Cat Stevens The First Cut

According to John Morthland, who wrote an article called Kirk Franklins Cover Story in the Texas Monthly journal, it stated, “In January the Fort Worth natives 1993’s debut… was still at the top of the gospel charts. It had more than a million copies, making it the first platinum A ever by a gospel artist.” His first album, Kirk Franklin & The Family, was a massive success. The album did better than expected. The album spent over 100 weeks on the gospel charts and soon became an R&B hit. One of the biggest hits on the album was the song, “Why We Sing.” The album offered a smooth, calm, pop adjacent style of gospel. However, Kirk Franklins album called, “The Nu Nation Project,” which came out in 1998, was his bestselling album. Kirk Franklin decided to broaden his contracted stars and added artist like Bono and Mary J. Blige to the album. In this album, he addressed issues like Aids/HIV and

For generations, singers and songwriters of country music have been working to evoke emotions in listeners by performing and writing songs that the listeners will be able to relate to. Country music traditionally reveals stories of life, love, death, and values, all of which can be seen in the works of great singers and songwriters like George Strait, Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, and Alan Jackson. One artist in particular, Garth Brooks, forever left his stamp on country music and on the hearts of his millions of listeners with his hit songs, “The Beaches of Cheyenne”, “Callin’ Baton Rouge”, and “The River”. “The Beaches of Cheyenne” has a storyline containing themes of life, death, love, and regret. The themes of this song branch out much

The world loves dreamers. Every, day people are inspired by other people who strive to achieve their dreams of grandeur. They pick their heroes: charismatic, daring, and habitually dead. The romantic ideals of these individuals present skewed views of reality and often lead to dire situations.

First, in 1980 Bruce Springsteen had his top history struck with "Hungry Heart." The track rose to number five about the U.S. maps. The music was highlighted inside the flick "Risky Business" with Tom Cruise, making it the original Springsteen song ever used in a movie.

John Paul Stevens was born on April 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in a wealthy family. His grandfather, James W. Stevens, founded the Illinois Life Insurance Company, and his father, Ernest J. Stevens, owned two hotels, the La Salle and Stevens Hotel.

There are many side effects that can occur from having experienced a traumatic event which can range from anxiety and depression to insomnia and even to eating disorders. However, in Slaughterhouse- Five, Kurt Vonnegut uses the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim to show the truth of when one is effected by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Billy Pilgrim has lived an unusually harsh life by enduring war time troubles during World War II and watching the Dresden massacre. These past events in Billy’s life left him with many unanswered questions and unable to deal with his life. It is clear throughout the novel that Billy has created a world he would rather live in with the Tralfalmadorians as a way to deal with his traumatic past.

In Chris Hedges’ “American Psychosis,” the author does an exceptional job of likening the “dying empire” of America to the vapid and decaying housewife who hinges her own life upon the overinflated and televised world of celebrities. Hedges suggests that, once an illustration of preeminence and success, American society is now more concerned with the illusion of such things, incapable as we are in the present day to recreate the brilliance of the past.

He than had his first R&B hit single with the song, "Mess Around." In 1958, Ray's was really now known for his classic song, ‘I Got a Woman’. The song reached No. 1 on the R&B charts. The song reflected an advance in his musical style.

Slaughterhouse-Five tells us about true events such as the fire-bombing of Dresden, but it also presents a planet and with aliens who do not see things quite the way we do. There are many theories of what the meaning of the aliens and time jumps in this book are meant represent. The passage in question supports the explanation of Billy’s obsession with being abducted by aliens one night and having “time-jumps” throughout the book are his way of coping with his war memories.

Shannon’s song “Little Runaway” rose up on the charts to number one in April 1961. Other Top 10 hits followed like “Hats Off To Larry” and “Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun)”. He soon became more popular in the U.K. than in the U.S. Through the 1970s and 1980s he was already looked at as an oldies act. However once new generations heard his songs there was interest in this singer.

It included three singles “Did I Say That”, “Couldn’t Have Said it Any Better” and “Man of

It was an enormous success and reached number two on the album charts (Schlesinger 27). Joel did reach incredible heights, but he wasn’t done here. In 1978, Joel came out with his next album, “52nd Street.” This was the first to top the album charts.

Cross Road Blues was recorded in 1936 (Sullivan, 2013) and has been one of the most notable stories ever told. The track features Robert Johnson himself in a variation of the 12-bar blues structure as he deviates from the form to bare all emotion. His vocal prowess and slide guitar mastery is expressed in the usage of microtonal intervals which was common in the style of Delta Blues. Robert Johnson was a prolific songwriter who died at 27. His life and music was poorly documented as he did not receive much public recognition during his lifetime.

Number One: Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, and Mary J. Bilge all turned down "Umbrella." Songwriter and producer The Dream wrote and produced "Umbrella," but every artist he sent it to rejected it. Finally, the song made its way to Rihanna and she turned

Two Individuals With One Label In society, there are unwritten rules in which an individual should act and it is assumed that you are to follow them. When followed, theses rules label an individual as normal. Individuals that are unable to do so are then deemed as an outsider or a stranger by the society. These individuals stand out from their communities and are seen as having something wrong with them.