Annie Hindle

Annie Hindle was the first popular male impersonator performer in the United States. Born in the 1840s in England, she and her adoptive mother, Ann Hindle, migrated to New York City in 1868. Hall performed as a male impersonator in solo acts and in minstrel shows from 1868 to 1886.

Early life

Annie Hindle was born in England in the mid-1840s and adopted by Ann Hindle. Annie Hindle had an affinity for both singing and wearing men's clothes at an early age and began performing on the musical stage at the age of six. Hindle and her mother moved to the United States in 1868.

Male impersonation career

Hindle performed as a male impersonator on the American variety stage from 1868 and 1886 and received high reviews and steady bookings. Her skills in male impersonation astounded her audience. A review of one of her performances at the Adelphi Theater in Galvenston, Texas, noted, "Annie Hindle has proved a great success. As a male impersonator her sex is so concealed that one is apt to imagine that it is a man who is singing."

Annie (given name)

Annie is the diminutive of feminine given names. It may refer to:

Name used in fiction

Life Left to Go

Life Left to Go is the debut full-length album by alternative rock band SafetySuit, released on May 13, 2008, through Universal Motown Records. It was produced by Greg Archilla, who had previously collaborated with SafetySuit on their independent EP. The album produced three singles, the most successful of which were "Stay" and "Someone Like You"; both charted on several Billboard charts in 2008 and 2009. The song "Annie" was also released as a single in late 2009. The album was met with a highly positive response by critics.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Douglas Brown. 

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic

Critical reception

Life Left to Go received highly favorable reviews from critics. Tom Spinelli of Melodic.net, who gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, declared that "if you are looking for the modern rock album of the year, this may be a top contender in your collection", as "SatefySuit releases their masterful, epic debut Life Left To Go with enormous melodic power".Alternative Addiction described Life Left to Go as "easily the best debut album so far in 2008", praising both frontman Doug Brown as "an impressive vocalist...[who] absolutely gets what it takes to make a great song--good melody and good lyrics", and Dave Garofolo, whose guitar work he called "original and unorthodox...[He is] what makes SafetySuit unique".Sputnikmusic notes that "it’s hard to point out the best songs because nothing in here is disappointing", and that SafetySuit "really seem[s] to have a bright future in the music industry". However, they do criticize the band for the narrow topical range in their lyrics, saying that "my only problem resides on the lyrical part, they’re all about love songs and relationship issues."

Annie (1999 film)

Annie is a 1999 American made-for-television musical-comedy-drama film from The Wonderful World of Disney, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Columbia Pictures. It stars Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, and introducing Alicia Morton as the titular character. It is based on the 1982 film and the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name, as well as the 1924 Little Orphan Annie comic strip by Harold Gray. This is Disney's and Columbia's first collaboration since Columbia distributed some of Disney's short animated films in the 1930s.

It aired on ABC on November 7, 1999 and was released January 25, 2000 on VHS and DVD. This version earned two Emmy Awards and a 1999 George Foster Peabody Award.

Plot

Eleven-year-old orphan Annie was left at a girls' orphanage when she was an infant. With her was half a heart-shaped locket with a key hole, and a note from her parents saying they'd come back for her. The orphanage is run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan, who starves the orphans and makes them suffer. Tired of waiting for her parents, Annie tries to escape to find them, but is caught by Miss Hannigan. When Miss Hannigan gets distracted, Annie hides in the dirty laundry bin and she finally succeeds in running away. While out on her own, Annie befriends a dog, whom she names Sandy. But a policeman catches her and returns her to the orphanage. When billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to take in an orphan for Christmas, his secretary, Grace Farrell, chooses Annie. She is brought to his wealthy estate and bathes in a grand life.