The Wedding Singer is a great film, with both Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore delivering standout performances in this cute story about a wedding singer who falls in love with a waitress. But would it be as good without its soundtrack? Considering it gives us 90-year-old Ellen Dow rapping over the Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight,…
When Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” hit theaters in 2017, it was the writer/director’s first film since “The World’s End” in 2013. “Baby Driver” was just an idea that bounced around in his head for several years and he finally had the chance to bring it to life after his departure from Ant-Man in 2014. The…
The Average White Band was a jazz-funk band from Scotland. Their musical style differed from the other contemporary funk acts by using traditional Scottish folk instruments, such as bagpipes and various forms of drums. The group started in 1972 as a supporting act for Black Sabbath, after which their first album, Show Your Hand, was…
Sérgio Santos Mendes, a Brazilian Portuguese, was born on February 11, 1941. He’s a Brazilian musician with over 55 releases. He plays bossa nova heavily crossed with funk and jazz. He is one of the most influential Brazilian musicians; his music is full of beautiful melodies, rhythms, and harmonies. He has been creating music since…
50 First Dates bought together Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in a sweet comedy-drama about a marine veterinarian who resolves to win the heart of an art teacher named Lucy after discovering she has amnesia and forgets all about him at the end of each day. No film would be complete with a soundtrack, and…
Brandi Carlile has been performing and recording music since 2004. She is an American musician, songwriter, and producer from Ravensdale, Washington. After graduating high school, she moved to Seattle, where she joined a band called The Fighting Machinists as their lead singer. In 2004, at the age of 23, she released her first album entitled…
In 1958, a Las Vegas booking agent spotted Wayne Newton (who was still in his junior year at high school at the time) and his brothers performing on a local TV show. He signed them up to perform in Vegas for two weeks. The two weeks turned into decades, Newton ended up becoming a breakaway…
A coming-of-age movie loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma sounded a good idea in principle, but in reality, it was even better. Released in 1995, Clueless became essential viewing for anyone growing up in the ’90s, providing endless opportunities for quotes, directing fashion choices, and making stars of its cast of Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy,…
The Alan Parsons Project consisted of Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson, and an ever-evolving line of session musicians and vocalists. Active between 1975 and 1990, they never made too much headway in their native UK, but enjoyed greater success in the US with hit singles like Eye in the Sky, Time, and Old and Wise. Over…