Word: singe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chauvinistic moment Gene Kelly once asked, "What movie musical even worth noting has been produced under any auspices except Hollywood's?" There was no answer. There never has been. American movies learned to sing at the same moment they learned to talk: the first sound movie, The Jazz Singer, in 1927 starring Al Jolson, was a musical and a smash...
...Sing a little bit of these workin 'man blues...
Model Railroad. Today country-music stars may sing about riding the freights or drinking a brew, but many go home to antebellum mansions or $500,000 ranch houses, buy Cadillacs and keep houseboats around for the weekends. A trend now is toward private jets, but many country stars, Haggard included, prefer to own their own buses-huge $100,000 cruisers decked out with color TVs, recording equipment, separate quarters for star and band, sometimes even separate buses...
...idol, Merle Haggard. Accompanied as always by her parents, brother and sister, she attended his Manhattan concert and went backstage first. It was the day before The Hag's birthday, so Tanya sang Happy Birthday into his ear. As a reward, Merle invited her onstage to sing her hit, Delta Dawn...
...talks like a veteran about performing strategy: "I'll sing hard country like Old Dan Tucker or sweet pop like How Can I Tell Him. I usually have something patriotic and something religious. Up North I close with the Battle Hymn of the Republic; down South I use Dixie...