Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well conceived: the whole stage was painted like a warped chessboard, and props and costumes were kept simple. Above the stage, a screen used mainly for lighting effects concealed the rhythm section of the orchestra. During one of Florence's songs, "Nobody's Side," the screen was backlit so that the rhythm section could suddenly be seen through the screen. This, like the slide shows, was startling and sporadic--a great but underutilized effect...
...alliteration with a sweet, sweet rhythm and ring...
...hoping she'll perform for gay-pride week as well." The video was made by Christopher Ciccone, still most famous for being Madonna's brother but slowly making a name in the dance-video business as well. The idea of juxtaposing Dolly's bubbly singing and the rhythm-heavy grooves of the nocturnal crowd belongs to Kyle Utley, president of Flip-It Records, and Parton's just one of the artists he has in his sights. Also on his hit list: a funked-up remix of Rickie Lee Jones' Living It Up; and a song, Relax!, with Zsa Zsa Gabor...
DIED. HAROLD MELVIN, 57, leader of the Blue Notes, the gospel-tinted rhythm-and-blues ensemble best known for its onetime lead singer Teddy Pendergrass and its achingly mournful 1972 hit If You Don't Know Me by Now; probably of a stroke; in Philadelphia...
DIED. LAVERN BAKER, 67, 1950s rhythm-and-blues diva; from complications of diabetes; in New York City. During the early rock-'n'-roll era, white performers found success by making cover versions of such hits of hers as 1954's Teedlee Dee, but Baker got belated revenge when she was inducted into rock's Hall of Fame...