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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts.
George Miller
Once
Introduced
Fired
Opening
Opening Act
Because
Got
Crafts
Arts
Them
Act
Seals
Loaded
Diana Ross saw me on Merv Griffin and hired me to be her opening act.
Howie Mandel
Me
Saw
Opening
Opening Act
Hired
Diana
Diana Ross
Griffin
Act
Her
I'd love to be a hit in Germany. I'm working on trying to get a gig as David Hasselhoff's opening act.
Jen Kirkman
Love
Gig
David
Opening
Opening Act
Germany
Hit
Get
Trying
Working
Act
My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown.
Jermaine Dupri
Time
Me
Crazy
Father
First
Clown
Dancer
Out
Slot
Tried
Promoter
Atlanta
Crowd
He
Opening
Opening Act
First Time
Fresh
Got
Act
Needed
If you don't know the right people or have the right connections, you may never be discovered. With 'Opening Act,' we are democratizing a notoriously impossible process, pulling back the curtains on a consistently fascinating industry, and affording aspiring artists the chance of a lifetime.
Nigel Lythgoe
You
People
Impossible
Right People
Back
Consistently
Lifetime
Never
Opening
Opening Act
Know
Industry
Discovered
May
Artists
Curtains
Process
Act
Aspiring
Fascinating
Connections
Right
Chance
Pulling
I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night.
Rick Danko
Myself
Me
First
Year
Spring
Booked
Saw
Following
Hawkins
Ontario
He
New
Opening
Opening Act
Him
Hired
His
Five
Maybe
After
Ronnie
Act
Dover
Eve
Shows
Port
Near
Play
Hometown
Night
I was an opening act for 10 years.
Shelby Lynne
Opening
Opening Act
Years
Act
I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act.
Tina Weymouth
Best
Club
Think
Having
Divided
Had
Idea
Opened
Opening
Opening Act
Heads
Talking
Talking Heads
Parts
Act
Show
Europe
Tom
Ever
Two
I worked with so many comedians who became big names - so many, I can't even remember some of their names. John Byner, Totie Fields, Joan Rivers. Shecky Green at the MGM. When I started my career, my first hotel in Las Vegas was at the old Flamingo. My opening act was Bill Cosby.
Trini Lopez
Remember
Old
First
Big
Joan
John
Cosby
Some
Vegas
Rivers
Hotel
Opening
Opening Act
Names
Comedians
Became
Green
Fields
Worked
Bill
Act
Bill Cosby
Who
Many
Even
Las Vegas
Started
Career
A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
Vanilla Ice
Success
People
Three
Think
Signed
Kind
Opening
Opening Act
Blew
Overnight
Overnight Success
Years
Lot
Contract
Up
Then
Act
Four
If it's an evening with Toto, that usually means there's no opening act.
Steve Porcaro
Opening
Opening Act
Means
Act
Evening