The first time I ever saw or heard Kate Bush was when she performed the song Them Heavy People from her debut album The Kick Inside on Saturday Night Live. It must have been…
Year: 2013
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Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time, #6 – 10
6. Robert Goulet, You and Me Against the World (1976) “Robert Goulet out, Steve McQueen in!” In addition to being name checked in Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love, one of the great songs in Marvin Hamlisch and Edward…
Songs That Should Have Been Top-Ten Hits, Volume 3: The Clive Davis Edition
For many years, it was customary for those seeking to curry favor with Clive Davis, the legendary hit maker and founder of Arista Records, to be given the “Clive Davis Challenge”: make two CDs (or,…
Eating With the Stars: Janet Leigh’s Fruit Salad with Daiquiri Dressing
The late, great Janet Leigh, best known for her starring roles in Touch of Evil, The Manchurian Candidate, The Fog (with daughter Jamie Lee Curtis) and, of course, Psycho, proved that she was equally…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: It’s Never Too Late For the Real It’s Time!
“Comes time when you gotta say it’s time, strike fast or the iron gets cold…” I was recently impressed with Imagine Dragon’s single It’s Time. Nowadays, it’s so unusual for a well-crafted pop…
Get Reddy, Part Two: Helen Reddy Hits the Road, Visits Jersey! Plus, Her Cover of Electric Light Orchestra’s Poor Little Fool
Helen Reddy is touring again! This bit of news will inevitably elicit one of two reactions: “this is awesome—when will she be coming to my town?” or “who is Helen Reddy?” These are both…
Stargayzing Enola Gays Ola Ray’s Remember! The Girl From Michael Jackson’s Thriller Drops Bomb on Unsuspecting Public Leaving Diminished Fanbase Bewildered
A full 29 years after conventional wisdom would have suggested she capitalize on her moment of stardom playing the ingenue in Michael Jackson’s seminal Thriller video, former Playboy Playmate of the Month and aspiring singer…
Stargayzing Guest Columnist John Frazier Salutes Vocalist Zulema Cusseaux
I asked my friend John Frazier to contribute something to Stargayzing because when it comes to our shared interst in popular music, John is simply one of the most knowledgeable people I know. He…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #10: Enoch Light Singers’ Cover of The Doors’ Hello, I Love You
10. Enoch Light Singers, Hello, I Love You It might be hard for younger people to wrap their heads around the fact that Easy Listening music as exemplified by today’s unbelievable cover, the Enoch Light…
100+ Memorable Summer Songs
It seems possible that we are presently living in the post-summer song era, a period whose most significant characteristic is an abject lack of joy and connection to one another via the pop songs…
Eating With the Stars Gets Meta With Recipes for Sally Field’s Peanut Butter-Honey Granola and Mary Todd Lincoln’s Vanilla Almond Cake
Recently I encountered a dilemma when I unearthed a recipe for Mary Todd Lincoln’s Vanilla Almond Cake. Though I loved the idea of propagating it and, even saying, “Mary Todd Lincoln’s Vanilla Almond Cake”…
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