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The Song Spinner is a 1995 Canadian fantasy film (based on the original novel of the same title by Pauline Le Bel), following the story of a kingdom where all forms of noise and music have been outlawed by a fascist Captain. When a beautiful and mysterious woman arrives in the kingdom, she bestows a "song spinner" (musical instrument) upon ...
Spotify has put a robot DJ into its app — a computerized song-spinner with a “stunningly realistic” voice that queues up music based on your musical tastes and listening history. The beta ...
Spinner was an online music and entertainment service. [1] An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million. [2] [3] [4] Based in San Francisco, California, the website was the first Internet music service and was the largest by 2001, while offering promotional features from high-profile recording artists. [5]
Sung as a duet with Spinners main lead singer Bobby Smith and the Spinners, [3] who were one of the most popular groups of the decade, the song became Warwick's first ever single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 [4] and also became her highest-charting R&B record of the 1970s, reaching number two on that chart, behind Barry White ...
“I think it was him saying goodbye to me,” she told me, in our May interview on spin.com, describing Joe as “completely bathed in light.” But was it real […] THE YEAR IN MUSIC, 2024 ...
"The Rubberband Man" is a song recorded by American vocal group the Spinners. The song, written by producer Thom Bell and singer-songwriter Linda Creed, is about Bell's son Mark, who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight. Intended to improve his son's self-image, the song eventually evolved from being about "The Fat Man" to ...
The song became an Internet meme and the subject of multiple parodies and ridicule. [170] "Swagger Jagger", Cher Lloyd (2011) Missing Andy singer Alex Greaves named this the worst track ever. [171] The song appeared in NME's unranked list "32 of the Very Worst UK Number One Singles of All Time". [172] "Hot Problems", Double Take (2012)
In the song, Johnny does poorly in school, with the other children mocking him with "Johnny got a zero" every time he fails a test. However, when he grows up and becomes a fighter pilot, the words take on an entirely different meaning. [3] In 1948, The Song Spinners recorded "My Happiness" as an a cappella with Ella Fitzgerald. In addition to ...