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Summer's Comin'
"Summer's Comin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in March 1995 as the third single from his album '' One Emotion''. The song reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas. Critical reception Deborah Evans Price, of ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song unfavorably, questioning why Black would want to "waste his time composing refried Beach Boys music like this?" She concludes the review by saying that it sounds like Black "has been spending a little too much time in the sun." Music video The music video (directed entirely by Black himself) begins with a man (actor and TV personality Howie Mandel) skipping out from his job on a beautiful day and driving to a beach. There are many women there, but every woman he approaches turns out to be a man. His exploits on the beach are interwoven with shots of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album '' Killin' Time'' produced four straight number one singles on the US '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than 30 singles on the US ''Billboard'' country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group. Black has also ventured into acting, having made appearances in a 1993 episode of the TV series ''Wings'' and in the 1994 film ''Maverick'', as well as a starring role in 1998's ''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack''. Black has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for best Country Male Vocal Performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Lawrence
Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr. (born April 20, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and game show host. He got his start as a child star in the early 1980s and is best known for his role as Joey Russo in '' Blossom'' and Joe Longo in ''Melissa & Joey''. Lawrence also starred in ''Gimme a Break!'' (1983–1987), and the series '' Brotherly Love'' with his real-life brothers Matthew and Andrew, and for his film roles in ''Summer Rental'' (1985) and ''Oliver & Company'' (1988). Early life Lawrence was born in Abington, Pennsylvania and raised in Philadelphia, the son of Donna Lynn (''née'' Shaw), a personnel manager and former elementary school teacher and Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Sr., an insurance broker. He is of Italian, English, and Scottish descent. His family's surname was changed to "Lawrence" during his childhood. He has two younger brothers, Matt and Andy, who are also actors. He graduated from Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting ''American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid (game show), ''Pyramid'' game show from 1973 to 1988 and ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'', which transmitted New Year's Eve celebrations in New York City's Times Square. As host of ''American Bandstand'', Clark introduced rock & roll to many Americans. The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including Ike & Tina Turner, The Miracles, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Iggy Pop, Prince (musician), Prince, Talking Heads, and Madonna. Episodes he hosted were among the first in which black people and white people performed on the same stage, and they were among the first in which the live studio audience sat down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon & Simon
''Simon & Simon'' is an American crime drama television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981, to September 16, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who operate a two-person detective agency in San Diego. Premise The show revolves around the decisively polar-opposite Simon brothers, Rick (McRaney) and Andrew Jackson/"A.J." (Parker). Together, the brothers run a private investigator agency in San Diego, California, during the 1980s. Their contrasting approaches to investigations and subsequent personality conflicts provide much of the drama and comedy in each week's episode. The brothers have genuine love for one another as well as intense loyalty and will go to great lengths to protect one another. Rick is a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran with an earthy, plain-speaking personality and a penchant for cowboy boots, denim, and pickup trucks. He lives on a boat in his brother A.J.'s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald McRaney
Gerald Lee McRaney (born August 19, 1947) is an American television and film actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows ''Simon & Simon'', '' Major Dad'', ''Promised Land'' and ''House of Cards''. He currently stars as Admiral Hollace Kilbride on '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. He was a series regular in the first season of ''Jericho'' and the final season of ''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood''. He appeared in a recurring role as main antagonist Mason Wood in season eight of ''Castle (TV series), Castle''. Recently, he played Barlow Connally in the A&E (TV channel), A&E series ''Longmire (TV series), Longmire'' and had a recurring role in the NBC series ''This Is Us'' as Dr. Nathan Katowski, a role which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, the son of Clyde and Edna McRaney. He is of Scottish and Choctaw ancestry. He attended college at the University of Mississi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crook & Chase
''Crook & Chase'' is an American television talk show hosted by Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on country music. The pair had first worked together on the weekly syndicated program "This Week In Country Music," which was later titled ''Crook & Chase Countdown'' and distributed by Premiere Radio Networks. The series originally aired on The Nashville Network in primetime from 1986 to 1996, then called ''The Nashville Record Review'' (later presented by Katie Haas and Bill Cody). It was called ''Crook and Chase'' from 1986 to 1993, and then became known as ''Music City Tonight'' when ''Crook and Chase'' replaced the popular show ''Nashville Now'' after its host Ralph Emery retired. ''Crook and Chase'' moved to daytime syndication from 1996 to 1997. After their syndicated show was canceled, they returned to host their own show on The Nashville Network where they stayed until it was canceled in 1999 (as part of TNN's overhaul into a more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chase (broadcaster)
Charlie Chase (born October 19, 1952) is an American radio and television host best known for his work on The Nashville Network program ''Crook & Chase''. Childhood Charlie Chase was born October 19, 1952 in Rogersville, Tennessee. He attended school at Rogersville City School and began his radio career at age 13, working part-time—and later full-time—at WRGS AM 1370 Radio in Rogersville. Early career Chase graduated from Rogersville High School in 1970, after working on-air jobs as Program Director and Music Director at stations in Kingsport and Knoxville. He moved to Nashville in 1974, where he went to work at WMAK Radio (AM-1300), the city's top-rated station at the time. Later, he moved to the home of the Grand Ole Opry, WSM AM 650, replacing Pat Sajak when Sajak decided to pursue television (today he's the host of Wheel of Fortune). While working at WSM Radio, Chase began doing music reports for WSM-TV (now WSMV) in Nashville. It led to his being offered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kennedy (actor)
George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in ''Airport'' (1970). Among the notable films he had a significant role in are ''Cool Hand Luke'', ''Charade'', ''Strait-Jacket'', ''McHale's Navy'', '' Shenandoah'', ''The Sons of Katie Elder'', '' The Flight of the Phoenix'', ''The Dirty Dozen'', ''The Boston Strangler'', ''Guns of the Magnificent Seven'', ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'', ''The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'', ''Airport 1975'', ''Earthquake'', ''The Eiger Sanction'', and ''The Naked Gun''. Kennedy was the only actor to appear in all four films in the ''Airport'' series, reprising the role of Joe Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Rider (1982 TV Series)
''Knight Rider'' is an American action crime drama television series created and produced by Glen A. Larson. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from September 26, 1982, to April 4, 1986. The show stars David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a sleek and modern crime fighter assisted by KITT, an advanced, artificially intelligent, self-aware, and nearly indestructible car. This was the last series Larson devised at Universal Television before he moved to 20th Century Fox Television. Plot Self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity (by plastic surgery) and a new name: Michael Knight. Wilton selects Michael to be the primary field agent in the pilot program of his public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a heavily modified, technologically advanced Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He has set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on ''The Young and The Restless'' (1975–1982), playing the role of Dr. Snapper Foster. His career continued with his leading role as Michael Knight on ''Knight Rider'' (1982–1986) and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in ''Baywatch'' (1989–2000)''.'' He also produced ''Baywatch'' from the 1990s until 2001 when the series ended with ''Baywatch Hawaii.'' Hasselhoff has appeared in films, including ''Dodgeball'' (2004), ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' (2004), ''Click'' (2006), and '' Hop'' (2011). Before Samuel L. Jackson, Hasselhoff was the first actor to portray the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury in the telefilm '' Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (1998). In 2000, he made his Broadway debut in the musical ''Jekyll & Hyde''. Foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity In Christianity, the figures widely recognised as prophets are those mentioned as such in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is believed that prophets are chosen and called by God. This article lists such prophets. The first list bel ..., Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith and Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions, other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and Law of Moses, lawgiver to whom the Mosaic authorship, authorship, or "acquisition from heaven", of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed. According to the Book of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Sklar
Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequently supported many of the artists on Asylum Records, both on stage and in the studio, that they became known as Asylum's ''de facto'' house band. Those artists would become the standard bearers of the singer-songwriter era in the 1970s. Since then, Sklar has recorded and toured with artists such as James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Toto, Lyle Lovett and many, many more. As a group member, session player, or touring musician, Sklar has lent his talents to well over 2,000 albums. In addition, he has contributed to many motion picture and television show soundtracks. Sklar is currently the bass player for the group The Immediate Family. Early life Leland Bruce Sklar was born May 28, 1947 in Milwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
