Likewise, Porter adjusted the lyrics to “I Get a Kick Out of You” to fit Ethel Merman’s style in her performance of the song for the musical Anything Goes (Burlingame). Other performers would change the entire genre of a song. Like Ella Fitzgerald did with her performance of “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Therefore, it is the purpose of this paper to compare the performance of “I Get a Kick Out of You” by the singer who first made the song a favorite standard, Ethel Merman from the musical Anything Goes, and the “First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald who inducted it into one of her series of song books titled, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book in 1956 (Yanow; OnAmerican, Lesson…
Loretta Lynn also paved the way for Nashville to be the way it is today. She helped many singers make a name for themselves by singing in different bars and restaurants on Broadway. Without Lynn, country music would not be the same that it is…
Ella Mae Lentz is a deaf American poet, teacher and author. She was born May 5 1954 In Berkeley, California to two deaf parents and also had a deaf brother. She also went The California School for the Deaf and graduated in 1971. She graduates from Gallaudet University in 1975 getting her bachelor degree in drama and English. She has been teaching all this for 30-plus years which she loves doing and then retired in 2007 from teaching.…
Ella Mae Johnson, daughter of Marney and Bill Johnson, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 18, 2004. Ella has two younger siblings: Moira, her sister, is thirty-nine years old, and Jack, her brother, is almost thirty-seven years old. When she was younger, Ella Mae Johnson went to about five different schools: The Farm in Washington state, Navy Hale Kekeikie in Hawaii, Breidablik in Washington state, Suquamish in Washington state, and White Oaks in Virginia. Ms. Kragen, one of Ella's teachers, has highly influenced her. Ella did not like history until she had Ms. Kragen.…
Known as the Queen of Tejano Music, Selena Quintanilla-Perez allowed music to lead her into becoming one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Starting out as a very young girl, she flourished rapidly in the music industry. With albums receiving gold record status, Tejano awards of all sorts, the Grammy, etc., her thrill-filled career was unfortunately cut short when the president of her own fan club killed her. Her physical absence is felt, but Selena Quintanilla’s music still lives today. Selena Quintanilla was born April 16th, 1971 to her parents, Abraham and Marcella Quintanilla.…
4b. It was very difficult for Marian Anderson and other African Americans to gain success during this time in American history. Before Marian, there were “no well-trained colored singers … [who] had become successful on the concert stage” (702-703). Most people…
Selena Quintanilla Perez: Queen of Tejano Music Selena Quintanilla Perez as we may all know has taken us away with her voice, music, and her beauty. Selena grew up in Lake Jackson, TX with her parents, and her siblings. Selena’s dad wanted her to embrace her culture and create a band called Selena y Los Dinos. The band quickly grew and the iconic singer was name the Queen of Tejano Music.…
Josephine Baker A.K.A (Black Venus & Black Pearl) was born June 3 1906 , In St. Louis Missouri .She Was A Superstar that joined world war 2 as a civil rights activist. She had a big heart for children. Baker also received many marriage requests until her death 1975. You may don’t know why I said that she had a big heart for children ..…
Not only back in Billie Holiday’s time, but also in today’s society, individuals have the power to influence others when they are relatable. Holiday was filled with imperfections, from being placed in a facility for troubled children at a young age to dealing with drug and alcohol addiction throughout her life. The imperfections, however are what allowed her to be influential. In fact, the love and experiences Billie poured into her music left her as one of the most dominating musicians during the Harlem…
Then she took a dive back into music and won a Grammy for the best bluegrass album in 1999. Following that she received recognition for helping many country music artists. They have said in the past that she has created a statement for herself in the world of country music. She has her own style and her own way of portraying music to people. But many people do not know the struggles she went through before coming this iconic country singer.…
She is also remembered through people she has influenced since her death. Her style of writing can be seen in their writing or even the types of themes she used are projected onto the young and aspiring poets. For example great authors such as Ford Maddox Ford, Virginia Woolf, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Elizabeth Jennings and Phillip Larkin all took note from her work and were though roughly inspired. Even though her death may have risen her popularity, she still didn’t reach the standard of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In the early 20th century her work became even less notable as modernism was on the rise.…
Billie Holiday, occasionally known as Lady Day, was a well known harlem renaissance singer. Billie Holiday's life was an intriguing yet very misfortunate story. Billie Holiday had gone through many obstacles in her lifetime. Even as she rose to fame, problems in her short life never seem to go away. Billie Holiday had to overcome through problems like addiction, prostitution, rape, etc... Throughout her entire life, from her early life to death Billie Holiday had to face and many struggles and never quite overcame them either.…
When she started working with the Moses Stokes traveling minstrel show, she met a woman named Gertrude “Ma” Rainey. Yet she was not hired as singer but hired as a dancer because at the time Rainey was the head singer. Gertrude became like a mother to Bessie teaching her how to really use her voice and become the woman we all know as the “Empress of The Blues”. Bessie learned how to capture an audience, use her voice in many different ways and how to be successful in show business. Ma may have been a mentor to Bessie but she bagan to create her own style of singing and performing early on.…
Fitzgerald gave Americans what they wanted from a writer in the 1920’s as well as everything they needed to know from that time. He gave the people of the twenties what they wanted, the truth with a little heartache, and…
No matter where people ranked in the socio-racial system in America during World War II in the 1940s there existed a hierarchy of power having white males on the top following: white females, light-skinned colored male and women, then black man, and lastly black women. A power play, military, diplomatic, political, or administrative maneuver in which power is brought to bear, took place within the concepts of race and gender to maintain control on a large group of people or between them. Complications of integration between colored and white people in the workplace exposed how the Double V Campaign, signifying a victory abroad will also be a victory at home, did not diminish the constant internal and external conflicts African Americans dealt…