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BLOG,2008
2007,
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FLEETWOODS SPOTLIGHT
GRETCHEN |
AWARDS &
DISTINCTIONS |
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Awards & Distinctions
of Gretchen Christopher &
The Fleetwoods
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THE FLEETWOODS elected to VOCAL GROUP HALL OF
FAME, 2006 . Induction, Concert and Festivities will take place in Summer of 2008. See
www.vocalgroup.org
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2007 Billboard Critics' Picks
The Billboard staff, along with the freelance writers
who contribute to the magazine and the Web site,
represent a vast range of musical tastes. The proof is
in is our annual Critics' choice roundup, where all
parties are invited to submit a list of their top 10
favorite albums, singles or musical events of the past
year.
While Billboard's various charts reflect the retail
sales of albums and the sales and airplay of singles,
these lists are based only the personal favorites of
staff and contributors.
Gretchen's SWEET SIXTEEN (SUITE 16)
a 2007 Billboard Critics' Pick for 10 BEST ALBUMS
The autobiographical 16-song concept album,
self-produced by Songwriter-Artist Gretchen
Christopher,
six
decades in the writing (the BMI Million Airs
Songwriter already has nearly 3 million U.S. air
plays of her first song, "Come Softly To Me", which
also appears on the album), four years in the
producing (recorded in Los Angeles, Dallas, Seattle,
Tacoma), now released on Olympia's new Gold Cup
Music label, Gretchen's SWEET SIXTEEN (Suite
16) is a pick of Billboard.com Chart Beat
columnist Fred Bronson for 10 BEST ALBUMS of 2007.
Author of The Billboard Book of #1 Hits (in which
Christopher's first song "Come Softly To Me"
appears), Bronson writes for the bible of the
industry (see
www.billboard.com), "The former Fleetwoods
singer, born Feb. 29, celebrates her '16th birthday'
by turning her life into a stunning suite of 16
songs."
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Experience Music Project
- EMP Grand Opening and Northwest Passage Exhibits: 2000 - 2007
Gold Records and 1st Tour Costume of Gretchen Christopher of The
Fleetwoods on display. |
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Doo Wopp HALL OF FAME of
America, Induction of THE FLEETWOODS, March, 2006 |
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Olympia High School
Alumni HALL OF FAME, Induction of THE FLEETWOODS,
accepted by the trio's
Founder, Female Lead Singer and BMI Million Airs Songwriter
GRETCHEN CHRISTOPHER,
performing autobiographical solo CD's just-recorded Title
Song, "Sweet Sixteen." May 23, 2005.
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Broadcast Music, Inc. - 1997 BMI MILLION AIRS
AWARD
to SONGWRITERS Gretchen Christopher,
Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel and "Come Softly To Me"
SPECIAL CITATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT: for over 2,000,000 USA Radio
Broadcasts.
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Music & Performing Arts Angels' top honor -
1994, THE ANGEL VICTORY AWARD
- to Gretchen Christopher -
"Inspirational Star, Singer, Composer, Recording
Artist, Dancer, Choreographer."
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Southern California Motion Picture Council's top honor
1992
Jeanie Golden Halo Eagle
"SUPERSTAR AWARD"
to
"Gretchen Christopher
Actress, Singer, Composer,
For your contributions to the Entertainment Industry and Performing
Arts."
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Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation for Bob Hope USO Show, Las
Vegas, 1990.
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PRESENTER, Gretchen Christopher,
Northwest Area Music Association NAMA Awards, 1988 & 89. |
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Northwest MUSIC
HALL OF FAME, The Fleetwoods, among the five
premier INDUCTEES, 1988,
including Jimi Hendrix, The
Fabulous Wailers, Little Bill & The Blue Notes.
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CITIZEN DIPLOMAT to the SOVIET UNION, 1985:
Gretchen Christopher, Ballet Dancer, Composer, Recording Artist,
toured
Leningrad and Moscow to meet with Soviet counterparts and
create a dialogue for peace.
Gretchen distributed 100 copies of The Fleetwoods'
Greatest Hits, as gifts of peace, behind the Iron Curtain,
One of
77 Citizen
Diplomats (including Mike Farrell, Shelley Fabares, Dennis
Weaver)
People For Planetary
Peace / PROJECTS FOR PLANETARY PEACE.
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COMPOSERS of music & lyrics of song used
in soundtracks of major
MOTION PICTURES. Screen
credits, 1980s to present.
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ARTISTS of hits used
on soundtracks in major MOTION
PICTURES. Screen credits, 1970s
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BMI MILLION AIRS Songwriters
SPECIAL CITATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT,
1978,
for over 1,000,000
Radio Broadcasts of "Come
Softly To Me" in the U.S. alone.
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Recipients, BMI Songwriter Citations of Achievement,
1959
(Broadcast Music, Inc.), in recognition of the
great national popularity attained by "Come Softly To Me."
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MILLION SELLER SONGWRITERS of the 1st GOLD
RECORD produced in the Northwest, the
Nation's
#1 RECORD, and BEST SELLING SHEET MUSIC in
U.S.A. & U.K., "Come Softly To Me".
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THE FLEETWOODS' Founder,
Female Lead Vocalist/Arranger/Songwriter
and Choreographer,
GRETCHEN CHRISTOPHER
contracted as MANAGER and SOLE
AUTHORIZED CONTRACTOR of
THE
FLEETWOODS***
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The only group to have two #1 Records in the USA in
1959 (by actual sales, as reported by top three trade magazines, The
Billboard, Music Reporter, and Cashbox, on whose cover The
Fleetwoods appeared). |
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First group in the world to have multiple #1
Records top The Billboard Hot 100 in a single year
and, according
to The Billboard Book of #1 Records, the only group to
achieve this in the first seven years of Rock 'n' Roll history.
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2 Gold
Records (now equivalent to Platinum), the first ever earned by
an Artist on a Northwest label:
The Fleetwoods'
"Come Softly To Me" and "Mr. Blue"
on Dolton Records. One
million sales each, in year of release.
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11 Hit Singles, for a total of 110 weeks on The
Billboard Hot 100
(nine Top 40, three of these Top 10, two #1).
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15 Albums & 6 CDs, 1959-1990s (not including EPs and foreign
releases). |
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Order autographed SWEET SIXTEEN! (SUITE 16)
CD here |
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Order autographed
"Mr. Blue" CD here! |
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