140 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Sir Mix-A-Lot album, "POSSE on Broadway," 1988
This album titled "Posse on Broadway" was recorded by local hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot on his 1988 debut album. The Broadway in the song refers to a street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
ID Number:2012.72.1
Date:1988
Doll from "Wunda Wunda," a Seattle children's television show starring Ruth Prins, and later from Ms. Prins' Magnolia preschool, ca. 1960s-1970s
This doll was used on the "Wunda Wunda" show, and then was later at a preschool in the Magnolia neighborhood where the donor's daughter was able to take her home with her.
ID Number:2013.19.1
Date:1960-1970
Black, blue and purple Barclay Girls Can-Can dress, ca. 1958
The Barclay Girls got their start on Pier 91, dancing the can-can for servicemen setting sail and returning from the Korean War. When the war ended, they danced gigs around town, including at Seafair. Most of the dancers were still in high school. Leilani Larsen, who wore this costume, remembers sewing the sequins on during Spanish class.
ID Number:2013.44.1.1
Date:Circa 1958
Gold shoes from Barclay Girls costume, 1960s
The Barclay Girls got their start on Pier 91, dancing the can-can for servicemen setting sail and returning from the Korean War. When the war ended, they danced gigs around town, including at Seafair. Most of the dancers were still in high school.
ID Number:2013.44.2.89
Date:Circa 1960
Compact disc, Soundgarden, "Louder Than Love," A&M Records, Inc. © 1989
Soundgarden is an alternative rock band that formed in Seattle in 1984.
ID Number:2013.71.2
Date:1989
Compact disc, Alice in Chains, "Facelift," CBS Records, Inc. © 1990
“Facelift” was the debut studio album by the Seattle band Alice in Chains. The band included guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. The tracks "We Die Young", "Man in the Box", "Sea of Sorrow" and "Bleed the Freak" were released as singles. “Facelift” was certified gold on September 11, 1991…
ID Number:2013.71.3
Date:1990
Compact disc, Hammerbox, Demo CD, C/Z Records © 1990
Hammerbox was a Seattle grunge band which formed around 1990 with lead singer Carrie Akre, Harris Thurmond on guitar, James Atkins on bass, and Dave Birenbaum on drums. They disbanded in 1994 when Akre left to form the band Goodness. This demo copy of their debut album was purchased by the donor at Silver Platters at Northgate when he worked…
ID Number:2013.71.4
Date:1990
Compact disc, The Walkabouts, "Scavenger," Sub Pop Records, © 1990
The Walkabouts formed in Seattle in 1984 and “Scavenger” was their third studio album. The core members were vocalist Carla Torgerson and vocalist and songwriter Chris Eckman, and at the time of this album Michael Wells, Grant Eckman and Glenn Slater. The donor of this album attended a Walkabouts concert at the Offramp in 1990.
ID Number:2013.71.5
Date:1990
Compact disc, Temple of the Dog, self-titled CD, A&M Records, © 1991
The band Temple of the Dog was a tribute group formed in honor of Andrew Wood, lead singer of the band Mother Love Bone. Wood died of a drug overdose in 1990. The group was conceived by vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar, Jeff Ament on bass guitar (both ex-members of Mother Love Bone…
ID Number:2013.71.6
Date:1991
Compact disc, Mother Love Bone, Polygram Records, Inc. © 1992
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1988, led by charismatic frontman Andrew Wood. His friends and bandmates were shocked when he died of a drug overdose only days before the scheduled release of the band's debut album “Apple.” This album is a compilation that includes all of “Apple” as well as their 1989 EP…
ID Number:2013.71.7
Date:1992