Oh Happy Day is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969. Hawkins’ arrangement quickly became a “standard” and has been recorded by hundreds of artists. It was included on the RIAA Songs of the Century list and won Hawkins a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1970. Continue reading
Tag: Television
12/29/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY Happy Days Are Here Again- Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams sings the New Years Eve standard Happy Days Are Here Again the 1984 Miss America Pageant. Continue reading
12/28/16 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Homey D Clown – Homey Santa
Homey D Clown helps extending the Christmas spirit with a quick trip to the Mall of In Living Color. Continue reading
12/26/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Sex and the City: The Movie – Auld Lang Syne
Miranda reaches out to Carrie on New Years Eve. Continue reading
12/22/17 O&A NYC DANCE 3 DAYS OF NUTCRACKER: Baryshnikov and Kirkland- Grand Pas de Deux
Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gelsey Kirkland perform the Nutcracker, Grand Pas de Deux with American Ballet Theatre (1977)
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12/19/16 O&A NYC COMEDY: Donald Trump Christmas- Saturday Night Live
President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) celebrates Christmas at Trump Towers where he receives a surprise visit from Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Rex Tillerson (John Goodman).
12/16/17 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Diana Ross- Christmas in Washington (2012)
Christmas in Washington is an annual Christmas television special that currently airs on the U.S. TNT network. The 2102 show was hosted by Conan O’Brien and starred Diana Ross, Demi Lovato, Megan Hilty, Scotty McCreery, and Chris Mann. Continue reading
12/17/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY: Teyana Taylor Performs Santa Baby
Teyana Taylor wearing all white with a red leather corset, Taylor put her seductive spin on the holiday classic of Eartha Kitt’s Santa Baby on VH1 Divas. Taped at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater after a four-year hiatus, the network celebrated the holiday season by reviving its iconic special with some veteran divas (Mariah Carey, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan) and divas-in-training (Teyana Taylor, JoJo).
12/13/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: I LOVE LUCY – JINGLE BELLS
Jingle Bells is a lost piece of I Love Lucy that originally aired at the end of the episode titled: DRAFTED, from 1951. It was the inspiration for the ending of another Lucy Christmas episode 5 years later. Continue reading
12/9/16 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland- Nutcracker Grand Pas de Deux
During the 1977 Christmas season, CBS brought Mikhail Baryshnikov’s highly acclaimed American Ballet Theatre production of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet The Nutcracker to television. The production has remains the most popular and most often shown television production of the work in the U.S. Mikhail Baryshnikov performed the title role, with Gelsey Kirkland as Clara.
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