Saturday, January 13, 2024

"Mary Pickford Ate Roses" -- A Musical Interlude -- January 13, 2024

Locator: 46527MUSIC.

YouTube played this entire concert ad-free tonight -- slightly longer than ninety minutes -- to which I listened and periodically checked in on the Chiefs - Dolphins game periodically. At halftime, it's 16 - 7.

Wow, what a great concert.

I've talked about her before. From wiki:

Ketevan "Katie" Melua, born 16 September 1984, is a Georgian and British singer and songwriter. Melua was born in Kutaisi and raised in Belfast and London.

Under the management of composer Mike Batt, she was signed to the small Dramatico record label.

She made her musical debut in 2003 and within three years, she was the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist as well as Europe's highest selling European female artist. 

In November 2003, Melua released her first album, Call Off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release.

Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005, and to date has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times.

She released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua had amassed a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh-richest British musician under the age of 30.

Her entire bio is worth a read.

Compare her to Amy Winehouse -- what a breath of fresh air, Katie. 

Her jazzy "My Aphrodisiac Is You" is / was awesome. 20th anniversary edition was released just a few months ago, November 3, 2023. A direct response to a hit song by Amy Winehouse.


It's at times like this I wish I still had a turntable, vinyl albums, huge speakers, and living in a small apartment in Highland Park, Los Angeles, single and in my mid-20s. Ah, those were the days. I knew it at the time. I just didn't know how great.

Back to Katie. Blues, jazz, some rock and roll covers. 

"Mary Pickford ate roses." Clever lines written by her producer, co-writer.

Google what actors "united artists" and this is what pops up:

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