(ContentDesk) October 13, 2005 -- Whitney Wolanin (pronunciation key: WO Lan in) had her original hit single "Good" achieve the #13 position on the Top 40 FMQB AC40 chart at radio after reaching the number 15 position the week prior. Whitney Wolanin
is the six foot tall teen athlete & national recording artist, singer, songwriter, and International Baccalaureate (IB) World High School Honors student with the soulful Multi Octave Voice.
Coincidentally the number thirteen chart spot has symbolic significance since Whitney recorded her CD Funkology XIII at 13 years old, plus the roman numeral XIII stands for the number 13 and the CD itself contains 13 major HIT songs. Female Pop singers surrounding "Good" by Whitney Wolanin at #13 on this weeks chart are Sheryl Crow at #11 with "Good is Good", Gwen Stefani at #14 with "Cool", and Mariah Carey at #16 with "We Belong Together".The radio HITS chart is based on reported and monitored radio airplay around the country by FMQB the radio station airplay monitoring trade service. "Good" is an original song co-written, co-produced and performed vocally by Whitney Wolanin.
"Good" is the first cut on the album Funkology XIII (the study of Funk). "Good" has been making a weekly steady climb as more and more radio stations in regions around the US have added the song to their regular station rotation play lists. Whitney Wolanin on several occasions in 2005 has been recognized as a top added artist at radio.Whitney Wolanin has just completed mixing in the studio a co-written, co-produced original ?2005 holiday season song titled "Christmas" (the Warmest Time of the Year) an up-tempo party on holiday season song with a unique signature bass line in collaboration with Funk Brothers Bass Legend Bob Babbitt and producer-songwriter Vincent Wolanin. "Christmas" featuring the soulful voice of Whitney Wolanin is expected to be released to radio stations around the US in late October or early November 2005 for impact at radio airplay on November 21. Whitney Wolanin "Christmas" (the Warmest Time of the Year) is the first original holiday song in many years by an artist already on the radio airplay charts especially one of such a youthful age.? (P) 2005 "Christmas" (the Warmest Time of the Year) Whitney Wolanin, Bob "Funk Brother" Babbitt, Vincent Wolanin, ASCAP.
Publisher: White Island Music, Jambitt Music, VonCueBall Music ASCAP Masters Licensor: TopNotch? RecordsWhitney Wolanin also was recognized recently by both MTV and VH1 when Whitney was awarded national recording artist status with her very own Whitney Wolanin page on the MTV & VH1 official websites. Whitney Wolanin has performed live at various events this year to total audiences of over a million people. Whitney Wolanin has had over 2 million page reads on various News Web sites around the world so far during 2005.Funkology XIII which includes "Good" and other Whitney Wolanin hits is available at prominent online Internet retailers:www.Tower.comwww.MTV.comwww.VH1.comwww.VirginMega.comwww.Borders.comwww.Target.comAlso available for direct iPOD download or CD Burn Download from Apple iTunes, www.Apple.com and at all Tower Record Retail Stores nationwide. The Official Artist Website for Whitney Wolanin is www.WhitneyWolanin.com.Information on booking Whitney Wolanin or licensing Whitney Wolanin Song Masters for use in advertising campaigns, film, or TV is available from Gretchen Krohn - Brand Admin. at: 239-699-8153.
TopNotch? Records phone is: 239-982-1515.Whitney Wolanin Funkology XIIIUPC 7 45807 00132 3Distributed by Bayside DistributionWest Sacramento, California 95605Information:Eli Spector800 525 5709.
Jelly Mom Helps Kids In A Jam
Salinas, CA (ContentDesk) February 1, 2006 -- Syndicated columnist, Lisa Barker, creator of the award-winning parenting humor column, "Jelly Mom"," has just released her first book:
"Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane...Doesn't Mean You Are A Bad Parent!"Based on the popular column, the book is chock full of Barker's imaginative wit.
She covers all the bases from toddlers to older kids, from staying at home to venturing out in public, and last but not least, a parent's mental and physical health.Fans of the column have this to say about Barker's writing:"You have got to write more of these! I nearly wet myself laughing and woke the baby! But they were worth it!""I soooo love how you write! You give such great visuals and are they ever funny!""I read some of your stories to a friend of mine and she was killing herself laughing!"When asked why she chose The Hugs and Hope Club as the beneficiary of the book's proceeds, Barker said, "My own four-year-old daughter has...
Black Gay Talk Show Returns for Second Season
(ContentDesk) December 25, 2005 -- Just in time for Kwanzaa still basking in the afterglow of Christmas, Americas first black gay, TV talk show returns for a second season on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 10
Eastern/7 pm Pacific. The show airs nationwide on the Dish Networks, The Healthy Living Channel 223 and also on select Time Warner cable outlets.The Herndon Davis Reports, http://herndondavis.com, is ground breaking in many ways.
The national talk show is completely black gay focused and provides continuously uplifting messages and representations of black gay life.The shows executive producer and host, Herndon Davis adds that the second season is filled with on location shoots where we travel the entire country interviewing black gay men and women from all walks of life in order to place a face and a voice to what it is like to be black, gay and proud!Several episodes for the second season will focus upon spotlighting...
Top Halloween Links Offers Spooky Web Directory
(ContentDesk) September 14, 2005 -- Top Halloween Links (www.tophalloweenlinks.com ) is a new web directory dedicated to listing every Halloween and horror-related site on the internet. The site is designed to offer Halloween- and horror-oriented business owners a chance to promote their products, and fans of Halloween a one-stop list of sites for research and entertainment.As a holiday, Halloween is second only to Christmas in popularity. According to the National Retail Foundation, nearly 70 percent of 18 to 34 year olds celebrated the holiday in 2004, with more than half dressing in costumes or attending parties. More than 80 percent handed out candy.In all, more than 50 million Americans will celebrate Halloween.With these participation numbers, Halloween has become a big business. The National Retail Foundation says that consumers spent more than $3 billion on the holiday in 2004, making...
Top Halloween Links Offers Spooky Web Directory
Christmas in a Candy Kitchen
Attn Warriors:You are welcome to reprint this article as long as you include myresource box with the active link to my website and don'tchange the content of the article.DIFFERENT DESIGNS/DIFFERENT FILLINGS by Jane M. D. OsinskiChristmas in a candy kitchen...surely a child's dream come true.And so it was in the Devendorf household, with Alice Devendorf's Candies.
Chocolate coated delicacies were chosen and packed in rows beside chocolate and vanilla caramels.
Her vanilla, coffee, chocolate, peppermint, and wintergreen creams were mailed from Asheville, North Carolina all around the world.
But busy as Mother was at Christmas time, there was always time enough for the Devendorf children to earn candy gifts for friends by shelling containers for her candies and helping Daddy wrap packages.
Lively music accompanied the tck-tck of her candy fork on the chocolate buckets.Candy boxes were laid out to be packed and delivered to the...