"his album ""Citizen Cain'd"". He's heard to say “When I say I’m dead you best believe I’m dead, D-E-A-D” during the outro. In an outtake of ""Careless"" from their album ""Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash"", The Replacements opened with the line ""When I say I'm in debt, you best believe I'm in debt, D-E-T!"" In 1972, ""Leader of the Pack"" was performed by Bette Midler on her debut album ""The Divine Miss M"". The opening from ""Leader of the Pack""—""Is she really going out with him?""—was recycled both as the opening lines of 1976's ""New Rose"" by"
"Divine Miss M,"" on Atlantic Records in December 1972. The album was co-produced by Barry Manilow, who was Bette's arranger and music conductor at the time. It reached Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured three hit singles—""Do You Wanna Dance?"", ""Friends"", and ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy""—the third of which became Midler's first No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. ""Bugle Boy"" became a successful rock cover of the classic swing tune originally introduced and popularized in 1941 by the Andrews Sisters, to whom Midler has repeatedly referred"
"album won Midler a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. ""Do You Want to Dance?"", ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"" and ""Friends"" were all Top 40 hit singles from the album, with ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"" climbing to #8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and reaching #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The album was released on CD for the first time in 1990. A remastered version of the album was released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1995. A remastered deluxe edition was released in October 2016. The Divine Miss M The Divine Miss M is the debut studio album by"
"Michelle Williams (singer) Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 23, 1980) is an American recording artist and actress. Williams rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records, of which more than 35 million copies sold with the trio lineup with Williams. During their hiatus, she released her debut solo album ""Heart to Yours"" (2002) which topped the US gospel album chart and became the best-selling gospel release of the year. Also in 2002, ""Billboard"", named her the fifth Top Gospel"
"for an audition for a Broadway show called ""Mirror Cracked"", Linhart sang to Midler a song that he and his songwriting partner Mark ""Moogy"" Klingman had just written, called ""Friends"". After hearing the song, Midler asked Linhart if she could sing ""Friends"" during a show that she was performing in at the Continental Baths in New York. Klingman and Linhart attended the show and were impressed with the performance. Soon after, Midler recorded the song on her debut album ""The Divine Miss M"", which was a nickname she always wanted to be known as having personified. The song ""Friends"" can"
"Monica (singer) Monica Denise Brown (née Arnold; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Monica rose to prominence after she signed with Rowdy Records in 1993 and released her debut album ""Miss Thang"" two years later. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including the global bestseller ""The Boy Is Mine"" (1998) as well as the number-one albums ""After the Storm"" (2003), ""The Makings of Me"" (2006)"
"Lil' Mo Cynthia Karen Loving (born November 19, 1978), best known by her stage name Lil' Mo, is an American R&B singer, actress, radio personality, songwriter, and record producer. She debuted on the music scene as Missy Elliott's protégée and contributed guest vocals to some of Elliott's work, most notably the record-breaking ""Hot Boyz"". Under the wing of Elliott, Lil' Mo would land a contract deal with Elektra Records and release charting singles of her own, including ""Ta Da"", ""Superwoman Pt. II"", ""4Ever"", ""Hot Girls"", and her debut single ""5 Minutes"". In addition to her solo work and collaborative efforts"
"persona of the same name. The second single ""I'm Beautiful Dammitt!""—in fact not an original but a remake of a song by house music group Uncanny Alliance—even opens with the spoken line """"This is the Divine Miss M and I'm here to share with you some rare and stimulating insight about my cosmic fabulosity!"""" and effectively set the tone for the following album. ""Ukulele Lady"", a tribute to Midler's native Hawaii which she had first performed live in the 1997 TV special ""Diva Las Vegas"", is an old evergreen written by Gus Kahn and Richard A. Whiting, published in 1925"
"was replaced by first runner-up Miss New Jersey Suzette Charles. Thirty-two years later, Miss America CEO Sam Haskell offered her a public apology (during the Miss America 2016 pageant) for the events of 1984. Williams rebounded from the scandal with a successful career as a singer and actress. In 1988, she released her debut studio album ""The Right Stuff"" whose title single saw moderate success before ""Dreamin'"" peaked at number 8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the United States. Her second and third studio albums, ""The Comfort Zone"" (1991) and ""The Sweetest Days"" (1994), saw continued commercial success"
"from communities across the United States. Simpson also works with Make A Wish Foundation. Headlining Co-headlining Opening act Jessica Simpson Jessica Ann Johnson (née Simpson; born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. Simpson signed a recording contract with Columbia Records when she was sixteen, and released her debut studio album ""Sweet Kisses"" in 1999. It sold over four million copies worldwide, and spawned the top three song ""I Wanna Love You Forever"" (1999). Hoping to achieve further success with her second album, Simpson adopted a more mature image for the release of ""Irresistible"" (2001). The"
"Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ""Barney & Friends"" as a child, she received her breakthrough role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel television film ""Camp Rock"" (2008) and its sequel """" (2010). Since signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato has released six studio albums, including ""Don't Forget"" (2008), ""Here We Go Again"" (2009), ""Unbroken"" (2011), ""Demi"" (2013), ""Confident"" (2015), and ""Tell Me You Love Me"" (2017). Lovato earned seven top 20 entries on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart: ""This"
"Lisa M Marlisa Marrero Vázquez (born January 16, 1974) better known by her stage name Lisa M, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, dancer and record producer. She is known as the first female rapper artist to debut in Latin America. Marlisa Marrero Vázquez was born on January 16, 1974 in Puerta de Tierra, a neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Dominican mother, Antonia Vázquez, As a child, she practiced swimming, as well as hip-hop dancing at age 11, going on to work later as a dancer for rapper Vico C. Lisa M recorded her first album"
"the ""Hip-Hop Non-Stop TV-Show"". They had a second wedding ceremony for family and friends in July 2011. On September 3, 2013, Monica gave birth to her third child, Laiyah Shannon. Monica (singer) Monica Denise Brown (née Arnold; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Monica rose to prominence after she signed with Rowdy Records in 1993 and released her debut album ""Miss Thang"" two years later. She followed it"
"""The Divine Miss M"" album, and released it as the B side of the album's second single, ""Delta Dawn."" However, when ""Delta Dawn"" met resistance from radio (due to competition from Helen Reddy's version), the single was quickly flipped, with ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"" becoming the new A side.<ref name=""Billboard A/C #1 Hits""></ref> Midler's version peaked at number eight on the """"Billboard"" Hot 100"" singles chart in mid-1973, introducing it to a new generation of pop music fans. The single was produced by Barry Manilow. The track was also a number-one single on the ""Billboard"" easy listening chart. Boogie Woogie"
"Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. Referred to as the ""Songbird Supreme"" by the ""Guinness World Records"", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style, and signature use of the whistle register. She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the US ""Billboard"" 200 for 11 consecutive weeks. Carey became the first and only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, from ""Vision of Love"" to"
"Michelle Williams discography American recording artist Michelle Williams has released four studio albums, one compilation album and fifteen singles. Williams' began her career in 1999 as a backing vocalist for Grammy Award-winning R&B recording artist Monica and in 2000 a member of one of the best-selling American bands of all time, Destiny's Child, who have sold approximately 60 million records worldwide. She released her first solo album ""Heart to Yours"" (2002), during the hiatus of Destiny's Child, making her the first member of the band to do so. The album topped the US Gospel Albums chart, and peaked at number"
"Lily M Mavis Akuamoah Boateng (born September 11, 1977), better known as Lily M, is a Ghanaian Afropop musician and an activist. Lily M was born and raised in Kumasi in the Ashanti region and hails from Asomanso in Kwabre district. Lily is a buddhist by religion, she started singing at the Soka Gakkai International since her childhood. LILY M launched her full music career after graduating from CBS. In 2013, she released her first album (“Africa Great Continent”) featuring both local and international artists, She has further released singles like ""Find your voice"" and ""Danse"" Lily M's major breakthrough"
"Jennavive Jackson Jennavive Jackson (born October 3, 1987) is an American singer and songwriter, independent recording artist.[1] At times she has been active in Germany as well as the USA. Raised in a large family on a farm in Northern California, her first exposure to music was in church.[2] After the events of 9/11, Jackson enlisted in the United States Air Force.[10] On active duty, she served in S. Korea, Germany, and California, as well as completed 2 tours of duty in Salerno, Afghanistan. While stationed overseas in Germany, she was selected for a USO style tour for the United"
"Melanie Martinez (singer) Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, she subsequently rose to prominence in 2012 after appearing on the American television vocal talent show ""The Voice"". Following the show, she released her debut single titled ""Dollhouse"". Signing to Atlantic Records, she released her debut EP, also named ""Dollhouse"" (2014). Martinez later released her debut studio album, ""Cry Baby"" (2015). The album went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in February 2017. Martinez's songs ""Sippy Cup"","
"to 1969, she played the role of Tzeitel in ""Fiddler on the Roof"" on Broadway. After ""Fiddler"", she joined the original cast of ""Salvation"" in 1969. She began singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the Ansonia Hotel, in the summer of 1970. During this time, she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow, who produced her first album in 1972, ""The Divine Miss M."" It was during her time at the Continental Baths that she built up a core following. In the late 1990s, during the release of her album ""Bathhouse Betty"", Midler commented on her"
"God's Children"". She also met Pope Francis during his Apostolic visit to the Philippines on 15–19 January 2015. She is married to JB Mendoza and has a daughter named Reine Mendoza, who was born on December 12, 1996. She graduated from University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Economics. Jamie Rivera Mary Jane Cruz Mendoza (born August 29, 1966), known professionally as Jamie Rivera, is a pop singer from the Philippines and also known as the Inspirational Diva World . Since her debut album ""Hey It's Me"", Rivera has had five gold and two platinum-selling albums issued by PARI."
"her discofied take on Frank Sinatra's standard ""Strangers in the Night"" which became a #7 hit on the US dance charts. Two of the tracks, ""Old Cape Cod"" and ""Marahuana"", were originally recorded during the sessions for 1972 debut album ""The Divine Miss M"" but remixed three years later by producers Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin for ""Songs for the New Depression"". The album peaked at #27 on the ""Billboard"" album chart. ""Mr. Rockefeller"" was sampled by rapper Kanye West on the song, ""Last Call"", from his debut album, ""The College Dropout"". The album was released on CD for the"
"adopts a homeless dog. Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. Referred to as the ""Songbird Supreme"" by the ""Guinness World Records"", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style, and signature use of the whistle register. She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the US ""Billboard"" 200 for 11 consecutive weeks. Carey became the first and only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, from"
"Michelle Branch discography Michelle Branch is an American pop rock singer-songwriter. She has released four studio albums, one video album, two extended plays, and twelve singles. Branch's debut album, ""Broken Bracelet"", was released in 2000. It did not chart on any ""Billboard"" charts and no singles were released from the album. Branch's second album and her major label debut, ""The Spirit Room"", was released on August 14, 2001, through Maverick Records. It peaked at number twenty-eight on the ""Billboard"" 200 and featured three Top 40 singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including ""All You Wanted"". The album has been certified"
"expects that for your first single."" The song first charted on the week of December 1, 2012, on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 34. Miss America (J. Cole song) ""Miss America"" is a song by American hip hop recording artist and record producer J. Cole, released November 13, 2012 as the first promotional single from his second studio album ""Born Sinner"" (2013). The song, which was produced by Cole himself, samples Rue Royale's ""Flightline"". The song debuted at #34 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song was used in Ubisoft's ""Launch"" trailer for the 2013 video game """"."
"Melissa M Melissa Merchiche (born August 21, 1985 in Marseille), better known by her stage name Melissa M or simply Melissa, is a French R&B singer of Algerian origin. Her debut album entitled ""Avec Tout Mon Amour"" and two successful singles, ""Elle"" and ""Cette Fois"" was on April 23, 2007. ""Avec Tout Mon Amour"" was ranked in the French Top 50. Her second album entitled ""Melissa M"" was released in 2009. In November 2013 the single ""Jump"" was released to help promote her upcoming third album, which is still untitled. She currently lives in Gardanne, France. Melissa M was born"
"already been taken by another singer. So she added the letter ""M"", which is the first letter of her last name (Merchiche). Melissa M Melissa Merchiche (born August 21, 1985 in Marseille), better known by her stage name Melissa M or simply Melissa, is a French R&B singer of Algerian origin. Her debut album entitled ""Avec Tout Mon Amour"" and two successful singles, ""Elle"" and ""Cette Fois"" was on April 23, 2007. ""Avec Tout Mon Amour"" was ranked in the French Top 50. Her second album entitled ""Melissa M"" was released in 2009. In November 2013 the single ""Jump"" was"
"Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe Robinson (; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She is signed to her own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records. After her first unofficial studio album, ""The Audition"", she publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled """", which peaked at number 115 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in the United States. In 2010, Monáe released her critically acclaimed first full-length studio album ""The ArchAndroid"", a concept album sequel to her first EP. It was released by Bad Boy Records and reached the number 17 spot on the ""Billboard"" 200. Monáe"
"comedy, Vaudeville and burlesque. It was during this time that Midler cultivated her stage persona, “The Divine Miss M”. ""The more outrageous I was, the more they liked it,"" says Midler. ""It loosened me up."" With the assistance of long-time collaborator and friend Barry Manilow—who also happened to work as a pianist at the Continental Baths—Midler found herself a trio of backup singers, which included pop singer Melissa Manchester. Originally they were called The Red Light District, then M.G.M. (because of the initials of the original members, Melissa, Gail and Merle), but eventually they settled on The Harlettes. With the"
"Own Kind of Music"" and ""Different"") and free love. Her music was later featured in the acclaimed gay film ""Beautiful Thing"" (1996), adapted from the play of the same name. Singer and actress Bette Midler became recognized as a gay icon in the 1970s. After performing on Broadway, Midler began performing at the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the city, where she became close to her piano accompanist Barry Manilow, who produced her first major album ""The Divine Miss M"" (1973). ""Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis], I'm still proud of those days [singing at"
"Maizie Williams Maizie Ursula Williams (born 25 March 1951 in Montserrat, British West Indies) is a British model and singer who became one of the original members of the successful 1970s disco music group Boney M. Though she did not sing on the studio recordings of their songs, she did perform live and subsequently established an independent career as a singer. Brought up in Birmingham, England, Williams began working as a model, eventually gaining the title Miss Black Beautiful in a contest in 1973. After this initial success she went on to front her own band, Black Beautiful People. She"
"America 2016 pageant, former Miss America CEO Sam Haskell made a public apology to her for the events of 1984. Williams first received public recognition for her musical abilities when she won the preliminary talent portion of the Miss America pageant with her rendition of ""Happy Days Are Here Again"" (Williams would later be crowned Miss America 1984). Four years later in 1988, Williams released her debut album, ""The Right Stuff"". The first single, ""The Right Stuff"", found success on the R&B chart, while the second single, ""He's Got the Look"", found similar success on the same chart. The third"
"Madame Mayhem Natalie Ann Cohen (Born January 24, 1989) known by her stage name as Madame Mayhem is an American singer/songwriter and a recording artist from New York. Madame Mayhem began her musical training at the Manhattan School Of Music and went on to Frost School Of Music at the University Of Miami, where she completed a bachelor’s degree in music—double majoring in classical opera and musical theatre—in three years. Prior to her debut album release, ""White Noise"" (October 2012), she was named a featured artist Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio New Discovered and Uncovered Artist chart in February 2011. Her debut"