Roberta Flack Roberta Flack was born February 10, 1940, in the small town of Black Mountain, NC, but she grew up in Arlington, VA. She was the daughter of Loran and Irene Flack, who were both skilled musicians. Her father taught himself to play the piano and her mother had formal piano lessons, which had Roberta around music all the time. She started taking formal piano lessons at the age of nine. At the age of 13 she had won second place in a state-wide piano competition between the black students. By the age of 15 she had already graduated from high school and earned a piano scholarship to Howard University.
Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Hawkins, who was only 14 at the time. Her father has never been identified, but was rumored possibly to be white (Caucasian). [6] James speculated that her father was the pool player, Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, and met him briefly in 1987. [7] Due to her mother being often absent carrying on relationships with various men, James lived with a series of caregivers, most notably "Sarge" and "Mama" Lu. James called her mother "the Mystery Lady".
Pop production techniques such as the use of orchestral string sections, charted horn sections, and carefully arranged background vocals were also used. Complex arrangements and elaborate, melismatic vocal riffs were avoided. Motown producers believed steadfastly in the " KISS principle" (keep it simple, stupid).The Motown production process has been described as factory-like. The Hitsville studios remained open and active 22 hours a day, and artists would often go on tour for weeks, come back to Detroit to record as many songs as possible, and then promptly go on tour again. Berry Gordy held quality control meetings every Friday morning, and used veto power to ensure that only the very best material and performances would be released.
Taylor Alison Swift born December 13, 1989 is an American Country pop singer-songwriter and actress. At age 11, Swift made her first trip to Nashville, hoping to obtain a record deal by distributing a demo tape of her singing with karaoke songs. She gave a copy to every label in town, but was rejected. After Swift returned to Pennsylvania, she was asked to sing at the Us Open tennis tournament, where her rendition of the national anthem received much attention. When Swift was 15, she rejected RCA records because the company wanted to keep her on an artist development deal .After performing at Nashville's songwriters' venue, The Bluebird Cafe', she
Sydney Wheeler English 102 Section 202 August 29, 2012 Barbara Huddleston 8-31-12 Mini Profile Cassandra Garcia Cassandra Garcia has lived a life that most 25 year olds can’t say that they have experienced yet. She has overcome hurdles that most others would merely try to avoid and she does it with determination. She has two beautiful little girls (Bella and Laila) that are her world. Right out of high school she joined the army where she met her ex-husband, all seemed well at first but the turmoil of their relationship was too much of a strain and they got divorced. While most women would cave into the unnecessary evils of this world, Cassandra rose above all of that and gained a new relationship with the Lord.
Later Bette would be offered a part in The Man Who Played God; she would receive good reviews and a long term contract from the Warner Brothers Studio. With the contract in hand the Warner Brothers started her in a series of films, mostly unremarkable and insignificant, but the critics started to notice her talent and unique quality. Bette started to climb her way to the top of the film industry. She won her first Best Actress Academy Award in 1935 for the film Dangerous. With the growing of her career she demanded better roles, she wouldn’t get them so she refused anymore roles that were given to her.
His grandmother played piano in a Baptist church built by her father, who is a preacher. Outside of church, his grandparents were true Country Music fans. As a 12-year-old, Michael Grimm was escorted by his Grandma to the local southern Mississippi bars where he would perform the songs of George Jones, Travis Tritt and other Country artists. “She loved to listen to me sing, and she thought that was the way to get my career started,” Grimm says. On the road to glory, he had to go through the mill
The leadership at Mattel was either arrogant because of the success of Barbie or the were not paying attention to current times; “Changing cultural views about the role of girls, women, sex, marriage, and women working in the last decades shifted the tastes of doll buyers.” (Jones, 2013) Just as the case study mentioned I too think that they were stuck in the mindset of “if its not broke don’t fix it.” This crippled the sales of the doll and when they saw the out come it was too late to fix the problem. They failed at every attempted and Bratz continued to take over the doll market. Mattel was at the top of the mountain when it came to selling dolls for nearly 50 years so there was hesitation to change what had worked for so long. Mattel figured that if they altered the way she looked, dressed, and accessories that parents and kids would not continue to purchase the doll. This backfired on the company and they franticly did everything they could to match what Bratz was selling to their old customers.
Many negatives still rise from Title IX, such as who coaches the teams. Since women are allowed to play in sports, should women be allowed to coach sports? This interesting question has brought conclusions that still show the inequality of women being “doubted” of coaching a specific sport team. According to _Sport in Society: Issues and _Controversies, it states, “From 2000 and 2002, 326 out of 361 new jobs for head coaches of women’s teams went to men” (Coaxley, Chapter 8). This is definitely a downgrade of women coaches for organizing and directing a sports team.
That following year I went into second grade at H.L.V. No one knew about my mom, which I was thankful for! No one ever knew for years and years until high school. One of my classmates, Cole, was looking up random stuff and of course he looked up the new sex defenders. He seen a woman named Marie Beck, I didn't no he was looking up that stuff, until he came over to me, asked if Marie Beck was my mom, I said yes.