Marcus Anthony Hunter and Zandria F. Robinson
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520292826
- eISBN:
- 9780520966178
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520292826.003.0012
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
The second of three chapters on the power of chocolate cities, this chapter centers the lives, activism, and pioneering efforts of three black women professionals, entertainers, and community ...
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The second of three chapters on the power of chocolate cities, this chapter centers the lives, activism, and pioneering efforts of three black women professionals, entertainers, and community activists: Mary Hill Sanders, Dionne Warwick, and Alma Burrell. Exploring their lives, health setbacks, and push against the glass ceiling and racial oppression, the authors highlight their sophisticated and politically informed racial geography of the United States. Detailing the movement of black people throughout the domestic diaspora, this chapter illustrates the how gender, place, race, and power collided in the lives of black people before and after the civil rights movement.Less
The second of three chapters on the power of chocolate cities, this chapter centers the lives, activism, and pioneering efforts of three black women professionals, entertainers, and community activists: Mary Hill Sanders, Dionne Warwick, and Alma Burrell. Exploring their lives, health setbacks, and push against the glass ceiling and racial oppression, the authors highlight their sophisticated and politically informed racial geography of the United States. Detailing the movement of black people throughout the domestic diaspora, this chapter illustrates the how gender, place, race, and power collided in the lives of black people before and after the civil rights movement.
Jon Burlingame
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199863303
- eISBN:
- 9780199979981
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863303.003.0005
- Subject:
- Music, Popular, History, American
John Barry remains in charge of James Bond music on the fourth film. Attempting to avoid writing a song called “Thunderball” for Bond's underwater adventure, Barry and lyricist Bricusse write “Mr. ...
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John Barry remains in charge of James Bond music on the fourth film. Attempting to avoid writing a song called “Thunderball” for Bond's underwater adventure, Barry and lyricist Bricusse write “Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” (the title based on a nickname that the Italian press had given 007) and Barry based much of his dramatic score on the song's melodic line. Dionne Warwick sings the song, but it is scrapped in September 1965 when the studio decides it wanted a song based on the movie title. Barry and new Bond lyricist Don Black write “Thunderball”, which Tom Jones records. Shirley Bassey, meanwhile, records “Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” as a possible end-title song, but the performance is sub-par and the producers reject this second try. Bassey filed suit against the producers, attempting to stop distribution unless her song is reinstated. A London judge refused to do so. The Thunderball soundtrack album hits the American top 10.Less
John Barry remains in charge of James Bond music on the fourth film. Attempting to avoid writing a song called “Thunderball” for Bond's underwater adventure, Barry and lyricist Bricusse write “Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” (the title based on a nickname that the Italian press had given 007) and Barry based much of his dramatic score on the song's melodic line. Dionne Warwick sings the song, but it is scrapped in September 1965 when the studio decides it wanted a song based on the movie title. Barry and new Bond lyricist Don Black write “Thunderball”, which Tom Jones records. Shirley Bassey, meanwhile, records “Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” as a possible end-title song, but the performance is sub-par and the producers reject this second try. Bassey filed suit against the producers, attempting to stop distribution unless her song is reinstated. A London judge refused to do so. The Thunderball soundtrack album hits the American top 10.
