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James Jones (June 2, 1930 [1] – August 2, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. [2] According to Allmusic journalist Steve Huey, "best known for his 1960 R&B smash 'Handy Man', Jones sang in a smooth yet soulful falsetto modeled on the likes of Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke."
The song made a minor appearance on the U.S. pop charts, reaching #84 in the fall of 1957. [1] It was the first of two charting songs about Chicago recorded by Sinatra. The other was " My Kind of Town " from 1964, which reached U.S. #110.
The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was commissioned by Joseph Theurer, then-owner of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company, and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley family. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the house was built in 1896 by Richard Schmidt and, possibly, Hugh M.G. Garden, two architects later prominent in ...
The house is described as the oldest surviving house in Chicago, [4] although part of the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in the Norwood Park neighborhood was built in 1833. (However, Norwood Park was not annexed to Chicago until 1893.) [ 5 ] The Clarke-Ford House was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 14, 1970. [ 6 ]
"Chicago" ("Go! CHICAGO! Go! Yeah!" on the vinyl edition) is a track from Sufjan Stevens 2005 concept album Illinois, released on Asthmatic Kitty. The song tells the semi-autobiographical [1] story of a young man on a road trip, and his youthful idealism. The track is one of Stevens' most popular songs, and he usually ends his live shows with a ...
On the surface, the track, 2005’s “America First” by country legend Merle Haggard, seems like a solid fit. After all, it shares a name with one of Donald Trump’s signature slogans, ...
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A Jackson in Your House is a 1969 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded for the French BYG Actuel label. [1] [2] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut. When issued on CD by Affinity in 1989, the track "The Waltz" was replaced by a six-minute live excerpt (of unknown ...