Events

491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.

1079 – Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.

1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.

1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.

1544 – French forces defeat a Spanish army at the Battle of Ceresole.

1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

1713 – War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.

1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

1775 – The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.

1809 – Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom

1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.

1856 – Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.

1868 – Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.

1888 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.

1908 – SMS ''Blücher'', the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches.

1919 – The International Labour Organization is founded.

1921 – Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.

1945 – World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.

1951 – Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.

1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.

1952 – The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.

1954 – Computer programmer William Tunstall-Pedoe calculates this day to be the most objectively dull day since 1900.

1955 – The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.

1957 – United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.

1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.

1965 – The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.

1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.

1970 – ''Apollo 13'' is launched.

1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game ''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'' is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.

1976 – The Apple I is created.

1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.

1981 – A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.

1987 – The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.

1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.

1993 – 450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.

2001 – The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter is released.

2002 – The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.

2002 – Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chavez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. Lucas Rincon announced Hugo Chavez resignation on national TV.

2006 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.

2007 – 2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others.

2011 – 2011 Minsk Metro bombing

2012 – A magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. After that there are still more continuation earthquake. Tsunami had hit the island of Nias at Indonesia.

Births

145 – Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 211)

1357 – John I of Portugal (d. 1433)

1374 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)

1492 – Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)

1592 – John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)

1715 – John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)

1721 – David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)

1722 – Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)

1755 – James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)

1770 – George Canning, British statesman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)

1794 – Edward Everett, American politician and educator, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)

1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)

1810 – Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English army officer, politician, and Orientalist(d. 1895)

1819 – Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)

1825 – Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d. 1864)

1827 – Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer (d. 1890)

1852 – Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)

1856 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (d. 1903)

1859 – Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek writer and historian (d. 1939)

1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, American statesman, lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1948)

1862 – William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer (d. 1938)

1866 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953)

1867 – Mark Keppel, American educator, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)

1869 – Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)

1869 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)

1873 – Edward Lawson, English private, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955)

1876 – Paul Henry, Irish artist (d. 1958)

1876 – Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian (d. 1940)

1887 – Jamini Roy, Indian-Bengali painter (d. 1972)

1889 – Nick LaRocca, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (d. 1961)

1890 – Rachele Mussolini, Italian author and wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)

1893 – Dean Acheson, American statesman (d. 1971)

1896 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian novelist (d. 1967)

1899 – Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (d. 1975)

1900 – Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)

1904 – Kundan Lal Saigal, Indian singer and actor (d. 1947)

1905 – József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)

1906 – Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)

1907 – Paul Douglas, American actor (d. 1959)

1907 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer and entrepreneur (d. 2001)

1908 – Jane Bolin, American judge, first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School and to join the New York City Bar Association (d. 2007)

1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (d. 1997)

1908 – Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (d. 1992)

1908 – Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d. 1997)

1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese politician (d. 1996)

1912 – John Levy, African-American jazz double-bassist and businessman (d. 2012)

1913 – Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)

1914 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director (d. 1987)

1914 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)

1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)

1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director (d. 2001)

1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1993)

1917 – David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)

1918 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)

1920 – Peter O'Donnell, British writer (d. 2010)

1921 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)

1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founder of Quebecor Inc. (d. 1997)

1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)

1928 – Ethel Kennedy, American wife of Robert F. Kennedy

1930 – Nicholas F. Brady, American political figure, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury

1930 – Anton LaVey, American writer, occultist, and musician, founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)

1931 – Johnny Sheffield, American actor (d. 2010)

1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer

1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer

1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist

1934 – Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet

1935 – Richard Berry, American singer and songwriter (The Flairs) (d. 1997)

1935 – Richard Kuklinski, American contract killer (d. 2006)

1938 – Michael Deaver, American political figure, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)

1938 – Kurt Moll, German opera singer

1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress

1941 – Ellen Goodman, American columnist

1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English actress

1943 – Harley Race, American wrestler

1944 – Peter Barfuß, German footballer

1944 – John Milius, American director and writer

1946 – Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter

1946 – Laurie Faso, American actor and game show host

1947 – Peter Riegert, American actor

1947 – Uli Edel, German director

1947 – Frank Mantooth, American jazz pianist and arranger

1947 – Meshach Taylor, American actor

1947 – Lev Bulat, Russian physicist

1949 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (d. 2011)

1949 – Carl Franklin, American actor

1950 – Tom Hill, English bass guitarist, songwriter and businessman (Geordie)

1950 – Bill Irwin, American actor

1951 – Doris Angleton, American socialite and murder victim (d. 1997)

1951 – Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)

1951 – James Patrick Kelly, American author

1952 – Peter Windsor, English journalist and reporter

1952 – Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist

1953 – Andrew Wiles, British mathematician

1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, Prime Minister of Belgium

1954 – Abdullah Atalar, Turkish scientist and academic

1955 – Kevin Brady, American politician

1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter, composer, author, and activist (The Flirtations) (d. 1993)

1955 – Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player

1955 – Neville Staple, Jamaican singer (The Specials, Fun Boy Three, and Special Beat)

1957 – Michael Card, American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host

1957 – Richard Sevigny, Canadian hockey player

1958 – Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, and musician (The Skids, Big Country, and The Raphaels) (d. 2001)

1959 – Pierre Lacroix, Canadian hockey player

1959 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and arbitrator

1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist

1961 – Doug Hopkins, American musician and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (d. 1993)

1962 – Vincent Gallo, American actor

1963 – Chris Ferguson, American poker player

1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricket umpire

1963 – Nigel Pulsford, British guitarist (Bush)

1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist

1964 – Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player

1964 – Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist

1966 – Mason Reese, American actor

1966 – Steve Scarsone, American baseball player

1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English singer and songwriter (Blue Zone UK)

1968 – Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author

1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer and songwriter (Catatonia)

1969 – Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress

1969 – Dustin Rhodes, American wrestler

1969 – Michael von Grünigen, Swiss alpine skier

1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian hockey player

1970 – Dylan Keefe,American bassist (Marcy Playground)

1970 – Delroy Pearson, British singer and songwriter (Five Star)

1970 – Johnny Messner, American actor

1971 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein and The Inchtabokatables)

1971 – Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor

1972 – Balls Mahoney, American wrestler

1972 – Allan Théo, French singer

1972 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player

1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress

1974 – Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player

1974 – Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter

1974 – Anton Glanzelius, Swedish actor

1974 – Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actor

1974 – Zöe Lucker, British actor

1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball player

1974 – David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and producer (Navigators)

1975 – Walid Soliman, Tunisian author

1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

1978 – Brett Claywell, American actor

1978 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1978 – Tom Thacker, Canadian singer and musician (Gob, Sum 41, and The McRackins)

1979 – Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and activist, Miss World Canada 2003

1979 – Malcolm Christie, English footballer

1979 – Chris Gaylor, American drummer (The All-American Rejects)

1979 – Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer and musician (Death from Above 1979)

1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss hockey player

1979 – Josh Server, American actor

1979 – María Elena Swett, Chilean actress

1980 – Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer

1980 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player

1980 – Festus Baise, Nigerian footballer

1981 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model

1981 – Alexandre Burrows, Canadian hockey player

1982 – Ian Bell, English cricketer

1982 – Danja, American record producer, composer, and songwriter

1983 – Jessica Burciaga, American model

1983 – Joanna Douglas, Canadian actress

1983 – Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier

1983 – Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer

1983 – Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver

1984 – Kelli Garner, American actress

1984 – Monica May, American actress

1985 – Will Minson, Australian footballer

1986 – Matt Dorame, American dancer

1986 – Roman Heart, American porn actor

1986 – Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality

1986 – Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete

1987 – Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter, and musician

1987 – Giuseppe Caccavallo, Italian footballer

1987 – Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter, and actress (SuperHeavy)

1988 – Leland Irving, Canadian hockey goaltender

1989 – Eka Darville, Australian actor

1990 – Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer

1990 – Thulani Serero, South African footballer

1991 – Andreea Grigore, Romanian gymnast

1991 – James Magnussen, Australian swimmer

1991 – Erina Mano, Japanese singer and actress (Ongaku Gatas and Petitmoni)

1991 – Poonam Pandey, Indian model

1994 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress

1995 – Ryan Hanson Bradford, American actor

1998 – Oliver Dillon, English actor

2000 – Morgan Lily, American actress

2002 – Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress

Deaths

1034 – Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)

1165 – Stephen IV of Hungary (b. 1133)

1240 – Llywelyn the Great (b. 1172)

1554 – Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)

1612 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)

1612 – Edward Wightman, English preacher (b. 1566)

1626 – Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)

1712 – Richard Simon, French critic (b. 1638)

1723 – John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)

1798 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)

1856 – Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier and national hero (b. 1831)

1861 – Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)

1873 – Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)

1890 – Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)

1894 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)

1903 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)

1906 – James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b. 1847)

1906 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)

1908 – Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)

1916 – Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)

1926 – Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturist (b. 1849)

1947 – Louise Peete, American serial killer (b. 1880)

1953 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)

1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)

1962 – Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist (b. 1900)

1967 – Donald Sangster, Jamaican politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)

1970 – Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)

1970 – John O'Hara, American author (b. 1905)

1977 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)

1983 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1905)

1983 – Ahmed Rushdi, Pakistani singer

1985 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian Stalinist dictator (b. 1908)

1985 – Bunny Ahearne, British hockey promoter (b. 1900)

1987 – Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)

1987 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919)

1990 – Harold Ballard, Canadian hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)

1991 – Walker Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1915)

1991 – Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harmonica player (b. 1913)

1992 – James Brown, American actor (b. 1920)

1992 – Eve Merriam, American playwright, director, and poet (b. 1916)

1992 – Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)

1996 – Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)

1997 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian Senator (b. 1899)

2000 – Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)

2001 – Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)

2001 – Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921)

2003 – Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)

2005 – André François, French cartoonist (b. 1915)

2005 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)

2006 – June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)

2006 – Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)

2007 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)

2007 – Loïc Leferme, French race car diver (b. 1970)

2007 – Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)

2007 – Ronald Speirs, American Army officer (b. 1920)

2007 – Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922)

2008 – Merlin German, American Marine sergeant (b. 1985)

2009 – Corín Tellado, Spanish novelist (b. 1927)

2009 – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress (b. 1914)

2010 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (b. 1948)

2011 – La Esterella, Flemish singer (b. 1919)

2011 – Larry Sweeney, American wrestler (b. 1981)

2012 – Agustin Roman, American Bishop (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

*Gemma Galgani

*Godeberta

*Guthlac

*Stanislaus of Szczepanów

*April 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Second Battle of Rivas. (Costa Rica)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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name	Susan Boyle
birth name	Susan Magdalane Boyle
background	solo_singer
born	April 01, 1961
origin	Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
instrument	Vocals
genre	Pop
occupation	Singer
years active	2009–present
label	Sony Music, Syco, Columbia
associated acts	Elaine Paige, Geraldine McQueen, Emeli Sandé
website	}}

Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme ''Britain's Got Talent'' on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ''''. Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling album on charts around the globe.

Global interest in Boyle was triggered by the contrast between her powerful mezzo-soprano voice and her plain appearance on stage. The juxtaposition of the audience's first impression of her, with the standing ovation she received during and after her performance, led to an international media and Internet response. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle—from the show, various interviews and her 1999 rendition of "Cry Me a River"—had been watched over 100 million times. Her audition video has been viewed on the internet several hundred million times. Despite the sustained media interest she later finished in second place in the final of the show behind dance troupe Diversity.

Boyle's debut album, ''I Dreamed a Dream'' (2009) remains as the UK best-selling debut album of all time, beating previous record holder, ''Spirit'' by Leona Lewis. ''I Dreamed a Dream'' is ranked fourth in its first week sales according to the Official Chart Company in the United Kingdom. In her first year of fame, Boyle made a fortune of £5 million with the release of ''I Dreamed a Dream'' and its lead off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses". The success was continued with her second album, ''The Gift'' (2010), and was followed by Boyle's third album, ''Someone to Watch Over Me'', released on 31 October 2011.

Life and career

Early life and childhood

Boyle was raised in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, by her parents Patrick Boyle, a miner, World War II veteran and singer at the Bishop's Blaize, and Bridget, a shorthand typist, whose family comes from County Donegal, Ireland. She was the youngest of four brothers and five sisters. Boyle was briefly deprived of oxygen during a difficult birth resulting in learning disability. Boyle says she was bullied as a child and was nicknamed "Susie Simple" at school.

After leaving school with few qualifications, she was employed for the only time in her life as a trainee cook in the kitchen of West Lothian College for six months, took part in government training programmes, and performed at a number of local venues.

Early musical training and career

Boyle took singing lessons from voice coach Fred O'Neil. She attended Edinburgh Acting School and took part in the Edinburgh Fringe. Prior to ''Britain's Got Talent'', her main experience had come from singing in her local Catholic church, Our Lady of Lourdes; in local choirs; and in karaoke performances at pubs in and around her village. She had also auditioned several times for ''My Kind of People''. She has also long participated in her parish church's pilgrimages to the Knock Shrine, County Mayo, Ireland, and has sung there at the Marian basilica.

Her repertoire through the years has included songs such as "The Way We Were" and "I Don't Know How to Love Him." British tabloids claimed "exclusives" of video clips of some early performances. In 1995, her audition for Michael Barrymore's ''My Kind of People'' at the Olympia Shopping Centre in East Kilbride was filmedthe amateur video shows Barrymore was more interested in mocking her than in her ability to sing.

In 1999, she submitted a track for a charity CD to commemorate the Millennium produced at a West Lothian school. Only 1,000 copies of the CD, ''Music for a Millennium Celebration, Sounds of West Lothian'', were pressed. An early review in the ''West Lothian Herald & Post'' said Boyle's rendition of "Cry Me a River" was "heartbreaking" and "had been on repeat in my CD player ever since I got this CD..." The recording found its way onto the internet following her first televised appearance and the ''New York Post'' said it showed that Boyle was "not a one trick pony." ''Hello!'' said the recording "cement[ed] her status" as a singing star.

In 1998, Boyle recorded three tracks "Cry Me A River", "Killing Me Softly" & "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"at Heartbeat Studio, Midlothian. She used all her savings to pay for a professionally cut demo, copies of which she later sent to record companies, radio talent competitions, local and national TV. The demo consisted of her versions of "Cry Me a River" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song"; the songs were uploaded to the Internet after her ''BGT'' audition.

After Boyle won several local singing competitions, her mother urged her to enter ''Britain's Got Talent'' and take the risk of singing in front of an audience larger than her parish church. Former coach O'Neil said Boyle abandoned an audition for ''The X Factor'' because she believed people were being chosen for their looks. She almost abandoned her plan to enter ''Britain's Got Talent'' believing she was too old, but O'Neil persuaded her to audition nevertheless. Boyle said that she was motivated to seek a musical career to pay tribute to her mother. Her performance on the show was the first time she had sung in public since her mother died.

''Britain's Got Talent'' (2008–2009)

In August 2008, Boyle applied for an audition for the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' (as contestant number 43212) and was accepted after a preliminary audition in Glasgow. When Boyle first appeared on ''Britain's Got Talent'' at the city's Clyde Auditorium, she said that she aspired to become a professional singer "as successful as Elaine Paige". Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from ''Les Misérables'' in the first round of the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'', which was watched by over 10 million viewers when it aired on 11 April 2009. Programme judge Amanda Holden remarked upon the audience's initially cynical attitude, and the subsequent "biggest wake-up call ever" upon hearing her performance.

This performance was widely reported and tens of millions of people viewed the video on YouTube. Boyle was "absolutely gobsmacked" by the strength of this reaction. Since the appearance, Paige has expressed interest in singing a duet with Boyle, and has called her "a role model for everyone who has a dream". Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" has been credited with causing a surge in ticket sales in the Vancouver production of ''Les Misérables''. Cameron Mackintosh, the producer of the ''Les Misérables'' musical, also praised the performance, as thrilling and uplifting".

She was one of 40 acts that were put through to the semi-finals. She appeared last on the first semi-final on 24 May 2009, performing "Memory" from the musical ''Cats''. In the public vote she was the act to receive the highest number of votes and go through to the final. She was the clear favourite to win the final, but ended up in second place to Diversity; the UK TV audience was a record of 17.3 million viewers.

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) became concerned by press reports about Boyle's erratic behaviour and speculation about her mental condition and wrote to remind editors about clause 3 (privacy) of their code of press conduct. The day after the final, Boyle was admitted to The Priory, a private psychiatric clinic in London, TalkbackThames explained "Following Saturday night's show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained." Her stay in hospital attracted widespread attention, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown wishing her well. Cowell offered to waive Boyle's contractual obligation to take part in the BGT tour. Her family said "she's been battered non-stop for the last seven weeks and it has taken its toll [...but...] her dream is very much alive," as she had been invited to the Independence Day celebrations at the White House.

Boyle left the clinic five days after her admission and said she would participate in the BGT tour. Despite health worries, she appeared in 20 of the 24 dates of the tour, and was well received in cities such as Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dublin, Sheffield, Coventry, Birmingham and London. The ''Belfast Telegraph'' said "Despite reports of crumbling under the pressure..., she exuded a confidence resembling that of a veteran who has been performing for years".

''I Dreamed a Dream'' and tour (2009–2010)

Boyle's first album, ''I Dreamed a Dream'', was released on 23 November 2009. The album includes covers of "Wild Horses" and "You'll See" as well as "I Dreamed a Dream", and "Cry Me a River". ''I Dreamed a Dream'' became Amazon.com's best-selling album in pre-sales on 4 September 2009, three months before the scheduled release. In Britain, Boyle's debut album was recognised as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time selling 411,820 copies, beating the previous fastest selling debut of all time, ''Spirit'' by Leona Lewis. ''I Dreamed a Dream'' also outsold the rest of the top 5 albums combined in its first week.

In the U.S., the album sold 701,000 copies in its first week, the best opening week for a debut artist in over a decade. It topped the ''Billboard'' chart for six straight weeks and although it narrowly failed to become the best-selling album of 2009, with sales of 3,104,000 compared to 3,217,000 for Taylor Swift's ''Fearless'', it was one of only two albums to sell over 3 million copies in the U.S., and was also the top selling "physical" album of 2009, with only 86,000 of its sales coming from digital downloads. This has in turn garnered more media attention, as mentioned by ''People'' magazine.

In Italy, it was the first album of the month in the Italian No. 1 Account by a non-Italian artist ever. In only a week, it sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, becoming the fastest selling global female debut album.

Boyle gave a U.S. concert tour in November as a lead-up to the album release. On 13 December 2009 she appeared in her own television special "I Dreamed a Dream: the Susan Boyle Story", featuring a duet with Elaine Paige. It got ratings of 10 million viewers in the United Kingdom and in America was the TV Guide Network's highest rated television special in its history.

In November 2009 it was reported that Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" would be the theme song of the anime movie ''Eagle Talon The Movie 3'' which was later released in Japan on 16 January 2010. Boyle performed for Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Britain in 2010. In May 2010, Susan Boyle was voted by ''Time'' magazine as the seventh most influential person in the world.

''The Gift'' (2010–2011)

On 9 July 2010, Boyle announced that her second album would be a Christmas album entitled ''The Gift''. As part of the lead-up to the album, she held a competition called ''Susan's Search'', the winner of which sang a duet with her on her new CD. The album was released on 8 November 2010.

The album was produced by Steve Mac, who said that "Now Susan's used to the studio and the recording process, this time round we might go even further down a traditional route of recording by getting a band together and rehearsing songs before we go into the studio to see what works, how she reacts with certain parts, and so we can change the arrangements that way. I think that’s going to work much better....With Susan it’s very important she connects with the public and the public connect with her. She doesn’t want to sing anything that hasn’t happened to her or she can’t relate to." Boyle has suggested the album will include some jazz numbers now she's "a bit more content" within herself. "My next album has to have an element of surprise in it again. I'm hoping to make it better and a bit extra special."

In November 2010, Boyle became only one of three to ever top both the UK and US album charts twice in the same year. On 30 November 2010, in the United States, Boyle performed on ABC's ''The View'' singing "O Holy Night" and then on NBC's ''Christmas at Rockefeller Center'' program performing "Perfect Day" and "Away in a Manger". During her appearance on ''The View'' she was unable to finish her song, stating that she had a "frog in her throat"; she wanted to start the song over but was not allowed to. The audience applauded her anyway and she later performed an unaired version of the song which was uploaded to ''The View's'' YouTube account.

''Someone to Watch Over Me'' (2011–present)

Emeli Sande was reported to have helped Boyle to write songs for her third studio album, which was released on 31 October 2011. Boyle performed on the second semi-final results show of the sixth season of ''America's Got Talent'', which aired on 31 August 2011.

Boyle made her first appearance in Australia, on ''X Factor Australia'', on 8 November 2011 and sang "Autumm Leaves".

Media impact

Websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have been crucial in facilitating Boyle's rapid rise to fame: The most popular YouTube video submission of her audition garnered nearly 2.5 million views in the first 72 hours. On the day following the performance, the YouTube video was the most popular article on Digg and made the front page of Reddit. Within a week, the audition performance had been viewed more than 66 million times, setting an online record, while on Wikipedia her biographical article attracted nearly half a million page views. A total of 103 million video views on 20 different Web sites was reached within nine days. The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that her popularity on YouTube may in part be due to the broad range of emotion packed into a short clip which was "perfect for the Internet". In December 2009 her audition was named the most watched YouTube video of the year with over 120 million viewings, more than three times higher than the second most popular video.

Additionally, Boyle’s first on camera interview with Scots journalist Richard Mooney for her local newspaper the West Lothian Courier, was named as YouTube’s Most Memorable Video of 2009. The video went viral after being uploaded to YouTube on 14 April 2009.

Many newspapers around the world (including China, Brazil and the Middle East) carried articles on Boyle's performance. British tabloid ''The Sun'' gave her the nickname "Paula Potts" in reference to the first series' winner Paul Potts. Later, the British press took to referring to her by a short-form of her name, 'SuBo'. In the U.S., several commentators also drew parallels between Boyle's performance and that of Potts. ''ABC News'' hailed "Britain's newest pop sensation", and its Entertainment section headlined Boyle as "The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell".

Within the week following her performance on ''Britain's Got Talent'', Boyle was a guest on STV's ''The Five Thirty Show''. She was interviewed via satellite on CBS's ''Early Show'', ''Good Morning America'', NBC's Today, FOX's ''America's Newsroom''. and ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''. Via satellite on ''Larry King Live'', Boyle performed an a cappella verse of "My Heart Will Go On". She was also portrayed in drag by Jay Leno, who joked that they were related through his mother's Scottish heritage.

At the invitation of NHK, a major Japanese broadcaster, Boyle appeared as a guest singer for the 2009 edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen, annual songfest on 31 December in Tokyo. She was introduced as the by the MCs and appeared on the stage escorted by Takuya Kimura, and sang "I Dreamed a Dream".

Although Boyle was not eligible for the 2010 Grammy Awards, its host Stephen Colbert paid tribute to Boyle at the ceremony, telling its audience "you may be the coolest people in the world, but this year your industry was saved by a 48-year-old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes." There was also earlier controversy, when Boyle was not nominated in any of the categories for the 2010 Brit Awards.

Stage musical

A stage musical of Boyle's life was originally planned with Boyle appearing as herself. She said she hated "having to sit watching people up there" who are actors. However it was later decided that actress Elaine C Smith would portray her and Boyle would join the cast of ''I Dreamed a Dream'' for a cameo appearance.

''I Dreamed a Dream'' opened on 27 March 2012 with fans from all over the world occupying the Theatre Royal, Newcastle for the opening week. The musical received rave reviews. David Cavendish wrote in his 5 star review “The overall shape of the show is hard to fault, and in matching the gutsy good humour of its heroine without stooping to hagiography, this is a delight that deserves to go far, and fast, as she has done.” John Dixon from his 5 star review on WhatsOnStage.com wrote "This production is a standalone show that should still play to audiences long after Elaine C Smith and Susan Boyle have left. In fact it deserves to become recognised as the Scottish equivalent to Blood Brothers, so strong are the production values. There is no doubting I Dreamed A Dream is one of the musical events of the year."

The musical will later tour the UK and Ireland.

Social analyses

Judging by appearance

''The Huffington Post'' noted that the producers of the show would have anticipated the potential of this story arc, by deliberately presenting Boyle in a manner that would enhance this initial reaction. ''The Herald'' described Boyle's story as a modern parable and a rebuke to people's tendency to judge others based on their physical appearance. Similarly, ''Entertainment Weekly'' said that Boyle's performance was a victory for talent and artistry in a culture obsessed with physical attractiveness and presentation. ''The Washington Post'' believed that her initial demeanour and homely appearance caused the judges and audience to be "waiting for her to squawk like a duck". New York's ''Daily News'' said that an underdog being ridiculed or humiliated but then enjoying an unexpected triumph is a common trope in literature, and the stark contrast between the audience's low expectations and the quality of her singing made Boyle's performance such an engaging piece of television.

Feminist view

R.M. Campbell, music critic for ''The Gathering Note'' compared her to Ella Fitzgerald, in that "[... it is] really, really hard to make a career if a woman isn't attractive." In another ''Huffington Post'' article, Letty Cottin Pogrebin wrote that although people may "weep for the years of wasted talent", Boyle's performance was a triumph for "women of a certain age" over a youth culture that often dismisses middle-aged women. Tanya Gold wrote in ''The Guardian'' that the difference between Boyle's hostile reception and the more neutral response to Paul Potts in his first audition reflected society's expectation that women be both good-looking and talented, with no such expectation existing for men. Los Angeles vocal coach Eric Vetro stated, "She's an Everywoman as opposed to an untouchable fantasy goddess, so maybe that's why people react to her."

American Dream

Several media sources have commented that Boyle's success seemed to have particular resonance in the United States. An American entertainment correspondent was quoted in ''The Scotsman'' comparing Boyle's story to the American Dream, as representing talent overcoming adversity and poverty. The ''Associated Press'' described this as Boyle's "hardscrabble story", dwelling on her modest lifestyle and what they characterised as urban deprivation in her home town. Similarly, ''The Independent'''s New York correspondent David Usborne wrote that the United States will always respond to "the fairy tale where the apparently unprepossessing suddenly becomes pretty, from ''Shrek'' to ''My Fair Lady''".

Personal life

Boyle still lives in the family home, a four-bedroom council house in Blackburn which she purchased from her earnings in 2010. Her father died in the 1990s, and her siblings had left home. Boyle never married, and she dedicated herself to care for her ageing mother until she died in 2007 at the age of 91. A neighbour reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter "wouldn't come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone." Boyle is a practising Roman Catholic and sang in her church choir at her church in Blackburn. Boyle remains active as a volunteer at her church, visiting elderly members of the congregation in their homes. On a 2010 episode of the ''Oprah Winfrey Show'', Boyle summarised that her daily life was "mundane" and "routine" prior to stardom.

In August 2010, British tabloid, ''News of the World'', reported that Boyle was experiencing financial woes as she was unable to access her fortune, which was being controlled by her management team – consisting of Andy Stephens, Ossie Killkenny and Boyle's lawyer and niece, Kirsty Foy. Boyle's brother Gerry said that his sister was fearful of losing her contract and of returning to her previous financial situation and also that she has been unable to move into her £300,000 five-bedroom house in Blackburn because she does not have the cash to furnish it. He said "[Her] millions are ring-fenced but Susan has no concept of money" and that she was "extremely distressed" at having to live off £300 a week after being banned from withdrawing money from the bank or owning a credit card. This story was contradicted the following day, however, by the news that she had bought two houses. It was also reported that Boyle had been on a spending spree in which she had bought a grand piano, an iPhone and five dresses made by Stewart Parvin, the Queen's dressmaker. The press had previously stated that Boyle was suing her brother Gerry for other stories he had sold to the newspapers.

Cultural references

The American cartoon show ''South Park'' made a reference to the Susan Boyle craze in the episode "Fatbeard", which aired on 22 April 2009; the ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' show aired a comedy sketch showing the "feel good" effect that Susan Boyle's performance has had on people; ''The Simpsons'' aired a new commercial for its 20th-anniversary show "Springfield's Got Talent", in which Homer Simpson talks about his dreams "to be a great singer like Boyle". A European trailer for the video game ''The Sims 3'' includes a character mocked up as Boyle. In June 2009, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a short story called "I Dreamed a Dream" that was based on a combination of Boyle's appearances on ''Britain's Got Talent'' and the political difficulties of Gordon Brown. The 5 November 2009 episode of the show ''30 Rock'' showed recurring character Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot) – who has a dowdy appearance – singing in the style of Susan Boyle as Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy teared up. In a Season 35 sketch on ''Saturday Night Live'', an accountant (Andy Samberg) doing Boyle's taxes, notes that her income for 2008 was $1, $900,000,000 for 2009, and projected to be $1 for 2010. Bobby Moynihan played Boyle in the sketch.

In the ''Futurama'' episode "Attack of the Killer App", Leela has a boil named Susan ("Susan Boil") that can sing show tunes.

Discography

Studio albums

''I Dreamed a Dream'' (2009)

''The Gift'' (2010)

''Someone to Watch Over Me'' (2011)

Awards and nominations

! Year	! Association	! Category	! Result
2011	53rd Grammy Awards
2012	54th Grammy Awards

References

Further reading

Boyle, Susan. ''The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story'' (2010) Atria Books ISBN 1451609256

External links

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name	Reggie Watts
background	solo_singer
birth name	Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts
birth date	March 23, 1972
instrument	Voice, loop sampler, piano, synthesizers
genre	Observational comedy, surreal comedy, electronic music, trip hop, soul
associated acts	Maktub, Soulive
website	http://www.reggiewatts.com
notable instruments	Line 6 DL4 delay modeler, Electro Harmonix 2880, Iphone }}

Reggie Watts (born March 23, 1972) is a Brooklyn-based comedian and musician. His shows are mostly improvised and consist of stream of consciousness stand-up in various shifting personae, mixed with loop pedal-based a cappella compositions. He also performs regularly on television, radio, and in live theater. His comic skills come into play in improvisational performance, as well as performance of written music.

Early life (1972–1990)

Born in Germany as Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts, Watts is the only child of Christiane and Charles Alphonso Watts; his mother is French and his father is African-American. His father was an officer in the United States Air Force and the family lived in Germany and Spain before relocating to Great Falls, Montana, where Watts was raised and graduated from Great Falls High School. Watts also took piano and violin lessons from the age of five until he was 16.

Seattle (1990–2004)

Watts moved to Seattle at age 18 where he briefly attended the Art Institute of Seattle before eventually studying jazz at Cornish College of the Arts. He went on to play in a number of Seattle bands of wildly varying styles/genres, including Hit Explosion, Swampdweller, Action Buddy, Chiarrscuro, Clementine, Smell No Taste, Wayne Horvitz 4+1 Ensemble, Das Rut, Synthclub, Elemental, Eyvand Kang Seven Nades, Free Space, etc. He became the front man for soul, rock, and hip hop group Maktub, with which he has recorded five albums.

In Seattle, Watts became interested in alternative performance styles. He composed musical scores for Northwest dance choreographers KT Niehoff, Amy O'Neal, Maureen Whiting, Pat Graney and Beth Huerta. He dabbled in sketch comedy with future theatrical collaborator Tommy Smith.

Watts' genesis as a solo performer started to emerge at the beginning of 2002. While touring years earlier with the Wayne Horvitz 4+1 Ensemble, Watts was forced to downsize his effects pedal from a Roland Space Echo tape delay to a Line 6 DL4 delay modeler, a smaller device that makes it easy to travel. He began using the Line 6 in live shows with Maktub, in order to replicate the duplicate harmonies from the recorded material. Then he experimented with improvising entire songs in solo acts with the Line 6, playing initial gigs at small Seattle venues and artist bungalows. Inspired by ''The State'' and ''Wet Hot American Summer'', he began infusing spontaneous comedic material with the beat box-driven musical compositions.

Brooklyn/Manhattan (2004–present)

Wanting to concentrate on solo comedic performance, Watts moved to the Lower East Side, New York City, in 2004. He shot comedic web shorts for Superdeluxe, Vimeo and CollegeHumor, where his video "What About Blowjobs?" became a viral hit. He also formed a theatrical collaboration with playwright Tommy Smith, and began developing web philosophy/content with online entrepreneur Jakob Lodwick, with whom he recorded the EP ''Pot Cookies''. Moving to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2006, Watts started to branch out into performing for television and film, while continuing to pursue live performance and the creation of new performance technologies.

Solo performance

Watts was the opening act for Conan O'Brien on ''The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour'', and appeared as the musical guest on the sixth, twenty-eighth, fifty-first, and 108th episodes of ''Conan''. He also recently recorded material for his Comedy Central special ''Why Shit So Crazy?'', released as a dual DVD/CD package.

Watts' recent solo comedic experience includes gigs at Fusebox, SXSW, Bonnaroo, Brian Eno's Luminous Festival at the Sydney Opera House, The Louvre, Montreal Comedy Festival, PopTech!, Soho Theatre (London), Vancouver Comedy Festival, CollegeHumor's "CH Live" stand-up comedy series, The Edinburgh Festival, Bumbershoot, The Sydney Festival, Sasquatch, Outside Lands Festival and cities throughout the world including Amsterdam's Boom Chicago, Paris, Cologne, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Cape Town and Reykjavik, among others.

Watts frequently collaborates with performers/musicians around the globe. He appeared as part of the Ensemble cast of UK beatboxer Beardyman's Complete and Utter Shambles show at the Udderbelly during its residency at South Bank. He was the opening act for Regina Spektor on her European tour; he recorded vocals for Spektor's song "Dance Anthem of the 80s". He collaborated with French singer Camile Dalmais in a performance at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He also contributed two tracks to DFA Records' ''Spaghetti Circus''. He also performed with dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem during their first two farewell shows at Terminal 5 in New York City, and again at their final show at Madison Square Garden.

Television/video

On screen, Watts has appeared on ''Conan'', ''Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'', HBO's ''The Yes Men Fix the World'', Comedy Central's ''Michael and Michael Have Issues'', Iceland TV, UK's "Funny Or Die," PBS' revamped ''The Electric Company'' and the music video "What About Blowjobs?" for CollegeHumor.

Waverly Films recently shot a one-hour special on Watts called "Why Shit So Crazy?". Created as a dual DVD/CD, the special features Watts in live performance at New York venues Galapagos, The Bellhouse and Le Poisson Rouge, intercut with brief sketches and a music video of Watts' "Fuck Shit Stack". As a composer, he wrote and performed music for comedian Louis CK's show, ''Louie'', and created the theme song for ''Comedy Death-Ray Radio'' and Kristen Schaal's ''Penelope Princess of Pets''. In 2010, Watts appeared on the Movie Network/Movie Central/HBO Canada produced Funny As Hell, a comedy series taped during the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Quebec.

In 2012, Watts will co-star as the music portion of the new "Independent Film Channel" show titled "Comedy Bang Bang", based off the comedy podcast of the same name (formerly "Comedy Death-Ray Radio").

Theatre

Starting in 2007, Watts began creating experimental multi-media theater with long-time friend and playwright Tommy Smith. They have generated four pieces, ''Transition, Disinformation, Radioplay'' and ''Dutch A/V''. The collaborations between Watts and Smith feature a wide array of performing artists including dancer/choreographer Amy O'Neal (locust), comedian/actor Beth Hoyt, singer Orianna Herrman (Oracle), journalist Brendan Kiley ("The Stranger"), aerial artist Jeslyn Kelly (''Fuerzabruta''), and projected imagery by ex-Wooster Group video artist Joby Emmons.

''Transition'' played at The Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time Based Art Festival and On the Boards (Seattle); it was also the winner of the MAP Fund Award and Creative Capital award. ''Disinformation'' was seen at the UTR Festival, PICA: TBA, The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), The Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh), and ICA (Boston). ''Radioplay'' premiered at Ars Nova (New York), and played at Seattle Rep (Bumbershoot), IRT Theater (New York) and Redhouse (Syracuse). ''Dutch A/V'', a live environmental film performance and winner of the MAP Fund Award, was workshopped at IRT Theatre (New York).

Watts and Smith also regularly host ''Occurrence'', a cabaret of alternative performers, which has been seen at Ars Nova, Galapagos, The Tank, Leftbank (Portland) and various other venues. A recording of their show ''Transition'' at On the Boards helped launch the first-ever live performance download website, OTBTV.

Awards

He is winner of the 2005 Malcolm Hardee "Oy Oy" Award, the 2006 ''Andy Kaufman Comedy Award'', and the 2006 Seattle Mayor's Arts Award. He was also awarded the 2008 MAP Fund and the 2009 Creative Capitol Grant for the performing arts, and won the 2009 ECNY Award for Best Musical Comedy Act.

Personal life

Author Alice Walker is Watts' second cousin but he has not met her.

Discography

''Simplified'' (2004)

''Pot Cookies'' (EP) (2008)

''Why Shit So Crazy?'' (2010) With Wayne Horvitz

''4+1 Ensemble'' (Intution, 1996 [1998])

''From a Window'' (Avant, 2000)

Filmography

''Tell Your Friends!'' (2011) as Himself

''The Yes Men Fix the World'' (2009) as Himself

''Steel of Fire Warriors 2010 A.D.'' (2008) as Mutantzoid Underling in Bar

References

External links

Reggie Watts Website

Official "Fuck Shit Stack" video

Official "What About Blowjobs?" video

ReggieWatts/TommySmith Theatre

Reggie Watts recording music for John Mulaney's "New In Town" at MetroSonic

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