And tune in Thursday @ @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST when #RetroView continues the Kay Francis week fun with “The Cocoanuts” (1929). Available for free on YoutTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfuQaj-l4OpRq0vGR2XjkkKY&si=I3wZOFhL820wUs1c) and here (https://ok.ru/video/1974899051010) Hope to see y’all then
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And finally: Céline Dion’s triumphant performance of “Hymne à L'amour” at the 2024 Paris Olympics” (https://youtu.be/9wQ-GYnKPYM?si=MIZ6x8Qk5Chw5aAd)
#RetroView #CelineDion

In the same vein of “recent performances” here’s Norah Jones with “Running” on The Today Show from about a year ago (https://youtu.be/OIOcuwY0EKk?si=L8fH4hv3KW2Qdb2i)
#RetroView #NorahJones #Jazz

Here’s Tracy Chapman’s iconic performance of her 1988 classic “Fast Car” (https://youtu.be/AIOAlaACuv4?si=0MR5TawihHNkpw0c) at this year’s Grammy’s with Luke Combs (https://youtu.be/pLfH9HSUyf4?si=oDCl4SmGhuT8SR-w)
#RetroView #TracyChapman

Just a head’s up: The Addams Family” (1964) is available for free on YouTube (https://tinyurl.com/y5uj4yd5), PlutoTV (https://tinyurl.com/ysah326e), RokuChannel (https://tinyurl.com/mr3k2ns2) and Internet Archive (https://tinyurl.com/mrd56s4x)
#RetroView #TheAddamsFamily #horror

Our final episode of “The Addams Family” (1964) is another art and Gomez related adventure from Season Two: “Portrait of Gomez” (https://youtu.be/39MgvjN8UHg?si=2UEnDdVaVJXyhsfH)
#RetroView #TheAddamsFamily #JohnAstin

I refuse to break y’all hearts RE: Kitty Kat so I’ll just say that yes, Kitty Kat was played by a real lion and was definitely not mostly stock footage of a lion
#RetroView #TheAddamsFamily

Next we have another First Season gem from “The Addams Family”: “Art and The Addams Family” (https://youtu.be/UbuA6hL5J-A?si=KINKqMsQKlJOblak)
#RetroView #JohnAstin #TheAddamsFamily

John Astin ( March 30, 1930) is the only surviving member of the original main cast of “The Addams Family” (1964). He’ll be 95 years young in a few days and he’s still working- albeit mostly voice acting these days
#RetroView #JohnAstin #TheAddamsFamily

And now our first episode of “The Addams Family” (1964): “Green Eyed Gomez” (https://youtu.be/xcO9Y78ASRU?si=FmTcHWiMKpNAaEPA)
#RetroView #JohnAstin #TheAddamsFamily

Tracy Chapman’s been laying low and just living her life in the Bay Area the past few years. If anyone’s earned the right to just chill, it’s her
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Next we have a couple of songs by Tracy Chapman from her set at a 1990 South African Freedom concert (https://youtu.be/80J1dEquxYE?si=JFMllqWRF-HOH7EZ)
#RetroView #TracyChapman

Céline Dion has had a long creative relationship with the Lebanese fashion designer Eli Saab, as she’s been wearing his designs since the late 90s
#RetroView #CelineDion

Last year Céline Dion released the documentary “I AM”, an unflinching look at her life living with Stiff Person Syndrome. This year she’s re-releasing a remastered vinyl version of her 1990 first English language album “Unison” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m16Xbv95J240FxYUnna-kNdkDj0bljcz0&si=psvQDpkzCfJIDlW1)
#RetroView #CelineDion

Next we have the always glamorous Céline Dion AKA “The Greatest Singer in the World” with a medley of her songs “The Power of Love” and “I’m Alive” from Eli Saab’s November 2024 fashion show (https://youtu.be/KBDaBviJmF8?si=_-rlpEA7ID3dr77l)
#RetroView #CelineDion #fashion

Norah Jones has had a busy year: Her 2024 album “Visions” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPJeGrvB6eFGBWHWkXglDYu_zaZjOOuRQ&si=P-40ZOSsvYE4r9AT) won her a Grammy for “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album”- her 10TH GRAMMY AWARD (to date)
#RetroView #NorahJones #jazz

Today’s playlist features the artists (Norah Jones, Céline Dion, and Tracy Chapman) and actor (John Astin) who all have Birthdays on March 30th that I had on my first ever playlist for #MusComEnt (https://tinyurl.com/ktw8xau9) and #RetroView (https://tinyurl.com/4xduhyrf) when I took over the watch parties from Kristin (@Cinematicenthus ) back in March 2022

Join me Thursday @SPECIAL TIME 6pm EST/5pm CST when #RetroView celebrates my 3rd HOSTING ANNIVERSARY and the birthdays of Norah Jones, Céline Dion, Tracy Chapman and John Astin with a playlist of music and episodes of “The Addams Family” (1964). Playlist available here (https://tinyurl.com/49s9x36v) I hope to see y’all then
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