’t Stop Believin’ — Journey B Don’t Worry Baby — Beach Boys Baby One More Time — Britney Spears Don’t You Forget About Me — Simple Minds Baby Come Back - Player Dreams — Fleetwood Mac Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown — Jim Croce E Baker Street – Gerry Raerty Escape (The Pina Colata Song) – Rupert Holmes Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book Everybody’s Talkin’ — Nilsson Be My Baby — Ronnie Spector Every Time You Go Away – Paul Young Bennie and the Jets — Elton John Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes Tears For Fears Big Yellow Taxi — Joni Mitchell Eye In -
PHOTOS ALABAMA Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Feb
TALENT IN ACTION TO P CONCERT LINDA RONSTADT fective, singer /keyboardist Carrack '1Bo GROSSES Municipal Auditorium, and his band, which included Nick AMUSEMENT BUSINESS@ San Antonio, Texas Lowe on bass, Andy Fairweather - Gross Attendance Low on guitar, and Andy Newmark ARTIST(S) Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter LINDA RONSTADT SET a near - on drums, ultimately showed enough PATTI LABELLE Westbury Music Fair Feb. 17-21 8580,986 20,034 Guber -Gross Prods. sellout house on fire here Feb. 5, kick- punch to win over a packed house of WOODY HENDERSON Westbury, N.Y. $30 sellout ing off her 16 -city U.S. tour with an industryites. GRATEFUL DEAD Arena, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Feb. 13-14, 16- $555,000 30,000 Bill Graham Presents Center 17 $18.50 sellout elaborate and lively performance of Carrack's fluid voice was in supple Oakland, Calif. the music from her latest album, shape; only the lack of sound -system HANK WILLIAMS JR. & THE BAMA Arena, The Omni Feb. 18 & 20 $400,085 22,874 New Era Prods. "Canciones De Mi Padre (Songs Of firepower dampened such potent BAND Atlanta, Ga. $17.50 sellout Concert Promotions /Southern My Father)." numbers as "Fire With Fire" and a RESTLESS HEART Promotions Resembling a Broadway musical cover of the memorable Jackie De- CHITA RIVERA & THE RADIO CITY Chicago Theatre Feb. 9 -14 $M2,856 15618 in -house MUSIC HALL ROCKETS IN "CAN Chicago, Ill. $34.50/$29.50 /$24.50/$4.50 sellout more than a concert, the two -hour Shannon tune "When You Walk In CAN" show included performances by the The Room." Limp sound also limited BARRY MANILOW Las Vegas Hilton Pavillion Jan. -
70S Playlist 1/7/2011
70s Playlist 1/7/2011 Song Artist(s) A Song I Like to Sing K. Kristoferson/L Coolidge Baby Come Back Steve Perry Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac Father and Son Cat Stevens For my lady Moody Blues Have you seen her The Chi-Lites I Have to say I love you in a Son Jim Croce I want Love Elton John If you Remember Me Kris Kristofferson It's only Love Elvis Presley I've got a thing about you baby Elvis Presley Magic Pilot Moon Shadow Cat Stevens Operator (That's Not the Way it Jim Croce Raised on a Rock Elvis Presley Roses are Red Freddy Fender Someone Saved My Life Tonigh Elton John Steamroller Blues Elvis Presley Stranger Billy Joel We're all alone K. Kristoferson/L Coolidge Yellow River Christie Babe Styx Dancin' in the Moonlight King Harvest Solitaire The Carpenters Take a Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed Angel of the Morning Olivia Newton John Aubrey Bread Can't Smile Without You Barry Manilow Even Now Barry Manilow Top of the World The Carpenters We've only Just Begun The Carpenters You've Got a Friend James Taylor A Song for You The Carpenters ABC The Jackson 5 After the Love has Gone Earth, Wind and Fire Ain't no Sunshine Bill Withers All I Ever Need is You Sonny and Cher Another Saturday Night Cat Stevens At Midnight Chaka Khan At Seventeen Janis Ian Baby, that's Backatcha Smokey Robinson Baby, I love Your Way Peter Frampton Band on the Run Paul McCartney Barracuda Heart Beast of Burden The Rolling Stones Page 1 70s Playlist 1/7/2011 Song Artist(s) Beautiful Sunday Daniel Boone Been to Canaan Carol King Being -
Michael Krasny Has Interviewed a Wide Range of Major Political and Cultural Figures Including Edward Albee, Madeleine Albright
Michael Krasny has interviewed a wide range of major political and cultural figures including Edward Albee, Madeleine Albright, Sherman Alexei, Robert Altman, Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Ken Auletta, Paul Auster, Richard Avedon, Joan Baez, Alec Baldwin, Dave Barry, Harry Belafonte, Annette Bening, Wendell Berry, Claire Bloom, Andy Borowitz, T.S. Boyle, Ray Bradbury, Ben Bradlee, Bill Bradley, Stephen Breyer, Tom Brokaw, David Brooks, Patrick Buchanan, William F. Buckley Jr, Jimmy Carter, James Carville, Michael Chabon, Noam Chomsky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Cesar Chavez, Bill Cosby, Sandra Cisneros, Billy Collins, Pat Conroy, Francis Ford Coppola, Jacques Cousteau, Michael Crichton, Francis Crick, Mario Cuomo, Tony Curtis, Marc Danner, Ted Danson, Don DeLillo, Gerard Depardieu, Junot Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joan Didion, Maureen Dowd. Jennifer Egan, Daniel Ellsberg, Rahm Emanuel, Nora Ephron, Susan Faludi, Diane Feinstein, Jane Fonda, Barney Frank, Jonathan Franzen, Lady Antonia Fraser, Thomas Friedman, Carlos Fuentes, John Kenneth Galbraith, Andy Garcia, Jerry Garcia, Robert Gates, Newt Gingrich, Allen Ginsberg, Malcolm Gladwell, Danny Glover, Jane Goodall, Stephen Greenblatt, Matt Groening, Sammy Hagar, Woody Harrelson, Robert Hass, Werner Herzog, Christopher Hitchens, Nick Hornby, Khaled Hosseini, Patricia Ireland, Kazuo Ishiguro, Molly Ivins, Jesse Jackson, PD James, Bill T. Jones, James Earl Jones, Ashley Judd, Pauline Kael, John Kerry, Tracy Kidder, Barbara Kingsolver, Alonzo King, Galway Kinnell, Ertha Kitt, Paul Krugman, Ray -
Be My Baby”—The Ronettes (1963) Added to the National Registry: 2006 Essay by Cary O’Dell
“Be My Baby”—The Ronettes (1963) Added to the National Registry: 2006 Essay by Cary O’Dell The Ronettes Original label Phil Spector Instantly infectious and memorable, “Be My Baby” has been described as the “Record of the Century” and the “greatest pop record ever made.” It was recorded by the Ronettes in 1963. It was written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and was produced by Phil Spector. It was named to the National Recording Registry in 2006. The Ronettes were a group of girls from Spanish Harlem, sisters Veronica (“Ronnie”) and Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley. Before becoming a trio, the young women were a group of five joined by two other cousins, Elaine and Diane. (Sometimes they were also joined by their male cousin, Ira.) They sang together and perfected their harmonies at their grandmother’s house before branching out to play local dances and talent contests. Along with refining their line-up and sound, the girls also defined their look. In his biography of Phil Spector, author Mick Brown says of the group: The standard demeanor of girl groups of the day was one of demure innocence…But the Ronettes looked as if it was a Saturday night and they were cruising for trouble—figure- hugging dresses, hair piled into improbable beehives and lashings of mascara, which transformed the youthful high school girls into vamps. Today, the Ronettes are nearly as remembered for their look (which would later be largely carbon-copied by Amy Winehouse) as for their sound. After first being signed by and recording for the Colpix label (under the name Ronnie and the Relatives), the Ronettes came to the attention of Phil Spector who immediately took a liking to the group and especially to its de facto leader Ronnie. -
“Heart Like a Wheel”—Linda Ronstadt (1974) Added to the National Registry: 2013 Essay by Cary O’Dell
“Heart Like a Wheel”—Linda Ronstadt (1974) Added to the National Registry: 2013 Essay by Cary O’Dell Original album Original label Peter Asher Linda Ronstadt’s 1974 album “Heart Like a Wheel” was her fifth as a solo artist. And though she had previously enjoyed some chart success with the group The Stone Poneys (their recording of “Different Drum” was a hit in 1967) and achieved some success as a solo artist in 1970 with the song “Long Long Time,” “Heart Like a Wheel” is considered her breakthrough album and, to some, her career masterwork. Considering Ronstadt’s “Heart” success, musically and commercially, it is not surprising that it was this album that also marked the first time Ronstadt had an entire album steered by music producer extraordinaire Peter Asher. Asher, a former performer (he was the Peter in Peter & Gordon), began managing and producing other performers in late 1960s. One of his first clients was a young troubadour named James Taylor. In the early ‘70s, after an introduction by Taylor’s sister, Kate, Asher began managing and producing Linda Ronstadt. Once joined up with Ronstadt, Asher and the California-based singer soon became something of a dynamic duo. “Heart” marked the beginning of a long and extraordinarily successful collaboration; every subsequent album Ronstadt would ever record with Asher—all 13 of them-- would eventually be certified either gold or platinum. Since her debut on vinyl with the Stone Poneys and as a solo act via her early albums “Hand Sown…Home Grown” (1969), “Silk Purse” (1970) and “Linda Ronstadt” (1972), Ronstadt had been working steadily in pushing the country genre toward the pop mainstream. -
Sketchy-Sketch-Sketch Than a Movie Titled Album Was Released Early Friday Morning Exclusively on Itunes Unbe- Knownst to the Public
LIFESTYLE38 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013 MUSIC & MOVIES This 1991 file photo shows the band Nirvana, from left, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, and Kurt Cobain. File image released by Starpix shows, from left, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer of KISS as the band arrives at SiriusXM offices to promote their latest release ‘Monster,’ in New York. —AP photos Nirvana, KISS among 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees irvana, the influential Seattle grunge KISS shocked the music world in the mid- bines music with philanthropy and humani- band founded by the late Kurt Cobain, 1970s with its outlandish black-and-white tarian causes. Linda Ronstadt, known as the Nand the flamboyant 1970s rockers makeup, racy costumes, hard-pounding “First Lady of Rock,” was a mainstay of the from KISS were among six new inductees to tunes and elaborate shows. Songs such as 1970s rock scene with hits including “You’re the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the organiza- the trademark “Rock and Roll All Nite” No Good” in 1975. The 67-year-old revealed tion said yesterday. British singers and song- helped define a hard rock-and-shock style this year that she could no longer sing due to writers Peter Gabriel and Cat Stevens, folk- Parkinson’s disease. pop singer Linda Ronstadt and rock and soul Daryl Hall and John Oates broke out in duo Hall and Oates completed the list of 1976 with the hit “Rich Girl” and ruled the performer inductees to the prestigious Hall charts in the 1980s with bouncy melodies of Fame, chosen from 16 nominees. -
Adventuring with Books: a Booklist for Pre-K-Grade 6. the NCTE Booklist
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 311 453 CS 212 097 AUTHOR Jett-Simpson, Mary, Ed. TITLE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K-Grade 6. Ninth Edition. The NCTE Booklist Series. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Ill. REPORT NO ISBN-0-8141-0078-3 PUB DATE 89 NOTE 570p.; Prepared by the Committee on the Elementary School Booklist of the National Council of Teachers of English. For earlier edition, see ED 264 588. AVAILABLE FROMNational Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801 (Stock No. 00783-3020; $12.95 member, $16.50 nonmember). PUB TYPE Books (010) -- Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF02/PC23 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; Art; Athletics; Biographies; *Books; *Childress Literature; Elementary Education; Fantasy; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry; Preschool Education; *Reading Materials; Recreational Reading; Sciences; Social Studies IDENTIFIERS Historical Fiction; *Trade Books ABSTRACT Intended to provide teachers with a list of recently published books recommended for children, this annotated booklist cites titles of children's trade books selected for their literary and artistic quality. The annotations in the booklist include a critical statement about each book as well as a brief description of the content, and--where appropriate--information about quality and composition of illustrations. Some 1,800 titles are included in this publication; they were selected from approximately 8,000 children's books published in the United States between 1985 and 1989 and are divided into the following categories: (1) books for babies and toddlers, (2) basic concept books, (3) wordless picture books, (4) language and reading, (5) poetry. (6) classics, (7) traditional literature, (8) fantasy,(9) science fiction, (10) contemporary realistic fiction, (11) historical fiction, (12) biography, (13) social studies, (14) science and mathematics, (15) fine arts, (16) crafts and hobbies, (17) sports and games, and (18) holidays. -
Teen's Musical Theatre Songfinder
TEEN’S MUSICAL THEATRE SONGFINDER Alphabetically by Song Alphabetically by Show MUSICAL THEATRE SONGS FOR TEENS - COMPLETE LIST (Alphabetical by SONG Title) SHOW TITLE SONG TITLE PUBLICATION TITLE ITEM NUMBER 21 Guns American Idiot Broadway Presents! Audition Musical Theatre Anthology - Young Male Edition 00322356 Book/2-CDs Pack A La Volonté du Peuple Les Misérables Songs of Boublil & Schönberg, The - Men’s Edition 00001193 Men’s Edition Ad-dressing of Cats, The Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber For Singers - Men’s Edition 00001185 Men’s Edition Adelaide’s Lament Guys and Dolls Broadway Junior Songbook - Young Women’s Edition 00740327 Book/CD Pack Adelaide’s Lament Guys and Dolls Musical Theatre Anthology For Teens - Young Women’s Edition 00740157 Book only Adelaide’s Lament Guys and Dolls Musical Theatre Anthology For Teens - Young Women’s Edition 00740189 Book/CD Pack Ah, But Underneath Follies Complete Follies Collection, The 00313306 Book only Ah, Paris Follies Complete Follies Collection, The 00313306 Book only Ain’t Misbehavin’ Ain’t Misbehavin’ Broadway For Teens - Young Women’s Edition 00000402 Book/CD Pack All for You Seussical the Musical Broadway Presents! Audition Musical Theatre Anthology - Young Female Edition 00322304 Book/2-CDs Pack All for You Seussical the Musical Broadway Presents! Teens' Musical Theatre Anthology - Female Edition 00322200 Book/2-CDs Pack All Good Gifts Godspell Broadway Junior Songbook - Young Men’s Edition 00740328 Book/CD Pack All Good Gifts Godspell Musical Theatre Anthology For Teens - Young Men’s Edition