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Remembering Mark Ashton Mark Ashton was only 27 years old when he died in 1987, but he’s been remembered in many different ways. After his passing British band The Communards wrote the ballad For a Friend. The activist from Northern Ireland had been a close friend of band members Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles. Greek filmmaker […]
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11 Feb 2023 /
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Dir: Kasi Lemmons | ★ ★ ★ ★ American singer Whitney Houston was Dionne Warwick’s cousin and one of her godmothers was Aretha Franklin. To add to the singing pedigree, her gospel-singing mother Cissy used to sing back up for Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin for many years, and later conducted […]
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22 Dec 2022 |
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Here’s five more tracks to check out. In this week’s edition we look at videos from A-ha, Carly Rae Jepsen, Whitney Houston, Confidence Man and Kendrick Lamar. A-ha – Hunter in the Hills This year Norwegian band A-ha released their eleventh studio album True North. The record features The Artic Philharmonic and was inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s 2019 album Western […]
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19 Dec 2022 |
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Producer Kygo has brought new life to a long forgotten Whitney Houston tune turning Higher Love into a gospel filled tropical house celebration. Houston recorded the the Steve Winwood track back in the early 1990s but it only appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese version of her third album I’m Your Baby Tonight. The song […]
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3 Jul 2019 |
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The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 is bringing her unique one-woman show to the Astor Theatre next week. Sasha Velour was a force to be reckoned with in the drag competition’s ninth season, making waves around the world with her breath-taking finale performance to Whitney Houston’s So Emotional. Velour is now touring Australia with her […]
Tags: Astor Theatre, drag, Drag Race, inthedark, Rupaul's Drag Race, sasha velour, smoke and mirrors, so emotional, Whitney Houston
9 Jan 2019 |
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Showtime Australia will present a critically acclaimed live production early next year that pays tribute to one of the greatest vocalists of our time. The Greatest Love of All – The Whitney Houston Show will honour the late great Whitney Houston’s talent, music and memory in a carefully crafted stage show. After 15,000 auditions over […]
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3 Jan 2018 |
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Documentary director Nick Broomfield has an impressive track record, and his music documentaries are among his best work. His previous output includes the controversial films Biggie & Tupac and Kurt & Courtney. Now Broomfield is turning his attention to the life of Whitney Houston, co-directing Whitney – Can I Be Me. The film immediately challenges […]
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14 Jun 2017 |
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Bebe Rexha name checks Whitney Houston on her new tune The Way I Am (Dance with Somebody), while collaborator Lil’ Wayne mentions Bobby Brown. The tune references Whitney Houston’s mega-selling 1987 track I Just Wanna Dance With Sombody (Who Loves Me). Houston died in 2012, drowning in a bathtub while intoxicated. She was married to R&B […]
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20 May 2017 |
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Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the death of music producer David Cole. Alongside producer Robert Clivillés, Cole wrote, produced and remixed a stream of hits for artists including Mariah Carey, Martha Wash, Taylor Dayne, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and New Kids on the Block. The duo first got […]
Tags: AIDS, Aretha Franklin, Boys II Men, C+C Music Factory, Chaka Khan, Clivillés + Cole, David Cole, Deborah Cooper, HIV, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Mariah Carey, Martha Wash, Michael Jackson, Michelle Visage, music, New Kids on The Block, NKOTB, Pride, remix, Robert Clivillés, Taylor Dayne, Whitney Houston
24 Jan 2017 |
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‘Australian Idol’ alumni Paulini took to the stage at The Court Hotel last night performing a mix of her hits and some well known dance tunes. Despite some obvious sound challenges the singer was experiencing she showcased her knock out vocals leaving no doubt that the she has “one hell of a voice”. Paulini mashed […]
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19 Oct 2013 |
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