Wills' musical legacy, however, endured. His style influenced performers Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and helped to spawn a style of music now known as the Bakersfield Sound (Bakersfield, California was one of Wills' regular stops in his heyday). A 1970 tribute album by Haggard directed a wider audience to Wills' music, as did the appearance of younger "revival" bands like Asleep at the Wheel and the growing popularity of longtime Wills disciple and fan Willie Nelson. By 1971, Wills recovered sufficiently to travel occasionally and appear at tribute concerts. In 1973 he participated in a final reunion session with members of some the Texas Playboys from the 1930s to the 1960s. Merle Haggard was invited to play at this reunion. The session, scheduled for two days, took place in December, 1973, with the album to be titled For the Last Time. Wills, speaking or attempting to holler, appeared on a couple tracks from the first day's session but suffered a stroke overnight. He had a more severe one a few days later. The musicians completed the album without him. Wills by then was comatose. He lingered until his death on May 13, 1975. In addition to being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968, Bob Wills was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category along with the Texas Playboys in 1999, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. During the 49th Grammy Awards, Carrie Underwood performed his song "San Antonio Rose." From the 1970s until his 2002 death, Waylon Jennings performed a song called "Bob Wills is Still the King". In addition, the Rolling Stones performed this song live in Austin, Texas at Zilker Park for their DVD The Biggest Bang. Wills ranked #27 in CMT's 40 Greatest Men in Country Music in 2003. Today, George Strait performs Bob Wills music live on concert tours and also records songs greatly reflecting the magic of Bob Wills and his Texas style swing. Asleep at the Wheel, the Austin, Texas-based western swing band has been paying homage to Bob Wills for over 35 years. [edit] Hollywood films In addition to the 1940 film Take Me Back to Oklahoma, Wills appeared in The Lone Prairie (1942), Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943), Saddles and Sagebrush (1943), The Vigilantes Ride (1943), The Last Horseman (1944), Rhythm Round-Up (1945), Blazing the Western Trail (1945), and Lawless Empire (1945). According to one source, he appeared in a total of 19 films.[15]

Author: oldcountrytunes
Keywords: music country Bob Wills swing
Added: January 5, 2009

im Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. He became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Adios Amigo (song)," "Welcome To My World," and "Am I Losing You" demonstrated this approach. Jim Reeves' Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including songs such as "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas," and "An Old Christmas Card". For many years, Reeves mixed college life with baseball and music. Influenced by such Western swing artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon Mullican as well as popular crooners Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold and Frank Sinatra, it was not long before he got a foothold into the music industry. For a time, he was a member of Moon Mullican's band and also worked as a DJ and announcer with local radio stations. He made some early, Moon Mullican-style recordings like "Each Beat of my Heart" and "My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat" in the late 1940s/early 1950s. After an injury cut short his minor-league baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, his musical break came while working as announcer on KWKH Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Singer Sleepy LaBeef could not make it on time for a performance on the Louisiana Hayride, according to former Hayride emcee Frank Page, and Reeves was asked to fill in. (Other accounts—including Reeves himself, in an interview later released on the RCA album Yours Sincerely—name Hank Williams as the absentee.) Reeves' singing career was launched In 195960 Reeves scored his greatest hit with the Joe Allison composition "He'll Have to Go," which earned him a platinum record. He had a posthumous No.1 hit on the United Kingdom pop charts in 1966 with "Distant Drums," a song written for him by Cindy Walker. Jim Reeves was one of the few Western singers, including music acts such as Boney M and ABBA, who became widely known in the non-European world, including Africa, India and Southeast Asia. To this day he is affectionately referred to as "Gentleman Jim" in those parts.

Author: oldcountrytunes
Keywords: music country Jim Reeves
Added: January 5, 2009

GO TO HER WEBSITE: http://www.fridaboccara.com/ AND HER OFFICIAL BLOG http://yvettes.blog4ever.com/blog/index-70785.html Frida Boccara fue una de las ganadoras del Festival de Eurovisión celebrado en Madrid en 1969, junto a ella, tres cantantes más: Lulu por el Reino Unido, Lenny Kuhr por Holanda y Salomé por España.Podemos afirmar que su nombre es de origen Afgano. Su apellido, heredado de su abuela es italiano. Más precisamente de Livorno donde sus ancestros residían antes de instalarse en Marruecos. De nacionalidad francesa, Frida BOCCARA nació en Casablanca el 29 de Octubre de 1940. Todo en su familia le predisponía a una vocación artística. Su abuela cantaba. Su madre, su hermano, también. Y su tía que se llamaba como ella Frida Boccara, fue premio de Roma de pintura. La música ocupa un lugar importante en la vida de Frida. Su vocación y predisposición artísticas, se manifiestan en ella desde su infancia, cosa que no es de extrañar pues en su familia hay otros grandes artistas. Uno de sus hermanos es un destacado actor teatral y otro un notable pianista. Su hermana Lina compone y ha escrito un libro didáctico que ayuda a los niños a comprender la iniciación musical. Frida Boccara siendo una jovencita, asiste a un concierto en Casablanca, donde actúa el grupo americano The Platters. Ella se entrevista con el manager del grupo, Buck Ram, quien al verla tan entusiasmada por dedicarse a la musica la invita a estudiar música. Tras el bachillerato, deja Casablanca para instalarse en Paris donde obtiene la licenciatura. Antigua alumna del "Petit Conservatoire de la chanson de Mireille" En paralelo, Frida inicia los estudios de soprano lírica y monta un trío musical con su hermano y un amigo del conservatorio. Frida siente profundamente su arte y canta con especial dedicación, estudiando siempre, para lograr el máximo perfeccionamiento y calidad en su voz, dicción y expresión interpretativa Numerosas han sido sus aplaudidas actuaciones en muchísimas localidades europeas, canadienses, australianas etc. En 1960 participa en el Festival de la Rose d'Or en Antibes. En 1964, se presenta con AUTREFOIS, y en 1965 con AUJOURD'HUI. En 1962 canta la canción "cent mille chanson" que la hará famosa entre el gran publico. En 1964 emociona y fue merecidamente ovacionada en el Festival de Sanremo donde cantó maravillosamente la canción L'ULTIMO TRAM En 1967, Frida Boccara participa en uno de los festivales clásicos más importantes que se hacen en los países del este, el Festival de Sofía, Bulgaria. Pero donde Frida adquiere gran fama mundial es dos años después en el festival de Eurovisión que se iba a celebrar en Madrid. Gana junto con otros tres países más. Ella canta la canción Un jour un enfant, con una voz clara y bonita, del letrista francés, Eddy Marnay y la música de Émile Stern. Esta canción se sitúa durante varias semanas en los primeros puestos de las radios de toda Francia. Ese mismo año recibe en Francia el premio de la Academia Charles Cros. Frida Boccara interpreta canciones de todo tipo y hace adaptaciones de música clásica. También compone algunas canciones para sus discos.Una de sus composiciones va dedicada a Tristán su hijo, que una vez mayor se dedicará a la música. Después de varios discos, Frida Boccara desaparece del panorama musical francés. Allí las noticias de la cantante son muy escasas. Pero en 1996 sale a luz, la mala salud de la cantante, aunque se recupera levemente. Pero el 1 de agosto de ese mismo año, tras una infección pulmonar, Frida Boccara fallece en Paris a los 56 años. Sus restos son enterrados en el cementerio judío de Bagneux, a las afueras de la capital francesa. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Ministro de Cultura dijo: A la memoria de Frida Boccara, autentica cantante popular, que llevo durante muchisimos años la cancion francesa a todos los escenarios del mundo

Author: gusyverdechannel
Keywords: frida boccara jazz soul chanson française 60s un jour enfant barbara world music west side story Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim
Added: January 5, 2009

The music was written by Ernesto Lecuona, the original Spanish lyrics by Francia Luban (its original title is Para Vigo Me Voy), with English lyrics written by Al Stillman. The song was published in 1935. The song appeaed in various movies, among them "It Comes Up Love" (sung by Gloria Jean and The Guadalajara Trio, accompanied by Leon Belasco and his orchestra). This performance by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra features Marion Hutton as the vocalist with Tex Beneke taking the saxophone solo. It was recorded in New York on January 26, 1940.

Author: ReyDLT1957
Keywords: big band jazz vocal Glenn Miller Orchestra Ernesto Lecuona Marion Hutton
Added: January 5, 2009

A Collection of War Photos Used Music : Triarii - Muse in Arms II

Author: stormleader93
Keywords: war russia germany axis archive 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 dday day overlord stalingrad leningrad
Added: January 5, 2009