Chance Singer

Chastity Bono wants to set the record straight about a few things. Point No. 1: Her parents--yes, Sonny and Cher--have nothing to do with her band, Ceremony, whose debut '60s-styled pop album, "Hang Out Your Poetry," has just been released. "I wanted to do this myself, without their help," insists Bono, 24, during an interview in a West Hollywood restaurant down the street from Geffen Records, the company that put out the new album.

What a crying shame. The Mavericks have earned back-to-back Country Music Assn. awards and platinum- and gold-selling albums. Yet in an ironic twist, the quartet has enjoyed success despite receiving very little mainstream country-radio airplay. The band further distances itself from the Nashville radio establishment with its new album, "Trampoline" (MCA), which sounds nothing like the formulaic country-pop of Garth Brooks, Terri Clark or Brooks & Dunn.

By the time Josh Lane was 2 years old, his mother was convinced he had problems. His language was poor for a 2-year-old, and he had increasingly severe behavior problems, including serious attention problems. Then he became very aggressive, biting several children each day at his day-care center. But still nobody listened seriously to Sandi Lane's concerns. "My pediatrician and Josh's teacher were telling me everything was fine," she recalled.

Chastity Bono wants to set the record straight about a few things. Point No. 1: Her parents--yes, Sonny and Cher--have nothing to do with her band, Ceremony, whose debut '60s-styled pop album, "Hang Out Your Poetry," has just been released. "I wanted to do this myself, without their help," insists Bono, 24, during an interview in a West Hollywood restaurant down the street from Geffen Records, the company that put out the new album.

What a crying shame. The Mavericks have earned back-to-back Country Music Assn. awards and platinum- and gold-selling albums. Yet in an ironic twist, the quartet has enjoyed success despite receiving very little mainstream country-radio airplay. The band further distances itself from the Nashville radio establishment with its new album, "Trampoline" (MCA), which sounds nothing like the formulaic country-pop of Garth Brooks, Terri Clark or Brooks & Dunn.

Joanie get angry? Not a chance. Ask singer Joanie Sommers about k.d. lang'srecent, satiric cover of Sommers' 1962 hit "Johnny Get Angry," and she'll tell you it's wonderful. "I'd love to meet her someday," the youthfully voiced Sommers said recently in a phone interview from her Los Angeles home. "She's definitely doing it differently." Before she scored a Top 10 pop hit in 1962 with "Johnny Get Angry," Sommers was singing jazz. Her first album for Warner Bros.

Karen Anacker and Sherry Paine are ecstatic. As two of five Orange County choral singers in New York this week on a special project, they are realizing the almost-impossible dream of singing in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, accompanied by members of the New York Philharmonic. This is it. This is the big time, especially for people who are not full-time professional singers.

Chevy Chase had it clear in his mind why he was at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on Sunday, one of nearly 100 stars recording "Voices That Care," a song and video of support for allied troops in the Persian Gulf. "I made sure I was getting the five-grand fee," the comedian quipped after the celebrity chorus finished recording the gospel-toned power-ballad late Sunday afternoon.

By the time Josh Lane was 2 years old, his mother was convinced he had problems. His language was poor for a 2-year-old, and he had increasingly severe behavior problems, including serious attention problems. Then he became very aggressive, biting several children each day at his day-care center. But still nobody listened seriously to Sandi Lane's concerns. "My pediatrician and Josh's teacher were telling me everything was fine," she recalled.