" The Lonely Goatherd " is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music .
141-476: The song is well known for its examples of yodeling , a part of the traditional music of the Austrian Alps , where the musical is set. ( Maria von Trapp , however, found the yodeling in the motion picture version of The Sound of Music rendition to be lacking in authenticity.) This song tells the whimsical story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with
282-471: A Christian priest guiding a flock of young girls dressed as sheep. Boris Benko appears as the goatherd. Yodeling Yodeling (also jodeling ) is a form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register (or "chest voice") and the high-pitch head register or falsetto . The English word yodel is derived from the German word jodeln , meaning "to utter
423-764: A jackass ." In Europe, yodeling is still a major feature of folk music ( Volksmusik ) from Switzerland, Austria, and southern Germany, and the Swiss Amish in the United States maintain the practice of yodeling to this day. Apart from the Alps, yodeling can be found in the Solomon Islands, Hawaii, Madagascar, the US, Romania, Bulgaria, and Africa. Although associated with the Swiss Alps and Austrian Tyrol, ethnomusicologists believe that
564-469: A marionette show they perform for their father. The song in place of "The Lonely Goatherd" was " My Favorite Things ", which was originally sung earlier in the original musical in the office of the Mother Abbess, as a duet between her and Maria. The duet occurs just prior to Maria's departure to work for Captain von Trapp as governess to his seven children. The puppets appear only once in the film, although
705-485: A "Pop Princess" by several contemporary music critics. In 2012, VH1 listed the singer at the number thirteen on their list of "100 Greatest Women in Music". Stefani's work has influenced artists and musicians including Hayley Williams of Paramore , Best Coast , Kim Petras , Teddy Sinclair , Katy Perry , Charli XCX , Kesha , Ava Max , Marina Diamandis , Rita Ora , Keke Palmer , Bebe Rexha , Dua Lipa ,
846-527: A "long, loud, musical shout, rising and falling and breaking into falsetto". In 1839, the Tyrolese Minstrels toured the United States and started an American craze for Alpine music. During the 1840s, dozens of German, Swiss, and Austrian singing groups crisscrossed the country entertaining audiences with a combination of singing, yodeling, and "Alpine harmony." The popularity of the European groups led to
987-472: A "unique vocal prowess". The Chicago Tribune stated that Stefani had a "brash alto ". Stefani's debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. took influence from a variety of 1980s genres, which included electropop , new wave , dance-rock , hip hop , R&B , soul , and disco music. Stefani cited early Madonna , Lisa Lisa , Club Nouveau , Prince , New Order and the Cure as major influences for
1128-531: A 1921 revue with Irvin Miller . A 1912 review in the Indianapolis Freeman described him as excellent and noted his unique and interesting style. The first musical recordings were made on wax cylinders , simply known as "records" in their era of greatest popularity (1896–1915). These hollow cylindrical objects had an audio recording engraved on the outside surface, which could be reproduced when played on
1269-552: A Girl ", " Spiderwebs ", and " Don't Speak ", from their 1995 breakthrough studio album Tragic Kingdom , as well as " Hey Baby " and " It's My Life " from later albums. During the band's hiatus, Stefani embarked on a solo pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was a critical and commercial success. It spawned six singles, including " What You Waiting For? ", " Rich Girl ", " Hollaback Girl ", and " Cool ". "Hollaback Girl" reached number one on
1410-622: A Kiss, a Smile". Mr. Tabor is a new tenor with a good voice, which suffers only from a lack of training ... . While there was not quite enough comedy and ragtime, the Yoodle song, "Sleep, Baby, Sleep", was greatly in atonement and showed Monroe Tabor to be unexcelled as a yoodler. And from a 1917 review: ... and Monroe Tabor yodeled as only J.K. Emmett Sr., of yore could do. At the Avenue Theater in December 1917, "When My Ship Comes Sailing Home"
1551-529: A camera, mobile phone charms , and undergarments. In late 2006, Stefani released a limited edition line of dolls called "Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Fashion dolls". The dolls are inspired by the clothes Stefani and the Harajuku Girls wore while touring for the album. In late 2007, Stefani launched a perfume, L , as a part of her L.A.M.B. collection of clothing and accessories. The perfume has high notes of sweet pea and rose. In September 2008, Stefani released
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#17328591069871692-411: A child. The band's 2001 album, Rock Steady , explored more reggae and dancehall sounds, while maintaining the band's new wave influences. The album generated career-highest singles chart positions in the United States, and " Hey Baby " and " Underneath It All " received Grammy Awards. A greatest hits collection, The Singles 1992–2003 , which includes a cover of Talk Talk 's " It's My Life ",
1833-555: A cover of " Sleigh Ride " as a single. On December 7, 2020, Stefani released her comeback solo single " Let Me Reintroduce Myself ". She followed this with a second single " Slow Clap " on March 11, 2021, which received a remix featuring Saweetie the following month. Both singles were expected to appear on her fifth studio album , but were ultimately scrapped off the album. Stefani also teased other new music through her Instagram account, announcing she recorded two new tracks titled "When Loving Gets Old" and "Cry Happy". In 2022, she
1974-568: A fair, and in the 1998 Broadway revival with Rebecca Luker it is sung at the Salzburg Festival concert, replacing what would have been an intricate Bach-sounding reprise of "Do Re Mi", showing how exemplary the Von Trapp children were at singing difficult choral compositions. Here, the vocal arrangements were by Jeanine Tesori , giving the audience an idea of how versatile they were. In the 2013 NBC broadcast of The Sound of Music Live! , it
2115-458: A fashion line named L.A.M.B. in 2004. The line takes influence from a variety of fashions, including Guatemalan, Japanese , and Jamaican styles. The line achieved popularity among celebrities and is worn by stars such as Teri Hatcher , Nicole Kidman , and Stefani herself. In June 2005, she expanded her collection with the less expensive Harajuku Lovers line, which she referred to as "a glorified merchandise line", with varied products including
2256-573: A fragrance line as a part of her Harajuku Lovers product line. There are five different fragrances based on the four Harajuku Girls and Stefani herself called Love, Lil' Angel, Music, Baby and G (Gwen). As of January 2011 , Stefani has become the spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris . In 2016, Urban Decay released a limited edition cosmetic collection in collaboration with Stefani. After needing to wear glasses, she began designing eyewear. In 2016, Gwen began releasing eyewear under her fashion label L.A.M.B. She also began releasing affordable eyewear under
2397-442: A gay son; [...] I just want my boys to be healthy and happy. And I just ask God to guide me to be a good mother, which is not an easy thing at all." Stefani began dating her bandmate Tony Kanal soon after he joined the band. She stated that she was heavily invested in that relationship, saying in 2005, "...all I ever did was look at Tony and pray that God would let me have a baby with him." The band almost split up when Kanal ended
2538-451: A girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in the yodelling. The original 1959 musical has this as the song Maria (played by Mary Martin ) sings to comfort the Von Trapp children during a storm. For the 1965 film adaptation , screenwriter Ernest Lehman repositioned this song to a later part of the film wherein Maria (played by Julie Andrews ) and the children sing it as part of
2679-443: A higher pitch without any head or chest voice air support. The range of overlap between registers, called the passaggio , can be challenging for untrained singers. Experienced singers can control their voices in this range, easily switching between registers. Yodeling is a version of this technique in which a singer might change register several times in only a few seconds and at a high volume . Repeated alternation between registers at
2820-558: A holiday concert for radio station KROQ . They married on September 14, 2002, at St Paul's, Covent Garden in London. A second wedding was held in Los Angeles two weeks later. Stefani has three sons with Rossdale, born on May 26, 2006, August 21, 2008, and February 28, 2014. On August 3, 2015, Stefani filed for divorce from Rossdale, citing "irreconcilable differences". Their divorce was finalized on April 8, 2016, in which Rossdale agreed to
2961-629: A low-pitched chest voice to high falsetto tones sung on vowel sounds: AH, OH, OO for chest notes and AY or EE for the falsetto. Consonants are used as levers to launch the dramatic leap from low to high, giving it its unique ear-penetrating and distance-spanning power. The best places for Alpine-style yodelling are those with an echo . Ideal natural locations include not only mountain ranges but lakes, rocky gorges or shorelines, and high or open areas with one or more distant rock faces. Technically, yodelling can be described as singing with melodious, inarticulate sounds and frequent changes between falsetto and
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#17328591069873102-399: A mechanical cylinder phonograph. Entertainer J.K. Emmet (1841–91) was probably the most well-known yodeler of his time. He did make recordings but died before the recording industry was firmly established. Many future yodelers recorded songs he had either written or made popular, including "Sleep, Baby, Sleep". In the 1910s, the competing disc record system triumphed in the marketplace to become
3243-611: A necklace and which became a motif in the promotion of The Sweet Escape . Stefani raised concerns in January 2007 about her rapid weight loss following her pregnancy. She later stated that she had been on a diet since the sixth grade to fit in size 4 clothing. A wax figure of Stefani was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas at The Venetian on September 22, 2010. The release of Stefani's first solo album brought attention to her entourage of four Harajuku Girls , who appear in outfits influenced by Gothic Lolita fashion, and are named for
3384-445: A parody of the song about U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton , titled " The Nasty Woman " on YouTube on October 26, 2016. Slovenian avant-garde music group Laibach released a cover of "The Lonely Goatherd" as part of their 2018 The Sound of Music album, featuring guest vocals performed by Boris Benko from Silence . The video for The Lonely Goatherd was released on November 19, 2018. It features Milan Fras dressed as
3525-624: A performer himself. His vocals included bird calls, train whistles and yodels. He managed and made some songs with blues singer Lottie Kimbrough in the twenties. In 1923 and 1924, black performer Charles Anderson recorded eight sides for the Okeh label which gave a summary account of his vaudeville repertoire during the previous decade. Five of the recorded songs are yodels: "Sleep, Baby, Sleep", "Comic Yodle Song", "Coo Coo" (J K Emmett's "Cuckoo Song", adapted for Anderson's famous 60 second sustained soprano note), "Laughing Yodel" and "Roll on Silver Moon",
3666-414: A replacement for Jonas. Her finalist Carter Rubin was named the winner, giving her the first victory as a coach after her fifth attempt, and the ninth coach (and fourth female after Christina Aguilera , Alicia Keys , and Kelly Clarkson ) to do so. In November 2020, while the 19th season was still airing, it was announced Jonas would once again replace Stefani as a judge for season 20 . In May 2022, it
3807-599: A sentimental ballad , similar to Jimmie Rodgers' various Southern ballad recordings. The Singing Brakeman , Jimmie Rodgers, is credited with creating the American version of Alpine yodeling, the blue yodel. While working on the railroad Rogers learned blues techniques from African American gandy dancers (railroad workers), and eventually created his characteristic sound – a blend of traditional work, blues, hobo , and cowboy songs - his trademark " Blue Yodel ." His first blue yodel, known as "Blue Yodel No. 1" ( T For Texas ),
3948-447: A singer's passaggio pitch range produces a very distinctive sound. For example, in the famous "Yodel – Ay – EEE – Oooo", the "EEE" is sung in the head voice while all other syllables are in the chest voice. Bart Plantenga , author of Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World , explains the technique: The basic yodel requires sudden alterations of vocal register from
4089-520: A solo artist, she has received an American Music Award , a Brit Award , a World Music Award , and two Billboard Music Awards . She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023. In 2003, she debuted her clothing line L.A.M.B. and expanded her collection with the 2005 Harajuku Lovers line inspired by Japanese culture and fashion. Billboard magazine ranked Stefani the 54th most successful artist and 37th most successful Hot 100 artist of
4230-412: A solo artist. With Stefani promoting The Sweet Escape , No Doubt began work on a new album without her and planned to complete it after Stefani's Sweet Escape Tour was finished. In March 2008, the band started making posts concerning the progression of the album on their official fan forum. Stefani made a post on March 28, 2008, stating that songwriting had commenced but was slow on her end because she
4371-522: A song titled " Shine ", for the Paddington soundtrack. Stefani and Sia worked together on a ballad, called "Start a War" which was expected to be released on Stefani's third studio album as well, but it was not included on the final cut. On July 10, 2015, American rapper Eminem featured Stefani on his single " Kings Never Die ", from the Southpaw film soundtrack. The track debuted and peaked at number 80 on
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4512-546: A statement confirming that the dress was designed by Stefani for L.A.M.B. to wear and be auctioned off at the amfAR gala. Stefani hosted a fundraiser with First Lady Michelle Obama in August 2012 at the singer's Beverly Hills home. The singer-songwriter supports the LGBT community. When asked in a 2019 Pride Source interview about how she would react if one of her children came out as gay, Stefani stated "I would be blessed with
4653-456: A term sometimes used to differentiate the earlier Austrian yodeling from the American form of yodeling introduced by Rodgers, created an instant national craze for yodeling in the United States; according to a black musician who lived near Rodgers in Mississippi, both black and white musicians began to copy Rodgers' style of vocal delivery. When sound films first became available in the 1930s
4794-474: Is an adaptation of a 1990s pop song by British musicians Louchie Lou & Michie One , which itself is a very loose cover lyrically but closer melodically of " If I Were a Rich Man ", from the musical Fiddler on the Roof . "Rich Girl" reached the US and UK top ten. The album's third single " Hollaback Girl " became Stefani's first US and second Australian number-one single; it reached top ten elsewhere. The song
4935-537: Is in love with the Captain. The famous marionette puppetry sequence in the film was produced and performed by the leading puppeteers of the day, Bil Baird and Cora Eisenberg. The inspiration for the "Lonely Goatherd" scene came from the famous Salzburger Marionettentheater . According to The Sound of Music Companion , Hammerstein had come up with several phrases to rhyme with the word goatherd, such as "remote heard", "throat heard", "moat heard", etc. to add enjoyment to
5076-816: Is nearly the only way for white people to share the Negroes' pleasures without bothering the Negroes." Authors Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff write: While some of the blue yodels heard on late 1920s Race recordings – those by the Mississippi Sheiks, for example – probably do owe something to Jimmie Rodgers' phenomenal success, others – like Billie Young's When They Get Lovin' They's Gone (accompanied by Jelly Roll Morton on Victor 23339,1930), Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes' Lost Lover Blues (Gennett 6607, 1928), and Clint Jones' Mississippi Woman Blues and Blue Valley Blues (Okeh 8587, 1928) – seem more deeply connected to these precedent recordings by Charles Anderson, and to
5217-626: Is not a myth. At one time the American West was an open range with thousands of cattle that needed to be watched over, branded, and herded and rounded up and driven to slaughter houses. John Lomax recalls: I couldn't have been more than 4 years old when I first heard a cowboy yodel and sing to his cattle. I was sleeping in my father's cabin in Texas. As the cowboys drove the cattle along, they sang, called and yodeled to them. ... They made up songs about trail life. Music historian Timothy Wise writes that it
5358-585: Is now best known for her collaborations with Winston Holmes. Holmes supplied a series of yodels, vocalized bird calls and train whistles on some of their recordings. A good recording of Kimbrough and Holmes singing "Wayward Girl Blues" (1924) is available on YouTube . The similarity to the Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodels is evident in this Kimbrough recording. When music critic Abbe Niles heard the Blue Yodel recordings released by Jimmie Rodgers in 1928 "he
5499-510: Is reminiscing about good times with his guitar . We later see him fantasising about taking the Dumping Ground kids camping and in this fantasy we see him singing/playing The Lonely Goatherd, albeit out of tune. In the Werewolf episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 , Mike Nelson briefly sings the first few lines of the song during the movie's end credits. In 2006 Gwen Stefani sampled
5640-617: Is still a major feature of folk music ( Volksmusik ) from Switzerland, Austria, and southern Germany and can be heard in many contemporary folk songs, which are also featured on regular TV broadcasts. In the United States, traveling minstrels were yodeling in the 19th century, and, in 1920, the Victor recording company listed 17 yodels in their catalogue. In 1928, blending Alpine yodeling with African American work and blues music styles and traditional folk music, Jimmie Rodgers released his recording " Blue Yodel No. 1 ". Rodgers' " blue yodel ",
5781-669: Is thought that yodeling was first introduced to the United States by German immigrants in Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. As the new settlers traveled south through the Appalachian Mountains and beyond into the Deep South they came into contact with Scots and Irish immigrants, Scandinavians (practitioners of a unique yodeling called kulning ), and other nationalities including African enslaved people who communicated with " field hollers ", described by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1853 as
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5922-673: The Billboard US Country Airplay chart. They also collaborated on the song " You Make It Feel Like Christmas ", featured on Stefani's 2017 holiday album of the same name . The couple announced their engagement on October 27, 2020, and married at a chapel on July 3, 2021, at Shelton's Oklahoma ranch. Stefani was diagnosed with dyslexia in 2020. In a 2023 interview with Allure magazine, Stefani stated that her father's job had him frequently traveling between California and Japan for 18 years. Speaking about her relationship with Japanese culture, she explained that "That
6063-552: The Billboard 200 chart. Her fourth solo album and first full-length Christmas album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas , was released in 2017 and charted 19 tracks on Billboard ' s Holiday Digital Song Sales component chart in the United States. Stefani has released several singles with husband Blake Shelton , including " Nobody but You " (2020), which reached number 18 in the US. In 2024, she released her fifth studio album Bouquet . Stefani has won three Grammy Awards . As
6204-559: The Billboard Hot 100 chart while also becoming the first US download to sell one million copies. In 2006, Stefani released her second studio album, The Sweet Escape . Among the singles were " Wind It Up " and " The Sweet Escape ", the latter of which was number three on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 2007. Her third solo album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like (2016), was her first solo album to reach number one on
6345-647: The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , Stefani donated $ 1 million to Save the Children 's Japan Earthquake–Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund. Stefani also ran an auction on eBay from April 11 to 25, 2011, allowing participants to bid on vintage clothing items from her personal wardrobe and custom T-shirts designed and signed by her, as well as an admission to a private Harajuku-themed tea party hosted by her on June 7, 2011, at Los Angeles' first Japanese-style maid café and pop art space, Royal/T, with proceeds from
6486-566: The 2015 Grammy Awards . Stefani also collaborated with Calvin Harris on the track "Together" from his album Motion . On September 8, 2014, Stefani told MTV News during New York Fashion Week that she was working on both a No Doubt album and a solo album, and that she was working with Williams. Stefani released her comeback single " Baby Don't Lie " on October 20, 2014, co-written with producers Ryan Tedder , Benny Blanco , and Noel Zancanella . Billboard announced that her third studio album
6627-637: The Billboard Hot 100 and 49 on the Canadian Hot 100 . On July 24, 2020, Stefani and Shelton released another single titled " Happy Anywhere " inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic . Stefani was initially scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza 's 2020 festival, but it was postponed due to the pandemic. Lollapalooza was held as a four-day livestream in July and August 2020, but Stefani did not participate in it. Stefani
6768-598: The Billboard Hot 100 chart, and matched first-week digital download sales of 35,000 copies. On October 17, 2015, Stefani performed a concert as part of her MasterCard Priceless Surprises tour series at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, where she performed a new song about her breakup with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, titled " Used to Love You ". It was released as a download on October 20, 2015. The video
6909-469: The Carter Family . Other country singers, who at that time were called "hillbilly" singers, quickly took on the cowboy image at least in part to escape the negative connotations of the hillbilly label. A Georgia radio station of that era lists "cowboy Roy Lykes", the "Yodeling Fence Rider" from Texas, in its 1934 roster. Lykes is described as "a real cowboy" who "wears regulation cowboy shoes to get him in
7050-602: The Four Tops ' 1968 version of the Left Banke 's 1966 song " Walk Away Renée ". Her father Dennis Stefani is Italian American and worked as a Yamaha marketing executive. Her mother Patti ( née Flynn ) is Irish American and worked as an accountant before becoming a homemaker. Stefani's parents were fans of folk music and exposed her to music by artists like Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris . Stefani has two younger siblings, Jill and Todd, and an older brother, Eric . Eric
7191-544: The Hot 100 Airplay year-end chart of 1997. Stefani left college for one semester to tour for Tragic Kingdom but did not return when touring lasted two and a half years. The album was nominated for a Grammy and sold more than 16 million copies worldwide by 2004. In late 2000, Rolling Stone magazine named her "the Queen of Confessional Pop". During the time when No Doubt was receiving mainstream success, Stefani collaborated on
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#17328591069877332-534: The Shona people of Zimbabwe sometimes yodel while playing the mbira . The Mbuti of the Congo incorporate distinctive whistles and yodels into their songs. Living from hunting and gathering, they sing hunting and harvest songs and use yodelling to call each other. In 1952, ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey recorded their songs and they have been released on compact discs. In Romanian traditional folk music , yodeling takes
7473-682: The Turkic Sakha people of Siberia, the Inuit of the Arctic regions of Greenland and the Saami of Scandinavia . Among the Irish and Scottish peoples hints of yodeling-like sounds are also evident. In Sakha Yakutian, yodeling plays a very important role in the way to address nature and to plead for the continuance of life. In Central Africa , Pygmy singers use yodels within their elaborate polyphonic singing, and
7614-507: The Zappos Theater in Las Vegas. It was originally scheduled to conclude on May 16, 2020, but the final eight shows were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The show concluded on November 6, 2021. It was named after No Doubt's song " Just a Girl ". Proceeds from the show ($ 1 per ticket) were donated to the organization Cure4Kids . A deluxe edition of You Make It Feel Like Christmas
7755-590: The "unequal split" of their assets. Stefani announced her relationship with Blake Shelton , country music artist and The Voice co-star, in November 2015. Stefani and Shelton have collaborated on music numerous times since becoming a couple. In 2015, the musicians co-wrote the song " Go Ahead and Break My Heart " as they navigated the beginning of their relationship. The duet was featured on Shelton's 2016 album, " If I'm Honest ". In 2020, their duets " Nobody But You " and " Happy Anywhere " both reached No. 1 on
7896-452: The 2000–2009 decade. VH1 ranked her 13th on their "100 Greatest Women in Music" list in 2012. As a solo artist, Stefani has sold more than 30 million records worldwide. Gwen Renée Stefani was born on October 3, 1969, in Fullerton, California , and raised Catholic in nearby Anaheim . She was named after a stewardess in the 1968 novel Airport , and her middle name, Renée, comes from
8037-424: The 2004 biopic The Aviator . She dyed her hair blue in 1998 and pink in 1999, when she appeared on the cover of Return of Saturn with pink hair. In 2006, Stefani modified her image, inspired by that of Michelle Pfeiffer 's character Elvira Hancock in the 1983 film Scarface . The reinvented image included a symbol consisting of two back-to-back 'G's, which appears on a diamond-encrusted key she wears on
8178-520: The ARIA Singles Chart, charted at number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten on most other charts. The song served to explain why Stefani produced a solo album and discusses her fears in leaving No Doubt for a solo career as well as her desire to have a baby. " Rich Girl " was released as the album's second single. A duet with rapper Eve , and produced by Dr. Dre , it
8319-546: The Alpine type of yodel as well. Roy Rogers , singing with the Sons of the Pioneers in 1934, sings to a "sweet Tyrolean maid" in "A Swiss Yodel". Jimmie Rodgers was the first to write and sing a cowboy yodel, "The Land of My Boyhood Dreams", in 1929. At that time he had moved to Texas and a publicity photograph of Rodgers wearing a cowboy outfit appears on one of the recordings he made with
8460-519: The Alpine type of yodel as well. Most famous of the singing cowboy film stars were Gene Autry and Roy Rogers , both accomplished yodelers. The popularity of yodeling lasted through the 1940s, but by the 1950s it became rare to hear yodeling in country and western music. Most experts agree that yodeling was used in the Central Alps by herders calling their flocks or to communicate between Alpine villages. The multi-pitched "yelling" later became part of
8601-509: The Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9) , released in 1930, was recorded with Louis Armstrong playing trumpet and Armstrong's wife Lil Hardin Armstrong playing the piano. Rodgers died in 1933. Many performers that followed him claimed that he had been a big influence in their singing style and career. Although today's idea of the life and times of cowboys may not be completely accurate, the American cowboy
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#17328591069878742-512: The DVD release of Stefani's first tour , entitled Harajuku Lovers Live . Sia Michel wrote that it "has a surprisingly moody, lightly autobiographical feel ... but Stefani isn't convincing as a dissatisfied diva " and Rob Sheffield called the album a "hasty return" that repeats Love. Angel. Music. Baby. with less energy. " Wind It Up ", the album's lead single , used yodeling and an interpolation of The Sound of Music , and peaked in
8883-490: The European Tyrolese Minstrels toured the United States for several years in the early 1840s and created an American craze for Alpine yodeling music, four unemployed white actors decided to stage an African-American style spoof of this group's concerts. Calling themselves Dan Emmett 's Virginia Minstrels , the performance was wildly popular and most historians mark this production as the beginning of minstrelsy in
9024-538: The Freeman references strongly suggest that Charles Anderson and his generation of black professional yodelers had introduced the blue yodel in African-American entertainment before Jimmie Rodgers recorded. Emmett Anthony was another African American vaudeville comedian who yodeled. Along with Charles Anderson of Birmingham, he was one of the premier African American yodelers. He drew praise for his yodeling and comedy in
9165-472: The Hood . Stefani rejected the aggressiveness of female grunge artists and cited Blondie singer Debbie Harry 's combination of power and sex appeal as a major influence. No Doubt's third album, Tragic Kingdom (1995), which followed the self-released The Beacon Street Collection (1995), took more than three years to make. Five singles were released from Tragic Kingdom , including " Don't Speak ", which led
9306-485: The Selecter , and, in 1986, he invited her to provide vocals for No Doubt, a ska band he was forming. In 1991, the band was signed to Interscope Records . The band released its self-titled debut album in 1992, but its ska-pop sound was unsuccessful due to the popularity of grunge . Before the mainstream success of both No Doubt and Sublime , Stefani contributed guest vocals to "Saw Red" on Sublime's 1994 album Robbin'
9447-545: The Stunners , Kelly Clarkson , Sky Ferreira , Kirstin Maldonado of Pentatonix , Olivia Rodrigo , and Cover Drive . The latter group, a quartet of Barbados musicians, claimed that both Stefani and No Doubt had helped influence their music, to which the lead singer of the group, Amanda Reifer, said that she would "pass out" if she ever met Stefani. The lead single from Love. Angel. Music. Baby. , "What You Waiting For?",
9588-418: The U.S. According to jazz historian Gary Giddins : Though antebellum (minstrel) troupes were white, the form developed in a form of racial collaboration, illustrating the axiom that defines – and continues to define – American music as it developed over the next century and a half: African American innovations metamorphose into American popular culture when white performers learn to mimic black ones. Yodeling
9729-497: The United States as well. Tom Christian was the first American yodeling minstrel, appearing in 1847 in Chicago. Recordings of yodelers were made in 1892 and in 1920 the Victor recording company listed 17 yodels in their catalogue, many of them by George Watson, the most successful yodeler of the time. In 1902, Watson recorded the song "Hush-a-bye Baby," which was later recorded in 1924 by Riley Puckett as "Rock All Our Babies to Sleep,"
9870-399: The United States. Stefani voiced DJ Suki in the animated film Trolls , which was released on November 4, 2016. She is also included on five songs from the film's official soundtrack . Stefani twice performed as part of the "Final Shows" at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on October 29–30, before the venue's closure due to The Irvine Company not renewing the venue's land lease. Stefani
10011-414: The album to modernize the music she had listened to in high school, and L.A.M.B. takes influence from a variety of music styles of the 1980s and early 1990s such as new wave, synthpop, and electro . Stefani's decision to use her solo career as an opportunity to delve further into pop music instead of trying "to convince the world of [her] talent, depth and artistic worth" was considered unusual. The album
10152-505: The album. Several of the album's tracks were designed for clubs, and contained electro beats meant for dancing. Referencing fashion and wealth in the album, the singer name-drops several designers who she considered inspirations in her personal career, such as John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood . Her second studio album The Sweet Escape resembles musically its predecessor while exploring more modern pop sounds, dabbling heavily into genres such as dance-pop and rap . It carried on
10293-549: The album; " 4 in the Morning ", " Now That You Got It " which featured Damian Marley and " Early Winter ". To promote the album, Stefani embarked on a worldwide tour, The Sweet Escape Tour , which covered North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific and part of Latin America. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly on June 6, 2011, Stefani stated that she had no plans to continue work as
10434-532: The animals, and get in touch with other people, such as other shepherds or people on the neighboring mountain farm and to give messages over long distances. In Persian classical music, singers frequently use tahrir (" tremolo " in English), a yodeling technique that oscillates on neighbor tones . It is similar to the Swiss yodel, and is used as an ornament or trill in phrases that have long syllables, and usually falls at
10575-657: The area around the Harajuku Station of Tokyo . Stefani's clothing also took influence from Japanese fashion, in a style described as a combination between Christian Dior and Japan. The dancers are featured in her music videos, press coverage, and on the album cover for Love. Angel. Music. Baby. , with a song named for and dedicated to them on the album. They were also featured in, and the namesake for, Stefani's Harajuku Lovers Tour . Forbes magazine reported that Stefani earned $ 27 million between June 2007 to June 2008 for her tour, fashion line and commercials, making her
10716-403: The auction going to Save the Children's relief effort. At the amfAR gala during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , Stefani auctioned off the lacy black dress she wore at the event for charity, raising over $ 125,000. A representative for designer Michael Angel, who helped Stefani with the design and worked as a stylist, said that Angel created the gown, not Stefani. In response, Angel released
10857-549: The band pulled its music video " Looking Hot " from the Internet after receiving complaints that it was insensitive towards Native Americans. In January 2013, No Doubt make a cameo appearance in a hot air ballon for the third season of Portlandia . On April 12, 2014, Stefani made a surprise appearance at the Coachella festival, where she joined Pharrell Williams onstage during his set to perform "Hollaback Girl". On April 29, it
10998-628: The break between registers. Sometimes the singer exaggerates the break through repetition, as a yodel. As with other aspects of Hawaiian music, falsetto developed from a combination of sources, including pre-European Hawaiian chanting, early Christian hymn singing and the songs and yodeling of immigrant cowboys, called "paniolos" in the Hawaiian language , during the Kamehameha Reign in the 1800s when cowboys were brought from Mexico to teach Hawaiians how to care for cattle. Yodelling arrived in America in
11139-464: The company opted not to use No Doubt band members' voices. Stefani's second studio album, The Sweet Escape , was released on December 1, 2006. Stefani continued working with Kanal, Perry, and the Neptunes , along with Akon and Tim Rice-Oxley from English rock band Keane . The album focuses more heavily on electronic and dance music for clubs than its predecessor. Its release coincided with
11280-487: The country singing and yodeling. The most noted yodelers of that time were Monroe Tabor ("The Yodeling Bellboy" - though he was not a bellboy), Beulah Henderson (who appeared in black face), and Charles Anderson (who played a singing "mammy" and a female impersonator in several of his acts). Tabor performed with the Dandy Dixie Minstrels. In New York in 1908, a 'well-known critic' reported: Monroe Tabor sang "A Tear,
11421-414: The dominant commercial audio medium. Most music historians say that the first country music record to include yodeling was "Rock All Our Babies to Sleep" sung by Riley Puckett , a blind singer from Georgia. In 1924 in country music , his recording was one of the top hits of that year. Another early yodeler was Emmett Miller , a minstrel show performer, also from Georgia. In the 1920s, Miller recorded
11562-535: The end of a phrase. Tahrir is also prevalent in Azerbaijani , Bulgarian , Macedonian , Turkish , Armenian , Afghan , and Central Asian musical traditions, and to a lesser extent in Pakistani and some Indian music. In Georgian traditional music , yodeling takes the form of krimanchuli technique, and is used as a top part in three- or four-part polyphony . Yodel-like shamanistic traditions are also seen among
11703-461: The first country yodeling record ever made. Earlier, in 1897, Watson had recorded "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" which Puckett recorded in 1927 as the second-ever country yodeling record. "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" was also the first song ever recorded by Jimmie Rodgers (at the Bristol sessions in 1928); Rodgers would eventually come to be known as the father of both country music and American yodeling when he combined
11844-508: The first single, " Settle Down ", on July 16. The music video for "Settle Down" was directed by Sophie Muller (who has previously directed numerous music videos for No Doubt). Also around this time No Doubt were guest mentors for the UK version of The X-Factor . "Settle Down" peaked at 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the album peaking at number three on the US Billboard 200. On November 3, 2012,
11985-493: The form of "horea cu noduri", mostly used by shepherds to call their sheep or as a way of expressing sorrow. "Horea cu noduri" (knots singing style) is a particular manner of " doina " interpretation acquired through a guttural vocal technique, the knots being strikes of the glottis through the neck muscles contractions. Many Hawaiian songs feature falsetto. In Hawaiian-style falsetto – called ka leo kiʻekiʻe – the singer, usually male, emphasizes
12126-687: The formation of many American family singing groups as well. The most popular was the Hutchison Family Singers who toured, singing harmony and yodeling. Minstrel shows parodied the Hutchison's yodeling with their own, calling it "Tyrolesian business". In 1853, Christy's Minstrels burlesqued (parodied) the Hutchinson Family singing 'We Come From the Hills With Tyrolean Echo'. Other traveling American minstrels were yodeling in
12267-483: The industry began to turn out numerous films to meet the nation's fascination with the American cowboy. The singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films, popularized by many of the B-movies of the 1930s and 1940s. The transformation of Rodgers' blue yodel to the cowboy yodel involved both a change in rhythm and a move away from Southern blues-type lyrics. Some yodels contained more of
12408-454: The jolly pair won for them an encore. Mr Henderson is a real clever light comedian, while his partner, Miss Henderson, is just as clever as a singing and talking soubrette. In fact she is one of the first lady yodlers that we have had the pleasure of hearing. Charles Anderson began touring with a vaudeville show in 1909, singing a combination of blues and yodeling. A 1913 St. Louis review reports: The Male Mockingbird, Charles Anderson,
12549-425: The label GX, with Tura Inc. In 2014, Stefani announced the production of an animated series about her and the Harajuku Girls. Along with Vision Animation and Moody Street Kids, Stefani has helped create the show which features herself, Love, Angel, Music, and Baby as the band, HJ5, who fight evil whilst trying to pursue their music career. Mattel was the global toy licensee and the series itself, Kuu Kuu Harajuku
12690-585: The magazine's cover. Stefani received the Style Icon Award at the first People Magazine Awards in 2014. In 2016, the singer was honored at the Radio Disney Music Awards with a Hero Award, which is given to artists based on their personal contributions to various charitable works. In 2023, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2023, she was inducted into the inaugural Orange County Hall of Fame. Stefani has been referred to as
12831-452: The man with the golden voice, is some character singer, imitator, and impersonator. As an imitator, Anderson has the best on the market skinned, his violin imitation intermezzo went big, and was one of the best imitations of a musical instrument heard in this neck of the woods for many moons. "Sleep Baby Sleep", a lullaby sung in costume of an old nurse went big. The yodeling in this song was excellent. "Baby Seals Blues", as rendered by Anderson,
12972-403: The mid-19th century and was propagated through travelling entertainment shows. Human voices have at least two distinct vocal registers, called the "head" and "chest" voices. Most people can sing tones within a certain range of lower pitches in their chest voice and tones within a certain range of higher pitch in their head voice. Falsetto is an "unsupported" register forcing vocal cords into
13113-408: The mood". Many of the old cowboy songs use a beat meant to signify the trot of a lonely cowboy riding his horse on the range. Gwen Stefani Gwen Renée Stefani Shelton ( / s t ə ˈ f ɑː n i / stə- FAH -nee ; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. She is a co-founder and lead vocalist of the band No Doubt , whose singles include " Just
13254-432: The normal voice. "Inarticulated singing from the throat," as yodeling was described in a travel diary of 1810, is not only an Alpine speciality, but can be found in several other parts of the world. The constant change of register between the normal voice and falsetto produces a loud, piercing sound which makes the yodel an effective call for herdsmen to their animals, as well as to each other across mountainous terrain. It
13395-454: The origins of yodeling can be traced back tens of thousands of years to ancient African nomadic hunter-gatherer societies. In Scandinavian folk music, the oral-song tradition Kulning ( Norwegian : Laling ), also called huving , is a form of signal song, a shout to make themselves known over a long distance, especially used in the mountains. Usually it is linked to transhumance tradition. The cry could be individually designed so that it
13536-470: The outdoors, with rustic rather than sophisticated personae, and with particular emotional or psychological states or semantic fields. British stage performances by yodelers were common in the nineteenth century. Sir Walter Scott wrote in his June 4, 1830, journal entry that "Anne wants me to go hear the Tyrolese Minstrels but ... I cannot but think their yodeling ... is a variation upon the tones of
13677-570: The region's traditional lore and musical expression. The earliest record of a yodel is in 1545, where it is described as "the call of a cowherd from Appenzell ". Music historian Timothy Wise writes: From its earliest entry into European music of whatever type, the yodel tended to be associated with nature, instinct, wilderness, pre-industrial and pastoral civilization, or similar ideas. It continues to be associated with rural and folk musics or to connote those in other contexts. Because of this original folk connection, yodeling remained associated with
13818-463: The relationship. Their break-up inspired Stefani lyrically, and many of Tragic Kingdom ' s songs, such as " Don't Speak ", " Sunday Morning ", and " Hey You! ", chronicle the ups and downs of their relationship. Stefani co-wrote her song " Cool " about their relationship as friends for her 2004 debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Stefani met Bush lead singer and guitarist Gavin Rossdale in 1995 when No Doubt and Bush performed at
13959-580: The same themes developed in Love. Angel. Music. Baby. , and was criticized for doing so. This Is What the Truth Feels Like , the singer's third album, continued Stefani's endeavors with the pop genre, while incorporating music from a variety of other genres including reggae , disco , and dancehall , as well as the use of guitars. Stefani's lyrics shifted towards events that had recently occurred in her personal life, such as her divorce from Rossdale, and new relationship with Shelton. The singer stated her album
14100-566: The single "Hello World" as the song of the Olympics sponsored by Coca-Cola . " Somebody Else's " was released as Bouquet ' s lead single on September 20, 2024. " Swallow My Tears " was released as the album's next single on October 25. The album was released on November 15. Stefani made most of the clothing that she wore on stage with No Doubt, resulting in increasingly eclectic combinations. Stylist Andrea Lieberman introduced her to haute couture clothing, which led to Stefani launching
14241-565: The singles "You're the Boss" with the Brian Setzer Orchestra , " South Side " with Moby , and " Let Me Blow Ya Mind " with Eve . No Doubt released the less popular Return of Saturn in 2000, which expanded upon the new wave influences of Tragic Kingdom . Most of the lyrical content focused on Stefani's often rocky relationship with then- Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and her insecurities, including indecision on settling down and having
14382-448: The song " Lovesick Blues ", which was later a major hit for country singer Hank Williams . Bob Wills , the King of Western Swing , and many others were also influenced by Miller. Miller's version of "Lovesick Blues" is available on YouTube with a jacket illustration of Miller in blackface . In the early 1920s, African-American Winston Holmes started a record label, Merritt Records, and was
14523-416: The song appears later as Georg and Maria are dancing outside during the party. While many stage productions retain the original order as used in the 1959 musical, many other productions have also adapted the changes made in the film, shifting "The Lonely Goatherd" to another scene and adding "My Favorite Things" in its place. In the 1981 West End revival with Petula Clark , Maria and the children sing it at
14664-511: The song in " Wind It Up " on her album The Sweet Escape . The song was also used briefly in a special Shrek short/ Thriller music video featured on the Nintendo 3DS , and was remixed for the credits. The song is frequently performed by The von Trapps , the real life great-grandchildren of the Captain and Maria, and appears on their Pink Martini collaboration album, Dream a Little Dream , released on March 4, 2014. Randy Rainbow posted
14805-468: The song. Julie Andrews performed this song with The Muppets as the opening number to her guest appearance on The Muppet Show in 1977. In The Nanny episode "Stock Tip" from Series 2, Brighton accidentally plays the song instead of hip hop and suggests his dad, esteemed Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield, should play his cassettes on his own stereo to prevent further mix-ups. In The Story of Tracy Beaker episode "Miss You" from Series 1, Mike
14946-487: The subject in a song titled "Magic's in the Makeup" for No Doubt's Return of Saturn , asking "If the magic's in the makeup/Then who am I?". Stefani is a natural brunette, but her hair has not been its natural color since she was in ninth grade . Since late 1994, she has usually had platinum blonde hair. Stefani discussed this in the song "Platinum Blonde Life" on Rock Steady and played original blonde bombshell Jean Harlow in
15087-463: The syllable jo " (pronounced "yo"). This vocal technique is used in many cultures worldwide. Recent scientific research concerning yodeling and non-Western cultures suggests that music and speech may have evolved from a common prosodic precursor. Alpine yodeling was a longtime rural tradition in Europe, and became popular in the 1830s as entertainment in theaters and music halls . In Europe, yodeling
15228-408: The top 10 in the US and the UK. The title track reached the top 10 in over 15 nations, including number two peaks in the US, Australia and the UK. To promote The Sweet Escape , Stefani was a mentor on the sixth season of American Idol and performed the song with Akon. The song earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals . Three more singles were released from
15369-536: The venerable line of African-American yodelers they represent. There is no reason to doubt that Jimmie Rodgers, who could not resist a show, was exposed to and influenced by the black yodeler-blues singer tradition. Its practitioners were thoroughly entrenched in minstrelsy and vaudeville, and accessible to all races of people. Perhaps Jimmie even saw Charles Anderson himself perform, or heard some of Anderson's crystalline blues and yodeling 78s, before rising to immortality on his own great 'Blue Yodel' recordings. At any rate,
15510-442: The world's 10th highest paid music personality at the time. Throughout her career as a solo artist, Stefani has won several music awards, including one Grammy Award , four MTV Video Music Awards , one American Music Award , one Brit Award , and two Billboard Music Awards . With No Doubt, she has won two Grammy Awards. In 2005, Rolling Stone called her "the only true female rock star left on radio or MTV" and featured her on
15651-493: The yodel with southern African-American blues. The American minstrel show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the American Civil War , black people in blackface. Minstrel shows toured the same circuits as opera companies, circuses, and European entertainers, with venues ranging from lavish opera houses to makeshift tavern stages. When
15792-409: Was a No Doubt fan, showed reciprocal interest in casting Stefani after seeing her picture from a Marilyn Monroe -inspired photo shoot for Teen Vogue in 2003. To prepare for the role, Stefani read two biographies and watched 18 of Harlow's films. Shooting her part took four to five days, and Stefani had few lines. Stefani lent her voice to the title character of the 2004 video game Malice , but
15933-438: Was a featured artist on Sean Paul 's single " Light My Fire ", alongside Shenseea , and appeared in its music video. In June 2023, she announced her first new solo single in over two years, " True Babe ", which was released on June 23. On February 9, 2024, Stefani together with Blake Shelton released their duet, " Purple Irises ", which appears on her fifth studio album Bouquet . On July 25, she and Anderson Paak released
16074-443: Was a fine tenor solo by Tabor, who has no superiors as a yodeler. Known as The Jolly Hendersons, Beulah Henderson toured with her husband Billy from 1905 through 1910. Billed as "The Classy Colored Comedy Pair", Beulah was featured as "America's only Colored Lady Yodeler". In Indianapolis in 1911 manager Tim Owsley noted: The Jolly Hendersons offered a clean, bright and snappy act of singing, talking and dancing. Each song rendered by
16215-436: Was announced that Stefani would return as a coach for the 22nd season , replacing Ariana Grande . In October 2022, it was announced that Stefani would depart the panel, once again, for the 23rd season . In May 2023, it was announced that Stefani would return to The Voice for the 24th season , replacing Kelly Clarkson . Stefani again departed the panel for the 25th season , being replaced by Dan + Shay . In May 2024, it
16356-461: Was announced that Stefani would return to the panel for the 26th season , replacing Dan + Shay and became the show's senior coach following John Legend 's 2024 departure. In 2025, for the 27th season , Stefani will depart the panel once more, being replaced by Kelsea Ballerini . On December 13, 2019, Stefani featured on Shelton's single " Nobody but You " from his compilation album Fully Loaded: God's Country . The song peaked at number 18 on
16497-586: Was considered by Pitchfork to be one of Stefani's best singles, and would later place it at number sixteen on their "Top 50 Singles of 2004" list. "Hollaback Girl" from Love. Angel. Music. Baby. would go on to be the first song to digitally sell an excess of one million copies in the United States; it was certified platinum in both the United States and Australia, and peaked at number forty-one on Billboard ' s decade-end charts for 2000–09. Since its release in 2005, "Hollaback Girl" has been called Stefani's " signature song " by Rolling Stone . Following
16638-525: Was described as "fun as hell but ... not exactly rife with subversive social commentary". The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 albums chart at number seven, selling 309,000 copies in its first week. L.A.M.B. reached multi-platinum status in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. The first single from the album was " What You Waiting For? ", which debuted atop
16779-520: Was distributed worldwide by DHX Media . In 2018, Stefani had reportedly filed to trademark P8NT for a potential line of "make-up, skincare, fragrance and hair dyes", and in March 2022, she launched a makeup brand called GXVE Beauty. AXS called Stefani a "powerhouse" vocalist with an "incredible" range. The New York Times considered Stefani's vocals "mannered" and commended her for "kick[ing] her vibrato addiction". IGN described Stefani as having
16920-460: Was featured on a Mark Ronson remix of Dua Lipa 's " Physical ", which is included on Lipa's remix album Club Future Nostalgia (2020). Stefani was initially approached to clear a "Hollaback Girl" sample for the Mr Fingers' remix of Lipa's " Hallucinate ", and then asked to be a part of the "Physical" remix. To promote 2020 reissued edition of You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Stefani released
17061-541: Was impressed by how distinctively black Rodgers's Blue Yodel recordings sounded, yodeling and all." In his opinion Rodgers was a "white man gone black". In his 1928 record review column, writing under the heading "White man singing black songs," Niles acknowledged that Rodgers's first Blue Yodel had "started the whole epidemic of yodeling blues that now rages – though Clarence Williams wrote a good one five years ago." Niles went on to advise his readers to add race records to their collections saying, "Listening to race records
17202-573: Was interviewed for the documentary series The Defiant Ones , which was released in July 2017. The same month, she announced plans to release new music by the end of the year. In August, several song titles from the singer's sessions were published on GEMA 's official website, suggesting that she may be recording a holiday album . The songwriting credits from the leaked tracks had Stefani collaborating with busbee , Blake Shelton , and Justin Tranter . The album, titled You Make It Feel Like Christmas ,
17343-590: Was more about forgiveness than revenge. Stefani began wearing a bindi in the mid-1990s after attending several family gatherings with Tony Kanal , who is of Indian heritage. During No Doubt's breakthrough, Stefani wore the forehead decoration in several of the band's music videos and briefly popularized the accessory in 1997. Since the 1995 music video for "Just a Girl", Stefani has been known for her midriff and frequently wears tops that expose it. Stefani's makeup design generally includes light face powder , bright red lipstick , and arched eyebrows; she wrote about
17484-411: Was my Japanese influence and that was a culture that was so rich with tradition, yet so futuristic [with] so much attention to art and detail and discipline and it was fascinating to me". She had visited Harajuku as an adult and referred to herself as a "super fan" of Japanese culture. In the same interview, Stefani commented that she was Japanese and "identifies not just with Japan's culture, but also with
17625-466: Was not just a cry for contact, but also a signifier used to identify the singer. The cry may have a form of text, but is just as well without words. Laling is related to yodeling in Switzerland and Austria . The overture Hjalarljod has a background in the phenomenon of yodeling. Laling is a mix of yelling and singing, and is closely related to lokk . Huving was spent in the woods and mountains to call
17766-423: Was officially confirmed that Stefani would join the seventh season of The Voice as a coach, replacing Christina Aguilera . Nine years after the previous time, she attended the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards . Stefani appears as a featured artist on Maroon 5 's song " My Heart Is Open ", co-written by Sia , from the band's album V , which was performed for the first time with Adam Levine and an orchestra at
17907-473: Was once again used as it was in the original 1959 production. The lively number reappears later in both the original stage version, the film version and the 2013 NBC special broadcast as a deliberately paced and very Austrian-sounding instrumental, the Ländler , a dance performed by the Captain and Maria. It then serves as the catalyst to a dramatic juncture in the film, as the young novice Maria realizes that she
18048-578: Was pregnant with her second child. The Singles 1992–2003 became available on December 9, 2008, for the video game Rock Band 2 . Adrian Young played drums on Scott Weiland 's album "Happy" in Galoshes . No Doubt headlined the Bamboozle 2009 festival in May 2009, along with Fall Out Boy . The band completed a national tour in mid-2009 . The new album Push and Shove was released on September 25, preceded by
18189-573: Was recorded in the Trinity Baptist Church at Camden, New Jersey. When the song was released in February ;1928 it became "a national phenomenon and generated an excitement and record-buying frenzy that no-one could have predicted". According to a black musician who lived near Rodgers in Mississippi, everyone, both black and white alike, began to copy Rodgers: "Every one who could pick a guitar started yodeling like Rodgers." Standing on
18330-568: Was released as the album's fifth single, but did not perform as well as its predecessors. " Crash " was released in January 2006 as the album's sixth single in lieu of Love. Angel. Music. Baby. ' s sequel, which Stefani postponed because of her pregnancy. In 2004, Stefani showed interest in making film appearances and began auditioning for films such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith . She made her film debut playing Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese 's The Aviator in 2004. Scorsese, whose daughter
18471-433: Was released in 2003. In 2002, Eve and Stefani won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". Stefani's debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. , was released on November 12, 2004. The album features several collaborations with producers and other artists, including Tony Kanal , Tom Rothrock , Linda Perry , André 3000 , Nellee Hooper , the Neptunes and New Order . Stefani created
18612-606: Was released in October 2018, and was promoted through the single " Secret Santa ". On June 22, 2019, Stefani performed at the Machaca Fest in Fundidora Park . Stefani replaced Adam Levine as a coach for The Voice ' s 17th season after Levine left the show after 16 seasons. Stefani was replaced by first-time coach Nick Jonas for the 18th season . She returned for her fifth season of The Voice 's 19th season as
18753-524: Was released on February 12, 2016. This Is What the Truth Feels Like was released on March 18, 2016, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 84,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week, earning Stefani her first number-one album on the U.S. chart as a solo artist. To further promote the album, Stefani embarked on her This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour with rapper Eve in
18894-424: Was released on October 6, 2017. Its title track , featuring guest vocals from Shelton, was digitally distributed on September 22, 2017, as the lead single. To promote the record, Stefani hosted Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas , an NBC Christmas television special that aired on December 12, 2017. Stefani's first concert residency , titled Just a Girl: Las Vegas , began on June 27, 2018, at
19035-456: Was released the same day. The song was released to contemporary hit radio in the United States on October 27, 2015. The track is the first official single off her third solo album This Is What the Truth Feels Like , which she began working on in mid-2015. Stefani said much of the previous material she worked on in 2014 felt forced and inauthentic, the opposite of what she had originally wanted. The album's second single, " Make Me Like You ",
19176-467: Was set to be released in December with Benny Blanco serving as executive producer. In late October, " Spark the Fire ", a new track from Stefani's third album, was released. The song was produced by Pharrell Williams . On November 23, the full song premiered online. Both "Baby Don't Lie" and "Spark the Fire" were later scrapped from Stefani's third album. On January 13, 2015, Stefani and Williams also recorded
19317-409: Was the first US music download to sell more than one million copies, and its brass -driven composition remained popular throughout 2005. The fourth single " Cool " was released shortly following the popularity of its predecessor, reaching the top 20 in US and UK. The song's lyrics and its accompanying music video, filmed on Lake Como , depict Stefani's former relationship with Kanal. " Luxurious "
19458-434: Was the keyboardist for No Doubt before leaving the band to pursue a career in animation on The Simpsons . She attended Loara High School , where she graduated in 1987. After high school, she attended Fullerton College and Cypress College . She then transferred to California State University, Fullerton , but dropped out to pursue her music career. Her brother Eric introduced Gwen to 2 Tone music by Madness and
19599-435: Was the mass media of the time; radio, phonograph, and film, that spread the romantic myth of the cowboy and "popular music was integral to the mass mediation of the idea and of the representation of the cowboy, and yodeling was one of its primary signifiers." The transformation of Rodgers' blue yodel to the cowboy yodel involved a change in both rhythm and a move away from Southern blues-type lyrics. Some yodels contained more of
19740-528: Was used by black entertainers long before it became a national craze in the late 1920s. [Examples include] Charles Anderson [as well as] Monroe Tabor [who] performed under the stage name of the "Alabama Yodeler" or "Yodeling Bell Boy", while Beulah Henderson was famous as "America's only Colored Lady Yodler". By the 1880s, the minstrel show had been replaced by Vaudeville and American Burlesque . By around 1905, more than 20 years before Jimmie Rodgers introduced his blue yodel, African Americans were touring
19881-511: Was worth going to hear. After a quick change, Anderson reappeared as the polished gentleman and sang "When the Cuckoo Sings", instantly winning the hearts of the audience with his perfect yodeling, causing said audience to cheer like mad for more. Country blues singer Lottie Kimbrough , billed as The Kansas City Butterball (she was a rather large woman), sang in speakeasies and nightclubs . Kimbrough recorded her music from 1924 through 1929 and
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