Top 10 Crooners to Invite to the Holiday Office Party

Posted by on December 17th 2007 to Culture of Living, b5media Music  Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Top 10 Crooners to Invite to the Holiday Office Party

As part of b5media’s music channel list project, our theme this time around is “Top 10 artists/bands to invite to the holiday office party” and of course, I’m going to list crooners! This has to be one of those “alive or dead” things for this category, but here we go:
10. Marilyn Monroe – Yes, she’s a female crooner, and oh man, you can’t help but imagine she’d be a blast at a holiday party, maybe even drinking a Royal Stretch. I have a feeling she’d likely be the one making photocopies of her butt on the xerox machine, but what …read more

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Did You Know? 5 Ella Fitzgerald Facts

Posted by on July 23rd 2007 to Did You Know?, Ella Fitzgerald  Tagged , ,
Did You Know? 5 Ella Fitzgerald Facts

Ella married twice, though there is evidence that she may have married a third time. In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, a convicted drug dealer and hustler. That marriage lasted only 2 years.
Her first ever performance was at one of the very first Amateur Nights at the Apollo Theater in 1934. She sang two songs and went home with the top prize of $25.
As a youth, Ella worked to contribute money to the family’s finances, often doing odd little jobs here and there. One she held for quite some time was as a runner for local gamblers, picking up their …read more

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