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1990 (1977)
Plot
Great Britain, 1990. The population is now governed by the tyrannical Home Office Public Control Department (PCD), who have done away with the rights of the individual and maintain control through ID cards, rationing and electronic surveillance. Emigration is impossible. But escape is not, thanks to rebels like Jim Kyle ('Edward Woodward' (qv)), a journalist and secret dissident, who battles hard to, but who faces imprisonment or death at the hands of the PCD and its ruthless controller, Herbert Skardon.
Keywords: 1990s, futuristic, journalist, number-in-title, rebel, tyranny
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1990
Great Britain, 1990. The population is now governed by the tyrannical Home Office Public Control Department (PCD), who have done away with the rights of the individual and maintain control through ID cards, rationing and electronic surveillance. Emigration is impossible. But escape is not, thanks to rebels like Jim Kyle ('Edward Woodward' (qv)), a journalist and secret dissident, who battles hard to, but who faces imprisonment or death at the hands of the PCD and its ruthless controller, Herbert Skardon.
Cast
- Edward Woodward
- Robert Lang
- Tony Doyle
- Paul Hardwick
- Barbara Kellerman
- Lisa Harrow
- Yvonne Mitchell
- George Murcell
- David McKail
- Clifton Jones
- Clive Swift
- Harry Fielder
- John Savident
- Stanley Lebor
- Michael Napier Brown
- Sandra Payne
- Honor Shepherd
- Mitzi Rogers
- Donald Burton
- Norman Rutherford
- Michael Cassidy
- Adam Bareham
- Victor Maddern
- Season 1
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Episode 1: Creed of Slaves
This episode was transmitted 8:10pm to 9:05pm on BBC 2. The series was transmitted under the banner ...
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Episode 2: When Did You Last See Your Father?
"We don't make laws, we only carry them out". Despite the Home Secretary's abolition of all exit vis...
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Episode 3: Health Farm
"...no barbed-wire, no strait-jackets, no padded cells. After all, this is 1990". When the Public Co...
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Episode 4: Decoy
"This is an island prison. Getting us all together is one thing. Getting us out is something else". ...
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Episode 5: Voice from the Past
"The age of the common man seems to be degenerating into the age of the common denominator". When th...
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Episode 6: Whatever Happened to Cardinal Wolsey?
UK:17 October 1977...
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Episode 7: Witness
UK:24 October 1977...
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Episode 8: Non-Citizen
UK:31 October 1977...
- Season 2
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Episode 1: Pentagons
UK:20 February 1978...
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Episode 2: The Market Price
UK:27 February 1978...
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Episode 3: Trapline
UK:6 March 1978...
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Episode 4: Ordeal by Small Brown Envelope
UK:13 March 1978...
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Episode 5: Hire and Fire
UK:20 March 1978...
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Episode 6: You'll Never Walk Alone
UK:27 March 1978...
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Episode 7: Young Sparks
UK:3 April 1978...
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Episode 8: What Pleases the Prince
UK:10 April 1978...
- Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
- 1990 - Soda Stereo
- 1990 - Jean Leloup
Y cada vez que vuelvo
tus ecos están
y querría despertarme
y al fin con vos volver a jugar.
Cae el sol y aun sigo soñando
sale el sol y no te puedo encontrar.
Y cada vez que vuelvo aquí
siento que vos
me arrojaste a la inercia
sin novedad, sin decepción.
Cae el sol... etc.
Y cada vez que vuelvo
un mismo final
afuera el mundo sigue
soy uno más buscando en el mar
Cae el sol... etc.
Un extraño destino, una oscura verdad
tan sólo tropiezos, amar o callar
anduve caminando por calles al azar
por calles vacías
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires,
humedad...
Mesdames et messieurs attention
je vais vous faire une chanson
le sujet en est ambitieux
de mon image je suis soucieux
en 1990
c'est l'heure des communications
depuis le début de ce siècle
nous avons vu l'apparition
du moteur Ford à explosion
puis de l'avion à réaction
mais de toutes les inventions
c'est sans doute la bombe à neutrons
qui nous laissa le plus baba
au cours du célèbre hiroshima
mais 1990 devrait nous laisser tous pantois
devrait nous laisser tous gagas
il y a des missiles patriotes
dirigés par ordinateurs
sony fuji et macintosh
se culbutent dans les airs le rush
la guerre technologique fait rage
c'est un super méga carnage
attention voilà les avions
qui tirent
c'est l'heure de l'émission
en 1990
c'est l'heure de la médiatisation
en 1990
c'est l'ère de la conscientisation
fini les temps maudits du sport
du jogging et de la cigarette
la preuve en est nos beaux soldats
américains qui sont là-bas
bronzés à la vitamine d
nourris aux fibres équilibrées
les mort qui seront faits là-bas
seront en bonne santé je crois
les impôts du contribuable
n'ont pas été payés en vain
la preuve en est il est possible
de ne jamais rater sa cible
si on connaît le vidéo
si on se pratique le coco
bientôt disponible bientôt
koweit irak en nintendo
en 1990 c'est l'ère de la socialisation
en 1990 c'est la démocratisation
j'en était à ces réflexions
quand tout à coup je me sens con
assis par terre dans le salon
je ne fous rien je suis un con
heureusement que ma copine
a soudain l'idée de génie
de me toucher le porte-avion
vite fait je lui sors mon canon
ça va chauffer oui mon amour
je pointe mon radar à ions
en plein dans ta sortie de secours
je vais larguer mes bombes attention
en 1990 j'ai mis ma participation
en 1990 j'étais dans la coalition
en 1990 (bis)
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IT (1990) - A Stephen King's Film
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- Duration: 176:02
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
"ATTENTION"!!! THE SCENE WITH "GEORGIE AND PENNYWISE" HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A "COPYRIGHT" OF A RAIN "SOUNDTRACK" THAT MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO PLAY IT ON A ...
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"ATTENTION"!!! THE SCENE WITH "GEORGIE AND PENNYWISE" HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A "COPYRIGHT" OF A RAIN "SOUNDTRACK" THAT MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO PLAY IT ON A ...
The Best Songs Of 1990
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:05
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
Lo mejor de 1990.
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LIFERUINER - 1990 [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
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- Duration: 5:59
- Updated: 27 Apr 2013
Here is the latest video/track off of LIFERUINER's latest release - The Son's of Straight Edge EP. Shot by Mitch Tuul, Paul Duck & Jason Smith. Edited by Mit...
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Here is the latest video/track off of LIFERUINER's latest release - The Son's of Straight Edge EP. Shot by Mitch Tuul, Paul Duck & Jason Smith. Edited by Mit...
- published: 05 Sep 2011
- views: 975913
- author: LIFERUINER CANADA
Madonna - Vogue - MTV Awards 1990
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- Duration: 6:25
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Madonna performs Vogue at the MTV Awards - 1990.
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Madonna performs Vogue at the MTV Awards - 1990.
- published: 18 Nov 2010
- views: 2787757
- author: madonna
Stephen King's IT Trailer (1990)
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- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
In 1960, a group of social outcasts who are bullied by a gang of greasers lead by Henry Bowers are also tormented by an evil demon who can shapeshift into a ...
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In 1960, a group of social outcasts who are bullied by a gang of greasers lead by Henry Bowers are also tormented by an evil demon who can shapeshift into a ...
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 1090847
- author: menoflamancha
羅大佑 - 戀曲 1990
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- Duration: 5:04
- Updated: 26 Aug 2007
烏溜溜的黑眼珠 和你的笑臉
怎麼也難忘記你 容顏的轉變
輕飄飄的舊時光 就這麼溜走
轉頭回去看看時 已匆匆數年
蒼茫茫的天涯路 是你的飄泊
尋尋覓覓長相守 是我的腳步
黑漆漆的孤枕邊 是你的溫柔
醒來時的清晨裡 是我的哀愁
或許明日太陽西下倦鳥已歸時
你將已經踏上舊時的歸途
人生難得再次尋覓相知的伴侶
生命終究難捨藍藍的白雲天
轟隆隆的雷雨聲 在我的窗前
怎麼也難忘記你 離去的轉變
孤單單的身影後 寂寥的心情
永遠無怨的是我的雙眼
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烏溜溜的黑眼珠 和你的笑臉
怎麼也難忘記你 容顏的轉變
輕飄飄的舊時光 就這麼溜走
轉頭回去看看時 已匆匆數年
蒼茫茫的天涯路 是你的飄泊
尋尋覓覓長相守 是我的腳步
黑漆漆的孤枕邊 是你的溫柔
醒來時的清晨裡 是我的哀愁
或許明日太陽西下倦鳥已歸時
你將已經踏上舊時的歸途
人生難得再次尋覓相知的伴侶
生命終究難捨藍藍的白雲天
轟隆隆的雷雨聲 在我的窗前
怎麼也難忘記你 離去的轉變
孤單單的身影後 寂寥的心情
永遠無怨的是我的雙眼
- published: 26 Aug 2007
- views: 812098
Top 50 best songs of 90's (years 1990-1999)
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- Duration: 9:26
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
I don't own copyrights to these songs. A million of views? That's a lot.
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I don't own copyrights to these songs. A million of views? That's a lot.
- published: 01 Jul 2010
- views: 1602237
- author: matekusz1
MC Hammer - U can't touch this 1990
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- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
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Internet before search engines- from the 1990's point of view
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:16
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Imagine NO hyperlinks, No Google or Yahoo, typing web addresses MANUALLY, No mouse, NO touch or flat screens, CD/DVD tech was Science-Fiction, dial-up Intern...
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Imagine NO hyperlinks, No Google or Yahoo, typing web addresses MANUALLY, No mouse, NO touch or flat screens, CD/DVD tech was Science-Fiction, dial-up Intern...
- published: 23 Jan 2008
- views: 233405
- author: Ronn Carter
Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison (1990)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:49
- Updated: 27 Apr 2013
Back In The Day Joint !
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Sega Genesis (1990)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 02 Jan 2008
http://cchronicles.com A look at the Genesis on the tv show the Computer Chronicles.
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http://cchronicles.com A look at the Genesis on the tv show the Computer Chronicles.
- published: 02 Jan 2008
- views: 221933
Tina Turner Simply The Best Live 1990
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- Duration: 5:03
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Tina Turner Simply The Best Live 1990.
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Tina Turner Simply The Best Live 1990.
- published: 13 Apr 2008
- views: 3651629
- author: theravenphoenix665
Final Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1990 Парад 7 ноября
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- Duration: 63:17
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
This is the parade in Moscow's Red Square, devoted to the 73rd anniversary to the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November, 1990. The year 1990 would s...
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This is the parade in Moscow's Red Square, devoted to the 73rd anniversary to the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November, 1990. The year 1990 would s...
- published: 09 Sep 2011
- views: 122881
- author: RedSamurai84
En Vogue - Hold On - Music Video (1990)
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- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
"Hold On" was the debut single from En Vogue's debut album Born to Sing. "Hold On" was also the groups first single, reaching number one on the Hot Black Sin...
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"Hold On" was the debut single from En Vogue's debut album Born to Sing. "Hold On" was also the groups first single, reaching number one on the Hot Black Sin...
- published: 01 Jan 1970
- views: 2358649
- author: lneka
![Whitesnake - Live At Donington 1990 [Full Concert]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130430055831im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qFZpR0o2z-M/default.jpg "Whitesnake - Live At Donington 1990 [Full Concert]")
Whitesnake - Live At Donington 1990 [Full Concert]
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- Duration: 106:14
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
01. Slip Of The Tongue 02. Slide It In 03. Judgement Day 04. Slow An Easy 05. Kitten's Got Claws 06. Adagio For Strato 07. Flying Dutchman Boogie 08. Is This...
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01. Slip Of The Tongue 02. Slide It In 03. Judgement Day 04. Slow An Easy 05. Kitten's Got Claws 06. Adagio For Strato 07. Flying Dutchman Boogie 08. Is This...
- published: 29 Jul 2012
- views: 194917
- author: 80RockConcerts
![Lord Of The Flies[1990]full movie](http://web.archive.org./web/20130430055831im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X7ffCWSTNYM/default.jpg "Lord Of The Flies[1990]full movie")
Lord Of The Flies[1990]full movie
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- Duration: 90:15
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
please comment and subsribe.
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agneepath 1990 full movie
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- Duration: 167:02
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Dialogue + background music = Outstanding !!! Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Deenanath Chavan Madhavi as Mary Mathew Danny Denzongpa as Kancha Cheena Mithun Chak...
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Dialogue + background music = Outstanding !!! Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Deenanath Chavan Madhavi as Mary Mathew Danny Denzongpa as Kancha Cheena Mithun Chak...
- published: 29 May 2012
- views: 769312
- author: noufal patillath
MERMAIDS (1990) Winona Ryder - Full Movie DVD
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- Duration: 105:44
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
Of Course Cher, Christina Ricci & Bob Hoskins Are In It too, But I Upped This Cuz Of Winona :) DVD Quality. A Classic Romantic/Comedy/Drama. Enjoy!
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Of Course Cher, Christina Ricci & Bob Hoskins Are In It too, But I Upped This Cuz Of Winona :) DVD Quality. A Classic Romantic/Comedy/Drama. Enjoy!
- published: 05 Dec 2012
- views: 261164
- author: Darius McDean
TOTAL RECALL TRAILER 1990
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- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Arnold's Shwarzenegger most adventure fantasy ever colly in the Total Recall....Schwarzenegger he 'll be back....
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Arnold's Shwarzenegger most adventure fantasy ever colly in the Total Recall....Schwarzenegger he 'll be back....
- published: 07 Aug 2009
- views: 1744044
- author: TheAlpacino921
David Bowie Tokyo 1990..
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- Duration: 119:07
- Updated: 20 Apr 2012
David Bowie Tokyo (In Dome)
Tokyo, May 16th, 1990.
01 Space Oddity
02 Changes
03 TVC 15
04 Rebel Rebel
05 Be My Wife
06 Ashes To Ashes
07 Starman
08 Fashion
09 Life On Mars?
10 Blue Jean
11 Let's Dance
12 Stay
13 Band Intro
14 China Girl
15 Sound And Vision
16 Ziggy Stardust
17 Station To Station
18 Young Americans
19 Suffragette City
20 Fame
21 "Heroes"
22 Panic In Detroit
23 Pretty Pink Rose
24 Modern Love
25 The Jean Genie
26 Rock'n'Roll Suicide
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David Bowie Tokyo (In Dome)
Tokyo, May 16th, 1990.
01 Space Oddity
02 Changes
03 TVC 15
04 Rebel Rebel
05 Be My Wife
06 Ashes To Ashes
07 Starman
08 Fashion
09 Life On Mars?
10 Blue Jean
11 Let's Dance
12 Stay
13 Band Intro
14 China Girl
15 Sound And Vision
16 Ziggy Stardust
17 Station To Station
18 Young Americans
19 Suffragette City
20 Fame
21 "Heroes"
22 Panic In Detroit
23 Pretty Pink Rose
24 Modern Love
25 The Jean Genie
26 Rock'n'Roll Suicide
- published: 20 Apr 2012
- views: 31839
Depeche Mode live in Frankfurt 14.10.1990 (full concert)
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- Duration: 107:36
- Updated: 28 May 2012
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- published: 28 May 2012
- views: 82713
Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (Full Album) 1990
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- Duration: 60:28
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCMXC_a.D. Track List: 00:00 - The Voice of Enigma "Principles of Lust" 02:09 - A. Sadeness 06:25 - B. Find Love 11:14 - C. Sade...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCMXC_a.D. Track List: 00:00 - The Voice of Enigma "Principles of Lust" 02:09 - A. Sadeness 06:25 - B. Find Love 11:14 - C. Sade...
- published: 27 Sep 2012
- views: 308573
- author: markoniii86
Bollywood 1990's Romantic Songs Collection Part 1 (23 Songs) by Rohit Narayan
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- Duration: 119:47
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
These are the songs that I grew up with in my childhood. 1- Aa Ab Laut Chale (Aa Ab Laut Chale) 2-Ajnabi mujhko itna baata (Pyaar to hona hi that) 3-Churake...
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These are the songs that I grew up with in my childhood. 1- Aa Ab Laut Chale (Aa Ab Laut Chale) 2-Ajnabi mujhko itna baata (Pyaar to hona hi that) 3-Churake...
- published: 26 Apr 2012
- views: 3418592
- author: Rohit Narayan
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P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
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- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
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From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 84269704
- author: PinkVEVO
Rihanna - Take A Bow
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
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Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 30 Nov 2009
- views: 92129705
- author: RihannaVEVO
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
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Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 272475801
- author: Ryan Lewis
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing something funny for money...and they want you to join them! Get involved...
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As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing something funny for money...and they want you to join them! Get involved...
- published: 20 Feb 2013
- views: 88451934
- author: OneDirectionVEVO
Beyoncé - Love On Top
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
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Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 87768345
- author: beyonceVEVO
Rihanna - Unfaithful
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEVOCertified on Feb. 15, 2012. http://vevo.com/certified http://youtu...
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Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEVOCertified on Feb. 15, 2012. http://vevo.com/certified http://youtu...
- published: 23 Nov 2009
- views: 147521142
- author: RihannaVEVO
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
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- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 53202473
- author: ERB
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
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Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 4144055
- author: PinkVEVO
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
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Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 111776899
- author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Diamonds
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
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Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 267461579
- author: RihannaVEVO
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7gB3V Tshirts for this battle: http://bit.ly/TkqQC1 http://Instagram....
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- published: 15 Oct 2012
- views: 64672272
- author: ERB
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat Twitter: http://twitter.com/magicofrahat Facebook Group: http://ww...
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- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 33884855
- author: MagicofRahat
'Gangnam Style' Mom and Son!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet! This mom-and-son dance team are too cute to miss. Watch their orig...
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Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet! This mom-and-son dance team are too cute to miss. Watch their orig...
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 25447669
- author: TheEllenShow
Most Annoying People On The Internet
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
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Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 5900277
- author: nigahiga
What A Girl's Hair Means
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "taco night" what if there was just taco forever? Like all we ever ate...
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Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "taco night" what if there was just taco forever? Like all we ever ate...
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 7341569
- author: JennaMarbles
Rihanna - California King Bed
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:44
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
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Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 07 May 2011
- views: 146619979
- author: RihannaVEVO
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:29
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
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This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
- published: 28 Mar 2013
- views: 5329248
- author: JennaMarbles
Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori told Ellen the story behind her viral video sensation.
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Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori told Ellen the story behind her viral video sensation.
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 6822783
- author: TheEllenShow
Expectations vs Reality: Romance
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:58
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
What people expect romance to be vs what it really is...
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What people expect romance to be vs what it really is...
Follow Catherine!
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- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 4267274
Ryan Gosling's Big Gift
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
The sexy Ryan Gosling stopped by with a gift for Ellen and the audience -- footie pajamas! While the entire audience put them on, Ellen grilled Ryan to find ...
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The sexy Ryan Gosling stopped by with a gift for Ellen and the audience -- footie pajamas! While the entire audience put them on, Ellen grilled Ryan to find ...
- published: 07 Jan 2011
- views: 1979127
- author: TheEllenShow
Ellen Announces 'Finding Dory'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:58
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
They're finally making a sequel to "Finding Nemo"! Ellen revealed the big news on her show.
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They're finally making a sequel to "Finding Nemo"! Ellen revealed the big news on her show.
- published: 02 Apr 2013
- views: 8901490
- author: TheEllenShow
Coldplay - Paradise
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
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Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
- published: 19 Oct 2011
- views: 203406366
- author: ColdplayVEVO
Hitler vs Vader 2. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:42
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Download this song: http://bit.ly/VaderHitler2 Click to tweet this vid-ee-oh: http://clicktotweet.com/qaMyU vader hitler shirts: http://bit.ly/KduR3Q Hi. My ...
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- published: 08 Dec 2011
- views: 50369364
- author: ERB
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P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
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From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 84269704
- author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Try
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
The new album, The Truth About Love, Available Now: http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk performing Try. (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music...
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The new album, The Truth About Love, Available Now: http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk performing Try. (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music...
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 79811184
- author: PinkVEVO
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
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Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 272475801
- author: Ryan Lewis
Beyoncé - Love On Top
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
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Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 87768345
- author: beyonceVEVO
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
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Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 53202473
- author: ERB
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
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Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 4144055
- author: PinkVEVO
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
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Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 111776899
- author: RihannaVEVO
This is the End -- Red Band Trailer
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unrav...
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The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unrav...
- published: 02 Apr 2013
- views: 3313347
- author: machinima
FUNNY GAMING MONTAGE
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
I'm just a guy from Sweden who likes to laugh and make other people laugh. Sharing gaming moments on YouTube with my bros! Why not join us? :D Become a bro t...
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I'm just a guy from Sweden who likes to laugh and make other people laugh. Sharing gaming moments on YouTube with my bros! Why not join us? :D Become a bro t...
- published: 03 Feb 2013
- views: 11750316
- author: PewDiePie
Rihanna - Diamonds
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
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Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 267461579
- author: RihannaVEVO
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7gB3V Tshirts for this battle: http://bit.ly/TkqQC1 http://Instagram....
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- published: 15 Oct 2012
- views: 64672272
- author: ERB
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:29
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
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This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
- published: 28 Mar 2013
- views: 5329248
- author: JennaMarbles
Most Annoying People On The Internet
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
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Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 5900277
- author: nigahiga
Darth Vader vs Hitler. Epic Rap Battles of History 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
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- published: 10 Nov 2010
- views: 73452611
- author: nicepeter
Coldplay - Paradise
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
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Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
- published: 19 Oct 2011
- views: 203406366
- author: ColdplayVEVO
How Girls Fall Asleep
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:11
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Woaaaah angel faced internet friends let me just tell you something, I got new internet the other day and my video uploaded faster than fucking butt lightnin...
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Woaaaah angel faced internet friends let me just tell you something, I got new internet the other day and my video uploaded faster than fucking butt lightnin...
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 11687800
- author: JennaMarbles
My Boyfriend Does My Makeup Tag
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:27
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
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Max does have his own channel, http://www.youtube.com/maxnosleeves, although it's mostly me because I'm electric Please subscribe to my channel and my vlog c...
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 12668276
- author: JennaMarbles
Mario Bros vs Wright Bros. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:46
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
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- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 47719157
- author: ERB
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (The Truth About Love - Live From...
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:40
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by P!nk performing Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Enterta...
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Music video by P!nk performing Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Enterta...
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 1610671
- author: PinkVEVO
The Next Viral Youtube Trend!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:09
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Its a simple math equation really... Click to see Bloopers and The making of this video here!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nccOGxj27J8 Follow me on TWITTE...
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- published: 02 Apr 2013
- views: 6309552
- author: nigahiga
SHOOTING WHILE PEPPER SPRAYED
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
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- published: 03 Apr 2011
- views: 11045553
- author: FPSRussia
AA-12 Fully Automatic Shotgun!!!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:57
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
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- published: 25 Apr 2011
- views: 33124202
- author: FPSRussia
The 40mm Machine Gun!!!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:27
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
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- published: 23 May 2011
- views: 12552845
- author: FPSRussia
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P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
http://wn.com/P!nk_Just_Give_Me_A_Reason_ft_Nate_Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 84269704
- author: PinkVEVO
Rihanna - Take A Bow
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
http://wn.com/Rihanna_Take_A_Bow
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 30 Nov 2009
- views: 92129705
- author: RihannaVEVO
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
http://wn.com/MACKLEMORE_RYAN_LEWIS_THRIFT_SHOP_FEAT_WANZ_OFFICIAL_VIDEO
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 272475801
- author: Ryan Lewis
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing something funny for money...and they want you to join them! Get involved...
http://wn.com/One_Direction_One_Way_Or_Another_Teenage_Kicks
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing something funny for money...and they want you to join them! Get involved...
- published: 20 Feb 2013
- views: 88451934
- author: OneDirectionVEVO
Beyoncé - Love On Top
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
http://wn.com/Beyoncé_Love_On_Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 87768345
- author: beyonceVEVO
Rihanna - Unfaithful
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEVOCertified on Feb. 15, 2012. http://vevo.com/certified http://youtu...
http://wn.com/Rihanna_Unfaithful
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEVOCertified on Feb. 15, 2012. http://vevo.com/certified http://youtu...
- published: 23 Nov 2009
- views: 147521142
- author: RihannaVEVO
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
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Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 53202473
- author: ERB
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
http://wn.com/P!nk_Try_The_Truth_About_Love_Live_From_Los_Angeles
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 4144055
- author: PinkVEVO
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
http://wn.com/Rihanna_Stay_ft_Mikky_Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 111776899
- author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Diamonds
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
http://wn.com/Rihanna_Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 267461579
- author: RihannaVEVO
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7gB3V Tshirts for this battle: http://bit.ly/TkqQC1 http://Instagram....
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- published: 15 Oct 2012
- views: 64672272
- author: ERB
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat Twitter: http://twitter.com/magicofrahat Facebook Group: http://ww...
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Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat Twitter: http://twitter.com/magicofrahat Facebook Group: http://ww...
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 33884855
- author: MagicofRahat
'Gangnam Style' Mom and Son!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet! This mom-and-son dance team are too cute to miss. Watch their orig...
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Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet! This mom-and-son dance team are too cute to miss. Watch their orig...
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 25447669
- author: TheEllenShow
Most Annoying People On The Internet
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
http://wn.com/Most_Annoying_People_On_The_Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 5900277
- author: nigahiga
What A Girl's Hair Means
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "taco night" what if there was just taco forever? Like all we ever ate...
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Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "taco night" what if there was just taco forever? Like all we ever ate...
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 7341569
- author: JennaMarbles
Rihanna - California King Bed
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:44
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
http://wn.com/Rihanna_California_King_Bed
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 07 May 2011
- views: 146619979
- author: RihannaVEVO
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:29
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
http://wn.com/Draw_My_Life_Jenna_Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
- published: 28 Mar 2013
- views: 5329248
- author: JennaMarbles
Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori told Ellen the story behind her viral video sensation.
http://wn.com/Hair_Tutorial_Gone_Wrong
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori told Ellen the story behind her viral video sensation.
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 6822783
- author: TheEllenShow
Expectations vs Reality: Romance
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:58
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
What people expect romance to be vs what it really is...
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What people expect romance to be vs what it really is...
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- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 4267274
Ryan Gosling's Big Gift
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
The sexy Ryan Gosling stopped by with a gift for Ellen and the audience -- footie pajamas! While the entire audience put them on, Ellen grilled Ryan to find ...
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The sexy Ryan Gosling stopped by with a gift for Ellen and the audience -- footie pajamas! While the entire audience put them on, Ellen grilled Ryan to find ...
- published: 07 Jan 2011
- views: 1979127
- author: TheEllenShow
Ellen Announces 'Finding Dory'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:58
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
They're finally making a sequel to "Finding Nemo"! Ellen revealed the big news on her show.
http://wn.com/Ellen_Announces_'Finding_Dory'
They're finally making a sequel to "Finding Nemo"! Ellen revealed the big news on her show.
- published: 02 Apr 2013
- views: 8901490
- author: TheEllenShow
Coldplay - Paradise
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
http://wn.com/Coldplay_Paradise
Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
- published: 19 Oct 2011
- views: 203406366
- author: ColdplayVEVO
Hitler vs Vader 2. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:42
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Download this song: http://bit.ly/VaderHitler2 Click to tweet this vid-ee-oh: http://clicktotweet.com/qaMyU vader hitler shirts: http://bit.ly/KduR3Q Hi. My ...
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Download this song: http://bit.ly/VaderHitler2 Click to tweet this vid-ee-oh: http://clicktotweet.com/qaMyU vader hitler shirts: http://bit.ly/KduR3Q Hi. My ...
- published: 08 Dec 2011
- views: 50369364
- author: ERB
4:03
P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/ta...
published: 05 Feb 2013
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 84269704
- author: PinkVEVO
3:50
Rihanna - Take A Bow
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) ...
published: 30 Nov 2009
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Take A Bow
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 30 Nov 2009
- views: 92129705
- author: RihannaVEVO
3:53
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id55...
published: 29 Aug 2012
author: Ryan Lewis
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 272475801
- author: Ryan Lewis
3:23
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing somet...
published: 20 Feb 2013
author: OneDirectionVEVO
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing something funny for money...and they want you to join them! Get involved...
- published: 20 Feb 2013
- views: 88451934
- author: OneDirectionVEVO
3:17
Beyoncé - Love On Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment....
published: 16 Oct 2011
author: beyonceVEVO
Beyoncé - Love On Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 87768345
- author: beyonceVEVO
4:56
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEV...
published: 23 Nov 2009
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEVOCertified on Feb. 15, 2012. http://vevo.com/certified http://youtu...
- published: 23 Nov 2009
- views: 147521142
- author: RihannaVEVO
2:48
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9l...
published: 14 Jun 2012
author: ERB
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 53202473
- author: ERB
4:31
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 201...
published: 18 Sep 2012
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 4144055
- author: PinkVEVO
4:08
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by R...
published: 12 Feb 2013
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 111776899
- author: RihannaVEVO
4:43
Rihanna - Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/Un...
published: 09 Nov 2012
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 267461579
- author: RihannaVEVO
3:30
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7g...
published: 15 Oct 2012
author: ERB
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7gB3V Tshirts for this battle: http://bit.ly/TkqQC1 http://Instagram....
- published: 15 Oct 2012
- views: 64672272
- author: ERB
3:42
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat...
published: 08 Jan 2013
author: MagicofRahat
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat Twitter: http://twitter.com/magicofrahat Facebook Group: http://ww...
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 33884855
- author: MagicofRahat
3:20
'Gangnam Style' Mom and Son!
Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet!...
published: 19 Sep 2012
author: TheEllenShow
'Gangnam Style' Mom and Son!
Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet! This mom-and-son dance team are too cute to miss. Watch their orig...
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 25447669
- author: TheEllenShow
4:50
Most Annoying People On The Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/df...
published: 28 Feb 2013
author: nigahiga
Most Annoying People On The Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 5900277
- author: nigahiga
Vimeo results:
6:35
Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX
EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO
ROBGWILSON.COM
EDITED BY Robert Grigsby Wilson
PRODUCED BY Kirby...
published: 03 Oct 2011
author: robgwilson.com
Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX
EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO
ROBGWILSON.COM
EDITED BY Robert Grigsby Wilson
PRODUCED BY Kirby Ferguson and Robert Grigsby Wilson
WRITTEN BY Cynthia Closkey
VISUAL EFFECTS BY Blake Loyd
CROWDSOURCED AT erxprod.wordpress.com
FILMS:
0:27 - Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 - Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 - Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 - The Killer (1989)
1:19 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 - Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 - Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 - Philip K. Dick Speech (youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo&feature;=related) (1977)
2:18 - Strange Days (1995)
2:24 - Akira (1988)
2:30 - Total Recall (1990)
3:24 - Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 - The Killer (1989)
3:53 - A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 - Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 - Akira (1998)
4:39 - Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 - Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)
5:10 - Ghost In The Shell (1995)
MUSIC:
(All sourced from The Matrix Soundtrack)
0:20 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
1:44 - Hive - Ultrasonic Sound
2:30 - Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)
3:38 - Propellerheads - Spybreak
4:39 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
7:29
Kubrick vs Scorsese
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute.
Editor's note...
published: 09 Jun 2010
author: Leandro Copperfield
Kubrick vs Scorsese
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute.
Editor's note: Many friends after seeing my video "Tarantino vs Coen Brothers" requested me to do a new video duel of directors, so I decided to do now a tribute to my two favorite directors, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, were 25 days re-watching 34 films, selected more than 500 scenes, and a hard work editing.
This video was purely non-profit and not Aimed at breaking copyright laws.
Editor's note #2: I know that they are different in many ways, this is not necessarily a comparison or "fight". It's just a hommage for two of my favorite directors.
Lists of films used ...
Dir.: Stanley Kubrick
Day of the Fight (1951)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Killer's Kiss (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Spartacus (1960)
Lolita (1962)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Dir.: Martin Scorsese
Mean Streets (1973)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Raging Bull (1980)
The King of Comedy (1982)
After Hours (1985)
The Color of Money (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
Kundun (1997)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Shutter Island (2010)
Audio Copyright Notices:
'I'm Shipping Up to Boston' performed by band Dropkick Murphys remains courtesy Hellcat Records, ® 2005
'Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing' by Chris Isaak remains courtesy Warner Music Group Corp, ® 1996
'Nude' by Radiohead remains courtesy XL Recordings, ® 2008
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/ (Other videos mashups)
1:46
The Title Design of Saul Bass
To celebrate the release of the long-awaited book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design", I ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Ian Albinson
The Title Design of Saul Bass
To celebrate the release of the long-awaited book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design", I put together a brief visual history of some of Saul Bass's most celebrated work.
Editor: Ian Albinson (www.artofthetitle.com)
"Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design" by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
(Available on Amazon - http://amzn.to/uZDYYR)
Related: A Brief History of Title Design (http://vimeo.com/20759580)
Website: www.artofthetitle.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArtoftheTitle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ArtoftheTitle
Music: Greg Fonkmaster B "Fonkmaster's Interlude"
++++++++++
Full film listing:
Carmen Jones (1954)
The Big Knife (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
Seconds (1966)
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
Grand Prix (1966)
That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
3:04
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG animated film Passion Pictures has made in partnership ...
published: 06 Sep 2012
author: Passion Pictures
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG animated film Passion Pictures has made in partnership with Unity, the games engine developers using the new Unity 4.0 3D software. The film was written and directed by Dan Sumich and is a homage to the classic action films from the 1970s through to the 1990s, with a soundtrack by the legendary heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett. An ordinary looking guy wakes up one morning feeling the worse for wear and realises he’s run out of milk. As he drags himself out of the house to go and buy some, an extraordinary sequence of events draws him into a journey of mayhem on the streets of San Francisco.
Youtube results:
3:12
What A Girl's Hair Means
Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "ta...
published: 24 Jan 2013
author: JennaMarbles
What A Girl's Hair Means
Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "taco night" what if there was just taco forever? Like all we ever ate...
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 7341569
- author: JennaMarbles
4:44
Rihanna - California King Bed
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music G...
published: 07 May 2011
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - California King Bed
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 07 May 2011
- views: 146619979
- author: RihannaVEVO
8:29
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WAN...
published: 28 Mar 2013
author: JennaMarbles
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
- published: 28 Mar 2013
- views: 5329248
- author: JennaMarbles
5:02
Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori t...
published: 26 Feb 2013
author: TheEllenShow
Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori told Ellen the story behind her viral video sensation.
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 6822783
- author: TheEllenShow
4:03
P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/ta...
published: 05 Feb 2013
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 84269704
- author: PinkVEVO
4:10
P!nk - Try
The new album, The Truth About Love, Available Now: http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by ...
published: 10 Oct 2012
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Try
The new album, The Truth About Love, Available Now: http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk performing Try. (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music...
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 79811184
- author: PinkVEVO
3:53
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id55...
published: 29 Aug 2012
author: Ryan Lewis
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 272475801
- author: Ryan Lewis
3:17
Beyoncé - Love On Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment....
published: 16 Oct 2011
author: beyonceVEVO
Beyoncé - Love On Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 87768345
- author: beyonceVEVO
2:48
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9l...
published: 14 Jun 2012
author: ERB
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 53202473
- author: ERB
4:31
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 201...
published: 18 Sep 2012
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 4144055
- author: PinkVEVO
4:08
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by R...
published: 12 Feb 2013
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 111776899
- author: RihannaVEVO
2:53
This is the End -- Red Band Trailer
The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strang...
published: 02 Apr 2013
author: machinima
This is the End -- Red Band Trailer
The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unrav...
- published: 02 Apr 2013
- views: 3313347
- author: machinima
4:48
FUNNY GAMING MONTAGE
I'm just a guy from Sweden who likes to laugh and make other people laugh. Sharing gaming ...
published: 03 Feb 2013
author: PewDiePie
FUNNY GAMING MONTAGE
I'm just a guy from Sweden who likes to laugh and make other people laugh. Sharing gaming moments on YouTube with my bros! Why not join us? :D Become a bro t...
- published: 03 Feb 2013
- views: 11750316
- author: PewDiePie
4:43
Rihanna - Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/Un...
published: 09 Nov 2012
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 267461579
- author: RihannaVEVO
3:30
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7g...
published: 15 Oct 2012
author: ERB
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7gB3V Tshirts for this battle: http://bit.ly/TkqQC1 http://Instagram....
- published: 15 Oct 2012
- views: 64672272
- author: ERB
8:29
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WAN...
published: 28 Mar 2013
author: JennaMarbles
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
- published: 28 Mar 2013
- views: 5329248
- author: JennaMarbles
4:50
Most Annoying People On The Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/df...
published: 28 Feb 2013
author: nigahiga
Most Annoying People On The Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 5900277
- author: nigahiga
1:41
Darth Vader vs Hitler. Epic Rap Battles of History 2
DOWNLOAD this SONG: http://bit.ly/epicrap2 NEW vader hitler shirts: http://bit.ly/KduR3Q T...
published: 10 Nov 2010
author: nicepeter
Darth Vader vs Hitler. Epic Rap Battles of History 2
DOWNLOAD this SONG: http://bit.ly/epicrap2 NEW vader hitler shirts: http://bit.ly/KduR3Q Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/53mUe Beat By: Vandali...
- published: 10 Nov 2010
- views: 73452611
- author: nicepeter
Vimeo results:
6:35
Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX
EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO
ROBGWILSON.COM
EDITED BY Robert Grigsby Wilson
PRODUCED BY Kirby...
published: 03 Oct 2011
author: robgwilson.com
Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX
EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO
ROBGWILSON.COM
EDITED BY Robert Grigsby Wilson
PRODUCED BY Kirby Ferguson and Robert Grigsby Wilson
WRITTEN BY Cynthia Closkey
VISUAL EFFECTS BY Blake Loyd
CROWDSOURCED AT erxprod.wordpress.com
FILMS:
0:27 - Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 - Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 - Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 - The Killer (1989)
1:19 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 - Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 - Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 - Philip K. Dick Speech (youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo&feature;=related) (1977)
2:18 - Strange Days (1995)
2:24 - Akira (1988)
2:30 - Total Recall (1990)
3:24 - Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 - The Killer (1989)
3:53 - A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 - Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 - Akira (1998)
4:39 - Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 - Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)
5:10 - Ghost In The Shell (1995)
MUSIC:
(All sourced from The Matrix Soundtrack)
0:20 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
1:44 - Hive - Ultrasonic Sound
2:30 - Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)
3:38 - Propellerheads - Spybreak
4:39 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
7:29
Kubrick vs Scorsese
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute.
Editor's note...
published: 09 Jun 2010
author: Leandro Copperfield
Kubrick vs Scorsese
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute.
Editor's note: Many friends after seeing my video "Tarantino vs Coen Brothers" requested me to do a new video duel of directors, so I decided to do now a tribute to my two favorite directors, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, were 25 days re-watching 34 films, selected more than 500 scenes, and a hard work editing.
This video was purely non-profit and not Aimed at breaking copyright laws.
Editor's note #2: I know that they are different in many ways, this is not necessarily a comparison or "fight". It's just a hommage for two of my favorite directors.
Lists of films used ...
Dir.: Stanley Kubrick
Day of the Fight (1951)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Killer's Kiss (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Spartacus (1960)
Lolita (1962)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Dir.: Martin Scorsese
Mean Streets (1973)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Raging Bull (1980)
The King of Comedy (1982)
After Hours (1985)
The Color of Money (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
Kundun (1997)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Shutter Island (2010)
Audio Copyright Notices:
'I'm Shipping Up to Boston' performed by band Dropkick Murphys remains courtesy Hellcat Records, ® 2005
'Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing' by Chris Isaak remains courtesy Warner Music Group Corp, ® 1996
'Nude' by Radiohead remains courtesy XL Recordings, ® 2008
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/ (Other videos mashups)
1:46
The Title Design of Saul Bass
To celebrate the release of the long-awaited book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design", I ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Ian Albinson
The Title Design of Saul Bass
To celebrate the release of the long-awaited book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design", I put together a brief visual history of some of Saul Bass's most celebrated work.
Editor: Ian Albinson (www.artofthetitle.com)
"Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design" by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
(Available on Amazon - http://amzn.to/uZDYYR)
Related: A Brief History of Title Design (http://vimeo.com/20759580)
Website: www.artofthetitle.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArtoftheTitle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ArtoftheTitle
Music: Greg Fonkmaster B "Fonkmaster's Interlude"
++++++++++
Full film listing:
Carmen Jones (1954)
The Big Knife (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
Seconds (1966)
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
Grand Prix (1966)
That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
3:04
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG animated film Passion Pictures has made in partnership ...
published: 06 Sep 2012
author: Passion Pictures
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG animated film Passion Pictures has made in partnership with Unity, the games engine developers using the new Unity 4.0 3D software. The film was written and directed by Dan Sumich and is a homage to the classic action films from the 1970s through to the 1990s, with a soundtrack by the legendary heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett. An ordinary looking guy wakes up one morning feeling the worse for wear and realises he’s run out of milk. As he drags himself out of the house to go and buy some, an extraordinary sequence of events draws him into a journey of mayhem on the streets of San Francisco.
Youtube results:
4:21
Coldplay - Paradise
Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by M...
published: 19 Oct 2011
author: ColdplayVEVO
Coldplay - Paradise
Click here to buy Mylo Xyloto http://links.emi.com/coldplayMX This video was directed by Mat Whitecross in 2011 and was filmed in South Africa and London Mus...
- published: 19 Oct 2011
- views: 203406366
- author: ColdplayVEVO
2:11
How Girls Fall Asleep
Woaaaah angel faced internet friends let me just tell you something, I got new internet th...
published: 22 Nov 2012
author: JennaMarbles
How Girls Fall Asleep
Woaaaah angel faced internet friends let me just tell you something, I got new internet the other day and my video uploaded faster than fucking butt lightnin...
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 11687800
- author: JennaMarbles
9:27
My Boyfriend Does My Makeup Tag
Max does have his own channel, http://www.youtube.com/maxnosleeves, although it's mostly m...
published: 02 Aug 2012
author: JennaMarbles
My Boyfriend Does My Makeup Tag
Max does have his own channel, http://www.youtube.com/maxnosleeves, although it's mostly me because I'm electric Please subscribe to my channel and my vlog c...
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 12668276
- author: JennaMarbles
1:46
Mario Bros vs Wright Bros. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2
Download this song: http://bit.ly/MarioRap Click to tweet this vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotw...
published: 17 Feb 2012
author: ERB
Mario Bros vs Wright Bros. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2
Download this song: http://bit.ly/MarioRap Click to tweet this vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/c534e This. Is. Merchandise: http://bit.ly/ERBMerch Hi. My ...
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 47719157
- author: ERB
4:03
P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/ta...
published: 05 Feb 2013
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
From the Grammy Nominated album The Truth About Love available now - http://smarturl.it/tal Music video by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess performing Just Give Me ...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 84269704
- author: PinkVEVO
3:50
Rihanna - Take A Bow
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) ...
published: 30 Nov 2009
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Take A Bow
Music video by Rihanna performing Take A Bow. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 66288884. (C) 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 30 Nov 2009
- views: 92129705
- author: RihannaVEVO
3:53
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id55...
published: 29 Aug 2012
author: Ryan Lewis
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Thrift Shop on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707 The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremer...
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 272475801
- author: Ryan Lewis
3:23
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing somet...
published: 20 Feb 2013
author: OneDirectionVEVO
One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
As well as releasing the Red Nose Day single, One Direction are fundraising by doing something funny for money...and they want you to join them! Get involved...
- published: 20 Feb 2013
- views: 88451934
- author: OneDirectionVEVO
3:17
Beyoncé - Love On Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment....
published: 16 Oct 2011
author: beyonceVEVO
Beyoncé - Love On Top
Music video by Beyoncé performing Love On Top. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 87768345
- author: beyonceVEVO
4:56
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEV...
published: 23 Nov 2009
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Music video by Rihanna performing Unfaithful. (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group #VEVOCertified on Feb. 15, 2012. http://vevo.com/certified http://youtu...
- published: 23 Nov 2009
- views: 147521142
- author: RihannaVEVO
2:48
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9l...
published: 14 Jun 2012
author: ERB
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2.
Download This Song: http://bit.ly/KzLBGB Click to Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://bit.ly/Nt9lg8 Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is EpicLLOYD, and this is th...
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 53202473
- author: ERB
4:31
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 201...
published: 18 Sep 2012
author: PinkVEVO
P!nk - Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles)
Music video by P!nk performing Try (The Truth About Love - Live From Los Angeles). (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 4144055
- author: PinkVEVO
4:08
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by R...
published: 12 Feb 2013
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
Download "Stay" from Unapologetic now: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko. © 2013 The Island Def Jam Mu...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 111776899
- author: RihannaVEVO
4:43
Rihanna - Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/Un...
published: 09 Nov 2012
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - Diamonds
Pre-order new album Unapologetic, out worldwide Monday, November 19: http://smarturl.it/UnapologeticDlx Music video by Rihanna performing Diamonds. ©: The Is...
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 267461579
- author: RihannaVEVO
3:30
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7g...
published: 15 Oct 2012
author: ERB
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2.
Tweet this Vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/bbcf0 Download this Song - http://bit.ly/T7gB3V Tshirts for this battle: http://bit.ly/TkqQC1 http://Instagram....
- published: 15 Oct 2012
- views: 64672272
- author: ERB
3:42
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat...
published: 08 Jan 2013
author: MagicofRahat
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
Learn Magic at http://www.penguinmagic.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themagicofrahat Twitter: http://twitter.com/magicofrahat Facebook Group: http://ww...
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 33884855
- author: MagicofRahat
3:20
'Gangnam Style' Mom and Son!
Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet!...
published: 19 Sep 2012
author: TheEllenShow
'Gangnam Style' Mom and Son!
Their web video was all over YouTube and they're here to perform their Gangnam Style duet! This mom-and-son dance team are too cute to miss. Watch their orig...
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 25447669
- author: TheEllenShow
4:50
Most Annoying People On The Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/df...
published: 28 Feb 2013
author: nigahiga
Most Annoying People On The Internet
Don't be these people. Mapoti See Bloopers and Behind-The-Scenes Here!: http://youtu.be/dfpo7uXwJnM Huge thank you and shout out to Dtrix: http://www.youtube...
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 5900277
- author: nigahiga
Vimeo results:
6:35
Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX
EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO
ROBGWILSON.COM
EDITED BY Robert Grigsby Wilson
PRODUCED BY Kirby...
published: 03 Oct 2011
author: robgwilson.com
Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX
EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO
ROBGWILSON.COM
EDITED BY Robert Grigsby Wilson
PRODUCED BY Kirby Ferguson and Robert Grigsby Wilson
WRITTEN BY Cynthia Closkey
VISUAL EFFECTS BY Blake Loyd
CROWDSOURCED AT erxprod.wordpress.com
FILMS:
0:27 - Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 - Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 - Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 - The Killer (1989)
1:19 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 - Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 - Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 - Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 - Philip K. Dick Speech (youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo&feature;=related) (1977)
2:18 - Strange Days (1995)
2:24 - Akira (1988)
2:30 - Total Recall (1990)
3:24 - Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 - The Killer (1989)
3:53 - A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 - Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 - Akira (1998)
4:39 - Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 - Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)
5:10 - Ghost In The Shell (1995)
MUSIC:
(All sourced from The Matrix Soundtrack)
0:20 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
1:44 - Hive - Ultrasonic Sound
2:30 - Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)
3:38 - Propellerheads - Spybreak
4:39 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
7:29
Kubrick vs Scorsese
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute.
Editor's note...
published: 09 Jun 2010
author: Leandro Copperfield
Kubrick vs Scorsese
http://leandrocopperfield.blogspot.com/
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute.
Editor's note: Many friends after seeing my video "Tarantino vs Coen Brothers" requested me to do a new video duel of directors, so I decided to do now a tribute to my two favorite directors, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, were 25 days re-watching 34 films, selected more than 500 scenes, and a hard work editing.
This video was purely non-profit and not Aimed at breaking copyright laws.
Editor's note #2: I know that they are different in many ways, this is not necessarily a comparison or "fight". It's just a hommage for two of my favorite directors.
Lists of films used ...
Dir.: Stanley Kubrick
Day of the Fight (1951)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Killer's Kiss (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Spartacus (1960)
Lolita (1962)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Dir.: Martin Scorsese
Mean Streets (1973)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Raging Bull (1980)
The King of Comedy (1982)
After Hours (1985)
The Color of Money (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
Kundun (1997)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Shutter Island (2010)
Audio Copyright Notices:
'I'm Shipping Up to Boston' performed by band Dropkick Murphys remains courtesy Hellcat Records, ® 2005
'Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing' by Chris Isaak remains courtesy Warner Music Group Corp, ® 1996
'Nude' by Radiohead remains courtesy XL Recordings, ® 2008
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The Title Design of Saul Bass
To celebrate the release of the long-awaited book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design", I ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Ian Albinson
The Title Design of Saul Bass
To celebrate the release of the long-awaited book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design", I put together a brief visual history of some of Saul Bass's most celebrated work.
Editor: Ian Albinson (www.artofthetitle.com)
"Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design" by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
(Available on Amazon - http://amzn.to/uZDYYR)
Related: A Brief History of Title Design (http://vimeo.com/20759580)
Website: www.artofthetitle.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArtoftheTitle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ArtoftheTitle
Music: Greg Fonkmaster B "Fonkmaster's Interlude"
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Full film listing:
Carmen Jones (1954)
The Big Knife (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
Seconds (1966)
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
Grand Prix (1966)
That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
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The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG animated film Passion Pictures has made in partnership ...
published: 06 Sep 2012
author: Passion Pictures
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG animated film Passion Pictures has made in partnership with Unity, the games engine developers using the new Unity 4.0 3D software. The film was written and directed by Dan Sumich and is a homage to the classic action films from the 1970s through to the 1990s, with a soundtrack by the legendary heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett. An ordinary looking guy wakes up one morning feeling the worse for wear and realises he’s run out of milk. As he drags himself out of the house to go and buy some, an extraordinary sequence of events draws him into a journey of mayhem on the streets of San Francisco.
Youtube results:
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What A Girl's Hair Means
Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "ta...
published: 24 Jan 2013
author: JennaMarbles
What A Girl's Hair Means
Hey friendship you know what I was thinking about? What if there were no such thing as "taco night" what if there was just taco forever? Like all we ever ate...
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 7341569
- author: JennaMarbles
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Rihanna - California King Bed
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music G...
published: 07 May 2011
author: RihannaVEVO
Rihanna - California King Bed
Music video by Rihanna performing California King Bed. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
- published: 07 May 2011
- views: 146619979
- author: RihannaVEVO
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Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WAN...
published: 28 Mar 2013
author: JennaMarbles
Draw My Life- Jenna Marbles
This video accidentally turned out kind of sad, ME SO SOWWY IT NOT POSED TO BE SAD WHO WANTS HUGS AND COOKIES? Also, FYI for anyone attempting this, it takes...
- published: 28 Mar 2013
- views: 5329248
- author: JennaMarbles
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Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori t...
published: 26 Feb 2013
author: TheEllenShow
Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong
Her hair styling may not have worked out, but her YouTube video of it is a big hit! Tori told Ellen the story behind her viral video sensation.
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 6822783
- author: TheEllenShow
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29 Apr 2013
April 29 (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader ... officials as saying. "The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan", one American official said, "was the United States." ... U.S ... U.S ... Marine Gen....(size: 10.2Kb)
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
29 Apr 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Indefinite detentions are worse than death, for at least in death there is some type of finality and a sense of closure. For many of the "Indefinite" Detainees at Guantanamo Prison Camp, then, their experience is a living death, a living hell. It is even worse than being confined in small and crowded mesh kennels, or having to endure months of total and extreme isolation ... (1) Mayer, Jane....(size: 6.6Kb)
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye
28 Apr 2013
Japan marked for the first time Sunday the end of the allied occupation of the country following its defeat in World War II. "We have a responsibility to make Japan a strong and resolute country that others across the world can rely on," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a ceremony in Tokyo that was attended by dignitaries, including Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko ... Reuters reports. ... troops ... Shinzo Abe China Japan South Korea. ....(size: 2.3Kb)
photo: AP / SANA
29 Apr 2013
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi has survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus, Syrian state media report. "The terrorist explosion in al-Mezzeh was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime minister. Doctor Wael al-Halqi is well and not hurt at all," state television said on Monday ... A total of six people were reportedly killed in the blast ... 207 Source.. Al Jazeera And Agencies ... ....(size: 5.9Kb)
South China Morning Post
30 Apr 2013
Assistant highways director Tsang King-man and former development minister Mak Chai-kwong swapped their North Point flats in 1990 because Tsang did not want to sell a property which had a tenancy agreement, a court heard on Tuesday ... Tsang said when he wanted to sell the flat, 22E, in 1990 but it was occupied by a tenant....(size: 1.5Kb)
noodls
30 Apr 2013
(Source. Chicago Blackhawks) ... and Game 2 on Friday, May 3 at 8.30 p.m ... and Tuesday, May 7 at 8.30 p.m ... All times listed are Central. The Blackhawks finished the 2012-13 regular season with the NHL's best record (36-7-5), marking the first time since 1990-91 that Chicago clinched the Presidents' Trophy and fourth time in franchise history that the team has finished atop the league standings (1966-67, 1969-70, 1990-91) ... distributed by....(size: 2.3Kb)
Canberra Times
30 Apr 2013
The domes, an invention of Iranian architect Nader Khalili, were originally meant for lunar settlements and were first employed in a refugee crisis after the 1990-91 Gulf war, but they work just fine for kids in west London too ... employed in a refugee crisis after the 1990-91 Gulf war, but they work just fine for kids in west London too....(size: 3.9Kb)
The Oklahoman
30 Apr 2013
. By Steve Lackmeyer .. email. Howard Pollack, who lost a battle with the Oklahoma City Zoological Trust last year to continue operation of the Zoo Amphitheatre, is set to open a new concert venue along the Oklahoma River ... Drawing provided. Multimedia ... Steve Lackmeyer is a reporter and columnist who started his career at The Oklahoman in 1990 ... Steve Lackmeyer is a reporter and columnist who started his career at The Oklahoman in 1990....(size: 6.1Kb)
The Oklahoman
30 Apr 2013
. By Steve Lackmeyer .. email. SandRidge Energy is halting expansion of its campus and converting two buildings under construction — the Braniff Building and the 120 Robert S. Kerr building — into leasable office space ... Multimedia. Photoview all photos ... Steve Lackmeyer is a reporter and columnist who started his career at The Oklahoman in 1990 ... Steve Lackmeyer is a reporter and columnist who started his career at The Oklahoman in 1990....(size: 6.2Kb)
The Daily Telegraph Australia
30 Apr 2013
ADELAIDE children are looking for their own slice of fame at Prospect’s Muratti Cakes & Gateaux. The Prospect Rd patisserie’s co-owner Jimmy Parris said business had boomed since employee Jenna Jaede was a contestant on Seven’s My Kitchen Rules ... Muratti was established by Darek Pietka and Robert Ziolek in 1990 ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
The Times of India
30 Apr 2013
GUWAHATI ... The student body, which has decided to stage a protest on Tuesday here, alleged that the security forces in the state have been killing innocent people in the name of militants and their linkmen ... Since 1990, over 10,000 people have lost their lives in several encounters in the state ... He was later found dead ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
Bloomberg
30 Apr 2013
West Texas Intermediate crude traded near the highest level in almost three weeks. U.S ... Crude stockpiles rose by 1.1 million barrels last week to 389.7 million, the biggest since July 1990, according to the median of eight analyst estimates before a report from the Energy Information Administration tomorrow. U.S ... Sydney time ... 3, 2012. U.S ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
The Star
30 Apr 2013
THE latest James Bond novel is named Solo and will follow the suave British spy on an African adventure, its author William Boyd (pic) revealed ... The author was born in Ghana and has written novels set in Africa before, including A Good Man In Africa (1981) which was turned into a 1994 film starring original 007 Sean Connery and Brazzaville Beach (1990) ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
New York Post Online
30 Apr 2013
Kathy Boudin is a former terrorist with the Weather Underground who went to prison for her role in the 1981 Brink’s robbery, in which one security guard and two police officers were murdered. Today she is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of Social Work ... Elizabeth Lederer arriving in court in 1990. If you guessed Lederer, you’d be right ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
Scoop
30 Apr 2013
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 11.07 am. Press Release. Statistics New Zealand. New Housing Consents Up In Canterbury �" Media Release. 30 April 2013. New housing consents continued to rise in Canterbury, reaching 444 in March 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today ... “Both Waimakariri and Selwyn districts each broke records with their highest monthly totals since the series began in April 1990.” ... 16 apartments (down 149 from 165) ... Visit ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
Jakarta Post
30 Apr 2013
Paper Edition . Page. 7. The Health Ministry said Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua had the lowest rate of vaccination and births without the assistance of health workers. “The vaccination rate is under 50 percent in these provinces ... Vaccinations reduced the country’s infant mortality rate from 46 per 1,000 infants in 1990 to 35 per 1,000 in 2012 ... “In Indonesia, only 86.8 percent of infants received universal child immunization ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
Stuff
30 Apr 2013
Housing consents continue to rise in Canterbury, reaching 444 last month, Statistics New Zealand says. Across Canterbury, the number of new houses consented reached a six-year high, industry and labour statistics manager Blair Cardno said. ''Both the Waimakariri and Selwyn districts broke records with their highest monthly totals since the series began in April 1990,'' he said ... This was boosted by work on prisons in the Auckland region....(size: 2.2Kb)
This article is about the year 1990. For the number, see 1990 (number). For other uses, see 1990 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1987 1988 1989 – 1990 – 1991 1992 1993 |
| 1990 by topic: |
| Subject |
| By country |
| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 1990 MCMXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2743 |
| Armenian calendar | 1439 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6740 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 146–147 |
| Bengali calendar | 1397 |
| Berber calendar | 2940 |
| British Regnal year | 38 Eliz. 2 – 39 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2534 |
| Burmese calendar | 1352 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7498–7499 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十二月初五日 (4626/4686-12-5) — to —
庚午年十一月十五日(4627/4687-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 1706–1707 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1982–1983 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5750–5751 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2046–2047 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1912–1913 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5091–5092 |
| Holocene calendar | 11990 |
| Iranian calendar | 1368–1369 |
| Islamic calendar | 1410–1411 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 2 (平成2年) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4323 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 79 民國79年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2533 |
| Unix time | 631152000–662687999 |
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1990 (MCMXC) was a common year that started on a Monday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1990th year of Anno Domini; the 990th year of the 2nd millennium; the 90th year of the 20th century; and the 1st year of the 1990s. It is often considered the final year of the Cold War era.
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Events[link]
January[link]
- January 1 – Glasgow begins its year as European City of Culture.
- January 3 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrenders to American forces.
- January 4 – Two trains collide in Sangi, Pakistan, killing between 200 and 300 people and injuring an estimated 700 others.
- January 7 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns.
- January 9 – Ugandan Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara-Okello, who led a coup against Dr. Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.
- January 10 – Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- January 11 – Cold War: In Lithuania, 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
- January 15 – Thousands storm the Stasi headquarters in Berlin in an attempt to view their government records.
- January 20 – Cold War: Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan, under the state of emergency decree issued by Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev and kill over 130 and wound over 700 protesters for national independence.[1]
- January 22 – Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the Morris worm.
- January 25 – Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.
- January 25–January 26 – The Burns' Day storm kills 97 in northwestern Europe.
- January 27 – The city of Tiraspol in the Moldavian SSR briefly declares independence.
- January 28 – Super Bowl XXIV: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Denver Broncos 55-10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- January 29 – The trial of Joseph Hazelwood, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, begins in Anchorage, Alaska. He is accused of negligence that resulted in America's second worst oil spill to date.
- January 31 – The first McDonald's in Moscow, Russia opens.
February[link]
- February 2 – Apartheid: In South Africa, President F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to legally function again and promises to free Nelson Mandela.
- February 5 – Manuel Fraga becomes the president of Galicia, Spain.
- February 10 – South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released the next day.
- February 11 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town, South Africa, after 27 years behind bars.
- February 13
- German reunification: An agreement is reached for a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
- Drexel Burnham Lambert files for bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11.
- February 14 – The Pale Blue Dot picture was sent back from the Voyager 1 probe after completing its primary mission. It was around 3.5 billion miles away from earth.
- February 15 – The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after 8 years. The UK had severed ties in response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory, in 1982.
- February 26
- The Sandinistas are defeated in the Nicaraguan elections.
- The USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991.
- February 27 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on 5 criminal counts.
March[link]
- March 1
- A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, kills 16 people.
- Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- The Royal New Zealand Navy discontinues its daily rum ration.
- March 6 – An SR-71 sets a U.S. transcontinental speed record of 1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds, on what is publicized as its last official flight.
- March 9
- Police seal off Brixton in South London after another night of protests against the poll tax.
- Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord.
- March 10 – Eighteen months after seizing power in a coup, Prosper Avril is ousted in Haiti.
- March 11
- Cold War: Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union with the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
- Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1970.
- March 15
- Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. Daphne Parish, a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as an accomplice.
- Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
- Cold War: The Soviet Union announces that Lithuania's declaration of independence is invalid.
- March 18
- Twelve paintings, collectively worth $100 to $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by 2 thieves posing as police officers. This is the largest art theft in US history, and the paintings (as of 2011[update]) have not been recovered.
- Cold War: East Germany holds its first free elections.
- March 20 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
- March 21 – After 75 years of South African rule, Namibia becomes independent.
- March 25
- In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
- Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie announces his intention to retire at the end of the year.
- March 26 – The 62nd Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, with Driving Miss Daisy winning Best Picture.
- March 27 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.
- March 28 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- March 30 – Cold War: After its first free elections during the Soviet era on March 18, Estonia declares Soviet rule to have been illegal since 1940.
- March 31 – "The Second Battle of Trafalgar": A massive anti-poll tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, turns into a riot; 471 people are injured, and 341 arrested.
April[link]
- April 1
- Strangeways Prison riot: The longest prison riot in Britain's history begins at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, and continues for 3 weeks and 3 days, until April 25.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Championship in a Title for Title, winner takes all match at WrestleMania VI in front of nearly 68,000 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
- April 6 – Robert Mapplethorpe's "The Perfect Moment" show of nude and homoerotic photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values.
- April 7 – Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of 5 charges for his part in the scandal; the convictions are later reversed on appeal.
- April 8 – Scandinavian Star, a Bahamas-registered ferry, catches fire en route from Norway to Denmark, leaving 158 dead.
- April 13 – Cold War: The Soviet Union apologizes for the Katyn Massacre.
- April 15 – Food poisoning kills 450 guests at an engagement party in Uttar Pradesh.
- April 24
- STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.[2]
- The Space Shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
- Cold War: West Germany and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1.
- April 25 – Violeta Chamorro is elected President of Nicaragua.
May[link]
- May 1 – The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the states of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.
- May 2 – In London, a man brandishing a knife robs a courier of bearer bonds worth £292 million (the largest mugging to date).
- May 4 – Cold War: Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- May 8 – Cold War: Estonia restores the formal name of the country, the Republic of Estonia, as well as the state emblems (the coat of arms, the flag and the anthem).
- May 15 – Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million.
- May 17 – The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from its list of diseases.
- May 20 – Cold War: The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
- May 22
- Cold War: The leaders of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen announce the unification of their countries as the Republic of Yemen.
- Microsoft releases Windows 3.0.
- May 29 – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) founded.
June[link]
- June 1
- Cold War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.
- Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army. Dillon-Lee is killed outside his home in Dortmund, Germany and Davies is killed at a railway station in Lichfield, England.
- June 2
- The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974.
- Namibia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- June 7 – Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad is elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.
- June 8 – The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy.
- June 12 – Cold War: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
- June 13 – June 1990 Mineriad: Fighting breaks out in Romania in the aftermath of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, between the supporters of Nicolae Ceauşescu and the Communist regime, and those of the new regime.
- June 21 – An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale kills thousands in the Iranian city of Manjil.[3]
- June 22 – Underwater volcano Mount Didicas erupts in the Philippines.
- June 24 – Kathleen Young and Irene Templeton are ordained as priests in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, becoming the first female Anglican priests in the United Kingdom.
July[link]
- July 2 – A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426.
- July 6 – Somali president Siad Barre's bodyguards massacre antigovernment demonstrators during a soccer match; 65 people are killed, more than 300 seriously injured.
- July 8 – West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- July 11 – Terrorist act in Azerbaijan. Armenian terrorists blow up passenger bus moving from Kelbecer to Tartar. 14 people are killed, 35 were wounded.[4]
- July 15 – Tamil Tigers kill 168 Muslims in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- July 16 – An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills more than 1,600 in the Philippines.
- July 25
- George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
- The Serbian Democratic Party declares the sovereignty of the Serbs in Croatia.
- July 26 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.
- July 27
- The parliament building and a government television house in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago are stormed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen in a coup d'état attempt which lasts 5 days. Approximately 26 to 30 people are killed and several wounded (including then Prime Minister, A. N. R. Robinson, who is shot in the leg).
- Cold War: Belarus declares its sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the USSR.
- July 28 – Albert Fujimori becomes president of Peru.
- July 30 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb kills former British politician and former Member of Parliament Ian Gow outside his home in England.
August[link]
- August 2 – Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
- August 6 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.
- August 10 – A passenger bus, moving by the route "Tbilisi-Agdam" is blown up, 20 people died and 30 were injured. Organizers of the crime, Armenians A. Avanesian and M. Tatevosian, were brought to criminal trial.[4]
- August 12 – "Sue", the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota.
- August 19 – Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- August 23 – East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3.[5]
- August 24 – Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly 5 years.
- August 28 – The Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago Metropolitan Area).
- August 30 – Collapse of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.
September[link]
- September 2 – Cold War: Transnistria declares its independence from the Moldavian SSR; however, the declaration is not recognized by any government.
- September 9 – First Liberian Civil War: Liberian president Samuel Doe is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution.
- September 11 – Gulf War: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
- September 12
- Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
- A judge in Australia orders the arrest of media tycoon Christopher Skase, former owner of the Seven Network, after he fails to give evidence in a liquidator's examination of failed shipbuilding company Lloyds Ships Holdings, an associate of Skase's Qintex Australia Ltd.[6]
- September 18 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta, United States.
- September 19 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army tries to assassinate Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. Hit by at least 9 bullets, the former Governor of Gibraltar survives.
- September 29 – Washington, D.C.'s National Cathedral is finished.
October[link]
- October 3 – Cold War: East Germany and West Germany reunify into a single Germany.
- October 8 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
- October 13 – Lebanese Civil War: Syrian military forces invade and occupy Mount Lebanon, ousting General Michel Aoun's government. This effectively consolidates Syria's 14 year occupation of Lebanese soil.
- October 14 – Leonard Bernstein dies of a heart attack at his home in New York City. He is 72 years old.
- October 15 – Cold War: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and reform his nation.
- October 27 – Cold War: The Supreme Soviet of Kyrgyzstan chooses Askar Akayev as the republic's first president.
November[link]
- November 1 – Mary Robinson defeats odds-on favourite Brian Lenihan to become the first female President of Ireland.
- November 5 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- November 12
- Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan.
- Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web.[7]
- November 9 - The Parliament of Singapore enacts the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act.
- November 13 - In New Zealand, David Gray kills 13 people in what would become known as the Aramoana Massacre.
- November 14 – Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the border at the Oder-Neisse line.
- November 15 – STS-38: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a classified military mission.
- November 21
- Charter of Paris for a New Europe signed.
- Super Famicom released in Japan.
- November 22 – Margaret Thatcher announces she will not contest the second ballot of the leadership election for the Conservative Party (UK).
- November 25 – Lech Wałęsa and Stanisław Tymiński win the first round of the first presidential elections in Poland.
- November 27 - Women's suffrage was introduced in the last Swiss half canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
- November 29 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday, January 15, 1991.
December[link]
- December 1 – Establishing the first land connection between the United Kingdom and the mainland of Europe, Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed.
- December 3
- At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 (a Boeing 727) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.
- Mary Robinson begins her term as President of Ireland, becoming the first female to hold this office.
- December 6
- Saddam Hussein releases the Western hostages.
- President Hossain Mohammad Ershad of Bangladesh is forced to resign following massive protests.
- December 9
- Slobodan Milošević becomes President of Serbia.
- Lech Wałęsa wins the 2nd round of Poland's first presidential election.
- December 16 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti, ending 3 decades of military rule.
- December 22
- The first constitution of the Republic of Croatia is adopted.
- The Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia become independent, after the termination of their trusteeship.
- December 23 – In the Slovenian independence referendum, 88.5% of the overall electorate (94.8% of votes), with the turnout of 93.3%, supported independence of the country.
- December 25 – Tim Berners-Lee creates the first webpage on the first web server.
- December 31 – Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov.
Date unknown[link]
- The last adornments in handwriting are de-standardized, to keep up with the Information Age.[8]
- Homosexual acts between consenting adults are decriminalized in Queensland.
World population[link]
| World population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1985 | 1995 | |||||
| World | 5,263,593,000 | 4,830,979,000 |  432,614,000 |
+8.95 % | 5,674,380,000 | 410,787,000 |
+7.80 % |
| Africa | 622,443,000 | 541,718,000 | 80,629,000 |
+14.88 % | 707,462,000 | 85,019,000 |
+13.66 % |
| Asia | 3,167,807,000 | 2,887,552,000 | 280,255,000 |
+9.71 % | 3,430,052,000 | 262,245,000 |
+8.28 % |
| Europe | 721,582,000 | 706,009,000 | 15,573,000 |
+2.21 % | 727,405,000 | 5,823,000 |
+0.81 % |
| Latin America | 441,525,000 | 401,469,000 | 40,056,000 |
+9.98 % | 481,099,000 | 39,574,000 |
+8.96 % |
| North America | 283,549,000 | 269,456,000 | 14,093,000 |
+5.23 % | 299,438,000 | 15,889,000 |
+5.60 % |
| Oceania | 26,687,000 | 24,678,000 | 2,009,000 |
+8.14 % | 28,924,000 | 2,237,000 |
+8.38 % |
Births[link]
January[link]
- January 4
- Toni Kroos, German footballer
- Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
- January 6
- Abhinav Mukund, Indian cricketer
- Dominique Aegerter, Swiss motorcycle racer
- Alex Teixeira Santos, Brazilian footballer
- January 7
- Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
- Camryn Grimes, American actress
- Liam Aiken, American actor
- Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
- January 10
- Tao Li, Singaporean Olympic swimmer
- Jessica Scheel, Miss Guatemala Universe 2010
- January 12 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
- January 13 - Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
- January 15 – Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
- January 17 – Tom Bosworth, British race walker
- January 22 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
- January 26
- Christopher Massey, American actor
- Kherington Payne, American dancer and actress
- January 30
- Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress/singer
- Jake Thomas, American actor and singer
- January 31 – Kota Yabu, Japanese singer/actor
February[link]
- February 1 – Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
- February 3 – Sean Kingston, American singer
- February 4 – Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese Seiyū
- February 7
- Anna Abreu, Finnish pop singer
- Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 9
- Camille Winbush, American actress
- Facundo Affranchino, Argentine footballer
- February 10 – Sooyoung, a member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
- February 11 – Q'Orianka Kilcher, German-born actress
- February 13 – Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism according to some sources
- February 18 - Park Shin Hye, South Korean actress
- February 19 - Luke Pasqualino, English actor
- February 27 – Hafiz AF7, Malaysian singer
- February 28 – Anna Muzychuk, Ukrainian chess player
March[link]
- March 1 – James Lomas, British actor
- March 2 – Adderly Fong, Hong Kong Chinese race car driver
- March 4 – Andrea Bowen, American actress
- March 6 - Esti Ginzburg, Israeli model
- March 8
- Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins
- Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
- Petra Kvitova, Czech tennis player
- March 19 – Anthony Skorich, Australian soccer player
- March 23
- Princess Eugenie of York, British Princess and daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York
- Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish Formula One driver
- March 24
- Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-born New Zealand actress
- Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor
- Starlin Castro, Major League Baseball player
- March 25 – Kiowa Gordon, American actor
- March 26
- Yuya Takaki, Japanese singer/actor
- Carly Chaikin, American actress
- Xiumin, South Korean singer
- March 30 - Cassie Scerbo, American actress
April[link]
- April 2 – Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
- April 5 – Miura Haruma, Japanese actor
- April 6 - Charlie McDermott, American actor
- April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
- April 10
- Alex Pettyfer, English actor
- Ben Amos, English footballer
- April 15 – Emma Watson, English actress
- April 16
- Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
- Lily Loveless, British actress
- April 17 – Astrit Ajdarevic, Swedish professional football player
- April 18 – Britt Robertson, American actress
- April 19 – Kim Chiu, Filipina actress
- April 20 – Lu Han, Chinese singer
- April 23 – Dev Patel, British actor
- April 24 - Alexa Nicole, American pornographic actress
- April 30 - Madison Riley, American actress
May[link]
- May 1 – Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
- May 2 – Kay Panabaker, American actress
- May 3 – Miranda Chartrand, Canadian singer
- May 4
- Nicholas Naitanui, Australian rules footballer
- David Hasler, Liechtenstein footballer
- May 5 – Saad Al Sheebi, Qatari footballer
- May 8
- Anastasia Zuyeva, Russian swimmer
- Kemba Walker, American basketball player
- May 12 – Florent Amodio, French figure skater
- May 15
- Gerald Santos, Filipino actor and singer
- Denzel Whitaker, American actor
- May 16
- Thomas Sangster, British actor
- Darko Sarovic, Serbian sprinter
- May 24 – Joey Logano, American race car driver
- May 27 – Chris Colfer, American actor
- May 26
- Luigi Masi, British singer
- Umar Akmal, Pakistani cricketer
- May 30
- Matías Nocedal, Argentine basketball player
- Dean Collins, American actor
- Yoona, a member of Korean girl group Girls' Generation
June[link]
- June 2
- Kristiina Brask, Finnish pop singer
- Brittany Curran, American actress and singer
- June 6 – Ashleigh Chisholm, Australian actress
- June 7 – Daniel Rich, Australian rules footballer
- June 10 – Niamh Perry, Irish actress and singer
- June 11 - Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
- June 12 – Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
- June 17
- Jordan Henderson, English international footballer
- Laura Wright, English singer
- June 18 – Sandra Izbaşa, Romanian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
- June 21
- Richard Berankis, Lithuanian tennis player
- Håvard Nordtveit, Norwegian football player
- June 22 – Kei Inoo, Japanese singer/actor
- June 25 – Andi Eigenmann, Filipina actress
- June 28 – Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
- June 29 – Sayuri Sugawara, Japanese singer
July[link]
- July 1 – Angelo Balanta, Colombian footballer
- July 2 – Margot Robbie, Australian actress
- July 4
- Alyssa Miller, American model
- David Kross, German actor
- July 6 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
- July 9
- Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Fabio da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- July 11
- Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
- Patrick Peterson, American football player
- July 16 – James Maslow, American actor and singer
- July 18 – Saul Alvarez, Mexican boxer
- July 19 - Rosie Jones, English glamour model
- July 23 – Kevin Reynolds, Canadian Figure Skater
- July 24
- Daveigh Chase, American actress
- Jay McGuiness, British singer, part of The Wanted
- July 27
- Nick Hogan, American television personality
- Indiana Evans, Australian actress
- July 28 – Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, American rapper
- July 29 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
August[link]
- August 1 – Jack O'Connell, British actor
- August 6 – JonBenét Ramsey, American beauty queen and murder victim (d. 1996)
- August 9 – Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
- August 10 – Tai Woffinden, English speedway rider
- August 12 – Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
- August 15 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
- August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
- August 20 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
- August 27 - Madison Welch, English glamour model
- August 29 - Nicole Anderson, American actress
- August 28 – Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
September[link]
- September 3 – Abbas Ali, Pakistani footballer
- September 4 – Danny Worsnop, British musician
- September 5 – Kim Yu-Na, South Korean figure skater
- September 6 – John Wall, American basketball player
- September 8 – Matt Barkley, American football player
- September 9
- Melody Klaver, Dutch actress
- Haley Reinhart, American singer
- September 13 – Jamie Anderson, American snowboarder
- September 19 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
- September 20
- Erich Gonzales, Filipina actress
- Phillip Phillips, American singer
- John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 21
- Christian Serratos, American actress
- Allison Scagliotti, American actress
- September 23
- Marigona Dragusha, Kosovan model, Miss Universe Kosovo 2009
- Agustin Sierra, Argentine actor
- Laurent Alvarez, Swiss figure skater
- September 25 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
- September 28 – Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
- September 29 - Doug Brochu, American actor
- September 30 - Gracie Glam, American pornographic actress
October[link]
- October 2 - Samantha Barks, Manx singer and actress
- October 3 - Rhian Ramos, Filipino actress
- October 7
- Ayla Kell, American actress
- Thunder/Cheondung, Korean pop singer, member of MBLAQ
- October 12 – Henri Lansbury, English footballer
- October 16 – Yohanna, Icelandic singer and Eurovision runner-up
- October 18 – Carly Schroeder, American actress
- October 21 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
- October 22
- Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
- Ashley Fiolek, American champion motocross racer
- October 25 – Austin Peralta, American jazz musician and composer
- October 29
- Constance Jablonski, French model
- Eric Saade, Swedish pop singer
- October 31 - Noodle, member of the Gorillaz
November[link]
- November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, American actor and singer
- November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
- November 6 – Kris Wu, Chinese-Canadian singer and rapper
- November 7
- Matt Corby, Australian singer
- Marisa Siketa, Australian actress
- November 14 – Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
- November 15 – Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
- November 24 - Sarah Hyland, American actress
- November 29 – Diego González, Mexican singer, actor, and song writer
- November 30 – Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
December[link]
- December 9 - LaFee, German singer/songwriter
- December 10
- Giulia Boverio, Italian actress
- Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle rider (d. 2010)
- December 13 – Corey Anderson, New Zealand cricketer
- December 17
- Folashade Abugan, Nigerian sprinter
- John Rooney, English footballer
- December 18 – Lara Scandar, Egyptian singer
- December 20 – JoJo, American singer/actress
- December 22 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor
- December 23
- Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress
- Anna Mae Routledge, Canadian actress
- December 26 – Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
- December 27 - Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
- December 28 – David Archuleta, American singer
- December 31
- Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
- Zhao Jing, Chinese swimmer
Deaths[link]
January[link]
- January 2
- Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (b. 1921)
- Evangelos Averoff, Greek politician, former Foreign Minister (b. 1910)
- January 4
- Sir Henry Bolte, Australian politician, former Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
- Doc Edgerton, American electrical engineer (b. 1903)
- Alberto Lleras Camargo, Colombian politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1906)
- January 5 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
- January 6
- Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)
- Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- January 7
- Avraham Abba Leifer, American Hassidic dynastic rabbi (1918)
- Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player (b. 1908)
- January 8
- Terry-Thomas, English actor (b. 1911)
- Jaime Gil de Biedma, Spanish poet (b. 1929)
- January 9
- Bazilio Olara-Okello, Ugandan military officer and statesman, former head of State (b. 1929)
- Spud Chandler, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- January 10 – Lyle R. Wheeler, American art director (b. 1905)
- January 15 – Gordon Jackson (actor), Scottish actor (b. 1923)
- January 17 – Charles Hernu, French politician, former minister of Defense (b. 1923)
- January 18
- Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
- Melanie Appleby, British musician (b. 1966)
- January 19
- Arthur Goldberg, American Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1908)
- Herbert Wehner, German Social Democratic politician (b. 1906)
- Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), Indian mystic and spiritual teacher (b. 1931)
- January 20
- Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
- Hayedeh, Iranian singer (b. 1942)
- Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese former Prime Minister (b. 1887)
- January 22
- Mariano Rumor, Italian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1915)
- Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (b. 1897)
- January 23
- Allen Collins, American musician (b. 1952)
- José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1925)
- January 24 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
- January 25
- Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet (b. 1898)
- January 26 – Lewis Mumford, American historian of science (b. 1895)
- January 27 – Helen Jerome Eddy, American actress (b. 1897)
- January 28 – Joseph Payne Brennan, American poet/author (b. 1918)
February[link]
- February 2
- Joe Erskine, British boxer (b. 1934)
- Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist (b. 1905)
- Mel Lewis, American jazz musician (b. 1929)
- February 7
- Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general and World War II hero (b. 1905)
- Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (b. 1913)
- February 8 – Del Shannon, American musician and singer (b. 1934)
- February 10 – Bill Sherwood, American film director (b. 1952)
- February 14
- Jean Wallace, American actress (b. 1923)
- José Luis Panizo, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
- February 16
- Keith Haring, American pop artist (b. 1954)
- Robert Ouko, Kenyan politician (b. 1931)
- February 17 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
- February 19 – Michael Powell, British director (b. 1905)
- February 24
- Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1919)
- Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927)
- Sandro Pertini, Italian Socialist politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1896)
- February 27 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, American scholar (b. 1903)
March[link]
- March 5 – Gary Merrill, American actor (b. 1915)
- March 6 – William Raborn, United States Navy officer, former CIA director (b. 1905)
- March 13
- Karl Münchinger, German conductor (b. 1915)
- Bruno Bettelheim, American child psychologist (b. 1903)
- Michael Stewart, British politician, former Foreign Secretary (b. 1906)
- March 17
- March 18 – Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (b. 1953)
- March 19 – Andrew Wood, American musician (b. 1966)
- March 20 – Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (b. 1929)
- March 22
- Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, Colombian politician (b. 1956)
- Gerald Bull, Canadian Scientist assassinated by Mossad (b. 1928)
- March 23
- John Dexter, English theater director (b. 1925)
- René Enríquez, American actor (b. 1933)
- March 24 – Ray Goulding, American comedian (b. 1922)
- March 26 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
April[link]
- April 2 – Aldo Fabrizi, Italian actor (b. 1905)
- April 3 – Sarah Vaughan, American jazz vocalist (b. 1924)
- April 7 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut, NASA Apollo program (b. 1933)
- April 8
- Doreen Sloane, British actress (b. 1934)
- Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971)
- April 10 – Fortune Gordien, American Olympic athlete (b. 1922)
- April 14
- Sabicas, Spanish guitarist (b. 1912)
- Ahmed Balafrej, Moroccan politician, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (b. 1908)
- April 15 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (b. 1905)
- April 17 – Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (b. 1926)
- April 18
- Frédéric Rossif, French film and television director (b. 1922)
- Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and father of Eddie Guerrero (b. 1921)
- Robert D. Webb, American film director (b. 1903)
- April 19 – Marco Aurelio Robles, Panamanian politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1905)
- April 20 – Horst Sindermann, East German politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1915)
- April 21 – Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), French Art Deco artist (b. 1892)
- April 22 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
- April 23 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
- April 25 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1923)
- April 26 – Carlos Pizarro León-Gómez, Colombian politician (b. 1951)
- April 27 – Bella Spewack, American songwriter (b. 1899)
May[link]
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- May 1 – Sunset Carson, American actor (b. 1920)
- May 2 – David Rappaport, American actor (b. 1951)
- May 3 – Pimen I of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and head of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1910)
- May 6 – Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
- May 8 – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish cardinal (b. 1923)
- May 10 – Walker Percy, American writer (b. 1916)
- May 12 – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (b. 1906)
- May 14 – Franklyn Seales, American actor (b. 1952)
- May 16
- Sammy Davis Jr., American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1925)
- Jim Henson, Muppets creator, American puppeteer and filmmaker (b. 1936)
- May 18 – Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
- May 21 – Max Wall, English actor (b. 1908)
- May 22 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1919)
- May 25 – Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
- May 29 – Hussein bin Onn, Malay politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1922)
- May 31 – Willy Spühler, Swiss politician, former President of the Confederation (b. 1902)
June[link]
- June 2 – Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
- June 3
- Robert Noyce, American businessman and inventor (b. 1927)
- Stiv Bators, American singer (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)
- June 4 – Jack Gilford, American actor (b. 1907)
- June 5 – Vasili Kuznetsov, Soviet politician, former provisional head of the State (b. 1901)
- June 7
- Barbara Baxley, American actress (b. 1923)
- Alfredo Poveda, Ecuadorean military officer and statesman, former head of the State (b. 1926)
- June 8 – José Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rican politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1906)
- June 11 – Vaso Čubrilović, Yugoslav politician, last surviving participant in the conspiracy to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1897)
- June 12 – Lord Terence O'Neill, Northern Irish politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1914)
- June 15 – Leonard Sachs, British actor (b. 1909)
- June 16 – Dame Eva Turner, British soprano (b. 1892)
- June 20 – Ina Balin, American actress (b. 1937)
- June 22 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- June 24 – Germán Suárez Flamerich, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, former head of State (b. 1907)
- June 29 – Irving Wallace, American writer (b. 1916)
- June 30 – Lynne Carol, British actress (b. 1914)
July[link]
- July 4 – Phil Boggs, American Olympic diver (b. 1949)
- July 7
- Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
- Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
- July 8 – Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
- July 13 – Lois Moran, American actress (b. 1909)
- July 15
- Enn Roos, Estonian Soviet sculptor (b. 1908)
- Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
- July 18
- Yun Bo-seon, South Korean politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1897)
- Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (b. 1918)
- Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (b. 1957)
- Gerry Boulet, Canadian musician (b. 1946)
- July 19 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
- July 21 – Joe Turner, American jazz pianist (b. 1907)
- July 22 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
- July 23 – Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese television engineer (b. 1899)
- July 26 – Brent Mydland, American keyboard player (b. 1952)
- July 29 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian Social Democratic politician, former Federal Chancellor (b. 1911)
- July 31 – Fernando Sancho, Spanish actor (b. 1916)
August[link]
- August 1
- Norbert Elias, German sociologist of Jewish descent (b. 1897)
- Robert Krieps, Luxembourgian Social Democratic politician (b. 1922)
- August 2 – Edwin Richfield, British actor (b. 1921)
- August 4
- Mathias Goeritz, Mexican-German artist (b. 1915)
- Ettore Maserati, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1894)
- August 6 – Jacques Soustelle, French politician and anthropologist (b. 1912)
- August 9 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
- August 12 – Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (b. 1903)
- August 15 – Victor Tsoi, Russian singer, actor and poet (b. 1962)
- August 17 – Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b. 1918)
- August 18 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (b. 1904)
- August 22
- Luigi Dadaglio, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1914)
- Patrick McAlinney, Irish actor (b. 1913)
- August 23 – David Rose, British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger and orchestra leader (b. 1910)
- August 24 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian short-story writer and novelist (b. 1941)
- August 26 – Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan politician and poet (b. 1928)
- August 27
- Raymond St. Jacques, American actor (b. 1930)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (b. 1954)
- August 31 – Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1949)
September[link]
- September 1 – Geir Hallgrímsson, Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1925)
- September 4 – Irene Dunne, American actress (b. 1898)
- September 6 – Tom Fogerty, American musician (b. 1941)
- September 7
- A. J. P. Taylor, English historian (b. 1906)
- Ahti Karjalainen, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1923)
- September 9
- Samuel Doe, Liberian military officer and statesman, President of the Republic from 1980 (b. 1951)
- Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
- September 16 – Len Hutton, English cricketer (b. 1916)
- September 19 – Hermes Pan, American choreographer (b. 1910)
- September 21 – Xu Xiangqian, Communist military leader in the People's Republic of China, former Defense minister. (b. 1901)
- September 26 – Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (b. 1907)
- September 30 – Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
October[link]
- October 1 – Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (b. 1906)
- October 3 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)
- October 4
- Jill Bennett, British actress (b. 1931)
- Avis Bunnage, British actress (b. 1923)
- October 5 – Peter Taylor, English footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- October 7
- Rashid bin Said Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Emir (Ruler) of Dubai (b. 1912)
- Juan José Arévalo, Guatemalan politician, former President of the Republic (b. 1904)
- Grim Natwick, American animator (b. 1890)
- October 13
- Douglas Edwards, American television news anchor (b. 1917)
- Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
- October 14 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
- October 15 – Delphine Seyrig, French actress (b. 1932)
- October 16 – Art Blakey, American jazz musician (b. 1919)
- October 20 – Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
- October 21 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese politician (b. 1934)
- October 22 – Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
- October 23 – Zephania Mothopeng, South African politician, leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) (b. 1913)
- October 26 – William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (b. 1901)
- October 27
- Xavier Cugat, American bandleader (b. 1900)
- Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
- Helmut Maandi, Estonian statesman (b. 1906)
- Elliott Roosevelt, American writer, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1910)
- Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- October 29 – William F. Smith, American lawyer. former Attorney General of the United States. (b. 1917)
November[link]
- November 3 – Mary Martin, American actress (b. 1913)
- November 4 – Henry Cravatte, Luxembourgian Social Democratic politician, former Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1911)
- November 5 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and political figure (b. 1932)
- November 7 – Lawrence Durrell, British writer (b. 1912)
- November 11
- Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet (b. 1909)
- Sadi Irmak, Turkish politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1904)
- November 12 – Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
- November 13 – Don Chaffey, British film director (b. 1917)
- November 17 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- November 23
- Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (b. 1916)
- Nguyễn Văn Tâm, South Vietnamese politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1892)
- November 26 – Ludwig von Moos, Swiss politician, former President of the Confederation (b. 1910)
- November 27 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)
December[link]
- December 1 – Sergio Corbucci, Italian film director (b. 1927)
- December 2
- Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
- Robert Cummings, American actor (b. 1908)
- December 4 – Naoto Tajima, Japanese athlete (b. 1912)
- December 6
- Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1903)
- December 7
- Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban writer (b. 1943)
- Dee Clark, American soul singer (b. 1938)
- Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
- December 8
- Boris Kochno, Russian poet, dancer, and librettist (b. 1906)
- Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, assemblage designer and theatre director (b. 1915)
- Enrico Coveri, Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur (b. 1952)
- Martin Ritt, American film director (b. 1914)
- December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (b. 1909)
- December 10 – Armand Hammer, American business tycoon (b. 1898)
- December 12 – Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1908)
- December 13 – Alice Marble, American tennis champion (b. 1913)
- December 14
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (b. 1921)
- Francisco Gabilondo Soler, Mexican singer (b. 1907)
- December 15 – Edmund Parker, American Kenpo founder (b. 1931)
- December 16
- Douglas Campbell, American World War I pilot (b. 1896)
- Jackie Mittoo, Jamaican musician (b. 1948)
- December 18 – Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
- December 24- Tammy Homolka, Canadian murder victim (b. 1975)
- December 28 – Kiel Martin, American actor (b. 1944)
- December 31
- Vasili Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928)
- George Allen, American football coach (b. 1918)
Nobel Prizes[link]
- Physics – Jerome Isaac Friedman, Henry Way Kendall, and Richard Edward Taylor
- Chemistry – Elias James Corey
- Physiology or Medicine – Joseph E. Murray, E. Donnall Thomas
- Literature – Octavio Paz
- Peace – Mikhail Gorbachev
- Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Harry Markowitz, Merton Miller, William Sharpe
Templeton Prize[link]
- Baba Amte (Joint Award)
- L. Charles Birch (Joint Award)
Fields Medal[link]
Right Livelihood Award[link]
- Alice Tepper Marlin, Bernard Lédéa Ouedraogo, Felicia Langer and ATCC (Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare)
In Fiction[link]
- The role-playing video game Ultima II: Revenge Of The Enchantress requires the player to travel to 1990 AD.
References[link]
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- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-31.html
- ^ "Iranian Town, Once a Jewel, Lies Entombed". The New York Times: pp. A6. June 25
- ^ a b Terrorist and Sabotage Acts Committed in the Territory of Azerbaijan
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| Born | Stephen Edwin King (1947-09-21) September 21, 1947 (age 64) Portland, Maine |
| Pen name | Richard Bachman, John Swithen |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, columnist, actor, television producer, film director |
| Alma mater | University of Maine (B.A., English, 1970) |
| Genres | Horror, fantasy, science fiction, drama, gothic, genre fiction, dark fantasy |
| Notable work(s) | Carrie, The Shining, The Stand, It, and The Dark Tower |
| Spouse(s) | Tabitha King |
| Children | Naomi King Joe King Owen King |
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies[7] and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine.
King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee,[8] and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.[9] He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his whole career, such as the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2004), the Canadian Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (2007).[10]
Early life[link]
King's father, Donald Edwin King, who was born circa 1913 in Peru, Indiana, was a merchant seaman.[11] King's mother, Nellie Ruth (née Pillsbury; March 13, 1913 – December 28, 1973) was born in Scarborough, Maine.[11] They were married July 23, 1939, in Cumberland County, Maine.[11]
Stephen King was born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. When King was two years old, his father left the family under the pretense of "going to buy a pack of cigarettes," leaving his mother to raise King and his adopted older brother, David, by herself, sometimes under great financial strain. The family moved to De Pere, Wisconsin, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Stratford, Connecticut. When King was eleven years old, the family returned to Durham, Maine, where Ruth King cared for her parents until their deaths. She then became a caregiver in a local residential facility for the mentally challenged.[12] King was raised Methodist.[13]
As a child, King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train, though he has no memory of the event. His family told him that after leaving home to play with the boy, King returned, speechless and seemingly in shock. Only later did the family learn of the friend's death. Some commentators have suggested that this event may have psychologically inspired some of King's darker works,[14] but King makes no mention of it in his memoir On Writing.[15]
King's primary inspiration for writing horror fiction was related in detail in his 1981 non-fiction Danse Macabre, in a chapter titled "An Annoying Autobiographical Pause". King makes a comparison of his uncle successfully dowsing for water using the bough of an apple branch with the sudden realization of what he wanted to do for a living. While browsing through an attic with his elder brother, King uncovered a paperback version of an H.P. Lovecraft collection of short stories entitled The Lurker in the Shadows that had belonged to his father. The cover art—an illustration of a yellow-green Demon hiding within the recesses of a Hellish cavern beneath a tombstone—was, he writes, the moment in his life which "that interior dowsing rod responded to.” King told Barnes & Noble Studios during a 2009 interview, "I knew that I'd found home when I read that book."[16]
Education and early career[link]
King attended Durham Elementary School and graduated from Lisbon Falls High School, in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He displayed an early interest in horror as an avid reader of EC's horror comics, including Tales from the Crypt (he later paid tribute to the comics in his screenplay for Creepshow). He began writing for fun while still in school, contributing articles to Dave's Rag, the newspaper that his brother published with a mimeograph machine, and later began selling stories to his friends which were based on movies he had seen (though when discovered by his teachers, he was forced to return the profits). The first of his stories to be independently published was "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber", serialized over three published and one unpublished issue of a fanzine, Comics Review, in 1965.[17] That story was published the following year in a revised form as "In a Half-World of Terror" in another fanzine, Stories of Suspense, edited by Marv Wolfman.[18]
From 1966, King studied English at the University of Maine, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. That same year his first daughter, Naomi Rachel, was born. He wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Maine Campus, titled "Steve King's Garbage Truck", took part in a writing workshop organized by Burton Hatlen,[1] and took odd jobs to pay for his studies, including one at an industrial laundry. He sold his first professional short story, "The Glass Floor", to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967.[12] The Fogler Library at the University of Maine now holds many of King's papers.
After leaving the university, King earned a certificate to teach high school but, being unable to find a teaching post immediately, initially supplemented his laboring wage by selling short stories to men's magazines such as Cavalier. Many of these early stories have been published in the collection Night Shift. In 1971, King married Tabitha Spruce, a fellow student at the University of Maine whom he had met at the University's Fogler Library after one of Professor Hatlen's workshops.[1] That fall, King was hired as a teacher at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. He continued to contribute short stories to magazines and worked on ideas for novels.[12] It was during this time that King developed a drinking problem, which would plagued him for more than a decade.[citation needed]
Bibliography[link]
Main articles: Stephen King bibliography and Stephen King short fiction bibliography
1970s–1980s work[link]
In 1973, King's novel Carrie was accepted by publishing house Doubleday. King threw an early draft of the novel in the trash after becoming discouraged with his progress writing about a teenage girl with psychic powers. His wife retrieved the manuscript and encouraged him to finish it.[19] His advance for Carrie was $2,500, with paperback rights earning $400,000 at a later date. King and his family moved to southern Maine because of his mother's failing health. At this time, he began writing a book titled Second Coming, later titled Jerusalem's Lot, before finally changing the title to 'Salem's Lot (published 1975). In a 1987 issue of The Highway Patrolman magazine, he stated, "The story seems sort of down home to me. I have a special cold spot in my heart for it!"[20] Soon after the release of Carrie in 1974, his mother died of uterine cancer. His Aunt Emrine read the novel to her before she died. King has written of his severe drinking problem at this time, stating that he was drunk delivering the eulogy at his mother's funeral.[15]
After his mother's death, King and his family moved to Boulder, Colorado, where King wrote The Shining (published 1977). The family returned to western Maine in 1975, where King completed his fourth novel, The Stand (published 1978). In 1977, the family, with the addition of Owen Phillip (his third and last child), traveled briefly to England, returning to Maine that fall where King began teaching creative writing at the University of Maine. He has kept his primary residence in Maine ever since.[citation needed]
In 1985 King wrote his first work for the comic book medium,[21] writing a few pages of the benefit X-Men comic book Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men. The book, whose profits were donated to assist with famine relief in Africa, was written by a number of different authors in the comic book field, such as Chris Claremont, Stan Lee, and Alan Moore, as well as authors not primarily associated with that industry, such as Harlan Ellison.[22] The following year, King wrote the introduction to Batman #400, an anniversary issue in which he expressed his preference for that character over Superman.[23][24]
[edit] The Dark Tower books
Main article: The Dark Tower (series)
In the late 1970s, King began what became a series of interconnected stories about a lone gunslinger, Roland, who pursues the "Man in Black" in an alternate-reality universe that is a cross between J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and the American wild west as depicted by Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone in their spaghetti westerns. The first of these stories, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, was first published in five installments by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction under the editorship of Edward L. Ferman, beginning in 1977 and the last in 1981. The Gunslinger was continued as a large 7-book epic called The Dark Tower, which were written and published infrequently over four decades.
In 1982, the fantasy small-press Donald M. Grant (known for publishing the entire canon of Robert E. Howard) printed these stories for the first time together in hardcover form with color and black-and-white illustrations by fantasy artist Michael Whelan, as The Gunslinger. Each chapter was named for the story previously published in magazine form. King dedicated the hardcover edition to his editor at F&SF, Ed Ferman, who "took a chance on these stories". The original print-run was only 10,000 copies, which was, by this time, a comparatively low run for a first printing of a King novel in hardcover. His 1980 novel, Firestarter, had an initial print-run in trade hardcover at 100,000 copies, and his 1983 novel, Christine, had a trade hardcover print-run of 250,000 copies, both by the much larger publisher Viking. The Gunslinger's initial release was not highly publicized, and only specialty science-fiction and related bookstores carried it on their shelves. The book was generally not available in the larger chain stores, except by special order. Rumors spread among avid fans that there was a King book out that few readers knew about, let alone had actually read. When the initial 10,000 copies sold out, Grant printed another 10,000 copies in 1984, but these runs were still far short of the growing demand among fans for this book. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger was the beginning of his magnum opus fantasy epic. Both the first and second printings of The Gunslinger garner premium prices on the collectible book market, notably among avid readers and collectors of Stephen King, horror literature, fantasy literature, American western literature, and fans of the artwork of Michael Whelan.[citation needed]
In 1987, King released the second installment, The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three, in which Roland draws three people from 20th-century United States into his world through magical doors. Grant published The Drawing of the Three with illustrations by Phil Hale in a slightly larger run of 30,000 copies, which was still well below King's typical initial hardcover print-run of a new book. (It, published in 1986, had an initial print-run of 1,000,000 copies, King's largest to date.) King had believed that the Dark Tower books would only be of interest to a select group of his fans, and he had resisted releasing it on a larger scale. Finally, in the late 1980s, bowing to pressure from his publishers and fans who were searching for the books (at this point fewer than 50,000 of his millions of readers would have been able to own any of the Dark Tower books), King agreed to release The Gunslinger and all subsequent Dark Tower books in trade paperback and mass market formats.[citation needed]
In the early 2000s King revised the original book, The Gunslinger, because he felt the voice and imagery of the original stories of the late 1970s did not seem to fit the voice of the final installment of 2004. King felt the style of the work had markedly changed during the intervening 27 years. The revised version was published in 2003 by his former hardcover publisher Viking. Grant published its hardcover limited edition of the revised version of The Gunslinger along with a prequel story set in the Dark Tower world called "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (originally published in 1998 in the collection Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy) in 2009.
Adaptations[link]
In October 2005, King signed a deal with Marvel Comics to publish a seven-issue, miniseries spin-off of the series called The Gunslinger Born. The series, which focuses on a young Roland Deschain, is plotted by Robin Furth, with dialogue by Peter David, and illustrated by Eisner Award-winning artist Jae Lee. The first issue was published on February 7, 2007, and King, David, Lee and Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada appeared at a midnight signing at a Times Square, New York comic book store to promote it.[25][26] The work had sold over 200,000 copies by March 2007. The success of The Gunslinger Born led to an ongoing series of miniseries published by Marvel, with Furth and David continuing to collaborate, featuring both adapted material from the Dark Tower books and new material approved by King; it also led to a second series of King adaptations in the same format, serializing the events of The Stand.
Although The Hollywood Reporter announced in February 2007 that plans were underway for Lost co-creator J. J. Abrams to do an adaptation of King's epic Dark Tower series,[5] Abrams stated in a November 2009 interview with MTV that he would not be adapting the series.[27]
Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer will produce a feature film based on The Dark Tower series, with Howard slated to direct.[citation needed]
Richard Bachman[link]
Main article: Richard Bachman
In the late 1970s-early 1980s, King published a handful of short novels—Rage (1977), The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork (1981), The Running Man (1982) and Thinner (1984)—under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The idea behind this was to test whether he could replicate his success again and to his fears that his popularity was an accident. An alternate explanation was that publishing standards at the time allowed only a single book a year.[28] He picked up the name from the hard rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, of which he is a fan.[29]
Richard Bachman was exposed as King's pseudonym by a persistent Washington D.C. bookstore clerk, Steve Brown, who noticed similarities between the works and later located publisher's records at the Library of Congress that named King as the author of one of Bachman's novels.[30] This led to a press release heralding Bachman's "death"—supposedly from "cancer of the pseudonym."[31] King dedicated his 1989 book The Dark Half, about a pseudonym turning on a writer, to "the deceased Richard Bachman", and in 1996, when the Stephen King novel Desperation was released, the companion novel The Regulators carried the "Bachman" byline.
In 2006, during a press conference in London, King declared that he had discovered another Bachman novel, titled Blaze. It was published on June 12, 2007. In fact, the original manuscript had been held at King's alma mater, the University of Maine in Orono, for many years and had been covered by numerous King experts. King completely rewrote the original 1973 manuscript for its publication.[citation needed]
King has used other pseudonyms, such as John Swithen for The Fifth Quarter.[citation needed]
Car accident and thoughts of retirement[link]
On June 19, 1999 at about 4:30 p.m., King was walking on the shoulder of Route 5, in Lovell, Maine. Driver Bryan Smith, distracted by an unrestrained dog moving in the back of his minivan, struck King, who landed in a depression in the ground about 14 feet from the pavement of Route 5.[15] According to Oxford County Sheriff deputy Matt Baker, King was hit from behind and some witnesses said the driver was not speeding, reckless, or drinking.[32]
King was conscious enough to give the deputy phone numbers to contact his family but was in considerable pain. The author was first transported to Northern Cumberland Hospital in Bridgton and then flown by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center, in Lewiston. His injuries—a collapsed right lung, multiple fractures of his right leg, scalp laceration and a broken hip—kept him at CMMC until July 9. His leg bones were so shattered doctors initially considered amputating his leg, but stabilized the bones in the leg with an external fixator.[33] After five operations in ten days and physical therapy, King resumed work on On Writing in July, though his hip was still shattered and he could only sit for about forty minutes before the pain became worse. Soon it became nearly unbearable.[34]
King's lawyer and two others purchased Smith's van for $1,500, reportedly to prevent it from appearing on eBay. The van was later crushed at a junkyard, much to King's disappointment, as he dreamed of beating it with a baseball bat once his leg was healed. King later mentioned during an interview with Fresh Air's Terry Gross that he wanted to completely destroy the vehicle himself with a pickaxe.[35]
During this time, Tabitha King was inspired to redesign his studio. King visited the space while his books and belongings were packed away. What he saw was an image of what his studio would look like if he died, providing a seed for his novel Lisey's Story.[36]
In 2002, King announced he would stop writing, apparently motivated in part by frustration with his injuries, which had made sitting uncomfortable and reduced his stamina. He has since resumed writing, but states on his website that:
"I'm writing but I'm writing at a much slower pace than previously and I think that if I come up with something really, really good, I would be perfectly willing to publish it because that still feels like the final act of the creative process, publishing it so people can read it and you can get feedback and people can talk about it with each other and with you, the writer, but the force of my invention has slowed down a lot over the years and that's as it should be."[37]
2000s work[link]
In 2000, King published a serialized novel, The Plant, online, bypassing print publication. At first it was presumed by the public that King had abandoned the project because sales were unsuccessful, but he later stated that he had simply run out of stories.[38] The unfinished epistolary novel is still available from King's official site, now free. Also in 2000, he wrote a digital novella, Riding the Bullet, and has said he sees e-books becoming 50% of the market "probably by 2013 and maybe by 2012." But he also warns: "Here's the thing—people tire of the new toys quickly."[39]
In August 2003 King began writing a column on pop culture appearing in Entertainment Weekly, usually every third week. The column is called "The Pop of King", a play on the nickname "The King of Pop" commonly given to Michael Jackson.[40]
In 2006, King published an apocalyptic novel, Cell. The book features a sudden force in which every cell phone user turns into a mindless killer. King noted in the book's introduction that he does not use cell phones.
In 2007, Marvel Comics began publishing comic books based on King's Dark Tower series, followed by adaptations of The Stand in 2008 and The Talisman in 2009.
In 2008, King published both a novel, Duma Key, and a collection, Just After Sunset. The latter featured 13 short stories, including a novella, N., which was later released as a serialized animated series that could be seen for free, or, for a small fee, could be downloaded in a higher quality; it then was adopted into a limited comic book series.
In 2009, King published Ur, a novella written exclusively for the launch of the second-generation Amazon Kindle and available only on Amazon.com, and Throttle, a novella co-written with his son Joe Hill, which later was released as an audiobook Road Rage, which included Richard Matheson's short story "Duel". On November 10 that year, King's novel, Under the Dome, was published. It is a reworking of an unfinished novel he tried writing twice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and at 1,074 pages, it is the largest novel he has written since 1986's It. It debuted at #1 in The New York Times Bestseller List.[41]
2010s work[link]
On February 16, 2010, King announced on his website that his next book will be a collection of four previously unpublished novellas. The book is called Full Dark, No Stars. In April of that year, King published Blockade Billy, an original novella issued first by independent small press Cemetery Dance Publications and later released in mass market paperback by Simon & Schuster. The following month, DC Comics premiered American Vampire, a monthly comic book series written by King with short story writer Scott Snyder, and illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque, which represents King's first original comics work.[42][43][44]
King's next novel, 11/22/63, was published November 8, 2011,[45][46] and the eighth Dark Tower volume, The Wind Through the Keyhole, was published in 2012.[47] King's next novel is the upcoming sequel to The Shining (1977), titled Dr. Sleep, scheduled to be published in 2013, and King is currently working on Joyland, a novel about "an amusement-park serial killer", according to an article in The Sunday Times published on April 8, 2012.[48]
Collaborations[link]
King has written two novels with acclaimed horror novelist Peter Straub: The Talisman and a sequel, Black House. King has indicated that he and Straub will likely write the third and concluding book in this series, the tale of Jack Sawyer, but has set no time for its completion.
King also wrote the nonfiction book, Faithful, with novelist and fellow Red Sox fanatic Stewart O'Nan.
In 1996 King collaborated with Michael Jackson to create Ghosts, a 40-minute musical video in which the singer portrays a recluse living in a mansion confronting an unwelcoming group of townsfolk initially calling for his exodus from their community.
"Throttle", a novella written in collaboration with his son Joe Hill, appears in the anthology He Is Legend: Celebrating Richard Matheson, (Gauntlet Press, 2009).[49]
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red, was a paperback tie-in for the King-penned miniseries Rose Red. The book was published under anonymous authorship, and written by Ridley Pearson. This spin-off is a rare occasion of another author being granted permission to write commercial work using characters and story elements invented by King.
King wrote a musical play with John Mellencamp titled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.
King played guitar for the rock band Rock-Bottom Remainders, several of whose members are authors. Other members include Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount, Jr., Matt Groening, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Sam Barry, and Greg Iles. None of them claim to have any musical talent.[citation needed] King is a fan of the rock band AC/DC,[citation needed] who did the soundtrack for his 1986 film, Maximum Overdrive. He is also a fan of The Ramones,[citation needed] who wrote the title song for Pet Sematary and appeared in the music video. King referred to the band several times in various novels and stories[citation needed] and The Ramones referenced King on the song "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)", which is on 1981's Pleasant Dreams. In addition he wrote the liner notes for their tribute album We're a Happy Family. In 1988, the band Blue Öyster Cult recorded an updated version of their 1974 song "Astronomy". The single released for radio play featured a narrative intro spoken by King.[50]
On Sunday, October 25, 2009 the DC Comics/Vertigo announced King's collaboration with short story writer Scott Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque for the monthly Vertigo comic book series American Vampire, which debuted in March 2010.[42] King wrote the background history of the very first American vampire, Skinner Sweet, in the first five -issues story arc. Scott Snyder wrote the story of Pearl.[51]
In 2010, King collaborated with musician Shooter Jennings and his band Hierophant, providing the narration for their most recent album, Black Ribbons.
Analysis[link]
Writing style[link]
King's formula for learning to write well is: "Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot find the time for that, you can't expect to become a good writer." He sets out each day with a quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met. He also has a simple definition for talent in writing: "If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented."[52]
Shortly after his accident, King wrote the first draft of the book Dreamcatcher with a notebook and a Waterman fountain pen, which he called "the world's finest word processor."[53]
When asked why he writes, King responds: "The answer to that is fairly simple—there was nothing else I was made to do. I was made to write stories and I love to write stories. That's why I do it. I really can't imagine doing anything else and I can't imagine not doing what I do."[54] He is also often asked why he writes such terrifying stories and he answers with another question: "Why do you assume I have a choice?"[55]
King often uses authors as characters, or includes mention of fictional books in his stories, novellas and novels, such as Paul Sheldon who is the main character in Misery and Jack Torrance in The Shining. See also List of fictional books in the works of Stephen King for a complete list. In September 2009 it was announced he would serve as a writer for Fangoria.[56]
Influences[link]
King has called Richard Matheson "the author who influenced me most as a writer."[15] Both authors casually integrate characters' thoughts into the third person narration, just one of several parallels between their writing styles. In a current edition of Matheson's The Shrinking Man, King is quoted: "A horror story if there ever was one...a great adventure story—it is certainly one of that select handful that I have given to people, envying them the experience of the first reading."
King refers to H. P. Lovecraft several times in Danse Macabre. "Gramma", a short story made into a film in the 1980s anthology horror show The New Twilight Zone, mentions Lovecraft's notorious fictional creation Necronomicon, also borrowing the names of a number of the fictional monsters mentioned therein. "I Know What You Need" from the 1976 collection Night Shift, and 'Salem's Lot also mention the tome. In On Writing, King is critical of Lovecraft's dialogue-writing skills, using passages from The Colour Out of Space as particularly poor examples. There are also several examples of King referring to Lovecraftian characters in his work, such as Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth.
King acknowledges the influence of Bram Stoker, particularly on his novel 'Salem's Lot, which he envisioned as a retelling of Dracula.[57] Its related short story "Jerusalem's Lot", is reminiscent of Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm.[citation needed]
King has also referenced author Shirley Jackson. 'Salem's Lot opens with a quotation from Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and a character in Wolves of the Calla references the Jackson book We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
King is a fan of John D. MacDonald, and dedicated the novella "Sun Dog" to MacDonald, saying "I miss you, old friend." For his part, MacDonald wrote an admiring preface to Night Shift, and even had his famous character, Travis McGee, reading Cujo in one of the last McGee novels and Pet Sematary in the last McGee novel, The Lonely Silver Rain.
In 1987 King's Philtrum Press published Don Robertson's novel, The Ideal, Genuine Man. In his forenote to the novel, King wrote, "Don Robertson was and is one of the three writers who influenced me as a young man who was trying to 'become' a novelist (the other two being Richard Matheson and John D. MacDonald)."[58]
Robert A. Heinlein's book The Door into Summer is repeatedly mentioned in King's Wolves of the Calla.
In an interview with King, Published in the USA Weekend in March 2009, the author stated, "People look on writers that they like as an irreplaceable resource. I do. Elmore Leonard, every day I wake up and – not to be morbid or anything, although morbid is my life to a degree – don't see his obituary in the paper, I think to myself, "Great! He's probably working somewhere. He's gonna produce another book, and I'll have another book to read." Because when he's gone, there's nobody else."[59]
King partly dedicated his book Cell to film director George Romero, and wrote an essay for the Elite DVD version of Night of the Living Dead.
Critical response[link]
Although critical reaction to King's work has been mostly positive, he has occasionally come under fire from academic writers.
Science fiction editors John Clute and Peter Nichols[60] offer a largely favorable appraisal of King, noting his "pungent prose, sharp ear for dialogue, disarmingly laid-back, frank style, along with his passionately fierce denunciation of human stupidity and cruelty (especially to children) [all of which rank] him among the more distinguished 'popular' writers."
In his analysis of post-World War II horror fiction, The Modern Weird Tale (2001), critic S. T. Joshi[61] devotes a chapter to King's work. Joshi argues that King's best-known works (his supernatural novels), are his worst, describing them as mostly bloated, illogical, maudlin and prone to deus ex machina endings. Despite these criticisms, Joshi argues that since Gerald's Game (1993), King has been tempering the worst of his writing faults, producing books that are leaner, more believable and generally better written. Joshi suggests that King's strengths as a writer include the accessible "everyman" quality of his prose, and his unfailingly insightful observations about the pains and joys of adolescence. Joshi cites two early non-supernatural novels—Rage (1977) and The Running Man (1982)—as King's best, suggesting both are riveting and well-constructed suspense thrillers, with believable characters.
In 1996, King won an O. Henry Award for his short story "The Man in the Black Suit".[62]
In his short story collection A Century of Great Suspense Stories, editor Jeffrey Deaver noted that King “singlehandedly made popular fiction grow up. While there were many good best-selling writers before him, King, more than anybody since John D. MacDonald, brought reality to genre novels. He’s often remarked that 'Salem's Lot was “Peyton Place meets Dracula.” And so it was. The rich characterization, the careful and caring social eye, the interplay of story line and character development announced that writers could take worn themes such as vampirism and make them fresh again. Before King, many popular writers found their efforts to make their books serious blue-penciled by their editors. ‘Stuff like that gets in the way of the story,’ they were told. Well, it’s stuff like that that has made King so popular, and helped free the popular name from the shackles of simple genre writing. He is a master of masters.”[63]
In 2003, King was honored by the National Book Awards with a lifetime achievement award, the Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, with his work being described thus:
Stephen King’s writing is securely rooted in the great American tradition that glorifies spirit-of-place and the abiding power of narrative. He crafts stylish, mind-bending page-turners that contain profound moral truths–some beautiful, some harrowing–about our inner lives. This Award commemorates Mr. King’s well-earned place of distinction in the wide world of readers and book lovers of all ages.
Some in the literary community expressed disapproval of the award: Richard Snyder, the former CEO of Simon & Schuster, described King's work as "non-literature", and critic Harold Bloom denounced the choice:
The decision to give the National Book Foundation's annual award for "distinguished contribution" to Stephen King is extraordinary, another low in the shocking process of dumbing down our cultural life. I've described King in the past as a writer of penny dreadfuls, but perhaps even that is too kind. He shares nothing with Edgar Allan Poe. What he is is an immensely inadequate writer on a sentence-by-sentence, paragraph-by-paragraph, book-by-book basis.[64]
However, others came to King's defense, such as writer Orson Scott Card, who responded:
Let me assure you that King's work most definitely is literature, because it was written to be published and is read with admiration. What Snyder really means is that it is not the literature preferred by the academic-literary elite."[65]
In Roger Ebert's review of the 2004 movie Secret Window, he stated, "A lot of people were outraged that [King] was honored at the National Book Awards, as if a popular writer could not be taken seriously. But after finding that his book On Writing had more useful and observant things to say about the craft than any book since Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, I have gotten over my own snobbery."[66]
In 2008, King's book On Writing was ranked 21st on Entertainment Weekly list of "The New Classics: The 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008".[67]
Appearances and adaptations in other media[link]
Main article: Media based on Stephen King works
King and his wife Tabitha own Zone Radio Corp, a radio station group consisting of WZON 103.1 FM and 620 AM.[68]
King has stated that his favorite book-to-film adaptations are Stand by Me, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Mist.[69]
King's first film appearance was in George Romero's Knightriders as a buffoonish audience member. His first featured role was in Creepshow, playing Jordy Verrill, a backwoods redneck who, after touching a fallen meteorite in hopes of selling it, grows moss all over his body. He has since made cameos in several adaptations of his works. He appeared in Pet Sematary as a minister at a funeral, in Thinner as a pharmacist, in Rose Red as a pizza deliveryman, as a news reporter in The Storm of the Century, in The Stand as "Teddy Wieszack," in the Shining miniseries as a band member, in The Langoliers as Tom Holby and in Sleepwalkers as the cemetery caretaker. He has also appeared in The Golden Years, in Chappelle's Show and, along with fellow author Amy Tan, on The Simpsons as himself. In addition to acting, King tried his hand at directing with Maximum Overdrive, in which he also made a cameo appearance as a man using an ATM that is on the fritz.
King produced and acted in a miniseries, Kingdom Hospital, which is based on the Danish miniseries Riget by Lars von Trier. He also co-wrote The X-Files season 5 episode "Chinga" with the creator of the series Chris Carter.
King made an appearance as a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! in 1995, playing to benefit the Bangor Public Library.
King provided the voice of Abraham Lincoln in the audiobook version of Assassination Vacation.
In 2010, King appeared in a cameo role as a cleaner named Bachman (a reference to his pen name Richard Bachman) on the FX series Sons of Anarchy.[70]
The Syfy TV series Haven is based on King's novella, The Colorado Kid.[71]
Political activism[link]
In April 2008, King spoke out against HB 1423, a bill pending in the Massachusetts state legislature that would restrict or ban the sale of violent video games to anyone under the age of 18. Although King stated that he had no personal interest in video games as a hobby, he criticized the proposed law, which he sees as an attempt by politicians to scapegoat pop culture, and to act as surrogate parents to others' children, which he asserted is usually "disastrous" and "undemocratic". He also saw the law as inconsistent, as it would forbid a 17-year-old, legally able to see Hostel: Part II, from buying or renting Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is violent but less graphic. While conceding that he saw no artistic merit in some violent video games, King also opined that such games reflect the violence that already exists in society, which would not be lessened by such a law, and would be redundant in light of the ratings system that already exists for video games. King argued that such laws allow legislators to ignore the economic divide between the rich and poor, and the easy availability of guns, which he felt were the more legitimate causes of violence.[72] Regarding video games, he later stated that he enjoys playing light gun shooter arcade games such as Time Crisis.[73]
A controversy emerged on May 5, 2008, when a conservative blogger posted a clip of King at a Library of Congress reading event. King, talking to high-school students, had said: "If you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that."[74] The comment was described by the blog as "another in a long line of liberal media members bashing the military," and likened to John Kerry's similar remark from 2006.[75] King responded later that day, saying, "That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt...I live in a national guard town, and I support our troops, but I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career—military or otherwise." King again defended his comment in an interview with the Bangor Daily News on May 8, saying, "I’m not going to apologize for promoting that kids get better education in high school, so they have more options. Those that don’t agree with what I’m saying, I’m not going to change their minds."[76]
King's website states that he is a supporter of the Democratic Party. During the 2008 presidential election, King voiced his support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.[77] King was quoted as calling conservative commentator Glenn Beck "Satan's mentally challenged younger brother."[78]
On March 8, 2011, King spoke at a political rally in Sarasota aimed against Governor Rick Scott (R-FL), voicing his opposition to the Tea Party movement.[79]
In November 2011, King donated $70,000 in matched funding via his radio station to help pay the heating bills for families in need in his home town of Bangor, Maine, during the winter.[80]
On April 30, 2012, King published an article in The Daily Beast calling for rich Americans, including himself, to pay more taxes, citing it as "a practical necessity and moral imperative that those who have received much should be obligated to pay ... in the same proportion".[81]
Personal life[link]
King and his wife own and occupy three different houses, one in Bangor, one in Lovell, Maine, and they regularly winter in their waterfront mansion located off the Gulf of Mexico, in Sarasota, Florida. He and Tabitha have three children, Naomi, Joe and Owen, and three grandchildren.[12]
Shortly after publication of The Tommyknockers, King's family and friends staged an intervention, dumping evidence of his addictions taken from the trash including beer cans, cigarette butts, grams of cocaine, Xanax, Valium, NyQuil, dextromethorphan (cough medicine) and marijuana, on the rug in front of him. As King related in his memoir, he then sought help and quit all forms of drugs and alcohol in the late 1980s, and has remained sober since.[15]
Tabitha King has published nine of her own novels. Both King's sons are published authors: Owen King published his first collection of stories, We're All in This Together: A Novella and Stories, in 2005. Joseph Hillstrom King, who writes under the professional name Joe Hill, published a collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, in 2005. His debut novel, Heart-Shaped Box, was published in 2007 and will be adapted into a feature film by director Neil Jordan.[82] King's daughter Naomi is a Unitarian Universalist Church minister in Plantation, Florida with her same-sex partner, Rev. Dr. Thandeka.[83]
King is a fan of baseball, and of the Boston Red Sox in particular; he frequently attends the team's home and away games, and occasionally mentions the team in his novels and stories. He helped coach his son Owen's Bangor West team to the Maine Little League Championship in 1989. He recounts this experience in the New Yorker essay "Head Down", which also appears in the collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes. In 1999, King wrote The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, which featured former Red Sox pitcher Tom Gordon as the protagonist's imaginary companion. In 2004, King co-wrote a book titled Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season with Stewart O'Nan, recounting the authors' roller coaster reaction to the Red Sox's 2004 season, a season culminating in the Sox winning the 2004 American League Championship Series and World Series.[84] In the 2005 film Fever Pitch, about an obsessive Boston Red Sox fan, King tosses out the first pitch of the Sox's opening day game.
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Additional reading[link]
See also: Books about Stephen King
- Brooks, Justin (2008). Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author. Cemetery Dance. ISBN 1-58767-153-0.
- Collings, Michael R. (1985). The Many Facets of Stephen King. Starmont House. ISBN 0-930261-14-3.
- Collings, Michael R.; David A. Engebretson (1985). The Shorter Works of Stephen King. Starmont House. ISBN 0-930261-02-X.
- Collings, Michael R. (1985). Stephen King as Richard Bachman. Starmont House. ISBN 0-930261-00-3.
- Collings, Michael R. (1986). The Annotated Guide to Stephen King: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography of the Works of America’s Premier Horror Writer. Starmont House. ISBN 0-930261-80-1.
- Collings, Michael R. (1986). The Films of Stephen King. Starmont House. ISBN 0-930261-10-0.
- Collings, Michael R. (1987). The Stephen King Phenomenon. Starmont House. ISBN 0-930261-12-7.
- Collings, Michael R. (2003). Horror Plum'd: An International Stephen King Bibliography and Guide 1960-2000. Overlook Connection Press. ISBN -892950-45-6.
- Spignesi, Stephen (1991). The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia. Contemporary Books. ISBN 978-0-8092-3818-7.
- Spignesi, Stephen (1998). The Lost Work of Stephen King. Birch Lane Press. ISBN 978-1-55972-469-2.
- Spignesi, Stephen (2001). The Essential Stephen King. Career Press. ISBN ISBN 978-1-56414-710-3.
- Wood, Rocky; David Rawsthorne, Norma Blackburn. The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King,. Kanrock Partners,. ISBN 0-9750593-3-5.
- Wood, Rocky (2006). Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished. Cemetery Dance. ISBN 1-58767-130-1.
- Wood, Rocky; Justin Brooks. The Stephen King Collector's Guide. Kanrock Partners. ISBN 978-0-9750593-5-7.
- Wood, Rocky; Justin Brooks (2008). Stephen King: The Non-Fiction. Cemetery Dance. ISBN 1-58767-160-3.
- Collings, Michael R. (2008). Stephen King Is Richard Bachman. Overlook Connection Press. ISBN 1-892950-74-X.
- Gary Hoppenstand, ed. (2010). Stephen King. Salem Press. ISBN 978-1-58765-685-9.
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| Short description | American author |
| Date of birth | September 21, 1947 |
| Place of birth | Portland, Maine, United States |
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| Birth name | Stanley Kirk Burrell |
| Also known as | (M.C. Hammer, Hammer, Hammertime, King Hammer) |
| Born | (1962-03-30) March 30, 1962 (age 50) Oakland, California, United States |
| Origin | De Soto, Missouri, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop, dance, pop rap, house, gospel |
| Occupations | Rapper, entrepreneur, actor |
| Years active | 1985–Present |
| Labels | Capitol Records, Giant Records, Full Blast Music |
| Associated acts | Johnny J, 2 Pac, Vanilla Ice, Paperboy, Young Boss, D'Angelo |
| Website | mchammer.blogspot.com mchammer.com |
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame before filing bankruptcy, Hammer is also known for his hit records (such as "U Can't Touch This"), flamboyant dance movements and trademark Hammer pants. Hammer's superstar-status made him a household name and pop icon.[1] He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.[2]
Burrell also became a preacher during the late 1990s, was a television show host and dance judge, is a record label CEO, and as of 2008 works as a co-creator of a dance website called DanceJam, while still performing concerts at music venues and assisting with other social media, ministry and outreach functions. In addition, he was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009.[3][4] Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knight's Death Row Records by 1995.
M.C. Hammer is considered a "forefather" and innovator[5] of pop rap, and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album.[6][7][8][9] Hammer was later considered a sell-out rapper due in part to over-exposure and as a result of his increasingly gritty image as the landscape of rap changed.[10][11] Nonetheless, BET ranked Hammer as the #7 "Best Dancer Of All Time".[12] Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round.[13]
Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Oaktown's 3.5.7, Common Unity, Special Generation, Analise, One Cause One Effect, Teabag, Dom Kimberley, Geeman, Pleasure Ellis, B Angie B, Stooge Playaz, Ho Frat Ho[14] and Wee Wee, among others. A part of additional record labels, he has associated/collaborated/recorded with VMF, Tupac Shakur, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, Deion Sanders, Big Daddy Kane and Jon Gibson, as well as others. In 1992, Doug E. Fresh was signed to M.C. Hammer's Bust It Records label.
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Early life[link]
Stanley Kirk Burrell was born in Oakland, California as the adopted son of a nightclub manager and a police department assistant. He grew up poor with his mother, a secretary, and eight siblings in a small apartment in East Oakland. The future rapper recalled that six children were crammed into a three-bedroom housing project apartment. Early in life his siblings thought he was androgynous. The young Burrell sold stray baseballs and danced with a beatbox at the Oakland Coliseum parking lot to earn money for games sometimes. Oakland A's team owner Charles O. Finley saw the 11-year-old doing splits and hired him as a clubhouse assistant and batboy as a result of his energy and flair.[5][15]
Burrell served as a "batboy" with the team from 1973 to 1980. In 2010, Hammer discussed his life-long involvement with sports athletes on ESPN's First Take as well as explained that his brother Louis Burrell (who would later become Hammer's business manager)[16][17] was actually the batboy while his job was to take calls and do "play-by-plays" for the A's absentee owner during every summer game.[18] The colorful Finley, who lived in Chicago,[5] used the child as his "eyes and ears."[19] Reggie Jackson, in describing Burrell's role for Finley, took credit for his nickname:
Hell, our chief executive, the guy that ran our team, uh, that communicated [with] Charlie Finley, the top man there, was a 13-year old kid. I nicknamed him "Hammer," because he looked like Hank Aaron.[19]
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Pedro Garcia may also have given Burrell the nickname "Little Hammer" due to his resemblance to Aaron.[5] Ron Bergman, at the time an Oakland Tribune writer who covered the A's, recalled that:
He was an informant in the clubhouse, an informant for Charlie, and he got the nickname "Pipeline."[19]
According to Hammer:
Charlie said, "I'm getting you a new hat. I don't want you to have a hat that says "A's" on it. I'm getting you a hat that says 'Ex VP,' that says 'Executive Vice President.' You're running the joint around here." ... Every time I come down to the clubhouse, you know, Rollie would yell out "Oh, everybody be quiet! Here comes Pipeline!"[19]
He acquired the nickname "M.C." for being a "Master of Ceremonies" which he used when he began performing at various clubs while on the road with the A's, and eventually in the military.[5]
Hammer, who played second base in high school, dreamed of being a professional baseball player but did not make the final cut at a San Francisco Giants tryout.[5] However, he has now become a regular participant/player in the annual Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game wearing an A's cap to represent Oakland (American League).[20][21][22]
Burrell went on to graduate from high school in Oakland and took undergraduate classes in communications. Discouraged by his studies at a local college and failing to win a place in a professional baseball organization, Hammer considered the drug trade.[5] Instead he joined the Navy[5] for three years, serving with Patron (Patrol Squadron) Forty Seven (VP-47) of Moffett Field in Mountain View, California as a Petty Officer Third Class Aviation Store Keeper (AK3) until his honorable discharge.[23]
Music career[link]
Before his mainstream career and "rags-to-riches-to-rags-and-back saga",[24] Burrell formed Christian rap music group Holy Ghost Boys, producing songs called "Word", "B-Boy Chill"[25] and later releasing "This Wall"[26] (it was within the lyrics of this song that Burrell first identified himself as M.C. Hammer)[27][28] with CCM's Jon Gibson (or "J.G.").[29] This rap hit appeared on Gibson's album Change of Heart,[30] and "Son of the King" showed up on Hammer's debut album Feel My Power (1987), as well as the updated version Let's Get It Started (1988).[31][32][33]
With exception to later remixes of early releases, Hammer produced and recorded many rap songs that were never made public, yet are now available on the Internet.[34] Via his record labels such as Bust It Records, Oaktown Records and FullBlast, Hammer has introduced, signed and produced new talent including Oaktown's 3.5.7, Ho Frat Ho,[35] the vocal quintet Special Generation, Analise,[36] James Greer,[37] One Cause One Effect,[5] B Angie B, The Stooge Playaz,[38][39] DASIT (as seen on ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show),[40] Teabag, Common Unity, Geeman[41] and Pleasure Ellis;[42] both collaborating with him and producing raps of their own during his career.[43][44]
At about the age of 12, Oakland native Keyshia Cole recorded with Hammer and sought career advice from him.[45][46][47][48]
[edit] Feel My Power (1987)
Main article: Feel My Power
In the mid-80s while rapping in small venues and after a record deal went sour, Hammer borrowed US$20,000 each from former Oakland A's players Mike Davis and Dwayne Murphy to start a record label business called Bust It Productions.[5] He kept the company going by selling records from his basement and car. Bust It spawned Bustin' Records, the independent label of which Hammer was CEO. Together, the companies had more than 100 employees.[5] Recording singles and selling them out of the trunk of his car, he marketed himself relentlessly. Coupled with his dance abilities, Hammer's style was unique at the time.
Now billing himself as "M.C. Hammer", he recorded his debut album, Feel My Power, which was produced between 1986–1987 and released independently in 1987 on his Oaktown Records label (Bustin').[49] It was produced by Felton Pilate (of Con Funk Shun), and sold over 60,000 copies and was being distributed by City Hall Records. In the spring of 1988, a DJ played the track "Let's Get It Started" — a song in which he declared he was "...second to none, from Doug E. Fresh, LL Cool J, or DJ Run" — after which the track began to gain popularity in clubs. (He would continue to call out other East Coast rappers in future projects as well.)
Hammer also released a single called "Ring 'Em", and largely on the strength of tireless street marketing by Hammer and his wife, it achieved considerable popularity at dance clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Heartened by his rising prospects, Hammer launched into seven-day-a-week rehearsals with the growing troupe of dancers, musicians, and backup vocalists he had hired. It was Hammer's stage show, and his infectious stage presence, that led to his big break in 1988 while performing in an Oakland club. There he impressed a record executive who "didn't know who he was, but knew he was somebody", as was quoted as saying in the New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll.
M.C.Hammer had received several offers from major record labels before (which he initially declined due to his personal success), but after the successful release of this independent album and elaborate live dance show amazed the Capitol Records executive, Hammer agreed to sign a record deal soon after. Hammer took home a US$1,750,000 advance and a multi-album contract, which did not take long for Capitol to recoup its investment.[15]
[edit] Let's Get It Started (1988)
Main article: Let's Get It Started (album)
Once signed to Capitol Records, Hammer re-issued his first record (a revised version of Feel My Power) with additional tracks added and sold over 2 million copies. "Pump It Up", "Turn This Mutha Out", "Let's Get It Started" and "They Put Me in the Mix" were the most popular singles from this album which all charted. But not quite satisfied with this first multi-platinum success, Hammer's music underwent a metamorphosis, shifting from the standard rap format in his upcoming album. "I decided the next album would be more musical," he says. Purists chastised him for being more dancer than rapper. Sitting in a leopard-print bodysuit before a concert, he defended his style: "People were ready for something different from the traditional rap style. The fact that the record has reached this level indicates the genre is growing."[5]
M.C. Hammer was very good friends with Arsenio Hall, as well as a then-unknown teen named Robert Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice) - despite later rumors that there was a "beef" between the two rappers which was addressed during the height of their careers on Hall's show[50] - who he would later reunite with in a 2009 concert in Salt Lake City, Utah.[51] Therefore, Hammer was first invited to perform the song "U Can't Touch This", prior to its release, on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1989.[52] He also performed "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em", a song that didn't make it on his upcoming album, but did appear in the same-titled movie.
Hammer used some of the proceeds from this album to install a rolling recording studio in the back of his tour bus, where he recorded much of his sophomore effort.[15]
Mainstream Success (1990-1991)[link]
Main article: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
Main article: Too Legit to Quit
Notorious for dissing rappers in his previous recordings, Hammer appropriately titled his third album (and second major-label release) Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em,[53] which was released February 12, 1990 (with an original release date of January 1, 1990).[54] It included the successful single "U Can't Touch This" (which sampled Rick James' "Super Freak"). It was produced, recorded, and mixed by Felton Pilate and James Earley on a modified tour bus (while on tour) in 1989.[55] Despite heavy airplay and a #27 chart debut, "U Can't Touch This" stopped at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart because it was released only as a twelve-inch single.[clarification needed] However, the album was a #1 success for 21 weeks, due primarily to this single, the first time ever for a rap recording on the pop charts. The song has been and continues to be used in many filmmaking and television shows to date, and appears on soundtrack/compilation albums as well.[56]
Follow-up successes included "Have You Seen Her" (a cover of the Chi-Lites) and "Pray" (a beat sampled from Prince's "When Doves Cry" and Faith No More's "We Care a Lot"),[57] hich was his biggest hit in the US, peaking at #2. "Pray" was also a major UK success, peaking at #8. The album went on to become the first hip-hop album to earn diamond status, selling more than 18 million units to date.[6][7][8][9] During 1990, Hammer toured extensively in Europe which included a sold-out concert at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. With the sponsorship of PepsiCo, PepsiCo International CEO Christopher A. Sinclair went on tour with him during 1991.
The album was notable for sampling other high-profile artists and gave some of these artists a new fanbase. "Dancin' Machine" sampled The Jackson 5, "Help the Children" (also the name of an outreach foundation Hammer started)[58] interpolates Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", and "She's Soft and Wet" also sampled Prince's "Soft and Wet". All of these songs proved to be successful on radio and video television, with "U Can't Touch This," "Pray" (most successful), "Have You Seen Her," "Here Comes the Hammer," and "Yo!! Sweetness" (UK only) all charting. The album increased the popularity of hip-hop music. It remains the genre's all-time best-selling album.[59]
At the same time, he also appeared in The West Coast Rap All-Stars posse cut "We're All in the Same Gang." Music videos from this album and the previous albums began to receive much airplay on MTV and VH1. A movie also accompanied the album and was produced at this same time called "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie" along with music videos included within the movie.[60]
A critical backlash began over the repetitive nature of his lyrics, his clean-cut image, and his perceived over-reliance on sampling others' entire hooks for the basis of his singles—criticisms also directed to his contemporary, Vanilla Ice. He was mocked in music videos by 3rd Bass, The D.O.C., DJ Debranz, and Ice Cube. Oakland hip-hop group Digital Underground mocked him in the CD insert of its Sex Packets album when placing his picture in with the other members and referring to him as an unknown derelict. In fact, LL Cool J mocked him in "To tha Break of Dawn," a track on his Mama Said Knock You Out album, calling Hammer an "amateur, swinging a Hammer from a bodybag [his pants]," and saying, "My old gym teacher ain't supposed to rap." (LL Cool J would later compliment and commend Hammer's abilities/talents on VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop, which aired in 2008). However, Ice-T came to his defense on his 1991 album O.G. Original Gangster: "A special shout out to my man M.C. Hammer: a lot of people dis you, man, but they just jealous." Ice-T later explained that he had nothing against people who were pop-rap from the start, as Hammer had been, but only against emcees who switch from being hardcore or dirty to being pop-rap so that they can sell more records.
Despite the criticisms, Hammer's career continued to be highly successful including tours in Asia, Europe, Australia, and Russia. Soon after, M.C. Hammer Mattel dolls, lunchboxes, and other merchandise were marketed. He was also given his own Saturday morning cartoon, called Hammerman, which he hosted and voiced.[61]
After publicly dropping the "M.C." from his stage name, Hammer released Too Legit to Quit (also produced by Felton Pilate) in 1991. Hammer answered his critics within certain songs from the album. Sales were strong (over five million copies),[62] with the title track being the biggest hit single from this record. The album peaked in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200. Another hit came soon after, with "Addams Groove" (which appeared on both The Addams Family motion picture soundtrack and the vinyl and cassette versions of 2 Legit 2 Quit), reaching #7 in the U.S. and #4 in the UK. His video for the song appeared after the movie.
Hammer set out on a tour for this album, but the stage show had become as lavish as his lifestyle; loaded with singers, dancers, and backup musicians, the supporting concert tour was too expensive for the album's sales to finance, and it was canceled partway through.[63] In 1992, Boyz II Men joined Hammer's high-profile 2 Legit 2 Quit tour as an opening act. While traveling the country, their tour manager Khalil Roundtree was murdered in Chicago, and the group's future performances of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" were dedicated to him. As a result of this unfortunate experience, the song would help advance their success.[64]
Music videos were produced for all four singles released from this album (including "Do Not Pass Me By" and "This Is The Way We Roll"), all which charted. The "2 Legit 2 Quit" video featured many celebrity appearances. It's been ranked as one of the most expensive videos ever made.[65] The hand motions used within the song and video also became very popular.[66] The song proved to be successful in the U.S., peaking at the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, at #5. Despite the album's multi-platinum certification, the sales were one-third of Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em.
At the end of the "Too Legit to Quit" video, after James Brown enlists Hammer to get the famous glove of Michael Jackson, a silver-white sequined glove is shown on the hand of a Michael Jackson look-alike doing the "2 Legit 2 Quit" hand gesture.[66] In a related story, M.C. Hammer appeared on The Wendy Williams Show (July 27, 2009) and talked about his hit reality show Hammertime on A&E, his marriage, his role as a dad and the reasons he eventually went bankrupt. He told an amusing story about a phone call he received from "M.J.", regarding the portion of the "2 Legit 2 Quit" video that included a fake Michael Jackson, giving his approval and inclusion of it. He explained how Michael had seen the video and liked it, and both expressed they were a fan of each others.[67] Hammer and Jackson would later appear, speak and/or perform at the funeral service for James Brown in 2006.[68]
Prior to Hammer's next album (The Funky Headhunter), rumors from critics and fans began claiming Hammer had quit the music/entertainment business and had suffered a financial downfall (since a couple of years pass in between the two records), which Hammer denied at the time.[62]
New venture (Oaktown/Giant) (1992-1993)[link]
Hammer claimed rumors falsely heralded his downfall, probably as a result of the fact he turned over his "trimmed-down" Bust It Records to his brother and manager Louis Burrell, and his horse-racing interests to his brother Chris and his father, Louis Burrell Sr.[62] In the meantime, Hammer, a big sports fan, launched a new enterprise, Roll Wit It Entertainment & Sports Management (which released DRS' two-million-selling "Gangsta Lean") and had clients such as Evander Holyfield, Deion Sanders and Reggie Brooks.[16] During the hiatus between albums, Hammer consequently signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a new record company. He said there were a lot of bidders, but "not too many of them could afford Hammer".[62]
Therefore, Hammer parted ways with Pilate, and switched record labels to Giant Records, taking his Oaktown label with him. Hammer was later sued by Felton Pilate (who had worked with the successful vocal group Con Funk Shun) and by several of his former backers, and faced charges that performance troupe members endured an abusive, militaristic atmosphere.[15] By this time, he also parted ways with his only female executive, Linda Lou McCall, a songwriter and music industry consultant specializing in entertainment marketing, street promotion, and creative development (having worked with Con Funk Shun and The Delfonics previously and artists such as Notorious B.I.G and Eminem afterwards) who signed Keith Martin as a backup musician and vocalist for Hammer.[69]
With a new home, a new daughter, a new record, and a new business, Hammer claimed he was happy and far from being broke during a tour of his mansion for Ebony. "Today there is a more aggressive Hammer, because the '90s require you to be more aggressive", he said of his music. "There is a harder edge, but I'm no gangsta. Hammer in the '90s is on the offense, on the move, on the attack. And it's all good".[70]
[edit] The Funky Headhunter and Death Row Records (1994-1996)
Main article: The Funky Headhunter
Main article: Inside Out (MC Hammer album)
In 1993, Hammer began recording his fifth official album. To adapt to the changing landscape of hip-hop, this album was a more aggressive sounding album entitled The Funky Headhunter. He co-produced this record with funky rapper and producer, Stefan Adamek. While Hammer's appearance changed to keep up with the gangsta rap audience, his lyrics still remained honest and somewhat clean with minor cursing. Yet, as with previous records, Hammer would continue to call out and disrespect other rappers on this album. As with some earlier songs such as "Crime Story" (from the album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em),[71] the content and reality about "street life" remained somewhat the same, but the sound was different, resulting in Hammer losing favor with fans.[72][73] Nonetheless, this harder-edged, more aggressive record went gold, but failed to win him a new audience among hardcore hip-hop fans.[63]
In another appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show during the mid-1990s, Hammer debuted the video for "Pumps and a Bump". Talk show host Arsenio Hall said to M.C. Hammer, "Women in the audience want to know, what's in your speedos in the 'Pumps and a Bump' video?" A clip from the video was then shown, to much approval from the audience. Hammer didn't give a direct answer, but instead laughed. Arsenio then said, "I guess that's why they call you 'Hammer.' It ain't got nothin' to do with Hank Aaron."[74]
The accompanying video to the album's first single, "Pumps and a Bump", was banned from heavy rotation on MTV with censors claiming that the depiction of Hammer in Speedos (and with what appeared to be an erection) was too graphic.[75][76] This led to an alternative video being filmed (with Hammer fully clothed) that was directed by Bay Area native Craig S. Brooks, who also helmed the video of rap group DRS' only hit single "Gangsta Lean".
"It's All Good" was the second single released, which would become a pop culture phrase as a result of its success.[77] It was also the most successful song by this title. Within this album, Hammer disses rappers such as A Tribe Called Quest (Q-Tip), Redman and Run DMC for previous attacks they made against him on wax. This quite possibly led to a decrease in his popularity after this comeback record responded to his critics.
On December 26, 1994, Deion Sanders released Prime Time, a rap album on Bust It Records (Hammer's label) that featured the minor hit "Must Be The Money". "Prime Time Keeps on Tickin'" was also released as a single. Sanders, a friend of Hammer's, had previously appeared in his "Too Legit to Quit" music video, and his alter-ego "Prime Time" is also used in Hammer's "Pumps and a Bump" video.
The song "Help Lord (Won't You Come)" appeared in Kingdom Come.[78] This album peaked at number two on the R&B charts and remained in the Top 30 midway through the year.[74] To date, it has managed to become certified platinum.
In 1995, Hammer released the album V Inside Out (or inside out V), which critics claimed was unfocused, as it was unclear what genre it was.[citation needed] However, some critics praised the fact it was perhaps intentionally eclectic (combining elements of dance, pop, rap, hip hop, alternative rock and gospel).[79] Nonetheless, the album sold poorly compared to previous records (peaking at 119 on the Billboard Charts) and Giant Records dropped him and Oaktown Records from their roster. Songs "Going Up Yonder" and "Sultry Funk" managed to get moderate radio play (even charting on national radio station countdowns).
Some claimed this album had not sold as well as its predecessors because it was victim of the "crab mentality".[80] Hammer would go on to explain in this album that he felt many of his so-called friends he staffed used and betrayed him which contributed to a majority of his financial loss (best explained in the song "Keep On" and the bio from this album).[81] He would also hint about this again in interviews, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2009.[82]
In 1995, Hammer released "Straight to My Feet" (with Deion Sanders) from the Street Fighter soundtrack (released in December 1994). The song charted #57 in the UK.
Hammer's relationship with Suge Knight dates back to 1988. Hammer signed with Death Row Records, then home to Snoop Dogg and his close friend, Tupac Shakur.[11] The label did not release the album of Hammer's music (Too Tight) while he had a career with them (although he did release versions of some tracks on his next album).[83][84] However, Burrell did record tracks with Shakur and others, most notably the song "Too Late Playa" (along with Big Daddy Kane and Danny Boy).[85][86] After the death of Shakur in 1996, Burrell left the record company.[87] He later explained his concern about this circumstance in an interview on Trinity Broadcasting Network since he was in Las Vegas with Tupac the night of his death.[88]
Return to EMI (1996–2000)[link]
In 1996, Burrell and Oaktown signed with EMI, which saw the release of a compilation of Hammer's chart topping songs prior to The Funky Headhunter album. The album, Greatest Hits, featured 12 former hits and was released in October.[89] Since then, several compilation album versions of his "greatest hits" have been produced.
Hammer's empire began to collapse when his last few albums failed to match the sales of its predecessors. Since he unsuccessfully attempted to recast himself in the streetwise "gangsta rap" mold of the day, Hammer turned to a gospel-friendly audience.[15]
In 1998, M.C. Hammer released his first album in his new deal with EMI, titled Family Affair, because it was to introduce the world to the artists he had signed to his Oaktown Records (Geeman, Teabag, and Common Unity) as they made their recording debut. Technically his seventh album since his debut EP, this record was highly promoted on Trinity Broadcasting Network (performing a more gospel version of "Keep On" from his album V Inside Out), but featured no charting singles and selling between about 100,000-500,000 copies worldwide.[90][91] Nonetheless, it did include a song originally by 2Pac that was given to Hammer which he did as a remake on this album called "Unconditional Love".[43] Hammer would later dance and read the lyrics to this song on the first VH1 Hip Hop Honors in 2004.[92][93]
After this album, new projects were rumored to be in the works, including an album (War Chest: Turn of the Century) and a soundtrack to the film Return to Glory: The Powerful Stirring of the Black Man, but neither appeared.[94][95]
[edit] Active Duty (2001)
Main article: Active Duty (MC Hammer album)
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, M.C. Hammer released his 8th studio album, Active Duty, on his own World Hit Music Group label (the musical enterprise under his Hammertime Holdings Inc. umbrella) to pay homage to the ones lost in the terrorist attacks.[37] The album followed that theme, and featured two singles (with accompanying videos), "No Stoppin' Us (USA)" and "Pop Yo Collar" (featuring Wee Wee) which demonstrates "The Phat Daddy Pop", "In Pop Nito", "River Pop", "Deliver The Pop" and "Pop'n It Up" dance moves.[3][96] The album, like its predecessor, failed to chart and would not sell as many copies as previous projects. Hammer did however promote it on such shows as The View and produced a video for both singles.[97]
This patriotic album, originally planned to be titled The Autobiography Of M.C. Hammer, donated portions of the proceeds to 9/11 charities.[36][37][98] Hammer shot a video for the anthem "No Stoppin' Us (USA)" in Washington, D.C., with several members of the United States Congress, who sang in the song and danced in the video. Present members of the United States House of Representatives included J. C. Watts, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Thomas M. Davis, Earl Hilliard, Alcee Hastings, Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.), Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) and Jesse Jackson, Jr.
[edit] Full Blast (2004)
Main article: Full Blast (album)
After leaving Capitol Records and EMI for the second time in his career, M.C. Hammer decided to move his Oaktown imprint to an independent distributor and released his ninth studio album, Full Blast (which was completed in late 2003 and released as a complete album in early 2004). The album would feature no charting singles and was not certified by the RIAA. A video was produced for "Full Blast", a song that attacks Eminem and Busta Rhymes for previous disrespect towards him.
Some of the original songs didn't end up making the final album release. Guest artists included The Stooge Playaz, Pleasure, Rain, JD, Greer & DasIt.[99]
[edit] Look Look Look (2006)
Main article: Look Look Look
After going independent, he decided to create a digital label to release his tenth studio album, Look Look Look. The album was released in February 2006 and featured production from Scott Storch. The album featured the title-track single (Look Look Look) and a music video. It would sell much better than his previous release (400,000 copies worldwide). "YAY" was produced by Lil Jon. "What Happened to Our Hood?" (featuring Sam Logan) was originally from Active Duty.
"I Got It From The Town" was used in the movie but not present on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (soundtrack).
Between 2006 and 2007, Hammer released a military-inspired rap song with a political message to President George W. Bush about sending American troops back home from war, called "Bring Our Brothers Home".[100] The video was filmed at the Santa Monica Pier.[101][102]
[edit] DanceJamtheMusic (2009)
Since his 2006 album, Hammer continued to produce music and released several other raps that appeared on his social websites (such as Myspace) or in commercials,[103] with another album announced to be launched in late 2008 (via his own record label Fullblast Playhouse). Talks of the tour and a new album were expected in 2009.[39][104][105]
"Getting Back to Hetton" was made public in 2008 as a digital single. It was a new departure for Hammer, bringing in funky deep soul and mixing it with a more house style. Released through licence on Whippet Digital Recordings, media reviews were said to be "disappointing". However, the song "I Got Gigs" from this eleventh album was used in a 2009 ESPN commercial and performed during Hammertime.[106]
Other tracks and videos from the album included: "I Go" (produced by Lil Jon), "Keep It In Vegas", "Lookin' Out The Window", "Dem Jeans" (by DASIT), "Stooge Karma Sutra" (by The Stooge Playaz) and "Tried to Luv U" (by DASIT featuring Pleasure Ellis).[107][108]
In March 2009, M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice had a one-off concert in the McKay Events Center, Orem, Utah.[51] This concert aided in the promotion of Hammer's new music and television show. During the concert, as shown on Hammer's show Hammertime, it was mentioned between the two rappers that this was their first headline show together in nearly 20 years when they were touring together at the peak of their hip-hop careers. Hammer said: "Contrary to popular belief, Ice and I are not only cool with each other, we are like long lost friends. I've known him since he was 16, before he had a record contract and before I had a record contract. It is a great reunion." Vanilla Ice, real name Robert Van Winkle, said: "It's like no time has passed at all. We set the world on fire back in the day - it gives me goosebumps to think about. The concert wouldn't have been so packed if it wasn't us together. I'm so happy right now, the magic is here."[109][110]
Current releases (2010-present)[link]
"Better Run Run" (2010)
M.C. Hammer promised to release a track responding to a rap by Jay-Z which attacked him, expected on October 31, 2010. On the "So Appalled" track, which features Swizz Beatz and RZA, Jay-Z spits a line which targets Hammer for his fall from grace in the 1990s, which left him in a financial disaster. On it Jay says: 'Hammer went broke so you know I'm more focused / I lost 30 mil' so I spent another 30 / 'Cause unlike Hammer 30 million can't hurt me'. Hammer addressed his displeasure about the diss on Twitter, claiming he will react to Jay-Z on Halloween.[111][112][113]
Hammer recently released a sample of his "beef" with Jay-Z (aka 'Hell Boy') in a brief teaser trailer called "Better Run Run" by 'King Hammer'. At one point, it was uncertain if his reaction would be a film video, a music video or a combination of both.[114] Regardless, he claimed he would show evidence that 'Jigga worships the devil'.[115][116] It's possible that Jay-Z was offended by an analogy Hammer was conveying in an earlier interview in response to "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" on AllHipHop.[117]
On November 1, Hammer's new video ("Better Run Run!") hit the web in retaliation to Jay-Z's September diss towards him.[118][119] M.C. accuses Jigga of being in league (and in the studio) with Satan — and then Hammer defeats the devil and forces Jay to be baptized. Speaking on the video, Jacob O'Gara of Ethos Magazine wrote: "What’s more likely is that this feud is the last chapter in the tragic cautionary tale of M.C. Hammer, a tale that serves as a warning to all present and future kings of hip-hop. Keep your balance on the pedestal and wear the crown strong or you’ll have the Devil to pay."[120]
In an interview with BBC's DJ Semtex, Jay said he didn't mean the verses as a personal attack. "I didn't know that [Hammer's financial status] wasn't on the table for discussion!" he said. "I didn't know I was the first person ever to say that..." He continued, "When I say things, I think people believe me so much that they take it a different way — it's, like, not rap anymore at that point. I say some great things about him in the book I have coming out [Decoded] — that's wasn't a cheap plug," he laughed. "He's gonna be embarrassed, I said some really great things about him and people's perception of him. But it is what it is, he took it that wrong way, and I didn't know I said anything wrong!"[121]
Additional business ventures[link]
In 1991, M.C. Hammer established Oaktown Stable that would eventually have nineteen Thoroughbred racehorses. That year, his outstanding filly Lite Light won several Grade I stakes races including the prestigious Kentucky Oaks. His D. Wayne Lukas-trained colt Dance Floor won the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and the Breeders' Futurity Stakes in 1991, then the following year won the Fountain of Youth Stakes and finished 3rd in the 1992 Kentucky Derby. He continues to attend shows as well as many sporting events along side celebrities.
Hammer had several costly videos, two in particular were Too Legit to Quit or 2 Legit 2 Quit (which many celebrities appeared in) and "Here Comes the Hammer".[65][122]
In the late 1990s into the early 2000s, along with a new clothing line called "J Slick", Hammer began creating and working on M.C. Hammer USA, an interactive online portal.[123]
In 2002, Hammer signed a book contract with publishing company Simon & Schuster which called for a release the following year. However, a manuscript for an inspirational book called Enemies of the Father: Messages from the Heart on Being a Family Man (addressing the situation of African American men), for which Hammer received advance money to write, was never submitted in 2003. This resulted in Hammer being sued by the book company over claims that he never finished the book as promised. The company's March 2009 lawsuit sought return of the US$61,000 advance given to Hammer for the unwritten book about fatherhood.[15][124][125]
As a result of his previous success, Hammer has now become somewhat of a popular web mogul and activist, currently involved in several Internet projects (such as the TechCrunch40 conferences and DanceJam).[126][127][128] In early 2008, Hammer launched his newest project as co-founder and chief strategy officer of Menlo Park-based (Silicon Valley) DanceJam.com. This exclusive community site is only dedicated to dancing video competitions, techniques and styles which Hammer, and others, judge or rate.[129][130]
In July 2010, Hammer started a mixed martial arts management company to manage, market, promote, and brand-build for fighters such as Nate Marquardt, Tim F. Kennedy, and Vladimir Matyushenko, among others. According to MMAWeekly.com and Bizjournals, his new company is Alchemist Management in Los Angeles. It now manages 10 fighters.[131] That same month, Hammer also announced his latest venture called Alchemist Clothing. The brand described as a colorful new lifestyle clothing line debuted during an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in Austin. Middleweight fighter Nate "The Great" Marquardt wore an Alchemist shirt as he walked out to the ring. Hammer has shown an interest in boxing throughout his career.[132]
In October 2011, Hammer announced a new internet venture called WireDoo - a "deep search engine" that is planned to compete with the major search engines including Google and Bing.[133]
Television & film career[link]
M.C. Hammer has made cameos and/or performed on many television shows such as Saturday Night Live (as host and musical guest), Amen and Martin. He also made a cameo in the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero. Hammer would also go on to appear as himself on The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 5 (1995).[134] Additionally, he has been involved in movies as an actor - such as in One Tough Bastard (1996), Reggie's Prayer (1996), the Showtime film The Right Connections (1997), Deadly Rhapsody (2001) and Finishing the Game (2007)[135] - and as a television and movie producer as well.[136][137][138][139]
In 1991, M.C. Hammer and Bust It Productions (including B Angie B, Special Generation and Ho Frat Ho) appeared in concert from New Orleans on BET.[140]
Despite public attacks about his financial status, after meeting at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2001, it was Hammer (credited as a producer)[59] who provided the much needed funding to filmmaker Justin Lin for Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). In its first ever film acquisition, MTV Films eventually acquired Better Luck Tomorrow after it debuted at The Sundance Film Festival.[139][141] The director said, "Out of desperation, I called up MC Hammer because he had read the script and liked it. Two hours later, he wired the money we needed into a bank account and saved us."[137][142]
Hammer appeared in two cable television movies.[15] At the age of 39, he was one of the producers for the VH1 movie Too Legit: The M.C. Hammer Story, starring Romany Malco and Tangi Miller as his wife, which aired on December 19, 2001. The film is a biopic which chronicles the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of the rap singer. "2 Legit To Quit: The Life Story of M.C. Hammer" became the second highest-rated original movie in the history of VH1 and broadcasted simultaneously on BET.[59][143] "The whole script came from me," says Hammer, "I sat down with a writer and gave him all the information."[36]
In 2003, Hammer appeared on The WB's first season of The Surreal Life, a reality show known for assembling an eclectic mix of celebrities to live together. He was also a dance judge on the 2003 ABC Family TV series Dance Fever. Additionally, he appeared on VH1's And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004) as well as in 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s (2008), a countdown which he was also commentator on. His eldest child, A'Keiba Burrell, was a contestant on MTV's Rock the Cradle in April, 2008 (which Hammer also made appearances on).
According to past articles, Hammer had shown an interest in having his own reality show with specific television networks at one point. Already being a part of shows for VH1 and The WB (I Married... M.C. Hammer and The Surreal Life), it was later confirmed he would appear in Hammertime on A&E Network in the summer of 2009.[3] This reality show was about his personal, business and family life.[144][145] The following year, Hammer appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly June 3, 2009 to promote his show which began June 14, 2009 at 10 PM EST.[146][147][148]
In August 2008, a new ESPN ad featured Hammer in it, showcasing his single "I Got Gigs'" (from his DanceJamtheMusic album).[149][150] The commercial was for Monday Night Football's upcoming football season.[18] This is not the first commercial in more recent years that Hammer has been in, or his songs/raps/dancing was used for or included in. (i.e. Lay's, Hallmark Cards, Purell, Lysol, Nationwide Insurance, Citibank, etc.) On February 1, 2009, Hammer and Ed McMahon were featured in a Super Bowl XLIII commercial for Cash4Gold.com.[151]
Along with Betty White, Hammer appeared and voice-acted on the September 17, 2010 episode of Glenn Martin, DDS called "Step-brother".[152]
M.C. Hammer's music has also been used in many television shows and movies, especially "U Can't Touch This", such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), Hot Shots! (1990), The Super (1991), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1992), Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Into the Wild (2007), Tropic Thunder (2008), Dancing with the Stars (2009), Glee (2010) and many more. Additionally, "This Is What We Do" was a 1990 track by Hammer (featuring B Angie B) for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and soundtrack. Tracks "That's What I Said" and "Feel My Power" were used for the Rocky V film and soundtrack. Some examples of other raps by Hammer used in movies and television were "Addam's Groove" (The Addams Family), "Pray" (License to Wed), "2 Legit 2 Quit" (Hot Rod), "I Got It From The Town" (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift), "Help Lord, Won't You Come" (Kingdom Come), "Let's Go Deeper" (Beverly Hills, 90210) and "Straight to My Feet" (Street Fighter), among others.
Dancer and entertainer[link]
M.C. Hammer's dance style not only helped pave the way for the Bay Area movement called Hyphy,[153] but also helped to bring hip-hop and rap to the Bay Area. His dancing skills are still taught to this day. With his popular trademark Hammer Pants, one phenomenal difference from Hammer versus other performers during his heyday was that he was an entertainer, both during live shows and in music videos. His flamboyant dancing was as much a part of his performances as rapping and musical instruments were. With high-energy dance routines, he is often considered one of the greatest dancers. While adding his own techniques, Hammer adopted styles from James Brown and The Nicholas Brothers such as the splits, and feverish choreographed dance routines including leaps and slides, most notably. His creation of such dances as "Hammer Dance"[154] (or the "Typewriter Dance") and the use of "The Running Man" and the "Butterfly," among others, made his flashy and creative dance skills unlike any others at the time.
Hammer's showmanship and elaborate stage choreography, involving fifteen dancers, twelve backup singers, seven live musicians and two disc jockeys, gave him a powerful visual appeal. Hammer was the first rap artist to put together a choreographed show of this type, and his visual flair attracted heavy airplay for his videos on MTV, which at the time had a predominantly white viewership that had aired little rap music before Hammer.[15]
During a 1990 visit from M.C. Hammer (accompanied by his friend Fab Five Freddy) on Yo! MTV Raps, one of the dancers whom Hammer was holding auditions for was a then-unknown Jennifer Lopez.
At the height of his career, Hammer had his legs insured for a substantial amount of money (into the millions), as mentioned in an interview by Maria Shriver in the early 90s. He later suffered an injury to his knee that halted his dancing career for a period of time.[31] Eventually, BET ranked Hammer as the 7th Best Dancer Of All Time.[12] Some of Hammer's entourage, or "posse" as he called them, were also trained/skilled dancers. They participated in videos and at concerts, yet too many dancers and band members eventually contributed to Hammer's downfall, proving to be too much for him to finance.[155]
Hammer is still active in the dance media/genre, both on television shows and as co-founder of DanceJam.com (which showcases dance competitions and instructional videos on all the latest dance styles).[127] Well known for bringing choreography to hip-hop, many of his dancing skills can now be seen on this dance-focused social networking site. "Dance is unlike any other social medium. It's the core of our culture," Burrell told Wired News.[129]
In addition to his websites and other Internet appearances,[128] Hammer has also appeared demonstrating much of his dancing abilities on talk shows such as The Arsenio Hall Show, Soul Train, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (performing O'Brien's famous "string dance" together as well), Ellen, The View and was a dancing judge on Dance Fever. On June 3, 2009, he performed the "Hammer dance" on Live with Regis and Kelly with Will Ferrell as co-host.[147][156][157]
While Hammer may have challenged and competed with Michael Jackson during the height of his career, they were friends, proven by a phone call Hammer had with Jackson about his "Too Legit to Quit" video which he shared on The Wendy Williams Show (July 2009). Hammer wanted to ensure he was not offended by the ending of the video where a purported Michael Jackson (seen only from behind) does the "2 Legit 2 Quit" hand gesture with his famous glove.[66][67] They also appeared together at the funeral service for James Brown in 2006, where Hammer danced in honor of The Godfather of Soul.[68] After Jackson's death, Hammer posted his remembrance and sympathy of the superstar on Twitter. Michael's friend and fellow pop culture icon Hammer told Spinner that, "now that the King of Pop has passed, it's the duty of his fans and loved ones to carry Jackson's creative torch." He went on to say, "Michael Jackson lit the fuse that ignited the spirit of dance in us all. He gave us a song and a sweet melody that will never die. Now we all carry his legacy with joy and pride."[158]
Bankruptcy, lawsuits and media reaction[link]
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Contrary to public rumor, Hammer claimed he was far from down-and-out[original research?] during the release of The Funky Headhunter album.[159] Nonetheless, as a result of the fickle public growing bored with his positive and poppy style during the rise of gangsta rap, as well as excessive spending while supporting friends and family,[160] Hammer later went $13 million into debt. Because of dwindling album sales, unpaid loans and a lavish lifestyle, Hammer eventually filed for bankruptcy in April 1996 at a California court.[161]
Hammer's mansion was sold for a fraction of its former price.[159][162][163] "My priorities were out of order", he told Ebony. He claimed, "My priorities should have always been God, family, community, and then business. Instead they had been business, business, and business". Along with Felton Pilate and other group members, Rick James sued Hammer for infringement of copyright, but the suit was settled out of court when Hammer agreed to credit James as co-composer, effectively cutting James in on the millions of dollars the record was earning. By the late 1990s, though, Hammer seemed to stabilize himself and made himself ready to undertake new projects.[15]
In 1992, Hammer had admitted in depositions and court documents to getting the idea for the song "Here Comes The Hammer" from a Christian recording artist in Dallas, Texas named Kevin Christian. Christian had filed a 16 million dollar lawsuit against Hammer for copyright infringement for his song entitled "Oh-Oh, You Got The Shing". This fact, compounded with witness testimony from both Hammer's and Christian's entourages, and other evidence (including photos), brought about a settlement with Capitol Records in 1994. The terms of the settlement remain sealed. Hammer settled with Christian the following year.[164][165]
In 1997, just prior to beginning his ministry, M.C. Hammer (who by that time had re-adopted the "M.C.") was the subject of an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show and the VH1 series Behind the Music (music from his album V Inside Out was featured in this documentary).[166][167] In these appearances, Burrell admitted 'that [he] had already used up most of [his] fortune of over $20 million, proving that money is nothing if it doesn't bring peace and if priorities are wrong'.[168] He would go on to express a similar point in other interviews as well.[169]
During numerous interviews on radio stations and television channels throughout the years to come, Hammer has been questioned about his bankruptcy.[87][170][171] For example, during an interview by WKQI-FM (95.5) for the promotion of his "Pioneers Of Hip Hop 2009" gig at the Fox Theatre (Detroit, Michigan) which featured 2 Live Crew, Naughty by Nature, Too Short, Biz Markie & Roxanne Shanté, Hammer was asked about his finances by the "Mojo in the Morning" host. Hammer responded on Twitter that Mojo was a 'coward' and threatened to cancel commercials for his upcoming show.[172][173][174]
Personal life[link]
At the time of his first album, Hammer opened his own music management firm. As a result of the success of his third album, Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt 'Em, Hammer had amassed approximately US$33 million.[163] US$12 million of this total was used to have his Xanadu-like home built in Fremont, California, 30 miles (50 km) south of where he grew up.[162][175][176] Jet estimated that Hammer employed 200 people, with an annual payroll of US$6.8 million.[15] He currently resides in a large ranch-style abode situated on a two-acre corner lot in Tracy, California [177] with his wife Stephanie of 26 years (whom he met at a church revival meeting and married December 21, 1985)[178] and their five children: three boys (Bobby, Jeremiah, Sammy) and two girls (Sarah, A'keiba), along with his nephew (Jamaris) and cousin (Marv).[179][180][181]
Hammer frequently posts about his life and activities on his blog "Look Look Look," as well as other social websites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter (being one of the earliest celebs to contribute and join).[182]
In March 2009, Ellen DeGeneres made plans for Hammer to be on her show (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) via communication with Twitter.[183][184] As a result of his popularity with the site, he has been considered a "Tweeter star".[185]
On September 28, 2010, M.C. Hammer headlined at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference for an official after-hours party.[186]
M.C. Hammer returned to Oprah Winfrey's show in February 2011 to discuss his tech-media-mogul status, as well as his creation, demonstration and consulting of social applications/sites/media (such as having an involvement with the Internet since 1994, YouTube and Twitter), and devices such as iPad and ZAGGmate.[187][188] He also explained again how employing/helping so many people in the past never really caused him to be broke in terms of the average person, as the media made it seem, nor would he have changed any experiences that has led him to where he is today. During this "Whatever Happened to M.C. Hammer" episode, he discussed his current home, family and work life as well.[189][190][191]
Christian beliefs and pastoral ministry[link]
In 1984, Burrell began attending Bible studies, joined a street ministry, and formed a gospel rap group known as the Holy Ghost Boys featuring Jon Gibson, another musician interested in Contemporary Christian music.[31] In 1986, Burrell, along with Tramaine Hawkins, performed with Jon's band doing several concerts in various halls such as the Beverly Theatre in Beverly Hills and recording several rap songs.[192] They collaborated on Gibson's 1988 album (Change of Heart) for a gospel-charged rap "This Wall" prior to M.C. Hammer's mainstream success.[28][33] This was Contemporary Christian Music's first rap hit ever by anyone, in particular by a Caucasian (Gibson) and/or a duo.[26] Burrell also produced "Son of the King" at that time, releasing it on his debut album.
Raised Pentecostal, Hammer strayed from his faith during his success, before returning to ministry. His awareness of this could be found in a movie he made called Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie (1990), in which he also plays the preacher character named "Reverend Pressure".[56][60][155] Nonetheless, as a tribute to his faith, Hammer vowed to dedicate at least one song on each album to God.
Hammer later reaffirmed his beliefs in October 1997,[193] and starred in the ministry television show M.C. Hammer and Friends on the Trinity Broadcasting Network as well as appearing on Praise the Lord programs where he went public about his devotion to ministry as an ordained minister.[194][195][196] Hammer officiated at the celebrity weddings of actor Corey Feldman and Susie Sprague on October 30, 2002[197][198] (as seen on VH1's The Surreal Life), and also at Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil and Lia Gerardini's wedding in January 2005.[199]
During an interview on TBN (between 1997–1998), Hammer claimed he adopted the "M.C." back into his name which now stood for 'Man of Christ'.[200][201] Hammer continued to preach while still making music, running a social media business and television show, and devotes time to prison and youth ministries.[155]
He has also recently joined Jaeson Ma in his crusade in Asia.[?]
Legacy and pop culture fame[link]
Widely considered the first "mainstream" rapper, even when it wasn't "cool" to be, Hammer continues to entertain while sharing his legacy with other rappers - as cited on BET's website.[202] Hammer became a fixture of the television airwaves and the big screen, with his music being used in many popular shows, movies and commercials still to this day. He also established a children's foundation that first started in his own community.[15]
Hammer has also influenced the music industry as well as pop culture catch phrases and slang.[203] Digital Underground's rap "The Humpty Dance" included the lyrics "People say ya look like M.C. Hammer on crack, Humpty!", boasting about Hammer's showmanship versus Humpty Hump (Shock G)'s inability to match it in dance. Additionally, his sampling of large portions of well-known pop oldies (as opposed to short James Brown or George Clinton funk riffs) has become increasingly popular among mainstream rappers, particularly Diddy's Bad Boy Records stable. At the time, it was frowned upon.[15]
Some critics complained of a lack of originality in Hammer's early productions. Entertainment Weekly described "U Can't Touch This" as 'shamelessly copying its propulsive riff from Rick James ("Super Freak"). But Hammer set the pattern; musically, fashionably and financially, for practices that became common in hip-hop music later in the 1990s in the hands of such platinum-selling performers as Puff Daddy and Will Smith.[15] Hammer admits, "When I look at Puffy with a choir, I say, 'Sure that's a take-off of what I do."[36]
Hammer's clothing-lines, one later called J Slick,[36][37] and flashy wardrobes also led to other performers being more conscientious about video outfits, "shiny suits" and baggie pants. During his early career (80s and early 90s), Hammer would tour, perform and record with his hype man 2 Bigg MC or Too Big (releasing a song in which he claimed "He's the King of the Hype").[204] It's interesting to note that this duo introduced the "shiny suit" to mainstream America, as seen in videos such as "(Hammer Hammer) They Put Me In A Mix", in which Hammer also claimed Too Big was the "King of Hype", who was in an unspoken competition with Flavor Flav (hype man for Public Enemy) during the height of their careers.[205][206]
During a 1991 episode of Rockline on MTV (with host Martha Quinn), in response to a caller's question, Hammer stated in 10 years he sees himself continuing to make "original material to establish longevity", "energetic... message-oriented songs for a long time to come" and "staying in good shape... working as long as God blesses [him] to be here".[207]
Hammer also began the trend of rap artists being accepted as mainstream pitchmen. Prior to Hammer, it was virtually unheard of for a hip-hop artist to be seen in a major commercial spot. Hammer appeared in major marketing campaigns for companies such as Pepsi, KFC, Toshiba and Taco Bell to the point that he was criticized as a "sell-out".[10][208] Hammer also did commercials for British Knights during the height of his career. The shoe company signed him to a $138 million deal.[209][210]
In 1994, British TV presenter Mark Lamarr interrupted Hammer repeatedly with Hammer's catch phrase ("Stop! Hammer Time!") in an interview filmed for The Word, which he took in good humour. He claimed Hammer was a "living legend". It was also within this interview that Hammer explained the truth about his relationship with "gangsta rap" and that he was merely changing with the times, not holding onto his old image nor becoming a "hardcore gangsta".[211] This change had much to do with his failure.[11][212]
After his rapid fall from commercial fame, M.C. Hammer spent most of the latter half of the 1990s as a punch line in the music business.[citation needed] According to VH1, "Hammer was on the money. Hit singles and videos like "U Can't Touch This" and "Too Legit To Quit" created a template of lavish performance values that many rap artists still follow today."
In 2006, M.C. Hammer's music catalog (approximately 40,000 songs) was sold to the music company Evergreen for nearly $3 million. Evergreen explained that the collection was "some of the best-selling and most popular rap songs of all time." Speaking for Evergreen, David K. Schulhof stated the songs "will emerge as a perfect fit for licensing in movies, television shows, and corporate advertising."[213]
Hammer continues to give media interviews, such as being a guest on Chelsea Lately (June 16, 2009), where he discussed his relationship with Vanilla Ice, his stint on The Surreal Life, his latest show, his family, his mansion, him being in shape, his current financial status and other "colorful topics" (subliminal jokes) regarding his baggy pants.[214][215][216]
Influences and related artists[link]
M.C. Hammer's impact in rap and entertainment has influenced and been influenced by such artists as: Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, James Brown, Prince, Michael Jackson, Kurtis Blow, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rick James, Doug E. Fresh (who joined Hammer's Bust It Records label in 1992 and issued the album Doin' What I Gotta Do with the track "Bustin' Out (On Funk)" sampling the Rick James single "Bustin' Out") & The Get Fresh Crew (Barry Bee and Chill Will), Run-D.M.C. and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Hammer was followed by related musicians: Will Smith, dc Talk, BB Jay, Diddy (aka "Puffy" or "Puff Daddy"), Young MC, B Angie B, M.C. Brains, MC Breed, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, C+C Music Factory, Mystikal, Bell Biv DeVoe, Kris Kross, Ho Frat Ho[217][218] and Oaktown's 357.[219]
Among others, some similar acts to Hammer are: Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Digital Underground, Gerardo, Heavy D & the Boyz, Jibri Wise One, Kid 'n Play, MC Lyte, Salt-n-Pepa, Tone Lōc, Whodini, The U-Krew, P.M. Dawn, Candyman, M-Doc, Triple M, Bobby Brown, Biz Markie, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Father MC, Marley Marl, and Wreckx-n-Effect.[220]
Award recipient, appearances and recognitions[link]
M.C. Hammer has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.[2] He has won three Grammy Awards (one with Rick James and Alonzo Miller) for Best Rhythm and Blues Song (1990), Best Rap Solo (1990) and Best Music Video: Long Form (1990) taken from Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie. He also received eight American Music Awards, a People's Choice Award, an NAACP Image Awards and the Billboard Diamond Award (the first for a hip hop artist).[6][7][8]
The International Album of the Year validated Hammer's talent as a world-class entertainer.[58] Additionally, Hammer was also honored with a Soul Train Music Award (Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year) in 1991.
Hammer appeared on gospel music's Stellar Awards show in 1997 and spoke of his renewed commitment to God. In the same interview, Hammer promised to unveil the "second leg" of his career.[15]
In the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Hammer made a surprise appearance in the middle of the show with best friend Jermaine Jackson.[221]
On June 12, 2008, Hammer gave his support to Warren Beatty by attending the 36th AFI Life Achievement Awards.[222]
In August 2008, at the World Hip Hop Dance Championships, Hammer won a Living Legends of Hip Hop Award from Hip Hop International [4] in Las Vegas.[136][223]
Hammer, Rick Sanchez and Shaquille O'Neal celebrated the Best of Twitter in Brooklyn at the Shorty Awards on February 11, 2009, which honored the top short-form content creators on Twitter.[224]
Hammer attended the 2009 Soul Train Music Awards which aired on BET November 29, 2009.[225] He has also been a presenter/performer at Soul Train's Music Awards several times, including The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1991), The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1995) and Soul Train's 25th Anniversary (1995).[226]
On October 2 (aired October 12), Hammer opened the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards performing "2 Legit 2 Quit" in Atlanta along with Rick Ross, Diddy and DJ Khaled (performing "MC Hammer" from the Teflon Don album).[202][227][228][229]
In September 2009, Hammer made the "accomplishment appearance" in Zombie Apocalypse for the downloadable Smash TV/Left 4 Dead hybrid for the Xbox 360.[230]
With over 2.6 million Twitter followers, his contribution to social media and as a co-founder of his own Internet businesses (such as DanceJam), Hammer has been announced as the recipient of the first Gravity Summit Social Media Marketer of the Year Award. The award will be presented to him at the 3rd Annual Gravity Summit on February 22, 2011 at the UCLA Covel Commons.[231][232]
Hammer's chronological summary of recognitions are as follows (according to sources provided within this and other supporting articles)[5]:
- September 1989: The video for "Turn This Mutha Out" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.
- January 1990: Won two American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (Let's Get It Started) and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Let's Get It Started).
- April 1990: Hit the Top 40 with "U Can't Touch This" from the LP Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em.
- May 1990: Hit the Top 10 with "U Can't Touch This".
- July 1990: Hit the Top 40 with "Have You Seen Her".
- August 1990: Hit the Top 10 with "Have You Seen Her".
- September 1990: The video for "U Can't Touch This" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and Best Dance Video and was nominated for Best Male Video, Best Editing, and Best Choreography.
- October 1990: Hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Pray".
- November 1990: Hit #1 for a week with "Pray".
- Hammer was a 1990 Top Singles Artist of the Year, a 1990 Billboard Hot Single Artist of the Year and was the 1990 Billboard Music Award Artist of the Decade. Another milestone was accomplished for Hammer when his album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em spent 21 weeks at #1, according to Billboard 200, eventually resulting in diamond certification.
- January 1991: Hit the Top 40 with "Here Comes The Hammer". Won five American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("U Can't Touch This"), Favorite Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em), and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em).
- February 1991: Won three Grammy Awards including Best Rap Solo Performance and Best R&B Song ("U Can't Touch This") and Best Music Video: Long Form (Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em) and Record of the Year ("U Can't Touch This").
- September 1991: The video for "Pray" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography and "Here Comes The Hammer" was nominated for Best Special Effects.
- November 1991: Hit the Top 40 with "2 Legit 2 Quit".
- December 1991: Hit the Top 10 with "2 Legit 2 Quit". Hit the Top 40 with "Addams Groove".
- According to ARC Weekly, Hammer ranked the #43 Singles Artist of 1991.[233] He also received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song ("Addams Groove") in 1991.
- January 1992: Won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist. Hit the Top 10 with "Addams Groove."
- February 1992: Nominated for another Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Here Comes The Hammer").
- September 1992: Nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video from a Film ("Addams Groove") and Best Choreography ("2 Legit 2 Quit").
- Hammer was a 1992 Billboard Hot Single Artist of the Year, and ranked the #34 Singles Artist of 1992 according to ARC Weekly.[234]
- January 1993: Nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Addams Groove") and Best Music Video: Long Form (Hammerin' Home).
- In 1994, Hammer ranked the #84 Singles Artist of the Year according to ARC Weekly.[235]
- March 1994: Hit the Top 40 with "It's All Good".
- April 1994: Hit the Top 40 with "Pumps and a Bump".
- September 1994: Nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography ("Pumps And A Bump").
- In 1999, MTV's "100 Greatest Videos Ever Made" included Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" at #71.
- In October 2000, VH1's "100 Greatest Dance Songs" included Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" at #88.
- In May 2001, VH1's "100 Greatest Videos" included Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" at #59.
- In April 2003, VH1's "50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists" included MC Hammer at #44.
- In 2004, Hammer was ranked #167 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.
- In August 2005, the single "U Can't Touch This" was certified gold.
- In April 2007, BET ranked Hammer as the #7 "Best Dancer Of All Time".
- In December 2007, VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s" included "U Can't Touch This" at #16.
- In October 2008, Vibes "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared Hammer the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round.
- In December 2011, MuchMore's "Top 100 Big Tunes of the 90s" included "U Can't Touch This at #83.
Discography[link]
Main article: MC Hammer discography
- Feel My Power (1987)
- Let's Get It Started (1988)
- Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
- Too Legit to Quit (1991)
- The Funky Headhunter (1994)
- Inside Out (1995)
- Too Tight (1996)
- Family Affair (1998)
- Active Duty (2001)
- Full Blast (2004)
- Look Look Look (2006)
- DanceJamtheMusic (2009)
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| Name | MC Hammer |
| Alternative names | Burrell, Stanley Kirk (real name) |
| Short description | Rapper, entrepreneur, actor |
| Date of birth | 1962-03-30 |
| Place of birth | Oakland, California, U.S. |
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 Tina Turner performing in the GelreDome, 1985 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anna Mae Bullock |
| Also known as | Tina Turner, Ann Bullock, Little Ann |
| Born | (1939-11-26) November 26, 1939 (age 72) Nutbush, Tennessee, U.S.A. |
| Origin | Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S.A. |
| Genres | Rock, soul, R&B, pop |
| Occupations | Singer, dancer, author, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Labels | EMI, United Artists, Capitol, Parlophone, Virgin |
| Associated acts | The Ike & Tina Turner Revue |
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards.[1][2] Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.[3] Success followed with a string of hits including "River Deep, Mountain High" and the 1971 hit "Proud Mary". With the publication of her autobiography I, Tina (1986), Turner revealed severe instances of spousal abuse against her by Ike Turner prior to their 1976 split and subsequent 1978 divorce. After virtually disappearing from the music scene for several years following her divorce from Ike Turner, she rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits beginning in 1983 with the single "Let's Stay Together" and the 1984 release of her fifth solo album Private Dancer.
Her musical career led to film roles, beginning with a prominent role as The Acid Queen in the 1975 film Tommy, and an appearance in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She starred opposite Mel Gibson as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, and her version of the film's theme, "We Don't Need Another Hero", was a hit single. She appeared in the 1993 film Last Action Hero.
One of the world's most popular entertainers, Turner has been called the most successful female rock artist[4] and was named "one of the greatest singers of all time" by Rolling Stone.[5] Her combined album and single sales total approximately 180 million copies worldwide.[6][7][8][9] She is known for her energetic stage presence,[2] powerful vocals, career longevity,[8] and widespread appeal.[10] In 2008, Turner left semi-retirement to embark on her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour.[11][12] Turner's tour became one of the highest selling ticketed shows of 2008–2009.[7] Turner was raised a Baptist, but converted to Buddhism and credits the spiritual chants with giving her the strength that she needed to get through the rough times.[13] Rolling Stone ranked her at 63 on their 100 greatest artists of all time and considers her the "Queen of Rock and Roll".[14]
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Early life[link]
Anna Mae Bullock was born in Nutbush, an unincorporated area in Haywood County, Tennessee, on November 26, 1939, the daughter of Zelma Bullock (née Currie), a factory worker, and Floyd Richard Bullock, a Baptist deacon, farm overseer, and factory worker.[15][16] She long believed her mother had significant Native American ancestry,[17] specifically Navajo and Cherokee; however, a DNA test showed her to be 66% African American, 33% European and 1% Native American.[18][19][20][21] She attended Flag Grove School in Haywood County, Tennessee (the land for the school was sold below market value to the school trustees by her great great-uncle in 1889).[21] Ann's older sister was named (Ruby) Aillene. For a time during World War II, their parents relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee to do factory work. By the time of their return to Nutbush, they separated and later divorced following an abusive marriage. Zelma Bullock later relocated to St. Louis, Missouri. Floyd Bullock moved to Detroit and later settled in California.
Ann and her sister relocated to Brownsville where they were raised by their grandmother. She recalled in her early years working with her parents at a farm as sharecroppers. She performed on several talent shows as a child and sang at her church choir. She was raised Baptist and lived most of her childhood as a tomboy participating in her high school's basketball team. When she was 14, she began work as a domestic for a family in Ripley. This continued until she was sixteen when her half-sister Evelyn was killed in a car crash followed by the death of her grandmother around the same time. After her mother returned from St. Louis to attend her funeral, she invited her daughter to move with her in St. Louis, where Anna and her sister reunited. In St. Louis, she attended Sumner High School.[22] She eventually graduated from the school in 1958 and, following graduation, took work as a nurse aide at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Ike & Tina Turner[link]
Origins[link]
Ann became enthralled by St. Louis's thriving nightlife, and her sister often took her out to clubs, much to their mother's chagrin. Anna was introduced to Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm band at Club Manhattan in East St. Louis, where Aillene served as a barmaid and was then dating a Kings of Rhythm member. It was there that Ann also began dating one of the Kings of Rhythm band mates. Ann pursued Ike Turner for months asking him to let her sing with his band but Turner was reluctant to have her in his band. When she was seventeen, she sang during an intermission in the Kings of Rhythm show at Club Manhattan after she was giving a microphone by the band's drummer. Impressed by her vocals, Ike allowed her to join the band as an occasional lead and background vocalist.[23] Ike gave Ann her first stage name, Little Ann, during this time and included her in his record, "Box Top", which was a local hit in St. Louis after its 1958 release on a St. Louis label titled Tune Town, Ann sung with a male vocalist named Carlson Oliver, that was a member of the Kings of Rhythm. In November 1959, when vocalist Art Lassiter failed to show up for a recording session for Ike's composition, "A Fool in Love", Anna was told to lay down a guide vocal. Ike intended to eventually have Lassiter record over Anna's take, for the final production.
Ike Turner met with Sue Records president Juggy Murray in New York, and played the demo for him. Upon hearing it, Murray insisted Turner keep Ann's vocals, and gave Ike a $25,000 advance, convinced the song would become a hit single.[24] In response to this, Ike Turner decided to form a duo around him and Ann. In the process, he changed her name from Little Ann to Tina Turner, stating he got the name because he felt it "sounded good". Despite the early romanticized version of their story in the biopic, What's Love Got to Do with It, Ike Turner and Ann Bullock were not romantically involved until around the release of "A Fool in Love", which by then had been released under the billing Ike & Tina Turner,[25] effectively starting the duo and launching Ann into show business. Ike Turner claimed later that he helped mold and shape Tina Turner's style and image.[26]
Early success[link]
"A Fool in Love" was released in the spring of 1960 and by late summer the song had reached number two on the R&B chart and crossed over to number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 later going on to sell a million copies. After Ike and Tina Turner made their national television debut performing the song on American Bandstand in October 1960, she gave birth to Ike's child, Ronald Renelle. Ike and Tina's relationship started around 1959 shortly after Raymond Hill, a member of Ike's Kings of Rhythm, childhood friend of Ike's, and father of Tina's first-born son, left the band due to monetary complaints. Tina had moved into Ike's home after she had been kicked out of her mother's house following news of her pregnancy. The relationship started while Ike was still married to his wife, Lorraine, who was mother of two of his children. Both Ike and Tina felt strange about the relationship with Tina later saying she felt forced into a sexual relationship. Ike had felt the affair was incestuous, later telling an interviewer that "it felt like I was strewing (sic) my sister."[27] Neither Ike nor Tina felt a strong attraction: Tina didn't think Ike was physically handsome while Ike felt Tina was "too skinny" to be his girlfriend since, according to Tina, he favored curvaceous women. Lorraine Taylor eventually left Ike with his children after a confrontation with Tina.
Sue Records followed the success of "A Fool in Love" with "I'm Jealous" but the record bombed. The couple quickly recovered with the release of the top 5 R&B single, "I Idolize You". Their second top 40 pop hit, "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", surpassed "A Fool in Love" on the pop charts reaching #14 and winning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock & Roll Performance. In 1962, this was followed by "Tra La La" and "Poor Fool" while "You Shoulda Treated Me Right" had milder success. With the arrival of Tina Turner, Ike Turner changed his band's name from The Kings of Rhythm to the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and featured a backing girl group he named The Ikettes. A strenuous touring schedule built up the band's reputation as one of the hottest R&B acts in the chitlin' circuit. By 1963, Ike Turner had upgraded their shows to include raunchy choreography for Tina and the Ikettes, with their energized shows only matched by James Brown and The Famous Flames. Ike Turner himself hated to be in front of the spotlight and chose to perform with his back mainly turned to the crowd though he occasionally would come out in front during skits with Tina. The success of their revue led to numerous other revue-led package shows from crossover R&B labels such as Motown and Stax. At a time when racially mixed audiences were still a controversy, Ike and Tina Turner were one of the few acts to perform openly for mixed audiences due to the money that they could bring to its venues, especially in the American South.[28]
In 1962, Ann Bullock married Turner in Tijuana, Mexico.[29] Following this, she began raising Turner's previous sons, Ike Turner, Jr. and Michael, while her eldest son Craig Bullock (born from her earlier relationship with Raymond Hill, a saxophone player in Ike's band), adopted Turner's last name after Ike adopted him as his own. Tina raised them and her only child with Ike, Ronald.[30] The Turners' relationship with Sue Records ended in 1964. Between that year and 1969, Ike and Tina Turner recorded for a various number of labels, in part due to Ike Turner's demands for money and lucrative deals. They recorded over a dozen albums including several live recordings during that period and kept themselves in the public eye during the mid-1960s by appearing on shows such as American Bandstand, Hollywood A Go-Go, Shindig!, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The Andy Williams Show where their brand of entertainment was given both critical and artistic raves. Their performing success kept the Turners in the public eye while their records plummeted.
Mainstream success[link]
After several years touring the chitlin' circuit and other major rock and roll venues, Ike and Tina Turner began reaching the pinnacle of their success after the release of the pop-oriented ballad, "River Deep - Mountain High". While the song's initial release flopped at the time of its release in 1966, it led to modest international success in Europe. Upon hearing the track and another UK hit the group recorded, which was a cover of the Motown ballad, "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"; Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones asked the couple to open for them on their 1966 UK tour, which they obliged. The single became a bigger success in the UK, reaching #3 there. After their successful opening spot on the Stones' tour, Ike Turner renegotiated contracts for Tina and The Ikettes and Ike & Tina on several successive labels. In 1968, Ike produced the number, "You Got What You Wanted (Now You Don't Want What You Got)" under the billing "Tina Turner with Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm", while recording the album, So Fine. That year, Ike and Tina signed with Blue Thumb where much of the musical focus was mainly on blues and blues rock material. The albums, Outta Season and The Hunter produced their best charted success in years with the releases of the songs, "I've Been Loving You Too Long", "The Hunter" and "Bold Soul Sister" respectively, with "Bold Soul Sister" later winning Tina Turner a solo Grammy nomination.
During performances of "I've Been Loving You Too Long", Ike choreographed Tina to perform suggestively to the microphone, a practice Tina later said she hated doing but did it because she felt she had no say in it as it was Ike Turner's band. Due to this success, the Turners were invited to perform in Las Vegas and their shows would be attended by the likes of David Bowie, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin, Cher, James Brown, Ray Charles, Elton John and Elvis Presley.[31] This exposure also led to Tina Turner and Ike Turner being on the cover of the rock magazine, Rolling Stone three times between 1967 and 1971. In 1970, the group signed with Liberty Records and scored their first top 40 US hit in years with their cover of Sly & The Family Stone's "I Want to Take You Higher" and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Dick Cavett Show and the Mike Douglas Show. This success led to an extended run in Vegas and also more opportunities to perform for bigger venues though the couple still frequented predominantly black venues including The Apollo Theater. In 1971, they released the Workin' Together album, which led to their biggest successes with the former album producing a hit version of "I Want to Take You Higher" and the latter producing their biggest hit single, a frenzied cover of "Proud Mary", which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1971, two months after it was released.[32] The song later won the duo a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group.[33]
By 1972, the group had even made headlines by performing at Carnegie Hall, which was documented for a double live album. That year, they switched to United Artists Records and released ten albums between 1971 and 1978 (two albums were released posthumously following the duo's infamous 1976 split). In 1973, the group released their final hit with "Nutbush City Limits", culminating in the duo's full embrace of funk rock rhythms. Though the song was musically composed by Ike, Tina was solely credited to the song as its lyricist. The song peaked at number twenty-two on the Hot 100 and number four in the UK.[34] In 1974, the Turners released several albums including The Gospel According to Ike & Tina, which later won the duo another Grammy Award nomination for Best Soul Gospel Performance, and Tina's first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On, which won Tina Turner another Grammy nod for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance.
Decline in popularity[link]
By the mid-1970s, Tina's personal life and marriage had fallen apart. Ike's growing cocaine use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior. Ike Turner also played a hand in their professional career hitting the doldrums for refusing to accept any outside management and using all the money he earned to maintain his cocaine habit. This led to low ticket sales and lower record sales. By 1975, Ike Turner was so addicted to cocaine that he couldn't make it to rehearsals for scheduled TV appearances leading Tina Turner to be onstage without her partner. That year, Tina accepted an offer to appear in The Who's rock opera, Tommy. Tina's role in the film as the Acid Queen proved to be successful as critics raved of her appearance on the film.
Ike Turner responded by releasing Tina's second solo album, Acid Queen, which in turn became the last Ike & Tina associated album to be released and featured the duo's last charted single, "Baby Get It On". A non-album single, "Delilah's Power", was also released during the same time. Tina's increasing independence led to increasing fights between the couple. In July 1976, Tina and Ike had a violent fight before an appearance at the Dallas Statler Hilton, where Tina alleged that this is when she hit Ike back "for the first time". After arriving at the hotel, Tina left Ike, fleeing with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a Mobil gas station credit card in her possession. She spent the next few months hiding from Ike while staying with various friends.[35][36] Following this, Tina filed for divorce on July 27 after fourteen years of marriage, ending the Ike & Tina Turner Revue for good.
Tina would later credit her new-found Nichiren Buddhist[37] faith with giving her the courage to strike out on her own. By walking out on Ike in the middle of a tour, she learned she was legally responsible to tour promoters for the canceled tour. Needing to earn a living, she became a solo performer, supplementing her income with TV appearances on shows such as The Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Brady Bunch Hour.[38] After a year in court, their divorce was made final on March 29, 1978. In the divorce, she completely parted ways with him retaining only her stage name and assuming responsibility for the debts incurred by the canceled tour as well as a significant IRS lien.[39]
Life after the Revue[link]
After lying low for a year following her separation from Ike Turner, Tina Turner went back on the road in 1977 supporting herself with a cabaret act in Las Vegas. In 1978, Tina released her third solo album (and her first album since her separation from Ike) entitled Rough on EMI Records. The album was considered a departure from the blues rock sound of Ike & Tina. Choosing to focus on "happier music" and strong readings of hard rock songs, the album would yield four singles, none of which charted. In 1979, Turner released the disco-infused Love Explosion album, but it also failed to chart.[40]
Due to the albums' performances, United Artists and EMI Records dropped Turner from her contract after her obligations ended with the companies. Turner supported herself by touring constantly, starting her first solo tour with The Wild Lady of Rock 'n' Roll in 1978. Following the end of the tour in 1979, she was invited to perform on Olivia Newton-John's musical variety show in Australia, where she met Newton-John's manager Roger Davies and pursued him to manage her career. Davies accepted Turner's offer after seeing her perform in San Francisco in 1980 and advised Turner to revamp her stage act. Despite her career downturn, Turner remained popular as a stage performer.[41]
Return to prominence[link]
In 1981, Turner made headlines when she performed at the Ritz Theater in New York, leading to Turner performing with Rod Stewart, first on Saturday Night Live and then on his televised Los Angeles concert tour. That same year, Turner appeared onstage with her old 1960s acquaintances The Rolling Stones. In 1982, Turner teamed up with B.E.F. for a remake of the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion".[42] The song became a hit in European dance clubs. Following this success, the producers asked her to incorporate a cover of Al Green's classic, "Let's Stay Together". Released in November 1983, just days before Turner's 44th birthday, the song became a hit single in the UK reaching number six on their charts and also became a hit in several other European countries.[43][44] The success of "Let's Stay Together" in Europe convinced Turner's new company Capitol Records to release the song in the US in early 1984, with the song reaching number twenty six on the Billboard Hot 100[45] while also peaking at the top five of the R&B and dance charts.[46][47]
Following its success, Capitol quickly gave Turner a new three-album contract and had them do an album, with Turner later staging what Ebony magazine called an "amazing comeback".[48] Done in two months, the album Private Dancer, was released in June 1984. That same month, Turner issued the album's second single, "What's Love Got to Do with It". It quickly reached the top ten within a month and in September had reached number one on the Hot 100 in the US, making it the first time in Turner's career that she had reached that position. Private Dancer peaked at the top five of the Billboard album charts later selling five million copies in the US and a total of eleven million copies worldwide,[49][50][51] though some sources stated the album has sold over twenty million[4] making it her most successful album. Private Dancer also featured two more top ten singles, the rock-oriented "Better Be Good to Me" and the seductive title track while another US single, "Show Some Respect", became a modest top forty hit. Turner's comeback was culminated in early 1985 when she won four Grammy Awards including Record of the Year for "What's Love Got to Do with It". In February of that year, she embarked on her second world tour supporting the Private Dancer album, where she toured to huge crowds. One show, filmed at Birmingham, England's NEC Arena, was later released on home video. During this time she also contributed on vocals to the USA for Africa benefit song, "We Are the World".
Turner's success continued in 1985 when she appeared in her first acting role in ten years in the film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, playing Aunty Entity, the ruler of Bartertown.[52] Upon its release, the film grossed $36 million.[53] Turner later received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in the film and also contributed songs to the film's soundtrack, two of which, "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "One of the Living", became hits, with "One of the Living" later winning Turner a Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In July, Turner performed at Live Aid alongside Mick Jagger.[54] Encouraged by a performance together during Tina's filmed solo concert in England, singer Bryan Adams released their duet single together, "It's Only Love", later resulting in a Grammy nod for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Subsequent releases[link]
Turner returned with her next solo album, Break Every Rule, in 1986. The album quickly became platinum launching several hit singles including "Typical Male", "Two People" and "What You Get Is What You See" going on to sell two million copies in the United States and four million together worldwide. That same year, Turner published her autobiography, I, Tina, which she talked about her early life and volatile marriage to Ike Turner. She later received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame that summer. Turner's European Break Every Rule Tour, which culminated in March 1987 in Munich, contributed to record breaking sales and concert attendances. In January 1988, Turner made history alongside Paul McCartney when she performed in front of the largest paying audience (approximately 184,000) to see a solo performer in Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil earning her a Guinness World Record.[55] The success of Turner's two live tours led to the recording of Tina Live in Europe, which was released that April. Turner lay low following the end of her Break Every Rule Tour emerging once again with Foreign Affair, which included one of Turner's signature singles, "The Best". She later embarked on an European-only tour to promote the album. While Foreign Affair would go gold in the United States, with its singles "The Best" and "Steamy Windows" becoming top forty hits there, it wasn't as successful as Turner's previous offerings, though it was hugely successful in Europe, where Turner had personally relocated.
In 1991, Ike and Tina Turner were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Phil Spector later accepted on their behalf. That same year, the ex-couple signed away their rights to have their lives dramatized in the semi-autobiographical film, What's Love Got to Do with It, later released in 1993 and starring Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburne as Ike, with the actors later winning Best Actress and Best Actor Academy Award nominations for their portrayals of the former husband-and-wife team. Turner contributed to the soundtrack for What's Love Got to Do with It, re-recording songs from her Ike and Tina days and recording several newer songs including what turned out to be her last top ten US hit, "I Don't Wanna Fight". Other than helping Bassett with her wardrobe and teaching her dance steps as well as providing songs for the soundtrack, she refused to be involved fully in the film, telling an interviewer "Why would I want to see Ike Turner beat me up again? I haven't dwelled on it; it's all in the past where it belongs." Following the film's and soundtrack's release, Turner embarked on her first US tour in seven years. Following the tour's end, Turner moved to Switzerland and took a year off from the road at the end of the tour.
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Turner's handprints at the Rotterdam Walk of Fame
Turner returned in 1995 with the U2 composition, "GoldenEye" for the James Bond film of the same name. Its huge success in Europe and modest success in her formerly native United States led Turner to record a new album, releasing the Wildest Dreams album in 1996. Though the album itself was not as hugely successful in the United States, thanks to a world tour and a much played Hanes hosiery commercial, the album went gold in the United States. The album reached platinum success in Europe where Turner had hits with "Whatever You Want", "Missing You", which briefly charted in the US, "Something Beautiful Remains", and the sensual Barry White duet "In Your Wildest Dreams". Following the tour's end in 1997, Turner took another break before re-emerging again in 1999 appearing on the VH-1 special Divas Live '99. In 1998 the duet with Italian superstar Eros Ramazzotti in "Cose della Vita" that became a European hit. Before celebrating her 60th birthday, Turner released the dance-infused song, "When the Heartache Is Over" and its parent album, Twenty Four Seven the following month in Europe, releasing both the song and the album in North America in early 2000. The success of "When the Heartache is Over" and Turner's tour supporting the album once again helped in the album going gold in the U.S. The Twenty Four Seven Tour became her most successful concert tour to date and became the highest-grossing tour of 2000 according to Pollstar grossing over $100 million. Later, Guinness World Records announced that Turner had sold more concert tickets than any other solo concert performer in music history.[8][56] Afterwards Turner announced a semi-retirement.
Recent years[link]
In 2002, Tennessee State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway".[57][58][59] In 2003, she teamed up with Phil Collins to record the song "Great Spirits" for the Disney film Brother Bear.
In 2004, Turner released a new compilation, All the Best, and released the single "Open Arms". The song became a modestly successful European hit and a modest R&B hit in America. In 2005, Turner briefly performed on shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and The View. All the Best became Turner's first album to go platinum in the U.S. in over eleven years.
At the end of the year, Turner was recognized by the Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and was elected to join an elite group of entertainers.[60] President Bush commented on Turner's "natural skill, the energy and sensuality",[61] and referred to her legs as "the most famous in show business".[62] Several artists paid tribute to her that night including Oprah Winfrey, Melissa Etheridge (who performed "River Deep - Mountain High", Queen Latifah (who performed "What's Love Got to Do with It"), Beyoncé (who performed "Proud Mary"), and the Reverend Al Green (who performed "Let's Stay Together"). Winfrey stated, "We don't need another hero. We need more heroines like you, Tina. You make me proud to spell my name w-o-m-a-n,"[63] and "Tina Turner didn't just survive, she triumphed." In November, Turner released All the Best - Live Collection and it was certified platinum by the RIAA.
In early 2006, the All the Invisible Children soundtrack was released. Turner sang "Teach Me Again" from the All the Invisible Children soundtrack with Elisa charted at No. 1 in Italy. In May 2007, Turner returned to the stage to headline a benefit concert for the Cauldwell Children's Charity at London's Natural History Museum. This was her first full show in seven years. Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released an album paying tribute to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, entitled River: The Joni Letters on September 25, 2007, on which Turner contributed her vocals to a version of "Edith and The Kingpin". On October 16, 2007, Carlos Santana released an album entitled Ultimate Santana which featured Turner singing "The Game of Love", a song originally intended for her to sing, but which was instead released by Santana with Michelle Branch due to demands from the recording label.
On December 12, 2007, Turner issued a brief statement through a spokesperson regarding the death of her former husband Ike Turner:[64] "Tina hasn't had any contact with Ike in more than 30 years. No further comment will be made."[65]
Turner performed with Beyoncé at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2008. It was Turner's first major public performance since her record-breaking Twenty-Four Seven Tour.[66][67] In addition, she picked up a Grammy as a featured artist on River: The Joni Letters. On May 5, 2008, she performed in a televised concert and interview for the Oprah show at Caesar's Place in Las Vegas with long time friend Cher.
Turner embarked on her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour on October 1, 2008,[68] which began on in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. The album, Tina!: Her Greatest Hits, was released in support of the tour.
In 2009, Turner participated in the Beyond singing project with fellow musicians Regula Curti, Seda Bagcan and Dechen Shak Dagsay. This CD combined Buddhist chants and Christian choral music along with a spiritual message read by Turner.[69] The album was released only in Germany and a handful of other countries. It peaked at No. 7 in Switzerland. In 2011, Children Beyond followed and charted again in Switzerland.
A new live album was released by Parlophone in September 2009 entitled Tina Live. The double disc set included the full concert recorded in the Netherlands as part of her 50th Anniversary Tour on DVD and selected tracks on CD. It is only Turner's second live album with the first, Tina Live in Europe, being released twenty years previously in 1988.
In April 2010, Turner once again had a hit with her 1989 single The Best. It peaked at No.9 in the UK Singles Chart after an internet campaign by supporters of Glasgow Rangers Football Club.[70]
Personal life[link]
Born in a farm in Nutbush, a town in Haywood County, Tennessee, Tina's parents subsequently abandoned her at a young age before reaching her teen years. She moved to Brownsville to stay with her close grandmother. After her grandmother died when she was sixteen, her mother moved her to St. Louis. Tina Turner had two sisters, Alline Selico and Evelyn Currie, both of whom are deceased. She was close to both sisters growing up and later credited Alline with introducing her to Ike Turner after taking her to Club Manhattan which Turner frequented. After Tina graduated from St. Louis' Sumner High School at 18, she became pregnant with musician Raymond Hill's child. Hill was a childhood friend of Ike Turner's and an original member of Ike's Kings of Rhythm band. After her mother kicked her out of her house after finding out about the pregnancy, Tina moved in Ike Turner's home in East St. Louis, where she remained until she and Ike relocated to Los Angeles in 1964.
Tina's accounts of her life with Ike Turner differ from his accounts: whereas Turner alleged in her memoirs, I, Tina that Ike Turner was verbally, emotionally and physically abusive towards her, Ike Turner alleged that he never beat her but did admit to "slapping her a few times" and "punching her to the ground without thinking" in his own memoirs, Taking Back My Name. In 1976, after years of alleged abuse, Tina left him after suffering a beating by Ike's hands while in Dallas.[26] Ike Turner pursued her for half a year stopping his pursuits in 1977. Tina filed for divorce and left most of the monetary assets in Ike Turner's care while retaining the use of her stage name as a means to perform.[39] Ike Turner later alleged that their marriage was illegal,[26] and that Tina took his last name to discourage a former lover's attempt to reconcile with her, resulting in her full stage name of Tina Turner.[71]
Turner was introduced to Buddhism by a friend of hers and Ike's in 1972. Turner wrote in her autobiography that she first used Buddhist chants (mainly nam myoho renge kyo) before performing at a recording session at Ike's Bolic Sounds studio and it resulted in Ike sending her money to go shopping, showing Buddhism as both a source of strength and a means of getting what she wanted. Two years later, she converted to Nichiren Buddhism and later credited the religion for getting her through the rough times especially during her post-Ike/Revue life and career.[72] In 1985, she met her current companion, German-based music executive Erwin Bach, while at a record label party in London. They began dating a year later and have remained together since. Turner has been living in a lakehouse called Chateau Algonquin in Zurich[73] since moving there in 1994.[74][75] She also has had residences in London, Cologne and on the French Riviera.[76]
Tina is a mother to four sons. His first son, Raymond Craig, was from her brief affair with Kings of Rhythm band mate Raymond Hill, born weeks before Tina's 19th birthday, in 1958. She had one more biological child, Ronald Renelle, with Ike Turner, born in October 1960. Following Tina's subsequent marriage to Ike, she raised two of Ike's eldest sons, Ike Turner, Jr. and Michael, from Ike Turner's marriage to Lorraine Taylor.
Awards and accolades[link]
Main article: List of awards received by Tina Turner
Turner was listed on Rolling Stone's list "The Immortals — The Greatest Artists of All Time".[5] Turner is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee,[77] and three of her recordings, "River Deep - Mountain High" (1999), "Proud Mary" (2003) and "What's Love Got To Do With It" (2012) are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.[78] Turner has won 8 Grammy Awards.[8]
Bryan Adams, who toured with her on the Private Dancer Tour, praised Turner's live performances, saying, "I never saw Tina walk through a performance, she always put on a great show, and was gracious and grateful to her audience."
Her legs were noted specifically as she was honored by President George W. Bush.[79]
Discography[link]
Main article: Tina Turner discography
Studio albums[link]
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Tours[link]
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- 1978–1979: Wild Lady of Rock Tour
- 1982–1984: Nice 'n' Rough Tour
- 1985: Private Dancer Tour
- 1987–1988: Break Every Rule Tour
- 1990: Foreign Affair Tour
- 1993: What's Love? Tour
- 1996–1997: Wildest Dreams Tour
- 2000: Twenty Four Seven Tour
- 2008–2009: Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
Filmography[link]
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | Gimme Shelter | Herself | Documentary |
| 1971 | Taking Off | Herself | |
| 1975 | Tommy | The Acid Queen | |
| 1976 | All This and World War II | Herself | Documentary |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Our Guests at Heartland | |
| 1979 | John Denver and the Ladies | Herself | Variety Show |
| 1985 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Auntie Entity | Won (1986) - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with it | Herself | Singing voice for Angela Bassett, also archive footage |
| Last Action Hero | The Mayor | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | The Big T.N.T. Show | Herself | Documentary |
| 1970 | It's Your Thing | Herself | Documentary |
| 1971 | Soul to Soul | Herself | Documentary |
| 2000 | Ally McBeal | Herself | cameo appearance one episode: "The Oddball Parade" |
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| Short description | Singer, actress |
| Date of birth | 1939-11-26 |
| Place of birth | Nutbush, Tennessee, U.S.A |
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This article is about the American quartet. For a definition of the word "en vogue", see the Wiktionary entry en vogue.
For other uses of "vogue", see Vogue.
| En Vogue | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Oakland, California, United States |
| Genres | R&B, Soul, Funk |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Atlantic, EastWest, Discretion Ent., 33rd Street, Rufftown Entertainment Group, Inc. |
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| Terry Ellis Cindy Herron Maxine Jones |
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| Amanda Cole Rhona Bennett Dawn Robinson |
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En Vogue is an American female R&B[1] vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.[2]
The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music Awards, and seven Grammy nominations. According to Billboard Magazine they were the 18th most successful act of the 1990s, and one of the most popular and successful female groups of all time.[3] En Vogue have accumulated over 2,800 weeks on various Billboard charts.[4]
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Group history[link]
Beginnings[link]
Assembled in Oakland, California in July 1989, En Vogue launched with original members Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis. The inspiration for the group came when production duo of Foster and Mc Elroy envisioned a modern-day girl group in the tradition of the 1950s/1960s female trios. The blueprint was based on the plan of recruiting singers who possessed strong voices, noticeably good looks, and intelligence. Auditions were held in 1988, with Herron, Jones and Robinson making the final cut.[5] Like previous girl groups, En Vogue was originally conceived as a trio, but after hearing Ellis audition, Foster and McElroy decided to create a quartet. At first, they selected the name "For You." They shifted to "Vogue", but ultimately settled on En Vogue, upon learning that another group had already claimed the Vogue moniker.
[edit] 1989–91: Born to Sing
After forming, the group began working with their producers on their debut album. Recording began in August 1989 and wrapped up in December of the same year.[6] Born to Sing was released on April 3, 1990. The album charted at number twenty-one on the Billboard 200 and number three on Billboard's R&B Albums Chart. The first single, "Hold On," was released to radio in late February 1990 and became a crossover pop hit, reaching number two on Billboard's Hot 100 singles charts, and number one on both the R&B singles and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It later went to #5 in the UK, and became a hit in Europe. The next two singles, "Lies" and "You Don't Have to Worry," each went to number one on the Billboard R&B charts, while the fourth and final single, "Don't Go," charted at number three on the Billboard R&B. The album was later certified platinum by the RIAA.
"Hold On" was awarded a Billboard Music Award for "R&B Single of the Year," a Soul Train Award for "R&B/Urban Contemporary Single of the Year, Group, Band or Duo" and have been nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group". In 1990, En Vogue signed an endorsement deal to appear in a Diet Coke commercial directed by Spike Lee.
[edit] 1992–94: Funky Divas and Runaway Love
En Vogue's second album, Funky Divas, was released in the spring of 1992. The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard R&B and ultimately doubled the take of its predecessor, going multi-platinum. The album's first two singles: "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" and "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" both went top ten pop, and peaked at number one on the R&B charts. The next single, "Free Your Mind" also went top ten. The final two singles "Give It Up Turn It Loose" and "Love Don't Love You" both were top forty hits. The album went on to sell more than three million copies, won an American Music Award for "Favorite Soul/R&B Album," and was nominated for five Grammy Awards. The music video for "Free Your Mind" earned the group three MTV Video Music Awards for "Best Choreography," "Best Dance Video," and "Best R&B Video." They were also honored with Soul Train's prestigious "Entertainer of the Year Award." In addition to this, the group were featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Essence among other major publications. Riding high on the success of Funky Divas, a six-song EP entitled Runaway Love was released in the fall of 1993, spawning the hit "Runaway Love."
The group was signed to an endorsement deal with Converse, and were featured as an opening act on Luther Vandross' 1993 tour. Among the numerous countries toured were England, Germany, the Netherlands and France which confirmed the group's live vocal and performing prowess. However, according to an article in Vibe magazine, Vandross (by his own admission in interviews) and his entourage clashed with the members of En Vogue during the tour and he vowed never to work with them again afterwards. En Vogue also made numerous television appearances on such series as In Living Color, A Different World, Roc and Hangin' With Mr. Cooper (the latter two of which they also sang the show's theme songs.) In 1993, En Vogue were featured vocalists on Salt-N-Pepa's top ten hit "Whatta Man", from Salt-N-Pepa's Very Necessary album. The track also appeared (slightly edited) on En Vogue's Runaway Love EP.
[edit] 1994–98: The departure of Robinson and EV3
In 1995, En Vogue were amongst numerous female vocalists featured on the song "Freedom" for the soundtrack to Panther. Also in 1995, group member Terry Ellis recorded a solo album entitled Southern Gal, which spun off the top ten R&B single "Where Ever You Are."
En Vogue reunited in 1996 to record "Don't Let Go (Love)" for the soundtrack to the motion picture Set It Off. Released in the autumn, it became the group's biggest hit to date; the single peaked at number two on the Hot 100, number one on the R&B singles chart, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. It, inadvertently, would also be the final En Vogue single to feature Robinson. One of Robinson's final performances with her bandmates came in October of that year, when the group sang the final National Anthem rendition in the history of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, which came in game five of the 1996 World Series. In response to the large commercial success of "Don't Let Go (Love)", the group steadfastly went to work on its third album. As the album was nearing completion, Robinson chose to leave the group in April 1997 after difficult contractual negotiations reached a stalemate. Despite Robinson's abrupt departure, En Vogue resolved to continue on as a trio (forcing the group to re-record some of the tracks on their forthcoming album that had originally featured her on lead vocals).
EV3, the group's third album, was released in the spring and debuted at number eight on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard R&B charts. The first single, the Babyface-penned and produced "Whatever" went on to become a top-20 pop hit, a top ten R&B hit, while also peaking at number five on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. On August 26, 1997, the single was certified gold by the RIAA. The followup single "Too Gone, Too Long" (which was produced by David Foster and written by Diane Warren) performed more modestly, managing to only peak in the top forty. Despite its being certified platinum, and the album being nominated for Grammy Award and a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award, sales of EV3 failed to live up to full commercial expectation. A world tour had been planned, but was canceled due to poor ticket sales. In 1998, En Vogue recorded "No Fool No More" for the soundtrack to the motion picture, Why Do Fools Fall In Love as well as a version of I Want A Monster to Be My Friend for the Elmopalooza special on ABC. The following year, a greatest hits compilation, The Best of En Vogue, was released.
[edit] 2000–03: Masterpiece Theatre and new member
Masterpiece Theatre, the group's fourth studio album, was released in May 2000. The album debuted at number sixty-seven and thirty-three on the Billboard 200 and R&B Albums Charts respectively. The first (and only) single, "Riddle," peaked at number ninety-two and ninety-five on the Hot 100 and R&B charts. As a result of poor sales, En Vogue was dropped from the Elektra Record label.
In 2001, original member Maxine Jones left the group to focus on her family. As a result, Amanda Cole joined the group. Ellis, Herron and Cole released a holiday album, The Gift of Christmas. Soon after the holiday album, Cole too left the group and was replaced with Rhona Bennett. Meanwhile, Robinson's first solo CD Dawn was released in early 2002. During the latter part of 2003, En Vogue toured Europe with Maxine Jones rejoining the group to fill the place of Cindy Herron, who was on maternity leave.
[edit] 2004–07: Soul Flower and impromptu reunion
In 2004, En Vogue (now composed of Ellis, Herron and Bennett) released Soul Flower on independent label 33rd Street Records. While the album failed to chart on the Billboard 200, it managed to peak at number forty-seven on the R&B charts. The albums two singles: "Losin' My Mind" and "Ooh Boy", however, failed to chart. Soon after promotion had finished on this album, Maxine Jones returned to En Vogue, turning the group back into a quartet for the first time since 1996. The group teamed with Boyz II Men for select concert dates during the summer of 2004. That same year En Vogue graced the cover of R&B Showcase magazine.[7]
In 2005, after an eight-year absence, Robinson rejoined En Vogue. The original four went on to sign with one of the industry's largest management firms, The Firm Management Group. That September, they joined Salt N Pepa for the girl groups' first-ever joint public performance of their 1994 hit, "Whatta Man" at VH-1's Hip Hop Honors, and briefly toured. They also earned another Grammy nomination for the single "So What the Fuss", which featured Stevie Wonder and Prince. The group also appeared in the single's music video. After failing to agree on business terms, Robinson once again chose to defect from En Vogue and Bennett returned. As a result, En Vogue was let go from The Firm. En Vogue continued to perform spot dates in North America with Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones, Cindy Herron and Rhona Bennett. This line-up also saw the group return to Europe and Japan for select concert dates. During this time, En Vogue teamed up with Belgian singer Natalia for a song called "Glamorous" where Rhona Bennett's vocals are featured. The single reached No.2 in the Belgian charts and was followed by a DVD release of the concert, which went double platinum.
2008–11: Robinson returns again[link]
On June 24, 2008, the original lineup of En Vogue appeared on the BET Awards, performing with Alicia Keys, SWV and TLC as a tribute to girl groups of the 1990s. With speculation abuzz, En Vogue received the twenty-eighth highest number of hits on the Rock on the Net website for the month of June 2008. The following month, the group ascended to the twelfth position. As of June 30, Robinson stated via an En Vogue Yahoo! fan site that she had indeed returned to En Vogue. On August 6, the original members appeared on Los Angeles' KTLA television station and announced that they have reunited and would do spot dates around the country during the latter part of 2008. The foursome kicked off the Americana at Brand Concert Series in Glendale, California that same evening.[8] Furthermore, En Vogue performed at the 2009 Essence Music Festival, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. They continue to tour throughout the United States. In October 2010, the band performed their first UK show in 18 years in London.
On September 26, 2011, a new single called "I´ll Cry Later" was sent to select urban adult contemporary radio stations.[9]
Robinson left En Vogue again in December 2011.[10]
2012: No new album[link]
In March 2012, a lawsuit was filed by Wells Fargo Bank against Rufftown, Inc. for breach of contract.[citation needed] On May 8, Cindy Herron announced on their official En Vogue Facebook page, that no new album is coming out.[citation needed] En Vogue is touring in 2012.
Members[link]
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| Terry Ellis (1989–present) |
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| Cindy Herron (1989–present) |
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| Maxine Jones (1989–2001, 2003–present) |
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| Dawn Robinson (1989–1997, 2005, 2008–2011) |
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| Rhona Bennett (2003–2005, 2006–2008) |
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| Amanda Cole (2002–2003) |
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- Note: those in bold are current members.
Television and film[link]
En Vogue has appeared in Sesame Street specials including Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration and Elmopalooza in 1998. In Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration, the four original members sang "Adventure" about their adventures with some of the Sesame Street characters. The second song was "I Want a Monster"; a song about having a monster as a playmate. It appeared on Elmopalooza and was recorded after Robinson's departure- featuring Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones and Cindy Herron.
In 1993, the group appeared in a "Wanda" sketch with Jamie Foxx on In Living Color.
In the 1995 film Batman Forever, they appeared in a cameo appearance as a group of prostitutes who want to seduce Batman, but are disappointed when it is Robin who shows up instead; Robinson also appeared as a holographic prostitute demonstrating how to assemble an appropriate outfit in the film Tank Girl.
En Vogue has also appeared in A Different World as a group of country bumpkin sisters who want to sing.
The group also appeared on more than one episode of the highly acclaimed Charles S. Dutton Fox 90's television show Roc, with one of the ladies playing a love interest of Rocky Carrol's character Joey who has to choose between staying with Joey or touring with the rest of the En Vogue ladies. En Vogue recorded a brand new theme song, entitled "Live Your Life Today" for Roc's later season's.
They also recorded the theme song for Season 1 of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, along with Dawnn Lewis and Holly Robinson-Peete.
On May 11, 2009 the group appeared on ABC's The View to perform & announce their future reunion tour. On June 7, 2009 the group appeared on A&E Network's Private Sessions, performing select hits and discussing the group's past, present and future.
Discography[link]
Main article: En Vogue discography
- Studio albums
- 1990: Born to Sing
- 1992: Funky Divas
- 1997: EV3
- 2000: Masterpiece Theatre
- 2002: The Gift of Christmas
- 2004: Soul Flower
- EPs
- 1991: Remix to Sing
- 1993: Runaway Love
Awards[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by En Vogue
See also[link]
Main article: List of best-selling girl groups
References[link]
- ^ Billboard.com - Biography - En Vogue
- ^ En Vogue | Music Artist | Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones | MTV
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- ^ Real.com - Article - En Vogue
- ^ "Don't think I can make it. By Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Will Townsend, Pharoah Davis, Warren Robinson & Andre Zachary part 2 - song, music - Copyright Info". Faqs.org. http://www.faqs.org/copyright/dont-think-i-can-make-it-by-denzil-foster-thomas-mcelroy-2/. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ - Reference - En Vogue in R&B Showcase Magazine
- ^ "En Vogue My Lovin' You're Never Gonna Get It on KTLA". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1OUGJazwzA. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ "New Music: En Vogue – “I’ll Cry Later” (Radio Rip) « Pop Addicts". Popaddicts.com. http://popaddicts.com/new-music-en-vogue-ill-cry-later-radio-rip/. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/dawnrobinson_/status/156806731542962176
External links[link]
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- En Vogue at Rock on the Net.
- En Vogue at Allmusic
- En Vogue On AOL
- En Vogue Videos
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