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Robin Williams's stand-up comedy act on Broadway intituled "Live On...
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Robin Williams's stand-up comedy act on Broadway intituled "Live On Broadway".
Part 8 pf 10
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The legendary comedian-actor knows how to deliver stand-up comedy in suc...
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The legendary comedian-actor knows how to deliver stand-up comedy in such a way that just leaves you laughing non-stop. Williams is the type of comic who can easily tickle the audience's funny bone to the point where you the viewer can't stop laughing. It's impossible to say the least.
Where ever Robin Williams has appeared in movies or talk shows like Letterman, Leno, Carson, Inside the Actor's Studio, and in this case - on Broadway. And here, Williams shows why he's one of the best in the generation and the large variety of topics - ranging from world and national politics, the church scandal, the Winter Olympics, and being 50 is certainly beyond belief.
Just watching Robin taking some hilarious shots at some key members of the Bush cabinet and of course, Bush himself are among the best ones delivered. The joke about Ted Kennedy being "Jabba the Hut" was a nasty one, too.
The show is a non-stop comic romp even though some jokes might offend some people and is definitely one not to let the "ankle-bitters" watch.
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the first track on the concert,simply unbelievable...Jeff Ganz on bass,T...
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the first track on the concert,simply unbelievable...Jeff Ganz on bass,Tom Compton on drums.
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The Rolling Stones are an internationally ... all » popular English mus...
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The Rolling Stones are an internationally ... all » popular English musical group that was instrumental in spearheading the British Invasion of the early 1960s. Formed in London in 1962 by Brian Jones, and eventually led by the songwriting partnership of singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, the group began playing American Blues, R&B and Rock n' Roll, and later played other genres including country, psychedelia, Reggae, and disco. The Stones' image of unkempt and surly youth is one many musicians still emulate. During their 1969 American tour, the Stones were introduced and have often since been referred to as "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World." They have released a total of 29 albums of original work, numerous compilations and retrospectives, and had 37 top-10 singles. In 1989, The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 they were rated #4 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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SOUL DISCOCLASSICS!
Tyrone Davis (4 May 1938 — 9 February 2005) was a lea...
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SOUL DISCOCLASSICS!
Tyrone Davis (4 May 1938 — 9 February 2005) was a leading soul singer with a distinctive style, recording a long list of hit records over a period of more than 30 years. He was born in a rural community twenty miles outside of Greenville, Mississippi in 1938 to Willie Branch and Ora Lee Jones. He spent most of his formative years in Saginaw, Michigan, but moved to Chicago in 1959.
Working as a valet/chaffeur for blues singer Freddie King, he started singing in local clubs where he was discovered by record executive/musician Harold Burrage. His early records for small labels in the city failed to register. Successful Chicago producer Carl Davis (no relation) signed him in 1968 to a new label, Dakar that he was starting as part of a distribution deal with Atlantic Records. His first release, the bluesy "A Woman Needs To Be Loved" was flipped when the b-side started to get radio attention. The song, "Can I Change My Mind" featured a change of vocal style for Davis with a softer, more pleading approach and tone. The record now shot up the listings and spent three weeks on the top of Billboard's R&B chart while climbing to #5 in the Hot 100. His biggest hit came in 1970 when "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" also reached #1 in the R&B chart and went up to #3 in the pop chart.
Davis released about 25 singles during his seven years with Dakar, most of them big R&B sellers produced by Willie Henderson. He finally returned to the top spot with "Turning Point" in 1975. Soon afterwards, Davis switched to the major Columbia record label and recorded seven albums over the next five years with producer Leo Graham and arranger James Mack who had collaborated with him for "Turning Point". Major hits with Columbia included "Give It Up" (#2), "This I Swear" (#6), and "In The Mood" (#6).
1982 brought a change of label to the newly-established independent, Highrise and another major hit, "Are You Serious" (#3 R&B,#57 pop), again produced by Leo Graham. When Highrise closed the following year, Davis switched to a tiny Los Angeles label Ocean Front which lacked promotional muscle to get behind some excellent tracks including arguably one of his best performances, "Let Me Be Your Pacifier". Davis' days as a major chart act were over but he continued to be a popular live attraction and finally signed in 1996 with Malaco Records, the southern-based blues label recording him on a number of albums.
A stroke in October 2004 curtailed his career and, following complications, he died in a Chicago hospital in 2005. He left a widow, Ann, to whom he had been married for over 40 years, and several children and grandchildren.
His younger sister, Jean Davis, was a member of the group, Facts of Life.
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