Grammy Award for Song of the Year

memorable song "Tainted Love" in 1964. Cobb's profession of musician and songwriter has been marked as a renowned songwriter of his time. Cobb played in the band the Four Preps and wrote for several famous musical artists like the Standells, Fleetwood Mac, and Pink Floyd, just to name a few. The talents of Cobb's work has boosted musicians fame with the enjoyment of his lyrics. His hard efforts and talents can be reflected by 32 gold and platinum awards, as well as being nominated for 3 Grammy…

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,…

was fearing for my life. I hid behind the first car I saw. My friend told me to keep running because he feared for me too.” This isn’t a song about fame and luxury or sex and drugs. It’s about hope and justice, change and awareness, tragedy and reality. It’s about an oppressed community that’s fighting similar battles that their…

flourishingly popular. In all, Shel Silverstein’s creativity and diversity allowed him to become one of the most well known children’s authors of our time. Shel Silverstein’s story begins September 25th, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois ("Shel Silverstein").Two years after graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School,…

I 'm Still Pissed Off About the Oscars A funny thing happened on the way to the Academy Awards, A.K.A. the Oscars, in 2007. After early screenings with journalists and one at the Cannes festival, DreamGirls was widely deemed an Oscar frontrunner. It went on to be ranked 4th on the American Film Institute 's Best of 2006 list and won 3 out of 5 Golden Globes, including Best Picture-Comedy or Musical, Best Supporting Actor (Murphy) and Best Supporting Actress (Hudson). It also received nods and…

students and teachers lost, stood up and told personal stories (Columbine Service). Following the shooting, on May 11, about a month after the Columbine Massacre, Mark Manes was charged with recklessly providing a handgun to a minor. Manes was the 22-year-old who provided Harris and Klebold with the handgun that was used to kill 23 people (Pankratz,…

Have you ever felt connected to a song the first time you listened to it? Perhaps it was the instrumental, the piano beginning that crescendos into a mighty forte by the end of the chorus, the beating of the drums soon beating in sync with your heart. Or could it be the way the performer sings as though he or she is singing directly to you? Yet it might just be the lyrics that hit you, that cut into your body like a mortician and pull out your heart. For me, the answer is yes. From the first…

Poetry Analysis: “All Too Well” Ten-time Grammy winner Taylor Alison Swift is one of the most accomplished artists in the world with four multiplatinum albums. Swift was born in Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989. At the young age of five, she began writing songs and at twelve, she learned to play the guitar in just a few hours. At thirteen, Swift began searching for a record label to sign her; she had trouble due to her young age, but finally, at just sixteen years old Swift was signed onto Big…

the exact snub-nosed Taurus 45 revolver that she had bought before." Selena Quintanilla-Perez was a well-known Tejano pop singer all around the world; having sold several of her albums in English and Spanish, expanding her legacy throughout the years. Not only was she a star however, but also wanted to become a fashion designer, so she had two boutiques owned in her name as well as a fan clubs. Despite her death at the very young age of twenty-three, she left a huge impingement upon…

overloading her mind and eyes. I used colorful images to make the reader happy and excited to open the book. Since Ethos means credibility I chose a picture of an award from the Grammys, award as big as the Grammys that gives an artist a lot of credibility with his or her peers and fans. Pathos means emotion, so I decided to insert an emotional song lyric, when you read this lyric it will make you think and get emotional. Lastly, logos means logic so I chose to put an image of music on a staff…