Vicki carr biography definition

The details are out on Real Gone Music's June 3 release slate, and it's so eclectic and so packed with rarities that you might find yourself exclaiming of the Real Gone team, "It must be them!" Of course, "It Must Be Him" was Vikki Carr's signature hit, and Vikki is featured on not one, but two, releases from her Columbia Records tenure - including one with a full seventeen previously unissued recordings! If you like your female artists a bit more rocking, Real Gone has an expanded edition of Charity Ball, the 1971 sophomore album from Fanny, the first all-female rock band to find a major label home. And if it's R&B ladies you're after, you'll find some of the best on The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus of the legendary Sweet Inspirations featuring Cissy Houston. And that's not all. The disco trio Faith, Hope and Charity's 1975 RCA long-player, produced by "Hustle" man Van McCoy, makes its worldwide CD debut, as does Color Me Country from groundbrea

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Biography

Emily Carr (1871–1945) was one of the first artists of national significance to emerge from the West Coast. Along with the Group of Seven, she became a leading figure in Canadian modern art in the twentieth century. She spent the greater part of her life living and working in Victoria, where she struggled to receive critical acceptance.

 

 

Early Years

Emily Carr was born on December 13, 1871, in Victoria, B.C. She was the second youngest in a family of nine children, with four older sisters and four brothers, only one of whom, Dick, lived to adulthood. Her father, Richard Carr, was born in Crayford, Kent, England, and had travelled in Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean in search of a place where his entrepreneurial ventures could flourish.

 

 

Richard returned to England briefly with his wife, Emily Saunders, to enjoy the wealth he had accumulated as a merchant in California, before moving permanently to Victoria in 1863. The city

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Interview With Vikki Carr - February 16, 2007

Introduction

Vikki Carr, 1968.

Since around early Dec. 2006, Vikki Carr's 1967 smash hit, "It Must Be Him," has been one of this website's #1 most clicked-on songs. We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview the highly acclaimed Vikki Carr - 1960s pop icon, Latin music superstar, and philanthropist. Below is a partial transcript of a telephone interview of Ms. Carr bygd webmaster Amy Gold from Feb. 16, 2007.

Although oldies fans and those who grew up during the 1960s probably know Vikki Carr best for "It Must Be Him" (1967), "The Lesson" (1968), and "With Pen In Hand" (1969), these songs just barely scratch the surface of her long and distinguished career which spans over 45 years.

Born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona in El Paso, TX, she made her public debut at age 4 singing "Adeste Fideles" in Latin at a Christmas concert. In 1962, she signed up with Liberty Records and had her first hit with "He's a R