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Mutha Is Half A Word
''Mutha Is Half A Word'' is the debut album by American comic and actress LaWanda Page, released in 1971 on the Laff Records Laff Records was a small American independent record label specializing in comedy and party records originating on the West Coast of the United States during the 1970s. Amongst their artists were Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, LaWanda Page, George ... label. Description Some of Page's most famous stand-up monologues are included on the album, including "The Blind Woman" and "Smell the Sardines", routines that she performed on television later in her career. Track listing #"Husbands & Whores" #"The Desk Clerk" #"Yo-Yo" #"Vice Squad" #"Three Pregnant Prostitutes" #"Two Winos" #"Sampson" #"69 to 88" #"The Preacher & the Funeral" #"All but Wipin'" #"The Pilot" #"Daddy's Nuts" #"Two Cowboys" #"Santa Claus" #"Madam & Her Daughters" #"The Milk Company" #"The Train" #"The Owl" #"The Chinaman" #"Adam & Eve" #"Assault" #"Son in the Morning" #"The Drunk & the Bartende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaWanda Page
LaWanda Page (born Alberta Peal; October 19, 1920September 14, 2002) was an American actress, comedian, and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, signifyin', and observational comedy to joke about sexuality, race relations, African-American culture, and religion. She released five solo albums, including the 1977 gold-selling ''Watch It, Sucker!''. She also collaborated on two albums with comedy group Skillet, Leroy & Co. As an actress, Page is best known for portraying the Bible-toting and sharp-tongued "Aunt" Esther Anderson in the popular television sitcom ''Sanford and Son'', which originally aired from 1972 until 1977. Page later reprised this role in the short-lived television shows ''Sanford Arms'' (1976–1977) and '' Sanford'' (1980–1981). She also co-starred in the 1979 short-lived series ''Detective School''. Throughout her career, Page advocated for fair pay and equal opportunit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laff Records
Laff Records was a small American independent record label specializing in comedy and party records originating on the West Coast of the United States during the 1970s. Amongst their artists were Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, LaWanda Page, George Carlin, black ventriloquist duo Richard And Willie, Kip Addotta, Belle Barth, Rex Benson, and Skillet & Leroy. Releases on Laff were notorious for their raunchy content on both the record and its album jacket. Many of these titles have had to be denoted with an "Adults Only" warning on the front cover and sold under the counter, decades before the infamous Parental Advisory sticker was a fixture on album covers. Many Laff album covers featured topless models. Laff also became notorious both for the questionable quality of its record pressings and for its frequent repackaging of previously released titles with new titles and artwork. Pryor's vast quantity of releases issued by Laff is a case in point. Pryor released only one album f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watch It, Sucker!
''Watch It, Sucker!'' is the second and most acclaimed album released by American comic and actress LaWanda Page, who released the album in 1977 under the name ''LaWanda''. This was the first album where a group of musicians accompanied her creating more of the "party album" atmosphere of albums by her contemporaries, including best friends Redd Foxx and Rudy Ray Moore. As she was announced in her first live album, LaWanda was introduced by the emcee as "The Queen of Comedy". This album went gold on the strength of the comic's success as Aunt Esther on the hit show, ''Sanford and Son ''Sanford and Son'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the British sitcom ''Steptoe and Son'', which initially aired on BBC One in the United ...'', and was often sampled in hip-hop recordings. The album includes one of her most raunchy bits, "The Crazy House", in which she talks about a menta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchester Cathedral (song)
"Winchester Cathedral" is a song by the New Vaudeville Band, a British novelty group established by the song's composer, Geoff Stephens, and was released in late 1966 by Fontana Records. It reached number 1 in Canada on the ''RPM'' 100 chart, co-charting with the Dana Rollin version, and shortly thereafter in the U.S. on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Stephens was a big fan of tunes from the British music hall era (or what Americans would call "vaudeville"), so he wrote "Winchester Cathedral" in that vein, complete with a Rudy Vallée soundalike ( John Carter) singing through his hands to imitate a megaphone sound. Although the song was recorded entirely by session musicians, when it became an international hit, an actual band had to be assembled, with Fontana trying unsuccessfully to recruit the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The recording is one of the few charting songs to feature a bassoon. The band toured extensively under the tutelage of Peter Grant, who later went on to manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Albums
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured 1971 Ibrox disaster, during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaWanda Page Albums
Wanda is a female given name. Wanda may also refer to: People * Wanda people, an ethnic group in Tanzania *For individual people named Wanda, see Wanda Geography * Wanda, Illinois, United States * Wanda, Minnesota, United States * Wanda, Missouri, United States * Wanda, West Virginia, United States * Wanda Township, Adams County, Nebraska, United States * Wanda Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia * Wanda, Burkina Faso * Wanda, Argentina * Wanda Mountains (完达山), in Mainland China * Wanda River (萬大溪), in Taiwan * Wanda (crater), a crater in the Akna Montes on Venus Entertainment * ''Wanda'' (magazine), a weekly literature magazine in Warsaw * Wanda (band), an Austrian indie pop band. * ''Wanda'' (film), a 1970 American film * ''A Fish Called Wanda'', a 1988 British film * ''Wanda'', the fifth of Antonín Dvořák's 11 operas, based on a Polish legend * ''Wanda'', the title character of an 1883 novel by Ouida * "Handa Wanda", song by The Wild Magnolias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
