Whitney Houston and Shirley Caesar | tr
1963 doğumlu Whitney Elizabeth Houston, annesinin, kuzeni Dionne Warwick’in, ve ciciannesi Aretha Franklin’in izini takip edercesine 11 yaşında kilise korosunda solo şarkı söylemeye başladı. 1978 yılında “Michael Zager Band” grubunun “Life’s a Party” single’ında vokal yapan Houston, aynı senelerde modellik kariyerine başladı. Prodüktörler Michael Bienhorn, Bill Laswell ve Martin Bisi’nin oluşturduğu “Material” grubunun 1982 yılındaki “One Down” albümündeki “Memories” parçasında vokalistliği üstlenen sanatçı, bu parçayla ismini ilk defa müzik arenasında duyurmayı başardı.
Birçok plak şirketinden teklif almaya başlayan Whitney Houston, Arista Records’dan Clive Davis’in albüm teklifini kabul ederek, ilk albümü “Whitney Houston”u 1985 senesinde piyasaya sürdü. Listelerdeki ilk önemli başarısını...
Known as the girl with big red curls and weak ankles, Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty on April 24, 1934, to Virginia native Ira Owens Beaty and his wife, Kathlyn. Ira and Kathlyn gave up their dreams to raise their family. Before Shirley was three years old, her brother and rival Warren Beatty was born on March 30 or 31, 1937. Shirley was the tallest in her ballet classes at the Washington School of Ballet. She had an excellent batting average in baseball but, as she discovered, it wasn't a good thing for a girl to do, so...
Bill Shirley (July 6, 1921 - August 27, 1989) was an American actor, perhaps most famous for voicing Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty in 1959. Another famous voice role of his was an uncredited role as the singing voice of Freddy Einsford-Hill (played by Jeremy Brett) in My Fair Lady. He appeared in many films before he retired from acting in 1963. He died in 1989 at the age of sixty eight. .
With influences ranging from Thrice, Jimmy Eat World and Brand New to Hot Water Music CAESARS ROME from Wales achieve a "wall of sound" with catchy verses followed by anthem-like choruses. Their music stands out courtesy of its power, enthusiasm and a great cinematic impact.
Since their foundation in 2007 they have kept their consistent line-up featuring Jonathan Hopkins (guitar/vocals), Kyle Smith (guitar), Richard Berry (drums) and Ashley Cocco (bass). In their first instance CAESARS ROME won XFM Radio's Unsigned Artist Of The Week that got them regular national plays. Soon after they did a BBC RADIO 1 Live Session...
