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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (
i/lɒs ˈændʒələs/ loss-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], which is written Los Ángeles; British pronounciation /lɒs ˈændʒəliːz/ loss-AN-jə-leez) with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km2), and is located in Southern California. Often known by its initials L.A., the city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area and Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 12,828,837 and nearly 18 million people respectively as of 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States, while the entire Los Angeles area itself has been recognized as the most diverse of the nation's largest cities. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos".
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Southern California
Southern California (SoCal) is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego. The United States - Mexico border makes up the southern border. Southern California is a major economic center for the state of California and the nation.
Southern California's population encompasses five metropolitan, or MSA, areas: Los Angeles County and Orange County together make up the Los Angeles metropolitan area; the Inland Empire consists of such cities as Riverside, Ontario, and San Bernardino; the San Diego metropolitan area; the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area; and the El Centro area. Out of these, three are heavy populated areas; the Los Angeles area with over 12 million inhabitants, the Riverside-San Bernardino area with over 4 million inhabitants, and the San Diego area with over 3 million inhabitants. For CSA metropolitan purposes, the five counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura are all combined to make up the Los Angeles metropolitan area; with San Diego as Southern California's other CSA metropolitan area. With over 22 million people, roughly 60% of California's population resides in Southern California.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop". As of 2009, Grant remains the best-selling contemporary Christian music singer ever, having sold over 30 million units worldwide.
Grant made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as "Father's Eyes," "El Shaddai", and "Angels". In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera The Next Time I Fall. During the 1980s and 1990s, she became one of the first gospel artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums Unguarded and Heart in Motion, the latter of which included the No. 1 single "Baby Baby."
Grant has won six Grammy Awards, 25 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and had the first Christian album ever to go Platinum.Heart in Motion is her highest-selling album, with over five million copies sold in the United States alone. She was honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 for her contributions to the entertainment industry.
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Anthony Newley
Anthony George Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.
Newley was born in the London working class district of Hackney, the son of Frances Grace Newley and George Kirby, a shipping clerk. He had 5 siblings, Maxene (b. 1926), John (b. 1927), Joanne (1928–1965), Linda (b. 1929), Belinda (b. 1932). He was Jewish on his mother's side. His parents, who had never married, separated during his early childhood, and he was brought up by his single mother.
Although recognised as very bright by his teachers back in London, he was uninterested in school, and by the age of fourteen was working as an office boy for an insurance company. When he read an ad in the Daily Telegraph, headed "Boy Actors Urgently Wanted" he applied to the advertisers, the prestigious Italia Conti Stage School, only to discover that the fees were too high. Nevertheless, after a brief audition, he was offered a job as an office boy on a salary of 30 shillings (£1.50) a week plus tuition at the school. While serving tea one afternoon he caught the eye of producer Geoffrey de Barkus, who cast Newley as "Dusty" in the children's serial, The Adventures of Dusty Bates.[citation needed]
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Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his late father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice. One of Guthrie's better-known works is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length.
Arlo Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie. His sister is Nora Guthrie. His mother was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of the Committee to Combat Huntington's disease, the disease that took Woody's life in 1967. His maternal grandmother was renowned Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt. His father was from a Protestant family and his mother was Jewish; Guthrie received religious training for his bar mitzvah from Rabbi Meir Kahane, who would go on to form the Jewish Defense League. "Rabbi Kahane was a really nice, patient teacher," Guthrie later recalled, "but shortly after he started giving me my lessons, he started going haywire. Maybe I was responsible." Guthrie attended Woodward School in Clinton Hill Brooklyn 1st through 8th grades and later graduated from the Stockbridge School, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Westfield State College, in 2008.
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Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter, a poet, and a Golden Globe winning actor. He was also half of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, which split in 1970, at the height of their popularity.
Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned six Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1990, he and former musical partner Paul Simon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Art Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, the son of housewife Rose and traveling salesman Jacob "Jack" Garfunkel on November 5, 1941. Art has two siblings; the older one named Jules and the younger one named Jerome, who was an actor in his earlier years in Dayton, Ohio, before becoming a travelling menswear salesman. He is Jewish. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Iași in Romania. His cousin on his mother's side is founder of 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, Lou Pearlman. Garfunkel attended the Forest Hills High School. According to the Across America DVD, Garfunkel's love for singing "came in the first grade. When we were lined up in size order, and after everyone else had left, I'd stay behind and enjoy the echo sound of the stairwell tiles and sing 'Unchained Melody' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone', learning to love this goose-bumps song from the tender age of five." Later, Garfunkel's father bought him a wire recorder and from then on, Garfunkel spent his afternoons singing, recording and playing it back, so he could listen for flaws and learn how to improve.
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Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.
Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and has sold over 150 million records worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006), and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame (2009). In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, with Billy Joel positioned at No. 23. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah," Joel stopped recording pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams, but he continued to tour extensively until 2010.
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Bobby Russell
Bobby Russell (19 April 1940, Nashville, Tennessee — 19 November 1992) was an American singer and songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the crossover pop hit "Saturday Morning Confusion." Russell was also married to singer and actress Vicki Lawrence from 1972 to 1974.
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Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work. Throughout her career, she has amassed 13 Top 40 hits including "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better", and "Coming Around Again".
The former wife of another notable singer-songwriter, James Taylor, she has two children, Sarah "Sally" Maria Taylor and Ben Taylor, who are also musicians.
She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
Carly Simon was born in New York City, New York. Her father, of Jewish descent, was Richard L. Simon (co-founder of Simon & Schuster), a pianist who often played Chopin and Beethoven at home. Her mother was Andrea Louise Simon (née Heinemann), a civil rights activist and singer, of black and German descent. In a 2004 interview with fashion designer Michael Kors for the July issue of Interview Magazine, she revealed her full ancestry as Jewish, African, Cuban, and French.
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Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)". He is considered the first Italian cantautore.
Modugno was born in Polignano a Mare, province of Bari (Puglia).
From a young age he wanted to become an actor and in 1951, after his military service, he enrolled in an acting school. While still studying he had a role in a cinematographic version of Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo as well as some other films.
In 1935 his father moved to San Pietro Vernotico, in the Province of Brindisi (where his parents are buried). Here Domenico attended primary school and learned San Piertro Vernotico's dialect, which belongs to the linguistic area of Lecce's dialect, which is similar to Sicilian. He attended secondary school in Lecce.
In 1957 his song "Lazzarella," sung by Aurelio Fierro, came second in the Festival della Canzone Napoletana, bringing him his first taste of popularity.
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Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by the stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time Grammy Award winner. Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the United States Billboard chart, and she also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period.
Born into a devoutly Christian lower middle class African American family in Boston, Massachusetts, Summer first became involved with singing through church choir groups before joining a number of bands influenced by the Motown Sound. Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, she became the front singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the musical Hair, she spent several years living in West Germany, where she married Helmut Sommer, whose surname she adopted as her stage name.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra,
/sɨˈnɑːtrə/, (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and film actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the "bobby soxers", he released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity.
He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records in 1961 (finding success with albums such as Ring-a-Ding-Ding!, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
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Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and accumulated no less than 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of the 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10.[citation needed] Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights".
Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967.[citation needed] For "Gentle on My Mind" he received two awards in country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top honor as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969 Campbell was hand picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Hal David
Harold Lane "Hal" David (born May 25, 1921) is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.
David was born in New York City, New York, and is credited with popular music lyrics beginning in the 1940s with material written for band leader Sammy Kaye, and Guy Lombardo. He worked with Morty Nevins of The Three Suns on four songs for the feature film Two Gals and a Guy (1951), starring Janis Paige and Robert Alda.
In 1957, David met composer Burt Bacharach at Famous Music in the Brill Building in New York. The two teamed up and wrote their first hit "The Story of My Life", recorded by Marty Robbins in 1957. Later that year Perry Como had a hit with their "Magic Moments". Subsequently, Bacharach and David wrote some of the most enduring songs in American popular music, many for Dionne Warwick, but also for The Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, B. J. Thomas, Gene Pitney, Tom Jones, Jackie DeShannon, and others in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson. He is known for the hit singles "Everybody's Talkin'" (1969), "Without You" (1971), and "Coconut" (1972). Nilsson's career is also notable for the fact that he was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists of his era to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours.
He was awarded Grammys for two of his recordings; best male contemporary vocal in 1969 for "Everybody's Talkin'", the theme song to the Academy Award-winning movie Midnight Cowboy, and best male pop vocal in 1972 for "Without You."
Nilsson was born in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1941. His paternal grandparents were Swedish circus performers and dancers, especially known for their "aerial ballet" (which is the title of one of Nilsson's albums). His father, Harry Edward Nilsson, Jr., abandoned the family when young Harry was three. An autobiographical reference to this is found in the opening to Nilsson's song "1941":
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Henry Mancini
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards (20), plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995. His best-known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme"), the Peter Gunn Theme from the television series, and back-to-back Academy Awards for the songs "Moon River" from the Blake Edwards film Breakfast at Tiffany's and "Days of Wine and Roses" from Edwards' film Days of Wine and Roses. He also composed the score of famous films such as Charade, The Great Race, Wait Until Dark or Silver Streak.
Mancini was born in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, and grew up near Pittsburgh, in the steel town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Mancini's father, Quinto, (born March 13, 1893, Scanno, Italy) was a steelworker, who made his only child begin piccolo lessons at the age of eight. When Mancini was 12 years old, he began piano lessons. Quinto and Henry played flute together in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy". After graduating from Aliquippa High School in 1942, Mancini attended the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 1943, after roughly one year at Juilliard, his studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army. In 1945, he participated in the liberation of a concentration camp in southern Germany.
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Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American songwriter, musician, singer, actor, and voice actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes, Porter, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, and John Fogerty were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of notable songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others.
The hit song "Soul Man", written by Hayes and Porter and first performed by "Sam & Dave", has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by Rolling Stone magazine, and by the RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century.
During the late 1960s, Isaac Hayes also began recording music and he had several successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971). In addition to his work in popular music, he worked as a composer of musical scores for motion pictures.
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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone.
Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded several notable songs throughout his career including "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running On Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father, an American serviceman, was stationed. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings: Roberta "Berbie" Browne who was born in 1946 in Nuernberg, Germany (Nuremberg) and Edward Severin Browne who was born in 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. Browne moved to the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 3 and in his teens began singing folk music in local venues like the Ash Grove and The Troubador Club. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966.
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Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles. In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He is a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors.
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Jimmy Driftwood
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907–July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was a prolific American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians.
Driftwood was born in Timbo, Arkansas on June 20, 1907. His father was folk singer Neil Morris. Driftwood learned to play guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument. Driftwood used that unique guitar throughout his career and noted that its neck was made from a fence rail, its sides from an old ox yoke, and the head and bottom from the headboard of his grandmother's bed. This homemade instrument produced a pleasant distinctive resonant sound. Driftwood attended John Brown College in northwest Arkansas and later received a degree in education from Arkansas State Teacher's College. He started writing songs during his teaching career to teach his students history in an entertaining manner.
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Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum-selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been performed by many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 to 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Jimmy Layne Webb was born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma. His father, Robert Lee Webb, was a Baptist minister and former member of the United States Marine Corps who presided over rural churches in southwestern Oklahoma and west Texas. With his mother's encouragement, Webb learned piano and organ, and by the age of 12 was playing in the choir of his father's churches, accompanied by his father on guitar and his mother on accordion. Webb grew up in a conservative religious home where his father restricted radio listening to country music and white gospel music.
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (born 20 May 1944) is an English rock and blues singer, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of the Beatles.
He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his #1 hit "Up Where We Belong", a duet he performed with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.
Cocker was born on 20 May 1944 at 38 Tasker Road, Crookes, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is the youngest son of a civil servant, Harold Cocker, and Madge Cocker. According to differing family stories, Cocker received his nickname of Joe either from playing a childhood game called "Cowboy Joe" or from a local window cleaner named Joe.
Cocker's main musical influences growing up were Ray Charles and Lonnie Donegan. Cocker's first experience singing in public was at age 12 when his elder brother Victor invited him on stage to sing during a gig of his skiffle group. In 1960, along with three friends, Cocker formed his first group, the Cavaliers. For the group's first performance at a youth club, they were required to pay the price of admission before entering. The Cavaliers eventually broke up after a year and Cocker left school to become an apprentice gasfitter while he pursued a career in music.
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John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. Throughout his life Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts including country & western, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning him 12 gold and 4 platinum albums with his signature songs "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Rocky Mountain High", "Annie's Song", and "Calypso".
Denver further starred in films and several notable television specials in the 1970s and 1980s. In the following decades he continued to record, but also focused on calling attention to environmental issues, lent his vocal support to space exploration, and testified in front of Congress to protest censorship in music. He is known for his love of the state of Colorado, which he sang about numerous times. He lived in Aspen, Colorado, for much of his life, and influenced the governor to name him Poet Laureate of the state in 1974. The Colorado state legislature also adopted "Rocky Mountain High" as one of its state songs in 2007. He was an avid pilot, and died while flying his personal aircraft at the age of 53. Denver was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
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Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music icon, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice; for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness, coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; for providing free concerts inside prison walls; and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".
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Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel (November 23, 1925) is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.
Born John Alfred Mandel, New York, N.Y., to Alfred, a garment manufacturer, and Hannah, an opera singer, who discovered when he was aged 5 that he had perfect pitch. Piano lessons ensued but Johnny switched to the trumpet and later the trombone. Mandel married Martha Blanner in 1970 and has a daughter, Marrisa, born in 1976.
He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. In 1943 he played the trumpet with Joe Venuti, in 1944 with Billy Rogers and trombone in the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Georgie Auld and Chubby Jackson. In 1949 he accompanied the singer June Christy in the orchestra of Bob Cooper. From 1951 till 1953 he played and arranged music in Elliot Lawrence's orchestra, and in 1953 with Count Basie. Later he resided in Los Angeles, where he played the bass trumpet for Zoot Sims. A 1944 Band graduate of New York Military Academy, in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, he wrote jazz compositions like "Not Really the Blues" for Woody Herman in 1949, "Hershey Bar" (1950) and "Pot Luck" (1953) for Stan Getz, "Straight Life" (1953) and "Low Life" (1956) for Count Basie as well as "Tommyhawk" (1954) for Chet Baker.
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Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.
Mercer was born in Savannah, Georgia. His father, George Anderson Mercer, was a prominent attorney and real estate developer, and his mother, Lillian Elizabeth (née Ciucevich), George Mercer’s secretary and then second wife, was the daughter of Croatian-Irish immigrants who came to America in the 1850s. Lillian's father was a merchant seaman who ran the Union blockade during the U.S. Civil War. Mercer was George's fourth son, first by Lillian. His great-grandfather was Confederate General Hugh Weedon Mercer and he was a direct descendant of American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, a Scottish soldier-physician who died at the Battle of Princeton. Mercer was also a distant cousin of General George S. Patton. The construction of Mercer House in Savannah was started by General Hugh Weedon Mercer in 1860 (although never finished by him; the next owners of the house finished it), later the home of Jim Williams, whose trial for murder was the centerpiece of John Berendt's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, although neither the General nor Johnny ever lived there.
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella, November 7, 1942, New York City) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. His styles include folk songs, blues, and revivals of old-time rock 'n' roll songs and some original material. Rivers's greatest success came in the mid- to late-1960s with a string of hit songs (including the #1 hit "Poor Side of Town", "Summer Rain", and "Secret Agent Man"), but he has continued to record and perform to the present.
The Ramistella family moved from New York to Baton Rouge, Louisiana when Johnny's father lost his job while Johnny was still young. Without any formal music lessons, he began playing guitar, which he learned from his father and uncle, at the age of eight, and was influenced by the distinctive music of Louisiana. While in junior high school he started sitting in with a band called The Rockets led by Dick Holler who later wrote a number of songs including "Abraham, Martin and John" and "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron".
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Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto. In 1965 she moved to the United States and, touring constantly, began to be recognized when her original songs ("Urge for Going," "Chelsea Morning," "Both Sides, Now," "The Circle Game") were covered by notable folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968. Settling in Southern California, Mitchell and her popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock" helped define an era and a generation. Her more starkly personal 1971 recording Blue has been called one of the best albums ever made. Musically restless, Mitchell switched labels and began moving toward jazz rhythms by way of lush pop textures on 1974's Court and Spark, her best-selling LP, featuring her radio hits "Help Me" and "Free Man in Paris."
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Kenny Rankin
Kenny Rankin (Los Angeles, February 10, 1940 - June 7, 2009) was an American pop and jazz singer and songwriter, originally from the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York.
Rankin was raised in New York and was introduced to music by his mother, who sang at home and for friends. Early in his career he worked as a singer-songwriter, and developed a considerable following during the 70s with a steady flow of albums, three of which broke into the Top 100 of the Billboard Album Chart. His liking for jazz was evident from an early age, but the times were such that in order to survive his career had to take a more pop-oriented course. By the 90s, however, he was able to angle his repertoire to accommodate his own musical preferences and to please a new audience while still keeping faith with the faithful. Rankin's warm singing style and his soft, nylon-stringed guitar sound might suggest an artist more attuned to the supper-club circuit than the jazz arena, but his work contains many touches that appeal to the jazz audience.
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Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Though he has been most successful with country audiences, he has charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone.
Two of his albums, The Gambler and Kenny, are featured in the About.com poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever". He was voted the "Favorite Singer of All-Time" in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People. He has received numerous such awards as the AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs, as well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning six decades in 2003.
Later success includes the 2006 album release, Water & Bridges, an across the board hit, that peaked at #5 in the Billboard Country Albums sales charts, also charting high in the Billboard 200. The first single from the album, "I Can't Unlove You," was also a chart hit. Remaining a popular entertainer around the world, the following year he completed a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland, telling BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright his favorite hit was "The Gambler". He has also acted in a variety of movies and television shows, most notably the title roles in Kenny Rogers as The Gambler and the MacShayne series as well as his appearance on The Muppet Show.
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Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristian "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for such hits as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, and he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein.
Kristoffer Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas, to Mary Ann (née Ashbrook) and Lars Henry Kristofferson, a U.S. Army Air Corps officer (later a U.S. Air Force Major General). His paternal grandparents immigrated from Sweden, and Kristofferson's paternal grandfather was an officer in the Swedish Army. When Kristofferson was a child, his father pushed him toward a military career. Like most "military brats", Kristofferson moved around frequently as a youth, finally settling down in San Mateo, California, where he graduated from San Mateo High School. An aspiring writer, Kristofferson enrolled in Pomona College in 1954. He experienced his first dose of fame when he appeared in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" for his achievements in collegiate rugby union, football, and track and field. He and fellow classmates revived the Claremont Colleges Rugby Club in 1958, which has remained a Southern California rugby dynasty.[clarification needed] Kristofferson became a member of Kappa Delta at Pomona College, graduating in 1958 with a BA, summa cum laude in Literature. In a 2004 interview with Pomona College Magazine Kristofferson mentioned philosophy professor Frederick Sontag as an important influence in his life.
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Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is an English composer, lyricist, and playwright.
Although best known for his partnership with Anthony Newley, Bricusse has worked with many other composers. He was educated at University College School in London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge University, he was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year. He currently lives in California in the United States, and he is married to the actress Yvonne Romain.
Sammy Davis, Jr. had hits with two of Bricusse's songs - "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off) and the #1 hit "The Candy Man" (from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory). Other recording artists who have had popular success with his songs include Matt Monro and Frank Sinatra ("My Kind of Girl"), Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger"), Harry Secombe ("If I Ruled the World"), Nancy Sinatra ("You Only Live Twice"), Maureen McGovern ("Can You Read My Mind"), and Diana Krall ("When I Look in Your Eyes"). Bricusse also partnered with George Tipton to write the opening theme of the U.S. television series It's a Living.
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Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden Globe nominations.
A singer, songwriter, and record producer, she is recognized as a definitive interpreter of songs. Being one of music's most versatile and commercially successful female singers in U.S. history, she is recognized for her many public stages of self-reinvention and incarnations.
With a one-time standing as the Queen of Rock, where she was bestowed the title of "highest paid woman in rock", and known as the First Lady of Rock, she has more recently emerged as music matriarch, international arts advocate and human rights advocate.
Ronstadt has collaborated with artists from a diverse spectrum of genres—including Billy Eckstine,Frank Zappa, Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, Carla Bley, The Chieftains, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and has lent her voice to over 120 albums around the world. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times noted in 2004, Ronstadt is "Blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation ... rarest of rarities—a chameleon who can blend into any background yet remain boldly distinctive ... It's an exceptional gift; one shared by few others."
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Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, blues and country music singer and songwriter. She recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media, or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album, Lucinda Williams. This release featured "Passionate Kisses," a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter which garnered Lucinda her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. Known for working slowly, Lucinda recorded and released only one other album in the next several years (Sweet Old World in 1992) before her greatest success came in 1998 with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. This album presented a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country, and Americana into a more distinctive style that still managed to remain consistent and commercial in sound. It went gold and earned Lucinda another Grammy while being universally acclaimed by critics. Since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, she has released a string of albums that have also been critically acclaimed, though none have sold in the numbers of her 1998 breakthrough. She was also named "America's best songwriter" by TIME magazine in 2002.
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Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler went on to record and produce six solo albums, including Golden Heart (1996), Sailing to Philadelphia (2000), and Get Lucky (2009). He has composed and produced film scores for eight films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), and The Princess Bride (1987). In addition to his work with Dire Straits and as a solo artist and composer, Knopfler has recorded and performed with many prominent musical artists, including Phil Lynott, Chet Atkins, The Chieftains, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Jools Holland, Sonny Landreth, and Van Morrison. He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman.
Knopfler is one of the most respected fingerstyle guitarists of the modern rock era, and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Knopfler and Dire Straits have sold in excess of 120 million albums to date. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award and the Steiger Award, and holds three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom.
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Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009. He is the eldest of actor Kirk Douglas's four sons.
Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian-born actress Diana Dill. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Gomel in Belarus (at that time a part of the Russian Empire). His mother was from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda; Douglas's maternal grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill, served as Attorney General of Bermuda and was commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery. Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas (born 1947), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas (born 1955) and Eric Douglas (1958–2004), from stepmother Anne Buydens.
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Michael Feinstein
Michael Jay Feinstein (born September 7, 1956) is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs. Feinstein is also a multi-platinum-selling, five-time Grammy-nominated recording artist. He currently serves as Artistic Director for The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana.
Feinstein was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Florence Mazie (née Cohen), an amateur tap dancer, and Edward Feinstein, a sales executive for the Sara Lee Corporation and a former amateur singer. At the age of five, he studied piano for a couple of months until his teacher became angered that he wasn't reading the sheet music she gave him, since he was more comfortable playing by ear. As his mother saw no problem with her son's method, she took him out of lessons and allowed him to enjoy music his own way.
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Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith, (born Nanci Caroline Griffith, July 6, 1953, Seguin, Texas) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter based in Austin, Texas.
Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly". Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who are her major influences. One of her better-known songs is "From a Distance" by Julie Gold, although Bette Midler's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than Griffith herself. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime", and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell's "Outbound Plane".
Griffith's high school boyfriend, John, died in a motorcycle accident after taking her to the senior prom, and subsequently inspired many of her songs. Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel, but the couple parted before marrying. In 1994, Griffith teamed up with Jimmy Webb to contribute the song "If These Old Walls Could Speak" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization. Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998.
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Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.
He was born in New York City, the son of Myron Lawrence Webster and Blanche Pauline Stonehill Webster. He attended the Horace Mann School (Riverdale, Bronx, New York), graduating in 1926, and then went to Cornell University from 1927 to 1928 and New York University from 1928 to 1930, leaving without receiving a degree. He served in the United States Navy and then became a dance instructor at a studio in New York City. By 1931, however, he turned his career direction to writing song lyrics. His first professional lyric was Masquerade (music by John Jacob Loeb) which became a hit in 1932, performed by Paul Whiteman.
In 1935 Twentieth Century Fox signed him to a contract to write lyrics for Shirley Temple's films, but shortly afterward he went back to freelance writing. His first hit was a collaboration in 1941 with Duke Ellington on the song "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)".
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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of the Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), he has been described by Guinness World Records as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and with Lennon formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. After leaving the Beatles, he began a solo career and later formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.
According to the BBC, his Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists—more than any other song. Wings' 1977 release, "Mull of Kintyre", became one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK, and he is "the most successful songwriter" in UK chart history, according to Guinness. As a songwriter or co-writer, he is included on thirty-one number one titles on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2012 he has sold over 15.5 million RIAA certified units in the United States.
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Richard Harris
Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer.
He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot (1967), as Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970) and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two films in the Harry Potter series, his final works. He played a British aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse (1970), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), Saint John in Apocalypse Revelation (2002), gunfighter English Bob in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992), and Dom Frollo in the 1997 TV movie version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Harris had a top ten hit in the UK and the US with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park".
Harris, the fifth of nine children, was born in Limerick city, Ireland (then known as the Irish Free State) into a middle-class, staunchly Roman Catholic family. His parents were Ivan John Harris (b. 1896, son of Richard Harris, b. 1854, son of James Harris of St. Michael's, Limerick) and Mildred Josephine Harty Harris (b. 1898, daughter of James Harty, St. John's, Limerick, who owned a flour mill.) Harris' siblings include Patrick Ivan (born 1929), Noel William Michael (born 1932), Diarmid (Dermot, born 1939), and William George Harris (born 1942). He was schooled by the Jesuits at Crescent College. A talented rugby player, he was on several Munster Junior and Senior Cup teams for Crescent, and played for Garryowen. Harris' athletic career was cut short when he caught tuberculosis in his teens. He remained an ardent fan of the Munster Rugby and Young Munster teams then until his death, and attending many of its matches, and there are numerous stories of japes at rugby matches with the actors and fellow rugby fans Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton.
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian (better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks), which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House", although she had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. She was the aunt of Academy Award winning actor George Clooney.
Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. Her father was of Irish and German descent and her mother was of Irish and English ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was fifteen, her mother and brother, Nick, moved to California. She and her sister, Betty, remained with their father.[citation needed] The family resided in the John Brett Richeson House in the late 1940s.
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Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958, in Seminole, Texas) is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top 10 and Top 40 hits. She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down," 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman," and 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend".
Tucker was the youngest of four children born to Jesse "Beau" and Juanita Tucker. Her father was a heavy equipment operator, and the family moved often as he sought better work. Tanya's early childhood was spent primarily in Willcox, Arizona, where the only radio station in town played country music. The Tuckers attended concerts of country stars such as Ernest Tubb and Mel Tillis, and Tanya's sister LaCosta was praised in the family for her vocal abilities. At the age of eight, Tanya told her father that she also wanted to be a country singer when she grew up.
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The Association
The Association is a pop music band from California in the folk rock or soft rock genre. During the 1960s, they had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts and were the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival. As of 2011[update], they are still performing.
Jules Alexander (born September 25, 1943, Chattanooga, Tennessee) was in Hawaii in 1962 serving a stint in the Navy when he met Terry Kirkman (born December 12, 1939, Salina, Kansas), a visiting salesman. The two young musicians jammed together and promised to get together once Alexander was discharged. That happened a year later; the two eventually moved to Los Angeles and began exploring the city's music scene in the mid-1960s. (Kirkman played in groups with Frank Zappa for a time before Zappa went on to form The Mothers of Invention). Eventually, at a Monday night hootenanny at the LA nightclub The Troubadour, in 1964, an ad hoc group called The Inner Tubes was formed by Terry, Jules and Doug Dillard, whose rotating membership contained, at one time or another, Cass Elliot, David Crosby and many others who drifted in and out. This led, in 1965, to the forming of The Men, a 13 piece folk-rock band. This group had a brief spell as the house band at The Troubadour.
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The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers, Don and Phil; born Isaac Donald "Don" Everly on February 1, 1937 and Phillip "Phil" Everly on January 19, 1939, are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The group was elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
Don and Phil Everly are both guitarists and use vocal harmony mostly based on parallel thirds. With this, each line can often stand on its own as a melody line. This is in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, are not as melodic by themselves.
For most of their recordings, Don sings the lower harmony part, while Phil takes the higher. One exception is on "Devoted To You". Although Don is still low and Phil is high, they switch lead and harmony back and forth. Don almost always sings any lines that are sung solo (for example, the verses of "Bye Bye Love".) Among the exceptions to this rule is the Everlys' 1965 single "It's All Over", where Phil sings the song's solo lines.
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Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston (née Jackson; born May 7, 1946, Leland, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother. She and her three sisters grew up primarily in Long Beach, California. After marrying and having two children, she joined the Art Reynolds Singers gospel group and was subsequently signed as a recording artist with Dunhill Records. She is not related to Whitney Houston.[citation needed][relevant? – discuss]
In 1969, Houston released her debut album, entitled Sunshower, produced by Jimmy Webb. In 1971 she signed with Motown Records but her early recordings with them were largely unsuccessful. Her most notable single during that period was "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long" which peaked at #64 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in 1974. However Houston's vocal prowess on that track secured her a nomination for a Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. In 1973 Motown Productions announced a projected biopic of Dinah Washington which would star Houston; however the project was dropped due to difficulties in getting clearance from Washington's relatives. In April 1974 Houston joined the cast of The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, playing various characters during the show's skits. The show was canceled in August and for the next several years her work was limited to demo recordings and performing at small venues.
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Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist, and a duet partner. Gill has recorded more than twenty studio albums, charted over forty singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 22 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 27 Grammy Awards, more than any other male Country music artist. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge who played in a country music band part time and encouraged Gill to pursue a music career. At the encouragement of his father, Gill learned to play several instruments, including the banjo and guitar, before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. He first played with a teenage band called Bluegrass Revues in the late 1970s. The other members were: Billy Perry on the banjo, Bobby Clark on the triangle and Mike Perry on the bass.
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Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (pronounced /welən dʒɛnɪŋz/; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at twelve on KVOW radio. He formed a band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings' first recording session, of "Jolie Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)". Holly hired him to play bass. During the Winter Dance Party Tour, in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive to the next venue. Jennings gave up his seat in the plane to J. P. Richardson, who was suffering from a cold. The flight that carried Holly, Richardson and Ritchie Valens crashed, on the day later known as The Day the Music Died. Following the accident, Jennings worked as a D.J in Coolidge, Arizona and Phoenix. He formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors. He recorded for independent label Trend Records, A&M Records before succeeding with RCA Victor after achieving creative control of his records.
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (pronounced /wɪli nɛlsən /; born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.
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Webb, Jimmy Filmography
- The Joy of Easy Listening (2011)
- The 45th Annual CMA Awards (2011)
- Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)
- The Wrecking Crew (2008)
- Oklahoma Rising: The Centenial Anthem Premier (2007)
- Oklahoma Rising: The Centenial Anthem Premier (2007)
- CMT: The Greatest - Greatest City Songs (2005)
- An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (2001)
- Clean and Narrow (1999)
- Songs in Shadow: The Making of Carly Simon's 'Film Noir' (1997)
- The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
- Headin' Home for the Holidays (1986)
- The Last Unicorn (1982)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)
- Voices (1979)
- The Naked Ape (1973)
- 'Doc' (1971)
- Liza (1970)
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Famous quotes by Jimmy Webb:
"I got three other guys to play with me, got on a bus, and started playing folk clubs and dives. A lot of times the reception was semi-hostile, like 'What are you doing here? You're rich, and you're probably a Republican as well!'"
"I say in my book that a lot of the music our forebears created was written for rich, snotty, snobby people who had enough money to buy theatre tickets. There was a great deal of trivia, a shallow quality to things ... ... You know, that 'I've got rhythm, I've got ...', there's something about it that's not very serious, and at least popular music during our generation began crossing over into an area where it was saying something about the conditions that prevailed."
"I think the individual writers are out there punching away but the market is not there. The Top 40 as we knew it was a kind of open forum where people could come and sing their songs and that's not there any more."
"I started out quite instinctively, mainly imitating songs that I heard on the radio and then the follow-up six or so months later. It was really quite an education to hear another song crafted pretty much in the same vein, to appeal to the same audience, creating hits for that same artist, ... That was an important tool to compare one's work to that. It was a yardstick by which I used to judge my work."
"I don't know whether I would or whether I could,"
"We are trying to describe the indescribable. It's impossible, but I'm going to try it anyway, and take what you can from it."
"The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs."
"You reach a certain point in your life where they things you do and say do make a difference."
"The creative processes are so mysterious."
"We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out."
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Galveston
- Campo De Encino
- Love Hurts
- Simile
- Hurt Me Well
- Once in the Morning
- Catharsis
- Song Seller
- When Can Brown Begin
- Piano
- Met Her on a Plane
- All Night Show
- All My Love's Laughter
- Highpockets
- Marionette
- Laspitch
- One Lady
- If Ships Were Made to Sail
- Pocketful of Keys
- See You Then
- P.F. Sloan
- Love Song
- Let It Be Me / Never My Love / I Wanna Be Free
- Met Her on a Plane
- All My Love's Laughter
- One Lady
- If Ships Were Made to Sail
- Galveston
- Once in the Morning
- When Can Brown Begin
- Piano
- The Highwayman
- Christiaan No
- Where the Universes Are
- The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
- Feet in the Sunshine
- Lady Fits Her Blue Jeans
- Just This One Time
- Crying in My Sleep
- Land's End / Asleep on the Wind
- Overture
- Sleepin' in the Daytime
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- MacArthur Park
- Wichita Lineman (instrumental)
- Didn't We
- My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
- Pocketful of Keys
- When Can Brown Begin
- Once in the Morning
- Song for My Brother
- Where's the Playground Susie
- Jerusalem
- Galveston
- Whistletown
- Piano
- Wichita Lineman (vocal)
- The Highwayman
- If You See Me Getting Smaller I'm Leaving
- Mixed-Up Guy
- Christiaan No
- Moment in a Shadow
- Sugarbird
- Where the Universes Are
- P.F. Sloan
- Dance to the Radio
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
- Skylark (A Meditation)
- Sleepin' In the Daytime
- P.F. Sloan
- Love Song
- Careless Weed
- Psalm One-Five-O
- Music for an Unmade Movie: Song Seller
- Music for an Unmade Movie: Dorothy Chandler Blues
- Music for an Unmade Movie: Jerusalem
- Three Songs: Let It Be Me/Never My Love/I Wanna Be Free
- Once Before I Die
- Galveston
- Highwayman
- Wichita Lineman
- The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- If These Walls Could Speak
- Didn't We
- Worst That Could Happen
- All I Know
- MacArthur Park
- I Keep It Hid
- You're So Young
- I'll Be Back
- Life Is Hard
- I Need You
- Our Time Is Running Out
- I Can Do It on My Own
- Then
- I'm in Need
- Run Run Run
- Oklahoma Nights (feat. Vince Gill)
- Wichita Lineman (feat. Billy Joel & Jerry Douglas)
- If You See Me Getting Smaller (feat. Willie Nelson)
- Galveston (feat. Lucinda Williams)
- P.F. Sloane (feat. Jackson Browne)
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix (feat. Glen Campbell)
- Cowboy Hall of Fame
- Where Words End (feat. Michael McDonald)
- The Highwayman (feat. Mark Knopfler)
- I Was Too Busy Loving You (feat. J.D. Souther)
- It Won't Bring Her Back
- Do What You Gotta Do
- All I Know (feat. Linda Ronstadt)
- The Last Unicorn
- Man's Road
- In the Sea
- Now That I'm a Woman
- That's All I've Got to Say
- The Last Unicorn, Part 2
- Forest Awakens
- Red Soup
- Red Bull Attacks
- The Cat
- The Tree
- Haggard's Unicorns
- Bull-Unicorn- Woman
- Unicorns in the Sea
- Unicorn and Lear
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JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
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- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
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This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
JIMMY WEBB PF Sloan
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- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
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Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
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- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
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Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 18 Oct 2010
- views: 20893
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
Jimmy Webb Didn't We
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
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Cher Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Cher - Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Jimmy Webb Hits
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Cher - Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Jimmy Webb Hits
- published: 25 Nov 2008
- views: 76918
- author: Mickey Rushton
Jimmy Webb interview excerpt
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- Duration: 9:49
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
In this segment of an interview with Jimmy Webb the legendary pop songwriter & recording artist talks about the excitement of working in Los Angeles recording studios in the 1960s and meeting colleagues like Johnny Rivers and some of the most famous studio musicians of the era.
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In this segment of an interview with Jimmy Webb the legendary pop songwriter & recording artist talks about the excitement of working in Los Angeles recording studios in the 1960s and meeting colleagues like Johnny Rivers and some of the most famous studio musicians of the era.
- published: 19 Jan 2012
- views: 3103
- author: archivesmp
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress - Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 3:55
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a...
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Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a...
- published: 25 Nov 2008
- views: 83441
- author: granako
Jimmy Webb and Mark Knopfler - The Highwayman
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- Duration: 4:18
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Beautiful new version of "The Highwayman" featuring Mark Knopfler. Jimmy Webb's new album "Just Across The River" is available now!
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Beautiful new version of "The Highwayman" featuring Mark Knopfler. Jimmy Webb's new album "Just Across The River" is available now!
- published: 29 Jun 2010
- views: 53543
- author: PilkiesMakinMusic
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
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- Duration: 7:31
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
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Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
- published: 10 Dec 2006
- views: 147292
- author: owencoffin
Jimmy Webb - All I know
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- Duration: 3:54
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb All I Know From "Ten Easy pieces"
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Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
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- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
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Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
- published: 28 Jul 2010
- views: 15117
- author: WFUVRADIO
Jimmy Webb remembers Richard Harris
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- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 29 Sep 2012
Jimmy Webb has many stories to tell. In this one, told during a benefit for the Blue Door venue in Oklahoma City, he recalls traveling the Irish countryside with actor and singer Richard Harris. It served as an introduction to the song "No Signs of Age" from Jimmy's "Twilight of the Renegades" album. The song is not included, just the fond remembrance of Richard Harris and days gone by.
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Jimmy Webb has many stories to tell. In this one, told during a benefit for the Blue Door venue in Oklahoma City, he recalls traveling the Irish countryside with actor and singer Richard Harris. It served as an introduction to the song "No Signs of Age" from Jimmy's "Twilight of the Renegades" album. The song is not included, just the fond remembrance of Richard Harris and days gone by.
- published: 02 Oct 2006
- views: 29843
- author: robwired
Jimmy Webb - The Worst That Could Happen
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- Duration: 9:08
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
performed at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, August 21, 2010 (song starts at 3:55)
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performed at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, August 21, 2010 (song starts at 3:55)
- published: 28 Aug 2010
- views: 12063
- author: hmc1410
Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
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- Duration: 8:54
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
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Glen Campbell on Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 1:39
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
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Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
- published: 06 Aug 2008
- views: 36471
- author: rodneywbrown
Jimmy Webb - Angel Heart
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- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Drums:Jeffrey Porcaro
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Jimmy Webb sings "Only One Life"
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- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
from The Children's Crusade. Dedicated to Michael Bennett. Performed at the Reno Sweeney's Reunion benefit concert at the Bottom Line.
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from The Children's Crusade. Dedicated to Michael Bennett. Performed at the Reno Sweeney's Reunion benefit concert at the Bottom Line.
- published: 28 Aug 2008
- views: 14702
- author: BettyByte
Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb GALVESTON
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- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
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Jimmy Webb "PF Sloan" studio version
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- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb "PF Sloan" studio version
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Wichita Lineman - Jimmy Webb (HQ)
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- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
From "Ten Easy Pieces"
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JIMMY WEBB - Galveston (1972)
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- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
'Galveston' by JIMMY WEBB -from the 1972 album LETTERS- -Regarded by many critics as Jimmy's best solo album, "Letters" finds Webb working in a number of styles, but none quite so devastating as his simple, acoustic rendition of the hit he penned for Glen Campbell, 'Galveston'.
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'Galveston' by JIMMY WEBB -from the 1972 album LETTERS- -Regarded by many critics as Jimmy's best solo album, "Letters" finds Webb working in a number of styles, but none quite so devastating as his simple, acoustic rendition of the hit he penned for Glen Campbell, 'Galveston'.
- published: 09 Mar 2012
- views: 7219
- author: plusgloss
Jimmy Webb - Wichita Lineman
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- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
performed at Schubas, Chicago, October 17, 2008
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Paddy McAloon & Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman
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- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 19 Nov 2012
Jimmy Webb, performing his classic song 'The Highwayman' with Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon (and a thirty-piece orchestra), live on 'An Eye To The Music' in 1991. This was sent in by Jim Williams, and has been brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net
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Jimmy Webb, performing his classic song 'The Highwayman' with Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon (and a thirty-piece orchestra), live on 'An Eye To The Music' in 1991. This was sent in by Jim Williams, and has been brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net
- published: 26 Feb 2008
- views: 66221
- author: sproutnet
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Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
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- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
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Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
- published: 28 Jul 2010
- views: 15117
- author: WFUVRADIO
JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
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- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
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This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
- published: 20 Jun 2007
- views: 166318
- author: milestoneexpress
TWIGGY, JIMMY WEBB, VAL DOONICAN - JIMMY WEBB MEDLEY live (1977)
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- Duration: 4:45
- Updated: 09 Oct 2012
Twiggy, Val Doonican and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Webb's songs. Featured perfromances include 'Wichita Lineman', 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix', 'Didn't We' and 'Up, Up And Away'.
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Twiggy, Val Doonican and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Webb's songs. Featured perfromances include 'Wichita Lineman', 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix', 'Didn't We' and 'Up, Up And Away'.
- published: 10 Sep 2010
- views: 1632
- author: twiggyofficial
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
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- Duration: 7:31
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
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Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
- published: 10 Dec 2006
- views: 147292
- author: owencoffin
Jimmy Webb - Live at Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)
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- Duration: 3:10
- Updated: 27 Jan 2012
Clips of Grammy award winning songwriter Jimmy Webb performing live at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL. Clips include 3 of Webb's biggest hits - Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, and MacArthur Park.
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Clips of Grammy award winning songwriter Jimmy Webb performing live at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL. Clips include 3 of Webb's biggest hits - Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, and MacArthur Park.
- published: 22 Aug 2010
- views: 316
- author: jetluvr2000
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in Byron Bay
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- Duration: 9:14
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Jimmy Webb performed live last Saturday evening in Byron Bay, we were treated to an uplifting and joyful evening of music and storytelling from one of America's songwriting legends, Jimmy Webb .So what was it like hearing 'MacArthur Park' sung by it's composer and played on the magnificent Steinway? Well you could have thought Richard Harris was in the room for it was a momentous, inspiring and surreal experience for the audience. The piano and Jimmy's singing soared, the instrument was unleashed from the confines of the ordinary and it was a privilege to witness it. Thank you Jimmy Webb!
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Jimmy Webb performed live last Saturday evening in Byron Bay, we were treated to an uplifting and joyful evening of music and storytelling from one of America's songwriting legends, Jimmy Webb .So what was it like hearing 'MacArthur Park' sung by it's composer and played on the magnificent Steinway? Well you could have thought Richard Harris was in the room for it was a momentous, inspiring and surreal experience for the audience. The piano and Jimmy's singing soared, the instrument was unleashed from the confines of the ordinary and it was a privilege to witness it. Thank you Jimmy Webb!
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 1544
- author: Sean O'Shea
Jimmy Webb Live in 1986
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- Duration: 6:30
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Jimmy Webb does a medley of his hits at the 1986 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
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Jimmy Webb does a medley of his hits at the 1986 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 19 Oct 2010
- views: 490
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
Glen Campbell on Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 1:39
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
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Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
- published: 06 Aug 2008
- views: 36471
- author: rodneywbrown
Jimmy Webb Live: What Does a Woman See in a Man?
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- Duration: 4:24
- Updated: 28 Nov 2011
Taken at Casa Candela House Concert; September 2011. Sponsored by www.backpagemagazine.com. Video by Frank Buddenbrock. LYRICS: He stinks to high heaven, half covered with hair And grunts just like some old orang-utan While she smells of clean skin and a trace of jasmine And speaks like a first rate librarian His stomach hangs out, there's a hump on his back He eats like Conan the Barbarian While she keeps herself trim, and her posture is prim Her manners are quite cosmopolitan He laughs like a donkey and farts in the bed And flips cigarettes in the can But she always acts nice, with no visible vice Tell me, what does a woman see in a man? He hangs out in bars and he tells stupid jokes And seems to think he's a comedian But she's clever, polite, stays sober all night And sips on her one Presbyterian He drives a gas hog like Attila the Hun And woe to the luckless pedestrian While she prefers bikes and bird-watching hikes And sailing and riding equestrian He has a name like Duane or Leroy Hers is Vanessa or Anne Hers sounds like a song But Duane is all wrong Tell me, what does a woman see in a man? [Bridge] Doesn't she know that she's unique Doesn't she know that he's just a freak - of nature Overbearing, insecure, wanting love but so unsure Loving her because she's pure And yet, dreaming of orgies in Vegas or Cannes He preens and strikes poses Olympian While she shoulders the cross And lets him play boss His nurse and long-suffering Samaritan He brags about knocking the ...
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Taken at Casa Candela House Concert; September 2011. Sponsored by www.backpagemagazine.com. Video by Frank Buddenbrock. LYRICS: He stinks to high heaven, half covered with hair And grunts just like some old orang-utan While she smells of clean skin and a trace of jasmine And speaks like a first rate librarian His stomach hangs out, there's a hump on his back He eats like Conan the Barbarian While she keeps herself trim, and her posture is prim Her manners are quite cosmopolitan He laughs like a donkey and farts in the bed And flips cigarettes in the can But she always acts nice, with no visible vice Tell me, what does a woman see in a man? He hangs out in bars and he tells stupid jokes And seems to think he's a comedian But she's clever, polite, stays sober all night And sips on her one Presbyterian He drives a gas hog like Attila the Hun And woe to the luckless pedestrian While she prefers bikes and bird-watching hikes And sailing and riding equestrian He has a name like Duane or Leroy Hers is Vanessa or Anne Hers sounds like a song But Duane is all wrong Tell me, what does a woman see in a man? [Bridge] Doesn't she know that she's unique Doesn't she know that he's just a freak - of nature Overbearing, insecure, wanting love but so unsure Loving her because she's pure And yet, dreaming of orgies in Vegas or Cannes He preens and strikes poses Olympian While she shoulders the cross And lets him play boss His nurse and long-suffering Samaritan He brags about knocking the ...
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 429
- author: backpagemag
The Last Unicorn live performance Jimmy Webb America Peter Andrew Danzig
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- Duration: 3:11
- Updated: 16 May 2012
Welcome to the Red Room- Society Hill Playhouse Performance from Philadelphia actor/singer- Peter Andrew Danzig Song Title: The Last Unicorn For updates on my work please visit www.peterandrewdanzig.com "The Last Unicorn" lyrics and music are copyrighted by Jimmy Webb
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Welcome to the Red Room- Society Hill Playhouse Performance from Philadelphia actor/singer- Peter Andrew Danzig Song Title: The Last Unicorn For updates on my work please visit www.peterandrewdanzig.com "The Last Unicorn" lyrics and music are copyrighted by Jimmy Webb
- published: 08 Aug 2009
- views: 2581
- author: peterandrewdanzig
Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
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- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
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Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 18 Oct 2010
- views: 20893
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
JIMMY WEBB LIVE INTERVIEW ON JOOLS HOLLAND. JOOLES
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- Duration: 3:54
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Jimmy Webb on Jools Holland interview.
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Paddy McAloon & Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman
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- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 19 Nov 2012
Jimmy Webb, performing his classic song 'The Highwayman' with Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon (and a thirty-piece orchestra), live on 'An Eye To The Music' in 1991. This was sent in by Jim Williams, and has been brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net
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Jimmy Webb, performing his classic song 'The Highwayman' with Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon (and a thirty-piece orchestra), live on 'An Eye To The Music' in 1991. This was sent in by Jim Williams, and has been brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net
- published: 26 Feb 2008
- views: 66221
- author: sproutnet
Jimmy Webb Live
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- Duration: 0:16
- Updated: 24 Aug 2010
Jimmy Webb, singer/songwriter mainly from the 60s and 70s performed live at Oklahoma City University's 2007 Graduation Commencement.
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Jimmy Webb, singer/songwriter mainly from the 60s and 70s performed live at Oklahoma City University's 2007 Graduation Commencement.
- published: 19 Jun 2007
- views: 1245
- author: singingme2000
Jimmy Webb : The Highwayman and more LIVE at Casa Candela
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- Duration: 9:13
- Updated: 04 Feb 2012
Jimmy Webb performing at Casa Candela. House concert for www.backpagemagazine.com. Many thanks to videographer Abi Colbeck from Sabyrtooth.
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Jimmy Webb performing at Casa Candela. House concert for www.backpagemagazine.com. Many thanks to videographer Abi Colbeck from Sabyrtooth.
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 729
- author: backpagemag
JIMMY WEBB PF Sloan
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- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
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Jimmy Webb Didn't We
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
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Glen Campbell - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress & Wichita Lineman (Live in Dublin 2011)
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- Duration: 7:09
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Glen Campbell & his band perform "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" & "Wichita Lineman" (both Jimmy Webb songs) at the The Convention Centre in Dublin (Ireland) on November 19th, 2011. The Goodbye Tour. I was just a member of the audience there to see Glen Campbell perform. I brought a little pocket camera with me and decided to film some of the concert. I thought the video came out quite well so decided to share it here in Youtube. Enjoy :-) --------------------------------------------
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Glen Campbell & his band perform "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" & "Wichita Lineman" (both Jimmy Webb songs) at the The Convention Centre in Dublin (Ireland) on November 19th, 2011. The Goodbye Tour. I was just a member of the audience there to see Glen Campbell perform. I brought a little pocket camera with me and decided to film some of the concert. I thought the video came out quite well so decided to share it here in Youtube. Enjoy :-) --------------------------------------------
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 6058
- author: johnvideos2009
Carly Simon - In my room
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 02 Jan 2013
Tribute to Brian Wilson Music Video Live Concert; with Brian Wilson, David Crosby and Jimmy Webb
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Tribute to Brian Wilson Music Video Live Concert; with Brian Wilson, David Crosby and Jimmy Webb
- published: 17 Jul 2006
- views: 163681
- author: Marburgnils
The Highwayman- Jimmy Webb cover (Johnny Cash)
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- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
I learned this song from a live Johnny Cash album years ago. I believe it's a song about reincarnation, as the character dies at the end of every verse, but keeps coming back again as someone else. I always thought this was an awesome tune.
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I learned this song from a live Johnny Cash album years ago. I believe it's a song about reincarnation, as the character dies at the end of every verse, but keeps coming back again as someone else. I always thought this was an awesome tune.
- published: 30 Aug 2011
- views: 4685
- author: Jeff King
Linda Ronstadt - Adios (Live)
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- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Linda sings this song written by Jimmy Webb and included in her multiplatinum album "Cry like a Rainstorm, Howl like the Wind", winner of three grammies.
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Linda sings this song written by Jimmy Webb and included in her multiplatinum album "Cry like a Rainstorm, Howl like the Wind", winner of three grammies.
- published: 26 Mar 2009
- views: 49142
- author: jpspanishfan1
Jimmy Webb - Blue Rock Studio - Highlights
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- Duration: 3:22
- Updated: 05 Feb 2011
Jimmy Webb live at Blue Rock Studio, Wimberley, Texas - March 12, 2010 - Solo acoustic show - (c) 2010 Blue Rock Studio - www.bluerocktexas.com
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Jimmy Webb live at Blue Rock Studio, Wimberley, Texas - March 12, 2010 - Solo acoustic show - (c) 2010 Blue Rock Studio - www.bluerocktexas.com
- published: 01 Feb 2011
- views: 383
- author: BlueRockStudio
Per Jørgensen - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (live, Til Radka, 2009)
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- Duration: 4:40
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Composed by Jimmy Webb. From the concert "Til Radka" (tribute concert to Radka Toneff), August 10, 2009, at the Opera House during Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway. Per Jørgensen, trumpet, with Steve Dobrogosz, piano, Jon Eberson, guitar, Arild Andersen, double bass, Jon Christensen, drums, and Alex Riel, drums.
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Composed by Jimmy Webb. From the concert "Til Radka" (tribute concert to Radka Toneff), August 10, 2009, at the Opera House during Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway. Per Jørgensen, trumpet, with Steve Dobrogosz, piano, Jon Eberson, guitar, Arild Andersen, double bass, Jon Christensen, drums, and Alex Riel, drums.
- published: 20 Sep 2009
- views: 6376
- author: kaarekjohnsen
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[HQ] The Last Unicorn Soundtrack - OST - Jimmy Webb & America (complete)
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- Duration: 38:27
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Tracklist: 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Man' Road 3. In The Sea 4. Now That I'm A Woman 5. That' All I've Got To Say 6. The Last Unicorn Part 2 7. Forest Awakens 8. Red Soup 9. Red Bull Attacks 10. The Cat 11. The Tree 12. Haggard's Unicorns 13. Bull-Unicorn-Woman 14. Unicorns In The Sea 15. Unicorn And Lear
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Tracklist: 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Man' Road 3. In The Sea 4. Now That I'm A Woman 5. That' All I've Got To Say 6. The Last Unicorn Part 2 7. Forest Awakens 8. Red Soup 9. Red Bull Attacks 10. The Cat 11. The Tree 12. Haggard's Unicorns 13. Bull-Unicorn-Woman 14. Unicorns In The Sea 15. Unicorn And Lear
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 961
- author: SoundtrackUniverses
The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones, live at Yaki da
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- Duration: 46:52
- Updated: 11 Mar 2012
The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones (www.myspace.com live at Yaki da on 2012-03-08. Set list: The Highwayman (interlude), originally by Jimmy Webb Hurt is All I Get The Highwayman (interlude), originally by Jimmy Webb (You'll get) Bitter and Sick and Die Alone Unknown (interlude) Kärleksvisa, originally by Allan Edvall Didn't turn out the way I planned Blott en dag Unknown (interlude) The Prophet
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The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones (www.myspace.com live at Yaki da on 2012-03-08. Set list: The Highwayman (interlude), originally by Jimmy Webb Hurt is All I Get The Highwayman (interlude), originally by Jimmy Webb (You'll get) Bitter and Sick and Die Alone Unknown (interlude) Kärleksvisa, originally by Allan Edvall Didn't turn out the way I planned Blott en dag Unknown (interlude) The Prophet
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 93
- author: Babymech2
Carly Simon - Songs In Shadow - The Making Of Film Noir
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- Duration: 29:31
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
www.carlysimon.com (c) 1997 Milding Inc. Featuring Jimmy Webb, Arif Mardin and Van Dyke Parks.
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www.carlysimon.com (c) 1997 Milding Inc. Featuring Jimmy Webb, Arif Mardin and Van Dyke Parks.
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 126
- author: CarlySimonWebsite
Vlijt & Volharding - Fanfare Festival SMMGO 2012
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- Duration: 40:22
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Op zaterdag 27 oktober 2012 speelde Vlijt & Volharding mee op het Fanfare Festival van het SMMGO te Ouddorp. De volgende werken werden door Vlijt & Volharding gespeeld: March Mühledorf - Derek Broadbent (00:15) Bellum et Pax - Stijn Roels (04:19) Mac Arthur Park - Jimmy Webb (19:30) Harmony Festival - Jan de Haan (26:48) www.vlijtenvolharding.net
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Op zaterdag 27 oktober 2012 speelde Vlijt & Volharding mee op het Fanfare Festival van het SMMGO te Ouddorp. De volgende werken werden door Vlijt & Volharding gespeeld: March Mühledorf - Derek Broadbent (00:15) Bellum et Pax - Stijn Roels (04:19) Mac Arthur Park - Jimmy Webb (19:30) Harmony Festival - Jan de Haan (26:48) www.vlijtenvolharding.net
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 125
- author: renelis1
VH-1 Behind The Music: Glen Campbell Part I
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- Duration: 28:47
- Updated: 25 Dec 2012
First half of the full episode original air date 9/19/99
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First half of the full episode original air date 9/19/99
- published: 23 Mar 2012
- views: 11315
- author: NorwoodGlen
Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagner Rocha
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- Duration: 26:20
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagner Rocha Long Video!
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Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagner Rocha Long Video!
- published: 19 Jun 2011
- views: 1162
- author: radhames famila
Toto - The Seventh One (Full album)
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- Duration: 54:04
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
All rights belong to their respective owners The Seventh One is Toto's seventh studio album. It was released on march 1, 1988 and became the best-received Toto album since Toto IV. This is the second and last album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. The single "Pamela" reached number 22 in the Billboard charts. The title track, "The Seventh One," is only featured on the Japanese version of the album and on the b-side of the "Pamela" single. It was also released on some compilations on a later date. Track list: 1. "Pamela" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 00:00 2. "You Got Me" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 05:10 3. "Anna" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 08:23 4. "Stop Loving You" (Steve Lukather, David Paich) - 13:18 5. "Mushanga" (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro) - 17:49 6. "Stay Away" (David Paich, Steve Lukather) - 23:25 7. "Straight for the Heart" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 28:57 8. "Only the Children" (David Paich, Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams) - 33:10 9. "A Thousand Years" (Joseph Williams, Mark T. Williams, David Paich) - 37:20 10. "These Chains" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 42:14 11. "Home of the Brave" (D. Paich, S. Lukather, Jimmy Webb & J. Williams) - 47:14
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All rights belong to their respective owners The Seventh One is Toto's seventh studio album. It was released on march 1, 1988 and became the best-received Toto album since Toto IV. This is the second and last album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. The single "Pamela" reached number 22 in the Billboard charts. The title track, "The Seventh One," is only featured on the Japanese version of the album and on the b-side of the "Pamela" single. It was also released on some compilations on a later date. Track list: 1. "Pamela" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 00:00 2. "You Got Me" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 05:10 3. "Anna" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 08:23 4. "Stop Loving You" (Steve Lukather, David Paich) - 13:18 5. "Mushanga" (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro) - 17:49 6. "Stay Away" (David Paich, Steve Lukather) - 23:25 7. "Straight for the Heart" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 28:57 8. "Only the Children" (David Paich, Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams) - 33:10 9. "A Thousand Years" (Joseph Williams, Mark T. Williams, David Paich) - 37:20 10. "These Chains" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 42:14 11. "Home of the Brave" (D. Paich, S. Lukather, Jimmy Webb & J. Williams) - 47:14
- published: 16 Aug 2012
- views: 35759
- author: TcSunde33
Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks
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- Duration: 46:26
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Webb Wilder and his band, The Beatnecks perform at the Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Music Festival in Overton County, TN. Self described as "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." In essence: Rock and Roll. There are roots rockers, and then there's Webb Wilder. Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." His raucous live shows featuring his booming baritone, blazing guitar licks and punchy rhythm section - overlaid with a healthy dose of his quirky humor - have created a devoted worldwide following of enthusiastic fans. His last 2 CD's went to #1 on the Roots Rock Chart. Using all manner of media (music, movies, TV, print and radio), Webb Wilder has been impacting Popular culture, and it him, for way over 20 years. Webb was recently inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame for 2010! He is now listed alongside Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Buffett, BB King, Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, and Jimmy Rogers.
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Webb Wilder and his band, The Beatnecks perform at the Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Music Festival in Overton County, TN. Self described as "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." In essence: Rock and Roll. There are roots rockers, and then there's Webb Wilder. Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." His raucous live shows featuring his booming baritone, blazing guitar licks and punchy rhythm section - overlaid with a healthy dose of his quirky humor - have created a devoted worldwide following of enthusiastic fans. His last 2 CD's went to #1 on the Roots Rock Chart. Using all manner of media (music, movies, TV, print and radio), Webb Wilder has been impacting Popular culture, and it him, for way over 20 years. Webb was recently inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame for 2010! He is now listed alongside Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Buffett, BB King, Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, and Jimmy Rogers.
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 7523
- author: jamminathippiejacks
Dj Auerbach _ dj set at BLACK HORSE
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- Duration: 34:07
- Updated: 25 Sep 2012
www.DJauerbach.it live dj set at BLACK HORSE baia flaminia pesaro 1999 music selection the wiseguys - ooh la la everything but the girl - future is future nunez - in my life jimmy l. webb - mac arthur park casey finch - shake your booty jestofunk - special love
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www.DJauerbach.it live dj set at BLACK HORSE baia flaminia pesaro 1999 music selection the wiseguys - ooh la la everything but the girl - future is future nunez - in my life jimmy l. webb - mac arthur park casey finch - shake your booty jestofunk - special love
- published: 30 Aug 2012
- views: 52
- author: denceflor
A Good Man is Hard to Find
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- Duration: 21:39
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
A amateur film done in 1995 in Rebecca Georgia based on the Literary Study of Catholic and southern writer Flannery O'Connor Director: Mark A. Williams Screenplay, Edit, Music Score: David J. Webb Producer: Auther "Moe" Wilkinson
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A amateur film done in 1995 in Rebecca Georgia based on the Literary Study of Catholic and southern writer Flannery O'Connor Director: Mark A. Williams Screenplay, Edit, Music Score: David J. Webb Producer: Auther "Moe" Wilkinson
- published: 27 Oct 2012
- views: 13
- author: HorusManChild
Argumental s04e01 / series 4 episode 1 - Jimmy Carr, Russell Kane (rus sub)
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- Duration: 30:03
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
Перевод - Артём Ионов (vk.com/ionoff24) Раздача - rutracker.org "Argumental" - импровизационное игровое британское телешоу, в которым участвуют знаменитости. Ведущий - Шон Локк. В этом выпуске в качестве гостя появился комик Джимми Карр.
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Перевод - Артём Ионов (vk.com/ionoff24) Раздача - rutracker.org "Argumental" - импровизационное игровое британское телешоу, в которым участвуют знаменитости. Ведущий - Шон Локк. В этом выпуске в качестве гостя появился комик Джимми Карр.
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 14095
- author: IonOFF24
That Mitchell and Webb Look S02E06
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- Duration: 28:59
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
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![[69/70] The Big Match [14-03-1970]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130118224111im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WjasofV0ZtQ/default.jpg "[69/70] The Big Match [14-03-1970]")
[69/70] The Big Match [14-03-1970]
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- Duration: 52:26
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
This edition contains: - Full highlights of the FA Cup Semifinal (Chelsea vs Watford at White Hart Lane) - Jimmy Hill interviews Alan Hudson (Chelsea) - The 12 candidates to win the Golden Goals Competition of 1970
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This edition contains: - Full highlights of the FA Cup Semifinal (Chelsea vs Watford at White Hart Lane) - Jimmy Hill interviews Alan Hudson (Chelsea) - The 12 candidates to win the Golden Goals Competition of 1970
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 7264
- author: FootballGaffesGalore
XPW Baptized In Blood
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- Duration: 148:51
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
First Round Matches: Supreme vs. Kaos - Beds of Barbwire and Nails Match "White Trash" Johnny Webb vs. The Messiah - Barbed Wire Ladder and Thumbtack Match Kronus vs. Carlito Montana - Beds of Barbed Wire and Light Bulbs Match "Homeless" Jimmy vs. Axl Rotten - Barbed Wire Bat, Bed of Nails...
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First Round Matches: Supreme vs. Kaos - Beds of Barbwire and Nails Match "White Trash" Johnny Webb vs. The Messiah - Barbed Wire Ladder and Thumbtack Match Kronus vs. Carlito Montana - Beds of Barbed Wire and Light Bulbs Match "Homeless" Jimmy vs. Axl Rotten - Barbed Wire Bat, Bed of Nails...
- published: 16 Sep 2012
- views: 2889
- author: HereComesTheAx
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART TWO - MAY 10, 2006 - CICADA CLUB
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- Duration: 64:54
- Updated: 14 Aug 2010
Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nightclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!
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Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nightclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!
- published: 11 May 2009
- views: 587
- author: famouspictures
In The Dirt 5.28.12 - Jimmy Owens - Jim Moon - Robby Hensley
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- Duration: 67:28
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
5.28.12 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks guest were: Robby Hensley, Jimmy Owens and Jim Moon. You can listen in live every Monday night at 7pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com
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5.28.12 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks guest were: Robby Hensley, Jimmy Owens and Jim Moon. You can listen in live every Monday night at 7pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com
- published: 02 Jun 2012
- views: 254
- author: dirtracingconnection
In The Dirt 12.12.11 - Chad Stapleton - Eddie Davis - Jimmy Elkins - Tim Sims
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- Duration: 72:29
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
12.12.11 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks guest were: Chad Stapleton , Eddie Davis, Jimmy Elkins, and Tim Sims . You can listen in live every Monday night at 7pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com
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12.12.11 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks guest were: Chad Stapleton , Eddie Davis, Jimmy Elkins, and Tim Sims . You can listen in live every Monday night at 7pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 397
- author: dirtracingconnection
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART ONE - MAY 10, 2006 - CICADA CLUB
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- Duration: 73:57
- Updated: 28 Sep 2011
Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nightclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!
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Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nightclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!
- published: 11 May 2009
- views: 804
- author: famouspictures
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVENUE REVUE - MAY 9, 2010 - CICADA CLUB
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- Duration: 66:51
- Updated: 27 Apr 2012
For the Central Avenue Revue, Mr. Whitmore presents his dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. ClubCicada.com
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For the Central Avenue Revue, Mr. Whitmore presents his dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. ClubCicada.com
- published: 10 May 2010
- views: 575
- author: famouspictures
XPW Cold Day In Hell
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- Duration: 174:16
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
1. Dynamite D Tribute Battle Royal 2. Miss Xtreme Pageant (hosted by Joey Ryan) 3. Kaos defeated Vampiro (Grudge Match) 4. GQ Money (with Bo Cooper) vs. Angel "The Hardcore Homo" (with Kraq) (Rubber match) 5. The Sandman vs. Pogo the Clown 6. Khan Kusion (replacing Sabu) and Homeless Jimmy vs. Raven and Johnny Webb (Special guest referee Terry Funk) 7. Team Rev Pro (Ron Rivera, Disco Machine and Joey Ryan) (with Mr. McPhenom and CW Anderson) vs. Team XPW (Jardi Frantz, Vinnie Massaro and X-Pac) 8. Luke Hawx vs. Jack Evans vs. Scorpio Sky 9. The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) vs. The Westside NGZ (Big Rott and Chronic) 10. Supreme vs. Necro Butcher (Double Hell, Barbed Wire Chairs, Barbed Wire Light Tube Tables, Light Tube Table, Thumbtacks, Beds of Mouse Traps & Light Tubes Death match)
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1. Dynamite D Tribute Battle Royal 2. Miss Xtreme Pageant (hosted by Joey Ryan) 3. Kaos defeated Vampiro (Grudge Match) 4. GQ Money (with Bo Cooper) vs. Angel "The Hardcore Homo" (with Kraq) (Rubber match) 5. The Sandman vs. Pogo the Clown 6. Khan Kusion (replacing Sabu) and Homeless Jimmy vs. Raven and Johnny Webb (Special guest referee Terry Funk) 7. Team Rev Pro (Ron Rivera, Disco Machine and Joey Ryan) (with Mr. McPhenom and CW Anderson) vs. Team XPW (Jardi Frantz, Vinnie Massaro and X-Pac) 8. Luke Hawx vs. Jack Evans vs. Scorpio Sky 9. The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) vs. The Westside NGZ (Big Rott and Chronic) 10. Supreme vs. Necro Butcher (Double Hell, Barbed Wire Chairs, Barbed Wire Light Tube Tables, Light Tube Table, Thumbtacks, Beds of Mouse Traps & Light Tubes Death match)
- published: 21 Sep 2012
- views: 4154
- author: HereComesTheAx
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART ONE - MAY 1, 2011 - MAXWELL DEMILLE'S CICADA CLUB
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- Duration: 56:27
- Updated: 28 Sep 2011
Recorded live at Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club in Los Angeles. CHESTER WHITMORE is perhaps the most versatile and knowledgeable tap artist of the current generation with an already unique career as a dancer, choreographer, arranger and dedicated historian. A master of a variety of American vernacular dance styles from Tap to Lindy Hop and from Jazz, to Hip-Hop, Mr. Whitmore has choreographed such productions as Porgy and Bess, Guys and Dolls and Treemonisha, directed tributes to Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers and Fats Waller. About the Music: For the Central Avenue Revue, Mr. Whitmore presents his dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. More info at ClubCicada.com
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Recorded live at Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club in Los Angeles. CHESTER WHITMORE is perhaps the most versatile and knowledgeable tap artist of the current generation with an already unique career as a dancer, choreographer, arranger and dedicated historian. A master of a variety of American vernacular dance styles from Tap to Lindy Hop and from Jazz, to Hip-Hop, Mr. Whitmore has choreographed such productions as Porgy and Bess, Guys and Dolls and Treemonisha, directed tributes to Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers and Fats Waller. About the Music: For the Central Avenue Revue, Mr. Whitmore presents his dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. More info at ClubCicada.com
- published: 02 May 2011
- views: 562
- author: famouspictures
Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
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- Duration: 94:05
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
A 1929 musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. It is basically a Follies production, with cameo appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan and Eddie Cantor. The movie contains brief shots of Noah Beery, Irving Berlin, Billie Burke, Charles B. Dillingham, Texas Guinan, Otto Kahn, Ring Lardner and Mayor of New York City Jimmy Walker as themselves. There is also an uncredited, non-speaking scene with Johnny Weissmuller wearing nothing but a fig leaf. The greater part of the final half of the film is a revue given over to a re-creation of a Follies production, replete with musical solos by Rudy Vallee and Helen Morgan and a comedy sketch with Eddie Cantor and Louis Sorin as a pair of Jewish tailors. Director: Millard Webb Writers: JP McEvoy (from the story by), Millard Webb (from the story by) Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor and Helen Morgan
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A 1929 musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. It is basically a Follies production, with cameo appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan and Eddie Cantor. The movie contains brief shots of Noah Beery, Irving Berlin, Billie Burke, Charles B. Dillingham, Texas Guinan, Otto Kahn, Ring Lardner and Mayor of New York City Jimmy Walker as themselves. There is also an uncredited, non-speaking scene with Johnny Weissmuller wearing nothing but a fig leaf. The greater part of the final half of the film is a revue given over to a re-creation of a Follies production, replete with musical solos by Rudy Vallee and Helen Morgan and a comedy sketch with Eddie Cantor and Louis Sorin as a pair of Jewish tailors. Director: Millard Webb Writers: JP McEvoy (from the story by), Millard Webb (from the story by) Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor and Helen Morgan
- published: 01 Dec 2012
- views: 169
- author: MrFilmschatten
The Live Wire (1935)
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- Duration: 58:12
- Updated: 16 Jun 2012
Director: Harry S. Webb Production Company: Reliable Pictures Corporation Starring: Richard Talmadge, Alberta Vaughn, George Walsh, George Chesebro, Charles K. French, Martin Turner, Henry Roquemore, Jimmy Aubrey, Ben Hall Synopsis: A sailor finds an ancient vase on an uncharted island. He is later hired by archaeologists to lead them back to the island. They discover the temples of a lost civilization. (www.imdb.com
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Director: Harry S. Webb Production Company: Reliable Pictures Corporation Starring: Richard Talmadge, Alberta Vaughn, George Walsh, George Chesebro, Charles K. French, Martin Turner, Henry Roquemore, Jimmy Aubrey, Ben Hall Synopsis: A sailor finds an ancient vase on an uncharted island. He is later hired by archaeologists to lead them back to the island. They discover the temples of a lost civilization. (www.imdb.com
- published: 16 Jun 2012
- views: 97
- author: nvdktube
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Jimmy Webb interview excerpt
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- Duration: 9:49
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
In this segment of an interview with Jimmy Webb the legendary pop songwriter & recording artist talks about the excitement of working in Los Angeles recording studios in the 1960s and meeting colleagues like Johnny Rivers and some of the most famous studio musicians of the era.
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In this segment of an interview with Jimmy Webb the legendary pop songwriter & recording artist talks about the excitement of working in Los Angeles recording studios in the 1960s and meeting colleagues like Johnny Rivers and some of the most famous studio musicians of the era.
- published: 19 Jan 2012
- views: 3057
- author: archivesmp
JIMMY WEBB DINI PETTY INTERVIEW 1 1
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- Duration: 8:28
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
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JIMMY WEBB PF Sloan
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
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Jimmy Webb Didn't We
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
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JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
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- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
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This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
- published: 20 Jun 2007
- views: 166190
- author: milestoneexpress
Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
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- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
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Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 18 Oct 2010
- views: 20774
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
Cher Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Cher - Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Jimmy Webb Hits
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Cher - Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Jimmy Webb Hits
- published: 25 Nov 2008
- views: 76861
- author: Mickey Rushton
Jimmy Webb INTERVIEW
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- Duration: 5:58
- Updated: 19 Mar 2012
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Jimmy Webb and Mark Knopfler - The Highwayman
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- Duration: 4:18
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Beautiful new version of "The Highwayman" featuring Mark Knopfler. Jimmy Webb's new album "Just Across The River" is available now!
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Beautiful new version of "The Highwayman" featuring Mark Knopfler. Jimmy Webb's new album "Just Across The River" is available now!
- published: 29 Jun 2010
- views: 53401
- author: PilkiesMakinMusic
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress - Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 3:55
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a...
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Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a...
- published: 25 Nov 2008
- views: 83328
- author: granako
Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
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- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
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Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
- published: 28 Jul 2010
- views: 15070
- author: WFUVRADIO
Jimmy Webb - All I know
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- Duration: 3:54
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Jimmy Webb All I Know From "Ten Easy pieces"
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Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
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- Duration: 7:31
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
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Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
- published: 10 Dec 2006
- views: 147215
- author: owencoffin
Jimmy Webb - The Worst That Could Happen
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- Duration: 9:08
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
performed at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, August 21, 2010 (song starts at 3:55)
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performed at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, August 21, 2010 (song starts at 3:55)
- published: 28 Aug 2010
- views: 11985
- author: hmc1410
Jimmy Webb remembers Richard Harris
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- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 29 Sep 2012
Jimmy Webb has many stories to tell. In this one, told during a benefit for the Blue Door venue in Oklahoma City, he recalls traveling the Irish countryside with actor and singer Richard Harris. It served as an introduction to the song "No Signs of Age" from Jimmy's "Twilight of the Renegades" album. The song is not included, just the fond remembrance of Richard Harris and days gone by.
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Jimmy Webb has many stories to tell. In this one, told during a benefit for the Blue Door venue in Oklahoma City, he recalls traveling the Irish countryside with actor and singer Richard Harris. It served as an introduction to the song "No Signs of Age" from Jimmy's "Twilight of the Renegades" album. The song is not included, just the fond remembrance of Richard Harris and days gone by.
- published: 02 Oct 2006
- views: 29813
- author: robwired
JIMMY WEBB LIVE INTERVIEW ON JOOLS HOLLAND. JOOLES
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- Duration: 3:54
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Jimmy Webb on Jools Holland interview.
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Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
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- Duration: 8:54
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
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JIMMY WEBB DINI PETTY INTERVIEW 2 1
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- Duration: 11:26
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
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Jimmy Webb (featuring Linda Ronstadt) - All I Know
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- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
All I Know by Jimmy Webb-featuring Linda Ronstadt - from his 2010 "Just Across The River" album - the song was written by Jimmy Webb and made popular by Art Garfunkel in 1973
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All I Know by Jimmy Webb-featuring Linda Ronstadt - from his 2010 "Just Across The River" album - the song was written by Jimmy Webb and made popular by Art Garfunkel in 1973
- published: 24 Dec 2011
- views: 3881
- author: Jymster46
Glen Campbell on Jimmy Webb
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- Duration: 1:39
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
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Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
- published: 06 Aug 2008
- views: 36426
- author: rodneywbrown
Jimmy Webb sings "Only One Life"
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- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
from The Children's Crusade. Dedicated to Michael Bennett. Performed at the Reno Sweeney's Reunion benefit concert at the Bottom Line.
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from The Children's Crusade. Dedicated to Michael Bennett. Performed at the Reno Sweeney's Reunion benefit concert at the Bottom Line.
- published: 28 Aug 2008
- views: 14672
- author: BettyByte
Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb GALVESTON
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- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
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Jimmy Webb - Angel Heart
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- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Drums:Jeffrey Porcaro
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4:48
Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show....
published: 28 Jul 2010
author: WFUVRADIO
Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
- published: 28 Jul 2010
- views: 15117
- author: WFUVRADIO
4:05
JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichit...
published: 20 Jun 2007
author: milestoneexpress
JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
- published: 20 Jun 2007
- views: 166318
- author: milestoneexpress
4:45
TWIGGY, JIMMY WEBB, VAL DOONICAN - JIMMY WEBB MEDLEY live (1977)
Twiggy, Val Doonican and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Webb's songs. Featured perfromance...
published: 10 Sep 2010
author: twiggyofficial
TWIGGY, JIMMY WEBB, VAL DOONICAN - JIMMY WEBB MEDLEY live (1977)
Twiggy, Val Doonican and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Webb's songs. Featured perfromances include 'Wichita Lineman', 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix', 'Didn't We' and 'Up, Up And Away'.
- published: 10 Sep 2010
- views: 1632
- author: twiggyofficial
7:31
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October ...
published: 10 Dec 2006
author: owencoffin
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
- published: 10 Dec 2006
- views: 147292
- author: owencoffin
3:10
Jimmy Webb - Live at Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)
Clips of Grammy award winning songwriter Jimmy Webb performing live at Lincoln Hall in Chi...
published: 22 Aug 2010
author: jetluvr2000
Jimmy Webb - Live at Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)
Clips of Grammy award winning songwriter Jimmy Webb performing live at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL. Clips include 3 of Webb's biggest hits - Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, and MacArthur Park.
- published: 22 Aug 2010
- views: 316
- author: jetluvr2000
9:14
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in Byron Bay
Jimmy Webb performed live last Saturday evening in Byron Bay, we were treated to an uplift...
published: 12 Jul 2011
author: Sean O'Shea
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in Byron Bay
Jimmy Webb performed live last Saturday evening in Byron Bay, we were treated to an uplifting and joyful evening of music and storytelling from one of America's songwriting legends, Jimmy Webb .So what was it like hearing 'MacArthur Park' sung by it's composer and played on the magnificent Steinway? Well you could have thought Richard Harris was in the room for it was a momentous, inspiring and surreal experience for the audience. The piano and Jimmy's singing soared, the instrument was unleashed from the confines of the ordinary and it was a privilege to witness it. Thank you Jimmy Webb!
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 1544
- author: Sean O'Shea
6:30
Jimmy Webb Live in 1986
Jimmy Webb does a medley of his hits at the 1986 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at th...
published: 19 Oct 2010
author: KEVIN ODEGARD
Jimmy Webb Live in 1986
Jimmy Webb does a medley of his hits at the 1986 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 19 Oct 2010
- views: 490
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
1:39
Glen Campbell on Jimmy Webb
Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central...
published: 06 Aug 2008
author: rodneywbrown
Glen Campbell on Jimmy Webb
Glen talks about his partnership with songwriter Jimmy Webb on MotorTown Music Central
- published: 06 Aug 2008
- views: 36471
- author: rodneywbrown
4:24
Jimmy Webb Live: What Does a Woman See in a Man?
Taken at Casa Candela House Concert; September 2011. Sponsored by www.backpagemagazine.com...
published: 18 Oct 2011
author: backpagemag
Jimmy Webb Live: What Does a Woman See in a Man?
Taken at Casa Candela House Concert; September 2011. Sponsored by www.backpagemagazine.com. Video by Frank Buddenbrock. LYRICS: He stinks to high heaven, half covered with hair And grunts just like some old orang-utan While she smells of clean skin and a trace of jasmine And speaks like a first rate librarian His stomach hangs out, there's a hump on his back He eats like Conan the Barbarian While she keeps herself trim, and her posture is prim Her manners are quite cosmopolitan He laughs like a donkey and farts in the bed And flips cigarettes in the can But she always acts nice, with no visible vice Tell me, what does a woman see in a man? He hangs out in bars and he tells stupid jokes And seems to think he's a comedian But she's clever, polite, stays sober all night And sips on her one Presbyterian He drives a gas hog like Attila the Hun And woe to the luckless pedestrian While she prefers bikes and bird-watching hikes And sailing and riding equestrian He has a name like Duane or Leroy Hers is Vanessa or Anne Hers sounds like a song But Duane is all wrong Tell me, what does a woman see in a man? [Bridge] Doesn't she know that she's unique Doesn't she know that he's just a freak - of nature Overbearing, insecure, wanting love but so unsure Loving her because she's pure And yet, dreaming of orgies in Vegas or Cannes He preens and strikes poses Olympian While she shoulders the cross And lets him play boss His nurse and long-suffering Samaritan He brags about knocking the ...
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 429
- author: backpagemag
3:11
The Last Unicorn live performance Jimmy Webb America Peter Andrew Danzig
Welcome to the Red Room- Society Hill Playhouse Performance from Philadelphia actor/singer...
published: 08 Aug 2009
author: peterandrewdanzig
The Last Unicorn live performance Jimmy Webb America Peter Andrew Danzig
Welcome to the Red Room- Society Hill Playhouse Performance from Philadelphia actor/singer- Peter Andrew Danzig Song Title: The Last Unicorn For updates on my work please visit www.peterandrewdanzig.com "The Last Unicorn" lyrics and music are copyrighted by Jimmy Webb
- published: 08 Aug 2009
- views: 2581
- author: peterandrewdanzig
10:01
Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern...
published: 18 Oct 2010
author: KEVIN ODEGARD
Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 18 Oct 2010
- views: 20893
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
3:54
JIMMY WEBB LIVE INTERVIEW ON JOOLS HOLLAND. JOOLES
Jimmy Webb on Jools Holland interview....
published: 12 Jun 2007
author: milestoneexpress
JIMMY WEBB LIVE INTERVIEW ON JOOLS HOLLAND. JOOLES
Jimmy Webb on Jools Holland interview.
- published: 12 Jun 2007
- views: 19305
- author: milestoneexpress
4:08
Paddy McAloon & Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman
Jimmy Webb, performing his classic song 'The Highwayman' with Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloo...
published: 26 Feb 2008
author: sproutnet
Paddy McAloon & Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman
Jimmy Webb, performing his classic song 'The Highwayman' with Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon (and a thirty-piece orchestra), live on 'An Eye To The Music' in 1991. This was sent in by Jim Williams, and has been brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net
- published: 26 Feb 2008
- views: 66221
- author: sproutnet
0:16
Jimmy Webb Live
Jimmy Webb, singer/songwriter mainly from the 60s and 70s performed live at Oklahoma City ...
published: 19 Jun 2007
author: singingme2000
Jimmy Webb Live
Jimmy Webb, singer/songwriter mainly from the 60s and 70s performed live at Oklahoma City University's 2007 Graduation Commencement.
- published: 19 Jun 2007
- views: 1245
- author: singingme2000
Vimeo results:
4:07
"Mark David Chapman" Music Video
MSI's "Mark David Chapman" directed by Mike Dahlquist http://www.mikedahlquist.com/
Get th...
published: 13 Jan 2009
author: Mindless Self Indulgence
"Mark David Chapman" Music Video
MSI's "Mark David Chapman" directed by Mike Dahlquist http://www.mikedahlquist.com/
Get the song and music video (in 3 formats including iPod, iPhone, and HQ) on the new single for "Evening Wear/Mark David Chapman"...pre-order at http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/mdccontest/ for a chance to get some of Jimmy's suit worn on the IF tour!
Directed, shot, cut, and comosited by: Mike Dahlquist
3D animation and modeling by: Trenton Moore
Written by: Mike Dahlquist with help from Alex Morrison and Zack Keck
Produced by: Maxx James and James Galus
Very special thanks to: Mike's mom and pop, David Dahlquist, Club Retro, Brad Clark, Richee Witt, Bill H & Sean Francis and all at BRAT Marketing, Andreas Katsambas and all at The End Records, Marke Reed, Victor Wlodinguer, Ken Anderson, Irma Csermak, Michael Arfin, Lucas Nedm, Trevor Fowles, Caitlin Scott, Daniel Webb, Jorden Haley, Ariel Ryan, Tom Larkin, Andrew Kramer, Mark Clark and his Auntie, Frank Casanova, Steevee OFMG, Joe Herz, and Trenton's Mom and Dad
Original version of the song from the album "IF" - available at http://theomegaorder.com/msi
3:31
Invisible Man Project, 8c++?
Daniel Woods and Jimmy Webb were in Hueco earlier this winter, and brushed up holds to th...
published: 26 Feb 2011
author: Courtney Sanders
Invisible Man Project, 8c++?
Daniel Woods and Jimmy Webb were in Hueco earlier this winter, and brushed up holds to the left of Terremer, 8c, Terre de Siene, 8b, and Diaphanous Sea, 8a+. They dubbed it as the "Invisible Man Project" because all the holds are half the size of Terremer
1:00
Mello Yello 'Animated River Journey'
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Director: againstallodds
Creative Director (againsta...
published: 04 Jul 2011
author: Passion Pictures
Mello Yello 'Animated River Journey'
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Director: againstallodds
Creative Director (againstallodds): Derek Picken
Executive Producer (againstallodds): Josh Thorne
Producer (againstallodds): Fritte Colliander
Producer (Passion Pictures): Angela Foster
Production Manager: Manuela Cripps
Designer: Johan Idesjö
Lead Animators: Niklas Rissler & Kevin Grady
Clean-up supervisor: Johan Sonestedt
2D C-U Artists: Veronica Wallenberg, Daniel Damm, My Eklund, Martin Nyberg, Anders Worm, Rebbeca Spanier, Alexandra Campbell-Marshall, Angelika Nagy, Lindor Tidäng
Compositing: Manne Sjögren
3D: ILP Stockholm
VFX Supervisors: Yafei Wu
VFX Producer: Måns Björklund
3D lead: Niklas Ström
3D artists: Jonas Andersson, Bobo Skipper, Saleh Najib, Jason Martin, Björn Malmgren, Damir Filipovic, Egil Eskilsson, Eric Schemp, Mike Lundahl, Marcus Ottoson
2D lead: David Wahlberg
2D artists: Jens Tenland, Kalle Lundberg, Niklas Nyqvist
Agency Mutt Industries - Portland, OR
Agency Producer Chris Lawson
Creative Director Scott Cromer
Creative Director Mike McCommon
Creative Director Steve Luker
Art Director Nick Cline
Art Director Damien Webb
Music Supervisor Al James
Music: Singing Serpent
Executive Producer: Dennis Culp
Composer: Jimmy Reves
Sound Design and Mix: Dogfish Sound
Audio Engineer Drew Canulette
Final Conform Cinema Concepts
VP, Studio Director John Price
1:27
A Fine Line - Film Trailer
WINNER - 2012 Mammoth Mountain Film Awards - Best Feature
VEGAS INDIE FILM FEST! 2012 Offi...
published: 06 Sep 2011
author: Andrew Kornylak
A Fine Line - Film Trailer
WINNER - 2012 Mammoth Mountain Film Awards - Best Feature
VEGAS INDIE FILM FEST! 2012 Official Selection
Now shipping on DVD! http://www.hdclimbingvideos.com/products/fine-line
See an excerpt for free HERE http://vimeo.com/34423456
"A long-awaited gift to the bouldering community" - Andrew Bisharat / Rock & Ice Magazine
"Beautiful, intelligent..." - Escalade Magazine
"Raised the bar in terms of simplicity, story-line and beauty" - Joe Kinder
"Amazing... A new breed of climbing movies is here." - John Glassberg / LouderThan11
A Fine Line
A new full-length film from directors Andrew Kornylak and Josh Fowler for Dead Point Media, A Fine Line follows one season with some of the world's most visionary boulderers as they pursue the best - and worst - rock in America, from Alpine Colorado to remote Idaho and the Deep South.
Featuring Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges, Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Peter Beal, and other top climbers, A Fine Line is a beautiful visual meditation on the bouldering life.
If you are interested in screening this film to an audience anywhere in the world, we have a screening package available! contact director Andrew Kornylak akornylak@gmail.com
Check out more reviews here: http://theblindmonkey.com/2011/09/a-fine-line-2/
Music: Drift Gently, by Brad Senne
Youtube results:
9:13
Jimmy Webb : The Highwayman and more LIVE at Casa Candela
Jimmy Webb performing at Casa Candela. House concert for www.backpagemagazine.com. Many th...
published: 18 Oct 2011
author: backpagemag
Jimmy Webb : The Highwayman and more LIVE at Casa Candela
Jimmy Webb performing at Casa Candela. House concert for www.backpagemagazine.com. Many thanks to videographer Abi Colbeck from Sabyrtooth.
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 729
- author: backpagemag
7:09
Glen Campbell - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress & Wichita Lineman (Live in Dublin 2011)
Glen Campbell & his band perform "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" & "Wichita Lineman" (both ...
published: 20 Nov 2011
author: johnvideos2009
Glen Campbell - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress & Wichita Lineman (Live in Dublin 2011)
Glen Campbell & his band perform "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" & "Wichita Lineman" (both Jimmy Webb songs) at the The Convention Centre in Dublin (Ireland) on November 19th, 2011. The Goodbye Tour. I was just a member of the audience there to see Glen Campbell perform. I brought a little pocket camera with me and decided to film some of the concert. I thought the video came out quite well so decided to share it here in Youtube. Enjoy :-) --------------------------------------------
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 6058
- author: johnvideos2009
38:27
[HQ] The Last Unicorn Soundtrack - OST - Jimmy Webb & America (complete)
Tracklist: 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Man' Road 3. In The Sea 4. Now That I'm A Woman 5. That'...
published: 10 Oct 2012
author: SoundtrackUniverses
[HQ] The Last Unicorn Soundtrack - OST - Jimmy Webb & America (complete)
Tracklist: 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Man' Road 3. In The Sea 4. Now That I'm A Woman 5. That' All I've Got To Say 6. The Last Unicorn Part 2 7. Forest Awakens 8. Red Soup 9. Red Bull Attacks 10. The Cat 11. The Tree 12. Haggard's Unicorns 13. Bull-Unicorn-Woman 14. Unicorns In The Sea 15. Unicorn And Lear
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 961
- author: SoundtrackUniverses
46:52
The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones, live at Yaki da
The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones (www.myspace.com live at Yaki da on 2012-03-08. Set lis...
published: 11 Mar 2012
author: Babymech2
The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones, live at Yaki da
The Bitter and Sick and Die Alones (www.myspace.com live at Yaki da on 2012-03-08. Set list: The Highwayman (interlude), originally by Jimmy Webb Hurt is All I Get The Highwayman (interlude), originally by Jimmy Webb (You'll get) Bitter and Sick and Die Alone Unknown (interlude) Kärleksvisa, originally by Allan Edvall Didn't turn out the way I planned Blott en dag Unknown (interlude) The Prophet
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 93
- author: Babymech2
29:31
Carly Simon - Songs In Shadow - The Making Of Film Noir
www.carlysimon.com (c) 1997 Milding Inc. Featuring Jimmy Webb, Arif Mardin and Van Dyke Pa...
published: 08 Sep 2012
author: CarlySimonWebsite
Carly Simon - Songs In Shadow - The Making Of Film Noir
www.carlysimon.com (c) 1997 Milding Inc. Featuring Jimmy Webb, Arif Mardin and Van Dyke Parks.
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 126
- author: CarlySimonWebsite
40:22
Vlijt & Volharding - Fanfare Festival SMMGO 2012
Op zaterdag 27 oktober 2012 speelde Vlijt & Volharding mee op het Fanfare Festival van het...
published: 16 Nov 2012
author: renelis1
Vlijt & Volharding - Fanfare Festival SMMGO 2012
Op zaterdag 27 oktober 2012 speelde Vlijt & Volharding mee op het Fanfare Festival van het SMMGO te Ouddorp. De volgende werken werden door Vlijt & Volharding gespeeld: March Mühledorf - Derek Broadbent (00:15) Bellum et Pax - Stijn Roels (04:19) Mac Arthur Park - Jimmy Webb (19:30) Harmony Festival - Jan de Haan (26:48) www.vlijtenvolharding.net
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 125
- author: renelis1
28:47
VH-1 Behind The Music: Glen Campbell Part I
First half of the full episode original air date 9/19/99...
published: 23 Mar 2012
author: NorwoodGlen
VH-1 Behind The Music: Glen Campbell Part I
First half of the full episode original air date 9/19/99
- published: 23 Mar 2012
- views: 11315
- author: NorwoodGlen
26:20
Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagner Rocha
Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagne...
published: 19 Jun 2011
author: radhames famila
Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagner Rocha
Guilherme Mendes vs ?, B. Malfacine vs Megaton Dias, Jimmy Harbison vs Jonavin Webb, Vagner Rocha Long Video!
- published: 19 Jun 2011
- views: 1162
- author: radhames famila
54:04
Toto - The Seventh One (Full album)
All rights belong to their respective owners The Seventh One is Toto's seventh studio albu...
published: 16 Aug 2012
author: TcSunde33
Toto - The Seventh One (Full album)
All rights belong to their respective owners The Seventh One is Toto's seventh studio album. It was released on march 1, 1988 and became the best-received Toto album since Toto IV. This is the second and last album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. The single "Pamela" reached number 22 in the Billboard charts. The title track, "The Seventh One," is only featured on the Japanese version of the album and on the b-side of the "Pamela" single. It was also released on some compilations on a later date. Track list: 1. "Pamela" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 00:00 2. "You Got Me" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 05:10 3. "Anna" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 08:23 4. "Stop Loving You" (Steve Lukather, David Paich) - 13:18 5. "Mushanga" (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro) - 17:49 6. "Stay Away" (David Paich, Steve Lukather) - 23:25 7. "Straight for the Heart" (David Paich, Joseph Williams) - 28:57 8. "Only the Children" (David Paich, Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams) - 33:10 9. "A Thousand Years" (Joseph Williams, Mark T. Williams, David Paich) - 37:20 10. "These Chains" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 42:14 11. "Home of the Brave" (D. Paich, S. Lukather, Jimmy Webb & J. Williams) - 47:14
- published: 16 Aug 2012
- views: 35759
- author: TcSunde33
46:26
Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks
Webb Wilder and his band, The Beatnecks perform at the Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana M...
published: 27 Jun 2011
author: jamminathippiejacks
Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks
Webb Wilder and his band, The Beatnecks perform at the Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Music Festival in Overton County, TN. Self described as "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." In essence: Rock and Roll. There are roots rockers, and then there's Webb Wilder. Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." His raucous live shows featuring his booming baritone, blazing guitar licks and punchy rhythm section - overlaid with a healthy dose of his quirky humor - have created a devoted worldwide following of enthusiastic fans. His last 2 CD's went to #1 on the Roots Rock Chart. Using all manner of media (music, movies, TV, print and radio), Webb Wilder has been impacting Popular culture, and it him, for way over 20 years. Webb was recently inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame for 2010! He is now listed alongside Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Buffett, BB King, Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, and Jimmy Rogers.
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 7523
- author: jamminathippiejacks
34:07
Dj Auerbach _ dj set at BLACK HORSE
www.DJauerbach.it live dj set at BLACK HORSE baia flaminia pesaro 1999 music selection the...
published: 30 Aug 2012
author: denceflor
Dj Auerbach _ dj set at BLACK HORSE
www.DJauerbach.it live dj set at BLACK HORSE baia flaminia pesaro 1999 music selection the wiseguys - ooh la la everything but the girl - future is future nunez - in my life jimmy l. webb - mac arthur park casey finch - shake your booty jestofunk - special love
- published: 30 Aug 2012
- views: 52
- author: denceflor
21:39
A Good Man is Hard to Find
A amateur film done in 1995 in Rebecca Georgia based on the Literary Study of Catholic and...
published: 27 Oct 2012
author: HorusManChild
A Good Man is Hard to Find
A amateur film done in 1995 in Rebecca Georgia based on the Literary Study of Catholic and southern writer Flannery O'Connor Director: Mark A. Williams Screenplay, Edit, Music Score: David J. Webb Producer: Auther "Moe" Wilkinson
- published: 27 Oct 2012
- views: 13
- author: HorusManChild
30:03
Argumental s04e01 / series 4 episode 1 - Jimmy Carr, Russell Kane (rus sub)
Перевод - Артём Ионов (vk.com/ionoff24) Раздача - rutracker.org "Argumental" - импровизаци...
published: 17 Apr 2012
author: IonOFF24
Argumental s04e01 / series 4 episode 1 - Jimmy Carr, Russell Kane (rus sub)
Перевод - Артём Ионов (vk.com/ionoff24) Раздача - rutracker.org "Argumental" - импровизационное игровое британское телешоу, в которым участвуют знаменитости. Ведущий - Шон Локк. В этом выпуске в качестве гостя появился комик Джимми Карр.
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 14095
- author: IonOFF24
28:59
That Mitchell and Webb Look S02E06
...
published: 24 Jul 2012
author: rtodhunters
That Mitchell and Webb Look S02E06
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 20857
- author: rtodhunters
52:26
[69/70] The Big Match [14-03-1970]
This edition contains: - Full highlights of the FA Cup Semifinal (Chelsea vs Watford at Wh...
published: 22 Mar 2012
author: FootballGaffesGalore
[69/70] The Big Match [14-03-1970]
This edition contains: - Full highlights of the FA Cup Semifinal (Chelsea vs Watford at White Hart Lane) - Jimmy Hill interviews Alan Hudson (Chelsea) - The 12 candidates to win the Golden Goals Competition of 1970
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 7264
- author: FootballGaffesGalore
148:51
XPW Baptized In Blood
First Round Matches: Supreme vs. Kaos - Beds of Barbwire and Nails Match "White Trash" Joh...
published: 16 Sep 2012
author: HereComesTheAx
XPW Baptized In Blood
First Round Matches: Supreme vs. Kaos - Beds of Barbwire and Nails Match "White Trash" Johnny Webb vs. The Messiah - Barbed Wire Ladder and Thumbtack Match Kronus vs. Carlito Montana - Beds of Barbed Wire and Light Bulbs Match "Homeless" Jimmy vs. Axl Rotten - Barbed Wire Bat, Bed of Nails...
- published: 16 Sep 2012
- views: 2889
- author: HereComesTheAx
Vimeo results:
4:07
"Mark David Chapman" Music Video
MSI's "Mark David Chapman" directed by Mike Dahlquist http://www.mikedahlquist.com/
Get th...
published: 13 Jan 2009
author: Mindless Self Indulgence
"Mark David Chapman" Music Video
MSI's "Mark David Chapman" directed by Mike Dahlquist http://www.mikedahlquist.com/
Get the song and music video (in 3 formats including iPod, iPhone, and HQ) on the new single for "Evening Wear/Mark David Chapman"...pre-order at http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/mdccontest/ for a chance to get some of Jimmy's suit worn on the IF tour!
Directed, shot, cut, and comosited by: Mike Dahlquist
3D animation and modeling by: Trenton Moore
Written by: Mike Dahlquist with help from Alex Morrison and Zack Keck
Produced by: Maxx James and James Galus
Very special thanks to: Mike's mom and pop, David Dahlquist, Club Retro, Brad Clark, Richee Witt, Bill H & Sean Francis and all at BRAT Marketing, Andreas Katsambas and all at The End Records, Marke Reed, Victor Wlodinguer, Ken Anderson, Irma Csermak, Michael Arfin, Lucas Nedm, Trevor Fowles, Caitlin Scott, Daniel Webb, Jorden Haley, Ariel Ryan, Tom Larkin, Andrew Kramer, Mark Clark and his Auntie, Frank Casanova, Steevee OFMG, Joe Herz, and Trenton's Mom and Dad
Original version of the song from the album "IF" - available at http://theomegaorder.com/msi
3:31
Invisible Man Project, 8c++?
Daniel Woods and Jimmy Webb were in Hueco earlier this winter, and brushed up holds to th...
published: 26 Feb 2011
author: Courtney Sanders
Invisible Man Project, 8c++?
Daniel Woods and Jimmy Webb were in Hueco earlier this winter, and brushed up holds to the left of Terremer, 8c, Terre de Siene, 8b, and Diaphanous Sea, 8a+. They dubbed it as the "Invisible Man Project" because all the holds are half the size of Terremer
1:00
Mello Yello 'Animated River Journey'
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Director: againstallodds
Creative Director (againsta...
published: 04 Jul 2011
author: Passion Pictures
Mello Yello 'Animated River Journey'
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Director: againstallodds
Creative Director (againstallodds): Derek Picken
Executive Producer (againstallodds): Josh Thorne
Producer (againstallodds): Fritte Colliander
Producer (Passion Pictures): Angela Foster
Production Manager: Manuela Cripps
Designer: Johan Idesjö
Lead Animators: Niklas Rissler & Kevin Grady
Clean-up supervisor: Johan Sonestedt
2D C-U Artists: Veronica Wallenberg, Daniel Damm, My Eklund, Martin Nyberg, Anders Worm, Rebbeca Spanier, Alexandra Campbell-Marshall, Angelika Nagy, Lindor Tidäng
Compositing: Manne Sjögren
3D: ILP Stockholm
VFX Supervisors: Yafei Wu
VFX Producer: Måns Björklund
3D lead: Niklas Ström
3D artists: Jonas Andersson, Bobo Skipper, Saleh Najib, Jason Martin, Björn Malmgren, Damir Filipovic, Egil Eskilsson, Eric Schemp, Mike Lundahl, Marcus Ottoson
2D lead: David Wahlberg
2D artists: Jens Tenland, Kalle Lundberg, Niklas Nyqvist
Agency Mutt Industries - Portland, OR
Agency Producer Chris Lawson
Creative Director Scott Cromer
Creative Director Mike McCommon
Creative Director Steve Luker
Art Director Nick Cline
Art Director Damien Webb
Music Supervisor Al James
Music: Singing Serpent
Executive Producer: Dennis Culp
Composer: Jimmy Reves
Sound Design and Mix: Dogfish Sound
Audio Engineer Drew Canulette
Final Conform Cinema Concepts
VP, Studio Director John Price
1:27
A Fine Line - Film Trailer
WINNER - 2012 Mammoth Mountain Film Awards - Best Feature
VEGAS INDIE FILM FEST! 2012 Offi...
published: 06 Sep 2011
author: Andrew Kornylak
A Fine Line - Film Trailer
WINNER - 2012 Mammoth Mountain Film Awards - Best Feature
VEGAS INDIE FILM FEST! 2012 Official Selection
Now shipping on DVD! http://www.hdclimbingvideos.com/products/fine-line
See an excerpt for free HERE http://vimeo.com/34423456
"A long-awaited gift to the bouldering community" - Andrew Bisharat / Rock & Ice Magazine
"Beautiful, intelligent..." - Escalade Magazine
"Raised the bar in terms of simplicity, story-line and beauty" - Joe Kinder
"Amazing... A new breed of climbing movies is here." - John Glassberg / LouderThan11
A Fine Line
A new full-length film from directors Andrew Kornylak and Josh Fowler for Dead Point Media, A Fine Line follows one season with some of the world's most visionary boulderers as they pursue the best - and worst - rock in America, from Alpine Colorado to remote Idaho and the Deep South.
Featuring Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges, Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Peter Beal, and other top climbers, A Fine Line is a beautiful visual meditation on the bouldering life.
If you are interested in screening this film to an audience anywhere in the world, we have a screening package available! contact director Andrew Kornylak akornylak@gmail.com
Check out more reviews here: http://theblindmonkey.com/2011/09/a-fine-line-2/
Music: Drift Gently, by Brad Senne
Youtube results:
64:54
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART TWO - MAY 10, 2006 - CICADA CLUB
Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jaz...
published: 11 May 2009
author: famouspictures
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART TWO - MAY 10, 2006 - CICADA CLUB
Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nightclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!
- published: 11 May 2009
- views: 587
- author: famouspictures
67:28
In The Dirt 5.28.12 - Jimmy Owens - Jim Moon - Robby Hensley
5.28.12 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks gues...
published: 02 Jun 2012
author: dirtracingconnection
In The Dirt 5.28.12 - Jimmy Owens - Jim Moon - Robby Hensley
5.28.12 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks guest were: Robby Hensley, Jimmy Owens and Jim Moon. You can listen in live every Monday night at 7pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com
- published: 02 Jun 2012
- views: 254
- author: dirtracingconnection
72:29
In The Dirt 12.12.11 - Chad Stapleton - Eddie Davis - Jimmy Elkins - Tim Sims
12.12.11 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks gue...
published: 13 Dec 2011
author: dirtracingconnection
In The Dirt 12.12.11 - Chad Stapleton - Eddie Davis - Jimmy Elkins - Tim Sims
12.12.11 edition of In The Dirt with Webb Dillard, Kyle May and Brian Gray. This weeks guest were: Chad Stapleton , Eddie Davis, Jimmy Elkins, and Tim Sims . You can listen in live every Monday night at 7pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 397
- author: dirtracingconnection
73:57
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART ONE - MAY 10, 2006 - CICADA CLUB
Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jaz...
published: 11 May 2009
author: famouspictures
CHESTER WHITMORE'S CENTRAL AVE. REVUE - PART ONE - MAY 10, 2006 - CICADA CLUB
Chester Whitmore presents his 18-piece dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nightclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!
- published: 11 May 2009
- views: 804
- author: famouspictures
9:49
Jimmy Webb interview excerpt
In this segment of an interview with Jimmy Webb the legendary pop songwriter & recording a...
published: 19 Jan 2012
author: archivesmp
Jimmy Webb interview excerpt
In this segment of an interview with Jimmy Webb the legendary pop songwriter & recording artist talks about the excitement of working in Los Angeles recording studios in the 1960s and meeting colleagues like Johnny Rivers and some of the most famous studio musicians of the era.
- published: 19 Jan 2012
- views: 3057
- author: archivesmp
4:05
JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichit...
published: 20 Jun 2007
author: milestoneexpress
JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND
This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!
- published: 20 Jun 2007
- views: 166190
- author: milestoneexpress
10:01
Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern...
published: 18 Oct 2010
author: KEVIN ODEGARD
Jimmy Webb & Linda Ronstadt THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS
Jimmy Webb does three songs at the 1988 "Salute to the American Songwriter" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Created and produced for the National Academy of Songwriters by Dean Pitchford, Kevin Odegard, Dene Hofheinz Anton and Tisha Fein. Songs are "Witchita Lineman," "Only One Life" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" sung by special guest Linda Ronstadt. All songs by Jimmy Webb. Copyrights controlled by The Jimmy Webb Music Company jimmywebb.com
- published: 18 Oct 2010
- views: 20774
- author: KEVIN ODEGARD
3:41
Cher Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb
Cher - Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Jimmy Webb Hits...
published: 25 Nov 2008
author: Mickey Rushton
Cher Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb
Cher - Art Garfunkel and Jimmy Webb perform a medley of Jimmy Webb Hits
- published: 25 Nov 2008
- views: 76861
- author: Mickey Rushton
4:18
Jimmy Webb and Mark Knopfler - The Highwayman
Beautiful new version of "The Highwayman" featuring Mark Knopfler. Jimmy Webb's new album ...
published: 29 Jun 2010
author: PilkiesMakinMusic
Jimmy Webb and Mark Knopfler - The Highwayman
Beautiful new version of "The Highwayman" featuring Mark Knopfler. Jimmy Webb's new album "Just Across The River" is available now!
- published: 29 Jun 2010
- views: 53401
- author: PilkiesMakinMusic
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The Moon's a Harsh Mistress - Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky...
published: 25 Nov 2008
author: granako
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress - Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a...
- published: 25 Nov 2008
- views: 83328
- author: granako
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Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show....
published: 28 Jul 2010
author: WFUVRADIO
Jimmy Webb - "Galveston" (Live for WFUV)
Jimmy Webb performs "Galveston" live at The Living Room for WFUV's Marquee Member show.
- published: 28 Jul 2010
- views: 15070
- author: WFUVRADIO
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Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October ...
published: 10 Dec 2006
author: owencoffin
Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live in London 1999
Jimmy Webb Performing 'MacArthur Park' Live at 'The Pizza on the Park' in London, October 1999. Sheer unadulterated genius...!!!!!
- published: 10 Dec 2006
- views: 147215
- author: owencoffin
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Jimmy Webb - The Worst That Could Happen
performed at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, August 21, 2010 (song starts at 3:55)...
published: 28 Aug 2010
author: hmc1410
Jimmy Webb - The Worst That Could Happen
performed at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, August 21, 2010 (song starts at 3:55)
- published: 28 Aug 2010
- views: 11985
- author: hmc1410
Vimeo results:
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"Mark David Chapman" Music Video
MSI's "Mark David Chapman" directed by Mike Dahlquist http://www.mikedahlquist.com/
Get th...
published: 13 Jan 2009
author: Mindless Self Indulgence
"Mark David Chapman" Music Video
MSI's "Mark David Chapman" directed by Mike Dahlquist http://www.mikedahlquist.com/
Get the song and music video (in 3 formats including iPod, iPhone, and HQ) on the new single for "Evening Wear/Mark David Chapman"...pre-order at http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/mdccontest/ for a chance to get some of Jimmy's suit worn on the IF tour!
Directed, shot, cut, and comosited by: Mike Dahlquist
3D animation and modeling by: Trenton Moore
Written by: Mike Dahlquist with help from Alex Morrison and Zack Keck
Produced by: Maxx James and James Galus
Very special thanks to: Mike's mom and pop, David Dahlquist, Club Retro, Brad Clark, Richee Witt, Bill H & Sean Francis and all at BRAT Marketing, Andreas Katsambas and all at The End Records, Marke Reed, Victor Wlodinguer, Ken Anderson, Irma Csermak, Michael Arfin, Lucas Nedm, Trevor Fowles, Caitlin Scott, Daniel Webb, Jorden Haley, Ariel Ryan, Tom Larkin, Andrew Kramer, Mark Clark and his Auntie, Frank Casanova, Steevee OFMG, Joe Herz, and Trenton's Mom and Dad
Original version of the song from the album "IF" - available at http://theomegaorder.com/msi
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Invisible Man Project, 8c++?
Daniel Woods and Jimmy Webb were in Hueco earlier this winter, and brushed up holds to th...
published: 26 Feb 2011
author: Courtney Sanders
Invisible Man Project, 8c++?
Daniel Woods and Jimmy Webb were in Hueco earlier this winter, and brushed up holds to the left of Terremer, 8c, Terre de Siene, 8b, and Diaphanous Sea, 8a+. They dubbed it as the "Invisible Man Project" because all the holds are half the size of Terremer
1:00
Mello Yello 'Animated River Journey'
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Director: againstallodds
Creative Director (againsta...
published: 04 Jul 2011
author: Passion Pictures
Mello Yello 'Animated River Journey'
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Director: againstallodds
Creative Director (againstallodds): Derek Picken
Executive Producer (againstallodds): Josh Thorne
Producer (againstallodds): Fritte Colliander
Producer (Passion Pictures): Angela Foster
Production Manager: Manuela Cripps
Designer: Johan Idesjö
Lead Animators: Niklas Rissler & Kevin Grady
Clean-up supervisor: Johan Sonestedt
2D C-U Artists: Veronica Wallenberg, Daniel Damm, My Eklund, Martin Nyberg, Anders Worm, Rebbeca Spanier, Alexandra Campbell-Marshall, Angelika Nagy, Lindor Tidäng
Compositing: Manne Sjögren
3D: ILP Stockholm
VFX Supervisors: Yafei Wu
VFX Producer: Måns Björklund
3D lead: Niklas Ström
3D artists: Jonas Andersson, Bobo Skipper, Saleh Najib, Jason Martin, Björn Malmgren, Damir Filipovic, Egil Eskilsson, Eric Schemp, Mike Lundahl, Marcus Ottoson
2D lead: David Wahlberg
2D artists: Jens Tenland, Kalle Lundberg, Niklas Nyqvist
Agency Mutt Industries - Portland, OR
Agency Producer Chris Lawson
Creative Director Scott Cromer
Creative Director Mike McCommon
Creative Director Steve Luker
Art Director Nick Cline
Art Director Damien Webb
Music Supervisor Al James
Music: Singing Serpent
Executive Producer: Dennis Culp
Composer: Jimmy Reves
Sound Design and Mix: Dogfish Sound
Audio Engineer Drew Canulette
Final Conform Cinema Concepts
VP, Studio Director John Price
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A Fine Line - Film Trailer
WINNER - 2012 Mammoth Mountain Film Awards - Best Feature
VEGAS INDIE FILM FEST! 2012 Offi...
published: 06 Sep 2011
author: Andrew Kornylak
A Fine Line - Film Trailer
WINNER - 2012 Mammoth Mountain Film Awards - Best Feature
VEGAS INDIE FILM FEST! 2012 Official Selection
Now shipping on DVD! http://www.hdclimbingvideos.com/products/fine-line
See an excerpt for free HERE http://vimeo.com/34423456
"A long-awaited gift to the bouldering community" - Andrew Bisharat / Rock & Ice Magazine
"Beautiful, intelligent..." - Escalade Magazine
"Raised the bar in terms of simplicity, story-line and beauty" - Joe Kinder
"Amazing... A new breed of climbing movies is here." - John Glassberg / LouderThan11
A Fine Line
A new full-length film from directors Andrew Kornylak and Josh Fowler for Dead Point Media, A Fine Line follows one season with some of the world's most visionary boulderers as they pursue the best - and worst - rock in America, from Alpine Colorado to remote Idaho and the Deep South.
Featuring Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges, Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Peter Beal, and other top climbers, A Fine Line is a beautiful visual meditation on the bouldering life.
If you are interested in screening this film to an audience anywhere in the world, we have a screening package available! contact director Andrew Kornylak akornylak@gmail.com
Check out more reviews here: http://theblindmonkey.com/2011/09/a-fine-line-2/
Music: Drift Gently, by Brad Senne
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2:45
Jimmy Webb remembers Richard Harris
Jimmy Webb has many stories to tell. In this one, told during a benefit for the Blue Door ...
published: 02 Oct 2006
author: robwired
Jimmy Webb remembers Richard Harris
Jimmy Webb has many stories to tell. In this one, told during a benefit for the Blue Door venue in Oklahoma City, he recalls traveling the Irish countryside with actor and singer Richard Harris. It served as an introduction to the song "No Signs of Age" from Jimmy's "Twilight of the Renegades" album. The song is not included, just the fond remembrance of Richard Harris and days gone by.
- published: 02 Oct 2006
- views: 29813
- author: robwired
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JIMMY WEBB LIVE INTERVIEW ON JOOLS HOLLAND. JOOLES
Jimmy Webb on Jools Holland interview....
published: 12 Jun 2007
author: milestoneexpress
JIMMY WEBB LIVE INTERVIEW ON JOOLS HOLLAND. JOOLES
Jimmy Webb on Jools Holland interview.
- published: 12 Jun 2007
- views: 19300
- author: milestoneexpress
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Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River....
published: 09 Jun 2010
author: KOCHRECORDS
Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
Jimmy Webb, Just Across The River.
- published: 09 Jun 2010
- views: 13771
- author: KOCHRECORDS
photo: Creative Commons / INABA Tomoaki
16 Jan 2013
YURI KAGEYAMA. AP Business Writers= TOKYO (AP) — Boeing Co.'s 787 planes were grounded for safety checks Wednesday by two major Japanese airlines after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet ... The 787, known as the Dreamliner, is Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced jet, and the company is counting heavily on its success ... The grounding was done voluntarily by the airlines ... The U.S ... U.S....(size: 11.1Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
17 Jan 2013
AMY TEIBEL. Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's premier on Wednesday dismissed President Barack Obama's reported displeasure with his hard-line policies toward the Palestinians, a sisgn that the two could be headed for a showdown. Polls suggest Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to win Israel's elections next week and continue in office ... could suffer in unprecedented ways if the Israeli government doesn't change its policies....(size: 10.2Kb)
photo: GFDL
17 Jan 2013
TOKYO. Aviation regulators on Thursday grounded most of the world's 787 Dreamliner fleet until a fire risk linked to the plane's batteries can been fixed, deepening a crisis for its US manufacturer Boeing. Regulators in Japan, India and Chile followed the lead of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in ordering an indefinite halt to all operations, after a Japanese Dreamliner on Wednesday was forced into an emergency landing ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Michael R. Noggle
18 Jan 2013
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” is Newton’s third law of physics. Its counterpart in geopolitics is “blowback,” when military action in one sphere produces an unintended and undesirable consequence in another. September 11, 2001, was blowback. George H.W. Bush had sent an army of half a million to hurl Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, a triumph ... bases in Saudi Arabia ... Patrick J....(size: 5.8Kb)
photo: French MoD photo
16 Jan 2013
BAMAKO, Mali -- After a punishing bombing campaign failed to halt the advance of al-Qaida-linked fighters, France pledged Tuesday to triple the size of its force in Mali, sending in hundreds more troops as it prepared for a land assault to dislodge the militants occupying the country's northern half ... On Tuesday, France announced that it was increasing the number of troops from 800 to 2,500 ... "We have one objective ... On Tuesday, U.S ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
Kansas City Star
15 Jan 2013
On sale Friday. Miranda Lambert with Dierks Bentley and Lee Brice, March 9, Sprint Center. $21-$51.75. Animal Collective with Dan Deacon, March 21, Midland. $25. Awolnation, April 3, Liberty Hall. $25-$48.85. On the way. The Revival Tour featuring Chuck Ragan, Tim McIlrath, Dave Hause and Rocky Votolato, April 12, Granada. $17 (on sale Jan. 24). Recently added. Stone Sour with Otherwise and Isaac James, Jan ... $8 ... Jimmy Webb, March 22, Knuckleheads....(size: 7.5Kb)
The Examiner
13 Jan 2013
A minor earthquake was felt Sunday morning by California residents living in at least 22 zip code areas, the U.S ... Colton has produced some of America's best-known people, ranging from lawmen Wyatt and Virgil Earp to musicians Jimmy Webb and Jim Messina ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
The Independent
12 Jan 2013
TV pick of the week. Utopia. Tuesday 10pm Channel 4 ... Terrific stuff, with deluxe support from James Fox, Stephen Rea, Geraldine James and Simon McBurney. World Without End. Saturday 9pm Channel 4 ... Filmed in various central European locations (hence the unbroken blue skies and no rain) Charlotte Riley leads the serfs, while Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon trades Jimmy Choos for sackcloth. Blandings ... Jimmy Webb is among the contributors. ....(size: 3.2Kb)
The Examiner
12 Jan 2013
Per a Jan ... David L ... The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame includes such songwriting luminaries as Bobby Braddock, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Hal David, Bob Dylan, Don and Phil Everly, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Vince Gill, Harlan Howard, Alan Jackson, Bob McDill, Roger Miller, Bill Monroe, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, Dottie Rambo, Jimmie Rodgers, Don Schlitz, Cindy Walker, Jimmy Webb, Hank Williams Sr....(size: 4.1Kb)
Business Wire
11 Jan 2013
Groban co-wrote seven of the 12 tracks that appear on “All That Echoes,” which also includes five covers, including Stevie Wonder’s “I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)”, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová’s “Falling Slowly” (the Oscar®-winning song from the film Once), and Jimmy Webb’s “The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress.” Special guests on ......(size: 15.4Kb)
The Examiner
11 Jan 2013
OK, so we caught a break with the Mayan calendar fraud. The snow has disappeared due to one of those mid-January weird Cleveland thaws ... It will make your heart grow three sizes bigger (which is probably covered under Obamacare). Rock On! ... In the intervening years, Fullbright has opened for a host of folk and Americana names—including Jimmy Webb, Joe Ely, Kevin Welch, Michael Fracasso, and Steve Poltz—from Oklahoma to Europe and back ... J.P....(size: 20.8Kb)
Stockhouse
10 Jan 2013
... Slowly” (the Oscar®-winning song from the film Once), and Jimmy Webb’s “The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress.” Special guests on the album include Grammy®-winning trumpet player Arturo Sandoval on “Un Alma Mas” and Italian superstar vocalist Laura Pausini on “E Ti Prometerro.”....(size: 9.0Kb)
noodls
09 Jan 2013
(Source. The University of Georgia). Athens, Ga. - For farmers, the decision to start exporting their products can be daunting or even downright confusing ... 25. Registration will start at 9.30 a.m ... 28 ... 29 ... • Jimmy Webb, a managing partner with Harvey Jordan Farms Partnership in Leary, will speak Jan. 30 ... Webb, a 28-year veteran cotton and peanut producer, has held leadership roles in a number of cotton and peanut trade groups ... 31 ... 1 ... (noodl....(size: 4.4Kb)
Houston Press
09 Jan 2013
Mandolin enthusiasts Mumford and Sons have been on top of the world the past couple of years, dominating rock-driven radio with a folk sound that apparently touches the hearts of hard-rock bros around the world ... 5. The Highwaymen, "Highwayman" ... 1 Country hit, a cover of Jimmy Webb's "Highwayman" that lent its name to both their album and group, was peppered all the synth action you would expect from an '80s recording ... 4 ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
The Examiner
09 Jan 2013
There are few artists in the pop music landscape who have managed to stand the test of time while remaining completely unique and relevant ... http.//youtu.be/aMIFPR3f7Q0 ... The evocative interlude “It May Not Be Enough” feels like Pat Metheny meets Jimmy Webb in the 5th Dimension’s Magic Garden ... Hip Hop band The Roots (of “The Jimmy Fallon Show” fame) replayed a section of “Breakout” in their 2002 song “Quills” (a concert favorite) ... ....(size: 6.7Kb)
Stockhouse
09 Jan 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan ... (Logo. http.//photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070214/CLW048LOGO-b ) ... Groban co-wrote seven of the 12 tracks that appear on ALL THAT ECHOES, which also features five covers, including Stevie Wonder's Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever), Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's Falling Slowly (the Oscar-winning song from the film Once), and Jimmy Webb's The Moon's A Harsh Mistress ... ... (Nasdaq....(size: 4.8Kb)
PR Newswire
09 Jan 2013
-- Pre-Order HSN Exclusive CD and DVD Bundle Now Before Official Debut February 5 -- ... My news for Investors ... Groban co-wrote seven of the 12 tracks that appear on ALL THAT ECHOES, which also features five covers, including Stevie Wonder 's Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever), Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's Falling Slowly (the Oscar-winning song from the film Once), and Jimmy Webb 's The Moon's A Harsh Mistress ... ....(size: 8.5Kb)
The Examiner
04 Jan 2013
3 ... Kramer and the Dakotas, the Fourmost, Ella Fitzgerald (with a cover of "Can't Buy Me Love"), David and Jonathan (who recorded covers of "Michelle" and "She's Leaving Home"), Stan Getz, Seatrain, John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Webb, Neil Sedaka, Billy Preston, Gary Brooker, Paul McCartney ("Say Say Say", "Ebony and Ivory" and Wings' title theme from "Live and Let Die") and Celine Dion.View slideshow ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)
| Jimmy Webb | |
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 Jimmy Webb, 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | (1946-08-15) August 15, 1946 (age 65) Elk City, Oklahoma US |
| Genres | Popular, country, rock |
| Occupations | Songwriter, Composer, Singer |
| Instruments | vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | Epic, Reprise, Asylum, Atlantic, Columbia, Elektra |
| Website | www.jimmywebb.com |
Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum-selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park".[1] His songs have been performed by many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 to 1990.[2] Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.[3][4]
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Early life[link]
Jimmy Layne Webb was born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma. His father, Robert Lee Webb, was a Baptist minister and former member of the United States Marine Corps who presided over rural churches in southwestern Oklahoma and west Texas. With his mother's encouragement, Webb learned piano and organ, and by the age of 12 was playing in the choir of his father's churches, accompanied by his father on guitar and his mother on accordion. Webb grew up in a conservative religious home where his father restricted radio listening to country music and white gospel music.
During the late 1950s, Webb started writing songs, influenced by the church music he played and also by some of the new music he heard, including Elvis Presley. In 1961, at the age of 14, he bought his first record, "Turn Around, Look at Me" by Glen Campbell. Webb was drawn to the singer's distinctive voice.[5]
In 1964, Webb and his family moved to Southern California, where he attended San Bernardino Valley College studying music. Following the death of his mother in 1965, his father made plans to return to Oklahoma. Webb decided to stay in California to continue his music studies and to pursue a career as a songwriter in Los Angeles. As father and son said goodbye in San Bernardino, Webb would later recall his father saying, "This songwriting thing is going to break your heart." But seeing that his son was determined to be a success, he gave his son $40. "It's not much", he said, "but it's all I have."[5]
Early songwriting success[link]
After transcribing other people's music for a small music publisher, Webb was signed to a songwriting contract with Jobete Music, the publishing arm of Motown Records. The first commercial recording of a Jimmy Webb song was "My Christmas Tree" by The Supremes, which appeared on their 1965 Merry Christmas album. The following year, Webb met singer and producer Johnny Rivers, who signed him to a publishing deal and recorded his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" on his 1966 album Changes.[6]
In 1967, Rivers turned to Webb for songs for a new group Rivers was producing called The 5th Dimension. Webb contributed five songs to their début album Up, Up and Away. The song "Up, Up and Away" was released as a single in May 1967 and reached the Top Ten. The group's follow-up album, The Magic Garden, was also released in 1967 and featured eleven Jimmy Webb songs, including "The Worst That Could Happen".[6] In November 1967, Glen Campbell released his version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", which reached No. 26 and became an instant pop standard.[7] At the 1967 Grammy Awards, "Up, Up and Away" was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year. "Up, Up and Away" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" received eight Grammy Awards between them. Webb's success as a new songwriter underscored what became the central dilemma in his career. While his sophisticated melodies and orchestrations were embraced by mainstream audiences, his peers were embracing counter-culture sounds. Webb was quickly becoming out of sync with his times.[7]
In 1968, Time acknowledged Webb's range and proficiency when it referred to his string of hits, noting "Webb's gift for strong, varied rhythms, inventive structures, and rich, sometimes surprising harmonies."[4] That year, the string of successful Webb songs continued with The 5th Dimension's "Paper Cup" and "Carpet Man" reaching the Top 40, Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" selling over a million copies, and Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge scoring a gold record with "The Worst That Could Happen", a song originally recorded by The 5th Dimension.[7] Webb formed his own production and publishing company that year, Canopy, and scored a hit with its first project, an unlikely album with Irish actor Richard Harris singing an album of all Jimmy Webb songs. One of the songs, "MacArthur Park", was a long, complex piece with multiple movements that was originally rejected by the group the Association, whose producer had been pushing them to include a Jimmy Webb composition on an album they were working on. Despite the song's seven minute, twenty-one second length, Webb released "MacArthur Park" as a single, and it quickly reached Number 2 on the singles chart. The Richard Harris album A Tramp Shining stayed on the charts for almost a year. Webb and Harris produced a followup album, The Yard Went On Forever, which was also successful. At the 1968 Grammy Awards, Webb accepted awards for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", and "MacArthur Park".[7]
In 1969, Glen Campbell continued the streak of Jimmy Webb hits with the gold record "Galveston" and "Where's the Playground Susie". Webb and Campbell had first met during the production of a General Motors commercial. Webb arrived at the recording session with his Beatle-length hair and approached the conservative singer, who looked up from his guitar and said, "Get a haircut."[5] That same year, two Jimmy Webb songs became hits for the second time with Isaac Hayes' soulful version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and Waylon Jennings' Grammy-winning country version of "MacArthur Park". Webb finished up the year by writing, arranging, and producing Thelma Houston's first album, Sunshower.[6] As the decade came to a close, so too did Webb's string of hit singles. He began to withdraw from the formulaic process in which he worked and began to experiment with his music. He started work on a semi-autobiographical Broadway musical called His Own Dark City, which reflected the emotional displacement he felt at the time. He also wrote music for the films How Sweet It Is! and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.[7]
MacArthur Park was reprised by Donna Summer in a multi-million selling vinyl single disco version that was number one on the American pop music sales charts for three weeks during 1978.
Singer-songwriter years[link]
Webb's solo career got off to a rough start with the 1968 "counterfeit" solo album Jimmy Webb sings Jimmy Webb (Epic), which was produced, according to Webb, "by a bunch of ruffians from some old demos of mine and tarted up to sound like 'MacArthur Park'. It was quite a piece of crap and was received with great anticipation and crushing disappointment at the radio level."[8]
Beginning in 1970, Webb recorded six original albums of his own songs: Words and Music (1970), And So: On (1971), Letters (1972), Land's End (1974), El Mirage (1977), and Angel Heart (1982). Despite the critical reception that followed each of these projects, Webb has never been as successful as a performer as he has been a songwriter and arranger. Each album was noted for its inventive music and memorable lyrics.[5]
Webb's debut album as a performer, Words and Music, was released in late 1970 to critical acclaim. Rolling Stone writer Jon Landau called one of the album's cuts, "P.F. Sloan," a "masterpiece [that] could not be improved upon." The tune and the lyrics may have been allusions to the singer-songwriter P. F. Sloan, who had helped Webb early in Webb's career; a dispute between the two later led Webb to insist that he made up the title, implying that the title and the name of his former friend were mere coincidences.[citation needed] Webb's 1971 follow up album, And So: On, proved equally appealing to critics. Rolling Stone declared the album "another impressive step in the conspiracy to recover his identity from the housewives of America and rightfully install him at the forefront of contemporary composers/performers." His 1972 album Letters met with similar praise. Peter Reilly of Stereo Review wrote, "Jimmy Webb is the most important pop music figure to emerge since Bob Dylan."[5]
Throughout the 1970s, Webb lived in Encino, Los Angeles, California, fraternizing with Joni Mitchell and Harry Nilsson. He also struck up a lifelong friendship with actor Michael Douglas. Webb's song "Campo de Encino" chronicled his adventures and misadventures in his park-like hacienda. In 1974, Webb married Patsy Sullivan, a model-cover girl and youngest child of screen actor Barry Sullivan. The couple met posing for the cover of Teen when she was twelve years old. Patsy is featured with Webb on the cover of Webb's 1982 solo album Angel Heart. They have five sons and a daughter together. Two of their sons later formed a rock band, "The Webb Brothers" which later included the couple's third son, James. The Webb Brothers achieved much critical success and had a substantial following in Europe and continue to work in the music industry. Patsy and Jimmy divorced after 22 years of marriage.
Serious composer[link]
Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, Webb's songs continued to be recorded by some of the industry's most successful artists. In 1977, the initial release of Art Garfunkel's Watermark album consisted exclusively of Webb's works, and in 1981, Garfunkel recorded "Scissors Cut", "In Cars", and "That's All I've Got to Say" on his album Scissors Cut. In 1980, Thelma Houston recorded "Before There Could Be Me", "Breakwater Cat", "Gone", "Long Lasting Love", and "What Was that Song" on her album Breakwater Cat. Leah Kunkel recorded "Never Gonna Lose My Dream of Love Again" and "Let's Begin" for her album I Run with Trouble. The latter was performed live in 1980 by the born-again Bob Dylan. Tanya Tucker recorded "Tennessee Woman" on her album Dreamlovers. Arlo Guthrie recorded "Oklahoma Nights" on his album Power of Love. In 1982, Linda Ronstadt recorded "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" and "Easy for You to Say" on her album Get Closer. Joe Cocker recorded "Just Like Always" on his album Sheffield Steel. The Everly Brothers recorded "She Never Smiles Anymore" on the album Living Legends.
From 1982 to 1992, Webb turned his focus from solo performing to larger-scale projects, such as film scores, Broadway musicals, and classical music. In 1982, he produced the soundtrack for the film The Last Unicorn, an animated children's tale, with the musical group America performing Webb's songs. That same year, he composed the soundtrack to all episodes of the TV series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
In 1985, Glen Campbell recorded Webb's "Cowboy Hall of Fame" and "Shattered" for the album It's Just a Matter of Time. And heavyweights Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson recorded "Highwayman" on the album Highwayman. In 1988, Toto recorded "Home of the Brave" on the album The Seventh One. Kenny Rankin recorded "She Moves, Eyes Follow" for the album Hiding in Myself. And in 1989, Linda Ronstadt recorded the album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, which featured four Jimmy Webb songs: "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" (with Webb playing piano), "Adios" (with orchestral arrangement by Webb), "I Keep It Hid" (with Webb playing piano), and "Shattered". In 1990, John Denver recorded "Postcard from Paris" on the album The Flower That Shattered the Stone. In 1991, Kenny Rogers recorded "They Just Don't Make Em Like You Anymore" on the album Back Home Again.
In 1986, Webb produced the cantata The Animals' Christmas, with Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, and the London Symphony Orchestra, which tells the Christmas story from the perspective of animals.
In 1987, Webb produced the soundtrack for the film The Hanoi Hilton. That same year, he reunited with Campbell for the album Still Within the Sound of My Voice, for which he wrote the title song. They followed this up in 1988 with an album composed almost entirely of Jimmy Webb songs, Light Years. The album included the title song, as well as "Lightning in a Bottle", "If These Walls Could Speak" (which was recorded by Amy Grant that year) and "Our Movie". Two songs from 1982's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers also appear on the album. The record also included the songs "Other People's Lives", "Wasn't There A Moment", "I Don't Know How To Love You Anymore", and "Is There Love After You". Several of these songs later ended up on Webb solo albums.
In 1992, Webb completed a musical called Instant Intimacy, which he developed with the Tennessee Repertory Theatre. The musical contained new songs that he and others would later record, including "What Does a Woman See in a Man", "I Don't Know How to Love You Anymore", and "Is There Love After You". That same year, Webb performed live at the club Cinegrill, performing "What Does a Woman See in a Man" and introducing several additional new songs, including "Sandy Cove" and an old folk hymn, "I Will Arise".
In 1994, Webb teamed up with Nanci Griffith to contribute the song "If These Old Walls Could Speak" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Solo artist[link]
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Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting
Since 1993, Jimmy Webb produced four critically acclaimed solo albums: Suspending Disbelief (1993), Ten Easy Pieces (1996), Twilight of the Renegades (2005), and Just Across the River (2010). He has continued to expand his creative landscape to include musicals, commercial jingles, and film scores. More recently, he has written music for television, including the show E/R.
In 1998, Webb completed his first book, Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting, which was published by Hyperion Books. It was well received by songwriters and performers and became a best-seller.[9] One book reviewer described it as "a companion every serious songwriter should read, and read again, and keep handy for referral."[10]
In the 2000s, Webb has talked more openly about his return to the Christian faith of his upbringing and the role it has played in his music. In addition to his cantata, The Animals' Christmas, he has always included religious songs in his albums—"Psalm One-Five-O", "Jerusalem", and "I Will Arise" are a few examples—and his lyrics have included biblical verses and allusions. In an October 2007 interview with Nigel Bovey, editor of The Salvation Army newspaper The War Cry, Webb was quite explicit about his renewed faith.
I couldn't write a song without God. Sure, I could hack out hackneyed phrases and clichés, but to write anything meaningful I have to be in tune with God. He is the great source, my inspiration, the current that I have to connect to. Sadly I've not always used the gift He's given me—the answered prayer—as best as I could or should have. I've made mistakes. I've done things I wish I hadn't done.[11]
Webb has stated, "I am a strong believer in God... God is important to me. God is bigger than any one particular denomination. I don't like it when people try to confine Him. I don't put any limits on God." Webb reads the King James Version of the Bible.[11]
In 2004, Webb married Laura Savini, who appeared nationally for several years on PBS in pledge-drive programs. From 1996–2011, Savini was Vice President of Marketing and Communications at WLIW, a PBS station in New York City.[12] The couple first met backstage on New Year's Eve 1999 at Billy Joel's 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert at Madison Square Garden. They met again when Savini interviewed Webb for her local television show and the two soon started dating. They settled on the North Shore of Long Island. The couple do not have children.
In 2007, he released a live album of his show, Live and at Large (2007), which was recorded in the United Kingdom. The album included personal stories and anecdotes about Richard Harris, Waylon Jennings, Harry Nilsson, Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, and Rosemary Clooney.
In June 2010, Webb released Just Across the River, an album of newly-arranged Webb song that featured guest appearances by Vince Gill, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Jackson Browne, Glenn Campbell, Michael McDonald, Mark Knopfler, J. D. Souther, and Linda Ronstadt.
In 2011, Webb was unanimously elected Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, replacing Hal David who retired after ten years in that position.[13]
Webb continues to record and perform in the United States and abroad.[citation needed]
Honors and awards[link]
- 1967 Grammy Award for Song of the Year (for "Up, Up, and Away")
- 1969 Oklahoma Baptist University Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia honorary membership, Pi Tau Chapter
- 1986 National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee
- 1990 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee
- 1993 National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1999 Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee
- 1999 ASCAP Board of Directors member (As of June 2009[update])
- 2000 Songwriters Hall of Fame Board of Directors member
- 2003 Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award
- 2006 ASCAP "Voice of Music" Award
Discography[link]
- Original albums
- Jim Webb sings Jim Webb (1968)
- Words and Music (1970)
- And So: On (1971)
- Letters (1972)
- Land's End (1974)
- El Mirage (1977)
- Angel Heart (1982)
- Suspending Disbelief (1993)
- Ten Easy Pieces (1996)
- Twilight of the Renegades (2005)
- Live and at Large (2007)
- Just Across the River (2010)
- Albums of Jimmy Webb songs
- Up, Up, and Away (1966) by The 5th Dimension
- The Magic Garden (1967) by The 5th Dimension
- A Tramp Shining (1968) by Richard Harris
- The Yard Went On Forever (1968) by Richard Harris
- Sunshower (1969) by Thelma Houston
- The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972) by The Supremes
- Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974) by Glen Campbell
- Watermark (1977) by Art Garfunkel
- The Animals' Christmas (1986) by Art Garfunkel and Amy Grant
- Still Within the Sound of My Voice (1989) by Glen Campbell
- Light Years (1988) by Glen Campbell
- Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989) by Linda Ronstadt
- The Last Unicorn (1998)
- And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998)
- Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999) by Glen Campbell
- Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003) by Michael Feinstein
- Cottonwood Farm (2009) by Jimmy Webb and The Webb Brothers
- Compilation albums
- Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972)
- Archive (1994)
- The Moon's A Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004) (a limited edition boxed set, including Live at the Royal Albert Hall from 1972)
- Archive & Live (2005) (including Live at the Royal Albert Hall from 1972)
References[link]
- ^ Eder, Bruce. Allmusic "Jimmy Webb". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-webb-p21352/biography Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ KBápps.com "BMI Top 50 Songs". http://www.kbapps.com/lyrics50top.html KBápps.com. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ The Songwriters Hall of Fame "Jimmy Webb". http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/exhibits/bio/C23 The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Jimmy Webb Official Website "About Jimmy". http://jimmywebb.com/jimmy.html Jimmy Webb Official Website. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Shane, Ken. "Words and Music: Jimmy Webb". Thrive (Community Media) (12). http://www.nycplus.com/nyc12/wordsandmusicjimmy.html. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ a b c An Unofficial Jimmy Webb Homepage "Jimmy Webb Discography". http://web.archive.org/web/20091029035158/http://geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7207/webb2.html An Unofficial Jimmy Webb Homepage. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Jimmy Webb Biography". musiciansguide.com. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000761/Jimmy-Webb.html. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ Torn, Luke (2004). Uncut "Interview: Jimmy Webb". Uncut. http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/jimmy_webb/interviews/416 Uncut. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ Webb, Jimmy. Google Books "Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting". http://books.google.com/books/about/Tunesmith.html?id=eH4WOv8aTYQC Google Books. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ Carlton, Jace. The Songwriter's Connection, July 2000 "Book Review". http://jacecarlton.com/Tunesmith.html The Songwriter's Connection, July 2000. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ a b Bovey, Nigel (October 7 2007). "I'm a bit like the Prodigal Son" (PDF). The War Cry (The Salvation Army): p. 5. http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/0/8F460986AA4A4779802573B8003731F0/$file/War%20Cry%2027%20Oct%202007.pdf. Retrieved May 18, 20067.
- ^ Barmash, Jerry. Media Bistro "Longtime WLIW/Channel VP Laura Savini Stepping Down to Create Own Company". http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/longtime-wliwchannel-vp-laura-savini-stepping-down-to-create-own-company_b34298 Media Bistro. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ Songwriters Hall of Fame "Chairman's Letter". http://www.songhall.org/member_letter Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
External links[link]
- Jimmy Webb official website
- Audio interview with Jimmy Webb on the Sodajerker on Songwriting podcast
- Jimmy Webb on National Public Radio in 2010
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| Short description | American singer songwriter |
| Date of birth | 1946-08-15 |
| Place of birth | Elk City, Oklahoma US |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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Webb may refer to:
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Places[link]
- Antarctica
- Webb Neve, the neve at the head of Seafarer Glacier
- Webb Nunataks, a group of nunataks in the Neptune Range
- Webb Peak, a peak at the west end of Crescent Scarp
- Australia
- Mount Webb National Park, Queensland
- Canada
- Webb, Saskatchewan
- Webb No. 138, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality
- United States
- Webb Air Force Base near Big Spring, Texas
- Webb, Alabama
- Webb, Iowa
- Webb, Mississippi
- Webb, New York
- Webb City, Missouri
- Webb City, Oklahoma
- Webb County, Texas
- Webb Lake, Wisconsin, a town
- Webb Lake (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Webb House (disambiguation), in numerous US states
- Webb River, in Maine
- The Moon
People[link]
Given name[link]
- Webb C. Ball (1947-1895), US jeweler and watchmaker
- Webb Franklin (1941 - ), US Representative from Mississippi
- Webb Gillman (1870–1933), Irish General
- Webb Hayes (1856–1923), US businessman and soldier
- Webb Miller, American professor
- Webb Miller (journalist) (1891–1940), American war correspondent
- Webb Pierce (1921–1991), American country music singer
- Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset (1718–1793)
- Webb Simpson (1985 - ), American golfer
- Webb Schultz (1898–1986), American baseball pitcher
- Webb Wilder (1954 - ), American rock singer
Surname[link]
- Alan Webb (disambiguation)
- Alexander Russell Webb (1846–1916), American writer and publisher, converted to Islam
- Alexander S. Webb (1835–1911), United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War
- Alexandra Kay Webb (1992-),
- Alison Webb (1961-), Canadian judoka
- Aston Webb (1849–1930), British architect
- Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), British reformer; wife of Sidney Webb
- Benjamin Joseph Webb (1814–1897), Catholic editor, state senator for Kentucky, and historian
- Billy Webb (character), Billy "Spider" Webb, a fictional character from the Australian TV drama Sea Patrol
- Billy Webb, alias of Greg Johnston, member of Goldie Lookin Chain
- Bradie Webb, drummer in Short Stack
- Brandon Webb (1979-), baseball player
- Carl Webb (1981-), Australian rugby league player
- Charles Webb (author) (1939-), American author of The Graduate
- Charles Webb (architect) (1821–1898), Australian architect
- Charley Webb (1988-), English actress
- Chick Webb (1909–1939), US jazz musician
- Chloe Webb (1960-), US actor
- Clifton Webb (1889–1966), US actor
- Daniel Webb (disambiguation)
- David Michael Webb, a Hong Kong sharemarket analyst
- David Webb (footballer) (1946-) English footballer and football manager, father of Daniel Webb
- Del Webb (1899–1974), American real estate developer
- Derek Webb (1974-), American singer-songwriter
- Donald Eugene Webb (1931-), fugitive on the FBI's most wanted list
- Douglas Webb (1922–1996), British photographer
- Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), U.S. art collector, founded the Shelburne Museum
- Francis Webb (engineer) (1836–1906), Locomotive designer for the London and North Western Railway
- Gary Webb (disambiguation)
- George Webb (disambiguation)
- George James Webb (1803–1887), British-American composer
- H. Walter Webb (1856–1919) U.S. railway executive
- Henry Webb (disambiguation)
- Howard Webb (1971-), English football referee
- Harry Webb, singer better known by his stage name Cliff Richard
- Jack Webb (1920–1982), US actor, most famous for his role as a detective in the television series Dragnet
- James Webb (disambiguation), includes James, Jim and Jimmy Webb
- Jim Webb, Senior United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Virginia (Incumbent Democrat)
- John Webb (disambiguation)
- Karrie Webb (1974-), Australian golfer
- Keith Houghton-Webb (1959), Australian TV co-host; brother of Mike Webb (pastor)
- Lara Honos-Webb, American psychologist and author
- Leonard Webb (1921-), World War II veteran
- Lizzie Webb, British exercise television show host
- Lorna Webb (1983-), English professional cyclist
- Lucy Webb Hayes (1831–1889), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Rutherford B. Hayes
- Marti Webb (1944-), English musical actress
- Mary Webb (1881–1927), English romantic novelist
- Matthew Webb (1848–1883), first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids
- Maynard Webb (1955-), CEO of LiveOps, former COO of eBay
- Mike Webb (pastor) (1956-), Australian TV co-host turned church minister; brother of Keith Houghton-Webb
- Mike Webb (radio announcer) (1955–2007), murdered American radio personality
- Morgan Webb (1978-), US television host
- Neil Webb (1963-), British footballer, Nottingham Forest and England international
- Nick Webb (author) (1959-), British author
- Nick Webb (musician) (1954–1998), British musician
- Paddy Webb (1884–1950), New Zealand unionist and politician
- Paul Webb, MD, developer of the Space activity suit
- Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854), English botanist
- Philip Carteret Webb (1702–1770), English barrister, involved with the 18th-century antiquarian movement
- Philip Webb (1831–1915), British "Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture"
- Phyllis Webb (1927-), Canadian poet
- Ralph Humphreys Webb (1887–1945), mayor of Winnipeg
- Rhys 'Spider' Webb (1983-), musician with The Horrors
- Richard Webb (actor) (1915–1993), US actor
- Richard Webb (cricketer) (1952-), New Zealand cricketer
- Rita Webb (1904–1981), English actress
- Robert Webb (actor) (1972-), British actor and comedian
- Robin Webb, runs the Animal Liberation Press Office in the UK
- Russell Webb (1945-), American water polo player
- Sam Webb, Chair of the Communist Party USA
- Sarah Webb (1977-), British Olympic sailor
- Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859–1947), British reformer; husband of Beatrice Webb
- Simon Webb (disambiguation)
- Skeeter Webb (James Laverne Webb, 1909–1986), Major League Baseball player
- Suhaib Webb
- Spud Webb, (Anthony Jerome Webb, 1963-), National Basketball Association basketball player
- Steve Webb (1965-), United Kingdom politician
- Tamilee Webb (1960-), US personal fitness personality
- Taylor Webb, Missouri Politician
- Timothy James Webb (1967-), Australian artist
- Thomas William Webb (1807–1885), British astronomer
- Travis "Spider" Webb (1910–1990), US Formula One driver
- Watt W. Webb
- Wellington Webb (1941-), US politician
- William Webb (disambiguation)
Education[link]
- Webb Institute, US college
- Gardner-Webb University, a private 4 year college located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina
- The Webb School (disambiguation)
Other uses[link]
- Webb and Knapp, development company
- A house of Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire
See also[link]
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| Jools Holland | |
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 Holland at the British Academy Television Awards 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Julian Miles Holland |
| Born | (1958-01-24) 24 January 1958 (age 54) Blackheath, London, England |
| Genres | Boogie-woogie, jazz, blues, R&B |
| Occupations | Musician, composer, television presenter, bandleader |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboard, guitar |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Associated acts | Squeeze Rhythm & Blues Orchestra |
| Website | Official site |
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze (1974-1980 & 1985-1990) and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine and Bono.
Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. In 2004, he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B music. He currently hosts Later... with Jools Holland, a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show Hootenanny, is based.[1]
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Life and career[link]
His great grandfather came from Ireland.[2]
Holland played as a session musician before finding fame, and his first studio session was with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in 1976 on their track "F*ck Off."[3]
Holland was a founding member of the British pop band Squeeze, formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1981 and helped the band to achieve millions of record sales, before pursuing his solo career.[3]
Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being Boogie Woogie '78. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting the Newcastle-based TV music show The Tube with Paula Yates. Holland achieved notoriety by inadvertently using the phrase "groovy fuckers" in a live, early evening TV trailer for the show, causing it to be suspended for six weeks.[4] He referred to this in his sitcom "The Groovy Fellers" with Rowland Rivron.
In 1983 Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for the album Soul Mining. In 1985, Squeeze (which had continued in Holland's absence through to 1982) unexpectedly regrouped including Jools Holland as their keyboard player. Holland remained in the band until 1990, at which point, he again departed Squeeze on amicable terms to resume his solo career as a musician and a TV host.
In 1987, Holland formed The Jools Holland Big Band which consisted of himself and Gilson Lavis from Squeeze. This gradually became his 18-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.[3]
Between 1988 and 1990 he performed and co-hosted along with David Sanborn during the two seasons of the music performance program Sunday Night on NBC late-night television.[5] Since 1992 he has presented the music program Later... with Jools Holland, plus an annual New Year's Eve Hootenanny.
In 1996, Holland signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records,[3] and his records are now marketed through Rhino Records.
Holland has a touring band, The Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, which often includes singers Sam Brown and Ruby Turner. In January 2005 Holland and his band performed with Eric Clapton as the headline act of the Tsunami Relief Cardiff.
Personal[link]
Holland lives in the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath in South East London, where he had his studio, Helicon Mountain, built to his design, inspired by Portmeirion, the setting for the 1960s TV series The Prisoner.[6] Holland owns costumes and props from the series and occasionally appears wearing the trademark brown-with-white-pipe blazer featured in the series. In 1987, Holland demonstrated his love of the series and starred in a spoof documentary, The Laughing Prisoner, with Stephen Fry, Terence Alexander and Hugh Laurie.[6] Much of it was shot on location in Portmeirion, with archive footage of Patrick McGoohan, and featuring musical numbers from Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magnum and XTC. Holland performed a number towards the end of the program. His younger brother, Christopher, also plays organ in the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, as well as being a singer-songwriter.
Holland was an interviewer for The Beatles Anthology TV project, and appeared in the 1997 film Spiceworld as a musical director.
He received an OBE in 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician. In September 2006 Holland was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent.[7] He is also known for his charity work: in June 2006 he performed in Southend for HIV/AIDS charity Mildmay,[8] and in early 2007 he performed at Wells and Rochester Cathedrals to raise money for maintaining cathedral buildings.[9] He is also patron of the Drake Music Project[10] and has raised many thousands of pounds for the charity.
Holland was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University at a ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 January 2009.[11]
On 29 August 2005 Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years (between 1983 and 1995 she had been married to Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, before they divorced). The wedding, at St James's Church, Cooling near Rochester, was attended by many celebrities, including Ringo Starr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Noel Gallagher, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.[12]
Holland is also a patron for The Milton Rooms, an Arts centre in Malton, North Yorkshire, along with Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Kathy Burke.[13]
Writing[link]
His 2007 biography, Barefaced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts was BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week" in the week beginning 8 October 2007 and was read by Holland. He is the author or joint author of four other books.
Discography[link]
See also: Squeeze and Squeeze discography
Albums that have charted and gained Certifications[link]
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) [14] |
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| 1996 | Jazz & Rock & Roll | 38 | - | |
| 1998 | Best Of | - | - |
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| 2000 | Hop The Wag | - | - |
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| 2001 | Small World Big Band | 8 | 23 |
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| 2002 | SWBB Volume Two: More Friends | 17 | 44 |
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| 2003 | Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3) | 39 | - |
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| 2005 | Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska | 36 | - | |
| 2007 | Best of Friends | 9 | - |
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| 2011 | Finding The Keys - The Best of | 127[17] | - | |
Releases[link]
- 1978 "Boogie Woogie '78" (EP)
- 1981 Jools Holland and His Millionaires
- 1984 Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy (U.S. release only)
- 1990 World Of His Own
- 1991 The Full Complement
- 1992 "Together Again" (single with Sam Brown)
- 1992 The A-Z Geographer's Guide To The Piano
- 1994 Solo Piano
- 1994 Live Performance
- 1996 " Jazz & Rock & Roll
- 1997 Lift The Lid
- 1998 Best Of
- 1999 Sunset Over London
- 2000 Hop The Wag
- 2001 Small World Big Band
- 2002 SWBB Volume Two: More Friends
- 2003 Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3)
- 2004 Tom Jones & Jools Holland
- 2005 Beatroute
- 2005 Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska
- 2006 Moving Out To The Country
- 2007 Best of Friends
- 2008 The Collection
- 2008 The Informer (With Ruby Turner)
- 2008 "The Informer" (single with Ruby Turner)
- 2009 "I Went By" (single with Louise Marshall)
- 2010 Rockinghorse
Film and television[link]
- 1981 Urgh! A Music War
- 1982 Police: Around the World
- 1982 - 1987 The Tube (Host for 121 editions)
- 1983 Rebellious Jukebox: Compere
- 1984 The Young Ones: Punk (Episode entitled "Summer Holiday")
- 1985 Walking To New Orleans (Jools Holland in New Orleans)
- 1987 Eat the Rich: Sun Reporter
- 1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap: Strip Show Pianist (Episode #1.3)
- 1987 The Laughing Prisoner: No. 7
- 1987 French and Saunders (Episode 1.5)
- 1988 Sunday Night: Host (unknown episodes)
- 1989 Juke Box Jury: Host (unknown episodes)
- 1989 The Groovy Fellers Himself, 6 episodes
- 1991 Mr Roadrunner (Jools Holland in Memphis)
- 1994 There's No Business: Pianist
- 1994 - 1995 Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
- 1995 The Beatles Anthology
- 1997 Spice World: Musical Director
- 1997 Name That Tune: Host and Pianist
- 2003 Jool's History of the Piano : Presenter
- 2006 Top Gear: Star in a reasonably priced car.
- 2007 Fairport@Forty: Interview
- 2009 Chop Shop Rover Concept: The Jet 1 Car : Customer
Current television programmes[link]
- 1992–present Later... with Jools Holland
- 1993–present Hootenanny
Books[link]
- "Rolling Stones": A Life on the Road, (with Dora Loewenstein), Viking/Allen Lane (1998), (ISBN 0-670-88051-5)
- Beat Route: Journeys Through Six Counties, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (1998), (ISBN 0-575-06700-4)
- Ray Charles: Man and Music, (with Michael Lydon), Payback Press (1999), (ISBN 0-86241-929-8)
- Hand That Changed Its Mind , International Music Publications (2007), (ISBN 1-84328-645-9)
- Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts , Michael Joseph Ltd (2007), (ISBN 0-7181-4915-7)
References[link]
- ^ "BBC Later With Jools Holland". http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008rqnv. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ Barratt, Nick (28 July 2007). "Family detective: Jools Holland". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/familyhistory/3354288/Family-detective-Jools-Holland.html.
- ^ a b c d "About Jools – Official site". http://www.joolsholland.com/aboutjools.htm. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ "Laughing Policeman Wireless Society: History of Swearing". http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/swear.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ "Sunday Night" episodes #104 (1988), #113 (1989), #114 (1989), #121 (1989)
- ^ a b "About Jools – Biography – Official site". http://www.joolsholland.com/biography.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ Farndale, Nigel (19 November 2006). "A man in touch with his inner anorak". (Interview with Jools Holland) (London: Telegraph.co.uk). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3656666/A-man-in-touch-with-his-inner-anorak.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ "Jools Holland rocks the Park for Charity". http://www.thenetco.co.uk/mildmaynew/events.aspx?pg=events-joolshollandconcert. Retrieved 5 December 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "Jools Holland To Play UK Charity Concerts". 25 January 2007. http://www.easier.com/view/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Going_Out/article-95595.html. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
- ^ patrons, trustees and staff - Drake Music Project
- ^ "Widdecombe, Holland and Underwood are appointed honorary fellows". Canterbury Christ Church University. 3 February 2009. http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/News/newsRelease.asp?newsPk=1301. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ BBC News 30 August 2005: Wedding bells for Jools Holland
- ^ The Milton Rooms homepage
- ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
- ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". everyHit.com. 2000-03-16. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Discography Jools Holland". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jools+Holland. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110618cluk.txt
External links[link]
- Official website
- Jools Holland at the Internet Movie Database
- Jools Holland's Radio 2 show at BBC Programmes
- Later...with Jools Holland at BBC Online
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| Name | Holland, Julian Miles |
| Alternative names | Holland, Jools |
| Short description | Musician and television personality |
| Date of birth | 24 January 1958 |
| Place of birth | Blackheath, London, England |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Linda Maria Ronstadt[1] |
| Born | (1946-07-15) July 15, 1946 (age 65) |
| Origin | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Rock, rock and roll, folk, country rock, jazz, Latin American, Cajun, big band, pop rock, art rock, operetta |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, percussion |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels | Capitol, Asylum, Verve |
| Associated acts | Stone Poneys, Neil Young, Swampwater, Free Creek, Eagles, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, The Muppets, Aaron Neville, Rubén Fuentes, Mariachi V. de Tecalitlán, Nelson Riddle, Ann Savoy, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Michael Nesmith, Waddy Wachtel |
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden Globe nominations.
A singer, songwriter, and record producer, she is recognized as a definitive interpreter of songs.[2] Being one of music's most versatile and commercially successful female singers in U.S. history, she is recognized for her many public stages of self-reinvention and incarnations.[3]
With a one-time standing as the Queen of Rock,[4][5] where she was bestowed the title of "highest paid woman in rock",[6][7] and known as the First Lady of Rock, she has more recently emerged as music matriarch, international arts advocate[3] and human rights advocate.[8][9]
Ronstadt has collaborated with artists from a diverse spectrum of genres—including Billy Eckstine,[10] Frank Zappa, Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, Carla Bley, The Chieftains, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and has lent her voice to over 120 albums around the world.[11] Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times noted in 2004, Ronstadt is "Blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation ... rarest of rarities—a chameleon who can blend into any background yet remain boldly distinctive ... It's an exceptional gift; one shared by few others."[12]
In total, she has released over 30 solo albums, more than 15 compilations or greatest hits albums. Ronstadt has charted thirty-eight Billboard Hot 100 singles, twenty-one of which have reached the top 40, ten of which have reached the top 10, three peaking at No. 2, the No. 1 hit, "You're No Good". In the UK, her single "Blue Bayou" reached the UK Top 40[13] and the duet with Aaron Neville, "Don't Know Much", peaked at No. 2 in December 1989.[14] In addition, she has charted thirty-six albums, ten Top 10 albums, and three No. 1 albums on the Billboard Pop Album Charts.
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Early life[link]
Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1946 to Gilbert Ronstadt (1911–1995), a prosperous machinery merchant who ran the F. Ronstadt Co.,[15] and Ruth Mary Copeman Ronstadt (1914–1982), a homemaker .[16]
Ronstadt was raised, along with her brothers Peter (who served as Tucson's Chief of Police 1981–1992), Michael J., and sister Gretchen (Suzy), on the family's 10-acre (4.0 ha) ranch. The family was featured in Family Circle magazine in 1953.[17]
Linda's father Gilbert came from a pioneering Arizona ranching family[18] and was of Mexican descent, with some German and English American ancestry.[19] Their influence and contributions to Arizona's history, including wagon making, commerce, pharmacies and music, is chronicled in the library of the University of Arizona.[20] Linda Ronstadt's great-grandfather, graduate engineer Friedrich August Ronstadt (who went by the name Federico Augusto Ronstadt) immigrated to the West (then a part of Mexico) in the 1840s from Hanover, Germany, and married a Mexican citizen, and eventually settled in Tucson.[21][22] In 1991, the City of Tucson opened its central transit terminal on March 16 and dedicated it to Linda's grandfather, local pioneer businessman Federico José María Ronstadt. Ronstadt was a wagon maker whose early contribution to the city's mobility included six mule-drawn streetcars delivered in 1903–04.[23]
Her mother Ruth Mary was of German, English, and Dutch descent. Ruth Mary was the daughter of Lloyd Groff Copeman, a prolific inventor and holder of many patents. She was raised in the Flint, Michigan, area. Lloyd, with nearly 700 patents to his name, invented an early form of the toaster, many refrigerator devices, the grease gun, the first electric stove, and an early form of the microwave oven. His flexible rubber ice cube tray earned him millions of dollars in royalties.[24]
Career summary[link]
"Everybody has their own level of doing their music.... Mine just happened to resonate over the years, in one way and another, with a significant enough number of people so that I could do it professionally."
Linda Ronstadt[25]
Establishing her professional career in the mid-1960s at the forefront of California's emerging folk rock and country rock movements, genres which later defined post-60s rock music, Linda Ronstadt joined forces with Bobby Kimmel and Kenny Edwards and became the lead singer of a successful folk rock trio, The Stone Poneys. Later, as a solo artist, she released Hand Sown ... Home Grown in 1969, which has been described as the first alternative country record by a female recording artist.[26] Although fame eluded her during these years, Ronstadt actively toured with The Doors, Neil Young, Jackson Browne and others, made numerous television show appearances, and began to contribute her voice to a variety of albums.
However, with the successful release of chart-topping albums such as Heart Like a Wheel, Simple Dreams, and Living in the USA, coupled with the fact that Ronstadt became the first female "arena class" rock star, setting records as one of the top-grossing concert artists of the decade, Ronstadt became a celebrity and an illustrious star of the highest magnitude[7][26] and the most successful female artist of her era.[27][28][29] Recognized as the "First Lady of Rock"[18] and the "Queen of Rock", Ronstadt was voted the Top Female Pop Singer of the 1970s.[18] Her rock and roll image was equally as famous as her music, appearing six times on the cover of Rolling Stone, as well as Newsweek and Time covers. In the 1980s, Ronstadt went to Broadway, garnered a Tony nomination, teamed with composer Philip Glass, recorded traditional music, and collaborated with famed conductor Nelson Riddle, an event at that time viewed as an original and unorthodox move for a rock and roll artist. This venture paid off,[30] and Ronstadt remained one of the music industry's best-selling acts throughout the 1980s with multi-platinum selling albums such as What's New, Canciones de Mi Padre and Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind. Ronstadt has continued to successfully tour, collaborate, and record celebrated albums, such as Winter Light, and Hummin' to Myself. Ronstadt's thirty-plus album catalog continue to be best-sellers, with the vast majority of them certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum.[31] Having sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide[32] and setting records as one of the top-grossing concert performers for over a decade, Linda Ronstadt was the most successful female singer of the 1970s and stands as one of the most successful female recording artists in United States history. A consummate American artist, Ronstadt opened many doors for women in rock and roll and other musical genres by championing songwriters and musicians, pioneering her chart success onto the concert circuit, and being at the vanguard of many musical movements.[26]
Career overview[link]
Early influences[link]
"I don't record (any type of genre of music) that I didn't hear in my family's living room by the time I was 10. It just is my rule that I don't break because...I can't do it authentically...I really think that you're just hard-wiring (synapses) in your brain up until the age of maybe 12 or 10, and there are certain things you can't learn in an authentic way after that."
Linda Ronstadt[33]
Linda Ronstadt's early family life was filled with music and tradition, which influenced the stylistic and musical choices she later made in her career. Growing up, she listened to many types of music, including Mexican music, which was sung by her entire family and was a staple in her childhood.[34] Ronstadt has remarked that everything she has recorded on her own records—rock 'n' roll, jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel, opera, country, choral, and mariachi—is all music she heard her family sing in their living room, or heard played on the radio, by the age of 10. She credits her mother for her appreciation of Gilbert and Sullivan and her father for introducing her to the traditional pop and Great American Songbook repertoire that she would, in turn, help reintroduce to an entire generation.[33][35] Early on, her singing style had been influenced by singers such as Lola Beltrán and Édith Piaf; she has called their singing and rhythms "more like Greek music ... It's sort of like 6/8 time signature ... very hard driving and very intense."[36] She also drew influence from country singer Hank Williams. She has said that "all girl singers" eventually "have to curtsy to Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday".[18] Of Maria Callas, Ronstadt says, "There's no one in her league. That's it. Period.[37] I learn more ... about singing rock n roll from listening to Maria Callas records than I ever would from listening to pop music for a month of Sundays.... She's the greatest chick singer ever."<[37] She admires Callas for her musicianship and her attempts to push 20th-century singing, particularly opera, back into the Bel canto "natural style of singing".[38] A self-described product of American radio of the 1950s and '60s, she was a fan of its eclectic and diverse music programming.[35]
Beginning of professional career[link]
At 14, Ronstadt formed a folk trio with her brother Peter and sister Suzy. The group played coffeehouses, fraternity houses, and other small venues, billing themselves as "The Union City Ramblers" and "The Three Ronstadts", and they even recorded themselves at a Tucson studio under the name "The New Union Ramblers".[39] Their repertoire included the music they grew up on—folk, country, bluegrass, and Mexican.[40] But increasingly, Ronstadt wanted to make a union of folk music and rock 'n' roll,[28] and in 1964, after a semester at college (sources differ between Tucson's University of Arizona[6] and Arizona State University[40]), the 17 year old decided to move to Los Angeles.[41][42][43]
The Stone Poneys[link]
Main article: Stone Poneys
Linda visited a friend from Tucson, Bobby Kimmel, in Los Angeles during Easter break from college in 1964, and later that year, shortly before her eighteenth birthday,[41] decided to move there permanently to form a band with him.[42] Kimmel had already begun co-writing folk-rock songs with guitarist-songwriter Kenny Edwards, and eventually the three of them were signed by Nik Venet to Capitol in the summer of 1966 as "The Stone Poneys". The trio released three albums in a 15-month period in 1967–68: The Stone Poneys; Evergreen, Volume 2; and Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III. The band is best known for their hit single "Different Drum" (written and composed by Michael Nesmith prior to his joining the Monkees), which reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as No. 12 in Cashbox magazine. More than 40 years later, the song remains one of Ronstadt's most popular recordings.[44]
Besides recording one of her most enduring songs, Linda Ronstadt was already showcasing her highly expressive performance of an eclectic mix of songs, often from under-appreciated songwriters, utilizing a wide array of backing musicians. Additionally, many of her songs, including "Different Drum", were written and composed by male songwriters and had minimal lyric changes, allowing Ronstadt to toy with gender roles that were in ferment in the 1960s and 1970s. While the Stone Poneys broke up before the release of their third album, Kenny Edwards recorded and toured with Ronstadt from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
(In 2008—as a testament to the continuing interest in Ronstadt's early work with this band—Australia's Raven Records released a compilation CD titled The Stone Poneys. The disc features all tracks from the first two Stone Poneys albums and four tracks from the third album.)
Solo career[link]
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Linda Ronstadt, ca. 1970, on the back cover of the album Silk Purse.
Still contractually obligated to Capitol Records, Ronstadt released her first solo album, Hand Sown ... Home Grown, in 1969. It has been called the first alternative country record by a female recording artist.[26] During this same period, she contributed to the Music From Free Creek "super session" project.
Ronstadt provided the vocals for some commercials during this period, including one for Remington electric razors, in which a multitracked Ronstadt and Frank Zappa claimed that the electric razor "cleans you, thrills you ... may even keep you from getting busted".[45]
Ronstadt's second solo album, Silk Purse, was released in March 1970. Recorded entirely in Nashville, it was produced by Elliot Mazer, whom Ronstadt chose on the advice of Janis Joplin, who had worked with him on her Cheap Thrills album.[46] The Silk Purse album cover showed Ronstadt in a muddy pigpen, while the back and inside cover depicted her onstage wearing bright red. Ronstadt has stated that she was not pleased with the album, although it provided her with her first solo hit, the multi-format single "Long Long Time", and earned her first Grammy nomination (for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance/Female).
Touring[link]
"Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there are four sexes. Men, women, homosexuals, and girl singers.'"
Linda Ronstadt [47]
In a 1976 Rolling Stone interview with Cameron Crowe, Ronstadt explained that "they haven't invented a word for that loneliness that everybody goes through on the road. The world is tearing by you, real fast, and all these people are looking at you.... People see me in my 'girl-singer' suit."[48]
Several years before Ronstadt became what author Gerri Hirshey called the first "arena-class rock diva", with "hugely anticipated tours",[7] she began her solo career touring the North American concert circuit. But being on the road took its toll both emotionally and professionally. There were few "girl singers" on the Rock circuit at the time, and those that were, were relegated to "groupie level when in a crowd of a bunch of rock and roll guys", a status Ronstadt avoided.[49] Relating to men on a professional level as fellow musicians led to competition, insecurity, bad romances, and a series of boyfriend-managers. At the time, she admired singers like Maria Muldaur for not sacrificing their femininity, but says she felt enormous self-imposed pressure to compete with "the boys" at every level.[42] She noted in a 1969 interview in Fusion magazine that it was difficult being a single "chick singer" with an all-male backup band.[49] According to her, it was difficult to get a band of backing musicians because of their ego problem of being labeled sidemen for a female singer.[50]
Soon after she went solo in the late 1960s, one of her first backing bands was the pioneering country-rock band Swampwater, famous for synthesizing Cajun and swamp-rock elements into their music. Its members included Cajun fiddler Gib Guilbeau and John Beland, who later joined The Flying Burrito Brothers,[51] as well as Stan Pratt, Thad Maxwell and Eric White, brother of Clarence White of The Byrds. Swampwater went on to back Ronstadt during TV appearances on The Johnny Cash Show[52] and The Mike Douglas Show, and at the Big Sur Folk Festival.[53]
Another backing band featured players Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, who went on to form the Eagles. They toured with her for a short period in 1971 and played on Linda Ronstadt, her self-titled third album. At this stage, Ronstadt began working with producer and boyfriend John Boylan. She said, "As soon as I started working with John Boylan, I started co-producing myself. I was always a part of my productions. But I always needed a producer who would carry out my whims."[54]
Her collaborations with Peter Asher[link]
"In general when you fall in love with an artist and their music, the plan is a fairly simple one. .. get people to go and see them, and make a record that you think properly presents their music to the public and some of which you can get on the radio."
Peter Asher on collaborating with Ronstadt[25]
Ronstadt began her fourth solo album, Don't Cry Now, in 1973, with Boylan (who had negotiated her contract with Asylum Records) and John David "J.D." Souther producing most of the album's tracks. But needing someone willing to work with her as an equal, Ronstadt asked Peter Asher, who came highly recommended to her by James Taylor's sister Kate Taylor, to help her produce two of them: "Sail Away" and "I Believe in You."[55] The album featured Linda's first Country hit, "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", which she had first recorded on Hand Sown ... Home Grown; this time hitting the Country Top 20. With the release of Don't Cry Now, Ronstadt took on her biggest gig to date as the opening act on Neil Young's Time Fades Away tour, playing for larger crowds than ever before. Backstage at a concert in Texas, Chris Hillman introduced her to Emmylou Harris, telling them, "You two could be good friends",[56] which soon occurred, resulting in frequent collaborations over the following years. Meanwhile, the album became Ronstadt's most successful up to this time, selling 300,000 copies by the end of 1974.[55]
Asher turned out to be more collaborative, and more on the same page with her musically, than any producer she had worked with previously.[39] Ronstadt's professional relationship with Asher allowed her to take command and effectively delegate responsibilities in the recording studio.[55] Although hesitant at first to work with her because of her reputation for being a "woman of strong opinions (who) knew what she wanted to do (with her career)", he nonetheless agreed to become her full-time producer,[57] and remained in that role through the late 1980s. Asher attributed the long-term success of his working relationship with Ronstadt to the fact that he was the first person to manage and produce her with whom there was a solely professional relationship. "It must be a lot harder to have objective conversations about someone's career when it's someone you sleep with", he said.[55]
Asher executive produced a tribute CD called Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released September 6, 2011, on which Ronstadt's 1976 version of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day" appears among newly-recorded versions of Holly's songs by various artists.[58]
Vocal styles[link]
"I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based on huapango drums, and it's kind of like a 6/8 time signature, but it really is a very syncopated 6/8. And that's how I attack vocals."
Linda Ronstadt, on reconciling her musical instincts with rock ‘n’ roll.[59]
Ronstadt captured the sounds of country music and the rhythms of ranchero music--which she likened in 1968 to "Mexican bluegrass"--and redirected them into her rock 'n' roll and some of her pop music. Many of these rhythms and sounds were part of her Southwestern roots.[42] Likewise, a country sound and style, a fusing of country music and rock 'n' roll called Country rock, started to exert its influence on mainstream pop music around the late 1960s, and it became an emerging movement Ronstadt helped form and commercialize. However, as early as 1970, Ronstadt was being criticized by music "purists" for her "brand of music" which crossed many genres. Country Western Stars magazine wrote in 1970 that "Rock people thought she was too gentle, folk people thought she was too pop, and pop people didn't quite understand where she was at, but Country people really loved Linda." She never categorized herself and stuck to her genre-crossing brand of music. [60]
Interpretive singer[link]
Ronstadt is considered an "interpreter of her times",[2] and has earned praise for her courage to put her own unique "stamp" on many of these songs.[61] Although many of her hits were criticized for being cover songs, they were the songs the record companies elected to cull and release off the albums. More importantly, Linda Ronstadt became a highly successful "Albums Artist", some of which contain material written by her.[62] Ronstadt's natural vocal range spans several octaves from contralto to soprano, and occasionally she will showcase this entire range within a single work. Ronstadt was the first female artist in popular music history to accumulate four consecutive platinum albums (fourteen certified million selling, to date). As for the singles, Rolling Stone Magazine pointed out that a whole generation, "but for her, might never have heard the work of artists such as Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, and Chuck Berry."[5]
""Music is meant to lighten your load. By singing it ... you release (the sadness). And release yourself ... an exercise in exorcism.... You exorcise that emotion ... and diminish sadness and feel joy."
Linda Ronstadt.[63]
Others have argued that Ronstadt had the same generational effect with her Great American Songbook music, exposing a whole new generation to the music of the 1920s and '30s—music which, ironically, was pushed aside because of the advent of rock 'n' roll. When interpreting, Ronstadt said she "sticks to what the music demands", in terms of lyrics.[64] Explaining that rock and roll music is part of her culture, she says that the songs she sang after her rock and roll hits were part of her soul. "The (Mariachi music) was my father's side of the soul", she was quoted as saying in a 1998 interview she gave at her Tucson home. "My mother's side of my soul was the Nelson Riddle stuff. And I had to do them both in order to reestablish who I was."[65]
In the 1974 book Rock 'N' Roll Woman, author Katherine Orloff writes that Ronstadt's "own musical preferences run strongly to rhythm and blues, the type of music she most frequently chooses to listen to ... (and) her goal is to ... be soulful too. With this in mind, Ronstadt fuses country and rock into a special union."[42]
By this stage of her career, Ronstadt had established her niche in the field of country-rock. Along with other musicians such as The Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Swampwater, Neil Young, and the Eagles, she helped free country music from stereotypes and showed rockers that country was OK. However, she stated that she was being pushed hard into singing more Rock & Roll.[56]
Most successful female singer of the 1970s[link]
Author Father Andrew Greeley, in his book God in Popular Culture, described Ronstadt as "the most successful and certainly the most durable and most gifted woman Rock singer of her era."[66] Signaling her wide popularity as a concert artist, outside of the singles charts and the recording studio, Dirty Linen magazine describes her as the "first true woman rock 'n' roll superstar ... (selling) out stadiums with a string of mega-successful albums."[26] Amazon.com defines her as the American female rock superstar of the decade.[67]Cash Box gave Ronstadt a Special Decade Award,[68] as the top selling female singer of the 1970s.[18] Coupled with the fact that her album covers, posters, magazine covers—basically her entire rock n roll image conveyed—was just as famous as her music.[25] That by the end of the decade, the singer whom the Chicago Sun Times described as the "Dean of the 1970s school of female rock singers"[61] became what Redbook called, "the most successful female rock star in the world",[69]"Female" being the important qualifier, according to Time magazine, labeling her "a rarity ... to (have survived) ... in the shark-infested deeps of rock."[6]
Having been a cult favorite on the music scene for several years, 1975 was "remembered in the music biz as the year when 29-year-old Linda Ronstadt belatedly happened."[70] With the release of Heart Like A Wheel, Ronstadt reached No. 1 on the Billboard Album Chart (it was also the first of four No. 1 Country Albums for Ronstadt) and the disc was certified Double-Platinum[71] (over 2 million copies sold in the United States). In many instances, her own interpretations were more successful than the original recordings and many times new songwriters were discovered by a larger audience as a result of Ronstadt interpreting and recording their songs. Interestingly, Ronstadt had major success interpreting songs from a diverse spectrum of artists. This skill would eventually serve her later in her career, as a noted master song interpreter.
Heart Like A Wheel's first single release was "You're No Good"—a rockified version of an R&B song written by Clint Ballard, Jr. that Ronstadt had initially resisted because Andrew Gold's guitar tracks sounded too much like a "Beatles song" to her[55]—climbed to No. 1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box Pop singles charts.[72] The album's second single release was "When Will I Be Loved"—an uptempo Country Rock version of a Top 10 Everly Brothers song—hit No. 1 in Cash Box and No. 2 in Billboard.[72] The song was also Linda's first No. 1 Country hit.[72]
The album showed a physically attractive Ronstadt on the cover but, more importantly, its critical and commercial success was due to a fine presentation of country and rock with Heart Like A Wheel, her first of many major commercial successes that would set her on the path to being one of the best-selling female artists of all time. Ronstadt won her first Grammy Award[73] for Best Country Vocal Performance/Female for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" which was originally a 1940s hit by Hank Williams. Ronstadt's interpretation peaked at No. 2 on the Country charts. The album itself was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy as well as the Best Pop Vocal Performance/Female trophy.
Rolling Stone magazine put Linda on its cover in March 1975. This was the first of six Rolling Stone magazine covers shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz. It included her as the featured artist with a full photo layout and an article by Ben Fong-Torres, discussing Ronstadt's many struggling years in rock n roll, as well as her home life and what it was like to be a woman on tour in a decidedly all-male environment.
In September 1975, Linda's album Prisoner In Disguise was released. It quickly climbed into the Top Five on the Billboard Album Chart and sold over a million copies.[71] It became her second in a row to go platinum, "a grand slam" in the same year (Ronstadt would eventually be the first female artist in popular music history to have three consecutive platinum albums and would ultimately go on to have eight consecutive platinum albums, and then another six between 1983 and 1990).[70] The disc's first single release was "Love Is A Rose". It was climbing the Pop and Country charts but Heat Wave, a rockified version of the 1963 hit by Martha and the Vandellas, was receiving considerable airplay. Asylum pulled the "Love Is A Rose" single and issued "Heat Wave" with "Love Is A Rose" on the B-side. "Heat Wave" hit the Top Five on Billboard's Hot 100 while "Love Is A Rose" hit the Top Five on Billboard's Country chart.
In 1976, Ronstadt reached the Top 3 of Billboard's Album Chart and won her second career Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her third consecutive platinum[71] album Hasten Down The Wind. The album featured a sexy, revealing cover shot and showcased Ronstadt the singer-songwriter, who composed two of its songs, "Try Me Again" and "Lo Siento Mi Vida". It also included an interpretation of Willie Nelson's classic "Crazy", which became a Top 10 Country hit for Ronstadt in early 1977.
At the end of 1977, Ronstadt surpassed the success of Heart Like A Wheel with her album Simple Dreams, which held the No. 1 position for five consecutive weeks on the Billboard Album Chart. It also knocked Elvis Presley out of No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart. It sold over 3½ million copies in less than a year in the U.S. alone. The album was released in September 1977, and by December it had replaced Fleetwood Mac's long running No. 1 album Rumours in the top spot. Simple Dreams spawned a string of hit singles on numerous charts. Among them were the RIAA platinum-certified single "Blue Bayou", a Country Rock interpretation of a Roy Orbison song, "It's So Easy"—previously sung by Buddy Holly—and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", a song written by Warren Zevon, an up and coming songwriter of the time whom Ronstadt elected to highlight and record. The album garnered several Grammy Award nominations—including Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance/Female for "Blue Bayou"—and won its art director, Kosh, a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, the first of three Grammy Awards he would win for designing Ronstadt album covers.
Simple Dreams became one of the singer's most successful international selling albums as well, reaching No. 1 on the Australian and Canadian Pop and Country Albums charts.[74] Simple Dreams also made Ronstadt the most successful international female touring artist as well. The same year, she completed a highly successful concert tour around Europe. As Country Music Magazine wrote in October 1978, Simple Dreams solidified Ronstadt's role as "easily the most successful female rock and roll and country star at this time."[40]
Also in 1977, she was asked by the Los Angeles Dodgers to sing the U.S. National Anthem at game three of the World Series against the New York Yankees.[75]
[edit] Time Magazine and Linda's 'Rock Chick' image
Ronstadt has remarked that she felt as though she was "artificially encouraged to kinda cop a really tough attitude (and be tough) because Rock & Roll is kind of tough (business)," which she felt wasn't worn quite authentically.[76] Female rock artists like her and Janis Joplin, whom she described as lovely, shy and very literate in real life and the antithesis of the "red hot mamma" she was artificially encouraged to project, went through an identity crisis.[76]
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Linda Ronstadt, on the cover of the February 28, 1977, issue of Time.
Eventually, Ronstadt's Rock & Roll image became just as famous as her music by the mid-1970s.[25] The 1977 appearance on the cover of Time magazine under the banner "Torchy Rock" was controversial for Ronstadt, considering what the image appeared to project about the most famous woman in rock.[29][76] At a time in the industry when men still told women what to sing and what to wear,[77] Ronstadt hated the image of her that was projected to the world on that cover,[76] and she noted recently how the photographer kept forcing her to wear a dress, which was an image she did not want to project[76] (although she wore a rather revealing dress for the cover of Hasten Down the Wind, which projected an image of her not all that different from the Time magazine cover). In 2004, she was interviewed for CBS This Morning[78] and stated that this image was not her because she didn't sit like that. Asher noted, "Anyone who's met Linda for 10 seconds will know that I couldn't possibly have been her Svengali. She's an extremely determined woman, in every area. To me, she was everything that feminism's about."[77] Qualities which, Asher has stated, were considered a "negative (in a woman at that time), whereas in a man they were perceived as being masterful and bold".[57] Since her solo career began, Ronstadt has fought hard to be recognized as a solo female singer in the world of rock, and her portrayal on the Time cover didn't appear to help the situation.[50] It was in 1976 that Rolling Stone magazine published in its cover story an alluring collection of photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz, which helped to further the image that Ronstadt later said she wasn't pleased with. Ronstadt and Asher claim to have viewed the photos prior to publication and, when their request that the photos be removed was denied, they unceremoniously threw Leibovitz out of the house.[citation needed]
In 1978 Rolling Stone magazine declared Ronstadt, "by far America's best-known female rock singer."[27] She scored a third No. 1 album on the Billboard Album Chart – unsurpassed by any female artist at this point in time – with Living In The USA. Linda achieved a major hit single with "Ooh Baby Baby," with her rendition hitting all four major singles charts (Pop, AC, Country and R&B). Living In The USA was the first album by any recording act in music history to ship double-platinum (over 2 million advance copies).[7] The album eventually sold 3 million U.S. copies.
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Linda Ronstadt's promotional poster, for the 1978 Living In The USA album and concert
At the end of that year, Billboard magazine crowned Linda Ronstadt with three No. 1 Awards for the Year: No. 1 Pop Female Singles Artist of the Year, No. 1 Pop Female Album Artist of the Year, and No. 1 Female Artist of the Year (overall).[79]
Living In The USA showed the singer on roller skates with a newly short, permed hairdo on the album cover. Ronstadt continued this theme on concert tour promotional posters with photos of her on roller skates in a dramatic pose with a large American flag in the background. By this stage of her career, she was using posters to promote every album[25] and concert – which at the time were recorded live on radio or TV. Ronstadt was also featured in the 1978 film FM, where the plot involved disc jockeys attempting to broadcast a Linda Ronstadt concert live, without a competing station's knowledge. The movie also showed Ronstadt performing the songs "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," "Love Me Tender," and "Tumbling Dice". Ronstadt was persuaded to record "Tumbling Dice" after Mick Jagger came backstage when she was at a concert and said, "You do too many ballads, you should do more rock and roll songs."[80]
Following the success of Living in the USA, Ronstadt conducted successful album promotional tours and concerts. Ronstadt made a guest appearance onstage with The Rolling Stones at the Tucson Community Center on July 21, 1978, in her hometown of Tucson, where Ronstadt and Mick Jagger sang "Tumbling Dice."[81][82] On singing with Jagger, Ronstadt later said, "I loved it. I didn't have a trace of stage fright. I'm scared to death all the way through my own shows. But it was too much fun to get scared. He's so silly onstage, he knocks you over. I mean you have to be on your toes or you wind up falling on your face."[27]
Highest paid woman in rock[link]
"Rock is the thumping heart of Linda's music, and the rock world is dominated by males. The biggest stars are male, and so are the back-up musicians ... rock beats are ... phallic, and lyrics ... masculine.... Janis Joplin, the first great white woman rocker, rattled the bars ... but she died.... Joni Mitchell ... stylish (but can’t) compete in drawing power with men ... (however) Linda Ronstadt ... has made herself one of the biggest individual rock draws in the world."
Time magazine, 1977[6]
By the end of 1978, Ronstadt had solidified her role as one of rock and pop's most successful solo female acts, and owing to her consistent platinum album success, and her ability as the first-ever woman to sell out concerts in arenas and stadiums hosting tens of thousands of fans,[18] Ronstadt became the "highest paid woman in rock".[83][dead link] She had six platinum certified albums, three of which went to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, and numerous charted Pop singles. In 1978 alone, she made over $12 million[18] (equivalent to $38,000,000 in today's dollars)[84] and in the same year her albums sales were reported to be 17 million—grossing over $60 million[4] (equivalent to a gross of over $170,000,000, in today's dollars).[84]
As Rolling Stone magazine dubbed her "Rock's Venus",[27] her record sales continued to multiply and set records themselves. By 1979, Ronstadt had collected eight gold, six platinum and four multi-platinum certifications for her albums, an unprecedented feat at the time. Her 1976 Greatest Hits album would sell consistently for the next 25 years and in 2001 was certified by the RIAA for 7 times platinum[71] (over 7 million U.S. copies sold). In 1980, Greatest Hits Volume II was released and certified platinum.[71]
In 1979, Ronstadt went on a successful international tour, playing in arenas across Australia to Japan, including the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia and the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. She also participated in a benefit concert for her friend Lowell George, held at The Forum, in Los Angeles.
By the end of the decade, Ronstadt had outsold her female competition; no other female artist to date had five straight platinum LPs: Hasten Down the Wind, and Heart Like a Wheel among them.[85] US Magazine reported in 1978, that Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell had become "The Queens of Rock"[4] and 'Rock is no longer exclusively male. There is a new royalty ruling today's record charts'.[4]
She would go on to parlay her mass commercial appeal with major success in interpreting The Great American Songbook, made famous a generation before by Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald and later the Mexican folk songs of her childhood.
From rock to opera[link]
"Rampant eclecticism is my middle name. "
Linda Ronstadt[47]
In 1980 Ronstadt recorded Mad Love, her seventh consecutive platinum selling album. Mad Love is a straightforward Rock & Roll album with post-punk, new wave influences, including tracks by songwriters such as Elvis Costello, The Cretones, and musician Mark Goldenberg who played on the record himself. She also made the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine for a record-setting sixth time. Mad Love entered the Billboard Album Chart in the Top Five its first week (a record at that time) and climbed to the No. 3 position. The project continued her streak of Top 10 hits with "How Do I Make You?", originally recorded by Billy Thermal, and "Hurt So Bad", originally a Top 10 hit for Little Anthony & the Imperials. The album earned Ronstadt a 1980 Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance/Female (although she lost to Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion album). Benatar praised Linda Ronstadt by stating, "There are a lot of good female singers around. How could I be the best? Ronstadt is still alive!"[86]
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Rex Smith, Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline, ca. 1980, from the Central Park production of The Pirates of Penzance.
In the summer of 1980 Ronstadt began rehearsals for the first of several leads in Broadway musicals. Joseph Papp cast her as the lead in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, alongside Kevin Kline.[87] She said singing Gilbert and Sullivan was a natural choice for her, since her grandfather Fred Ronstadt was credited with having created Tucson's first orchestra, the Club Filarmonico Tucsonense, and had once created an arrangement of The Pirates of Penzance.[88]
The Pirates of Penzance opened for a limited engagement in New York City's Central Park, eventually moving its production to Broadway, where it became a major hit, running from January 8, 1981, to November 28, 1982.[89] Newsweek was effusive in its praise: "... she has not dodged the coloratura demands of her role (and Mabel is one of the most demanding parts in the G&S canon): from her entrance trilling 'Poor Wand'ring One,' it is clear that she is prepared to scale whatever soprano peaks stand in her way."[72] Ronstadt co-starred with Kline and Angela Lansbury in the 1983 motion picture version of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Ronstadt received a Golden Globe nomination for the role in the movie version. She garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and The Pirates of Penzance won several Tony Awards, including a Tony Award for Best Revival.
As a child, Ronstadt had discovered La Bohème through the silent movie with Lillian Gish and was determined to someday play the part of Mimi. When she met the late opera superstar Beverly Sills, she was told, "My dear, every soprano in the world wants to play Mimi!" In 1984 Ronstadt was cast in the role at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. However, the production was a critical and commercial disaster, closing after only a few nights.[90]
In 1988 Ronstadt would return to Broadway for a limited-run engagement in the musical show adaptation of her album celebrating her Mexican heritage, Canciones De Mi Padre—A Romantic Evening In Old Mexico.[91]
In 1982 Ronstadt released Get Closer—a primarily rock album with some country and pop music as well. It remains her only album between 1975 and 1990 not to be officially certified Platinum. It peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Album Chart. The release continued her streak of Top 40 hits with "Get Closer" and "I Knew You When"—a 1965 hit by Billy Joe Royal—while the Jimmy Webb song "Easy For You To Say" was a surprise Top 10 Adult Contemporary hit in the spring of 1983. "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" was released to country radio, and made it to No. 27 on that listing. Linda also filmed several music videos for this album which became popular on the fledgling MTV cable channel. The album earned Ronstadt two Grammy Award nominations: one for Best Rock Vocal Performance/Female for the title track and another for Best Pop Vocal Performance/Female for the album. The artwork won its art director, Kosh, his second Grammy Award for Best Album Package.
Along with the release of her Get Closer album, Ronstadt embarked on a very successful North American tour, remaining one of the top rock concert draws that summer and fall. On November 25, 1982, Linda's 'Happy Thanksgiving Day' concert was held at the Reunion Arena in Dallas and broadcast live via satellite on radio stations across the United States.[92]
Artistic aspirations[link]
Ronstadt has remarked that in the beginning of her career "(she) ... was so focused on folk, rock and country that..(she) got a bit bored and started to branch out, and ... (has) been doing that ever since."[93] By 1983, Linda Ronstadt's estimated worth was over $40 million[94] mostly from successful records, concerts and merchandising.
Ronstadt eventually tired of playing arenas.[76] She had ceased to feel that arenas, where people milled around smoking marijuana cigarettes and drinking beer, were "appropriate places for music." She wanted "angels in the architecture"—a reference to a lyric in the Paul Simon song "You Can Call Me Al" from the 1986 album Graceland. (Ronstadt sang harmony with Simon on a different Graceland track, "Under African Skies." The lyrics pay tribute to Ronstadt: "Take this child, Lord, from Tucson, Arizona....") Ronstadt has said she wants to sing in places similar to the Theatre of ancient Greece, where the attention is focused on the stage and performer.[95]
Ronstadt's recording output in the 1980s proved to be just as commercially and critically successful as her 1970s recordings. Between 1983 and 1990 Ronstadt scored six additional platinum albums; two of these have been certified triple platinum (each with over 3 million U.S. copies sold); one has been certified double platinum (over two million copies sold); and one has earned additional certification as a Gold (over 500,000 U.S. copies sold) double disc album.[31]
By recording Traditional pop, Traditional country, Traditional Latin roots, and Adult Contemporary, Ronstadt resonated with a different fan base and diversified her appeal.
Jazz/pop trilogy[link]
In 1981 Linda Ronstadt produced and recorded an album of jazz and pop standards (later marketed in bootleg form) titled Keeping Out of Mischief with the assistance of producer Jerry Wexler. However, Ronstadt's displeasure with the final result led her, with regrets, to scrap the project. "Doing that killed me", she said in a Time magazine interview.[96] But the appeal of the album's music had seduced Ronstadt, as she told Down Beat magazine in April 1985, crediting Wexler for encouraging her.[97] Nonetheless, Ronstadt had to somehow convince her reticent record company, Elektra Records, to greenlight this type of album under her contract.[98]
By 1983 Ronstadt had enlisted the help of 62-year-old conductor and master of jazz/traditional pop orchestration, Nelson Riddle. The two embarked on an unorthodox and original approach to rehabilitating the Great American Songbook, recording a trilogy of highly successful jazz/ traditional pop albums: What's New (1983—U.S. 3.7 million as of 2010); Lush Life (1984—U.S. 1.7 million as of 2010); and For Sentimental Reasons (1986—U.S. 1.3 million as of 2010). The three albums have a combined sales total of nearly 7 million copies in the United States alone.
"I now realize I was taking a tremendous risk, and that Joe Smith (the head of Elektra Records, and strongly opposed) was looking out for himself, and for me. When it became apparent I wouldn't change my mind, he said: 'I love Nelson so much! Can I please come to the sessions. I said 'Yes.' "When the albums ... were successful, Joe congratulated me, and I never said 'I told you so.'"
Linda Ronstadt[99]
The album design for What's New by designer Kosh was unlike any of her previous disc covers. It showed Ronstadt in a vintage dress lying on shimmering satin sheets with a Walkman headset. At the time, Ronstadt received some chiding for both the album cover and her venture into what was then considered "elevator music" by cynics, but remained determined to record with Nelson Riddle, and What's New became a hit. The album was released in September 1983, it spent 81 weeks on the Billboard Album Chart and held the No. 3 position for a month and a half (held out of the top spot by Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and Lionel Richie's 'Can't Slow Down') and the RIAA certified it triple platinum[71] (over 3 million U.S. copies sold alone). The album earned Ronstadt another Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and critical raves, with Time magazine calling it "one of the gutsiest, most unorthodox and unexpected albums of the year".[100]
Ronstadt faced considerable pressure not to record What's New or record with Riddle. According to jazz historian Peter Levinson, author of the book September In The Rain—a Biography on Nelson Riddle, Joe Smith, president of Elektra Records, was terrified that the Nelson Riddle album would turn off Ronstadt's rock audience.[98] Linda did not completely turn her back on her rock and roll past, however; the video for the title track featured Danny Kortchmar as the old beau that she bumped into during a rainstorm.
What's New brought Nelson Riddle to a younger audience. According to Levinson, "the younger audience hated what Riddle had done with Frank Sinatra,[101] which in 1983 was considered 'Vintage Pop.'" Working with Ronstadt, Riddle brought his career back into focus in the last three years of his life.[101] Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, What's New "isn't the first album by a rock singer to pay tribute to the golden age of the pop, but is ... the best and most serious attempt to rehabilitate an idea of pop that Beatlemania and the mass marketing of rock LPs for teenagers undid in the mid-60s.... In the decade prior to Beatlemania, most of the great band singers and crooners of the 40s and 50s codified a half-century of American pop standards on dozens of albums ... many of them now long out-of-print."[102] What's New is the first album by a rock singer to have major commercial success in rehabilitating the Great American Songbook.[102]
In 1984 Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle performed these songs live, in concert halls throughout Australia, Japan and the United States, including multi-night performances at historic venues Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall and Pine Knob.
In 2004 Ronstadt released Hummin' to Myself, her album for Verve Records. It was her first foray into traditional jazz since her sessions with Jerry Wexler and her records with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, but this time with an intimate jazz combo. The album was a quiet affair for Ronstadt, giving few interviews and making only one television performance as promotion. It reached No. 2 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart but peaked at No. 166 on the main Billboard album chart. Not having the mass distribution that Warner Music gave her, Hummin' To Myself had sold over 75,000 copies in the U.S. as of 2010—which is quite successful for a small record label like Verve Records. It also achieved some critical acclaim from the jazz cognoscenti.[12]
"Trio" recordings[link]
"When (we) sang, it was a beautiful and different sound I've never heard before. We (recorded the vocals) as individual parts, because we didn't have the luxury of spending a lot of time together on a tour bus ... and knowing each other's (vocal) moves ... takes years."
Linda Ronstadt[59]
In 1978, Ronstadt, with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, began recording a Trio album. Unfortunately, the attempt was not successful. Ronstadt later remarked that not too many people were in control at the time and everyone was too involved with their own careers. (Though the efforts to complete the album were abandoned, a number of the more successful recordings were included on the singers' respective solo recordings over the next few years.) This concept album was put on the back burner for almost ten years.
In January 1986, the three eventually did make their way into the recording studio, where they spent the next several months working. The result, Trio, which they had conceived ten years earlier, was released in March 1987. It was a considerable hit, holding the No. 1 position on Billboard's Country Albums chart for five weeks running and hitting the Top 10 on the Pop side also. Selling over three million U.S. copies and winning them a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, it produced four Top Ten Country singles including "To Know Him Is To Love Him" which hit #1. The album was also a nominee for overall Album of the Year, in the company of Michael Jackson, U2, Prince, and Whitney Houston.
In 1994, the three performers recorded a follow-up to Trio. As was the case with their aborted 1978 effort, conflicting schedules and competing priorities delayed the album's release indefinitely. Ronstadt, who had already paid for studio time—and owed her record company a finished album—removed Dolly's individual tracks at her request, kept Emmylou's vocals on, and produced a number of the recordings, which she subsequently released on her 1995 return to Country Rock, Feels Like Home.
However, in 1999, Ronstadt, Parton and Harris agreed to release the Trio II album, as was originally recorded in 1994. It included an ethereal cover of Neil Young's "After The Gold Rush" which became a popular music video. The effort was certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) and won them a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for the track. Ronstadt co-produced the album with George Massenburg and the three ladies also received a Grammy Nomination for Best Country Album.
Canciones—songs of the Ronstadt family[link]
At the end of 1987, Ronstadt released an album of traditional Mexican folk songs, or what she describes as "world class songs", titled Canciones de Mi Padre. Keeping with the Ronstadt history theme, her cover art was dramatic, bold, and colorful. For Canciones De Mi Padre, Ronstadt was in full Mexican regalia, and her musical arranger was famed Mariachi musician Rubén Fuentes.
These canciones were a big part of Ronstadt's family tradition and musical roots. For example, the history of this album goes back half a century. In January 1946, the University of Arizona published a booklet by Luisa Espinel entitled Canciones de mi Padre.[103] Luisa Espinel, Ronstadt's aunt, was herself an international singer in the 1920s and 1930s. Ms. Espinel's father was Fred Ronstadt, Linda's grandfather, and the songs she had learned, transcribed and published were some of the ones he had brought with him from Sonora. Ronstadt researched and extracted from the favorites she had learned from her father Gilbert and she called her album by the same name as her aunt's booklet and as a tribute to her father and his family. Though not fully bilingual, she has a fairly good command of the Spanish language, allowing her to sing Latin American songs with little discernible Anglo accent; Ronstadt has often identified herself as Mexican-American.[104] Her formative years were spent with her father's side of the family.[105] In fact, in 1976, Ronstadt had collaborated with her father to write and compose a Traditional Mexican folk ballad titled "Lo siento mi vida", a song that she included in her Grammy winning album Hasten Down the Wind. Also, Ronstadt has credited Mexican singer Lola Beltrán as an influence in her own singing style, and she recalls how a frequent guest to the Ronstadt home, Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero, father of Chicano music, would often serenade her as a child.[88]
This album won Ronstadt a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance. The real achievement, however, is the disc's RIAA double-platinum[71] (over 2 million U.S. copies sold) certification—making it the biggest-selling non-English language album in U.S. music history. Another achievement is that the album and later theatrical stage show, served as a benchmark of Latin cultural renaissance in North America.
"(I obtained) enough clout and ... after years and years of making commercial records, I was entitled to experiment ... the success of the (Nelson Riddle albums) ... entitled me to try the Mexican stuff."
Linda Ronstadt [47]
Ronstadt produced and performed a theatrical stage show in concert halls across the United States and Latin America to both Hispanic and non-Hispanic audiences, including on the Great White Way. She called the stage show by the same name Canciones de mi Padre. These performances were released on DVD. Ronstadt elected to return to the Broadway stage, 4 years after she performed in La Bohème, for a limited run engagement. PBS Great Performances aired the celebrated stage show during its annual fund drives and the show was a hit with audiences, earning Ronstadt an Emmy Award for Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program.
Linda later recorded two additional discs of Latin music in the early 1990s. Although their promotion, like most of her albums in the 1990s, were a quieter affair for Ronstadt, where she appeared to do the "bare minimum" to promote them. They were not nearly as successful as Canciones De Mi Padre, but were critically acclaimed in some circles. In 1991 she released Mas Canciones, a follow up to the first Canciones. For this effort she won a Grammy award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album. The following year she stepped outside of the Mariachi genre and decided to record well known "afro-Cuban" songs. This disc was titled Frenesí. Like her two previous Latin recordings ventures, this third Latin album won Ronstadt another Grammy award, this time for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.
In 1991 Ronstadt acted in the lead role of arch angel San Miguel in La Pastorela, or A Shephard's Tale, a musical filmed at San Juan Bautista. It was written and directed by Luis Valdez. The production was part of the PBS "Great Performances" series. (As of December 2010, it existed on VHS format but had not been released on DVD by that time.)
Returning to the pop music scene[link]
By the late 1980s, while enjoying the success of her big band jazz collaborations with Nelson Riddle and her surprise hit Mariachi recordings, Linda Ronstadt elected to return to recording mainstream pop music once again. In 1987 she made a return to the top of Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Somewhere Out There", which peaked at No. 2 in March.[72] Featured in the animated film An American Tail, the sentimental duet with James Ingram was nominated for several Grammy Awards, ultimately winning "Song of the Year." It also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Motion Picture song and achieved high sales, earning a million-selling Gold single in the U.S.—one of the last 45s ever to do so. It was also accompanied by a popular music video. On the heels of this success, Steven Spielberg asked Ronstadt to record the theme song for the animated sequel titled An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, which was titled "Dreams To Dream." Although "Dreams To Dream" failed to achieve the success of "Somewhere Out There", the song did give Ronstadt an Adult Contemporary hit in 1991.
In 1989, Ronstadt released a mainstream pop album and several popular singles. This effort, titled Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, became one of the singer's most successful albums—in terms of production, arrangements, chart sales, and critical acclaim. It became Ronstadt's tenth Top 10 album on the Billboard chart, reaching the No. 7 position and being certified triple-platinum[71] (over 3 million U.S. copies sold). The album also garnered critical acclaim, receiving numerous Grammy nominations and being praised by Amazon.com as "an album that defines virtually everything that is right about adult contemporary pop."[106] Linda featured New Orleans soul singer Aaron Neville on several of the twelve disc cuts.
Ronstadt incorporated the sounds of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Tower of Power horns, the Skywalker Symphony and numerous musicians. It had duets, including "Don't Know Much" (Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 hit—Christmas 1989[72]) and "All My Life" (Billboard Hot 100 No. 11 hit), both of which were long-running No. 1 Adult Contemporary hits. These duets with Aaron Neville received much critical acclaim, earning several Grammy nominations. The duo won both the 1989 and 1990 Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal awards. Linda's last known live Grammy Award appearance was in 1990 when she and Neville performed "Don't Know Much" together on the telecast.[38] ("Whenever I sing with a different artist, I can get things out of my voice that I can't do by myself", Ronstadt reflected in 2007. "I can do things with Aaron that I can't do alone.")[107]
In December 1990, Linda Ronstadt participated in a concert held at the Tokyo Dome to commemorate John Lennon's 50th birthday, and to raise awareness of environmental issues. Other participants included Miles Davis, Lenny Kravitz, Hall & Oates, Natalie Cole, Japanese artists, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon. A CD resulted, titled Happy Birthday, John.[108]
A return to roots music[link]
Continuing with her crafted approach to more mainstream-oriented material, Ronstadt released the highly acclaimed Winter Light album at the end of 1993. It included New Age arrangements such as the lead single "Heartbeats Accelerating" as well as the self-penned title track and featured the unique glass armonica instrument. But alas, it was Linda's first commercial failure since 1972, and peaked at a disappointing No. 92 in Billboard, whereas 1995's Feels Like Home was Ronstadt's much heralded return to Country-Rock and included her version of Tom Petty's classic hit "The Waiting." The single's rollicking, fiddle-infused flip side, "Walk On", returned Linda to the Country Singles chart for the first time since 1983. An album track entitled "The Blue Train" charted 10 weeks in Billboard's Adult Contemporary Top 40. This album fared slightly better than its predecessor, reaching #75. Both albums were later deleted from the Elektra/Asylum catalog.
In 1996 Ronstadt produced Dedicated to the One I Love, an album of classic rock 'n roll songs reinvented as lullabies. The disc reached No. 78 in Billboard. Ronstadt was awarded a Grammy in the Best Musical Album for Children category.
In 1998 Ronstadt released We Ran, her first album in over two years. The disc harkened back to Ronstadt's country-rock and folk-rock heyday. She returned to her rock 'n' roll roots with vivid interpretations of songs by Bruce Springsteen, Doc Pomus, Bob Dylan and John Hiatt. The recording was produced by Glyn Johns. A commercial failure, the album stands—at 60,000 copies sold at the time of its deletion in 2008—as the poorest selling studio album in Linda's Elektra/Asylum catalogue. We Ran did not chart any singles but it was well received by critics.
Despite the lack of success of We Ran, Ronstadt kept towards this adult rock exploration. She released Western Wall – The Tucson Sessions in the summer of 1999—a folk-rock oriented project with EmmyLou Harris. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and made the Top 10 of Billboard's Country Albums chart (#73 on the main Billboard album chart). However, it would sell roughly half the number of copies that Trio II sold and had gone out of print as of December 2010.
Also in 1999, Ronstadt went back to her concert roots, when she performed with the Eagles and Jackson Browne at Staples Center's 1999 New Year's Eve celebration kicking off the December 31 end-of-the-millennium festivities. As Staples Center Senior Vice President and General Manager Bobby Goldwater said, "It was our goal to present a spectacular event as a sendoff to the 20th century", and "Eagles, Jackson Browne, and Linda Ronstadt are three of the most popular acts of the century. Their performances will constitute a singular and historic night of entertainment for New Year's Eve in Los Angeles."[109]
In 2000 Linda Ronstadt completed her long contractual relationship with the Elektra/Asylum Records label. The fulfillment of this contract commenced with the release of A Merry Little Christmas, Linda's first holiday collection, which included rare choral works, the somber Joni Mitchell song "River", and a rare recorded duet with the late Rosemary Clooney on her (Clooney's) signature song, "White Christmas". Since leaving Warner Music, Ronstadt has gone on to release one album each under the Verve and Vanguard Record labels.
"Your musical soul is like facets of a jewel, and you stick out one facet at a time ... (and) I tend to work real hard on whatever it is I do, to get it up to speed, up to a professional level. I tend to bury myself in one thing for years at a time."
Linda Ronstadt[25]
In 2006, recording as the ZoZo Sisters, Ronstadt teamed with her then-new friend, musician and musical scholar Ann Savoy, to record Adieu False Heart. It was an album of roots music incorporating pop, Cajun, and early 20th century music and released on the Vanguard Records label. But Adieu False Heart was a commercial failure, peaking at No. 146 in the U.S., and stands as the latest Linda Ronstadt album as of 2012.
Adieu False Heart, recorded in Louisiana, features a cast of local musicians, including Chas Justus, Eric Frey and Kevin Wimmer of the Red Stick Ramblers, Sam Broussard of The Mamou Playboys, Dirk Powell and Joel Savoy, as well as an array of Nashville musicians: fiddler Stuart Duncan, mandolinist Sam Bush and guitarist Bryan Sutton. The recording earned two Grammy nominations: Best Traditional Folk Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
In 2007 Ronstadt could be heard on the compilation LP We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song--a tribute album to jazz music's all-time most heralded artist—on the track "Miss Otis Regrets."[110] In the summer of 2007 Ronstadt headlined the Newport Folk Festival, making her debut at this prestigious event, where she incorporated jazz, rock and folk music into her repertoire.
Selected list of career achievements[link]
- As of 2011 Linda Ronstadt has earned three No. 1 Pop albums, ten Top 10 Pop albums and 36 charting Pop albums on the Billboard Pop Album Charts. On Billboard (magazine)'s Top Country Albums chart, she has charted 15 albums including four that hit #1.
- Also—as of 2011—Ronstadt's singles have earned her a No. 1 hit and three No. 2 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (with ten Top 10 Pop singles and twenty-one reaching the 'Top 40' overall). Additionally she has scored two No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and two No. 1 hits and on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.
- Linda has recorded and released well over 30 studio albums and has made guest appearances on an estimated 120 other albums.[111] Her guest appearances included the classical minimalist Philip Glass's album Songs from Liquid Days, a hit Classical record with other major Pop stars either singing or writing lyrics, she also appeared on Glass's follow up recording; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, an appearance on Paul Simon's Graceland, where she sang second voice beautifully on a wonderful song of Paul Simon's called "Under African Skies," a song which it appears has a verse dedicated to Ms. Ronstadt, to her amazing voice and harmonies, and to her birth in Tucson, Arizona, she voiced herself in The Simpsons episode "Mr. Plow" and sang a duet "Funny How Time Slips Away" with Homer Simpson on The Yellow Album. Ronstadt has also recorded on albums with artists as diverse as Billy Eckstine, Emmylou Harris, The Chieftains, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, J. D. Souther, Gram Parsons, Bette Midler, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Earl Scruggs, The Eagles, Andrew Gold, Hoyt Axton, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Mark Goldenberg, Ann Savoy, Karla Bonoff, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Maria Muldaur, Randy Newman, Nicolette Larson, the Seldom Scene, Rosemary Clooney, Aaron Neville, Rodney Crowell, Hearts and Flowers, Teresa, Laurie Lewis, Yanka Runpika and Flaco Jiménez.
- Linda's three biggest-selling studio albums to date are her 1977 release Simple Dreams, 1983's What's New, and 1989's Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, each one certified by the Recording Industry Association of America for over 3 million copies sold. Her highest-selling album to date is the 1976 compilation, Greatest Hits, certified for over 7 million units sold in 2001.[112]
- Linda Ronstadt became music's first major touring female artist, selling out major venues, and she also became the top-grossing solo female concert artist for the 1970s.[7] Ronstadt remained a highly successful touring artist into the 1990s at which time she decided to 'scale back' to smaller venues.
- Cash Box magazine—fierce competition to Billboard in the 1970s—named Linda Ronstadt the '#1 Female Artist of the Decade'.[18]
- Her RIAA certification (audits paid for by record companies or artist for promotion) tally as of 2001, now totals 19 Gold, 14 Platinum and 7 Multi-Platinum albums.[113]
- Ronstadt's album sales have not been certified since 2001, and at the time, Ronstadt's U.S. album sales were certified by the RIAA at over 30 million albums sold while Peter Asher, her former producer and manager, placed her total U.S. album sales at over 45 million.[33] Likewise, her worldwide albums sales are in excess of 60 million albums sold, according to Verve Music.[114]
- She was the first female in music history to score three consecutive platinum albums and ultimately racked up a total of eight consecutive platinum albums.[115]
- Her album Living In The USA is the first album by any recording act in U.S. music history to ship double platinum (over 2 million advanced copies).[7]
- Linda's first Latin release, the all-Spanish 1987 album, Canciones De Mi Padre stands as the best-selling non-English-language album in U.S. music history. As of 2009, it had sold over 2½ million U.S. copies.
- Ronstadt has served as record producer on various albums from musicians such as her cousin David Lindley and Aaron Neville to singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb.[116] She produced Cristal – Glass Music Through the Ages, an album of classical music using glass instruments with Dennis James, and Ronstadt singing on several of the arrangements.[117] In 1999, Ronstadt also produced the Grammy Award winning Trio II.
- She has received a total of 27 Grammy Award nominations in various fields from Rock, Country, and Pop, to Tropical Latin, and has won 11 Grammy Awards in fields including Pop, Country, Tropical Latin, Musical Album for Children, and Mexican-American.
- Ronstadt was the first female solo artist to have two Top 40 singles simultaneously on Billboard magazine's Hot 100: "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy" (October 1977). By December, both "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy" had climbed into Billboard's Top 5 and remained there for the entire month.[118]
- As a singer-songwriter Ronstadt has also written songs covered by several artists, such as "Try Me Again" covered by Trisha Yearwood and "Winter Light" which was co-written and composed with Zbigniew Preisner and Eric Kaz, and covered by Sarah Brightman.
- Ronstadt has elected to sing songs written by a diverse group of artist including Lowell George, Zevon, Costello, Souther, Newman, Patty Griffin. Sinéad O'Connor, Julie Miller, Mel Tillis, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, John Hiatt, Joe Melson, Seldom Scene, Bruce Springsteen, George Jones, Tracy Nelson, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Little Feat, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Brian Wilson, the Rolling Stones, the Miracles, Oscar Hammerstein II, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
- Rolling Stone Magazine writes, a whole generation "but for her, might never have heard the work of Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, or Elvis Costello."[5]
- "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" included Heart Like A Wheel (1974) at No. 164 and The Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt (2002) at #324.[119]
- In 1999, Ronstadt ranked No. 21 in VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Three years later, she ranked No. 40 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music.
Personal life[link]
Beginning in the mid-1970s, Linda Ronstadt's private life was given major publicity. It was fueled by a relationship with then-Governor of California Jerry Brown, a Democratic presidential candidate. They shared a Newsweek magazine cover in April 1979.[120] They also made the cover of Us Weekly magazine. Ronstadt and Brown took a trip to Africa which became fodder for the international press, and they made the cover of People magazine. In the mid-1980s, Ronstadt was engaged to Star Wars director George Lucas.[121] In 1991 Ronstadt adopted an infant daughter, Mary Clementine.[122] She later adopted a son, Carlos.[123] She has never married.[124]
In the early 1980s, Ronstadt was criticized by some (mainly rock critics) for playing two concerts, as a replacement for Frank Sinatra, in South Africa under apartheid, at a time when Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, Sinatra, Shirley Bassey and Cher were also performing there.
In 2009, in honor of Linda Ronstadt, the Martin Guitar Company has made a 00–42 model "Linda Ronstadt Limited Edition" acoustic guitar. Ronstadt has appointed the Land Institute as recipient of all proceeds from her signature guitar.[125]
In the summer of 2011, Simon & Schuster announced they would publish Ronstadt's autobiography. To be entitled Heart Like A Wheel, the memoir is scheduled to be released in 2013.[126][127]
Political activism[link]
Major criticism and praise involving Ronstadt's politics arose during a July 17, 2004, performance at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. Toward the end of her performance, as she had done across the country, Ronstadt spoke to the audience, praising Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's documentary film about the Iraq War, and dedicated the song "Desperado" to Moore.[128] Accounts say the crowd's initial reaction was mixed, with "half the crowd heartily applauding her praise for Moore, (and) the other half booing."[128] Following the concert, news accounts reported that Ronstadt was "evicted" from the hotel premises.[129] Ronstadt's comments, as well as the reactions of some audience members and the hotel, became a topic of discussion nationwide. Aladdin casino president Bill Timmins and Michael Moore each made public statements on the controversy.[130] The incident prompted international headlines and debate on an entertainer's right to express a political opinion from the stage, and made the editorial section of The New York Times.[131] Following the incident, many friends of Ronstadt's, including the Eagles, immediately canceled their engagements at the Aladdin.[38] Ronstadt also received telegrams of support from her rock 'n' roll friends around the world, such as The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, and Elton John. Amid reports of mixed public response, Ronstadt continued in her praise of Moore and his film throughout her 2004 and 2006 summer concerts across North America. At a 2006 concert in Canada, Ronstadt told the Calgary Sun that she was "embarrassed George Bush (was) from the United States.... He's an idiot.... He's enormously incompetent on both the domestic and international scenes.... Now the fact that we were lied to about the reasons for entering into war against Iraq and thousands of people have died – it's just as immoral as racism." Her remarks drew international headlines. In an August 14, 2007, interview, she commented on all her well-publicized, outspoken views, in particular the Aladdin incident by noting, "If I had it to do over I would be much more gracious to everyone ... you can be as outspoken as you want if you are very, very respectful. Show some grace".[132]
In August 2009, Ronstadt, in a well-publicized interview to PlanetOut Inc. titled "Linda Ronstadt's Gay Mission", championed gay rights, same sex marriage and stated that "homophobia is anti-family values. Period, end of story."[133]
On January 16, 2010, Ronstadt converged with thousands of other activists in a "National Day of Action". Ronstadt stated that her "dog in the fight" was—as a native Arizonan and coming from a law enforcement family—the treatment of illegal aliens, Arizona's enforcement of its anti-immigrant law and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration efforts.[134]
On April 29, 2010, Ronstadt began a campaign, including joining a lawsuit,[135] against Arizona's new illegal-immigration law SB 1070 calling it a "devastating blow to law enforcement..the police don't protect us in a democracy with brute force", something she said she learned from her brother, Peter, who was Chief of Police in Tucson.[136]
Ronstadt has also been outspoken on environmental and community issues. Ronstadt is a major supporter and admirer of sustainable agriculture pioneer Wes Jackson, saying in 2000 that "the work he's doing right now is the most important work there is in the (United States)",[137] and dedicating the rock anthem "Desperado" to him at an August 2007 concert in Kansas City, Kansas .[138] In 2007 Ronstadt resided in the San Francisco area, while also maintaining her home in Tucson, Arizona.[139] That same year she drew criticism and praise[140] from Tucsonans for commenting that the local city council's failings, developers' strip mall mentality, greed and growing dust problem had rendered the city unrecognizable and poorly developed.[141]
National arts advocate[link]
"In the United States we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music together does all this and more."
Congressional testimony from Linda Ronstadt[142]
In 2008, Ronstadt was appointed Artistic Director of the San José Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival.[3][143] On March 31, 2009, in testimony that the LA Times viewed as "remarkable",[144] Ronstadt spoke to the United States Congress' House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment & Related Agencies, attempting to convince lawmakers to budget $200 million in the 2010 fiscal year for the National Endowment of the Arts.[145]
Ronstadt has also been honored for her contribution to the American arts. On September 23, 2007, Ronstadt was inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame, along with Stevie Nicks, Buck Owens and filmmaker Steven Spielberg.[146] On August 17, 2008, Ronstadt received a tribute by various artists including BeBe Winans and Wynonna Judd, when she was honored with the Trailblazer Award, presented to her by Plácido Domingo at the 2008 ALMA Awards,[147] a ceremony later televised in the U.S. on ABC.
In May 2009, Ronstadt received an honorary doctorate of music degree from the Berklee College of Music for her achievements and influence in music, and her contributions to American and international culture.[148] Mix magazine stated that "Linda Ronstadt (has) left her mark on more than the record business; her devotion to the craft of singing influenced many audio professionals.... (and is) intensely knowledgeable about the mechanics of singing and the cultural contexts of every genre she passes".[54]
In 2004, Ronstadt wrote the Foreword Introduction to the book titled The NPR Curious Listener's Guide To American Folk Music,[149] and in 2005 she wrote the Introduction to the book titled Classic Ferrington Guitars, about guitar-maker and luthier Danny Ferrington and his custom guitars that he created for Ronstadt and other musicians such as Elvis Costello, Ry Cooder, and Kurt Cobain.[150]
Awards[link]
Grammy Awards[link]
- 1975—Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" from Heart Like a Wheel
- 1976—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Hasten Down the Wind
- 1980—Best Musical Album for Children, In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record (multiple artist compilation w/ Linda Ronstadt)1
- 1987—Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Trio (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris)
- 1988—Best Mexican-American Performance, Canciones de Mi Padre
- 1989—Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, "Don't Know Much" from Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind with Aaron Neville
- 1990—Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, "All My Life" from Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind with Aaron Neville
- 1992—Best Tropical Latin Album, Frenesi
- 1993—Best Mexican-American Album, Mas Canciones
- 1996—Best Musical Album for Children, Dedicated to the One I Love
- 1999—Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, "After the Gold Rush" from Trio II with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris
1 "Best Musical Album for Children" Grammy—Linda Ronstadt is not recognised by the Grammy Awards as being a recipient of this particular Grammy, although she participated in the production. Therefore, the Grammy Award site[151] shows Ronstadt the recipient of only 10 Awards, and 17 additional nominations. However, the official Grammy Awards site does show Ronstadt as a recipient for the Grammy winning Musical Album for Children.
Grammy Award nominations[link]
- 1970—Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female, "Long, Long Time" from Silk Purse
- 1975—Album of the Year, Heart Like a Wheel
- 1975—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Heart Like a Wheel
- 1977—Record of the Year, "Blue Bayou" from Simple Dreams
- 1977—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, "Blue Bayou" from Simple Dreams
- 1980—Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, "How Do I Make You" from Mad Love
- 1982—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, "Get Closer" from the album Get Closer
- 1982—Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, "Get Closer" from the album Get Closer
- 1983—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, What's New
- 1985—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Lush Life
- 1987—Album of the Year, Trio with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris
- 1987—Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, "Somewhere Out There" from the soundtrack to An American Tail with James Ingram
- 1989—Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
- 1999—Best Country Album, Trio II with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris
- 1999—Best Contemporary Folk Album, Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions with Emmylou Harris
- 2002—Best Traditional Folk Album, Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, multiple artist compilation, with vocalist Ann Savoy
- 2006—Best Traditional Folk Album, Adieu False Heart with Ann Savoy
Latin Grammy Award[link]
- 2011—Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award[152]
Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee[link]
- 2007—For her significant impact and evolution and development of the entertainment culture in the state of Arizona
ACM Music Award[link]
- 1974—Best New Female Artist
- 1987—Best Album / 'TRIO'—Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Emmy Award[link]
- 1989—Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, Linda Ronstadt, Great Performances: Canciones de Mi Padre
ALMA Award[link]
- 2008—Trailblazer Award for Contribution to American Music[153]
Tony Award nomination[link]
- 1981—Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Linda Ronstadt in The Pirates of Penzance as "Mabel"
Golden Globe Award nomination[link]
- 1983—Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical or Comedy, Linda Ronstadt in The Pirates of Penzance
Discography[link]
Main article: Linda Ronstadt discography
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- ^ "Rich Bailey Interview". Dennis James discusses his career, his current CD, and working with Linda Ronstadt, January 2002. http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/djames.html. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ^ The Book of Singles—Top 20 Charts 1984 to present Day: Dave McAleer: 2001: ISBN 0-87930-666-1:
- ^ The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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- ^ Fink, Mitchell (September 16, 1991). "The Insider". People Weekly 1991 (33): 33. "Singer Linda Ronstadt quietly became a single parent earlier this year. She has adopted an infant girl and named her Mary Clementine Ronstadt."
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- ^ [1] Interview, The Honolulu Advertiser
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- ^ a b "The Progressive". Linda Ronstadt Gets the Hook at Aladdin: by Matthew Rothschild July 21, 2004. http://www.progressive.org/mag_mclindar. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
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- ^ "Linda Ronstadt Calls Joe Arpaio "a Sadistic Man", Will Participate in Anti-Arpaio Human Rights March Saturday, January 16". Phoenix New Times. http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/12/linda_ronstadt_call_joe_arpaio.php. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
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Articles and interviews[link]
- Fusion, Linda Ronstadt: Female Rocker, (December 26, 1969), Courtesy of Unofficial Linda Ronstadt Homepage
- Creem Magazine, A Heart To Heart with Linda Ronstadt (December 1976), Courtesy of Unofficial Linda Ronstadt Homepage
- Linda Ronstadt: Melancholy Baby, Esquire, (October 1985), Courtesy of Unofficial Linda Ronstadt Homepage
- The Weekend Australian: Everlasting Linda, by Debbie Kruger, Courtesy of Debbie Kruger (July 19, 1998)
- Linda Ronstadt lets wisdom strike notes, The Honolulu Advertiser (March 31, 2006)
- San Diego Union-Tribune interview
- Tucson Citizen report of the Aladdin incident
- Edmonton Sun interview "Linda Ronstadt defends her politics" (August 10, 2006)
- Calgary Sun "Ronstadt still sings sweetly" (August 10, 2006)
- Linda Ronstadt's interview with Tavis Smiley (August 5, 2006)
- Kudos To Linda Ronstadt by James Donahue
- Linda Ronstadt rocks with jazz sophistication (August 4, 2007)
- Linda Ronstadt plays NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" (April 28, 2007)
External links[link]
- The Definitive Linda Ronstadt Homepage (Unofficial but comprehensive)
- Linda Ronstadt at the Internet Movie Database
- Linda Ronstadt at the Internet Broadway Database
- Linda Ronstadt at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Linda Ronstadt discography
- Tucson's Ronstadt Family History of the Ronstadt family
- VIRB.com site
- Linda Ronstadt was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame (winners based on fan votes)
- Future Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction chances and Information
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 Garfunkel in concert in Dublin, Ireland, circa 1981. |
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| Birth name | Arthur Ira Garfunkel |
| Born | (1941-11-05) November 5, 1941 (age 70) Forest Hills, New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk rock, soft rock, rock, pop |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, poet |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, violin |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Labels | Atco, Columbia |
| Associated acts | Simon & Garfunkel |
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Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter, a poet, and a Golden Globe winning actor. He was also half of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, which split in 1970, at the height of their popularity.
Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned six Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award.[1] In 1990, he and former musical partner Paul Simon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Early life and career[link]
Art Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, the son of housewife Rose and traveling salesman Jacob "Jack" Garfunkel on November 5, 1941. Art has two siblings; the older one named Jules and the younger one named Jerome, who was an actor in his earlier years in Dayton, Ohio,[2] before becoming a travelling menswear salesman.[3][4][5] He is Jewish. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Iași in Romania. His cousin on his mother's side is founder of 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, Lou Pearlman.[6][7][8] Garfunkel attended the Forest Hills High School. According to the Across America DVD, Garfunkel's love for singing "came in the first grade. When we were lined up in size order, and after everyone else had left, I'd stay behind and enjoy the echo sound of the stairwell tiles and sing 'Unchained Melody' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone', learning to love this goose-bumps song from the tender age of five." Later, Garfunkel's father bought him a wire recorder and from then on, Garfunkel spent his afternoons singing, recording and playing it back, so he could listen for flaws and learn how to improve.
At his bar mitzvah in 1954, Garfunkel performed as a cantor performing over four hours of his repertoire to his family.[9] As a young teen, Garfunkel was struck with a lung infection, leading to a love for basketball. He explained in a 1998 Interview: "In the summer of ’55, I had a lung infection. I couldn’t run around, but I love basketball and there was a hoop nearby. Much of the summer I spent methodically hitting 96, 98 foul shots out of 100. Then 102! I never played on a team after Junior High School. Just 3 against 3, half court pick up games in the schoolyard."[10] He met his future singing partner Paul Simon in the sixth grade – PS 164, Queens, when they were both cast in the elementary school graduation play, Alice In Wonderland.[11] It has been said by Garfunkel that Simon first became interested in singing after hearing Garfunkel sing a rendition of Nat King Cole's "Too Young" in a school talent show.
Between 1956 and 1962, the two had performed together as "Tom & Jerry", occasionally performing at school dances. Their idols were The Everly Brothers, whom they imitated in their use of close two-part vocal harmony. In 1957, Simon and Garfunkel recorded the song "Hey, Schoolgirl" under the name Tom & Jerry, given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached number forty-nine on the pop charts. Garfunkel ("Tom Graph") chose his nickname because he liked to track, or "graph" hits, on the pop charts.[12] He also released some singles as a solo artist under the name Artie Garr, a shortened version of his name. In interviews, Garfunkel has noted himself how these early singles distinguished him as a folk-styled crooner,[citation needed] with songs like "Beat Love" and "Dream Alone" (both released 1959).
After graduating from Forest Hills High School, Garfunkel studied at Columbia College at Columbia University in Manhattan in the early 1960s, where he was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.[13] Garfunkel was a team member in tennis, skiing, fencing, and bowling at the college.[10] He was also a member of the all-male a cappella group on campus, the Columbia Kingsmen.[14] In 1962, Garfunkel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in art history, followed by a master's degree in mathematics, while Simon attended Queens College. Garfunkel also completed coursework toward a doctorate in Mathematics Education at Teachers College, Columbia University during the peak of Simon and Garfunkel's commercial success.[15]
Simon & Garfunkel[link]
Main article: Simon & Garfunkel
In 1963, he and Simon reformed their duo under their own names as "Simon and Garfunkel" and released their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. on Columbia Records in October 1964. It was not a critical success, and the duo subsequently split again. The next year, producer Tom Wilson lifted the song "The Sounds of Silence" from the record, dubbed an electric backing onto it,[16] and released it as a single that went to #1 on the Billboard pop charts.
Simon had gone to England in 1965 after the initial failure of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., pursuing a solo career. But he returned to the US to reunite with Garfunkel after "The Sounds of Silence" had started to enjoy commercial success, and went on to become one of the most popular acts of the 1960s. Together they recorded four more influential albums, Sounds of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme; Bookends; and the hugely successful Bridge over Troubled Water. Simon and Garfunkel also contributed extensively to the soundtrack of the 1967 Mike Nichols film The Graduate (starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft). While writing "Mrs. Robinson", Simon originally toyed with the title "Mrs. Roosevelt."[17] When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, "Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"[18] Simon and Garfunkel returned to England in the Fall of 1968 and did a concert appearance at Kraft Hall which was broadcast on the BBC, and also featured Art's solo performance of "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her", which received a standing ovation.
While Garfunkel was not a song-writer per se, he did write the poem "Canticle" as a re-write of Simon's "Side of A Hill" from his debut album, for "Scarborough Fair/Canticle".[19] He also worked as the vocal arranger for the duo, working out who the songs would be sung by and how each song was produced. He is also credited as having written the arrangement on "The Boxer", and creating the Audio montage, "Voices Of The Old People" on "Bookends". Citing personal differences and divergence in career interests, they split following the release of their most critically acclaimed album, Bridge over Troubled Water, in 1970.
Both Simon and Garfunkel pursued solo projects after the duo released their popular album Bridge over Troubled Water. Occasionally they would reunite, as in 1975 for their Top Ten single "My Little Town", which Simon originally wrote for Garfunkel, claiming Garfunkel's solo output was lacking "bite." The song was included on their respective solo albums; Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, and Garfunkel's Breakaway. Contrary to popular belief, the song is not at all autobiographical of Simon's early life in New York City, but of Garfunkel's childhood in Queens.[20] In 1981, they got together again for the famous concert in Central Park, followed by a world tour and an aborted reunion album Think Too Much, which was eventually released (without Garfunkel) as Hearts and Bones.
Together, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In 2003, the two reunited again when they received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. This reunion led to a US tour—the acclaimed "Old Friends" concert series—followed by a 2004 international encore, which culminated in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome. That final concert drew 600,000 people.[21]
1970–75: Hiatus and first album[link]
During a three-year hiatus after Simon & Garfunkel's break-up, Garfunkel starred in two Mike Nichols films, Catch-22 and Carnal Knowledge. He also spent late 1971 to early 1972 working as a mathematics teacher at Litchfield Private School, in Connecticut (by request of his fiancée Linda Marie Grossman).[10]
However, in late 1972, with Simon & Garfunkel having released their Greatest Hits album, Garfunkel felt ready to return to his musical career. His first album was 1973's Angel Clare, which contained "All I Know" along with "I Shall Sing" and "Travelling Boy" as singles. The album was received with mixed reviews, reaching no.5 in the U.S. In 1974, Garfunkel released the hit record, "Second Avenue".
On his next album, 1975 Breakaway, Garfunkel briefly reunited with Paul Simon for the 1975 hit "My Little Town". The album also included the singles "Breakaway" (B-Side: "Disney Girls") and "I Only Have Eyes For You" (a 1934 song written by Harry Warren),[22] which is noted as being Garfunkel's first UK Number One.
1976–1979: Diversity and disaster[link]
In 1976, Garfunkel recorded background and duet vocals for several artists, including Stephen Bishop's Careless album, James Taylor's In The Pocket album and J.D. Souther's Black Rose album. Also, beginning in December 1976, right through until September 1977, Garfunkel worked on his next album.
Garfunkel's next release was the 1978 album, Watermark (US #19, UK #26), which upon initial release, failed to make an impression on the public. Its main single, "Crying In My Sleep" ("Mr. Shuck 'N' Jive") (UK #25) failed to reach the US Top 40, but after a two-month hiatus where it was taken off the market, it was re-released in January 1978, with Garfunkel's cover of Sam Cooke's "(What a) Wonderful World" (B-Side: "Wooden Planes"), which reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #17 pop, as the new single. Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor had contributed backing vocals to the song, making the song a huge hit on the US A.C. charts.
Garfunkel's last release of the 1970s was the 1979 album, Fate For Breakfast (US #67, UK #2), was his first US flop album. the album first single, "In A Little While (I'll Be On My Way)" (B-Side: "And I Know") (US AC #12) failed to break the top forty, as did his second single, "Since I Don't Have You" (B-Side: "When Someone Doesn't Want You") (US #53, US AC #5, UK #38). But in the UK the album was a huge success, scoring a number one hit with "Bright Eyes" (B-Side: "Sail on a Rainbow") (US AC #29, UK #1) (a song written by Mike Batt). A version of "Bright Eyes" also appeared in the movie (based on the famous novel) Watership Down. However, tragedy struck at this time when his longtime girlfriend, Laurie Bird, committed suicide in June 1979, at their Manhattan apartment, just three months after the album's release in March. Garfunkel later admitted that the incident left him in a deep depression for most of the 1980s, hence the lack of musical output during the majority of the decade.
1980–95: Depression and disappearance[link]
Garfunkel's next album was a low point in his career. The 1981 album, Scissors Cut (US #113, UK #51) (dedicated to Laurie Bird), contained three singles, "A Heart in New York" (B-Side: "Is This Love") (US #66, US AC #10), "Scissors Cut" and "Hang On In", with the latter two failing to chart.
Following disappointing sales of Scissors Cut, Garfunkel reunited with Simon for The Concert in Central Park and a world tour. They had disagreements during the tour. In 1984 Stereo Review Magazine reported that Simon mixed out Garfunkel's voice from a new album, initially slated to be a Simon and Garfunkel studio reunion, but ultimately released as a Simon solo album (Hearts and Bones). In 1986, Garfunkel played the part of the butcher on the Mike Batt concept album The Hunting Of The Snark. Garfunkel again left the music scene during which time his father died, leading further into depression. But in the fall of 1985 he met his future wife, Kathryn (Kim) Cermack. Garfunkel's retirement lasted a full seven years, until his 1988 album, Lefty (US, #134), which produced three singles, "So Much in Love" (US #76 AC #11), "When A Man Loves A Woman," and "This Is The Moment."
Garfunkel released his first compilation album in 1984, The Art Garfunkel Album (UK #12), never released in the US,[23] which contained the minor hit "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" (UK #77, US AC #25). This was followed by 1988 Garfunkel and 1993 Up 'til Now, neither of which received significant critical or commercial success.
1996–2006: Resurgence[link]
His live 1996 concert Across America (UK #35), recorded at the registry hall on Ellis Island features musical guests James Taylor, Garfunkel's wife, Kim, and his son James.[24]
Garfunkel performed the theme song for the 1991 television series, Brooklyn Bridge, and "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" for a 1998 episode of the children's educational television series Arthur, where he was depicted as a singing/narrator moose.[25] Garfunkel's performance of Monty Python member Eric Idle's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was used in the end credits of the 1997 film As Good as It Gets.
In 2003, Garfunkel made his debut as a songwriter on his Everything Waits to Be Noticed album. Teaming up with singer-songwriters Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock, the album contained several songs which were originally poems written by Garfunkel. The album is recognized as his first effort at songwriting since his teenage years with Tom & Jerry.
In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel reunited again for a successful world tour that extended into 2004.[26] In 2005, his song "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" from The Art Garfunkel Album (1984) (written by Mike Batt) was re-recorded by ex-ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog on her album My Colouring Book.
In 2006, Garfunkel signed with Rhino Records (revived Atco Records), and his first Rhino/Atco album Some Enchanted Evening was released in America on January 30, 2007.[27] The album was a dedicated celebration of pop standards of Garfunkel's childhood. In late February 2007 during a German television interview to promote the new album, he expressed interest in reuniting with Paul Simon on a new Simon and Garfunkel album.[citation needed]
2006–12: Recent events[link]
In 2009, Garfunkel appeared as himself on the HBO television show Flight of the Conchords episode entitled "Prime Minister."
He continued to tour in 2009 with four musicians and his son.[28]
On February 13, 2009, Simon and his band re-opened New York's legendary Beacon Theatre, which had been closed for seven months for a renovation. As an encore, Simon brought out "my old friend," Art Garfunkel. They sang three songs: "Sound of Silence", "The Boxer", and "Old Friends".
On April 2, 2009, the duo announced a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Japan for June/July 2009.[29] On October 29–30, they participated together in the 25th anniversary of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden. Other artists on the bill included Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band; U2; Metallica; Aretha Franklin; Stevie Wonder, and Crosby, Stills & Nash.[30]
In March 2010, Simon & Garfunkel announced a 13-date spring tour, to kick off in April with a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Most performances were scheduled for Canada, with four shows in the upper Midwest of the US. According to a press release, the set list would focus on their classic catalog, as well as songs from each of their solo careers.[31] On June 17, 2010, Simon & Garfunkel canceled the tour, earlier rescheduled for July 2010, now postponed indefinitely as Garfunkel continues to recover from a vocal cord paresis.[32]
In November 2010, Garfunkel said that, having quit smoking two and a half months before, he was recovering from paresis, and would be touring in 2011.[33]
Voice classification[link]
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Garfunkel's voice has been noted as changing over the past four decades, but virtually unnoticeably until his late fifties, when his voice began to lower after years of smoking. Garfunkel has been noted as being a natural voiced tenor who can lower his voice to a G2 on the keyboard (baritone range) and, as heard on the first chorus of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as high as Ab4, and up to an Eb5 on his 1973 rendition of "Old Man" (though this is falsetto).
Garfunkel has suggested his next album will have songs that are more vocal based.[citation needed]
Acting career[link]
Garfunkel pursued an acting career in the early 1970s, appearing in two Mike Nichols films: Catch-22 (1970), in which he played the 19-year old naive Lieutenant Nately, and Carnal Knowledge (1971), in which he played the idealistic Sandy. His role as Sandy won him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1972.
He later appeared in Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing (1980) as Alex Linden, an American psychiatrist who serves as the film's main antagonist. The film received the Toronto Film Festival's highest honour, the People's Choice Award, in 1980 and the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
He appeared in Good to Go (1986) directed by Blain Novak, starring as a Washington, D.C. journalist who struggles to clear his name after being framed for rape and murder. Garfunkel then appeared in the medical crime drama Boxing Helena (1993), directed by Jennifer Lynch, as Dr. Lawrence Augustine.
Garfunkel's most recent film is The Rebound (2010), directed by Bart Freundlich, playing Harry Finklestein, the slightly senile and comedic relieving father of the film's main character, played by Justin Bartha.
Garfunkel has said he turned down numerous film offers in the 1970s. He reportedly turned down the role of Billy Pilgrim in the adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and the role of Tom Hagen in The Godfather in the same year (1972). According to the response of this matter recently issued on his official website, Garfunkel has not ever turned down the role of Tom Hagen in The Godfather.[citation needed]
Poetry career[link]
Garfunkel, an avid reader and bibliophile, has admitted that the Garfunkel household was not a literary family, but it was not until his entrance to Columbia College in 1959, that he began to "read a million books and became a reader". It was through this he began an interest in poetry.[citation needed]
Garfunkel's poetic career began in 1981, while on the Simon & Garfunkel 1981-1982 tour in Switzerland, he was riding a motorcycle and began writing a poem describing the countryside. In 1989, Still Water, Garfunkel's collection of prose poetry was released to acclaim.[citation needed] Topics included his depression over the loss of his father; Laurie Bird, his companion who committed suicide; the friendship of Paul Simon; and the joy of returning to music.[citation needed]
He reportedly has plans to release a second book in the near future.[citation needed]
Personal life[link]
Garfunkel married Linda Marie Grossman in 1972; they divorced in 1975. He has claimed that the marriage was turbulent and ended bitterly. Garfunkel has never spoken to her since and claims he never loved her.[34]
He was also romantically involved with actress and photographer Laurie Bird from March 1974 (when he was 32 and she was 20) until her suicide in 1979.[35] According to a 1986 interview, Art said about his relationship with Laurie Bird "I asked myself constantly why I didn't marry her, because surely she was the apple of my eye. She was everything I was looking for in a woman. But I was very hurt by my first marriage, so as far as marriage to Laurie was concerned, I was extra scared. I was heartbroken. It laid me low. I used to get very sad when the sun went down. The nights were very lonely for me."[citation needed]
Garfunkel had a brief affair with actress Penny Marshall in the mid 1980s and credits her with helping him through his depression. Their friendship stayed strong even after the relationship's end. Garfunkel would later say of Marshall, "Everything changed. Penny is a sweet human being who can bring anybody down to earth. We had a lot of laughs, great sex and a ton of party nights".[36]
In fall of 1985, Garfunkel met former model Kathryn (Kim) Cermak (born May 25th, 1958) while shooting Good To Go. They married on 18 September 1988. The two have been married for over twenty years.
The two have two children, James, born 15 December 1990, and Beau Daniel, born 5 October 2005 via a surrogate mother.[37]
Garfunkel is an avid reader and bibliophile; his website contains a year-by-year listing of every book he has read since 1968.[38] Currently the list contains more than 1,000 books. He has also read the entire Random House Dictionary.
Garfunkel is a huge fan of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, having twice read his book Confessions (according to his library, the book was the first and thousandth book he'd read).
Garfunkel has undertaken several cross-continental walks in his lifetime, writing poetry along the way. In the early 1980s, he walked across Japan in a matter of weeks.[39] From 1983 to 1997, Garfunkel walked across America,[40] taking 40 excursions to complete the route from New York City to the Pacific coast of Washington. In May 1998, Garfunkel began an incremented walk across Europe.[41]
His all-time favorite pop song is The Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere" and his all-time favorite album is Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. When asked about his musical preferences, he answered, "I have a very sure-footed sense of what I like, and exactly how much I like it. Give me two listenings of a song, and I can tell you exactly how it sits with me, and...I know my musical taste. I know my ears, I know what I respond to."[42]
Garfunkel has been arrested twice for the possession of cannabis: once in early 2004 and again in August 2005.[43]
Garfunkel is the brother of Jerome Garfunkel, the former member of the American (ANSI) and International (ISO) Committees who wrote the specification for the COBOL programming language. His older brother Jules B. Garfunkel was a United States Navy Veteran and financial analyst who died on September 17, 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Garfunkel is 6'0 (1.83 m), which is a large contrast to Paul Simon's 5'3 (1.60 m).[42]
Art Garfunkel is left-handed and is a multi-instrumentalist: he plays guitar, piano, and violin.
Nominations[link]
Awards[link]
- 1969 Grammy Award, Record of the Year, for "Mrs. Robinson" (with Paul Simon)
- 1969 Grammy Award, Best Contemporary Pop Performance, for "Mrs. Robinson" (with Paul Simon)
- 1970 Grammy Award, Best Pop Album, for Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 1970 Grammy Award, Best Single Record, for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
- 1970 Grammy Award, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), for Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 1977 Britannia Award, Best International Pop LP and Single, 1952–77, for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
- 1998 Grammy Award, Best Children's Album, for Songs From A Parent To A Child
Work on Broadway[link]
- Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years (1982) - revue - featured singer for Mrs. Robinson
- Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway (1992) - concert - performer
- The Graduate (2002) - play - featured songwriter
Discography[link]
Main article: Art Garfunkel discography
- Angel Clare (1973)
- Breakaway (1975)
- Watermark (1977)
- Fate For Breakfast (1979)
- Scissors Cut (1981)
- The Animals' Christmas (with Amy Grant) (1986)
- Lefty (1988)
- Songs from a Parent to a Child (1997)
- Everything Waits to Be Noticed (2002)
- Some Enchanted Evening (2007)
Filmography[link]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Lieutenant Edward J. Nately III | Debut Screen Role |
| 1971 | Carnal Knowledge | Dr. Sandy Kaufman | Nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Dr. Alex Linden | Winner of the 1980 People's Choice Award |
| 1986 | Good To Go | S.D. Blass | Out Of Print |
| 1993 | Boxing Helena | Dr. Lawrence Augustine | |
| 1998 | 54 | Himself | Cameo |
| 2000 | Longshot | Himself | Cameo |
| 2010 | The Rebound | Harry Finklestein | Most Recent Performance |
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Sources[link]
- Art Garfunkel (August 1989). Still Water: Prose Poems. Dutton and Dial. ASIN 0525247955. ISBN 978-0-525-24795-1.
- Mitchell S. Cohen (1977). Simon & Garfunkel: A Biography in Words & Pictures. Sire Books.
- Patrick Humphries (August 1983). Bookends: The Simon and Garfunkel Story. Proteus. ISBN 978-0-86276-063-2.
- John Svenson (November 15, 1984). Simon and Garfunkel: A Musical Autobiography. W.H.Allen. ISBN 978-0-491-03490-6.
- Robert Matthew-Walker (1984). Simon and Garfunkel. Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-88254-729-9.
- Joseph Morella; Patricia Barey (October 1991). Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends : A Dual Biography (1st ed.). Carol Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55972-089-2.
- Victoria Kingston (May 1997). Simon & Garfunkel: The Definitive Biography. Trans-Atlantic Publications. ISBN 978-0-330-34970-3.
- Pete Fornatale (October 30, 2007). Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends (1st ed.). Rodale Books. ASIN 1594864276. ISBN 978-1-59486-427-8.
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| Name | Garfunkel, Arthur Ira |
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| Date of birth | November 5, 1941 |
| Place of birth | Forest Hills, Queens, New York |
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