Songs of Sunshine

           Growing up I recall always listening to Boyz II Men in the car on the way to school. I have loved their music since a young age and still to this day.  Boyz II Men  was originally a 5-person A Capella group, but eventually became a four person group in 1989. The band was made up of Nathan and Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and Michael McCary. During the 1990s is when they started gaining international success. It began when Boyz II Men released their single “Motownphilly” and “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” in 1991. These hits eventually lead to the group receiving Grammy Awards and selling millions of albums.      Unfortunately, there is only three members of the group today. Michael McCary left the group in 2003 due to health issues. However, in a article written in January of 2016, McCary stated that, “…we were suppose to do a reunion a couple years back and it all came down to money. It all ca...

      Can You Feel the Love Tonight composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice is a song from The Lion King, a well known 1994 animated Disney movie. The Lion King was produced by Roger Allers and directed by Rob Minkoff. The song gained its popularity as the movie won multiple awards, including two Oscars for Best Music, Original Song (which was actually  Can You Feel the Love Tonight ) and Best Music, Original Score.      Can You Feel the Love Tonight  was performed by Sally Dworsky (adult singing voice of Nala) and Joseph Williams (adult singing voice of Simba). This performance occurs when Simba, the main character in the film, falls in love with his childhood friend, Nala. They are singing to each other in their heads, basically, because they are too afraid to say what they are thinking to each other. The scene is a very powerful representation of love. Below is the scene from The Lion King where the song is perf...

       Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20th, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados. Robyn, who goes by her middle name, Rihanna, is a singer, actress, and businesswoman. Rihanna was discovered by an American record producer, Evan Rodgers in 2005. Rodgers invited Rihanna to the United States to record demo tapes which were then sent to Def Jam Records. Jay-Z, the CEO of  Def Jam listened to the demos and invited Rihanna to audition, where she left with a 6 album record deal. Rihanna quickly became the youngest artist to score 14 number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Rihanna's top charting single " Umbrella " from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award.      Rihanna who was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2018, has sold over 54 million albums and 210 million tracks worldwide. She is the only artist in the 21st century to have earned ov...