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[ { "docid": "1951056", "text": "Betty, Bette, Bettye, Bettey, Eliza or Elizabeth Davis may refer to: Performers Bette Davis (1908–1989), American actress Betty Davis (1944–2022), American funk, rock and soul singer Elizabeth Davis (bassist) (born 1965), American songwriter and musician Elizabeth A. Davis (born 1980), American actress and musician Writers Eliza Davis (1866–1931), English fashion writer and gossip columnist known as \"Mrs Aria\" Eliza Davis (letter writer), Jewish English woman notable for her correspondence with the novelist Charles Dickens Eliza Van Benthuysen Davis (1811–1863), American letter writer and wife of Joseph Emory Davis Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1885–1944), African-American teacher and activist Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974), American librarian and feminist writer Elizabeth Davis (midwife), American author and women's health care specialist since 1977 Elizabeth Davis (TV writer), American producer during 2010s, a/k/a Elizabeth Davis Beall Others Elizabeth Davis (Mormon) (1791–1876), American Latter-Day Saint and wife of Joseph Smith Elizabeth Peke Davis (1803–1860), Hawaiian high chiefess, a/k/a Betty Davis Betty Davis (film editor), American film editor during 1920s Bettye Davis (1938–2018), American politician, social worker, and nurse Bette Davis Eyes, 1974 song by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon Elizabeth Van Wie Davis, American academic specializing in international affairs See also Elizabeth Davies (disambiguation) Lisa Davis (disambiguation)", "title": "Elizabeth Davis" }, { "docid": "36495803", "text": "New Arrangement is an album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Columbia Records (PC 33500) in 1975. It contains the first recording of \"Bette Davis Eyes\", written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974 and later turned into a massive hit by Kim Carnes on the album Mistaken Identity (1981). Another song, \"Boat to Sail,\" that features Brian Wilson and then-wife Marilyn singing backing vocals, was covered by The Carpenters in their 1976 album A Kind of Hush. Robert Christgau wrote about New Arrangement: \"As an American songwriter who has escaped the confessional mode, and as a woman who can sing about subjects other than men, DeShannon exemplifies several healthy trends. The main thing this well-made record reveals, however, is an intelligent professionalism that matters about as much as a surge in enrollment in creative writing classes or women's liberation for female executives.\" Track listing: \"Let the Sailors Dance\" (Randy Edelman, DeShannon) – 4:00 \"Boat to Sail\" (DeShannon) – 3:30 \"Sweet Baby Gene\" (DeShannon, Donna Terry Weiss) – 2:53 \"A New Arrangement\" (Glen Ballentyne, DeShannon) – 3:16 \"Over My Head Again\" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:00 \"Bette Davis Eyes\" (Donna Terry Weiss, DeShannon) – 2:45 \"Queen of the Rodeo\" (Donna Terry Weiss, DeShannon) – 3:20 \"I Wanted It All\" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 2:48 \"Murphy\" (Glen Ballentyne, DeShannon) – 3:11 \"Barefoot Boys and Barefoot Girls\" (DeShannon, Donna Terry Weiss) – 3:04 \"Dreamin' as One\" (David Palmer, William \"Smitty\" Smith) – 3:30 CD bonus tracks \"Pure Natural Love\" (Jackie DeShannon) – 2:45 \"Deep into Paradise\" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:42 \"Somebody Turn the Music On\" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:39 \"All Night Desire\" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:34 \"Fire in the City\" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:25 Personnel: Jackie DeShannon – guitar, vocals Joe Clayton – conga, cymbal Jesse Ed Davis – guitar Mike Deasy – guitar John Kahn – bass Larry Knechtel – keyboards Michael Stewart – guitar Ron Tutt – drums Waddy Wachtel – guitar Laura Creamer – background vocals Mark Creamer – background vocals Susan Steward – background vocals Additional personnel Bob Claire – flute (3) Mark Creamer – guitar (7) Gary Dalton – electric guitar and solo (4)https://www.facebook.com/gary.dalton.9883 Randy Edelman – piano (1, 2) Buddy Emmons – steel guitar (5, 6) Barry Fasman – Moog synthesizer Victor Feldman – vibes (3) Larry Knechtel – string ARP solo (11) Peter Marshall – bass (3) Kenny Rankin – guitar (3) Seychelles Singers – vocals (10) Leland Sklar – bass (11) Brian Wilson – background vocals (2) Marilyn Rovell Wilson – background vocals (2) Michael Stewart – producer, arranger Nick DeCaro – string arrangements (1) Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements (11) Steve Madeo – arranger Ron Malo – recording References 1975 albums Jackie DeShannon albums Columbia Records albums Pop rock albums by American artists Albums produced by Michael Stewart (musician)", "title": "New Arrangement" } ]

[ { "docid": "5172138", "text": "Top Banana is a musical with music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer and book by Hy Kraft which premiered on Broadway in 1951. The show was written as a star vehicle for comedian Phil Silvers, who played the host of a television variety show program. Silvers won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 1952. Production The musical opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 1, 1951, and closed on October 4, 1952, after 350 performances. The original cast co-starred Rose Marie, Lindy Doherty, Jack Albertson, Bob Scheerer and Ted \"Sport\" Morgan. Produced by Paula Stone and Mike Sloane, the musical was directed by Jack Donohue and choreographed by Ron Fletcher, with vocal arrangements and direction by Hugh Martin, musical direction by Harold Hasting, and orchestrations by Don Walker. Scenic and lighting design were by Jo Mielziner and costume design was by Alvin Colt. The play was filmed and released in a film version by United Artists in 1954. Plot Setting: New York City Jerry Biffle is the star of the Blendo Soap Program. He has been invited to participate in an autograph-signing party for his new book at an important department store. Jerry meets Sally Peters, one of the department-store models, and makes her part of his TV troupe. As part of his campaign to court Sally, Jerry gets Cliff Lane, the tenor of his TV company, to sing to her over the phone. When Sally and Cliff meet, they fall in love, with Biffle ignorant of the complications. Biffle engineers a big publicity wedding between Cliff and \"a girl\", not knowing that Sally is the girl. To further complicate his life, Jerry learns that he is about to lose his sponsor. The publicity elopement between his girl and Cliff almost shatters his entire career and life. When it seems that his whole world will cave in, Jerry's sponsor comes up with a new format for the Blendo program, and as far as Jerry is concerned, the day is saved. Cast and characters Phil Silvers as Jerry Biffle Rose Marie as Betty Dillon (until 1952) Kaye Ballard as Betty Dillion (1952) Lindy Doherty as Cliff Lane Judy Lynn as Sally Peters Jack Albertson as Vic Davis Bob Scheerer as Tommy Phelps Joey Faye as Pinky Grace Lee Whitney as Miss Holland Songs Act 1 \"Man of the Year This Week\" – Ensemble \"You're So Beautiful That...\" – Cliff Lane \"Top Banana\" – Jerry Biffle, Vic Davis, Cliff Lane, Pinky and Moe \"Elevator Song\" – Ensemble \"Only If You're in Love\" – Cliff Lane and Sally Peters \"My Home Is in My Shoes\" – Tommy and Ensemble \"I Fought Every Step of the Way\" (music by Johnny Mercer and Bill Finnigan) – Betty Dillon \"O.K. for TV\" – Jerry Biffle, Vic Davis, Sally Peters, Pinky, Moe, Danny and Russ Wiswell \"Slogan Song\" – Jerry Biffle, Betty Dillon, Vic Davis, Sally Peters, Cliff Lane, Tommy, Pinky, Moe, Danny, Russ Wiswell and", "title": "Top Banana (musical)" }, { "docid": "19705257", "text": "Gale Robbins (born Betty Gale Robbins or Betty Gale Murphy, May 7, 1921 – February 18, 1980) was an American actress and singer. Early years Born in Chicago, Illinois, although one source claims she was born in Mitchell, Indiana and her family moved to Chicago \"when she was very young\"; she graduated from Lucy Flower High School in June 1939. Modeling Robbins \"attended the Vera Jones Modeling School and posed for many magazine covers and ads.\" A 1941 newspaper article described her as \"the famous model whose face has appeared on the covers of many leading magazines, and whose eyes and teeth are the trademarks respectively of Murine and Iodent.\" Singing In 1939, Robbins was a singer in the stage show at the Hotel Sherman's College Inn in Chicago, Illinois. She apparently changed her stage name at that time. An article in the August 6, 1939, issue of the Chicago Tribune reported: \"Betty Robbins, Chicago singer who joined the show recently, holds over for the new program, under the name Gale Robbins. Gale is her middle name.\" Robbins sang with the Phil Levant band in 1940, and in 1941, she sang with Jan Garber. Also in 1941, she recorded Jim (one side of RCA Victor 27580) with Art Jarrett. Beginning in June 1942, Robbins sang on The Ben Bernie War Workers' Program, which was broadcast three nights a week on CBS radio. (Walter Winchell wrote in his syndicated newspaper column that Robbins was \"the best part of Ben Bernie's act.\") On August 14, 1942, she was a featured vocalist on a revue headlined by Fred Brady and broadcast over WABC. Also in 1942, she was one of four female singers on the staff at WBBM radio in Chicago, Illinois. In 1945, she sang on Ice Box Follies on ABC, and during the 1945–1946 season, she was a vocalist on The Hoagy Carmichael Show on NBC. In 1949, Robbins sang as part of Dennis Day's Vaudeville show in Boston, prompting a reviewer for the trade publication Billboard to write: \"The acts include Gale Robbins, as fine a vocalist as the town has seen in ages. She's pretty, has a real voice and a personality which never flags.\" That same year, she was the female lead in the musical revue A La Carte at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California. A reviewer wrote in Billboard, \"Song-wise, Gale Robbins and Bill Shirley are admirably suited to their lead parts, scoring vocally and in stage presence.\" In September 1957, Robbins signed with Vik Records and made her first recordings for that label. Film Robbins signed a contract with 20th Century Fox late in 1942. She made her film debut in In the Meantime, Darling in 1944. She appeared in several films, such as Calamity Jane and My Dear Secretary, and briefly sang parts of two songs in The Barkleys of Broadway, playing Shirlene May, the potential understudy to Ginger Rogers' character. Robbins sang another song, \"All Alone Monday,\" in another Fred Astaire vehicle,", "title": "Gale Robbins" }, { "docid": "25666691", "text": "Betty Davis is the eponymous debut studio album by American funk singer Betty Davis, released through Just Sunshine Records (an upstart label) in 1973. The album was produced by Greg Errico and features contributions from a number of noted musicians such as Neal Schon, Merl Saunders, Sylvester, Larry Graham, Pete Sears, and The Pointer Sisters. In 2007, the album was re-issued on CD and vinyl by the Light in the Attic label. Background Before the album's release, Davis was best known as the second wife of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, and also as the featured model on the front cover of the jazz legend's 1968 album Filles de Kilimanjaro. The song \"Mademoiselle Mabry\" from the album is dedicated to Betty (whose maiden-name is Mabry) and was recorded around the time of their marriage in September 1968. Unbeknownst to most, the then-23-year-old Davis was herself a professional model and also a performer of soul and funk music, having written for the Chambers Brothers and put out a single on Don Costa's DCP imprint. Davis was a known face in emerging musical circles who had a strong stylistic and musical influence on her former husband (she personally introduced him to Jimi Hendrix) during their short marriage which ended after just a year. Writing and recording In the early '70s, after a stint of modeling in the UK, a 28-year-old Davis moved to Los Angeles in order to record with Santana but soon changed her focus and with help from Greg Errico (of Sly & The Family Stone), assembled a rich list of veteran Bay Area musicians to record her own material. These included Neal Schon (of Santana), Larry Graham and several other members of Graham Central Station, as well as Merl Saunders, Pete Sears, Sylvester and The Pointer Sisters (who performed backing vocals). The resulting album was recorded between 1972 and 1973 and, while primarily a funk-soul album, was stylistically eclectic, reflecting the wide array of musicians who played on the record. The songs, all written by Davis herself, are mostly built around funk grooves, driving percussion and heavy guitars. Davis' vocal stylings are expressive and boisterous (as on \"If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up\"), but also playful and sensual (as on \"Anti Love Song\"). On the former she boldly sings \"I'm wigglin' my fanny, I'm raunchy dancing, I'm-a-doing it doing it\". \"Steppin' In Her I. Miller Shoes\", tells the story of a talented young woman who comes to the 'jungle' with big dreams, only to end up a tragic victim of the entertainment industry. The up-tempo song features hard rock guitars and backing vocals by The Pointer Sisters. In a 2007 interview Davis revealed that the song was based on the life of Devon Wilson, a one-time girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix with whom Davis had been close friends. Wilson is also the subject of \"Dolly Dagger\" by Hendrix. With their hard-funk/rock-fused sounds, few of the songs catered to radio play; perhaps the closest is \"In The Meantime\" featuring", "title": "Betty Davis (album)" }, { "docid": "43543003", "text": "Betty Davy (September 1919 – September 2010) was an Australian teacher who is credited with playing a \"pivotal role\" in the introduction of the NSW Senior's Card. Biography Davy, whose mother was a teacher at Sydney Technical College, was born in September 1919. She grew up in Strathfield, New South Wales, and attended Meriden School. She studied English and History at the University of Sydney, and gained an educational degree from Sydney Teachers College. She taught at various schools until she got married, and in the late 1960s returned to teaching. Davy was associated with the Liberal Party since the 1940s, and was secretary of the party's Women's Council in the 1980s. With Betty Combe and Betty Grant, she was praised for her \"tireless and uncompromising work\". Through the Council she was able to propose a Senior's Card for New South Wales residents, which was introduced in 1992, and is cited as \"among the enduring achievements of the Greiner-Fahey Government\". She was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia for her community service. References 1919 births 2010 deaths Australian educators Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia University of Sydney alumni", "title": "Betty Davy" }, { "docid": "39606293", "text": "Jack Davis Griffo (born December 11, 1996) is an American actor. He starred as Max Thunderman on the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans (2013–2018). Griffo also had starring roles in the network's original movies The Thundermans Return, Jinxed, and Splitting Adam, and the Netflix original series Alexa & Katie. Career Acting Griffo first made appearances as an extra in 2011, on the television series Kickin' It and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures. He followed this up with several guest appearances on television series such as See Dad Run and Jessie. From 2013 to 2018, Griffo starred in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans, where he played Max Thunderman, the twin brother who strived to become a supervillain (his twin sister Phoebe is played by Kira Kosarin). In the same year, Griffo starred alongside Ciara Bravo in the Nickelodeon original film Jinxed. Griffo starred alongside Isabela Moner, Tony Cavalero, and Jace Norman in the Nickelodeon original movie Splitting Adam, which aired in February 2015. He played the role of Billy, the boyfriend of Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering)'s daughter Claudia Shepard (Ryan Newman), in the Syfy original movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, which premiered on July 22, 2015. In 2016, Griffo guest-starred in the season 7 finale of NCIS: Los Angeles as a military cadet named McKenna. In 2017, Griffo played the role of Sebastian in the inspirational family drama film Apple of My Eye (originally titled And Then There Was Light). That same year, he was cast as Noah in the indie drama film Those Left Behind. In August 2017 Griffo was added to the cast of the Netflix original series Alexa & Katie, playing the recurring role of Dylan. He guest starred in School of Rock, Knight Squad, and SEAL Team. In 2020, Griffo starred as Sean Davis in the action film The 2nd alongside Ryan Phillippe. In 2020, he had a minor role in the Lifetime original movie The Christmas High Note. Music Griffo has a YouTube channel where he posts music covers. As of November 2019, the channel has over 178,000 subscribers and over 8.60 million views. Griffo released a single, \"Hold Me\", with his friend Kelsey, on October 17, 2011. The music video for \"Hold Me\" was released on October 29, 2011, and received over 4 million views. He released his solo debut single, \"Slingshot\", on November 13, 2013, which features Douglas James. The music video for \"Slingshot\" was released on Griffo's YouTube channel on January 14, 2014, and has received over 1.8 million views. Filmography Awards and nominations Griffo has been nominated for five Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite TV Actor, the first in 2014, the second in 2015, the third in 2016, the fourth in 2017, and the fifth in 2018. References External links 1996 births Living people 21st-century American male actors 21st-century American singers American child singers American male child actors American male film actors American male pop singers American male singers American male television actors American child pop musicians Male actors from Orlando, Florida", "title": "Jack Griffo" }, { "docid": "61709230", "text": "Elizabeth Gwladys Davies (24 February 1917 – 27 January 2018) was a British radio drama producer and director, and a prolific dramatist who contributed scripts to radio, primarily at the BBC, for over fifty years. Her work appeared on the BBC Home Service and radio For the Forces during the Second World War and continued to appear on BBC Radio 4 well into the 1990s. As a director of drama she produced the long-running radio soap opera Mrs Dale's Diary and worked closely with writers ranging from the Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon to the historian Lady Antonia Fraser, while directing hundreds of plays and serials for the radio. She died at the age of 100. Life and works Betty Davies was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, on 24 February 1917, towards the end of the First World War, to Esther née Warrington, who was Welsh, and Percy Davies, an English civil servant. Davies was an only child, although her mother was one of six daughters and a single son which provided Davies with a large family network of cousins which sustained her until her death. Davies and her parents moved to London after the war. Davies prepared to fulfill her ambition of a BBC career by learning shorthand and typing, and by reading for an honours degree in English with subsidiary Latin at University College London. She joined the BBC in June 1939, as a secretary, and moved through the Corporation ranks, serving as secretary to the Presentation Manager for Outside Broadcasts and Presentations before becoming Research Assistant in the Analysis Section of the Listener Research Department by November 1946. She had already established herself as a contributing writer to BBC programmes from 1943, in diverse offerings that demonstrated a light touch and included collaborations with musicians. With the band leader Miff Ferrie, later better known as the long-time producer and agent for the British comedian Tommy Cooper, she wrote the musical entertainment Blow Your Own Trumpet! which was first broadcast on the Home Service in 1944 and later shown on BBC Television in 1947. Her early contributions to radio sometimes seemed to develop a theme: For the magazine programme Divertissement transmitted on For the Forces in 1943, she wrote The Telephone, a 'story with a surprise by Betty Davies'. In 1959, when she was preoccupied as 'main producer' of Mrs Dale's Diary, she wrote and produced The Telephone Call for the Home Service. Her 1945 play Best Seller, originally produced for the Home Service by the actor and director Hugh Stewart, was remade for the Home Service in 1961 by David Geary. Davies also wrote for Children's Hour, with plays such as The Conjuror's Rabbit, broadcast twice in 1946, and again in 1949 – a recording is preserved in the British Library Sound Archive – and The Silver Flame, with music by Alan Paul, broadcast in 1951. In the course of her career, Davies was involved in well over 1,300 BBC productions as identifiable in the BBC's searchable database, BBC", "title": "Betty Davies (radio)" }, { "docid": "24991176", "text": "Joanie Pallatto is a singer and composer from Xenia, Ohio. Biography Joanie Pallatto was born to a father who played violin and a mother who played guitar. When she was four years old, she began to learn violin, then moved to clarinet. In school she sang in the choir, where she discovered her passion for singing. She attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and was introduced to the music of Chick Corea and Miles Davis and vocalists Betty Carter, Bob Dorough, Cleo Laine, Mark Murphy, and Annie Ross. In the 1970s she went on tour with the Glenn Miller orchestra. In 1979, she moved to Chicago. She married pianist and composer Bradley Parker-Sparrow and founded the label Southport Records. Described by Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune as having “a stirring and special voice,” Pallatto has expertise in all aspects of musical production. As a solo singer, group singer and voiceover talent, she has recorded on hundreds of radio and television commercials nationally. As a jazz vocalist, Pallatto has performed at Chicago clubs City Winery, Andy's and The Green Mill and New York venues the Iridium Jazz Club, Pangea and Birdland. Concert engagements have included Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, The Old Town School of Folk Music, Park West, Stage 773 and Bailiwick Theater; she was also a featured soloist with Daniel Barenboim in 'Ellington Among Friends' at Symphony Center. Awards and honors Jazz Hero Award, Jazz Journalists Association, 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for Extra-Ordinary Contributions to the Music Industry, 2021 Martin's International in the 39th Annual Chicago Music Awards Discography Whisper Not (Southport, 1986) Who Wrote This Song? (Southport, 1994) Passing Tones (Southport, 1995) Fire with Von Freeman (1996) Two with Marshall Vente (Southport, 1997) Words & Music (Southport, 1999) The King and I with King Fleming (Southport, 2000) We Are Not Machines (Southport, 2002) Canned Beer (Southport, 2003) It's Not Easy (Southport, 2008) As You Spend Your Life (Southport, 2011) Days with Joanie and Sparrow (Southport, 2013) Two Again with Marshall Vente (Southport, 2015) Float Out to Sea (Southport, 2017) My Original Plan (Southport, 2021) Accidental Melody (Southport, 2023) References American women jazz singers American jazz singers People from Xenia, Ohio Living people Jazz musicians from Ohio Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women", "title": "Joanie Pallatto" }, { "docid": "57621063", "text": "\"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" is a song composed by Canadian electronic music production team Widelife with Simone Denny of Love Inc. on vocals. It was the theme song for the television series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and was an official song of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Release Released as the lead single for the Queer Eye soundtrack, the song peaked at number five on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart and number 12 in Australia, where it was the 13th-most-successful dance hit of 2004. Widelife performed this single on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The song was officially remixed by HQ2 (Hex Hector & Mac Quayle), Barry Harris, and Jason Nevins, and appeared in an episode of South Park, titled \"South Park Is Gay!\". Accolades In 2005, Widelife won the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year for the single \"All Things.\" Track listings Australasian CD single \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" (original version) – 2:45 \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" (H2Q club mix) – 7:32 \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" (Jason Nevins Big Room remix) – 9:30 \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" (Jason Nevins Hands Up mix) – 6:42 \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" (Barry Harris Club Interpretation mix) – 9:28 Credits and personnel Credits are taken from the US promo CD liner notes. Studio Mixed at Townhouse Studios (London, England) Personnel Ian J Nieman, Rachid Wehbi – writing, production Widelife – recording Jeremy Wheatley – additional production, mixing Giulio Pierucci – additional programming Rob Eric – executive production Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Release history Betty Who version In 2018, a remixed version by Betty Who was released as the theme song for season two of the Netflix reboot, Queer Eye; however, it was never actually used in any episodes. A music video was released featuring the cast of Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, and Tan France. References 2003 singles 2003 songs 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Betty Who songs Capitol Records singles CONCACAF Gold Cup official songs and anthems Juno Award for Single of the Year singles LGBT-related songs", "title": "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)" }, { "docid": "11243070", "text": "\"Stolen Moments\" is a jazz standard composed by Oliver Nelson. It is a 16-bar piece though the solos are on a conventional minor blues structure. The recording of the song on Nelson's 1961 album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth, led to it being more generally covered. The tune was given lyrics when Mark Murphy recorded his version in 1978. History The piece first appeared as \"The Stolen Moment\" on the 1960 album Trane Whistle by Eddie \"Lockjaw\" Davis, which was largely written and co-arranged by Oliver Nelson. It was not marked out as anything special, in fact the cover notes only mention that the trumpet solo is by Bobby Bryant and that Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet can be heard briefly on the closing. However, in the liner notes to Eric Dolphy: The Complete Prestige Recordings, Bill Kirchner states that this incorrectly credits Dolphy with playing what is actually the baritone saxophone of George Barrow, with Dolphy's contribution to the piece being the second alto behind Nelson. The first recording of the song to gain attention was the version on Nelson's own 1961 album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth. Ted Gioia describes this version of as \"a querulous hard bop chart that makes full use of the horns on hand with its rich spread-out voicings.\" Gioia also observes \"a clever hook in the song – its brief resolve into the tonic major in bar four of the melody, one of the many interesting twists in Nelson's original chart.\" Nelson's solo on this version contains \"possibly the most famous\" use of the augmented scale in jazz. Singer Mark Murphy wrote lyrics for his 1978 version. Gail Fisher later wrote different lyrics to Nelson's original melody. They were first recorded on the 1987 album The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets. This vocal version of \"Stolen Moments\" was given the alternative title \"You Belong to Her\". Recordings Eddie \"Lockjaw\" Davis – Trane Whistle (1960) Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) J. J. Johnson – J.J.! (1964) Herbie Mann with Chick Corea –Standing Ovation at Newport (1965) Phil Woods – Americans Swinging in Paris (1968) Ahmad Jamal, The Awakening (1970) Oliver Nelson – Swiss Suite (1972) Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments (1975) Kenny Burrell – Moon and Sand (1979) Mark Murphy – Stolen Moments (1978) Jimmy Raney and Doug Raney – Stolen Moments (1979) Carmen McRae and Betty Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1987) Turtle Island Quartet – Turtle Island String Quartet (1988) Frank Zappa and Sting – Broadway the Hard Way (1988) Lee Ritenour – Stolen Moments (1990) Stanley Jordan – Stolen Moments (1991) Joe Locke and Kenny Barron – But Beautiful (1991) United Future Organization – Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994) Tina May – 'Time Will Tell...' (1996) Emilie-Claire Barlow – Sings (1998) Andy Summers and Victor Biglione – Strings of Desire (1998) Kenny Barron, Jay Leonhart, and Al Foster – Super Standard (2004) Kazumi Watanabe – Mo' Bop III", "title": "Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson song)" }, { "docid": "5687944", "text": "Fairy Ointment or \"The Fairy Nurse\" is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales. It has been told in many variants. Andrew Lang included one in The Lilac Fairy Book. The ointment itself, as a substance allowing a human to see fairies, occasionally appears in fantasy literature. Folk-tales about such an ointment are found in Scandinavia, France and the British Isles. Synopsis A midwife is summoned to attend a childbed. The baby is born, and she is given an ointment to rub in its eyes. Accidentally, or through curiosity, she rubs one or both her own eyes with it. This enables her to see the actual house to which she has been summoned. Sometimes a simple cottage becomes a castle, but most often, a grand castle becomes a wretched cave. In the variant Andrew Lang included, the woman saw a neighbor of hers, kept prisoner as a nurse, and was able to tell her husband how to rescue her, pulling her down from riding fairies as in Tam Lin. Soon, the midwife sees a fairy and admits it. The fairy invariably blinds her in the eye that can see him, or both if she put the ointment in both eyes. In a Cornish tale a woman, Joan, is going to market to buy shoes, and calls on a neighbour, Betty, who has a reputation for witchcraft, to see if she will go along. Joan sees Betty rub an ointment into her children's eyes. When Betty is out of the room she rubs some of the ointment into right eye out of curiosity. Betty returns with a glass of brandy, and when Joan drinks the brandy she is amazed to see that the cottage is full of little people dancing and playing games. Betty says she won't go to market, so Joan goes alone. At the market, Joan sees Betty's husband, Thomas Trenance, taking \"whatever took his fancy\" from the market stalls and putting it into a bag, apparently unnoticed by the stall holders. She challenges him as a thief. He asks which eye she sees him with, and when she points to her right eye he touches it with his finger and she is instantly blinded. Other uses Fairy ointment also appears in many other fairy tales and books of fantasy, usually as a method for seeing through a fairy's magic. For example, in Eloise McGraw's The Moorchild, the protagonists enter a fairy hill in search of a stolen child, but are confused and hypnotized by the fairies' glamour until they smear their eyes with stolen fairy ointment. These tales, of the fairy or magic ointment, come under type: ML 5070 \"Midwife to the fairies\" (see also The Queen of Elfan's Nourice) It is Aarne-Thompson type 476*. References External links Fairy Ointment at SurLaLune Fairy Tales English fairy tales English folklore French folklore Northumbrian folklore Scandinavian folklore ATU 460-499 Joseph Jacobs", "title": "Fairy Ointment" }, { "docid": "9156543", "text": "Celebrity Time (also known as The Eyes Have It) was an American game and audience participation television series that was broadcast on ABC in 1949 - 1950 and on CBS in 1950 - 1952. The original host was Douglas Edwards. Rules The show began as a battle of the sexes between teams made up of audience and celebrity panelists, who would be asked questions which involved such topics as guessing names from the news, to identifying film clips. By June 1952, the program had become a typical musical variety show. Jack Gould, media critic for The New York Times, wrote, \"for the most part the change is for the better.\" He explained that the quiz format had been \"somewhat labored\", whereas the variety format \"is produced with a high degree of skill and moves along quickly.\" Broadcasting history Celebrity Time began as The Eyes Have It on CBS primetime, airing every Saturday and Sunday from November 20, 1948 to March 13, 1949. The show's title changed to Stop, Look, and Listen when Paul Gallico took over as host on November 28, then to Riddle Me This when Conrad Nagel took over the show on December 12; while Nagel hosted through 1952, the title was left behind after March 1949. The show ran on ABC from April 3, 1949, until March 26, 1950, and on CBS from April 2, 1950, until September 21, 1952. The sponsor was B. F. Goodrich. It was replaced by The Web. Singer Betty Ann Grove and dancer Jonathan Lucas were regulars on Celebrity Time. The program was produced by Richard Levine and directed by Rai Purdy. George Axelrod was the writer. Panelists Panelists included, at various times, Shirley Booth, Gene Lockhart, Roland Young, Kyle MacDonnell, Kitty Carlisle, Ilka Chase, Sir Thomas Beecham, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, John Daly, Peggy Ann Garner, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Herman Hickman, Martha Wright, Mary McCarty, and Jane Wilson. Name changes The show had the following names during its run. The Eyes Have It (November 20 – 27, 1948) Stop, Look, and Listen (November 28 – December 11, 1948) Riddle Me This (December 12, 1948 – March 13, 1949) Goodrich Celebrity Time (April 3, 1949 – Unknown) Celebrity Time (Unknown – September 21, 1952) NBC version The Eyes Have It holds one footnote in television history – it is the only game show to debut as two unrelated programs with different formats, networks, producers, and hosts on the same day. On November 20, 1948 another show with the same name began on NBC with Ralph McNair as host; NBC's Eyes had actually come first, having been a local show on Washington, D.C. affiliate WNBW since September 25. This version ran until January 27, 1949, with a Sunday-afternoon version running from March 13 (the same day CBS' version, now Riddle Me This, ended) to June 19. Episode status The series (including the unrelated NBC version) is believed to have been destroyed due to network practices. No episodes are known to exist under any", "title": "Celebrity Time" }, { "docid": "25411834", "text": "Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds is a 1989 Australian independent post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure film directed, produced and written by Alex Proyas, who was making his first feature debut. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which two siblings live in a homestead whose silence gets interrupted by a fugitive named Smith. Starring Michael Lake, Rhys Davis and Norman Boyd, the film was shot on location near Broken Hill, New South Wales and at Supreme Studios Sydney and was made with a budget of $500,000. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews. It is unknown how much the film grossed at the box office yet it commenced Proyas' status in filmmaking. Premise Siblings Felix and Betty Crabtree live alone in a homestead on a treeless desert plain. Their solitary lives are interrupted by a fugitive with a mysterious past, who gives the name \"Smith\". Smith is fleeing to the north, a trio of sinister figures in pursuit. Felix, who is a wheelchair user, tells Smith that the route to the north is blocked by an impassable wall of cliffs, and convinces him that the only way he can travel beyond them is to fly. Smith, at first sceptical, is eventually convinced that his only means of escape lies with Felix's plan to build a \"flying machine\". Meanwhile, the religiously addled Betty is convinced that Smith is a demon from hell, and makes her own plans to get rid of him. Cast Michael Lake as Felix Crabtree Rhys Davis (Melissa Davis) as Betty Crabtree Norman Boyd (The Norm) as Smith Reception Film critic David Stratton praised the film as having a \"special vision,\" with brilliant production design, but while furthermore opined that \"the film frustrates because of its lethargy and stiltedness\". Rolling Stone magazine called the soundtrack recording \"an album of stunning instrumental beauty and exquisite soundscapes\" and awarded it 4 stars. Re-release In June 2018, director Alex Proyas released a trailer on his YouTube channel for a re-release of the movie, remastered from original 16mm negative and featuring a restored soundtrack from the original Dolby Stereo mixes. The movie was re-released internationally in September 2018 on Blu-ray and DVD by Umbrella Entertainment. Composer Peter Miller's original soundtrack was also re-released as a 30th anniversary edition. Accolades References External links Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds at Oz Movies Spirits Image & Trivia Archive Archive of selected behind-the-scenes and production images, and other information. 1980s science fiction adventure films 1989 films Australian aviation films Australian science fiction adventure films Films directed by Alex Proyas Films produced by Alex Proyas Films with screenplays by Alex Proyas Australian post-apocalyptic films 1989 directorial debut films 1980s English-language films", "title": "Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds" }, { "docid": "16786189", "text": "Aaron Collins (September 3, 1930 – March 27, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Collins grew up in Arkansas and sang in church. After three years in a gospel group in Michigan, he moved to California. There he joined a spiritual group called the Santa Monica Soul Seekers (whose members later became the Cadets/the Jacks). Collins is best known as being a singer with the doo wop groups the Cadets, the Jacks, and the Flares. The Cadets are best known for their hit \"Stranded in the Jungle\" in 1956. The Jacks' biggest hit was \"Why Don't You Write Me?\" in 1955. \"Foot Stomping\" was the Flares' big hit in 1961. The lead vocals in these groups were usually done by Aaron Collins, Willie Davis, or Will \"Dub\" Jones. While Collins was still a member of the Cadets and the Jacks, a solo album was released in 1957 called Calypso USA. Two recordings from this album, \"Pretty Evey\" and \"Rum Jamaica Rum\", were released as a single by Aaron Collins and the Cadets in 1957. These recordings were actually by Collins and a white studio group and not the Cadets. He released a couple of solo records in the 1960s. Other records were released in the early 1960s as by the Peppers and the Thor-Ables. These two groups were actually members of the Cadets and the Flares including Willie Davis and Aaron Collins. Collins was also part owner of MJC Records in the early 1960s with Cadets members Lloyd McCraw and Will \"Dub\" Jones. His sisters, Betty and Rose Collins, had a hit for RPM Records in 1956 called \"Eddie My Love\" as the Teen Queens. Later in life, Collins had a ladies' shoe store in Los Angeles, California, located on the corner of Manchester and Vermont, and named Collins Shoe Closet, which was burned down in the Rodney King riots April 29, 1992. Discography Singles Pretty Evey/Rum Jamaica Rum (Modern #1019) (1957) (as Aaron Collins and the Cadets) Dry Your Eyes And Try Again/A Prayer For Elaine (Dynasty #640) (1960) Easy To Say/Little Bit Of Lovin’ (Crazy Horse #1302) (1969) You Hit the Spot/If I Could Be Where You Are (Crazy Horse #1308) (1969) Albums Calypso USA (Crown #5028) (1957) Notes External links Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks – The Jacks/The Cadets The Coasters – Members' Biographies American rhythm and blues singers 1930 births 1997 deaths Singers from Arkansas Singers from California 20th-century American singers The Cadets (group) members", "title": "Aaron Collins (singer)" }, { "docid": "19546137", "text": "Light in the Attic Records is an independent record label that was established in 2002 in Seattle, Washington by Matt Sullivan. The label is known for its roster of reissue projects and for its distribution catalog. Light in the Attic has re-released work by The Shaggs, Betty Davis, Serge Gainsbourg, Jim Sullivan, Jane Birkin, Monks and The Free Design. The label has also released albums by contemporary bands The Black Angels and Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators. History Already in high school, Sullivan was interested in starting his own label. \"I always wanted my own label,\" Sullivan told The Stranger in 2006, \"but it was always the wrong time.\" After high school and college at the University of Arizona, Sullivan interned for Seattle, Washington-based record labels like Sub Pop and the now-defunct Loosegroove Records. Susie Tennant, Sub Pop’s then radio-promotions director, offered Sullivan a chance to intern with Madrid, Spain-based record label, Munster Records. Munster Records focused primarily on reissues of bands like The Stooges and Spacemen 3, inspiring Sullivan to begin rethinking his own concept behind the still active idea of starting a record label. Upon Sullivan’s return to the states he began producing live shows in the Seattle area including performances by performers like Saul Williams, Clinic, and Kid Koala under the name Light In The Attic. With a stronger interest in the production of records, Sullivan returned to his original idea of a reissue label. Major projects were, among others: a reissue of The Last Poets first two releases - The Last Poets and This Is Madness. the reissue of the soundtrack to 1974 blackploitation film Lialeh composed by Bernard Purdie. the reissue of several works from The Free Design. Wheedle's Groove, a collection of songs from forgotten soul and funk groups from Seattle, including, amongst others, Patrinell Wright, The Black & White Affair, Kenny G, Ron Buford, Overton Berry in 2006, Light in the Attic released the album \"Passover\" from the psych-rock group The Black Angels. This was their first contemporary release. the reissue of Betty Davis' albums Betty Davis and They Say I'm Different. Davis agreed with the project, but did not co-operate. In 2009, the label acquired the rights to distribute deceased Serge Gainsbourg's classic album Histoire de Melody Nelson. This was their first project with an already established artist. In 2010, they launched their 50th album. This album was a release of old demos by folk-country singer Kris Kristofferson and was named Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: Publishing Demos 1968 - 1972. In 2011, the reissue of U.F.O. by singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan. In 2014, the label released the compilation album Native North America, Vol. 1. In 2017, for the occasion of Record Store Day, they released the official soundtrack of the cult film Ciao! Manhattan in vinyl and CD formats on their Cinewax imprint. This marks the first time that the soundtrack has been commercially released in any form. Imprints cinewax In 2010, Light in the Attic announced their", "title": "Light in the Attic Records" }, { "docid": "1687529", "text": "Gail Davis (born Betty Jeanne Grayson; October 5, 1925 – March 15, 1997) was an American actress and singer, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television series Annie Oakley. Life and career Early years The daughter of a small-town physician, Davis was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but was raised in McGehee, Arkansas until her family moved to Little Rock. She had been singing and dancing since childhood. After graduating from Little Rock High School, she studied at the Harcum Junior College for Girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and then completed her education at the University of Texas at Austin. She had a younger sister, Shirley Ann Grayson (August 26, 1937 – February 23, 1971). Film Betty Jeanne and her husband, Bob Davis, moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career. She told an interviewer how she acquired her professional acting name. \"I went under contract to MGM around 1946. They told me 'we can't have a Betty Davis, because of Bette Davis, and we can't have a Betty Grayson because of Kathryn Grayson'.... Then a guy in the casting department said 'how about Gail Davis?' So that's where it came from.\" In 1947, she made her motion picture debut in a comedy short film. She then appeared in minor roles in another four films, the first being The Romance of Rosy Ridge, then landed a supporting role to that of star Roy Rogers in the 1948 The Far Frontier. From 1948 to 53, Davis appeared in 32 feature films, all but three of which were in the Western genre. Twenty of the Western films were with Gene Autry, produced by his company, Gene Autry Productions, released and distributed by Columbia Pictures, Television In 1950, Davis began to guest star in television Westerns, notably in The Cisco Kid, in which she appeared six times in two roles, including that of a niece whose uncle is trying to stop her pending marriage to a gangster. She guest-starred in 1950s episodes titled \"Buried Treasure,\" \"Friend in Need\" and \"Spanish Gold\" of The Lone Ranger and twice each on The Range Rider, The Adventures of Kit Carson and Death Valley Days. Beginning in September 1950, through September 1954, she appeared in 15 episodes of The Gene Autry Show, sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint gum. Gail Davis was the answer to a long-held dream of Autry's—providing Western programming with a star to whom girls could relate. He said: \"Little boys have had their idols ... from the beginning of the picture business.... Why not give the girls a Western star of their own?\" Davis became that star, but on television rather than in movies, as Autry originally envisioned. Between 1954 and 1957, Davis starred in the Annie Oakley series which ran for 81 episodes. An adroit horseback rider, Davis also toured North America in Gene Autry's traveling rodeo. She went on to manage other celebrities. In 1961, she made a guest appearance on The Andy Griffith Show (season 2,", "title": "Gail Davis" }, { "docid": "6168338", "text": "Feed the Fire is a 1994 live album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter. The album was recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall during Carter's European tour. It was Carter's first live album since 1990's Droppin' Things, and her only album recorded outside of the United States. Carter, who predominantly worked with young musicians at this stage of her career, was accompanied by an established trio of pianist Geri Allen, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The trio would reunite a year later with Carter for a performance at the San Francisco Jazz Festival, and after Carter's death, for Allen's 2004 album, The Life of a Song. Feed the Fire peaked at 18 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The audio of the concert was recorded by the BBC, and amounted to 105 minutes. Carter only chose to release ten of the fourteen tunes performed, and the released concert amounted to less than an hour's worth of music. Reception In his review for AllMusic.com, Daniel Gioffre gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five. Gioffre praised Carter's accompanists, describing Dave Holland's \"...unerring sense of melody and pitch\", Jack DeJohnette as \"...nothing less than explosive, punctuating the solo statements of his bandmates with powerful flurries\", and likened Geri Allen to fellow pianist Keith Jarrett, praising her solo on \"Love Notes\". Gioffre's wrote that Carter's \"...vocal improvisations are on par with any instrumentalists,\" and described her \"...dancing around the music with impeccable phrasing, dropping low into her register for punctuation\" on \"Lover Man\" as \"...heady, hypnotizing stuff.\" Gioffre reserved criticism for the length of some tracks and that the \"...quality of the music itself tends to wander a bit.\" New York magazine described the album as a \"live state-of-jazz-vocals address\" and Carter as \"probably the most agile jazz singer alive.\" The Chicago Tribune'''s Howard Reich stated that the album \"captures the singer at her best,\" and noted that the band members \"provide the atmospheric accompaniment, sensitively responding to Carter's mercurial improvisations.\" Michael J. West of JazzTimes praised Allen's contribution to the title track, which she wrote. He commented: \"there's nothing quite like hearing her go at it with the master vocalist... Allen stays almost completely inside as she works with Carter; even so, it's an open question who's leading who... the energy is electric and the swing... is top-notch.\" Writing for Sandy Brown Jazz'', Steve Day remarked: \"Every track is diamond, 'I'm All Smiles' and 'Feed The Fire' exceptionally so. These are performances that ring the truth of music.\" Track listing \"Feed the Fire\" (Geri Allen) – 11:20 \"Love Notes\" (Betty Carter, Mark Zubek) – 7:11 \"Sometimes I'm Happy\" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) – 3:33 \"Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)\" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 9:13 \"I'm All Smiles\" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 5:26 \"If I Should Lose You\" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:24 \"All or Nothing at All\" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 8:11 \"What Is This Tune?\" (Carter, Jack", "title": "Feed the Fire (Betty Carter album)" }, { "docid": "29966696", "text": "Pipe Dreams is a 1976 romantic drama film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband, played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. His boss is played by Wayne Tippit; Bruce French, Sally Kirkland and Altovise Davis (wife of Sammy Davis Jr.) round out the cast. Plot Maria Wilson follows her husband to Alaska, where he is working on the Alaska pipeline, to try to win him back. The local boss disapproves. Cast Gladys Knight as Maria Wilson Barry Hankerson as Rob Wilson Wayne Tippit as Mike Thompson Sherry Bain as Loretta Bruce French as \"The Duke\" Sally Kirkland as Betty \"Two Street Betty\" Altovise Davis as Lydia Redmond Gleeson as \"Hollow Legs\" John Mitchum as Franklin Production The film was written and directed by Steve Verona and produced by Verona Enterprises and California Cinema Pruductions LGN, with financing from Buddah Records and minority organizations. Filming took place on location in Valdez in January 1976. The soundtrack album for the movie was produced by Knight's brother Merald \"Bubba\" Knight. Reception Box office results were poor. Gladys Knight received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star Of The Year (Actress). \"So Sad the Song\" from Pipe Dreams, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song (Motion Picture). Soundtrack References External links 1976 drama films 1976 films Embassy Pictures films 1970s English-language films American romantic drama films 1970s American films", "title": "Pipe Dreams (1976 film)" }, { "docid": "3715576", "text": "I'm Yours, You're Mine is a 1997 studio album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter. Recorded in January 1996, this was the last album that Carter recorded before her death in September 1998. I'm Yours, You're Mine peaked at 25 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The title track, written by Carter and bassist Curtis Lundy consists of \"scat vocables,\" until the end of the tune, where Carter quotes the final lines from the song \"What's New?\" Reception Allmusic.com awarded I'm Yours, You're Mine four out of five stars, but did not review the album. Billboard positively reviewed the album upon its release, describing it as a \"toned down and moodily evocative set\" adding that \"Carter's voice proves that it can turn phrases like no other on the title cut's wordless, gently delightful, downtempo meditation.\" Howard Reich, writing in the Chicago Tribune said that \"No doubt Betty Carter's singing is an acquired taste, but to those who have acquired it, she's a uniquely appealing artist. The elongated lines, exotic colors and unusual ornaments she brings to every cut on this recording...attest to the singular nature of Carter's singing.\" Writing for All About Jazz, Tom Storer described the songs on I'm Yours, You're Mine as getting \"typical Carter treatments...somehow managing to be both lush and lean. Unable or unwilling to try for the explosive dynamic contrasts and fiendish tempos that were once her forte, she has streamlined her phrasing, taking her playful way with rhythmic tricks to a calmer level and proving yet again her unwillingness to sing anybody's standard licks but her own.\" Storer reserved criticism for Carter's singing of the original Portuguese Brazilian lyrics to \"Useless Landscape\". Storer concluded his review by describing Carter's quote from \"What's New?\" as \"different, surprisingly moving, but wholly unsentimental. That's Betty for you.\" Track listing \"This Time\" (Jule Styne) – 7:43 \"I'm Yours, You're Mine\" (Betty Carter, Curtis Lundy) – 9:34 \"Lonely House\" (Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill) – 6:29 \"Close Your Eyes\" (Bernice Petkere) – 7:45 \"Useless Landscape\" (Aloysio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 7:16 \"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)\" (Brooks Bowman) – 4:50 \"September Song\" (Maxwell Anderson, Weill) – 10:19 Personnel Performance Betty Carter – vocals, producer Mark Shim – tenor saxophone Andre Hayward – trombone Xavier Davis – piano Curtis Lundy – double bass Matt Hughes – bass Gregory Hutchinson – drums Production Joe Ferla – engineer Rory Romano – assistant engineer Ted Wohlsen Greg Calbi – mastering Anthony Barboza – photographer References 1997 albums Albums produced by Betty Carter Betty Carter albums Verve Records albums", "title": "I'm Yours, You're Mine" }, { "docid": "1002377", "text": "Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick; December 30, 1931September 19, 2004) was an American country music singer and songwriter who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's \"The End of the World\". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star. One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and was hailed as an \"extraordinary country/pop singer\" by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer. Early life Davis was born Mary Frances Penick on December 30, 1931, the first of seven children born to farmer William Lee and Sarah Rachel Penick (née Roberts), in Glencoe, Kentucky. Because her grandfather thought she had a lot of energy for a young child, he nicknamed Mary Frances \"Skeeter\" (slang for mosquito), a name she carried for the rest of her life. When Davis was a toddler, her great-uncle was convicted of murdering her maternal grandfather (his brother) in Indiana. After this incident, Davis recalled that her mother became a \"bitterly depressed woman\". Throughout her childhood, Davis's mother made multiple suicide attempts, several of which Davis herself prevented from being carried out: \"I once slapped a bottle of Clorox she was drinking out of her mouth and sat on her hands to keep her from reaching for a butcher knife,\" she recalled. On one occasion, her mother attempted to leap from the family's apartment window with Davis and her infant brother in her arms. Her relationship with her mother remained strained throughout much of her life, and by Davis's account, she \"couldn't seem to win my mother's respect and affection, [so] I turned my attention toward my daddy.\" In the mid-1930s, the Penick family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they remained for several years before returning to Dry Ridge. They later moved to Erlanger, Kentucky, in 1947. Davis was raised a Protestant, attending Disciples of Christ churches. As an adolescent, Davis was inspired by the music of Betty Hutton and also developed interest in musicals, memorizing songs from films such as Stage Door Canteen (1943) and I'll Be Seeing You (1944). She would sometimes stage routines in her backyard, dancing, singing, and telling ghost stories to neighborhood children. When Davis was in seventh grade, her father relocated to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for work. She and her siblings remained in the care of their mother who, during this time, became an alcoholic. In the summer of 1948, Davis and her family relocated to Covington, Kentucky, where her father was working as an electrician and moved into a house owned by the Villa Madonna Academy, run by Benedictine nuns. Davis became fascinated by the sisters, and for a time considered becoming a nun. While attending Dixie Heights High School in Erlanger, Skeeter met Betty Jack Davis, and the two became close friends, bonding", "title": "Skeeter Davis" }, { "docid": "8502322", "text": "The History of Mr. Polly is a 1949 British film based on the 1910 comic novel The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells. It was directed by Anthony Pelissier (who is also credited with the script) and stars John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott and Finlay Currie. It was the first adaptation of one of Wells's works to be produced after his death in 1946. Plot Following his dismissal from a draper's shop, where his father had placed him as an apprentice, protagonist Alfred Polly (John Mills) finds it hard to find another position. When a telegram arrives informing him of his father's death, he returns to the family home. With a bequest of £500, Polly considers his future; and a friend of his father's, Mr Johnsen (Edward Chapman), urges him to invest it in a shop - an idea that Polly dislikes. Whilst dawdling in the country on a newly-bought bicycle, Polly has a brief dalliance with a schoolgirl, Christabel (Sally Ann Howes); but later marries one of his cousins, Miriam Larkins (Betty Ann Davies). Fifteen years later, Polly and his wife are running a draper's shop in Fishbourne, and the marriage has descended to incessant arguments and bickering. While walking in the country, Polly decides to commit suicide. He sets his shop ablaze in the hope that the insurance will assure Miriam's prosperity. However, he botches the arson job and, instead of killing himself, rescues an elderly neighbour and becomes a minor local celebrity. Still unhappy, Polly leaves his wife and is hired by a rural innkeeper (Megs Jenkins) as handyman and ferryman; however, he soon realises that the position was only open because the innkeeper's brother-in-law Jim (Finlay Currie) is a drunkard who bullies any other man to leave the inn. Polly clashes with him until the latter accidentally drowns in a weir while chasing Polly. Three years later, Polly returns to Fishbourne to find Miriam operating a tea-shop with her sister in the belief that Polly has drowned, and he returns to his happier life at the inn. Cast John Mills as Alfred Polly Betty Ann Davies as Miriam Larkins Megs Jenkins as The Innkeeper Finlay Currie as Uncle Jim Gladys Henson as Aunt Larkins Diana Churchill as Annie Larkins Shelagh Fraser as Minnie Larkins Edward Chapman as Mr. Johnson Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Johnson Sally Ann Howes as Christabel Juliet Mills as Little Polly Laurence Baskcomb as Mr. Rumbold Edie Martin as Lady on roof Moore Marriott as Uncle Pentstemon David Horne as Mr. Garvace Ernest Jay as Mr. Hinks Cyril Smith as Mr. Voules Wylie Watson as Mr. Rusper Jay Laurier as Mr. Boomer Critical reception At the time of its release, Variety wrote \"Faithful adherence to the original H. G. Wells story is one of the main virtues of The History of Mr Polly,\" with the reviewer concluding that \"Director Anthony Pelissier has put all the emphasis on the principal characters, and has extracted every ounce of human interest", "title": "The History of Mr. Polly (film)" }, { "docid": "47688118", "text": "Lady Madcap is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts, composed by Paul Rubens with a book by Paul Rubens and Nathaniel Newnham-Davis, and lyrics by Paul Rubens and Percy Greenbank. The story concerns a mischievous Earl's daughter who holds a ball at her father's castle without permission, pretends to be her own maid, and causes general confusion. The musical was first performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 17 December 1904, under the management of George Edwardes, garnering highly favourable reviews. It ran for 354 performances, nearly a year, closing in November 1905. It starred Adrienne Augarde in the title role, and G. P. Huntley as Trouper Smith. Various changes were made to the cast during the run. Among those who appeared in the piece were Zena Dare, Lily Elsie, Gabrielle Ray and Marie Studholme. It then toured in the British provinces, starring Studholme. In 1906 it ran on Broadway at the Casino Theatre as My Lady's Maid with Madge Crichton in the title role. It also received an Australian production. Synopsis Setting: Framlingham Castle Lady Betty, the daughter of an Earl, Lord Framlingham, is an innocent-looking but mischievous girl. Without her father's knowledge, she has invited the officers of the East Anglian Hussars to their home, Egbert Castle, for a day and night of entertainment. She forges two telegrams that send her father into town on some urgent political pretext and later his butler to follow him. Her father wisely locks her in her room during his absence, but her friend, Gwenny, and lady's maid, Susan, secures a ladder to help her to escape from the window. Although she detests wealth, Lady Betty is interested in a rich, eccentric young trooper, who calls himself Smith, and whose prowess at cricket have caught her eye. She disguises herself as a servant, and has Gwenny impersonate her, so that she can get close to Smith. Meanwhile, two men from the village, attracted by the Earl's advertisement for a rich man to court his daughter, arrive at the castle and mistake each of Gwenny and Susan for Lady Betty; they are both impostors pretending to be wealthy. Betty flirts with Smith and persuades him to pretend to be the butler, which he does, donning the butler's uniform. Class distinctions disappear that evening at the servants' ball as the officers enjoy the entertainment and company of servants and gentry alike. Betty continues her flirtations with Smith and is well-pleased with the progress of her elaborate mischief. Lord Framlingham returns angrily but is soothed that his daughter's suitor is, at least, rich. The impostors are discovered, and all ends happily. Roles and original cast Count de St. Hubert – Maurice Farkoa Bill Stratford (known as Stony Stratford) – Aubrey Fitzgerald Posh Jenkins (his confederate) – Fred Emney Colonel Layton (of the East Anglian Hussars) – Leedham Bantock Major Blatherswaite (of the East Anglian Hussars) – Dennis Eadie Captain Harrington (of the East Anglian Hussars) – J. Edward Fraser Lieutenant Somerset (of", "title": "Lady Madcap" }, { "docid": "414059", "text": "The Big Apple is both a partner dance and a circle dance that originated in the Afro-American community of the United States in the beginning of the 20th century. History Origin (1860–1936) The exact origin of the Big Apple is unclear but one author suggests that the dance originated from the \"ring shout\", a group dance associated with religious observances that was founded before 1860 by African Americans on plantations in South Carolina and Georgia. The ring shout is described as a dance with \"counterclockwise circling and high arm gestures\" that resembled the Big Apple. It is still practiced today in small populations of the southern United States. The dance that eventually became known as the Big Apple is speculated to have been created in the early 1930s by African-American youth dancing at the Big Apple Club, which was at the former House of Peace Synagogue on Park Street in Columbia, South Carolina. The synagogue was converted into a black juke joint called the \"Big Apple Night Club\". In 1936, three white students from the University of South Carolina – Billy Spivey, Donald Davis, and Harold \"Goo-Goo\" Wiles – heard the music coming from the juke joint as they were driving by. Even though it was very unusual for whites to go into a black club, the three asked the club's owner, Frank \"Fat Sam\" Boyd, if they could enter. Skip Davis, the son of Donald Davis, said that \"Fat Sam made two conditions. They had to pay twenty five cents each and they had to sit in the balcony.\" During the next few months, the white students brought more friends to the night club to watch the black dancers. The white students became so fascinated with the dance that, in order to prevent the music from stopping, they would toss coins down to the black dancers below them when the dancers ran out of money. \"We had a lot of nickels with us because it took a nickel to play a song. If the music stopped and the people on the floor didn't have any money, we didn't get any more dancing. We had to feed the Nickelodeon\", recalls Harold E. Ross, who often visited the club and was 18 years old at the time. The white dancers eventually called the dance the black dancers did the \"Big Apple\", after the night club where they first saw it. Ross commented that \"We always did the best we could to imitate the steps we saw. But we called it the Little Apple. We didn't feel like we should copy the Big Apple, so we called it that.\" Rise in popularity (1937–38) During the summer of 1937, the students from the University of South Carolina started dancing the Big Apple at the Pavilion in Myrtle Beach. Betty Wood (née Henderson), a dancer who helped revive the Big Apple in the 1990s, first saw the dance there, and six months later she won a dance contest and become nicknamed \"Big Apple Betty.\"", "title": "Big Apple (dance)" }, { "docid": "6426041", "text": "The Davis Sisters were an American country music duo consisting of two unrelated singers, Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis. One of the original female country groups, they are best known for their 1953 No. 1 country hit \"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know\" and the duo's debut single \"Jealous Love\" on Fortune Records. Rise to fame and success The Davis Sisters were not related; Skeeter Davis was the stage name of Mary Frances Penick. She met Betty Jack Davis at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Kentucky in 1947. They formed a close relationship as friends and musicians. Also sharing a career in the music business, singing and recording, they decided to perform as The Davis Sisters. Fortune Records The duo began appearing regularly on radio shows in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan. They first started recording in Detroit at Fortune Records in 1952. The pair recorded \"Jealous Love,\" (Fortune 170) a song written by Devora Brown, co-owner of the Fortune label. Two other singles followed in 1953: \"Kaw-Liga / Sorrow And Pain\" (Fortune 174) and \"Heartbreak Ahead / Steel Wool\" (Fortune 175). RCA In 1953, they landed a recording contract with RCA Records. While recording for RCA, the sessions were backed up by future country star and producer Chet Atkins. That same year, they released their first single, \"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know\". The mournful and heartbreaking song became a No. 1 country hit, as well as a top 20 pop hit. While their vocals invoked the sound of older Appalachian harmony duos such as the Blue Sky Boys and the Delmore Brothers, the Nashville Sound backing made the overall sound more in line with their more polished contemporaries the Louvin Brothers. Tragedy and reformation Shortly after the release of \"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know\", the Davis Sisters were in a car accident just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio on August 2, 1953, which killed Betty Jack instantly and seriously injured Skeeter. Skeeter reformed the group with Betty Jack's older sister, Georgia. The new duo continued to perform and record until 1956, but failed to have another hit. \"Georgia was a fine singer, but it just wasn't the same,\" Skeeter said in the liner notes to 1995's The Essential Skeeter Davis. Skeeter Davis went on to a successful solo career. Davis continued to perform frequently throughout much of the 1990s and into 2000. In 2001, she became incapacitated by the breast cancer that would claim her life. While Davis remained a member of the Grand Ole Opry until her death, she last appeared on the program in 2002. She died of breast cancer in a Nashville hospice, at the age of 72, on September 19, 2004. Georgia Davis died on February 16, 2022, at the age of 92. Discography Compilation albums Singles Notes References External links Davis Sisters article American country music duos Musical groups established in 1947 Musical groups disestablished in 1956 People from Grant County, Kentucky RCA Victor artists Country music", "title": "The Davis Sisters (country duo)" }, { "docid": "65248050", "text": "Caroline Davis, née Caroline Rebecca Anson, (b. July 7, 1981) is a saxophonist, flutist, composer, and educator. Background Davis was born in Singapore, Singapore, to Michael Anson (British) and actress Susanne Anson (Swedish). When she was 6 years old, her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and she began playing saxophone at Sequoyah Middle School. Soon after, her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to Carrollton, Texas, where she attended Blalack Middle School and Newman Smith High School. After high school, she went to The University of Texas at Arlington, where she majored in Cognitive Psychology and Music (2004). During this time, she was also introduced to the education program at Litchfield Jazz Camp, in Connecticut. Her love for jazz blossomed here, while at the same time, she continued her academic path at Northwestern University and received a Ph.D in Music Cognition in 2010. After her studies, she served as an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Columbia College Chicago. Career in music Davis kept her involvement with the music industry throughout her years in academia, including her participation in IAJE's Sisters in Jazz Program (2006) and Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead Program (2011). In 2013, Davis moved to Brooklyn, New York to pursue her path as a professional musician. In 2018, she was at the top of DownBeat magazine's Critic's Poll Alto-Saxophone Rising Star list. In 2019, Davis was a composer-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony. Discography As leader Heart Tonic (Sunnyside, 2018) Alula (New Amsterdam, 2019) Anthems (Sunnyside, 2019) Portals Vol. 1: Mourning (Sunnyside, 2021) Live Work & Play (Ears & Eyes, 2012) Doors: Chicago Storylines (Ears & Eyes, 2015) As a sidewoman B Forrest, Back to Bodhi (self, 2015) Paul Bedal, Chatter (Ears & Eyes, 2014) Paul Bedal, Mirrors (Bace, 2018) James Davis, Angles of Refraction (Ears & Eyes, 2007) Dion Kerr, Reptile Ground (self, 2015) Lee Konitz, Old Songs New (Sunnyside, 2019) Neak, Kwesbaar (self, 2019) Neak, Love Greater (self, 2012) Pedway, Subventure (Ears & Eyes, 2008) Pedway, Passion Ball (Ears & Eyes, 2013) Saba, Comfort Zone (Saba Pivot, LLC, 2014) Curt Sydnor, Deep End Shallow (Out of Your Head, 2020) Whirlpool, This World and One More (Ears & Eyes, 2014) Whirlpool with Ron Miles, Dancing on the Inside (Ears & Eyes, 2015) Wolff Parkinson White, Favours (2020) Zing!, Magnetic Flux (Ears & Eyes, 2007) References 1981 births Living people Musicians from Brooklyn American jazz flautists American jazz saxophonists Jazz flautists Women jazz saxophonists Sunnyside Records artists", "title": "Caroline Davis (saxophonist)" }, { "docid": "42593574", "text": "\"I'll Close My Eyes\", first published in 1945, is a song written and composed by the English songwriter and bandleader Billy Reid. This song is usually performed with altered lyrics by the American songwriter Buddy Kaye. The song has become a jazz standard. Composition and recordings The original version of the song had both music and lyrics written by Billy Reid. In this original version, the song is a song of regret, with a verse introducing the theme in words which include: \"Love was mine, you gave me a chance; But my heart was not content and I lost my romance..\" The main song refrain then begins (as it does in the later version) \"I'll close my eyes\" but continues \"and make believe it's you\". The song then continues on the theme that the singer has foolishly lost his love and can now only close his eyes and imagine her in his loneliness. It was recorded with the original Billy Reid words by the English singer Dorothy Squires, who had a close association with Billy Reid. Soon after its release, new words were written for the Billy Reid tune by the American songwriter Buddy Kaye. The new words make the song more upbeat. The initial phrase of the song remains \"I'll close my eyes\" but now it continues \"...to everyone but you\". The song then continues on the theme that the singer will always be faithful, will \"lock my heart to any other caress\" and will close his eyes to see his love \"through the years\" in \"those moments when we're apart\". It thus becomes, not a song of loss, but a commitment to fidelity in a relationship which is expected to last. In this form, it was taken up by a number of singers. It was broadcast by Frances Langford with the new words as early as 1947, in a Maxwell House Radio Show. The Jazz standard \"I'll Close My Eyes\" (with Buddy Kaye lyrics) has been covered by 50+ recording artists, including the Dinah Washington (and Quincy Jones Orchestra) recording that is licensed for soundtrack use in THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (film) and Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER (film). List of recordings Performers who have recorded the song in vocal or instrumental versions include: Dorothy Squires (with Billy Reid's original words) - 1945 Andy Russell - 1947 Mildred Bailey - 1947 Vic Damone - 1947 Sarah Vaughan - 1957 Dinah Washington - 1957 Connie Francis. In 1959, Francis recorded both versions of the lyrics, with the same orchestral arrangement. The 1959 album released from this session was called My Thanks To You, and included only the original version of the lyrics; the recording with the later version of the lyrics was not released until 1993. Blue Mitchell - 1960 Marilyn Michaels - 1965 Joan Regan Dinah Shore Joanie Sommers Peggy Lee Cannonball Adderley and his orchestra Gene Ammons Ray Anthony Betty Scott Jimmy Beaumont Big Maybelle Bob Montgomery Donna Fuller Kenny Burrell Hank Crawford Barrett Deems Joan Griffith", "title": "I'll Close My Eyes (song)" }, { "docid": "26109640", "text": "Elizabeth Noyes Hand (October 11, 1912 – December 24, 1987) was an American singer and actress best known for dubbing two of Debbie Reynolds' numbers in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain. Today, this is a well-known example of dubbing in a film musical: While Reynolds's character was the \"ghost singer\" dubbing for another character, her singing voice was actually dubbed by Noyes. She is also known for singing the song \"Baby Mine\" in the Disney film Dumbo (1941), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. However, she was not given screen credit for this performance. (None of the voice actors for Dumbo were credited on screen.) Known career Noyes began her career in 1938 in The Debutantes, a trio of young women in the Ted Fio Rito big band. They made the original recording of \"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii.\" As a member of The Debutantes (with Marjorie Briggs, Dottie Hill and Dorothy Compton), she contributed vocals for Candy Candido and the Debutantes. In 1947, she was in a quartet called \"The Girlfriends,\" a regular feature on several NBC Radio programs, including The Bill Goodwin Show, The Carnation Contented Hour, and with Bing Crosby. Norma Zimmer, Lawrence Welk's \"Champagne Lady,\" was also in the group. Noyes and other members of the quartet became \"First Call\" studio singers and can be heard on many movie musicals for two decades, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), White Christmas (1954), and The Sound of Music (1965). She also appeared on-camera in several movies and television series, including regular appearances on The Dinah Shore Show and an episode of I Love Lucy titled \"Lucy Goes to Scotland.\" She appeared as a mother who sings a brief solo in the 1965 television movie Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, along with fellow dubber Bill Lee. On-screen movie credits include I Married an Angel (1942), the Don Knotts comedy The Love God? (1969), and Abbott and Costello's Jack and the Beanstalk (1952). Her other singing credits include recordings with Ken Darby and Jack Halloren, and singing and voice work for the \"Ice Follies.\" Personal life Betty Noyes was married to Milton Hand, a football and PE coach at Los Angeles City College. They had two daughters, Susan and Deborah. The family lived in Studio City, California. Betty and her husband eventually retired to Balboa Island, Calif. Betty's name has sometimes been incorrectly noted as 'Betty Royce', including in Debbie Reynolds's autobiography. Betty Noyes died on December 24, 1987, at the age of 75, in Los Angeles, CA. Confirmed work Dumbo (1941) uncredited as singer of \"Baby Mine\" I Married an Angel (1942) uncredited specialty bit in Paris Honeymoon sequence Singin' in the Rain (1952) uncredited as the singing voice of Debbie Reynolds on \"Would You\" and \"You Are My Lucky Star.\" Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) singing voice of Ruta Kilmonis (later known as Ruta Lee) I Love Lucy (1 episode, 1956) as Townsperson in \"Lucy Goes to Scotland\"", "title": "Betty Noyes" }, { "docid": "28152518", "text": "The Betty Boop Movie Mystery (also known as Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery) is a 1989 animated special starring Betty Boop. Story The story is set in the 1930s, reflecting on the original Max Fleischer style of animation. Betty works as a waitress in a diner with her friends Bimbo the musical dog and Koko the Clown. Betty and her friends entertain the customers with a Hawaiian hula revue. The trio are seen entertaining the customers by Diner Dan who owns the diner; he gets very angry and fires Betty and her friends. While searching for a new job they bump into detective Sam Slade, who hires Betty and her pals to go undercover for him as musical detectives to keep an eye on Hollywood movie star Lola DaVille's diamond necklace. The lights go out and Lola's necklace is stolen. Betty is left holding the smoke gun, the police arrest Betty, and she is carted off to jail. Bimbo and Koko break Betty out of jail, then head over to Moolah Studios where they find out that Lola's secretary, Miss Green, was behind the robbery, and that her accomplice was the detective Sam Slade. The pursuit ends on a Busby Berkeley set, Lola DaVille receives her diamond necklace and Sam Slade and Miss Green are both arrested by the police. A singing telegram from Betty's old boss, Diner Dan, pleads Betty and her friends to return to the diner, to which Betty agrees. Betty then finishes the story by singing \"You don't have to be star to be star,\" and says the best place to be is with your friends. Cast Melissa Fahn as Betty Boop Lucille Bliss as Miss Green Hamilton Camp as Maxwell Movieola Jodi Carlisle as Lola DaVille Michael Bell William Farmer as Prop Man Toby Gleason Gregory Jones Randi Merzon Roger Rose James Ward External links 1989 animated films 1989 television films Animated films set in the 1930s Betty Boop cartoons 1980s animated short films 1989 films 1980s American animated films 1980s English-language films", "title": "The Betty Boop Movie Mystery" }, { "docid": "17114064", "text": "Betty Hall Jones (January 11, 1911 – April 20, 2009), was an American boogie-woogie pianist, singer, songwriter and arranger. Biography She was born Cordell Elizabeth Bigbee in Topeka, Kansas. Archie Bigbee, her father, was a part-time cornetist and leader of a brass band. Music ran through her family. She learned piano from her uncle in California, where she was raised after her family moved there in 1921. She learned piano, starting at the age of five, going through her first year of college. A Las Vegas Columnist once described Betty Hall Jones as a \"tiny 70-year-old black songstress-pianist who tore up the joint.\" Around 1927, she married a banjoist, George Hall, and then had two children but divorced after a few years. In 1936, as Betty Hall, she got a job as a backup pianist for Buster Moten in Kansas City. She returned to Los Angeles to play with Roy Milton from 1937 through 1941, then joined Luke Jones' trio, with whom she recorded. Additionally, she was also the colluder of the Satin Dolls, a group of musicians, Dixieland. She married Jasper Jones in the early part of the decade, taking the name Betty Hall Jones. By 1942 she had joined Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders as pianist and arranger, but also led her own Betty Hall Jones Trio in clubs and hotels, mostly in southern California where she was raising her children. Her family did not approve of the type of music that she was involved in. She died in Torrance, California, in 2009, aged 98. Career In 1946 she wrote songs recorded by Alton Redd's band, and, with Luke Jones, recorded with Joe Alexander's Highlanders on the Atlas label. She also recorded under her own name in 1947 for Atomic Records, leading a group that included Jones and, on some recordings, saxophonist Maxwell Davis. She signed for Capitol Records in 1949, and released a string of singles on the label including \"This Joint's Too Hip For Me\", probably her best-known recording. As a writer, her songs were recorded by Ray Charles (\"Ain't That Fine\") and Nellie Lutcher (\"My New Papa's Got To Have Everything\"). However, her own recordings were not chart hits. She left the Capitol label the following year, but continued to perform widely, and recorded for the Dootone and Combo labels in the early 1950s. She worked at the Hotel Sorrento in Seattle, Washington, for seven years, and became noted for the flamboyant hats which she wore while performing, switching from one to another between songs. Betty performed a large number of shows for charity. She performed charity shows for the USO and routinely performed for nursing homes. A compilation of her recordings, The Complete Recordings 1947-1954, was issued in 2005. She was the mother of two children, and married, then divorced, George Hal. She professed to admire Mary Lou Williams, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Pete Johnson, and Duke Ellington as influences and peers. Tours In the 1960s and 1970s she did USO tours in", "title": "Betty Hall Jones" }, { "docid": "24485708", "text": "The Co-Optimists is an all-talking sound 1929 British musical film revue directed by Edwin Greenwood and Laddie Cliff and starring Davy Burnaby, Stanley Holloway and Betty Chester. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film was broken up into parts and re-released as six short films in 1931. Production background The film consists of excerpts from the stage musical of the same name which was devised by Davy Burnaby in 1921. The Co-Optimists consisted of a troupe of actors and singers and became largely successful by touring seaside resorts throughout England. The show opened in London on 21 June 1921 and closed on 4 August 1927. The film was produced by Gordon Craig Productions and was directed by Laddie Cliff (who also starred in the film) and Edwin Greenwood. This film also provided Stanley Holloway with his second film appearance having been with the troupe from the start. In December 1926, co-star Betty Chester appeared in a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, singing the song 'Pig-Tail Alley' from the show. Cast Davy Burnaby Laddie Cliff Melville Gideon Gilbert Childs Stanley Holloway Phyllis Monkman Betty Chester Elsa MacFarlane Peggy Petronella Harry S. Pepper Critical response Hal Erickson of All Movie Guide noted that the revue had recently finished its U.S. run at the time of this film's release. He criticized the film for its stagy presentation. He stated that the film was poorly received by the critics, although Burnaby as master of ceremonies was praised. See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) References External links Answers.com IMDB NYTimes Movies BFI Database entry CITWF entry MyProducer entry The Filter entry OV Guide entry Fandango Blockbuster Starpulse 1929 films Films directed by Edwin Greenwood British black-and-white films Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Concert films 1929 musical films 1929 documentary films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films British musical documentary films", "title": "The Co-Optimists (film)" }, { "docid": "31027712", "text": "Rah is a 1962 studio album by Mark Murphy, arranged by Ernie Wilkins. This was Murphy's first Riverside Records album, and he is supported by an orchestra including Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Urbie Green, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry and Jimmy Cobb. Reception Down Beat magazine critic John A. Tynan reviewed the album for the April 12, 1962 issue and stated: \"Murphy should thank his lucky stars for, among other things such as his talent, Ernie Wilkins. Wilkins has written a set of arrangements for the young jazz singer that should turn Frank Sinatra green with envy. Much of the album's success is due to the arranger's pen. The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne awarded the album four stars and said that Rah \"has worn well over the years...On tracks such as \"Green Dolphin Street,\" he dives into the rhythm with the relaxed calm of an expert. And when the result can be the harebrained complexity of \"Twisted\" or the funky timing of \"Doodlin',\" the wisdom of letting the experts handle the hard work has never been more apparent\" The original version of \"My Favourite Things\" on the session featured hip lyrics, including lines like \"Ol' Ernie Wilkins he sure gives you wings\", but these new lyrics were deemed inappropriate by composer Richard Rodgers and as a result Riverside Records/Mark Murphy were asked to substitute a 'straight' shorter version of it, but with the same arrangement. Another track left off the original album is \"I'll Be Seeing You\" for much the same reason. These original versions (still available in Japan) have become a collector's piece. In the entry for Mark Murphy in MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide, Andrew Gilbert calls Rah! Murphy's \"breakthrough album\", a \"classic session\" with \"a heartbreaking version of \"Angel Eyes\", a \"definitive\" \"Doodlin',\" \"and a roller coaster version of Miles Davis's \"Milestones\", with Murphy \"surrounded by players who know how to swing\". The album is assigned 5 bones. Track listing \"Angel Eyes\" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:12 \"On Green Dolphin Street\" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:44 \"Stoppin' the Clock\" (Kral, Fran Landesman) - 3:10 \"Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most\" (Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 3:49 \"No Tears for Me\" (Huddleston, McIntyre) - 3:12 \"Out of This World\" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:50 \"Milestones\" (Miles Davis) - 2:30 \"My Favorite Things\" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:17 \"Doodlin'\" (Horace Silver) - 3:30 \"Li'l Darlin'\" (Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks) - 5:01 \"Twisted\" (Wardell Gray, Annie Ross) - 2:25 \"I'll Be Seeing You\" (only on Milestones 6064) -2:01 \"My Favorite Things\" (Long AND short version- only on Milestones 6064) - 2:56 & 2:13 \"It's Like Love\" (only on Dutch pressing) - 2:32 (Arranged by Al Cohn) Personnel Mark Murphy - vocals Clark Terry, Blue Mitchell, Joe Wilder, Bernie Glow or Ernie Royal - trumpets Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green or Melba Liston - trombones Wynton Kelly or Bill Evans - piano Barry Galbraith or Sam Herman - guitar George Duvivier or Art Davis -", "title": "Rah (Mark Murphy album)" }, { "docid": "15147564", "text": "Sally Jane Bruce (born December 2, 1948, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former child performer, best known for playing little Pearl Harper in Charles Laughton's 1955 film noir The Night of the Hunter. Life and career Sally Jane Bruce was born on December 2, 1948, in Los Angeles; the daughter of country singer Jewell Edwards, who worked with Spade Cooley and his Orchestra. The Night of the Hunter Before Charles Laughton cast five-year-old Sally Jane for the role of little Pearl Harper in his thriller classic The Night of the Hunter, she was already considered a veteran of TV, radio, and such films as Kids Will Be Kids (aka Mischief Makers or Best Dog Wins as the working title of the 1954 16 minute short film by Jules White was also known). According to a United Artists press release, mentioned in Preston Neal Jones' documentary book on the shooting of The Night of the Hunter: \"... she got her big break by singing with a full orchestra for a contest sponsored by a Los Angeles newspaper. Winning that competition led to her first role in a Joan Davis comedy, and ultimately to the attention of (producer) Paul Gregory\". Laughton later told Davis Grubb, the original author of the story, that he found little Sally Jane to be \"a repulsive, little insensitive pie-faced 'teacher’s pet'\" — and yet, this was precisely why he cast her as Pearl. The Pretty Fly The Pretty Fly song was sung live and a cappella by Sally Jane while shooting the scene on the river stage, but because of her too fragile voice, tendency to speed up the phrases, and noise of the river, it was replaced by a studio recording made by a professional singer, Betty Benson. Post-acting career After The Night of the Hunter, there are no further acting roles of Sally Jane Bruce recorded to date. Until her retirement, Sally Jane Bruce worked as a grade school teacher and faculty advisor in Santa Maria, California, teaching young children about gardening and the meaning of the environment. Family Sally Jane Bruce married Peter Woelper in 1973 and divorced him in 1991. She now lives in Arroyo Grande, California. References She now goes by her married name Sally Corwin Woelper. Sources Preston Neal Jones, Heaven & Hell To Play With: The Filming of The Night of the Hunter, Limelight Editions, New York, 2002. (on the shooting of The Night of the Hunter, 1955) External links 1948 births Living people 20th-century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses Schoolteachers from California American women educators Actresses from Los Angeles People from Arroyo Grande, California People from Santa Maria, California 21st-century American women", "title": "Sally Jane Bruce" }, { "docid": "59640376", "text": "Betty is the third studio album by Australian-American singer Betty Who, released on 15 February 2019. The album was preceded by the singles \"Ignore Me\", \"Taste\", \"Between You & Me\", and \"I Remember\". It is Who's first studio album under the independent record label AWAL, after previously being signed to RCA Records for most of her early career. Betty has been described as a synth-pop and dance-pop album. Background and recording On 19 January 2018, Who released \"Ignore Me\", her first single as an independent artist after parting ways with RCA Records in 2017. She felt it was a necessary step, as the sometimes lagging and slow-paced corporate nature of record labels prevented her from releasing music at the pace she wanted to. In 2018, Who released a remixed version of Widelife's \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\" to be used as the theme song for season two of the Netflix reboot Queer Eye. A music video was released featuring the cast of Queer Eye and Who. On 14 November 2018, \"Between You and Me\" was released as another new single. It was the first single from her then-forthcoming album that had not been previously released on the album's precursory EP. With the release of this single, Betty Who used different shades of blue and photos of herself on her social media profiles to release lyrics to the song. The lyrics that were revealed were \"You've got one hand on the wheel\", \"Sitting at the red light, tensions are high, vibe you could cut with a knife\", and \"just between you & me, I can feel something here, wondering if you do too\". An Instagram post by Betty Who on the day after the release showed that the single already had 22,310 streams on Spotify, and had risen to 31,000 streams two hours later. By 12 December 2018, streams had surpassed 500,000. The music video for this song dropped on 28 November 2018, in which Betty Who plays herself as well as her own love interest. She performed \"Language\" on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee in August 2019. A music video was for \"The One\" was released on 20 February 2020. Release Betty was released on 15 February 2019 to all major digital music stores and streaming platforms. The album saw a physical release on both CD and vinyl on 5 April 2019 and 3 May 2019, respectively. It peaked at number 24 on the US Independent Albums chart and number 86 on the Top Current Albums charts. Critical reception Betty received generally positive reviews from critics, with PopMatters praising the album's exploration of '80s synth-pop as well as comparing it to the works of Carly Rae Jepsen, Robyn, Britney Spears and The 1975. Track listing Charts Betty, Pt. 1 Betty, Pt.1 is the fourth extended play by Australian singer Betty Who. It was released on 15 June 2018 to digital retailers. The songs \"Just Thought You Should Know\", \"Taste\", and \"Ignore Me\" would later appear on Who's third studio", "title": "Betty (Betty Who album)" }, { "docid": "99316", "text": "Elizabeth \"Betty\" Cooper is one of the main characters appearing in American comic books published by Archie Comics. She is the lead guitarist, percussionist and one of the three singers of The Archies. The character was created by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater, and first appeared in Pep Comics #22 (cover-dated Dec. 1941), on the first page of the first Archie story, serving as a love interest to Archie Andrews. Betty is in love with Archie, which drives her attempts to win his affections by whatever means possible, and her rivalry with her best friend, vocalist/keyboardist Veronica Lodge, have been among the longest-running themes in the comics. She is portrayed by Lili Reinhart in Riverdale and Khushi Kapoor in The Archies. Publication history Betty was named for, and originally based on, Betty Tokar Jankovich, a Czech immigrant who briefly dated Archie co-creator Bob Montana in 1939 when she was 18. Created to serve as a love interest for Archie Andrews, she is portrayed as a smart, talented, sweet, tomboyish yet beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. In addition to appearing in many Archie stories, Betty was the star of two long-running comic book titles published by Archie Comics during the period 1965–2012: Betty and Me (later styled as Betty & Me), which published 200 issues from Aug. 1965 to Aug. 1992; and Betty, which published 195 issues from Sept. 1992 to Jan. 2012. She also was featured in Betty's Diary, which published 40 issues from Apr. 1986–Apr. 1990. Currently, Betty is the co-star of Betty and Veronica Digest Magazine, now known as B&V Friends Double Digest, which was launched in Nov. 1980 and has published more than 250 issues; and Betty and Veronica Double Digest, which has published 250+ issues since June 1987. She was the co-star of Betty and Veronica, which ran for 347 issues (and eight annuals) from March 1950–April 1987. A new Betty and Veronica series published 278 issues from June 1987–late 2015. The limited series Betty and Veronica, taking place in their rebooted New Riverdale universe, was published in 2017. Betty and Veronica also co-starred in: Betty and Veronica Spectacular (90 issues, Oct. 1992–July 2009) Betty and Veronica Summer Fun (six annual issues, 1994–1999) Fictional character biography Betty Cooper is the third and youngest child and second daughter of Hal Cooper and Alice Cooper. Her older brother Chic Cooper and older sister Polly Cooper has moved out of Riverdale, their hometown. Chic moved to New York City and Polly to San Francisco, but both occasionally appear in flashbacks to Betty's childhood, and both occasionally visit their family. The quintessential girl next door, Betty's middle class upbringing is a world apart from the flashy lifestyle of her wealthy friend, Veronica Lodge. Nowhere is this more evident than when she and Veronica are competing for Archie Andrews' heart, and yet they remain best friends (Veronica once told Archie that she and Betty are only rivals in unimportant matters, like boys). In the late 1960s, the", "title": "Betty Cooper" }, { "docid": "32453304", "text": "Valley of Song is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson and the London Welsh Association Choral Society. It marked the film debut of actress Rachel Roberts. It was released in the U.S. as Men Are Children Twice. Premise Fierce rivalries flare to the surface in a small Welsh town over a coveted role in the local choir. Cast Mervyn Johns as Minister Griffiths Clifford Evans as Geraint Llewellyn Maureen Swanson as Olwen Davies John Fraser as Cliff Lloyd Rachel Thomas as Mrs. Lloyd Betty Cooper as Mrs. Davies Rachel Roberts as Bessie Lewis Hugh Pryse as Lloyd, Undertaker Edward Evans as Davies Kenneth Williams as Lloyd the Haulage Alun Owen as Pritchard Ronald Lewis as Uncredited role Desmond Llewelyn as Lloyd the Schoolmaster Production Filmed on location in Carmarthenshire in 1952, as well as at Elstree Studios, Valley of Song marks the first film appearance of Rachel Roberts and the first film credit of Kenneth Williams, both of whom worked together in Swansea repertory theatre in 1950 under the directorship of Clifford Evans, who also stars in the film. Release After the initial trade screening to cinema bookers on 26 February 1953, Valley of Song had four simultaneous World premieres in Wales, opening at cinemas in Cardiff, Newport, Merthyr Tydfil, and Swansea, all on 13 April 1953. Critical reception Eye for Film noted \"an enjoyable if somewhat low-key story which, at 72 minutes in length, would make for a suitably harmonious Sunday afternoon. From the whistle of the steam trains, to the film’s score, provided courtesy of the London Welsh Association Choral Society, Valley Of Song is a pleasing if utterly unchallenging delight.\" References External links 1953 films 1953 comedy-drama films British comedy-drama films Films shot at Associated British Studios Films set in Wales Films directed by Gilbert Gunn British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films", "title": "Valley of Song" }, { "docid": "60239675", "text": "All Together Now is a British reality television music competition which first aired on BBC One on 27 January 2018. It is presented by Rob Beckett and Geri Halliwell (credited as Geri Horner). Michael Rice was crowned the winner of the first series on 3 March 2018. A second series was announced on 28 March 2018. The Performers The Performers are a mix of soloists and groups. They were cast to include a diverse range of ages, backgrounds and genres, including pop, rock, soul, jazz, musicals, and classical. The casting was open to all and the show attracted performers with minimal public performance experience through to seasoned performers who have appeared on major stages and theatres. Performances Result's colour key Artist advanced to the final with the highest score Artist did not score enough points to place inside the Top 3 Artist advanced to the sing-off in 2nd and 3rd place Heat 1 (27 January) Opening song: \"I've Got the Music in Me\" – The Kiki Dee Band (Solos: Larissa, Maxine, Nigel, Nathaniel, Kiki, James, Milad, Divina, Geri, Mr Fabulous and Lindsay) Michael advanced to the final. Sing-Off details Heat 2 (3 February) End Song:\"Best Song Ever\" – One Direction Running order Tabi advanced to the final. Sing-Off details Heat 3 (10 February) Ending Song:\"I'm Still Standing\" — Elton John Running order Jodie advanced to the final. Sing-Off details Heat 4 (17 February) End Song:\"Flashdance... What a Feeling\" from Flashdance Running order Victoria advanced to the final. Sing-Off details Heat 5 (24 February) End Song: The Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga Running order James advanced to the final. Sing-Off details The Final (3 March) Beginning Song: \"Greatest Day\" — Take That End Song: \"Can't Stop the Feeling — Justin Timberlake Running order Sing-Off details The 100 The 100 are a range of music experts and performers from across the UK. Members of the 100 include: Geri Horner, former member of the Spice Girls. Andy McGeoch, a jingle writer and lead singer with rock band Tasty. Kelly Wilde, an 80's singer and UK cabaret artist. Daisy Dance, formally known as Daizy Agnew, a singer-songwriter and member of UK girlband Girls Can't Catch. Lindsay Dracass, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Gabz, a rapper who was a finalist on Britain's Got Talent in 2013. Divina de Campo (Owen Farrow), a drag queen who runs a cabaret bar in Manchester called Kiki, and who would later be a runner-up in RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Nikki Lamborn - Singer, Vocal Coach, Actress. Vocalist with Band Never The Bride, London Vocal Coach. Paulus, aka Paul Martin, a cabaret compere. James Lomas, the West End's original Billy Elliot in the musical. Lili Davies, a Romanian-born pub singer going by the name ‘Magic Betty’, who appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2020. Lili La Scala, a cabaret singer. Chloe Akam, an opera and rock singer from Hampshire. Sophie Armstrong, a singer from Northumberland and part of the acoustic duo Summerland. Joanna", "title": "All Together Now (British TV series) series 1" }, { "docid": "1062713", "text": "Richard Davies (born 22 July 1944) is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp. Davies was its only constant member, and composed some of the band's best known songs, including \"Rudy\", \"Bloody Well Right\", \"Crime of the Century\" , \"From Now On\", \"Ain't Nobody But Me\", \"Gone Hollywood\", \"Goodbye Stranger\", \"Just Another Nervous Wreck\", \"Cannonball\", and \"I'm Beggin' You\". He is generally noted for his rhythmic blues piano solos and jazz-tinged progressive rock compositions and cynical lyrics. Starting with the self-titled Supertramp in 1970, Davies shared lead vocals with Supertramp songwriting partner Roger Hodgson until the latter's departure in 1983, at which point he became the sole lead vocalist of the group. Davies's voice is deeper than Hodgson's, and he usually employs a raspy baritone which stands in stark contrast to his bandmate's tenor. However, he occasionally sings in a falsetto which superficially resembles Hodgson's vocals, such as on \"Goodbye Stranger\" and \"My Kind of Lady\". Biography and career Early life Richard Davies was born in Swindon, Wiltshire in 1944 to Betty and Dick Davies. Betty was a hairdresser and ran a salon, and Dick was a merchant navy man, who died in 1973. Rick went to Sanford Street School and, according to mother Betty: \"Music was the only thing he was any good at at school.\" His first musical stirrings were at the age of eight, when his parents gave him a secondhand radiogram which included a few records left by the previous owner. Among them were Drummin' Man by drumming legend Gene Krupa, and, in Davies's own words, \"it hit like a thunderbolt\". \"I must have played it 2,000 times,\" he said. \"That was it.\" A friend of the family made Rick a makeshift drum kit out of a biscuit tin, and at the age of 12 he joined the British Railways Staff Association Brass and Silver Jubilee Band as a snare drummer. In an interview in 2002 he said: \"As a kid, I used to hear the drums marching along the street in England, in my home town, when there was some kind of parade, and it was the most fantastic sound to me. Then, eventually, I got some drums and I took lessons. I was serious about it... I figured if I could do that – I mean a real drummer, read music and play with big bands, rock bands, classical, Latin, and know what I was going to do – I would be in demand and my life was set... Eventually, I started fiddling with the keyboards, and that seemed to go over better than my drumming, for some reason. So you've gotta go with what people react to.\" He never had lessons for keyboards, but, according to Betty Davies, \"taught himself most of what he knows about music\". By 1959, his attention had been captured by rock 'n' roll, and he joined a band called Vince and the Vigilantes. In 1962, while studying", "title": "Rick Davies" }, { "docid": "13079546", "text": "Cassie Davis (born 1987) is an Australian singer and songwriter from Perth. Her debut album, Differently, was released in 2009. Biography Davis was born in Gnangara, Western Australia, the second child of a family of four. Her father, Steven, is a pastor in Perth. Davis' parents introduced her to music. Davis recorded her first songs on her home computer at age twelve. In 1999, she did work experience at a local recording studio for three years and learnt how to use mics, song arranging, basic producing and how to make a good recording. Davis then enrolled at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), where she studied sound engineering and production. In 2003 she travelled to the United States, accompanied by her elder sister, Emma, who handles the business side of their label, 12 Stones. . Her younger brother, Joseph, plays guitar in her band. Davis wrote and recorded the majority of her album independently. She also worked with producer Printz Board, producer Rodney Jerkins and songwriter/producer Wayne Wilkins who has already brought her in to work on a number of writing and production projects. In a 2009 article in Rolling Stone Australia, she describes herself as Career 2009–present: Differently Davis landed a worldwide four-album deal with Sony BMG through her label 12 Stones. Her debut release was the single \"Like It Loud\" which reached No. 11 on the ARIA singles chart. Davis performed \"Like It Loud\" on Week 2: Top 18 Results episode of So You Think You Can Dance Australia backed by her band and 50 dancers. In support of her single \"Like It Loud\", Davis joined forces with Australian clothing label Supre to create a limited edition T-shirt. Cathy Van Der Meulen said \"Cassie is such an exciting new talent and represents everything our brand stands for in an Australian girl...fun, fashionable and forward thinking. Cassie is going to be an Australian icon not unlike Supre.\" Her second single \"Differently\" was released in Australia on 24 April 2009. The music video features Travis McCoy, Printz Board and Fish from Fishbone. The third single, \"Do it Again\", was co-written by former Australian artist Leah Haywood, and Daniel James and produced under Haywood and James moniker Dreamlab. 'Do it Again' was released digitally and physically on 7 August. Davis' debut album was released 14 August 2009. Cassie Davis' second single \"Differently\" was certified Gold on 18 September 2009. Confirmed via her Twitter page Cassie Davis also wrote and appears on Warren G's 2009 album The G Files, with Snoop Dogg on the track \"Swagger Rich\" which appeared on the final season of Ugly Betty. Cassie is currently the ambassador for Camp Quality and their new program for high school students \"The Teenage Alchemist\" which is the children's family cancer charity that believes in bring optimism and happiness to the lives of children and families affected by cancer through fun therapy. \"I'm thrilled to be helping Camp Quality spread optimism through high schools and to be involved in educating", "title": "Cassie Davis" }, { "docid": "18510299", "text": "Elizabeth Peke Davis (1803–1860) was a Hawaiian Kingdom high chiefess, being the hapa haole daughter of Isaac Davis, the Welsh advisor of Kamehameha I, who helped him unify the island in 1810. She was the wife of George Prince Kaumualii, also known as Humehume. Early life Betty was born on February 12, 1803 or December 24, 1803, at Waimea, Hawaii Island. Her 45-year-old father, Isaac Davis from Milford Haven, Wales, known as Aikake by Hawaiians, was one of Kamehameha's closest friends and advisors. He was treated like nobility due to his service. He was given the title High Chief, and owned vast tracts of land. Her mother was the chiefess Kalukuna, a relative of Kamehameha I, and her father's second wife. She was given the name of Elizabeth and often referred to as Betty or Peke, the Hawaiian version of Betty. She was the youngest sister of Sarah \"Kale\" Kaniaulono Davis and George Hueu Davis. Tragedy would strike her father in 1810. Aikake was poisoned by the chiefs who disliked the peaceful capitulation of the Kingdom of Kauai, under King Kaumualii, into a vassal state of King Kamehameha. After his death, his close companion, John Young, looked after Betty and her brother and sister. Two of them were living with him in 1807, and after Davis's murder Young continued to raise them along with his own five children James, her future-brother-in-law; Fanny, mother of Emma Rooke; Grace, hānai (foster) mother of Emma; John, future premier or kuhina nui; and Jane, mother of Peter Kaeo and Albert Kunuiakea, at his homestead at Kawaihae. In his will, dated 1834, Young divided his lands equally between all his and Davis's children. Marriages Betty married twice. Her first marriage was to Humehume, known as George Prince Kaumualii, the son of King Kaumualii and a commoner. George was five years her senior and a veteran of the War of 1812. Due to her mother-in-law's status, George was not in line to follow the father as King or even vassal king of Kauai. George was well educated, having been to New England for an education. Soon after arriving on The Thaddeus, he met and married Peke Davis. He called her his \"rib\". They sailed to Kauai to reunite with King Kaumualii. After the death of his father, Kauai was unstable. Many chiefs did not want to follow the new government under King Kamehameha. During the Rebellion of 1824, Humehume and others lost to the forces of Kamehameha. Humehume and Betty were caught and brought to Honolulu, where he died less than two years later from the flu. Betty was a widow at age 23. George and Betty had a son in early 1821, but the boy died in February 1823. Mercy Whitney described the burial: \"A regular procession of two and two followed the corpse. Going into the fort in which the grave was dug seemed like entering a burying ground, more so than anything I have witnessed since I left America.\" The fort referred to", "title": "Elizabeth Peke Davis" }, { "docid": "18350648", "text": "The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 is a compilation album of songs by Dave Van Ronk released in 1991. Reception Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of Van Ronk's musical background and that he continued to \"... play and sing hard, as if still trying to be heard over Dixieland arrangements. That sounded unusual to the more polite folk audiences of the time, in contrast to singers who played tame versions of traditional folk and blues tunes. But more than three decades later, it keeps Van Ronk's performances from sounding as dated as those of many of his peers do. Nobody worries much anymore about an articulate, urban white man trying to sound like an unlettered, rural black man, and these recordings have proven very influential... If he was imitating the originators at the time, now he sounds like a master whose work has been emulated by the rock musicians who followed him (and who made a lot more money doing so than he ever did).\" Track listing \"Duncan and Brady\" – 3:00 \"Hesitation Blues\" (Davis) – 2:32 \"In the Pines\" – 3:04 \"Willie the Weeper\" (Bloom, Melrose, Rymal) – 2:47 \"Twelve Gates to the City\" – 3:12 \"River Come Down\" – 3:43 \"Careless Love\" (Handy, Koenig, Williams) – 3:56 \"Betty and Dupree\" (McGhee) – 3:34 \"Bed Bug Blues\" – 2:43 \"Leave Her Johnny\" – 1:26 \"Yas-Yas-Yas\" (Traditional) – 2:05 \"Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean\" – 2:54 \"Winin' Boy\" – 2:35 \"Just a Closer Walk With Thee\" (Traditional) – 3:00 \"Gambler's Blues\" (Traditional) – 2:42 \"Spike Driver's Moan\" – 3:11 \"Georgie on the IRT\" – 3:28 \"Come Back Baby\" (Davis) – 3:51 \"Black Mountain Blues\" – 4:00 \"My Baby's So Sweet\" – 2:32 References 1990 compilation albums Dave Van Ronk compilation albums Smithsonian Folkways compilation albums", "title": "The Folkways Years, 1959–1961" }, { "docid": "1222909", "text": "June Haver (born Beverly June Stovenour; June 10, 1926 – July 4, 2005) was an American film actress, singer and dancer. Once groomed by 20th Century Fox to be \"the next Betty Grable,\" Haver appeared in a string of musicals, but she never achieved Grable's popularity. Haver's second husband was the actor Fred MacMurray, whom she married after she retired from showbusiness. Early life Beverly June Stovenour was born in Rock Island, Illinois, and later took the surname of her stepfather, Bert Haver. Her mother Maria Haver (née Carter) was an actress and her father Fred Christian Stovenour was a musician. After the family moved to Ohio, seven-year-old Haver entered and won a contest of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. At age eight, she won a film test by imitating famous actresses including Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn and Helen Hayes, but her mother prohibited her from becoming a child actress because she felt that Haver was too young to work in the film industry. When Haver was 10, the family returned to Rock Island, where she began performing for Rudy Vallée and became a well-known child star on the radio. She worked regularly as a band singer by the time that she was in her teens, performing with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra for $75 a week. She also worked with bandleaders Dick Jurgens and Freddy Martin. Career In the summer of 1942, Haver moved to Hollywood, where she finished high school. She acted in plays in her spare time, and during a performance as a southern belle, she was discovered by a scout from 20th Century Fox. In 1943, Haver signed a $3,500-per-week contract with the studio and made her film debut playing an uncredited role as a hat-check girl in The Gang's All Here. She was dropped shortly after because the studio executives felt that she looked too young, but she was later signed again after her costume and hairstyle were changed. 20th Century Fox had plans to mold Haver as a glamour girl stand-in for the studio's two greatest stars, Alice Faye and Betty Grable. She debuted on screen in a supporting role as Cri-Cri in Home in Indiana (1944) and had just turned 17 years old when her scenes were filmed. Even before Home in Indiana was released, she was assigned to replace Faye in the Technicolor musical Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Later that year, she costarred with her future husband Fred MacMurray in Where Do We Go From Here?, which was the only time that the pair appeared together in a film. During her career at Fox, Haver was originally groomed to be the next Betty Grable (standing a diminutive 5'2\", she was known as \"Pocket Grable\"). She costarred with Grable in the 1945 film The Dolly Sisters, for which she had to gain weight. While filming, rumors about a possible clash between the two actresses arose, mostly because of their frequent comparison, but Haver said: \"Betty is a big star and I'm just starting.", "title": "June Haver" }, { "docid": "7131955", "text": "The Force Behind the Power is the nineteenth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on September 10, 1991, by Motown Records. The album reached No. 11 on the UK Albums chart and became the biggest selling studio album of her career there, selling over half a million copies in the UK alone. Singles The album spun off five hit singles in the UK - most successfully \"When You Tell Me That You Love Me\" which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles chart (and No. 26 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart), earning a BPI Silver disc for UK sales of over 200,000 copies. \"One Shining Moment\" and the album's Stevie Wonder-produced title track reached Numbers 10 and 27 on the UK Singles chart respectively. If We Hold on Together reached No. 11 on the UK Singles chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart, while a cover of Barbra Streisand's \"Heart (Don't Change My Mind)\" reached No. 31 on the UK Singles chart. \"No Matter What You Do\" - her duet with Al B. Sure! - was a major US R&B hit where it peaked at number 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart, while \"You're Gonna Love It\" written by Cydney Davis and Lloyd Tolbert was also released as a US single, where it rose to No. 24 on the US Dance Club Songs chart. \"If We Hold on Together\" was originally recorded for Don Bluth's 1988 animated adventure film The Land Before Time. It rose to prominence after it was released as a single worldwide in the latter part of 1988 (most prominently in Japan in 1990, after it was used as the theme song for the TBS drama Omoide ni Kawaru Made). It reached #1 on the Japanese International single charts for 12 contiguous weeks making it the biggest selling record by a foreign artist; and in total, sold over 465,000 copies. Commercial reception In the UK the album certified platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. Track listings US edition \"Change of Heart\" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) – 4:02 \"When You Tell Me That You Love Me\" (John Bettis, Albert Hammond) – 4:13 \"Battlefield\" (Paul Carrack, Nick Lowe) – 3:35 \"Blame It on the Sun\" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 3:55 \"Heavy Weather\" (Michael Sembello) – 4:59 \"The Force Behind the Power\" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:45 \"Heart (Don't Change My Mind)\" (Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren) – 4:19 \"Waiting in the Wings\" (Andy Hill, Pete Sinfield) – 4:52 \"One Shining Moment\" (Vaneese Thomas) – 4:48 \"You're Gonna Love It\" (Cydney Davis, Lloyd Tolbert) – 5:11 \"If We Hold on Together\" (James Horner, Barry Mann, Will Jennings) – 4:09 International edition \"Change of Heart\" (Britten, Lyle) – 4:03 \"When You Tell Me That You Love Me\" (Bettis, Hammond) – 4:13 \"Battlefield\" (Carrack, Lowe) – 3:35 \"Blame It on the Sun\" (Wonder, Wright) – 3:55 \"You're Gonna Love It\" (Davis, Tolbert) – 5:11 \"Heavy Weather\" (Sembello) – 4:59 \"The Force Behind the", "title": "The Force Behind the Power" }, { "docid": "2160390", "text": "Lookin' Through the Windows is the sixth studio album by the Jackson 5, released on the Motown label in May 1972. It has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide Production Lookin' Through the Windows marks the beginning of lead singer Michael's vocal change, from the boy soprano who fronted the Jackson 5's early hits, to the tenor who would later become a successful solo artist. Though he could still reach his famed high notes, his voice was filling out, allowing him to also reach lower registers. Most of the album tracks were recorded in late 1971 and intended to be on an album for their hit single at the time, \"Sugar Daddy\". Lookin' Through the Windows was the second-to-last Jackson 5 album to include any songs written by the Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell). The album spawned two hit singles \"Little Bitty Pretty One\" and \"Lookin' Through The Windows\". The album peaked at No. 7 on Billboard 200 album chart. In Europe the album cut \"Doctor, My Eyes\" was a Top 10 hit. Two months after the album was released, Jermaine had his first solo album. The album was arranged by James Anthony Carmichael, John Bahler, the Corporation, Eddie Munson, H.B. Barnum, Arthur G. Wright and Gene Page. Track listing Side one \"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing\" (originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:30 \"Lookin' Through the Windows\" (Clifton Davis) – 3:46 \"Don't Let Your Baby Catch You\" (The Corporation) – 3:11 \"To Know\" (The Corporation) – 3:22 \"Doctor, My Eyes\" (originally performed by Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne) – 3:14 Side two \"Little Bitty Pretty One\" (originally performed by Bobby Day) (Bobby Day) – 2:51 \"E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe (The Choice is Yours to Pull)\" (Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, Jr., David Jones, Jr.) – 2:53 \"If I Have to Move a Mountain\" (The Corporation) – 3:20 \"Don't Want to See Tomorrow\" (Stephen Bowden, Jim Chambers, Hal Davis, Theodore McFaddin) – 2:46 \"Children of the Light\" (Michael Randall) – 2:27 \"I Can Only Give You Love\" (Richard Hutch, Willie Hutch) – 2:33 Re-release In 2001, Motown Records remastered all the Jacksons' albums in a \"Two Classic Albums/One CD\" series. This album was paired up with Goin' Back to Indiana. The bonus tracks were \"Love Song\", the B-side of this album's title track single, and a live performance of \"Who's Lovin' You\", which first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 TV movie The Jacksons: An American Dream. Charts Notes External links Lookin' Through The Windows Overview at www.jackson5abc.com (in French) 1972 albums The Jackson 5 albums Motown albums Albums arranged by Gene Page Albums arranged by H. B. Barnum Albums produced by Hal Davis Albums produced by the Corporation (record production team)", "title": "Lookin' Through the Windows" }, { "docid": "20875752", "text": "Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts was a dance and performing arts school in the United Kingdom. Founded by the dance teacher Pauline Bush in Nottingham in 1914, and later with branches in Romford, Essex and London; it was bombed out during the Second World War and then moved to a former boys' school East Grinstead. The Romford branch closed in 1974 and the East Grinstead branch in 1989. After Pauline Bush's death, the school was run by her daughter Noreen and her husband Victor Leopold. Later their son Paul Kimm joined them, and he remained Principal until the school closed. Productions In May 1959, Marjorie Davies produced and directed the musical \"What Katy Did\" by Jo Masters, which starred students of the Bush Davies School with Pat Goh as Katy. In 1974, Susan Passmore and Raymond Bishop produced the annual July performance 'Time Steps' in celebration of the school's Diamond Jubilee in the Adeline Genee Theatre. The 330-seat theatre opened in 1967 on land gifted by the school with a performance of Coppelia. The school staged an annual production each summer. The Theatre was demolished by the owners of the residential care home that now operates in Charters Towers and the grounds of the old school. Notable students Holly Aird, actress Fairuza Balk, actress Doreen Bird, founder of Bird College Warren Carlyle, choreographer Judy Carne, actress Lauren Christy, singer-songwriter and producer Gemma Craven, actress Suzanne Danielle, actress Louise Fribo, actress Francesca Jaynes, choreographer Betty Laine, dancer and founder of Laine Theatre Arts Jane Leeves, Daphne Moon in Frasier Lisa Kay, Actress & Voiceover Artist Fiona Mollison, actress John Partridge, actor and dancer Natalie Roles, actress Saffron (singer), singer, dancer and actress Simon Shelton, Dancer & Actor (Tinky Winky) Polly Walker, television and film actress Doreen Wells, ballet dancer Lorna Yabsley, actress and photographer References Drama schools in the United Kingdom Ballet schools in the United Kingdom Dance schools in the United Kingdom", "title": "Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts" }, { "docid": "7212120", "text": "Inside Betty Carter is a 1964 Betty Carter album. It contains the first recording of Carter's signature song, \"Open the Door\". Originally released on the United Artists label with eight tracks, it was reissued by Capitol Records in 1993 with seven previously unreleased tracks from a 1965 recording session that included Kenny Burrell on guitar. Carter said in 1979 that Inside Betty Carter was one of her two favorite albums out of the eleven she had recorded to date. Reception Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, gave Inside Betty Carter two and a half stars out of five. Yanow commented that \"These recordings can be considered the final ones of Betty Carter's early period for, by the time she next appeared on record...the singer was much more adventurous in her improvisations...Highly recommended to Betty Carter fans and to those listeners who find her later work somewhat forbidding.\" Ebony magazine described Inside Betty Carter on its 1973 reissue as \"...nothing less than a tour de force of the jazz singer's art...the sensitivity of her renditions is simply shattering. The unusual high quality of this album causes one to ask why more of her recordings are not on the market.\" Track listing \"This Is Always\" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:10 \"Look No Further\" (Richard Rodgers) – 1:55 \"Beware My Heart\" (Sam Coslow) – 5:07 \"My Favorite Things\" (Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1:35 \"Some Other Time\" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:46 \"Open the Door\" (Betty Carter) – 3:11 \"Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most\" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolff) – 5:15 \"Something Big\" (Richard Adler) – 1:58 \"New England\" (unknown) – 2:55 \"The Moon is Low\" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) – 2:00 \"Once in Your Life\" (unknown) – 2:54 \"It's a Big Wide Wonderful World\" (John Rox) – 1:48 \"There Is No Greater Love\" (Marty Symes, Isham Jones) – 3:46 \"You're a Sweetheart\" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) – 4:02 \"Isn't it Romantic?\" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 1:44 (Tracks 9-15 not included on the original LP issue) Personnel Recorded April 1964 at Sound Makers, New York City, New York, USA Betty Carter - vocals Harold Mabern - piano Bob Cranshaw - bass Roy McCurdy - drums Recorded March 4 and May 26, 1965 at Regent Sound, New York City, New York, USA Betty Carter - vocals Kenny Burrell - guitar unknown piano, bass and drums References 1964 albums Betty Carter albums Capitol Records albums United Artists Records albums Albums produced by Alan Douglas (record producer)", "title": "Inside Betty Carter" }, { "docid": "14855211", "text": "Julienne Davis (born September 26, 1973) is an American actress, singer, and model. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Early life Davis was born on September 26, 1973, in Los Angeles. When she was seventeen, she left home to pursue a career in classical ballet in New York but after finding she was too tall to audition for corps de ballet she decided to become a fashion model instead. She is half Yankton Sioux. Career In 1993, Davis was a singer in the short-lived duo Drive with Melanie Blatt, who released the single \"Curfew\". Davis' acting credits include the role of \"Mandy\" in Eyes Wide Shut, Tabloid, House of 9, and The Bill, as well as being a main cast member of the television series Too Much Sun. She also appeared in an advertisement for Carling beer. Prior to acting, she worked as a fashion model for print, editorial, and catalogues, most notably for Gossard Bras and the Pirelli Calendar. Davis is co-writer, co-producer, and lead vocalist for the band Sophisticated Savage. Filmography Film {| class=\"wikitable\" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role(s) !! Director !! Notes |- | 1999 || Eyes Wide Shut || Amanda 'Mandy' Curran || Stanley Kubrick || Feature film debut |- | 2001 || Tabloid || TV show hostess || David Blair || Credited as Trolley Gardner |- | 2005 || House of 9 || Cynthia || Steven R. Monroe || |- | 2010 || Breathe || Detective Toni Foster || Lonny Stevens || Short film |- | 2014 || The Session || Renee Stratton || Laura Russo || Short film |- | 2015 || ''Guilt Trippin || Woman || Laura Russo || Short film |- | 2016 || Going Together || Melinda || Sophie Webb || Short film |}Television''' References External links Sophisticated Savage site 1973 births Actresses from Los Angeles American film actresses Female models from California Living people Native American actresses Yankton Dakota people 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers", "title": "Julienne Davis" }, { "docid": "15642397", "text": "The Marian Anderson Award was originally established in 1943 by African American singer Marian Anderson after she was awarded the $10,000 Bok Prize that year by the city of Philadelphia. Anderson used the award money to establish a singing competition to help support young singers; recipients of which include Camilla Williams (1943, 1944), Nathaniel Dickerson (1944), Louise Parker (1944), Eudice Mesibov, née Charney (1946), Mattiwilda Dobbs (1947), Rawn Spearman (1949), Georgia Laster (1951), Betty Allen (1952), Gloria Davy (1952), Judith Raskin (1952, 1953), Shirlee Emmons (1953), Miriam Holman (1954), Willis Patterson (1956), Shirley Verrett (1957), Joanna Simon (1962), Billie Lynn Daniel (1963), and Joyce Mathis (1967). Eventually, the prize fund ran out of money and it was disbanded. Florence Quivar was the last recipient of this earlier award in 1976. In 1990, the award was re-established and has dispensed $25,000 annually. In 1998, the prize was restructured with the \"Marian Anderson Award\" going to an established artist, not necessarily a singer, who exhibits leadership in a humanitarian area. A separate prize, the \"Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists\" is given to promising young classical singers. Awardees by year: 1990 – Sylvia McNair 1991 – Denyce Graves 1992 – Philip Zawisza 1993 – Nancy Maultsby 1994 – Patricia Racette 1995 – Michelle DeYoung 1996 – Nathan Gunn 1997 – Marguerite Krull 1998 – Harry Belafonte 1999 – Gregory Peck 2000 – Elizabeth Taylor 2001 – Quincy Jones 2002 – Danny Glover 2003 – Oprah Winfrey 2005 – Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis 2006 – Sidney Poitier 2007 – Richard Gere 2008 – Maya Angelou and Norman Lear 2009 – Bill Cosby (Rescinded) 2011 – Mia Farrow 2012 – James Earl Jones 2013 – Berry Gordy 2014 – Jon Bon Jovi 2015 – Wynton Marsalis 2016 – Patti LaBelle and Gamble and Huff 2017 – Dionne Warwick 2018 – Queen Latifah 2019 – Kool & the Gang References American music awards 1943 establishments in Pennsylvania Humanitarian and service awards Arts awards in the United States", "title": "Marian Anderson Award" }, { "docid": "22470867", "text": "Bryan Davies (born 4 July 1944) is a British-born Australian pop music singer and entertainer. He appeared on 1960s TV pop shows, Sing! Sing! Sing! and Bandstand. From March 1962, at age 17, he became the youngest person in Australia to host their own TV show, The Bryan Davies Show. The singer issued two albums, On My Way (1965) and Together by Myself (1968). His most popular singles were, \"Dream Girl\" (July 1961) and \"Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue\" (October), which both reached the top 4 on the Sydney charts. Early life Bryan Davies was born in Manchester in 1944. At the age of four his family migrated to Sydney. His father, Norman R Davies, was an analytical chemistry lecturer at the University of New South Wales, his mother was a former dancer. Career His first TV appearance was on teen music show, Teen Time, on 27 September 1960, while he was a student at Canterbury Boys' High School. He left in the following year and was signed by the HMV label. Davies first hit single, a cover version of Mark Wynter's \"Dream Girl\", reached No. 1 in Sydney in July 1961. He also appeared on 1960s TV pop shows, Sing! Sing! Sing! and Bandstand (from 1961). His second hit was \"Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue\" (October 1961), which reached No. 4 in Sydney. It was originally performed by the California Ramblers in 1925 as \"Has Anybody Seen My Gal?\". His other popular singles were, \"I Don't Like to Be Alone\", \"Love and Money\" and \"Ten Pin Bowling\" (July 1962). At age 17, Davies became the youngest person in Australia to host his or her own TV show, The Bryan Davies Show, from March 1962. Regular guests were Neil Williams, Judy Cannon and the Don Burrows Sextet. It was broadcast for 75 episodes on ABC TV, directed by Lloyd Brydon and finished in December of the following year. Resident female singer, Coral Kelly, later became a scriptwriter. From December 1963 to January 1964 Davies appeared in Once upon a Surfie, a youth oriented musical, at the Palace Theatre, Sydney with his then-girlfriend, Jacki Weaver, as well as the Delltones, Dig Richards, Lucky Starr, Rob E G, and Jay Justin. It was written by Bill Watson, and centred on the antics of Gadget, portrayed by Weaver, \"a snooty surfing girl whom the rest of the cast are intent on bringing down a peg or two.\" It was a parody of the then-popular Sandra Dee Gidget films. Jay Justin was a song writer who provided Davies with material. In 1963, Davies met Norrie Paramor, a British composer, producer and conductor, who was impressed with the singer's work and was encouraged to return to England in February 1964. In May that year he recorded with Paramor producing. Davies returned to Australia in October and \"adopted a more Beatles-influenced style and appearance.\" In February 1967 he re-entered the Sydney charts top 20 with \"Alberta\", his last hit recording. According to Australian musicologist,", "title": "Bryan Davies (singer)" }, { "docid": "5922304", "text": "\"Lost in Your Eyes\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released as the first single from her second album, Electric Youth (1989). Chart performance Released on January 6, 1989, \"Lost in Your Eyes\" debuted at No. 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of January 21. On March 4, the ballad climbed to number one and remained there for three weeks, becoming her most successful single and her fifth and last top 10 hit. In Canada, it also reached number one for three weeks, and outside North America, \"Lost in Your Eyes\" experienced moderate chart success, reaching number seven in Australia and the top 40 in Belgium, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. One variant mixed from the original multitrack, \"Lost in Your Eyes\" (Piano and Vocal Mix/3:34), was only available in Europe as Track 3 of the CD3 release #A8970CD. Critical reception Bryan Buss from AllMusic complimented the song as \"a pretty ballad that showcases her songwriting skills, her clear voice, and her talent on the piano.\" A reviewer from People Magazine stated that Gibson \"fares well with torchy ballads\" such as \"Lost in Your Eyes\". Betty Page from Record Mirror wrote, \"Golden larynxed Debs hits us with the big moodsome ballad, proving that she's shaping up to be the Barry Manilow of the Nineties. She's obviously trying to shed the popcorn and candyfloss image already, but she's a bit too Minnie Mouse to carry off the sweeping epic just yet. Still, we all had a bit of a weep over the tinkly piano.\" William Shaw from Smash Hits felt that \"she is crooning along to this creaky ballad that some ageing songstress like Elaine Page or Elkie Brooks would feel comfortable with.\" Re-recordings In 2006, Gibson rearranged the song with Tim and Ryan O'Neill for the O'Neill Brothers album Someone You Love. In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song in both English and Japanese as extra tracks for the Japan-exclusive album Ms. Vocalist. in 2018, Gibson re-recorded the song as \"Lost in Your Eyes (Dream Wedding Mix)\" for the Hallmark Channel original film Wedding of Dreams. A duet version with Joey McIntyre is featured in Gibson's 2021 album The Body Remembers. This version was first performed live during New Kids on the Block's Mixtape Tour in 2019. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Covers Filipino acoustic band Nyoy Volante & The Mannos covered the song on their 2006 self-titled album. Filipina singer Sarah Geronimo did a cover of the song for her album Music and Me in 2009. Japanese singer Nana Mizuki did an acoustic rendition of the song on the January 29, 2017, episode of MTV Unplugged. Kelly Clarkson covered the song on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2021. 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