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Paul McCartney used a “well-known trick” to create The Beatles’ “Michelle.”He said a lot of jazz musicians know this trick.Drake sampled “Michelle” in a track from his album Certified Lover Boy. The Beatles’ Paul McCartney | Fiona Adams/Redferns
Paul McCartney said writing The Beatles‘ “Michelle” was “a great moment” in his life. He said he used a “well-known trick” to create the song. Subsequently, “Michelle” inspired covers by several artists.
Paul McCartney discussed what instrument he was using when The Beatles made ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
During a 1994 interview with MusicRadar, Paul discussed his feelings about the Rickenbacker bass guitar. “I became fond of that instrument and then I used to use either that or the Höfner, just to vary it a little bit, and ’round about the time of Sgt. Pepper, I was definitely using the Rickenbacker quite a lot,” he said.
Paul McCartney used a “well-known trick” to create The Beatles’ “Michelle.”He said a lot of jazz musicians know this trick.Drake sampled “Michelle” in a track from his album Certified Lover Boy. The Beatles’ Paul McCartney | Fiona Adams/Redferns
Paul McCartney said writing The Beatles‘ “Michelle” was “a great moment” in his life. He said he used a “well-known trick” to create the song. Subsequently, “Michelle” inspired covers by several artists.
Paul McCartney discussed what instrument he was using when The Beatles made ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
During a 1994 interview with MusicRadar, Paul discussed his feelings about the Rickenbacker bass guitar. “I became fond of that instrument and then I used to use either that or the Höfner, just to vary it a little bit, and ’round about the time of Sgt. Pepper, I was definitely using the Rickenbacker quite a lot,” he said.
- 2/5/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Michel Legrand, composer of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Yentl and The Thomas Crown Affair, died Saturday at the age of 86.
Legrand’s death was first reported by Agence France-Presse. The songwriter’s publicist also confirmed Legrand’s death to Variety, adding that he died early Saturday at his Paris home with his wife, French actress Macha Meril, by his side. His cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Former and current presidents of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob and Pierre Lescure expressed their condolences to the Paris-born legend on Twitter.
Legrand’s death was first reported by Agence France-Presse. The songwriter’s publicist also confirmed Legrand’s death to Variety, adding that he died early Saturday at his Paris home with his wife, French actress Macha Meril, by his side. His cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Former and current presidents of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob and Pierre Lescure expressed their condolences to the Paris-born legend on Twitter.
- 1/26/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
Star of quirky horror films such as Attack of the Giant Leeches
Yvette Vickers, who has died aged 82, found a niche in the world of psychotronic movies, the film genre made up of low-budget horror and quirky exploitation films, which could be described as "bad enough to be good". These movies attract obsessive devotion from fans who revel in films with ludicrous titles such as Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958) and Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), both of which starred Vickers as a victim of the titu- lar monsters.
In the former film, Vickers is carrying on with the hubby of the wealthy woman who is turned into a giantess. In the latter, it is Vickers's husband who wreaks revenge on his wife and her boyfriend, by forcing them at gunpoint into the swamp inhabited by the massive bloodthirsty leeches. (Actually, the "leeches" were men in suction-cup-covered suits that did...
Yvette Vickers, who has died aged 82, found a niche in the world of psychotronic movies, the film genre made up of low-budget horror and quirky exploitation films, which could be described as "bad enough to be good". These movies attract obsessive devotion from fans who revel in films with ludicrous titles such as Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958) and Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), both of which starred Vickers as a victim of the titu- lar monsters.
In the former film, Vickers is carrying on with the hubby of the wealthy woman who is turned into a giantess. In the latter, it is Vickers's husband who wreaks revenge on his wife and her boyfriend, by forcing them at gunpoint into the swamp inhabited by the massive bloodthirsty leeches. (Actually, the "leeches" were men in suction-cup-covered suits that did...
- 5/15/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
By The Wrap
Bud Shank, a flutist and alto saxophonist who worked with a variety of jazz greats as well as famous pop acts such as the Mamas and the Papas, has died. He was 82.
Shank died Thursday of pulmonary failure at his home in Tucson, Arizona, according to his Web site and JazzTimes magazine.
Shank first began working with saxophonist Charlie Barnet, trumpeter Shorty Rogers and then pianist Stan Kenton before gong on to lead his own groups. He was one of the first jazz musicians...
Bud Shank, a flutist and alto saxophonist who worked with a variety of jazz greats as well as famous pop acts such as the Mamas and the Papas, has died. He was 82.
Shank died Thursday of pulmonary failure at his home in Tucson, Arizona, according to his Web site and JazzTimes magazine.
Shank first began working with saxophonist Charlie Barnet, trumpeter Shorty Rogers and then pianist Stan Kenton before gong on to lead his own groups. He was one of the first jazz musicians...
- 4/6/2009
- by harley lond
- The Wrap
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