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show. Hi.

1:25

My name is Tony Thaxton. Like. Anyone

1:27

else I love A great album. But.

1:30

I also love those strange albums that might

1:32

make you wonder how and why they even

1:34

exist. But. I'm not here to make fun of. I'm.

1:37

I'm. Here to celebrate them and tell their story.

1:39

This. Is Bizarre Albums.

1:44

Today's episode Paris Hilton's

1:46

Paris from two thousand

1:48

and Six. Hundred

1:54

like letter preserves. Today's special house

1:56

forty years will an amazing success

1:59

story. One of

2:01

my good friends here in Southern California

2:03

is the internationally famous hotel

2:05

man I'd like you to meet him and

2:07

know him in person as I do Everybody

2:16

knows that your business is running hotels

2:18

perhaps more hotels and bigger hotels and

2:20

more interesting hotels than anybody else in

2:22

the world But I

2:24

bet they don't know that you didn't start out to be a hotel man. Did

2:27

you? know I Was

2:31

born in a little town in New Mexico, and

2:33

I I want to become a banker a banker

2:35

Well, then what switched you into the hotel business?

2:37

Well, I went down to buy a bank right

2:39

after the war 1919

2:42

in a little town in Cisco, Texas

2:45

and The banker had agreed to sell

2:47

me this little small bank and then he raised

2:49

me $5,000

2:51

that made me mad and I will stand at this hotel and

2:53

I happen to ask the hotel The patter

2:55

how much money was making and he told me he's

2:57

making a lot of money So I says I'd like

2:59

to buy your hotel Here's where I don't become a

3:02

banker and I'm gonna become a hotel man And that's

3:04

what happened and you certainly did that

3:06

40 room hotel that Hilton purchased was

3:08

the beginning of Hilton hotels In

3:11

1925 he opened his first

3:13

hotel to actually use the Hilton name in

3:16

Dallas, Texas over

3:18

the next few decades Hilton hotels

3:20

expanded into several states and Eventually

3:22

became the world's first international

3:24

hotel chain Hilton

3:27

would go on to own 188 hotels in 38 cities in the

3:29

US along with 54 hotels internationally in

3:35

1966 Hilton

3:37

was succeeded as president and CEO by

3:39

his son Baron Baron Hilton

3:42

was previously the owner of the Los Angeles

3:44

Chargers in the American Football League a new

3:46

professional football league trying to compete with the

3:48

NFL in 1965

3:52

Baron also served as the AFL president and

3:55

Helped Forge the merger between the AFL and

3:57

the NFL that would create the Super Bowl.

4:02

Then. Stepped away from football once he took

4:04

over as Hilton's President and Ceo. He

4:07

sold his holdings for ten million

4:09

dollars after an initial investment of

4:11

just twenty five thousand dollars. In.

4:14

Nineteen Seventy. Barron Hilton expanded

4:16

the company and De Las Vegas

4:18

which made an immediate impact. By.

4:21

Nineteen Seventy Two. The.

4:23

Two Hilton Vegas resorts contributed a

4:25

staggering forty five percent of Hilton

4:27

hotel income, nearly matching what they

4:29

made from their other one hundred

4:31

and sixty hotels in the Us.

4:34

For. Several years Elvis Presley had a share with

4:37

a Las Vegas Hilton for two months out

4:39

of the year. Performing. To

4:41

show the night seven nights a week and

4:43

he said a world record for selling out

4:45

eight hundred and thirty seven can. Earn

4:56

had great success Is President and

4:59

Ceo for thirty years. In.

5:01

His personal life. He'd married Maryland Holly

5:04

and nineteen forty seven. And. They

5:06

would have eight children. The

5:08

sixth of their a children richard. Was.

5:10

Born in Nineteen Fifty Five. Richard.

5:13

Hilton would go on the have success of his own.

5:15

Forming. Hilton Realty Investment in Nineteen Eighty

5:18

Four to handle commercial real estate. In.

5:21

The Nineties: He teamed up with real

5:23

estate business man Jeffrey Highland Deformed Hilton

5:25

in Highland, one of the top a

5:27

luxury real estate firms in the world.

5:30

Richard. And his wife Kathy have

5:32

four children Paris, Mickey, Bear.

5:34

The second. And. Conrad the third.

5:38

Paris. Hilton was born on February

5:40

seventeenth, Nineteen Eighty One. The.

5:42

Family moved frequently when Paris was young,

5:44

living in a sweet in the Waldorf

5:47

Astoria than the Hamptons and Beverly Hills.

5:51

When. She was nineteen. She. Signed

5:53

a modeling contract with New York

5:55

City based T Management, a modeling

5:57

agency owned by Donald Trump. This

6:04

is also around the time she started

6:06

becoming a notable fixture in New York

6:08

nightlife, resulting in many New York Tabloids

6:10

stories. By two thousand and

6:12

one. Hilton. Had been hailed as

6:14

New York's leading it girl. That

6:17

same year. She. Appeared with her sister

6:19

Nicky in a David La Chapelle photo shoot

6:21

for Vanity Fair. Which. Led to

6:24

national attention. And it

6:26

would only grow from there. Here's.

6:28

Paris Hilton on the Late Late Show with

6:30

Craig Kilborn and Two Thousand and Three. You're

6:32

acting right? Well, what show is? our. Eyes

6:35

anger out isa Fox March Living

6:37

on a file clerk. A nice

6:39

Green Acres feel. More

6:43

secure the other celebrities and that you. Don't I'm

6:45

It's just my own show them bringing my best friend

6:48

the courts years I as precious as tail. The.

6:50

Simple Life debuted on December second. Two

6:52

Thousand and Three. The. Premiere

6:55

episode drew thirteen million viewers increasing

6:57

Fox is eighteen to forty nine

6:59

year old demographic in incredible seventy

7:01

nine percent. The second

7:04

episode drew an even bigger audience. Six.

7:15

Months after the debut of The Simple

7:17

Life, one Night in Paris was released,

7:19

catapulting her into global theme. One.

7:23

Night in Paris was actually sex tape

7:25

released by her then boyfriend Rick Salomon.

7:28

Solomon. Sued Hilton for defamation after she

7:30

claimed the she was out of it and

7:32

didn't know what she was doing during it's

7:34

taping. And she did not approve It's

7:36

release. Some. Than countersued Solomon over

7:39

the release of the to. Settling.

7:41

Out of court Hilton A said the any money

7:43

he earned from the movie would be donated to

7:45

charity. Like Bizarre Albums and

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for ten percent off. In

8:00

two thousand and four, she continued to

8:02

branch out into other areas, releasing her

8:04

first book, Confessions. Of an

8:07

Heiress which became a New York Times

8:09

bestseller. The. Following year. She.

8:11

Appeared in the horror film House of

8:13

Wax. So. Naturally,

8:16

It was time to make an album. So.

8:19

On August twenty second, two thousand and six.

8:21

Paris. By Paris Hilton was released

8:24

on Warner Brothers Records and I thought.

8:27

Turn It Up kicks off the album and at one

8:29

point there was to be the first single. Turn.

8:31

It up actually ended up being the

8:33

second official single released and it went

8:35

to number one on the Billboard Hot

8:38

Dance Club Plates. Canada.

9:04

Up with co written and produced by

9:06

Scott Storage, who produced six of the

9:08

album's eleven songs. Starch.

9:10

First began his music career in Nineteen

9:13

Ninety, one of the first keyboard player

9:15

for The Roots. And. He was heavily

9:17

involved in their first two albums. Due.

9:19

To his dislike of touring. He.

9:21

Less the roots in Nineteen Ninety Five and

9:23

wanted to focus on being a producer instead.

9:26

As a producer, he's worked with

9:28

artists such as Christina Aguilera beyond Say

9:30

Pink, Fifty Cent, Snoop Dogg, Nars, and

9:33

Doctor Grey just to name a

9:35

few. Help. My

9:37

first met with Storage Shed his recording studio in

9:39

Miami in two thousand and five. After

9:42

recording Turn It Up With Him. She.

9:44

Decided to change the album's musical direction

9:46

to be more hip hop and are

9:48

and be influenced songs. In

9:51

that vein, Up next is fighting

9:53

over me. Another Sancho Written

9:55

and produced by Stuart. Pearce.

9:57

Hilton from the store to T V You Tube.

10:11

I know or me also features that

10:13

you know and judicious. Stars

10:39

Are Blind a song and actually became. Leader

10:42

single the last minute. Released.

10:44

On June fifth, two thousand and six.

10:47

The. Songs music video debuted on Mtv

10:49

the following day. Here's

10:51

Hilton talking to Billboard and Twenty

10:53

Thirteen about that Singles release. Our.

10:55

Line was one of my favorites I

10:57

was ever recorded. Also thought are the

10:59

first time and it's in the car

11:01

driving had kids that I'm on another

11:03

thing coming on the radio and I'm

11:05

still happy as adding you now that

11:07

I to that amount of forget it.

11:10

And just along try to him

11:12

and co viable down the road

11:14

and cleaning. The happy and proud

11:16

and minutes preying on the radio all

11:18

the time. It's really exciting by law

11:21

that says or buyers fell on iconic

11:23

phone plan letting. People Still Alive

11:25

Clinics the Really happy stars Are Blind

11:27

was produced by Fernando Garvey who also

11:29

cool wrote the song along with coal

11:32

producers Shepherd Solomon. Between.

11:34

The two of them. They. Produce and written

11:36

with artists such as Britney Spears, Daughtry

11:38

You To, and Lady Gaga. In.

11:41

This clip from Paris Hilton's You Tube channel.

11:43

Here's. Guard a talking about Hilton's performance in

11:46

the studio soon as a big part

11:48

of what the overall picture of of

11:50

was somewhat was there were no tricks I

11:52

was easier since he is everything is

11:54

her Stars are Blind was well received

11:56

by critics in the song peaked at

11:58

number eighteen on the Billboard. One hundred.

12:01

And. Hit number one on the Billboard Dance

12:03

Club Song Said. The. Single hit

12:05

number one in hungry Scotland and Slovakia

12:07

and made the top ten several other

12:09

hand. I

12:52

watch. It was produced by

12:55

Jr Rotem who already had number one

12:57

hits co writing and producing for Rian,

12:59

Sean Kingston. And. Speaking

13:01

of number one hits. I

13:03

want You also contained elements from

13:05

the title song for that Nineteen

13:07

Seventy Eight Musical motion picture in.

13:20

Greece was written by Barry Give of the

13:23

Bee. The song was written especially for the

13:25

movie and had never appeared and stage productions

13:27

of Greece. Because. Of

13:29

a similarly hi vocal range to Bury

13:31

give. Frankie. Valli was asked

13:33

to record the song and a winter Number

13:35

One and Nineteen Seventy Eight. I

13:38

want You doesn't include any of valleys vocals,

13:40

but it does. Simple, the horse. No,

14:10

We Steinberger the song writer who achieve

14:12

success in the nineteen eighties with song

14:14

writing partner Tom Kelly. Together.

14:16

The Two Road or Co wrote that

14:19

number one hits like A Virgin by

14:21

Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, His True Colors So

14:23

Emotional by Whitney Houston. Alone

14:25

by heart. And. The Bangles

14:27

Eternal flame. For.

14:29

Paris. Steinberg. Co wrote

14:32

the song. Nothing

15:03

In This World was released as a single

15:05

on August Twenty eighth. Two Thousand and Six.

15:07

It was produced by Doctor Luke. Real

15:10

name Lucas Gottwald. He'd.

15:12

Started his music career in Nineteen Ninety Seven

15:14

as the lead guitarist in the Saturday Night

15:16

Live Band. The. First breakthrough

15:19

in producing. With. As a whole,

15:21

producer of are required for the two thousand

15:23

and four who Even though. Throughout

15:37

the two thousands, Doctor Luke has written

15:40

and produced hits for Katy Perry, Avril

15:42

Levine, and Pink. He's. Also

15:44

responsible for signing Kesha. However,

15:47

He may be responsible for holding

15:50

back caches well, among many other

15:52

terrible things. and twenty

15:54

fourteen kesha filed a civil suit

15:56

against doctor luke for gender based

15:58

hate crimes and Dr. Luke denied the allegations

16:00

and filed his own lawsuit in the New York

16:02

Supreme Court in

16:05

which he sued Kesha and her mother for defamation

16:07

and breach of contract. New

16:09

York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich dismissed Kesha's

16:11

case. At

16:14

the time of this recording, Dr. Luke's

16:16

lawsuit is still ongoing. But

16:19

back to Paris. Here's

16:21

Dr. Luke talking about working with Hilton on nothing in this

16:23

world. Here's Dr.

16:26

Luke talking about working with Hilton on nothing

16:28

in this world. Paris did

16:30

all the vocals on the song. A lot of

16:32

people don't realize that actually a lot of the

16:34

times in songs, the artist doesn't

16:36

sing all the background parts and stuff like that. You know,

16:38

a lot of really big artists. I really was determined to

16:40

make sure that she did everything and she was a drummer

16:42

and she did it. But according

16:45

to several sources, Kesha

16:47

sang backing vocals on this song. In

16:50

2010, she had even told Us Weekly

16:52

that she sang background vocals for Hilton,

16:55

but didn't give any specifics. One

16:57

year prior, Kesha had even appeared

17:00

on a season 3 episode of The Simple Life when

17:03

Hilton and Nicole Richie came to her

17:05

house trying to play matchmaker for her

17:07

mother. In

17:20

2004, Hilton

17:36

was pitched a song called Screwed, written

17:38

by Kara Diaguardi and Greg

17:40

Wells. Hilton talked about the song

17:42

in several interviews, saying it would be the first

17:45

single from the album. Around

17:47

the same time, 7th Heaven

17:49

and Lizzie McGuire star Hailey Duff claimed

17:51

that Screwed was intended to be recorded

17:53

by her as the first single for

17:55

her debut album. Hilton

17:57

then recorded a version of Screwed with Molly.

18:00

multiple Grammy Award-winning producer Rob

18:02

Cavallo, best known for his

18:04

work with Green Day, producing,

18:06

among others, their 1994 breakthrough

18:09

album Dookie, which has

18:11

sold an incredible twenty million albums

18:13

worldwide. Original plans

18:15

had Cavallo set to produce the entire album,

18:18

but that changed after Hilton had recorded Turn

18:20

It Up and decided the change of musical

18:22

direction. Not long

18:24

after recording Screwed, Haley Duff

18:26

was dropped by Hollywood Records, allowing

18:29

Hilton to claim the song as her own. The

19:00

album closes out with another Scott Storch production,

19:02

a cover of Rob Stewart's 1978

19:05

classic, Do You Think I'm Sexy? This

19:31

album underwent so many changes. Changing

19:34

songs, changing musical direction, changing

19:37

producers, even title changes. Initially

19:40

the album was to be called Screwed, then

19:42

Hilton changed it to Paris's Burning, then

19:45

it became One Crazy Party, ultimately

19:47

being released simply as Paris.

19:51

The album received mixed reviews and peaked at number

19:53

six on the Billboard Hot 100. At

19:56

the time of this recording, it sold over 300,000 copies in

19:58

the United States. States

20:01

and even went platinum in Russia. In

20:06

March of 2020, Paris was

20:08

released on vinyl for the first time

20:10

with a reissue on Real Gone Music.

20:13

realgonemusic.com offers a maroon and

20:15

blonde marble edition and

20:17

Urban Outfitters has an exclusive

20:20

gold vinyl version. Paris

20:23

Hilton is not the only model turned

20:25

singer and she certainly wasn't the first.

20:28

Back in the 1970s, an

20:30

English model and actress started releasing some

20:32

albums of her own. Twiggy.

20:36

But that is for another time.

20:40

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