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Eileen (singer)
Eileen Goldsen (born May 16, 1941) is an American-born former pop singer, songwriter and music publisher, who has mainly worked and lived in France since the 1960s. Her recordings credit her mononymously as Eileen. Biography She was born in New York City, the daughter of Mickey Goldsen (1912–2011), a music publisher who founded the Criterion Music Corporation. Eileen Goldsen studied languages, including French, at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1963. The following year, she settled in Paris, France, initially working as a teacher, and was asked to translate American folk songs into French. Lucien Morisse, director of the radio station Europe 1, suggested she make recordings of her own songs, and she found some success with her songs "Prends ta guitare" and "Une grenouille dans le vent", issued on the AZ label and credited simply to Eileen. In 1965, she married producer and songwriter Jacques Robinson. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bess Lomax Hawes
Bess Lomax Hawes (January 21, 1921 – November 27, 2009) was an American folk musician, folklorist, and researcher. She was the daughter of John Avery Lomax and Bess Bauman-Brown Lomax, and the sister of Alan Lomax and John Lomax Jr. Early life and education Born in Austin, Texas, Bess grew up learning folk music from a very early age, since her father, a former English professor and twice president of the American Folklore Society, was Honorary Curator of American folk song at the Library of Congress from 1935 to 1948. As a child, she excelled at classical piano, under the tutelage of her mother, and later she learned to play the guitar. She entered the University of Texas at fifteen and the following year assisted her father, John A.; her brother, Alan Lomax; and modernist composer Ruth Crawford Seeger with their book, Our Singing Country' (1941). She graduated from Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia with a degree in sociology. Later, in the 1960s, she was among the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Steiner
Jacqueline Steiner (September 11, 1924 – January 25, 2019) was an American folk singer, songwriter and social activist. Steiner is known for having written the lyrics to the song " M.T.A.", about a man stuck on the Boston subway because he could not pay the exit fare. "M.T.A." was co-written with Bess Lomax Hawes as part of a Boston political campaign in 1949 and later altered slightly by the popular folk group the Kingston Trio, becoming one of their hits in 1959. Life and career Steiner was born in New York City and grew up in Greenwich Village. She was Jewish. She graduated from Vassar College and attended graduate courses at Radcliffe College, but left before earning her degree. During her time in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she began singing with other musicians who gathered at Bess Lomax Hawes' house, including Sam and Arnold Berman, brothers from Roxbury. A conversation between the Berman brothers inspired Hawes and Steiner to create "M.T.A." Steiner married Arnold Berma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Russell
Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 – December 30, 1967), also known as Bert Russell and (occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. His songwriting credits include " Twist and Shout", " Piece of My Heart", " Here Comes the Night", " Hang on Sloopy", " Cry to Me" and " Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", and his productions include " Baby, Please Don't Go", " Brown Eyed Girl" and " Under the Boardwalk". Early life Born in the Bronx, New York City, to Russian Jewish immigrants, Berns contracted rheumatic fever as a child, an illness that damaged his heart and would mark the rest of his life, resulting in his early death. Turning to music, he found enjoyment in the sounds of his African American and Latino neighbors. As a young man, Berns danced in mambo nightclubs, and made his way to Havana before the Cuban Revolution. Music career Beginnings (1960–1963) Shortly after his return from Cuba, Berns began a seven-year run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Dicks
Edward Dicks (5 May 1928 – 27 January 2012) was an English composer. He is best known for composing the music for the novelty songs "Right Said Fred" and "The Hole in the Ground". They were both Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart in 1962, recorded by Bernard Cribbins with lyrics by Myles Rudge, and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. Another song by Dicks and Rudge, " A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", was a million-seller hit in 1965 for Ronnie Hilton. Life and career Dicks was born in Muswell Hill, North London, England. His father was a postman. Dicks was educated at Tollington Grammar School and Hornsey School of Art and then undertook two years national service in the RAF. He won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, where he became friends with Len Deighton. Dicks later concentrated on composing music, but continued to paint in later life. While working as a teacher in the 1950s, Dicks composed a stage show '' Let's Go Mad'', which had a short run at the Fortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myles Rudge
Myles Peter Carpenter Rudge (8 July 1926 – 10 October 2007) was an English songwriter, known for writing the lyrics for novelty songs. His songs "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both British Top 10 chart hits in 1962, both recorded by Bernard Cribbins to music by Ted Dicks and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. Another of his songs, "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", was a hit in 1965 for Ronnie Hilton, and won an Ivor Novello Award in 1966 for the Year's Outstanding Novelty Composition. Life and career Rudge was born in Bristol, England, where his father was an advertising copywriting clerk. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School, where a friend and classmate was playwright Peter Nichols. Rudge became an actor, working in at the Bristol Old Vic and Liverpool Playhouse. He served in the Royal Navy during and immediately after the Second World War, from 1944 to 1947. He joined RADA after the Navy, and worked in repertory. Tall and blond, he de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie Lutcher
Nellie Rose Lutcher (October 15, 1912 – June 8, 2007) was an American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lutcher was most recognizable for her diction and exaggerated pronunciation and was credited as an influence by Nina Simone among others. Childhood Lutcher was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the eldest daughter of the 15 children of Isaac and Suzie Lutcher. She was the sister of saxophonist Joe Lutcher. Her father was a bass player and her mother a church organist. She received piano lessons, and her father formed a family band with her playing piano. At age 12, she played with Ma Rainey, when Rainey's regular pianist fell ill and had to be left behind in the previous town. Searching for a temporary replacement in Lake Charles, one of the neighbors told Rainey that there was a little girl who played in church who might be able to do it. Career Aged 15, Lutcher joined her father in Clarence Hart's Imperial Jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurry On Down (Nellie Lutcher Song)
"Hurry on Down" is a song written and sung by Nellie Lutcher with backing on the record by a group called "Her Rhythm". Lutcher also played the piano on the record which was released in 1947 on the Capitol Americana label (catalog no. 40002). It debuted on the ''Billboard'' magazine's race records chart on August 16, 1947, peaked at No. 2, and remained on the chart for 18 weeks. It was ranked No. 10 on the magazine's year-end list of the most played race records of 1947. See also * Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947 Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947 is a year-end chart compiled by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine ranking the year's top race records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes.''Billboard'' ... References {{Reflist 1947 songs Rhythm and blues songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Diddley
Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates; December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, George Thorogood, and The Clash. His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a simple five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone of hip hop, rock, and pop music. In recognition of his achievements, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2017. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Diddley is also recognized for his technical innovations, including his use of tremolo and reverb effects to enhance the sound of his distinctive rectangular-shaped guitars. Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Reisfeld
Berthold Reisfeld (Vienna, 1906 - Badenweiler, 1991) was a lyricist, noted for adapting lyrics to well-known songs either to or from English. The songs he wrote English lyrics for include: * "It's Oh So Quiet", adapted from the German song "Und Jetzt ist es Still" by Horst Winter, * "The Three Bells", adapted from the French song "Les trois cloches" by Jean Villard Gilles * "Baciare Baciare (Kissing Kissing)" by Dorothy Collins. He also co-wrote the instrumental "Morning Mood" with Glenn Miller in 1941 as a trombone solo with piano accompaniment. He also translated "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by American singer Nancy Sinatra. It charted on January 22, 1966, and reached No.1 in the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart. ... into the German "Die Stiefel Sind Zum Wandern" which was recorded by Eileen Goldsen. Notes Austrian songwriters Male songwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
These Boots Are Made For Walking
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin' is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by American singer Nancy Sinatra. It charted on January 22, 1966, and reached No.1 in the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart. Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial. Among the more notable versions are the singles released by Megadeth, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jessica Simpson. Nancy Sinatra version The song was written by Lee Hazlewood; it was inspired by a line spoken by Frank Sinatra in the comedy-western film ''4 for Texas'' (1963): "They tell me them boots ain't built for walkin'." Nancy Sinatra's version of the song was released as a single in December 1965, as the second song to be taken from her debut album, ''Boots'' (1966), and was a follow-up to the minor hit "So Long, Babe". The song became an instant success and, in late February 1966, it topped th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
