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Angel Baby (Rosie And The Originals Song)
"Angel Baby" was a 1960 single by Rosie and the Originals. The group recorded the song independently on a Multitrack recording, two-track machine, located in a facility in the small farming community of San Marcos, California. At the time, lead singer Rosie Hamlin was only 15 years old. She had written the lyrics for "Angel Baby" as a poem for "[her] very first boyfriend" when she was a 14-year-old student at Mission Bay High School in San Diego, California. Initially unable to find a label willing to distribute the song because of its unpolished sound, the group convinced a San Diego department store to pipe their master recording, master through the listening booths in the record department. The response from listeners prompted Highland Records to sign the band and promote the single. Since its release the song has become an oldies standard. Rosie & The Originals The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in December 1960 and remained on the charts for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie And The Originals
Rosie and the Originals were an American 1960s musical group best known for their single "Angel Baby (Rosie and the Originals song), Angel Baby." Fronted by lead singer Rosie Hamlin, the group produced two singles (including "Angel Baby") for Highland Records and, like many other musicians of the era, ended up in protracted legal battles with their record label over royalties and credits. Career Establishment Rosalie "Rosie" Méndez Hamlin was raised in Anchorage, Alaska before moving to California; she was of Mexican and English descent. She was trained on piano in her youth, and started singing with a band at thirteen. She wrote the lyrics for "Angel Baby" as a poem for "[her] very first boyfriend" when she was 14 years old, still attending Mission Bay High School in San Diego, California. When she was 15, she and some friends rented the only recording studio they could find within 100 miles of San Diego located in San Marcos, California to record the song. The studio was owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon Album)
''Rock 'n' Roll'' is the sixth studio album by English musician John Lennon. Released in February 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon produced sessions in October 1974 at the Record Plant (East). Lennon was being sued by Morris Levy over copyright infringement of one line in his song "Come Together". As part of an agreement, Lennon had to include three Levy-owned songs on ''Rock 'n' Roll''. Spector disappeared with the session recordings and was subsequently involved in a motor accident, leaving the album's tracks unrecoverable until the beginning of the ''Walls and Bridges'' sessions. With ''Walls and Bridges'' coming out first, featuring one Levy-owned song, Levy sued Lennon expecting to see Lennon's ''Rock 'n' Roll'' album. The album reached number 6 in both the United Kingdom and the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roky Erickson
Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson (July 15, 1947 – May 31, 2019) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member and the leader of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre. Biography Erickson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Roger and Evelyn Erickson, and had four younger brothers. The nickname "Roky", a contraction of his first and middle names, was given to him by his parents. His father, an architect and civil engineer, was stern and disapproving of Erickson's countercultural attitudes, once forcibly cutting his son's hair rather than allow him to grow it out Beatles-style. His mother was an amateur artist and opera singer, and encouraged Erickson's musical talent by taking guitar lessons herself so she could teach him. Erickson was interested in music from his youth, playing piano from age five and taking up guitar at 10. He attended school in Austin and dropped out of Travis High School in 1965, one month before graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenni Rivera
Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American singer known for her work within the Regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of Banda, Mariachi and Norteño. In life and death, several media outlets including CNN, ''Billboard'', Fox News, and ''The New York Times'' have labeled her the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in Regional Mexican music. ''Billboard'' magazine named her the "top Latin artist of 2013", and the "best selling Latin artist of 2013". Rivera began recording music in 1992. Her recordings often had themes of social issues, infidelity, and relationships. Rivera released her first major label studio album, ''Si Quieres Verme Llorar'', in the late 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in the United States and Mexico with her 2005 album, ''Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida''. In the mid to late 1990s, she was often criticized and was refused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedicated To The One I Love (album)
''Dedicated to the One I Love'' is an album of rock classics reinterpreted as children's lullabies by American singer, songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt. Released in mid-1996, it reached No. 78 and lasted three months on the main ''Billboard'' album chart. It also earned the singer a new career distinction when it hit #1 on the Top Kid Audio chart. It was awarded a 1997 Grammy Award. The album includes vocal contributions from long-time collaborators Aaron Neville who duets on Brahms' Lullaby and Valerie Carter who provides harmony vocals on most tracks. This album was reissued on Rhino's Flashback Records label in 2009. It is now out of print. Critical reception AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "All of the songs are given lush, sweet, and soft arrangements, even when that approach is ludicrous; it might be a cute idea to deliver Queen's 'We Will Rock You' as a rock-a-bye chant, but in practice it is simply ridiculous… the appeal of ''Dedicated to the One I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. On July 28, 2014, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities. In 2019, she received a star jointly with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work as the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Family (film)
''My Family'' is a 1995 independent American drama film directed by Gregory Nava, written by Nava and Anna Thomas, and starring Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, and Esai Morales. The film depicts three generations of a Mexican American family who emigrated from Mexico and settled in East Los Angeles. Plot The story is narrated by the family's oldest son, Paco. The film begins with the father of the family, José Sanchez, making a journey that lasts one year on foot from Mexico to Los Angeles. He travels to Los Angeles to meet a distant relative known as ''El Californio,'' who was born in the city when it was still part of Mexico. They become fast friends and grow a corn farm together. However, after several years, ''El Californio'' nears death. Shortly before dying, ''El Californio'' says he wants the following written on his tombstone: :When I was born here, this was Mexico, and where my body lies, this is still Mexico. José meets and marries the love of his life, María, an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Jurado
Jeanette Livier Jurado (born November 14, 1965, East Los Angeles, California) is a member and a lead vocalist of the popular American girl group, Exposé, along with Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno and, in the group's later years, Kelly Moneymaker. She provided lead vocals on many of the group's songs, including its three biggest hits, "Come Go with Me," "Point of No Return" and " Seasons Change." She has also performed in at least one film, '' My Family (Mi Familia).'' In addition, Jurado has performed in Las Vegas as a part of several bands and in the show ''MadHattan.'' Musical career Jurado was active in Exposé from 1986 to 1996, when the group disbanded. Exposé was among the biggest stars of the late-1980s Latin freestyle boom. She sang lead on the group's biggest hits, including their #1 hit ballad " Seasons Change." The trio was the first group in music history to have four top-ten hits from their debut album, '' Exposure''. When a new version of the group Exposé was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Brighter Summer Day
''A Brighter Summer Day'' is a 1991 Taiwanese epic teen crime drama film directed by Edward Yang, associated with the "New Taiwanese Cinema." The English title is derived from the lyrics of Elvis Presley's " Are You Lonesome Tonight?". The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the film centers on Xiao Si’r (Chang Chen), a boy from a middle-class home who veers into juvenile delinquency. ''A Brighter Summer Day'' was ranked 78th in the 2022 '' Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time'' poll, one of four Chinese-language films to be included and above Yang's ''Yi Yi''. Plot Zhang Zhen (nickname Si'r), a junior high student in 1959 Taipei, is forced to attend night school after failing a test. This upsets his father, a career government worker, who is aware of and worried about the delinquency rampant among night school students. The next morning, Si'r a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica (singer)
Angelica Garcia (born May 21, 1972, in El Monte, California)Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000. is a former Latin pop singer. Her uncle is Eusebio Garcia, director of Mariachi Toluca. She won the "Best New Artist" award at the Mexican national contest, ''Juguemos a Cantar'', and spent two years acting on the variety program '' La Hora Feliz''. The title track of her debut album, ''Angel Baby'' (a cover of a Rosie and the Originals song), was a hit in America, peaking on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1991 at No. 29. She never had another US hit, but her 1997 Spanish-language single "Vaya" was a hit in Central and South America. Garcia obtained a bachelor's degree in applied design from The University of Maryland East Shore, and now works at the Jubilee Consortium, a nonprofit. She is the mother of singer-songwriter, Angelica Garcia. Discography *''Angel Baby'' (Ultra Records, 1991) US Billboard Heatseekers peak No. 37Billboard Allmusic.com *''An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suki Suki Daisuki
Suki may refer to: People * Suki (Low Sook Yee) (born 1989), Malaysian singer, winner of the reality TV series ''One in a Million'' * Suki Brownsdon (born 1965), British swimmer * Suki Chan (born 1977), Hong Kong artist * Suki Chui (born 1984), Hong Kong actress and Miss Hong Kong participant * Suki Goodwin, actress who appeared in ''Hell Night'' * , actress, married to actor Jonathan Scarfe * Suki Kim (born 1970), Korean American writer, author of ''The Interpreter'' * Suki Kwan, Hong Kong actress who appeared in ''Drunken Master II'' and other films * Suki Lahav (born 1951), Israeli violinist, vocalist, actress, lyricist, screenwriter, and novelist * Suki Manabe (born 1931), Japanese meteorologist and climatologist * Suki Potier (1946–1981), English model * Suki Sommer (Susan T. Sommer) (1935–2008), American music librarian, teacher, editor, and music critic * Suki Schorer (born 1939), American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer * Suki Sivam, Tamil sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Togawa
is a Japanese singer, musician and actress. Her close friends over the years include Susumu Hirasawa. Career After gaining attention a guest singer for the New Wave band Halmens and her acting roles in Japanese dramas and commercials for the Washlet, she began her professional music career in the early 1980s as a singer. In 1984, she released her debut solo album ''Tamahime-sama'' under the label of YEN records'','' containing themes of menstruation, womanhood, and romance with a recurring insect and pupa motif. The following year, she came out with album ''Suki Suki Daisuki,'' a satirical take on aidoru music. Although her eccentric personality and unconventional style prevented her from attaining major pop success, she survived as an influential and respected underground music figure both solo and as the lead singer of the Shōwa era-themed group Guernica (1982–89) with former Halmens member Koji Ueno and her most commercial project Yapoos (1984-1995 and occasionall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
