Dolly Parton entered a Dolly Parton look-alike contest. And lost.

09 Mar 2024 Leave a comment

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(via CBC Radio)

Dolly Parton is one of the most successful country artists of all time.

Parton also holds three Guinness World Records. She has the record for the most decades on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country songs chart by a female performer (seven decades and counting). She has the most number one hits on the Hot Country charts with 25. And she has the most total hits on the Country charts by a female artist, with an astounding 109.

Parton is one-of-a-kind – and also has one of the most instantly recognizable looks in the entertainment industry. Big blonde wigs, high heels, bright costumes, and a big sense of humour about it all. When asked about her small feet once, she said they were tiny because nothing grows in the shade. As Parton says, she is a self-made woman, and she has the doctor bills to prove it.

In her memoir, Dream More, Parton tells a very amusing story…

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/dolly-parton-entered-a-dolly-parton-look-alike-contest-and-lost-1.6848403

Here’s What We Didn’t Know About the “Sound Of Music”

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(via History Chronicle) by Amanda B.

The Sound of Music will forever be remembered as one of America’s most legendary musicals. The ‘cult classic’ even won five Academy Awards and two Golden Globes as proof of its popularity and brilliance. While the show was and is still extremely popular, there are many behind the scenes happenings that may puzzle or surprise even the biggest fans of the show. Keep reading to find out about these secrets and get an inside scoop on where the actors of the von Trapp family up to presently.

Maria Didn’t Actually Love Captain Von Trapp

The Sound of Music based on real persons. Maria, the nun-in-training, was very much real along with the rest of the Von Trapp family. However, in real life, she wasn’t actually in love with Captain Von Trapp as the film made it seem.

Maria herself made this very clear in her 1948 memoir where she said “I liked him, but I didn’t love him. However, I loved the children, and so in a way, I really married the children.”

Liesl Didn’t Actually Fall In Love With A Nazi

In the film, Liesl, the eldest daughter falls in love with a Nazi soldier who would soon try to expose the entire family. However, this did not happen in real life as the eldest of the von Trapp children was really a boy named Rupert. This story was invented by the writers of the show who believed this twist would add more depth to a dull, boring storyline. Funny enough, by the time the film was released, Rupert was 54 and lived and worked in Vermont as a physician. He would often tell his patients that he was Liesl but no one actually believed him.

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Video of the Week: Shadow Ace WOWS the judges with amazing hand shadows

02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment

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40 Iconic Album Covers Reworked To Reveal What Happens On The Flip Side

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(via tunefulsoul) by Ana J

There are many ways music fans express their die-hard passion for music. For example, back in the day, some created popular fashion trends that signaled to other fans they liked the same genre of music. This ranges from metal fans wearing black, heavy eyeliner in a specific way to punk-lovers purchasing shoes from a particular brand like Converse and Dr.Martens. Other fans might be less expressive through their clothing and style and focus more on collecting music physically like, albums, CDs, cassettes, and other tangible mediums. Igor Lipchanskiy, however, has a different idea. He expresses his love for music by photoshopping himself onto near-cult-covers of famous music albums! Instead of collecting, he inserts himself in the mix. You can find all of his creations on his Instagram, igor.lipchanskiy, but here are 40 of his most impressionable album covers he made himself a part of.

Prince (1979)

This is a little-known fact, but Igor was holding Prince’s jacket while he was taking the iconic album cover for his self-titled album – Prince. Today Igor might not look like he was around in 1979, but don’t let that fool you.

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“I’m not too struck on Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, I never saw what was in Clapton at all”. In 1975, Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore was asked for his thoughts on his peers: he did not hold back

02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment

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Clapton, Blackmore, Page

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(via Classic Rock) By Paul Brannigan

In March 1975, Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore appeared on the cover of International Musician & Recording World magazine after conducting a rare interview with American writer/producer/guitarist Jon Tiven.

Hailing Blackmore as “perhaps the world’s finest electric guitar player” in the introduction to his interview, Tiven pointed out that the guitarist “does not take well to interviews”, `and quoted Blackmore as saying, “I’m a musician, not a politician, and I don’t want to influence the minds of our fans.” With that said, Blackmore didn’t hold back in the interview which followed, especially when sharing his thoughts on a number of his peers…

Read more: https://www.loudersound.com/features/jimmy-page-eric-clapton-ritchie-blackmore

Prince and ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’–An Opinion

02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment

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Draw your own conclusions, but having watched ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’, the excellent Netflix doc on the making of We Are the World, I’m even less of a Prince fan.

The guy’s a helluva guitar player, a fantastic dancer and he really wears shiny purple outfits well.

But it seems he’s the one bloke (two if you count Waylon Jennings, who walked out citing Good Ole Boy-itis) unable to meet the Quincy Jones “check your egos at the door” standard.

Prince–and Prince alone–wanted to save the starving Ethiopian children on HIS terms: by playing a guitar solo in a song that HAD no guitar solo and doing so in a separate room from the rabble–you know, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Dylan, Springsteen, Paul Simon, etc.

Huey Lewis sang Prince’s vocal part and knocked it out of the park. And Steve Perry, Cyndi Lauper and the like killed it. He wasn’t missed.

And maybe that’s why His Royal Whatever was a no-call no-show. Maybe the thought of his star being outshone among the constellation assembled that night was too much to bear. Or maybe the rivalry with MJ couldn’t be set aside even for such a worthy cause.

In any case, a resounding boo from this bleacher seat.

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