Sabrina Carpenter’s songs are some of the best pop music in recent memory. During an interview, the “Espresso” singer explained the first thing she does when she writes a song. She also revealed that she has mixed feelings about the expectations pop stars face.
Sabrina Carpenter begins writing songs with 1 thing
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter was asked how she came up with her song titles. “Ooh, good question,” she replied. “I choose the names of my songs by things I feel would jump out at me on a piece of paper, and usually my songs start with titles.” The “Nonsense” singer gave an interesting answer, as sometimes songwriters will only come up with song titles after the rest of their composition is complete.
Carpenter isn’t a big fan of the idea that pop songs have to be catchy and lyrically simple. The Work It star said...
Sabrina Carpenter begins writing songs with 1 thing
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter was asked how she came up with her song titles. “Ooh, good question,” she replied. “I choose the names of my songs by things I feel would jump out at me on a piece of paper, and usually my songs start with titles.” The “Nonsense” singer gave an interesting answer, as sometimes songwriters will only come up with song titles after the rest of their composition is complete.
Carpenter isn’t a big fan of the idea that pop songs have to be catchy and lyrically simple. The Work It star said...
- 6/2/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Nonsense” is some of the most unusual pop music in recent memory. Interestingly, it was not Carpenter’s idea of a surefire hit. The “Espresso” singer revealed what was going through her head when she wrote the track and how she felt about the tune’s unexpected popularity.
Sabrina Carpenter worried ‘Nonsense’ would discredit her other songs
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter revealed what was going through her head when she wrote “Nonsense.” “I was at a really, really low point in my life about two years ago, so I was writing very few optimistic love songs,” she said. “That one always stuck out, but I felt like it might discredit some of the songs on the album that were about more sensitive subjects, so it almost didn’t make it in.
“People in the past had told me my music didn’t have symmetry, that...
Sabrina Carpenter worried ‘Nonsense’ would discredit her other songs
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter revealed what was going through her head when she wrote “Nonsense.” “I was at a really, really low point in my life about two years ago, so I was writing very few optimistic love songs,” she said. “That one always stuck out, but I felt like it might discredit some of the songs on the album that were about more sensitive subjects, so it almost didn’t make it in.
“People in the past had told me my music didn’t have symmetry, that...
- 6/1/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“The ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony’ is truly music’s highest honor because we’re honoring artists that are generational,” says Joel Peresman, CEO of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. He also served as an executive producers for the live broadcast that aired on November 3, 2023 on Disney+. Watch our video interview above.
“They’re not one hit wonders,” he continues. “They’re not people that come and go. They’re artists that have had lasting impact on other artists, on society, on culture, their impact is immeasurable.” The 2023 honorees included Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners.
Elliott made history as the first female hip-hop artist inducted, and Peresman addresses critics who complain that certain artists inducted don’t fit the “rock & roll” mold. “Well, rock and roll is a broad tent,” he asserts.
“They’re not one hit wonders,” he continues. “They’re not people that come and go. They’re artists that have had lasting impact on other artists, on society, on culture, their impact is immeasurable.” The 2023 honorees included Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners.
Elliott made history as the first female hip-hop artist inducted, and Peresman addresses critics who complain that certain artists inducted don’t fit the “rock & roll” mold. “Well, rock and roll is a broad tent,” he asserts.
- 5/25/2024
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Dawn Porter’s documentary about R&b icon Luther Vandross, “Luther: Never Too Much,” has been acquired by CNN Films in partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), IndieWire can reveal exclusively.
The documentary film, which first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, will debut in 2025 first on television on CNN and OWN before it lands on Max.
The acquisition is encouraging news for CNN Films, which back in 2022 under former boss Chris Licht scaled back on its original documentary films. The brand moved away from acquisitions or commissioning projects and opted instead for newsy, quick turnaround docs produced in-house.
But CNN Films also partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios on this fall’s release of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” so the two acquisitions, both from this year’s Sundance, is a positive step forward for the documentary brand.
“Luther: Never Too Much” chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso,...
The documentary film, which first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, will debut in 2025 first on television on CNN and OWN before it lands on Max.
The acquisition is encouraging news for CNN Films, which back in 2022 under former boss Chris Licht scaled back on its original documentary films. The brand moved away from acquisitions or commissioning projects and opted instead for newsy, quick turnaround docs produced in-house.
But CNN Films also partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios on this fall’s release of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” so the two acquisitions, both from this year’s Sundance, is a positive step forward for the documentary brand.
“Luther: Never Too Much” chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Brian Wilson has joined forces with the late Glen Campbell for a posthumous duet of Campbell’s song, “Strong.”
“Strong (with Brian Wilson)” is the latest entry in the upcoming duet collection Glen Campbell Duets — Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, which is out everywhere on April 19th. Originally appearing on Campbell’s 2011 “farewell” album Ghost on the Canvas, “Strong” is a warm, string-laden track that describes Campbell’s onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Campbell vows to his wife to maintain his resilience in the face of the disease, confessing, “All I want to be for you is strong.” All the while, signature harmonies from Wilson add a dreamy, hopeful feel, and Wilson shares Campbell’s verses with conviction and clarity. Listen to the song below.
Of the posthumous collaboration, Brian Wilson said in a statement, “Glen was a great singer and a great guy. Our intention in doing ‘Strong’ was...
“Strong (with Brian Wilson)” is the latest entry in the upcoming duet collection Glen Campbell Duets — Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, which is out everywhere on April 19th. Originally appearing on Campbell’s 2011 “farewell” album Ghost on the Canvas, “Strong” is a warm, string-laden track that describes Campbell’s onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Campbell vows to his wife to maintain his resilience in the face of the disease, confessing, “All I want to be for you is strong.” All the while, signature harmonies from Wilson add a dreamy, hopeful feel, and Wilson shares Campbell’s verses with conviction and clarity. Listen to the song below.
Of the posthumous collaboration, Brian Wilson said in a statement, “Glen was a great singer and a great guy. Our intention in doing ‘Strong’ was...
- 4/12/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
The View has seen its share of excitement lately with all the commotion from earthquakes and eclipses to show-interrupting audience members intent on disturbing the filming.
Last week, after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the northeast, a late-emergency alarm sounded during the live taping of The View.
After the shock of that wore off, it was difficult for the ladies to settle in and resume the show. Yet they again showed that they are professionals and can pull it together.
Then, there was all the excitement of the eclipse, and Sunny Hostin took heat from Fox News by declaring that the earthquake and eclipse were caused by climate change.
“All those things together would maybe lead one to believe that either climate change exists or something is really going on,” she said.
This time, what could have been a tragedy caused the ladies to evacuate the building when a fire at...
Last week, after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the northeast, a late-emergency alarm sounded during the live taping of The View.
After the shock of that wore off, it was difficult for the ladies to settle in and resume the show. Yet they again showed that they are professionals and can pull it together.
Then, there was all the excitement of the eclipse, and Sunny Hostin took heat from Fox News by declaring that the earthquake and eclipse were caused by climate change.
“All those things together would maybe lead one to believe that either climate change exists or something is really going on,” she said.
This time, what could have been a tragedy caused the ladies to evacuate the building when a fire at...
- 4/10/2024
- by Pamela Roy
- Monsters and Critics
Joni Mitchell performed Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” at the Library of Congress 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ceremony, which took place last month at Dar Revolution Hall in Washington, D.C., and aired last night, April 8, on PBS. Her rendition included lyrical twists to fit her own style, with the approval of the night’s honorees, John and Bernie Taupin.
Brandi Carlile, who joined Mitchell’s performance, also introduced the legend, saying that the song has special meaning for Mitchell. “So much so that she was given...
Brandi Carlile, who joined Mitchell’s performance, also introduced the legend, saying that the song has special meaning for Mitchell. “So much so that she was given...
- 4/9/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Nashville was once famously called a ‘ten year town,’ because that’s about how long an artist has to make it there. Maggie Rose has been at it longer than that. Along the way, she struggled to break through in mainstream country music by submitting herself to the machine: playing CMA Fest in the midday summer sun, visiting countless radio stations, and releasing country singles that went nowhere.
Finally, she had enough. In 2018, with her aptly titled LP Change the Whole Thing, Rose threw up her hands and began making...
Finally, she had enough. In 2018, with her aptly titled LP Change the Whole Thing, Rose threw up her hands and began making...
- 4/8/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Maggie Rogers’s music has always felt independent of pop trends, and the singer-songwriter’s third studio album, Don’t Forget Me, likewise sounds unlike anything else being released at the moment. The album’s 10 brisk, lightly rocking songs evoke the radio-friendly pop-rock of early-2000s Sheryl Crow or Jewel while sometimes, as on the title track, looking further back to ’70s soft rock a la Carole King.
Written across the course of just five days, and consisting mostly of first-take recordings, Don’t Forget Me boasts a certain off-the-cuff charm, a first-thought-best-thought quality emblematic of an increasingly confident songwriter. “So Sick of Dreaming,” a swaying indie-pop tune filled with barbs directed at Rogers’s ex for ditching her to go to a ballgame, embodies the album’s carefree ethos. “And by the way, the Knicks lost,” she quips.
The songs on Don’t Forget Me are diaristic but rarely confessional.
Written across the course of just five days, and consisting mostly of first-take recordings, Don’t Forget Me boasts a certain off-the-cuff charm, a first-thought-best-thought quality emblematic of an increasingly confident songwriter. “So Sick of Dreaming,” a swaying indie-pop tune filled with barbs directed at Rogers’s ex for ditching her to go to a ballgame, embodies the album’s carefree ethos. “And by the way, the Knicks lost,” she quips.
The songs on Don’t Forget Me are diaristic but rarely confessional.
- 4/8/2024
- by Tom Williams
- Slant Magazine
The ladies on The View must be ready for almost anything on their show, from comedian Joy Behar’s insensitive jokes to Whoopi Goldberg having to shut down people trying to disrupt filming.
This time, an act of nature caused a massive disruption to the live filming of The View.
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit New Jersey and New York, among other states, at 10:23 a.m. Et, as reported by USA Today.
The View films live most days at 11 a.m. Et. The ladies were all backstage preparing for the show during the earthquake.
The show began normally after the shake-up, but the calmness would not last long.
Just after the song, I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King played, things went haywire.
"We're alive and live in New York where we just had a 4.8 [magnitude] earthquake!"#TheView co-hosts open Friday morning's show reacting to today's earthquake that rocked the northeast.
This time, an act of nature caused a massive disruption to the live filming of The View.
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit New Jersey and New York, among other states, at 10:23 a.m. Et, as reported by USA Today.
The View films live most days at 11 a.m. Et. The ladies were all backstage preparing for the show during the earthquake.
The show began normally after the shake-up, but the calmness would not last long.
Just after the song, I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King played, things went haywire.
"We're alive and live in New York where we just had a 4.8 [magnitude] earthquake!"#TheView co-hosts open Friday morning's show reacting to today's earthquake that rocked the northeast.
- 4/5/2024
- by Pamela Roy
- Monsters and Critics
Leave it to The View to find the classiest way possible to commemorate the 4.8–magnitude earthquake that rocked parts of the northeast on Friday.
At the top of Friday’s live broadcast, the show’s panel of hosts — Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin — entered the studio to Carole King’s 1971 classic “I Feel the Earth Move.”
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At the top of Friday’s live broadcast, the show’s panel of hosts — Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin — entered the studio to Carole King’s 1971 classic “I Feel the Earth Move.”
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- 4/5/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
It was no ordinary start of the day for The View on Friday morning. The co-hosts of the show sauntered out onto the soundstage to the tune of Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move” this time because they’d all just endured the same 4.8 magnitude earthquake that the rest of the New York-New Jersey region did just before the show began. The earthquake struck at 10:23 a.m. Et, while each of the cohosts was in her dressing room. As the show began, they started by immediately chatting about the tremors … until they were interrupted by ear-splitting emergency alerts on their phones right then and ther “Did you all feel it?” Joy Behar asked the crowd as the alarm bells rang out. “Make it stop!” she said as she tried to hush the sharp buzzing. After they silenced the noise, they went on to discuss what happened to...
- 4/5/2024
- TV Insider
Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy brought back to the fold Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins for a pediatric surgery that was destined to make history. But whether Grey Sloan’s motley crew of interns still had a future remained a question mark. Why? Read on…
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‘Can You Evict Family?’ | As “Baby, Can I Hold You?” began, the surgical residents were questioned about their actions on the fatal — er, fateful — day that Sam died and Max’s Dni was ignored. Of particular note, Simone told the attorneys performing the interviews that she...
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‘Can You Evict Family?’ | As “Baby, Can I Hold You?” began, the surgical residents were questioned about their actions on the fatal — er, fateful — day that Sam died and Max’s Dni was ignored. Of particular note, Simone told the attorneys performing the interviews that she...
- 4/5/2024
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
While the world collectively processes Buck’s sexual awakening on Thursday’s 9-1-1, let us not overlook another major development from the ABC procedural’s 100th episode: they recast Harry!
Athena was understandably gobsmacked when she awoke to find her son cooking breakfast in her kitchen. Not only did she think he was still living with Michael in Miami, but she barely recognized her all-grown-up little boy, now played by Elijah M. Cooper.
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Athena was understandably gobsmacked when she awoke to find her son cooking breakfast in her kitchen. Not only did she think he was still living with Michael in Miami, but she barely recognized her all-grown-up little boy, now played by Elijah M. Cooper.
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- 4/5/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital’s doors will be open for the foreseeable future. ABC has renewed its long-running Grey’s Anatomy for Season 21, TVLine has confirmed.
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Three weeks into its new season, Grey’s Anatomy — which is enjoying a far more robust Thursday-night lead-in from Fox transplant 9-1-1 than it did from previous timeslot holder Station 19 — is averaging 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, improving on its Season 19 numbers.
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Three weeks into its new season, Grey’s Anatomy — which is enjoying a far more robust Thursday-night lead-in from Fox transplant 9-1-1 than it did from previous timeslot holder Station 19 — is averaging 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, improving on its Season 19 numbers.
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- 4/2/2024
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
No emergency here: 9-1-1 has been renewed for Season 8 at ABC, TVLine has learned.
On March 14, the former Fox procedural made its ABC debut to 4.9 million total viewers (in Live+Same Day), which marked a 5% increase on the first responders drama’s previous average. The audience proceeded to grow each of the following two weeks, to 5.4 million and 5.5 million — with the latter tally veritably matching the show’s largest audience since its May 2021 Season 4 finale.
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On March 14, the former Fox procedural made its ABC debut to 4.9 million total viewers (in Live+Same Day), which marked a 5% increase on the first responders drama’s previous average. The audience proceeded to grow each of the following two weeks, to 5.4 million and 5.5 million — with the latter tally veritably matching the show’s largest audience since its May 2021 Season 4 finale.
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- 4/2/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 11, Episode 4 of “The Masked Singer,” “TV Theme Night,” which aired March 27 on Fox.
“Extra” host Billy Bush won’t get an extra shot at “The Masked Singer.” The entertainment newsmagazine anchor and one-time morning drive radio host was the next celebrity to be unmasked on Wednesday’s “TV Theme Night” edition of “The Masked Singer.”
“I’m not a great singer,” Bush said. “If you can’t make it with the lips, make it with the hips. If you’ve never done something that’s a little on the scary side — and this is scary — say yes!”
For Bush, none of the panelists got it right. Robin Thicke guessed Anderson Cooper. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg picked Seth Meyers. Ken Jeong picked Ryan Seacrest. New panelist Rita Ora said it was Andy Cohen.
Lizard (for the second week in a row...
“Extra” host Billy Bush won’t get an extra shot at “The Masked Singer.” The entertainment newsmagazine anchor and one-time morning drive radio host was the next celebrity to be unmasked on Wednesday’s “TV Theme Night” edition of “The Masked Singer.”
“I’m not a great singer,” Bush said. “If you can’t make it with the lips, make it with the hips. If you’ve never done something that’s a little on the scary side — and this is scary — say yes!”
For Bush, none of the panelists got it right. Robin Thicke guessed Anderson Cooper. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg picked Seth Meyers. Ken Jeong picked Ryan Seacrest. New panelist Rita Ora said it was Andy Cohen.
Lizard (for the second week in a row...
- 3/28/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battle Rounds end as Chance the Rapper, Dan + Shay, John Legend and Reba McEntire prepare their artists in hopes of advancing to the Knockouts. Each coach has one steal and one “Playoff Pass,” which sends an artist straight to the Playoffs. Follow along with our live blog below.
The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show’s newest season, which premiered February 26 on NBC (8pm Pt/Et). The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows.
See Madison Curbelo, Serenity Arce, Bryan Olesen and Donny Van Slee are ‘The Voice’ favorites after blind auditions [Poll Results]
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 25, Episode 10 to find out what happened Tuesday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt.
The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show’s newest season, which premiered February 26 on NBC (8pm Pt/Et). The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows.
See Madison Curbelo, Serenity Arce, Bryan Olesen and Donny Van Slee are ‘The Voice’ favorites after blind auditions [Poll Results]
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 25, Episode 10 to find out what happened Tuesday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt.
- 3/27/2024
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Grammy winner Meghan Trainor and T-Pain recently dropped a new collaboration, ‘Been Like This’, the singer’s upcoming sixth album. For her, working with the rapper was a “dream come true.”
Trainor thanked the rapper via a full-page Atlanta newspaper advertisement.
The ‘All About The Bass’ hitmaker spoke about her excitement for the collaboration and how it came together. Initially, Trainor made the song on her own before sending it to T-Pain, who “didn’t respond” for some time, reports People.
He finally heard ‘Been Like This’, Trainor recalled, while talking on Live with Kelly and Mark.
“He was like, ‘I love it, whoa!’ And I was like, ‘Are you going to do a verse?’ And he’s like, ‘For sure.’ And then like, never responded. I was like, ‘He hates me.’”
Trainor shared that T-Pain is her “favourite artist,” so she felt compelled to ask about the collaboration once again.
Trainor thanked the rapper via a full-page Atlanta newspaper advertisement.
The ‘All About The Bass’ hitmaker spoke about her excitement for the collaboration and how it came together. Initially, Trainor made the song on her own before sending it to T-Pain, who “didn’t respond” for some time, reports People.
He finally heard ‘Been Like This’, Trainor recalled, while talking on Live with Kelly and Mark.
“He was like, ‘I love it, whoa!’ And I was like, ‘Are you going to do a verse?’ And he’s like, ‘For sure.’ And then like, never responded. I was like, ‘He hates me.’”
Trainor shared that T-Pain is her “favourite artist,” so she felt compelled to ask about the collaboration once again.
- 3/20/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
A posthumous duet between Hope Sandoval and Glen Campbell that reimagines his song “The Long Walk Home” has been released as the latest preview of the upcoming album Glen Campbell Duets – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions. Stream it below.
On the new version of “The Long Walk Home,” the Mazzy Star singer’s airy vocals pair seamlessly with Campbell’s, bringing extra melancholy to the song — which was written about the late country singer’s battle with Alzheimer’s. “I know I’ll never be the same again/ I hope I’ll still remember you,” they sing together. “Above it all I know our love will transcend/ On my long walk home.”
In a press statement, producer and co-writer Julian Raymond revealed how Sandoval inspired Campbell’s music: “Glen and I listened to a couple of different Mazzy Star songs while we were preparing to record the Meet Glen Campbell...
On the new version of “The Long Walk Home,” the Mazzy Star singer’s airy vocals pair seamlessly with Campbell’s, bringing extra melancholy to the song — which was written about the late country singer’s battle with Alzheimer’s. “I know I’ll never be the same again/ I hope I’ll still remember you,” they sing together. “Above it all I know our love will transcend/ On my long walk home.”
In a press statement, producer and co-writer Julian Raymond revealed how Sandoval inspired Campbell’s music: “Glen and I listened to a couple of different Mazzy Star songs while we were preparing to record the Meet Glen Campbell...
- 3/15/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Ariana Grande has a whole new era—or should we say, it has her? Her excellent new Eternal Sunshine is a bold personal statement, with her most inventive, pained, reflective songs. “It’s kind of a concept album,” the pop queen said in February. “‘Cause it’s all different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience.” So no wonder she’s taking inspiration from the crazy boys who invented the concept album: The Beatles. In a NYC playback session for Eternal Sunshine, the pop queen revealed that...
- 3/13/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
One of the biggest influences on Ariana Grande’s new album, Eternal Sunshine, turns out be the Beatles’ Rubber Soul. That inspiration isn’t exactly instantly evident within the album’s sleek production and Max Martin-assisted songwriting, but Grande said in an advance listening session for journalists that she had John, Paul, George, and Ringo in mind as she stuffed it full of unexpected melodic twists and half-buried ear candy.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
In 2017, I ended my marriage of almost 12 years. It wasn’t one big betrayal. No one was a villain, not really. What happened was the oppressive weight of being a wife and mother and the burden of heterosexual marriage broke me. Three years later, in 2020, I realized I wasn’t alone. That the cultural weight of society keeps slipping onto the shoulders of mothers and wives. We are breaking. My book This American Ex Wife examines the way marriage is inherently unequal, and the way our culture defines love as misery,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Lyz Lenz
- Rollingstone.com
Brian Wilson is finally set to release his 1970s era country album featuring the vocals of former Beach Boys manager Fred Vail. Titled Cows in the Pasture, the long-lost album is slated to see the light of day sometime in 2025, according to a new feature in Rolling Stone.
As the story goes, Wilson presented Vail with the concept for the project in 1970 despite the manager not having formal training. “I said to him, ‘Have you written any country songs?'” Vail told Rolling Stone. “And he said, ‘Well, no.’ I said, ‘Do you have any idea who you’d like to use as musicians?’ He said, ‘Well, no. I’ve only worked with the Wrecking Crew for the most part. You find the songs. You select the musicians. We’ll go into Wally Heider’s Studio. We’ll start working on the album.'”
From there, Wilson and Vail started...
As the story goes, Wilson presented Vail with the concept for the project in 1970 despite the manager not having formal training. “I said to him, ‘Have you written any country songs?'” Vail told Rolling Stone. “And he said, ‘Well, no.’ I said, ‘Do you have any idea who you’d like to use as musicians?’ He said, ‘Well, no. I’ve only worked with the Wrecking Crew for the most part. You find the songs. You select the musicians. We’ll go into Wally Heider’s Studio. We’ll start working on the album.'”
From there, Wilson and Vail started...
- 2/13/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Frank Sinatra was the odds-on favorite to be the big winner at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1959, but — perhaps as an early indicator that things wouldn’t always go to plan at the Grammys — ‘Ol Blue Eyes lost out on both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The music industry’s most recognized awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.
The first Grammy ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, with only 28 categories, a number that since has swelled past 100 and now settled at 91. It was attended by many of music’s elite. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Gene Autry, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini and André Previn gathered for a black-tie dinner and awards presentation inside the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.
While Sinatra led all nominees with a grand total of six, he would not turn...
The music industry’s most recognized awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.
The first Grammy ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, with only 28 categories, a number that since has swelled past 100 and now settled at 91. It was attended by many of music’s elite. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Gene Autry, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini and André Previn gathered for a black-tie dinner and awards presentation inside the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.
While Sinatra led all nominees with a grand total of six, he would not turn...
- 2/5/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Big Machine Records and Surfdog Records have announced a reimagining of the late Glenn Campbell’s 2011 album, Ghost on the Canvas, out on April 19th.
Titled Glen Campbell Duets – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, the star-studded project pairs the Rhinestone Cowboy’s original vocals with newly recorded contributions from the likes of Brian Wilson, Carole King, Dolly Parton, Elton John, and Dave Stewart. Also featured on the album are Hope Sandoval, Linda Perry, Sting, Brian Setzer, Daryl Hall, Eric Church, and Eric Clapton. Pre-orders are ongoing.
As a preview of the record, you can hear the reworkings of “Hold on Hope” with Church and “Nothing But the Whole Wide World” with Clapton below.
At the time of its release, the original Ghost on the Canvas was billed as Campbell’s farewell album. It saw the country legend teaming with a younger generation of songwriters, including Paul Westerberg, Guided by Voice’s Bob Pollard,...
Titled Glen Campbell Duets – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, the star-studded project pairs the Rhinestone Cowboy’s original vocals with newly recorded contributions from the likes of Brian Wilson, Carole King, Dolly Parton, Elton John, and Dave Stewart. Also featured on the album are Hope Sandoval, Linda Perry, Sting, Brian Setzer, Daryl Hall, Eric Church, and Eric Clapton. Pre-orders are ongoing.
As a preview of the record, you can hear the reworkings of “Hold on Hope” with Church and “Nothing But the Whole Wide World” with Clapton below.
At the time of its release, the original Ghost on the Canvas was billed as Campbell’s farewell album. It saw the country legend teaming with a younger generation of songwriters, including Paul Westerberg, Guided by Voice’s Bob Pollard,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
As the tenth anniversary of Glen Campbell’s Ghost on the Canvas was approaching, Dave Kaplan —whose Surfdog Records released the haunting album in 2011 — was pondering ways to honor it. A late-period landmark for Campbell, who died in 2017 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Ghost on the Canvas found the venerable pop-country singer and guitarist covering songs by a new generation of writers — alt-rock types like Paul Westerberg, Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard, Jakob Dylan, and Teddy Thompson. The album ranked Number 88 on Rolling Stone‘s list of...
- 1/25/2024
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Kylie Minogue is currently on her More Than Just a Residency residency in Las Vegas.
It began in November last year and is scheduled to run until early May.
This isn’t the first time Minogue has performed in Las Vegas, as she recalled during a Los Angeles press conference that she had “performed a couple of times but as part of a tour.”
Speaking on what she planned her residency to be, Minogue said, “I want it to be the kind of essence of what a Kylie show has become, enough glamour and abandon. I’ve got some versions of songs that have not been heard, like reinterpretations of songs, which is exciting.”
“Live bed dances, amazing costumes. That’s the base and then we’ll see what surprises we can come up with,” she added.
The residency supports Minogue’s latest album, Tension, which was released on September...
It began in November last year and is scheduled to run until early May.
This isn’t the first time Minogue has performed in Las Vegas, as she recalled during a Los Angeles press conference that she had “performed a couple of times but as part of a tour.”
Speaking on what she planned her residency to be, Minogue said, “I want it to be the kind of essence of what a Kylie show has become, enough glamour and abandon. I’ve got some versions of songs that have not been heard, like reinterpretations of songs, which is exciting.”
“Live bed dances, amazing costumes. That’s the base and then we’ll see what surprises we can come up with,” she added.
The residency supports Minogue’s latest album, Tension, which was released on September...
- 1/18/2024
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
She’s about to turn 21 next month, but when it comes to matters of the human heart, singer songwriter actress Olivia Rodrigo is wise beyond her years.
When it comes to spinning poetry from fractured relationships and trampled hearts, Rodrigo is arguably in the same league as the mega Princess of Pop, Taylor Swift.
“In my albums, they’re very diaristic in nature,” she tells Deadline’s Crew Call podcast in a special episode co-hosted by Katie Campione.
Nowhere is this more evident than in her Oscar shortlisted end-credits song from Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes, “Can’t Catch Me Now,” which is written from the point of view of Rachel Zegler’s nomadic bluegrass singer-turned-fierce pen fighter, Lucy Gray Baird and the emotional release and triumph she beams in after breaking off her romance with Hunger Games mentor Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), who we...
When it comes to spinning poetry from fractured relationships and trampled hearts, Rodrigo is arguably in the same league as the mega Princess of Pop, Taylor Swift.
“In my albums, they’re very diaristic in nature,” she tells Deadline’s Crew Call podcast in a special episode co-hosted by Katie Campione.
Nowhere is this more evident than in her Oscar shortlisted end-credits song from Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes, “Can’t Catch Me Now,” which is written from the point of view of Rachel Zegler’s nomadic bluegrass singer-turned-fierce pen fighter, Lucy Gray Baird and the emotional release and triumph she beams in after breaking off her romance with Hunger Games mentor Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), who we...
- 1/11/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
In the 2010s, “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele became one of the most ubiquitous and beloved songs ever. Aretha Franklin first heard it while watching television. Franklin revealed what she thought of the song and Adele as an artist.
Aretha Franklin heard some kids ‘screaming’ the melody of Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’
During a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, the Queen of Soul discussed hearing children sing “Rolling in the Deep.” “I saw one of Adele’s promo pieces, and kids were on a bus singing ‘We could’ve had it all,'” he said. “They were just screaming it. But I was listening to the melody, I said, ‘That’s a good melody, I like that melody.'”
Franklin compared Adele to one of the most acclaimed songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s. “She’s a very, very fine, solid writer,” Franklin said. “I like her writing a lot.
Aretha Franklin heard some kids ‘screaming’ the melody of Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’
During a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, the Queen of Soul discussed hearing children sing “Rolling in the Deep.” “I saw one of Adele’s promo pieces, and kids were on a bus singing ‘We could’ve had it all,'” he said. “They were just screaming it. But I was listening to the melody, I said, ‘That’s a good melody, I like that melody.'”
Franklin compared Adele to one of the most acclaimed songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s. “She’s a very, very fine, solid writer,” Franklin said. “I like her writing a lot.
- 1/4/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Director Denny Tedesco previously scored a hit among music fans with his 2008 film “The Wrecking Crew,” a documentary about the battalion of 1960s studio musicians whose names were little known even among the cognoscenti, until these unknown soldiers started to quietly get their due decades later. Although it took another 15 years after that film to come to fruition, Tedesco had an easy go-to for an unofficial sequel. “Immediate Family” focuses on a smaller cadre of players that soon came to dominate the L.A. recording scene and who were, for a time, known collectively as the Section. One thing the earlier movie had that this one doesn’t was a sense of injustice corrected, because let’s face it — in the 1970s, everybody knew their names.
Well, let’s not exaggerate — maybe not quite everyone was devoted to fondling LP packaging and devouring it for information, even in the physical media era.
Well, let’s not exaggerate — maybe not quite everyone was devoted to fondling LP packaging and devouring it for information, even in the physical media era.
- 12/20/2023
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Because they managed to dip their toes into so many different genres, The Beatles covered Tony Orlando’s doo-wop version of an old song. That was part of a long history of Orlando finding his way into classic rock history. After several decades, The Beatles’ song eventually appeared on one of their albums.
The Beatles covered a Tony Orlando song based on the work of a classic writer
The Beatles covered Orlando’s “Beautiful Dreamer.” Orlando’s song was a doo-wop version of an old standard. During a 2016 interview with the Vancouver Sun, Orlando discussed his song. “It was an extension of a Stephen Foster song, ‘Beautiful Dreamer.’ The Beatles did cover it.” Foster was the famous writer behind tunes such as “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Oh! Susanna,” and “Camptown Ladies.”
Orlando shared an interesting Fab Four anecdote. “What’s interesting about that, if you read The Beatles’ liner notes,...
The Beatles covered a Tony Orlando song based on the work of a classic writer
The Beatles covered Orlando’s “Beautiful Dreamer.” Orlando’s song was a doo-wop version of an old standard. During a 2016 interview with the Vancouver Sun, Orlando discussed his song. “It was an extension of a Stephen Foster song, ‘Beautiful Dreamer.’ The Beatles did cover it.” Foster was the famous writer behind tunes such as “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Oh! Susanna,” and “Camptown Ladies.”
Orlando shared an interesting Fab Four anecdote. “What’s interesting about that, if you read The Beatles’ liner notes,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elvis Presley and Meghan Trainor have more in common than meets the eye. Trainor revealed her second major label album was inspired by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and one of his contemporaries. She also wants her music to resonate with people in a very specific way.
Meghan Trainor wrote an album that was supposed to sound like Elvis Presley
Title was Trainor’s first studio album on a major label. It included her breakthrough hit, “All About That Bass,” as well as other memorable singles such as “Lips Are Movin’,” “Dear Future Husband,” and “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.” She followed that up with the album Thank You. Like its predecessor, Thank You drew from the stars of the past.
During a 2015 interview with MTV, Trainor discussed her intentions for Thank You. “I wanted to go big, I wanted to get all my influences in there and...
Meghan Trainor wrote an album that was supposed to sound like Elvis Presley
Title was Trainor’s first studio album on a major label. It included her breakthrough hit, “All About That Bass,” as well as other memorable singles such as “Lips Are Movin’,” “Dear Future Husband,” and “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.” She followed that up with the album Thank You. Like its predecessor, Thank You drew from the stars of the past.
During a 2015 interview with MTV, Trainor discussed her intentions for Thank You. “I wanted to go big, I wanted to get all my influences in there and...
- 12/17/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jonathan Glazer’s unusual Holocaust film The Zone Of Interest opens in four theaters in New York and LA today as Cord Jefferson’s satirical comedy American Fiction debuts in seven, the latest trenchant specialty offerings in a fall market full of strong titles as year-end approaches and the awards season clicks into high gear after Golden Globe nominations this week.
From A24, The Zone of Interest premiered at Cannes (Deadline review here), winning the Grand Prix, and the Fipresci Prize. The (actual) commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their growing family in a lovely villa and garden whose back wall abuts the concentration camp. The film opens with the family picnicking and frolicking on a lush riverbank, then trekking happily home.
From A24, The Zone of Interest premiered at Cannes (Deadline review here), winning the Grand Prix, and the Fipresci Prize. The (actual) commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their growing family in a lovely villa and garden whose back wall abuts the concentration camp. The film opens with the family picnicking and frolicking on a lush riverbank, then trekking happily home.
- 12/15/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
In The Wrecking Crew, Denny Tedesco lovingly chronicled a legendary collective of musicians, his father among them, who appeared on countless studio recordings in the 1960s, revered within the business but unsung in the public sphere. By contrast, the names of the four players he profiles in his new documentary appeared on nearly every record they worked on. Other musicians sought them out, fan bases were born, and careers flourished. And, it turns out, besides being extraordinary musical talents, they’re exceptionally charismatic interview subjects — sincere, soulful and effortlessly funny raconteurs.
Receiving a one-night theatrical release Dec. 12, three days before it’s available on demand, Immediate Family is an affectionate and insightful group portrait and a sweet jolt of nostalgia for boomers — but more than that, it’s time well spent with delightful subjects who played crucial roles in shaping the popular music of a ground-shifting era.
As Billy Bob Thornton...
Receiving a one-night theatrical release Dec. 12, three days before it’s available on demand, Immediate Family is an affectionate and insightful group portrait and a sweet jolt of nostalgia for boomers — but more than that, it’s time well spent with delightful subjects who played crucial roles in shaping the popular music of a ground-shifting era.
As Billy Bob Thornton...
- 12/12/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For filmmaker Denny Tedesco, making the 2015 film The Wrecking Crew, about a renowned group of L.A. session musicians that backed everyone from The Mamas & the Papas to The Beach Boys, was personal. He’s the son of Tommy Tedesco, after all — a Wrecking Crew guitarist and one of the prolific axemen in history — and sought to give dad his due.
Now, Tedesco is shining a light on a new, underappreciated group of session musicians in Immediate Family, a group that backed the likes of Steve Nicks, the Rolling Stones,...
Now, Tedesco is shining a light on a new, underappreciated group of session musicians in Immediate Family, a group that backed the likes of Steve Nicks, the Rolling Stones,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
As prolific as Neil Young continues to be, much of the veteran singer-songwriter’s contemporary output has consisted of repackaged old material in the form of live albums and studio outtakes. His latest, Before and After, continues in this vein, as every track has appeared, in one form or another, on a previous release.
None of that is to say that Before and After is inessential. Young is a conceptual thinker, a fact that his strict adherence to live recording and spartan production techniques has often disguised. On Before and After, however, the concept is front and center, and the intimacy of the recordings emphasizes what Young was trying to achieve rather than obscures it. Barring some keys provided by Bob Rice, these recordings feature Young singing and playing alone in a room, including some awkward fumbling around on a pump organ.
Opener “I’m the Ocean” in particular is served well by this approach.
None of that is to say that Before and After is inessential. Young is a conceptual thinker, a fact that his strict adherence to live recording and spartan production techniques has often disguised. On Before and After, however, the concept is front and center, and the intimacy of the recordings emphasizes what Young was trying to achieve rather than obscures it. Barring some keys provided by Bob Rice, these recordings feature Young singing and playing alone in a room, including some awkward fumbling around on a pump organ.
Opener “I’m the Ocean” in particular is served well by this approach.
- 12/5/2023
- by Lewie Parkinson-Jones
- Slant Magazine
Monday’s episode of The Voice not only served up the last of Season 24’s Battles, it threw out the first of the three-way Knockouts. The rules are mostly the same as in Season 22: John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Niall Horan and Reba McEntire group their team members in threes to try to out-sing one another. The coach then picks a winner, and the two losers are available to be saved by their coach or stolen by an opponent. Or — and this is new — each of the coaches can use their Supersave to keep an additional contestant in the competition...
- 11/7/2023
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
"I would buy records just because they were on it." Magnolia Pictures has revealed an official trailer for a rock doc called Immediate Family, about making music in the 70s. This documentary is made by director Denny Tedesco, who states: "I had been hesitant to make a follow up to The Wrecking Crew. But when I was approached with the idea of The Immediate Family, I didn't think twice. The Immediate Family consists of Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar Guitar / Vocal, Leland Sklar Bass, Russ Kunkel Drums, Waddy Wachtel Guitar / Vocal & Steve Postell Guitar / Vocal. They were at the genesis of the Singer Songwriter Era in the 1970s..." The film follows the music & lives of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings from the era. Featuring Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Don Henley, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins. It premiered at festivals last year,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a thing for everything that is catchy – especially melodies you just can’t get out of your head. It doesn’t really matter what genre it is, as long as I wanna put it on repeat. No wonder I started making pop music! I’ve never really wanted to make one type of pop song, I just wanna write good songs. I’ve been writing and writing, and I felt like releasing one single this year just wasn’t enough, so I decided to put out an EP to show where I’m at now musically. I love the format: short and snappy, but enough time to showcase different sides to the songwriting, the story and the sound. On the Hype EP I’ve written about wondering if you really did live up to the expectations, messing up, getting over someone,...
- 10/7/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Paul Simon wanted a documentary. He was a fan of Alex Gibney’s 2015 “Sinatra: All or Nothing at All” and asked the Oscar-winner (“Taxi to the Dark Side”) to consider devoting a documentary to him on the occasion of recording his 15th album, “Seven Psalms”.
The result is “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon,” which had its world premiere as an all-rights sales title at the Toronto International Film Festival. It has a running time of three and a half hours. However, the capacity audience at the Princess of Wales theater didn’t fidget and gave Simon a rousing standing ovation. On stage, he admitted that he didn’t have the courage to watch the film in the theater, and asked if he got a standing ovation. The crowd jumped up for a second time. “And it’s my birthday,” he joked. (It’s actually October 13.)
Going in,...
The result is “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon,” which had its world premiere as an all-rights sales title at the Toronto International Film Festival. It has a running time of three and a half hours. However, the capacity audience at the Princess of Wales theater didn’t fidget and gave Simon a rousing standing ovation. On stage, he admitted that he didn’t have the courage to watch the film in the theater, and asked if he got a standing ovation. The crowd jumped up for a second time. “And it’s my birthday,” he joked. (It’s actually October 13.)
Going in,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Micky Dolenz — the sole surviving member of The Monkees — has announced a new EP of R.E.M. covers. Aptly titled Dolenz Sings R.E.M, it’s out on November 3rd. In anticipation, Dolenz has shared the lead single: his version of “Shiny Happy People.” Stream the song below.
In addition to “Shiny Happy People,” the four-song EP will feature Dolenz’s renditions of “Radio Free Europe,” “Man on the Moon,” and “Leaving New York.” The project will be released via 7A Records, and will be available on special yellow vinyl. Pre-orders are ongoing.
As revealed in a new interview with Rolling Stone, the multi-generational mash-up was the result of a conversation Dolenz had with 7A Records co-owner Glenn Gretlund. “I was talking to Glenn about what to do next,” Dolenz explained. “The band R.E.M. came up. I went, ‘Wow, that’s very cool.’ I’m a big fan… And I...
In addition to “Shiny Happy People,” the four-song EP will feature Dolenz’s renditions of “Radio Free Europe,” “Man on the Moon,” and “Leaving New York.” The project will be released via 7A Records, and will be available on special yellow vinyl. Pre-orders are ongoing.
As revealed in a new interview with Rolling Stone, the multi-generational mash-up was the result of a conversation Dolenz had with 7A Records co-owner Glenn Gretlund. “I was talking to Glenn about what to do next,” Dolenz explained. “The band R.E.M. came up. I went, ‘Wow, that’s very cool.’ I’m a big fan… And I...
- 9/13/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Tl;Dr:
The same writer was behind Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” which sound similar. He also co-wrote “Return to Sender,” which is more distinct. “Don’t Be Cruel” held a chart record for decades.
The same songwriter co-wrote Elvis Presley‘s “All Shook Up,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Return to Sender.” In addition, that songwriter penned classic tunes for Jerry Lee Lewis and Peggy Lee. Subsequently, the writer was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Otis Blackwell wrote Elvis Presley’s ‘All Shook Up,’ ‘Don’t Be Cruel,’ and ‘Return to Sender’
Otis Blackwell was one of the most notable songwriters of the 1950s and early 1960s. He wrote tunes such as Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire,” Peggy Lee’s “Fever,” and “Nine Times Out of Ten” by Cliff Richard. However, he is most known for writing Elvis’ tunes “All Shook Up,...
The same writer was behind Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” which sound similar. He also co-wrote “Return to Sender,” which is more distinct. “Don’t Be Cruel” held a chart record for decades.
The same songwriter co-wrote Elvis Presley‘s “All Shook Up,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Return to Sender.” In addition, that songwriter penned classic tunes for Jerry Lee Lewis and Peggy Lee. Subsequently, the writer was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Otis Blackwell wrote Elvis Presley’s ‘All Shook Up,’ ‘Don’t Be Cruel,’ and ‘Return to Sender’
Otis Blackwell was one of the most notable songwriters of the 1950s and early 1960s. He wrote tunes such as Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire,” Peggy Lee’s “Fever,” and “Nine Times Out of Ten” by Cliff Richard. However, he is most known for writing Elvis’ tunes “All Shook Up,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&m Records, has died. He was 88.
According to Variety, the record exec — who along with his business partner, Herb Alpert, turned A&m into one of America’s leading independent record labels — died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air.
“They truly don’t make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun. The twinkle in his eyes as he approached every moment ready for the next adventure,” his family said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Dionne Warwick, who wasn’t an A&m artist, but had been close to Moss ever since he helped promote her music in the early 1960s also released a statement, calling him one of the “kindest gentlemen” and her “dear friend.”
“Another of my dear friends has made his transition. Jerry Moss was and will always be remembered as one that...
According to Variety, the record exec — who along with his business partner, Herb Alpert, turned A&m into one of America’s leading independent record labels — died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air.
“They truly don’t make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun. The twinkle in his eyes as he approached every moment ready for the next adventure,” his family said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Dionne Warwick, who wasn’t an A&m artist, but had been close to Moss ever since he helped promote her music in the early 1960s also released a statement, calling him one of the “kindest gentlemen” and her “dear friend.”
“Another of my dear friends has made his transition. Jerry Moss was and will always be remembered as one that...
- 8/17/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&m Records with Herb Alpert, died at his home in Bel Air, California, according to a statement from his family via Associated Press. He was 88. No cause of death was given.
“They truly don’t make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun,” the statement reads in part, “the twinkle in his eyes as he approached every moment ready for the next adventure.”
Formed in 1962, Alpert and Moss’ A&m (named after their initials) label’s quarter-plus...
“They truly don’t make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun,” the statement reads in part, “the twinkle in his eyes as he approached every moment ready for the next adventure.”
Formed in 1962, Alpert and Moss’ A&m (named after their initials) label’s quarter-plus...
- 8/17/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Jerry Moss, the Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who co-founded A&m Records with Herb Alpert more than 60 years ago and helped build it into one of the most successful independent record labels in history, died today in Los Angeles. He was 88.
His family shared the news in a statement to the Associated Press.
Nazareth’s Top 10 hit ‘Love Hurts,’ 1975
Named for its co-founders, the artist-focused A&m Records was launched in 1962 and has boasted such hitmaking and influential acts as The Police, Quincy Jones, The Carpenters, Carole King, Styx, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, The Go-Go’s, Supertramp, Rita Coolidge, Joe Cocker, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams, Humble Pie, The Tubes, Oingo Boingo, Cat Stevens/Yusuf, Nazareth and, of course, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Billy Preston had a pair of No. 1 singles for the label with “Will It Go Around in Circles” and “Nothing From Nothing” in the mid-1970s.
His family shared the news in a statement to the Associated Press.
Nazareth’s Top 10 hit ‘Love Hurts,’ 1975
Named for its co-founders, the artist-focused A&m Records was launched in 1962 and has boasted such hitmaking and influential acts as The Police, Quincy Jones, The Carpenters, Carole King, Styx, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, The Go-Go’s, Supertramp, Rita Coolidge, Joe Cocker, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams, Humble Pie, The Tubes, Oingo Boingo, Cat Stevens/Yusuf, Nazareth and, of course, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Billy Preston had a pair of No. 1 singles for the label with “Will It Go Around in Circles” and “Nothing From Nothing” in the mid-1970s.
- 8/16/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Tl;Dr:
Ringo Starr played a girl group song with a band that was a contemporary of The Beatles. The Beatles put their own spin on the song. That cover appeared on the group’s album, Please Please Me, which was a hit in the United Kingdom.
Many of The Beatles‘ songs were covers. Ringo Starr enjoys playing one of those covers more than any of The Beatles’ original songs. During an interview, Paul McCartney said the Fab Four never thought about the implications of the tune’s lyrics that much.
Ringo Starr loved singing a Beatles song that was originally by The Shirelles
During a 2023 interview with Vulture, Ringo was asked which song he enjoyed performing live the most. “‘Boys,'” he said. “I’ve been doing it forever and it’s a girl’s song. A wonderful girl group called The Shirelles did the original.” The Shirelles were...
Ringo Starr played a girl group song with a band that was a contemporary of The Beatles. The Beatles put their own spin on the song. That cover appeared on the group’s album, Please Please Me, which was a hit in the United Kingdom.
Many of The Beatles‘ songs were covers. Ringo Starr enjoys playing one of those covers more than any of The Beatles’ original songs. During an interview, Paul McCartney said the Fab Four never thought about the implications of the tune’s lyrics that much.
Ringo Starr loved singing a Beatles song that was originally by The Shirelles
During a 2023 interview with Vulture, Ringo was asked which song he enjoyed performing live the most. “‘Boys,'” he said. “I’ve been doing it forever and it’s a girl’s song. A wonderful girl group called The Shirelles did the original.” The Shirelles were...
- 8/14/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Barbra Streisand released a John Lennon cover on her album Barbra Joan Streisand. The album also features tunes written by Carole King and Burt Bacharach. John said the song in question could apply to people in situations different from his own.
Barbra Streisand once covered one of John Lennon‘s songs and released it as a single. Subsequently, it became a hit in the United States. The tune in question is one of John’s most personal and revealing.
Barbra Streisand covered a John Lennon song on an album with songs by important artists
Streisand covered John’s ballad “Mother” for her album Barbra Joan Streisand. The album features recordings of tunes by well-known songwriters like John, Carole King, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Burt Bacharach. Streisand’s cover of “Mother” climbed to No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for five weeks. On the other hand,...
Barbra Streisand released a John Lennon cover on her album Barbra Joan Streisand. The album also features tunes written by Carole King and Burt Bacharach. John said the song in question could apply to people in situations different from his own.
Barbra Streisand once covered one of John Lennon‘s songs and released it as a single. Subsequently, it became a hit in the United States. The tune in question is one of John’s most personal and revealing.
Barbra Streisand covered a John Lennon song on an album with songs by important artists
Streisand covered John’s ballad “Mother” for her album Barbra Joan Streisand. The album features recordings of tunes by well-known songwriters like John, Carole King, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Burt Bacharach. Streisand’s cover of “Mother” climbed to No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for five weeks. On the other hand,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz discussed how the band’s supervisor, Don Kirshner, helped them. Dolenz dumped ice on Kirshner and that became an “urban legend.” Kirhsner was later dismissed.
The Monkees‘ Micky Dolenz said the band often improvised on TV. Subsequently, he dumped ice on The Monkees’ supervisor, Don Kirshner, in the studio. Kirshner then told Dolenz how he expected to be treated.
Micky Dolenz dumped ice on The Monkees’ supervisor because he said something silly
Don Kirshner was The Monkees’ music supervisor. During a 2020 interview with Forbes, Dolenz discussed a famous anecdote about Kirshner. “Donnie Kirshner was responsible to some degree in picking The Monkees songs because he was head of Screen Gems Columbia Music in the famous Brill Building in New York,” he said. “He was the Brill Building during that period, along with those incredible writers like Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Carole King and Gerry Goffin,...
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz discussed how the band’s supervisor, Don Kirshner, helped them. Dolenz dumped ice on Kirshner and that became an “urban legend.” Kirhsner was later dismissed.
The Monkees‘ Micky Dolenz said the band often improvised on TV. Subsequently, he dumped ice on The Monkees’ supervisor, Don Kirshner, in the studio. Kirshner then told Dolenz how he expected to be treated.
Micky Dolenz dumped ice on The Monkees’ supervisor because he said something silly
Don Kirshner was The Monkees’ music supervisor. During a 2020 interview with Forbes, Dolenz discussed a famous anecdote about Kirshner. “Donnie Kirshner was responsible to some degree in picking The Monkees songs because he was head of Screen Gems Columbia Music in the famous Brill Building in New York,” he said. “He was the Brill Building during that period, along with those incredible writers like Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Carole King and Gerry Goffin,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
My Morning Jacket were joined by a very special guest during their Friday set at Newport Folk Fest: Animal.
The Electric Mayhem member sat in with the band for their set-ending performance of “One Big Holiday,” going toe to toe with drummer Patrick Hallahan.
Mmj’s Newport Folk performance also saw Maggie Rogers duet with frontman Jim James on a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Say You Love Me,” and Margo Price and John Oates join the band to cover Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move.” Watch footage below.
My Morning Jacket recently expanded their tour with a new run of dates taking place in the fall. Get tickets here.
Meanwhile, Animal and the rest of The Electric Mayhem star in the new Disney+ series, The Muppets Mayhem.
My Morning Jacket were joined by a very special guest at Newport Folk Fest: Animal of the Muppets. @mymorningjacket @Newportfolkfest pic.
The Electric Mayhem member sat in with the band for their set-ending performance of “One Big Holiday,” going toe to toe with drummer Patrick Hallahan.
Mmj’s Newport Folk performance also saw Maggie Rogers duet with frontman Jim James on a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Say You Love Me,” and Margo Price and John Oates join the band to cover Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move.” Watch footage below.
My Morning Jacket recently expanded their tour with a new run of dates taking place in the fall. Get tickets here.
Meanwhile, Animal and the rest of The Electric Mayhem star in the new Disney+ series, The Muppets Mayhem.
My Morning Jacket were joined by a very special guest at Newport Folk Fest: Animal of the Muppets. @mymorningjacket @Newportfolkfest pic.
- 7/29/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
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