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John Denver & Cass Elliot - Leaving On A Jet Plane
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- Duration: 5:54
- Updated: 20 Aug 2013
John Denver & Cass Elliot - Leaving On A Jet Plane.
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John Denver & Cass Elliot - Leaving On A Jet Plane.
Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:46
- Updated: 20 Aug 2013
Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music.
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Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music.
- published: 17 Feb 2008
- views: 897857
- author: Jack0405
Mama Cass Eliot - Dream a little dream of me
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 20 Aug 2013
1967.
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It's Getting Better - Cass Elliot
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
Cass Elliot at her very best (she never liked the name 'Mama Cass'). Recorded in 1969. The video includes images of Michelle Phillips because to exclude her ...
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Cass Elliot at her very best (she never liked the name 'Mama Cass'). Recorded in 1969. The video includes images of Michelle Phillips because to exclude her ...
- published: 27 Aug 2009
- views: 404062
- author: wearyoldman
Mama Cass Elliot's Death (Documentary Excerpt)
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- Duration: 1:18
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
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Tom Jones & Mama Cass Elliot Medley ~ FULL UNCUT Version
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- Duration: 5:42
- Updated: 13 Sep 2013
Tom & Mama Cass sing, One Night, Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, Love Me, A Big Hunk Of Love, Respect & I Guess I'll Always Love You.The edited portion (Love Me, A Big Hunk Of Love & Respect) starts at 2:05
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Tom & Mama Cass sing, One Night, Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, Love Me, A Big Hunk Of Love, Respect & I Guess I'll Always Love You.The edited portion (Love Me, A Big Hunk Of Love & Respect) starts at 2:05
- published: 13 Sep 2013
- views: 458
Mama Cass Elliot - Dream a Little Dream of Me
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- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Mama Cass Elliot - Dream a Little Dream of Me a cut of "The Ray Stevens TV Show" at 1970.
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Mama Cass Elliot - Dream a Little Dream of Me a cut of "The Ray Stevens TV Show" at 1970.
- published: 09 May 2009
- views: 576908
- author: Jack0405
Mama Cass Elliott - Dream A Little Dream Live
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Mama Cass Elliott singing "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" on the Smothers Brothers Show, from 1968 I believe.
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Mama Cass Elliott singing "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" on the Smothers Brothers Show, from 1968 I believe.
- published: 27 Jan 2007
- views: 1893026
- author: r3mold
Cass Elliot and Johnny Cash - Act Naturally
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- Duration: 3:10
- Updated: 10 Aug 2013
Canción original de los Beatles. Cass Elliot y Johnny Cash lo interpretan mostrando el exelente desempeño vocal, añadiendo el estilo propio de Cass que es la...
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Canción original de los Beatles. Cass Elliot y Johnny Cash lo interpretan mostrando el exelente desempeño vocal, añadiendo el estilo propio de Cass que es la...
- published: 14 Apr 2009
- views: 55304
- author: aguz2211
Mama Cass - California Dreaming , Monday Monday (Live)
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- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Mama Cass TV program Show 1969.
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Mama Cass Elliot - Different
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- Duration: 2:29
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
Mama Cass Elliot PufnStuf Different.
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Tom Jones & Mama Cass Elliot - Medley (1969)
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- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
This Is Tom Jones tv şovundan güzel bir düet bölümü... One Night - Do Right Woman,Do Right Man - I Guess I'll Always Love You...
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This Is Tom Jones tv şovundan güzel bir düet bölümü... One Night - Do Right Woman,Do Right Man - I Guess I'll Always Love You...
- published: 30 Oct 2011
- views: 121107
- author: Burç Arda Gül
Cass Elliot - It's Getting Better (HQ)
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
Here we have "Cass Elliot" better known for being the lead singer with the folk/rock band "The Mamas & The Papas" with her solo hit "It's Getting Better" whi...
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Here we have "Cass Elliot" better known for being the lead singer with the folk/rock band "The Mamas & The Papas" with her solo hit "It's Getting Better" whi...
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 8037
- author: CARLSFOLKCLUB
Cass Elliot - California Earthquake
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:46
- Updated: 02 Jul 2013
Cass is amazing as she sings a song on the Smothers Brothers show (in the late 60's) that's even more relevant today than it was then.
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Cass is amazing as she sings a song on the Smothers Brothers show (in the late 60's) that's even more relevant today than it was then.
- published: 25 Feb 2007
- views: 135832
- author: 2old2Rock
Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (with lyrics)
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- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
One of the most beautiful songs that I know. Song is not my own! No copyright infringement intended.
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One of the most beautiful songs that I know. Song is not my own! No copyright infringement intended.
- published: 21 Feb 2010
- views: 693786
- author: EtaBSB
The Big Three featuring Cass Elliot - ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 15 Jul 2013
from the album THE BIG THREE (1963) ⚡❤⚡ illustration: Mary Blair.
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from the album THE BIG THREE (1963) ⚡❤⚡ illustration: Mary Blair.
- published: 10 Dec 2010
- views: 2119
- author: Norn Cutson
Cass Elliot & The Lovin Spoonfull - Didn't want to have to do it (1965)
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- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
written by John Sebastian - 1965 rare recording - Album : Here's A Song (you might have missed) Various Artists.
http://wn.com/Cass_Elliot_The_Lovin_Spoonfull_Didn't_want_to_have_to_do_it_1965
written by John Sebastian - 1965 rare recording - Album : Here's A Song (you might have missed) Various Artists.
- published: 18 Dec 2008
- views: 54910
- author: Eduardo Franco
THE RED SKELTON SHOW - MAMA CASS ELLIOT AND CHAD EVERETT
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:15
- Updated: 30 Jul 2013
me sigam no www.twitter.com/cohelio MAMA CASS ELLIOT E CHAD EVERETT DIVIDEM O PALCO NO "THE RED SKELTON SHOW " EM 18 DE JANEIRO DE 1971 Mama Cass and Chad Ev...
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me sigam no www.twitter.com/cohelio MAMA CASS ELLIOT E CHAD EVERETT DIVIDEM O PALCO NO "THE RED SKELTON SHOW " EM 18 DE JANEIRO DE 1971 Mama Cass and Chad Ev...
- published: 04 Sep 2009
- views: 40834
- author: heliofer
Cass Elliot- I'm coming to the best part of my life (1973)
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- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
Cass Elliot...in her memory...excuse me the bad quality..no copyright infringement.
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Cass Elliot...in her memory...excuse me the bad quality..no copyright infringement.
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 3250
- author: aguz2211
Mama Cass, Mary Travers & Joni Mitchell - I Shall Be Released
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
Performed in Mama Cass television program -1969.
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Performed in Mama Cass television program -1969.
- published: 13 Sep 2009
- views: 976119
- author: ppmcsk
John Denver & Cass Elliot - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Las Vegas Red Carpet
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
http://LasVegasRedCarpet.com/JohnDenver Back Home Again,Country Roads,Edelweiss,Have Yourself Merry Little Christmas,I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado,Annie...
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http://LasVegasRedCarpet.com/JohnDenver Back Home Again,Country Roads,Edelweiss,Have Yourself Merry Little Christmas,I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado,Annie...
- published: 13 Jan 2013
- views: 2537
- author: ministudioz
Mama Cass Elliot - New World Coming 1970
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 17 Aug 2013
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Cass Elliot - THE GOOD TIMES ARE COMING
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- Duration: 3:02
- Updated: 30 Jul 2013
from the album MAMA'S BIG ONES (1971) http://www.casselliot.com/ ⚡❤⚡ illustration: Norn Cutson • http://www.facebook.com/NORNCUTSONART.
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from the album MAMA'S BIG ONES (1971) http://www.casselliot.com/ ⚡❤⚡ illustration: Norn Cutson • http://www.facebook.com/NORNCUTSONART.
- published: 06 Feb 2011
- views: 4854
- author: Norn Cutson
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Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music .mpg
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 28 Jul 2013
Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music at The Hollywood Palace Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / Peter Lawford / Cass Elliott Season 7, Episode 4, Aired Nov 01, 1969.
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Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music at The Hollywood Palace Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / Peter Lawford / Cass Elliott Season 7, Episode 4, Aired Nov 01, 1969.
- published: 05 Jul 2010
- views: 143937
- author: TheModernDayPirate
Cass Elliot My Love Live 1974
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- Duration: 3:28
- Updated: 13 Aug 2013
My Love written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney From the album, Dream A Little Dream: The Cass Elliot Collection 1997 Label Dunhill Records/ RCA Record...
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My Love written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney From the album, Dream A Little Dream: The Cass Elliot Collection 1997 Label Dunhill Records/ RCA Record...
- published: 16 Nov 2010
- views: 5047
- author: carmsfavtoo
Mama Cass - Dancing in the Street (Live)
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Mama Cass Tv Program Show 1969.
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Cass Elliot - It's Getting Better (American Bandstand 1969)
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- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
Cass Elliot sing It's Getting Better in the music-performance show American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark.That is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia W...
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Cass Elliot sing It's Getting Better in the music-performance show American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark.That is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia W...
- published: 15 Jul 2012
- views: 2854
- author: aguz2211
Cass Elliot - live Dream A Little Dream Of Me/Extraordinary
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- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 02 Jun 2013
from her live album Don't call me Mama anymore.
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from her live album Don't call me Mama anymore.
- published: 31 Jul 2008
- views: 116377
- author: scaasifun
The Mamas and the Papas - Dancing in the Street (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 11 Aug 2013
That 29 of July of 1974, Cass Elliot tragically died of a heart attack after two perfomances in the Palladium in London. She was a great woman and an amazing...
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That 29 of July of 1974, Cass Elliot tragically died of a heart attack after two perfomances in the Palladium in London. She was a great woman and an amazing...
- published: 29 Jul 2009
- views: 136713
- author: aguz2211
Mama Cass on "The Johnny Cash Show" (complete and uncut)
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- Duration: 9:11
- Updated: 13 Aug 2013
Apparently a featured guest that episode (Sept. 20, 1969), Cass Elliot of The Mamas And The Papas gets a solo spot, "Soft and Tenderly," then a bantering med...
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Apparently a featured guest that episode (Sept. 20, 1969), Cass Elliot of The Mamas And The Papas gets a solo spot, "Soft and Tenderly," then a bantering med...
- published: 25 Jun 2009
- views: 91942
- author: abargle
Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (1969)
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- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Hit in 1969 for Mama Cass - It's Getting Better.
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Hit in 1969 for Mama Cass - It's Getting Better.
- published: 01 Aug 2010
- views: 270725
- author: YCSMusic2
California Dreamin - The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965
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- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965 *** Just portions of the video itself is LIVE --- obviously not the soundtrack. I also added some of the video segments...
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The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965 *** Just portions of the video itself is LIVE --- obviously not the soundtrack. I also added some of the video segments...
- published: 25 Jul 2011
- views: 24595
- author: Bud Meyers
Mama Cass Elliot - I'm Coming To The Best Part of my life
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
A great song from the fantastic Mama Cass Elliot from her live album Don'T Call Me Mama Anymore.
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A great song from the fantastic Mama Cass Elliot from her live album Don'T Call Me Mama Anymore.
- published: 25 Jul 2008
- views: 16146
- author: scaasifun
Cass Elliot Words Of Love
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- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 28 May 2013
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John Denver & Cass Elliot - Leaving On A Jet Plane
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances.
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Leaving On A Jet Plane - Mama Cass & John Denver
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- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 04 Jul 2013
Mama Cass (Cass Elliot) and John Denver live on a tv show-1972.
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Mama Cass (Cass Elliot) and John Denver live on a tv show-1972.
- published: 18 Nov 2012
- views: 1365
- author: balckmoon1020
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Match Game 73 Episode 86 (Mama Cass Week)
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- Duration: 21:35
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
Bill Cullen BS Jack Klugman Cass Elliott RD Loretta Swit.
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Bill Cullen BS Jack Klugman Cass Elliott RD Loretta Swit.
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 7659
- author: MatchGameProductions
"Get It Together" hosted by Mama Cass w/guests Bobby Sherman & Oliver U.S. TV 2/14/70
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- Duration: 22:15
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Short-lived weekly U.S. TV show from 1970. Music and interviews, co-hosted by Mama Cass and Sam Riddle. Musical Performances: Oliver - "Sunday Mornin'" Mama ...
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Short-lived weekly U.S. TV show from 1970. Music and interviews, co-hosted by Mama Cass and Sam Riddle. Musical Performances: Oliver - "Sunday Mornin'" Mama ...
- published: 19 May 2013
- views: 410
- author: Bill Pillwell
The Mamas and the Papas - Straight Shooter Documentary
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- Duration: 53:47
- Updated: 17 Aug 2013
I've had to edit most of the performances out due to the video being blocked worldwide. There's still some interesting interviews and footage left to enjoy.
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I've had to edit most of the performances out due to the video being blocked worldwide. There's still some interesting interviews and footage left to enjoy.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 14462
- author: ThatDefinitiveBeat
The Mama Cass Television Program
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- Duration: 57:17
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
1969.
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Match Game 73 (Episode #89) (Mama Cass and Jack Klugman Week)
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- Duration: 22:11
- Updated: 11 Aug 2013
One of my favorite weeks on the panel. Bill Cullen, Brett Somers, Jack Klugman, Cass Elliott, Richard Dawson, and Loretta Swit.
http://wn.com/Match_Game_73_Episode_89_Mama_Cass_and_Jack_Klugman_Week
One of my favorite weeks on the panel. Bill Cullen, Brett Somers, Jack Klugman, Cass Elliott, Richard Dawson, and Loretta Swit.
- published: 29 Jul 2013
- views: 897
- author: MatchGameProductions
Match Game '73 (November 12, 1973): Susan vs Karen
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- Duration: 29:19
- Updated: 19 Jul 2013
Here is a November 1973 episode of Match Game (fwbh has this posted in parts from GSN, but I'm posting a studio master version). Susan is the current champ w...
http://wn.com/Match_Game_'73_November_12,_1973_Susan_vs_Karen
Here is a November 1973 episode of Match Game (fwbh has this posted in parts from GSN, but I'm posting a studio master version). Susan is the current champ w...
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 18225
- author: gamelover1949
Rob Reiner: Funny, Fabulous, Feisty
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 53:52
- Updated: 05 Jul 2013
[Complete 57 MIN. Broadcast] Oscar-nominated Hollywood Hero and acclaimed director, Rob Reiner, talks about his latest Morgan Freeman picture, "THE MAGIC OF ...
http://wn.com/Rob_Reiner_Funny,_Fabulous,_Feisty
[Complete 57 MIN. Broadcast] Oscar-nominated Hollywood Hero and acclaimed director, Rob Reiner, talks about his latest Morgan Freeman picture, "THE MAGIC OF ...
- published: 26 Jun 2012
- views: 308
- author: Cary HARRISON
Zalman Yanovsky - Alive and well in Argentina (1968)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 35:30
- Updated: 16 Sep 2013
FOR NONCOMMERCIAL USE ONLY !!!
01- Raven in a cage
02- You talk too much
03- Last date
04- Little bitty pretty one
05- Alive and well in Argentina
06-Brown to blue
07- Priscilla Milionaira
08- I almost lost my mind
09- Hip toad
10- Lt. Schtinckhausen
11- As long as you're here (single version - bonus track)
12- Ereh er'uoy sa gnol sa (bonus track)
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INFO: First showing up as part of the legendary Mugwumps with Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot in 1964, Yanovsky was best known for being the "zany one" in the Lovin' Spoonful. The Toronto native was busted for drugs in San Francisco and turned in his dealer under the threat of deportation, making his name mud in the hip circles, so much so that he quit the Spoonful.
He recorded one great single, "As Long as You're Here," and one totally demented LP before leaving music, though he showed up every so often in the early '70s playing second guitar with Kris Kristofferson and at John Sebastian gigs. Yanovsky moved to Kingston, Ontario and opened a restaurant, Chez Piggy, with his wife Rosa. He died of a heart attack in December 2002. (Gary Mollica, All Music Guide)
http://wn.com/Zalman_Yanovsky_Alive_and_well_in_Argentina_1968
FOR NONCOMMERCIAL USE ONLY !!!
01- Raven in a cage
02- You talk too much
03- Last date
04- Little bitty pretty one
05- Alive and well in Argentina
06-Brown to blue
07- Priscilla Milionaira
08- I almost lost my mind
09- Hip toad
10- Lt. Schtinckhausen
11- As long as you're here (single version - bonus track)
12- Ereh er'uoy sa gnol sa (bonus track)
------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: First showing up as part of the legendary Mugwumps with Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot in 1964, Yanovsky was best known for being the "zany one" in the Lovin' Spoonful. The Toronto native was busted for drugs in San Francisco and turned in his dealer under the threat of deportation, making his name mud in the hip circles, so much so that he quit the Spoonful.
He recorded one great single, "As Long as You're Here," and one totally demented LP before leaving music, though he showed up every so often in the early '70s playing second guitar with Kris Kristofferson and at John Sebastian gigs. Yanovsky moved to Kingston, Ontario and opened a restaurant, Chez Piggy, with his wife Rosa. He died of a heart attack in December 2002. (Gary Mollica, All Music Guide)
- published: 16 Sep 2013
- views: 75
REMEMBERING Vol.1 (Musicians)
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- Duration: 22:05
- Updated: 25 Jul 2013
Remembering, Vol.1 Dedicated to Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Waylon Jenni...
http://wn.com/REMEMBERING_Vol1_Musicians
Remembering, Vol.1 Dedicated to Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Waylon Jenni...
- published: 15 Jun 2012
- views: 1002
- author: MemoryMan1964
Graham Nash shares life stories with Anthony DeCurtis
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 41:05
- Updated: 01 Oct 2013
From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan. Here, he talks with music critic Anthony DeCurtis about some of the stories in his memoir.
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he's written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as "Carrie Anne," "On A Carousel," "Simple Man," "Our House," "Marrakesh Express," and "Teach Your Children." From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders of Woodstock, he has rocked and rolled wherever music mattered. Now Graham is ready to tell his story: his lower-class childhood in post-war England, his early days in the British Invasion group The Hollies; becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most introspective and important work; meeting Stephen Stills and David Crosby and reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist. Nash has valuable insights into a world and time many think they know from the outside but few have experienced at its epicenter, and equally wonderful anecdotes about the people around him: the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Cass Elliot, Dylan, and other rock luminaries. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a revealing look back at an extraordinary life—with all the highs and the lows; the love, the sex, and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity—and the sanity—of a magical era of music.
Joining Graham for the evening is Rolling Stone, New York Times, and Relix contributor Anthony DeCurtis. Besides extensive work with Rolling Stone's official album guides, Anthony also won a Grammy for his album notes accompanying Eric Clapton's Crossroads box set. He was an editorial consultant and the primary interviewer for the PBS American Masters documentary Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound.
September 30, 2013
http://wn.com/Graham_Nash_shares_life_stories_with_Anthony_DeCurtis
From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan. Here, he talks with music critic Anthony DeCurtis about some of the stories in his memoir.
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he's written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as "Carrie Anne," "On A Carousel," "Simple Man," "Our House," "Marrakesh Express," and "Teach Your Children." From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders of Woodstock, he has rocked and rolled wherever music mattered. Now Graham is ready to tell his story: his lower-class childhood in post-war England, his early days in the British Invasion group The Hollies; becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most introspective and important work; meeting Stephen Stills and David Crosby and reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist. Nash has valuable insights into a world and time many think they know from the outside but few have experienced at its epicenter, and equally wonderful anecdotes about the people around him: the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Cass Elliot, Dylan, and other rock luminaries. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a revealing look back at an extraordinary life—with all the highs and the lows; the love, the sex, and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity—and the sanity—of a magical era of music.
Joining Graham for the evening is Rolling Stone, New York Times, and Relix contributor Anthony DeCurtis. Besides extensive work with Rolling Stone's official album guides, Anthony also won a Grammy for his album notes accompanying Eric Clapton's Crossroads box set. He was an editorial consultant and the primary interviewer for the PBS American Masters documentary Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound.
September 30, 2013
- published: 01 Oct 2013
- views: 6
城市再論壇 (2012-05-09 22:30)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 35:00
- Updated: 23 Jul 2013
近日發現凡是梁振英的負面評論皆被其他人評為「垃圾言論」，似乎証實了梁振英對香港言論自由的威脅。假如閣下希望發表評論的話，請同時到「香港人網討論區」發表：www.hkreporter.com，以免這裡的評論被五毛黨屏蔽。
http://wn.com/城市再論壇_2012-05-09_2230
近日發現凡是梁振英的負面評論皆被其他人評為「垃圾言論」，似乎証實了梁振英對香港言論自由的威脅。假如閣下希望發表評論的話，請同時到「香港人網討論區」發表：www.hkreporter.com，以免這裡的評論被五毛黨屏蔽。
- published: 09 May 2012
- views: 270
- author: unofficialhkreporter
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Wiki Article
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 27:12
- Updated: 24 Jun 2013
Crosby, Stills & Nash is a folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when join...
http://wn.com/Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_Young_Wiki_Article
Crosby, Stills & Nash is a folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when join...
- published: 16 Jun 2013
- views: 25
- author: Wikispeak
Green Acres | 139 | The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:37
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Green Acres: The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud Season №5 Episode №139 (28 Febuary 1970) Description: Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie ...
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Green Acres: The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud Season №5 Episode №139 (28 Febuary 1970) Description: Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie ...
- published: 09 Apr 2013
- views: 8076
- author: greenacresserial
How To Make Your Own Music
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:22
- Updated: 22 Aug 2013
How to make your own music.
This has everything you could need to create beats.
http://babo1.com/s39
Be the Party with your own drum beat making software.
Do you get paid to make people dance? Are You The DJ?
Want to create vibrant beats and hot sounds? then you have to have the power to throw down powerful beats and bring a room into life. You can do all that with this Drum Beat Making software.
This software has everything you need all in one easy package. The software is so easy to use, that you will be making people dance right from the moment you get started. This program comes with 3 powerful music creation tools to make any beat and turns out powerful edited music.
Any type of music that you love can be made easy in no time at all. You can create rap beats -hip-hop sounds- smooth R&B-; techno pop, punk, rock, jazz, grunge, dance tunes, urban, and house or indie tracks to amaze your friends or to get you gigs at the top club and pubs. Make money creating beats for producers and get money and royalties to boot.
There's no end to what you can do using this software all-in-one beat maker. It has a beat for any genre, and has thousands of sounds of your choice in the database.
You can pick from lots of different drum styles and edit them all in one place on the 12-pad kit on its easy to use interface. If that wasn't enough, you can import your own sounds with one click and then turn them into polished tracks,
also it lets you make beautiful music with the 4-octave keyboard. This has thousands of professional quality sounds in its database, you now have the ability to create mind-blowing FX.
This is how to make your own music and Make your own instrumentals from piano and strings to sax with dozens of instrument choices and turn your computer into a recording studio.easily Switch with one click from one instrument to the other.
To bring all of your sounds together, this Beat Making software comes with a 16-track sequencer that puts all of the power of the pros at your fingertips. easy to adjust individual tracks, just edit and change them with the simple click and drag ability, save it all to a recording studio quality 44.1 stereo 16 bit PCM .wav files.
Don't waste money or time on lesser programs that save your music as MP3's that will have the industry profs patting you on the head as they send you on your way. churn out killer tracks that will leave them all breathless and wanting to work with you. This is how to make your own music,Grab this super easy and affordable software and don't just be at the parties—be the party! http://babo1.com/s39
http://wn.com/How_To_Make_Your_Own_Music
How to make your own music.
This has everything you could need to create beats.
http://babo1.com/s39
Be the Party with your own drum beat making software.
Do you get paid to make people dance? Are You The DJ?
Want to create vibrant beats and hot sounds? then you have to have the power to throw down powerful beats and bring a room into life. You can do all that with this Drum Beat Making software.
This software has everything you need all in one easy package. The software is so easy to use, that you will be making people dance right from the moment you get started. This program comes with 3 powerful music creation tools to make any beat and turns out powerful edited music.
Any type of music that you love can be made easy in no time at all. You can create rap beats -hip-hop sounds- smooth R&B-; techno pop, punk, rock, jazz, grunge, dance tunes, urban, and house or indie tracks to amaze your friends or to get you gigs at the top club and pubs. Make money creating beats for producers and get money and royalties to boot.
There's no end to what you can do using this software all-in-one beat maker. It has a beat for any genre, and has thousands of sounds of your choice in the database.
You can pick from lots of different drum styles and edit them all in one place on the 12-pad kit on its easy to use interface. If that wasn't enough, you can import your own sounds with one click and then turn them into polished tracks,
also it lets you make beautiful music with the 4-octave keyboard. This has thousands of professional quality sounds in its database, you now have the ability to create mind-blowing FX.
This is how to make your own music and Make your own instrumentals from piano and strings to sax with dozens of instrument choices and turn your computer into a recording studio.easily Switch with one click from one instrument to the other.
To bring all of your sounds together, this Beat Making software comes with a 16-track sequencer that puts all of the power of the pros at your fingertips. easy to adjust individual tracks, just edit and change them with the simple click and drag ability, save it all to a recording studio quality 44.1 stereo 16 bit PCM .wav files.
Don't waste money or time on lesser programs that save your music as MP3's that will have the industry profs patting you on the head as they send you on your way. churn out killer tracks that will leave them all breathless and wanting to work with you. This is how to make your own music,Grab this super easy and affordable software and don't just be at the parties—be the party! http://babo1.com/s39
- published: 22 Aug 2013
- views: 6
- published: 16 Aug 2013
- views: 3
Voting and Death by Ham Sandwhich
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:25
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Voting_and_Death_by_Ham_Sandwhich
Lost at the Wesley - Good Friday
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:21
- Updated: 23 Jul 2013
Join a band of seniors as they try to escape from the abandoned TU campus.
http://wn.com/Lost_at_the_Wesley_Good_Friday
Join a band of seniors as they try to escape from the abandoned TU campus.
- published: 29 Mar 2013
- views: 22
- author: TUWesley
Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, William Windom
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:00
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
BE SURE TO WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, William Windom It was a haunting melody that beckoned thous...
http://wn.com/Remembering_Scott_McKenzie,_Tony_Scott,_Phyllis_Diller,_William_Windom
BE SURE TO WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, William Windom It was a haunting melody that beckoned thous...
- published: 20 Sep 2012
- views: 375
- author: Rememberingthepassed
Lucy Liu ,Julie Andrews,Piper Perabo,Patricia Velasquez ,Helen Mirren
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 70:09
- Updated: 28 Oct 2012
http://wn.com/Lucy_Liu_,Julie_Andrews,Piper_Perabo,Patricia_Velasquez_,Helen_Mirren
Phares at the Heritage Foundation: Iran Green Movement & Arab Spring
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:23
- Updated: 20 Jun 2011
Professor Walid Phares on a panel at the Heritage Foundation discusses the U.S. position on the Iranian Green Revolution and the impact of the latter on the ...
http://wn.com/Phares_at_the_Heritage_Foundation_Iran_Green_Movement_Arab_Spring
Professor Walid Phares on a panel at the Heritage Foundation discusses the U.S. position on the Iranian Green Revolution and the impact of the latter on the ...
- published: 08 Jun 2011
- views: 287
- author: WalidPharesLectures
Leaving on a jet plane (Bon Voyage)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 42:50
- Updated: 05 Apr 2013
happy family :]
http://wn.com/Leaving_on_a_jet_plane_Bon_Voyage
my own kind
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:32
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
it hard to deal.
http://wn.com/my_own_kind
O&A; - Oldschool MTV Talk and Finding the Perfect Beatles Cover Band
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 102:20
- Updated: 30 May 2013
Very specific. Twitter.com/Opieradio Twitter.com/AnthonyCumia Twitter.com/JimNorton Twitter.com/TheRealHolic120.
http://wn.com/O&A;_Oldschool_MTV_Talk_and_Finding_the_Perfect_Beatles_Cover_Band
Very specific. Twitter.com/Opieradio Twitter.com/AnthonyCumia Twitter.com/JimNorton Twitter.com/TheRealHolic120.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 5911
- author: holic120
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Death by Excess - Mama Cass
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:00
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
It's been edited quite a bit as I only wanted the bits with me on it! When I find the full version I will put it on. My other half has just loaded it up, try...
http://wn.com/Death_by_Excess_Mama_Cass
It's been edited quite a bit as I only wanted the bits with me on it! When I find the full version I will put it on. My other half has just loaded it up, try...
- published: 09 Nov 2006
- views: 43495
- author: playgirlc
What Cass Elliot wanted to be
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
What Cass Elliot wanted to be when she was younger From The Julie Andrews Hour Airdate 20/09/1972 NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
http://wn.com/What_Cass_Elliot_wanted_to_be
What Cass Elliot wanted to be when she was younger From The Julie Andrews Hour Airdate 20/09/1972 NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 1158
- author: aguz2211
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:38
- Updated: 08 Aug 2013
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt from Julie Andrews Comedy Hour (1972) NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.
http://wn.com/Cass_Elliot's_thoughts_on_yogurt
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt from Julie Andrews Comedy Hour (1972) NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.
- published: 18 Oct 2012
- views: 1378
- author: aguz2211
Mama Cass Elliot Make Your Own Kind Of Music YouTube
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 22 Jul 2013
http://wn.com/Mama_Cass_Elliot_Make_Your_Own_Kind_Of_Music_YouTube
Cass Elliot
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:36
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Cass was so beautiful! Miss you, hon! You will be missed on days like this.
http://wn.com/Cass_Elliot
Cass was so beautiful! Miss you, hon! You will be missed on days like this.
- published: 07 Aug 2012
- views: 156
- author: PoetessPossessed
Mama Cass Elliot & Julie Andrews
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:40
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
1972 Simon and Garfunkel Medley from the julie andrews hour www.julieandrews.org.
http://wn.com/Mama_Cass_Elliot_Julie_Andrews
1972 Simon and Garfunkel Medley from the julie andrews hour www.julieandrews.org.
- published: 16 May 2006
- views: 421123
- author: Drew Arriola
Cass Elliot - ( If You're Gonna ) Break Another Heart
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
Cass Elliot sings on The Mike Douglas Show - 1972.
http://wn.com/Cass_Elliot_If_You're_Gonna_Break_Another_Heart
Cass Elliot sings on The Mike Douglas Show - 1972.
- published: 01 May 2012
- views: 4816
- author: unsink
Mary Travers - And When I Die
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Performed in Mama Cass television program -1969.
http://wn.com/Mary_Travers_And_When_I_Die
Performed in Mama Cass television program -1969.
- published: 13 Sep 2009
- views: 211154
- author: ppmcsk
Denny Doherty Mamas and Papas
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:43
- Updated: 10 Aug 2013
A small part of a 2005 interview with Denny Doherty at Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. On the Caswell Cooke Show based in RI.
http://wn.com/Denny_Doherty_Mamas_and_Papas
A small part of a 2005 interview with Denny Doherty at Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. On the Caswell Cooke Show based in RI.
- published: 20 Jan 2007
- views: 82219
- author: Caswell Cooke, Jr.
3:01
Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music .mpg
Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music at The Hollywood Palace Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / ...
published: 05 Jul 2010
author: TheModernDayPirate
Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music .mpg
Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music at The Hollywood Palace Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / Peter Lawford / Cass Elliott Season 7, Episode 4, Aired Nov 01, 1969.
- published: 05 Jul 2010
- views: 143937
- author: TheModernDayPirate
3:28
Cass Elliot My Love Live 1974
My Love written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney From the album, Dream A Little Dream...
published: 16 Nov 2010
author: carmsfavtoo
Cass Elliot My Love Live 1974
My Love written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney From the album, Dream A Little Dream: The Cass Elliot Collection 1997 Label Dunhill Records/ RCA Record...
- published: 16 Nov 2010
- views: 5047
- author: carmsfavtoo
3:20
Mama Cass - Dancing in the Street (Live)
Mama Cass Tv Program Show 1969....
published: 15 Oct 2011
author: purorockandron
Mama Cass - Dancing in the Street (Live)
Mama Cass Tv Program Show 1969.
- published: 15 Oct 2011
- views: 8249
- author: purorockandron
3:03
Cass Elliot - It's Getting Better (American Bandstand 1969)
Cass Elliot sing It's Getting Better in the music-performance show American Bandstand host...
published: 15 Jul 2012
author: aguz2211
Cass Elliot - It's Getting Better (American Bandstand 1969)
Cass Elliot sing It's Getting Better in the music-performance show American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark.That is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia W...
- published: 15 Jul 2012
- views: 2854
- author: aguz2211
2:39
Cass Elliot - live Dream A Little Dream Of Me/Extraordinary
from her live album Don't call me Mama anymore....
published: 31 Jul 2008
author: scaasifun
Cass Elliot - live Dream A Little Dream Of Me/Extraordinary
from her live album Don't call me Mama anymore.
- published: 31 Jul 2008
- views: 116377
- author: scaasifun
4:23
The Mamas and the Papas - Dancing in the Street (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
That 29 of July of 1974, Cass Elliot tragically died of a heart attack after two perfomanc...
published: 29 Jul 2009
author: aguz2211
The Mamas and the Papas - Dancing in the Street (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
That 29 of July of 1974, Cass Elliot tragically died of a heart attack after two perfomances in the Palladium in London. She was a great woman and an amazing...
- published: 29 Jul 2009
- views: 136713
- author: aguz2211
9:11
Mama Cass on "The Johnny Cash Show" (complete and uncut)
Apparently a featured guest that episode (Sept. 20, 1969), Cass Elliot of The Mamas And Th...
published: 25 Jun 2009
author: abargle
Mama Cass on "The Johnny Cash Show" (complete and uncut)
Apparently a featured guest that episode (Sept. 20, 1969), Cass Elliot of The Mamas And The Papas gets a solo spot, "Soft and Tenderly," then a bantering med...
- published: 25 Jun 2009
- views: 91942
- author: abargle
3:08
California Dreamin - The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965
The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965 *** Just portions of the video itself is LIVE --- ob...
published: 25 Jul 2011
author: Bud Meyers
California Dreamin - The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965
The Mamas and the Papas - LIVE - 1965 *** Just portions of the video itself is LIVE --- obviously not the soundtrack. I also added some of the video segments...
- published: 25 Jul 2011
- views: 24595
- author: Bud Meyers
3:20
Mama Cass Elliot - I'm Coming To The Best Part of my life
A great song from the fantastic Mama Cass Elliot from her live album Don'T Call Me Mama An...
published: 25 Jul 2008
author: scaasifun
Mama Cass Elliot - I'm Coming To The Best Part of my life
A great song from the fantastic Mama Cass Elliot from her live album Don'T Call Me Mama Anymore.
- published: 25 Jul 2008
- views: 16146
- author: scaasifun
2:16
Cass Elliot Words Of Love
...
published: 13 May 2013
author: sebas ma le
Cass Elliot Words Of Love
- published: 13 May 2013
- views: 12
- author: sebas ma le
4:04
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Mama Cass & John Denver
Mama Cass (Cass Elliot) and John Denver live on a tv show-1972....
published: 18 Nov 2012
author: balckmoon1020
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Mama Cass & John Denver
Mama Cass (Cass Elliot) and John Denver live on a tv show-1972.
- published: 18 Nov 2012
- views: 1365
- author: balckmoon1020
21:35
Match Game 73 Episode 86 (Mama Cass Week)
Bill Cullen BS Jack Klugman Cass Elliott RD Loretta Swit....
published: 03 May 2012
author: MatchGameProductions
Match Game 73 Episode 86 (Mama Cass Week)
Bill Cullen BS Jack Klugman Cass Elliott RD Loretta Swit.
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 7659
- author: MatchGameProductions
22:15
"Get It Together" hosted by Mama Cass w/guests Bobby Sherman & Oliver U.S. TV 2/14/70
Short-lived weekly U.S. TV show from 1970. Music and interviews, co-hosted by Mama Cass an...
published: 19 May 2013
author: Bill Pillwell
"Get It Together" hosted by Mama Cass w/guests Bobby Sherman & Oliver U.S. TV 2/14/70
Short-lived weekly U.S. TV show from 1970. Music and interviews, co-hosted by Mama Cass and Sam Riddle. Musical Performances: Oliver - "Sunday Mornin'" Mama ...
- published: 19 May 2013
- views: 410
- author: Bill Pillwell
53:47
The Mamas and the Papas - Straight Shooter Documentary
I've had to edit most of the performances out due to the video being blocked worldwide. Th...
published: 18 Sep 2012
author: ThatDefinitiveBeat
The Mamas and the Papas - Straight Shooter Documentary
I've had to edit most of the performances out due to the video being blocked worldwide. There's still some interesting interviews and footage left to enjoy.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 14462
- author: ThatDefinitiveBeat
57:17
The Mama Cass Television Program
1969....
published: 01 Aug 2013
author: MrGrapeKoolayd
The Mama Cass Television Program
1969.
- published: 01 Aug 2013
- views: 15
- author: MrGrapeKoolayd
22:11
Match Game 73 (Episode #89) (Mama Cass and Jack Klugman Week)
One of my favorite weeks on the panel. Bill Cullen, Brett Somers, Jack Klugman, Cass Ellio...
published: 29 Jul 2013
author: MatchGameProductions
Match Game 73 (Episode #89) (Mama Cass and Jack Klugman Week)
One of my favorite weeks on the panel. Bill Cullen, Brett Somers, Jack Klugman, Cass Elliott, Richard Dawson, and Loretta Swit.
- published: 29 Jul 2013
- views: 897
- author: MatchGameProductions
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Match Game '73 (November 12, 1973): Susan vs Karen
Here is a November 1973 episode of Match Game (fwbh has this posted in parts from GSN, but...
published: 17 Feb 2012
author: gamelover1949
Match Game '73 (November 12, 1973): Susan vs Karen
Here is a November 1973 episode of Match Game (fwbh has this posted in parts from GSN, but I'm posting a studio master version). Susan is the current champ w...
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 18225
- author: gamelover1949
53:52
Rob Reiner: Funny, Fabulous, Feisty
[Complete 57 MIN. Broadcast] Oscar-nominated Hollywood Hero and acclaimed director, Rob Re...
published: 26 Jun 2012
author: Cary HARRISON
Rob Reiner: Funny, Fabulous, Feisty
[Complete 57 MIN. Broadcast] Oscar-nominated Hollywood Hero and acclaimed director, Rob Reiner, talks about his latest Morgan Freeman picture, "THE MAGIC OF ...
- published: 26 Jun 2012
- views: 308
- author: Cary HARRISON
35:30
Zalman Yanovsky - Alive and well in Argentina (1968)
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01- Raven in a cage
02- You talk too much
03- Last date ...
published: 16 Sep 2013
Zalman Yanovsky - Alive and well in Argentina (1968)
FOR NONCOMMERCIAL USE ONLY !!!
01- Raven in a cage
02- You talk too much
03- Last date
04- Little bitty pretty one
05- Alive and well in Argentina
06-Brown to blue
07- Priscilla Milionaira
08- I almost lost my mind
09- Hip toad
10- Lt. Schtinckhausen
11- As long as you're here (single version - bonus track)
12- Ereh er'uoy sa gnol sa (bonus track)
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INFO: First showing up as part of the legendary Mugwumps with Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot in 1964, Yanovsky was best known for being the "zany one" in the Lovin' Spoonful. The Toronto native was busted for drugs in San Francisco and turned in his dealer under the threat of deportation, making his name mud in the hip circles, so much so that he quit the Spoonful.
He recorded one great single, "As Long as You're Here," and one totally demented LP before leaving music, though he showed up every so often in the early '70s playing second guitar with Kris Kristofferson and at John Sebastian gigs. Yanovsky moved to Kingston, Ontario and opened a restaurant, Chez Piggy, with his wife Rosa. He died of a heart attack in December 2002. (Gary Mollica, All Music Guide)
- published: 16 Sep 2013
- views: 75
22:05
REMEMBERING Vol.1 (Musicians)
Remembering, Vol.1 Dedicated to Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzger...
published: 15 Jun 2012
author: MemoryMan1964
REMEMBERING Vol.1 (Musicians)
Remembering, Vol.1 Dedicated to Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Waylon Jenni...
- published: 15 Jun 2012
- views: 1002
- author: MemoryMan1964
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Graham Nash shares life stories with Anthony DeCurtis
From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, St...
published: 01 Oct 2013
Graham Nash shares life stories with Anthony DeCurtis
From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan. Here, he talks with music critic Anthony DeCurtis about some of the stories in his memoir.
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he's written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as "Carrie Anne," "On A Carousel," "Simple Man," "Our House," "Marrakesh Express," and "Teach Your Children." From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders of Woodstock, he has rocked and rolled wherever music mattered. Now Graham is ready to tell his story: his lower-class childhood in post-war England, his early days in the British Invasion group The Hollies; becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most introspective and important work; meeting Stephen Stills and David Crosby and reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist. Nash has valuable insights into a world and time many think they know from the outside but few have experienced at its epicenter, and equally wonderful anecdotes about the people around him: the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Cass Elliot, Dylan, and other rock luminaries. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a revealing look back at an extraordinary life—with all the highs and the lows; the love, the sex, and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity—and the sanity—of a magical era of music.
Joining Graham for the evening is Rolling Stone, New York Times, and Relix contributor Anthony DeCurtis. Besides extensive work with Rolling Stone's official album guides, Anthony also won a Grammy for his album notes accompanying Eric Clapton's Crossroads box set. He was an editorial consultant and the primary interviewer for the PBS American Masters documentary Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound.
September 30, 2013
- published: 01 Oct 2013
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城市再論壇 (2012-05-09 22:30)
近日發現凡是梁振英的負面評論皆被其他人評為「垃圾言論」，似乎証實了梁振英對香港言論自由的威脅。假如閣下希望發表評論的話，請同時到「香港人網討論區」發表：www.hkreporter...
published: 09 May 2012
author: unofficialhkreporter
城市再論壇 (2012-05-09 22:30)
近日發現凡是梁振英的負面評論皆被其他人評為「垃圾言論」，似乎証實了梁振英對香港言論自由的威脅。假如閣下希望發表評論的話，請同時到「香港人網討論區」發表：www.hkreporter.com，以免這裡的評論被五毛黨屏蔽。
- published: 09 May 2012
- views: 270
- author: unofficialhkreporter
27:12
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Wiki Article
Crosby, Stills & Nash is a folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills an...
published: 16 Jun 2013
author: Wikispeak
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Wiki Article
Crosby, Stills & Nash is a folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when join...
- published: 16 Jun 2013
- views: 25
- author: Wikispeak
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Green Acres | 139 | The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
Green Acres: The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud Season №5 Episode №139 (28 Febuary 1...
published: 09 Apr 2013
author: greenacresserial
Green Acres | 139 | The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
Green Acres: The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud Season №5 Episode №139 (28 Febuary 1970) Description: Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie ...
- published: 09 Apr 2013
- views: 8076
- author: greenacresserial
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How To Make Your Own Music
How to make your own music.
This has everything you could need to create beats.
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published: 22 Aug 2013
How To Make Your Own Music
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- published: 22 Aug 2013
- views: 6
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Voting and Death by Ham Sandwhich
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published: 21 Oct 2012
author: HolySmokeNPipePadre
Voting and Death by Ham Sandwhich
- published: 21 Oct 2012
- views: 538
- author: HolySmokeNPipePadre
23:21
Lost at the Wesley - Good Friday
Join a band of seniors as they try to escape from the abandoned TU campus....
published: 29 Mar 2013
author: TUWesley
Lost at the Wesley - Good Friday
Join a band of seniors as they try to escape from the abandoned TU campus.
- published: 29 Mar 2013
- views: 22
- author: TUWesley
20:00
Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, William Windom
BE SURE TO WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis ...
published: 20 Sep 2012
author: Rememberingthepassed
Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, William Windom
BE SURE TO WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR Remembering Scott McKenzie, Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, William Windom It was a haunting melody that beckoned thous...
- published: 20 Sep 2012
- views: 375
- author: Rememberingthepassed
5:00
Death by Excess - Mama Cass
It's been edited quite a bit as I only wanted the bits with me on it! When I find the full...
published: 09 Nov 2006
author: playgirlc
Death by Excess - Mama Cass
It's been edited quite a bit as I only wanted the bits with me on it! When I find the full version I will put it on. My other half has just loaded it up, try...
- published: 09 Nov 2006
- views: 43495
- author: playgirlc
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What Cass Elliot wanted to be
What Cass Elliot wanted to be when she was younger From The Julie Andrews Hour Airdate 20/...
published: 30 Oct 2012
author: aguz2211
What Cass Elliot wanted to be
What Cass Elliot wanted to be when she was younger From The Julie Andrews Hour Airdate 20/09/1972 NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 1158
- author: aguz2211
1:38
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt from Julie Andrews Comedy Hour (1972) NO COPYRIGHT INFRIN...
published: 18 Oct 2012
author: aguz2211
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt
Cass Elliot's thoughts on yogurt from Julie Andrews Comedy Hour (1972) NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.
- published: 18 Oct 2012
- views: 1378
- author: aguz2211
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Mama Cass Elliot Make Your Own Kind Of Music YouTube
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published: 21 Jun 2012
author: joe bortolan
Mama Cass Elliot Make Your Own Kind Of Music YouTube
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 102557
- author: joe bortolan
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Cass Elliot
Cass was so beautiful! Miss you, hon! You will be missed on days like this....
published: 07 Aug 2012
author: PoetessPossessed
Cass Elliot
Cass was so beautiful! Miss you, hon! You will be missed on days like this.
- published: 07 Aug 2012
- views: 156
- author: PoetessPossessed
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Mama Cass Elliot & Julie Andrews
1972 Simon and Garfunkel Medley from the julie andrews hour www.julieandrews.org....
published: 16 May 2006
author: Drew Arriola
Mama Cass Elliot & Julie Andrews
1972 Simon and Garfunkel Medley from the julie andrews hour www.julieandrews.org.
- published: 16 May 2006
- views: 421123
- author: Drew Arriola
2:51
Cass Elliot - ( If You're Gonna ) Break Another Heart
Cass Elliot sings on The Mike Douglas Show - 1972....
published: 01 May 2012
author: unsink
Cass Elliot - ( If You're Gonna ) Break Another Heart
Cass Elliot sings on The Mike Douglas Show - 1972.
- published: 01 May 2012
- views: 4816
- author: unsink
2:43
Denny Doherty Mamas and Papas
A small part of a 2005 interview with Denny Doherty at Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. On the Ca...
published: 20 Jan 2007
author: Caswell Cooke, Jr.
Denny Doherty Mamas and Papas
A small part of a 2005 interview with Denny Doherty at Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. On the Caswell Cooke Show based in RI.
- published: 20 Jan 2007
- views: 82219
- author: Caswell Cooke, Jr.
photo: AP / Michael Probst
23 Oct 2013
The Vatican on Wednesday suspended a scandal-tainted German Catholic cleric dubbed the "bling bishop" for his luxury lifestyle, despite multiple calls for the prelate to be dismissed. "The Holy See de. ems it appropriate to authorise a period of leave from the diocese for Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst," the Vatican said in a statement. "The Holy Father has been continuously and objectively informed of the situation," it said ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
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The Examiner
18 Oct 2013
To celebrate Harvey Brooks’ 69th birthday, I published a three-part interview with the legendary bassist this past July. Brooks commented on a random assortment of his many associations with various legendary musicians, including Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, the Doors, Mama Cass Elliot, John Sebastian, CSN, Richie Havens, and Jimi Hendrix. One person not covered was folk legend Tom Rush. A new documentary, “Tom Rush ... I asked Mr ... Disclosure ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
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Huffington Post
11 Oct 2013
Comparisons may be odious, but in some cases, like this one, they're inevitable ... They certainly can't be surprised when they are ... And yet ... She lived them ... (Which isn't mentioned in Johnson's script--or did I miss it?) At one point the photographer (is this from the 1968 Monterey Pop documentary?), pulls away from the anguish occasionally crossing Joplin's face to catch The Mamas and the Papas Cass Elliot mouthing the word "wow." ... ... ....(size: 6.5Kb)
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Houston Chronicle
09 Oct 2013
Don’t miss An Intimate Evening with Dave Mason on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 at Uptown Theatre Napa ... Dave Mason’s work and career remain linked with numerous other members of rock and roll elite, including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Rita Coolidge, Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, Ron Wood, Jim Capaldi, Mama Cass Elliot, and The Spencer Davis Group....(size: 3.7Kb)
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Seattle Post
09 Oct 2013
Don’t miss An Intimate Evening with Dave Mason on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 at Uptown Theatre Napa ... Dave Mason’s work and career remain linked with numerous other members of rock and roll elite, including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Rita Coolidge, Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, Ron Wood, Jim Capaldi, Mama Cass Elliot, and The Spencer Davis Group....(size: 3.7Kb)
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Huffington Post
25 Sep 2013
One interesting Joni story that I never knew to be true--I believe the urban legend version of how Crosby, Stills, & Nash got together was allegedly in Cass Elliot's kitchen--but really, it was in Joni's house ... However, Cass did introduce you to David Crosby? ... Cass was very much a Gertrude Stein character and incredibly important in my life....(size: 56.8Kb)
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Wall Street Journal
09 Sep 2013
By MARC MYERS. Los Angeles. Was this really the address? Wedged tightly between its neighbors, the small, brown house on an unassuming street in a beach community near the airport here lacked rock-star status. No long stone driveway. No bubbling fountains. And no army of landscapers. Just thick palms and a tall wooden fence for security ... "The legend thing isn't me, man ... Mr ... In the book, Mr ... Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas approached Mr....(size: 7.0Kb)
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The Independent
17 Aug 2013
“The Rides,” I say a little louder ... My favourite was Cass Elliot [of the Mamas and the Papas] ... So it was her house! [For decades there have been various opinions as to whether Crosby Stills & Nash sang together for the first time at Elliot’s house, Joni Mitchell’s or somewhere else entirely] ... We did it at Cass’s house and two days later we sang at Joni’s to show off. But the first time was at Cass’s house as I am sitting here ... I wish....(size: 15.2Kb)
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The Examiner
06 Jul 2013
The first part focused on his 1960s performances with Bob Dylan and Miles Davis, while part two covered Brooks’ sessions with Cass Elliot, John Sebastian, Paul Kantner’s original Jefferson Starship, the Doors, and almost joining an early version of Crosby, Stills, and Nash ... HARVEY BROOKS ... HB ... Playing with Dylan in 1965 and Miles in 1969Harvey Brooks on the Doors, Mama Cass, John Sebastian, and almost joining CSNAmericanaramA in Alabama....(size: 7.4Kb)
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The Examiner
05 Jul 2013
In 1968, you played on Cass Elliot’s first solo album, “Dream a Little Dream.” What was the atmosphere like? ... and he called me at the Chateau Marmont Hotel (in West Hollywood) to come down to the studio and record with Cass ... When I was working with Cass Elliot on her album, I was staying at her home, rehearsing for her first solo gig in Las Vegas....(size: 8.0Kb)
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The Examiner
15 Jun 2013
Rating for Monterey Pop. 5. With him leading a skeleton crew of five, Pennebaker managed to sculpt a rock masterpiece in 1968's Monterey Pop. The festival took place during the Summer of Love, where flower children, the concept of peace, and LSD-inspired imagery had dominated the landscape ... One person who could agree was late Mamas and the Papas singer Cass Elliot, whose wordless reaction to Joplin's voice leaves an indelible image ... ....(size: 9.8Kb)
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Houston Press
04 Jun 2013
Divorce is a strange and difficult thing. Nobody goes into a marriage expecting to ever have to get divorced ... let go of the band they share, or keep it going despite their differences ... 5 ... The band most famous for launching the career of "Mama" Cass Elliot also contained the married couple of John and Michelle Phillips ... They, along with Doherty and Elliot, managed to pull it together as best they could to put out one last record ... 4 ... 3. ABBA ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
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Sydney Morning Herald
16 May 2013
The show first premiered at St Kilda's Theatre Works in 2011. Every seat sold out before opening night, and critics were more than enthusiastic ... Casey Donovan plays ''Mama'' Cass Elliot, and it's a role she'd been preparing for long before Flowerchildren appeared. ''People were talking to me back when I was 15, before Idol, about this Mama Cass lady....(size: 1.5Kb)
| Cass Elliot | |
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 Elliot with Johnny Cash, 1969. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ellen Naomi Cohen |
| Also known as | Mama Cass |
| Born | (1941-09-19)September 19, 1941 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | July 29, 1974(1974-07-29) (aged 32) London, England, UK |
| Genres | Pop, folk rock |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1959–1974 |
| Labels | Dunhill Records, RCA Records |
| Associated acts | The Mamas & the Papas The Big Three The Mugwumps |
Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen and also known as Mama Cass, was an American singer and member of The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she released five solo albums. In 1998, Elliot, John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their work as The Mamas & the Papas.[1]
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Early life and career[link]
Ellen Cohen was born to Philip and Bess Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland, where she grew up. The family then moved to Alexandria, Virginia (a suburb of Washington, D.C.). She adopted the name "Cass" in high school—possibly, as Denny Doherty tells it, borrowing it from the actress Peggy Cass—but in any case, it was "Cass", not "Cassandra." She assumed the surname Elliot sometime later, in memory of a friend who had died.
While still attending George Washington High School, she became interested in acting and was cast in a school production of the play The Boy Friend. She left high school shortly before graduation and relocated to New York City to further her acting career, and toured in the musical The Music Man, but lost the part of Miss Marmelstein in I Can Get It for You Wholesale to Barbra Streisand in 1962.
While working as a cloakroom attendant at The Showplace in Greenwich Village, Elliot would sometimes sing, but it wasn't until she returned to the Washington area, to attend American University, that she began to pursue a singing career. As America's folk music scene was on the rise, Elliot met banjoist and singer Tim Rose and singer John Brown, and the three began performing as The Triumvirate. In 1963, James Hendricks replaced Brown and the trio was renamed The Big Three. Elliot's first recording with The Big Three was Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod, was released by FM Records in 1963.
When Tim Rose left The Big Three in 1964, Elliot and Hendricks teamed with Canadians Zal Yanovsky and Denny Doherty as The Mugwumps. This group lasted eight months, after which Cass performed as a solo act for a while. Yanovsky joined with John Sebastian to co-found The Lovin' Spoonful while Doherty joined The New Journeymen, a group that also included John Phillips and his wife, Michelle. In 1965, Doherty convinced Phillips that Cass should join the group. She did so while she and the group members were vacationing in the Virgin Islands.
A popular legend about Elliot is that her vocal range was improved by three notes after she was hit on the head by some copper tubing shortly before joining The New Journeymen in the Virgin Islands. Elliot herself confirmed the story in a 1968 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, saying,
| “ | It’s true, I did get hit on the head by a pipe that fell down and my range was increased by three notes. They were tearing this club apart in the islands, revamping it, putting in a dance floor. Workmen dropped a thin metal plumbing pipe and it hit me on the head and knocked me to the ground. I had a concussion and went to the hospital. I had a bad headache for about two weeks and all of a sudden I was singing higher. It’s true. Honest to God.[2] | ” |
However, friends later said that the pipe story was a less embarrassing explanation for why John Phillips had kept her out of the group for so long, the real reason being, he considered her too fat.[3]
The Mamas and the Papas[link]
With two female members, The New Journeymen needed a new name. According to Doherty, Elliot had the inspiration for the band's new name, as Doherty wrote on his website:
| “ | We're all just lying around vegging out watching TV and discussing names for the group. The New Journeymen was not a handle that was going to hang on this outfit. John was pushing for The Magic Cyrcle. Eech, but none of us could come up with anything better, then we switch the channel and, hey, it's the Hells Angels on this talk show... And the first thing we hear is: "Now hold on there, Hoss. Some people call our women cheap, but we just call them our Mamas." Cass jumped up: "Yeah! I want to be a Mama." And Michelle is going: "We're the Mamas! We're the Mamas!" OK. I look at John. He's looking at me going: "The Papas?" Problem solved. A toast! To The Mamas and the Papas. Well, after many, many toasts, Cass and John are passed out."[4] | ” |
Doherty also says that the occasion marked the beginning of his affair with Michelle Phillips. Elliot, who was in love with Doherty, was displeased when he told her of the affair. Doherty has said that she once proposed to him, but that he was so stoned at the time, he could not even respond.
Elliot, known for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the group. Her powerful, distinctive voice was a large factor in their success. She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's hits "California Dreamin'," "Monday Monday," and "Words of Love," and particularly for the solo "Dream a Little Dream of Me," which the group recorded in 1968 after learning about the death of Fabian Andre, one of the men who co-wrote it, whom Michelle Phillips had met years earlier. Elliot's version is noteworthy for its contemplative pace, whereas almost all earlier recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (including one by Nat King Cole) had been up-tempo versions—the song having actually been written in 1931 as a dance tune for the nightclubs of the day.
The Mamas & the Papas continued to record to meet the terms of their record contract until their final album was released in 1971.
Solo career[link]
After the breakup of The Mamas & the Papas, Elliot embarked on a solo singing career. Her most successful recording during this period was 1968's Dream a Little Dream of Me from her solo album of the same name, released by Dunhill Records though it had originally been released on the album The Papas & the Mamas Presented By The Mamas and the Papas earlier that year. She headlined briefly in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace for $40,000 per week, but her performances were not well reviewed.
Elliot had two television variety specials: The Mama Cass Television Show (ABC, 1969) and Don't Call Me Mama Anymore (CBS, 1973). She was a regular guest on TV talk shows and variety shows in the 1970s, including The Julie Andrews Hour, The Mike Douglas Show, The Andy Williams Show, Hollywood Squares, The Johnny Cash Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and The Carol Burnett Show and was a guest panelist for a week on the game show Match Game '73. She guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and appeared on that show 13 other times. She also appeared on and co-hosted The Music Scene on ABC and was featured on the first The Midnight Special on NBC. She performed in Saga of Sonora, a 1973 TV music-comedy-western special with Jill St. John, Vince Edwards, Zero Mostel, and Lesley Ann Warren. She also sang the jingle "Hurry on down to Hardee's, where the burgers are charco-broiled" for Hardee's fast-food advertisements.
Throughout the early 1970s, Elliot continued her acting career as well. She had a featured role in the 1970 movie Pufnstuf and made guest appearances on TV's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Young Dr. Kildare, Love, American Style, and The Red Skelton Show, among others.
Family and death[link]
Elliot was married twice, the first time in 1963 to James Hendricks, her groupmate in The Big Three and The Mugwumps. This was reportedly a platonic arrangement to assist him in avoiding being drafted into the army during the Vietnam War;[5] the marriage reportedly was never consummated and was annulled in 1968.[6] In 1971, Elliot married journalist Baron Donald von Wiedenman[7][8] who was heir to a Bavarian barony. Their marriage ended in divorce after a few months.
Elliot gave birth to a daughter, Owen Vanessa Elliot, on April 26, 1967. She never publicly identified the father, but many years later, Michelle Phillips helped Owen locate her biological father.[9] Owen grew up to become a singer as well and toured with Beach Boy Al Jardine.[10]
At the height of her solo career in 1974, Elliot performed two weeks of sold-out concerts at the London Palladium. She telephoned Michelle Phillips after the final concert on July 28, elated that she had received standing ovations each night. She then retired for the evening, and died in her sleep at age 32. Sources state her death was due to a heart attack.[11][12] Elliot died in a London flat, No. 12 at 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, which was on loan from singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson. Four years later, The Who's drummer Keith Moon died in the same flat at the same age.[13]
Elliot was entombed in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. After her death, Elliot's younger sister, Leah Kunkel, received custody of Cass' daughter Owen, then just seven years old. Kunkel is also a singer and charted in 1984 as a member of the Coyote Sisters on the single "Straight From The Heart (Into Your Life)". Kunkel was interviewed by VH1 in 1997 and discussed her sister for the "Mamas & Papas" episode of the network's documentary series Behind The Music.
An oft-repeated urban legend states that Elliot choked to death on a ham sandwich.[14] The story, which started following the discovery of her body, was based on speculation in the initial media coverage. Police had told reporters that a partially eaten sandwich found in her room might have been to blame, though an autopsy had yet to be conducted. Despite the post-mortem examination finding that Elliot had died of a heart attack and no food at all was found in her windpipe,[12] the false story that she choked on a sandwich has persisted in the decades following her death. In fact Elliot had lost 80 pounds (36 kg) in the eight months before her death by fasting four days a week. Her fatal heart attack was most likely related to this extreme weightloss measure.[15]
Tributes and other popular culture references[link]
The song "Mama, I Remember You Now" by the Swedish artist Marit Bergman is a tribute to Elliot. She was the subject of a 2004 stage production in Dublin,[16] The Songs of Mama Cass, with Kristin Kapelli performing main vocals. The Crosby, Stills & Nash Greatest Hits album released in 2005 was dedicated to Cass Elliot. The British film Beautiful Thing heavily features her recordings, and the memory of her plays a role in the life of one character.
Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers cited The Mamas & the Papas, and especially Elliot as an influence, in an interview for Rolling Stone, saying, "There have been times when I've been very down and out in my life, and the sound of her voice has sort of given me a reason to want to carry on."[17] Boy George and k.d. lang also cited Elliot as an influence.[18] George described her as "the greatest white female singer ever."[19] Beth Ditto, singer of the band Gossip, named Elliot both as music and fashion inspiration, saying, "I really wanted to sound like Mama Cass growing up."[20][21]
Elliot's recording of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" is featured prominently in several episodes of seasons 2 and 3 of Lost. Her recording of "It's Getting Better" was also featured in a season 4 episode.
Elliot is mentioned as one of the upcoming concert acts in the Stephen King short story "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band," which concerns a couple who wander into a small town inhabited by dead rock and roll legends.
Donovan's song "The Fat Angel" is a heartfelt tribute to Cass Elliot.
Since her death, Elliot and the circumstances surrounding her death have been the butt of numerous jokes in comedy routines, movies, and songs, by performers such as Frank Zappa, Adam Sandler,[22] Denis Leary, Mike Myers (in the first Austin Powers movie), "Weird Al" Yankovic, Robin Williams, and others.
Industrial musician Foetus mentions that he is the one that "gave the sandwich to Mama Cass" in the song "Throne of Agony."[23]
In a Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode, "The Secret Serum" a cameo of Elliot appears as an buyer at an auction.[24]
Discography[link]
Albums[link]
The Big Three[link]
- The big 3 (1963)
- Live at the Recording Studio (1964)
The Mugwumps[link]
- The Mugwumps (1965)
The Mamas and the Papas[link]
- If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
- The Mamas & the Papas (1966)
- The Mamas and the Papas Deliver (1967)
- The Papas & The Mamas (1968)
- People Like Us (1971)
Solo[link]
- 1968: Dream a Little Dream - US #87
- 1969: Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama - US #91
- 1969: Make Your Own Kind of Music - US #169 (a reissue of Bubblegum, Lemonade... with the hit title song added)
- 1971: Mama's Big Ones (solo greatest hits) - US #194
- 1971: Dave Mason & Cass Elliot- US #49
- 1972: Cass Elliot
- 1972: The Road Is No Place for a Lady
- 1973: Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
Singles[link]
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Elliot's signature piece, released as a single in 1968, became the most famous rendition of the song
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- 1968: "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Mama Cass with the Mamas & the Papas) - US #12 Pop/#2 AC, UK #11[25]
- 1968: "California Earthquake" - US #67
- 1969: "Move in a Little Closer, Baby" - US #58 Pop/#32 AC
- 1969: "It's Getting Better" - US #30 Pop/#13 AC, UK #8[25]
- 1969: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" - US #36 Pop/#6 AC
- 1970: "New World Coming" - US #42 Pop/#4 AC
- 1970: "A Song That Never Comes" - US #99 Pop/#25 AC
- 1970: "The Good Times Are Coming" - US #104 Pop/#19 AC
- 1970: "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By" - US #110 Pop/#34 AC
References[link]
- ^ Rockhall.com
- ^ Rolling Stone magazine, October 26, 1968, No. 20 reprinted as "Rolling Stone:October 26, 1968, No. 20 THE ROLLING STONE INTERVIEW: Cass Elliot: Page 19". http://www.casselliot.com/rollingst.htm. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Pipe Dream" Snopes.com debunking of pipe story
- ^ "Dream A Little Dream" performance transcript from Denny Doherty's website, DennyDoherty.com
- ^ Cass Elliot dies at age 32
- ^ Meet the Mugwumps
- ^ July 12, 1971 Time Magazine announcement of Elliot's marriage to von Wiedenman
- ^ For a photo, see the Official Cass Elliot Website.
- ^ "California Dreamgirl". Vanity Fair. December 2007. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/12/phillips200712. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ Beach Boys FAQ
- ^ "Cass Elliot, Pop Singer, Dies; Star of the Mamas and Papas" (paid archive). The New York Times. 1974-07-30. http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10613FD3F5B1A7493C2AA178CD85F408785F9. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ a b "Cass Elliot's Death Linked to Heart Attack" (paid archive). The New York Times. 1974-08-06. http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F70E11F93E5E1A7493C4A91783D85F408785F9. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Wilkes, Roger (17 February 2001). "Inside story: 9 Curzon Place". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/4812977/Inside-story-9-Curzon-Place.html. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Ham and Wheeze" from Snopes.com
- ^ Farrell, Amy Erdman. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture. New York, NY: New York UP, 2011.
- ^ "Pop: Kristin Kapelli". The Sunday Times (London). 2004-01-11. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article990330.ece. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ Anthony Kiedis' interview in Rolling Stone magazine
- ^ Cass Elliot on veryimportantpotheads.com
- ^ Fiegel, Eddi (September 28, 2005). Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of Cass Elliot. Chicago Review Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-55652-588-9.
- ^ Wooten, Amy (6 September 2006). "Gossiping with Beth Ditto". Windy City Times. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/ARTICLE.php?AID=12572. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ Alexander, Hilary (06 Jul 2009). "Beth Ditto's collection for Evans". Telegraph Media Group. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/5734946/Beth-Dittos-collection-for-Evans.html. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ Sandler lyrics
- ^ "The Throne of Agony lyrics". lyricstime.com. http://www.lyricstime.com/foetus-the-throne-of-agony-lyrics.html. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ Watch the auction scene in "The Secret Serum" before the vampire takes off with the painting being auctioned and in the crowd you see Elliot.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 345. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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| Name | Elliot, Cass |
| Alternative names | Cohen, Ellen Naomi; Mama Cass |
| Short description | American singer |
| Date of birth | 1941-09-19 |
| Place of birth | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Date of death | 1974-07-29 |
| Place of death | London, England, UK |
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| John Denver | |
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| John Denver John Denver |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. |
| Born | (1943-12-31)December 31, 1943 Roswell, New Mexico |
| Died | October 12, 1997(1997-10-12) (aged 53) Pacific Grove, California |
| Genres | Country, folk, pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, composer, activist, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, violin |
| Years active | 1962–1997 |
| Labels | Mercury, RCA, BMG, Windstar, Sony Wonder |
| Associated acts | The John Denver Band, The Back Porch Majority, The New Christy Minstrels, Chad Mitchell Trio, The Muppets, Olivia Newton-John, Plácido Domingo, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Glen Campbell |
| Website | www.johndenver.com |
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.[1]
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Biography[link]
Early years[link]
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was born in Roswell, New Mexico, to Erma Louise Swope and Lt. Col. Henry John Deutschendorf, Sr.,[2] an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (who set three speed records in the B-58 Hustler bomber and earned a place in the Air Force Hall of Fame). Henry Sr. was of German ancestry, and met and married his "Oklahoma Sweetheart".[3] Denver's Irish Catholic and German maternal grandmother was the one who imbued Denver with his love of music. In his autobiography, Take Me Home, Denver described his life as the eldest son of a family shaped by a stern father who could not show his love for his children.
Because Denver's father was in the military, the family moved often, making it difficult for Denver to make friends and fit in with people of his own age. Constantly being the new kid was agony for the introverted child, and he grew up always feeling as if he should be somewhere else, but never knowing where that "right" place was.[4] While living in Tucson, Arizona, Denver was a member of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus for two years. Denver was happy living in Tucson, but his father was transferred to Montgomery, Alabama, then in the midst of the Montgomery boycotts. The family later moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where Denver graduated from Arlington Heights High School. Attending high school in Fort Worth was a distressing experience for the disenfranchised Denver. In his third year of high school, he borrowed his father's car and ran away to California to visit family friends and begin his music career. His father flew to California to bring him back, and Denver unhappily returned to finish high school.[5]
At the age of 11, Denver received an acoustic guitar from his grandmother.[6] He learned to play well enough to perform at local clubs by the time he was in college. He adopted the surname "Denver" after the capital of his favorite state, Colorado. He decided to change his name when Randy Sparks, founder of The New Christy Minstrels, suggested that "Deutschendorf" wouldn't fit comfortably on a marquee.[7] Denver attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock and sang in a folk-music group called "The Alpine Trio" while pursuing architecture studies.[8] He was also a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Denver dropped out of the Texas Tech School of Engineering in 1963,[6] and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he sang in folk clubs. In 1965, Denver joined the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group that had been renamed "The Mitchell Trio" prior to Chad Mitchell's departure and before Denver's arrival, and then "Denver, Boise, and Johnson" (John Denver, David Boise, and Michael Johnson).[6]
Solo career[link]
In 1969, John Denver abandoned the band life to pursue a solo career and released his first album for RCA Records: Rhymes & Reasons. Two years prior Denver had made a self-produced demo recording of some of the songs he played at his concerts. He included in the demo a song called "Babe I Hate to Go," later renamed "Leaving on A Jet Plane." Denver made several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas.[9] Mitchell Trio manager Milt Okun brought the unreleased "Jet Plane" song to the high-profile folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. Their version of the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[10]
Although RCA did not actively promote Rhymes & Reasons with a tour, Denver himself embarked on an impromptu supporting tour throughout the Midwest, stopping at towns and cities as the fashion took him, offering to play free concerts at local venues. When he was successful in convincing a school, college, American Legion Hall, or local coffee-house to let him play, he would spend a day or so postering the town and could usually be counted upon to show up at the local radio station, guitar in hand, offering himself for an interview.[citation needed] With his foot-in-the-door of having authored "Leaving on a Jet Plane", he was often successful in gaining some valuable promotional airtime, usually featuring one or two songs performed live. Some venues would let him play for the "door"; others restricted him to selling copies of the album at intermission and after the show. After several months of this constant low-key touring schedule, however, he had sold enough albums to convince RCA to take a chance on extending his recording contract. He had also built a sizable and solid fan base, many of whom remained loyal throughout his career.[6]
Denver recorded two more albums in 1970, Take Me to Tomorrow and Whose Garden Was This, including a mix of songs he had written and cover versions of other artists' compositions.
Career peak[link]
His next album, Poems, Prayers, and Promises (released in 1971), was a breakthrough for him in the U.S., thanks in part to the single "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which went to No.2 on the Billboard charts despite the first pressings of the track being distorted. Its success was due in part to the efforts of his new manager, future Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, who signed Denver in 1970. Weintraub insisted on a re-issue of the track and began a radio-airplay campaign that started in Denver, Colorado. Denver's career flourished from then on, and he had a series of hits over the next four years. In 1972, Denver scored his first Top Ten album with Rocky Mountain High, with its title track reaching the Top Ten in 1973.[11] Between 1974 and 1975, Denver experienced an impressive chart dominance, with a string of four No.1 songs ("Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "I'm Sorry") and three No.1 albums (John Denver's Greatest Hits, Back Home Again, and Windsong).[12]
In the 1970s, Denver's onstage appearance included long blond hair, embroidered shirts emblazoned with images commonly associated with the American West (created by designer & appliqué artist Anna Zapp), and "granny" glasses. His manager, Jerry Weintraub, insisted on a significant number of television appearances, including a series of half-hour shows in England, despite Denver's protests at the time, "I've had no success in Britain...I mean none."[13] Weintraub explained to Maureen Orth of Newsweek in December 1976, "I knew the critics would never go for John. I had to get him to the people."
After appearing as a guest on many shows, Denver went on to host his own variety/music specials, including several concerts from Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver. His seasonal special, Rocky Mountain Christmas, was watched by more than 60 million people and was the highest-rated show for the ABC network at that time.[citation needed]
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John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together.
His live concert special, An Evening with John Denver, won the 1974–1975 Emmy for Outstanding Special, Comedy-Variety or Music.[14] When Denver ended his business relationship because of Weintraub's focus on other projects, Weintraub threw Denver out of his office and called him a Nazi. Denver would later tell Arthur Tobier, when the latter transcribed his autobiography[citation needed], "...I'd bend my principles to support something he wanted of me. And of course every time you bend your principles – whether because you don't want to worry about it, or because you're afraid to stand up for fear of what you might lose – you sell your soul to the devil."[15]
Denver was also a guest star on The Muppet Show, the beginning of the lifelong friendship between Denver and Jim Henson that spawned two television specials with The Muppets. He also tried his hand at acting, appearing in the The Colorado Cattle Caper episode of the McCloud television movie on February 24, 1974, and starring in the 1977 film Oh, God! opposite George Burns. Denver hosted the Grammy Awards five times in the 1970s and 1980s and guest-hosted The Tonight Show on multiple occasions.[16] In 1975, Denver was awarded the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award. At the ceremony, the outgoing Entertainer of the Year Charlie Rich presented the award to his successor, but in protest of what he considered the inappropriateness of Denver's selection, Rich set fire to the envelope containing the official notification of the award.[17] However, Denver's music was defended by country singer Kathy Mattea, who told Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly, "A lot of people write him off as lightweight, but he articulated a kind of optimism, and he brought acoustic music to the forefront, bridging folk, pop, and country in a fresh way.... People forget how huge he was worldwide."
In 1977, Denver cofounded The Hunger Project with Werner Erhard and Robert W. Fuller. He served for many years and supported the organization until his death. Denver was also appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve on the President's Commission on World Hunger, writing the song "I Want to Live" as its theme song. In 1979, Denver performed "Rhymes & Reasons" at the Music for UNICEF Concert. Royalties from the concert performances were donated to UNICEF.[18] His father taught him to fly in the mid-1970s, which led to a reconciliation between father and son.[8] In 1980, Denver and his father, Lt. Col. “Dutch” Deutschendorf, co-hosted an award winning television special, "The Higher We Fly: the History of Flight."[3] It won the Osborn Award from the Aviation/Space Writers’ Association, and was honored by the Houston Film Festival.[3]
Political activism[link]
Denver became outspoken in politics in the mid-1970s. In 1976, he campaigned for Jimmy Carter, who became a close friend and ally. Denver was a supporter of the Democratic Party and of a number of charitable causes for the environmental movement, the homeless, the poor, the hungry, and the African AIDS crisis. He founded the charitable Windstar Foundation in 1976, to promote sustainable living. His dismay at the Chernobyl disaster led to precedent-setting concerts in parts of communist Asia and Europe.[8]
During the 1980s, Denver was critical of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Administration, but he remained active in his campaign against hunger, for which Reagan awarded Denver the Presidential World Without Hunger Award in 1985.[8] Denver's criticism of the conservative politics of the 1980s was expressed in his autobiographical folk-rock ballad "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For)." Denver was also critical of the Republican-dominated Congress and American Conservatism of the 1990s. He denounced the National Rifle Association (NRA) as a corrupt political machine that could buy off politicians, and in an open letter to the media, he wrote that he opposed oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Denver had battled to expand the refuge in the 1980s, and he praised President Bill Clinton for his opposition to the proposed drilling. The letter, which he wrote in the midst of the 1996 presidential election, was one of the last he ever wrote.[8] Denver was also on the Board of Governors of the National Space Society for many years.
Later years and humanitarian work[link]
He had a few more U.S. Top 30 hits as the 1970s ended, but nothing to match his earlier success. He began to focus more on humanitarian and sustainability causes, focusing extensively on conservation projects. He made public expression of his acquaintances and friendships with ecological-design researchers such as Richard Buckminster Fuller and Amory Lovins, from whom he said he learned much. He also founded two environmental groups; the Windstar Foundation and Plant-It 2020 (originally Plant-It 2000). Denver had a keen interest in solutions to world hunger. He visited Africa during the 1980s to witness first-hand the suffering caused by starvation and to work with African leaders toward solutions.
In 1983 and 1984, Denver hosted the annual Grammy Awards. In the 1983 finale, Denver was joined on stage by folk-music legend Joan Baez with whom he led an all-star version of "Blowin' in the Wind" and Let The Sunshine In, joined by such diverse musical icons as Jennifer Warnes, Donna Summer, and Rick James.
In 1984, Roone Arlidge, president of ABC Sports, asked Denver to compose and sing the theme song for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Denver worked as both a performer and a skiing commentator (skiing was another avocation of Denver's). He had written "The Gold and Beyond", and sang it for the Olympic Games athletes, as well as local venues including many schools.[3]
In 1985, Denver asked to participate in the singing of "We Are the World" but was turned down. According to Ken Kragen (who helped to produce the song), the reason that John Denver was turned down was that many people felt his image would hurt the credibility of the song as a pop-rock anthem. "I didn't agree" with this assessment, Kragen said, but reluctantly turned Denver down anyway.[19]
For Earth Day 1990, Denver was the on-camera narrator of a well-received environmental TV program, "In Partnership With Earth," with then–EPA Administrator William K. Reilly.
With Denver's innate love of flying he was naturally attracted to NASA and became dedicated to America’s work in outer space. He conscientiously worked to help bring into being the “Citizens in Space” program. Denver received the NASA Public Service Medal, in 1985 for “helping to increase awareness of space exploration by the peoples of the world,” an award usually restricted to spaceflight engineers and designers. Also in 1985, Denver passed NASA’s rigorous physical exam and was in line for a space flight, a finalist for the first citizen’s trip on the Space Shuttle in 1986. He was not chosen. After the Challenger disaster with teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard, John dedicated his song “Flying for Me”, to all astronauts, and he continued to support NASA.[3]
Denver testified before the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee on the topic of censorship during a Parents Music Resource Center hearing in 1985. Denver also toured Russia in 1985. His 11 Soviet Union concerts were the first by any American artist in more than 10 years, and they marked a very important cultural exchange that culminated in an agreement to allow other western artists to perform there.[20] He returned two years later to perform at a benefit concert for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster. In October 1992, John undertook a multiple-city tour of the People's Republic of China. He also released a greatest-hits CD, "Homegrown," to raise money for homeless charities.
In 1994, he published his autobiography, Take Me Home, in which he candidly spoke of his marijuana, LSD, and cocaine use, his marital infidelities, history of domestic violence, and a suicide attempt in a London hotel room.[21][22] In 1996, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In early 1997, Denver filmed an episode for the Nature series, centering on the natural wonders that inspired many of his best-loved songs. The episode contains his last song, "Yellowstone, Coming Home," which he composed while rafting along the Colorado River with his son and young daughter.[23]
In the summer of 1997, Denver recorded a children's train album for Sony Wonder, entitled All Aboard!, produced by long-time friend Roger Nichols.[24] The album consisted of old-fashioned swing, big band, folk, bluegrass, and gospel styles of music woven into a theme of railroad songs. This album won a posthumous Best Musical Album For Children Grammy for Denver, which was his only Grammy.[25]
Personal life[link]
Denver's first marriage was to Annie Martell of St. Peter, Minnesota. Their wedding was held at the Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College. Annie was the subject of his hit Annie's Song, which he composed in only ten minutes while on a ski lift in 1974.[8] The couple lived in Edina, Minnesota from 1968 to 1971. Following the success of "Rocky Mountain High," Denver purchased a residence in Colorado and owned one home in Colorado continuously until his death.[26] He and Annie adopted a son, Zachary, and daughter, Anna Kate, who John would say were “meant to be” theirs.[3] John once said, "I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some guy's dad; I'm some little gal's dad. When I die, Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to be remembered by. That's more than enough."[27] Zachary was the subject of "A Baby Just Like You," a song that included the line "Merry Christmas, little Zachary" and which he wrote for Frank Sinatra. Denver and Annie Martell divorced in 1982 and the ensuing property settlement caused Denver to become so enraged he nearly choked his ex-wife, then used a chainsaw to cut the marital bed in half.[8][21][22][28] Martell continues to live in Aspen, Colorado.
John Denver married Australian actress Cassandra Delaney in 1988, after a two-year courtship. Settling in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. Denver and Delaney separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993.[8] Of his second marriage, Denver would later recall that "before our short-lived marriage ended in divorce, she managed to make a fool of me from one end of the valley to the other."[22] In 1993, Denver pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge, and was placed on probation.[28] In August 1994, while still on probation, he was again charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence after crashing his Porsche into a tree in Aspen, Colorado.[28] Though a jury trial in July 1997 resulted in a hung jury on the second DUI charge, prosecutors later decided to reopen the case, which was only closed after Denver's accidental death in October 1997.[28][29] In 1996, the FAA decided that Denver could no longer fly a plane due to medical disqualification for failure to abstain from alcohol, a condition that the FAA had imposed in October 1995 after his prior drunk driving conviction.[30][31]
Denver's talent extended beyond music. He was a painter as well but because of his limiting schedule, he pursued photography. He once said that "photography is a way to communicate a feeling." Denver was an avid skier and golfer. His love of flying was secondary only to his love for music.[32] He collected vintage biplanes, and in 1974, he bought a Learjet, which he used to fly himself to concerts. He also bought a Christen Eagle aerobatic plane, two Cessna 210 and in 1997, an experimental, amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ.[3][31][32]
Death[link]
On October 12, 1997, Denver was killed at the age of 53 when his experimental Rutan Long-EZ plane, aircraft registration number N555JD, crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Grove, California, while making a series of touch-and-go landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.[33] National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) accident ID is LAX98FA008.[34] As the crash badly disfigured Denver's head and body, making identification by dental records impossible, records of his fingerprints taken from his arrests for intoxicated driving were used to confirm that the fallen pilot was indeed the singer.[35][36]
A pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience, Denver had single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land, glider, and instrument ratings. He also held a type rating in his Learjet. He had recently purchased the Long-EZ aircraft, and had taken a half-hour checkout flight with the aircraft the day before the accident.[37] However, Denver did not possess a valid FAA medical certification.[30][31] Denver was the sole occupant of the aircraft.[38]
In 1996, nearly a year before the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration had learned of Denver's failure to abstain entirely from alcohol after his drunk driving arrests, and had previously revoked his medical certification.[30][31] Since Denver was required by the FAA to have at least a third-class medical certification in order to exercise the privileges of his pilot certificate, he was not legally able to fly at the time of the accident. However, there was no trace of alcohol or drugs in Denver's body at autopsy.[31]
Post-accident investigation by the NTSB showed that the experimental Rutan as built had an unusual reconfiguration of the fuel selector valve handle, which had been moved from the instrument panel to behind the left shoulder of the pilot.[30][31] Wreckage examination by NTSB investigators revealed that the selector handle was not placarded or marked for any operating position.[30][31] According to a pilot who had flown the aircraft in a prior checkout flight, the handle in the right position was for the left tank, the handle in the down position was for the right tank, and the off position was up.[30][31] An NTSB interview with the aircraft mechanic servicing Denver's plane revealed that he and Denver had discussed the inaccessibility of the cockpit fuel selector valve handle and its resistance to being turned.[30][31] Before the flight, Denver and the mechanic had attempted to extend the reach of the handle, using a pair of vice grip pliers.[30][31] However, this did not solve the problem as the pilot could still not reach the handle while strapped into his seat.[30][31] When investigators attempted to switch fuel tanks in a similar Long EZ, each time while an investigator turned his body the 90 degrees required to reach the valve, his natural tendency was to extend his right foot against the right rudder pedal to support his body as he turned in the seat, causing the aircraft to yaw and pitch up.[30][31]
After the mechanic noted that the fuel sight gauges were only visible to the rear cockpit occupant, Denver asked him about the quantity of fuel shown.[30][31] The mechanic told Denver that he had "less than half in the right tank and less than a quarter in the left tank".[30][31] The mechanic then provided Denver with a shop inspection mirror so that he could look over his shoulder at the fuel sight gauges; the mirror was later recovered in the wreckage.[30][31] Denver told the mechanic that he would use the autopilot inflight, if necessary, to hold the airplane level while he turned the fuel selector valve.[30][31] Denver declined an offer to take on additional fuel, telling the mechanic that he would only be flying for about one hour.[30][31]
Twenty witnesses to the accident were interviewed by the NTSB, some of whom observed the plane's crash into the ocean near Point Pinos.[30][31] Four of the witnesses indicated that the airplane was originally heading west; five of them observed the airplane in a steep bank, with four of those five reporting the bank was to the right (north). Twelve witnesses saw the airplane in a steep nose-down descent, and 6 of them saw the airplane hit the water. Witnesses estimated the plane's height at 350 to 500 feet while heading toward the shoreline. Eight of the witnesses said that they heard a "pop" or "backfire," along with a reduction in the engine noise level just before the airplane descended into the water.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of the crash was the pilot's diversion of attention from the operation of the airplane and his inadvertent application of right rudder that resulted in the loss of airplane control while attempting to manipulate the fuel selector handle, resulting in a crash into the ocean.[30][31] The Board also determined that the pilot's inadequate transition training, lack of total flight experience in type, and inadequate preflight planning and preparations, specifically his failure to refuel the airplane, were causal.[30][31] The Board also singled out the aircraft builder's decision to locate the unmarked fuel selector handle in a hard-to-access position along with installing unmarked fuel quantity sight gauges as factors in the accident.[30][31]
Upon announcement of Denver's death, Colorado governor Roy Romer ordered all state flags to be lowered to half staff in his honor. Funeral services were held at Faith Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Colorado, on October 17, 1997, being officiated by Pastor Les Felker, a retired Air Force chaplain. Later, Denver's ashes were scattered in the Rocky Mountains. Further tributes were made at the following Grammys and Country Music Association Awards. On September 23, 2007, nearly ten years after his death, his brother Ron witnessed the dedication of a plaque placed near the crash-site in Pacific Grove, California, commemorating the singer.
Posthumous recognition[link]
In 2000, CBS presented the television movie Take Me Home: The John Denver Story loosely based on his memoirs, starring Chad Lowe. Denver's brother, Ron Deutschendorf, voiced the feelings of many of the singer's fans when he wrote a letter to the Los Angeles Times criticizing the film's many inaccuracies: multiple chronological errors, exaggerated difficulties in his relationship with his father, and a completely superficial treatment of Denver's commitment to his various causes. As the New York Post observed, "An overachiever like John Denver couldn't have been this boring."[39]
Denver's music remains extremely popular around the world. Previously unreleased and unnoticed recordings are now sought-after collectibles in pop, folk and country genres. Also in demand are copies of Denver's many television appearances, especially his one-hour specials from the 1970s and his six-part series for Britain's BBC, The John Denver Show. Despite strong interest in these programs, no sign of "official" release is evident for the vast majority of this material. An anthology musical featuring John Denver's music, Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday, premiered at the Rubicon Theatre Company in November 2006.[40]
On March 12, 2007, Colorado's Senate passed a resolution to make Denver's trademark 1972 hit "Rocky Mountain High" one of the state's two official state songs, sharing duties with its predecessor, "Where the Columbines Grow."[41] The resolution passed 50–11 in the House, defeating an objection by Rep. Debbie Stafford (R-Aurora) that the song reflected drug use, most specifically the line, "Friends around the campfire and everybody's high." Sen. Bob Hagedorn, the Aurora Democrat who sponsored the proposal, defended the song as nothing to do with drugs, but everything to do with sharing with friends the euphoria of experiencing the beauty of Colorado's mountain vistas. Nancy Todd (D-Aurora) said that "John Denver to me is an icon of what Colorado is."[42] Similar proposals have also been made to the West Virginia House of Delegates to make "Take Me Home Country Roads" the official song of that particular state, so far without success.
On September 24, 2007, the California Friends of John Denver and The Windstar Foundation unveiled a bronze plaque near the spot where his plane went down near Pacific Grove. The site had been marked by a driftwood log carved (by Jeffrey Pine of Colorado) with the singer's name, but fears that the memorial could be washed out to sea sparked the campaign for a more permanent memorial. Initially the Pacific Grove Council denied permission for the memorial, fearing the place would attract ghoulish curiosity from extreme fans. Permission was finally granted in 1999, but the project was put on hold at the request of the singer's family. Eventually, over 100 friends and family attended the dedication of the plaque, which features a bas-relief of the singer's face and lines from his song "Windsong": "So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers. Follow her summons when she calls again."[44]
To mark the 10th anniversary of Denver's death, his family released a set of previously unreleased recordings of Denver's 1985 concert performances in the Soviet Union. This two-CD set, John Denver – Live in the USSR, was produced by Denver's friend Roger Nichols, and released by AAO Music. These digital recordings were made during 11 concerts, and then rediscovered in 2002. Included in this set is a previously unpublished rendition of "Annie's Song" in Russian. The collection was released November 6, 2007.[20]
On October 13, 2009, a DVD box set of previously unreleased concerts recorded throughout Denver's career was released by Eagle Rock Entertainment. "Around the World Live" is a 5-disc DVD set featuring three complete live performances with full band from Australia in 1977, Japan in 1981, and England in 1986. These are complemented by a solo acoustic performance from Japan in 1984, and performances at Farm Aid from 1985, 1987 and 1990. The final disc has two hour-long documentaries made by Denver.
On April 21, 2011, John Denver became the first inductee into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. A benefit concert was held at Broomfield's 1STBANK Center and hosted by Olivia Newton-John. Other performers participating in the event included Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lee Ann Womack and John Oates. Both of his ex-wives were in attendance, and the award was presented to his three children.
Related artists[link]
Main article: The John Denver Band
Denver began his recording career with a group that had started as the Chad Mitchell Trio; his distinctive voice can be heard where he sings solo on Violets of Dawn, among other songs. He recorded three albums with the Mitchell Trio, replacing Chad Mitchell himself as high tenor.[6] The group Denver, Boise and Johnson, which had evolved from the Mitchell Trio, released a single before he moved on to a solo career.[7]
Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, credited as co-writers of Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads", were close friends of Denver and his family, appearing as singers and songwriters on many of Denver's albums until they formed the Starland Vocal Band in 1976. The band's albums were released on Denver's Windsong Records (later known as Windstar Records) label. Denver's solo recording contract resulted in part from the recording by Peter, Paul and Mary of his song "Leaving on a Jet Plane", which became the sole number 1 hit single for the group.[6] Denver recorded songs by Tom Paxton, Eric Andersen, John Prine, David Mallett, and many others in the folk scene. His record company, Windstar, is still an active record label today.[citation needed] Country singer John Berry considers Denver the greatest influence on his own music and has recorded Denver's hit "Annie's Song" with the original arrangement.
Olivia Newton-John, an Australian singer whose across-the-board appeal to pop, MOR, and country audiences in the mid-1970s was similar to Denver's, lent her distinctive backup vocals to Denver's 1975 single "Fly Away"; she performed the song with Denver on his 1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas special. She also covered his "Take Me Home, Country Roads", and had a hit in the United Kingdom (#15 in 1973) and Japan (#6 in a belated 1976 release) with it.[citation needed] In 1976, John Denver appeared as a guest star, along with Olivia Newton-John, who made a cameo appearance, on The Carpenters Very First Special, a one-hour TV special broadcast on the ABC television network. A highlight of the program was John singing a duet with Karen Carpenter of a medley of "Through the Rye" and "Good Vibrations", although the medley was never released commercially as a single or on an album.[citation needed]
September 2008 saw the premiere of the musical Whisper the Wind in New Zealand, a tribute presentation covering highlights of Denver's life and career, with the younger Denver played by 21-year-old Dunedin musician Bevan Gardiner, whose vocal impersonation of the late singer was considered so accurate Denver's business manager Harold Thau could not tell them apart.[45]
Awards and recognition[link]
- 1975 Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
- 1976 Favorite Country Album for "Back Home Again"
- 1976 Favorite Country Male Artist
- 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for "An Evening With John Denver"[3]
- 1997 Best Musical Album For Children for "All Aboard!"
- 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award for "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Other recognition[link]
- Poet Laureate of Colorado, 1977[3]
- People's Choice Awards, 1977[3]
- Ten Outstanding Young Men of America, 1979[3]
- Carl Sandburg’s People’s Poet Award, 1982
- NASA Public Service Medal, 1985
- Albert Schweitzer Music Award, 1993
- "Rocky Mountain High" declared state song of Colorado, 2007
Discography[link]
Main article: John Denver discography
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Filmography[link]
Main article: John Denver filmography
Selected writings[link]
- Alfie the Christmas Tree (1990) ISBN 0-945051-25-5
- Take Me Home: An Autobiography (1994) ISBN 0-517-59537-0
- Poems, Prayers and Promises: The Art and Soul of John Denver (2004) ISBN 1-57560-617-8
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- Orth, Maureen, "Voice of America," Newsweek, December 1976. Includes information on the role of Weintraub in shaping Denver's career, which has since been edited out of later versions of his biography.
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- Official John Denver Fan Club based in Germany - bilingual site English and German
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| Name | Denver, John |
| Alternative names | Deutschendorf, Henry John, Jr. |
| Short description | Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, actor, writer, poet, activist |
| Date of birth | 1943-12-31 |
| Place of birth | Roswell, New Mexico, United States |
| Date of death | 1997-10-12 |
| Place of death | Pacific Grove, California, United States |
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This article is about the singer. For other uses, see Johnny Cash (disambiguation).
| Johnny Cash | |
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 Cash in 1969. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John R. Cash |
| Born | (1932-02-26)February 26, 1932 Kingsland, Arkansas, United States |
| Origin | Kingsland, Arkansas, United States |
| Died | September 12, 2003(2003-09-12) (aged 71) Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Country, rock and roll, folk, americana, gospel, blues, rockabilly |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin |
| Years active | 1955–2003 |
| Labels | Sun, Columbia, Mercury, American, House of Cash, Legacy Recordings |
| Associated acts | The Tennessee Three, The Highwaymen, June Carter Cash, The Statler Brothers, The Carter Family, The Oak Ridge Boys, Area Code 615, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| Website | johnnycash.com |
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| Martin Acoustic Guitars[1] | |
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), was an American singer-songwriter, actor,[2] and author,[2] who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.[3] 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;[4][5][6] for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness,[7][8] coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor;[4] for providing free concerts inside prison walls;[9][10] and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".[11] He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."[12][13] and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".
Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption.[4][14] His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers, including "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; as well as railroad songs including "Hey, Porter" and "Rock Island Line".[15] Late in his career, Cash covered songs by several rock artists, most notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails - the resulting music video was voted one of the best of all time and is sometimes seen as Cash's epitaph.
Cash, a troubled but devout Christian,[16][17] has been characterized as a "lens through which to view American contradictions and challenges."[18][19][20] A Biblical scholar,[2][21][22] he penned a Christian novel titled Man in White,[23][24] and he made a spoken word recording of the entire New King James Version of the New Testament.[25][26] Even so, Cash declared that he was "the biggest sinner of them all", and viewed himself overall as a complicated and contradictory man.[27][28] Accordingly,[29] Cash is said to have "contained multitudes", and has been deemed "the philosopher-prince of American country music".[30][31]
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Personal life[link]
Early life[link]
Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas,[32] the fourth of seven children to Ray Cash (May 13, 1897, Kingsland, Arkansas – December 23, 1985, Hendersonville, Tennessee)[33] and Carrie Cloveree Rivers (March 13, 1904, Rison, Arkansas – March 11, 1991, Hendersonville, Tennessee).[34][35] Cash was named John R. Cash because his parents couldn't think of a name, but he went by J. R. all throughout his childhood as a shortened version of his real name. When Cash enlisted in the Air Force, they wouldn't let him use initials as his name, so he began to use his legal name of John R. Cash. In 1955, when signing with Sun Records, he took Johnny Cash as his stage name.[36]
The Cash children were, in order: Roy, Margaret Louise, Jack, J. R., Reba, Joanne and Tommy.[37][38] His younger brother, Tommy Cash, also became a successful country artist.
In March 1935, when Cash was three years old, the family settled in Dyess, Arkansas. He started working in cotton fields at age five, singing along with his family simultaneously while working. The family farm was flooded on at least two occasions, which later inspired him to write the song "Five Feet High and Rising".[39] His family's economic and personal struggles during the Great Depression inspired many of his songs, especially those about other people facing similar difficulties.
Cash was very close to his older brother, Jack.[40] In May 1944, Jack was pulled into a whirling head saw in the mill where he worked and was almost cut in two. He suffered for over a week before he died on May 20, 1944, at age 15.[39] Cash often spoke of the horrible guilt he felt over this incident. According to Cash: The Autobiography, his father was away that morning, but he and his mother, and Jack himself, all had premonitions or a sense of foreboding about that day, causing his mother to urge Jack to skip work and go fishing with his brother. Jack insisted on working, as the family needed the money. On his deathbed, Jack said he had visions of heaven and angels. Decades later, Cash spoke of looking forward to meeting his brother in heaven.
Cash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Taught by his mother and a childhood friend, Cash began playing guitar and writing songs as a young boy. In high school he sang on a local radio station; decades later he released an album of traditional gospel songs, called My Mother's Hymn Book. He was also significantly influenced by traditional Irish music that he heard performed weekly by Dennis Day on the Jack Benny radio program.[41]
Cash enlisted in the United States Air Force on July 7, 1950.[42] After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and technical training at Brooks Air Force Base, both in San Antonio, Texas, Cash was assigned to a U.S. Air Force Security Service unit, assigned as a Morse Code Intercept Operator for Soviet Army transmissions at Landsberg, Germany "where he created his first band named The Landsberg Barbarians."[43] He was the first radio operator to pick up the news of the death of Joseph Stalin.[44] After he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant on July 3, 1954, he returned to Texas.[45]
Marriages and family[link]
On July 18, 1951, while in Air Force training, Cash met 17-year-old Vivian Liberto at a roller skating rink in her native San Antonio. They dated for three weeks, until Cash was deployed to Germany for a three year tour. During that time, the couple exchanged hundreds of pages of love letters.[46] On August 7, 1954, one month after his discharge, they were married at St. Anne's Catholic church in San Antonio. The ceremony was performed by her uncle, Father Vincent Liberto. They had four daughters: Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara. Cash's drug and alcohol abuse, constant touring, and affairs with other women, and his close relationship with future wife June Carter, led Liberto to file for divorce in 1966.[47]
In 1968, 13 years after they first met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Cash proposed to June Carter, an established country singer, during a live performance in London, Ontario,[48] marrying on March 1, 1968, in Franklin, Kentucky. They had one child together, John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970). They continued to work together and tour for 35 years, until June Carter died in 2003. Cash died just four months later. Carter co-wrote one of Cash's biggest hits, "Ring of Fire," with singer Merle Kilgore. She and Cash won two Grammy awards for their duets.
Vivian Liberto claims a different version of the origins of "Ring of Fire" in I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, stating that Cash gave Carter the credit for monetary reasons.[49]
Heritage[link]
Cash's heritage was a British Isles mix. He learned upon researching his heritage that he was of Scottish royal descent on his father's side, traced back to Malcolm I of Scotland.[50][51][52] After meeting with now-dead laird Major Michael Crichton-Stuart of Falkland, Fife, Scotland, Johnny traced the Cash family tree to eleventh-century Fife;[53][54][55] Cash Loch and other locations in Fife bear the name of his family.[53]
Cash also had English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Though he did not have American Indian ancestry, his empathy and compassion for Native American Indians were unabated. These feelings were expressed in several of his songs, including "Apache Tears" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", and on his album, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. Through his maternal grandmother, Rosanna Lee (Hurst) Rivers, Cash is distantly related to millionaire William Randolph Hearst and socialite Patty Hearst.[citation needed]
Friends[link]
Cash was a long time friend of Woody Hayes (ex Ohio State Buckeyes football coach). The lyrics "I braided Twigs of Willows Made a String of Buckeye Beads" from the song Flesh and Blood was for Woody.[citation needed]
Career[link]
Early career[link]
In 1954, Cash and Vivian moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. At night he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. Perkins and Grant were known as the Tennessee Two. Cash worked up the courage to visit the Sun Records studio, hoping to get a recording contract. After auditioning for Sam Phillips, singing mostly gospel songs, Phillips told him that he didn't record gospel music any longer. It was once rumored that Phillips told Cash to "go home and sin, then come back with a song I can sell," though in a 2002 interview Cash denied that Phillips made any such comment.[56] Cash eventually won over the producer with new songs delivered in his early rock'a'billy style. In 1955 Cash made his first recordings at Sun, "Hey Porter" and "Cry! Cry! Cry!", which were released in late June and met with reasonable success on the country hit parade.
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Cash (standing at right) with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis. Cash wrote in his book, Cash: the Autobiography, that he sang the songs on the recordings, but was the one who was the farthest from the microphone and was singing the songs in a higher pitch to blend in with Elvis.
On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley dropped in on studio owner Sam Phillips to pay a social visit while Carl Perkins was in the studio cutting new tracks, with Jerry Lee Lewis backing him on piano. Cash was also in the studio and the four started an impromptu jam session. Phillips left the tapes running and the recordings, almost half of which were gospel songs, survived and have since been released under the title Million Dollar Quartet.
Cash's next record, "Folsom Prison Blues", made the country Top 5, and "I Walk the Line" became No. 1 on the country charts and entered the pop charts Top 20. "Home of the Blues" followed, recorded in July 1957. That same year Cash became the first Sun artist to release a long-playing album. Although he was Sun's most consistently selling and prolific artist at that time, Cash felt constrained by his contract with the small label partly due to the fact that Phillips wasn't keen on Johnny recording gospel, and he was only getting a 3% royalty as opposed to the standard rate of 5%. Presley had already left Sun, and Phillips was focusing most of his attention and promotion on Lewis. The following year Cash left the label to sign a lucrative offer with Columbia Records, where his single "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" became one of his biggest hits.
In the early 1960s, Cash toured with the Carter Family, which by this time regularly included Mother Maybelle's daughters, Anita, June and Helen. June, whom Cash would eventually marry, later recalled admiring him from afar during these tours. In the 1960s he appeared on Pete Seeger's short lived Rainbow Quest.[57]
He also acted in a 1961 film entitled Five Minutes to Live, later re-released as Door-to-door Maniac. He also wrote and sang the opening theme.
Outlaw image[link]
As his career was taking off in the late 1950s, Cash started drinking heavily and became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates. For a brief time, he shared an apartment in Nashville with Waylon Jennings, who was heavily addicted to amphetamines. Cash used the uppers to stay awake during tours. Friends joked about his "nervousness" and erratic behavior, many ignoring the warning signs of his worsening drug addiction. In a behind-the-scenes look at The Johnny Cash Show, Cash claims to have "tried every drug there was to try."
Although in many ways spiraling out of control, Cash's frenetic creativity was still delivering hits. His rendition of "Ring of Fire" was a crossover hit, reaching No. 1 on the country charts and entering the Top 20 on the pop charts. The song was written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore. The song was originally performed by June's sister, but the signature mariachi-style horn arrangement was provided by Cash, who said that it had come to him in a dream.
In June 1965, his truck caught fire due to an overheated wheel bearing, triggering a forest fire that burnt several hundred acres in Los Padres National Forest in California.[58][59] When the judge asked Cash why he did it, Cash said, "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."[39] The fire destroyed 508 acres (206 ha), burning the foliage off three mountains and killing 49 of the refuge's 53 endangered condors. Cash was unrepentant: "I don't care about your damn yellow buzzards." The federal government sued him and was awarded $125,172 ($923,127 today). Cash eventually settled the case and paid $82,001.[60] He said he was the only person ever sued by the government for starting a forest fire.[39]
Although Cash carefully cultivated a romantic outlaw image, he never served a prison sentence. Despite landing in jail seven times for misdemeanors, each stay lasted only a single night. His most infamous run-in with the law occurred while on tour in 1965, when he was arrested October 4 by a narcotics squad in El Paso, Texas. The officers suspected that he was smuggling heroin from Mexico, but it was 688 Dexedrine capsules and 475 Equanil tablets that the singer had hidden inside his guitar case. Because they were prescription drugs rather than illegal narcotics, he received a suspended sentence.
Cash was later arrested on May 11, 1965, in Starkville, Mississippi, for trespassing late at night onto private property to pick flowers. (This incident gave the spark for the song "Starkville City Jail", which he spoke about on his live At San Quentin prison album.)
In the mid 1960s, Cash released a number of concept albums, including Ballads Of the True West (1965), an experimental double record mixing authentic frontier songs with Cash's spoken narration, and Bitter Tears (1964), with songs highlighting the plight of the Native Americans. His drug addiction was at its worst at this point, and his destructive behavior led to a divorce from his first wife and canceled performances.
In 1967, Cash's duet with June Carter, "Jackson", won a Grammy Award.
Johnny Cash's final arrest was in Walker County, Georgia where he was taken in after being involved in a car accident while carrying a bag of prescription pills. Cash attempted to bribe a local deputy, who turned the money down, and then spent the night in a LaFayette, Georgia jail. The singer was released after a long talk with Sheriff Ralph Jones, who warned him of his dangerous behavior and wasted potential. Johnny credited that experience for saving his life, and he later came back to LaFayette to play a benefit concert that attracted 12,000 people (the city population was less than 9,000 at the time) and raised $75,000 for the high school.[61]
Cash curtailed his use of drugs for several years in 1968, after a spiritual epiphany in the Nickajack Cave, when he attempted to commit suicide while under the heavy influence of drugs. He descended deeper into the cave, trying to lose himself and "just die", when he passed out on the floor. He reported to be exhausted and feeling at the end of his rope when he felt God's presence in his heart and managed to struggle out of the cave (despite the exhaustion) by following a faint light and slight breeze. To him, it was his own rebirth. June, Maybelle, and Ezra Carter moved into Cash's mansion for a month to help him conquer his addiction. Cash proposed onstage to June at a concert at the London Gardens in London, Ontario on February 22, 1968; the couple married a week later (on March 1) in Franklin, Kentucky. June had agreed to marry Cash after he had "cleaned up".[62] He rediscovered his Christian faith, taking an "altar call" in Evangel Temple, a small church in the Nashville area, pastored by Rev. Jimmie Rodgers Snow, son of country music legend Hank Snow.
According to longtime friend Marshall Grant, Cash's 1968 rebirth experience did not result in his completely stopping use of amphetamines. However, in 1970, Cash ended all drug use for a period of seven years. Grant claims that the birth of Cash's son, John Carter Cash, inspired Cash to end his dependence. Cash began using amphetamines again in 1977. By 1983, he was once again addicted, and entered the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage, California for rehabilitation. Cash managed to stay off drugs for several years, but by 1989, he was dependent again and entered Nashville's Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center. In 1992, he entered the Loma Linda Behavioural Medicine Centre in Loma Linda, California for his final rehabilitation (several months later, his son followed him into this facility for treatment).[63][64][65]
Folsom Prison Blues[link]
Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s. His first ever prison concert was held on January 1, 1958 at San Quentin State Prison.[66] These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969).
The Folsom Prison record was introduced by a rendition of his classic "Folsom Prison Blues", while the San Quentin record included the crossover hit single "A Boy Named Sue", a Shel Silverstein-penned novelty song that reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 2 on the U.S. Top Ten pop charts. The AM versions of the latter contained a couple of profanities which were edited out. The modern CD versions are unedited and uncensored and thus also longer than the original vinyl albums, though they still retain the audience reaction overdubs of the originals.
In addition to his performances at U.S. prisons, Cash also performed at the Österåker Prison in Sweden in 1972. The live album På Österåker ("At Österåker") was released in 1973. Between the songs, Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which was greatly appreciated by the inmates.
"The Man in Black"[link]
From 1969 to 1971, Cash starred in his own television show, The Johnny Cash Show, on the ABC network. The Statler Brothers opened up for him in every episode; the Carter Family and rockabilly legend Carl Perkins were also part of the regular show entourage. However, Cash also enjoyed booking more mainstream performers as guests; such notables included Neil Young, Louis Armstrong, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition (who appeared a record four times on his show), James Taylor, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton (then leading Derek and the Dominos), and Bob Dylan. During the same period, he contributed the title song and other songs to the film Little Fauss and Big Halsey, which starred Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, and Lauren Hutton. The title song, The Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey, written by Carl Perkins, was nominated for a Golden Globe award.
Cash had met with Dylan in the mid 1960s and became closer friends when they were neighbors in the late 1960s in Woodstock, New York. Cash was enthusiastic about reintroducing the reclusive Dylan to his audience. Cash sang a duet with Dylan on Dylan's country album Nashville Skyline and also wrote the album's Grammy-winning liner notes.
Another artist who received a major career boost from The Johnny Cash Show was songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who was beginning to make a name for himself as a singer/songwriter. During a live performance of Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", Cash refused to change the lyrics to suit network executives, singing the song with its references to marijuana intact: "On a Sunday morning sidewalk / I'm wishin', Lord, that I was stoned."[67]
By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black". He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day: rhinestone suit and cowboy boots. In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man in Black", to help explain his dress code: "We're doing mighty fine I do suppose / In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes / But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back / Up front there ought to be a man in black."
He wore black on behalf of the poor and hungry, on behalf of "the prisoner who has long paid for his crime",[68] and on behalf of those who have been betrayed by age or drugs.[68] "And," Cash added, "with the Vietnam War as painful in my mind as it was in most other Americans', I wore it 'in mournin' for the lives that could have been.' ... Apart from the Vietnam War being over, I don't see much reason to change my position ... The old are still neglected, the poor are still poor, the young are still dying before their time, and we're not making many moves to make things right. There's still plenty of darkness to carry off."[68]
He and his band had initially worn black shirts because that was the only matching color they had among their various outfits.[39] He wore other colors on stage early in his career, but he claimed to like wearing black both on and off stage. He stated that, political reasons aside, he simply liked black as his on-stage color.[39] To this day, the US Navy's winter blue uniform is referred to by sailors as "Johnny Cashes", as the uniform's shirt, tie, and trousers are solid black.[69]
In the mid 1970s, Cash's popularity and number of hit songs began to decline. He made commercials for Amoco, an unpopular enterprise in an era in which oil companies made high profits while consumers suffered through high gasoline prices and shortages. However, his autobiography (the first of two), titled Man in Black, was published in 1975 and sold 1.3 million copies. A second, Cash: The Autobiography, appeared in 1997. His friendship with Billy Graham led to the production of a film about the life of Jesus, The Gospel Road, which Cash co-wrote and narrated.
He also continued to appear on television, hosting an annual Christmas special on CBS throughout the 1970s. Later television appearances included a role in an episode of Columbo (Swan Song). He also appeared with his wife on an episode of Little House on the Prairie entitled "The Collection" and gave a performance as John Brown in the 1985 American Civil War television mini-series North and South. Johnny and June also appeared in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV series) as a recurring couple. Cash also had a starring role in a Columbo film.
He was friendly with every US President starting with Richard Nixon. He was closest to Jimmy Carter, with whom he became close friends.[39] He stated that he found all of them personally charming, noting that this was probably essential to getting oneself elected.[39]
When invited to perform at the White House for the first time in 1970,[70] Richard Nixon's office requested that he play "Okie from Muskogee" (a satirical Merle Haggard song about people who despised youthful drug users and war protesters) and "Welfare Cadillac" (a Guy Drake song which denies the integrity of welfare recipients). Cash declined to play either and instead selected other songs, including "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (about a brave Native American World War II veteran who was mistreated upon his return to Arizona), and his own compositions, "What Is Truth" and "Man in Black". Cash wrote that the reasons for denying Nixon's song choices were not knowing them and having fairly short notice to rehearse them, rather than any political reason.[39] However, Cash added, even if Nixon's office had given Cash enough time to learn and rehearse the songs, their choice of pieces that conveyed "antihippie and antiblack" sentiments might have backfired.[71]
Highwaymen[link]
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From left to right Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, who formed the country music supergroup, The Highwaymen
In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age 48, but during the 1980s his records failed to make a major impact on the country charts, although he continued to tour successfully. In the mid 1980s, he recorded and toured with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen, making three hit albums which were released beginning with the originally titled "Highwaymen" in 1985, followed by "Highwaymen 2" in 1990, and concluding with "Highwaymen - The Road Goes on forever" in 1995.
During that period, Cash appeared in a number of television films. In 1981, he starred in The Pride of Jesse Hallam, winning fine reviews for a film that called attention to adult illiteracy. In the same year, Cash appeared as a "very special guest star" in an episode of the Muppet Show. In 1983, he appeared as a heroic sheriff in Murder in Coweta County, based on a real-life Georgia murder case, which co-starred Andy Griffith as his nemesis. Cash had tried for years to make the film, for which he won acclaim.
Cash relapsed into addiction after being administered painkillers for a serious abdominal injury in 1983 caused by an unusual incident in which he was kicked and wounded by an ostrich he kept on his farm.[72]
At a hospital visit in 1988, this time to watch over Waylon Jennings (who was recovering from a heart attack), Jennings suggested that Cash have himself checked into the hospital for his own heart condition. Doctors recommended preventive heart surgery, and Cash underwent double bypass surgery in the same hospital. Both recovered, although Cash refused to use any prescription painkillers, fearing a relapse into dependency. Cash later claimed that during his operation, he had what is called a "near death experience". He said he had visions of Heaven that were so beautiful that he was angry when he woke up alive.[citation needed]
Cash's recording career and his general relationship with the Nashville establishment were at an all-time low in the 1980s. He realized that his record label of nearly 30 years, Columbia, was growing indifferent to him and was not properly marketing him (he was "invisible" during that time, as he said in his autobiography). Cash recorded an intentionally awful song to protest, a self-parody.[citation needed] "Chicken in Black" was about Cash's brain being transplanted into a chicken. Ironically, the song turned out to be a larger commercial success than any of his other recent material. Nevertheless, he was hoping to kill the relationship with the label before they did, and it was not long after "Chicken in Black" that Columbia and Cash parted ways.
In 1986, Cash returned to Sun Studios in Memphis to team up with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins to create the album Class of '55. Also in 1986, Cash published his only novel, Man in White, a book about Saul and his conversion to become the Apostle Paul. He also recorded Johnny Cash Reads The Complete New Testament in 1990.
American Recordings[link]
After Columbia Records dropped Cash from his recording contract, he had a short and unsuccessful stint with Mercury Records from 1987 to 1991 (see Johnny Cash discography).
His career was rejuvenated in the 1990s, leading to popularity with an audience not traditionally interested in country music. In 1991, he sang a version of "Man in Black" for the Christian punk band One Bad Pig's album I Scream Sunday. In 1993, he sang "The Wanderer" on U2's album Zooropa. Although no longer sought after by major labels, he was offered a contract with producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings label, better known for rap and hard rock.
Under Rubin's supervision, he recorded American Recordings (1994) in his living room, accompanied only by his Martin Dreadnought guitar – one of many Cash played throughout his career.[73] The album featured covers of contemporary artists selected by Rubin and had much critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Cash wrote that his reception at the 1994 Glastonbury Festival was one of the highlights of his career. This was the beginning of a decade of music industry accolades and commercial success. Cash teamed up with Brooks & Dunn to contribute "Folsom Prison Blues" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization. On the same album, he performed the Bob Dylan favorite "Forever Young".
Cash and his wife appeared on a number of episodes of the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman starring Jane Seymour. The actress thought so highly of Cash that she later named one of her twin sons after him. He lent his voice for a cameo role in The Simpsons episode "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)," as the "Space Coyote" that guides Homer Simpson on a spiritual quest. In 1996, Cash enlisted the accompaniment of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and released Unchained, which won the Best Country Album Grammy. Believing he did not explain enough of himself in his 1975 autobiography Man in Black, he wrote Cash: The Autobiography in 1997.
Last years[link]
In 1997, Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome, a form of multiple system atrophy. The diagnosis was later altered to autonomic neuropathy associated with diabetes. This illness forced Cash to curtail his touring. He was hospitalized in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs. The albums American III: Solitary Man (2000) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) contained Cash's response to his illness in the form of songs of a slightly more somber tone than the first two American albums. The video that was released for "Hurt", a cover of the song by Nine Inch Nails, fits Cash's view of his past and feelings of regret. The video for the song, from American IV, is now generally recognized as "his epitaph,"[74] and received particular critical and popular acclaim.
June Carter Cash died on May 15, 2003, at the age of 73. June had told Cash to keep working, so he continued to record, completing 60 more songs in the last four months of his life, and even performed a couple of surprise shows at the Carter Family Fold outside Bristol, Virginia. At the July 5, 2003, concert (his last public performance), before singing "Ring of Fire", Cash read a statement about his late wife that he had written shortly before taking the stage:
The spirit of June Carter overshadows me tonight with the love she had for me and the love I have for her. We connect somewhere between here and heaven. She came down for a short visit, I guess, from heaven to visit with me tonight to give me courage and inspiration like she always has.
Death[link]
Cash died of complications from diabetes at approximately 2:00 a.m. CT on September 12, 2003, while hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville - less than four months after his wife. It was suggested that Johnny's health worsened due to a broken heart over June's death.[75][76] He was buried next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
On May 24, 2005, Vivian Liberto, Cash's first wife and the mother of Rosanne Cash and three other daughters, died from surgery to remove lung cancer at the age of 71. It was her daughter Rosanne's 50th birthday.[77]
In June 2005, Cash's lakeside home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville was put up for sale by his estate. In January 2006, the house was sold to Bee Gees vocalist Barry Gibb and wife Linda and titled in their Florida limited liability company for $2.3 million. The listing agent was Cash's younger brother, Tommy Cash. During a major restoration of the property by the new owner, Cash's home was accidentally destroyed by workers using linseed oil products in a spontaneous combustion-ignited fire on April 10, 2007.[78]
One of Cash's final collaborations with producer Rick Rubin, entitled American V: A Hundred Highways, was released posthumously on July 4, 2006. The album debuted in the No.1 position on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the week ending July 22, 2006.
On February 23, 2010, three days before what would have been Cash's 78th birthday, the Cash Family, Rick Rubin, and Lost Highway Records released his second posthumous record, titled American VI: Ain't No Grave.
Legacy[link]
From his early days as a pioneer of rockabilly and rock and roll in the 1950s, to his decades as an international representative of country music, to his resurgence to fame in the 1990s as a living legend and an alternative country icon, Cash influenced countless artists and left a large body of work. Upon his death, Cash was revered by the greatest popular musicians of his time. His rebellious image and often anti-authoritarian stance influenced punk rock.[79][80]
Among Cash's children, his daughter Rosanne Cash (by first wife Vivian Liberto) and his son John Carter Cash (by June Carter Cash) are notable country-music musicians in their own right.
Cash nurtured and defended artists on the fringes of what was acceptable in country music even while serving as the country music establishment's most visible symbol. At an all-star concert which aired in 1999 on TNT, a diverse group of artists paid him tribute, including Bob Dylan, Chris Isaak, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Dom DeLuise and U2. Cash himself appeared at the end and performed for the first time in more than a year. Two tribute albums were released shortly before his death; Kindred Spirits contains works from established artists, while Dressed in Black contains works from many lesser-known artists.
In total, he wrote over 1,000 songs and released dozens of albums. A box set titled Unearthed was issued posthumously. It included four CDs of unreleased material recorded with Rubin as well as a Best of Cash on American retrospective CD.
In recognition of his lifelong support of SOS Children's Villages, his family invited friends and fans to donate to that charity in his memory. He had a personal link with the SOS village in Diessen, at the Ammersee Lake in Southern Germany, near where he was stationed as a GI, and also with the SOS village in Barrett Town, by Montego Bay, near his holiday home in Jamaica.[81] The Johnny Cash Memorial Fund was founded.[82]
In 1999, Cash received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Cash[83] No.31 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[84]
In a tribute to Cash after his death, country music singer Gary Allan included the song "Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption)" on his 2005 album entitled Tough All Over. The song chronicles Cash hitting rock bottom and subsequently resurrecting his life and career.
The main street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Highway 31E, is known as "Johnny Cash Parkway"; the Johnny Cash Museum is located in the town.
On November 2–4, 2007, the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival was held in Starkville, Mississippi. Starkville, where Cash was arrested over 40 years earlier and held overnight at the city jail on May 11, 1965, inspired Cash to write the song "Starkville City Jail". The festival, where he was offered a symbolic posthumous pardon, honored Cash's life and music, and was expected to become an annual event.[85]
JC Unit One, Johnny Cash's private tour bus from 1980 until 2003, was put on exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum in 2007. The Cleveland, Ohio museum offers public tours of the bus on a seasonal basis (it is stored during the winter months and not exhibited during those times).
WWE Superstar The Undertaker used Cash's song "Aint No Grave" (from American VI: Ain't No Grave) to announce his return following an absence in February, 2011, and as his entrance music for Wrestlemania XXVII. Independent circuit wrestlers Tyson Dux and Brodie Lee also use "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (from American V: A Hundred Highways) as entrance music. Other professional wrestlers who have used Cash's songs as entrance music include Austin Aries, who used his cover of the Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus" (from American IV: The Man Comes Around), and Necro Butcher, who used both "The Man Comes Around" and "Hurt". WWE also used "Hurt" in a special video package that was aired on Monday Night RAW in November 2005 as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero, a popular WWE Superstar who had died of heart failure while he was still contracted with the company. It is also noted that current WWE Superstar Ted DiBiase, Jr. is a huge fan of Cash, as is former WWE Diva and current TNA Knockout Mickie James.
The television show "The Deadliest Catch" is using the song "Ain't No Grave" as the theme song in many of their commercials.
One of Cash's greatest hits, "Hurt", was also used to advertise Prototype 2 in the trailer called "The Power Of Revenge".
Portrayals[link]
The Canada Trust company used his name and images for their Johnny Cash automatic bank machines during the late 80s and early 90s.
In 1998, country singer Mark Collie was the first to portray Cash, in the short film, I Still Miss Someone.
In November of 2005, Walk the Line, an Academy Award-winning biopic about Cash's life starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny (for which he was nominated for the 2005 Best Actor Oscar) and Reese Witherspoon as June (for which she won the 2005 Best Actress Oscar), was released in the United States on to considerable commercial success and critical acclaim. Both Phoenix and Witherspoon have won various other awards for their roles, including the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, respectively. They both performed their own vocals in the film, and Phoenix learned to play guitar for his role as Cash. Phoenix received the Grammy Award for his contributions to the soundtrack. John Carter Cash, the first child of Johnny and June, served as an executive producer on the film.
On March 12, 2006 Ring of Fire, a jukebox musical of the Cash oeuvre, debuted on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, but closed due to harsh reviews and disappointing sales on April 30, 2006.
On April 11, 2010, Million Dollar Quartet, a musical portraying the early Sun recording sessions involving Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, debuted on Broadway. Actor Lance Guest portrayed Cash. The musical was nominated for three awards at the 2010 Tony Awards, and won one.
Discography[link]
Awards and honors[link]
- For detailed lists of music awards, see List of Johnny Cash awards.
Cash received multiple Country Music Association Awards, Grammys, and other awards, in categories ranging from vocal and spoken performances to album notes and videos.
In a career that spanned almost five decades during which he rose to recording industry icon status, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world. Cash was a musician who was not tied to a single genre. He recorded songs that could be considered rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, folk, and gospel, and exerted an influence on each of those genres. Moreover, he had the unique distinction among country artists of having "crossed over" late in his career to become popular with an unexpected audience, young indie and alternative rock fans. His diversity was evidenced by his presence in three major music halls of fame: the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), the Country Music Hall of Fame (1980), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1992). Only thirteen performers are in both of the last two, and only Hank Williams Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, and Bill Monroe share the honor with Cash of being in all three. However, only Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the regular manner, unlike the other country members, who were inducted as "early influences." His pioneering contribution to the genre has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.[86] He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. Cash stated that his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, in 1980, was his greatest professional achievement. In 2001, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.[87] He was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography for "Hurt" and was supposed to appear, but died during the night.
In 2007, Cash was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.[88]
Further reading[link]
- Graeme Thomson The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings Jawbone Press ISBN 978-1-906002-36-7
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- ^ a b c Pareles J (1994). "Pop Review: Johnny Cash, austerely direct from deep within". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ Although Cash's voice type endured over the years, his timbre changed noticeably: "Through a recording career that stretche[d] back to 1955", Pareles writes, Cash's "bass-baritone voice [went] from gravelly to grave".
- ^ Urbanski D (2003). The man comes around: The spiritual journey of Johnny Cash. Lake Mary, FL: Relevant Media, p. xiv.
- ^ Dickie M (2002). "Hard talk from the God-fearin, pro-metal man in Black". In M Streissguth (Ed.), Ring of fire: The Johnny Cash reader. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, pp. 201–205. Original work published 1987.
- ^ Streissguth M (2006). Johnny Cash: The biography. Philadelphia: Da Capo, p. 196.
- ^ Fox JA (October 17, 2005). "The Boston Herald: Hard time's never a 'circus'". Baylor University. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ Streissguth M (2005). Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The making of a masterpiece. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo.
- ^ For Cash, black stage attire was a "symbol of rebellion—against a stagnant status quo, against ... hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas"; Cash J; Carr P (2003). Cash: The Autobiography. San Francisco: HarperCollins, p. 64.
- ^ Schultz B (2000, July 1). "Classic Tracks: Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues'". Mix. Retrieved March 22, 2010. Schultz refers to this phrase as Cash's "trademark greeting", and places his utterance of this line, on Cash's At Folsom Prison, album "among the most electrifying [seconds] in the history of concert recording."
- ^ For additional quotations by Johnny Cash, consult the Johnny Cash page at Wikiquote,
- ^ Mulligan J (2010, February 24). "Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain't No Grave". entertainment.ie. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ For discussion of, and lyrics to, Cash's songs, see Cusic D (Ed.) (2004). Johnny Cash: The songs. New York: Thunder's Mouth.
- ^ Clapp R (2008). Johnny Cash and the great American contradiction: Christianity and the battle for the soul of a nation. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, p. xvi.
- ^ Urbanski (2003).
- ^ Clapp (2008), p. xviii.
- ^ Other appraisals of Cash's iconic value have been even bolder. Clapp (2008) writes: "Very few figures in recent history are seen as more representative of American identity as Cash ... His has often been suggested as the face that should be added to the select pantheon on Mt. Rushmore", p. xvi.
- ^ See also Miller S (2003). Johnny Cash: The life of an American icon. London: Omnibus, p. 227.
- ^ Stoudt C (June 9, 2009). "Review: 'Ring of Fire' at La Mirada Theatre". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Public Radio Exchange (2010). "Johnny Cash: Amazing Grace" Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Cash J (2008). Man in white: A novel about the Apostle Paul. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
- ^ BBC News (2003). Obituary: Johnny Cash. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Rivkin D (Producer) (2007). Johnny Cash reading the complete New Testament (Deluxe Ed.). Audio recording. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
- ^ Morris E (December 24, 2008). "Johnny Cash's reading of the New Testament now on DVD". Country Music Television. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Urbanski (2003), pp. xx–xxi.
- ^ For example, Urbanski (2003, p. 39) notes that Cash's habit of performing in black attire began in a church. In the following paragraph, Urbanski (pp. 39–40) quotes Cash (cf. Cash & Carr, 2003, p. 64) as indicating that this habit was partially reflective of Cash's rebellion "against our hypocritical houses of God".
- ^ Urbanski D (2010). "Johnny Cash's complicated faith: Unwrapping the enigma of the Man in Black". Relevant Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2010. According to Urbanski, Cash's self-perception was accurate: "He never intended to be categorized or pigeonholed", and indeed he amassed a "cluster of enigmas" which "was so impenetrably deep that even those closest to him never got to see every part of him".
- ^ Huss J; Werther D (Eds.) (2008). Johnny Cash and philosophy: The burning ring of truth. Chicago: Open Court.
- ^ Open Court Publishing Company (2007). Johnny Cash and Philosophy. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ Miller (2003), p. 341.
- ^ Ray Cash at findagrave.com
- ^ Carrie Cash at findagrave.com
- ^ Streissguth (2005), p. 11.
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- ^ Johnny Cash's Funeral. Johnny and June Carter Cash Memorial Website. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
- ^ Reba Cash Hancock. Harpeth Family Funeral Services. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
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- ^ Jack D. Cash at findagrave.com
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- ^ Billy Abbott. "Johnny Cash - February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003". Southernmusic.net. http://www.southernmusic.net/johnnycash.html. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
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- ^ Miller (2003), p.40
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- ^ Sweeting, Adam (2003-09-12). Obituary: Johnny Cash. The Guardian. Retrieved on January 26, 2009.
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- ^ "Control of Brush Fire Near; 700 Acres Burned." Los Angeles Times, June 29, 1965, p. 27.
- ^ Williford, Stanley and Howard Hertel. "Singer Johnny Cash Pays $82,000 to U.S. in Fire Case." Los Angeles Times, Jul 3, 1969, p. A3.
- ^ Rome News Tribune, Aug 14, 1970
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- ^ Cash In Treatment, Orlando Sentinel, November 26, 1989
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- ^ The good, bad and ugly of proposed uniforms. Navy Times. October 4, 2004.
- ^ 17 April 1970: RN Welcomes The Man In Black to the White House Nixon Foundation blog. April 17, 2011.
- ^ Cash & Carr (2003), p. 212.
- ^ Johnny Cash: The Rebel Page 3.
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- ^ Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts
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References[link]
- D'Ambrosio, Antonino (2009). A Heartbeat and A Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears. With Original Art by Shepard Fairey and Photos by Jim Marshall. Perseus Books/Nation Books ISBN 978-1-56858-407-2
- Gross, Terry (2006). All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists. Hyperion. ISBN 1-4013-0010-3.
- Millier, Bill. (retrieved September 7, 2004). Johnny Cash Awards. JohnnyCash.com.
- Miller, Stephen (2003). Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon. Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-9626-1. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NZDEbEHKMPsC&lpg=PP1&dq=Johnny%20Cash%3A%20The%20Life%20of%20an%20American%20Icon&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Streissguth, Michael. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Da Capo Press (2004). ISBN 0-306-81338-6.
- Urbanski, Dave. The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash. New York: Relevant Books. ISBN 0-9729276-7-0.
- Cash, Johnny; Patrick Carr (1997). Cash: The Autobiography. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-101357-9.
- Cash, Johnny. May 18, 2010. [clarification needed]
- Turner, Steve. The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend. Nashville, W Publishing Group, 2004. (The Authorized Biography).
- Thomson, Liz. Cash, Johnny. www.oxfordmusiconline.com. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/05087?q=Johnny+Cash&hbutton_search.x=23&hbutton_search.y=8&hbutton_search=search&source=omo_t237&source=omo_gmo&source=omo_t114&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
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Published works[link]
- Cash, Johnny. Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975. ISBN 99924-31-58-X.
- Cash, Johnny, with Patrick Carr. Cash: The Autobiography. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-101357-9.
- Cash, Johnny, with June Carter Cash. Love liner notes. New York: Sony, 2000.
- Cash, Johnny, The Man in White, 1986.
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| Red Skelton | |
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 Red Skelton, 1960. |
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| Birth name | Richard Bernard Skelton |
| Born | (1913-07-18)July 18, 1913 Vincennes, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 1997(1997-09-17) (aged 84) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
| Medium | Radio Television Film Live performances |
| Years active | 1937–1981 |
| Influences | Ed Wynn[1] |
| Influenced | Michael Richards[2] |
| Spouse | Edna Marie Stilwell (1931–1943) Georgia Davis (1945–1971) Lothian Toland (1973–1997) (his death) |
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| Emmy 1952 Best Comedy Program Emmy 1961 Outstanding Writing-Comedy Series Emmy 1986 Governors' Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 1989 Television Hall of Fame |
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Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for being a national radio and television comedian between 1937 and 1971. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, began his show business career in his teens as a circus clown and continued on vaudeville and Broadway and in films, radio, TV, night clubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
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Biography[link]
Early years[link]
Born in Vincennes, Indiana, Richard Skelton was the fourth son of Ida Mae (née Fields) and Joseph E. Skelton (1878–1913). Joseph, a grocer, died two months before his last child was born; he had once been a clown with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus.[3][4] In Skelton's lifetime there was some dispute about the year of his birth. Author Wesley Hyatt suggests that since Skelton began working at such an early age, he may have had to say he was older than he actually was in order to work.[5]
Because of the loss of his father, young Richard went to work at the age of seven, selling newspapers to help his family. He quickly learned the newsboy's patter and would keep it up until a prospective buyer bought a copy of the paper just to quiet young Skelton.[3] In 1923, a man came up to the young newsboy, purchased every paper he had and asked him if he wanted to see the show in town, giving him a ticket. The man, comedian Ed Wynn, was part of the show and later took young Skelton backstage. It was then that he realized what he wanted to do with his life.[4] (Skelton also told another version of this story, with Raymond Hitchcock as the actor.[6]) Skelton learned when young that he could make people laugh. When Skelton was ten, he auditioned to be part of a medicine show. When he accidentally fell from the stage, breaking bottles of medicine as he fell, people laughed. The young boy realized he could earn a living with his ability.[3] By age 14, he had left school and was already a veteran performer, working in local vaudeville and on a showboat, "The Cotton Blossom", that traveled the Ohio and Missouri rivers.
Young Skelton was interested in all forms of acting. He won a dramatic role with a stock theater company, but was unable to deliver his lines in a serious manner; the audience laughed instead.[3] Ida Skelton, who held two jobs to support her family after the death of her husband, never said that her youngest son had run away from home, but that "his destiny had caught up with him at an early age".[4] At age 15, he was on the vaudeville circuit and the next year spent some time with the same circus his father had also been a clown with. Skelton later copied his father's makeup for his television character, "Freddie the Freeloader".[7] While performing in Kansas City in 1931, Skelton married his first wife, Edna Stillwell, who was an usher at the theater.[8][9]
Skelton and his wife put together an act and began to get bookings for it at some of the smaller vaudeville theaters. They somehow made their way to the Lido Club in Montreal. Despite the language barrier, the act was a success, and brought the couple theater dates throughout Canada. While in Montreal, Skelton and Edna devised the well-known "Doughnut Dunkers" routine, with Skelton's visual impressions of how different people ate doughnuts. The problem with doing this type of act was that Skelton had to eat nine doughnuts at every performance. He was performing five times a day and eating 45 doughnuts. Skelton gained almost 35 pounds rapidly and had to shelve the routine for a while until he lost the weight.[10]
Film[link]
Skelton's first contact with Hollywood came in the form of a failed 1932 screen test. In 1937 he made his film debut for RKO Radio Pictures in the supporting role of a camp counselor in Having Wonderful Time.[12] Two short subjects made for Vitaphone were released in 1939: Seeing Red and The Bashful Buckaroo.[3] After screen star Mickey Rooney had seen Skelton perform his "Doughnut Dunkers" act, Rooney contacted Skelton, urging him to try for work in films. Rooney also spoke favorably about Skelton to his film employer, MGM.[5]
Skelton was hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to lend comic relief to its Dr. Kildare medical dramas, but soon he was starring in comedy features (as inept radio detective "The Fox") and in Technicolor musicals. When Skelton renegotiated his 1940 long-term contract with MGM, he wanted a clause that permitted him to remain working in radio and to be able to work on television (which was in its infancy).[5] Skelton's previous contract called for MGM's approval prior to his radio shows and other appearances.[13] Skelton did not receive the desired television clause and was not able to begin working in the medium until his MGM contract completed in 1951.[14]
Skelton asked MGM once more for rights to pursue television when his contract was over. This time the studio was willing to grant them, making Skelton the only major MGM personality with the privilege.[15] During the last portion of Skelton's contract with the studio, he was working in radio and on television in addition to films. In a 1956 interview, Skelton said he decided he would never work simultaneously in all three again.[16]
Radio[link]
The "Doughnut Dunkers" routine also led to Skelton's first appearance on The Rudy Vallee Show on August 12, 1937. The program had a talent show segment and those who were searching for stardom were eager to be heard on it. The show received enough fan mail after Skelton's performance to invite the comedian back two weeks after his initial appearance and again in November of that year. On October 1, 1938, Skelton replaced Red Foley as the host of Avalon Time on NBC; Edna also joined the show's cast. Skelton continued as the show's host until late 1939, when he went on to begin his MGM movie career.[5]
Skelton's success in films meant a regular radio show offer. He went on the air with his own program, The Raleigh Cigarettes Program, on October 7, 1941. The bandleader for the show was Ozzie Nelson; his wife, Harriet, who worked under her maiden name of Hilliard, was the show's vocalist and also worked with Skelton in skits.
Skelton introduced the first two of his many characters during the show's first season. Clem Kadiddlehopper was based on a Vincennes neighbor named Carl Hopper, who was hard of hearing. Skelton's voice pattern for Clem was very much like that of the later cartoon character, Bullwinkle. They were sufficiently similar to cause Skelton to contemplate filing a lawsuit against Bill Scott, who voiced the cartoon moose.[5] The Mean Widdle Kid, or "Junior", was a young boy full of mischief, who typically did things he was told not to do. "Junior" would say things like, "If I dood it, I gets a whipping.", followed moments later by the statement, "I dood it!"[5] Skelton performed the character at home with Edna giving him the nickname "Junior" long before it was heard by a radio audience.[10] While the phrase was Skelton's, the idea to try using the character on the radio show was Edna's.[17] Skelton starred in a 1942 movie of the same name, but did not play "Junior" in the film.[18] When MGM decided to use the phrase for the movie, they did so without the permission of either Skelton or his Raleigh cigarettes sponsor; Skelton asked for $25,000 from the studio in damages.[19]
The phrase was such a part of national culture at the time, when General Doolittle conducted the bombing of Tokyo in 1942, many newspapers used the phrase, "Doolittle Dood It" as a headline.[20][21][22] In 1943, after a talk with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Skelton used his radio show to collect funds for a Douglas A-20 Havoc to be given to the Soviet Army to help fight World War II. Asking children to send in their spare change, Skelton raised enough money for the plane in two weeks. He named the bomber "We Dood It!" In 1993, the pilot of the plane was able to meet Skelton and thank him for the bomber.[23][24]
Skelton also added a routine he had been performing since 1928. Originally called "Mellow Cigars" by Skelton, the skit entailed an announcer who became ill as he smoked his sponsor's product. Brown and Williamson, the makers of cigarettes, asked Skelton to change some aspects of the skit; Skelton renamed the routine "Guzzler's Gin", where the announcer became inebriated while sampling and touting the imaginary sponsor's wares.[25]
The Skelton divorce in 1943 meant that Red had lost his married man's deferment; he was once again classified as 1-A for service. He was drafted into the Army in early 1944. Both MGM and his radio sponsor tried to obtain a deferment for the comedian, but to no avail.[27] Skelton's last Raleigh radio show was on June 6, 1944, the day before he was formally inducted. Without its star, the program was discontinued, and the opportunity presented itself for the Nelsons to begin a radio show of their own, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.[5][10] Skelton suffered a nervous breakdown while in the Army and was discharged on September 18, 1945.[28] His sponsor was eager to have him back on the air, and Skelton's program began anew on NBC on December 4, 1945.[5][29]
Skelton brought with him many new characters that were added to his repertoire: Bolivar Shagnasty, described as a "loudmouthed braggard", Cauliflower McPugg, a boxer who had hit the canvas too often, Deadeye, a cowboy who could not get anything right, Willie Lump-Lump, a fellow who had a few too many drinks, and San Fernando Red, who never met a scam he did not like and also had political aspirations.[5] By 1947, Skelton's musical conductor was David Rose, who would go on to television with him. Skelton had worked with Rose during his time in the Army and wanted Rose to join him on the radio show when it went back on the air in December 1945.[5]
On April 22, 1947, Red was censored by NBC two minutes into his radio show. Red and his announcer Rod O'Connor began to talk about Fred Allen being censored during Allen's NBC show the previous week; they were silenced for 15 seconds. Comedian Bob Hope was also given the same treatment once he began referring to the censoring of Allen. Skelton forged on with his lines for his studio audience's benefit. The material Skelton insisted on using had been edited from the script by the network before the broadcast. Skelton's words after he was back on the air were, "Well, we have now joined the parade of stars." Skelton had been briefly censored the previous month for the use of the word "diaper". After the April incidents, NBC indicated it would no longer pull the plug for similar reasons.[30][31]
Skelton changed sponsors in 1948; Brown and Williamson, owners of Raleigh cigarettes, withdrew due to program production costs. Skelton's new sponsor was Procter & Gamble's Tide laundry detergent. He changed networks the next year, going from NBC to CBS. The Paley plan that offered stars significant tax savings if they incorporated, then sold their shows to CBS, covered radio shows only.[5] Skelton's radio show was on CBS until May 1953.[32] After Skelton's network radio contract was over, he signed with Ziv Radio for three years for a syndicated radio program in 1954.[33] He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994.[34]
Television[link]
Skelton was unable to work in television until the end of his 1951 MGM movie contract; a renegotiation to extend the pact provided permission after that point.[14][15] He was signed to a contract for television on NBC with Procter and Gamble as his sponsor on May 4, 1951.[35] Skelton indicated he would be performing the same characters on television as he had been doing on radio.[36] The MGM agreement with Skelton for television performances did not allow him to go on the air before September 30, 1951.[37] When he began his NBC television show on the first day he was able to legally do so, at the end of his opening monologue, two men backstage grabbed his ankles from behind the set curtain, hauling him offstage face first.[38] The comedic hard knocks took their toll; before Skelton had reached the age of 40, he needed leg braces and a cane for the cartilage that was destroyed in both of his knees. A ritual was established at the end of every program, with Skelton's words of, "Good night and may God bless."[3] A 1943 hit instrumental for Rose, called "Holiday for Strings", was used as Skelton's TV theme song.[5] His now-famous "Freddie the Freeloader" clown was introduced on the program in 1952.[5][7]
During the 1951–52 season, Skelton broadcast live from a converted NBC radio studio.[39] The first year of Skelton's television show was done live; problems set in because there was not enough time for costume changes and also because of Skelton's being on camera for most of the half-hour. Skelton was delivering an intense performance live each week, and the strain showed in physical illness.[40][41][42][43] NBC agreed to film his shows in the 1952–53 season at Eagle Lion Studios, next to the Sam Goldwyn Studio, on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood.[44] Later the show was moved to the new NBC television studios in Burbank. Procter & Gamble remained unhappy with the filming of the television show, and insisted that Skelton return to live broadcasts. The situation caused him to think about leaving television at that point.[40][45]
Declining ratings prompted sponsor Procter & Gamble to cancel his show in the spring of 1953, with Skelton announcing that any future television shows of his would be variety ones, where he would not have the almost constant burden of performing.[46] Beginning with the 1953–54 season, Skelton switched to CBS, where he remained until 1970.[47] When Skelton initially moved to CBS, he had no sponsor. The network gambled by taking the Skelton show on a sustaining basis; CBS was covering all expenses.[48] Skelton's first CBS sponsor was Geritol.[49] He curtailed his drinking and his ratings at CBS began to improve, especially after he began appearing on Tuesday nights for co-sponsors Johnson's Wax and Pet Milk Company.[5] By 1959, Skelton was the only comedian with a regularly scheduled weekly television show.[50]
Skelton's comedic sketches became legendary. Sometimes during sketches, Skelton would break up or cause his guest stars to laugh, not only on the live telecasts but on taped programs as well.[3] Actress Theona Bryant, a regular to the show remarked, "When you can recite Juliet's Romeo dialogue in southern belle drawl into the laughing face of Red Skelton, you're ready to be a star."
By 1955, Skelton was broadcasting his weekly programs in color. Between 1955 and 1960 the program was broadcast in color approximately 100 times.[51] He tried to encourage CBS to do other shows in color at the facility, although most emanated in black-and-white from Television City near the Farmers Market in Los Angeles. However, CBS mostly avoided color broadcasting after the network's television set manufacturing division, CBS-Columbia sold few color sets and the public's general lack of interest did not warrant the additional cost. Although CBS occasionally would use NBC facilities or its own small color studio for specials, the network avoided color programming—except for sporadic telecasts of specials The Wizard of Oz and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella—until the fall of 1965, when the three broadcast networks (ABC, NBC and CBS) began televising most of their primetime programs in color.[52]
In early 1960, Skelton purchased the old Charlie Chaplin Studios and updated it for videotape recording.[10][53] Along with a purchase of a three-truck mobile color television unit, Skelton recorded (and CBS continued to broadcast) a number of his series episodes and specials in color. Even with Skelton's color facilities CBS discontinued color broadcasts on a regular basis and Skelton shortly sold the studio to CBS and the mobile unit to local station, KTLA.[54] Prior to this, he had been filming at Desilu Productions.[55] By that time, Skelton had abandoned his own studio and moved back to the network's Television City facilities, where he resumed programs until he left the network. In the fall of 1962, CBS expanded his program to a full hour, retitling it The Red Skelton Hour.[56]
At the height of Skelton's popularity, his son was diagnosed with leukemia. In 1957, this was a virtual death sentence for any child. Skelton returned to his television show on January 15, 1957, with guest star Mickey Rooney helping to lift his spirits.[57] The illness and subsequent death of Richard Skelton at the age of nine left his father devastated and unable to perform for much of the 1957–58 television season.[5] Skelton himself was beset by a serious illness and by a household accident which kept him off the air.[58] CBS management was exceptionally understanding of Red's situation, and no talk of cancellation was ever entertained by Paley.[59]
Skelton's season premiere for the 1960–61 television season was a tribute to the United Nations. Six hundred people from the organization, including diplomats, were invited to be part of the audience for the show. Skelton's program was entirely done in pantomime. UN representatives from 39 nations were in the studio audience.[60] In 1965, Skelton did another show in complete pantomime. This time he was joined by Marcel Marceau; the two artists alternated performances for the hour-long program, sharing the stage to perform Pinocchio. The only person who spoke during the hour was Maurice Chevalier, who served as the show's narrator.[61][62] Skelton frequently employed the art of pantomime for his characters, using few props. A particularly poignant one is that of the old man watching the parade. The sketch had its origins in a question Skelton's terminally ill son, Richard, asked his father about what happens when people die. Skelton told his son, "They join a parade and start marching."[63]
In 1969, Skelton performed a self-written monologue about the Pledge of Allegiance. In the speech, he commented on the meaning of each phrase of the Pledge. At the end, he added: "Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools, too?" CBS received 200,000 requests for copies; the company subsequently released the monologue as a single recording by Columbia Records.[5]
In Groucho and Me, Groucho Marx called Skelton "the most unacclaimed clown in show business", and "the logical successor to [Charlie] Chaplin", largely because of his ability to play a multitude of characters with minimal use of dialogue and props. "With one prop, a soft battered hat," Groucho wrote, describing a performance he had witnessed, "he successfully converted himself into an idiot boy, a peevish old lady, a teetering-tottering drunk, an overstuffed clubwoman, a tramp, and any other character that seemed to suit his fancy. No grotesque make-up, no funny clothes, just Red." He added that Skelton also "plays a dramatic scene about as effectively as any of the dramatic actors."[64]
Skelton was quoted as saying, "I just want to be known as a clown, because to me that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything—sing, dance and above all, make people laugh."[3][65] Since he believed this was his mission in life, Skelton was able to share his gift of laughter under surprising circumstances. He and Father Edward J. Carney were on a plane from Rome carrying 24 children from an assortment of countries when the plane lost two of its three engines and seemed destined to lose the third. When it appeared that the plane would crash over Mont Blanc, the priest readied himself to administer Last Rites. As he did so, he told Skelton, "You take care of your department, Red, and I'll take care of mine." Skelton diverted the attention of the children with pantomimes while Father Carney prayed; they were somehow able to land at a small airstrip in Lyon, France.[66]
Many of Skelton's television shows have survived due to kinescopes, films and videotapes and have been featured in recent years on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations. In addition, a number of excerpts from Skelton's programs have been released in VHS and DVD formats. In 1980, Skelton was taken to court by 13 of his former writers over a story that his will called for the destruction of recordings of all his old television shows upon his death. Skelton contended his remarks were made at a time when he was very unhappy with the television industry and were taken out of context. Skelton said at the time, "Would you burn the only monument you've built in over 20 years?"[67] As the owner of the television shows, Skelton stubbornly refused to allow them to be syndicated as reruns during his lifetime.[68][69]
One of the last known on-camera interviews with Skelton was conducted by Steven F. Zambo. A small portion of this interview can be seen in the 2005 PBS special, The Pioneers of Primetime.[70]
Skelton radio and television characters[link]
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George Appleby
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Clem Kadiddlehopper
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San Fernando Red
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Mean Widdle Kid/Junior
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Freddie the Freeloader
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Cauliflower McPugg
Off the air[link]
As the 1970s began, Skelton's ratings remained high, but demographics led the network to believe that most of his audience were over the age of 45. In addition, inflation resulted in his salary becoming bigger than the network was willing to pay him. Though CBS had earlier decided to keep Gunsmoke, another long-time favorite that appealed almost exclusively to older audiences, between the 1970 and 1971 seasons the network eliminated traditional weekly variety shows hosted by veterans such as Skelton, Jackie Gleason, and Ed Sullivan, because programmers thought that they were getting long in the tooth and did not appeal to young viewers. (see rural purge for more information on this topic).[14] CBS continued with Carol Burnett's highly popular show until 1978, and aired variety programs hosted by younger entertainers such as Sonny and Cher. Years later, Burnett told reporters that network variety shows had become too expensive to bring back.[citation needed] Performing in Las Vegas when he got the news of his CBS cancellation, Skelton said, "My heart has been broken."[3]
Skelton moved to NBC in 1970 in a half-hour Monday night version of his former show.[14] Its cancellation after one season ended his long television career. Skelton returned to live performances after he was no longer on television. In an apparent effort to prove the networks wrong, he gave many of these at colleges and did prove quite popular with the youth.[3][25] In 1984, Skelton gave a Royal Command Performance for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds which was later shown in the US on HBO.[71][72]
Skelton was said to be bitter about CBS's cancellation for many years afterwards. Believing the demographic and salary issues to be irrelevant, he bitterly accused CBS of caving in to the anti-establishment, anti-war faction at the height of the Vietnam War, saying his conservative political and social views caused them to turn against him. Skelton invited prominent Republicans, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen to appear on his program. When he was presented with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Governor's Award in 1986, Skelton received a standing ovation. "I want to thank you for sitting down," Skelton said when the ovation subsided. "I thought you were pulling a CBS and walking out on me."[3][73] Skelton had previously received Emmys for Best Comedy Program in 1952 and for Best Comedy Writing in 1961.[74] Skelton was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Television Hall of Fame in 1989.[3][75][76]
Clown and circus art[link]
Skelton began producing artwork in 1943, but kept his works private for many years. He said he was inspired to try his hand at painting after visiting a large Chicago department store that had various paintings on display. Inquiring as to the price of one which Skelton described as "a bunch of blotches", he was told, "Ten thousand wouldn't buy that one." Skelton said he told the clerk he was one of the ten thousand who would not buy the painting, instead buying his own art materials. His wife, Georgia, a former art student, persuaded Skelton to have his first public showing of his work in 1964 at the Las Vegas hotel where he was entertaining at the time.[77] Skelton originals are priced at $80,000 and upward; Skelton once estimated the sale of his lithographs earned him $2.5 million per year.[3]
In Death Valley Junction, California, Skelton found a kindred spirit when he saw the artwork and pantomime performances of Marta Becket. Today, circus performers painted by Marta Becket decorate the Red Skelton Room in the Amargosa Hotel, where Skelton stayed four times in Room 22. The room is dedicated to Skelton, as explained by John Mulvihill in his essay, "Lost Highway Hotel":
Marta Becket is the magic behind the Amargosa Hotel. For the past 32 years, it has provided both a home and a venue for her lifetime ambition: to perform her dance and pantomime works to paying audiences. Since 1968, she's been doing just that, twice a week, audiences or no. The hotel guest’s first encounter with Marta is through her paintings in the lobby and dining area. Once she and her husband had upgraded the structure of the hotel and theatre, she made them unique by painting their walls with shimmering frescoes (not real frescoes but the effect is the same) in a style uniquely hers. Some of the paintings are deceptively three-dimensional, like the guitar leaning against a wall that you don’t realize is a painting until you reach to pick it up. Some are evocative of carnival art from the early part of this century. All are vibrant, whimsical. If you’re lucky, your room will be graced with similar wall paintings. Room 22 is where Red Skelton used to stay. He visited once to catch Marta’s show and, like so many others, fell victim to the Amargosa’s enchantment and returned again and again. He asked Marta to illustrate his room with circus performers and though he died shortly thereafter, she did so anyway. Staying in this room, with acrobats scaling the walls and trapeze artists flying from the ceiling, is a singularly evocative experience, one I wouldn’t trade for a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.[78][79]
Other interests[link]
Skelton was a prolific writer of both short stories and music. After sleeping only four or five hours a night, he would get up at 5 AM and begin writing stories, composing music, and painting pictures. He wrote at least one short story a week and had composed over 8,000 songs and symphonies at his death. Skelton was also interested in photography; when attending Hollywood parties, he would take photos and give the films to newspaper reporters waiting outside. Skelton kept a photographic record of each of his oil paintings. He was also an avid gardener who created his own Japanese garden and bonsai trees at his Palm Springs home.[80][81][82][83][84]
Personal life[link]
On June 1, 1931, Skelton married Edna Marie Stillwell (1915–1982),[85][86][87] a joke writer, business manager, and former usher at Kansas City's old Pantages Theater.[9] Skelton was one month away from his 18th birthday, and Edna was 16. The two met when she approached Skelton after a show and told him she didn't like his material; Skelton asked her if she could do better. They married a short time later, with Edna taking on the tasks of managing her husband and writing for him, as well as becoming part of his act. At first, Skelton considered his wife to be interfering after she saw the boss when his salary was about to be cut. When she came away with not only a raise for her husband but additional considerations as well, Skelton no longer minded Edna's intervention. Since Skelton had left school at an early age, his wife bought textbooks and taught Skelton what he had missed. With Edna's help, Skelton received a high school equivalency degree.[88] She was also part of the cast for Skelton's Avalon Time radio program under her maiden name of Edna Stillwell.[89] Edna developed a system for working with the show's writers; she would select material from them, add her own and file the unused bits and lines for future use.[90] In 1942, Edna announced that she was leaving the Skelton home but would continue to manage Skelton's career and write material for him. Skelton did not realize she was serious until Edna issued a statement about the impending divorce through NBC, Skelton's radio employer.[91] They divorced in 1943, leaving the courtroom arm in arm.[92][93] After their marriage ended, Stillwell remained an advisor on his career until 1952, receiving a generous weekly salary for life for her efforts.[94]
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Irving Leroy Ress (left) and Red Skelton (right), ca 1950.
By 1944, Skelton was engaged to actress Muriel Morris, who was also known as Muriel Chase; the couple had obtained a marriage license and told the press they intended to marry within a few days. At the last minute, the actress decided not to marry Skelton, initially saying she intended to marry a wealthy businessman in Mexico City. She later recanted the story about marrying the businessman, but continued to say that her relationship with Skelton was over. The actress further denied that the reason for the breakup was Skelton's former wife's continuing to manage her ex-husband's career. Edna Skelton stated that she had no intention of either getting in the middle of the relationship or reconciling with her ex-husband.[95][96]
Skelton, who was drafted in early 1944 and joined the Army on May 25 of that year, was on furlough for throat discomfort when he married Georgia Maurine Davis in Beverly Hills, California on March 9, 1945.[97] He entered the hospital later that day to have his tonsils removed.[92][98][99] As part of the entertainment corps, Skelton performed before troops in both the United States and in Europe, as many as ten to twelve shows per day. The pressure of his workload caused him to suffer exhaustion and a nervous breakdown; he was released from his Army duties in September 1945.[10] Georgia and Red had two children, Richard Jr., and Valentina Marie Skelton (b.1947).[100]
In January 1957, Skelton's son, Richard, was diagnosed with leukemia; initially he was given a year at most to live.[101][102] After Richard's diagnosis, Skelton took his family on an extended trip, so the boy could see as much of the world as possible. When they arrived in London, there were press accusations that Skelton's trip was more about publicity than his seriously ill son. There were also newspaper reports about young Richard's illness being fatal which were seen by the young boy.[103] The devastated father cut the family's trip short and returned to the United States after the British press stories.[104][105]
Skelton suffered a life-threatening asthma attack on December 30, 1957. He was taken to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where his doctors said that "if there were ten steps to death, Red Skelton had taken nine of them by the time he had arrived". Initially hospitalized for an indeterminate length of time, Skelton later said he was working on some notes for television and the next thing he remembered, he was in a hospital bed. He did not know how serious his illness was until he read about himself in the newspapers. Skelton's illness and recovery kept him off the air for a full month.[106][107][108]
Richard Skelton Jr.'s death on May 10, 1958, just 10 days before his 10th birthday, was a major blow to the entire family.[109] The day the young boy was buried, Skelton was scheduled to do his weekly television show. Though there were some recordings of some older Skelton shows available which the network could have run, Skelton asked that guest performers be used instead.[110][111] Richard Jr.'s death profoundly affected Red and Georgia. By the early 1960s, the Skelton family had moved to Palm Springs while Red used the Bel Air mansion only on the two days when he was in Los Angeles for his television show taping.[112][113] In 1966, Georgia Skelton wounded herself in an accidental shooting at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas while her husband was performing in the main showroom. The couple's daughter, Valentina, heard the gunshot and found her mother who was both surprised and confused about what had happened. The Skeltons kept handguns in both of their California homes because of prowlers. Georgia did not feel safe without a gun and the couple brought it to Las Vegas with them. The gun was kept loaded on a bedside table and Mrs. Skelton may have accidentally brushed against it there while reaching for something else. The Clark County Sheriff declared the shooting to be accidental.[114][115]
In 1971, Red and Georgia divorced.[116] Skelton, now 60, married a secretary 25 years his junior, Lothian Toland, daughter of famed film cinematographer Gregg Toland. They were married on October 7, 1973, in San Francisco, California, and remained married until Red Skelton's death in 1997.[117][118] On May 10, 1976, Skelton's ex-wife Georgia committed suicide by gunshot on the 18th anniversary of her son's death. She was 54 and had been in poor health for some time.[119][120][121] Skelton was deeply affected by the loss of his ex-wife.[122]
Death[link]
Red Skelton died from pneumonia near his Anza, California home, at Eisenhower Medical Center, in Rancho Mirage, California on September 17, 1997, aged 84. He was interred in the Skelton Family tomb in The Great Mausoleum's Sanctuary of Benediction, private room, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California. He rests with his beloved son Richard Jr., who died in 1958.[110][111][123] Skelton was survived by his widow, Lothian Toland-Skelton, his daughter, Valentina Marie Skelton-Alonso, and granddaughter Sabrina Maureen Alonso.[3][116]
Fraternity and honors[link]
Red Skelton was a Freemason, a member of Vincennes Lodge No. 1, in Indiana. He also was a member of both the Scottish and York Rite. He was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, for Distinguished Service in the Arts and Sciences. On September 24, 1969, he received the honorary 33° in the Scottish Rite and was a Gourgas Medal recipient in 1995.[124] Skelton was also a Shriner in Los Angeles, California.[125] Skelton became interested in Masonry as a small boy selling newspapers in Vincennes, when a man bought a paper from him with a five dollar bill and told him to keep the change. The young Skelton asked his benefactor why he had given him so much money; the man explained that he was a Mason and Masons are taught to give. Skelton decided to become one also when he was grown.[126]
Skelton was made an honorary brother of Phi Sigma Kappa at Truman State University.[127] In 1961 Skelton was made an honorary brother of the Phi Alpha Tau Fraternity of Emerson College when he was awarded the Joseph E. Connor Award for excellence in the field of communications. He also received an honorary degree from the college.[128] Skelton received an honorary high school diploma from Vincennes High School.[129] He was also an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity. In 1986, Skelton received an honorary degree from Ball State University.[130]
The Red Skelton Memorial Bridge spans the Wabash River and provides the highway link between Illinois and Indiana on U.S. Route 50 near Skelton's hometown of Vincennes, Indiana.[131] At the end of bridge's dedication in 1963, Red exclaimed, "Okay everybody, now off my bridge!"
Skelton received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1987; he was also one of the International Clown Hall of Fame's first inductees in 1989.[132][133][134]
Legacy[link]
The Red Skelton Performing Arts Center was dedicated on Friday, February 24, 2006 on the campus of Vincennes University at a cost of $16.8 million. The building includes an 850-seat theater, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, and dressing rooms. Its grand foyer is a gallery for Red Skelton's paintings, statues, and film posters. The theater hosts Vincennes University theatrical and musical productions, special events, convocations and conventions. Work was underway as of 2009 on the Red Skelton Gallery and Education Center that will house Skelton memorabilia donated by the comedian's family.[135][136] In September 2010, the museum and the Indiana Historical Society entered into a partnership for a permanent archive of Skelton's material.[137] The museum received a one million dollar donation in November 2010.[138] The Red Skelton Foundation also assists needy children in Vincennes with new clothing.[139]
The Red Skelton Festival, June 14, 2008, in Vincennes, featured the "Parade of a Thousand Clowns," an Evening of Music, with Crystal Gayle, and clown seminars.[135] Restoration is also underway for the historic Vincennes Pantheon Theatre, where Skelton performed during his youth.[140]
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- ^ The Museum of Broadcast Communications: Red Skelton
- ^ To Star in Transcribed Series Packaged By Ziv. Billboard. 16 January 1954. http://books.google.com/books?id=lB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=red+skelton&hl=en&ei=ofneTauBGIzegQfz4MHQCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q=red%20skelton&f=false. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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- ^ Arthur Marx, p. 163
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- ^ Arthur Marx, p. 178
- ^ Skelton, P& G Stew Boiling. Billboard. 22 November 1952. http://books.google.com/books?id=XB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=red+skelton&hl=en&ei=5zffTZ75MJP2gAfB48jvCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBThu#v=onepage&q=red%20skelton&f=false. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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| Name | Skelton, Red |
| Alternative names | Skelton, Richard Bernard |
| Short description | comedian |
| Date of birth | July 18, 1913 |
| Place of birth | Vincennes, Indiana |
| Date of death | September 17, 1997 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs, California |
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| Chad Everett | |
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| Born | Raymon Lee Cramton (1936-06-11) June 11, 1936 (age 76) South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Years active | 1961–2009 |
| Spouse | Shelby Grant (1966-2011) (her death) 2 children |
| Children | Shannon Everett Katherine Everett |
Chad Everett (born June 11, 1936) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and television series but is probably best known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the 1970s television drama Medical Center.
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Early life[link]
Everett was born Raymon Lee Cramton in South Bend, Indiana, to Virdeen Ruth (née Hopper) and Harry Clyde “Ted” Cramton.[1] He was raised in Dearborn, Michigan, where he became interested in the theatre as a Fordson High School student.[2]
After attending Wayne State University,[3] he headed to Hollywood and obtained a contract with Warner Brothers studio. Agent Henry Willson signed him and changed his name to Chad Everett.[4] Everett claims he changed his name because he tired of explaining his real name, "Raymon-no-D, Cramton-no-P."[5]
Career[link]
Everett's first notable role came in an episode of the 1960s detective series Surfside 6. His first major role came a year later in the film Claudelle Inglish, and he subsequently played a deputy in the short-lived 1963 western television series The Dakotas, which also featured Jack Elam as a fellow lawman. After appearing in a number of movies and television series in the later 1960s, he got his big break, landing the role of Dr. Joe Gannon on the innovative medical drama, Medical Center, in 1969.[6]
Since then, he has appeared in numerous films and television series including Centennial, Hagen, Airplane II: The Sequel, Star Command, and Mulholland Drive. He has also appeared as a guest star on over 40 television series such as Melrose Place, The Nanny, Touched by an Angel, Diagnosis: Murder, Caroline in the City, Murder, She Wrote, The Red Skelton Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Route 66.
He also supplied the voice of Ultraman Chuck in the English version of the animated movie Ultraman: The Adventure Begins and voiced several characters in the animated television series The New Yogi Bear Show.
He hosts Trinity Broadcasting Network's "Master's Theater." He portrayed a closeted gay police officer on the December 3, 2006, episode Forever Blue of the television series, Cold Case.
Everett was selected by the family of John Wayne to be the voice of the animatronic figure of Wayne in Disney MGM Studios' Great Movie Ride.[7]
Personal life[link]
Everett married actress Shelby Grant in Tucson, Arizona, on May 22, 1966.[8] Everett was on location is Tucson filming the 1967 movie, Return of the Gunfighter, at the time of their wedding.[8] They had two daughters, Katherine Thorp and Shannon Everett. The couple remained married for 45 years until Grant's death on June 25, 2011.[9]
Everett battled alcoholism for many years before seeking treatment from Alcoholics Anonymous.[10] A Republican, he had a much publicized argument with feminist actress Lily Tomlin during the taping of the March 31, 1972, episode of The Dick Cavett Show. Tomlin became so enraged when Everett referred to his wife as "my property" that she stormed off the set and refused to return.[11]
Reporter Ronnie Simonsen’s admiration of Everett is an important part of How's Your News?, a documentary (about a group of mentally disabled news reporters touring the United States) in which Simonsen meets Everett near the end of the film.[12]
Filmography[link]
- Castle (TV series)(2012) - Joe
- No Clean Break (TV series)(2011) - The Man
- Undercovers (Crashed)(2010) (TV)
- Supernatural (The Curious Case of Dean Winchester) (2009) (TV) - Aged Dean Winchester
- Without A Trace (Skin Deep) (2007) - Joseph Pratt
- Cold Case (Forever Blue) (2006) - Jimmy Bruno
- E-Ring (The General) (2006) - General Long, Army Chief of Staff
- The Mountain (Pilot) (2005) - Toby
- Mulholland Drive (2001) - Jimmy Katz
- Manhattan, AZ (2000) (TV) - Jake Manhattan
- Psycho (1998) - Tom Cassidy
- Touched by an Angel (Crisis of Faith) (1997) - Rev Daniel Brewer
- When Time Expires (1997) (TV) - Walter Kelly, June's Father
- Star Command (1996) (TV) - Cmdr. Shane Ridnaur
- McKenna (1994–1995) (TV) - Jack McKenna
- Thunderboat Row (1989) (TV) - Ben Bishop
- Malibu (1983) (TV) - Art Bonnell
- The Rousters (1983) (TV) - Wyatt Earp III
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) - Simon Kurtz
- The Intruder Within (1981) (TV) - Jake Nevins
- Hagen (1980) (TV)- Paul Hagen
- Centennial (1978) (TV mini) - Major Maxwell Mercy
- The Firechasers (1971) - Quentin Barnaby
- Medical Center (1969) (TV)- Dr. Joe Gannon
- The Impossible Years (1968)
- The Last Challenge (1967) (TV) - Lot McGuire
- Return of the Gunfighter (1967) (TV) - Lee Sutton
- First to Fight (1967) - Jack Connell
- The Singing Nun (1966) - Robert Gerarde
- Made in Paris (1966) - Ted Barclay
- Johnny Tiger (1966) - Johnny Tiger
- Get Yourself A College Girl (1964) - Gary Underwood
- The Dakotas (1963) (TV) - Deputy Del Stark
- Rome Adventure (1962)
- Claudelle Inglish (1961) - Linn Varner
- Lawman - The Son (1961) - Cole Herod
- Lawman - Detweiler's Kid (1961) - Jim Austin (credited as 'Chad York')
- Ironside (1967) - (TV) - Larry Curtis
References[link]
- ^ Chad Everett Film Reference bio
- ^ Hoosier Actors, Cont'd
- ^ Chad Everett Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Hofler, Robert. The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson. Carroll & Graf, 2005. ISBN 0-7867-1802-1 p. 404
- ^ Speech by Everett at Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Award Luncheon, January 21, 2011 http://www.pacificpioneerbroadcasters.org/luncheons.html?pacpioneerbcast=6ece2c68e94d6a212beef52a3980475b, et al
- ^ Erickson, Hal. Chad Everett http://www.movieweb.com/person/chad-everett
- ^ Speech by Everett at Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Award Luncheon, January 21, 2011 http://www.pacificpioneerbroadcasters.org/luncheons.html?pacpioneerbcast=6ece2c68e94d6a212beef52a3980475b
- ^ a b "Shelby Grant Everett (1936 - 2011) obituary". Ventura County Star. 2011-06-28. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/venturacountystar/obituary.aspx?n=Shelby-Everett&pid=152267538. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ Stanley, Tim (2011-07-02). "Actress from Wagoner led life of fame, philanthropy". Tulsa World. http://www.tulsaworld.com/ourlives/article.aspx?subjectid=58&articleid=20110702_11_A19_CUTLIN810932&allcom=1. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ People Magazine, October 17, 1994, Vol. 42, No. 16
- ^ Lily Tomlin Biography - Time Magazine
- ^ How's Hour News?
External links[link]
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| Name | Everett, Chad |
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| Short description | Actor |
| Date of birth | 1936-06-11 |
| Place of birth | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
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- Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
- The Good Times Are Coming - Cass Elliot
- Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Cass Elliot
- Jesus Was a Cross Maker - Cass Elliot
- It's Getting Better - Cass Elliot
- Dream a Little Dream of Me - Cass Elliot
- Burn Your Hatred - Cass Elliot
- California Earthquake - Cass Elliot
- New World Coming - Cass Elliot
- Disney Girls - Cass Elliot
- Who's To Blame - Cass Elliot
- A Song That Never Comes - Cass Elliot
- One-Way Ticket - Cass Elliot
- Cass Elliot - Cass Elliot
The good times are coming
They'll be coming real soon
And I'm not just pitching pennies at the moon
I'm not about to come unhinged when everything goes wrong
A fact is something to be faced
But not for very long
The good times are coming
They'll be coming real soon
And I'm not just pitching pennies at the moon
The good times are coming
When they come I'll be there
With my both feet firmly planted in mid air
There's gonna be a place for us
A place where we belong
To stand outside just looking in
Has got to be all wrong
The good times are coming
They'll be coming real soon
And I'm not just pitching pennies at the moon
The good times are coming
When they come I'll be there
With my both feet firmly planted way up there
Nobody can tell ya
There's only one song worth singing
They may try and sell ya
Cause it hangs them up
To see someone like you
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
It can't be nowhere
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be
Just to do your thing is the hardest things to do
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
And if you will not take my hand
Then I must be going, I'll understand
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
One time I trusted a stranger
Cuz I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticin' me
Tho there was somethin' wrong,
But when I turned he was gone.
Blindin' me, his song remains remindin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker.
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
He wages war with the devil
A pistol by his side
And tho he chases him out windows
And won't give him a place to hide,
He keeps his door open wide
Fightin' him he lights a lamp invitin' him,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
I heard the thunder come rumblin'
The light never looked so dim
I see the junction git nearer'
And danger is in the wind
And either road's lookin' grim
Hidin' me, I flee, desire dividin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker.
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
One time I trusted a stranger
Cuz I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticin' me
Tho there was somethin' wrong
But when I turned he was gone
Blindin' me, his song remains remindin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker.
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Once I believed that when love came to me
It would come with rockets bells and poetry
But with me and you
It just started quietly and grew
And believe it or not
Now there's something groovy and good 'bout whatever we
And it's getting better
Growing stronger
Warm and wilder
Getting better every day
Better every day
I don't feel all turned on and starry eyed
I just feel a sweet contentment deep inside
Holding you at night
Just seems kind of natural and right
And it's not hard to see
That it isn't half of what it's going to turn out to be
'Cause it's getting better
Growing stronger
Warm and wilder
Getting better every day
Better every day
Da da da da da da da da
And I don't mind waiting
I don't mind waiting
'Cause no matter how long it takes
The two of us know
That it's getting better
Growing stronger
Warm and wilder
Getting better every day
Better every day
Stars shining bright above you;
Night breezes seem to whisper I love you?
Birds singing in the sycamore tree.
Dream a little dream of me.
Say nighty-night and kiss me;
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me.
While I'm alone, blue as can be,
Dream a little dream of me.
Stars fading but I linger on, dear---
Still craving your kiss.
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,
Just saying this...
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you---
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me.
Stars fading but I linger on, dear---
Still craving your kiss.
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,
Just saying this...
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you---
Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you.
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
I’ve had my say and now I’m through
I’ve just got to get myself away from you
You’ve twisted and you’ve turned my mind
Because of all the dark I find inside of you
‘Side of you - got to let me lie
Burn your hatred out on someone else!
I don’t need the things you say
You’re bringing me down every day
As well as you
We’re at the crossroads wet with tears
And I don’t want to spend my years hating you
Hating you - got to let me lie
Burn your hatred out on someone else!
Although I’ve tried to get along
I know that my heart still belongs inside of you
And all this fighting ain’t no use
Cause in the end I’ll just refuse to part from you
Part from you – got to let me lie
I heard they exploded the underground blast
What they say's gonna happen, gonna happen at last
That's the way it appears
They tell me the fault line runs right through here
So that may be, that may be, what's gonna happen, gonna happen to me
That's the the way it appears
They tell me the fault line runs right through here
Atlantis will rise, sunset Boulevard will fall
Where the beach use to be won't be nothin' at all
That's the way it appears
They tell me the fault line runs right through here
So that may be, that may be, what's gonna happen gonna happen to me
That's the way it appears
They tell me the fault line runs right through here
There's a New World Coming
And it's just around the bend
There's a new world coming
This one's coming to an end
There's a new voice calling
You can hear it if you try
And it's growing stronger
With each day that passes by
There's a brand new morning
Rising clear and sweet and free
There's a new day dawning
That belongs to you and me
Yes a new world's coming
The one we've had visions of
Clearing skies and drying eyes, now I see your smile
Darkness goes and softness shows a changing style
Just in time, words that rhyme will bless your soul
Now I'll fill your hands with kisses and a Tootsie Roll
Well reality, it's not for me and it makes me laugh
Oh, oh Fantasy World and Disney Girls, I'm coming back
Love, hi Rick, hi Dave, hi Pop, good morning, Mom
Oh love, get up, guess what, I'm in love with a guy I found
He's really swell as he likes church
Bingo chances and old time dances
Patti Page and summer days on old Cape Cod
Happy times, making wine in my garage
Country shade and lemonade, I guess I'm slowing down
It's a turned back world with a local boy in a smaller town
Well, open cars and clearer stars, that's what I've lacked
Oh, oh, Fantasy World and Disney Girls, I'm coming back
Love, hi Rick, hi Dave, hi Pop, good morning, Mom
Oh, love, get up, guess what, I'm in love with a guy I found
He's really swell and he likes church
Bingo chances and old time dances
All my life I've spent the night with dreams of you
Warmth I missed and for the things I wished, they're all coming true
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, good morning, Mom
Oh, love, get up, guess what, I'm in love with a guy I found
He's really swell and he likes church
Bingo chances and old time dances
Everybody knows that you love me
'Cause it shows
But still you play the game
And we're both hurt
But who's to blame
Who's to blame
When the sun misses the light of the moon
And who's to blame
When the sun awakens the dreamer too soon
Are you sure, you're right
When you call and start a fight?
For, though I know you care
It's hard to love someone who's not there
Who's to blame
When the sun misses the light of the moon
And who's to blame
When the sun awakens the dreamer too soon
So, you go your way
And it's too bad but I've nothing to say
And you won't call my name
You say it's my fault
Listen to the emptiness
Of the raindrops on the ground
Beating out a rhythm
To a tune that can't be found
Listen to my heart
A-pounding, longing for the time
When the melody of you returns
And once again, you're mine
But I'm waiting for a song that never comes
(Waiting for a song to come)
Lost without a melody
That I can never hear
Since you're gone
Look how sad the carousel
That turns with no one on
And all the dappled ponies
Long for children who are gone
Look into my mind
It spins, and then it goes nowhere
When first I think you're coming
Then I find that you're not there
But I'm waiting for a song that never comes
(Waiting for a song to come)
Lost without a melody
That I can never hear
Since you're gone
I'm waiting for a summer day
In the middle of the fall
Hoping that you're coming back
When I know you're never coming back at all
I'm waiting for a song that never comes
(Waiting for a song to come)
Yes, I'm waiting for a song that never comes
(Waiting for a song to come)
Well, I'm waiting for a song that never comes
Call the village band out, bid me good bye
Everybody stand outside and cry
Never thought so many, thought me so dear
I'd be happy any place but here
One way ticket, take me anywhere
North bound, south bound, I don't even care
I know the grass is greener there
People in the city leave you alone
Everyday is pretty much your own
One among the many, year after year
I'd be happy any place but here
One way ticket, take me any where
North bound, south bound, I don't even care
I know the grass is greener there
Look over the passing train and there I am
No matter where I am, I'm passing through
One way ticket, take me anywhere
North bound, south bound, I don't even care
I know the grass is greener there
One way ticket, take me any where
Nobody can tell ya
There´s only one song worth singing
They may try and sell ya
Cause it hangs them up
To see someone like you blinging
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
It can´t be nowhere
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be
Just to do your thing is the hardest things to do
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
And if you will not take my hand
Then I must be going, I´ll understand
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
No no no no
Even if nobody else sings along
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