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Tiffany (singer)

Tiffany

Tiffanie Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971 in Oklahoma), better known in the music world as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of "teen pop" hits during the late 1980s. She is of Lebanese and Syrian descent.

Tiffany grew up in Norwalk, California. Her parents divorced when she was very young. When Tiffany was four years old, she learned the words to the song Delta Dawn, and she started singing it often.

In 1977, Tiffany's mother married, and in 1979, Tiffany's sister Falicia Williams was born.

In 1981, Tiffany made her first professional singing show, with a country music band at a country and western spot. She passed a hat along the crowd afterward, and collected $235 in what would be her first career earning.

Tiffany used to sing at a Los Angeles club named El Palomino when she was discovered by Hoyt Axton and his wife Mae Axton, who took her (Mae) to sing in Nashville, Tennessee, where she performs at the Ralph Emery Show. In 1982 Tiffany tours several cities in Alaska, earning 3,000 dollars for the tour. Also that year, she was an opening act for Jerry Lee Lewis and for George Jones.

In 1983, Tiffany's other sister, Cheressa Williams, is born. Ronald Kent Surut became her manager that year.

Finally, in 1984, she was signed to a recording contract by George Tobin, who heard a demo tape she recorded and liked it. Also that year, a messy divorce between her mom and her stepfather occurred, when he was allegedly caught peeping on her. He maintains that he was not trying to look at her in a lewd way, just making sure Tiffany did her breathing exercises.

Another 1984 event that later provoked controversy among Tiffany fans was the release of a song entitled "Remembering Love", credited to "Tiffany", in Canada, followed up in 1987 by another song "In The Dark". Fans debated endlessly whether these were by "the" Tiffany or not, and even Tiffany's own denial wasn't always fully trusted (people sometimes suggested that she was either mistaken or was trying to cover up early failures in her career). However, these releases were ultimately found to be by Canadian singer Kimberly Warnock, who has sometimes used the stage name "Tiffany" but has no connection with the more famous singer of that name.

In 1985 Tiffany appeared at the Star Search show with Ed McMahon, but she came in second place that year. In 1986, she signs a contract that gives Tobin total control over her career. Then, she went into the studio to record her first album, and a contract was signed with MCA. In 1987 the self titled album, Tiffany, was released and she embarked on a mall tour to promote it. Her cover of the Shondells hit, I Think We're Alone Now, became a number 1 hit on the Billboard chart, propelling Tiffany to international stardom. Soon, she was vying with Debbie Gibson for space on the covers of many teen magazines, including Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others, and visiting multiple television shows on MTV, Fox, etc. In '87 also, she cast a little known group by the name of New Kids On The Block to be the starting act on her concerts. She was signed to do the voice of Judy Jetson for Jetsons: The Movie in 1989, but not before another hit following I Think to the top in 1988: Her song Could've been also made it to the top of the Billboard charts. Another one of her hits was Promises made (promises broken).

In '89 also, she bought a mansion that used to belong to action movie star Chuck Norris, but later sold it.

Her career suffered as musical tastes changed in the early 1990s, swinging away from teen pop towards harder-edged rock and rap. In 1992, she married make up artist Bulmaro Garcia and in September 17 of that year she gave birth to Elijah Garcia. In 1995, she moved to Nashville, and in 2002, she was the subject of an E! True Hollywood Story television show. She has made several attempts at comebacks through the 1990s and 2000s, in both country and pop music, and has done some touring over the years. She also had a greatest hits album released in Singapore and three in Japan, and she posed naked for Playboy magazine.

On August 1, 2004, after divorcing her first husband, she married a British man named Ben, and now spends most of her time in the United Kingdom.

Discography

Albums

  • 1987 Tiffany #1 US, #5 UK (1988 release)
  • 1988 Hold an Old Friend's Hand #17 US
  • 1988 I Saw Him Standing There (EP; Japanese release)
  • 1990 New Inside
  • 1993 Dreams Never Die (released in multiple Asian countries but not in the US)
  • 1994 Best of Best (Japanese release; greatest-hits compilation)
  • 1995 All The Best (Singapore release; greatest-hits compilation with 2 new songs)
  • 1996 Best One (Japanese release; greatest-hits compilation)
  • 1996 Greatest Hits (US release)
  • 2000 The Color of Silence

Hit singles

  • from "Tiffany"
    • 1987 "I Think We're Alone Now" #1 US, #1 UK (1988 release)
    • 1987 "Could've Been" #1 US, # 4 UK (1988 release)
    • 1988 "I Saw Him Standing There" #7 US, #8 UK
  • from "Hold an Old Friend's Hand"
    • 1988 "All This Time" #6 US
    • 1988 "Radio Romance" #35 US, #13 UK

In addition, her music has been on featured on countless soundtracks


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Another one of her hits was Promises made (promises broken). In May 2003, Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, inaugurated the "Moses" project, which will lay a series of 79 inflatable pontoons across the sea bed at the three entrances to the lagoon. She was signed to do the voice of Judy Jetson for Jetsons: The Movie in 1989, but not before another hit following I Think to the top in 1988: Her song Could've been also made it to the top of the Billboard charts. Some recent studies have suggested that the city is no longer sinking, but this is not yet certain; therefore, a state of alert has not been revoked. In '87 also, she cast a little known group by the name of New Kids On The Block to be the starting act on her concerts. In many old houses the ground floor is unoccupied due to the periodic floods, but people continue to live and work in the upper stories. Soon, she was vying with Debbie Gibson for space on the covers of many teen magazines, including Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others, and visiting multiple television shows on MTV, Fox, etc. However, the city is still threatened by more frequent low-level floods (so-called Acqua alta, "high water") that creep to a height of several centimeters over its quays, regularly following certain tides.

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. Also that year, a messy divorce between her mom and her stepfather occurred, when he was allegedly caught peeping on her. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast so that visitors now need to get a bus to the pier, from which watertaxi or Aliliguna waterbus can be used. Finally, in 1984, she was signed to a recording contract by George Tobin, who heard a demo tape she recorded and liked it. Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. In 1983, Tiffany's other sister, Cheressa Williams, is born. Ronald Kent Surut became her manager that year. The only unmotorized gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

Also that year, she was an opening act for Jerry Lee Lewis and for George Jones. The city also has many private boats. In 1982 Tiffany tours several cities in Alaska, earning 3,000 dollars for the tour. Most Venetians now travel by motorised waterbuses ("vaporetti") which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city's islands. Tiffany used to sing at a Los Angeles club named El Palomino when she was discovered by Hoyt Axton and his wife Mae Axton, who took her (Mae) to sing in Nashville, Tennessee, where she performs at the Ralph Emery Show. The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies, due to its cost. She passed a hat along the crowd afterward, and collected $235 in what would be her first career earning. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest carfree area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.

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Tiffany grew up in Norwalk, California. The Venetian military tradition also was notably cautious; they were more interested in achieving success with a minimum expense of lives and money than in the pursuit of glory. She is of Lebanese and Syrian descent. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a commissar) accompanied each army to keep an eye on things, especially the mercenaries. Tiffanie Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971 in Oklahoma), better known in the music world as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of "teen pop" hits during the late 1980s. Not only was efficiency not degraded, this policy saved Venice from the military takeovers that other Italian city states so often experienced. 1988 "Radio Romance" #35 US, #13 UK. By ancient law, no nobleman could command more than twenty-five men (to prevent against sedition by private armies), and while the position of Captain General was introduced in the mid-14th century, he still had to answer to a civilian panel of twenty "wise men".

1988 "All This Time" #6 US. The command structure in the army was different from that in the fleet. from "Hold an Old Friend's Hand"

    . Later in that century, uniforms were adopted that featured red-and-white stripes, and a system of honors and pensions developed. Throughout the 15th century, Venetian land forces were almost always on the offensive and were regarded as the most effective in Italy, largely because of the tradition of all classes carrying arms in defense of the city and official encouragement of general military training. 1988 "I Saw Him Standing There" #7 US, #8 UK. In its alliance with Florence in 1426, Venice agreed to supply 8,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry in time of war, and 3,000 and 1,000 in peacetime. 1987 "Could've Been" #1 US, # 4 UK (1988 release). Early in the 15th century, as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing army was organized, consisting of condottieri on contract.

    1987 "I Think We're Alone Now" #1 US, #1 UK (1988 release). As in other Italian cities, aristocrats and other wealthy men were cavalrymen while the city's conscripts fought as infantry. from "Tiffany"

      . The register of 1338 estimated that 30,000 Venetian men were capable of bearing arms; many of these were skilled crossbowmen. 2000 The Color of Silence. In times of emergency, all males between seventeen and sixty years were registered and their weapons were surveyed, with those called to actually fight being organized into companies of twelve. 1996 Greatest Hits (US release). In the 13th century, most Italian city states already were hiring mercenaries, but Venetian troops were still recruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria.

      1996 Best One (Japanese release; greatest-hits compilation). Though Venice was famous for its navy, its army was equally effective. 1995 All The Best (Singapore release; greatest-hits compilation with 2 new songs). The company of "Noble Bowmen" was recruited in the later 14th century from among the younger aristocracy and served aboard both war-galleys and armed merchantmen, with the privilege of sharing the captain's cabin. 1994 Best of Best (Japanese release; greatest-hits compilation). As weapons became more expensive and complex to operate, professional soldiers were assigned to help work merchant sailing ships and as rowers in galleys. 1993 Dreams Never Die (released in multiple Asian countries but not in the US). By 1303, crossbow practice had become compulsory in the city, with citizens training in groups.

      1990 New Inside. Rowing skills were encouraged through races and regattas. 1988 I Saw Him Standing There (EP; Japanese release). Debtors generally worked off their obligations rowing the galleys. 1988 Hold an Old Friend's Hand #17 US. Those from the city were chosen by lot from each parish, their families being supported by the remainder of the parish while the rowers were away. 1987 Tiffany #1 US, #5 UK (1988 release). Galley slaves did not exist in medieval Venice, the oarsmen coming from the city itself or from its possessions, especially Dalmatia.

      A reserve of some 25 (later 100) war-galleys was maintained in the Arsenal. The government required each merchant ship to carry a specified number of weapons (mostly crossbows and javelins) and armor; merchant passengers were also expected to be armed and to fight when necessary. By 1450, more than 3,000 Venetian merchant ships were in operation, and most of these could be converted when necessary into either warships or transports. After 1797, the city fell into a serious decline, with many of the old palaces and other buildings abandoned and falling into disrepair, although the Lido became a popular beach resort in the late 19th century.

      In 1866, along with the rest of Venetia, Venice became part of Italy. It was taken from Austria by the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 and became part of Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy, but was returned to Austria following Napoleon's defeat in 1814. The Austrians took control of the city on January 18, 1798. Venice became part of the Austrian-held Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia when Napoleon signed the Treaty of Campo Formio on October 12 1797.

      He removed the gates of the Ghetto and ended the restrictions on when and where Jews could live and travel in the city. Napoleon was seen as something of a liberator by the city's Jewish population. The French conqueror brought to an end the most fascinating century of its history: It was during the "Settecento" that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in Europe, greatly influencing art, architecture, and literature. After 1070 years, the Republic lost its independence when Napoleon Bonaparte on May 12, 1797, conquered Venice during the First Coalition.

      Venetian ambassadors sent home still-extant secret reports of the politics and rumours of European courts, providing fascinating information to modern historians. The second, more famous, occasion was on April 27, 1509, by order of Pope Julius II (see League of Cambrai). Venice was threatened with the interdict on a number of occasions and twice suffered its imposition. This apparent lack of zeal contributed to its frequently coming into conflict with the Papacy.

      Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox Roman Catholics, the state of Venice was notable for its freedom from religious fanaticism and it enacted not a single execution for religious heresy during the Counter-Reformation. In practice, a number of Doges were forced by pressure from their oligarchical peers to resign the office and retire into monastic seclusion when they were felt to have been discredited by perceived political failure. The chief executive was the Doge (duke), who, theoretically, held his elective office for life. War was regarded as a continuation of commerce by other means (hence, the city's early production of large numbers of mercenaries for service elsewhere).

      Venice remained a republic throughout its independent period and politics and the military were kept completely separate. The Cavalieri di San Marco was the only order of chivalry ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order without the government’s consent. Church and various private properties were tied to military service, though there was no knight tenure within the city itself. The Venetian governmental structure was a mix of Byzantine and Islamic systems, but the social order was entirely feudal.

      Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. Mark, symbol of Venice. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the Winged Lion of St. Venice became an imperial power following the Fourth Crusade, which (with Venetian aid) seized Constantinople in 1204 and established the Latin Empire.

      By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as Bergamo, Brescia, and Verona rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders. In building its maritime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the Aegean, including Cyprus and Crete, and became a major power-broker in the Near East. Later mainland possessions, which extended across Lake Garda as far west as the River Adda, were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against beligerent neighbors, partly to guarantee Alpine trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland wheat, on which the city depended. The Doge already carried the titles Duke of Dalmatia and Duke of Istria.

      The Republic of Venice seized the eastern shores of the Adriatic before 1200, mostly for commercial reasons, because pirates based there were a menace to trade. In the 12th century the essentials for the power of Venice were laid: the Arsenal was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the Brenner pass from Veronia in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172. Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable. Venice was a city state (an Italian thalassocracy or Repubblica Marinara, the other three being Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi).

      As the community continued to develop and as Byzantine power waned, however, an increasingly anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of autonomy and eventual independence. In the mid-8th century, the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of Pepin III and remained subject to the Byzantine Empire, at least theoretically. The city was founded as a result of the influx of refugees into the marshes of the Po estuary following the invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards in 568. See also Veneti..

      The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the spice trade) and art in the Renaissance. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. Venice (Italian Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto, population 274,000 (2003).

      "Venezuela" means "small Venice". arsenal, ciao, ghetto, gondola, lagoon, lido, Montenegro. Hugo Pratt (1927-1995), cartoonist and creator of Corto Maltese. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), legendary womanizer.

      Canaletto (1697-1768), painter. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), composer, musician. Titian (1477–1576), painter. Marco Polo (1254-1324), traveller.

      Venice and its lagoon are listed as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Venice is also famous world-wide for its unique Carnival. Mark the Evangelist. The city's patron is St.

      Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film Don't Look Now, based on a story by Daphne du Maurier. Death in Venice, a 1912 novel by Thomas Mann. William Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice. Giudecca.

      Lido. Isola Di San Michele. Torcello. Burano.

      Murano. Islands:

        . The Venetian Lagoon. The Bridge of Sighs.

        Rialto Bridge. Accademia. La Fenice opera house. The Arsenal.

        Other churches. Basilica di San Marco. Peggy Guggenheim Collection museum. Ca' Rezzonico.

        Ca' d'Oro. Palazzo Grassi. Doge's Palace. Piazza San Marco.