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Ben Rector
Benjamin Evans Rector (born November 6, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an independent artist, and releases music under his own label OK Kid Recordings. Rector's career has with RIAA Gold and RIAA Platinum certifications, including his 2015 album ''Brand New (Ben Rector album), Brand New'' and 2018's ''Magic (Ben Rector album), Magic'' which both peaked at No.1 on Top Rock Albums, ''Billboard'' US Folk and No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, ''Billboard'' US Rock and Independent Albums, US Indie charts. Since 2011's ''Something Like This'', every studio album has debuted on the ''Billboard 200''. His songs have received airplay on Hot AC, Top 40, Country, Adult album alternative, AAA, and Christian radio stations. Rector has a dedicated fanbase, regularly performing sold-out shows at amphitheaters across the United States with each album release. In addition to album-backed tours he completed The Old Friends Acoustic Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Cody Fry
Cody Fry is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He gained national attention on the 14th season of ''American Idol'' making it to the top 48. He has released several solo albums since 2006. His work spans many genres including pop, orchestral pop, and soul. He is known for his orchestral pop compositions, including orchestral versions of covers. In 2021, he was nominated for a Grammy Award at the 64th edition in the category of Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals for his cover of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby", and again in 2025 for his arrangement of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel. He has collaborated and worked with a number of artists, including Cory Wong and Ben Rector. He's released eight albums and one compilation which include recent releases such as ''Pictures of Mountains'' (2021), ''Symphony Sessions'' (2022), and ''The End'' (2023). Biography Cody Fry, the son of orchestral co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa ( ) is the List of municipalities in Oklahoma, second-most-populous city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the List of United States cities by population, 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, Tulsa metropolitan area, a region with 1,034,123 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with Urban Development, urban development extending into Osage County, Oklahoma, Osage, Rogers County, Oklahoma, Rogers and Wagoner County, Oklahoma, Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka band of Creek people, Creek Native Americans, and was formally incorporated in 1898. Most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Northwest Tulsa lies in the Osage Nation wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format. History According to producer Richard Fatherley, Todd Storz was the inventor of the format, at his radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska. Storz invented the format in the early 1950s, using the number of times a record was played on jukeboxes to compose a weekly list for broadcast. The format was commercially successful, and Storz and his father Robert, under the name of the Storz Broadcasting Company, subsequently acquired other stations to use the new Top 40 format. In 1989, Todd Storz was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The term "Top 40", describing a radio format, appeared in 1960. The Top 40, whether surveyed by a radio station or a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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American Idol (season 19)
The nineteenth season of ''American Idol'' premiered on February 14, 2021, on the ABC television network. Ryan Seacrest returned as host, while Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie returned as judges, and Bobby Bones came back as the in-house mentor. Chayce Beckham won the season on May 23, 2021, while Willie Spence was the runner-up, and Grace Kinstler finished in third place. Auditions Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, ''American Idol'' offered live virtual auditions to aspiring contestants through its ''Idol Across America'' program using custom-built Zoom technology to mirror the way the audition was done in previous season but in a home environment. The remote auditions took place from August 10 to October 28, 2020, in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., as well as a number of open-call auditions, and from these the producers selected the contestants who would then be invited to audition in front of the judges. Due to the pandemic that limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held annually at Pebble Beach, California, near Carmel. The tournament is usually held during the month of February on two different courses, currently Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and previously, Monterey Peninsula Country Club. The event was originally known as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur, or just the Crosby Clambake. After Crosby's death in 1977, the tournament was hosted by his family for eight years. The Crosby name was dropped after the 1985 event, and AT&T Corporation became the title sponsor in 1986. It is organized by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. History Founded in 1937, the first National Pro- Am Golf Championship was hosted by entertainer Bing Crosby and Larry Crosby in southern California at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in San Diego County, the event's location prior to World War II. Sam Snead won the first tournament, then just 18 holes, with a winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
''The Kelly Clarkson Show'' is an American daytime television variety talk show hosted by Kelly Clarkson. It is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and features Clarkson interviewing celebrities and segments about "everyday people". Clarkson opens the program with "Kellyoke", a musical performance of a cover version of various songs requested by a member of her audience, and ends with her participating in an activity with her guests. "Kellyoke" classic was introduced in the third season, where Clarkson performs her own songs that were not released as singles. Cameo-oke was introduced in the sixth season, musical guests will perform at the beginning of the show. The series premiered on September 9, 2019, in first-run syndication, with NBC Owned Television Stations serving as its main affiliate base. For the first four seasons, filming took place at the Universal Studios Lot in California. Starting in the fifth season, the show moved production to 30 Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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2025 NBA Playoffs
The 2025 NBA playoffs is the ongoing NBA playoffs, postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2024–25 NBA season, 2024–25 season. The playoffs began on April 19 and will end with the conclusion of the 2025 NBA Finals. Overview Updates to postseason appearances * The 2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season, Oklahoma City Thunder entered the playoffs with the best record in the Western Conference for the second consecutive season and also finished with their List of NBA teams by single season win percentage, best regular-season record in franchise history. They also won the Maurice Podoloff Trophy for clinching the best record in the NBA for the first time in franchise history. * The 2024–25 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Cleveland Cavaliers entered the playoffs for the third consecutive season and also clinched the number one seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season, 2016, and the first time without L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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2017 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the Stanley Cup Finals, championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016–17 NHL season, 2016–17 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference champion and 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, defending Stanley Cup champion 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference champion 2016–17 Nashville Predators season, Nashville Predators, four games to two to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in their opponent's rink for the fifth time. During the regular season, the Penguins finished second in the league with 111 points, which gave them home ice advantage in the series. The series began on May 29 and concluded on June 11. The Penguins made t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Live With Kelly And Ryan
''Live with Kelly and Mark'' (or simply ''Live'') is an American syndicated morning talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. Executive produced by Michael Gelman, the ''Live with...'' show formula has aired under various hosts since 1983 locally on WABC-TV in New York City and 1988 nationwide. , it is produced by WABC. With roots in ''A.M. Los Angeles'' and ''A.M. New York'', ''Live'' began as ''The Morning Show'', hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey; the show rose to national prominence as ''Live with Regis and Kathie Lee'' when Philbin was joined by Kathie Lee Gifford. The franchise has had longstanding success and has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Hosts. Since April 2023, the show has been hosted by Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos. Prior to Consuelos, Ripa previously co-hosted the show with Philbin, Michael Strahan, and Ryan Seacrest. Production Concept Executive producer Michael Gelman said in 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Good Morning America
''Good Morning America'', often abbreviated as ''GMA'', is an American breakfast television, morning television program that is broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. The Sunday edition was canceled in 1999; weekend editions returned on both Saturdays and Sundays on September 4, 2004. The weekday and Saturday programs airs from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in all time in the United States, United States timezones (live in the Eastern Time Zone and on broadcast delay elsewhere across the country). The Sunday editions are an hour long and are transmitted to ABC's stations live at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time, although stations in some media markets air them at different times. Viewers in the Pacific Time Zone receive an updated feed with a specialized opening and updated live reports. A third hour of the weekday broadcast aired from 2007 to 2008, exclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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The Today Show
''Today'' (also called ''The Today Show'') is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after years of broadcasting it is fifth on the list of longest-running American television series. Originally a two-hour program airing weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007 (though over time, the third and fourth hours became distinct entities). ''Today''s dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's ''Good Morning America''. ''Today'' retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when ''Good Morning Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |