DATE=5-10-2002

TYPE=Special English Feature

NUMBER=7-22864

TITLE=SPECIAL ENGLISH American Mosaic #869 - Pink

BYLINE=Lawan Davis

TELEPHONE=619-2585

DATELINE=Washington

EDITOR=Shelley Gollust

CONTENT=

HOST:

A popular American singer is known as "Pink." How did she get her name? Is it because of her colorful hair? Mary Tillotson has that answer and tells us more about her.

ANNOUNCER:

Pink's real name is Alicia Moore. She is twenty-two years old. People began calling Alicia "Pink" because of the natural appearance of her skin. Years later, she thought it would be funny if "Pink" also had pink hair.

Music always has been a part of Pink's life. She says her father played guitar and taught her songs. She began singing and dancing when she was a teenager.

By age nineteen, Pink had recorded her first album. It is called "Can't Take Me Home." Three of its songs were hits. Here she sings "There You Go."

(((CUT ONE: "There You Go" CDP-21156)))

Pink recently received a Grammy Award for a new recording of the song "Lady Marmalade" (MAR-ma-lahd). The song was in the movie "Moulin Rouge." It was a hit for the rhythm and blues group LaBelle in the Nineteen-Seventies. Listen now as Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya sing "Lady Marmalade."

(((CUT TWO "Lady Marmalade" CDP-23400)))

Pink's latest album is called "Missundaztood." She helped write most of the songs. We leave you with a song from that album, "Get the Party Started."

(((CUT THREE "Get the Party Started" CDP-24401)))