I will tell you that Sweet Mikey C is not my real name. As if you couldn't figure that out by yourself. Because Tom Petty's guitar player, Mike Campbell, and I have the same name, I decided to use Sweet Mikey C.
My family moved from Phoenix to Odessa, Texas in November, 1956, the middle of my third grade year. We pulled into Furr's Supermarket, which had a small room for kids that featured a TV. The Teen Kings were on. Their singer was a young cat named Roy Orbison. If my memory serves me correctly, the show was called the Hub Jamboree, sponsored by Pioneer Furniture, and it was Saturday. If it does not serve me correctly, I'm sure someone from West Texas will let me know. But, heck, boys, I was only in the third grade.
Before leaving Phoenix, I was already hooked on Elvis. And that's Scotty Moore's fault. The sound of his guitar and how he played it were very addicting to a youngster. Then came Buddy Holly. Another early influence was Dean Martin. In those days I wanted to look like Elvis, sound like Roy Orbison, and be as cool as Dean Martin. Still do. Oh, well.
Years later I wanted to make a record with those early sounds, mixed in with some oldies and some original tunes. And then drummer Shannon Ford introduced me to Danny Gatton. I had never heard of Danny, but while listening to a live recording of their band, I knew he was the one I wanted to play on this record.
First To Eleven are an American band made up of Audra Miller, Matt Yost, Ryan Krysiak, and Sam Gilman whose YouTube channel sees them play covers of existing songs. The band formed in 2009 under the name M4 when Ryan Krysiak, who was working as a guitar teacher, suggested a small group of his students who attended the same school form a band - even though, at the time, the members of the band's ages ranged from between eight and ten years old, and they didn't have a vocalist. A few years later, in 2015, the band were playing live at a gig where Audra Miller (born: July 11, 2001 [age 20]), who was just fourteen at the time, happened to be in attendance and afterwards she approached the band to ask if she could join the Rock School program, and as fate would have it the initial vocalist left soon afterwards and Audra was drafted in as the band's new vocalist. Once the lineup was finalised, the band headed to the studio, realising their first EP Out Of Time in 2016, with guitarist Ryan also taking charge of filming and editing the videos which were uploaded to the band's YouTube channel.
En toda su carrera ha lanzado 4 álbumes de estudio y 15 sencillos, los cuales han sonado en más de 50 ciudades a nivel nacional. Más de 50,000 personas han acudido a sus conciertos, y sus videos han sido vistos más de 150 millones de veces.
Roberto López -CEO de Sony Music México- le propuso hacer un disco donde se viera su talento en vivo. La propuesta se consolidó en un proyecto con el propósito de que Ana Victoria mostrara su gran capacidad vocal, y fue precisamente la versión de “Yo no lloro por llorar” la inspiración para la selección del nuevo repertorio.
A tan solo dos semanas del lanzamiento, Color Amor se colocó en el puesto #4 de ventas a nivel nacional y durante un año se logró mantener en los 100 discos más vendidos del país. En marzo de 2014, fue acreedora a un Disco de Oro por más de 30,000 copias vendidas, certificado por AMPROFON.
Su gira de conciertos, el Tour Color Amor, inició en septiembre de 2013 en el Teatro Diana de Guadalajara. Desde entonces, se ha presentado en importantes escenarios como el Palenque de León, la Feria de Zacatecas, el Complejo Cultural Universitario de Puebla, el Festival Internacional Cervantino Barroco de Chiapas, el Museo del Vino de Ensenada, la Feria de Sacramento, California, el House of Blues de Los Ángeles, y la Feria de San Marcos, en donde superó su propio récord de audiencia con más de 13,000 espectadores. Con el Tour Color Amor, Ana Victoria se ha presentado ante más de 50,000 personas en toda la República Mexicana y Estados Unidos.
Ahmir is a group of four male R&B/pop singers who are based out of Boston, Massachusetts. The group is mainly known for their YouTube channel, with over one hundred million views, they are one of the most viewed R&B groups on YouTube.The band was originally named One Love, but changed to Ahmir for trademark reasons.
The band began their journey in 2002 in Boston as the name "One Luv" or simplified "1Luv". Before the bands' formation, Mr. Jones, the only member originally from Boston, was a Northeastern University graduate, who honed his craft by singing in church choirs. Eventually he networked with Big Mike, who is a New York City native, and a previous member of the respected "The Boys Choir in Harlem", and continued his career at Boston University, majoring in music. They Both decided to put together a male R&B vocal group that not only showcase talent, but a brotherhood. So they set out a search to build the band. KC, who was raised in Rochester New York, had just relocated to Boston in hopes of chasing his dream after taking risks with no formal vocal training other than singing in church choirs and had less financial support and found interest in auditioning for the group after viewing a flyer looking for band mates. Sing-Sing, a Philadelphia native, had passion for music and developed his skill from the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, which led his path to attend Berklee College of Music where he eventually was approached to become the final addition into the band.
One Luv's popularity rose by creating a buzz performing at various local open-mics and venues across the city. They persisted on getting a record deal from major labels and set out on quest to serenade many record labels, but however it became hard to secure a deal.
A few years later, they were discovered by Michael Cheung, who then became their manager and soon released their first hit single in 2006 titled "Welcome To My Party" from their album The Gift under the new stage name "Ahmir". The song peaked at #82 on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. And also charted at #19 on the R&B Singles of the Year. Their breakout single from the album "The Wedding Song" went viral over the internet, and was the most requested song to perform at wedding. "The Gift" won an Urban Music Award in New England, USA for Best Album as well the group received another award for "Best R&B Group".
After gaining some notable attention The group performed as contestants on the second season of NBC's America's Got Talent.,[9][10] with celebrity judge Sharon Osbourne considering them as a "Class Act"
In 2008, Ahmir competed on BET's 106 & Park's Wild-out Wednesdays and became the 1st place winners. Shortly after, the band started to generate more buzz by creating visual cover to the music industries most notable songs on YouTube which gained them the label as the "Most popular R&B Group on YouTube" as they were the most watched and subscribed during that time. They also became popular overseas, in particular most successful in Japan.
In the forthcoming years after, Ahmir has used their platforms to be philanthropists, helping communities and participating in benefit concerts and charities around the world and the through the internet.
In 2010, After years of striving to find a home for a record label, They were signed to Robbins Entertainment RED/Sony Music and a few years later they released the single "WAR" which aired on the Top 40 spot across the nation from various radio stations. In 2013, the group made an appearance and performed "WAR" on the Jimmy Fallon show
Ahmir was the winner on the YouTube music show Best Cover Ever on the episode featuring Demi Lovato.The group was awarded with a special performance of "Stone Cold" with Demi Lovato.
In 2017, Ahmir released their commercially self titled album, Ahmir. With the lead single "My Love", which gained airplay on The Music Choice Network as well as a music video for the song which played in rotation on BET Soul.
With all the growing success of the gentlemen quartet, Ahmir made an announcement on their YouTube channel on May 17, 2018, that Sing Sing would be moving on from the band as he will continue to work on other projects, He states:
"In life, there are several points where you look at where you are and stop to evaluate and try to figure out where you've been and where you wanna go. And after some evaluation, I've enjoyed being a member of the group forever...and I figured at this time I would like to spend a little time investing in myself as an artist, and make no mistake these are my guys, these are my brothers in harmony. We made so many stories, so many memories, so much music and we're glad that you've all [the fans] been part of that. Thank you all for everything. The love and support is always going to be there, and this is by no means anything that is so sad because we're all continuing to make some wonderful music from this point, and we just wanted to take some time to share that"
The group added to say, they are happy to have had 'Sing' as a member and wish him the best in his new endeavors and will be rooting for him. They also stated that the group has not disbanded, it will continue as a Trio, or possibly seek a new member in the future and would hope the fans will continue to support.
Prior to Sing-Sing's departure, he independently released an Alternative-Rock/R&B solo single titled "Don't Ever" under his new alias named "SING" The music video gained over 5,000 views.in over a month.
Mr. Jones took more of a new lyrical approach during and after the break of Ahmir. Influenced by hip-hop, he began showcasing his ability to rhyme with Rap music. Releasing 2 music videos for singles on various online streaming platforms ("Demolition Man" & "Twilight Zone - Rest In Power" ), along with displaying his lyrical freestyle by participating on a YouTube freestyle challenge produced by Abstract Minor. During the run of the band, Mr. Jones added his full songwriting credits on 8 tracks out of 17 on their 2017 self-titled album. He then later collaborated his skills and wrote for New Edition/BBD member Mike Bivins' Sporty Rich Enterprises/Apparel upcoming new album titled Stay Fly and sung the comedic jingle for the Sporty Rich National 'Bangled' Anthem.
KC, ventured into runway and print modeling, and is rooted into physical fitness as well as Mr. Jones, with whom in the past as a group shared fitness challenges over the internet and v-log their progress.
Even though Cindy Alter was born to a musical family in Johannesburg, South Africa, she claims that "music chose her". She picked up a guitar at age 10, wrote her first song at 15 then joined a heavy-rock, cover-band, playing everything from Zeppelin to Grand Funk.
She spent a few years touring South Africa, opening for various big-name acts, until 1977 when she auditioned for an all-girl band and was suddenly catapulted into the world of pop-stardom, constant touring and recording, playing huge arena 's and concert halls in Europe and Africa, as she spearheaded the band "Clout", selling over ten million albums worldwide, earning gold records, Sarie Awards (South Africa's Grammy equivalent), and charting at #1 across Europe and Africa, # 2 in U.K., and entering the U.S. Billboard top 100 with their hit single (a cover of the Righteous Brothers song), "Substitute"
"Clout" toured Europe for four years, sharing stages with the top recording artists of the time, The Police, Thin Lizzy, Supertramp, Dire Straights, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor and the Village People, to name a few. Cindy had been writing songs for a few years, and two of these were recorded by Clout, but her efforts to contribute more were met with indifference, which marked the beginning of the band’s long struggle to redeem royalties from their management & record company. The pressures finally took their toll and after four monumental years, "Clout" disbanded.
Cindy performed acoustically and with her band making waves in songwriter circles in Los Angeles, and in Nashville. Her appearance at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara in the "Sings Like Hell" series was a powerful introduction to an audience who support the likes of John Hiatt, Peter Case, Richard Thomson, Nickel Creek, & Gillian Welch, and Santa Barbara newspaper,"The Independent", called her "red-hot"!
Cindy has also appeared alongside such diverse artists as Kenny Loggins, Olivia Newton-John, Clint Black, Glen Phillips, Dave Mason, Sophie B. Hawkins, Flock of Seagulls & Dishwalla, and has co-written with other songwriters, including Trevor Rabin.
Julian Remo Perretta (born 13 January 1989) is an English singer-songwriter and producer. Perretta first gained attention in 2010 with the single "Wonder Why", released in the UK by Columbia Records. In 2016, Perretta released multiple solo hit singles, including "Miracle," which reached number one in 13 countries. Perretta has worked with such artists as Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, and Mark Ronson. Selling 15 million records globally, Perretta has worked across many genres, most recently with Atlanta-based hip-hop artist Lil Baby.
Francesco Yates (n.Toronto, Ontario, 11 de septiembre de 1995) es un músico canadiense. Comenzó a componer música a los 11 años. Firmó con Atlantic Records cuando tenía 16 años. Su EP debut auto-titulado, se lanzó el 11 de septiembre de 2015, se trata de una coproducción entre Robin Hannibal y Pharrell Williams.En 2015, recibió el premio Heatseeker en los Premios de la música y radio canadienses y actuó en la celebración oficial del Día de Canadá en Ottawa. También colaboró las voces en la canción "Sugar" de Robin Schulz. También actuó en We Days en Canadá ese mismo año. En 2016, fue el acto de apertura de banda del Hello World Tour de la banda de pop rock canadiense Hedley, junto a Carly Rae Jepsen.
Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (Lund, 13 de junio de 1986) es un cantante y presentador de televisiónsueco. Fue el presentador del concierto de televisión Allsång på Skansen entre 2011 y 2013. Tras dos participaciones previas en 2007 y 2009 y presentar la edición de 2010, ganó el Melodifestivalen 2015 con el tema Heroes y se convirtió en el representante de Suecia en el festival de Eurovisión del mismo año. En el festival, tras clasificarse desde la segunda semifinal el 21 de mayo, se convirtió el 23 de mayo de 2015 en el vencedor con 365 puntos, logrando la sexta y más reciente victoria para Suecia en el festival.
Blackmore's Night is a British-American traditional folk rock band formed in 1997, consisting mainly of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin, nyckelharpe, and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist, and woodwinds). Their lineup has seen many changes over the years; Blackmore and Night have been the only two constant members. They have released eleven studio albums.Candice was aRainbowfan, and first encountered Ritchie Blackmore to ask him for an autograph in 1989, while she was working for a local New York radio station. The two started living together in 1991 and discovered they both had a passionate interest inRenaissance music. During the reformed Rainbow's recording of the album Stranger in Us All in 1995, on which Night contributed some of the lyrics and backing harmony vocals, the duo were already gearing up their debut album. In 1997, the project started as being a pun of their own names, which would consist of themselves plus session musicians Their debut album Shadow of the Moon was a musical success and featured Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute for the song "Play Minstrel Play". In subsequent albums, particularly Fires at Midnight, there was an increased incorporation of rock guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. Over time, Night has increasingly participated instrumentally as well as singing the vocals, and is competent in a wide variety of Renaissance instruments. The group performs at Renaissance fairs and Renaissance festivals, as well as in stand-alone concert tours in appropriate venues including 'castle tours' of Europe, where they perform in historic surroundings for an audience dressed largely in period costume. The duo has been successful enough to inspire a number of international tribute bands including: Renaissance Night, the Italian Morning Star, The Midnight and Elflore. They have also performed the music for MagiQuest, a live simulation game. In 2006, Night performed a duet with Andi Deris on Helloween's "Light the Universe", which was released as a single in certain countries and is available on their album Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy, released in the same year. On 27 June 2008, the duo released its seventh studio album called Secret Voyage, a mix of medieval-sounding tracks and some contemporary ones. In addition to some covers of some traditional folk music (“Locked Within the Crystal Ball" is from the fourteenth century) and some originals, Blackmore's Night also performed a cover of a Rainbow song (“Rainbow Eyes”) and an Elvis Presley cover ("Can't Help Falling in Love"). A new album titled Autumn Sky was released at the end of 2010 in Europe and in 2011 in the U.S. This was followed by Dancer and the Moon, in 2013, an album featuring covers of songs by Randy Newman ("I Think It's Going to Rain Today"), Uriah Heep ("Lady in Black") and another Rainbow song (“Temple Of The King”, originally from the album Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow).
Their album, All Our Yesterdays, was released on 18 September 2015. Their latest studio album, Nature's Light was released worldwide on 12 March 2021.
