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Hugh Laurie Has a Hot 100 Hit

Mostly, it’s business as usual on the Hot 100 this week. With Adele’s post-VMAs sales high wearing off a bit, Maroon 5 bounce back up to #1 with “Moves Like Jagger,” and after “Someone Like You” at #2, the top five is rounded out by Foster the People, LMFAO and Bad Meets Evil, all of whom have been bouncing around the chart’s upper region for some weeks now. The biggest debut comes from Kelly Clarkson, whose “Mr Know It All” sees a respectable first-week showing at #18, the second-highest debut on the chart for Kelly’s career. All in all, a pretty boring week in Billboard land.

But if you read Gary Trust’s preliminary column about next week’s chart, the most interesting piece of information contained therein is buried towards the very bottom:

Hugh Laurie, aka, Dr. Gregory House of Fox’s “House, M.D.,” earns his first Hot 100 hit, as “Police Dog Blues” enters at No. 58 (46,000 downloads). Parent album “Let Them Talk” bows on the Billboard 200 at No. 16 and Blues Albums at No. 1 with 20,000 copies sold.

Huh? I mean, we were vaguely aware that Laurie had a musical career of some sort in the works, but we had no idea his song—a nice, if unexceptional blues number, which sounds like it’s sung neither with his real-life British accent or the American one he adopted for House—was making that kind of impact. What’s more, we can’t really trace where the impact is coming from—Laurie isn’t even on the iTunes 100 list, nor has he been to our knowledge over the last week, and the song certainly doesn’t seem like the type to get much help from radio.

Source: http://popdust.com/2011/09/14/hugh-laur ... t-100-hit/

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Dr. House has the Blues

Hugh Laurie has taken it upon himself to prove that he really can do anything.

Although he started his career as a bumbling twit on British television and published a decent novel back in 1996, Laurie has more recently been garnering acclaim for the title role in his American drama, “House M.D.” He once again tests the limits of his talent with the release of his first music album, Let Them Talk.

Let Them Talk is a compilation of New Orleans-style blues, gospels and traditional American folk music. Some songs remain classic, others are given a new twist, but it is all surprisingly well done.

My personal favorite off the disc was “St. James Infirmary.” Laurie’s gorgeous piano playing in this piece really sets the mood for the rest of the album, and shows off the immense skill this man possesses.

For audiences, the most standout aspect of this album will undoubtably be Laurie’s piano playing. Fans of “House” may already be aware of his musical talent, as he regularly plays on the show. Laurie tracks piano for each of the songs as well as often lending vocals. It is his passion resonating from the keys in each piece that makes the album so enjoyable to listen to.

Other highlights include “Buddy Bolden’s Blues,” where Laurie vocalizes about 3 different characters, “Police Dog Blues,” which features Laurie on guitar rather than the ivories, and “Battle of Jericho” and “Winin’ Boy Blues,” each of which include a great tempo and more fabulous piano accompaniment.

The biggest surprise from this release, however, is the actor’s singing voice. Choosing an American accent to better fit with the style, Laurie’s raspy growl is reminiscent of a lesser Randy Newman. Joined by Blues greats such as Irma Thomas, Tom Jones and Laurie’s idol Dr. John on guest vocals, Laurie is not the best by far, but he certainly holds his own.

In a world where audiences usually find themselves dismally disappointed by entertainment hybrids (Disney, we are looking at you), Let Them Talk is worth the purchase.

Illustration: Alex Bailey
Source: http://whitmanpioneer.com/arts/2011/09/ ... the-blues/

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@HughLaurieBlues Looking good at The Mint!

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Hugh at The Mint

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Hier ist der Link zu "Great Performances" ist etwas anders als "Down by the River"
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meine war 35 € und das fand ich schon teuer