Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) Elvis in Germany

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God Bless Elvis

Elvis Presley Wooden Heart

Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) Elvis in Germany

BIOGRAPHY
Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes High School there in 1953.

Elvis’ musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.

In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.

He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist.

His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards. Among his many awards and accolades were 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award which he received at age 36, and his being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees. Without any of the special privileges, his celebrity status might have afforded him, he honorably served his country in the U.S. Army.

His talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and good humor endeared him to millions, as did the humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. Known the world over by his first name, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.

For a fun, interactive walk through Elvis’ life, visit the 75 years of Elvis Timeline developed in celebration of Elvis’ 75th Birthday Celebration.

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Culture Club – Karma Chameleon

Culture Club – Karma Chameleon

Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

Karma Chameleon” is a song by British New Wave band Culture Club, featured on the group’s 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The song spent three weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 starting on 4 February 1984, becoming the group’s biggest hit and only US #1 among their many top ten hits. “Karma Chameleon” was also a huge global hit, hitting #1 in sixteen countries worldwide, and the top ten in several more.

Born George Alan O’Dowd on June 14, 1961, in Eltham, London, to parents Gerry and Dinah O’Dowd. George grew up in a lively household with his four brothers and one sister. Despite being part of the large working class Irish brood, George claims he had a lonely childhood, referring to himself as the “pink sheep” of the family.

To stand out in the male-dominated household, George created his own image on which he became dependent. “It didn’t bother me to walk down the street and to be stared at. I loved it,” he later reminisced.

George didn’t exactly conform to the typical school student stereotype, either. With a leaning more toward arts rather than science and math, he found it hard to fit within traditional masculine stereotypes. With his schoolwork suffering, and an ongoing battle of wits between him and his teachers, it wasn’t long before the school gave up and expelled George over his increasingly outlandish behavior and outrageous clothes and make-up.

Suddenly George found himself out of school, and without a job. He took any work he could find that paid him enough money to live on including a job picking fruit; a stint as a milliner; and even a gig as a make-up artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he picked up some handy techniques for his own personal use.

Forming the Culture Club
By the 1980s, the New Romantic Movement had emerged in the U.K. Followers of the New Romantic period, influenced heavily by artists such as David Bowie, often dressed in grand caricatures of the 19th century English Romantic period. This included exaggerated upscale hairstyles and fashion statements. Men typically wore androgynous clothing and makeup, such as eyeliner.

The style became a calling card for George, whose flamboyance fit their beliefs perfectly. The attention the New Romantics attracted inevitably created many new headlines for the press. It wasn’t long before George was giving interviews based purely on his appearance.

Read More…..www.biography.com

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Brothers Johnson – Stomp 1980 live

Brothers Johnson -Stomp 1980 live

Brothers Johnson -Stomp 1980 live

Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston’s band, and wrote “Music in My Life” and “The Kids and Me” for him before leaving his group in 1973.

Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including “Is It Love That We’re Missing?” and “Just a Taste of Me.” Jones took them on a Japanese tour, then produced their debut LP, Look Out for Number 1, after they signed with A&M, which was also his label at the time (1976). They scored a number-one R&B and number-three pop hit with “I’ll Be Good to You,” and enjoyed R&B chart toppers in 1977 and 1980 respectively with “Strawberry Letter 23” and “Stomp!,” while sustaining a consistent hit presence via such songs as “Get the Funk Out Ma Face” and “Runnin’ for Your Lovin.” Jones remade “I’ll Be Good to You” in 1989 with Ray Charles and Chaka Khan on his Back on the Block release.

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Big Pig – Hungry Town

Big Pig – Hungry Town

Big Pig - Hungry Town

The Australian group Big Pig made a memorable first impression in 1988 with the belligerent percussion and incendiary vocals of their only U.S. hit, “Breakaway.” Big Pig was noted for their fashion sense as well, wearing leather aprons that gave them a unique look.

Formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1986, Big Pig was comprised of Oleh Witer (vocals, percussion), Sherine Abeyratne (vocals, percussion), Tony Antonaides (vocals, harmonica), Tim Rosewarne (vocals, keyboards), Neil Baker (drums), Adrian Scaglione (drums), and Nick Disbray (vocals, percussion). Witer, Sherine, and Rosewarne were originally in the band Bang; however, Witer wanted an edgier, more experimental sound that also retained Bang’s funky rhythms.

In 1986, Big Pig released a self-titled EP; it was later distributed by Australia’s Mushroom label with bonus dance mixes of “Hungry Town” and “Money God.” “Hungry Town” reached number 14 on the Australian charts, and it was also included on the Young Einstein soundtrack.
The group started recording their debut LP Bonk in 1987 with producer Nick Launay. The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988, and the eye-popping video for “Breakaway” was played on MTV. The song also landed at number four in Australia. “Breakaway” then reappeared on the Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure soundtrack. Despite the support — and inevitable hype — Big Pig received because of “Breakaway,” they had already vanished from the U.S. airwaves by the time their second album, You Lucky People, was released in 1990. Big Pig toured and then ceased recording.

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Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen

Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Dexys Midnight Runners are best known in America as one of new wave’s ultimate one-hit wonders, thanks to their 1982 number one smash “Come on Eileen,” a distinctive fusion of ’80s pop, Celtic folk and blue-eyed soul. In the U.K., however, they earned a fair amount of critical acclaim and made a greater impression on the public consciousness with their frequent changes in sound, wardrobe, and personnel.

Dexys were formed in 1978 by singer/guitarist/songwriter Kevin Rowland and singer/guitarist Kevin “Al” Archer (who changed his first name to avoid confusion). Both had been members of the Birmingham, England, punk band the Killjoys, and Rowland, who was ethnically Irish, had split his childhood between London, Ireland, and Birmingham, and soaked up the influence of Irish folk and the so-called Northern soul music popular in the Midlands. Seeking a new direction, Rowland and Archer decided to put together a full-fledged soul outfit and named it after the stimulant Dexedrine, a popular drug on the Northern soul scene (despite the strict no-drinking-or-drugs policy Rowland later imposed on the band). The line-up eventually settled on trombonist Big Jim Paterson, tenor saxophonist Geoff Blythe, alto saxophonist Steve “Babyface” Spooner, keyboardist Mick Talbot (who replaced Pete Saunders, was once a member of the Merton Parkas and later joined the Style Council), bassist Pete Williams, and drummer Andy “Stoker” Growcott (who replaced Bobby Junior). Acutely image-conscious, Rowland tried to reflect the band’s working-class roots by dressing them as New York dockworkers, with a wardrobe lifted straight from the Martin Scorsese/Robert DeNiro film Mean Streets. The band struggled financially at first, especially given its large membership, and according to legend, Rowland organized (or at least encouraged) shoplifting expeditions to make ends meet.

Dexys didn’t take long to release their first single; “Dance Stance” (aka “Burn It Down”), an attack on anti-Irish discrimination, appeared on EMI in 1979, but only scraped the lower reaches of the charts. However, their next single, “Geno,” a tribute to American-born soul singer Geno Washington (who’d made his career in the U.K.), went all the way to the top of the British charts in early 1980. Dissatisfied with their share of the profits, the band stole the completed master tapes of their debut album, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, and successfully reworked their deal. When the album was released later in 1980, it caused a sensation. With their bright, tuneful, horn-heavy take on Memphis soul (which predated Paul Weller’s similar transformation of the Jam), Dexys were hailed as British rock’s return to an organic, soulful sound in the post-punk/new wave era.

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Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River

Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River

Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

It took 10 years, but Justin Timberlake finally (mostly) confirmed something we all assumed – that his hit “Cry Me a River” is about then-girlfriend Britney Spears.

The 2002 song has long been rumored to detail the breakdown of the couple’s romance and the video even featured a girl bearing a striking similarity to Spears.

Timberlake has always denied the claims, but in an episode of E!’s True Hollywood Story, his friend Timbaland confirms Britney Spears was the inspiration.

Justin himself concurred (while still not mentioning his ex by name) that a heated phone conversation between the young lovers prompted “Cry Me a River.”

In the special, which was about Timbaland, the producer says, “He went to a concert and saw Britney, and Britney talked about him in the show and he was pissed.”

Justin then explains, “I was on a phone call that was not the most enjoyable phone call. I walked into the studio and he (Timbaland) could tell I was visibly angry.”

The singer, who was apparently cheated on by Spears, poured out his feelings in the song from his debut solo album Justified, and the emotion showed in his lyrics.

Timbaland says, “I was like, ‘Man, don’t worry about it’ and he’s like, ‘I can’t believe she did that to me’ and he was like, ‘You were my sun, you were my earth.’”

JT and Brit, who just got engaged to Jessica Biel and Jason Trawick, respectively, in the last few months, split up that year, and are on friendly terms, but not close.

Source…..www.thehollywoodgossip.com

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The jungle book – I Wanna Be Like You

The jungle book – I Wanna Be Like You

The jungle book -  I Wanna Be Like You

I Wanna Be Like You, also known as The Monkey Song, is King Louie‘s (Louie Prima, featuring BalooPhil Harris) song which he dreams to become human in order to protect himself from Shere Khan. The song was written by The Sherman Brothers who wrote most songs for The Jungle Book. The song was covered by the group Smash Mouth for The Jungle Book 2. In 2007, The Jonas Brothers covered the song.

 

 

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Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

On May 20, 1959, in the final days of Hawai’i’s territorial era, three months before the Hawaiian Islands would become America’s 50th state, a baby was born in Honolulu’s historic Kuakini hospital whose voice would unite the Hawaiian people and be heard all over the world.  He was the third child of Evangeline Keale Kamakawiwo’ole, a Hawaiian woman born on Ni’ihau, and Henry “Tiny” Kaleialoha Naniwa Kamakawiwo’ole, a part-Hawaiian born on O’ahu.  His proud parents knew he would be special even before he emitted his first bold vocals.
They named him Israel Ka’ano’i Kamakawiwo’ole.  In Hawaiian his last name translates “the fearless eye, the bold face.”  Tiny and Evangeline would spoil Israel far more than his brother and sisters; he could do no wrong.  This native son was a rare breed, an almost pure Hawaiian of unusual lineage; he could trace his ancestral roots to an island that even today, remains the most Hawaiian of all, the so-called “forbidden” island of Ni’ihau.

His first taste in performing was at Steamboats in Waikiki, where his father was a bouncer and his mother was the manager. He got to meet everybody and spend time with Gabby Pahinui and the Sons of Hawai’i.  As early as 10 years old, they would call him up onstage with his ‘ukulele. Israel won the admiration and praise of his elders. All the musicians thought Israel was something special. They knew someday he would be somebody. For now, they called him “the kid with the ‘ukulele.”

Israel, now in his early teens, resisted a move to the country.  Israel had no idea, nor could he have ever known, how the move to O’ahu’s Wai’anae Coast, would cause fundamental change in his life. In Mãkaha, he would form a band that would rock the Islands.

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Snoopy’s Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen

Snoopy’s Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen

Screaming fans. Hit records. Worldwide acclaim. At the height of its illustrious career, the 1960s band, The Royal Guardsmen, achieved what most rock groups only dream of. The sextet from Ocala, FL rose to fame in 1966 with its single, “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron,” which became the title track of its debut album. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and remained there for 12 weeks. It went on to sell one million copies, earning it Platinum certification from the R.I.A.A. in 1967.

Subsequent chart-toppers followed, including: “The Airplane Song,” “Wednesday,” “I Say Love,” “Snoopy’s Christmas” and “Baby Let’s Wait.”

The Royal Guardsmen’s original lineup consisted of: Bill Balogh (bass), John Burdett (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). Richards died of a brain tumor in 1979 and was replaced by Pat Waddell.

Despite its massive success, the band split in 1969. However, its recordings continued to sell and are still in high demand today around the world. In 2008, Burdett and Winslow teamed up to write and record “Snoopy Vs. Osama” in honor of the U.S. troops fighting the war in Iraq. The song has been featured regularly on the syndicated radio program, The Dr. Demento Show.

In the Spring of 2009, the Guardsmen’s hit, “The Airplane Song,” was chosen as the theme song for Red Bull’s Flugtag events and was aired in television commercials nationwide. The group recently played at the Cannery Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they received a rousing standing ovation from fans who had come in droves from all across the United States.

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Dumb Ways To Die – Be Safe Around Trains A Message From Metro

A catchy tune, some cute animated figures and a giggle at blood on the train tracks has delivered almost 12 million YouTube hits for an Australian passenger safety message called Dumb Ways to Die.

“It’s distracting. It’s wonderful. We’re thrilled. It’s been a huge hit for us,” Melbourne’s Metro Trains spokeswoman Leah Waymark said Wednesday. “Getting young people thinking perhaps thinking twice before they do something dumb, that’s a great outcome.”

Source:   http://dumbwaystodie.com/

The song “Dumb Ways to Die” was written by John Mescall with music by Ollie McGill from The Cat Empire, who also produced it. It was performed by Emily Lubitz, the lead vocalist of Tinpan Orange, with McGill providing backing vocals.

It was released on iTunes, attributed to the artist “Tangerine Kitty” (a reference to Tinpan Orange and The Cat Empire). Within 24 hours of its release, it was in the top 10 on the iTunes chart and on 18 November was the sixth most popular song globally, ahead of “Diamonds” by. Rihanna .

It was described as “Australia’s biggest ever viral hit”. It also reached the top 10 on iTunes charts in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam Within two weeks, 65 cover versions had been uploaded to YouTube.      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Ways_to_Die

 

Dumb Ways to Die: Metro Trains Melbourne safety campaign goes viral

In an effort to reduce the number of accidents on its rail network, Metro Trains Melbourne has launched a campaign developed by Erikson McCann.

Entitled ‘Dumb Ways to Die’, the cartoon ad shows a series of characters dying in novel ways and ends with three characters dying in preventable train accidents.

The ad went viral following its launch on 17 November, racking up 5.2 million views within five days. To date, it has had more views than there are people in Australia, receiving over 26 million hits.

Speaking to Australian magazine Marketing-Interactive  Chloe Alsop, marketing manager of Metro Trains, said “the campaign is designed to draw people, especially the younger segments, to the safety message, rather than frighten them away.”

McCann executive creative director John Mescall added: “We’ve got people eating superglue, sticking forks in toasters and selling both their kidneys. But truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and we still couldn’t come up with dumber ways to die than driving around boomgates and all the other things people do to put themselves in harm’s way around trains.

“The aim of this campaign is to engage an audience that really doesn’t want to hear any kind of safety message, and we think Dumb Ways to Die will.”

Source:     http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/12/01/dumb-ways-die-metro-trains-melbourne-safety-campaign-goes-viral

Dumb Ways To Die

– Be Safe Around Trains A Message From Metro