"a list of items and numbers is displayed and lists his powerplant as ""atomic"". Dusty Springfield, backed by Ron ""Escalade"" Piscina, sang the theme song written by Glen A. Larson, which was used in the opening and closing credits for the ""Wine, Women & War"" and ""The Solid Gold Kidnapping"" telefilms. The song was also used in the promotion of the series, but when the weekly series began the song was replaced by the instrumental theme by Oliver Nelson. The first regular episode, ""Population: Zero"", introduced a new element to the opening sequence: a voiceover by Oscar Goldman stating the"
"Mrs. Miller Elva Ruby Miller (October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997), who recorded under the name ""Mrs. Miller"", was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her series of shrill and off-key renditions of popular songs such as ""Moon River"", ""Monday, Monday"", ""A Lover's Concerto"", and ""Downtown"". Singing in an untrained, Mermanesque, vibrato-laden style, according to Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace in ""The Book of Lists 2,"" Miller's voice was compared to the sound of ""roaches scurrying across a trash can lid."" Nevertheless, ""Downtown"" reached the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart in April"
"""[a]ccomplished television regulars like Laurel Lea had the look, the sound and the talent"". The program featured two of her tracks, ""Alfie"" and ""Tomorrow"". Laurel Lea Lorraine May Chapman (3 October 194231 January 1992), professionally known as Laurel Lea, was an Australian popular singer of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lea appeared regularly on TV series, ""Bandstand"", ""Six O'Clock Rock"" and ""Saturday Date"". In 1974 and 1975 she toured throughout Australia with contemporaries Johnny O'Keefe, Johnny Devlin, Lonnie Lee and Barry Stanton. On 31 January 1992 Lea died of leukaemia. Laurel Lea was born as Lorraine May Chapman. She"
"is survived by her mother, daughter, three sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren. Vesta Williams Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s. She was known for her four–octave vocal range. She once sang ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included ""Guitar Man"", ""U.S. Male"", ""A Thing Called Love"", ""Alabama Wild Man"", ""Amos Moses"", ""When You're Hot, You're Hot"" (which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male), ""Ko-Ko Joe"", ""Lord, Mr. Ford"", ""East Bound and Down"" (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster ""Smokey and the Bandit"", in which Reed co-starred), ""The Bird"", and ""She Got the Goldmine (I Got"
"year, she toured Japan with Carlos Johnson. Wellington died of a cerebral aneurysm in Maywood, Illinois, in January 1993, at the age of 33. She was interred at the Restvale Cemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. ""Million Dollar $ecret"" was reissued by Rooster Blues in 1995. Valerie Wellington Valerie Wellington (November 14, 1959 – January 2, 1993) was an African-American singer who, in her short career, switched from singing opera to singing Chicago blues and electric blues. On her 1984 album, ""Million Dollar $ecret"", she worked with Sunnyland Slim, Billy Branch, and Magic Slim. She also worked with Lee ""Shot"" Williams. She"
"Vesta Williams Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s. She was known for her four–octave vocal range. She once sang ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, she scored six Top 10 hits on the United States ""Billboard"" R&B"
"Vanity (singer) Denise Katrina Matthews (January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016), better known as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress, who turned away from her music and acting career to concentrate on evangelism. Her career lasted from the early 1980s until the early/mid-1990s. She was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6 from 1981 until it disbanded in 1983. They are known for their 1982 R&B/funk hit ""Nasty Girl"". Vanity's music career also included two solo albums on the Motown Records label, ""Wild Animal"" and ""Skin on Skin"", as well as the minor"
"Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s. With her distinctive sensual mezzo-soprano sound, she was an important singer of blue-eyed soul and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and sixteen on the UK Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989. She is a member of the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls"
"Laurel Lea Lorraine May Chapman (3 October 194231 January 1992), professionally known as Laurel Lea, was an Australian popular singer of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lea appeared regularly on TV series, ""Bandstand"", ""Six O'Clock Rock"" and ""Saturday Date"". In 1974 and 1975 she toured throughout Australia with contemporaries Johnny O'Keefe, Johnny Devlin, Lonnie Lee and Barry Stanton. On 31 January 1992 Lea died of leukaemia. Laurel Lea was born as Lorraine May Chapman. She was raised in Armidale, New South Wales by Con Lianos and was known as Lorraine Lianos. Con and his wife ran a travelling performance"
"Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include ""All I Wanna Do"", ""If It Makes You Happy"", ""My Favorite Mistake"" and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy Awards (out of 32 nominations) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and"
"Forever Cemetery. Gladys Gale Gladys Gale (January 15, 1891 – October 4, 1948) was an American nightclub singer and vaudeville performer, before becoming a character actress in films during the 1930s and 1940s. The wife of a millionaire, she led a checkered life before dying under mysterious circumstances in a Los Angeles hotel room under an assumed name. Born Gladys Lanphere on January 15, 1891, in Monmouth, Illinois, she married millionaire Park Benjamin. During the Prohibition Era she became a nightclub performer in a speakeasy in New York City, also appearing on the vaudeville stage in the late 1920s and"
"settle in New Orleans, where reports indicate that she died circa 1936"". All of her recordings were reissued in 1996 by Document Records on the CD ""Esther Bigeou: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1921–1923)"" (DODC-5489). Recorded in New York City for Okeh Records in October–November 1921: Recorded in New York City for Okeh Records in March 1923: Recorded in New York City for Okeh Records in December 1923: Esther Bigeou Esther Bigeou (1895 – 1935 or 1936) was an American vaudeville and blues singer. Billed as ""The Girl with the Million Dollar Smile"", she was one of the classic"
"Comes Around"" (credited to ""GTS Featuring Loleatta Holloway"") in 2000, and ""Relight My Fire"" (credited to ""Martin featuring Holloway""), which hit #5 in 2003. Whilst not a single, ""Like a Prayer"", a Madonna cover, was a track on the Madonna tribute album ""Virgin Voices"". ""Love Sensation '06"" and reached #37 on the UK Singles Chart. Holloway died aged 64 on March 21, 2011 from heart failure and is survived by her four children. Loleatta Holloway Loleatta Holloway (; November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as ""Hit and Run"" and"
"Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1996. Patsy Montana Ruby Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song ""I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"", and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Ruby Blevins (she added an ""e"" to Ruby in her late teens) was born in Beaudry, Arkansas and grew up near Hope. She had ten siblings, all of them boys, However, two died early"
"Patsy Montana Ruby Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song ""I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"", and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Ruby Blevins (she added an ""e"" to Ruby in her late teens) was born in Beaudry, Arkansas and grew up near Hope. She had ten siblings, all of them boys, However, two died early from an accidental fire. In 1929,"
"Marion Marlowe Marion Marlowe (born Marion Townsend; March 7, 1929 – March 24, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She is best known for her recordings of ""The Man in the Raincoat"" and ""Heartbeat"". Marlowe worked with Frank Parker (""Moonlight and Roses"") and was married to the television producer Larry Puck. Marlowe was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and her father died several years later. At that point Marlowe and her mother (a ballerina who had danced with the Metropolitan Opera) moved in with her grandparents. Her initial public performance came at age 5 when she sang ""Ave Maria"""
"gun control measures, opposes military intervention in Syria, and supports fighting climate change. Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include ""All I Wanna Do"", ""If It Makes You Happy"", ""My Favorite Mistake"" and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy"
"Doyle Holly Doyle Floyd Hendricks (June 30, 1936 – January 13, 2007), known by the stage name Doyle Holly, was an American musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos and for his solo hit songs ""Queen Of The Silver Dollar"" and ""Lila"". Holly's contributions on bass guitar and rhythm guitar were a key component of the Bakersfield sound. The Buckaroos had more than 30 Top 40 singles on the country music charts in the 1960s and early 1970s, with 21 number one hits such as ""I've Got a Tiger"
"Monáe performs a song entitled ""Dorothy Dandridge Eyes"" on her album ""The Electric Lady"", with Esperanza Spalding. A character in the 1969 movie ""The Lost Man"" states she named herself after Dandridge, citing that 'I loved her [...] it was a terrible tragedy when she died.' In the February 2016 episode of ""Black-ish"" entitled ""Sink or Swim"", Dre refers to Beyoncé as being the ""Dorothy Dandridge"" of our time, pointing out the star power of Dandridge during her day. Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and"
"Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called ""the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage"". Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are ""I Got Rhythm"" (from ""Girl Crazy""); ""Everything's Coming Up Roses"", ""Some People"", and ""Rose's Turn"" (from ""Gypsy""—Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs ""It's De-Lovely"" (from ""Red, Hot and Blue""), ""Friendship"" (from ""DuBarry Was"
"Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a ""horn-like"" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Fitzgerald's rendition of the nursery rhyme ""A-Tisket, A-Tasket"" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame."
"1959. In 1959 she quit singing, except for gospel music. She died of a heart attack, in March 1963, in New Orleans and was buried there in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. Woody Allen included her version of ""A Good Man Is Hard to Find"" on the soundtrack of his 2013 film ""Blue Jasmine"". Her half-sister, Edna Hicks, was also a blues singer. Her first husband J. C. Miles, from whom she took her stage name, died of Spanish Flu in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1918. Her second husband was August Pajaud. The following singles were all released in 1922 by"
"8th Street. Miller kept finding other songs to have her sing, but only one other scored among the Top 30: ""Blue Star"", based on the theme from a well-known television series, ""Medic."" Felicia Sanders died on February 7, 1975 from cancer at the age of 53. Felicia Sanders Felicia Sanders (c. 1922 – February 7, 1975) was a singer and musician of traditional pop music. Born as Felice Schwartz in Mount Vernon, New York, she sang in the 1940s, with big bands and on the radio, based in Los Angeles, California. She stopped singing professionally to marry Michael Snider (who"
"Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by ""Guinness World Records"" and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have been certified diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts—as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for ""How Will"
"Sue Thompson Sue Thompson (born Eva Sue McKee; July 19, 1925) is an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the million selling hits ""Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)"" and ""Norman"", both pop hits in the 1960s. She was born in Nevada, Missouri. By the age of 7, she was singing and playing the guitar on stage. During World War II, she worked at a defense plant. She married when she was 17, and had a daughter at 20, but the marriage failed and she and her husband split up after three years. To keep supporting"
"Elisabeth Welch Elisabeth Margaret Welch (February 27, 1904July 15, 2003) was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were ""Stormy Weather"", ""Love for Sale"" and ""Far Away in Shanty Town"". She was American-born, but was based in Britain for most of her career. Welch was born in Englewood, New Jersey, where her father was chief gardener of an estate. Her father was of indigenous American and African American ancestry; her mother was of Scottish and Irish descent. Welch was brought up in a Baptist-Christian family, and began her singing in a church choir."
"Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) Nancy Sue Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018) was an American singer whose career spanned over five decades, from the mid–1950s until her retirement in the early–2010s. She was notable for her single ""(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"" and her version of the standard ""Guess Who I Saw Today"". Wilson recorded more than 70 albums and won three Grammy Awards for her work. During her performing career Wilson was labeled a singer of blues, jazz, R&B, pop, and soul, a ""consummate actress"", and ""the complete entertainer"". The title she preferred, however, was"
"Shirley Ellis Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 [though her Social Security card shows 20 Jan 1927] – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin. She is best known for her novelty hits ""The Nitty Gritty"" (1963) (US no. 8), ""The Name Game"" (1964) (US no. 3) and ""The Clapping Song"" (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). ""The Clapping Song"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. By 1954 she had written two songs which were recorded by"
"Gwen Guthrie Gwendolyn ""Gwen"" Guthrie (July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter and pianist, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, Angela Bofill and Roberta Flack. Guthrie is well known for her 1986 anthem, ""Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"". Guthrie was born in and raised in Newark, New Jersey. In school, she studied classical music, and her father began teaching her piano when she was eight years old. By the early 1970s, she"
"by M People, who included it on their 1995 album ""Bizarre Fruit"", featuring vocalist Heather Small. Guthrie died of uterine cancer on February 3, 1999, at the age of 48, and was interred at Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey. Gwen Guthrie Gwendolyn ""Gwen"" Guthrie (July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter and pianist, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, Angela Bofill and Roberta Flack. Guthrie is well known for her 1986 anthem, ""Ain't"
"Parkinson's disease at the age of 82. Jean Shepard Ollie Imogene ""Jean"" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the No. 1 spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956–81, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. After Kitty Wells' 1952 breakthrough, Shepard quickly followed, and a national television gig and the Opry helped make her a star when few female country"
"Action Is, The Buddy Deane Show, and The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1966 visit and performance of Paper Tiger). Sue Thompson Sue Thompson (born Eva Sue McKee; July 19, 1925) is an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the million selling hits ""Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)"" and ""Norman"", both pop hits in the 1960s. She was born in Nevada, Missouri. By the age of 7, she was singing and playing the guitar on stage. During World War II, she worked at a defense plant. She married when she was 17, and had a daughter at"