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Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" is a 1957 song written by Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez. "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" was originally performed by The Tune Weavers, who had their only hit with this song. Both Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez were members of The Tune Weavers. The single went to number four on the R&B chart and went to number five on the Hot 100. The B-side of "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, was The Tune Weavers version of "Ol' Man River". The inspiration for the song came from Margo's then-boyfriend, Donald Clements, who was a member of a group called the Sophomores. When he broke up with her, Margo came up with the lyrics to express how she wanted to stay with him. "The words came so easily. It was real," she recounted to Wayne Jancik in ''The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders''. Margo and the rest of the Tune Weavers recorded it and "Ol' Man River" in an 18-hour session on March 7, 1957, in Boston, with Margo eight months pregnant. Seven months later, the song reache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tune Weavers
The Tune Weavers were an American vocal group formed in 1957. They had a US top ten hit in 1957 with "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby". After first splitting up in 1962, the group has continued to perform with two original members. Career The group formed in Woburn, Massachusetts, and originally comprised lead singer Margo Sylvia (born Margo Lopez, 4 April 1936 – 25 October 1991);Biography by Rovi at Allmusic.com Accessed 25 October 2012 tenor Gilbert J. "Gil" Lopez (4 July 1934 – 3 July 1998); bass singer John Sylvia (b. 4 September 1935-April 12, 2023); and obligato Charlotte Davis (b. 12 November 1936). Margo and Gil, who were sister and brother, sang as a |
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily as a country music, country musician. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton's debut album, ''Hello, I'm Dolly'', was released in 1967, commencing a career spanning 60 years and Dolly Parton albums discography, 49 studio albums. Her forty-ninth solo studio album, ''Rockstar (Dolly Parton album), Rockstar'' (2023), became her highest-charting Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 album, peaking at number-three. Described as a "country legend", Parton has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time. Her music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 single (music), singles reach No.1 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' country music charts, a reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Singles
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Nine Perfect Strangers (TV Series)
, creator = David E. Kelley , based_on = {{Based on, '' Nine Perfect Strangers'', Liane Moriarty , developer = David E. Kelley&John-Henry Butterworth , showrunner = {{Plainlist, * David E. Kelley * John-Henry Butterworth , director = {{Plainlist, * Jonathan Levine * Anthony Byrne , starring = {{Plainlist, * Nicole Kidman * Melissa McCarthy * Michael Shannon * Luke Evans * Asher Keddie * Samara Weaving * Melvin Gregg * Tiffany Boone * Manny Jacinto * Grace Van Patten * Zoe Terakes * Regina Hall * Bobby Cannavale * Aras Aydın * Christine Baranski * Murray Bartlett * Dolly de Leon * Lucas Englander * Henry Golding * Annie Murphy * Lena Olin * King Princess * Maisie Richardson-Sellers * Mark Strong , music = Marco Beltrami and Miles Hankins , country = United States , language = English , num_seasons = 2 , num_episodes = 14 , lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shannon
Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor. Shannon received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations, for '' Revolutionary Road'' (2008), and '' Nocturnal Animals'' (2016). He received Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in '' 99 Homes'' (2014). Shannon's film debut was in ''Groundhog Day'' (1993). He has also appeared in '' Jesus' Son'' (1999), ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), '' Kangaroo Jack'' (2003), ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2007), '' The Iceman'' (2012), '' The Night Before'' (2015), '' The Shape of Water'' (2017), ''Knives Out'' (2019), and '' Bullet Train'' (2022). He is a frequent collaborator with director Jeff Nichols, having appeared in all of Nichols' films to date: '' Shotgun Stories'' (2007), '' Take Shelter'' (2011), ''Mud'' (2012), '' Midnight Special'' and '' Loving'' (both 2016), and '' The Bikeriders'' (2023). He played General Zod in the DC Extended Universe films '' Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Flamingos
''Pink Flamingos'' is a 1972 American surrealist independent black comedy film by John Waters. It is part of what Waters has labelled the "Trash Trilogy", which also includes '' Female Trouble'' (1974) and '' Desperate Living'' (1977). The film stars the countercultural drag queen Divine as a criminal living under the name of Babs Johnson, who is proud to be "the filthiest person alive". While living in a trailer with her mother Edie ( Edith Massey), son Crackers (Danny Mills), and companion Cotton ( Mary Vivian Pearce), Divine is confronted by the Marbles ( David Lochary and Mink Stole), a pair of criminals envious of her reputation who try to outdo her in filth. The characters engage in several grotesque, bizarre, and explicitly crude situations, and upon the film's re-release in 1997 it was rated NC-17 by the MPAA "for a wide range of perversions in explicit detail". It was filmed in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland, where Waters and most of the cast and crew grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16 Candles (song)
"16 Candles" is a 1958 song performed by the Crests and written by Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent. Track listing 7" vinyl # "16 Candles" # "Beside You" Single originally released in 1958 on Coed Records. (#506) Chart performance * The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while " Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price was at #1. "16 Candles" also went #4 on the US R&B charts for 21 weeks in 1959. In Canada it reached #5. In popular culture This song has appeared prominently in several 'entertainment' contexts, including at least two major Hollywood otion pictureproductions. It was an example of a typical Doo-wop song in the 1973 movie ''American Graffiti'' and it had somewhat of a 'title role' in the 1984 movie ''Sixteen Candles''. Covers *A cover by Jerry Lee Lewis peaked at #61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart in 1986. *The Jackson 5 did a cover of this song for their album, '' Maybe Tomorrow''. This cover has since been rereleased along with their gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waco, Texas
Waco ( ) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and Interstate 35, I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin, Texas, Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2024 population of 146,608, making it the List of cities in Texas by population, 24th-most populous city in the state.Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2022, Population: April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023 (SUB-IP-EST2023-ANNRNK) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division Release Date: May 2024 The Waco metropolitan area, Waco metropolitan statistical area consists of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties, which had a 2020 population of 295,782. Bosque County was added to the Waco MSA in 2023. The 2024 U.S. census population estimate for the Waco metropolitan area was 307,123 residents. History 1824–1865 Indigenous peoples occupied areas along the river for thousands of years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, Backbeat (music), backbeat-driven fusion of country music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie & The Originals
Rosie and the Originals were an American 1960s musical group best known for their single " 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 13. She wrote the lyrics for "Angel Baby" as a poem for " ervery first boyfriend" when she was 14 years old, attending Sweetwater High School in National City, 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 owned by an airplane mechanic who had taken part of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Jackson
Wanda LaVonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American retired singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of Rock music, rock, Country music, country and Gospel music, gospel. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the Honorific nicknames in popular music, nickname "The Queen of Rockabilly". She is also counted among the first female stars in the genre of country music. Jackson began performing as a child and later had her own radio show in Oklahoma City. She was then discovered by country singer Hank Thompson (musician), Hank Thompson, who helped her secure a recording contract with Decca Records in 1954. At Decca, Jackson had her first hit single with the country song "You Can't Have My Love". She then began touring the following year with Elvis Presley. The two briefly dated and Presley encouraged her to record in the rockabilly style. In 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Posey
Sandra Lou Posey (June 18, 1944 – July 20, 2024) was an American popular singer who enjoyed success in the 1960s with singles such as her 1966 recording of Martha Sharp's compositions "Born a Woman" and "Single Girl". She was often described as a country music, country singer, although, like Skeeter Davis (to whom she has been frequently compared), her output varied. Later in her career, the term "countrypolitan", associated with the "Nashville sound", was sometimes applied.Michael D'ArcCountrypolitanwww.countrypolitan.com Posey had four hit singles in the United States, three of which peaked at number 12 on the Hot 100.Charlie Gillett & Simon Frith (1976) ''Rock File 4'' Early life and session singer career Posey was born in Jasper, Alabama, on June 18, 1944.Posey’s birth name has sometimes been cited mistakenly as Martha Sharp because Sharp wrote some of her early recordings: see, for example, Hugh Gregory (1993), ''Who's Who In Country Music''. She graduated from high sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
