Word: cappella
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wait, there's more. He has provided the a cappella accompaniment for three animated Just So stories shown on Showtime and narrated by Jack Nicholson, recorded the theme for The Cosby Show and vocalized for the eye-catching, ear- gracing commercials for Levi's 501 jeans. His four-octave voice has topped Down Beat magazine's readers' poll for best male singer four years running -- that's one award per octave. For the past three years, he has also taken away Grammys for Best Male Jazz Vocalist. Now, after spending two of the past three years on the road (performing...
...more silence. At last, as the uneasy quiet dragged on, a few of the friends who had come all the way from Illinois to cheer Arlene on, just a group of kids and moms and weathered-looking women in wind- breakers, started singing their national anthem, alone and a cappella in the big arena. On television, they said, it was a moving sight. In person, the scene was something else: a little embarrassing, a little giggle-making -- and so, when the impromptu chorus rose up, moving in an even deeper way. An unscheduled song of national pride. A fanfare...
...into folk music, then the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is right up your alley. Featuring political satirist Tom Paxton, the a cappella group the Bobs, and blues singers Taj Mahal and Odetta, the festival takes place from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $20 per day, and children age 8 to 14 get in for $8. Call 203-364-0366 for details...
...addition to the integrated groups, Black students also participate in the all-Black Kuumba Singers, and that a cappella group recently spawned an offshoot, the Impromptus...
Blacks are better represented in unofficial student rock and jazz groups. And most campus a cappella singing groups are also integrated. For example, one of the 13 Din and Tonics is Black, and the Opportunes have two Black members...