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This Is America
This Is America may refer to: Music * ''This Is America'' (album), a 1968 album by Kim Weston **"This is America", a song by Kim Weston from the eponymous album *''This Is America'', a 2013 album by Ashton Shepherd *"This Is America", a 2015 song by Justin Tranchita * "This Is America" (song), a 2018 song by Childish Gambino Other uses * ''This Is America'' (book), a 1942 book by Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Cooke Macgregor *''This Is America, Charlie Brown'', a 1988–1989 animated television miniseries *'' This Is America & the World with Dennis Wholey'', a 1998 interview program *'' This Is America with Jon Elliott'', a 2006–2009 Air America radio show See also *'' This Is Not America'', a 1985 David Bowie song * "This is Not America" (Residente song), a 2022 song by Residente, featuring Ibeyi *''Who Is America? ''Who Is America?'' is an American political satire mockumentary style television series created by Sacha Baron Cohen that premiered on July 15, 2018, on Showt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is America (album)
''This Is America'' is the third studio album (and second solo album) by Kim Weston. Released in 1968, the album focuses on the theme of patriotism. It is well known for its recording of " Lift Every Voice and Sing", later released as a single. Track listing Side one # "This Is America" (Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby) # "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Arranged and adapted by Marty Paich) # "If I Ruled the World" (Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse) # "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" ( Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) # "Born Free" ( Don Black, John Barry) # " Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein) Side two # "The Exodus Song" ( Ernest Gold, Pat Boone) # "People" ( Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) # "Touch the Earth" (Gail Allen, Jeri Southern) # "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" ( James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) # " The House I Live In" (Earl Robinson, Lewis Allan) # "This Is My Country" (Al Jacobs, Don Raye) Personnel * Marty Paich - arrangements *Val Valentin Luis Pastor "Val" Valentin (Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Weston
Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)", and with her duet with Marvin Gaye, " It Takes Two". Career Born Agatha Nathalia Weston in Detroit, Michigan, United States, she was signed to Motown in 1961, scoring a minor hit with "Love Me All the Way" (R&B No. 24, Pop #88). Weston's biggest solo hits with Motown were "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" (R&B No. 4, Pop No. 50, 1965, later covered by the Isley Brothers, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Jermaine Jackson , the Doobie Brothers and Phil Collins), and "Helpless" (R&B No. 13, Pop No. 56, entered Cashbox March 26, 1966, previously recorded by The Four Tops on their ''Second Album'' LP). Her biggest claim to fame was singing the classic hit " It Takes Two" with Marvin Gaye in 1966, and her later recording of the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Shepherd
Ashton Delilah Shepherd (born August 16, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She was first signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division in April 2007. Her 2008 debut album '' Sounds So Good'' produced two top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: " Takin' Off This Pain" and the title track. In 2011, she released her second album, '' Where Country Grows'', which includes the top 20 hit " Look It Up". Biography Ashton Shepherd was born in Coffeeville, Alabama, United States. She began singing at an early age, and started writing songs at age five. By age eight, she had entered her first talent competition, where she sang Patsy Cline songs, and soon afterward, she began performing at various local venues as well. Her parents helped her finance a self-titled CD, which she released independently at age fifteen. In June 2006, she entered and won a talent contest in Gilbertown, Alabama. The prize was being the opening act for Lorrie Morgan in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Tranchita
Justin Chase Tranchita (born June 22, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and businessman. Born in Geneva, Illinois and raised in Princeton, Illinois. He achieved popularity by his recurring role on Game of Pawns and his music. Life and career Early life and career beginning Justin was born to Joseph James Tranchita and Julee Ann Child in Geneva, Illinois, on June 22, 1981. His paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Marsala, Italy, while his mother was of Jewish and Irish ancestry. He has four elder siblings, Joe (born 1971), Julie (born 1974), Pam (born 1976) and Angie (born 1978) and four younger siblings, Jonathan (born 1983), Elliott (born 1990), Joshua (born 1995) and Marie (born 2000). He was raised in Princeton, Illinois just past the Red Covered bridge on a farm with animals surrounded by corn fields. He attended Princeton High school and played football for the school but due to his parents religious beliefs he was pulled out of attendance and home sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is America (song)
"This Is America" is a song by American rapper Donald Glover, under his musical stage name Childish Gambino. Written and produced by Glover and Ludwig Göransson, with additional writing credits going to American rapper Young Thug, it was released on May 6, 2018 at the same time that Gambino was hosting an episode of ''Saturday Night Live''. The song features background vocals from Young Thug alongside fellow American rappers Slim Jxmmi of Rae Sremmurd, BlocBoy JB, Quavo of Migos, and Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage. The lyrics and accompanying music video, reflecting the core of the Black Lives Matter movement, confront issues of ongoing systemic racism, including prejudice, racial violence, the ghetto, and law enforcement in the United States, as well as the wider issues of mass shootings and gun violence in the United States. The song's accompanying music video was directed by filmmaker Hiro Murai, a frequent Gambino collaborator. "This Is America" became the 31st song to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is America, Charlie Brown
''This Is America, Charlie Brown'' is an eight-part animated television miniseries that depicts a series of events in American history featuring characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip ''Peanuts''. It aired from 1988 to 1989 on CBS. The first four episodes aired as a weekly series in October and November 1988; the final four episodes aired monthly from February to May 1989. Due to the nature of the events portrayed and the historical figures included — such as the Wright Brothers and George Washington — the opposite of most Charlie Brown cartoons, many adults were shown in full view along with the Peanuts gang, something that happened rarely in the animated films and specials and in only one early sequence in the comic strip. These adults were drawn in a style similar to ''It's Only a Game'', another comic strip by Schulz that featured adults, as well other productions that were overseen by ''Peanuts'' regular Bill Melendez. While all eight episodes were subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is America & The World With Dennis Wholey
Dennis Wholey (born July 2, 1939) is an American television host and producer, and the author of a number of self-help books, one of which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller. He currently hosts ''This is America & The World with Dennis Wholey'', an interview program shown throughout the U.S. on public television stations and distributed worldwide on Voice of America Television. Life and career The son of an attorney father and a librarian mother, Wholey received a B.A. degree from the Catholic University of America in 1959. He started his media career as a tour guide for NBC in New York City and then became the host of a radio talk show, ''The Age of Involvement'', on WBAI-FM. He also produced and hosted a television talk show on WNDT-TV in New York. In 1969, Wholey moved to WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, where he hosted ''The Dennis Wholey Show'', which was syndicated to stations throughout the midwest, including Taft Broadcasting Company sister station WTVN-TV in Columbus. In 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is America With Jon Elliott
Jon Elliott is an American liberal talk radio personality, formerly featured on Air America Radio. Business experience Prior to his radio, TV, and film career, Elliott served as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of multiple companies. During his 35 years in business he has worked in all phases of corporate management, holding executive positions with corporations in the health, hospitality and food industries. He has also served as CEO and president of Capitol Television Network and Royal Casino Group, both publicly traded companies. The company was eventually renamed Baymark Technologies and Jon served as President, CEO and CFO of Baymark Technologies until January 2006, at which time he resigned from the company as the company was restructured and renamed Implantable Vision. Radio work In October 2004, ''The Jon Elliott Show'' began airing for two hours on Sunday afternoons on KLSD radio in San Diego, California. After he filled in for Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Not America
"This Is Not America" is a song by English singer David Bowie and American jazz fusion band Pat Metheny Group, taken from the soundtrack to the 1985 film ''The Falcon and the Snowman''. It was released as a single in February 1985, reaching number 14 in the United Kingdom and number 32 in the United States. Background and recording Having finished his 1984 album ''Tonight'' and being dissatisfied with it, Bowie began a series of soundtrack projects (''Labyrinth'', '' Absolute Beginners'', and '' When the Wind Blows'', all in 1986) that started with this collaboration with the Pat Metheny Group. Recorded in late 1984, "This Is Not America" was released as a single in early 1985 and on the soundtrack to the movie. Metheny had written an instrumental piece for the movie called "Chris" and wanted to turn that into a full-length song; "This Is Not America" was the result of their collaboration. Bowie watched an early screening of the movie and took notes on lines and themes that they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Is America?
''Who Is America?'' is an American political satire mockumentary style television series created by Sacha Baron Cohen that premiered on July 15, 2018, on Showtime. Baron Cohen also stars in the series as various characters and executive produces alongside Anthony Hines, Todd Schulman, Andrew Newman, Dan Mazer, and Adam Lowitt. Premise ''Who Is America?'' explores "the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who populate our unique nation". Cast and characters Sacha Baron Cohen portrays the following characters: * Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD, a far-right conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed citizen journalist who publishes his investigations on his website TRUTHBRARY.org * Dr. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello, a liberal lecturer on gender studies at Reed College, co-principal at Wildfields Poly-Ed, and a Democratic activist who wishes to "heal the divide" in America between conservatives and liberals. He has a partner named N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
