some of the best of pittsburgh pop
POP • Stephen Foster penned “Oh! Susanna” and “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” and was considered America’s first “pop” songwriter • Jazz guitarist George Benson got his start in Pittsburgh playing ukulele in local bars • Chris Kirkpatrick, founder of the pop group NSYNC, is a Pittsburgh native • Pittsburgh pre-teen Jackie Evancho’s got talent: a unique, gorgeous soprano voice • Pop diva Christina Aguilera started her career singing the national anthem at Penguins games • Famed hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa wears “Black and Yellow” to represent his hometown of Pittsburgh • Popular Rap star Mac Miller is gaining national acclaim with songs that reference Pittsburgh.
POP • Billy Gardell, lead character on TV’s “Mike and Molly,” grew up in Swissvale in East Pittsburgh • Shirley Joneswent from the Pittsburgh Playhouse to classic movie musicals. On TV she was the singing mom of “The Partridge Family” • America’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” fame, made his home here.
POP Called “Hollywood on the Mon” (short for Monongahela River, don’t ya know), Pittsburgh has made a name for itself in the film industry. • The Dark Knight Rises, 2012, starring Christian Bale as Batman • Love and Other Drugs, 2010, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway • Wonder Boys, 2000, with Michael Douglas and Frances McDormand • Silence of the Lambs, 1990,with an Academy Award-winning performance by Anthony Hopkins
•Night of the Living Dead, 1968, directed by Pittsburgh’s own George Romero
POP • Big Macs, Klondikes and Heinz Ketchup all cooked up here • First pull tab on cans of soda (or “pop” as we call it) • First B-I-N-G-O game • First Ferris Wheel • Mr. Yuk started by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh • Smiley emoticon :) created at Carnegie Mellon University
Hip-Hop artist and Pittsburgh native Mac Miller
Wiz on the cover of Rolling Stone
Fear the minivan. Its power to change has struck at the heart of pop culture: American drive-thru lines. As Heinz unveiled a new design for the mini packets of ketchup, the minivan was touted as the company’s reason for the change. Dave Ciesinski, group vice president and chief marketing officer for Heinz U.S. Consumer Products, says the top complaint about the tear-open style launched in 1968 was the lack of options to “dip and eat it on-the-go.”
In the future everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes. —Andy Warhol
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