#h b barnum

[plus-low-overthrow]

Boz Scaggs - I Got Your Number (CBS)

arr. H. B. Barnum, 1974.

[dirtylowdown2]

FEVER: Little Willie John's Fast Life, Mysterious Death, & The Birth Of Soul

"Little Willie John is the soul singer's soul singer." -- Marvin Gaye 

 "My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John." -- Stevie Wonder 

 Little Willie John was induced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Before Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Temptations, Levi Stubbs and The Four Tops and The Supremes there was John. He is best known for his hit "Fever" which has been covered by Beyonce and Peggy Lee. The Beatles covered his song "Leave My Kitten Alone." The legendary H. B. Barnum, says, "In bad voice, he could out-sing anybody." Barnum should know having been Aretha Franklin's musical director for nearly three decades.   Little Willie John lived for a fleeting 30 years, but his dynamic and daring sound left an indelible mark on the history of music. His deep blues, rollicking rock 'n' roll, and swinging ballads inspired a generation of musicians, forming the basis for what we now know as soul music. The soaring heights of Little Willie John's career are matched only by the tragic events of his death, cutting short a life so full of promise. Charged with a violent crime in the late 1960s, an abbreviated trial saw Willie convicted and incarcerated in Walla Walla Washington, where he died under mysterious circumstances in 1968. In this, the first official biography of one of the most important figures in rhythm & blues history, author Susan Whitall, with the help of Little Willie John's eldest son Kevin John, has interviewed some of the biggest names in the music industry and delved into the personal archive of the John family to produce an unprecedented account of the man who invented soul music.

[rosewaterandivy]

cf & dd timeline

This will not reflect every single aspect of the gilded age (1870s to 1890s) but it will include various points of historical and technological interest in addition to Nell and Steve’s personal histories. As such, spoilers will be included and updated with each chapter; so if you’d rather not deal with that, please avoid this!

Note: Italics denote events of the plot, & updates will occur after chapters are published. This is work in progress so more dates and details will be added as I think of them. Historical dates and information was provided by the National Humanities Center and my own research.

1858 - June: Samuel and Ameila Harrington welcome the birth of their son and heir, Steven.

November: Arthur and Delphine Fairchild welcome the birth of their daughter, Eleanor. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

1865 - Lincoln Inauguration, Civil War Ends, Lincoln Assassination, Ratification of the 13th Amendment

1866 - the National Labor Union was founded on August 20, First successful transatlantic cable is completed (England to the United States).

1868 - June 25: Congress enacts an 8-hour workday for workers employed by the government, July: Ratification of the 14th Amendment.

1869 - January: Grant Inauguration, Commanche Chief Toch-a-way informs Gen. Philip H. Sheridan that he is a "good Indian," Sheridan reportedly replied: "The only good Indian is a dead Indian."

May: First Transcontinental Railroad completed when Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines met in Utah solidified by a golden railroad spike to link the railroads.

September 24: First “Black Friday” stock market panic due to financier’s attempt to corner the market on gold.

1870 - February: Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi becomes the first African American to serve in the US Senate. Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first Black Representative, J.D. Rockefeller establishes Standard Oil of Ohio.

March: 15th Amendment is Ratified

1871 - P.T. Barnum opens his three-ring circus, hailing it as the "Greatest Show on Earth,"

March: Indian Appropriations Act - Congress declares that Indian tribes will no longer be treated as independent nations with whom the government must conduct negotiations; Native Americans legally become wards of the nation.

October 8: The Great Chicago Fire claims 250 lives and destroys 17,500 buildings.

1872 - Montgomery Ward & Co., the first mail-order business, opens in Chicago.

Nov. 5: Susan B. Anthony and other women's suffrage advocates are arrested for attempting to vote in Rochester, N.Y.

1873 - Grant’s second inauguration, The first electric streetcar begins operation in New York City; Free mail delivery begins in all cities above 20,000 population; Mark Twain and C. D. Warner publish the novel The Gilded Age.

Mar. 3: The Comstock Act prohibits the mailing of obscene literature.

Sept. 18: The Financial Panic of 1873 begins. 5,183 business fail; Congress makes gold the national standard and eliminates all silver currency.

Period of recurring epidemics beginning in 1865 comes to an end. From Boston to New Orleans, epidemics of smallpox, cholera, typhus, typhoid, scarlet fever, and yellow fever had killed thousands.

1875 - Steven begins his studies at Harvard; Nell begins hers at Vassar; Christopher, her older brother begins his final year at Harvard. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

1876 - Centennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Feb. 14: 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.

May: The nation celebrates its centennial by opening an International Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Christopher graduates from Harvard and goes on his Grand Tour. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

June 25: Battle of the Little Big Horn - George A. Custer and 265 officers and enlisted men are killed by Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at the Little Horn River in Montana.

1877 - Hayes Inauguration, Reconstruction ends with the withdrawal of federal troops in the south, Great Railroad Strike: After West Virginia railroad workers strike to protest wage reductions, sympathy strikes and violence spread across the Midwest. Federal troops break the strikes.

June to Oct.: Nez Percé Indians, led by Chief Joseph, surrender after a 1600-mile trek retreating from U.S. troops through the U.S. northwest. They are sent to a reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

Christopher Fairchild weds Marian Hudson. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

1878 - German engineer Karl Benz produces the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine; Thomas Edison patents the photograph.

Jan. 10: The Senate defeats a woman's suffrage amendment 34-16.

Steve graduates from Harvard University. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

1879 - The Carlisle School (Pa.) is opened “Americanize” Indian children.

Feb. 15: Congress grants woman attorneys the right to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

Oct. 21: Edison invents the first practical light bulb.

Steve travels Europe on his Grand Tour; Nell returns to France upon news of her parent’s ill health. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

1881 - Helen Hunt Jackson's Century of Dishonor recounts the government's unjust treatment of Native Americans.

January: Christopher and Marian Fairchild welcome the birth of their son and heir, August.

May: Steven returns to New York from the Continent; begins working with his father at their various real estate holdings. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted.)

July 2: President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau, a disgruntled office-seeker. He died on Sept. 19.

July 4: Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute.

July 19: Sitting Bull and other Sioux Indians return to the United States from Canada.

September: Arthur and Delphine Fairchild pass away after battling tuberculosis; Christopher takes over the family holdings and arranges for his sister to travel back to New York from France; Marian begins paying calls to the Four Hundred and laying the groundwork for Eleanor’s societal debut. (Occurs before the story starts, not depicted but mentioned.)

1882 - Attorney Samuel Dodd devises the trust, under which stockholders turn over control of previously independent companies to a board of trustees; Standard Oil Trust, the first trust, is formed by John D. Rockefeller.

May 6: Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act, barring Chinese Chinese immigration for ten years.

December: Eleanor arrives in New York from France entering her half-mourning period and Steven has one-sided meet cute; news the arrival spreads quickly; her debutante ball to be held at the Fairchild manse on 5th Avenue is the talk of the town. (Chapter I. Coup de foudre - story begins here.)

1883 -

January: Mrs. Astor’s annual ball, the most anticipated event of the season, is held; Nell and Steve both receive invitations.

March 26: Mrs. Vanderbilt, feeling snubbed by The Four Hundred, throws her famous masquerade ball, commemorating the completion of her new Fifth Avenue mansion, Petit Château; Nell and Steve are once again invited to the masquerade, but Nell is warned by Marian to keep her distance from Mr. Harrington; each invite has instructions to dress as their assigned characters. (Chapter II. Traîner quelqu'un dans la boue)

[francis-mulcatchthesehands]

Hello! Just a quick introduction, and hopefully the only post that I have to make here!

I'm Casey (21, he/him), the main host of the Nuthouse system. We have OSDD1-B, and we've decided to start blogs for some of our fictives as an outlet to get them out of their own heads and interacting with the real world.

So this not a story I have control of, it is Francis' blog. And with it being such, please remember that this headmate may share and reference things that we do not approve, encourage, or condone. This is an outlet for him, and things that were normal or accepted in his source are not okay in real life.

And of course, a disclaimer: We do not own this source series. The M*A*S*H TV show belongs to Disney.

Our other blogs:

@theamazingcashew

@46091-irradiated-haggis

@arigj

@barnums--humbug

@charliexmorningstar

@cockadoodledumbass

@cyclotis

@grayninjabreeze

@hawkeye-tuah

@my-stalag-13th-reason

@rory-inferno

@sinemaveriteofficial

@v-oxclassic

[hawkeye-tuah]

Hello! Just a quick introduction, and hopefully the only post that I have to make here!

I'm Casey (21, he/him), the main host of the Nuthouse system. We have OSDD1-B, and we've decided to start blogs for some of our fictives as an outlet to get them out of their own heads and interacting with the real world.

So this not a story I have control of, it is Hawk's blog. And with it being such, please remember that this headmate may share and reference things that we do not approve, encourage, or condone. This is an outlet for him, and things that were normal or accepted in his source are not okay in real life.

And of course, a disclaimer: We do not own this source series. The M*A*S*H television series belongs to Disney.

Our other blogs:

@theamazingcashew

@46091-irradiated-haggis

@arigj

@barnums--humbug

@charliexmorningstar

@cockadoodledumbass

@cyclotis

@grayninjabreeze

@my-stalag-13th-reason

@rory-inferno

@sinemaveriteofficial

@v-oxclassic

[clickyourradio]

A song written by American musician Johnny Bristol and arranged by H. B. Barnum as the title track from his first album. It was released as a single in 1974, reaching No. 8 on the U.S. Hot 100 and No. 2 on the U.S. R&B chart. In the UK it reached No. 3.

[mintytrifecta]

I've come to make an announcement William J. Barnum is a bitchass motherfucker he pissed on my wife that's right he pissed on my fucking wife he took his Colonel fuckin' army dick out and he pissed on my fucking wife and he said his dick was t h i s b I g and I said that's disgusting so I'm making a callout party in my big fucking mansion Colonel J. Barnum you've got a small dick it's the size of this pistol except way smaller and guess what here's what my dong looks like BOOM that's right baby no war no mustache look at that it looks like two balls and a bong he fucked my wife so guess what I'm gonna FUCK THE MANSION THAT'S RIGHT THIS IS WHAT YOU GET MY SUPER LASER PISS except I'm not gonna piss on the mansion I'm gonna go higher I'm PISSING ON THE SPACESHIIIP HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT CELINE I PISSED ON THE SPACESHIP YOU IDIOT you have twenty three hours before my piss drrrroplets hit the fuckin District Attorney now get out of my sight before I piss on you too

[samnyangie]

Since people liked rsl interview on dps, I’d like to share one of my favourite interview by him. I think it’s one of those rare interview where he wasn’t joking around that much but discuss acting quite seriously haha

So enjoy:DD

(Credit)

____________________________

1990 New York Times

Young Actor's Life Has the Makings of a Movie

by Lynn Mautner

New York Times

May 20, 1990

It would make a good movie. A 15-year-old sophomore at Ridgewood High School is playing the Artful Dodger in the musical ''Oliver'' with the school's theater group, New Players, when he is discovered by a casting agency secretary and whisked off to Broadway and the movies.

That's exactly what happened to Robert Sean Leonard, now 21, and a star of the 1989 film ''Dead Poets Society,'' which received an Oscar for best original screenplay.

''My mother took me to New Players' summer performances when I was 10,'' he said, ''and I loved the camaraderie of people, rehearsing and singing. I began spending more time there, painting signs and moving furniture, and soon became an element of the company, with small roles in 'The Miracle Worker,' 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,' 'Barnum.' ''

Starting as an understudy for three roles at the New York Public Theater (he never got on stage), Mr. Leonard amassed credits that include ''The Beach House'' with George Grizzard for the Circle Repertory Theater, television movies, ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' and ''Breaking the Code'' on Broadway, plays at the West Bank Cafe on 42d Street and the recent ''When She Danced'' at Playwrights Horizons.

He has just completed a part as Paul Newman's and Joanne Woodward's son in the movie ''Mr. and Mrs. Bridge,'' filmed in Kansas City, to be released in August. ''I age from a 15-year-old Eagle Scout to 22, coming home from World War II with a mustache,'' Mr. Leonard said.

Mr. Leonard, who received a general equivalency diploma when he was 17, lives in New York City and attends Fordham University between performances. Soon to return from the Cannes Film Festival with his fellow actors in ''Dead Poets,'' he is next scheduled to go into rehearsal for the film ''Married to It,'' a romantic comedy.

Q. Do you remember when you decided on an acting career?

A. I never decided to pursue an acting career. It just has happened. I still think it's going to stop and I'll have to get a real job soon, but I'm afraid to question it because if I do, it will disappear.

Q. How do you think your theater experience in high school has helped you?

A. It was a great teaching experience that prepared me in a lot of ways. We did 10 shows in 10 weeks, so there was no time to think about method. It was running for the stage, hoping you'll make it in time for your entrance. In Steven Soderbergh's new book of his diaries when directing the film ''Sex, Lies and Videotape,'' he said that on a film set there should always be a chain of command, but never a chain of respect.

At New Players, those three to four years, everyone was given the same respect. You had to, because you'd be the lead one week and painting sets the next. That's a luxury that is not available in New York, unfortunately, because of the unions. You're an actor and that's it.

Q. Have you taken any acting lessons? Do you recommend them for others?

A. I've taken two classes - a video acting class to help me get from stage to film, with Marty Winkler, currently my manager, and an acting class at H. B. Studios.

Acting classes are tricky. It's like asking someone in therapy if they'd recommend going to a psychiatrist. For some people it's great; for some it's not necessary; for some it's harmful. The best way to learn acting is just to do it.

There's a danger to the classroom, because it's safe, and you can get addicted to it. The clique of people are there, and you might tend to remain with them and never go out on your own. So it can give you the safety net which can eventually strip away your courage to go out and really try. On the other hand, you can get a wonderful teacher who brings out the best in you and gives you the courage to go out and dazzle everybody.

Q. You went from high school to Off Broadway. What were your feelings and fears during your first professional performance?

A. The first time I performed in New York - in ''Sally's Gone, She Left Her Name'' - I played Michael Learned's son. I think I was too young. I wasn't even aware of reasons to be afraid. I was just there for the fun of it. Fresh out of New Players, I knew it to be fun. I've never worried about lines. In ''Brighton Beach'' I should have been tense, because it was Broadway. I was nervous, but not racked - more excited.

Q. What do you enjoy most about acting?

A. The people, and opportunities to learn, to travel, both physically and emotionally. To look at people other than myself and try to figure out what makes them tick.

Olivier said you never play a villain; you play a man considered to be a villain; that you have to justify everything he does first; you have to know that what you are doing is right and find a way to make it right - even murder.

I just played a conceited piano player in ''When She Danced,'' and I had to figure out what would make a person be conceited and make that O.K. with me. I learned where conceit comes from - from confidence and talent.

Worst thing you can do is play someone and judge him at the same time, saying: ''Here I am. I am so conceited.'' First you have to understand why you're that way so that people interpret you as conceited.

Q. Do you consider acting an escape?

A. I don't look at performing as escaping, as really becoming another person and leaving my problems for two hours, so I don't have to deal with me, because I don't become another person. I work, so that when I am working, in a way it is me at my best. I'm not leaving myself; in fact, I'm more focused on myself than ever. I don't become that person, but I fully understand him, fully explore him, as to why he does what he does and justify it.

You can't play a fool to play Bottom, who's the opposite of fool in Shakespeare's ''Midsummer Night's Dream.'' What makes people fools is that they're completely confident in what they're doing. They don't think they're fools; they think they're right on track, which makes them so funny and makes them look like fools.

Q. Who influenced you the most?

A. I have not had one person or experience that stands out that's a turning point. Every step in acting relies heavily on the one before. Everything I've learned colors everything I have known before, and suddenly changes it.

I have learned a little bit from everyone I have known, whether about acting itself, or living and working as an actor. Like a good detective novel, for every clue that is solved, two more appear. Every time I learn something, it opens two other doors. In ''Dead Poets,'' the rooftop scene, where I throw the desk set off, was improvised. Are instincts then a part of acting?

Q. Are there desirable qualities to have as an actor?

A. Concentration, perseverence, lack of inhibitions. There's no room for self-consciousness on stage. Also, there is an element in acting that is not fair. Whatever talent is, part of it can be learned and part can't. There are people that audiences like to watch or don't. In Soderbergh's book, he says that talent plus perseverance will equal luck. But I don't know what talent is; it is beyond definition.

Q. Do you learn by watching other films and plays? Your own? Other people?

A. Sometimes I watch for directing; sometimes for performing. There are lines in ''Dead Poets'' I would do differently, if given the chance. For example, Todd said: ''You talk and people listen to you, Neil. I am not like that.'' I answer, ''Don't you think you could be?'' I think I could have made it clearer. I don't get much from observing strangers, because although I see what they do, I don't know where they're coming from.

Q. What are the main differences between stage and film work?

A. I feel that as an actor, you should start in theater, to learn the process of creating a character, in rehearsal. Film is an arena for people who already know that, because on the set they expect you to know the character inside out.

Film work is harder, because this tangible part has to happen in your head before filming takes place. And it's more solitary. You create your character alone, without the give-and-take of other actors.

Q. What tips would you give young, aspiring actors?

A. Read plays aloud with friends at home; do any work you can do in high school. Hang out with jocks, leatherheads, and see what makes them work. Don't be a theater rat and only talk to actors. Read a lot. You really have to feel it; really want it; then take it. Don't take no for an answer. Seize the day.

___________________________

There’s another one I really want to share as well, I’ll bring it with me at some point:))

[plus-low-overthrow]

Louie Shelton - The Weight (Warner Bros.)

arr. H B Barnum & Backing Vocals, The Blossoms.

[julio-viernes]

De la nota del vídeo: "Lou Rawls comenzó a grabar en 1959, y como artista de Capitol Records de 1961 a 1971, grabó varios álbumes con David Axelrod como productor y el conmovedor arreglista H. B. Barnum, que utilizaba a Leon Russell porque sabía que su interpretación al piano agregaría magia a las grabaciones. Lou canta la canción principal de su LP "Come On In, Mr. Blues" de Clea Bradford y la canción de Randy Newman, "Love is Blind". Los dos temas del vídeo se editaron en singles separados. Son canciones con un gran trabajo de piano de Leon, acompañado de grandes músicos (mucha Wrecking Crew) como Ray Pohlman, Jimmy Bond, Rene Hall, Carol Kaye, Earl Palmer, Plas Johnson, etc....".

[just-like-playing-tag]

Norman x Ray

Asked by Anonymous. Thank you very much for the ask!!!

Prepare yourself because this is going to be long. I l o v e them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favorite thing about them: How they know and love each other deeply and tenderly; how they admire and respect each other!

Least favorite thing about them: Nothing really, they make one of my favourite ships,,

Favorite line(s):

And:

The unofficial translation as well because "I like talking to you"

Random headcanon(s): Ok I have tons.

Rember that time Shirai said that Ray and Norman like disassembling small machines together in their free time? Well Norman has in fact no interest in the activity itself: he does that just because 1) he gets to spend time with Ray and 2) Ray has fun, and those are the things that make Norman the happiest.

Norman steals Ray's clothes~

Also I love the concept of Norman and Ray alone in Norman's studio, slowly dancing to some jazz music, Ray's face buried into Norman's neck? I don't know, a soft scenario I carry behind since I finished the manga. I just love them so much it hurts ;;;;;;

Unpopular opinion: Uhm. I get that you love the boys but please stop disrespecting Emma. She's an important part of their relationship and characters even when she's not romantically involved with any of them.

Also... How some people depicts their relationship in a very unbalanced way makes me low-key uncomfortable? I mean I like them exactly because I find them so similar and balanced (as in: they complete what the other lacks), but maybe it's just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I really really love this ship but I really don't get the interest of the fandom in depicting Norman as mean / psycho? I find it really oc tbh

Song i associate with them: Ok listen I love these songs and they make me think about them a lot:

You Matter to Me - Waitress

[With Norman as Dr. Pomatter and Ray as Jenna]

Jenna is so rough and uncensored, she reminds me tons of Ray! And Pomatter's sweet words here fit Norman so much... Owww I love them so much it hurts 😭😭😭

IT'S HARD TO CHOSE ONLY A BRIEF PART THE WHOLE SONG IS SO PERFECT

[Norman / Dr. Pomatter]

I could find the whole meaning of life in those sad eyes

They've seen things you never quite say, but I hear

Come out of hiding, I'm right here beside you

And I'll stay there as long as you'll let me

Because you matter to me

Simple and plain and not much to ask from somebody

You matter to me

I promise you do, you, you matter too

I promise you do, you'll see

You matter to me

[Ray / Jenna]

It's addictive the minute you let yourself think

The things that I say just might matter to someone

All of this time I've been keeping my mind on the running away

And for the first time, I think I'd consider the stay

Ok just imagine Ray saying this to Norman I'm literally crying???? Hello???????

The Other Side - The Greatest Showman

[With Norman as P.T. Barnum and Ray as Phillip Carlyle]

This one when Norman is persuading Ray to join their escape plan

[Norman / P.T. Barnum]

Right here, right now

I put the offer out

I don't want to chase you down

I know you see it

You run with me

And I can cut you free

Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in

[...]

Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play

'Cause I got what you need

So come with me and take the ride

It'll take you to the other side

'Cause you can do like you do

Or you can do like me

Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key

Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly

It'll take you to the other side

[...]

But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little

Just let me give you the freedom to dream and it'll

Wake you up and cure your aching

Take your walls and start 'em breaking

Now that's a deal that seems worth taking

But I guess I'll leave that up to you~

Jackman's part in this song has the sultry / persuading vibes that fit Norman so much!!! I love it.

Favorite picture of them:

🥺

Send me a character (or a ship) and I’ll list

[abbybubbls]

The Actor upon realizing William slept with Celine

“I’ve come to make an announcement; William J. Barnum is a BITCH-ASS MOTHERFUCKER. He pissed on my FUCKING WIFE. That’s right. He took his somehow-bigger-than-Mark’s-dick out, and he PISSED on my FUCKING WIFE, and he said his dick was “t h i s  b i g ,” and I said “THAT’S DISGUSTING!” So I’m making a callout post on my Twitter dot com. William, you’ve got a SMALL DICK, it’s the size of this wallnut except WAY SMALLER, and guess what? Here’s what MY dong looks like! (proceeds to steal Damien’s body) That’s right, baby! Tall points, no quills, no pillows, look at that, it looks like two balls and a bong! He fucked my wife, so guess what? I’M GONNA FUCK THE EARTH! THAT’S RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET! MY SUPER LASER PISS!!! Except I’m not gonna piss on the earth, I’m gonna go HIGHER; I’M PISSING ON THE MOON!!!! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, DAMIEN?! I PISSED ON THE MOON, YOU IDIOT!! YOU HAVE 23 HOURS BEFORE THE PISS DRRRRROPLLLLETS HIT THE FUCKING EARTH, NOW GET OUT OF MY FUCKING SIGHT BEFORE I PISS ON YOU TOO.”

[itisintentional]

Musical Proshot Masterlist

edit: hi, this post is worded poorly and i don’t mean to imply i had any of these. i just wanted to list proshots that where commercially available since the only other list i could find on the internet was under an unsecure domain. sorry for any confusion.

#

42nd Street (West End 2018)

A

Disney’s Aladdin (West End upcoming) Allegiance (Broadway 2016) An American in Paris (West End 2017)

B

Bandstand (Broadway 2017) Barnum (UK Tour 1986) Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour 2003) Billy Elliot (West End 2014)

C

Cabaret (West End 1993) Cats (West End 1997) Camelot (Broadway 1982) Company (West End 1996 & Broadway 2006) Crazy for You (Millburn 1999)

E

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End 2018)

F

Falsettos (Broadway 2017) Follies (West End 2017)

H

Hamilton (Broadway 2016 upcoming release) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Off-Broadway 1999) Holiday Inn (Broadway 2017)

I

Into the Woods (Broadway 1981)

J

Jekyll and Hyde (Broadway 2000)

K

The King and I (West End 2018) Kinky Boots (West End 2018) Kiss Me Kate (West End 1995)

L

Legally Blonde (Broadway 2007) The Light in the Piazza (Broadway 2006) A Little Night Music (Broadway 1990) Love Never Dies (Melbourne 2011)

M

Memphis (Broadway 2011) Merrily We Roll Along (West End 2013) Miss Saigon (Broadway 2016) The Most Happy Fella (Broadway 1979)

N

Never Forget (UK Tour 2007) Newsies (Los Angeles 2017)

O

Oklahoma (Broadway 2003)

P

Pacific Overtures (Broadway 1976) Passing Strange (Broadway 2008) Passion (Broadway 1996) Phantom of the Opera (London 2011) Pippin (Hamilton 1981)

R

Rent (Broadway 2008) The Rocky Horror Show (West End 2015)

S

She Loves Me (Broadway 2016) Shrek (Broadway 2009) South Pacific (Broadway 2010) The Spongebob Musical (Plymouth 2019) Sunday in the Park with George (Broadway 1985) Sweeney Todd (US Tour 1982)

V

Victor/Victoria (Broadway 1995)

Note: This list doesn’t include concert versions, productions entirely made and filmed or television of film, or non-English productions because I want to make separate lists for those. I made a few exceptions to the second rule for recordings similar enough to actual staged productions for the distinction to not matter so much.

[goswagcollectorfire]

Carl’s Blog: CLEBURNE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE; carlsblog.online; http://sbpra.com/CarlJBarger

3-17-20:  CLEBURNE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE, VOL.3, Chapter 26, “EARLY SETTLERS IN EDGEMONT, ARKANSAS.

Chapter 26

The People of Edgemont

Oather D. Bailey (1909-1995)

 Oather D. Bailey was born in Miller, Cleburne County, Arkansas, on August 30, 1909, to Julian Bailey and Pearl Hazelwood Bailey.

He married Ella Davis of Edgemont and this marriage was blessed with three sons and two daughters.

Oather D. Bailey was a farmer in the Edgemont community. He was well known throughout Cleburne County. Besides farming, he was a former foreman of the Olivette Lumber Company.

He was a member of the Heber Springs First Baptist Church.

On Tuesday, November 14, 1995, Oather D. Bailey passed away at the White County Memorial Hospital in Searcy, White County, Arkansas. He was eighty-six years old.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Ella Davis Bailey of Edgemont; three sons, Billy D. Bailey of Oakland, Arkansas, Roy Bailey of Memphis, Tennessee, and Tommy Bailey of Edgemont; two daughters, Margie Winn of Heber Springs, and Barbara Hayes of Searcy, Arkansas; two brothers, Leon Bailey of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Kenneth Bailey of Kentucky; one sister, Opal Stark of Heber Springs; nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one great–great-grandchild.

Funeral services for Oather Bailey were held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, November 16, 1995, in the Shiloh Crossroads Church with Rev. J. C. Verser officiating.

Interment was in the Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery by Olmstead Funeral Home, Heber Springs, Arkansas.

 Ella Ann Davis Bailey (1913-2006)

 Ella Ann Davis Bailey was born on October 10, 1913, at Miller, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Annual Lafayette Davis and Martha Ann Hooten Davis. Th e Davis were some of the earlier

settlers to the Edgemont community.

Annual and Martha had several children: James Davis, Hattie Davis, Roy Davis, Brannon Davis, Ada Davis, Nathaniel Davis, Troy Davis, E. C. Davis, Bud Davis, and Ella Ann Davis.

The Davis were some of the most influential settlers in the area. They were prominent farmers and were well thought of in Cleburne County.

One of Annual and Martha’s daughters was Ella Ann Davis who married Oather D.Bailey.

Ella chose nursing as her profession.

She and Oather had three sons and two daughters which she instilled a deep faith in God.

She was a member of the First General Baptist Church.

Ella was a lifelong resident of Cleburne County. During her ninety-two years of life, she gave her time willingly to her nursing job, her family, and her church. She was widely known throughout Cleburne County.

On September 18, 2006, at the age of ninety-two, Mrs. Ella Ann Davis Bailey went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She passed away at the Baptist Health Center in Heber Springs, Arkansas.

She was preceded in death by her husband Oather D. Bailey; her brothers, Troy Davis, Bud David, E. C. Davis, Roy Davis, Brannon Davis, and Jim Davis; her sisters, Hattie Trammell and Ada Chitwood; and one grandson Brian Hayes.

She is survived by a son, Billy D. Bailey and a daughter-in-law, Norma Bailey of Oakland; two sons, Roy Lee Bailey of Memphis, Tennessee, and Tommy Joe Bailey of Edgemont; two daughters, Margie Wynne and son-in-law Ronnie Wynne of Heber Springs,

and Barbara Hayes and son-in-law, Danny Hayes of Searcy; nine grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Todd Davis of Greers

Ferry, Arkansas.

Funeral services were held at the Shiloh Crossroads Church with Rev. Bennie Foster officiating.

Active Pallbearers were Phillip Lancaster, Cody Hayes, Tommy Smith, John Bailey, Ernest

Bailey and Gerald Trammell.

Honorary Pallbearer were Cameron Bailey Hayes.

Interment was in the Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery under the directions of Olmstead Funeral Home in Heber Springs, Arkansas.

 Brose Barnum (1907-1988)

 Brose Barnum was born in Edgemont, Cleburne County, Arkansas, on October 2, 1907. He was

the son of W. T. Barnum and Alyce Morgan Barnum.

He was educated in the Edgemont Public Schools.

Brose was a retired farmer and a United States mail carrier. He also served many years on the Democratic Committee for Cleburne County.

Being a rural mail carrier, he was widely known and had made several friends over the years he carried the mail. He was reliable in running his rural route. Th e patrons on his route were very appreciative of Brose for his consistency in getting the mail to them on time.

Brose was a good family man as well. He loved his family and was a good provider for

them. On Saturday, September 24, 1988, at the age of eighty, Brose Barnum passed away.

At the time he died, he was survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Smith Barnum of the home, three daughters, Tommie Clanton of North Little Rock, Carol Kafka of Little Rock, and Lou Majors of Greers Ferry; one sister, Mrs. Azalea Wilson of Blytheville; eleven grandchildren, and

seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the West Side Baptist Church in Greers Ferry, Arkansas, on Monday, September 26, 1988. Th e Rev. Vann Harness officiated his last rites. Interment was in the Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery by Olmstead Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Mike Clanton, Darrell Clanton, Byron Clanton, B. J., Majors, Ronny Majors, Greg Kafka and Eric Kafka.

 Lena Birdsong (1865-1949)

 Margarette Lena Lockard Birdsong was born on July 13, 1965. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lockard.

 Lena spent her entire life in Cleburne County. She was a member of the Christian Church and was very active in that church for fifty-two years. During her eighty-three years in theEdgemont, Arkansas, she built many strong friends. She was active in her church as well as community sponsored events.

She was a good mother and a good grandmother.

Mrs. Lena Birdsong went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Monday, July 14, 1949.

She was eighty-three years old when she passed away at her home in Edgemont.

At the time of her death, she was survived by two sons, Luther Birdsong and Dommer Birdsong of Prim, Arkansas; five daughters, Mrs. D. L. Hipp, and Mrs. H. D. Hipp, of Prim, Arkansas, Mrs.

Carol Eason of Edgemont, Arkansas, Mrs. L. R. Bolton and Mrs. Dewey Morgan of Little Rock; twenty-nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held in the Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery near Shiloh under the direction of Rev. G. W. Norman.

Interment was in the Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery by Olmstead Funeral Home of Heber Springs.

 Marine Gentry Bittle (1927-1993)

 Marine Gentry was born in 1926, in Edgemont, Cleburne County, Arkansas, to Elmer Gantry and Mollie Gentry. Marine came from a large family of brothers and sisters. Her brothers were

Marvin, Elvis, Melvin, Elvin, Alvin, Joe and David Gentry. Her sisters were Betty and Marleen Gentry.

She spent most of her life in Cleburne County, Arkansas. She attended the two-room schoolhouse in Edgemont. She later married Jim Piles Bittle and moved to Searcy, Arkansas where she

lived for the remainder of her life.

On January 20, 1993, at the age of sixty-six, Marine Gentry Bittle passed away at her residence in Searcy. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Piles Bittle; three brothers, Marvin Gentry, Melvin Gentry, and Elvis Gentry; and one sister Betty Louis Gentry Spier.

At the time of her death, she was survived by four brothers, Elvin Gentry of Greers Ferry, Arkansas, Alvin Gentry of Shirley, Joe Gentry of Edgemont, and David Gentry of Shirley,

Arkansas; and one sister, Murlean Trammel.

Funeral services were held on Friday, January 22, 1993, at 2:00 P.M. at the Shiloh Cross

Roads Church.

Interment was in the Shiloh Cross Roads Cemetery under the direction of McEwen Funeral Home of Searcy, Arkansas.

 Annual Lafayette Davis (1872-1951)

 Annual Lafayette Davis was born in Mississippi, on March 26, 1872. He moved to Van Buren County with his parents while a small boy. Following the death of his father he was taken into the home of Uncle John Bradford and family for rearing.

He spent his entire life in Van Buren and Cleburne Counties, and it was in his honor that the community of Davis Special derived its name. He lived out his life in the Post Oak, and Edgemont, Arkansas, communities where he was a well-known farmer.

In the 1900, Van Buren County, Union Township federal census, we find Annual Davis listed as head of the family. The federal census listed his age as being thirty-one, and his wife, Rilda Campbell Davis, at thirty-three years old, being born in December 1866. The federal census records listed Annual and Gilda having the following children: E.C. Davis, James A. Davis, Hattie Davis, William R. Davis, and Floyd B Davis.

In 1902, Gilda Campbell passed away at the family home in Edgemont.

Annual later married Martha Ann Hooten. To this marriage union was born four children.

In the 1910, the Cleburne County federal census, Poff Township, listed Annual as head of the family and Martha as his wife. In their household the following children were listed: James Davis, Hattie Davis, Roy Davis, Brannon Davis, Ada Davis, Nathaniel Davis, and Troy Davis.

In the 1920 federal census, we find that Annual and Martha have Ada, Nathaniel, Troy, Todd Davis, and Ella A. Davis living in their household. By 1930, only Troy and Ella remain at home with Annual and Martha.

In 1938, Martha Ann Hooten Davis died and Annual married Mrs. Maud Gaither.

Annual was affectionally known by his many admirers as “Uncle Annual.” He was a faithful husband, father, and a bulwark of strength of righteousness. He was a public-spirited citizen always actively associated with any undertaking calculated to better the moral, spiritual, and public welfare of his community.

He had been a member of the Presbyterian church for sixty years. He was a charter member of the Sam Williams Lodge, #89, of Edgemont.

On Monday, September 25, 1951, at his home in Edgemont, Arkansas, Annual LaFayette Davis passed away at the age of seventy-nine.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Mrs. Maud Gaither of the home; seven sons, E. C. Davis of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, Jim A. Davis of Miller, Arkansas, Roy Davis of

Memphis, Tennessee, Brandon Davis of Heber Springs, Arkansas, Nathan Davis, and Troy Davis of Edgemont, Arkansas, and Todd Davis of Miller, Arkansas; and three daughters, Mrs. Hattie

Trimwell, of Miller, Arkansas, Mrs. Ada Chitwood, Micawber, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Ella Bailey, Heber Springs, Arkansas; twenty-four grandchildren, and thirty-eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. W. Tapley, with special music by a quartet composed of Alton Bittle, T. L. Turney, Floyd Pettus and Shelby Henderson. Gravesite rites were conducted by the Masonic Lodge of Edgemont.

Interment was in the Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery under the direction of Olmstead Funeral

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FEVER: Little Willie John's Fast Life, Mysterious Death, & The Birth Of Soul

"Little Willie John is the soul singer's soul singer." -- Marvin Gaye "My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John." -- Stevie Wonder Little Willie John was induced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Before Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Temptations, Levi Stubbs and The Four Tops and The Supremes there was John. He is best known for his hit "Fever" which has been covered by Beyonce and Peggy Lee. The Beatles covered his song "Leave My Kitten Alone." The legendary H. B. Barnum, says, "In bad voice, he could out-sing anybody." Barnum should know having been Aretha Franklin's musical director for nearly three decades.   Little Willie John lived for a fleeting 30 years, but his dynamic and daring sound left an indelible mark on the history of music. His deep blues, rollicking rock 'n' roll, and swinging ballads inspired a generation of musicians, forming the basis for what we now know as soul music. The soaring heights of Little Willie John's career are matched only by the tragic events of his death, cutting short a life so full of promise. Charged with a violent crime in the late 1960s, an abbreviated trial saw Willie convicted and incarcerated in Walla Walla Washington, where he died under mysterious circumstances in 1968. In this, the first official biography of one of the most important figures in rhythm & blues history, author Susan Whitall, with the help of Little Willie John's eldest son Kevin John, has interviewed some of the biggest names in the music industry and delved into the personal archive of the John family to produce an unprecedented account of the man who invented soul music.

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