Nile Rodgers
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Today's pop music--genre-crossing, gender-bending, racially mixed, visually stylish, and dominated by dance music with global appeal--is the world that Nile Rodgers created. In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote and produced the songs that defined that era and everything that came after. Aside from his own band, Chic, he worked with everyone from Diana Ross and Madonna to David Bowie and Duran Duran, transforming their music and redefining what a pop song...
4) Drama queen
Author
Publisher
BMG Rights Management
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The voice behind the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Frozen, Idina Menzel is a 3x Tony Award Nominee and Tony Award Winner. Her upcoming dance project showcases her powerhouse vocals on soaring anthems, disco-infused beats, and the right amount of drama.
Author
Series
Publisher
Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Late-1970s band Chic distinguished themselves from the overproduced disco hordes with an organically rhythmic sound that stemmed from Nile Rodgers's staccato guitar-playing and Bernard Edwards's funky basslines. In addition to producing their own disco hits such as "Le Freak" and "Good Times" (the latter of which jumpstarted a music revolution when it was used as the sample for the first-ever rap single, the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"), the...
6) Cosmic thing
Author
Language
English
Description
The B-52's are back with a bang on their 1989 album Cosmic Thing. The comeback album includes the hits Roam; Love Shack; and Deadbeat Club.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An African Prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Akeem's regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a ₁Joe job₂ at a fast-food restaurant.
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The story of brothers Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jimmie and Stevie went from a small, post-war house in Oak Cliff, Texas to becoming rock and roll legends, selling millions of records and playing alongside the likes of David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana and more. A portion of the film is devoted to Jimmie and Eric Clapton's first ever on-camera interviews about the night that Stevie died. Featuring newly revealed...
Publisher
Def Jam
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The soundtrack creates a new era for Coming to America fans with three new tracks from YG feat. Big Sean; Bobby Sessions feat. Megan Thee Stallion; and John Legend and Burna Boy feat. Nile Rodgers while tapping into nostalgia with classic covers from superstars such as: Teyana Taylor, Tiwa Savage, Public Enemy, and special guests featured in the film.
Language
English
Description
"Three furry aliens splash down in Valerie's pool, finding that life here on Earth is more than just fun, fun, fun -- it's also romance, dancing, TV, adventure, music and makeovers. The extraterrestrial trio have no idea how wild earth girls can be but they're about to find out. Three aliens set free in Los Angeles for a wild weekend is gonna be fun"--Container.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Beverly Hills cop: A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills cop II: Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it
Beverly Hills cop III: Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than...