The Residents
The Residents is a composer and actor, known for Eskimo (2003), Condo Painting (2000) and The Residents: Freak Show (1994).
The Retrosettes
The Retrosettes is an actor, known for Youth (2015).
The Ritz Brothers
The three fellows had a hard act to follow when they tried to fill the huge movie clown shoes of the The Marx Brothers in the late 1930's and they did falter somewhat in their attempt. Nevertheless, the talented trio The Ritz Brothers (comprised of Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz and Harry Ritz) were troupers all the way as they did their part in offering Depression and WWII-era audiences a comic escape. They later served to inspire such funnymen as Jerry Lewis and Mel Brooks. All three brothers were born in Newark, New Jersey (Al in 1901, Jimmy in 1903 and Harry in 1906), the sons of an Austrian haberdasher whose last name was Joachim. Raised in Brooklyn, the boys developed an early interest in show business and initially pursued solo careers with rather lackluster success. Following Harry's graduation from high school, they decided to band together (1925) and put together a song-and-dance act they could take out on the road. Building up their reputation in various night clubs and vaudeville houses, they appeared in the famous musical stage revues of George White and Earl Carroll to great success. Their act remained fairly constant for all four decades, which included precision dancing, tongue-twisting patter songs, ethnic humor and physical schtick. The boys managed to mug their way into films and earned a contract with 20th Century-Fox as a specialty item in such Alice Faye and Sonja Henie musicals as Sing, Baby, Sing (1936), One in a Million (1936), On the Avenue (1937) and You Can't Have Everything (1937). They gradually earned their own musical comedy vehicle with Life Begins in College (1937) and ventured on in a series of zany hits and misses including Kentucky Moonshine (1938), Straight Place and Show (1938) and Pack Up Your Troubles (1939). Evolving into a brief Fox slapstick attraction, some of their better known vehicles including The Three Musketeers (1939), a parody of the Dumas classic in which they play "The Three Lackeys" alongside Don Ameche as handsome D'Artagnan; The Gorilla (1939), as investigators in a haunted house horror comedy; and Argentine Nights (1940), which had them starring as music promoters of an all-girl band opposite The Andrews Sisters. The trio's hyperbolic style and unsubtle brand of insanity did not always go well with critics and the boys on-screen clowning failed to achieve the box-office distinction they had hoped for. Discontented at Fox for not promoting them strongly, they left for greener pastures and landed at Universal. All they were given was the musical comedy Hi'Ya Chum (1943), in which they played "The Merry Madcaps," members of a traveling vaudeville troupe. This would be their last film vehicle. The Ritz Brothers then returned to the nitery circuit and became popular supper club headliners. They also moved to TV in the 1950's and found occasional work as guests on such shows as "The Ed Sullivan Show," "All-Star Revue" and "The Colgate Comedy Hour." Eldest brother Al's death of a heart attack in 1965 put a serious cog in the team wheel. Harry and Jimmy continued for a time but floundered and eventually settled into semi-retirement appearing primarily as raconteurs on talk shows ("The Merv Griffin Show" and "The Mike Douglas Show"). Jimmy and Harry were last seen in a gag cameo as cleaning women in fan Mel Brooks's slapstick movie Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976). Jimmy died of heart failure and Harry of cancer within a year of each other in the mid-1980s. Though the team has remained in the comedy film shadow of other better known duos or trios, Al, Jimmy and Harry certainly made an amusingly broad mark in movie slapstick and continue to find new legions of fans with each passing year.
The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir
The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir is known for Going My Way (1944), Love Affair (1939) and Angels with Dirty Faces (1938).
The Rodeo Revelers
The Rodeo Revelers is an actor, known for Sunset Carson Rides Again (1948).
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are the legendary British rock band known for many popular hits, such as Paint it Black, Lady Jane, Ruby Tuesday, and (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Almost everyone who attended their shows is quick to comment on their ability to start you up and shake your hips. Their song "Satisfaction" (1965) was composed by Keith Richards in his sleep, and with the addition of provocative lyrics by Mick Jagger it became the greatest hit and their calling card on each and every show. In 1966, after The Beatles stopped giving live performances, The Rolling Stones took over as the unofficial "biggest touring band in the world" for the next few years. During 1966-1969 they toured the world, and constantly updated their song-list with many great hits like "Lets Spend the night together" (1967), "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968) and "Honky tonk woman" (1969). The incredible international success of the Stones came with a sad side, caused by Brian's drug and alcohol abuse that impaired his speech and appearance, so the band-mates had to replace him. In July 1969, Brian Jones died of drowning in his swimming pool while having signs of drug overdose. Upon Richards's and Jagger's approval, guitarist Mick Taylor took Brian's place. Brian's death at age 27 made him one of the first members of the infamous "27 Club" of rock stars who died at that age. Although Brian's estrangement from his band-mates, and his numerous arrests were caused by his personal problems with drugs, both Richards and Jagger were blamed at the time for Brian's death. The loss of one of their founding members was a painful moment for the Stones. However, at the end of the 1960s their creativity reached the new highs. Their albums "Beggars Banquet" (1968) and "Sticky Fingers" (1971) were among the most popular albums they ever made, having such hits as "Wild Horses" and "Brown Sugar." During the 1970s The Rolling Stones remained the biggest band in the world, albeit they were rivaled by the Led Zeppelin. The Stones made thousands of live performances and multi-million record sales with hits like "Angie" (1973), "It's Only Rock and Roll" (1974), "Hot Stuff" (1976) and "Respectable" (1978). At that time both Keith Richards and Mick Jagger had individual ambitions, and applied their untamed creativity in various projects outside the Stones. Keith released his own single. In 1974 Ron Wood had replaced Mick Taylor on guitar and Keith and Ron both played lead guitars. During the decade Keith Richards had a family crisis on his hands, and suffered through emotional pain and drug abuse, albeit it didn't stop him from being himself. In 1980 the group released "Emotional Rescue" which Keith Richards didn't care for, and the group didn't even tour to promote the album. In 1981 with the release of 'Tattoo You', the group went on a major world tour filling stadiums in the US and in Europe. In 1983 the Stones recorded the album "Undercover" at the Compass Point in Nassau and during this time Mick and Keith were having arguments over rights of the group. After having created tens of albums and over a hundred popular songs together, their legendary song-writing partnership was undergoing the most painful test: the bitter rivalry between two enormously talented and equally ambitious superstars. Mick Jagger is the heart of "The Stones" and Keith Richards - the soul. The two had carried on their early image of unkempt youth, had survived ups and downs in their careers and personal lives, and remained the core of the band since they shared a flat with the late Brian Jones in London in 1962. Two other remaining members are drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Ron Wood. "The Stones" were part of the "British Invasion" in international culture during the 1960s, and has been extremely popular and famous for their 60s craze, hot stuff and sex drive. Since the 1970s they remained one of the biggest entertainment acts touring the world with a retinue of jet-set hangers-on. Their inimitable shows, no matter the best, or the worst, has been played with fire and emotion, giving their audiences the kind of music they do best - it's only rock'n roll. Mick Jagger dropped out of college and his every move on-stage and off-stage seemed to signal a challenge to "respectable" standards. He never received a formal musical education, and even could not read music. However, he worked hard and emerged as the lead singer and songwriter in partnership with Richards, following the example of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's songwriting for The Beatles. Outside of the Rolling Stones, Jagger released solo albums with his original songs, as well as his versions of such hits as 'Use Me' by songwriter Bill Withers. Jagger also starred in several films, such as Freejack (1992), Bent (1997), and The Man from Elysian Fields (2001). Mick Jagger fathered seven children from four women, donated to numerous school and charities, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in 2003. Keith Richards, was a schoolmate of Mick Jagger since the primary school. In 1960 they contemplated starting up a band together. Since the formation of the Rolling Stones in 1962, Richards has been the principal songwriting partner with Jagger, and most of the songs on all Rolling Stones albums are credited to Jagger/Richards. Outside of the Rolling Stones, Richards toured with The New Barbarians, and also was the front-man of the X-pensive Winos in the 1980s. Besides his music career, Richards made a cameo appearance as the father of Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) filmed by his friend, director Gore Verbinski. Other members of The Rolling Stones has been also enjoying their individual careers outside of the band. Multi-instrumentalist Ronnie Wood collaborated with such performers as Prince, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, and Aretha Franklin, among others. His collaboration with Rod Stewart resulted in a hit album. Wood is also an accomplished artist who sold about $10 million worth of his artworks. Drummer Charlie Watts, who has been ever faithful to his one and only wife, Shirley, is known for his consistency in refusing sexual favors from groupies. He is also a jazz band-leader, and commercial artist, who had solo shows and successfully auctioned his artworks. The Rolling Stones have released 55 albums of original work and compilations, and sold over 200 million records word-wide during their career spanning over 45 years. "The Stones" played in all kinds of spaces from small clubs to big stadium arenas. In 2007 they even rocked the Tsar's Winter Palace with fifty thousand fans in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the communist revolution took place. They gave more large-scale shows internationally than any other existing band in the world, culminating in their 2005-2007 "A Bigger Band" tour with 147 concerts, the highest grossing tour of all time with $559 million earned. Come on, Stones, give us more of your respectable shows, get us rocking, we can make it if we try.
The Royal Cansino Dancers
The Royal Cansino Dancers is an actor, known for Dancing Pirate (1936).
The Sacred Riana
The Sacred Riana is known for The Sacred Riana 2: Bloody Mary (2022), The Sacred Riana: Beginning (2019) and The Sacred Riana: Bedtime Stories.
The Silvin G
The Silvin G is known for Música (2024).
The Snygg Brothers
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