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"BEST
MUSICIANS, SINGERS, ALBUMS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 19th,
20th AND 21st CENTURIES";
"VOLUME
V OF THE WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT"
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FAMSPA HONORS PATRICE FERRIS, BRUCE MORROW
"Cousin Brucie", DR. TRUDY PITTS AND ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE...
  All
on the cover of Volume V of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and
Entertainment.
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Breaking news
PATRICE
FERRIS GRACES THE COVER OF VOLUME V OF THE WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET,
MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
 New
York-New York. The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing
Artists (FAMSPA), officially announced this week in New York City that Ms.
Patrice Ferris, lead vocalist of the Washington-based Satin Doll Trio has been
selected to grace the front cover of "BEST
MUSICIANS, SINGERS, ALBUMS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 19th,
20th AND 21st CENTURIES"
(Volume V of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment)
published by FAMSPA and TimesSquarePress....Volume V is a
massive book containing 7,000 names and entries, 60 chapters and 600 photos of
stars and legends who made their mark on the world of music, showbiz and
entertainment in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. It covers a wide array of
subjects and themes including, the golden age of the brass bands, America's most
famous instrumentalists and soloists, the history of recordings and live
entertainment during the early days of radio, charts of the biggest hits and
popular songs from 1880 to the present, international survey/poll on the 500
best and most famous singers of our time, history and stars biographies of the
ragtime, cakewalk, Doo Wop and Jazz.
There are also heart-felt
stories that touch our hearts, for instance, the author writes about "HELLO
CENTRAL GIVE ME HEAVEN";
a
1901 song about a little child who used the phone to call her deceased mother. A
sad song written by A. P. Carter and sang by the Carter Family. The tears, the
pain and betrayal expressed in the music and lyrics written by the deposed and
jailed Queen of Hawaii, who wrote 500 songs, and who is considered to be one of
the earliest and most prolific songwriters in this country. But also the book
contains entertaining stories about stars never told before, such as how
impresarios and publicists in New York created so much extravagant and untrue
events and gossip to promote their stars and clients, all the gossips, rumors
and scandals of the era, starting with Barnum, Ziegfeld, Thomas Edison, Bette
Davis, Walter Matthau, Cole Porter, and ending with the top notch agents
in Manhattan, on Broadway and Wall Street.
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full article
THE 8 MAGNIFICENT DIVAS
       
 Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Stephanie Jordan, Irene Soderberg, Zola,
Maria Gentile, Katie Bull, Antoinette Montague, Peggy Judy.
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Dance
and ballet in America: The dream dancers, best choreographers
and pioneers.
P.95.
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ANNOUNCEMENT-BE
INCLUDED IN:
"BEST MUSICIANS,
DANCERS, SINGERS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 21st
CENTURY."-Coming soon.
OFFICIAL
PUBLIC INVITATION TO BE INCLUDED IN VOLUME V OF WORLD WHO’S WHO
IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.
New York, New
York- The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and
Performing Artists (FAMSPA) and Timessquarepress jointly
published this year 4 volumes of the series World Who’s Who
in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. The 2007 series
consists of 6 massive volumes and the Yearbook. So far,
30,000 names, entries and biographies were included in the four
previous volumes. The most recently published volume was:
Showbiz, Pioneers, Best Singers, Entertainers and Musicians from
1606 to the Present (800 photos).
In the
past, inclusion was strictly by invitation. This process has
changed now in virtue of numerous requests received from
singers, musicians and performing artists from around the world,
and to a certain extent following complaints from professionals
who were not included in the World Who’s Who. Effective May 14,
2007, performing artists, dancers, singers, musicians, and
members of the showbiz and entertainment industries can directly
apply for inclusion in the forthcoming volumes and complete the
Inclusion Application Form posted
Here
the website by emailing Carol Lexter at
carollexter@aol.com and/or writing to
Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing
Artists, PO Box 869, New York, New York 10009, USA.
CLASSICAL,
TRADITIONAL AND FREE FORM DANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY AND JAZZ DANCE:
CORE OF VOLUME V OF THE WORLD WHO’S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC
AND ENTERTAINMENT
The
editorial board is currently working on Volume V and is
accepting new inclusion applications submitted by professionals
from the United States and foreign countries. Volume V is
innovative and challenging, because it encompasses multiple and
diverse forms and aspects of performing arts. In addition to
mainstream music, cabaret and Jazz, Volume V has a very strong
emphasis on dance ranging from Jazz dance and free form to
traditional, classical, ethnic, ballroom and ballet. Therefore,
dancers and performing artists (worldwide) are encouraged to
apply for inclusion and to submit their biographies, description
of their career highlights, photos, and information pertaining
to their performances, appearances and activities. Volume V
shall be published within 3 months and made available to the
general public in mid August 2007. The title of Volume V is:
PERFORMING ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS,
SINGERS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 21st
CENTURY.
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HOTTEST DIVAS IN THE
BUSINESS
MARILYN SCOTT,
ROSEANNA VITRO, SUZANNE GRZANNA, ZOLA, DONNA BYRNE.
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LEGEND:
 CATERINA
VALENTE. Caterina
Valente is a vocal superstar in any language.
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GOLD AND
PLATINUM. TOP-SELLING ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. Complete list.
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THE
200 ALBUMS THAT EVERY MUSIC LOVER SHOULD OWN.
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Jazz Musicians Are
Largely Male And Well Educated But Many Are Underpaid And Lack
Benefits.
SO MANY OUTSTANDING JAZZ AND
CABARET ARTISTS ARE OUT OF WORK.
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 THE
GREAT CHAYELA ROSENTHAL.
The late great Chayela
Rosenthal (1924-1979) in black satin gloves. She was loving with a
heart bigger than the world we live in, down to earth, and also… super
duper elegant and classy on stage...Read
 How and where to book
your show:
Very important advice and
tips to consider when booking your show at venues.
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THE BEST MUSICIANS AND TOP BANDS IN
GREAT BRITAIN TODAY.
Homegrown music is more exciting than at any time since Britpop. Who
can we thank for this? Our panel of critics names - and rates for
sound, songs, gigs, style and attitude - the most influential
contemporary acts.
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List of names of HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED PERFORMERS, ENTERTAINERS, SINGERS, MUSICIANS BY STYLE, QUALITY,
MUSIC. For Jazz ambiance...Cabaret ambiance...Concert Hall...American
Standards...Cozy romantic venues.
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STARS
& CELEBRITIES OF THE YEAR FROM THE MOST BORING TO THE MOST TALENTED
AND LUCKIEST CELEBRITIES.
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RECIPIENTS OF THE UNITED STATES LIVING
LEGEND AWARD: CATEGORY: MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, SHOWBIZ, PERFORMING
ARTS.
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Artists
who will boost your business.
Are
you a venue proprietor? Are you hiring? What makes an artist good for your business? Who brings
people to your establishment? Or who brings more customers to your
establishment, to put it bluntly? If you have been in the hospitality,
food, beverage and entertainment industries, you already know the answers.
If not, better read this...Read
Best singers, composers, music
personalities according to the World Who's Who in Jazz,
Cabaret, Music and Entertainment, 2007 Edition...Read.
Roster of names
of the legitimate American cabaret singers.
See the complete list.
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JUST PUBLISHED
 SHOWBIZ,
PIONEERS, BEST SINGERS, MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS FROM 1606 TO THE
PRESENT (Vol. IV of the World Who's Who in Jazz,
Cabaret, Music and Entertainment) Photo:
Diva Peggy Judy on the cover. Photo credit:
Peter Zakhary.
THE MOST
FASCINATING AND INFLUENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, JAZZ AND CABARET BOOK EVER
PUBLISHED.
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articles and reviews
The Federation of
American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) has
already published 4 volumes of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret,
Music and Entertainment listing approx. 30,000 names, entries and
biographies of singers and musicians who made their mark on the world
of music, showbiz and performing arts. Two more volumes are under
preparation. The Who's Who is the most comprehensive, influential,
authoritative and informative publication ever published on the
universe of entertainment, artists biographies, career highlights and
accomplishments. It contains more than 800 photos, hundreds of charts,
data, statistics, thematic, biographic and historic bios and articles.
As well as the history and pioneers from 1606 to the present. Contact
Carol Lexter at
carollexter@aol.com to be included in
Volume V and forthcoming volumes.
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SHOWBIZ TIME
MAGAZINE May Issue is out.
READ IT
NOW!
  REPORT:
THE YEAR BEST IN JAZZ, CABARET AND WORLD MUSIC. THE
GREAT ONES!!
THE ULTIMATE DIVAS, SINGERS, SONGWRITERS AND MUSICIANS
OF CABARET, JAZZ, AMERICAN STANDARDS AND WORLD MUSIC.
 BREAKING
NEWS: 7 HOT DIVAS GRACE THE COVERS OF VOLUME IV
OF THE WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT.
Seven gorgeous and talented
singers from Iceland, Australia, the United States and South Africa.
Montague called them "angels". She is sweet. Boy, I love to have angels
like these divas, I don't need to go to heaven. They bring heaven to me.
Maxi's heavenly angels are not Gabriel et al. They are DIVAS! They don't
come from heaven...they come from a more complex heaven: SHOWBIZ! And
there is no business like show business and no heaven like a heaven made
out of divas.
Read full article
EVENTS: BACK STAGE
BISTRO AWARDS by Paulette Attie
 Photo: Paulette Attie with Bistro Award winner, Klea
Blackhurst.
If you want to see the most
original talents to be found anywhere, going to the Back Stage Bistro
Awards fulfills that wish. This year’s, event took place on April 9th
at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
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 TOPICS
Photo: "She deserves to work, she
is a wonderful actress and Hollywood is pretty cruel with women that
cross 40." Antonio Banderas on Melanie Griffith.
ANY
FUTURE FOR HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO TURN 40?
Halle
Berry, David Schwimmer, Samantha Fox and Chris Evans turned 42 in 2007.
Hollywood has a huge downer on women over 40. With Berry seemingly still in her
prime, stunningly good looking and much in demand, perhaps she will prove an
exception to the rule. But Hollywood is littered with tales of aging starlets
who see their careers take a nosedive after they pass the big 4-0...Read
DIVA OF THE
MONTH: MEET PEGGY JUDY
ON STAGE, SHE IS DANGEROUS!
SHE WILL KNOCK YOU DOWN! IN LIFE, SHE IS AN ANGEL!
Photo: Peggy Judy, nominated
“Entertainer of the Year” by The Federation of American
Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists.
International Herald Daily News’
David Nye described her “Enigmatic and captivating!” Showbiz
Time magazine called her “The incomparable!” The Los Angeles
Times wrote: “The
indomitable Miss Peggy Judy just won't stay down!” A woman
larger than life on and off stage, writer
extraordinaire, singer, cartoonist and actress, Molly
Brandenburg is best known to nightclub comedy audiences as her
original creation, lounge singer 60’s movie starlet and rehab
veteran Miss Peggy Judy.
The fabulous Peggy Judy in concert.A dizzy legend in her own mind,
Miss Peggy Judy has been wowing audiences up and down the West
coast with her uniquely bent brand of comedy cabaret—all based
on her stories of life in the Hollywood fastlane...
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 Honoring
the best in the business:
ROSEANNA VITRO:
This woman is a national treasure.
Roseanna
brings a wealth of swing, melodic improvisation and heartfelt expression
to the jazz idiom. She combines a vibrant energy and spirit, a deep
understanding of the history and theoretical elements of jazz with her
rhythmic, soulful southern roots to produce her own unique sound and
style. Her many CDs have featured Elvin Jones, “Fat Head” Newman,
George Coleman, Al Foster, Kenny Barron, Kenny Werner, Gary Bartz and Fred
Hersch. Roseanna was inducted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998
along with Bob Dorough and John Stubbelfield.
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LAFAYETTE UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, JAZZ AND
PERFORMING ARTS
En route: A
major new publication on music, showbiz musicians, singers jazz
and divas.
THEMATIC & BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SINGERS,
PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.
From
Bach to Elton John and from Baroque and chamber music to jazz
and cabaret; this is the core and concept of a new encyclopedia
on music currently in production and soon to be made available
to the public.
 Photo:
Ilil Arbel, PH.D. co-author of the encyclopedia.
What is so special about this encyclopedia and
what should we expect to see and read in this enormous and
ambitious project? We went directly to the source to find out:
Ilil Arbel, Ph.D., co-author of the Encyclopedia.
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THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!!
NANCY LAMOTT...PAM BRICKER...
 
Nancy LaMott, probably the greatest singer of American
Popular Standards of her generation, was on the verge of stardom when
she was struck down, at the age of 43, by Uterine Cancer. Nancy came
from the Midwestern town of Midland, Michigan (or, as she used to call
it, a suburb of the Dow Chemical Company.)
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Pam Bricker: It's difficult to believe that two years have
passed since our beloved Pammy departed on February 20, 2005. For all
of us who knew and loved Pam, this remains an incalculable loss. A
sweet and generous soul has passed from this Earth, one that touched
so many of us through song.
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News & Headlines
2-Previous
News & Headlines
3-Celebrities
of the month:
  
 Nat
Hentoff.
Deniece
Williams.
Valentine
Ryder.
Frank Dain.
Barbara Montgomery.
Judy
Kaye.
Etta James.
Lynn DiMenna. Don
Grzanna. Lorna
Dallas.
Paulette
Attie ....and
much more.
 
4-Artists
of the month:
Zola,
Nancy Wilson,
Roseanna Vitro,
Marilyn Scott,
Ellen Robinson.,
Antoinette Montague,
Suzanne Grzanna,.Peggy
Judy, Biographies and career highlights of some of the
best artists in the business.
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7-Serious
Concerns:
Jazz Musicians Are
Largely Male And Well Educated But Many Are Underpaid And Lack
Benefits.
SO MANY OUTSTANDING JAZZ AND
CABARET ARTISTS ARE OUT OF WORK.
Less than 4% of local artists in New
York City perform twice a week.
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8-HOT
GOSSIP
 Michael
Jackson memorabilia, which includes handwritten lyrics and a fedora he
once wore, is being auctioned off in Las Vegas next month. The
collection, made up of about 2,000 items, spans the career of Jackson and
his family from the mid-1960s through to the early 1990s.
Read more
 Rolling
Stones guitarist Keith Richards has denied that he snorted the ashes of
his late father during a drugs binge. The story surfaced in the NME,
where Richards said in an interview: "He was cremated and I couldn't
resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow."
Read more
 A
psychiatrist who is said to have prescribed drugs to the late Playboy
model Anna Nicole Smith is being investigated, a US official has said.
A spokeswoman for the California medical board confirmed Dr. Khristine
Eroshevich was the subject of a probe but gave no further details.
Read more
 Whitney
Houston has been given custody of the teenage daughter she shares with
estranged husband Bobby Brown, as their 14-year marriage comes to an end.
The singer, 43, told a Californian court that Brown was "unreliable"
and their daughter could not depend on him.
Read more
LA CRÈME DE LA CRÈME
 Mark
Murphy.
Best singers, composers, music
personalities according to the World Who's Who in Jazz,
Cabaret, Music and Entertainment, 2007 Edition...Read.
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