Before returning to obscurity which busker found overnight success with the hit singles “Rosie” and “Blue Eyes”?
"Don Partridge Donald Eric Partridge (27 October 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English singer and songwriter, known as the ""king of the buskers"". He performed from the early 1960s first as a folk singer and later as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK and Europe in the late 1960s with the songs ""Rosie"", ""Blue Eyes"" and ""Breakfast On Pluto"". He later was a founder of the group Accolade, which released two albums. He continued writing music, playing, busking and recording, mainly as a solo artist, until 2008. Partridge was born in"
"Blues Busters (film) Blues Busters is a 1950 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on October 29, 1950 by Monogram Pictures and is the twentieth film in the series. Sach develops an uncanny ability to sing, after having his tonsils removed, and Slip convinces Louie to turn his sweet shop into a night club, The Bowery Palace, after unsuccessfully trying to get Sach a singing job at a neighboring club, The Rio Cabana. After Sach's singing makes him a star, Rick Martin (Craig Stevens), the owner of the now-rival club, tries to hire him away but"
"Idle Eyes Idle Eyes is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are best known for the Canadian hit single ""Tokyo Rose"", which peaked at #16 on ""RPM""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Canadian singles chart in June 1985. David Bruce ""Tad"" Campbell is the group's singer, chief songwriter and sole constant member. The band had its genesis in 1980 while Campbell was travelling in Australia, when he encountered an advertisement for a local band looking for a guitarist. He joined the band, which spent several months as the house band at a resort in the Whitsunday Islands, during which time"
"is now presumed lost but a 53-second trailer survives Rough House Rosie Rough House Rosie is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Strayer. The film is a starring vehicle for Clara Bow who was then Paramount's most popular actress. Reed Howes, a model turned actor, is Bow's leading man. The film was based on the story of the same name by Nunnally Johnson that appeared in ""The Saturday Evening Post"". The story was adapted for the screen by Max Marcin, with a screenplay by Louise Long and Ethel Doherty"
"at the Edge"". A best-of album, ""Land of the Midnight Sun"", was released in 1994 and featured six new songs. After the band's breakup in 1994, Campbell formed the bands Leghold Trap, Millions of Brazilians and Big Daddio before reforming Idle Eyes in the early 2000s. Idle Eyes Idle Eyes is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are best known for the Canadian hit single ""Tokyo Rose"", which peaked at #16 on ""RPM""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Canadian singles chart in June 1985. David Bruce ""Tad"" Campbell is the group's singer, chief songwriter and sole constant member. The band"
"Rough House Rosie Rough House Rosie is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Strayer. The film is a starring vehicle for Clara Bow who was then Paramount's most popular actress. Reed Howes, a model turned actor, is Bow's leading man. The film was based on the story of the same name by Nunnally Johnson that appeared in ""The Saturday Evening Post"". The story was adapted for the screen by Max Marcin, with a screenplay by Louise Long and Ethel Doherty and titles by George Marion, Jr. ""Rough House Rosie"""
"Records. The Righteous Brothers, The Rascals, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, Van Morrison & Them and The Grass roots were famous Blue-eyed soul musicians in 1960s. The term continued to be used in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly by the British media to refer to a new generation of singers who adopted elements of the Stax and Motown sounds. To a lesser extent, the term has been applied to singers in other music genres that are influenced by soul music. Artists like Hall and Oates, David Bowie, Teena Marie, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Raynolds, Frankie Vali, Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse"
"Haywoode Haywoode (Sidney Haywoode, London) is an English female singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK Top 20 hit single, ""Roses"". She later also recorded under the name Sid Haywoode. Haywoode trained from an early age at London's Corona Stage Academy. Her career started with modeling, dancing and acting roles in British television shows like ""The Gentle Touch"" and was a regular as a Hill's Angel on ""The Benny Hill Show"". She featured in movies including ""Ragtime"" and ""Superman"". Among singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre (""Bubbling Brown Sugar""), she joined Flick Colby's Zoo,"
"Rosie (TV series) Rosie is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast between 1977 and 1981. It was set in the fictitious Yorkshire town of Ravensbay, a name most probably derived from a combination of Ravenscar and Robin Hood's Bay, seaside villages near the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire where the series was filmed. The central character was PC Penrose, the titular ""Rosie"", a young and inexperienced police officer, played by Paul Greenwood. ""Rosie"" was preceded by an earlier series of seven episodes, broadcast in 1975, called ""The Growing Pains of PC Penrose"" which was set"
"One Dozen Roses One Dozen Roses is a 1971 album by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, issued on Motown Records' Tamla label. The penultimate album before lead singer Smokey Robinson departed the group for a solo career, ""One Dozen Roses"" features the Top 20 ""Billboard"" Hot 100 hit single ""I Don't Blame You at All"". Also included is the group's number-one smash hit ""The Tears of a Clown"", which was also made available through the reissue of the 1967 Miracles LP ""Make It Happen"" as ""The Tears of a Clown"". Both of these songs were also huge hits in England,"
"the group effectively ceased to exist. Chas Mills subsequently retired from the music industry to run a restaurant in North London. Tony Burrows went on to become known as the only artist to score five hit tunes with five different groups, the artist known as ""A one-hit wonder . . . five times."" Burrows was also lead singer on the song ""Love Grows (Where my Rosemary Goes)"" with Edison Lighthouse (although some You Tube videos of the era show other singers lip-synching to his vocals, it was his voice on that hit song. You can view him singing ""Love Grows"""
"the twin albums ""Use Your Illusion I"" and ""Use Your Illusion II"" (1991), were also widely successful; they respectively debuted at No. 2 and No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide. After 1994, following the conclusion of their two-and-a-half-year Use Your Illusion Tour, Rose disappeared from public life for several years, while the band disintegrated due to personal and musical differences. As its sole remaining original member, he was able to continue working under the Guns N' Roses banner because he had legally obtained the band name. In 2001, he resurfaced with"
"Rootie Tootie ""Rootie Tootie"" is a novelty song written by Fred Rose and recorded by Hank Williams on MGM Records in 1948. ""Rootie Tootie"" was released as the B-side to Pee Wee King's smash ""Tennessee Waltz"" in 1948. Country bandleader Paul Howard released a version that same year. King's success may have inflated Rose's regard for the song's hit potential, and this may be the reason why he pushed it on Williams, although, as Colin Escott speculates, ""it's likelier that Hank simply wasn't generating enough material that Rose considered worth releasing."" Although Rose, who wrote ""Blue Eyes Crying in the"
"Dark and Silent Gate"". ""Here Come Those Tears Again"", cowritten with Nancy Farnsworth, the mother of Phyllis Major, after the untimely death of Major, peaked at #23 on the Hot 100 one year to the week after that death. ""Running on Empty"" (1977), recorded entirely on tour, became his biggest commercial success. Breaking the usual conventions for a live album, Browne used only new material and combined live concert performances with recordings made on buses, in hotel rooms, and back stage. ""Running on Empty"" contains some of his most popular songs, such as the title track, ""Rosie"", and ""The Load-Out/Stay"""
"on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1956. Follow-up singles ""Track That Cat"", ""Wandering Heart"", and ""Confess"" failed to chart, and the group returned to nursing. The 1990 John Waters movie, ""Cry-Baby"", is named after the group's lone hit. The Bonnie Sisters The Bonnie Sisters were an American pop group from New York City. The three members were all nurses at Bellevue Hospital. After hearing The DeJohn Sisters on the radio, they began singing together at work, calling themselves The Belle Aimes initially. After performing on Arthur Godfrey's television show, they were signed by Mickey Baker to Rainbow Records and changed"
"Around the Clock"" was a breakthrough for both the group and for all of rock and roll music. If everything that came before laid the groundwork, ""Rock Around the Clock"" introduced the music to a global audience. In 1956, the arrival of rockabilly was underlined by the success of songs like ""Folsom Prison Blues"" by Johnny Cash, ""Blue Suede Shoes"" by Perkins and the #1 hit ""Heartbreak Hotel"" by Presley. For a few years it became the most commercially successful form of rock and roll. Later rockabilly acts, particularly performing songwriters like Buddy Holly, would be a major influence on"
"Back"", collaborating with different producers in Australia, Netherlands, Italy and United States. In the summer of 2012, she created a music production company ""Wonderlick Productions"" with her writing partner and music producer Soundsinsane. The song Excuses reached #6 on Euro Solution's Independent Hi Energy Dance Chart in UK with the remix of Excuses Produced by Soundsinsane/Haywoode and remix by JRMX in UK. She continues to perform in the US while preparing a new album. Haywoode Haywoode (Sidney Haywoode, London) is an English female singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK Top 20 hit single, ""Roses"". She later also"
"Elisabeth's Eyes ""Elisabeth's Eyes"" is the second single of 1989 from English musician Nik Kershaw. The single was the second and final single from Kershaw's fourth album ""The Works"". Since 1986, Kershaw's commercial success was declining with his singles charting lower and lower from the top 20 chart within the UK. The album's leading single ""One Step Ahead"" managed to peak at #55 in the UK, however ""Elisabeth's Eyes"" failed to chart in the top 100 altogether. This was Kershaw's first single to fail the chart since his debut release in 1983. After the release of the single, Kershaw decided"
"of ""Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,"" Nelson had enjoyed widespread success primarily as a songwriter, with such songs as ""Crazy"" (Patsy Cline) and ""Hello Walls"" (Faron Young). As a performer, meanwhile, Nelson had hit the Top 10 of the ""Billboard magazine"" Hot Country Singles chart just twice; it had happened in 1962, once as a solo artist (""Touch Me"") and again as part of a duet with Shirley Collie (""Willingly""). Thereafter, Nelson had approached the Top 20 on occasion, but went 13 years without a Top 10 hit. In October 1975, the song became Nelson's first No. 1 hit"
"other prominent artists such as: Adele (2008), Busted, Everclear, Johnny Rivers, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan, Brian Kennedy, Steel Pulse, Roberto Jordan (Spanish version ""La Chica De Los Ojos Cafes""), Lagwagon, John Anderson, The Black Sorrows, Ronan Keating, Reel Big Fish, and Joe Camilleri. Brown Eyed Girl ""Brown Eyed Girl"" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns, it was released as a single in June 1967 on the Bang label, peaking at number 10 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It"
"Buster's Allstars, performing at clubs and pubs in London, but he still played some concerts with Bad Manners at larger venues, along with some new musicians and a few other original band members. In 1988, Buster licensed the Blue Beat Records name and logo, and he ran the record label from an old houseboat that was stationed in Hackney. Blue Beat issued a number of releases, notably by Bad Manners, Napoleon Solo, Buster's Allstars and the Billies, but the label folded in 1990. Buster Bloodvessel also appeared in the films ""Out of Order"" and ""Sammy and Rosie Get Laid"" before"
"However, she never received the popularity of a major star. The song ""Love Me or Leave Me"" as recorded by Morse was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1922, with the flip side ""Blacksmith Blues"", which became her biggest hit. In 1946, ""House of Blue Lights"" by Freddie Slack and Morse, (written by Slack and Don Raye) saw them perform what was one of many of Raye's songs picked up by black R&B artists. Her biggest solo success was ""Blacksmith Blues"" in 1952, which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The same year her"
"song of 1931, ""That's Why Darkies Were Born"" and ""Dream a Little Dream of Me."" Her biggest hits were ""River, Stay 'Way From My Door"" (1931), ""The Woodpecker Song"" (1940), ""The White Cliffs of Dover"" (1941), ""Rose O'Day"" (1941), ""The Last Time I Saw Paris"" (1942), ""I Don't Want to Walk Without You"" (1942), ""There Goes That Song Again"" (1944), ""Seems Like Old Times"" (1946), and ""Now Is the Hour"" (1947). ""Rose O'Day"" sold over one million copies, her first to achieve this feat, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Her theme song was ""When the Moon"
"Roses (Outkast song) ""Roses"" is a song by American hip hop duo OutKast. It was released in May 2004 as the third single from their 2003 double album ""Speakerboxxx/The Love Below"". It appears on André 3000's ""The Love Below"" disc, and is the only track on his disc to feature Big Boi. The track was largely popular in the United Kingdom and United States where it peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart and #9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It also had large popularity in Australia, reaching #2 on the Australian Singles Chart. The video heavily references the"
"Pretty Blue Eyes ""Pretty Blue Eyes"" is a song written Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein, which was a hit single for Steve Lawrence, released in 1959, and Craig Douglas, released in 1960. In 1959, Steve Lawrence released the song as a single. Lawrence's version spent 18 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, while reaching No. 7 on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100, No. 4 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, and No. 7 in Australia. In 1960, Craig Douglas released a cover of the song, which reached No. 4 on the UK's ""New Musical Express"" chart"
"Jesse Thomas (musician) Jesse ""Babyface"" Thomas (February 3, 1911 – August 15, 1995) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. Known at different times as ""Baby Face"" or ""Mule"", and occasionally billed as ""The Blues Troubadour"", his career performing blues music extended eight decades. Born in Logansport, Louisiana, United States, Thomas is best known for the song ""Blue Goose Blues"", which he recorded for Victor in 1929. He recorded and performed throughout the 1940s and 1950s, based in the Los Angeles area. He recorded for Specialty Records in 1953. His career spanned over 60 years – in 1994 he"
"(originally ""Bubbled Under"" at No. 106 on February 10–17, 1968, more successful as a cover by The Raiders that peaked on the Hot 100 at No. 23 on October 23–30, 1971) and two other soul-searchers, the back-to-nature ""Don't It Make You Want to Go Home"" (also covered eight months later by Brook Benton With The Dixie Flyers) and the socially provocative ""Walk a Mile in My Shoes"" (also covered by Elvis Presley in a Las Vegas era version, Bryan Ferry, and Coldcut). South's most commercially successful composition was Lynn Anderson's 1971 country/pop monster hit ""Rose Garden"", which was a hit"
"somewhat from the attention. The ever-present sunglasses led some people to assume that the stationary performer was blind. His black clothes and the desperation in his songs emanated the image of mystery and introversion. His dark and brooding persona, combined with his tremulous voice in lovelorn ballads marketed to teenagers, made Orbison a star in the early 1960s. His string of top-40 hits continued with ""In Dreams"" (US number seven, UK number six), ""Falling"" (US number 22, UK number 9), and ""Mean Woman Blues"" (US number five, UK number three) coupled with ""Blue Bayou"" (US number 29, UK number three)."
"original song ""Looking For a Home"" while living in Glen Cove. First recorded on Josie/Jubilee after winning a talent contest at Harlem's Apollo Theater in 1964, Buster released ""Looking For a Home"". He recorded a series of singles there, including his biggest hit in 1968, Doc Pomus' ""Young Boy Blues"". Buster's last single with Josie was ""City of Blues"" / ""Cry Me a River"". His singles and several new compositions were compiled for the 1970 album, ""Looking For a Home"" that was finally by the UK label Sequel in 1997. Al Kooper covered ""Looking For A Home"" on his 1970"
"Billy Rose Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg, September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows such as ""Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt"" (1931), ""Jumbo"" (1935), ""Billy Rose's Aquacade"" (1937), and ""Carmen Jones"" (1943). As a lyricist, he is credited with many famous songs, notably ""Me and My Shadow"" (1927), ""More Than You Know"" (1929), ""Without a Song"" (1929), ""It Happened in Monterrey"" (1930) and ""It's Only a Paper Moon"" (1933). Despite his accomplishments, Rose"
"Temptation Eyes ""Temptation Eyes"" is a 1970 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was released on their second compilation album, ""More Golden Grass"". The song reached number 15 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1971. It spent 18 weeks on the charts, making it their single of greatest longevity, three weeks longer than their greatest hit, ""Midnight Confessions"". Blake Babies covered ""Temptation Eyes"" on their 1991 ""Innocence & Experience"" LP. The Replacements (band) also performed the song for the Let It Be (The Replacements album) sessions in 1984. The song has, at least, shown up in bootleg form."
"Temptation Eyes ""Temptation Eyes"" is a 1970 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was released on their second compilation album, ""More Golden Grass"". The song reached number 15 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1971. It spent 18 weeks on the charts, making it their single of greatest longevity, three weeks longer than their greatest hit, ""Midnight Confessions"". Blake Babies covered ""Temptation Eyes"" on their 1991 ""Innocence & Experience"" LP. The Replacements (band) also performed the song for the Let It Be (The Replacements album) sessions in 1984. The song has, at least, shown up in bootleg form."
"Blues"", ""Blues for a Reason"", ""We Know It's Love"", and ""Looking Good Tonight"". Early on May 13, 1988, Baker was found dead on the street below his hotel room in Amsterdam, with serious wounds to his head, apparently having fallen from the second floor window. Heroin and cocaine were found in his room and in his body. There was no evidence of a struggle, and the death was ruled an accident. A plaque outside the hotel memorializes him. Baker is buried at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. Baker was photographed by William Claxton for his book ""Young Chet:"