Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
Show name	The Pop Chronicles
Home station	KRLA
Syndicates	Armed Forces Radio
Creator	John Gilliland
Producer	Chester Coleman
Narrated	John Gilliland, Sie Holliday, Thom Beck
First aired	1969
Last aired	c1971
Num episodes	55
Othertheme	The Chronicles of Pop by Len Chandler
Website	The John Gilliland Collection
Podcast	}}

The Pop Chronicles were two radio documentary series which together "may constitute the most complete audio history of 1940s-60s popular music." Both were produced by John Gilliland.

The Pop Chronicles of the 50s and 60s

Inspired by the Monterey Pop Festival, the Pop Chronicles of the 1950s and 1960s was originally produced at KRLA 1110 and first aired on February 9, 1969. John Gilliland narrated the series along with Sie Holliday and Thom Beck (pictured). Also performing interviews were Dick LaPalm, Lew Irwin, Harry Shearer, Mike Masterson, and Richard Perry. The show's brief recurring theme song “The Chronicles of Pop” was written and performed by Len Chandler. The engineer and associate producer of the series was Chester Coleman.

KRLA 1110 originally broadcast an hour a week of the Pop Chronicles, which were later syndicated and broadcast on Armed Forces Radio. The photo above indicates that it was broadcast on KABC-FM sometime before that station became KLOS.

The University of North Texas Music Library has made the Pop Chronicles available online.

The Pop Chronicles of the 40s

The "Pop Chronicles of the 1940s" was produced by John Gilliland and broadcast on KSFO (AM) while he worked there beginning in 1972 and 1976. This was also syndicated and broadcast on AFRTS. In 1994, an edited version was released as the four cassette audiobook ''Pop Chronicles the 40's: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40's''. This was later rereleased as ''The Big Band Chronicles''.

Show name	Pop Chronicles the 40s
Home station	KSFO
Syndicates	AFRTS
Creator	John Gilliland
Narrated	John Gilliland
First aired	1972
Last aired	1976
Num episodes	24
reviews	*Allmusic [ link]
Podcast	}}

After his death, Gilliand's sister donated the "Pop Chronicles" tapes to the University of North Texas Music Library where they form The John Gilliland Collection.

See also

The History of Rock and Roll

References

Online sources

The Pop Chronicles audio at the University of North Texas Music Library

The Pop Chronicles Presents The Forties originally broadcast Sunday, November 5, 1972

Index to Interviews at The John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library

Los Angeles Radio People, B

Los Angeles Radio People, G

The Man on the Beat: John Gilliland and The Pop Chronicles, 2008 Association for Recorded Sound Collections conference presentation by Andrew Justice and Jonathan Thorn (audio).

Print sources

Gilliland, John. "On Chronicling Pop." in ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997'', by Don Barrett. Imprint Valencia, CA: db Marketing, 1997, ISBN 9780965890700. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)

Notes

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
name	PS22 Chorus
origin	Graniteville, Staten Island, New York
genre	pop, traditionals, gospel, R&B;
years active	2000 – present
website	ps22chorus.blogspot.com
current members	DirectorGregg Breinberg (guitar, piano)Chorus60-70 fifth-graders from Public School 22Guest MusiciansChris Eberle (guitar, drums)
background	group_or_band }}

The PS22 Chorus is an elementary school chorus from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island (New York). It is composed of 60-70 fifth-graders, and is directed by Gregg Breinberg. Students are assigned to the chorus after an annual auditioning process at the beginning of each school year. PS22 is the largest elementary school in Staten Island which draws students from a wide cross section of ethnic groups and socio-economic levels. The chorus meets twice a week during school hours to practice, and performs throughout the year at school functions, local events, and on special requests. It has been featured on several major national news and music networks after its videos had gained international attention within the popular video-sharing site YouTube. As of August, 2011 the chorus’ videos have been watched more than 36,000,000 times.

History

The PS22 chorus was founded in 2000 by the school's music teacher, Gregg Breinberg, who started blogging about it in September 2006 following requests on a Tori Amos fan page, where he had shared some of his videos. Since then the chorus has become an Internet phenomenon. In 2009 ''New York'' magazine called it "the best-known elementary-school chorus on the planet".

Chorus of 2006/2007 The chorus performs for singer-songwriter Tori Amos at the Sony Atrium in New York City. (May 4, 2007) Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton starts blogging about the PS22 chorus and becomes an influential supporter.

Chorus of 2007/2008 Neil Finn, lead singer of the New Zealand band Crowded House invites the chorus to sing at the band’s sold-out concert in New York. (April 30, 2008)

Former student Andrew Canlon composes a song specifically for the PS22 chorus entitled "All My Life".

Members of the PS22 chorus of 2007/2008 are featured in several videos of the television series The Electric Company

Chorus of 2008/2009 The electronic band Passion Pit invites the PS22 chorus to sing background vocals on three tracks ("The Reeling", "Little Secrets", "Let Your Love Grow Tall") of their debut album ''Manners''. (2009-01-16) "The Reeling" is later nominated for an MTV Video Music Award as best breakthrough video. The chorus performs on ''Good Morning America'' (ABC) (2009-06-22) and on ''It's On with Alexa Chung'' (MTV). (2009-08-03) The chorus performs with country singer Cooper Boone at a DKMS charity Gala and meets Chelsea Clinton and R&B; singer Rihanna. (May 7, 2009) Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac) invites the chorus to sing for her at Madison Square Garden. (June 11, 2009) The chorus is featured on the nationally televised ''VH1 Divas Special 2009'' (September 17, 2009)

Chorus of 2009/2010 The newly formed chorus of 2009/2010 is visited by the cast (Naturi Naughton, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Kherington Payne, Asher Book) and director Kevin Tancharoen of the new 2009 movie ''Fame''. The school is presented a $30,000 check for a new keyboard lab by VH1 Save The Music Foundation Executive Director Paul Cothran, and Director Of Music for New York City Department of Education Barbara Murray. (September 14, 2009) ''Billboard'' magazine invites the chorus to perform at an award ceremony for Beyoncé and Lady Gaga. (October 2, 2009)

On 27 October 2009, the chorus performed alongside the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland at the Cross Cultural Youth Festival held at The Armory, Washington Heights for 2500 children from all five boroughs of New York. The event was covered by Fox5 New York.

Paul Rieckhoff, founder of IAVA, invites the chorus to sing at the Third Annual Heroes Gala at Gotham Hall in New York, hosted by NBC's Brian Williams. (November 10, 2009) The chorus performs with rapper Common at the National Tree Lighting ceremony at the White House with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attending. (December 3, 2009) During their "Songs From the Heart" tour, Celtic Woman visits PS22 and invites the chorus to join them on two songs at their Radio City Music Hall concert. (February 26, 2010) After hearing the chorus's interpretation of his song "One Day", Chasidic reggae artist Matisyahu visits PS22 and invites the chorus to perform two songs at his concert at New York City's 92nd Street Y. (March 16, 2010)

Chorus of 2010/2011

The students perform at the charity organization "New Yorkers for Children". (September 22, 2010)

At the ONEXONE Gala supported by Matt Damon, the children sing with Matisyahu. (October 27, 2010)

The chorus perform at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in Manhattan hosted by NBC Anchor Brian Williams. (November 10, 2010)

The children are visited by Kylie Minogue and perform with her, including the first ever live performance of "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)". (November 29, 2010)

The chorus are visited by Bruce Cohen and Anne Hathaway at their 11th Annual Winter Concert and invited to perform at the 83rd Academy Awards. (December 16, 2010)

The students performed at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.

The children performed with Katy Perry on the Oprah Winfrey show post Oscar show at the Kodak Theatre. (February 28, 2011)

The chorus perform together with The Bangles at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 20, 2011)

David Cook visits PS22 and performs several songs including "The Last Goodbye" and "Rolling in the Deep" with the chorus. (June 10, 2011)

Media coverage

TV appearances ''ABC News Nightline'' (ABC) ''Good Day New York'' (Fox 5) ''MTV News'' with Sway Calloway (MTV) ''NBC Nightly News;; (msnbc) ''Hollywood 411'' (TV Guide Network) ''The Bonnie Hunt Show'' ''Anderson Cooper 360°'' (CNN)

RTL Television (German television station)

83rd Academy Awards

The Oprah Winfrey Show (CBS)

Radio appearances ''All Things Considered'' (NPR) Chris Evans (BBC) ''Q'' (CBC) ''The Howard Stern Show'' Joan Hamburg (WOR-2) ''Rubrik 'Musik''' (detektor.fm) ''Akustischer Adventskalender'' (detektor.fm)

Newspaper/Online Newspaper articles ''The New York Times'' ''New York Magazine'' In June 2009 an Associated Press article by Verena Dobnik brought worldwide attention to the chorus. The article ran in prominent newspapers and on websites like ''The Guardian'', ''The Boston Globe'', ''The Seattle Times'', ''The Huffington Post'' and many more.

Dein Spiegel (German magazine for children)

Time (magazine)

Daily News (New York)

Los Angeles Times

Awards

COAHSi (Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island) Award 2003 and 2009 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award 2010 Webby Artist of the Year Award 2010

Common Sense Media Award 2011

References

External links

Blogspot Homepage

Official YouTube channel

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name	Regina Spektor
background	solo_singer
born	February 18, 1980
origin	New York, U.S.
birth place	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
instrument	Piano, Vocals, Guitar, Bass Guitar
genre	Anti-folk, indie rock, baroque pop, blues, pop
voice type	Mezzo-Soprano
occupation	Singer, songwriter, record producer
years active	1999–present
label	Sire/Warner Bros. Records
associated acts	Sondre Lerche, Ben Folds, Kill Kenada, the Strokes, Dufus
website	http://www.reginaspektor.com
notable instruments	Steinway & Sons piano Epiphone Wildkat guitar}}

Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (, , ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.

Early life

Spektor was born in Moscow, USSR in 1980 to a musical Russian Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Russian college of music and now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York. She has a brother Barry (Bear), who was featured in track 7, "* * *", or "Whisper", of her 2004 album, ''Soviet Kitsch''.

She learned how to play piano by practicing on a Petrof upright that was given to her mother by her grandfather. She was also exposed to the music of rock and roll bands such as The Beatles, Queen, and The Moody Blues by her father, who obtained such recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union. The family left the Soviet Union in 1989, when Regina was nine and a half, during the period of Perestroika, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. Regina had to leave her piano behind. The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the USSR, but they finally decided to emigrate, due to the ethnic and political discrimination that Jews faced. Spektor is fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew, and has since paid tribute to her Russian heritage, quoting the poem ''February'' by the famous Russian poet Boris Pasternak in her song ''Après Moi'', and stating “I’m very connected to the language and the culture.”

Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and settled in The Bronx, where Spektor graduated from the SAR Academy, a Jewish day middle school in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. She then attended high school for two years at the Frisch School, a yeshiva in Paramus, New Jersey, but transferred to a public school, Fair Lawn High School, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where she finished the last two years of her high school education.

Beginnings as a songwriter

In New York, Spektor studied classical piano with Sonia Vargas, a professor at the Manhattan School of Music, until she was 17; Spektor's father had met Vargas through her husband, violinist Samuel Marder. Although the family had been unable to bring their piano from Russia, Spektor found a piano on which to play in the basement of her synagogue, and also practiced on tabletops and other hard surfaces.

Spektor was originally interested only in classical music, but later became interested in hip hop, rock and punk as well. Although she had always made up songs around the house, Spektor first became interested in more formal songwriting during a visit to Israel with the Nesiya Institute in her teenage years when she attracted attention from the other children on the trip for the songs she made up while hiking and realized she had an aptitude for songwriting.

Following this trip, she was exposed to the work of Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, and other singer-songwriters, which encouraged her belief that she could create her own songs. She wrote her first a cappella songs around the age of 16 and her first songs for voice and piano when she was nearly 18.

Spektor completed the four-year studio composition program of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College within three years, graduating with honors in 2001. Around this time, she also worked briefly at a butterfly farm in Luck, Wisconsin, and studied in Tottenham, ( a suburb of London) for one semester.

She gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, often as a duo with drummer Anders Griffen, and most importantly at the East Village's Sidewalk Cafe, but also at the Living Room, Tonic, Fez, the Knitting Factory, and CB's Gallery. She also performed at local colleges (such as Sarah Lawrence College) with other musicians, including the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. She sold self-published CDs at her performances during this period: ''11:11'' (2001) and ''Songs'' (2002). In 2004, she signed a contract with Warner Brothers' record label Sire Records to publish and distribute her third album ''Soviet Kitsch'', originally self-released in 2003.

Style

Spektor has said that she has created a great number of songs, but that she rarely writes any of them down. She has also stated that she never aspired to write songs herself, but songs seem to just flow to her. Spektor's songs are not usually autobiographical, but rather are based on scenarios and characters drawn from her imagination. Her songs show influences from folk, punk, rock, Jewish, Russian, hip hop, jazz, and classical music. Spektor has said that she works hard to ensure that each of her songs has its own musical style, rather than trying to develop a distinctive style for her music as a whole.

Spektor has a broad vocal range and uses the full extent of it. She also explores a variety of different and somewhat unorthodox vocal techniques, such as verses composed entirely of buzzing noises made with the lips and beatbox-style flourishes in the middle of ballads, and also makes use of such unusual musical techniques as using a drum stick to tap rhythms on the body of the piano or chair. Part of her style also results from the exaggeration of certain aspects of vocalization, most notably the glottal stop, which is prominent in the single "Fidelity". She also uses a strong New York accent on some words, which she has said is due to her love of New York and its culture.

Her lyrics are equally eclectic, often taking the form of abstract narratives or first-person character studies, similar to short stories or vignettes put to song. Spektor usually sings in English, though she sometimes includes a few words or verses of Latin, Russian, French, and other languages in her songs. She also plays with pronunciations, which she said on a NPR interview to be a remnant of her early years when she listened to pop in English without understanding the lyrics. Some of Spektor's lyrics include literary allusions, such as to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway in "Poor Little Rich Boy", ''The Little Prince'' in "Baobabs", Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood in "Paris", Ezra Pound and William Shakespeare in "Pound of Flesh", Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' in "The Virgin Queen", Boris Pasternak in "Après Moi", Samson and Delilah in "Samson", and ''Oedipus the King'' in "Oedipus", Billie Holiday in "Lady" and Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome in "2.99 cent blues". She alludes to The Beatles and Paul McCartney in the song "Edit". She also used a line from Joni Mitchell's California in her song "The Devil Came to Bethlehem". Recurring themes and topics in Spektor's lyrics include love, death, religion (particularly Biblical and Jewish references), city life (particularly New York references), and certain key phrases have been known to recur in different songs by Spektor, such as references to gravediggers, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the name "Mary Ann". Spektor's use of satire is evident in "Wasteside," which refers to ''The Twelve Chairs'', the classic satirical novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, and describes the town in which people are born, get their hair cut, and then are sent to the cemetery.

In Spektor's early albums, many of her tracks had a very dry vocal production, with very little reverb or delay added. However, Spektor's more recent albums, particularly ''Begin to Hope'', have put more emphasis into song production and have relied more on traditional pop and rock instruments. Spektor says the records that most impact her are those of "bands whose music is really involved", specifically naming The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Radiohead, Tom Waits, and Frédéric Chopin as primary influences.

In her songs, "Eet", "Us" and "Après Moi" the titular sounds are used as the focal point throughout. (In "Dance Anthem of the 80's", the sound "eet" is also used often, on words such as "meat", "street", and "eat").

Performances

Spektor's first nationwide tour was accompanying The Strokes as the opening act on their 2003–2004 ''Room on Fire'' tour, during which she and the band performed and recorded "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men". Kings of Leon were the second opening act on that tour, and they invited Regina to open for them on their own European tour right after The Strokes tour. In June 2005, Spektor was the opening act for the English piano rock band Keane on their North American tour, during which she performed at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2005. During her 2006 headlining tour in support of the ''Begin to Hope'' album, Spektor sold out a performance at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, and two shows at Town Hall Theater in New York City on September 27 and September 28, 2006.

Spektor has appeared on ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' (once), ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (three times), ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' (twice), ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' (twice), ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' (five times), ''Late Show with David Letterman'' (twice), ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' (twice), ''CBS News Sunday Morning, Good Morning America'' (twice), ''Australia's Rove Live, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' (twice). On October 10, 2009 she performed on ''Saturday Night Live''.

Since January 2005, Spektor has performed on a bright red Baldwin baby grand piano. At the present time she uses exclusively Steinway & Sons pianos. She plays a seafoam Epiphone Wildkat archtop hollow-body electric guitar.

Although she generally only performs original material, Spektor occasionally performs covers. Most famous of these covers were her performances of songs by Leonard Cohen and Madonna, for the 2nd Annual Jewish Music & Heritage Festival at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. In 2006 and 2007, Spektor embarked on a headlining tour of the U.S. and Europe, selling out numerous clubs and theaters. She covered John Lennon's "Real Love" at the performance arts center of her alma mater, State University of New York at Purchase, on March 28, 2007, at a benefit concert for the Conservatory of Music. In 2007, Spektor recorded "Real Love" for the ''Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur'' CD, which was released in June of that year. She recorded a version of the song for Triple J's Like a Version radio segment which was shown on jTV.

On March 8, 2007, Spektor appeared on the British ITV network's ''Loose Women'', promoting and performing "Fidelity" live, and on April 20, 2007, she performed on the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. On Saturday, April 28, 2007, she appeared at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On Friday, May 18, 2007, she appeared on BBC1's ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''. On June 16, 2007, she performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival and later performed at the 2007 Lollapalooza on August 4, 2007 and Virgin Festival on August 5, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland. On September 16, 2007, she performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and recorded a set for the Austin City Limits TV show the following day. She performed acoustic at the Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 27 and October 28, 2007.

On November 14, 2007, at her concert at Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville, it was announced that Spektor collapsed during the sound check and was taken to a local emergency room. According to the statement given to the audience, Spektor was fine, but doctors said that she could not perform that night. It was later reported that the cause of the collapse was an inner ear infection which caused intense vertigo. The show was initially rescheduled for December 6, 2007, but the date was once again rescheduled, and the concert finally occurred on February 29, 2008. After her initial collapse in Nashville, she was able to perform in concerts at Mountain Stage on November 18, 2007, and at Duke University on November 19, 2007.

In conjunction with the release of her 2009 album ''Far'', Spektor was headlining at Serpentine Sessions, a series of concerts London's Hyde Park on June 29, 2009. Other European performances in 2009 include Glastonbury Festival, Hultsfred Festival, Oxegen 2009, T in the Park, Paradiso (Amsterdam), Latitude Festival, and Rock Werchter. Spektor has invited Brooklyn-based rock band Jupiter One to open concerts on her 2009 North American tour. As a part of that tour, on October 14, 2009 Spektor headlined a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in NYC.

On July 7, 2010, Regina performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Her cellist, Dan Cho, drowned the day before while swimming in Lake Geneva near the Chillon Castle. She was described as distraught, shaken, and in tears and took several breaks to regain her composure.

Media coverage

Since 2005, Spektor's music has been used in various television programs and commercials. In late 2005 "Us" (from ''Soviet Kitsch'') was used in a commercial as part of the ''What Do You Want To Watch?'' series for the United Kingdom's British Sky Broadcasting. The advert features a clip from a documentary on skateboarder Danny Way. In the summer of 2006, a clip from "Us" was used for the teaser website for Microsoft's Zune project at ComingZune.com, as well as for a promotional campaign for MtvU. The same track is used by Dutch telecom company KPN in a commercial. "Somedays" was used in a 2005 episode of ''CSI: NY'' and "Samson" was used in a 2006 episode of the same series. "On the Radio" was used in an episode of ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy''. "Field Below" was used in a 2006 episode titled "The Last Word" of CBS's ''Criminal Minds''. "Fidelity" has also been used in an episode of ''Grey's Anatomy'' titled "Six Days, Part 2", ''Veronica Mars'' titled "Wichita Linebacker", ''Brothers & Sisters'' titled "Sexual Politics", during the end credits of ''Love and Other Drugs'', and in the Brazilian telenovela ''A Favorita''. "Better" is currently being used in a commercial for XM Satellite Radio, an episode of "How I Met Your Mother", and the popular film ''My Sister's Keeper''. Her song "Music Box" is currently being used in a commercial for JC Penney. Spektor also sang the title song "Little Boxes" of Showtime's television series ''Weeds'' in the episode "Mile Deep and a Foot Wide" (2006) and her "Ghost of Corporate Future" was used both at the beginning and end of the episode. On January 21, 2007, she was featured on ''CBS News Sunday Morning''.

Spektor received increased attention in 2006 when her video for "Fidelity" was viewed over 200,000 times in two days on YouTube. On Sirius Radio's Left of Center channel, her single "Fidelity" was voted by listeners as the #1 song of 2006. Towards the end of 2006, VH1 showcased her as part of their "You Oughta Know: Artists on the Rise" featurettes: they played clips from the "Fidelity" music video and showed parts of an interview with Spektor during commercial breaks on the channel. Spektor was recently named #3 on VH1's Top Artists Charts.

Peter Gabriel recorded a version of "Après Moi" on his 2010 release ''Scratch My Back''.

In Australia, Spektor's music has rapidly gained popularity in mainstream culture primarily due to ''Begin to Hope'' being played on the nation-wide radio station Triple J, where it eventually became a feature album. Prior to ''Begin to Hope'', Spektor had only a small following in Australia in comparison to the US and Europe.

Spektor reached #33 on ''Blender'' magazine's top 100 of 2006 and was also listed as one of the "Hottest Women of...Rock!". "Fidelity" was also used in a 2007 television commercial in New Zealand advertising Yahoo!Xtra, a new partnership between Yahoo! and Telecom's Xtra ISP. Also in 2007, the mobile phone company Vodafone used her lyric, "Come into my world..." from the track, "Hotel Song" on ''Begin to Hope'', in an extensive TV advertising campaign in the UK and Ireland.

On October 1, 2007, Spektor's new video for "Better" was released on VH1 and YouTube, where it was viewed more than 100,000 times within the first 24 hours. "Fidelity" was used in the trailer for the film ''27 Dresses'', released on October 3, 2007.

Her song "The Call" appeared prominently in ''The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', as part of the film's finale sequence. Spektor's song "Better" was used in the movie ''My Sister's Keeper'', loosely based on the novel of the same name by Jodi Picoult. A section of "That Time" was featured in the film ''In Bruges''. Additionally, "Us" and "Hero" are both featured on the soundtrack for the film ''(500) Days of Summer''. ''Spin'' magazine profiled Spektor in their July 2009 issue, where she discussed her just-released album ''Far''. The story was released in their digital edition that month, as well. In August 2009, the song "Two Birds" was used in the 2009 Fall Campaign of the Polish TV station TVN. Also Regina's song "Eet" debuted on the show ''90210'' in April 2010.

On September 16, 2009, it was announced that Spektor would write the music for the musical ''Beauty'', a modern adaptation of the Grimms' fairy tale ''Sleeping Beauty'', which is set to open during the 2011–12 Broadway season.

In May 2010, Spektor performed for President Obama and his wife Michelle along with hundreds of other guests at the White House reception in honor of Jewish Heritage Month. She sang "Us" and "The Sword & the Pen," receiving a standing ovation begun by Michelle Obama.

The song "Human of the Year" featured prominently in the trailer and first episode of the 2011 HBO series ''Enlightened''.

Philanthropy

In 2007, she covered John Lennon's "Real Love" for ''Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur''. The following year, she participated in ''Songs for Tibet'', an initiative to support the human rights situation in Tibet and the 14th Dalai Lama. The album was issued on August 5, 2008, via iTunes and on August 19 in music stores around the world. On January 22, 2009, Spektor performed at the third annual Roe On The Rocks gig at the Bowery Ballroom to raise money for Planned Parenthood New York City. Also, continuing with her support for Tibet, Regina Spektor played for Tibet House's annual concert at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 2010. Less than one month later, on March 23, 2010, Spektor gave a concert at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York City to raise funds for the work of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti. Also, on April 27, she released a cover of Radiohead's song "No Surprises" with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders to help the earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile.

Discography

2001: ''11:11''

2002: ''Songs''

2004: ''Soviet Kitsch ''

2006: ''Begin to Hope''

2009: ''Far''

2012: ''What We Saw From The Cheap Seats''

Singles

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Awards

''Begin to Hope'' – Shortlist Music Prize (nominated)

Studio8's Female Voice of August 2009 (won)

References

External links

Official site

"Regina Spektor" interview by Noel Murray (from ''The A.V. Club'', 21 June 2006)

Interview from ''Soundcheck'', WNYC, 13 September 2005

Interview from ''All Things Considered'', National Public Radio, 28 June 2006

Strangers Almanac Column on Regina Spektor from Glide Magazine

NPR - All Songs Considered 7/22/2009 - Regina Spektor: When Every Sound Sings

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goals3	0
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goals5	0
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goals6	0
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goals7	0
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goals8	0
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Kasey Keller (born November 29, 1969 in Olympia, Washington) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

He is a four-time World Cup participant and was the first American goalkeeper to become a regular in the German Bundesliga, the English Premier League, and the Spanish La Liga.

Club career

Early career

Keller grew up on an egg farm near Olympia, Washington. He attended North Thurston High School and played college soccer at the University of Portland under Clive Charles. As a freshman in 1988, he helped lead the team to the NCAA men's soccer final four. He earned first team All American as a senior and was the 1991 Adidas Goalkeeper of the Year. During the 1989 college off-season, he played for the Portland Timbers of the Western Soccer Alliance. His outstanding play led to his selection as league MVP that year. In 10 games, he allowed only four goals for a 0.38 goals-against-average and eight clean sheets.

In 1989, he split his time between the Portland Timbers and the U.S. U-20 national team which finished fourth at the 1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Keller once again excelled and was awarded the tournament's Silver Ball as the tournament's second best player.

Millwall

After being a member of the US National Team in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, he was signed by the English club Millwall, playing there and becoming a fan favorite between 1992 and 1996. Keller made his Millwall debut on May 2, 1992 and played his last game on May 5, 1996, making 202 overall appearances for The Lions. Keller was voted ''Player of The Year'' 1992–93 by the Lions fans and also picked up the ''Junior Lions'' and ''Disabled Millwall Fans''' awards. When Millwall were relegated to the Second Division, the team transferred Keller to Leicester City for £900,000 on August 15, 1996.

Leicester City

In his first year with Leicester City, Keller played a vital part in the team's success in both a strong league position and winning the 1997 League Cup. The team reached the final again in 1999, a last minute goal lost them the match. That summer, he left the club for Spain on a free transfer.

Rayo Vallecano

Keller signed with the newly promoted Spanish club Rayo Vallecano for the 1999–2000 season and played there for two years.

Tottenham Hotspur

Keller went back to England and the Premier League in 2001, signing with Tottenham Hotspur. Relegated to backup duty for Neil Sullivan early on, he won the starting spot, and played every minute for Spurs in both the 2002–03 and the 2003–04 seasons.

In the 2004–05 Premiership season, Keller fell out of favor at Tottenham as Paul Robinson became the first choice keeper. In November 2004, Kasey was loaned out to Southampton, a Premiership club ravaged by injuries to its goalkeepers, for one month.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On January 15, 2005, Keller joined German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach on a free transfer during the Bundesliga's winter break. He got off to a good start in the Bundesliga, keeping a clean sheet in his first appearance for Borussia. Keller played every minute in the second half of the season and kept a total of seven clean sheets in that period, playing an important role in saving the club from relegation.

Keller also lived in Haus Donk, a castle in Tönisvorst, near Mönchengladbach. During the 2006–07 season he was one of the two Bundesliga players that are hobby-columnist for ''RUND'', a German football magazine published once each month, reflecting his life in Germany and his Bundesliga career within those lines. He shared that role with VfB Stuttgart's shot-stopper Timo Hildebrand.

On August 10, 2006 Keller was selected by his teammates to captain club side Borussia Mönchengladbach during the 2006–07 campaign. He is the second American (after Claudio Reyna) to captain a top level German club.

Fulham

In August 2007, Keller returned to the Premier League, signing for Fulham. The length of Keller's contract and financial details were not disclosed by the club. He was bought as a back-up to goalkeeper Antti Niemi, but some niggling injuries to Niemi saw him take over as principal goalkeeper at Fulham. However, the day before the Premier League match against Derby County in October, Keller injured his arm in training and was on the sidelines until late January. He returned as a substitute keeper in the 2–1 win over Aston Villa on 3 February. From then on he was only second choice until Fulham's match against Blackburn where he started the game, with Niemi on the bench. He then went on to start Fulham's remaining games as they defied all odds and avoided relegation on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Seattle Sounders FC

On August 14, 2008, Keller returned to the United States to sign with 2009 MLS expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. He was the starting goalkeeper for the MLS team's first-ever match, on March 19, 2009, which the Sounders won 3-0. He continued to have a clean sheet in each of his next three starts, with a score of 2-0 per start. He also set the record for most minutes without a goal to start a season in MLS history. His clean sheet streak came to an end on May 2, 2009 at 457 minutes in the second half of a game against the Chicago Fire.

International career

Keller got his first senior team cap against Colombia on February 4, 1990 and was on the roster as Tony Meola's back up at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

After being ignored by U.S. coach Bora Milutinović for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he made Steve Sampson's ill-fated squad in 1998, and played two games at the World Cup. Keller was an overage selection for the 1996 Olympics team, starting all three matches.

Kasey was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 1997 and 1999, and again in 2005.

Perhaps his most famous clean sheet came in the historic 1998 win versus Brazil. Keller played all 90 minutes in goal and made ten saves, many from point blank range, in preserving the 1–0 shutout victory for the U.S. His performance in goal prompted Brazilian great Romário to remark “That is the best performance by a goalkeeper I have ever seen,” the performance was commemorated in the song "Kasey Keller" by synth-pop band Barcelona.

For most of their careers, Keller and Brad Friedel were engaged in a head to head battle for the U.S. goalkeeper's jersey. Keller got the nod in 1998 but was second choice to Friedel in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In spite of this stiff competition he is the most capped goalkeeper in U.S. soccer history with 102 caps and also the team's all-time leader in wins and keeping clean sheets.

Keller crowned the U.S.'s run in the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament with a clean sheet in the final match against Panama and two saves in the penalty shootout to give the side the trophy. Keller started the first seven games of the final round of World Cup qualifying in 2005, recording five consecutive clean sheets and 507 consecutive goalless minutes to lead the U.S. to qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany. He then became the first male player in U.S. history to win his third Athlete of the Year award. On May 2, 2006 Keller and teammate Claudio Reyna became the first two Americans named to four World Cup Rosters. In that World Cup, he played in all three games, being named Man of the Match in the 1–1 draw with Italy in Kaiserslautern on June 17, 2006. Keller is the only U.S. player to participate in both the 1990 and 2006 World Cups.

Honors

United States

CONCACAF Gold Cup (3): 2002, 2005, 2007

Portland Timbers

Western Soccer League MVP (1): 1989 Western Soccer League

'''Western Soccer League Top Goalkeeper (1): 1989

Leicester City

Football League Cup (1): 1996-97

Seattle Sounders FC

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2): 2009, 2010

Individual

Honda Player of the Year: 1999, 2005

U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year: 1997, 1999, 2005

Personal life

Keller currently resides in Seattle with his wife Kristen and their two children, Cameron and Chloe, twins born on August 26, 1997. Keller has lived in London, Madrid, and Germany, where he and his family lived in a 1,000 year old castle. During his time abroad, Keller has learned to speak German and Spanish fluently. He told the New York Times that he turned down several offers from several European clubs to sign with Seattle for the sake of his children, who have attended a new school with every transfer he has made.

See also

List of current MLS players

References

External links

Kasey Keller's Official Blog, Kasey's Last Line

MLS player profile

Official U.S. Soccer Federation bio

Kasey Keller articles on Yanks Abroad

Kasey Keller's U.S. Olympic Team bio

Kasey Keller Millwall stats at millwall-history.co.uk

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
name	Kid Sister
background	solo_singer
birth name	Melisa Young
alias	Kid Sister
born	July 03, 1980
origin	Chicago, Illinois
genre	Hip hop, R&B;, electro hop, club
occupation	Singer, rapper
Instrument	Vocals
years active	2006–present
label	Fool's Gold, Downtown, Universal Republic
associated acts	Flosstradamus, Kanye West, A-Trak }}

Melisa Young (born July 3, 1980) better known by her stage name Kid Sister, is a rap artist based in Chicago, Illinois, well known for her single "Pro Nails", featuring Kanye West.

Background

Melisa Young was born July 3, 1980 in Markham, Illinois. Kid Sister started to rap in October 2005, becoming an MC at monthly dance parties hosted by DJ duo Flosstradamus who were featured in MTV's ''My Block'' that same year. She made ''URB'''s "The Next 1000" cover in April 2007, and was signed to Kanye West's DJ A-Trak's label, Fool's Gold, who released her first single "Pro Nails", which features Kanye West. Kid Sister later signed with Downtown Records, who re-released "Pro Nails" to critical acclaim.

Kid Sister also appears on Tittsworth's "WTF", from his debut album ''12 Steps'', with Pase Rock. She had also finished a mixtape with A-Trak. In Fall 2009, Kid Sister finished recording her debut studio album . The title has been changed from ''Dream Date'' to ''Ultraviolet''. The tracks were produced by dubstep artist Rusko, The Count & Sinden, XXXChange, and Disturbia producer, Brian Kennedy and the album includes a feature with British musician Estelle. The two have collabrated on a remake of Queen Latifah's acclaimed track, "Step" (formerly "Ladies First") off her debut album. It is titled "First Ladies".

Also, her single "Control" is featured in the new video game "DJ Hero," combined with Rihanna's Disturbia. The first single off is titled "Right Hand Hi", which is produced by Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso of house DJ group, Swedish House Mafia.

"I think a lot of people are going to be surprised with the fact that there’s a bunch of raw hip-hop records on there," according to A-Trak. "It's not all up tempo clubby stuff. I think a lot of people are going to be impressed with her growth also because when she made a lot of the records that people have heard by now, she was just starting to rap."

In late 2010, Kid Sister released a mixtape, entitled Kiss Kiss Kiss.

Kid Sister has also been working on her second album and on an EP. Scoop DeVille, who worked on Kiss Kiss Kiss, and The Neptunes are producing a large amount of the songs.

Personal life

Kid Sister's ethnic background includes African American, Native American, and Caucasian. In numerous interviews and magazine articles, she has revealed that she has struggled financially for years before becoming Kanye West's protege. Recently she has admitted to being 215 pounds at one point in her life. She continues in this interview that she has been "thick" her whole life but explains that this has had no bearing on her self-esteem because at her core she is not a passive person.

Kid Sister has a degree in film from Columbia College Chicago and worked on two independent feature films during her studies: 9/11 drama ''The Guys'' (2002) starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia; and ''Best Thief In the World'' (2003) starring Mary Louise Parker and Audra McDonald . Kid Sister for a time concurrently worked for the retail chain Bath & Body Works, Little Threads, a children's clothing store, and Wild Hare, a reggae bar in Wrigleyville.

Discography

Albums

''Ultraviolet'' (2009)

Mixtapes

''Kiss Kiss Kiss'' (2010)

Singles

Solo

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As featured performer

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Awards and nominations

BET Awards

*2008: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (Nominated)

References

External links

SPIN's Review

Interview with Kid Sister at The Music Fix prior to the UK release of Ultraviolet

Venus Zine Presents: Kid Sister

Category:1980 births Category:African American rappers Category:Electro-hop musicians Category:Female rappers Category:Hip hop singers Category:Living people Category:American rappers of Native American descent Category:Rappers from Chicago, Illinois

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