Me and TIMOTHY LEARY at my birthday party in 1987. Tim was a great friend and was an excellent role model for life, never stopping being exciting no matter what age you are. I have studied the master well!! #williswonderland#alleeparty #psychdelic #icon #timothyleary #timleary #fbf #flashbackfriday
This is one of my fave photos of all time, not just because I’m singing with JONI MITCHELL at my birthday pajama party in the early 90’s but because we’re being accompanied by the infamous and wonderful DEL RUBIO TRIPLETS, who I’m happily credited with discovering. If you don’t know them, get googling as they sit high atop the Kitsch Sundae that is my life. To say the hi and lo ends of the musical scale are represented in this photo doesn’t begin to describe the musical mayhem we created that night. #TBT
So happy to take part in the Motown Museum‘s Ignite & Spark Summer Camps for so many incredibly talented Detroit kids who want to sing, dance, write, play, produce, and otherwise carry on the great and prolific music traditions that continue to leap out of the Motor City. Please consider donating to the Motown Museum for “Giving Tuesday” today – or any day – to continue spreading the legacy and impact of Classic Motown! https://bit.ly/2iYNL7m
Motown Records Paul Damien Barker #Motown #Detroit #MusicEducation#SoulMusic #Soul #MotownMuseum
Great Spotify piece out today about the huge surge my very first hit, ‘September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, takes every Friday and Saturday night in England because of it’s partying effect. Not to mention the chant English soccer fans have turned it into, the number of times the song has been covered more recently, from Justin Timberlake & Anna Kendrick on down. I always say “September”, co-written with Maurice White and Al McKay, is the song that wouldn’t die. This year, 40 years after it’s release, it also jumped back on the Billboard Hip Hop charts, even knocking Eminem out of the #1 spot. Anyway, thanks Spotify, for this “September” salute and a big BA-DE-YA Monday to all! #MusicMonday #AlMckay #BoogieWonderland
My fifth hit, “Neutron Dance” by The Pointer Sisters, was released on this very day, Nov. 24, in 1984. It was on the Grammy-winning Beverly Hills Copsoundtrack along with my sixth hit, ‘Stir It Up” by Patti LaBelle. Both were co-written with one of my favorite collaborators ever, the incredible Danny Sembello. Here’s to a neutronically tweaked weekend!
Had a blast at my place with Tom Trujillo, Dima Gornovskyi, Prudence Fentonand a truckload of Italian food. I’m very jealous of Dima’s sweater as I’m the one who lives on junk food.
This was a couple weekends ago at Stephanie Miller Show’s hysterical Sexy Liberal show right before the election. Thrilling to see such an illustrious lineup of politicos and comedians there including Adam Schiff,Rep. Ted Lieu, Margaret Cho, Rob Reiner, Martin Sheen and more. Excellent evening (and results)! Me on Stephanie’s podcast: https://www.stephaniemiller.com/sm-happy-hour-videocast-11-30-17-allee-willis/ — in Beverly Hills, California.
My very first hit, “SEPTEMBER” by Earth, Wind & Fire co-written with Maurice White and Al McKay, was released 40 years ago TODAY! Another cherry in its continual upward rise into the ozone of hits, English Soccer fans have adopted it into one of their most popular chants. Here they are singing their adaptation of “September” at the World Cup in Russia last summer: http://bit.ly/2zgAtej
If you’re in LA this Sunday night, come see me and a plethora of ultra-famous comedians at The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA when Beth Lapides‘ legendary UnCabaret celebrates 25 years of wildly fun, idiosyncratic and intimate performances on this one-time-only evening! Seriously, look at this line-up. Not a slug among us. TIX: http://bit.ly/2zdZ9UL
In 1980 when Toni Basil got her gold record for ‘Mickey,” I threw her a party. We were pretty inseparable and if anyone deserved accolades it was Toni, also a groundbreaking, award-winning dancer and choreographer. Check out this vid of ‘Street Beat,” my favorite song we wrote together along with Bruce Roberts. https://youtu.be/aXPu19VpKwM #TBT
