Emmy Rose, Loretta Lynn’s 23-year-old granddaughter, doesn’t necessarily think of herself as a member of a royal family. But, standing backstage at this week’s live broadcast of the memorial concert and tribute for her grandmother, she establishes exactly what “Mee-maw’s” path and ultimate destination were. “She saw herself as just a coal miners’ daughter, and she was just relaying her story,” Emmy says. “and then she became a queen for being ordinary.”
That’s not just an honorary title family members came up with; a good plurality of those who performed or presented on the CMT telecast of “Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn” referred to the late singer-songwriter as “the Queen of Country.” That’s quite a shared consensus, in a genre that has seen powerful, culture-shaking women from Dolly Parton going backward to Kitty Wells and...
That’s not just an honorary title family members came up with; a good plurality of those who performed or presented on the CMT telecast of “Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn” referred to the late singer-songwriter as “the Queen of Country.” That’s quite a shared consensus, in a genre that has seen powerful, culture-shaking women from Dolly Parton going backward to Kitty Wells and...
- 11/2/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Murphy’s “Dahmer” Netflix series just launched to some impressive premiere numbers, and considering how many people checked out the true crime limited series in its first week, its ’80s and ’90s-infused soundtrack is no doubt of interest.
Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he committed a series of brutal murders, often dismembering his victims and keeping body parts as souvenirs. His crimes horrified the nation and captivated the media.
The Netflix limited series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” chronicles Dahmer’s childhood and early adulthood, leading up to the first of his murders in 1978. It explores the events that shaped him into a serial killer, and the police investigation that eventually led to his capture. It’s hard to believe that he evaded escape for so long, given the lack of complexity in planning and executing his crimes.
Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he committed a series of brutal murders, often dismembering his victims and keeping body parts as souvenirs. His crimes horrified the nation and captivated the media.
The Netflix limited series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” chronicles Dahmer’s childhood and early adulthood, leading up to the first of his murders in 1978. It explores the events that shaped him into a serial killer, and the police investigation that eventually led to his capture. It’s hard to believe that he evaded escape for so long, given the lack of complexity in planning and executing his crimes.
- 9/27/2022
- by Tom Andrew
- The Wrap
Jeannie Seely was a 12-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania when she first heard Kitty Wells’ song “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” It was 1952, and Wells’ unlikely hit was climbing the charts on its way to making country music history. That August — 70 years ago this month — it became the first single by a solo female artist to reach No. 1 on the country charts, and a bellwether for women in the industry.
“I was absolutely thrilled, of course, to hear another girl was a big thing, because there...
“I was absolutely thrilled, of course, to hear another girl was a big thing, because there...
- 8/29/2022
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
By the time Emmylou Harris released Luxury Liner, the third and most successful LP of her career-defining “honky-tonk angel” period, on Dec. 28, 1976, the vocalist had cemented a reputation for combining vintage country with impeccably chosen covers from outside the genre.
Harris had been famously mentored by the late Gram Parsons, but by now she was outside the country-rock pioneer’s shadow, standing on her own as a country hit-maker and rule-bender. While both of her previous major-label successes — Pieces of the Sky and Elite Hotel — contained unquestionable gems, it was...
Harris had been famously mentored by the late Gram Parsons, but by now she was outside the country-rock pioneer’s shadow, standing on her own as a country hit-maker and rule-bender. While both of her previous major-label successes — Pieces of the Sky and Elite Hotel — contained unquestionable gems, it was...
- 12/28/2021
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
For the latest taste of her upcoming album Covers, out Jan. 14, Cat Power takes on the classic Billie Holiday cut “I’ll Be Seeing You.” She shared an old-timey music video for the track set in a dim cabaret hall, the small audience enthralled by the performance.
The cover was inspired by the death of her close friend and collaborator Philippe Zdar; Power said: “When people who you love have been taken from you, there’s always a song that holds their memory in your mind. It’s a conversation with those on the other side,...
The cover was inspired by the death of her close friend and collaborator Philippe Zdar; Power said: “When people who you love have been taken from you, there’s always a song that holds their memory in your mind. It’s a conversation with those on the other side,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Don Everly, half of one of rock’s earliest and most influential harmony groups, the Everly Brothers, died Saturday in his Nashville home at the age of 84. A rep for the singer confirmed his death to the Los Angeles Times. A cause of death was not immediately known.
“Don lived by what he felt in his heart,” Everly’s family said in a statement to the Times. “Don expressed his appreciation for the ability to live his dreams … with his soulmate and wife, Adela, and sharing the music that made him an Everly Brother.
“Don lived by what he felt in his heart,” Everly’s family said in a statement to the Times. “Don expressed his appreciation for the ability to live his dreams … with his soulmate and wife, Adela, and sharing the music that made him an Everly Brother.
- 8/22/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Jan Howard, a 49-year member of the Grand Ole Opry and a chart-topping country singer, died Saturday in Gallatin, Tennessee, according to a statement from the Opry. She was 91.
Born Lula Grace Johnson in West Plains, Missouri, in 1930, she was the eighth of 11 children, two of whom died before reaching the age of two. After dropping out of high school, Howard married at 16 but soon divorced and moved to Los Angeles. There, she would meet Wynn Stewart, one of the architects of the Bakersfield Sound. She would also meet her second husband,...
Born Lula Grace Johnson in West Plains, Missouri, in 1930, she was the eighth of 11 children, two of whom died before reaching the age of two. After dropping out of high school, Howard married at 16 but soon divorced and moved to Los Angeles. There, she would meet Wynn Stewart, one of the architects of the Bakersfield Sound. She would also meet her second husband,...
- 3/29/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a partial list of musicians we lost in the 2010s: Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Ornette Coleman, B.B. King, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Merle Haggard, Kitty Wells, João Gilberto, Ravi Shankar, Tabu Ley Rochereau, David Mancuso, Amy Winehouse, Abbie Lincoln, Gil Scott Heron, George Jones, George Martin, George Michael, Allen Toussaint, Donna Summer, Phife Dawg, Prodigy, Adam Yauch, Heavy D, Captain Beefheart, Robert Hunter, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Otis, Big Jay McNeely, Levon Helm, Kate McGarrigle, Guy Clark, Pete Seeger, Ralph Stanley, Gregg Allman,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Dolly Parton is celebrating a half-century of being an official Grand Ole Opry member with “Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry,” a two-hour special that airs tonight on NBC. But if you want to talk about how long she’s really been associated with the Opry, she’s not bashful about noting that you can actually tag another 10 years onto that number.
“A lot of people think this is my 50th year at the Grand Ole Opry. It’s actually been 60, because the first time I got to sing on the Opry, I was 13 years old,” Parton explained at a press event before going into the auditorium to film the new special. “But then the night that I became a member after I was working with ‘The Porter Wagoner Show’ — and got to actually be a member 50 years ago this year — was one of the highlights of my whole life...
“A lot of people think this is my 50th year at the Grand Ole Opry. It’s actually been 60, because the first time I got to sing on the Opry, I was 13 years old,” Parton explained at a press event before going into the auditorium to film the new special. “But then the night that I became a member after I was working with ‘The Porter Wagoner Show’ — and got to actually be a member 50 years ago this year — was one of the highlights of my whole life...
- 11/26/2019
- by Cillea Houghton
- Variety Film + TV
“We gotta change around here,” Mavis Staples sang toward the very end of Wednesday night’s 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards Ceremony at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Having been presented the evening’s Inspiration Award by pioneering Civil Rights activist and Freedom Rider Ernest Patton earlier in the evening, Staples’ song was a powerful reminder that change-inspiring music-makers are, like Staples put it herself during her acceptance speech, “still carrying on.”
But during a show that at once gestured at the future of the Americana genre while still firmly upholding its rigid past,...
But during a show that at once gestured at the future of the Americana genre while still firmly upholding its rigid past,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Dolly Parton’s surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday night wasn’t just an emotional moment for the crowd, but the artists too. Prior to Parton taking the stage, she gathered the visibly moved Highwomen — the new group of Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Natalie Hemby, and Maren Morris — to rehearse one of the songs they were going to perform together, Parton’s 1991 ballad “Eagle When She Flies.”
A very rare moment backstage with @DollyParton @brandicarlile @MarenMorris & @TheHighwomen...
A very rare moment backstage with @DollyParton @brandicarlile @MarenMorris & @TheHighwomen...
- 7/29/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Just ahead of the September 15th premiere of the eight-part PBS documentary Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns, Legacy Recordings will unveil musical highlights from the 16-and-a-half-hour series with a deluxe five-cd set spanning the history of the genre.
The impressive track list represents artists featured in each of the series’ episodes, from the first stars of the genre, such as the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, to influential acts from the latter half of the 20th century, including Randy Travis and the Judds. The set will be released Friday,...
The impressive track list represents artists featured in each of the series’ episodes, from the first stars of the genre, such as the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, to influential acts from the latter half of the 20th century, including Randy Travis and the Judds. The set will be released Friday,...
- 6/13/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Michigan’s Stef Chura is a formidable triple threat: intense singer, bracing guitarist, revelatory songwriter. You can hear Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in her side-eyed snarl, Cat Power’s coiled intimacy in her quieter moments, Jack White and Pj Harvey in her modernist take on primitive instrumental violence and Nineties guitar-twisters like Silkworm, Pavement and Modest Mouse in the way her songs can often mutate and stretch beyond where you expect them to end up. But chalking up Chura to the sum of any sonic signposts doesn...
- 6/11/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Toby Keith follows up the poignant ballad “Don’t Let the Old Man In” with a raucous blast of country-music pride. “That’s Country Bro” is a classic list song, but instead of the usual run-through of rural imagery (trucks, bonfires and coolers), Keith ticks off a Hall of Fame-worthy roster of country singers.
Jimmie Rodgers, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, Johnny Horton, Bill Monroe, Woody Guthrie and Bob Wills all get shout-outs in the first 18 seconds, followed by Kitty Wells, Jimmy Dean, Hank Snow and even Spade Cooley.
Jimmie Rodgers, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, Johnny Horton, Bill Monroe, Woody Guthrie and Bob Wills all get shout-outs in the first 18 seconds, followed by Kitty Wells, Jimmy Dean, Hank Snow and even Spade Cooley.
- 5/3/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Loretta Lynn’s birthday bash at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville was the perfect occasion for another kind of celebration: the first appearance of the Highwomen, the new supergroup comprising Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby.
Backed by Dave Cobb, who is producing the quartet’s forthcoming record, Jason Isbell and the night’s ace house band, they sang a pitch-perfect version of “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” which was a hit for Kitty Wells in 1952 before going on be recorded by Lynn,...
Backed by Dave Cobb, who is producing the quartet’s forthcoming record, Jason Isbell and the night’s ace house band, they sang a pitch-perfect version of “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” which was a hit for Kitty Wells in 1952 before going on be recorded by Lynn,...
- 4/2/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
When teenaged powerhouse Tanya Tucker appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in September 1974, the coverline proclaimed, “Hi, I’m Tanya Tucker. I’m 15. You’re Gonna Hear From Me.” While rock fans may not have been as familiar with her at the time, country listeners had been hearing from the Seminole, Texas, native for the past two years — beginning 47 years ago today with the official release of Tucker’s debut single, “Delta Dawn.” In the above clip from around the time of the song’s release, Tucker sings the...
- 3/27/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
In 1975, Kitty Wells traveled to Capricorn Studios in Macon, Georgia, to record Forever Young, an album of country, rock and soul songs. Wells was 56 at the time and was looking to modernize her sound and image, just a bit. She hadn’t had a Top Ten country hit in more than a decade and was best known — to most younger fans, she was perhaps only known — for “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” a country chart-topper from 1952 that, as she later explained, “was just the women getting back at the men.
- 8/22/2018
- by David Cantwell
- Rollingstone.com
Fifty-five years ago this summer, on August 4th, 1963, housewife Connie Smith won a talent contest in Columbus, Ohio, earning a performance spot on a local Grand Ole Opry concert where songwriter Bill Anderson took note of her and encouraged her to make a trip to Nashville when the two met again at a New Year’s Day concert in Canton, Ohio.
As 1964 unfolded for the young wife and mother, she garnered yet another invitation – this time a spot on the popular Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree, which followed the Grand Ole Opry on Wsm radio.
As 1964 unfolded for the young wife and mother, she garnered yet another invitation – this time a spot on the popular Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree, which followed the Grand Ole Opry on Wsm radio.
- 7/16/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
By 1985 Hollywood had still only dabbled in movies about the ‘shame that cannot speak its name,’ and in every case the verdict for the transgressors was regret and misery, if not death. Donna Deitch’s brilliant drama achieves exactly what she wanted, to do make a movie about a lesbian relationship that doesn’t end in a tragedy.
Desert Hearts
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 902
1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 96 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 14, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie La Bourdette, Alex McArthur, Tyler Tyhurst, Denise Crosby, Antony Ponzini, Brenda Beck, Jeffrey Tambor.
Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Film Editor: Robert Estrin
Production Design: Jeannine Oppewall
Written by Natalie Cooper from the novel by Jane Rule
Produced and Directed by Donna Deitch
Desert Hearts is a fine movie that’s also one of the first features ever about a lesbian romance,...
Desert Hearts
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 902
1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 96 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 14, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie La Bourdette, Alex McArthur, Tyler Tyhurst, Denise Crosby, Antony Ponzini, Brenda Beck, Jeffrey Tambor.
Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Film Editor: Robert Estrin
Production Design: Jeannine Oppewall
Written by Natalie Cooper from the novel by Jane Rule
Produced and Directed by Donna Deitch
Desert Hearts is a fine movie that’s also one of the first features ever about a lesbian romance,...
- 11/7/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The "good girl" is a construct. There is no such thing as a good girl. If you've ever talked to a human female person-thing, you may take notice: none are binary animals, either good or bad. Girls are every shade, and to continue sorting women as "good" or "bad" is reductive to her experience and being. That hasn't kept the good girl from being defined, reconfigured and held as a nurtured stereotype in our most popular media, frequently in pop music. In folk, blues, jazz, country, dance, rock, ballads and hip-hop, the good girl is rarely explored for her multitudes, but instead for her definitive (and sometimes contradictory) two-dimensional attributes, most commonly associated to her sexuality and her relationship to male or paternal authority (Daddy, Santa, God, etc). This continues to this day, even recently on Taylor Swift's new album 1989. Drake, One Direction, Beyonce, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Madonna,...
- 10/31/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Like peanut butter and jelly or, say, the Internet and cat videos, country music and major hair just go together. And while today's crop of Nashville regulars put plenty of time (read: hairspray) into their dos, we'd really like to see these singers return to the genre's roots (pun intended). Ahead of Wednesday's Cmt Music Awards, we're playing stylist for the female video of the year nominees to imagine what they'd look like rocking the styles and, more importantly, hair of yesteryear. Carrie Underwood + Dolly Parton = Dollie ParwoodCassadee Pope + Kitty Wells = Kittadee WopeKacey Musgraves + Reba McEntire = Recey McGravesMiranda Lambert + Bonnie Raitt...
- 6/4/2014
- by Alison Schwartz
- PEOPLE.com
Half of the brilliant duo that transformed 1950s pop music
With his older brother Don, Phil Everly, who has died of pulmonary disease aged 74, formed one of pop music's greatest vocal partnerships. If it was Elvis Presley who became the most spectacular icon of 1950s rock'n'roll, the Everly Brothers created a musical legacy which was every bit as influential. Their unique vocal harmonies, coupled with ingenious guitar arrangements and timeless material, had a revolutionary impact on the Beatles, the Hollies, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and Crosby Stills & Nash.
The Everly Brothers' breakthrough hit was Bye Bye Love (1957), still regarded as one of their most impressive creations. Up to that point, Don and Phil had been chipping away at the country music scene in Nashville, Tennessee, with limited success. Bye Bye Love topped the country charts, but more significantly soared to No 2 on the pop charts, just...
With his older brother Don, Phil Everly, who has died of pulmonary disease aged 74, formed one of pop music's greatest vocal partnerships. If it was Elvis Presley who became the most spectacular icon of 1950s rock'n'roll, the Everly Brothers created a musical legacy which was every bit as influential. Their unique vocal harmonies, coupled with ingenious guitar arrangements and timeless material, had a revolutionary impact on the Beatles, the Hollies, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and Crosby Stills & Nash.
The Everly Brothers' breakthrough hit was Bye Bye Love (1957), still regarded as one of their most impressive creations. Up to that point, Don and Phil had been chipping away at the country music scene in Nashville, Tennessee, with limited success. Bye Bye Love topped the country charts, but more significantly soared to No 2 on the pop charts, just...
- 1/6/2014
- by Adam Sweeting
- The Guardian - Film News
So sad. One half of the iconic sibling singing band, the Everly Brothers, passed away in a hospital in Burbank, Calif. on Jan. 3. He was 74 years old.
Phil Everly, who took the recording industry by storm in the late 1950s and 1960s along with his brother Don, has sadly died at the age of 74. A spokesperson at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. confirmed the groundbreaking singer’s death on Jan. 3.
Phil Everly Dies At 74
The spokesperson was unable however to confirm the cause of Phil’s death or any additional details, at the request of the Everly family.
As the Everly Brothers, Phil and Don were a smooth-sounding, record-breaking duo. Over the course of their career, they landed 35 Top 100 hits — more than any other singing duo — including iconic songs like “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” and “All I Have To Do Is Dream.” Their hybrid...
Phil Everly, who took the recording industry by storm in the late 1950s and 1960s along with his brother Don, has sadly died at the age of 74. A spokesperson at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. confirmed the groundbreaking singer’s death on Jan. 3.
Phil Everly Dies At 74
The spokesperson was unable however to confirm the cause of Phil’s death or any additional details, at the request of the Everly family.
As the Everly Brothers, Phil and Don were a smooth-sounding, record-breaking duo. Over the course of their career, they landed 35 Top 100 hits — more than any other singing duo — including iconic songs like “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” and “All I Have To Do Is Dream.” Their hybrid...
- 1/4/2014
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Lou’s death shook the music industry so much that celebrities and musicians took to Twitter to express their sorrow — read on to see what they wrote.
Simon Cowell, Rita Ora and Ali Lohan were just a few celebrities that mourned iconic rocker Lou Reed‘s passing on Oct. 27. What did they say?
Simon Cowell, Rita Ora & More Celebs React To Lou Reed’s Death On Twitter
lou reed-one of the first poets to speak to me thankyou for your words thankyou for the velvet underground thankyou for the art rip
— Gavin Rossdale (@GavinRossdale) October 28, 2013
thank goodness for Lou Reed. Rip
— Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) October 28, 2013
Saddened by news of the passing of Lou Reed. Always so kind and sweet to me in the times we met. A true artist and visionary…
— Billy Corgan (@Billy) October 28, 2013
Rip Lou Reed. One of the greats. You will be missed but not forgotten. pic.
Simon Cowell, Rita Ora and Ali Lohan were just a few celebrities that mourned iconic rocker Lou Reed‘s passing on Oct. 27. What did they say?
Simon Cowell, Rita Ora & More Celebs React To Lou Reed’s Death On Twitter
lou reed-one of the first poets to speak to me thankyou for your words thankyou for the velvet underground thankyou for the art rip
— Gavin Rossdale (@GavinRossdale) October 28, 2013
thank goodness for Lou Reed. Rip
— Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) October 28, 2013
Saddened by news of the passing of Lou Reed. Always so kind and sweet to me in the times we met. A true artist and visionary…
— Billy Corgan (@Billy) October 28, 2013
Rip Lou Reed. One of the greats. You will be missed but not forgotten. pic.
- 10/28/2013
- by Ivy Jacobson
- HollywoodLife
So sad! One of the most influential figures in rock ‘n’ roll history passed away on Oct. 27. He was 71 years old.
Lou Reed, the founder of the influential alt-rock band The Velvet Underground, died on Oct. 27. The cause of his death has not yet been released.
Lou Reed: Rock Legend Dies At 71
Lou was 71 years old, and had recently undergone a liver transplant in May 2013, according to Rolling Stone. And in July he was hospitalized for severe dehydration.
He is one of the biggest names in music history alongside Bob Dylan and John Lennon. He revolutionized rock ‘n’ roll in the late Sixties by marrying grungy alternative rock with avant-garde concepts, and is often credited with spawning the punk rock movement. He also employed a lyrical honesty that had never been heard before with his band The Velvet Underground and later as a solo artist.
He never stopped making music,...
Lou Reed, the founder of the influential alt-rock band The Velvet Underground, died on Oct. 27. The cause of his death has not yet been released.
Lou Reed: Rock Legend Dies At 71
Lou was 71 years old, and had recently undergone a liver transplant in May 2013, according to Rolling Stone. And in July he was hospitalized for severe dehydration.
He is one of the biggest names in music history alongside Bob Dylan and John Lennon. He revolutionized rock ‘n’ roll in the late Sixties by marrying grungy alternative rock with avant-garde concepts, and is often credited with spawning the punk rock movement. He also employed a lyrical honesty that had never been heard before with his band The Velvet Underground and later as a solo artist.
He never stopped making music,...
- 10/27/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
So sad. One of music’s most decorated producers, a man who worked with Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Barbra Steisand and more, passed away on Mar. 30.
Phil Ramone, the man behind some of the best American music ever made, died on Mar. 30 at the age of 79. Though his son — who confirmed Phil’s passing — did not state a cause of death, Phil had been admitted to a Manhattan hospital in late February for treatment of an aortic aneurysm.
Phil Ramone: Legendary Music Producer Dies At 79
Phil produced music for some of our most iconic musicians — Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, the list goes on. And though music producers have regularly been strictly behind-the-scenes, Phil was one of the most well-known people in the music industry — and one of the most decorated. He won 14 Grammys in his career, including Producer of the Year in 1981. In 2005, he was...
Phil Ramone, the man behind some of the best American music ever made, died on Mar. 30 at the age of 79. Though his son — who confirmed Phil’s passing — did not state a cause of death, Phil had been admitted to a Manhattan hospital in late February for treatment of an aortic aneurysm.
Phil Ramone: Legendary Music Producer Dies At 79
Phil produced music for some of our most iconic musicians — Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, the list goes on. And though music producers have regularly been strictly behind-the-scenes, Phil was one of the most well-known people in the music industry — and one of the most decorated. He won 14 Grammys in his career, including Producer of the Year in 1981. In 2005, he was...
- 3/31/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Tragic news: Pascual, 55, was reportedly murdered in his home Nov. 1 by intruders. We're sad to report that former Major League Baseball pitcher Pascual Perez, 55, was killed in his Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, home. Though the exact cause of his Nov. 1 death has yet to be announced, reports confirm that Pascual was attacked by several people and was struck in the head. Pascual was best known for his time on the New York Yankees. He was a right-hand pitcher in 1991, but was suspended in 1992 after testing positive twice for cocaine use. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Pascual's family. The Washington Post➚ More tragic deaths: Alex Karras, Former NFL Player, Dead At 77 George McGovern Dead At 90 — Former Senator Passes Kitty Wells, Country Music's First Female Superstar, Dies at 92...
- 11/1/2012
- by Hollywood Life Staff
- HollywoodLife
The actor, famous for playing Arnold Horshack on the classic sitcom, suffered a heart attack in his sleep. Hollywood has lost yet another iconic TV actor. Ron Palillo, who most fans remember as Welcome Back Kotter's lovable buffoon Arnold Horshack, suffered a heart attack Aug. 13 in his Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., home and passed away. He is survived by his partner of 41 years, actor Joseph Gramm. After his four-year run on Kotter ended in 1979, Ron appeared on a number of hit TV shows, including One Life to Live and Cagney & Lacey. In case you aren't familiar with Ron — or you're just a fan who'd like to enjoy the good times — here's a famous clip from Welcome Back Kotter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd4VkBcG2PQ — Andy Swift Follow @AndySwift [Deadline]
More Tragic Passings: Legendary Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dead At 90 Legendary Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies At 68 Kitty Wells, Country Music's First Female Superstar,...
More Tragic Passings: Legendary Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dead At 90 Legendary Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies At 68 Kitty Wells, Country Music's First Female Superstar,...
- 8/14/2012
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Charlie Sheen is in the news again, and this time it's a good thing. The actor has announced that he plans to give at least $1 million to the Uso. Sheen will donate one percent of the profits from his new show Anger Mangagement, with no cap on how much it could add up to. "It's an honor for me to be able to give back to these men and women of the military who have done so much for all of us," said Sheen.
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Uma Thurman gave birth to a baby girl on Sunday, July 15th, and both mother and baby are doing well. It is the third child for Thurman, as well as the third for the baby's father, Arpad Busson, but it's their first child together.
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In other celeb parent news, Marilyn Manson told The Observer that he maybe "wouldn't mind" having a baby who...
Charlie Sheen is in the news again, and this time it's a good thing. The actor has announced that he plans to give at least $1 million to the Uso. Sheen will donate one percent of the profits from his new show Anger Mangagement, with no cap on how much it could add up to. "It's an honor for me to be able to give back to these men and women of the military who have done so much for all of us," said Sheen.
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Uma Thurman gave birth to a baby girl on Sunday, July 15th, and both mother and baby are doing well. It is the third child for Thurman, as well as the third for the baby's father, Arpad Busson, but it's their first child together.
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In other celeb parent news, Marilyn Manson told The Observer that he maybe "wouldn't mind" having a baby who...
- 7/17/2012
- by reelz gustafson
- Reelzchannel.com
Kitty Wells, the first female country music superstar, has died, according to The Associated Press. She was 92.
Wells died in her Nashville home on Monday from complications following a stroke.
Wells was born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville and began playing the guitar at the age of 14. In 1938, at the age of 20, she married Johnnie Wright and the two soon began touring. She took her stage name from the folk song "Sweet Kitty Wells."
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Wells died in her Nashville home on Monday from complications following a stroke.
Wells was born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville and began playing the guitar at the age of 14. In 1938, at the age of 20, she married Johnnie Wright and the two soon began touring. She took her stage name from the folk song "Sweet Kitty Wells."
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- 7/17/2012
- by Robyn Ross
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Kitty passed away peacefully, after complications from a stroke. Read on for details. Kitty Wells, the first female superstar of country music, died Monday, July 16. Her family said she passed away peacefully at home in Madison, Tenn. after complications from a stroke. Kitty's solo career began in 1952 and lasted until the late 1970s. In 1976, she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and 10 years later received the Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music. In 1991 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences -- the group that presents the Grammy Awards. In 2008, the Library of Congress announced that Kitty's record, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," had been added to its National Recording Registry of works of unusual historic merit. That same year, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hosted an exhibit about her career. Kitty married Johnny Wright,...
- 7/17/2012
- by Billy Nilles
- HollywoodLife
Country music's first female superstar, Kitty Wells, died on Monday at the age of 92.
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According to The Associated Press, the singer's passing followed complications from a stroke. The family tells the news source that Wells died peacefully at her home.
The Nashville native, born Ellen Muriel Deason, reportedly began playing the guitar at 14, and she still performed in concert tours up until the year 2000.
Of her 25 Top 10 country hits, she might be best remembered for the tunes Making Believe and It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels. The latter marked the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist in country music.
Wells has been an inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame since 1976 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in 1991.
According to the New York Times, Wells lived to see her five great-great-grandchildren, whom she is survived by along with a son, a...
Related: Stars We've Lost
According to The Associated Press, the singer's passing followed complications from a stroke. The family tells the news source that Wells died peacefully at her home.
The Nashville native, born Ellen Muriel Deason, reportedly began playing the guitar at 14, and she still performed in concert tours up until the year 2000.
Of her 25 Top 10 country hits, she might be best remembered for the tunes Making Believe and It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels. The latter marked the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist in country music.
Wells has been an inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame since 1976 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in 1991.
According to the New York Times, Wells lived to see her five great-great-grandchildren, whom she is survived by along with a son, a...
- 7/16/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
On Monday (July 16), country music superstar Kitty Wells died from complications from a stroke, reports Fox News. She was 92.
Born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville, Tenn., Wells and her husband Johnny Wright toured the country in the 1940s. Wells became well-known with her hit 1952 single "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." The single became the first song by a female artist to hit number one on the Billboard Country Music chart. Wells helped to convince record studios to sign female singers, becoming the first female country singer to issue a LP.
Her influence is still felt today. Country singer Loretta Lynn issued a statement mourning the loss of Wells. Lynn and Wells collaborated on the 1989 record "The Honky Tonk Angels Medley" along with artists Brenda Lee and k.d. Lang.
"Kitty Wells will always be the greatest female country singer of all times. She was my hero. If...
Born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville, Tenn., Wells and her husband Johnny Wright toured the country in the 1940s. Wells became well-known with her hit 1952 single "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." The single became the first song by a female artist to hit number one on the Billboard Country Music chart. Wells helped to convince record studios to sign female singers, becoming the first female country singer to issue a LP.
Her influence is still felt today. Country singer Loretta Lynn issued a statement mourning the loss of Wells. Lynn and Wells collaborated on the 1989 record "The Honky Tonk Angels Medley" along with artists Brenda Lee and k.d. Lang.
"Kitty Wells will always be the greatest female country singer of all times. She was my hero. If...
- 7/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Country pioneer Kitty Wells, an icon often hailed as the “Queen of Country Music,” died today at the age of 92, following complications from a stroke. Wells became the first woman to score a No. 1 country hit with “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”, a song J.D Miller wrote as a response to Hank Thompson’s hit “The Wild Side Of Life.” “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” epitomized what made Wells such a fascinating and fascinatingly contradictory figure. The song addresses the sexual double standard wracking country music, pop culture, and ...
- 7/16/2012
- avclub.com
Kitty Wells, the Queen of Country Music, who kicked in the door of the male-dominated genre with her 1952 smash “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” and became a legend, has died. She was 92. The pioneering singer died Monday of stroke complications at her Nashville-area home. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 Wells was country’s first female superstar, racking up nearly three dozen Top 10 hits from 1952-65, including three No. 1s. She shattered long-held notions that women couldn’t sell country records or headline concerts, and her success blazed the trail for every
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- 7/16/2012
- by Erik Pedersen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kitty Wells, the country singer known as the first female superstar of her genre, has died. She was 92. The Associated Press reported that she passed away peacefully at home Monday following complications from a stroke. The "Queen of Country Music" had a decades-long music career that began in the 1930s, and her solo recording career spanned from 1952 to the late '70s. She continued touring until 2000. Well known for hits like "Making Believe" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," the singer's career almost didn't get off the ground in the first place. The only reason she recorded...
- 7/16/2012
- PEOPLE.com
Nashville, Tenn. — Kitty Wells, the first female superstar of country music, has died at the age of 92.
The singer's family says Wells died at her home Monday after complications from a stroke.
Her recording of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" in 1952 was the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist on the country music charts. Other hits included "Making Believe" and a version of "I Can't Stop Loving You."
From 1953 to 1968, various polls listed Wells as the No. 1 female country singer. Tammy Wynette finally dethroned her, but she continued performing occasionally into her 80s.
The singer's family says Wells died at her home Monday after complications from a stroke.
Her recording of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" in 1952 was the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist on the country music charts. Other hits included "Making Believe" and a version of "I Can't Stop Loving You."
From 1953 to 1968, various polls listed Wells as the No. 1 female country singer. Tammy Wynette finally dethroned her, but she continued performing occasionally into her 80s.
- 7/16/2012
- by AP/The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Centre Stage presents Country Queens, a concert tribute to the legendary ladies who made country music history: Loretta Lynne, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Reba McEntire and Barbara Mandrell. These extraordinary women have created the cornerstone of the classic country style through the decades and generations. The evening highlights their breakout songs, signature songs, and number one hits.
- 8/13/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Centre Stage presents Country Queens, a concert tribute to the legendary ladies who made country music history: Loretta Lynne, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Reba McEntire and Barbara Mandrell. These extraordinary women have created the cornerstone of the classic country style through the decades and generations. The evening highlights their breakout songs, signature songs, and number one hits.
- 7/30/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Centre Stage presents Country Queens, a concert tribute to the legendary ladies who made country music history: Loretta Lynne, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Reba McEntire and Barbara Mandrell. These extraordinary women have created the cornerstone of the classic country style through the decades and generations. The evening highlights their breakout songs, signature songs, and number one hits.
- 7/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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