Month: January 2021

After “There’s No Other (Like My Baby)” and “Uptown” reached the Top 20, Mr. Spector was keen to have the Crystals record the Gene Pitney composition “He’s a Rebel” immediately. To speed things along, he enlisted the Blossoms, a well-known Los Angeles backup group, and recorded them under the Crystals name, with Darlene Wright (whose last name he changed to Love) on lead. The record became Philles’s first No. 1 hit. Mr. Spector shuffled his singers at will. He drafted Ms. Love and another Blossom, Fanita James, to sing with Bobby Sheen on one of his more idiosyncratic hits, “Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah,” credited to the group Bob B. Soxx and the Bluejeans. For the singles “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Then He Kissed Me,” he re-enlisted the original Crystals, now with a new lead singer, the 15-year-old Dolo...

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With the ongoing pandemic, most of us are doing our part to stop the spread of the virus, The CDC is continuing to advise the public to practice social distancing, so that means we’re currently spending a lot of our time at home without seeing our extended family or friends. For celebrities like Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani quarantine is a bit harder to accomplish as they have to be on the set for work or other business-related projects, but the two are still doing what they can to remain (mostly) at home. In a new episode of Apple Music radio show Party Barn Radio With Luke Bryan, Shelton revealed that Stefani is taking coronavirus precautions seriously — which means he isn’t able to see his friends. While talking to Bryan, the country singer admitted that he has been dodging his texts...

Legendary actress Betty White is celebrating her 99th birthday on Sunday and she seems keen to let her many fans in on the celebration.  The five-time Emmy-winner’s longtime friend and agent, Jeff Witjas, told Fox News that, although she’s happy to mark the occasion of her last birthday in double digits, she’s playing it safe because of the coronavirus pandemic.  "Betty had planned to run a couple miles for her birthday but COVID has canceled this so she will remain safe in her home doing various activities," Witjas joked.  He went on to note that she "loves her fans" and never takes anything from them for granted. When the time comes for White to blow out the candles, her rep explained that her wish is quite simple.  BETTY WHITE, 98, SAYS SHE'S 'BLESSED WITH INCREDIBLY GOOD HEALTH' ...

Though she may have some other nominations.  While the rest of us were labeling 2020 a dumpster fire and chucking the whole lot of it in the trash, Zooey, mom to 5-year-old Elsie and 3-year-old Charlie with ex-husband Jacob Pechenik, was prying out the bits worth highlighting, most involving the guy she recently labeled "My 2020 MVP." And not just because of the outsized gestures, like when he helped her ring in her 40th birthday last Jan. 17 with the neon hued- and spandex-filled birthday party of her '80s kid dreams. While the festivities may be decidedly understated for her 41st, Zooey has found the joy in every last moment with the guy she credited with making her "feel happy in spite of a weird and uncertain year."  As she put it in an August post acknowledging the anniversary ...