Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
I Ain't Got Time to Tarry
" I Ai n't Got Time to Tarry", also known as" The Land of Freedom", is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett.
It premiered in a minstrel show performance by Bryant's Minstrels in late November 1858.
The song was published in New York City in 1859.
The lyrics tell of a black man in the Northern United States who is homesick for the South.
He decides to return to the South, as illustrated in the chorus:
The pining ex-slave scenario was a common idiom of blackface minstrelsy during the 1850s.
Emmett would repeat it in other songs, including" Johnny Roach" and" Dixie".
Emmett's later" I'm Going Home to Dixie" reuses the tune to" I Ai n't Got Time to Tarry".
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Haven't Got Time for the Pain
"Haven't Got Time for the Pain" is a song written by Carly Simon and Jacob Brackman that was first released on Simon's 1974 album "Hotcakes".
It was also released as a single, reaching #14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
It is also known for its use in commercials for the ibuprofen brand Medipren in the late 1980s.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is a British singer of Greek Cypriot descent, and is the singer for the indie rock band One eskimO.
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author.
She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "
You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (
No. 5, a duet with James Taylor)
, "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and
"Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me".
After a brief stint with her sister Lucy Simon as duo group the Simon Sisters, she found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album "Carly Simon", which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and spawned her first Top 10 single
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be".
She achieved international fame with her third album "No Secrets" which sat firmly at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200 for five weeks and spawned the worldwide hit "
You're So Vain", for which she received three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
With her 1988 hit "Let the River Run", from the film "Working Girl", she became the first artist to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist.
Over the course of her career, Simon has amassed 24 "Billboard" Hot 100 charting singles, 28 "Billboard" Adult Contemporary charting singles, and won 2 Grammy Awards, from 14 nominations.
AllMusic called her "one of the quintessential singer-songwriters of the '70s".
She has a contralto vocal range, and has cited Odetta as a significant influence.
She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
In 1995 and 1998, respectively, she received the Boston Music Awards Lifetime Achievement and a Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree.
She was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "
You're So Vain" in 2004 and awarded the ASCAP Founders Award in 2012.
Simon was formerly married to singer-songwriter James Taylor.
They have two children together, Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor, who are also musicians.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Jacob Brackman
Jacob Brackman( born 1943) is an American journalist, writer, and musical lyricist.
After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist.
He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker.
He subsequently worked as a film critic at Esquire magazine from 1969 until 1972.
He met Carly Simon in 1968 when they were both working as counselors at a summer camp in the Berkshires.
The two became close friends.
Most of Simon's albums include one or two songs co-written with Brackman; typically, Simon writes the music and Brackman writes the lyrics.
Among the dozens of songs they have written together are the top ten hits," That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"( 1971) and" Have n't Got Time for the Pain"( 1974), both of which were sung by Simon.
The lyrics to the Broadway musical" King of Hearts" were also written by Brackman, and so, too, were the screenplays for" The King of Marvin Gardens"( 1972) and" Times Square"( 1980).
He has also collaborated musically with James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Dr. John, Fred Astaire, Michel Polnareff and Dionne Warwick.
He was the executive producer for the acclaimed Terrence Malick film," Days of Heaven"( 1978).
He married the late Mindy Jostyn, and co-authored the lyrics on her CDs.
Jacob Brackman has been an influence to many other artists, including Welsh rock group the Manic Street Preachers.
See article on the film Times Square for more.

Question: Which award the performer of song Haven'T Got Time For The Pain earned?
Answer: Grammy Award for Best New Artist