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Calendar Girl (song) " Calendar Girl " is a song by Neil Sedaka. The music was composed by Sedaka and the lyrics by Howard Greenfield. [2] Released in December 1960 as a single, it was a hit single for Sedaka, peaking at No. 4 on the US charts, No. 3 in Australia, and No. 1 on the Canadian and Japanese charts. [3][4]
Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse.Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported.
Ella Mae Morse in 1944. Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) [1] was an American singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll. Her 1942 recording of "Cow-Cow Boogie" with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra gave Capitol Records its ...
Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy film based on the 1975 stage musical of the same name which in turn originated in the 1926 play of the same name. It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. [ 4 ] The film stars an ensemble cast led by Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and ...
Singer, songwriter. Instrument (s) Vocals, ukulele. Amanda Lynn Harvey (born January 2, 1988) is an American jazz and pop singer and songwriter. Profoundly deaf following an illness at the age of eighteen, she was a contestant on the 12th season of America's Got Talent, where she performed original songs during the competition.
Dazz Band. The Dazz Band is an American R&B / funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description "danceable jazz".
Mary Osborne. Mary Osborne (July 17, 1921 – March 4, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist. She began performing at a young age and was featured on a radio program in North Dakota, where she grew up. In New York City during the 1940s, she played with jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, and ...
Senri Kawaguchi (川口 千里, Kawaguchi Senri) is a Japanese jazz and fusion drummer. In Japan she is sometimes known as tekazuhime (手数姫), ("Princess of Many Strokes"). [1] She has the image of a gecko on the front of her 20-inch bass drum, and on her Zildjian drumsticks. [2] She has won many awards for her drumming. [3]