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VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division of Viacom. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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With then four-year-old MTV's popularity rising drastically among teens, VH1 began capitalizing on the success of the music video. However, VH1's aim was to focus on the lighter, softer side of popular music, including such musicians as Tina Turner, Elton John, Sting, Diana Ross, Kenny G, and Anita Baker, in hopes of appealing to people aged 18 to 35, and possibly older. A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ...
A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
For the music genre, see Pop music. ...
A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ...
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) November 26, 1939) is an 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. ...
Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
Sting in Budapest, 2000 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), usually known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
For the author-illustrator, see Diana Ross (author). ...
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Anita Baker (born January 26, 1958) is a eight-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-Platinum rhythm and blues and soul singer and songwriter, renowned for her soaring alto vocal range. ...
It has also historically played more adult R&B than its sister channel, and has rarely played any rap or hip-hop videos. Also frequently featured in the network's early years were "videos" for Motown and other 1960s oldies consisting of newsreel and concert footage. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...
Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label originally based out of Detroit, Michigan (Motor City, hence mo(tor)town), from where it achieved widespread international success. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ...
Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 50s, 60s and 70s. ...
A newsreel is a documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories. ...
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While VH1 still occasionally plays videos and has "video countdown shows", its more recent claim to fame has been much like that of MTV's, in the area of music-related reality programming, such as the signature show Behind the Music, and its focus on pop culture. For the album by The Soundtrack of Our Lives, see Behind the Music (album). ...
Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
Early history of VH-1 (1985-1994)
Format and VJs
 An updated version on the first logo (1987-1994). At Christmas time, the "V" would be turned upside down to resemble a Christmas tree. This logo was featured in the James Bond film Licence to Kill where a beachgoer wears a t-shirt featuring the logo. From the start, Video Hits One was branded as an urbane version of its sister/parent channel. It played more jazz and R&B artists than MTV and had a higher rotation of urban-contemporary performers. Its early on-camera personalities were New York radio veterans Don Imus (then of WNBC); Frankie Crocker (then program director and DJ for WBLS); Scott Shannon (of Z100); Jon Bauman ("Bowzer" from Sha Na Na); Bobby Rivers; and Rita Coolidge. Later veejays included Tim Byrd of WPIX-FM (now WQCD), a station whose eclectic ballad-and-R&B oriented format mirrored that of VH-1; and Alison Steele ("The Nightbird" of WNEW-FM). Rosie O'Donnell later joined the outlet's veejay lineup. O'Donnell would also host a stand up comedy show featuring various comedians each episode. As an added touch to make the network more like a Televised Radio station, the early years of the network featured Jingles in their bumpers produced by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas, who had previously made jingles for Radio Stations Worldwide. An updated version of the first Video Hits One logo. ...
An updated version of the first Video Hits One logo. ...
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Frankie Crocker was an infamous New York DJ. On the air, he sometimes called himself the Chief Rocker, and he was as well known for his boastful on-air patter as for his off-air flamboyance. ...
WBLS is an Urban Adult Contemporary FM radio station that is licensed to New York City, operating on 107. ...
Michael Scott Shannon is a radio disc jockey, current co-host of The Big Show on WPLJ and the official voice of the Sean Hannity Show. ...
WHTZ, also known as Z-100, is one of the most successful (and copied) radio stations in America today. ...
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Sha Na Na Sha Na Na is a rock and roll/comedy group from New York City, who perform covers of doo wop hits from the 1950s, simultaneously reviving and sending up the music, as well as 1950s New York street culture, in their performances. ...
Bobby Rivers is the host of Top 5 on the Food Network. ...
Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945, in Lafayette, Tennessee) is a Grammy Award winning American Singer. ...
WQCD, known on-air as CD 101. ...
Alison Steele (January 26, 1937 - September 27, 1995) was a pioneering disc jockey in New York City. ...
WNEW is a New York City FM radio station operating at 102. ...
Rosie ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an 11-time Emmy Award-winning American talk show host, television personality, comedienne, film, television, and stage actress. ...
Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs in comedy clubs, usually reciting a fast paced succession of amusing stories, short jokes and one-liners, typically called a monologue. ...
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The format left room for occasional ad-libs by the VJ, a godsend for emcees such as Imus and O'Donnell. In true Imus style, he used a 1985 segment of his VH-1 show to jokingly call smooth-jazz icon Sade Adu a "grape" for her oval-shaped head. Helen Folasade Adu (born 16 January 1959), MBE, known professionally as Sade (IPA pronunciation: ), is a Nigerian-born Grammy Award-winning English soul, jazz, R&B, and adult contemporary singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer, noted for her soulful, smoky contralto. ...
Early programming VH1 catered to adult top 40, including musicians such as Ace of Base, Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow, and other slightly more rock-oriented popular music than what it had originally played, though AC favorites such as Des'ree, Elton John, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Céline Dion, and Mariah Carey still received heavy video play in 1994, as well. Ace of Base is a dance-pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden, comprised of Ulf Ekberg (Buddha) and siblings Jonas Berggren (Joker), Linn Berggren, and Jenny Berggren. ...
Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning American rock musician and singer. ...
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
Desree (born Desiree Weeks, 30 November 1968, London [1]) is one of Britains most successful pop/soul singers throughout the 1990s. ...
Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
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Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, dancer, activist, pop icon, and younger sister of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. ...
Céline Marie Claudette Dion OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer and occasional songwriter and actress. ...
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. ...
New Visions Typical of VH1's early programming was New Visions, a series which featured videos and in-studio performances by smooth jazz and New Age bands and performers, including Spyro Gyra, Andy Narell, Mark Isham and Yanni. At first many different musicians guest-hosted the program, but eventually musician/songwriter Ben Sidran established himself as permanent host. Smooth Jazz, also sometimes referred to as new adult contemporary music,[1] is generally described as a genre of music that utilizes instruments (and, at times, improvisation) traditionally associated with jazz and stylistic influences drawn from mostly R&B, but also funk and pop. ...
New Age music is a style of music originally associated with some New Age beliefs. ...
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the early 1970s. ...
Andy Narell is a musician and composer specializing in the steelpan. ...
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Yanni (born Yiannis Chrysomallis, Greek: Γιάννης ΧÏυσομάλλης, on November 14, 1954) is a Greek keyboardist and composer. ...
Ben Sidran, (1943- ) may be best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song Space Cowboy. ...
VH1: Music First (1994-2003) In December 1994, VH1 rebranded itself as VH1: Music First. By 1996, VH1 was heading down the same path as its sister channel, MTV, choosing to focus more on music-related shows than on music videos. Old episodes of American Bandstand could regularly be seen on the channel. By that time, the channel's ratings were beginning to fall. As a result, the channel began to lose money, verging on the brink of bankruptcy. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
The year 1996 in television involved some significant events. ...
Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand American Bandstand was a long-running dance music television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989. ...
When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...
Pop-Up Video Things changed very drastically for VH1 in the fall of 1996, with the premiere of Pop-Up Video, a very successful and popular show which offered tidbits of information as music videos were being played. Pop-Up Video was a popular VH1 show that popped up bubbles ( ) — officially called info nuggets — containing trivia and spry witticisms throughout music videos. ...
"Pop-Up" television went on to become something of a cultural phenomenon. Many TV shows followed suit and had their own "Pop-Up" episodes. These shows include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, The Drew Carey Show, Brady Bunch reruns on sister Viacom channel Nick at Nite, and even a special episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire also The Simpsons To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The Drew Carey Show was a long-running American sitcom (set in Cleveland, Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its everyman characters and themes. ...
The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ...
Nick-at-Nite (sometimes spelled Nick @ Nite, by its current logo) is the evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Sunday–Thursdays from 9 PM–6 AM and Friday–Saturdays from 10 PM–6 AM Eastern and Pacific Standard Time. ...
In the United States, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (also known simply as Millionaire) is a television game show which offers a maximum prize of $1,000,000 (originally lump sum; now annuitized) for correctly answering 15 successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. ...
Simpsons redirects here. ...
Behind the Music In August 1997, VH1 again hit it big with the premiere of the first of the network's flagship shows, Behind the Music. The hourlong show features interviews and biographies of some of popular music's biggest stars qualified to be profiled on the series. The premiere episode featured Milli Vanilli. To date, there are episodes on everyone from Queen to Meat Loaf, MC Hammer to Fleetwood Mac, TLC to "Weird Al" Yankovic, Britney Spears to Selena, to Pantera, with more episodes being produced sporadically. By the late 1990s, the show had begun to run out of artists to profile, leading to the short-lived BTM2 program, half-hour looks into bands and artists whose popularity was rising, but not yet at its peak. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
This is a list of television-related events in 1997. ...
For the album by The Soundtrack of Our Lives, see Behind the Music (album). ...
Milli Vanilli (milli is a word meaning national in Turkish, picked up by the artists while visiting Turkey on one of its national days) was a duo, Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, formed in Germany in the mid-1980s. ...
Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
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MC Hammer (born Stanley Kirk Burrell on March 30, 1962) is an American MC who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for his dramatic rise to and fall from fame and fortune, his trademark Hammer pants, and for leaving a lasting influence on hip hop culture...
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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ...
For the movie based on the life of the singer, see Selena (film). ...
For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ...
Criticism was aimed at VH1 and MTV for focusing too much on ill-formed vjs and not enough on the music.
Legends Shortly after, VH1 created a companion series, Legends (originally sponsored by AT&T), profiling artists who have made a more significant contribution to music history to qualify as "Legends" (that is, those artists who do not fit in the category of Behind the Music biographies). The artists profiled so far have included AC/DC, The Bee Gees, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, George Clinton, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Doors, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Kiss, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, The Who, Michael Jackson and U2 Legends (aka VH1s Legends) is a music biography television series on VH1. ...
This article is about the current AT&T. For the 1885-2005 company, see American Telephone & Telegraph. ...
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The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ...
For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ...
Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ...
For other persons named George Clinton, see George Clinton (disambiguation). ...
Crosby, Stills, & Nash (sometimes known as Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) is a pioneering folk rock/rock supergroup that formed out of the remnants of three 1960s bands the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Hollies. ...
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles by vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. ...
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. ...
Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ...
For the bands 1969 eponymous debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ...
Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ...
Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971. ...
Springsteen redirects here. ...
This article is about the musician. ...
The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ...
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ...
This article is about the Irish rock band. ...
VH1 Save the Music Foundation During its "Music First" days, VH1 created the VH1 Save The Music Foundation that served to preserve and enhance music education programs in local schools. The VH1 Save the Music foundation was established in 1997 and purchased new musical instruments to restore music education programs that have been cut due to budget reductions in the past or to save programs at risk of elimination due to lack of instruments. The project was the brain child of VH1 President John Sykes and was developed by Bob Morrison who was the foundation's first CEO. The Foundation also conducted awareness campaigns, musical instrument drives and fundraising events. VH1 Save The Music Foundation celebrated its 10 year anniversary in September 2007. See also: 1997 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1997 Record labels established in 1997 // January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou...
VH1 Divas In 1998, VH1 debuted the first annual VH1 Divas concert and featured the "divas" Aretha Franklin, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan and Mariah Carey, and the "special guest" Carole King. Other hugely successful shows were produced in the year after, in 1999 featuring "divas" Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Cher, LeAnn Rimes, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill, Chaka Khan, Elton John, and Brandy. It became a huge success and was featured in the following year starring Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Destiny's Child, Shakira, Anastacia, Dixie Chicks, Jessica Simpson was also featured as divas in VH1 concert. Some different artists, such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Cher and Faith Hill featured two VH1 concerts. The year 1998 in television involved some significant events. ...
In 1998, VH1 debuted the first annual VH1 Divas concert. ...
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy, Juno, and Oscar award-winning pop singer and occasional songwriter and actress. ...
Shania Twain, OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28, 1965, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres. ...
Gloria Estefan (born Gloria MarÃa Fajardo on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. ...
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. ...
Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...
For other senses of this word, see diva (disambiguation). ...
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a six-time Grammy award winning, American R&B singer, soprano, pianist, actress, film producer, and former model. ...
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) November 26, 1939) is an 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. ...
This article is about Cher, the entertainer. ...
Margaret LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American country music singer and occasional Songwriter. ...
Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American R&B, soul, and hip hop soul singer, songwriter, occasional rapper, record producer, and actress who has sold over forty million records worldwide. ...
Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. ...
Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is an American singer first featured as a member of the funk band Rufus, who later became a successful solo artist. ...
Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
Brandy on the cover of her album Full Moon Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979 in McComb, Mississippi), known professionally as Brandy, is an African American pop/R&B singer and actress. ...
For the author-illustrator, see Diana Ross (author). ...
Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, on December 31, 1948) is a legendary American singer, songwriter, and artist, best known for a string of dance hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco and as one of the few disco-based artists to have longevity on...
Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ...
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The Dixie Chicks are a country/rock music trio from the United States comprising Emily Robison, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines. ...
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ...
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. ...
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a six-time Grammy award winning, American R&B singer, soprano, pianist, actress, film producer, and former model. ...
Céline Marie Claudette Dion OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer and occasional songwriter and actress. ...
This article is about Cher, the entertainer. ...
Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. ...
Diversification In the late 1990s, VH1 continued to get more diverse and teen-based with its music selection, and with that, the network updated its 1994 "Big 1" logo. Various late-night rock shows have been shown on VH1, featuring alternative rock and metal videos from the 1980s and 1990s. VH1 eventually warmed up to harder rock acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Foo Fighters, and Metallica, and their new videos are generally added into VH1's playlist right away. The year 1994 in television involved some significant events. ...
Alternative music redirects here. ...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ...
This article is about the band. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
By the early 2000s, VH1 even began to play mainstream rap musicians. The latest videos by Eminem, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, and Missy Elliott began to be shown in VH1's rotation and even started to crop up on VH1's top 20 countdown, as of late 2002. Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ...
Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...
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Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), better known as Missy Elliott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, MC, and record producer. ...
The year 2002 in television involved some significant events. ...
VH1 also plays music from Latin artists such as Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Thalia and Shakira. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
For other people named Marc Anthony or Mark Anthony, see Mark Anthony. ...
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For other uses, see Thalia (disambiguation). ...
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Movies That Rock! In 1999, VH1 aired its first original movie, a bio-pic on Sweetwater. Their third original movie (which aired in 2000), Two of Us, focused on a fictional meeting between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Over the next three years, they made over a dozen movies, including bio-pics on Ricky Nelson, M.C. Hammer, The Monkees, Meat Loaf, Pink Floyd and Def Leppard. Sweetwater was a rock and roll band best known as the first group that played at the Woodstock festival in 1969. ...
Two of Us is a 2000 television drama (and the third original VH1 film [1]) which offers a fictionalized account of 24 April 1976 (six years after the break-up of The Beatles), the day in which Lorne Michaels made a statement on Saturday Night Live offering The Beatles $3000. ...
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...
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MC Hammer (later Hammer), real name Stanley Kirk Burrell, (born March 30, 1962) was an early mainstream rapper, known for his baggy genie pants and catchy hooks on songs like U Cant Touch This. Early Life MC Hammer was born in Oakland, California. ...
The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ...
This article is about the singer. ...
Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ...
Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ...
VH1 continues to air "Movies That Rock" on a regular basis, expanding to include movies not produced by VH1. Typically, these movies air on weekday afternoons and on weekends. The subject matter remains mostly focused on music and musicians, though it recently aired the Looney Tunes movie "Space Jam" which deals with sports. Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ...
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rockDocs rockDocs is the title under which VH1 airs various music documentaries, both those produced by VH1 and those produced by third-parties. Such documentary series produced by VH1 include And Ya' Don't Stop, a four-part series on the history of hip-hop, Heavy: The Story of Metal, and The Drug Years, which tells the story of various drug cultures that changed America. Films produced by other studios have also been aired as rockDocs, including Woodstock, Madonna: Truth or Dare, Tupac: Resurrection, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!, a documentary on the Beastie Boys and most recently Last Days of Left Eye which documented the last month of Lisa Lopes's life from the band TLC. Woodstock (subtitled 3 Days of Peace & Music) is a 1970 documentary on the Woodstock Festival in 1969. ...
Awesome; I Fuckin Shot That! (alternate title: Awesome; I... Shot That!) is a 2006 concert film of the Beastie Boys. ...
The Beastie Boys are a hip hop musical group from New York City consisting of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz. ...
Last Days of Left Eye is a documentary directed by Lauren Lazin which premiered on VH1 and VH1 Soul on May 19, 2007. ...
Lisa Left Eye Lopes (birth name Lisa Nicole Lopes) (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress of Cape Verdean descent, and member of the popular R&B and hip hop group TLC. In addition to hit songs like Waterfalls with TLC, Lopes also did...
Music Behind Bars VH1 endured criticism for having a show that focuses on musicians who are in jail. Critics thought that prisoners, mainly those convicted of murder, should not be entitled to any exposure. [1]
Current era of VH1 (2003-present) In 2003, the network changed its focus again, dropping "Music First" from its name, and introducing their new and current box logo, seen at the beginning of the article. Having saturated its Behind The Music series (and spinoff BTM2, a 30-minute version that told the stories of current chart-toppers) and gotten past the point of showing music videos on a regular basis, the network began to target the pop culture nostalgia market just like its sister MTV. The network started increasing the number of reality shows with a programming block called Celebreality. Today, they often include shows like I Love New York, Flavor of Love, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, The Surreal Life, Celebrity Fit Club and Hogan Knows Best. It even has a brand new comedy, called I Hate My 30's. The year 2003 in television involved some significant events. ...
Celebreality is a term that combines the words celebrity and reality and is generally used to refer to television programming in which celebrities star and participate in reality television shows. ...
Main Articles: I Love New York (Season 1) & I Love New York 2 I Love New York is a partially scripted [1] reality television series, airing on VH1 that stars Tiffany Pollard (better known as New York ) in a quest to find her true love. ...
Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy. ...
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. ...
The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. ...
For the British version of the show, see Celebrity Fit Club (UK TV series). ...
Hogan Knows Best is an American reality television show, centered around the family life of professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea). ...
I Hate My 30s is a television sitcom that debuted on VH1 on July 26, 2007. ...
I Love the... The shift began in late 2002, with the success of the I Love the '80s 10-part series. I Love the-show continued with I Love the '70s in 2003 (when the network's new logo was introduced), based on the BBC 2000 series of the same name [2]. Eventually, VH1 caught lightning in a bottle several times more with I Love the 80s Strikes Back, I Love the '90s, and I Love the 90s: Part Deux. More recently, VH1 premiered I Love the 80s 3-D and I Love the '70s Volume II, along with the non-decade-based I Love the Holidays and I Love Toys. The year 2002 in television involved some significant events. ...
I Love the 80s is a television program that was produced by VH1. ...
I Love The is the prefix for various VH1 television programs that recap decades in American pop culture. ...
I Love the 70s is a television mini-series produced by VH-1. ...
The year 2003 in television involved some significant events. ...
This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ...
The year 2000 in television involved some significant events. ...
I Love the 80s Strikes Back is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1980s culture. ...
I Love the 90s is a television mini-series produced by VH1, in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ...
I Love the 90s: Part Deux is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ...
I Love the 80s 3-D is the follow-up to VH1s hit 1980s nostalgia show I Love the 80s and its sequel I Love the 80s Strikes Back. ...
This sequel to the popular I Love the. ...
I Love the Holidays is a 90-minute television special, based on the I Love the 80s series, that premiered on VH1 in November 2005. ...
I Love Toys was the eighth in VH1s series of I Love… nostalgia shows. ...
The format of these shows (various entertainers giving their takes or opinions on popular culture) has been repeated for the weekly program Best Week Ever. In a sketch on FOX's MADtv envisioning an as-yet fictitious "I Love the 00's" show, VH1 was referred to as "the bitter comics ragging on real celebrities" network. Best Week Ever logo. ...
FOX redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation). ...
I Love The is the prefix for various VH1 television programs that recap decades in American pop culture. ...
I Love the 80s is a television program that was produced by VH1. ...
I Love the 70s is a television mini-series produced by VH-1. ...
I Love the 80s Strikes Back is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1980s culture. ...
I Love the 90s is a television mini-series produced by VH1, in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ...
I Love the 80s 3-D is the follow-up to VH1s hit 1980s nostalgia show I Love the 80s and its sequel I Love the 80s Strikes Back. ...
I Love the Holidays is a 90-minute television special, based on the I Love the 80s series, that premiered on VH1 in November 2005. ...
I Love Toys was the eighth in VH1s series of I Love… nostalgia shows. ...
Best Week Ever logo. ...
The Greatest series VH1 also produces its The Greatest series in which a similar format is used to countdown lists like "The 50 Sexiest Video Moments", "100 Greatest Songs of Rock 'N' Roll", "100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years", "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders", and "100 Greatest Kid Stars". The Greatest is a VH1 series. ...
In 2001, Mark McGrath hosted VH1's miniseries "100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock 'N' Roll", which compiled a list of the moments in music history that changed its course and shook its foundations. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968) is the lead singer of rock band Sugar Ray. ...
40 Most Awesomely Bad... In 2003, VH1 began this mini-series category with "40 Most Awesomely Bad Dirrty Songs...Ever" [3] cataloguing hit sexy songs that failed to score with music critics for cause. Additional miniseries in this group include... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- "40 Most Awesomely Bad Break-up Songs...Ever" [4]
- "40 Most Awesomely Bad #1 Songs...Ever" [5]
- "40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal Songs...Ever" [6]
- "40 Most Awesomely Bad Love Songs" [7]
CelebReality VH1 also touts its "CelebReality" programming block of reality shows featuring minor celebrities, anchored by The Surreal Life, which mimics MTV's The Real World, instead placing minor celebrities from the past into a living environment. The CelebReality block has also aired such shows like Hogan Knows Best (Hulk Hogan's reality show) Celebrity Fit Club (a show where marginal-at-best celebrities get in shape); Strange Love (a program spun off from The Surreal Life, following the relationship between Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav); Flavor of Love (a show spun off from Strange Love, where Flavor Flav, "hype man" of the hip hop group Public Enemy picks a lover out of multiple women); My Fair Brady (another spin-off from The Surreal Life, which follows the relationship of Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch, and Adrianne Curry, who won the first season of America's Next Top Model); "Breaking Bonaduce" which covers the therapy and life of Danny Bonaduce; "Celebrity Paranormal Project," in which minor celebrities are placed in haunted locations to explore and perform tasks; and (most recently) I Love New York, and Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School which are a spin off of Flavor of Love. Celebreality is a term that combines the words celebrity and reality and is generally used to refer to television programming in which celebrities star and participate in reality television shows. ...
The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. ...
This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...
For other uses, see The Real World (disambiguation). ...
Hogan Knows Best is an American reality television show, centered around the family life of professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea). ...
Terrence Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. ...
For the British version of the show, see Celebrity Fit Club (UK TV series). ...
Strange Love is a celebreality show featuring Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav. ...
The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. ...
Brigitte Nielsen (born Gitte Nielsen on July 15, 1963) is a Danish actress who became popular in 1980s B-movies. ...
William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. ...
Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy. ...
Strange Love is a celebreality show featuring Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav. ...
William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. ...
Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community. ...
My Fair Brady is a Celebreality show on VH1 that follows Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch, and Adrianne Curry, who won the first season of Americas Next Top Model, a year after they met and fell in love on The Surreal Life. ...
The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. ...
Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957) is an American actor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. ...
Peter Brady, played by Christopher Knight, was the middle son on the TV show The Brady Bunch. ...
The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ...
Adrianne Marie Curry (born August 6, 1982 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American fashion model and reality television contestant. ...
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Breaking Bonaduce is a celebreality show on VH1 that stars Danny Bonaduce and his wife Gretchen. ...
Danny Bonaduce (pronounced ), born Dante Daniel Bonaduce, August 13, 1959 in Broomall, Pennsylvania, is an American comedian, actor, radio, and television personality. ...
Celebrity Paranormal Project is a reality show, which debuted on VH1 on October 22, 2006. ...
Main Articles: I Love New York (Season 1) & I Love New York 2 I Love New York is a partially scripted [1] reality television series, airing on VH1 that stars Tiffany Pollard (better known as New York ) in a quest to find her true love. ...
Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy. ...
Flavor of Love series One of VH1's most popular CelebReality programs was Flavor of Love. Because of its major fanbase, it has spawned several spin-offs:
Flavor of Love (Season 1)
Flavor of Love (Season 2)
Flavor of Love (Season 3) Confirmed - Release January 2008
I Love New York
I Love New York 2
Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels 2 Confirmed by Vh1 Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy. ...
The first season of Flavor of Love started airing on New Years Night, 2006, and aired for ten episodes. ...
The second season of Flavor of Love started airing on August 6, 2006, and ran for twelve episodes. ...
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