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Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, as the youngest of six children to Andrew " Andy " Armstrong and Ollie Jackson.
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In 2003, some of the members from Devo were alleged to have partaken in a side project called The Network, which featured Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool and Jason White of Green Day.
Green Day vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong recalled seeing The Replacements live after the release of Pleased to Meet Me: " It was amazing.
Basie favored blues, and he would showcase some of the most notable blues singers of the era after he went to New York: Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner, Helen Humes, and Joe Williams.
* Green Day: Played 3 times at The Garden, December 5, 1994 ( concert which singer Billie Joe Armstrong played the song She completely naked ) and two sold-out consecutive nights in July 27 and 28, 2009.
Billie Joe Armstrong ( born February 17, 1972 ) is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt.
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The house was rather run-down and ramshackle, and Billie was initially reluctant to move in, but soon came to love the place as well.
It was made into a film, Topper, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Hal Roach in 1937 starring Roland Young and Billie Burke ; the cast included Cary Grant as George Kerby and Constance Bennett as Marion Kerby.
Although she was born in the U. S, Billie Burke grew up in England, and she spoke with an English accent throughout her life.
She was considered for the role of Billie Jo Bradley, on CBS's sitcom, Petticoat Junction but Ransohoff believed that she lacked confidence and the role was given to Jeannine Riley.
Niven's friend Billie More noted: " This is not kind, but when Hjördis died I can't think of a single soul who was sorry ".
The title track was a protest against nuclear proliferation and became his first top ten hit in countries outside the U. S. Prince's " Little Red Corvette " was one of the first two videos by a black artist played in heavy rotation on MTV, along with Michael Jackson's " Billie Jean ".
The WTA was founded at a meeting organized by Billie Jean King, a week before the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.
The popularity of many of the major bands was amplified by star vocalists, such as Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, Helen O ' Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Harry James, Doris Day with Les Brown, Toni Arden and Ken Curtis with Shep Fields and Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman.
The album Far Cry contains his famous performance of the Gross-Lawrence standard " Tenderly " on alto saxophone, and his subsequent tour of Europe quickly set high standards for solo performance with his exhilarating bass clarinet renditions of Billie Holiday's " God Bless the Child " ( the earliest known version was recorded at the Five Spot during his residency with Booker Little ).
Written and directed by Garson Kanin, the scenic design was by Donald Oenslager and costume design by Ruth Kanin. Jean Arthur was originally hired to play Billie but left during tryouts.
The USTA National Tennis Center was renamed in honor of four-time tournament champion and tennis pioneer Billie Jean King during the 2006 US Open.
It was during this time that Lauper began listening to artists such as Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and the Beatles.
After " Flushing meadows " became the ( secondary ) name of the tennis tournament itself, that portion of the park was subsequently named USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
That video, along with earlier videos by Jackson for his songs " Billie Jean " and " Beat It ", also was instrumental in getting music videos by African American artists played on MTV.
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