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Better Day World Tour
The Better Day World Tour was the tenth concert tour by American recording artist, Dolly Parton. Visiting North America, Europe and Australia, the tour supported her 41st studio album, '' Better Day''. With nearly 275,000 tickets sold, and an overall gross of $34 million, it is Parton's most successful tour. The tour was her first visit to Australia in 30 years. Background In January 2011, Parton told media outlet she planned to release an album in 2011 and a supporting tour. A month later, British webzine ''Glasswerk'' announced the tour to visit Scotland, England and Ireland. In March, the tour was expanded to include dates in the United States. Parton explained the tour would be a joyful celebration full of hope and inspires to look towards better days. To introduce the tour, Parton remarks:"I’m very excited, first of all, to be going back on tour at all. But I love the fans and I miss the live stage shows. With the new stage show I hope to have a lot of new things for the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Day (album)
''Better Day'' is the forty-third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on June 28, 2011, by Dolly Records and Warner Music Nashville. The album was produced by Parton and Kent Wells. To promote the album, Parton embarked on her Better Day World Tour. With 49 shows, the tour visited North America, Europe, and Australia. Background Parton first mentioned plans for a new album in October 2010 during an interview with ''The Huntsville Times''. She said she was currently working on the album which will "have some uplifting gospel flavor and some country." She went on to say that she plans to tour "in the fall and winter" in Europe and Australia. It was announced in January 2011 that the album's title would be ''Better Day''. Content ''Better Day'' contains entirely original material, her first since ''Hungry Again''. However, only six of the album's twelve tracks are exclusively new. Four of the songs on ''Better Day'', "I Just Might", "Shine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Laver Arena
Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year. History Replacing the aging Kooyong Stadium, construction on the arena began in 1985. It was undertaken by Civil & Civic was completed in 1987 at a cost of AU$94 million. It opened on 11 January 1988 for the 1988 Australian Open. Originally known in 1988 as the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park, the arena has officially changed its name twice. First in 1996, when it was known as the Centre Court, and again on 16 January 2000 to honour Rod Laver, a three-time winner of the Australian Open and one of the world's greatest tennis players. Features Rod Laver Arena has a seating capacity of 14,820, with a capacity of 15,400 for sports such as basketball, when extra seats are added around the court, and up to 14,200 for concerts with floor seating. The arena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live From Home
Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film *'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD) Music *Live (band), American alternative rock band * List of albums titled ''Live'' Extended plays * ''Live EP'' (Anal Cunt album) * ''Live EP'' (Breaking Benjamin EP) * ''Live'' (Roxus EP) * ''Live'' (The Smithereens EP) *''CeCe Peniston (EP Live)'' *''Ozzy Osbourne Live E.P.'', 1980 *''Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks)'', by David Bowie * ''Live EP'' (The Jam EP) Songs * "Live" (Russian song) * "Live" (Superfly song) * "Live" (The Merry-Go-Round song) Radio *BBC Radio 5 Live *CILV-FM, branded LiVE 88.5, a radio station in Ottawa, Canada Television * ''Live'' (South Korean TV series), a 2018 South Korean television series * ''Live'' (Danish TV series) *Live! (TV channel), Italy *''Live! with Kelly'', US TV talk show Types of media *Live action (cinematography), a motion picture not produced using anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Many Colors (song)
"Coat of Many Colors" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dolly Parton. It was released in September 1971 as the second single and title track from the album '' Coat of Many Colors''. Background She composed the song in 1969, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus. (She explained in her 1994 memoir, ''My Life and Other Unfinished Business'', because she could find no paper, as the song came to her, she wrote it on the back of a dry cleaning receipt from one of Wagoner's suits; when the song became a hit, Wagoner had the receipt framed.) She recorded the song in April 1971, making it the title song for her'' Coat of Many Colors'' album. The song reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts. Content The song tells of how Parton's mother stitched together a coat for her daughter out of rags given to the family. As she sewed, she told her child the biblical story of Joseph and his Coat of Many Colors. The excited child, "with patches on my b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precious Memories (hymn)
"Precious Memories" is a traditional gospel song credited to J. B. F. Wright in 1925. Wright was born in Tennessee on February 21, 1877. The song has been performed by a wide variety of famous recording artists, including Tammy Wynette, Bill Monroe, Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Daniel O'Donnell, Gerry Rafferty, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, a duet by George Jones and Patti Page, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, J. J. Cale, and James Blackwood's quartet. Waylon Jennings recorded the song for the closing act of his 1976-album, '' Are You Ready for the Country'' and is incorrectly along with Ken Mansfield given co-writing credits when neither played any role in writing the song. Dolly Parton recorded the song on her 1999 Dollywood-exclusive album benefitting the Dollywood Foundation, '' Precious Memories''. Her sister, Stella Parton, recorded the song for her gospel album ''Appalachian Gospel''. A cover by The Stanley Brothers can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Tennessee Mountain Home (song)
"My Tennessee Mountain Home" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. Using imagery from her rural childhood in Tennessee (holding hands on a porch swing, enjoying nature, walking home from church), the song served as the centerpiece of her 1973 concept album '' My Tennessee Mountain Home.'' It was released as a single in December 1972, and reached number 15 on the U.S. country singles chart. Personnel *Dolly Parton — vocals * Jimmy Capps, Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Chip Young, Bobby Thompson — guitars *Bobby Dyson — bass *Jerry Carrigan — drums *Hargus "Pig" Robbins — piano *Pete Drake — steel guitar *Don Warden — dobro *Charlie McCoy — harmonica *Johnny Gimble, Mark McGaha — fiddle * Buck Trent — banjo *Mary Hoephinger — harp *June Page, Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Hurshel Wiginton — background vocals Other versions The song has become one of Parton's best known compositions, and was later covered by Maria Muldaur on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stairway To Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page and lead singer Robert Plant for their untitled fourth studio album (often titled ''Led Zeppelin IV''). The song is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.September 2002 Issue '' SPIN''. SPIN Media. The song has three sections, each one progressively increasing in and . The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine (Collective Soul Song)
"Shine" is the debut single by American alternative rock band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single for their 1993 debut album ''Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid''. "Shine" would remain the band's most well known song and a hallmark of 1990s alternative rock. It became the number one Album Rock Song of 1994, and won a ''Billboard'' award for Top Rock Track. The song also reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart for eight weeks. The song then went on to peak at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for one week. VH1 would later rank "Shine" at number 42 on their list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s". In 2012 a rerecorded version recorded by Collective Soul was included as a playable song for the game ''Rock Band Blitz''. In 2015 the rerecorded version was released on the bonus ''Greatest Hits'' CD that was included with the Walmart exclusive deluxe edition of ''See What You Started by Continuing''. Overview In a December 2017 intervi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Help! (song)
"Help!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was released as a single in July 1965, and was number one for three weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, "Help!" was written by John Lennon with some help from Paul McCartney. During an interview with ''Playboy'' in 1980, Lennon recounted: "The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I was subconsciously crying out for help". It was ranked at number 29 on ''Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 and 2010, and then was re-ranked at number 447 in the 2021 list. Composition The documentary series ''The Beatles Anthology'' revealed that Lennon wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress after the Beatles' quick rise to success. "I was fat and depressed and I ''was'' crying out for 'Help, Lennon told ''Playboy''. Writer Ian MacDonald describes the song as the first crack in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mule Skinner Blues
"Blue Yodel no. 8, Mule Skinner Blues" (a.k.a. "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues") is a classic country song written by Jimmie Rodgers. The song was first recorded by Rodgers in 1930 and has been recorded by many artists since then, acquiring the ''de facto'' title "Mule Skinner Blues" after Rodgers named it "Blue Yodel #8" (one of his Blue Yodels). "George Vaughn", a pseudonym for songwriter George Vaughn Horton, is sometimes listed as co-author. Horton wrote the lyrics for "New Mule Skinner Blues", Bill Monroe's second recorded version of the song. Structure The song tells the tale of a down-on-his-luck mule skinner, approaching "the Captain", looking for work ("Good Morning, Captain." / "Good morning, Shine." / "Do you need another muleskinner on your new mud line?"). He boasts of his skills: "I can pop my 'nitials on a mule's behind" and hopes for "a dollar and a half a day". He directs the water boy to "bring some water round". The term "Mule Skinner", slang fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Top
"Rocky Top" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 and first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year. The song, which is a city dweller's lamentation over the loss of a simpler and freer existence in the hills of Tennessee, is one of Tennessee's ten official state songs and has been recorded by dozens of artists from multiple musical genres worldwide since its publication. In U.S. college athletics, "Rocky Top" is associated with the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee (UT), whose Pride of the Southland Band has played a marching band version of the song at the school's sporting events since the early 1970s. The Osborne Brothers' 1967 bluegrass version of the song reached No. 33 on the U.S. Country charts, and Lynn Anderson's 1970 version peaked at No. 17 on the U.S. Country charts and No. 33 in Canada. In 2005, ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' ranked "Rocky Top" number seven on its list of 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolene (song)
"Jolene" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was produced by Bob Ferguson and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee on May 22, 1973. It was released on October 15, 1973, by RCA Victor, as the first single and title track from her album of the same name. The song was ranked No. 217 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004 and No. 63 on their revised list in 2021. According to Parton, it is her most-covered song. Background According to Parton, the song was inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her husband, Carl Dean, at his local bank branch around the time they were newly married. In an interview, she also revealed that Jolene's name and appearance are based on that of a young fan who came on stage for her autograph. The thumb-picked guitar on the recording is by Chip Young. During an interview on ''The Bobby Bones Show'' in 2018, Dolly Parton revealed that she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
