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The original members of the band had met in Mississippi in 1938 at the Piney Woods Country Life School, a school for poor and African American children. [6] The majority who attended Piney Woods were orphans, including band member Helen Jones, who had been adopted by the school's principal and founder (also the Sweethearts' original bandleader), Laurence C. Jones. [6]
Anna Mae Winburn (née Darden; August 13, 1913 – September 30, 1999) was an American vocalist and jazz bandleader who flourished beginning in the mid-1930s. An African-American, she is best known for having directed the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-female big band that was perhaps one of the few – and one of the most – racially integrated dance-bands of the swing era. [1]
In the 1950s, pop artist Robert Indiana painted The American Sweetheart, which featured nicknames alluding to performers such as Fay Wray, Mae West, Ida Lupino, and Elizabeth Taylor. [110] [111] [3] America's Sweethearts, a 2001 romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts. [66] [112]
Rosalind Cron (April 23, 1925 – February 7, 2021) was an American alto-saxophonist. [1] [2] During the 1940s she played with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-female jazz big band. [3] [4] She toured and performed for American soldiers in post-war Europe and was broadcast on national and international radio. [5]
In "America's Sweethearts," Reece Weaver auditions for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and becomes a new member of the squad. As a "rookie," she experiences the intense training schedule for the ...
America's Sweetheart is the debut studio album by American alternative rock musician Courtney Love, released worldwide on February 10, 2004 by Virgin Records. [2] Her first official release after her former band Hole's break-up, the album's sound diverged significantly in musical and lyrical content to Hole's three previous studio albums: Pretty on the Inside (1991), Live Through This (1994 ...
“I expected to watch America’s Sweethearts, the Netflix documentary on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (“DCC” to initiates) with horrified fascination, but not admiration,” one X user wrote.
Netflix's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries paints a portrait of the ultimate pink-collar job