Def Leppard es una banda británica de rock originaria de Sheffield, Reino Unido, que dio inicio a su carrera a finales de los años setenta, alcanzando gran éxito mundial en la década de los ochenta, acercando al heavy metal a las emisoras de radio y al gran público en general, gracias a una mezcla de hard rock melódico con un gran trabajo vocal. Junto a otras bandas como Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Scorpions, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, etcétera, es reconocida como una de las bandas de heavy metal superventas de los años 1980.Junto a grupos como Iron Maiden o Saxon fueron una de las bandas de cabecera de la New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Def Leppard ha vendido más de 100 millones de álbumes en todo el mundo, y dos de sus producciones han alcanzado la certificación de Diamante de la RIAA (Pyromania e Hysteria). De esta forma, se convirtieron junto a The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, y Queen en uno de los cinco grupos de rock con dos álbumes de estudio originales con ventas por más de 10 millones de copias solo en los Estados Unidos y más de 20 en todo el mundo. La banda ocupa el número 31 del ranquin de VH1 Los 100 mejores artistas de Hard Rock y el puesto número 70 en Los 100 artistas más grandes de todos los tiempos. Su mayor éxito es la canción "Pour Some Sugar on Me", considerada por la cadena Vh1 la segunda mejor canción de los años 1980.Sus conocidos e influyentes álbumes de estudio Pyromania e Hysteria han sido incluidos por la revista Rolling Stone en su lista de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos según Rolling Stone. La propia revista Rolling Stone ha situado a Hysteria en la primera posición en su lista de los 50 mejores discos de glam metal de la historia. Han sido incluidos en el prestigioso Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll en 2019.
sábado, 1 de octubre de 2022
viernes, 30 de septiembre de 2022
Mickey Thomas - Moneytalks
John Michael Thomas (born December 3, 1949) is an American rock singer, best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship.
Thomas was born in Cairo, Georgia, on December 3, 1949. He was inspired to pursue a career in music after travelling to Atlanta with longtime childhood friends Charles Connell and Tommy Verran to see a Beatles performance in 1965. Thomas, Connell, and Verran formed their first band together; Verran was the lead vocalist. They disbanded while attending different colleges, but later reformed in the early 1970s along with friend Bud Thomas as the Jets.
Thomas was the vocalist for the Lords of London, a garage band from Douglas, Georgia, for a brief time, along with guitarist Billy Folsom, bassist Bob Hutchinson, keyboardist Billy Corbi, and drummer Troy Blasingame.
While singing lead for the Jets in 1974, Thomas joined the Elvin Bishop Group as a backing vocalist and eventually made it to lead vocals. He sang lead vocals on the 1975 Elvin Bishop single "Silent Night" and the 1976 single "Spend Some Time," but his best known achievement was singing on Elvin Bishop's chart hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love", a #3 single in 1976
Thomas recorded the solo album As Long as You Love Me in 1976. After leaving the Elvin Bishop Group, he recorded three songs for the 1978 film Skateboard, which also featured a cameo by Jefferson Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico. In April 1979, Thomas was asked to join that group after the departure of Marty Balin and Grace Slick. In 1981 he recorded his second solo album, Alive Alone. Former Elvin Bishop Group drummer Donny Baldwin became drummer for Jefferson Starship two years later when Aynsley Dunbar left.
Thomas spent most of the early 1980s as the main vocalist of Jefferson Starship, performing several duets with Slick (who rejoined in 1981) and gaining greater influence in the band. After Paul Kantner left in 1984, Thomas was leader of the band. Kantner sued over the name of Jefferson Starship, and the settlement left the band with the name Starship. From 1985 until 1989 the band had three #1 hit songs. When Slick left again in 1988, Thomas sang all lead vocals. The 1989 "Love Among the Cannibals" tour was postponed after Baldwin attacked Thomas in a bar. The damage was such that it required facial reconstruction surgery. Baldwin resigned after the incident.
Starship was let go by their record label RCA and became inactive in 1991. In early 1992, Mickey Thomas revived Starship as Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and touring has continued with this title. The band's Loveless Fascination was released on September 17, 2013. The band performed at the Streamy Awards on September 8, 2014.
jueves, 29 de septiembre de 2022
The S'aints - Where the Streets Have No Name
The Saints were an Australian rock band, originating in Brisbane, Queensland in 1973. The band was founded by Chris Bailey (singer-songwriter, later guitarist), Ivor Hay (drummer), and Ed Kuepper (guitarist-songwriter). They were initially labeled a punk band because, like American punk rock band the Ramones, the Saints were employing the fast tempos, raucous vocals and "buzzsaw" guitar that characterised early punk rock – although this only reflects a portion of their overall sound. With their debut single "(I'm) Stranded" in September 1976, they became the first punk band outside the US to release a record, ahead of better-known acts the Damned, the Sex Pistols and the Clash. They are considered one of the first and most influential groups of the genre, particularly within Australia.
Aside from mainstay Bailey, the group also had numerous line-up changes – in early 1979, Ivor Hay and Ed Kuepper left, while Bailey continued under the moniker with new musicians. Although the band achieved little commercial success in its early years, their seventh album All Fools Day peaked in the Top 30 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in April 1986. Bailey also forged a solo career, and had relocated to Sweden by 1994. The band was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2001. Bailey died in April 2022, effectively ending the band.
miércoles, 28 de septiembre de 2022
Patti Austin - Summer Breeze
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have referred to themselves as her godparents.
When Austin was four years old, she performed at the Apollo Theater. As a teenager she recorded commercial jingles and worked as a session singer in soul and R&B. She had an R&B hit in 1969 with "Family Tree". She sang backing vocals on Paul Simon's 1975 number-one hit "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover". The jazz label CTI released her debut album, End of a Rainbow, in 1976. She sang "The Closer I Get to You" for Tom Browne's album Browne Sugar, a duet with Michael Jackson for his album Off the Wall, and a duet with George Benson on "Moody's Mood for Love".
After singing on Quincy Jones's album The Dude, she signed a contract with his record label, Qwest, which released Every Home Should Have One with "Baby, Come to Me", a duet with James Ingram that became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine pop chart. A second duet with Ingram, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing", appeared on soundtrack to the film Best Friends (1982). Her final album for Qwest, The Real Me contained versions of jazz standards. Austin moved on to GRP for four releases, including Love Is Gonna Getcha, which contained the singles "Good in Love" and "Through the Test of Time"
Austin was booked for United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, but because her mother suffered a stroke days before, she cancelled her ticket and flew at a different time.
In 2003, she collaborated with Frances Yip on Papillon III in the rotunda of San Francisco City Hall to help the Jade Ribbon Campaign of Stanford University. A companion CD/DVD was released with Austin and Yip singing duets in Mandarin.
A performance in 2000 with the Germany-based WDR Big Band led to later recordings with the Germany-based ensemble that yielded two of Austin's six Grammy nominations: For Ella (2002) was a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. A 2007 release with the band and arranger Michael Abene, Avant Gershwin, earned her the trophy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
During a 2007 interview, Austin spoke of reluctantly attending as a teenager one of Judy Garland's last concerts and how the experience helped focus her career. "She ripped my heart out. I wanted to interpret a lyric like that, to present who I was at the moment through the lyric."
In 2011, Sound Advice was released containing cover versions of Bob Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody", Brenda Russell's "A Little Bit of Love", the Jackson Five's "Give It Up", Bill Withers' "Lean on Me", and Don McLean's "Vincent". The album also included "The Grace of God", a song Austin wrote after watching an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show which included a woman with scarred face. Austin appeared in the documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released on 21 June 2013.
In 2015, Austin appeared on Patrick Williams' Home Suite Home large jazz ensemble album, as vocalist for Williams' composition "52nd & Broadway," which won a Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals.
martes, 27 de septiembre de 2022
Ely Bruna feat. Alan Scaffardi - How Do You Keep The Music Playing
Ely Bruna was born in Mexico, grew up in the US and then moved to Italy. She speaks fluently Spanish, English and Italian. Due to her great voice, she has compared to famous singers like Whitney Houston. She was a session vocalist for various Dance productions in the '90 and has been performing a lot around the world. She also has taken part in many tv shows in Italy. She wrote and co-wrote many songs. Her first album under her own name was dedicated to remakes in a soul-jazz style of tunes from the 80's and 90's.
lunes, 26 de septiembre de 2022
Brett Eldredge - Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
Brett Ryan Eldredge (born March 23, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer, signed to Warner Music Group Nashville. Eldredge has had five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, three of which came from his debut studio album, Bring You Back: "Don't Ya", "Beat of the Music", and "Mean to Me".
Eldredge co-wrote the track "I Think I've Had Enough" for Gary Allan, who recorded it for his eighth studio album, Get Off on the Pain. By late 2010 he had signed to Atlantic Records and released his debut single, "Raymond" on September 27, 2010. It debuted at number 52 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week ending October 16, 2010 and reached a peak of number 23. "It Ain't Gotta Be Love" was released as his second single and reached number 46. Eldredge performed on the Grand Ole Opry on October 29, 2010.
A third single, "Don't Ya", was released to country radio in October 2012. It became his first single to reach the top 20 of the Hot Country Songs chart and his first to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut studio album, Bring You Back, was released on August 6, 2013. "Don't Ya" reached number one on the Country Airplay chart the same month. The album's second single, "Beat of the Music", also reached number one on the same chart. The album's third single, "Mean to Me", was released to country radio on July 14, 2014. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in March 2015.
Eldredge's sixth single overall, "Lose My Mind", was released in 2015. It is the lead single to his second studio album, Illinois. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in October 2015. The album's second single, "Drunk on Your Love" released to country radio on November 9, 2015. It reached at number two on the Country Airplay chart in April 2016. The album's third single, "Wanna Be That Song" released to country radio on May 23, 2016. It reached at number one on the Country Airplay in January 2017. He was one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift's Red Tour. On Memorial Day 2015, he sang "Take Me Out to The Ballgame" during the seventh Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field while the Cubs played host to the Washington Nationals.
In 2016, Eldredge was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of Take Me Home, Country Roads; On the Road Again; and I Will Always Love You which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards.
Eldredge released his first Christmas album, Glow, in October 2016.
In March 2017, he released "Somethin' I'm Good At", the lead single to his self titled fourth studio album. The album's second single, "The Long Way" released to country radio on August 21, 2017, and peaked at #3. The album's third single was "Love Someone."
On April 17, 2020, Eldredge released the single "Gabrielle", the lead single off his fifth studio album Sunday Drive, released on July 10, 2020.
On April 22, 2022, Eldredge released the single "Songs About You", the lead single from the album of the same name; the album was released on June 17, 2022.
domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2022
Imagination - Highway to Hell (feat. Leee John)
Imagination fue un trío británico de soul, funk y post-disco que alcanzó un notable éxito a inicio de la década de los 80. Tuvieron éxitos en las listas de 28 países, ganaron cuatro discos de platino, nueve discos de oro y más de una docena de discos de plata alrededor del mundo entre 1981 y 1983.
Su mayor éxito fue el tema de 1982 (tema central de la película F/X) Just an Illusion (en castellano: 'Solo una ilusión').
El vocalista Leee John estaba trabajando como vocalista de apoyo para las bandas The Delfonics, Chairmen of the Board, The Velvelettes y The Elgins, cuando se encontró con Ashley Ingram, un guitarrista y bajista (Northampton, 27 de noviembre de 1960). John e Ingram se hicieron dúo de composición y decidieron comenzar con su propio grupo exótico, pegajoso, sexy y erótico, trabajando en una banda de corta duración llamada Fizzz. En una audición para otra banda de corta duración, Midnight Express, ellos encontraron al baterista Errol Kennedy (Montego Bay, 9 de junio de 1953), que había aprendido a tocar la batería en Boys' Brigade y Air Training Corps.
Formado en 1981, el trío presentó una maqueta con el tema Body Talk a los productores discográficos Jolley & Swain. Fue lanzada como sencillo en abril de 1981 sobre el nombre del grupo Imagination, un nombre que el trío escogió como un tributo a John Lennon. La canción llegó a ser n.º 4 en las listas de sencillos del Reino Unido en mayo de 1981, vendiendo 250.000 copias en su país y estuvo dieciocho semanas en el Top 50. Publicaron dos sencillos más ese año, In and Out of Love (septiembre) y Flashback (noviembre), los cuales llegarán al n.º 16, todos incluidos en su álbum debut, Body Talk.
Su mayor éxito, Just an Illusion, llegó al n.º 2 en marzo de 1982. En 1986 fue usada como canción final de la película estadounidense F/X.
Después llegaron Music and Lights (n.º 5 en junio), In the Heat of the Night (n.º 22 en septiembre y que daba título a su segundo álbum de estudio) y Changes (n.º 31 en diciembre). Todo esto fue acompañado de una gira por Europa, con 22 fechas en el Reino Unido.
El trío apareció en el programa de televisión de la BBC Top of the Pops y en otros programas televisivos de música pop, con un estilo distinto y exótico, con vestimentas iguales a los senadores romanos, enfermeros y esclavos.
Leee J. hizo una aparición en la serie de televisión británica Doctor Who, en 1983.
También eran conocidos por hacer inserciones esotéricas en sus álbumes.
Después de esto, el éxito del grupo en su país disminuyó, aunque continuaron haciendo conciertos y giras, incluso grabando nuevo material hasta los inicios de la década de los 90.
Leee J. volvió a actuar, pero reapareció como cantante en un programa de telerrealidad, Reborn, en los Estados Unidos.
A. Ingram también tuvo éxito como compositor de la cantante británica Des'ree.
Leee J. está trabajando en un proyecto documental sobre la música negra británica.