Joseph Williams - Can't Fight This Feeling

Joseph Stanley Williams (Santa Mónica, California; 1 de septiembre de 1962) es un cantante de rock estadounidense y compositor de partituras de cine, más conocido por su trabajo en el grupo de rock Toto, que encabezó desde 1986 a 1989, y de nuevo desde 2010 hasta el presente. Es hijo del compositor de cine John Williams y la actriz y cantante Barbara Ruick y el nieto del baterista de jazz Johnny Williams y de los actores Melville Ruick y Lurene Tuttle.

Williams fue vocalista principal con Toto durante los mediados a los años 80 y fue ofrecido en los álbumes Fahrenheit (1986) y The Seventh One (1988) antes de irse debido a problemas personales. También puede ser escuchado en el álbum Toto XX (1998), una recopilación de canciones raras e inéditas. Se presenta en el álbum de 2006 de Toto, Falling in Between, compartiendo voz principal con Steve Lukather en "Bottom of Your Soul". Además de su lugar invitado en Falling In Between, Williams fue un cantante invitado en varios conciertos de Toto.

Desde 2010, Joseph es una vez más cantante principal de Toto. Él re-ensambló la banda durante su gira de la reformación y ha viajado con ellos desde entonces. Realizó vocales principales en el álbum y DVD del concierto del "35.o aniversario: Vivo en Polonia", así como en Toto XIV.

Williams lanzó su primer álbum solista en 1982. Después de su mandato con Toto, ha lanzado varios más. Muchos de los miembros de Toto han contribuido a su trabajo en solitario a través de los años. En 2003, lanzó un álbum llamado Vertigo, un proyecto que inició, pero donde no estaba a cargo completo de la producción, sólo grabando y suministrando la voz. El segundo álbum de Vertigo, "Vertigo 2", fue lanzado en 2006. Williams lanzó un álbum de covers de artistas de renombre como Elton John, Bryan Adams, Diane Warren y Kevin Cronin en 2006, llamado Two of Us, con piano y Voz solamente. Regresó con otros dos discos de voz y piano en 2007, Smiles and Tears, que también constaba de clásicos éxitos de artistas populares. Su último álbum en solitario con canciones originales, This Fall, fue lanzado en noviembre de 2008.

                         

 

Aneessa - Back To Life

  Aneessa was born in Saint-Étienne in eastern central France. Aneessa moved to Paris, France where she studied literature and languages at University La Sorbonne. It was here that she began singing Jazz, Soul and Pop covers, before moving to Manchester England for a couple of years. She returned to France and started a variety of career moves – from starting her own record label, recording studio, Pump it up magazine and a graphic design company. Along the way she met influential collaborators, and branched out into a number of projects on a global scale.

Aneessa eventually met up with Motown producer Michael B. Sutton (Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross), for business propositions for a media company she was working for. This business relationship blossomed into love commitment, and eventually the two began writing and producing new material together, with Aneessa turning her skills towards smooth jazz interpretations. She debuted with a cover of Soul II Soul’s, “Back to Life,” which cracked the Top 10 of Billboard Magazine’s “Smooth Jazz” chart. The latest single, written by Aneessa and Michael, “Just to Be with You”, is about their long-distance, interfaith, loving relationship which bloomed while being far away from each other, and ending up with Aneesa eventually going to visit Michael, and never returning home again.

4 The Cause - Papa Was a Rolling Stone

4 the Cause were a 1990s Germany based band from Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago.[1] The band consists of the family members Shonna Edwards , Bennie Edwards , Reshonda Landfair and Jason Edwards. Founded in March 1993 under the name Young Warriors 4 the Cause, it took winning The Apollo Style talent contest at school in 1995 to land their first record contract. In 1997, while under the management of Bell Miles and Robert Williams (management team for the successful band The Moffatts), the band decided to shorten their name to 4 the Cause. The band gained success in 1998 with their cover of Ben E. King's hit song "Stand by Me", which was particularly successful in Europe, reaching the Top 10 in eight countries. Later that year, their debut album of the same name, Stand by Me was released.^[3] The group also had a minor hit with a cover of the Bill Withers song, "Ain't No Sunshine". They released two more singles before disbanding in 2000.

 

Juliet Roberts - Bad Girls

Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, rock, soul and house music singer of Grenadian descent. Roberts was born in London, England. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 top 10 hit single "It's Over" by Funk Masters. In July 1983, she released the single "Fool for You" backed with "It's Been a Long, Long Time" on the Bluebird Records label, catalogue reference BRT3. The single peaked at No. 77 on the Gallup chart, week ending 20 August 1983.

In 1984, Roberts began a four-year stint as vocalist for the jazz group Working Week. She also released another single on Bluebird, "The Old Rugged Cross" b/w "I'm So Glad". In 1986 she released "Ain't You Had Enough Love", a cover of a Phyllis Hyman recording. The same year she also presented Channel 4's Solid Soul programme with Chris Forbes.

In 1990, she provided backing vocals on Cathy Dennis' Move to This album, as well as on Breathe's album Peace of Mind.

Roberts collaborated with British house group L.A. Mix on their two albums, On the Side and Coming Back for More in 1989 and 1990 respectively. She appears on several tracks, amongst them the single "We Shouldn't Hold Hands in the Dark", which reached No. 69 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991. The mastermind behind LA Mix was British DJ, producer and songwriter Les Adams.

In 1992, Roberts provided backing vocals on Dannii Minogue's single "Love's on Every Corner" (which was written by Cathy Dennis, and produced by Danny D, a.k.a. D Mob). Roberts' next release was in 1993 as a dance music artist, with the hit single "I Want You": A number one on the US dance charts and No. 44 U.S. Billboard Hot 100) and the house music offering, "Caught in the Middle", which also went to number one on the dance chart. An album, Natural Thing, followed in 1994. Roberts has also taught British television viewers vocal performance basics on the UK's Rockschool TV series. In addition to her solo and musical ensemble projects, she is in demand as a backing vocalist. Since 1997, she has had three UK top 20 hits: "So Good", "Bad Girls" and "Needin U II"

Rockapella - Blame It on the Boogie

Rockapella is an American a cappella musical group formed in 1986 in New York City. The group's name is an amalgam of "rock" and "a cappella". Rockapella sings original vocal music and a cappella covers of pop and rock songs; and over time, their sound has evolved from high-energy pop and world music toward a more R&B-style sound. Rockapella initially found their biggest success in Japan throughout their career. They are also known for their role as a vocal house band and resident comedy troupe on the PBS children's geography game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, based on the educational computer game of the same name developed and published by Broderbund.

Rockapella has released 19 albums in both Japan and the United States, and three compilation albums in Japan. The text "All sounds provided by the voices and appendages of Rockapella", the central idea of the band, has appeared on all of their CDs since the addition of their vocal percussionist.

Asking Alexandria - Here I Go Again

Asking Alexandria es una banda británica de screamo/metalcore​ integrada actualmente por Danny Worsnop, Ben Bruce, Cameron Liddell, Sam Bettley y James Cassells. Su origen se encuentra en Dubái, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, cuando en 2003 Ben Bruce formó una banda llamada Amongst Us, luego rebautizada como End of Reason y finalmente en 2006, como Asking Alexandria. Cuando Bruce regresó a Nottingham, Inglaterra, la banda se disolvió, y en 2008 él formó una nueva agrupación con el mismo nombre.​

Inicialmente formada en 2006 por Ben Bruce, la banda se estableció oficialmente como un grupo de seis en 2008 con la formación de Bruce, Worsnop, Cassells, Liddell, Joe Lancaster y Ryan Binns. Después de la partida de Lancaster y Binns, así como el reclutamiento del bajista Sam Bettley en 2009, la banda lanzó su álbum debut Stand Up And Scream (2009). La banda lanzó dos álbumes de estudio Reckless & Relentless (2011) y From Death to Destiny (2013), antes de la partida de Worsnop en enero de 2015. Fue reemplazado por Denis Stoff y la banda lanzó The Black (2016). Stoff se separó de la banda en octubre de ese año, y Worsnop posteriormente regresó a la banda. La banda lanzó su quinto álbum homónimo Asking Alexandria a fines de 2017, que fue una marcada desviación estilística de sus trabajos anteriores. Su sexto álbum de estudio Like a House on Fire fue lanzado el 15 de mayo de 2020.

Ronnie Jones - Cocaine

Ronald Hugo Jones (born September 14, 1937, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States) is an Italy-based, American-born R&B, blues and disco singer. Jones first came to Europe with the United States Air Force. He started his career in England, where he joined the first incarnation of the Blues Incorporated with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce, Cyril Davis, Johnny Parker and Ginger Baker. He later formed a band called The Nightimers with John McLaughlin, before moving to Italy to join the cast of the local production of Hair. He then performed with artists such as Claudja Barry and Cooper Terry, and had a hit in the Italian charts with Funky Bump (Atlantic, 1976).

In the 1970s and the 1980s Jones worked as a musician, DJ and TV host at RAI and Radio 105 Network. From 1980 to 1985 he hosted the TV show Popcorn. The theme, "Video Games", charted #28 on the Italian hit parade.

In 1988 he wrote the song Bambino Io, Bambino Tu for Zucchero.

Jones has been residing in Italy since 1979 and tours regularly with his band, The Soul Syndicate.