Crazy Facts About Music Everyone Should Know (Pt.19)
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Did you know? Billie Holiday faced legal troubles due to drug possession, ultimately dying while under arrest. Johnny Cash intercepted Soviet communications during his service in Germany. The Beatles were banned from performing in Israel for reasons related to their perceived impact, while Joni Mitchell wrote "Woodstock" despite never attending the festival, and Stevie Wonder was signed by Motown at the age of 11.
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#thebeatles
Elvis Presley smuggled a Colt .45 into the White House as a gift to Nixon. 😂
no shit and they also let him groom and fondle 14 year olds too 😂
He really appreciated becoming a DEA agent, I'm sure Nixon had a good laugh.
The gun was disguised as a peanut butter and banana sandwich!
Wow
Lol
I remember Stevie Wonder in 1961. He was known as "Liittle Stevie Wonder" at that time.
He was in a a teen Beach movie (Muscle Beach Party) with Dick Dale as little Stevie Wonder. Dick Dale was a guitar wizard but couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
I remember seeing him when he was just a kid and he would be introduced as Little Stevie Wonder. I think the “Little” was dropped in about’64-‘65. He was a pretty amazing musician even back then.
His "Fingertips Part 2" hit #1
Talkshow... Dick Cabot I believe.
Signed a contract at age 11?
as a johnny cash fan boy that has to be one of the coolest facts i know of
😂 it's not fact. But ok
Well I double checked with multiple sources and they all say the same thing so that sounds like a fact to me
Fake
@@captainireland1375it's crazy but it checks out.
It is bullshit
The Tonight Show rejected Stevie Wonder, commenting that no-one wanted to see a little black, blind kid playing piano.
Johnny Carson later issued a public apology
Stevie, you and your music have been an inspiration for generations. I love you, and so do millions of others.
Never give up on your dream.
Source?
@@VesnaVK My sources are life and memory. Something similar happened to Barry Manilow. The Tonight Show told him nobody wanted to hear a stupid little song like "Mandy", and later apologised when that song skyrocketed him to fame.
@@richardlepreux8489 I see, thanks. Did you read it in the paper, back in the day? Or maybe Johnny mentioned in in a monologue that you saw? Thanks!
@@VesnaVK If I recall correctly, I believe that Johnny Carson verbally apologised during one of the shows, but the apology was made without Stevie actually being present.
However, it was the producers and talent screeners who had rejected both Stevie and Barry, and Johnny had not been personally involved.
@@richardlepreux8489 that's incredible. I'm glad Johnny wasn't the one who did that. ❤️
I have thought "eighteen" was 18. Now I know it's 19. Thanks Music Facts!
Thanks, I was going to make a similar comment!! 👍🏼
Farming engagement
@@UltimateDorito smart
Yup
21 is the real 18
Billie Holiday had a Catholic upbringing. She received her last rites and her funeral was a Requiem High Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan, attended by more than 3000.
1915-1929: Childhood Billie Holiday
Eleanora Fagan[4][5] was born on April 7, 1915,[6] in Philadelphia to African American unwed teenage couple Clarence Halliday and Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her mother moved to Philadelphia at age 19,[7] after she was evicted from her parents' home in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, for becoming pregnant. With no support from her parents, she made arrangements with her older, married half-sister, Eva Miller, for Eleanora to stay with her in Baltimore. Not long after Eleanora was born, Clarence abandoned his family to pursue a career as a jazz banjo player and guitarist.[8] Some historians have disputed Holiday's paternity, as a copy of her birth certificate in the Baltimore archives lists her father as "Frank DeViese". Other historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital or government worker.[9] DeViese lived in Philadelphia, and Sadie, then known by her maiden name Harris, may have met him through her work. Harris married Philip Gough in 1920,[10] but the marriage ended within two years.[citation needed]
Holiday, aged two, in 1917
Eleanora grew up in Baltimore and had a very difficult childhood. Her mother often took what were then known as "transportation jobs", serving on passenger railroads.[11] Holiday was raised largely by Eva Miller's mother-in-law, Martha Miller, and suffered from her mother's absences and being in others' care for her first decade of life.[12] Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, published in 1956, is inconsistent regarding details of her early life, but much was confirmed by Stuart Nicholson in his 1995 biography of the singer.
After attending kindergarten at St. Frances Academy, she frequently skipped school, and her truancy resulted in her being brought before the juvenile court on January 5, 1925, when she was nine years old.[13] She was sent to the House of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic reform school for African-American girls. After nine months, she was "paroled" on October 3, 1925, to her mother. Sadie had opened a restaurant, the East Side Grill, and mother and daughter worked long hours there. She dropped out of school at age 11.[14]
On December 24, 1926, Sadie came home to discover a neighbor, Wilbur Rich, attempting to rape Eleanora. She successfully fought back, and Rich was arrested. Officials placed Eleanora in the House of the Good Shepherd under protective custody as a state witness in the rape case.[15] Holiday was released in February 1927, when she was nearly 12. She found a job running errands in a brothel,[16] and she scrubbed marble steps as well as kitchen and bathroom floors of neighborhood homes.[17] Around this time, she first heard the records of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. In particular, Holiday cited "West End Blues" as an intriguing influence, pointing specifically to the scat section duet with the clarinet as her favorite part.[18] By the end of 1928, Holiday's mother moved to Harlem, New York, again leaving Eleanora with Martha Miller.[19]
By early 1929, Holiday had joined her mother in Harlem.
Yup. I attended high school down the block and had my HS graduation at St. Paul’s.
Which means she's currently burning in hellfire for eternity.
I wasn't a solid Billie Holiday fan.
Love and Respect ❤️
Billie Holiday is one of the greatest singers of all time, and criminally underrated. 'Come Rain Or Come Shine' is me and my wife's "song".
You wrote "Come Rain or Come Shine?
@@Dale-r3c5y Nah, what he means is that he and his wife share a cute bond with that song, maybe because of a good memory that involved that song💗
She truly is and then you have trash channels like this that try to diminish her
U2's Angel of Harlem
Ive heard of John "Doc" Holiday...
That is a horrible end for such a talented woman! Billie Holiday deserved so much better. She is an icon!
I agree. Just remember that she was a woman of color in 1959 though. Things like that would happen all too often unfortunately.
Diana Ross portrayed her in a great biographical movie, "Lady Sings the Blues". It's one of my favorite movies, and a real tearjerker.
Great cast, including Richard Pryor, Scatman Crothers, Billy Dee Williams, et al.
Oh yes, I do so agree with you! That’s awful and very sad. I love Billie Holiday. My Mom had a record or two of hers I remember listening to when I was about ten or eleven. That was it ! I became a huge fan and still am.
Such a shame Billie Holiday DID deserve so much more.
Unless it is someone you love and know personally... never be sad if someone passes from self inflicted wounds
@@zehcnasmedia1016
Said the keyboard psychologist...
Poor Billy Holliday. How disrespectful to let her die like that.
I would call it murderous. FBI would not let the hospital administer withdrawal meds.
Loved her style of singing.
@@jamesredman1263Billy Holliday died from heart & liver failure, you dont die from heroin withdrawal, but they could have given her some relief.... l can only imagine, being a black female heroin addict in those days.. The mayor & cops constantly harrassed her~
@@Shelley550 heroin withdrawals can absolutely kill you? Opiate withdrawal is super serious and will kill. Idk why you are under this assumption but its dangerous to spread misinformation like this
@@Shelley550 - Take note to what she died of -
Handcuffed to her hospital bed.
Absolutely horrendous 😥
The book Chasing the Scream tells the whole heartbreaking story. She was harassed and hounded to death by the guy responsible for the drug policy that developed in the 20th century, that resulted in so much misery.
I bet it has more to do with the fact she was black than the drug possession. 😢
@@marcusdocarmo no, it had more to do with the drug use. Being black didn't help her any. But this guy's lifelong obsession and mission was prohibiting all drugs. He changed the US and the whole world, and is in no small way responsible for horrific suffering in poor and marginalized communities as the unintended consequences (like drug wars, gangs, etc.) of his zealous attempt to fix everyone by preventing anyone from using addictive drugs. Yet this guy is so unknown that I don't even remember his name, and I read the whole book! It's an incredible book, I highly recommend!
They sure love their drugs 😅
@@jbb8382 She was clean for years, but he hounded her into poverty and death anyway.
Billie was hounded for drugs because she refused to stop singing the song, Strange Fruit, which is about lynching in the Ameican south. She was blackballed and targeted by the US government.
I believe it
Which is a big part of why she spent so much time performing in France. She had to have periodic time away from the constant surveillance
Joanie Mitchell was invited to perform at Woodstock but she had scheduling conflicts that made it impossible for her to attend...
Yes, exactly. Not allowed to go. Ignorant.
OK, I was wondering now what she could have done ?
Rest in peace Lady Day.
It is said that Stevie's parents had to sign the contract for him, since he was still a minor. They also used to call him "Little Ray Charles."
Joni was too, allowed to to go, but wasn’t able to get to the event. Check your facts.
YEAH PLEASE CHECK THE FACTS. I COULDN'T GET THERE EITHER.... LOVED THE SONG MELLINE WROTE ABOUT IT..( LAY DOWN, LAY DOWM )
@@ChefBarb58calm down
Michael Lang talks about not inviting her and feeling bad about it in a documentary. They eventually changed their minds, but Joni didn’t go .. persuaded by manager I guess, bc he thought she would miss a dick cavett appearance. I believe that episode included Crosby Stills and Nash … and they performed at Woodstock and were able to make it back in time for the show 😂aww… poor Joni. Cmon .. Cavett could’ve waited .. missing Woodstock !! I would have wanted to kill him for that if I were her.
Also CSNY covered her Woodstock song and it’s def my fave version.
Oh please! Spare us all the righteous indignation! This is AI generated, therefore there is a rather imprecise use of language at times. Not allowed likely means not able. Which is a fact, she was unable to attend.
@@ChefBarb58 Great song by MELANIE…
Endless love..Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles playing tennis.
😂😅
If they thought the Beatles were “provoking aggression and sexual stimuli and had no artistic merit” I wonder what they thought of Elvis. 😁
Pretty much the same.
Other claims in this video are false so I wouldn't be surprised if that ones false too
That part is inaccurate. An Israeli goverment committee did refuse to approve a Beatles concert, but said nothing about "sexual stimuli". The committee reasoning was that the band concerts can cause "hysteria" and "mass rampage among teens". Nothing of sexual stimuli. Also note that no Beatles concert was ever scheduled in Israel to begin with, as a committee heaeing was needed before even scheduling one.
@TheLarryBrown I'm israeli and my grandfather listened and is still listening to Elvis
It's Isreal, c'mon now 😂 Everything is banned, beaten, burned or prohibited.
Joni had a prior gig booked. Still love her version of Woodstock. Although Neil's guitar took it to another level.
She was already booked for the Dick Cavett show the following night, and would not have been able to make the show if she played Woodstock
Totally agree about Neil's guitar work, although Joni's singing on the original is hard to beat. Both of them are great.
Joni liked the Matthews Southern Comfort version, a UK number 1 in 1970.
Stevie Wonder's first hit was a harmonica instrumental. Fingertips.
Part II.
The Beatles refuse, contractually to perform for segregated crowds
Nice!! I didn’t know this!
@@chuckst98I knew ✊
That’s not true. The Israeli producer though that it wouldn’t be beneficial so he brought Cliff Richard instead
The Beatles never had any scheduled concerts in Israeli. Their manager, Brian Epstein, chose their concert destinations.
In the US South!!
Joni WAS allowed to go.
Yea. I thought Joni missed it because she had contracted already to be at another venue and couldn’t get out of her contract.
Can't expect much from clickbait with an AI voice. 😂
Fun Fact: P Diddy ordered the hit on Biggie Smalls.
Round 2: Courtney Love was the reason for Kurt Cobaines death.
You can't provide proof.
Fun fact? Devil!
Billie Holiday❤ Strange Fruit❤
Rest Easy ❤🙏🏼🕊️
@@christianadams7872 🙏🏽💯
To have left this world in hand cuffs is just in humane . Continued Rest Billie Holiday ❤
Billy Holliday recorded strange fruit on Billy Crystal's father's record lable.witch is in the Smithsonian
I read in Billy Crystal autobiography that he went to the movies w/Lady Day when he was a little boy & sat in her lap while watching.
Oh wow this is so cool,I would have never known. This is something they could have mentioned besides her addiction.
@@ROBYNMARKOWWow!
@@theTrend7THANK YOU!!! She is an ICON!!! Her musical legacy is LEGENDARY!!!
*which
The Beatles were eventually tossed out of The Cavern in Germany too mentioning something about their trousers being too tight.
The cavern isn’t in Germany, it’s in Liverpool
@@vincentquirk1709 Yes, you are correct. My bad.
I was thinking of The Rutles!
Stevie Wonder is a icon and a legend
That’s amazing about Johnny Cash
I was AT Woodstock, she didn't miss anything. Now the Monterey Pop!!!!!
Oh, to have been at Monterey Pop!
Yeah sure and I was at the Burgtheater for Beethovens debut. I was telling others in the small crowd that he may end up making a career out of music. Hate to brag but I nailed that prediction.
@@bradsanders407 For me Janis & the holding company blew my mind. Holding company got totally overlooked, they were amazing as were Canned heat. All the big names just did their thing. But Heat & Janis moved the world! I wasn't there, but I worked for Storm Thorgenson & a little prog rock band you may have heard of... So I got to see his uncut D.A. Pennebaker film in the raw of Monterey Pop. Amazing! I'm seriously happy for you to have been there, just a bit jealous! I have a story or two also...
Yeah when asked which I wanted to go, Monterey was the one I mentioned!
But wasn't Monterey Pop the one that got violent? Where a guy was knifed to death@
I feel that pain .😢 Every time I can't go to Glastonbury festival 🏕️
Amazing and very Sad Stories.
Thank you.
FACTS ARE IMPORTANT
SO LETS MAKE SURE OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS
GET THE RIGHT INFO. LIKE NOW ITS BEING SAID WHO OWNS COUNTRY MUSIC....
BECAUSE OTHERS OF COLORS CAN DO IT.. WELL ELVIS TOOK ALOT OF CRAP BY WHITE PEOPLE AND WHO OWNS GOSABLE MUSIC OR R& B
I SAY IF THE SHOE FITS WEAR IT AND STOP DIVIDING ____
BE NICE....🦋🦋🦋
I say it as i see it
I didn't know about Johnny Cash, I wonder why they didn't include this fact in Walk The Line film. They should have.
I guarantee you that it’s not true.
Say huh!? not true ???
it's on the internet and I believe everything it says...
@@NBrixHOooooh, some random schmuck on RUclips 'guarantees' it!
@@Willie-wf7vj You’re the schmuck if you believe this
@@NBrixHit's in at least four of his biographies. There's some BS on this channel, but that ones true.
Israel said the Beatles had no artistic merit??!!
We issued an apology.
@@alexschwartzman2135 we??
@@james---b bro be more respectful, u talkin to israel rn
@@grundierungtaglich6241 I’m
Not talking to Israel and re-read what I wrote.
Isreal cannot he trusted to speak truth
Joni was able, but hada taljshiw event. You could only get to Woodstock that day by helicopter.
What is a taljishiw event?
@@vickyabramowitz2885 result of brown acid.
Wtf was that supposed to say?
@@johnclaybaugh9536 talks how already scheduled. Auto-correct is wacko.
Talk show.***
little known fact. if a drum beat is increased beyond a certain point, the beat can 'get the blood up' and induce people to do things they normally might not do. this is one reason why drums were used by militaries
Part NINETEEN???
Someone has to go back to grammar school.
Mistakes happen. I think this is because these videos are created by humans.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 They certainly aren't voiced by humans.
@@Yoda8945 regardless, that changes nothing.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 i think the AI fucked up this one
I'm an OK Boomer- I remember the days of "Little Stevie Wonder"! ❤
Uhhhmmm...OK, Boomer...🙄
Cool story
🤣🤣
Lol, just pokin fun. I HAD to; you set that one up so nicely 😉
RIP,Ms. Holiday. Thanks for the music 🙏🏽
Calling it “music” is a bit of a stretch…
@sharkmanyt4431 there is a person singing along to instruments... Definitely fits the definition of music. do you not know what music is?
@@HonestDepression101 calling it “singing” is also a bit of a stretch…
@sharkmanyt4431 oh I get it. Your just a piece of crap.
@@sharkmanyt4431 so you don't like Holiday. What singers / music do you like
That Billie Holliday bit, while true, leaves out so much. That woman had an unreal life, and had to deal with so much crap.
Oh that's so sad about Billie Holiday, I didn't know that about her!
Just because she liked a bit of Heroin. Wasn't doing anybody else any harm.
@StepladdertoSausage71 Yes, her addictions are definitely her own business.. I was more so meaning the fact that she was handcuffed to her hospital bed, whilst dying of liver failure.😥
@@ralsharp6013 don't do drugs. Don't break the law. It's not that hard.
It's not the 50s anymore. People will get sued these days for that heinous cruel.and unusual punishment
@@arleneconverse1238it's not unusual at all it happens to this day 😂
This also has a strong reference to the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Also, when Charles Tex Watson used to be one of Charles Manson's disciples. I also think about the time when Charles Manson was Dennis Wlison's frequent house guest. Dennis Wilson got busted so badly for it. He was Charles Tex Watson's accidental link with Manson in the case. No one has ever told Charles Tex Watson. "Follow the real Jesus Christ, not the false Jesus." Dean Moorehouse, Bruce Davis, and Steve Grogan were Charles Manson's other disciples. Most of Charles Manson's followers were women, not men. This story is definitely totally the out-of-the-ordinary thing.
That thumbnail is WILD
They charged her with drug possession because the director of the FBN was mad that she wouldn't stop singing Strange Fruit.
Provoking things in people is one of the components of art.
Johnny cash was a code breaker in the army is why he was the first to find out about stalins death...
speaking about the beatles...watch the last testament of George Harrison (Paul McCartney really is dead) ...your mind will be blown... crazy movie
I thought Cash was in the Air Force.
@@eddieboggs8306That makes more sense since ChAir Force handles intel.
Plus I looked it up. You’re correct. He served in the USAF for four years.
I saw it, didn't even sound like George on that cassette tape. Sounded more like Arnold Swartzeneger.
@eddieboggs8306 you're probably right...I didn't research ...just regurgitating shit I heard years ago
@@lifebeginsat190 Lol!
Heart Breaking 😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
Part nineteen
Captions be like: part eighteen
Y would you not be allowed to go to Woodstock when 480 k came crashing through the barriers destroying fences,security or whatever else that tried in vain to stand in their way?….. No there was most likely another reason Joni didn’t attend 😮……
According to other comments in this section, she WAS allowed to attend, but couldn't get there.
Prior bookings
I know what happened to Billie Holiday and every time I hear about it I’m more frustrated and angry than the last time. What a beautiful voice, what a beautiful woman, RIP Lady.
That's great news thanks❤❤❤❤❤❤
Stevie Wonder is really a wonder and a treasure in music ❤
If I am not mistaken, that Johnny Cash "fact" was debunked.
I heard Joni didn’t appear at Woodstock because she was honoring a prior commitment to perform elsewhere.
I’m here because of “sexual.”
Kane's Parents and Kane remember Stevie Wonder I went to 1st ward and read his book little Stevie Wonder in the library
This is all lies folks.
Johnny Cash did not do that.
Joni Mitchell was invited to Woodstock to perform. The only way for music acts to get in was by helicopter. She does not fly. So she wrote the song Woodstock.
Dont listen to the AI
And it's part 18
Not lies, just poor use of the language by AI. Lying requires a conscious deception or saying something untrue knowing it's not true
Then why is it all over over google? 🤔 is that a lie to?
Thank you for not censoring your words. I'm sub'd. Good content.
Billie Holiday was arrested for drug possession time and again, but as I also understand, she was arrested and harassed by law officials because of her singing her song "Strange Fruit", a song about the racial lynchings of black people, mostly through the south. I heard she in fact died chained to her hospital bed before her health problems took her.😢
Your last sentence doesn't make sense. You heard she died before her health problems killed her? Right.
The authorities used her poor health as a murder weapon.
@@jensphiliphohmann1876no she was a crazed addict and died of those complications 😂
@@nodruj8681
Addiction
▪︎is an illness and
▪︎causes other illnesses.
The only valid question is: Could her death be avoided? If yes, it's basically murder by omission.
JONI MICHELLE WAS AT WOODSTOOK i saw her there ! She sang yellow cab and moore.
Can't even fact check the title of your own video.
That's not something that usually makes the fact checking checklist.
What do you expect from content that is bot farmed and AI generated?
Also Stevie had no creative freedom when he signed that contract but once he made it big, he stood up for his creative freedom (right on, Stevie !).
Still waiting to hear shocking facts. Talking about a drug addicted artist that overdosed isn't surprising at all.
She didn't OD; She was a lifetime alcoholic, and turned to heroin in a last ditch effort to stop drinking...It is claimed, her liver gave out during withdrawals...Or, she switched to heroin as pain releif from her cirrhosis...Her first arrest was for marijuana...
👏👏👏 great job home owner 👏👏👏.
Yeah, and speaking of Stevie Wonder, he also wasn't blind
Noone that's blind is completely blind...
You can be legally blind and still see a bit
@cinnamondotexe wrong
@cinnamondotexe it's because he heard a microphone falling over at a concert. It's a dumb conspiracy theory
@@BeeHatGuy oh stop, wake up and smell the coffee kid
He had x-ray vision
A lot of these people lived tragic lives.
They were right about the Beatles.
Fuck you mean
Fym the Beatles were great
@@juniortherandom9197they probably thought of the Beatles how people thought of early Justin Bieber
@@puhoyzzee4364 Who tf is "Justin Bieber"???
The fuck? Greatest band of all time and revolutionised music as we know it.
This was awsome, ill surely be lookin up more of these
Reason Joni Mitchell couldn't go to Woodstock was because she was scheduled to appear on the Dick Cavett show ( a late night talk show) that weekend
That Johnny Cash one is crazy.
Based Israel. The Beatles are overrated in my opinion.
Lol, your opinion stinks
If "based" means idiotic
free palestine and the beatles are amazing
Are you having a boring day? Hoping for easy snark?
I'll tell you something that ISN'T over rated. Your opinion.
Poor Stevie never seen it coming
Billy holiday
Johnny cash
Beatles
Jonie Mitchell
Stevie Wonder
All way ahead of their time, total impact to music revolution ❤😊🎉❤🎉😊
Great stuff 👍👍
Music is my therapy.
In correct, Joni Mitchell had a scheduling conflict. The conflict and not going was her choice. No one forced her.
Joni Mitchell opted out of Woodstock on her own due to exhaustion from a previous engagement and some other contractual obligations starting the following day.
That's why they called him little stevie wonder, because he was so young when he first started.
Joni Mitchell wrote "Woodstock" when the guys from CSNY paid her a visit, after their set at the festival, and told her all about it. She could have gone, but she didn't want to miss a chance to be on Dick Cavett's show, which had an enormous TV audience. No one told her she wasn't allowed. It was her decision, which she did have a bit of regret for making.
If you want to do some music "facts", look into all the studies conducted by the CIA, other gov't agencies, and university studies paid for by the gov't, to see how music can be used to control people. It's some, truly, fascinating stuff. They're still doing research, and they have used music against people, many times.
The worst tragedy's of most. These are FACTS.
The Billie holiday story breaks my heart
The Johnny cash one is crazy😮
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie 1962 let people know...
But the singles Fingertips part 1 and 2 in 1963 made sure no one would ever forget....
Thank you for letting us know not to trust older people especially the ones who didn’t commit the crime
Jonny Cash was the man.
When I'm home
Feeling you
Holding me tight. Beatles.
Hard days night.
Love it how he says part nineteen and the screen shows part eighteen....never let them know your next step😂
Michael Jackson was also 11 when he and 4 of his brothers signed with Motown. I wonder if that is just a coincidence, or was 11 yrs old the minimum age a singer could sign with Motown?
Those are some good ones. Crazy
THATS' OKAAY.....SHE IS STILL A LEGEND......
Billy did do drugs but the Government did not want her to sing her most memorable song, ‘’ Hanging fruit’’.
"Woodstock" is one of the greatest songs ever!
Joni Mitchell is a legend
That Johnny Cash fact was awesome, if true.
In the United States, She was actually legally named Billy Vacation.
Joni Mitchell could not go to Woodstock because she could not risk being late or missing the Dick Cavett show. It was too big an opportunity for exposure to miss, so she missed woodstock. She did give it its crowning song.
I love how the voice over literally says “nineteen” just as the word “EIGHTEEN” shows up on the screen.
Joni Mitchell did not go to Woodstock because she heard about the horrendous traffic jams. She decided to stay in New York City and as the news reported attendance of at least half a million strong she started writing the song. Take that AI!
Holliday died very young so sad .
Part 19 (eighteen). It's well known the music industry hooked artists on drugs or provided what was needed to those who were already hooked in order to own them and their art
My wife and I went to go see Stevie Wonder in San Antonio Texas. We spent $500 on two seats through the whole concert Stevie Wonder never played one whole song at its entirety, He would play half a song and then talk to his band members and singers the whole audience was angry and Stevie Wonder didn't care!