Buffy Sainte-Marie talks about life, her new CD Oct 17, 2009
Why you know her: Co-wrote with Will Jennings and Jack Nitzsche "Up Where We Belong," performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for "An Officer and a Gentleman," which won the best song Oscar in 1982. Her Island ties: Married surfing teacher Dewain Bugbee of Hawaii in 1968; divorced in 1971; lives on Kauai ; had a relationship since 1993 with localite Chuck Wilson. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Nathan Brown Nobody likes to admit they are getting old, but in football terms anyone over 30 is considered a veteran. Read more Aug 2, 2009
Theme tunes, if the AFL was a musical - RFNews - realfooty. Arguably the best rock and roll band in history, the Rolling Stones are still to get the respect they deserve from some players at the Richmond Football Club. (The Age, Australia)
Name the summer song of 2009 Jul 8, 2009
What will live on as the anthem of 2009. By Mark Caro Tribune reporter. (FOX59, IN)
Letters to Sunday Datebook May 4, 2009
Jennifer Warnes' "Famous Blue Raincoat" is on many folks' (Rolling Stone included) lists of the Top 100 records of all time - and rightly so. But to not even mention Warnes' version of "First We'll Take Manhattan" with Stevie Ray Vaughan's accompanying guitar solo borders on a huge musical memory lapse. (San Francisco Chronicle)
at the McCallum Bill Medley, Righteous Brother to perform (19) Mar 19, 2009
Their partnership lasted four decades, though Bill explored his solo options on occasion and also joined forces with Jennifer Warnes on the megahit from Dirty Dancing, (I ve Had) The Time Of My Life, which came up a winner at the Grammys, the Oscars and the Golden Globes. But he has no plans to find another permanent singing partner. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Columbia Records Set To Release New Leonard Cohen CD & DVD Live In London Feb 18, 2009
Cohen's music has earned the accolades of other artists in tribute albums in France, Norway, Canada, Spain, the Czech Republic, South Africa and the United States; among these are the best-selling American album Tower Of Song and Jennifer Warnes' Famous Blue Raincoat. Leonard Cohen has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
