Word: spotlighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...push out Cosby, or any of the other black comedians-Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Flip Wilson, Godfrey Cambridge-who achieved fame in the '60s. But Pryor did find room in the spotlight, and by the middle of the decade he was appearing on the TV talk shows and pulling golden gigs in Las Vegas...
...problems. Once out there in the spotlight, Kris and Rita behaved like a couple of newlyweds having an easy, relaxed time with their friends. That was essentially the case. A year ago, when he last played Los Angeles, he was drinking and down enough to be thoroughly believable as he sang his own Help Me Make It Through the Night. Now, sober as a choirboy (he has been on the wagon since last September), he held Rita's hand, whispered to her and blended his deep, friendly baritone with her voice of amber and honey. The capacity crowd...
Though his interests might well cancel each other out, Lance put himself in a questionable spotlight when he spoke out on interest rates...
More recently, Jordan stepped into the spotlight when she served as a keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention in New York last July...
...these guys. This sounds like something on PBS " That all changed when the group turned to some golden oldies from the years 1970 to 1974. The applause was thunderous for ELP's version of the Pictures at an Exhibition, a monster hit of 1972. Drummer Palmer took the spotlight as soloist in the churning, pulsating, jazz-oriented Tank. The stage suddenly went dark and then orange, red and yellow lights began to consume him from below, like a huge bonfire The crowd screamed and shouted its approval. At the end of the concert, the aisles near the stage were...