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Michael Geier, better known as his Pagliacci-inspired clown alter ego Puddles Pity Party, is an American singer and entertainer based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. [1] [2] Geier now performs almost exclusively as Puddles, and he also refers to Puddles in third person when speaking about the character.
Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: [paʎˈʎattʃi]; literal translation, 'Clowns') [a] is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a ...
Jimi Calhoun - bass; Sammy Campbell - vocals; Gordon Carlton - guitar; Dennis Chambers [3] - drums; Barry Chenault - drums; Jessica Cleaves - vocals; George Clinton - band leader, keyboards, vocals, songwriter, producer
Sam Wills (born 28 August 1978) is a New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime artist residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He performs under the name The Boy With Tape On His Face [1] and, more recently, as Tape Face. [2] He was also half of the two-person act Spitroast and sometimes performed under his own name, Sam Wills. [3]
In February 1960, the two songs were issued as a single on the Donna label, and in August 1960 it was also released on the Del-Fi label. On August 15, 1960, "Lonely Guy" bubbled under the Hot 100 at number 111, reached number four on Cashbox , and spent ten weeks at number one on Los Angeles's KFWB Fabulous Forty.
Of course he had the right cats doing it, but he had that instinct for getting it. And with Dave Dixon and Izzycoo (Gordon) singing on it, man, he couldn't get no better." [6] Gordon, who also sang with another notable New Orleans vocal group The Spiders, [9] recorded Smith's Latin-tinged "Blow Wind Blow" under the name "Junior" Gordon in 1956. [6]
The term "fall guy" for one whom blame was directed upon to shield others had appeared in mass public culture in the U.S. at least by the 1920s. In 1925 it was the title of a Broadway play, The Fall Guy, by James Gleason and George Abbott. Wilmer Cook in Dashiell Hammett's 1930 book The Maltese Falcon; Biff in the 1941 film The Strawberry ...
Hot Chocolate – "Man to Man", "Heaven's In the Backseat of My Cadillac" Mary Hopkin – "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" Tommy Hunt – "One Fine Morning" J.A.L.N. Band – "Disco Music" Elton John – "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Jimmy James and the Vagabonds – "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me", "Now Is The Time"