He was a singing waiter
Although tickets to Mr. Bennett’s shows can cost up to thousands of dollars, there was once a time when you could see him for the price of a Caesar Salad. Mr. Bennett entertained...
Louis Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo," "Pops" and, later, "Ambassador Satch. He was the first African American jazz musician to write an autobiography. This accomplishment was one of Armstrong’s many...
His career became very turbulent in the early ’50s. Frank went so far to even attempt suicide; Walking through Times Square, he saw mobs of girls waiting to get into a concert of Eddie Fisher. Feeling...
Chrissie Hynde had several other jobs when she first arrived in England. They included selling handbags in a market and working for Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren in their punk clothing store SEX....
In 1950’s Blondy's parents were so concerned about his devotion to Reggae and the Rasta lifestyle that they committed him to a psychiatric hospital for two years. In 1970 Reggae began to be popular...
UB40 got their big break when Chrissie Hynde spotted them performing and asked them to join The Pretenders on an upcoming tour. In 1986, the band brought their reggae vibes to Russia and became the first...
Shot in 1992, The Bodyguard was the second highest grossing movie in the world for 1992 after Aladdin. On set, Whitney would give Kevin singing lessons in exchange for acting advice. Kevin came up with...
Turner has her own highway in Tennessee! The highway is called Tina Turner Highway, and it is located on State Route 19 between Brownsville and her hometown of Nutbush, Tennessee.
And with a music career so notoriously full of proud sexual liberation and scandal, who would have thought that Madge’s first job aspiration was to be a nun! Seriously! She has called the nuns that...