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Kind of an iffy thing. you might starve to death or find yourself washing dishes and waiting tables before you ever get discovered. she said, im willing to take the chance. >> i was 18 years old. we had a house on the beach for $80 a month in santa monica. we split the rent three ways. it was just great. it was right on the beach. >> once she got there, we got to work right away. we used to practice every day. >> bobby introduced me to a really good guitar player named kenny edwards and we forme...

Inviting and warm. ♪ been spending most of their lives living in a gangsters paradise ♪ >> hip-hop hit a point it had become mainstream and starts appearing in other forms of music. theres this kind of rock-rap happening. ♪ sometimes, something kicked >> theres hip-hop that can be found in pop music. ♪ harrison ford getting frantic like sting im tantric like snickers guaranteed to satisfy ♪ >> r&b and rap mixing for new jack swing. ♪ new jack swing around town doesnt give a ♪ >> te...

>> we learned so much about singing from each other. it was completely incorporated into what we did. we sang at the dinner table, we sang in the car, we sang with our hands in the dishwater. i thought spanish was this magical, musical language. when i was growing up, i thought people sang in spanish and spoke in english. if you spoke spanish on the playground, youd be punished. you werent allowed to do it. my sister and brother and i eventually formed a little group. we called ourselves the new...

That song. ♪ well, i broke the heart over someone like you ♪ >> i stayed up all night assembling this very complicated, layered guitar piece. we worked very long into like the next afternoon. and thats when linda turned up and didnt like it. she said, oh, i dont like it. it sounds like the beatles, which it did sound like the beatl beatles, but in the end she came around and said, i was wrong. its great. ♪ im telling you now baby and im going my way ♪ ♪ forget about you baby because im...

♪ ♪ >> now it is like a big sporting arena. stadium and things like that. >> i knew the name of every stadium in the country. we got to get to garden

Singing from each other. it was completely incorporated into what we did. we sang at the dinner table, we sang in the car, we sang with our hands in the dish water. i thought spanish was this magical, musical language. when i grew up, i thought people sang in spanish and spoke in english. if you spoke spanish on the playground, youd be punished. you werent allowed to do it. my sister and brother and i eventually formed a little group. we called ourselves the new union ramblers we thought that so...

>> we played little clubs in tucson, but it wasnt very much opportunity for us there. at some point reality stepped in. my sister had they kids. and then my brother went to work for the police department. bobby wanted to earn some money playing music, so he went off to california. and i was the last man standing. ♪ all the leaves are brown and the sky is gray ♪ >> i went to l.a. with the intention of forming a band. when i saw the quality of the singers that were out there, i started writing...

I thought i was really attracted to her but i came to find out i just wanted to be her best friend. ♪ the best part about being a woman is the prerogative to have a little fun ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, totally crazy >> in all fields in our society now women, i wouldnt say dominating. i think that theyre just rising to their true place. ♪ i feel like a woman [ cheers ] >> as things wore on it became a great decade to be a girl. ♪ >> after years of singing backup for such stars as michael jackson ...

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Something youre used to seeing in san franciscos busiest streets will soon be gone. >> when that ambitious plan begins. and ill have the lat nex finally tonight, as we ring in 2020 a heart warming way to pay it forward that