#linda hopkins

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Cast Of Purlie "Walk Him Up the Stairs" on The Ed Sullivan Show

[ludmilachaibemachado]

“And then I got a phone call: 'Why don't you come over?' It was september (1968). I remember Heather was just going to start Dalton and my parents were so furious with me. She got into Dalton. It would have been great. It was really good for Heather; I wish she had had that kind of life, instead of this crazy life. Dalton and then do well at school, go to university, whatever. But I had no feeling of responsibility, I must have been quite irresponsible to think that a five-year-old kid is starting school for the first time, and I'm buzzing off leaving her... I was led to feel guilty by my parents, my father and stepmother. I'm going to London now, so I get on the plane.” Linda McCartney from "Many Years From Now" by Barry Miles.🌼🌼🌼

📸1. Heather at Linda's apartment, NYC 1967. Linda Eastman.

📸2. Linda with Heather and Paul on their wedding day in London, 12 March 1969. Getty Images

📸3. Heather with Paul and Linda and Mary Hopkin at EMI Abbey Road Studios entrance, London 1969. Shot by a fan

Via @maccalover66 on Instagram🌼

[harrisongslimited]

George Picture of the Day 1-19-24

Paul and Mary Hopkin. I shall say no more.

Thank you to owner.

[atheist-nerd23]

Sublime imagery

[denver-carrington]

Article in the September 1983 issue of Jet Set magazine about the Dynasty cast's superstitions and quirks.

[laserpinksteam]

Series finale: Dead to Me (created by Liz Feldman, 2019-2022)

A sentimental, moving, and horribly written finale to an equally moving and frustratingly shitty TV series that features interesting roles by Cardellini and Applegate. There's a would-be greatness there, but the script never ever allows it. Such a wasted opportunity. That Sagal pops up and has a scene with Applegate in the penultimate episode is probably its most eventful moment.

[king-of-the-birds]

PAUL'S BALL

a launch party for wings

He produced a handwritten invitation, leaving space to write in the invitee's name, as well as a number, which would be used for a raffle drawing toward the end of the evening. (The prize was a magnum of champagne; the disc jockey Jeff Dexter was the winner.) (..) The recommended dress was "glam."(..)

Some 800 musicians, reporters, friends of the band and music business honchos were invited.(..)

As always at such events, there was ample carping, which a reporter for Rolling Stone duly cataloged. After describing the Empire Ballroom as decidedly unhip, a leftover from the days when the Joe Loss Orchestra would play foxtrots, and young ladies shopped for husbands among the dancers, the writer noted that while the wine and cheese were free, everything at the bar was for sale.

(…)

Eyebrows were raised when, instead of a Wings performance, partygoers were treated to fox-trots, waltzes, quicksteps, and congas, played by McVay's band-along with what McVay remembered as arrangements of sixties and seventies hits, including a Beatles medley and some Beach Boys tunes. They were raised higher still when the heavily sequined and coiffed Frank and Peggy Spence Latin and Ballroom Formation Dancing Teams filed onto the floor to demonstrate their artistry.

"I'm beginning to think that Paul actually digs all this" one guest quipped to the Rolling Stone reporter, "that he actually likes dance bands, ballrooms, and buffet food. That's incredibly camp, you know, incredibly camp. Have you seen his suit? It's like a clown's costume, the jacket is about five sizes too big, and it's not even been finished."

(from the McCartney Legacy Vol. 1)

Paul: A press launch is always a good excuse to have a night out, so we invited friends and journalists, played the album, danced and had a few funny people come on to entertain. I wore an outrageous big check suit that I thought would be good. When I went to collect it from the tailor that morning he told me that it wasn’t finished. I said, ‘Maybe not, but it’s a look!’ So I went to the party with the cotton and the stitching showing, and everyone said, ‘Your suit’s not finished.’ I said, ‘Yeah, I know. Great, huh?’

(from Wingspan, 2002)

Some of the guests that attended were Jimmy Page, Elton John, Sandy Denny, Mary Hopkin, members of the Who, the Faces, Deep Purple, Ginger Baker, Henry McCullough, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Graham Bond, Sandie Shaw, the Greek synthesizer wizard Vangelis, the actors Malcolm McDowell, and Terence Stamp, some of the Monty Python troupe, Sir Joseph Lockwood, the head of EMI, Allan Clarke, of the Hollies, and (Benny) Gallagher and (Graham) Lyle.

After the party a fan encountered Paul:

He went skipping (yes it is true) down the road with Linda and just as he turned the corner to a side street, I took courage and called him back. He stopped and said “yeah” so I ran to catch him up and breathlessly asked him for his autograph. The funny part is my pen was at the bottom of this large bag of mine! He stood patiently watching me with arms folded as I rummaged elbow deep. I asked him if he had a pen as I just couldn’t find mine; he said no (which isn’t surprising as he had this crazy suit on that had no pockets).

(Kathy Turner – From Meet the Beatles for Real: Wings Party)

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Okay, folks, the mini-tourney is inching closer to the finals, so I'm going to give a list of the competitors in the Miss Billboard Tourney in order to give everyone a chance to submit more propaganda. The nominees are:

Lale Andersen

Marian Anderson

Signe Toly Anderson

Julie Andrews

LaVerne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Ann-Margret

Joan Armatrading

Dorothy Ashby

Joan Baez

Pearl Bailey

Belle Baker

Josephine Baker

LaVern Baker

Florence Ballard

Brigitte Bardot

Eileen Barton

Fontella Bass

Shirley Bassey

Maggie Bell

Lola Beltran

Ivy Benson

Gladys Bentley

Jane Birkin

Cilla Black

Ronee Blakley

Teresa Brewer

Anne Briggs

Ruth Brown

Joyce Bryant

Vashti Bunyan

Kate Bush

Montserrat Caballe

Maria Callas

Blanche Calloway

Wendy Carlos

Cathy Carr

Raffaella Carra

Diahann Carroll

Karen Carpenter

June Carter Cash

Charo

Cher

Meg Christian

Gigliola Cinquetti

Petula Clark

Merry Clayton

Patsy Cline

Rosemary Clooney

Natalie Cole

Judy Collins

Alice Coltrane

Betty Comden

Barbara Cook

Rita Coolidge

Gal Costa

Ida Cox

Karen Dalton

Marie-Louise Damien

Betty Davis

Jinx Dawson

Doris Day

Blossom Dearie

Kiki Dee

Lucienne Delyle

Sandy Denny

Jackie DeShannon

Gwen Dickey

Marlene Dietrich

Marie-France Dufour

Julie Driscoll

Yvonne Elliman

Cass Elliot

Maureen Evans

Agnetha Faeltskog

Marianne Faithfull

Mimi Farina

Max Feldman

Gracie Fields

Ella Fitzgerald

Roberta Flack

Lita Ford

Connie Francis

Aretha Franklin

France Gall

Judy Garland

Crystal Gayle

Gloria Gaynor

Bobbie Gentry

Astrud Gilberto

Donna Jean Godchaux

Lesley Gore

Eydie Gorme

Margo Guryan

Sheila Guyse

Nina Hagen

Francoise Hardy

Emmylou Harris

Debbie Harry

Annie Haslam

Billie Holiday

Mary Hopkin

Lena Horne

Helen Humes

Betty Hutton

Janis Ian

Mahalia Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Etta James

Joan Jett

Bessie Jones

Etta Jones

Gloria Jones

Grace Jones

Shirley Jones

Tamiko Jones

Janis Joplin

Barbara Keith

Carole King

Eartha Kitt

Chaka Khan

Hildegard Knef

Gladys Knight

Sonja Kristina

Patti Labelle

Cleo Laine

Nicolette Larson

Daliah Lavi

Vicky Leandros

Peggy Lee

Rita Lee

Alis Lesley

Barbara Lewis

Abbey Lincoln

Melba Liston

Julie London

Darlene Love

Lulu

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Barbara Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Vera Lynn

Siw Malmkvist

Lata Mangeshkar

Linda McCartney

Kate McGarrigle

Christie McVie

Bette Midler

Jean Millington

June Millington

Liza Minnelli

Carmen Miranda

Joni Mitchell

Liz Mitchell

Marion Montgomery

Lee Morse

Nana Mouskouri

Anne Murray

Wenche Myhre

Holly Near

Olivia Newton-John

Stevie Nicks

Nico

Laura Nyro

Virginia O’Brien

Odetta

Yoko Ono

Shirley Owens

Patti Page

Dolly Parton

Freda Payne

Michelle Phillips

Edith Piaf

Ruth Pointer

Leontyne Price

Suzi Quatro

Gertrude Rainey

Bonnie Raitt

Carline Ray

Helen Reddy

Della Reese

Martha Reeves

June Richmond

Jeannie C. Riley

Minnie Riperton

Jean Ritchie

Chita Rivera

Clara Rockmore

Linda Ronstadt

Marianne Rosenberg

Diana Ross

Anna Russell

Melanie Safka

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Samantha Sang

Pattie Santos

Hazel Scott

Doreen Shaffer

Jackie Shane

Marlena Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Dinah Shore

Judee Sill

Carly Simon

Nina Simone

Nancy Sinatra

Siouxsie Sioux

Grace Slick

Bessie Smith

Mamie Smith

Patti Smith

Ethel Smyth

Mercedes Sosa

Ronnie Spector

Dusty Springfield

Mavis Staples

Candi Staton

Barbra Streisand

Poly Styrene

Maxine Sullivan

Donna Summer

Pat Suzuki

Norma Tanega

Tammi Terrell

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Big Mama Thornton

Mary Travers

Moe Tucker

Tina Turner

Twiggy

Bonnie Tyler

Sylvia Tyson

Sarah Vaughan

Sylvie Vartan

Mariska Veres

Akiko Wada

Claire Waldoff

Jennifer Warnes

Dee Dee Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dinah Washington

Ethel Waters

Elisabeth Welch

Kitty Wells

Mary Wells

Juliane Werding

Tina Weymouth

Cris Williamson

Ann Wilson

Mary Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Anna Mae Winburn

Syreeta Wright

Tammy Wynette

Nan Wynn

Those in italics have five or more pieces of usable visual, written, or audio propaganda already. If you have any visuals like photos or videos, or if you have something to say in words, submit it to this blog before round one begins on June 25th!

If you don't see a name you submitted here, it's because most or all of their career was as a child/they were too young for the cutoff, their career was almost entirely after 1979, or music was something they only dabbled in and are hardly known for. There are quite a few ladies on the list whose primary career wasn't "recording artist" or "live musician," but released several albums or were in musical theater, so they've been accepted.

[gameofthunder66]

-(finished) watchin' Series (3 Seasons)- 2/10/2023- 3 [3/4] stars- on Netflix

Dead To Me (2019-2022). We’ve Reached the End.

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Mary Hopkin. London, 1969🍁

Via @lindamccartney on Instagram🌼

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A huge black-and-white picture of an RC-135U hung on my bedroom wall (no, I didn’t have THE Farah poster). Robert Hopkins lll (Air Force brat later RC-135 Pilot.)

He moved from Beale Air Force Base to Offuff AFB in Nebraska. As a child Robert had to move often, which was normal he went from living at the home of the SR 71 to living at the home base of the majority of the RC-135 fleet, I saw these jets every day while volunteering at the SAC Museum at the end of the closed runway. I had an inkling of what they did, and my early exposure to British aviation magazines led me to appreciate the mystique they possessed when visiting RAF Mildenhall in England.~ Robert Hopkins in Hush-kit interview.

I’ve had the privilege over the last few years of getting to know Robert he volunteered to edit my father, Butch Sheffield‘s book. Unfortunately, He had to quit editing Dad’s book because another matter came up. I will admit that I did not know how privileged my family was to have him volunteer at first.He is an aviation author of the first degree very much admired by many. Although we lived just a five-minute walk away from each other during the time I lived at Beale Air Force Base, as a kid I didn’t know him. Robert was one year younger than me his best friend was Jamie Kraus, son of an RSO. He understands the competition, mostly friendly that I found between the RC 135 and the SR-71. Robert is a fan of the SR 71 but his heart belongs to the RC 135. He grew up and became a pilot of the RC 135 just like his father was.

I had heard about the U-2 versus the SR-71, competition but this story was new to me.

The SR 71 brought out competition between SR-71 crewmembers and the RC-135 also. I read about this story in Rich Graham‘s Book “Flying the SR 71 Blackbird “

The mobile crew of an SR-71 went to the Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, “O” Club to eat a quick lunch. (The mobile crew is the back or Buddy crew. It would consist of a pilot and an RSO of the SR-71 they were expected back to the flight line when the SR71 came back from the flight. In the officer club parking lot, the RC 135 crew noticed the locked car had a top-secret kit bag that they could see while peering into the back window.

They called the security police to report them!!

Being able to see this top-secret kit bag It’s a big no-no, Rich Graham explained So the SR-71 crew went back to their squadron and plotted their revenge.

The revenge was they made stencils of an RC 135 then went “stealthy” into the night with spray paint and stencils in hand, a group of SR-71 men spray painted the stencils, of the RC 135 everywhere they could, signs, polls, and buildings.

At first, the RC squadron was proud, thinking that it was one of them who had done the stenciling until that squadron was ordered to clean up the mess that the SR-71 squadron had made! Normally, what would happen is the RC 135 squadron would be the ones stenciling the silhouette of their airplane on SR 71 property. But this time it was the SR 71 guys that were doing the stenciling. I think they got off easy. Haha

This kind of practical joke would not be tolerated in today’s Air Force. I have been told this.

What is it about the SR 71 that used to drive so many people to compete with them?

Linda Sheffield

@Habubrats71 via X

[eptodaytommorowforever]

Events In The History And The Life Of Elvis Presley Today On The 22nd Of June In 1974.

Elvis Presley In Providence Ri Evening Show On June The 22nd In 1974.

Two Elvis Presley Fans From Providence Ri there true Experience being At the Elvis Presley's Two Shows On June The 22nd In 1974.

News of an Elvis Presley's concerts in Providence, R. I. first broke in late April when there was a small mention of it in one Boston paper. It was such a small article that many people nearly missed it and we had to be told about it by a friend who reads the paper more thoroughly than we do. We immediately rushed out that same night to put our ticket order in the mail hoping an early Postmark would get us better seats... but things don't always work out that way., do they? The Civic Center was so swamped with mail orders they not only were forced to dis-regard postmarks, but they didn't mail out tickets as soon as they'd promised. When our tickets finally came, they were upper balcony, quite a ways back from the stage. But we were able to borrow binoculars, so all was not lost. 

It had been two years since we saw Elvis Presley at Madison Square Garden,. and we were really looking forward to seeing him again. We wanted to try meeting his plane, so we went to the airport early the morning of June 22. While waiting around, we were approached by a man who offered to take us up for a ride in his plane. Feeling adventurous, we went up for an aerial tour of Rhode Island. Our guide, Ted Hopkins, was kind enough to radio in and ask if Elvis Presley had landed yet. Held come in a 2:00 a. m., so we went on to the Civic Center. 

We saw both the 2:30pm matinee and the 8:30pm evening show. This review is of the 8:30 show, although both shows were basically the same. 

Elvis Presley came running out on stage in a white jumpsuit with a blue "rainbow" swirled around his body and down his leg. He didn't wear a cape for either show. He went into " C. C. Rider, " obviously in a great mood, doing a spirited " one.. two.. three.. four " followed by a corresponding number of thrusts of a leg. Then he did " I Got A Woman " combined with ''Amen, " giving special recognition to J. D. Sumner Is deep voice. This was followed by " Love Me " and " Trying To Get To You " ( in which he says, " I've been travelling night and day, I've been streaking all the way... " which the crowd just loved ). Next came "All Shook Up, " " Love Me Tender, " " Hound Dog, " and " Fever. " He did a great version of " Polk Salad Annie, " which was really loved by the crowd. When he finished " Why Me Lord, " the reaction was so good, he repeated the chorus once again. 

Linda Thompson was at both shows, coming out just before Elvis Presley and sitting up front, to the side of the stage. When Elvis Presley did "Suspicious Minds, " instead of doing the line "I never lied to you. . . no, not much, " he left out the "not much" and looked in Linda's direction. 

Next, he paused long enough to introduce the band. At the matinee he introduced John Wilkinson as being from Providence and at the evening show he introduced Charlie Hodge as being from Pawtucket... both times he had a mischievous grin on his face and you could tell he was putting everyone on, but the crowd really loved it. 

" Know what I can't do? "... " I Can't Stop Loving You, " and with those words, he launched into a beautiful version of the song. Then he mentioned having a record out entitled " Help Me " and " If You Talk In Your Sleep " and said they'd like to do " Help. Me. " This song has so much more impact when you hear it live than it does on record- -fantastic. 

During "American Trilogy, " he clowns slightly when he sings ". . look away Disney... dixieland. 

Something fairly new for Elvis Presley is " Let Me Be There. " As he's done before, he can take someone's hit song and make it his own, putting such vitality and life into it. This song was a great new treat and we hope he'll continue to do it. 

After having the house lights turned up so he could look at the audience, he sings " Funny How Time Slips Away " (Steve says to me thank God for, Elvis Presley). At the matinee he sang... " Never know when I'll be back in town... 8:30 tonight. " 

Something different for a live concert was " Big Boss Man, " which he did marvelously. One older man down in front of us kept calling out " Teddy Bear " all during the show, and we were so happy for him when Elvis Presley did a " Teddy Bear " / " Don't Be Cruel " medley. 

Naturally, the saddest part of any concert is the beginning of " Can't Help Falling In Love, " and this was no exception. Elvis Presley had put on such a fantastic show, had been in such a great mood, and looked so darned handsome, we all hated to see this song come. But he gave the crowd a beautiful surprise by not rushing off the stage at the close of the song, but spending some time shaking hands around the edge of the stage. 

Time had stood still for an hour, but suddenly it was all over and the clock started up again. We met many fans outside afterwards and everyone agreed that it had been a magnificent concert; one we will long remember. Thank you, Elvis Presley for such a beautiful gift.

Rare Unseen Till Now! The Two Fans Private Live In Action! Candid Photo's Here Of Elvis Presley Taken At This Show Venue.

[denver-carrington]

George Santo Pietro, Linda, Bo, and Al.

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#PBS Olivia Cole (left) and Paul Winfield are husband and wife struggling to raise two boys in the 1930s in the film adaptation of James Baldwin's first novel, "Go Tell It On The Mountain," that aired on American Playhouse in 1985.

The cast also included Rosalind Cash, Ruby Dee, Alfre Woodard, Douglas Turner Ward, CCH Pounder, Kadeem Hardison, Giancarlo Esposito, and Linda Hopkins.

American Playhouse was an anthology series on PBS that featured works by outstanding American playwrights and adaptations of stories by distinguished American writers.  The series ended in 1996 after 13 seasons.

[got-ticket-to-ride]

Hey! How are you?

I've seen your song analysis before and I really like them. So I was wondering, what do you think of Goodbye on Abbey Road Deluxe version? Paul sings it with male pronouns, it kinda sounds about his and John's situation... What do you think??

Hello @johangeorghohman thank you for your message! How are you back? 🌻

Goodbye was a demo Paul made for Mary Hopkins in March 1 1969 explaining the use of male pronouns but it is pretty John coded (because that's where his headspace always is). I think people don't realize how much Paul chased John always. With their stageplay of a court where politics enfold like a Shakespearean tragedy.

My unprofessional analysis is in brackets. *Geo said*

Lyrics

Please don't wake me up too late

Tomorrow comes and I will not be late

Late today when it becomes tomorrow

(Determining the timing of his action, hesitating too long and it would be too late)

I will leave and go away (by this time maybe he equals his future nuptials with Linda as "going away")

Songs that linger on my lips

Excite me now and linger on my mind

Leave your flowers at my door

I leave them for

The one who waits behind

(The one who waits behind being himself whilst hinting a situation similar to a funeral "leave your flowers at my door")

My love, goodbye

Far away my lover sings, A lonely song and calls me to his side (despite being with Yoko, John continously wrote about Paul too in 1969, Dig A Pony, I want you, Because etc.)

Where the sound of lonely drums (the beating of the lonely heart)

Invites me on

I must be by his side

(In this part, while continuously repeating goodbye, goodbye (masking an intent). He is still quite convinced that "HE MUST BE BY HIS SIDE")

(P: You think I would ever let go despite "going away" (being married)... think again).

Thank you for this ask would love to hear your comments as well.