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...third-generation musician, Davis grew up in Sylvania, Ohio, and acquired a degree in bassoon from the University of Michigan. He began writing jingles and catchy versions of classical compositions. Then came the big break: Davis co-wrote a jingle for a bread company chronicling a fictional long-haul trucker named C.W. McCall and his main squeeze Mavis, a waitress at the "Old Home Filler-Up an' Keep On A-Truckin' Cafe." The ad eventually became the theme song of Convoy...
...histories of 20th century art. Others see her as an icon whose work captured the spirit of the Art Deco age. Not surprisingly, many of her fans today are from the glamour set: present-day collectors include Madonna and Jack Nicholson; two years ago one of her paintings (The Musician, 1929) sold for $2.6 million. To make up your own mind about her, drop in at London's Royal Academy of Arts, which is showing more than 50 of her paintings in the first major exhibition of her work in Britain. De Lempicka and her husband fled to Paris...
...specialty seems particularly depleted. Seven of the gay soldiers kicked out were musicians. Now the Army says it needs to fill 15 musician slots, including two trumpeters, four clarinetists, three saxophonists and a euphonium player. "Is there not a way to do without the euphonium player?" Representative Vic Snyder asked General Richard Cody, the Army's No. 2 officer. Cody insisted, "Bands are being stressed quite a bit," since they perform at burial services for troops killed in combat as well as for the growing number of World War II veterans passing...
...That's All Right As Christopher John Farley noted in his remembrance of singer and pianist Ray Charles [ESSAY, June 21], the musician's domain included a variety of genres, from jazz to blues to country. Soon after Charles appeared at a couple of standing room-only Carnegie Hall concerts, we analyzed his style...
...SERIOUSLY MEDIOCRE MUSICIAN MARRIED TO A REAL ONE [PATTY SMYTH]. DOES SHE LET YOU PLAY GUITAR AT HOME...