Word: singer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trademarks used to be hot pants and hard rock, but these days Linda Ronstadt, 37, is more comfortable with organza and lush orchestras. "I've always been eclectic in my tastes," says the Arizona-born singer. Last week she would have done any 40s prom proud at the World's Fair in New Orleans as she kicked off a nationwide concert tour that will feature a full orchestra conducted by mainstream Maestro Nelson Riddle, 63. Ronstadt's fondness for retro chic is getting to be longstanding. In 1980 she reached back to Gilbert & Sullivan when...
...resonant portrayal of a washed-out country singer in Tender Mercies won him an Oscar, but for Robert Duvall, 53, the sweetest reward was the praise for his singing performance that came from real country-and-western stars like Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. If it worked on the silver screen, why not try for a gold record...
RHINESTONE She (Dolly Parton) is a country singer itching to escape from her predatory manager. He (Sylvester Stallone) is a Noo Yawk cab driver with both feet recklessly pressed on the accelerator pedal of life. East is East and South is South and never the twang shall meet, right? Not if you are familiar with Hollywood's perennial passion for cross-pollinating ethnic strains. Before you can say "Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys," the country kitten has made a bet with her manager that in two weeks she can turn this city rat into a down-home singing...
...Tribute, Porky's, A Christmas Story), directs the script by Phil Alden Robinson and Stallone to its pre-arranged destination without many bumps or scenic side trips. Tim Thomerson wrings some sweetly comic juice from his role as Dolly's conniving ex; and Stallone, who as a singer seems to have taken charisma lessons from his songwriter brother Frank, is game and good-spirited in a role that plays too heavily on urban oafishness. Rhinestone, though, belongs to the lady. Parton is an irresistible screen presence, cute and cuddlesome and just a mite raunchy, a sort of Daisy...
...biggest stars in Latin American music, a composer who can combine bold lyrics, intricate narratives and bright, salsa-inflected melodies with the fine flair of the best singer-songwriters. Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Jackson Browne come first to mind, and if that is heavy, heady company, then all right, just keep the jostling to a minimum and make a little room...