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Checking in on the Big Show Star Phone is a young woman from Staten Island who’s looking to crack the Top 10 of the current season of American Idol, Julia Gargano!

Katy Perry seems to LOVE Julia! So, did her top 5 prediction put a lot of pressure on her? Listen now!

Julia is a 22-year-old from Staten Island, NY, currently a senior at the College of Saint Rose in Albany and is learning remotely as she competes on Idol. Her musical influences include Paul Simon, Rufus Wainright and Thom Yorke from Radiohead.

Julia has performed “Human” by Christina Perri, “Glitter in the Air” by P!nk, “The Joke” by Brandi Carlisle, and her original song “Growing Pains” for her audition on the program.

She famously told the judges during her audition, “I’m annoyingly proud to be from Staten Island.”

We're annoying proud of you, too, Julia!

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Checking in on the star phone is a man who’s sold over 75 million records as one of The Monkees -- and as a solo artist!

Micky Dolenz is back on the Shannon in the Morning program to talk about his new album The Monkees Live: THE MIKE & MICKY SHOW which is out now!

It was recorded during Micky and Mike Nesmith’s 2019 tour shortly after the death of Peter Tork. The late Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne who passed away earlier this month due to coronavirus complications, produced The Monkees' previous album, Good Times!, back in 2016. That was their first new album in 25 years and charted in the top 20! 

"I'm just sick to death over that," says Dolenz about the passing of Schlesinger. "Why is it always the good people? And then buttheads like me just keep going forever."

"I still think about it almost every day, Dolenz continued. "He was such a great guy, a gentleman, and funny, and so smart. And obviously an incredible producer, writer, performer. I wrote a song with him on 'Good Times!.' I just can't believe it. That's by far the closest person to me that's been affected and I think about him all the time. What a loss."

The new album features 25 hits and fan favorites spanning The Monkees' entire career from 1966’s “Last Train To Clarksville” to 2016’s “Me & Magdalena.”

Listen above as Micky discusses he's been up to during the coronavirus pandemic and plans for the future with Scott Shannon, Patty Steele, and the rest of the Shannon in the Morning crew.

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Brad Blanks chats with Jewel about the documentary she produced with Deepak Chopra, The Mindfulness Movement, which gives some great insight into her belief in staying centered, a spiritual toolkit she feels has helped her over the years.

Brad Blanks caught up with his long-time pal Ricky Gervais and the big show had the privilege of airing the hilarious 2-part interview this week!

In part 1, we find out that Ricky is locked down in London. They talk about his hit Netflix show “Afterlife,” a show that has some strong drama but it is still pierced with Gervais’ brutal comedy. Every day at 1pm New York Time, 6pm London Time, Ricky has been live streaming himself chatting about things…. He opens that with a song that he loves every day and they get to talking about a bunch of topics.

In Part 2 of Brad’s interview with Ricky Gervais, they start with the global headlines Ricky set off when he talked about “Celebrities crying in their mansions.” They then discuss the success of the US version of “The Office,” what it’s like at the Golden Globes after he has roasted the room, and more.

“Afterlife” season 2 is streaming now on Netflix.

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Merrick, Long Island, singer Debbie Gibson now resides in Las Vegas and is watching the coronavirus pandemic unfold here from afar.

While infection rates in Nevada pale in comparison to what's happening in New York, all of the entertainment has been brought to a standstill nationwide, so Debbie is doing her best to support the arts by participating in as many Zoom fundraisers as she can.

She will be part of a Broadway benefit on Monday, April 27th to help The Actors Fund. Check it out at WWW.MONDAYSDARK.COM.

Debbie just returned to the top 10 of the Billboard charts for the first time since 1989 with her dance song "Girls Night Out," and she's super proud of it.

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"People try to count you out over and over and over when you start young," she proudly told us. "And I've just like kinda been waiting for a little bit of an 'I told you so moment' I'm not gonna lie."

In other Debbie news, you can get a personalized video message from her on Cameo! Go set one up! It’s a great birthday gift for family or friends.

Debbie also has a fun hand washing PSA on YouTube!

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He's sold over 50 million records as the front man of Styx and as a solo artist, and he's trying to get into the stand-up comedy business, Dennis DeYoung should've been on a plane headed to Atlantic City for a show instead he's quarantined talking to us!

Dennis has a new album called "26 East: Volume 1," it was supposed to be his last album but he had so much material he split it up into two volumes.

Two tracks from the record are available to listen to right now at www.DENNISDEYOUNG.com  

“To The Good Old Days” is a duet with Julian Lennon that Dennis wrote as a tribute to the Beatles, he says "if i hadn't seen the Beatles in February of '64 i wouldn't be a professional singer." Dennis never met Julian before recording the song.

April 21st is an important day for Tony Orlando, because back in 1973 “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” by Dawn hit #1 and spent 4 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart, but it doesn't stop there.

"Tie A Yellow Ribbon" sold 3 million records in the US in just three weeks, and BMI says that radio stations had played it 3 million times from seventeen continuous years of airplay. Billboard also ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1973.

And in 2018, Billboard ranked the song as the 46th biggest song of all time in its issue celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Hot 100.

And all these years later, the song is still significant. Here in 2020 this song has taken on a special meaning with communities all over the country tying yellow ribbons around trees to thank front-line medical workers fighting the coronavirus.

Tony talked about the song and what it meant to people during previous wars and crises when we needed a symbol of hope.

Sheila E. knew Prince like no other, and she checked into the 'Big Show' with Scott Shannon and Patty Steele to share some memories of her friendship with "The Purple One."

She recalls meeting Prince in California back in the late '70s, when he was just a "baby Prince," as Scott would say, and immediately hit it off.

"We met in the bay area where I was born and raised in Oakland California, and he came there to do his first record, because he was inspired by Sly Stone and Carlos Santana. He wanted to be in that same environment and studio that they recorded."

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Sheila continued, "He came out to the bay and I met him when he was there, just finishing his record, he played a performance in San Francisco so I went backstage and said 'hello.' He was first starting his career, it was either '77 or '78, it was a long time ago."

Patty wondered, "Was he as electrifying in person or was kind of a quieter, calmer person?"

She says he was a soft-spoken man most of the time, "unless he was playing basketball," and other sports that got him riled up.

"It was a little bit of both," admits Sheila. "There were times he was quiet like, we all need that alone time. When it came to compete in basketball, or pool, or ping pong, or different things like that, he would get loud!"

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Sheila will be part of the “LET’S GO CRAZY: THE GRAMMY SALUTE TO PRINCE” that airs tonight, 4/21 at 9PM on CBS-2, 4 years to the date of his passing. Expect special performances from Prince’s catalog by Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Common, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Foo Fighters, John Legend, Chris Martin o ...

Rob Thomas is taking the self-quarantine to a whole new level.

Rob sings songs like “Don’t Dream it’s Over” by Crowded House and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston during his “Social Distance Sessions” at home, he’s done a few of them from home and says he didn’t think he’d be able to perform in his sweat pants in front of the masses like this!

Rob says he had a bunch of odd jobs before making it in the music business, he worked as a delivery boy, making futons, a truck driver, landscaping and so much more, he says he took these jobs because he could just quit if they wouldn’t let him take off for a gig and he could get a new job the next week.

Rob Recalls hearing his song on the radio first on the “Surfer Dave” show in Orlando, and he heard his first Matchbox Twenty song on a trip from New Orleans to Dallas way back when.

Rob says the Matchbox Twenty “2020” tour will probably resume in 2021, saying “it doesn’t seem responsible” to even consider doing a show this year if allowed to.

He’s found the quarantine is helping him connect with friends and co workers better, and has something brewing with Gavin DeGraw and Chris Daughtry for his Sidewalk Angels foundation, and he’s had so much time on his hands he's actually "found the end of the internet.”

Brad Blanks caught up with Nicole O’Brien, one of the stars of the wacky new Netflix reality show “Too Hot to Handle.”

Season 1 came out this weekend and it has social media buzzing, it's about young, attractive single people trying to win money by NOT engaging in any sexual contact while cooped up on an isolated island!

Brad talked to Nicole about the show and we get reaction from the Big show, along with a bonus "news from the weekend" segment.