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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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England
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west, the Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east, the country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain in its centre and south, and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight. England became a state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the worlds first industrialised nation, Englands terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there are uplands in the north and in the southwest, the capital is London, which is the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland through another Act of Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the name England is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means land of the Angles. The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages, the Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea. The earliest recorded use of the term, as Engla londe, is in the ninth century translation into Old English of Bedes Ecclesiastical History of the English People. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its spelling was first used in 1538. The earliest attested reference to the Angles occurs in the 1st-century work by Tacitus, Germania, the etymology of the tribal name itself is disputed by scholars, it has been suggested that it derives from the shape of the Angeln peninsula, an angular shape. An alternative name for England is Albion, the name Albion originally referred to the entire island of Great Britain. The nominally earliest record of the name appears in the Aristotelian Corpus, specifically the 4th century BC De Mundo, in it are two very large islands called Britannia, these are Albion and Ierne. But modern scholarly consensus ascribes De Mundo not to Aristotle but to Pseudo-Aristotle, the word Albion or insula Albionum has two possible origins. Albion is now applied to England in a poetic capacity. Another romantic name for England is Loegria, related to the Welsh word for England, Lloegr, the earliest known evidence of human presence in the area now known as England was that of Homo antecessor, dating to approximately 780,000 years ago. The oldest proto-human bones discovered in England date from 500,000 years ago, Modern humans are known to have inhabited the area during the Upper Paleolithic period, though permanent settlements were only established within the last 6,000 years
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Mark Abis
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Mark Abis is a British singer-songwriter and musician. His album Changing Inside, produced by Eg White was released on 13 June 2005 on the Serpent label, record producer Joe Boyd became interested in the album and reviewed it saying, Going back to the mid-Sixties, I have heard more than any one mans share of singer-songwriters. So it takes a lot to get my attention and his melodies are original, his vocals warm and distinctive, a real musical sensibility is obvious, with literary lyrics to boot. My vote for one of the best of the new generation and his song Summerbreeze has enjoyed several releases, and was recorded by Emiliana Torrini for her album, Love in the Time of Science. Summerbreeze has also featured on television programmes including Brothers & Sisters, Secret Diary of a Call Girl. The song was included on the 2003 official soundtrack album Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his song For a Womans Love was featured on the television programme Eli Stone. Abis tours in the UK and Europe and has new work awaiting release, Abis is also a member of Blues/Folk trio Three Pilgrims with Paul Wassif and David Watson
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Steve Adey
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Steve Adey is an English musician and singer-songwriter. His music is characterised by slow tempos, minimalist arrangements, underpinned by piano, to date, Adey has released two albums and various EPs and singles. Adey released his critically well received debut album All Things Real in 2006 through independent record label Grand Harmonium Records, writers generally warmed to the albums introspective songs and well chosen covers. US journal for improvised and progressive music Signal to Noise heralded the album as haunting folk into straight-up epic territory, many reviews picked up on the integration of hi-fidelity crossed with a lo fi, homemade approach. Grand Harmonium released lead single Find the Way, containing two new recordings of Find the Way and Mississippi. Mississippi, Remixed, a download only EP, featuring Kramer, A Marble Calm, Black Sheep, the Marble Calm remix was also released on 12 vinyl via Tonefloat Records. A limited 7 single and download, Burning Fields b/w Everything in its Right Place followed in September 2007, Steve Adey played several festivals around Europe in 2007, and in August 2007 headlined his debut UK tour. In 2010, a new Steve Adey track was featured in an advert for Mercedes-Benz, a five song EP entitled These Resurrections was released in May 2011. A new studio long player The Tower of Silence was released in November 2012 to positive critical response, the Tower of Silence made The Sunday Times Album of the Week and Q Magazine cited the album as beautiful and grandly. MusicOMH garnered the album a meticulously crafted, sparse and funereally paced soundscape on which every note seems to have to earn its place, an eerie, sweeping soundtrack of grand orchestration. ”Mojo Magazines Andy Cowen writes Theres a breathtaking sonic purity to Adeys second album. Stripped down to the barest of bones, the songwriters heartfelt paeans, delivered in his rich baritone, are up there with the best of Bill Callahan. All Things Real was recorded between September 2003 and April 2005, at Longformacus Parish Church, and a cottage in Longformacus, Scottish Borders. The recording was fixed and mastered by Calum Malcolm, the album consists of both original compositions and cover versions of Bob Dylans Shelter from the Storm and Will Oldhams I See a Darkness. All Things Real was critically well received. Sunday Times journalist Mark Edwards on Shelter from the Storm, You’d have to be a fool to cover one of Dylan’s best-loved songs. Either that, or a singer with the presence — and presence of mind — to slow it right down, ian Mathers from Stylus Magazine, Never has Dylan’s “creature void of form” sounded so wracked, so stricken. The album includes the song Mary Margaret OHara, a tribute to the Canadian singer / actress Mary Margaret OHara, an initial album recording, featuring choral singers and members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra was abandoned, due to the wrong feel and a less personal sound. It was announced via Steves official website over the summer of 2012 that a new album will be available from September as a special LP bundle direct from the artist, an official release was to follow in November through the Grand Harmonium label. Adey worked on The Tower of Silence for several years, mostly mixing and editing early band recordings that were laid down in a church, no computers were used and Adey wanted to mix to tape in an old school style
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Damon Albarn
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Damon Albarn, OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the singer of the British rock band Blur as well as co-founder, vocalist, instrumentalist. After spending long periods of time touring the US, Albarns songwriting became influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result of these came in the form of Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife. All three albums received critical acclaim while Blur gained mass popularity in the UK, aided by a Britpop rivalry with Oasis, subsequent albums such as Blur,13, Think Tank and The Magic Whip contained influences from lo-fi, electronic and hip hop music. Along with Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett, Albarn formed the virtual band Gorillaz in 1998, drawing influences from alternative rock, trip hop, hip hop, electronica, dub, reggae and pop music, the band released their self-titled debut album in 2001 to worldwide success. Although Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor, the albums feature collaborations from a range of artists. Gorillaz are cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band and he has also ventured into the world of opera with Dr Dee and Monkey, Journey to the West. In 2008 The Daily Telegraph ranked Albarn number 18 in their list of the 100 most powerful people in British culture, in a 2010 UK poll for Q magazine Albarn was voted the fourth-greatest frontman of all time. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to music, Albarn was born on 23 March 1968, is the eldest child of artist Keith Albarn and his wife Hazel, née Dring. Their daughter Jessica, born in 1971, also went on to become an artist, Keith Albarn, originally from Nottinghamshire, was briefly the manager of Soft Machine and once a guest on BBCs Late Night Line-Up. He was head of The School of Art and Design at Colchester Institute, damons paternal grandfather Edward, an architect, had been a conscientious objector during the Second World War and was involved in a farming community in Lincolnshire, becoming a peace activist. In 2002 Edward Albarn died, Damon stated in an interview that Edward did not want to any longer. The Apollo Cumfycraft and The Tailendcharlie produced by his fathers company Keith Albarn & Partners Ltd under the trade-name of Playlearn, when Damon and Jessica were growing up, their family moved to Leytonstone, East London. The household was described as bohemian and their upbringing as liberal, Albarn agreed with his parents views, later claiming, I always thought my parents were absolutely dead right. I went against the grain in a weird way – by continually following them and his parents primarily listened to blues, Indian ragas and African music. The population of the area was predominantly white as opposed to the ethnically mixed part of London which he had used to. He described himself as not really fitting in with the politics of the place, Albarn was interested in music from an early age, attending an Osmonds concert at the age of six
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Mike Alexander (musician)
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Michael Mike Alexander was a Jamaican-British musician who served as the bassist of English thrash metal group Evile. On 5 October 2009, Alexander died while on tour in Luleå, Sweden, due to a pulmonary embolism, Evile unveiled a memorial site to Alexander on 25 October 2009. Alexander was born in London, England, in 2000, after Matt Drake and Ben Carter formed a Metallica cover band, Alexander saw an advertisement in a local guitar store for a metal bassist. After calling Drake and rehearsing with the group, the band asked Alexander to join and they recorded an EP All Hallows Eve in 2004 and a demo Hell Demo in 2006. Soon after, the band signed to Earache Records, and released their Flemming Rasmussen produced debut album, Enter the Grave and their second album, Infected Nations, was released in 2009. Alexander performed with BC Rich bass guitars and he also endorsed Kustom and Hartke amplifiers and cabinets and Dunlop bass strings. Evile released a statement on 6 October 2009 through the bands label Earache and he died in Luleå, Sweden on 5 October 2009, during a European tour in support of their new album, from a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot on the lungs. He was replaced two months later by former Rise to Addiction bassist Joel Graham, on Eviles third album, Five Serpents Teeth, the song In Memoriam pays tribute to the late bassist, using a bass riff Alexander used to play during sound checks. He also was given credit for co-writing Long Live New Flesh, Alexander stated his favourite bassists were Jason Newsted and Sean Yseult. All Hallows Eve EP2004 Hell Demo 2006 Enter the Grave 2007 Infected Nations 2009 Songwriting credit on Five Serpents Teeth 2011 - on In Memoriam and Long Live New Flesh. BC Rich Warbeast bass BC Rich Warlock bass Silvertone Paul Stanley V Bass Hartke Cabinets Hartke Amp heads Kustom Cabinets Kustom Amp Heads Mike Alexander on Myspace
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Michael Algar
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Michael Olga Algar is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who fronts the band The Toy Dolls. Mainly a lead/rhythm guitarist, Olga is also a songwriter and record producer, Algar lived in the City of Sunderland during most of his life before moving to Tokyo, Japan, in 2000. He then moved to central London in 2002 where he has lived since, michael Algar, Olga, began playing music around the age of 11 after seeing Mud, Sweet, Slade and Suzi Quatro on Top of the Pops, a UK pop TV show. He had started songwriting/composing by the age of 17 and he played in various local bands including Straw Dogs and The Showbiz Kids before forming The Toy Dolls in October 1979. Over their 35-year existence The Toy Dolls have toured the world extensively and released numerous albums, Olga has written all the bands albums which include such titles as Absurd-Ditties, Fat Bobs Feet, Idle Gossip and Anniversary Anthems. Following the debut album Dig That Groove Baby, the band had a top 10 single in the UK in 1984, Nellie the Elephant and this was followed by the album A Far Out Disc reaching number 71 in the UK Album charts.18. In 2010 he was engineer on the album Crash & Burn by North East UK punk band Crashed Out. The latest production from Olga is The album after the last one by The Toy Dolls, Olga has written the music for various TV Commercials, including Ready Brek, Badoit mineral water and Crazy Grape Pepsi Cola. His music has also used on the soundtracks of Hollywood movies, including Haggard, The Movie, Free Jimmy. Olga also wrote the theme and incidental music for the TV Rock/Pop show Razzamatazz, prior to playing guitar, Olga first learned Bass guitar and also plays Kazoo. Olga plays a yellow Fender Telecaster with a Seymour Duncan bridge pick up, the All Music Guide describes Olga as being capable of jaw-droppingly fast guitar picking. He also played bass on various US shows with The Adicts and he made a guest appearance at the birthday show of Ginger from the Wildhearts at the Garage, London 17 December 2009. Olga also appeared on vocals alongside Brian Johnson from and John Miles, on the Geordie Aid single Try Giving Everything in 1985. Another charity record that Olga appeared on was the album Guitarists 4 the Kids released in 2006, Olga finds inspiration from everyday life, girlfriends, next door neighbours and things, rather than music, for his songwriting. His early musical influences include Dr. Feelgood, Chuck Berry, Sweet, Slade, Mud, SLF, Sham 69, The Jam, The Skids, among punk rock music in general
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Lily Allen
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Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper, known professionally as Lily Allen, is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen, Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills. In 2005, she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and her first mainstream single, Smile, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006. Her debut record, Alright, Still, was received, selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards, Brit Awards. She began hosting her own talk-show, Lily Allen and Friends and her second studio album, Its Not Me, Its You, saw a genre shift, having more of an electropop feel, rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one. The album debuted at one on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned the hit singles The Fear and Fuck You and this success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards. In 2009, Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities, in 2011, she launched her own record label. In 2013, Allen revealed that she had begun working on her studio album. On 12 November 2013, Allen premiered the video for her first original song since 2009, Hard out Here, Allen was born in Hammersmith, west London, daughter of Keith Allen, a Welsh-born comedian, and film producer Alison Owen. She has a sister, Sarah, a younger brother, actor Alfie. She is the goddaughter of Wild Colonials vocalist Angela McCluskey and she is the third-cousin of singer Sam Smith. At age three Allen appeared on The Comic Strip Presents, episode The Yob, which her father had co-written. When she was four, her left the family. During her early childhood, Allen lived with her family on a council estate, for a time, the family lived with comedian Harry Enfield while her mother dated him. The Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer was close to Allen and she attended 13 schools, including Prince Charless junior alma mater, Hill House School, Millfield, Bedales School and was expelled from several of them for drinking and smoking. This led to Allen singing Baby Mine from Disneys Dumbo at a school concert, Allen told Loveline that the audience was brought to tears at the sight of a troubled young girl doing something good. At that point Allen said she knew music was something she needed to do either as a lifelong vocation or to get it out of her system
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Emma Anderson
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Emma Anderson is an English musician. She is best known for being a songwriter, guitarist and singer in the shoegazing/Britpop band, as keen music fans, they wrote a fanzine called Alphabet Soup. Her first band, which she joined in 1986, was The Rover Girls as a bass player, in 1987 she formed Lush with fellow songwriter Berenyi. On 6 March 1988, Lush played their very first performance at the Camden Falcon in London and they went on to reasonable success, having a number of Top 40 hits over an eight-year career. Anderson told Everett True in Melody Maker, I remember when I couldnt play, I wasnt in a band, didnt know anyone else who could play, I sometimes find it impossible to come to terms with whats happening. Anderson and Berenyi were the women to take part in the 1992 Lollapalooza tour of the United States. Both Anderson and Berenyi became major music press celebrities as part of The Scene That Celebrates Itself, music magazines the NME and Melody Maker gleefully reported their social activities on a regular basis, which could be said to overshadow their increasingly strong songwriting. As drummer Chris Acland states, people seem to want to talk about Lushs relationship to the more than they want to talk about Lush. Of the sound of Lush, Emma says, We were kind of rock in one way. We did think Well, if they can do it, why the fuck cant we, basically, our idea was to have extremely loud guitars with much weaker vocals. And, really the vocals were weaker due to nervousness – wed always be going Turn them down, after their biggest hits, the Top 30 Single Girl, Ladykillers and 500 and Top 10 album, Lovelife, the bands drummer Chris Acland took his own life in 1996. The members were devastated and they split in 1996, Lush officially announced their breakup on 23 February 1998. While a member of Lush, Anderson also worked with Drum Club contributing vocals and guitar on Spaced Out Locked In on their 1993 album Everything Is Now, in 1997 Anderson formed a new band with vocalist Lisa ONeill, Sing-Sing. Emma talks about how it started, I just started writing songs not really knowing what was going to happen though I kind of knew I didnt want to form another 4-piece indie band, I demoed those songs for 4AD with myself singing but was dropped but I wasnt fazed. I then met Lisa ONeill via a guy I was going out with at the time and she had worked with Mark Van Hoen whom funnily enough, someone I knew said, was looking for collaborators so it kind of all fell into place and Sing-Sing was born. They released two albums – The Joy of Sing-Sing in 2001 and Sing-Sing and I in 2005, before disbanding on New Years Day 2008. Anderson joined in reforming Lush in 2015, releasing a new single Out of Control in early 2016, scar – October 1989 Gala – December 1990 Spooky – January 1992 Split – June 1994 Lovelife – March 1996 Ciao. The Best of Lush –2001 Blind Spot – April 2016 The Joy of Sing-Sing –2001 Sing-Sing and I –2005 Andersons MySpace 4AD Lush Page
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Ian A. Anderson
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Ian A. Anderson is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster. The middle initial was added at a date to avoid confusion with Ian Anderson of the band Jethro Tull. After two EPs, he recorded his first album, Stereo Death Breakdown, as Ian Anderson’s Country Blues Band, in December 1969, with John Turner, he conceived the record label The Village Thing, for which he was also a producer. In the 21st century, much of Village Thing’s output has been categorised as folk or acid folk. In 1973, he moved from Bristol to Farnham, Surrey, in 1980, the duo teamed up with melodeon player Rod Stradling and hammered dulcimer player Sue Harris, later replaced by Chris Coe, as The English Country Blues Band. Anderson organised the Folk Blues Bristol & West club in Bristol, in 1982, he founded Farnham Folk Day, an annual event at Farnham Maltings which ran until 1988. In the 1960s and 1970s, Anderson regularly contributed as a writer to publications including Blues Unlimited. In 1979, he co-founded The Southern Rag, a quarterly folk music magazine for the south of England. In 1999, its title was abbreviated to fRoots, Anderson and Folk Roots were actively involved in the 1987 campaign which established the term world music, and supported tours by artists who were previously unknown in the UK. In 2001, he developed the Awards For World Music]] which were produced, fRoots was given the WOMEX Award for professional excellence in 2010. As a spin-off from his 1980s activities, he founded an independent record label, Rogue Records, the label was the first to release recordings in the UK by Senegals Baaba Maal, Madagascars Tarika, Gambian kora duo Dembo Konte and Kausu Kuyateh, and Tex-Mex accordionist Flaco Jimenez. Rogue Records later turned into a label, The Weekend Beatnik. He has also broadcast on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, since 2002 he has hosted fRoots Radio on the web. In 2008/2009, he was one third of Blue Blokes 3, with Lu Edmonds on vocals, cumbus, saz and guitar, after Edmonds re-joined Public Image Limited in 2010, Anderson and Mandelson continued as the duo The False Beards who released their first album in 2013. Anderson moved back to his Bristol roots in 2011, relocating his home, fRoots website Official site, ianaanderson. com Village Thing shop at Bandcamp
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Chris Andrews (singer)
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Christopher Frederick Chris Andrews is an English singer-songwriter, whose musical career started in the late 1950s. Andrews was born in Romford, Essex, England, and by his mid teens had formed his own group, Chris Ravel, on 14 March 1959, he made his British television debut, performing on the Oh, Boy. show. He would later return in April to perform a cover of Cliff Richards, for Adam Faith, Andrews wrote The First Time and We Are in Love, and then a string of hits for Sandie Shaw. They included Girl Dont Come, Ill Stop at Nothing, Message Understood, the latter remained a chart topper in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. Girl Dont Come was covered by Cher on her debut album, as well as obtaining a high placing in the UK chart with Yesterday Man, it also climbed to No.1 in Ireland and Germany. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc, later releases were not as successful, but his own hits are seen as early examples of bluebeat influenced white pop music. In South Africa, his single releases proved particularly popular, with Pretty Belinda, Carol OK. Yo Yo reached No.7 at the end of 1970, Andrews remains active in his career as a singer-songwriter, working primarily in continental Europe and in the United Kingdom. He lives with his second wife Alexandra, who is also his manager, in Germany and Spain. net chris-andrews. de Chris Andrews discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs
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Finn Andrews
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The Veils are a London-based indie/alternative band fronted by lead singer and songwriter Finn Andrews. They are known for their chaotic and highly cathartic live performances, head of Rough Trade Records Geoff Travis has referred to Finn as a young but maturing real artist in the vein of Nick Cave and David Bowie. Finn Andrews was born in London but spent his years at high school in Auckland. Largely disinterested in school, Finn was also playing in many bands, when he was 16, a set of demos he sent to record companies created a stir and led to invitations for him to return to London and make a record. The Veils were signed almost immediately to Blanco y Negro, an indie/major hybrid imprint led by Rough Trades boss Geoff Travis, by then increasing contractual disparities and artistic differences between the head of Warner and Geoff Travis delayed plans for a debut album. The Blanco Y Negro label was disbanded and the dispute turned into a court battle. By mid-2003 Geoff Travis had signed them to Rough Trade Records, the Veils recorded four more songs with producer Bernard Butler, and the band finally released its first Rough Trade single, Guiding Light on 28 July 2003. Single releases of Lavinia and The Wild Son led to The Runaway Found finally hitting the shelves on 16 February 2004. Andrews left the UK early 2005 and embarked on a tour of America and Japan. He spent the summer there rehearsing with high-school friends Liam Gerrard and Sophia Burn in Liams bedroom, when the trio returned to London they were joined by Dan Raishbrook and Henning Dietz, who completed the new line-up. They began recording sessions with producer Nick Launay in Los Angeles in early 2006, lead singer Finn Andrews shows rougher and more experimental vocals on many of the songs such as Not Yet and Jesus for the Jugular. Two singles were released from the album, Advice for Young Mothers to Be, Nux Vomica featured on 16 English and American critics best of the year lists in 2006. By mid-2008 they were back to London to begin work on their album with producer Graham Sutton. The recording sessions at West Point Studios lasted only three weeks, and at the end of the summer the album was done and ready to be mixed, sun Gangs was released on 6 April 2009 and was featured in many websites top albums of 2009. The band spent the summer of 2010 working on new material, the EP is produced by Finn Andrews and Bernard Butler and was recorded at Finns home studio in London. In March 2011 The Veils headlined a concert for the NZ Red Cross in London. The Veils fourth album was recorded in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles and was released on April 2013, in January the band recorded a 5-song live session at Abbey Road Studios which was also turned into a short film and released as exclusive content with the new record. Following their albums release The Veils embarked on a 150-date world tour with shows selling out all across North America, Europe and New Zealand
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Rod Argent
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Rodney Terence Rod Argent is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. Argent is one of the composers of The Zombies music. As the bands keyboardist he used a variety of instruments, including the Mellotron, the harpsichord, as a child, Argent sang as a boy chorister in the St Albans Cathedral Choir. While at St Albans School, he met Paul Atkinson, Argent, Atkinson, and Grundy first played together at a jam on Easter 1961 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Argent wanted to form a band and initially asked his cousin Jim Rodford to join as a bass guitarist, Rodford was playing in local band called the Bluetones at the time, so declined. Colin Blunstone and Paul Arnold joined the new band in early 1961, Arnold left not long after and was replaced by Chris White. After the band won a local contest, they recorded a demo as their prize, Argents song Shes Not There got them a recording contract with Decca. In addition to playing the piano and keyboards in The Zombies, Argent was one of the two main songwriters, penning the hits Shes Not There, Tell Her No, and Time of the Season. Argent was initially the lead singer, with Blunstone on guitar. When Argents keyboard talents became apparent, he became the groups keyboard player. The group continued to record through the 1960s, but disbanded in December 1967, after the band broke-up, Argent went on to form the band Argent, which had a hit album in 1972 with All Together Now, which contained the single Hold Your Head Up. His Hammond B3 solo on track is cited by Rick Wakeman as the greatest organ solo ever. The band also recorded the version of the rock anthem God Gave Rock and Roll to You, written by lead singer Russ Ballard. Argents first album included the song Liar, which became a hit for Three Dog Night, in 1976, the band broke up. In 1978, Argent released his solo album Moving Home with many well-known musicians, including Genesis drummer Phil Collins. In 1980, he wrote a musical titled Masquerade which premiered in London in 1982, in 1988, he issued another solo album, Red House. In the 1980s he began writing for television, in 1986, he composed the theme music for ITVs coverage of the 1986 World Cup, Aztec Gold, which was released as a single under the title of Silsoe. Also in 1986, he composed the music for ITVs The Two of Us
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Tim Arnold (musician)
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Tim Arnold is an English singer-songwriter, composer, producer and musician from London. His music has compared to David Bowie. He is also a campaigner for the preservation of the London district known as Soho. He first achieved success as the singer and songwriter of Britpop band Jocasta in the mid-1990s and he runs the record label TA Music and has released fifteen albums, one with Jocasta and fourteen solo albums. He is also author and composer of the musical Secrets of Soho, tim Arnolds childhood was spent travelling through Europe, as his mother, Polly Perkins, performed cabaret in theatres and nightclubs. Between the ages of eight and fourteen, he lived in France, Spain, Arnold has stated he believes in magic after meeting a Pagan “witch” at the age of nine. At fourteen years old, he enrolled as a bard in The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. The teachings inspired him to leave his mothers home in Spain and return alone to England to study at the Rudolf Steiner School, in 1994, Arnold and the band moved from Hertfordshire to London. Jocasta had chart hits with Go and Change Me in 1997, the bands only album, No Coincidence was released in June 1997, but they disbanded soon after its release. In 1999 he signed a deal with Richard Bransons V2 Music. He also became Master of Music at Shakespeares Globe Theatre, composing music for Peter Oswalds Augustines Oak. In 2000 he briefly begun a new band called Spearshaker, the band recorded several songs at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, which would later be released on Arnolds 3rd solo album En Route. In 2001, Arnold left V2 and signed to Universal Music Publishing, for two years, he wrote and produced music for newly signed artists at Universal, mostly pop, R&B, garage and hip hop. In 2003 Arnold travelled to the Wat Tham Krabok Buddhist monastery in Thailand, the trip financed by his godmother, the actress June Brown, where he was successfully treated for drug addiction. Life at the monastery had an effect on Arnold who subsequently left London and moved to Thailand to live in the monastery. He recorded his solo album Lokutara with the monks who cured him, in which the music was created by following cracks in the earth. Brown and Arnold subsequently set up a fund to help other addicts receive treatment at Wat Tham Krabok, a Tham Krabok success story, Arnold returned to the UK in 2004. Over the following 18 months, he recorded and released 6 solo albums, the responses he received became the basis for many of Arnolds songs
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Len Arran
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Len Arran is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer. He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980s, in 1991, he developed a writing partnership with Dyer, leading to the formation of rock band Skunk Anansie. From 1994 onwards, they produced eight Top 40 singles, including Hedonism, Twisted and Brazen,2004 saw the release of songs for Skins first Solo Album, Fleshwounds on EMI followed by her second solo album, Fake Chemical State released in March 2006. Arran has composed music for computer games, including the Sony Entertainment PC game Tellurian Defence. He has scored music for several Irish short films, in addition to music for Simon Community TV commercials and he has scored films including the award winning A Dublin Story, and Push Hands, Past Pupil and LEmpire des loups. Other works include the British romantic comedy The Truth About Love, the Shimmy Marcus/Paul Davey documentary, in 2009 the film, scored by Arran was nominated for an Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards. Len Arran at the Internet Movie Database Official Homepage Labhaoise Homepage
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Richard Ashcroft
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Richard Paul Ashcroft is an English singer and songwriter. He was the singer and occasional rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their original split in 1999. He became a solo artist in his own right, releasing three UK top three solo albums. The Verve reformed in 2007 but again broke up by summer 2009, Ashcroft then founded a new band, RPA & The United Nations of Sound, and released a new album on 19 July 2010. On 22 February 2016 Ashcroft announced his solo album, These People. Chris Martin of Coldplay has described Ashcroft as the best singer in the world, Ashcroft was the only son of office worker Frank and hairdresser Louise, he also has two younger sisters. His middle name, Paul, is also the name of a paternal uncle, when Ashcroft was 11, his father died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. Ashcroft soon fell under the influence of his stepfather, who belonged to the Rosicrucians, Ashcroft attended Upholland High School, along with future bandmates Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury and Simon Tong, and then attended Winstanley College, where he met Nick McCabe. His teachers referred to him as the cancer of the class, Ashcroft was an avid football player, playing junior football for Wigan Athletic. For some time Ashcroft wanted to be a football player, idolising George Best. Ashcroft formed The Verve in 1990 with McCabe, Jones and Salisbury, the band signed to Hut Records and became well known for their appetite for both psychedelic music and drugs. They also became a part of the Britpop movement, the band split in 1995, and around this time Ashcroft wrote a collection of songs he intended to release as his first solo album. However, by 1997 he had changed his mind and asked McCabe to return, reforming The Verve, however, the pressures of touring and the tensions within the band led to McCabes departure in mid-1998 and the announcement of the bands break-up in April 1999. In early 2007, Ashcroft made peace with McCabe and Jones, the band played gigs later that year and continued touring in 2008, headlining at several festivals around the world. A new album, Forth, was released in August, in August 2008, The Verve broke up for the third time, though it was not announced until the following year. Ashcrofts first solo single, A Song for the Lovers, peaked at No.3 in the UK charts in April 2000 and it was followed by the single Money to Burn which reached the UK Top 20 at #17. The album, Alone with Everybody, was released in June, reaching number 1, in September, a third single was released – Cmon People – entering the charts at #21. Richard does not publish the lyrics to his songs in the cards of his albums or singles as he feels they are personal to him
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Ian Astbury
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Ian Robert Astbury is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member and the lead vocalist for the rock band The Cult. In 1979, while living in Glasgow, Astbury was influenced by The Doors song The End, in 1980 he was in Liverpool, where he was active on the punk scene based around Erics Club. He moved to Bradford in late 1980, where he was a member of the positive punk band Southern Death Cult in 1981. Southern Death Cult lasted until March 1983, along with guitarist Billy Duffy, bassist Jamie Stewart and drummer Raymond Taylor Smith, Astbury formed a new band, Death Cult and released The Death Cult EP. To gain broader appeal, the changed its name to the Cult in January 1984 before appearing on the Channel 4 television show. The Cult have been a rock band active since 1983. Their first album, Dreamtime was released in 1984, and followed by Love in 1985, Love featured the single She Sells Sanctuary, which introduced the band to an international audience. Many songs of early albums focus on Native American themes. On their third album, Electric, The Cult made a transformation to hard rock sound with the help of Rick Rubin, after the release of the 1989 album Sonic Temple, and the single Fire Woman, Astbury relocated to Los Angeles, California. In 1994, The Cult returned with an album and a change of musical pace. Their hard rock sound was gone, replaced instead by Astburys growing interest in music, fashion. The self-titled album was not a success, but released two singles. To support the album set out on a tour, in Brazil, however, Astburys creative differences with guitarist Duffy reached their peak. Astbury soon after assembled another group of musicians and began writing new songs and he called the group The Holy Barbarians, and in 1996 the band released the album Cream. Although this was not a commercial success, the band appeared at the small Tunbridge Wells Forum which saw them being joined onstage by Vic Reeves for a rendition of The Cults classic Wildflower. Personal difficulties and a drive for further introspection drove Astbury away from his new group, in 1999, Astbury and Duffy reformed The Cult. A new contract with Atlantic Records was inked, and in 2001 came the release of Beyond Good, early radio success was being had by the single Rise, until the band had a falling out with Atlantic and they ended all commercial promotions and radio play for the album
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Pete Atkin
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Pete Atkin is a British singer-songwriter and radio producer notable for his 1970s musical collaborations with Clive James and for producing the BBC Radio 4 series This Sceptred Isle. Born in Cambridge on 22 August 1945, Atkin attended Romsey County Primary School and The Perse School, in 1959 he formed a church youth club band called The Chevrons for whom he played piano with four schoolfriends. He studied Classics and English at Cambridge University where he was a member of St Johns College, in 1966 he joined Cambridge Footlights, becoming the musical director for the revues. Atkin made his first recording in 1967, a pressing of 160 copies of While The Music Lasts. Next year he was taken to EMI with Julie Covington to record the most popular number from the 1967 Revue Show, the complex Duet, at six minutes, it was too long to be a single and has never received commercial release, the tape has since been lost. Atkin released another privately pressed album in 99 copies entitled The Partys Moving On in 1969, essex Music funded the recording of fourteen tracks in 1969. The lyrics to this, and all but two of the tracks on the album, by Atkin, were written by Clive James who met Atkin whilst they were both members of Footlights. Before the release of Beware of the Beautiful Stranger in 1970 Atkin, Covington and these shows, also called The Partys Moving On, each featured three songs and were broadcast only in London late at night. They led to the commissioning of the larger revue format series What Are You Doing After The Show, Atkin did, and still does, write his own lyrics, but it was the collaboration with Clive James that produced his most famous songs. Pete Atkin and Clive James recorded six albums in the 1970s, as well as writing an album for Julie Covington, however, despite Atkins popularity on the college performance circuit the records did not sell in any great numbers. When singer Val Doonican recorded a version of the song The Flowers. For Atkin, touring provided a respectable but not luxurious income, the release of the fourth album, The Road of Silk was accompanied by a promotional tour with a backing band featuring the guitarist Chris Spedding, in contrast to Atkins usual solo tours. Despite the investment this implied, Atkin and James became increasingly dissatisfied with their handling by their record label, paradoxically this album resulted in their most successful tour to date, as Clive James joined Pete Atkin on stage for an evening of song, satire and poetry. Clive James read from the first of his epic poetic satires, The Fate of Felicity Fark in the Land of the Media while Pete Atkin sang songs from the latest release, to their dismay, the offers from other record labels did not flow in after the tour ended. James lyrics were far from popular music, being frequently dense with poetic references. At their most accessible they might describe the life of a tool shop supervisor. A song such as My Egoist, in contrast, is translated almost entirely from a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire, other references include Rainer Maria Rilkes Duino Elegies and William Shakespeares sonnets. Often Atkin turned James intentions upside down, as with The Last Hill That Shows You All The Valley, the combination worked as James mournful cataloguing of mans inhumanity to man became a cry of protest
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Kevin Ayers
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Kevin Ayers was an English singer-songwriter and a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement. Ayers was a member of the pioneering psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s. After living for years in Deià, Majorca, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s before moving to the south of France. His last album was The Unfairground, recorded in New York City, Tucson, the British rock journalist Nick Kent wrote, Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music. Everything that came after came from them, Ayers was born in Herne Bay, Kent, the son of BBC producer Rowan Ayers. Following his parents divorce and his mothers subsequent marriage to a British civil servant, Ayers returned to England at the age of twelve. In his early years he took up with the burgeoning musicians scene in the Canterbury area. He was quickly drafted into the Wilde Flowers, a band that featured Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper, Ayers stated in interviews that the primary reason he was asked to join was that he probably had the longest hair. However, this prompted him to writing songs and singing. The Wilde Flowers morphed into Soft Machine with the addition of keyboardist Mike Ratledge, Ayers switched to bass and shared vocals with the drummer Robert Wyatt. The contrast between Ayers baritone and Wyatts reedy tenor, plus the freewheeling mix of rock and jazz influences, the band often shared stages with Pink Floyd. They released their debut single Love Makes Sweet Music/Feelin Reelin Squeelin in February 1967 and their debut album, The Soft Machine, was recorded in the USA for ABC/Probe and released in 1968. It is considered a classic of the genre, to many in the U. S, the Soft Machine was best known for being the opening act on the second U. S. tour by Jimi Hendrix, thus exposing them to an entire new audience. While there, Ayers went on a songwriting binge that resulted in the songs that would make up his first album, the album was one of the first released on the new Harvest label, alongside Pink Floyds Ummagumma. Ayers colleagues from Soft Machine backed him, with the addition on some cuts of Rob Tait, one interesting product of the sessions was the single, Religious Experience, early recordings of which featured Syd Barrett on guitar and backing vocals. However the 2004 CD reissue of Joy of a Toy includes a mix of this song featuring Barretts guitar as a bonus track, Ayers was to all intents and purposes a member of Gong in 1971 when the band first toured the UK. He also played a role in Steve Hillage appearing in Gong in 1972. A second album, Shooting at the Moon, soon followed, again Ayers came up with a batch of engaging songs interspersed with avant-garde instrumentals and a heavy dose of whimsy
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Katy B
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Kathleen Anne Brien, better known as Katy B, is an English singer and songwriter. She released her studio album, On a Mission, in 2011. In 2014 she released her studio album, Little Red. She was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize, kathleen Anne Brien was born on 8 May 1989, in Peckham, London, where she attended at Lyndhurst Primary School, Haberdashers Askes Hatcham College, and the BRIT School. Katy also attended at the Glenlyn Academy in South London, where she took dance classes, Katys father was a member of the Les Humphries Singers, who represented Germany at Eurovision 1976, with the song Sing Sang Song. Katy B possesses a vocal range. Katy has guested on many tracks, both before and during her album release campaign, DJ NGs song Tell Me, on which she featured as Baby Katy, was initially released on a white label and then later signed to Ministry of Sound. She also provided vocals on the track Hold Me for The Count & Sindens debut album Mega Mega Mega, Katy B has also collaborated with Rinse FM DJ Geeneus to cover the Kevin Saunderson produced Good Life and the track As I. The single reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Indie Chart and her third single Broken Record was released in March 2011, and peaked at number eight. The fourth single Easy Please Me was released on 3 June 2011 and her fifth single Witches Brew was released on 28 August 2011. Katys debut album On a Mission was released on 4 April 2011, Katy B supported Tinie Tempah on his tour during Spring of 2011, and on 30 April 2011 she embarked on her own debut concert tour throughout Europe until September, then the UK in October. On 1 October 2013, Katy announced that her studio album would be titled Little Red. Lead single 5 AM was released on 4 November 2013, charting at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart, Crying for No Reason was released on 10 February 2014, reaching the Top 5 of the singles chart. Little Red topped the UK Albums Chart on 19 February 2014, still was released as the third and final single from the album. On 18 February 2014, Katys video for the ongoing Rinse Sessions x Metropolis project was revealed, in February, she also appeared on the BBC One show The Voice as Ricky Wilsons team mentor. She performed at Birmingham Pride in May 2014, in October 2015, Katy provided vocals, along with Tinie Tempah on Turn the Music Louder, a re-worked version of British DJ KDAs track Rumble. It topped the UK charts becoming Katys first UK number one single, in December 2015, Katy confirmed in a backstage interview at Capital FMs Jingle Bell Ball that her third studio album would be called Honey and would be released sometime in 2016. It was also confirmed that a track of the name would feature
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Badly Drawn Boy
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Damon Michael Gough, known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gough chose his name from the title character in the show Sam and his Magic Ball. Before he thought of using this name he made some business cards, each one unique, with a picture of a drawing by his nephew. Gough grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire and he cites American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen as his music hero. His recording career began in September 1997 with the five track vinyl release EP1 and this was distributed among friends and family members. In April 1998, Gough released his second EP, EP2 and this had one track less than its predecessor but twice as many copies were pressed. The highlight track, I Love You All, was transferred to a music box which was released alongside the EP. The box plays eleven seconds of the song and is considered much rarer than the record due to its limited production. Goughs third EP, EP3, was released in November 1998 on both CD and vinyl formats, and was the first release in what became a partnership with XL Recordings. In the same year he collaborated with Unkle for their first album Psyence Fiction, road Movie was released as a live recording with Goughs fellow Mancunians Doves. The B-side to the single was another track from the EP, Music videos were recorded for both tracks. It Came from the Ground was the next EP, released in March 1999 on CD, the style of this recording focused on woodland environments, an aspect displayed in both the cover art and the title tracks video. Also released during this period was the single Whirlpool, an instrumental was released on vinyl in April 1999. Goughs last EP, Once Around the Block, was released in August 1999 in two formats and one CD edition. The release is almost short enough to be considered a single, following the success of his early EPs, Goughs first album, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, was released in June 2000, accompanied by four singles. The album was acclaimed and Badly Drawn Boy was successful in winning the 2000 Mercury Music Prize. The album sold well and is considered to be his defining work. The Badly Drawn Boy band throughout this period consisted of Matt Wardle, Robin File, Sean Mcann latterly replaced by the ex-Smiths bass guitarist Andy Rourke
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Tom Bailey (musician)
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Thomas Alexander Tom Bailey is an English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Doctor. and You Take Me Up and he was the only classic member of the band to have formal musical training. From 1994, Bailey was also a member of its incarnation, Babble. He currently works in various fields including scoring for film. He records and performs dub music under the name International Observer and his latest collaboration is the Bailey-Salgado Project, an audiovisual ensemble formed with José Francisco Salgado. Tom Bailey grew up in a associated with the medical profession. His father was the Medical Officer of Health for Chesterfield Borough Council, a whole school photograph from April 1969 shows him at age 13. Despite training as a classical pianist, Bailey initially worked as a teacher at Brook School. In his late teens and early twenties, he travelled the world, Bailey formed the Thompson Twins in 1977 with Pete Dodd, John Roog, and Jon Podgorski. Podgorski did not want to move to London, so Andrew Edge played drums with them for one year before Chris Bell joined. The group eventually ended up as a trio with Bailey on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards, his then girlfriend Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway. The Thompson Twins became fixtures on MTV during the 1980s as the videos for Hold Me Now, Lay Your Hands on Me, subsequent to the marriage of Bailey and Currie, Thompson Twins released their final album, Queer, in 1991. In 1994, Bailey and Currie formed the duo, Babble. Between 2001 and 2015, Tom Bailey released several albums under the name International Observer. Tom Bailey performed Thompson Twins songs live for the first time in 27 years on August 17,2014, at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-On-Thames, also in 2014, Tom Bailey took part in the Retro Futura Tour in the USA. He was billed under the moniker Thompson Twins Tom Bailey, the 2014 Retro Futura Tour also featured Howard Jones, Midge Ure, China Crisis, and Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves. In 2016, Tom Bailey released a new single entitled Come So Far. Bailey also made a video for Come So Far
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Adrian Baker
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Adrian Baker is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. Baker made his debut as a singer on Magnet Records/Epic Records in the United Kingdom, in 1975, he released his first solo album, Into a Dream. From that album, he had one hit on the UK Singles Chart, as a record producer, Baker is known across Europe for his dance hit productions with the group Liquid Gold. He twice attempted to write the UKs entry for the Eurovision Song Contest and his first finalist song, Miss Caroline Newley, performed by the band M Squad finished eleventh of the twelve songs in 1979. Baker, with his band Gidea Park, recorded a version of the Beach Boys California Girls for the James Bond film and it was featured in the opening sequence with Bond snowboarding. It has been suggested that this teaser sequence helped initiate interest in snowboarding, in the United States, he is best known for being the falsetto voice for the touring Beach Boys band from 1981–1982, 1988–1993, and 1998-2004. Baker was also a member of The Four Seasons with Frankie Valli from 1994-1995, in 2006, Baker released his sixth solo album, Runaway Tracks. On 19 March 2011, Baker was presented with the Key to the City of Hickory, North Carolina, Baker was Honorary Chairman of the Hickory Rotary Clubs Rotarian Idol Education Scholarship competition for the second consecutive year. He is currently touring with the band Papa Doo Run Run. P. net website dedicated to the touring band and former band members Papa Doo Run Runs website
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Ginger Baker
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Peter Edward Ginger Baker is an English drummer, best known as the founder of the rock band Cream. Bakers work in the 1960s earned him praise as rocks first superstar drummer, Baker is credited as a pioneer of drumming in genres like jazz fusion, heavy metal and world music. Baker began playing drums at age 15 around 1954, and later took lessons from Phil Seamen, in the 1960s, he joined Blues Incorporated, where he met bassist Jack Bruce. The two clashed often, but would be rhythm section partners again in the Graham Bond Organisation and Cream, Cream achieved worldwide success but only lasted until 1968, in part due to Bakers and Bruces volatile relationship. Bakers drumming attracted attention for his style, showmanship, and use of two bass drums instead of the conventional one, in his early days, he performed lengthy drum solos, most notably in the Cream song Toad, one of the earliest recorded examples in rock music. Baker was born in Lewisham, south London, an athletic child, Baker began playing drums at about 15 years old. In the early 1960s he took lessons from Phil Seamen, one of the leading British jazz drummers of the post-war era and he gained early fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organisation with future Cream bandmate Jack Bruce. The Graham Bond Organisation was an R&B/blues group with jazz leanings. Baker founded the rock band Cream in 1966 with Bruce and guitarist Eric Clapton, a fusion of blues, psychedelic rock and hard rock, the band released four albums in a little over two years before breaking up in 1968. Baker then joined the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith, composed of Clapton, bassist Ric Grech, and Steve Winwood and they only released one album before fading. In 1970 Baker formed, toured and recorded with rock group Ginger Bakers Air Force. Baker lived in Nigeria from 1970 until 1976 and he sat in for Fela Kuti during recording sessions in 1971 released by Regal Zonophone as Live. Fela also appeared with Ginger Baker on Stratavarious alongside Bobby Gass, Stratavarious was later re-issued as part of the compilation Do What You Like. Baker formed Baker Gurvitz Army in 1974 and recorded three albums with them before the band broke up in 1976, in 1992 Baker played with the hard-rock group Masters of Reality with bassist Googe and singer/guitarist Chris Goss on the album Sunrise on the Sufferbus. The album received critical acclaim but sold fewer than 10,000 copies, Baker lived in Parker, Colorado, a rural commuter town at the southeastern corner of the Denver Metropolitan Area, between 1993 and 1999, in part due to his passion for polo. Baker not only participated in events at the Salisbury Equestrian Park. In 1994, he formed The Ginger Baker Trio with bassist Charlie Haden and he also joined BBM, a short-lived power trio with the line-up of Baker, Jack Bruce and Irish blues rock guitarist Gary Moore. On 3 May 2005, Baker reunited with Eric Clapton and Bruce for a series of Cream concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, nowadays, were happily co-existing in different continents
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Roy Thomas Baker
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Roy Thomas Baker is an English record producer, songwriter, arranger, and Recording Academy governor, who has produced pop and rock records since the 1970s. Baker began his career at Decca Records in England at the age of 14. Rex, after co-founding Neptune, Baker met a band that would eventually be known as Queen. He began a relationship that lasted for five albums and a number of awards – including Grammy Awards and The Guinness World Records for the best single. Following his successes with Queen and other artists Baker signed an album production deal with CBS Music. He then proceeded to move to the US and set up The RTB Audio Visual Productions Offices in New York, at this time under his new CBS deal RTB produced Journey, Starcastle, Reggie Knighton, Ian Hunter and Ronnie Wood. Baker, also at this time, committed to produce four albums for The Cars after being prompted by Elektra Records to see them perform in a Boston school gymnasium, the albums were certified platinum and The Cars were Grammy nominated. During his tenure as Sr. V. P, Elektra signed artists Metallica, Simply Red, Yello, Peter Schilling, The World and 10,000 Maniacs. Baker has also worked with artists Guns N Roses, Alice Cooper, Foreigner, Pilot, Ozzy Osbourne, Devo, The Stranglers, Dusty Springfield, TPau, Cheap Trick and Lewis Furey. He also produced Yess 2014 album Heaven & Earth,35 years after his previous experience with the band, Baker lives in Los Angeles, Europe and at the RTB Studio Du Lac, his recording retreat, in Arizona. Roy Thomas Baker at the Internet Movie Database Roy Thomas Baker s Linked Professional Profile, an Invitation to the Opera, Sound on Sound, October 1995 – interview with Baker Mix interview with Roy Thomas Baker by Rick Clark, April 1,1999. Mix interview with Roy Thomas Baker by Paul Tingen, March 1,2006
