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Miss Celie's Blues", also known as "Sister", is a song from the Steven Spielberg film The Color Purple (1985), with music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton and lyrics by the two of them with Lionel Richie, performed by Táta Vega. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song in 1986. [1]
The protagonist of the novel is Stacey, a First Nations girl in her late teens who is attending a high school for non-native residents. [2] [3] Some other important characters include Stacey's sister Celia and brother Young Jim; Rena a "two-spirit" (lesbian) and her partner German Judy; and Madeline, a Saulteaux woman from Manitoba.
The book is about a 12-year-old girl named Nory Ryan who lives through the Great Famine in Ireland in 1845. When her own beloved sister, Maggie leaves for America, Nory is left with her younger brother Patch, sister Celia, and her Grandpa until their father comes back from a fishing trip.
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso was born on 21 October 1925, at 47 Serrano Street in the Santos Suárez neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. [10] [3] [11] Her father, Simón Cruz, was a railway stoker, and her mother, Catalina Alfonso Ramos, a housewife of Haitian descent who took care of an extended family. [3]
"Celia" was written and recorded by Annah Mac. She wrote the song after her friend, Celia, asked to write a song about her. [2] The song is about "a best friend going astray, and trying to look after them." It was released as the fourth single from her album, Little Stranger.
The song was performed by Sherwood in their album The Favourite Songs of Henry VIII. Laura Wright recorded a version, featured on her album The Last Rose (2011). George Eliot refers to this song in her novel The Mill on the Floss, Book 6, Chapter 13, as being sung by character Stephen Guest.
Celia Drummond (née Humphris; 26 December 1950 – 11 January 2021) was an English singer and voice artist. She is best known as the lead singer of the folk rock band Trees , a position which she held throughout the band's active years.
Célia began her musical career on the TV show Um Instante, Maestro! in 1970, debuting her self-titled album, which was produced with Discos Continental. [1] It featured songs from songwriters like Joyce, Lô Borges, Ivan Lins, Nelson Angelo, and Rogério Duprat.