RHONDA VINCENT “PLEASE MR PLEASE” Video Premiere

Musician:  RHONDA VINCENT

Video Feature:  “PLEASE MR PLEASE”

RHONDA VINCENT VIDEO PREMIERE “PLEASE MR PLEASE”

Mmusicmag is proud to premiere Rhonda Vincent’s “Please Mr Please”—a fresh take on a song originally recorded by Olivia Newton-John, and was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill—both members of ever-popular British pop singer Cliff Richard’s backing band, The Shadows.

I am so excited we got to record our new song “Please Mr Please” in one of the most historic recording studios in Nashville, Ocean Way Studios. Some of the most iconic recordings have come to life there. This song was released in 1975 by Olivia Newton-John. I love the studio and I think it really contributed to the feel of the song that we got, and I hope you love it.

Vincent’s version brings life to the song, and you can’t help but tap your feet and get up and dance to the forlorn song which was an apparent tribute to the jukebox and how one can listen to a lot of great music for a small price—triggering bad memories. As the singer is trying to get over a just-broken relationship, she sees another customer at the jukebox, trying to play “B-17,” a song the woman does not want to hear ever again.

Released as a single in 1975, “Please Mr. Please” was the second and final single from Newton-John’s fifth studio album, Have You Never Been Mellow. It reached the Top 10 on three major Billboard charts in the US that year, peaked at number three in the Top 40, and reached #5 on the country chart.

This new version has the spark of energy that spotlights Rhonda Vincent as the firecracker of talent that powers one of the hottest bands in any genre of music today. From humble beginnings in the tiny town of Greentop, Missouri, Vincent’s musical heritage traces back five generations of the Vincent family. Her dad would pick her up from school each day, and they would sing and play till dinner. After dinner, friends came over, and they would sing and play till bedtime.

Photo credit Rebecca Adler

Rhonda Vincent began her professional music career singing in her family’s band The Sally Mountain Show. It was an immediate “on the job training,” as they had a TV show, radio show and made their first recording when Vincent was five years old. She picked up the mandolin at eight, the fiddle at 12, and learned a valuable life lesson as a teenager performing with her family at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

While they were playing in the pouring rain to empty seats, and what they thought, no one listening—a week later they received a call from Hal Durham, general manager of the Grand Ole Opry at the time, and who just happened to be listening with his family around the corner. Mr. Durham loved what he heard and invited the Vincent family to appear on the Opry.

Vincent’s life of music evolved into a successful career in bluegrass music; after being discovered by Grand Ole Opry Star “Jim Ed Brown,” and later spending what she calls her musical college years recording for Giant Records; and learning about the music business from Nashville’s best like James Stroud, Jack McFadden and Stan Barnett.

It was her pivotal bluegrass album Back Home Again that transformed Rhonda Vincent into the All American Bluegrass Girl, and crowned the New Queen of Bluegrass by The Wall Street Journal in 2000.

Photo credit Rebecca Adler

Vincent is a multi-award winner, with a 2017 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, an Entertainer of the Year 2001, Song of the Year 2004, an unprecedented seven consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association 2000-2006 and an eighth win of IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015.

Her lifelong dream came true when she was invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry on February 28, 2020. Vincent waited an unprecedented 345 days and was officially inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on February 6, 2021.

Her powerful vocal style transcends the boundaries of bluegrass music, as evidenced in her collaboration with Dolly Parton (“Please”) on the Elton John / Bernie Taupin Tribute Project Restoration 2018, and “Firecracker” with Dolly Parton in 2022.

Rhonda Vincent and the Rage are the most decorated band in bluegrass, with over 100 awards to their credit. Among their honors are a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, Song of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, and an unrivaled seven consecutive (plus an eighth, Music is What I See) Female Vocalist of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA).

Photo credit Albert Sanchez

Vincent said, “I am so excited we got to record our new song “Please Mr Please” in one of the most historic recording studios in Nashville, Ocean Way Studios. Some of the most iconic recordings have come to life there. This song was released in 1975 by Olivia Newton-John. I love the studio and I think it really contributed to the feel of the song that we got, and I hope you love it.”

Mmusicmag & M Music & Musicians magazine is proud to present this video premiere from the incredibly talented musician and golden voice, Rhonda Vincent.

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