Showing posts with label The Hollywood Bowl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hollywood Bowl. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Rock-n-Roll Legend: Bobby Rydell


From his vivid childhood on the fabled mid-20th-century streets of South Philadelphia, to his reign as the Justin Bieber of the “Camelot” era, his battles with alcoholism, and his lifesaving double-transplant surgery, multi-talented entertainer Bobby Rydell has one hell of a story to tell. 


And tell he did, here for an exclusive chat with Entertain Me about his autobiography, Teen Idol On The Rocks is none other than Rock-n-Roll legend: Mr. Bobby Rydell!

MS: Hi Bobby. A friend of mine performed with you at the Hollywood Bowl for Y-Day in 1963.


BR: Oh my God. Who was it?


MS: Do you remember Mike Clifford?


BR: Oh yeah, yeah, I remember tell him "Hi" for me.


MS: What compelled you to write Teen Idol On The Rocks?


BR: Being on the road for many years, after the show you get together sit down, talk to people and you start relating stories. This had been going on for quite a few years and everybody who I kept company with would say: Bobby, you have such great stories, why don't you write a book? I'd always be like: Yeah, yeah, yeah.


To make a long story short my wife said: Why don't you seriously think about putting your life together in a autobiography? I thought maybe it isn't such a bad idea. So, I got together with a friend of mine Allan Slutsky, he's a Grammy winner and wrote a book called Standing in the Shadows of Mowtown, we sat for eighteen months. He was here with a tape recorder, a piece of paper and a pencil, I just poured my heart out to him and lo and behold, here's the book. 

                        Forget Him                                 

MS: Mike mentioned that you performed the song "Forget Him" at Y-Day. I didn't realize I had actually heard the song until I pulled it up online.

BR: That was my third million selling hit. I recorded it in London, England. The song was written by a gentleman named Tony Hatch, who also wrote "Downtown" for Petula Clark. We got together while I was over in the UK and not only did we record "Forget Him" we recorded a whole album, we released the single which became a big hit, so the album was of course titled " Forget Him." (laughs)


MS: When did your alcoholism start? Was that your whole career or later in it?


BR: Later in my career. Prior to becoming a really heavy drinker I was more or less a social drinker. Going out to dinner having a cocktail, maybe a liqueur after. But what actually led to all the drinking was back in 2003 my wife of thirty-six years passed away from breast cancer. She was a very important and loving part of my life. When she passed I just couldn't handle it. I was weak and depressed so I turned to alcohol. I thought a couple of drinks a day would be OK. But a couple of drinks became four, than eight, eight became twelve, I drank my ass off. It went on for quite a few years and that's what led to my double transplant, a new liver and a new kidney. 

MS: It's pretty amazing that you received both of those.

BR: There was a Doctor in 2010 who said: Bobby if you don't stop drinking you're going to be dead in two years. I laughed and said: Well I have another two years. He was right on the money, because in 2012 I had the surgery. 
Bobby Today
MS: Something cool I read was that The Beatles paid homage to you  in one of their songs. Also I read that they all but killed your career. Please explain that.

BR: Well not only me, but quite a few American artists. When they hit not only them, but a whole bunch of artists from the UK came to America, we called it the British Invasion. Basically that's what it was. Everybody has their day an God Bless them. Before The Beatles became anything I was traveling with a young woman, Helen Shapiro who was a big singer in the UK. We were doing a tour, traveling on a bus through the UK doing different cities. One night in front of the bus there was a car and Helen yelled out "There's The Beatles!" 

I didn't know what she meant I started looking around the bus for cockroaches. Anyway the bus stopped, the car stopped, the four guys got on the bus. Now they knew me, and I just shook their hands, they're The Beatles, their a band, that's cool, they were on the road too. They went their way, we went our way. Then I come home, now it's 1964 and I am watching Ed Sullivan and there are The Beatles! I go "Jesus I met those guys!" it would have been such a great picture, before they made it they came on the bus in the middle of the UK ten or eleven o'clock at night, no picture. That would have been fantastic! Then later Paul McCartney would they got "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" from me. That's like a feather in my cap. (laughs) 

MS: I've always been familiar with the name Bobby Rydell. In fact when I saw that the name of the High School in the movie "Grease" was Rydell High, I knew it was named for you.

BR: People have brought that up many times. I don't know why they picked me. It could have been Presley High or Fabian High, or anything really. 

MS: Rydell sounds like an actual High School.

BR: Does it really? Well, maybe it does. Yeah, I guess it does. (laughs) 

MS: I don't think Fabian or Presley High sounds real.

BR: Yeah, yeah you're right, not even I thought those names sounded right for a High School when I said them. (laughs)

Teen Idol On The Rocks will be available tomorrow, May 4th on Amazon and at Barnes & Noble.

Keep Rocking With Bobby at:


Official website: www.bobbyrydell.com
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/BobbayRydell

Monday, June 1, 2015

No Gaga For This Lady

Lady Gaga Ain't Pregnant
"I'm getting a little older and many people think I'm pregnant but I tell them, 'I'm just almost f--king 30,'" Lady Gaga, 29, told the audience at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles Sunday during her Cheek to Cheek concert with Tony Bennett.

Has she thought about Taylor Kinney knocking her up? Hell to the yes.

But will she in the future? Most likely, but not now.

Case closed. Keep creating Ms. Thang - you'll know when to put a bun in that oven.

Meantime, can't wait to see you in American Horror Story: Hotel!

Go Gaga at: 
https://www.facebook.com/ladygaga
https://twitter.com/ladygaga

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Chris Isaak Gets Wicked "Hot" Tonight !

Chris Isaak Is Wicked & Hot
Crooner Chris Isaak who sang one of my favorite songs evuh "Wicked Game" that was on the soundtrack to one of my favorite movies evuh David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" gets "Wicked" and "Hot" tonight on the TV Land sitcom "Hot in Cleveland"....Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Sultry singer Chris Isaak will be guest starring in tonight’s episode of TV Land’s hit show ‘Hot in Cleveland’.  Isaak will play singer Chase Jackson who becomes acquainted with the character of Melanie, played by Valerie Bertinelli, when she fakes being sick to get tickets for his show. 'Hot in Cleveland' airs at 10 PM EST/ 9 CST, check your local listings. Watch a preview here:https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chris-isaak-dishes-guest-starring-role-hot-cleveland-133644306.html
 
This Cast Is Hot

Isaak will be heading out on tour this summer beginning May 24th at the Thornton Winery in Temecula, CA with additional stops including Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Salt Lake City. Initial list of tour dates below with more to be added soon. Visit www.chrisisaak.com for updates.
 
2014-05-24          Temecula, CA – Thornton Winery
2014-05-25          Aptos, CA – Santa Cruz Blues Festival
2014-07-09          Livermore, CA - Wenter Winery
2014-07-11          Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl w/ Chris Botti
2014-07-12          Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl w/ Chris Botti
2014-07-13          Healdsburg, CA – Rodney Strong Vineyards
2014-07-16          San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s By the Bay
2014-07-18          Sahuarita, AZ – Desert Diamond Casino
2014-07-19          Chandler, AZ – Wild Horse Pass Casino
2014-07-23          Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
2014-07-26          Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
2014-07-27          Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
2014-08-03          Littleton, CO – The Hudson Gardens Events Center
2014-08-05          Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
2014-08-06          Ketchum, ID – River Run Lodge
2014-08-11          Jackson Hole, WY - Jackson Hole Center for the Arts
2014-08-23          Riverside, IA – Riverside Casino and Golf Resort              
2014-08-30          Westhampton Beach, NY – Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
2014-09-21          Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Botanical Garden

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Alert! Diana Ross & Pentatonix @ The Hollywood Bowl Saturday August 3rd!


Diana Ross
MEDIA ALERT ** MEDIA ALERT ** MEDIA ALERT

"Entertain Me" favorites Pentatonix to open for the legendary Diana Ross this Saturday at the famed Hollywood Bowl!

DIANA ROSS TO PERFORM
AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IN

A SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT

Opening Acts:

Members of the Ross Family – Evan and Rhonda Ross – and
Vocal Sensations and YouTube Phenom Pentatonix

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013, AT 8 PM

WHAT: Legendary entertainer Diana Ross comes to the Hollywood Bowl, Saturday, August 3, at 8 pm. The special one-night-only performance will feature selections from her impressive and expansive career, that spans more than four decades!

Opening for Ms. Ross is Rhonda Ross, followed by Pentatonix, the vocal sensation and winner of season 3 of NBC’s “The Sing-Off.” The quintet’s latest YouTube video, “Evolution of Music,” has garnered more than 15 million views, while their YouTube channel has over 1.1 million subscribers and 100 million views. The group is comprised of lead vocalists Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado and Mitch Grassi; vocal bass Avi Kaplan and beatboxer Kevin “K.O.” Olusola. Evan Ross is the last of the opening performers.

Diana Ross has had a profound influence on American popular culture and has become an icon in the entertainment industry. She is an Academy Award-nominated actress for her unforgettable role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The Blues, a Tony and Golden Globe winner, a best-selling author, winner of eight American Music Awards and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and the Grammy Lifetime
Pentatonix
Achievement Award. Her reputation as a woman of great style and beauty has put her on the covers of hundreds of magazines. Ms. Ross has sold more than 100 million records and recorded 18 No. 1 hits. Her music became the sound of young America in the ‘60s soon after she signed with Motown Records in 1961 with The Supremes. She embarked on her extraordinary solo career in 1970, and has not stopped since performing to fans around the world.

For full artists biographies, please visit: www.Hollywoodbowl.com

WHO: DIANA ROSS
EVAN ROSS
PENTATONIX
RHONDA ROSS
           
WHEN: Saturday, August 3, at 8 PM

WHERE: HOLLYWOOD BOWL
2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068

TICKETS: Subscriptions and single tickets are available now for the Hollywood Bowl 2013 summer season at:   www.Hollywoodbowl.com  or Ticketmaster.com, or via phone at 323.850.2000 or 800.745.3000 and in person at the Hollywood Bowl Box Office. For more information, please call 323.850.2000.