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Fred Parris, ‘In the Still of the Night’ Songwriter and Five Satins Frontman, Dies at 85
Fred Parris, frontman for The Five Satins, a doo-wop group whose smash 1956 ballad “In the Still of the Night” became an enduring standard and was prominently used in movies including Dirty Dancing and The Irishman, died Thursday after a brief illness. He was 85. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I never expected it to have so much of an impact,” Parris told the New Haven Register in 2014. “I didn’t know if they were going to listen to it 15 minutes later, let alone 50 years.” On Feb. 19, 1956, Parris and one of his bandmates, Al Denby, were at home on military leave in New Haven, Conn., when they recorded “In the Still of the Night” in the St. Bernadette Catholic Church basement. It was the heart of the doo-wop era, when groups such as Frankie ...
Lisa Roy, Influential Audio Production Executive, Dies
Lisa Roy, a beloved audio production and communications executive, peacefully died Dec. 31 at her home in Marina Del Rey, Calif. Her brother broke the news on Facebook. Her age was unknown. Roy got her start in the music industry as co-founder of Ground Control Studios, a multi-room facility on Los Angeles’ west side. From there, she launched Rock & Roy Entertainment in 1999. The consulting firm matched creators and technology with clients ranging from AT&T and Dell to Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Danny Elfman and Ben Folds. She also worked on a number of special events, including the MTV Video Music Awards, the annual Audio Engineering Society convention, the Latin Grammy Awards, the Pensado Awards and more. Additionally, she handled artist relations for a number of instrument man...
Lizzo, Lil Nas X & More Lend Their Voices to ‘Proud Family’ Reboot: Watch the Trailer
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Penny, Dijonay, LaCienega, Zoey, Suga Mama and the whole Proud gang are back. Back in February 2020, Disney+ confirmed a Proud Family revival titled The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. The update of the beloved Disney Channel show will feature original cast members Kyla Pratt (Penny Proud), Tommy Davidson (Oscar Proud), Paula Jai Parker (Trudy Proud), Jo Marie Payton (Suga Mama), Karen Malina White (Dijonay Jones), Soleil Moon Frye (Zoey Howzer), Alisa Reyes (LaCienega Boulevardez) and Cedric the Entertainer (Uncle Bobby Proud) reprising their iconic roles. The new trailer, released on Friday (Jan. 14) teased a nu...
How to Watch ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Drac is back. Hotel Transylvania: Tranformania, the fourth and final installment of the animated film franchise starring Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg, arrived Friday (Jan. 14) on Prime Video. Gomez and Samberg are back as the happy couple Mavis Dracula and Johnny Loughran in the kid-friendly comedy. Other returning stars include Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade and Fran Drescher. Molly Shannon, Jim Gaffigan and Brian Hull also voice characters in the film, which is directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon. Explore See l...
8 Things We Learned from Cordae on ‘The Breakfast Club’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Breakfast Club / Revolt For the past few years Cordae’s been one of the few up and coming rappers in this generation’s who’s been able to get much praise and respect from the OG lyricists from Hip-Hop’s Golden Era. With his latest project, A Birds Eye View dropping today (Jan. 14), the young spitta swung through The Breakfast Club to talk about carving out his own niche in today’s era and growing as a person. Related Stories Fielding questions from Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy, Cordae opens up about having his imprisoned brother spit some bars on his album to why his mother won’t quit her job even though he can support her at this point. Though it was a quick interview it was very informative and enlightening as to who Cordae is. Here a...
Oath Keeper Leader And 10 Other Members Charged With Seditious Conspiracy In Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty Welp, the fallout from the January 6, 2021, Caucasi-D-Day capitol riot in Washington D.C. is still spilling out into the courtrooms, and for the first time, a group of suspects is actually being charged with sedition. According to BuzzFeed News, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and 10 other members of the Proud Boys who aren’t really the Proud Boys but are pretty much the Proud Boys have been charged by federal prosecutors with seditious conspiracy. (Seriously, the Oath Keepers are like the Proud Boys’ slightly embarrassed uncles.) Rhodes, 56, was arrested on Thursday in Little Elm, Texas, while another Oath Keeper, Edward Vallejo, 63, was arrested in Phoenix, according to the Department of Justice. The other nine members ha...
Cardi B Testifies That She Felt “Suicidal” Due To Youtuber’s False Claims
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B might come off as a positive person and full of life, but recently she told a federal jury that she felt suicidal after a YouTuber began to spread rumors that the “Bodak Yellow” rapper had herpes amongst other false allegations. According To Billboard, B took the witness stand in front of a federal jury in Georgia and explained that YouTube gossiper Tasha K (Latasha Kebe) allegations against her drove her to the point where she actually considered taking her own life. In an emotional testimony, Cardi B told the jury that Latasha Kebe’s segments about her made her feel all the dark emotions saying “I felt extremely suicidal,” Cardi B said, adding that she felt “helpless” as Kebe – a celebrity news blogger who go...
HHW Gaming: SpongeBob, Rugrats, College Teams & More Arrive In Latest ‘Madden NFL 22’ Content Update
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA / Madden NFL 22 With the NFL Playoffs starting this weekend and Super Bowl LVI on the horizon, it only makes sense we get some new Madden NFL 22 content. Starting Friday (Jan.14), Madden NFL 22 players can enjoy the ‘Play To LA’ content update during the weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles EA announced. Players can look forward to completing challenges across three “new flavor-related events” in Madden NFL 22’s popular game modes, The Yard and Superstar KO. The Yard will see two new content updates with the arrival of the Gatorade’ Road to the Dunk’ experience and the return of Nickelodeon to The Yard, which will allow players to earn swag related (pictured above and below) to the popular cable television channel. In the ‘Road To Th...
Saba and Krayzie Bone Share New Song “Come My Way”: Listen
Saba has shared another new song from Few Good Things, which is out February 4. The new song “Come My Way” features Krayzie Bone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Listen to it below. “When I think back on first discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as a child, it immediately stood out to me as unique,” Saba said in a statement. “I started paying attention and really learning how to rap from listening to them and trying to recite it. It felt honest and completely true to themselves — authentic in a way that doesn’t come around very often and in a way that will be impossible to recreate. Their mix of melody and rhythms that I had never heard is what connected with me in a way that other music just didn’t. It inspired me to be more creative.” Few Good Things is Saba’s third album, following 2018’s Care f...
Phil Elverum Details Microphones Vinyl Box Set
After teasing it in an interview on Sonos Radio Hour last fall, Phil Elverum has announced a massive, career-spanning Microphones box set. Completely Everything, 1996–2021 will include all seven Microphones albums (across 10 LPs), 74 gigabytes of digital downloads, song stems, and a 107-page booklet, all packaged “in a huge slipcase with a silvery sash,” as Elverum put it in a trailer for the release. Watch that below. Completely Everything is available for pre-order here. The sets will ship out next month. “Here you can buy everything from the Microphones contained in a humongous box,” Elverum wrote on his website. He also seemingly implied that the box set marks the end of the Microphones. “This is final,” he wrote. To commemorate and tombstone 25 years of this intermittently-awake recor...
Brockhampton Announce Indefinite Hiatus, Say Coachella 2022 Is Their Final Show
Brockhampton announced today that they are going on an indefinite hiatus. They’ve canceled all of the 2022 world tour dates they announced last year. The band’s representative noted that Brockhampton have only three more live show commitments: the O2 Academy Brixton in London on February 7 and both weekends of Coachella 2022. “They invite their fans to come celebrate the end of an era with them at these final performances,” the statement reads. Brockhampton began after group leader Kevin Abstract posted a note on the forum KanyeToThe asking if anyone wanted to start a band. Initially named Alive Since Forever, the group later rebranded as Brockhampton. The many members who have been in the collective include vocalists Ameer Vann, Joba, Matt Champion, Meryln Wood, Dom McLennon, and Bearface...
Babyface Ray and Pusha T Share Video for New Song “Dancing With the Devil”: Watch
Babyface Ray has shared his video for the new song “Dancing with the Devil.” The single is from his upcoming album Face and features Pusha T and Landstrip Chip. Check it out below. Face will be the Detroit rapper’s first project since last year’s Unfuckwitable EP. It’s out on January 28. More recently, Babyface Ray appeared on a song with Big Sean and Hit-Boy (“It Ain’t My Fault”), as well as tracks with rising Michigan rappers like YN Jay and Jugg Harden. Pusha T issued a new single of his own in November, a track titled “Misfit Toys.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
