Pop star Clay Aiken sometimes wonders whether he was born in the wrong era, since he has such an affinity for oldies music from his parents' time, in the '50s and '60s. With two musician parents, music was always playing around the North Carolina home where Aiken grew up. Some of the old favorites he heard all the time -- like "Suspicious Minds," "It's Only Make Believe," "Moon River" and "Crying" -- ended up as cuts on his fifth studio album, "Tried and True," his first with Decca Records. Aiken, who is bringing his "Tried and True" tour to Munhall on Friday, says he feels right at home on this album, which was almost effortless.
Meza-clay spent significant chunks of his professional career fighting at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort as an undercard feature for Aliquippa's [Verquan Kimbrough]. Wanting to get out of Kimbrough's enormous shadow, Meza-clay broke away on his own and has reached a point where, as his trainer Tommy Yankello said, "Now the nation can see him. [Monty Meza] has the makings of a star, he really does. After five rounds he wasn't even breathing hard," said Andy "Kid" DePaul, state athletic commissioner. "This guy is the real deal. He can win a major title and bring boxing interest back to Pittsburgh." Other winners were Duquesne University student Jesse "The Future" Lubash, Brian 'The Golden Greek" Camechis, Mike "Steel City" Strauss, Marion Davis and Hino Ehikhamenor.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- More than a year after disclosing he is gay, Clay Aiken is speaking before a gay-rights event in his hometown. Aiken will deliver a speech about gay rights this weekend at the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas gala in Raleigh, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday. Actress Meredith Baxter, who recently said she is a lesbian, also will deliver a speech.
Pop singer Clay Aiken came out in People magazine Sept. 26. "It was the first decision I made as a father," Aiken, 29, told the magazine. "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.
WASHINGTON, April 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Twenty five young people with disabilities are being named Clay Aiken ABLE to SERVE Award winners by the Bubel/Aiken Foundation and Youth Service America (YSA) for 2004. The grants of $2,000 given nationwide encourage young people between the ages of 5 and 22 with disabilities to plan and carry out service projects for this year's National and Global Youth Service Day on April 16-18, and throughout the year. The names of this year's winners are listed below. National Youth Service Day is a public awareness and education campaign that highlights the amazing contributions that young people make to their communities 365 days a year. As the largest service event in the world, engaging millions of young people, National Youth Service Day draws together...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is a father. The 29-year-old crooner from Raleigh announced the birth of Parker Foster Aiken on his Web site's blog Friday.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- After a year and a half away from the spotlight, Clay Aiken returns with an edgy new look, a far-from- edgy new album and a newly secure sense of self. I know it's a new chapter, but it's kind of like a whole new book -- the sequel to my life before," says a casually dressed and scruffy-faced Aiken, sitting in an office at RCA Records, his label. "It's like we're starting out on something brand new where I'm really getting to be myself.
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