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Millworker
"Millworker", or "Millwork", is a song written by James Taylor. It was originally written for the Stephen Schwartz Broadway musical '' Working''. Taylor's own recording was released on his 1979 album ''Flag'' along with "Brother Trucker", which Taylor also wrote for ''Working''. It has also been covered by other artists, including Bette Midler, Emmylou Harris, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Warnes and Francis Cabrel. According to Taylor, he was inspired to write the song quickly one night at his home in Martha's Vineyard, "about six feet" from where he wrote his earlier song "Secret O' Life". He was initially impressed with the song and how he was able to write it from the perspective of a woman. He originally started writing the song about a truck driver, rather than a millworker, and according to Taylor the lyrics are not about any particular character in the book by Studs Terkel, '' Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag (James Taylor Album)
''Flag'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor released on May 1, 1979. The album included songs ("Millworker", "Brother Trucker") from Taylor's music score to Stephen Schwartz's Broadway musical, '' Working'', based on the book by Studs Terkel. The album was not well received, but it did provide a hit in Taylor's cover version of the Gerry Goffin–Carole King composition " Up on the Roof" (Taylor's most recent top 40 hit as a solo artist). "Rainy Day Man", which first appeared on Taylor's self-titled debut album, was re-recorded. The signal flag that makes up the cover of the album is a modified form of "O (Oscar)", standing for man overboard. On the May 12, 1979, episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', Taylor was the musical guest, and performed three songs from the album, "Up on the Roof", " Millworker", and "Johnnie Comes Back". Critical reception ''The New York Times'' wrote that Taylor's "vulnerable tenor and the glossy production Peter Ashe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thighs And Whispers
''Thighs and Whispers'' is the fifth studio album by American singer Bette Midler. Released in 1979, the album reached No. 65 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart. Production and release The album was largely disco-influenced. It saw Midler reunite with producer Arif Mardin and includes Jerry Ragovoy's "My Knight in Black Leather", a minor dance-floor hit that peaked at #70 on the US dance charts. "Married Men", "Hang on in There Baby" and "My Knight in Black Leather", released at the height of the disco era, were all issued as extended mixes on 12-inch singles. The album's title is a humorous play on '' Cries and Whispers'', influential Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman's 1973 movie. The song " Millworker", written by James Taylor, is from the short-lived Broadway production of '' Working''. Midler's recording of "Married Men" reached the top 40 of the U.S. Club Play Singles chart. The song was also a UK top 40 hit for Bonnie Tyler the same year. Tyler's version was the them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working (musical)
''Working'' is a musical with a book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead. The musical is based on the Studs Terkel book '' Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do'' (1974), which has interviews with people from different regions and occupations. Productions The musical was first staged at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago from December 1977 through February 1978. It then was produced on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre, opening on May 14, 1978 where it ran for 24 performances and 12 previews. It was directed by Schwartz and choreographed by Onna White, with a cast featuring Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Joe Mantegna, Lynne Thigpen, David Patrick Kelly, Robin Lamont, Steven Boockvor, Rex Everhart, Bobo Lewis, Lenora Nemetz, Brad Sullivan, Matt Landers, David Smyrl, Terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Essential James Taylor
''The Essential James Taylor'' is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was released on October 29, 2013, on Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings as part of their "Essential" series in the US, and on Warner Bros. Records in the EU and Australia. The album compiles tracks spanning Taylor's second album ''Sweet Baby James'' (1970) to '' October Road'' (2002). Reception AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five. In their review, Matt Collar referred to the album as a "superb overview" of Taylor's career. Joe Marchese of ''The Second Disc'' also praised the compilation, calling it "a nicely-curated mix of big hits and less familiar gems". While Marchese did lament the exclusion of material from Taylor's first album alongside other select tracks from his catalogue, he still found it to be the "most comprehensive" retrospective of his work. Writing for ''American Songwriter'', Hal Horowitz gave the album a rating of 2.5 out of 5, expressing disappo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live (James Taylor Album)
''Live'' (stylised as (LIVE)) is the first live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor released on August 10, 1993, by Columbia Records. The double album presents selections from 14 shows during a November 1992 tour. In the US, ''Live'' peaked at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and has sold more than one million copies, being certified 2× platinum by the RIAA. A single-album CD of highlights of the double album was also released, titled ''Best Live''. There are two different versions of this album; a 17-track version was released in 1993, and a shorter 12-track version on June 21, 1994. On digital distributors such as ''Spotify'' and ''iTunes'', many of the verbal introductions that were present in the original CD have been cut. Track listing All songs by James Taylor except where noted. ;Disc one #" Sweet Baby James" – 4:13 #"Traffic Jam" – 2:10 #" Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) – 3:31 #" Your Smiling Face" – 3:03 #"Secret O' Life" – 3:45 #"Shed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet " Up Where We Belong", and in 1987 for the Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". Warnes also collaborated closely with Leonard Cohen. Early life Warnes was born on March 3, 1947, in Seattle, Washington, but raised in Anaheim, California. Her desire and ability to sing came early; at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father declined. She sang in church and local pageants until age 17, when Warnes was offered an opera scholarship to Immaculate Heart College. She was so committed to her Catholic faith that for a while she entered a convent after graduating from high school. Warnes chose to sing folk music as it became popularized by Joan Baez in the mid-1960s. In 1968, after a few years with musical theatre and clubs, she signed wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the single "Fire and Rain (song), Fire and Rain" and had his first hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 ''Greatest Hits (James Taylor album), Greatest Hits'' album was certified RIAA certification#RIAA Diamond certifications, Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the US alone, making it one of the List of best-selling albums in the United States#10–14 million copies, best-selling albums in US history. Following his 1977 album ''JT (James Taylor album), JT'', he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Musical
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous with the district, it is closely identified with Times Square. Only three theaters are located on Broadway itself: the Broadway Theatre, Palace Theatre, and Winter Garden Theatre. The rest ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Magazine
''Billboard'' (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph and radio became commonplace. Many topics that it covered became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up On The Roof (song)
"Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S. R&B singles chart. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer Kenny Lynch, whose version was also released in 1962. Personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947–1974''. * Rudy Lewis – lead vocals *Tommy Evans, Gene Pearson, Charlie Thomas – backing vocals *Don Arnone, Bob Bushnell, Al Casamenti – guitars * Ernie Hayes, Carole King – keyboards *George Duvivier – bass * Gary Chester – drums *George Devens, Bobby Rosengarden – percussion * Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Sedler – trumpets * Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Sarraco – trombones * Bert Keyes, Garry Sherman – arrangements Background Gerry Goffin cited "Up on the Roof" as his all-time favorite of the lyrics he had written. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
