Any Major Dude With Half A Heart » In Memoriam. It was utter carnage in January, especially if you add all the thespian deaths to the reaper’s music victims! In the In Memoriam series I like to feature little- know artists who have died, such as English singer, songwriter and actor David Bowie who started off his career as Davie Jones, made a name for himself as an occasional painter, as leader of early 1. The Konrads and eventually as the husband of supermodel Imam. Story Circle Reviews Books About Women's Lives; memoir; autobiography; journal; biography; fiction; writing and health; writing life Nonfiction by, for, and About Women. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' became the first film in 41 years to sweep the major categories of best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. Well, to be honest, everything that can be said about Bowie has been said. The tributes were glowing and generally paid due respect to the master’s lifetime achievements, right down to his refusal to accept medals and knighthoods from the queen of England. Alas, all that honour will be brutally urinated upon at the Brits later this month. For the occasion a “supergroup” has been put together. Noel Gallagher, Bono, Damon Albarn, Coldplay and Adele on one stage beating the career of David Bowie with sticks. I can hear Bono intoning: “Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with . And Adele will foghorn her way through Life On Mars, holding long notes at inappropriate moments. There’ll be an acoustic version of Let’s Dance before they all go on to slaughter Heroes (of course, Heroes!) and do the “we’re not worthy” shtick — bowing for Bowie, so to speak — that always indicates that they think they are in fact very worthy indeed. Bowie’s cremated ashes will flurry in their urn like glitter in a snow globe. Exactly a week after Bowie, Mott The Hoople drummer Dale Griffin died, aged 6. The band, of course, got their breakthrough thanks to a Bowie track, All The Young Dudes. Bowie had known Hoople bassist Peter Watts and upon learning that the band was going to split due to their lack of success, he offered them Suffragette City. The band turned down the track (luckily so: where would . Bowie took the rejection, graciously sat down on the floor and wrote All The Young Dudes for them. It came out just three weeks after the Ziggy Stardust album and was a huge hit. Drummer Griffin, who went on to produce many John Peel sessions for the BBC, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the disease that eventually killed him, at the age of 5. Colin Vearncombe, who has died at 5. Ireland, was best known by the moniker Black, under which he enjoyed a couple of UK hits in 1. One of these was the beautiful Wonderful Life which was accompanied by a gorgeous video that looks like a coffee table book of exquisite black & white photography. If you’ve never seen it, you will want to (Click here). He had some success with the follow- up albums to Wonderful Life, but then left his major label to record independently. Last year he released to good reviews an album, Blind Faith, which was financed by crowd- funding. Buy it HERE. The unlikely figure of the Georgian- born, Swiss- raised Giorgio Gomelsky was instrumental in the success of the Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds. It was his blues club, the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond (near London), where the young blues fans that would spearhead much of British rock first congregated. The unknown Stones were his houseband. When they left for bigger things, he replaced them with The Yardbirds, whom he also managed and produced (including their biggest hit, For Your Love). Other acts that played at Crawdaddy included future stars Led Zeppelin, Long John Baldry, Elton John and Rod Stewart. In 1. 96. 7 Gomelsky set up the Marmalade Records label which gave starts to Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger and Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Cr. The band’s dynamics were complicated at the best of times. But in 1. 96. 9 Grace split up with Dryden and hooked up with Kantner, with whom she ended up having a daughter, actress and former MTV vee- jay China Wing Kantner (he had two more children). They split in 1. 97. Kantner died at 7. In the early 1. 96. I don’t think it has ever happened: two members of a band passing away of natural causes on the very same day. But so it was this month with the deaths of Paul Kantner and Jefferson Airplane’s founding singer Signe Toly Anderson, both on January 2. Anderson sang on only the first album in 1. October 1. 5, 1. 96. The Fillmore, mainly because she was pregnant and because the other band members didn’t get on with her husband. She was replaced by Grace Slick. Anderson, who had a series of health problems starting in the 1. Oregon and performed for nine years with a ten- piece band, Carl Smith and the Natural Gas Company. The name Otis Clay will be known to some soul fans, but two of his songs crossed over into the pop charts in cover versions. His 1. 97. 2 song Trying To Live My Life Without You, recorded on the Hi Records label, became a US #5 hit for Bob Seger in 1. The Ony Way Is Up became a UK #1 in 1. Yazz and the Plastic Population. Both originals are featured here. And if it’s originals you want, this lot also includes that of the early . More significant than that slice of Euro pop was his 1. Sous le Ciel de Paris, one of the loveliest songs about the city and a staple in Edith Piaf’s repertoire after she recorded it in 1.
Although he made his name as a composer, Giraud started his career on stage, as part of Django Reinhardt’s jazz ensemble in 1. The recent documentary on the Eagles confirmed that Glenn Frey was not an invariably lovely fellow to his colleagues. Of course, I have no idea whether the docu was an accurate representation of the man; he came across as thoughtful man in interviews. I like me some Eagles from time to time, and many of my favourite songs by the group were written or co- written by Frey: Take It To The Limit, I Can’t Tell You Why, Tequila Sunrise, Lyin’ Eyes, Take It Easy, After The Thrill Is Gone, New Kid in Town, Best Of My Love, Desperado. As a girl Kitty once won an amateur competition and came home with her prize of a camera. Mr Kallen did not believe his daughter had such talent to win singing contests and punished her for stealing the camera. The truth was revealed when neighbours came over to congratulate the family. I hope Kitty took a photo with that camera of her father’s astonished face. She made her recording debut as the singer of the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, scoring a #1 hit with Besamo Mucho in 1. Harry James Orchestra. She enjoyed a million- selling hit in her own right in 1. Little Things Mean A Lot, followed by more big hits with Chapel in the Moonlight, True Love and If I Give My Heart to You. She retired in the 1. Impresario Robert Stigwood left his mark on popular culture in many ways by making sure stuff happened. In the 1. 96. 0s the Australian managed Cream and the Bee Gees, turning the latter into stars. Torrent anonymously with torrshield encrypted vpn pay with bitcoin. Sorry, something has gone wrong. The team has been alerted to the error and we will fix it shortly!He produced the mega hit movies Saturday Night Fever, which turned disco into a phenomenon that would burn itself out, and Grease. Both soundtracks were million- sellers on Stigwood’s RSO label which, apart from the Bee Gees, also had artists such as Eric Clapton, Yvonne Elliman and Player on their books. RSO released more soundtracks, including those for Times Square, Fame and The Empire Strikes Back. But Stigwood also suffered failures, none more public than the much- derided Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band movie. There was an irony in that: in January 1. Stigwood merged with Beatles manager Brian Epstein’s NEMS Enterprises management company. At one point Epstein mooted the idea that Stigwood might become Beatles manager, only to face a rebellion from the Fab Four who disliked Stigwood. Epstein learnt to do likewise, though Stigwood left NEMS only after Brian’s death in 1. RSO. The bassist of what Kerrang! Scottish- born Jimmy Bain played on Rainbow’s Rising album in 1. By early 1. 97. 7 Ritchie Blackmore had sacked him. In 1. 97. 8 Bain formed Wild Horses who went on to release two albums in the early 1. John Cale, Thin Lizzy, Roy Harper and Kate Bush (playing on Sat In Your Lap, Leave It Open, and Get Out Of My House on The Dreaming album). He also worked with Phil Lynott, co- writing his Old Town which became a big hit in the 1. The Corrs. In 1. 98. German heavy metal band Scorpions; instead he joined Dio, reuniting with former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio, with whom he co- write some of the band’s best- known songs, including Holy Diver. To people who have lived in Britain in the past four decades, the name Terry Wogan will mean something. Although well known as an avuncular chat show host or radio presenter or charity fundraiser, he probably was most famous as the commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest, which over the course of more than 3. Irish- born entertainer treated with a certain measure of disdain and sarcasm. Among the many one- liners he’d shoot off, the best might be this from 2. Who knows what hellish future lies ahead? I’ve seen the rehearsals.” The irony is that his foray into the British charts, 1. Floral Dance, was worse than many of the songs this decent man commentated on. I won’t inflict it upon you; if you must, watch it HERE. The world’s porniest singer, perhaps alongside the exhibitionist Rudy Ray Moore, is gone with the death of Blowfly, whose record covers tended to feature ladies in states of undress while he wore nightmarish masks and outfits. Among the charming titles of Blowfly songs are: “Can I Come In Your Mouth?”, “Too Fat To Fuck”, “Electronic Pussy Sucker”, “Spermy Night In Georgia”, “My Baby Keeps Farting In My Face” and “The Sperm Is Gone”. In his defence, he did those only for fun, and some of them have killer grooves. Clarence Reid, as Blowfly’s mom knew him, had a serious side: he recorded under his own name and also wrote for and produced artists including Betty Wright, Sam & Dave, Irma Thomas, Gwen Mc. Crae, Wilson Picket, Jimmy “Bo” Horn, Bobby Byrd, Dusty Springfield, Timmy Thomas and KC & the Sunshine Band. Needless to say, the featured Sesame Street Theme is NSFW! Mark B, 4. 5, British hip- hop DJ and record producer, on Jan. Michel Delpech, 6. French singer- songwriter and actor, on Jan. Michel Delpech – Pour Un Flirt (1. Jason Mackenroth, 4. Academy Awards - Wikipedia. The 4. 8th Academy Awards were presented March 2. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly. This year, ABC took over broadcast rights from NBC, and continues to broadcast them today. It was the second of three films to date to accomplish the sweep, following It Happened One Night in 1. The Silence of the Lambs in 1. French actress Isabelle Adjani received her first nomination for Best Actress this year, making Adjani, 2. Elizabeth Hartman in 1. This record would later be surpassed by 1. Keisha Castle- Hughes in 2. Quvenzhane Wallis. Adjani also presented the Best Film Editing award that night along with Gould who delivered the Indiana joke during the presentation. At age 8. 0, George Burns became the oldest acting and Best Supporting Actor awardee, a record which stood until Jessica Tandy won Best Actress in 1. For males, Burns was succeeded by Christopher Plummer, who won Best Supporting Actor in 2. Beginners at the age of 8. Jaws was followed 2. Traffic for a film that won all its nominations except Best Picture. Jaws is one of the few films to be nominated for Best Picture but not for directing, acting, or writing. Winners & Nominees. Mack, Leonard Peterson, and Don Sharpless. The Wind and the Lion . Tetrick. Best Art Direction. Best Cinematography. Best Film Editing. Best Sound Editing. Multiple nominations and awards. Thalberg Memorial Award. Simpson. Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards. Hemingway, Margaux. Margaux Hemingway. Roy Scheider. Presenters of the award for Best Sound. Bridges, Beau. Beau Bridges. Marilyn Hassett. Presenters of the Documentary Awards. Heston, Charlton. Charlton Heston. Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the Dr. Stein. Hopkins, Anthony. Anthony Hopkins. Charlotte Rampling. Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction- Set Decoration. Savalas, Telly. Telly Savalas. Jennifer O'Neill. Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design. Blair, Linda. Linda Blair. Ben Johnson. Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor. Mc. Kuen, Rod. Rod Mc. Kuen. Marlo Thomas. Presenters of the Music Awards. Channing, Stockard. Stockard Channing. Billy Dee Williams. Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography. Adjani, Isabelle. Isabelle Adjani. Elliott Gould. Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing. Bisset, Jacqueline. Jacqueline Bisset. Jack Valenti. Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film. Bacharach, Burt. Burt Bacharach. Angie Dickinson. Presenters of the award for Best Original Song. Friedkin, William. William Friedkin. Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Mervyn Le. Roy. Keaton, Diane. Diane Keaton. William Wyler. Presenters of the award for Best Director. Vidal, Gore. Gore Vidal. Presenter of the Writing Awards. Mirisch, Walter. Walter Mirisch. Presenter of the Honorary Award to Mary Pickford. Bronson, Charles. Charles Bronson. Jill Ireland. Presenters of the award for Best Actress. Carney, Art. Art Carney. Presenter of the award for Best Actor. Hepburn, Audrey. Audrey Hepburn. Presenter of the award for Best Picture. Taylor, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Taylor. Introducer of the performance of.
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