Showing posts with label Sheila Aldridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheila Aldridge. Show all posts
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Everybody's Talking
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Ballad of the Aldridge Sisters
Doing my best (or some say worst) Flatt and Scruggs....lemme tell 'ya a story about two girls named Sheila and Sherry.
This is how the Aldridge Sisters got on the Lawrence Welk Show.
This is how the Aldridge Sisters got on the Lawrence Welk Show.
Back in the spring of 1977, sisters Sheila and Sherry sang locally around their home in Knoxville, Tennessee. They got wind that Lawrence Welk and his Music Makers were going to perform in concert in Nashville.
They bought their tickets, and convinced their boyfriends to drive them to the show with hopes of meeting Mr. Welk. One problem was their seats were way up in the balcony....up in the nosebleed section.
Undeterred, they were able to meet the Maestro during intermission....in which they were able to audition for him after the show. He liked them and their sound but told them there weren't any openings on the show, but did tell them call him if they were ever in Los Angeles.
Encouraged, they flew out there a week later, and sung for the Maestro again. This time they used the popular ABBA hit "Fernando". Lawrence told them they were terrfic, but there were still no openings on the show.
Undaunted, they tried three more times....earning enough money from their singing gigs for airfare and to audition. It was the same old story, he liked their act but there was just no openings.
Finally, on their third visit....the were surprised that Lawrence and the staff were expecting them. He told them that Tanya had left the show to pursue a solo career so there was a opening for a guest spot. The girls sung "All I Have To Do is Dream" which in the Maestro's own words from his 1979 book "This I Believe" was beautiful, every note refined and pure with perfect harmony and rendition truly fine.
Lawrence and the production staff agreed, Sheila and Sherry should appear on the opening show of the 1977-78 season. He asked them and as one would say, the rest is history!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael
If you're one of the lucky fans out there spared from pledge breaks this week, then the featured episode should be "Salute to Hoagy Carmichael"
First aired on March 6, 1982, this one is another one of my favorite episodes.
First aired on March 6, 1982, this one is another one of my favorite episodes.
1. Old Buttermilk Sky - orchestra intro; Roger, Sheila, Michael, Mary Lou, Ron, Gail, Ken, Kathie, David and Sherry
2. I Get Along Without You - Norma Zimmer
3. Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind - orchestra
4. Two Sleepy People - Guy Hovis & Ralna English
5. The Nearness Of You - Gail Farrell, Ron Anderson & Michael Redman
6. Small Fry - Jim Turner
7. Heart and Soul - Anacani
8. Stardust - orchestra featuring Henry Cuesta on clarinet
9. One Morning In May - danced by Bobby Burgess and Elaine Balden
10. Back Home Again in Indiana - orchestra featuring Bob Havens on trombone and Bob Smale on piano
11. Lazy Bones - Sheila and Sherry Aldridge & Roger and David Otwell
12. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - danced by Arthur Duncan
13. Rocking Chair - Dick Dale
14. Little Old Lady - Kathy Sullivan with Jim, Guy, Michael and Ron
15. Cool Cool of the Evening - sung and danced by Mary Lou Metzger and Jack Imel
16. Skylark - Ralna English
17. Up a Lazy River - Ken Delo
18. Georgia On My Mind - Michael, Roger, Sheila, Sherry, David, Joe, Ron, Gail, Mary Lou, Kathie, Norma, Jimmy with Bob Smale on piano
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Friday, July 18, 2008
Sheila Aldridge's brithday
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Sheila Aldridge
It's once again time to celebrate another music maker's birthday.....today happens to be Sheila Aldridge's special day!
Together with sister Sherry as one half of the Aldridge Sisters, they joined the Musical Family in 1977 later teaming up with the Otwell Twins as one of the show's most popular musical acts.
And since her days on the Welk show, Sheila has been a very busy gal....singing, performing and songwriting as she co-wrote the country smash hit, "If I Ever Go Crazy."
Today, she and her husband, Chris Costa, make their home in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee....and perform together as a husband-and-wife musical act.
That's following in the footsteps of fellow Welkies Guy & Ralna and Clay & Sally!
Together with sister Sherry as one half of the Aldridge Sisters, they joined the Musical Family in 1977 later teaming up with the Otwell Twins as one of the show's most popular musical acts. 
And since her days on the Welk show, Sheila has been a very busy gal....singing, performing and songwriting as she co-wrote the country smash hit, "If I Ever Go Crazy."Today, she and her husband, Chris Costa, make their home in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee....and perform together as a husband-and-wife musical act.
That's following in the footsteps of fellow Welkies Guy & Ralna and Clay & Sally!
And she and Sherry still sing together as well, you can catch them whenever they are out on tour or this fall when they're interviewed by Mary Lou Metzger after one of the Welk shows this upcoming season on PBS.
Happy Birthday Sheila.....may today be a special, loving and musical one!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Sheila Aldridge
Today is July 18th, we celebrate another Welk star's birthday!
Our Birthday Girl featured today is.........
Our Birthday Girl featured today is.........
SHEILA ALDRIDGE...the very talented and pretty singer who makes up one half of the Aldridge Sisters.
Growing up in Knoxville, TN....She (as friends and family like to call her), along with older sister Sherry got their chops singing in local venues around the Smoky Mountain region when fate pointed them to audition for Lawrence Welk which led them to a five year stint on the show, paired with the Otwell Twins of Tulia, TX from 1977 to 1982.
Sheila has been busy herself, in addition to performing with Sherry in the sister act, she also did some acting appearing in TV shows such as "Down To Earth" on TBS and movies like "Bed and Breakfast".
Once married to comedian Roger Behr, she now lives in Hendersonville, TN with her current husband Chris Costa, who is a singer/musician himself. They both have an act together which performs all over Nashville.
Let us wish Sheila Aldridge a very very happy birthday today!
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