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Bobby Vinton. Stanley Robert Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American singer, celebrity, and actor, who hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the 1951 song ...
Jim Beaver is an American character actor, best known for his leading roles on the TV series Deadwood (2004) and Supernatural (2005). Born in Laramie, Wyoming a minister's son, he was raised in and around Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Following high school and a year of college, he joined the Marines and served as a radioman with the 1st ...
Sep 22, 2022 · Meet Esther Jones, The Black Performer Who Inspired ‘Betty Boop’. A child singer and dancer, Esther Jones inspired Paramount to create the cartoon character Betty Boop in 1930 — but she never received any credit or royalties. When it comes to “hidden figures” in Black history, few have a legacy as instantly recognizable as Esther Jones.
1. James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He is most familiar to worldwide audiences as Bobby Singer in Supernatural.
Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) [1] is a retired American singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material. [2] [3] Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative " Ode to Billie Joe ". [4]
Jun 3, 2021 · How the singer-songwriter who knocked the Beatles out of the Number One spot 50 years ago quietly revolutionized country music. July of 1967, Capitol Records released “Ode to Billie Joe,” a spooky wisp of a song by an unknown artist named Bobbie Gentry. Industry wisdom said “Ode” was too dark, too long, too different to get played on ...
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and conductor.He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion.
