Chrissie Hynde

...this isn't the Met, and it isn't intended to be such. Have a bit of fun (and walk away). I remember reading an interview with Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, about 1982. They had just toured the US and were charting with "Brass in...

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...compares to Karen Carpenter's own astonishing, rich voice. The only two artists who added anything to their choices were Chrissie Hynde (Superstar) and Dionne Warwick (Close to You). And, oh, please never let hosts Amanda Holden and...

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...and Ronan Keating, who also performs I Won't Last A Day Without You, it's an hour of gorgeous ballads, sung by the likes of Chrissie Hynde and Dionne Warwick. Imagine Carpenters night on a really good week of The X Factor - except you can...

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...Blind Boys' stellar 2003 Christmas album Go Tell It On the Mountain, which featured stunning duets with everyone from Tom Waits to Chrissie Hynde, I'd bet that the Blind Boys had their pick of guest-star invitations. On the one hand, Duets...

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Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 79. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 60. Singer Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is 58. Actress Julie Kavner ( The Simpsons ) is 58. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 55. Actor Michael Emerson ( Lost ) is 55. Pianist Michael...

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...songs that kick much ass by the great Pretenders, it's hard to top "Tattooed Love Boys". While Chrissie Hynde was undoubtedly the baddest bitch on the block, she is also an uncommonly gifted writer, and her vocals go toe-to-toe with anyone...

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...more a cantor's eulogy. On "Shame Is the Name" (a B-side to the 2009 single "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris") Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde joins on vocals -- a brilliant concept that is sadly underexploited in the mix. From the...

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Chrissie Hynde at the launch of Cows and the Earth - A Story of Dairy Farming A rocker's reverence for sacred cows Chrissie Hynde, a campaigning vegetarian and the lead singer of the Pretenders, recently fulfilled a lifelong ambition she...

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...Subscription with the Press Association site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Singer Chrissie Hynde has given her backing to a book celebrating the rise of a "cruelty free" dairy farm in...

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...like "Mass Transit" and "Blood on the Curb" channel melodic, if slightly subversive, New Wave influences -- and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde would pay large for the leathery attitude of "Lola." Ndegeocello lays jazz overtones atop of "White...

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