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Allee Willis (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 10 November 1947 

DOD: 24 December 2019

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: American

Occupation: Songwriter, musician, art director, set designer, activist

Note: She won two Grammy Awards for Beverly Hills Cop and The Color Purple, the latter of which was also nominated for a Tony Award. She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for "I'll Be There for You", which was used as the theme song for the sitcom Friends. She was the only woman in the year 2018 to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her compositions are reported to have sold over 60 million records.

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Allee Willis & Angelyne at Allee's parties (1986)

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A Feature-Length Documentary About the Fascinating Life of Artist and Songwriter Allee Willis

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The Color Purple Trailer

The Color Purple is the story of  three woman who share an unbreakable bond.

The Color Purple stars Taraji P. Henson (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Colman Domingo (Mister), Corey Hawkins (Harpo), H.E.R. (Squeak), Halle Bailey (Young Nettie), Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (Young Celie), Fantasia Barrino (Celie), and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Mama).

Blitz Bazawule directs The Color Purple from a screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker and the musical stage play and book of the stage play by Marsha Norman. Music and lyrics are by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. The film is produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones. Executive producers on the film are Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott, and Michael Beugg.

The Color Purple releases to theaters on December 25, 2023.

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AG mashups are BACK, baby, and better than ever!

Kono Shin this is a bit egregious! Dance Man gave a shout-out to Boogie Wonderland as a big influence on his work on Love Machine, but that's not nearly as obvious as it is here!

Meanwhile, the Tsunku composition magic is real. "What if Earth Wind and Fire but more chords" is, well, straight fire.

I decided not to switch mash configurations before the chorus, but know that I did explore both combos. Plus the obligatory BOTH AT THE SAME TIME MAXIMALISM!!! for the final chorus.

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♫ September ♫ (Redux)

I was determined to play a song about ‘September’ tonight, and I have 3-4 in my repertoire, but I played all of them last September … I do try not to be too repititious!  This one, however, I have played three times since I started doing these music posts — in 2018, 2020, and 2023 — but NEVER ONCE have I played it in the month of September!  Last year, I actually played it in January!  Wishful…

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Art History Doc 'The World According to Allee Willis' Official Trailer News Buzz

Art History Doc ‘The World According to Allee Willis’ Official Trailer by Alex Billington October 25, 2024Source: YouTube “She always wanted people to know their own brilliance and creativity.” Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film called The World According to Allee Willis, a life-affirming and deeply inspiring look at an amazing artist named Allee Willis.…

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'The Color Purple' (2023) Movie and 4K Review

The following review was written by Ultimate Rabbit correspondent, Tony Farinella. It wasn’t that long ago when I had the pleasure of reviewing 1985’s “The Color Purple” on this very website, and I absolutely adored the film.  When I heard there was going to be another adaptation, I was eager to see how it was going to turn out, especially because it was going to be a musical.  Musicals are…

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SXSW: The World According to Allee Willis

To know Allee Willis is to love her any zest for life, the arts and humanity as a whole. https://wp.me/p2v8yf-6jH #theworldaccordingtoalleewillis #SXSW2024 #SXSW

Shortly after a chance meeting with Bruce Vilanch  and Allee Willis after a cabaret in Los Angeles, I would get these invitations to “kitsch” parties from Allee.  Regretfully, I never attended and after screening this doc, I am confident I missed out on teh opporutnity of a lifetime. Willis’s songs have sold over 60 million records, including Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September”(which was inducted…

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2005 - Lachanze performs I'm Here from the musical The Color Purple

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EWF Brings Joy to ‘September’

Do you remember the 21st night of September? I don’t. I’ve racked my brain trying to remember something significant about 9/21 and I got nothing. The question is the opening lyric of Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1978 hit “September.” According to Allee Willis, who co-wrote the song with Maurice White and Al McKay, EWF’s founder/leader and guitarist, respectively, “twenty-first” just worked better than…

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Excerpts of Angelyne's Hot Pink Magazine (2006)

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SXSW 2024: 10 Music Films and Shows to Check Out

While the film festival continues to grow at SXSW, many first became aware of the music scene in Austin. A landmark stop for many acts on their way up, it’s also helped the SXSW Film Fest team program some incredible music-based projects. Below are ten movies revolving around music that we want to highlight before you get to the fest. Here’s the start of our SXSW 2024: 10 music films and shows…

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fun facts

when Frida Lyngstad first heard the backing track for "Dancing Queen", she began to cry. "And that was before me and Agnetha had even sung on it! I knew it was absolutely the best song ABBA had ever done", she said. Agnetha Faltskog added: "It’s often difficult to know what will be a hit. The exception was “Dancing Queen.” We all knew it was going to be massive"

Allee Willis said of "September": "The, kind of, go-to phrase that Maurice used in every song he wrote was ‘ba-dee-ya,’ so right from the beginning he was singing, ‘Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember / Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September.’ And I said, ‘We are going to change 'ba-dee-ya’ to real words, right?‘ And finally, when it was so obvious that he was not going to do it, I just said, 'What the fuck does 'ba-dee-ya’ mean?‘ And he essentially said, 'Who the fuck cares?’ I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove"

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The Color Purple Trailer 3

The Color Purple is the story of  three woman who share an unbreakable bond.

The Color Purple stars Taraji P. Henson (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Colman Domingo (Mister), Corey Hawkins (Harpo), H.E.R. (Squeak), Halle Bailey (Young Nettie), Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (Young Celie), Fantasia Barrino (Celie), and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Mama).

Blitz Bazawule directs The Color Purple from a screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker and the musical stage play and book of the stage play by Marsha Norman. Music and lyrics are by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. The film is produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones. Executive producers on the film are Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott, and Michael Beugg.

The Color Purple releases to theaters on December 25, 2023.