roll hall of famer, gained prominent-- prompt flens in 1960s for backup artist for elvis presley, frank sinatraetha frank line, the beach boys, sam cook, the rightous brother, cher, war wick the mammas and papas. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now this is all about the lives, all of the lives as backup singers what is the difference between the skills it takes to be a backup singer and to be a lead singer. >> you have to have a good voice and you have to be able to sing first of all. >> stephen: all right, that seems to go for both. >> most lead singers can't sing background and most background singers can't sing leads. you have to learn how to blend and most lead singers can't because they're standing out front, really singing. so they can't blend with us in the background. >> stephen: background singers have to like sort of serve the needs of the song. >> help them out. >> stephen: help them out. okay. now did you ever sit back there and go i can sing better than that person? >> a lot. >> stephen: who was your favorite person to sing backup for. >> sam cook. >> stephen: . >> he was so swee

and frank sinatra came to atlanta for a concert to benefit the children. on stage, that's wayne's father, homer williams, with the black newspaper "atlanta world." >> how come you got no tuxedo on there on the stage looking like that there? >> backstage with sammy davis jr. in a photo which made the front page, that's future mayor kasim reed. >> i remember that. that's so cool meeting frank sinatra. >> as a young child, reed would help the volunteers searching atlanta's woods every saturday. >> we literally would walk through wooded areas chaperoned and we would walk for a period of time until about an hour before nightfall. >> but now a new twist in the murders. patrick baltazar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victim's clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. >> we're talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hundreds

mia farrow married frank sinatra when she was 19. that's not the same thing.natra of being a child molester or mia farrow of being a child molester. this is a relationship that was sanctioned by law. when they were permitted to marry they have married, have been married for 17 years, they have two teenage children. the fact that people think that she was his daughter is just not true. >> he never formally adopted her. >> no. she was andre previn's daughter period. there's no denying that. >> he was with her mother, right, in a sexual relationship. >> yes. >> so you could see where people could get that concern. >> i don't see the relationship between that, having a relationship with a 19-year-old takes you to very dramatically serious charge that he molested a 7-year-old. i don't see the connection nor did the yale new haven group. >> we appreciate your take the time to joins tonight. still to come, how a man says he stayed alive while lost at sea for more than a year. jeanne moos is next. >>> is it a real-life version of "cast away." a man claims he spent a y

the new york daily news called his act animalism that should be confined to diners and bordellos frank sinatras deplorable, a rancid, smelling a aphrodisiac that foster's poor relationships. some say the culture will constantly decay and tell weeds around in a cesspool of smut. michael moynihan says that we should chill out. a columnist for the daily beast to writes about pop culture. >> i do. john: this is much more sexual than anything my generation did. >> is it really? madonna did a book called sex. look. john: older than cyrus. >> twenty-one years old 25, 30? what has been the effect of this teen pregnancy rates are down quite precipitously. sexually transmitted lead disease rates are down. we are offended by this stuff dip. people say i turned off. you do? not many people do. what is the effect? people say we are overly centralized which is bad. how? we have to ask the follow-up question. john: more likely to have sex young, to not for help the relationships. >> but they're is a truth to that. there is less sex among young people. look at these studies and the trend lines. there are all

he lays out his case and addresses rumors that his son may actually be frank sinatra's child? >>> plus, we dig deeper into the story of the mysterious cast away. did he really survive 13 months at sea? his extraordinary account and new information about his condition this hour. >>> it didn't take long for controversy to hit the 2014 sochi olympic games. it happened right at the opening ceremonies. extremely controversial former olympian was chosen to light the olympic torch. three-time figure skating champion stirring outrage around world last year, after sending a racially offensive tweet the posting was a photograph of the president and mrs. obama with a banana photo shopped in the foreground as you see there. nick paton walsh is here from sochi, russia. nick, was this a political jab from the russian president, vladimir putin? >> hard to tell in many ways but i'm sure they were fully mindful of that recent controversy. very well known olympic athlete here, muchlt approximately gold medal winner. a very well known figure amongst the russian public. that's the justification c

allen argues legal details and addresses personal matters from his marriage to soon-yi to frank sinatra. one must ask did dylan even wright the letter or was she guided by her mother. dylan spoke out after the director was honored at this year's "golden globes". she described in detail alleging sexual abuse in the attic of her home at age 7. allen denies it saying the attic was never a place i would goes because it's a tiny and closed and camped spot. for years allen has accused his one time partner of her and her sisters of manipulating out of spite. dylan denies. my mother never coached me. she was hoping against hope that i had made it up. in a statement to abc news, dylan added, i won't let the truth be buried, and i won't be silenced. also speaking out, the retired prosecutor who takes issue with allen's charge saying he saw no compelling evidence that dylan was manipulated telling abc news i gave ms. farrow to be in the room during the questioning of dylan. she said, no, you try to talk to her. this was not a woman trying to manipulate a child. criminal charges were never filed. h

. >> yes, morning with frank sinatra and in the evening with frank zappa and then in the afternoon, buckif you're able to do everything, the industry only wants you to do one thing and that's what they want to sell. and i think a lot of backup singers because of their versatility have a hard time figuring out what that singular thing is. >> judith hill, viewers may know her because she was going to be on the michael jackson tour, preparation for that tour that never happened, she got a lot of attention because she went very deep on the voice. but she even had a moment where, in between the jackson thing and "the voice" she ended up being a backup singer and she did it in disguise on television. people. >> it is. it's interesting when judith was on "this "the voice" she already made it she is a backup singer, but all the time we were making this show, judith was sleeping in her childhood bedroom in her parents house, trying to get a record deal. just because you are on the stage with michael jackson doesn't mean you have the route to stardom. but judith has been signed to a contract. osca

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it begins with a "vanity fair" piece in which mia farrow says frank sinatra might be the father of --de this up? >> -- of her son. if you know how you get a "vanity fair" piece. you don't do it because you have recently done good works like mia and her son ronan who is heretoever forenev heretoforenever had a paying job. >> i think that is reprehensible that you are saying that dylan farrow as a woman and she started saying this when she was seven. but it's reprehensible that you are saying that she is making this up to get her brother a show which sounds like what you are saying. >> i'm saying that her mother is making this up. it's not reprehensible if it's true. >> how could you say that again? >> that's how you get a "vanity fair" piece, number one. number two -- >> but you were just -- >> i'm sorry, you were castigating people for saying we don't know the details. how do you know that mia farrow made this up to get the piece. >> i said what mia farrow was agree to -- >> trade something? >> -- revisit this scandal to get -- >> dylan wrote an open letter making the same exact alleg

allen argues legal details and addresses personal matters, from his marriage to soon-yi to frank sinatra. but foremost he accuses mia farrow of coaching their adopted daughter dylan, then and now. "one must ask, did dylan even write the letter or was it at least 2k3w50ided by her mother?" dylan, now 28, spoke out in the "new york times" after the director was honored at this year's golden globes. she described in detail alleged sexual abuse in the attic of her home at age 7. in his letter allen denies it saying "the attic was never a place i'd go because it's a tiny closed spot and i'm a major claustrophobe." for years allen has cuesed his one-time co-star in hannah and her sisters for manipulating them out of spite. "my north never coached me. she was dris draw the when i told her. she was hoping against hope i made it up." juju cheng, abc news in new york. >>> new at 11:00 a petaluma company is recalling more than 8 million pounds of meat products. the rancho feeding corporation processed diseased animals without federal inspection. 18 products in all are being recalled including beef

a piece in vanity fair where mia farrow says frank sinatra might be her son's father. she doesn't say he is, might be. she reveals this in an article in a magazine. now, i know quite a bit before what makes a vanity fair article, and mia farrow who at that time, and her son were at a -- mia was a do-gooder, her son was yet to have a paying job, he was a do gooder, and they used this article to effectively launch ronan farrow's career, you do that in vanity fair not by being a do gooder you have to offer something. they offered a rehash of this scandal. this scandal became suddenly a kind of currency for them. and this went on, and then he got his msnbc job. and by the way, i'll contradict mr. dershowitz again, you know, ronan, for everyone who does what i do in new york ronan has been for the last number of months kind of eye opening, a kind of desperate to be a celebrity guy around town. and i think this is one of the things that you have to see at the center of this, they get something out of it. >> michael, let me ask you this, he's not on the payroll. >> yeah, but

after a letter was printed online by a friend of mia and pharoah and the daughter would could be frank sinatra'son. the troubling thing, is the media are used to exacerbate an ugly and long running family fight. >> next, gretchen carlson and the on-line attack that target female commentators and jay leno signs off on "the tonight show." legs up! verizon has free tablets and ee phones. get here anyway you can. good job! free tablets. free phones. on the best network. only at verizon. get tablets like the verizon ellipsis 7 free. and when you trade in your old smartphone, you can get the samsung galaxy s4 free. or the droid maxx by motorola free. plus get a data plan with unlimited talk and text for as low as $45. this week only. getting free tablets and phones on the best network. that's powerful. verizon. because an empty pan is a blank canvas. [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. [ woman #3 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. whatever the dish. make it delicious with swanson. zloo in my opinion in the public eye learns to deal with vitriol online. but

darlene love would tell me about going in to sessions in the morning with frank sinatra and in the evening between they would do bucco ens, that takes incredible dexterity to be able to do that. but it's actually one of the difficult things about that transition from the backup role to the fore tkpwrourpbgsd which iforeground which is ifyou are e industries only wants to you do anything and that's what they want to sale. and a lot of backup singers base of their versatility have a hard time figuring out what the singular thing is they want to do because they can do it all. >> you profiled judith hill who is spectacular, viewers might know her because she was going to the michael jackson tour and shows enough that movie of the tour, the preparation for that tour that never happened. she got a lot of attention because she went very deep on "the voice chilling. she even had a moment in between the jackson thing and "the voice" they was chefs a backup singer and did it in disguise on television. it's really a struggle. >> it is. when judith got voted out i looked at the comments and it was bac

now to a super bowl version of frank sinatra's "new york new york" these kids have become hometown heroesnt to be a part of it new york new york ♪ >> we're cueing our own kick line. big props to the teachers mrs. stone and mrs. burke who organized this. your favorite part. it wouldn't be a super bowl without delicious snacks. the executive chef at delaware north sports service is behind all the delicacies at metlife stadium and told us he wanted to show off the best of new york and new jersey's food scene. >> we wanted to feel like new york street festival as you come into the building. >> chef eric has been good enough to deliver us with some of the sandwiches folks will be snacking on at the game. first is the kitchen sink sandwich. hot dogs and sausage fried peppers still going, onion, potato, creamy vinegar based dressing. next is a corn beef hoagie and meatball hoagie. >> how do you eat with two foam hands on. >> we'd like to see you try. we'll have all these recipes on our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and 47 brand, our supporters hat, they're a family run business and l

it's like watching frank sinatra in vegas. you know all the hits. until you actually hear them live or see them brought to reality, you don't quite feel it in the same way. and i've sat there in this big screening room with only a few of us. it was like one after another here come these amazing, famous moments you know about. and there it is as it happened in this dramatic way. and it felt very modern, you know, really powerful. i could go on about the movie for a long time. i'm sure you'd like me to but i'm not going to. let's talk about you two because you shouldn't really be married. and i'll explain to viewers why. i'm actually irish. i'm from southern ireland originally. and i know from my background and my brother's in the british army, british army colonel now, that you as a british paratrooper should never really have fallen in love or been allowed to fall in love with a woman from derry, from the bog side because politically that is about as sensitive as it could possibly get. for you, roma, you grew up i guess in an area where the british

now to a super bowl version of frank sinatra's "new york new york," these first graders have become hometownk. ♪ start spreading the news i'm leaving today ♪ >> ah. ♪ i want to be a part of it new york new york ♪ >> so cute. >> we're cueing our own kick line. big props to the teachers who organized this video, mrs. stone and mrs. burke. and now for your favorite part, guys. it wouldn't be a super bowl without some delicious snacks. >> nice. >> eric torggia is the executive chef at delaware north sports service is behind all the game day delicacies at metlife stadium and he told us he wanted to show off the best of new york and new jersey's food scene. >> we want it to feel like a new york street festival as you're coming into the building. >> chef eric has been good enough to deliver us with some of the sandwiches folks will be snacking on at the game. first is the kitchen sink sandwich. it's got hot dogs and sausage, fried peppers, still going, onions, potatoes. >> whoa. >> creamy vinegar-based dressing. next is a corn beef hoagie and montafusco's meatball hoagie. >> how do you eat with two

from his marriage to frank sinatra but foremost he accused mia pharaoh of coaching their adopted daughter. he said did dillon even write the letter? dillon, now 28, spoke out after the director was honored at this year's golden globes. she described in details alleged sexual abuse in the attic of her home at age 7. he denied it. the attic is never a place i would go because i'm a tinien lacrossed spot and i'm a claw phone. for years he accused them of manipulating their daughter out of spite. a charge the mother denies. >> my mother never coached me. she was hoping against hope i made it up abc news, new york. >> a petaluma company is recalling more than 8 million pounds of meat products. the department of agriculture said the rancho processed products without. each box has a case code number ending in 3 or 4. the products were made from january, 2013 to january, 2014. they were shipped to california, illinois, texas and florida. >>> this morning equal rights advocates are hailing a historic announcement on same-sex marriage. speaking to the human rights campaign gill law last night, u.s.

there's no connection between marrying a 19-year-old -- mia farrow married frank sinatra when she waslationship that was sanctioned by law when they were committed to marry. they married. that have been married for 17 years. they have two teenage children. the fact that people think that she was his daughter is just not true. >> he never formally adopted her. >> no. and there's no denying that. >> but he was with her mother in a sexual relationship and then -- >> yes. >> you can see where people could get that. >> i don't see the relationship between that, having a relationship with a 19-year-old takes you to very dramatically serious charges that he molested a 7-year-old. i don't see the connection. nor did the yale new haven group. >> thank you very much. we appreciate you taking the time. >>> still to come, how a man says he staid alive while lost at sea for more than a jeer. jeanne moos is next. [ female announcer ] you know the little song he'll hum as he gets dressed. you know the shirt he'll choose... the wine he'll order. you know him. yet now, after exploring vineyards in the

. >> frank sinatra next time? >> i will try. >> thanks, dom. see you later. courtney? >> a good day for online travel site expedia, hitting a record high a day after posting better than expected quarterly profits. other online travel agencies rose in sympathy, no surprise. look at that. up more than 12%. sue, back to you. >> thank you very much. well, we asked at the top of the show, now we hope to get an answer from steve liesman, what is to blame for the second weak jobs number in a row? is it the weather? is it the economy? perhaps a combination of both? what are you finding out? >> weather or not is the question. it's simply hard to find weather affecting this number today. the 113,000 jobs created falling 72,000 short of the expectation, and 82,000 below the number of jobs we have been creating on average for the prior three months. worse, it's the second disappointing month in a row. one month is not a trend. neither may be two. but you have to begin to wonder. it's hard to find the weather affecting this number. there was no decline in construction, a place you

with mia farrow's daughter outraged mia as improper despite the fact she had dated a much older frank sinatra no one has ruled what is central to the case, whether he molested her or not. wronk any court err will. >> i reached out to mia farrow. dylan released this statement saying allen's op ed is the latest rehash of the same legalese dis orgss and outright lies he has levelled at me for the past 20 years. for his part allen concluded his piece saying this will be his final word on the matter. we've reached out to reps for allen, and as expected, they had no comment. erica. >> kristen, thank you. >>> we want to head outside. dylan has a final check of the weather for us. good morning. >> good morning. what a crowd we have out here on the plaza this morning. on a saturday morning. this is fantastic. thank you, everybody, for being here. we're looking at pretty decent weather in the northeast today, although it is a little bit chilly. we've got rain down in the southeast too. much needed rain on the west coast. a couple of inches possible with feet of mountain snow. then tomorrow a little bit

. >> on every sign there is hero worship that recalls the heydays of elvis presley situate and frank sinatra i had my sign, my girlfriend was holding up their sign. >> we held them up because they were convinced they would see the sign and pluck us from the streets and make us their girlfriends. >> what was it that hit you. >> it was so different than anything i had heard. it was something everybody needed. >> i particularly did. i didn't have a great relationship at home and this was something i could really embrace and it made me that much happier. >> reporter: whatever fans were getting from the beatles -- ♪ -- it off started with the music. >> at that 1962 through the break yawp in 1970 they wrote and recorded roughly 200 songs. >> it's been a hard day's night. >> and then there were the films, the changing hairstyles and fashion, the counter culture statements, but most important, their music kept evolving. >> there are places i remember all my life. >> >> reporter: most, pop culture figures, become well-known and then they stop growing. they keep doing what got them there. >> the beatl

you know, we've come a long way from joe kennedy warning frank sinatra to stay away from his son, jackh, i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that, you know, ted nugent is a very strange looking guy so a lot of the, you know, the conservative people who don't have any qualms at all about appearing with nicely tailored, nicely quaffed confederates are a little weary about hanging around with a wild man rocker in a loin cloth. >> they haven't been wary of it before, though. i think abbott thought -- abbott put this on the schedule. abbott is a guy who "a" is not facing any serious primary challenge. he did this for this small early voting event on the first day of the primary. i think he must have thought he was going to get away with it. >> i think he probably will. i think within the bubble, that is the conservative and republican politics now, there are more people who will think he is a brave fighter against political correctness than revolted by ted nugent. that's a sad thing to say, but i think that's what it is. >> do you think there's a kind of, i don't know, death wish is

to sing backup for other singers and she diddet for the best of them including elvis presley, frank sinatras, she never knew fame. she eventually quit singing and became a maid to support herself. this year she's in a documentary "20 feet from stardom." i looked up and said, okay, all right, darlene, this is not where you're supposed to be. since then she's worked her way to the top of the music world and has sung christmas "baby, please come home" and worked for david letterman since 1986. in 2011 she was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. rolling stone called her one of the greatest singers of all time. >> a lot of other artists agree with that. darlene love, welcome. >> good morning, good morning. >> you were initially hesitant to participate in this document rehntry, why? >> because over the years people ask you to do things, put something in a book, would you write something, you never get any credit for it. so two of my very good friends lou and richard said, talk to this man, he's for real. i said, okay, you guys say to talk to him, i will. >> you say your job was to be ba

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. >> reporter: there's miles davis and frank sinatra, humphrey bogart and lauren bacall. >> reporter:different look. for a different era. >> you know the funny thing about cool, it's no the that easy to define. but it's like you know it when you see it. look at that. >> reporter: it was counterculture, steve mcqueen bob dylan. >> of course jimi hendrix. >> yes, no exhibition would be complete without jimmy. >> reporter: certainly not one on cool. ♪ oh, foxy lady ♪ >> reporter: today's legacy of cool includes people like willie nelson kurt cobain prince and quinton tarantino. and cool doesn't always run in families or couples. >> so jay z is cool? >> absolutely. >> beyonce is not. >> extraordinary musician perhaps the great female musician of her era but not cool. look at jay z. that's cool. >> reporter: now the american cool exhibit also provides a list of those who didn't quite make the cut. the alt 100. the curators toll me the figure who provoked the most heated debate was jerry garcia. half of the selection panel said he has to be in it. the other half said if he's in it, we're no

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