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Backless
''Backless'' is the sixth full-length studio album by Eric Clapton. Produced by Glyn Johns, and released by RSO Records, ''Backless'' reached No. 8 on the pop charts. While the single " Promises" only reached No. 37 in the UK, it was a much bigger success in the US, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard charts. The follow-up single, "Watch Out for Lucy", was the B-side of "Promises", but reached No. 40 on the Billboard charts on its own merit. Later in 1980 "Tulsa Time" was US #30 with 1977 song "Cocaine" as B-side. It was Clapton's last studio album to feature his longtime bassist Carl Radle who died in 1980. Track listing #"Walk Out in the Rain" (Bob Dylan, Helena Springs) – 4:16 #"Watch Out for Lucy" (Eric Clapton) – 3:26 #"I'll Make Love to You Anytime" (J. J. Cale) – 3:23 #"Roll It" (Clapton, Marcy Levy) – 3:42 #"Tell Me That You Love Me" (Clapton) – 3:31 #"If I Don't Be There by Morning" (Dylan, Springs) – 4:38 #" Early in the Morning" (Traditional, arranged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promises (Eric Clapton Song)
"Promises" is a single released by the United Kingdom, British rock musician Eric Clapton in September 1978. It is part of his studio album ''Backless''. Release "Promises" was released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the United States, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Australia, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy in September 1978. With the age of digital music, the song is available as a Music download, digital music download in nearly every country. Besides being released as a single, the track appears on various compilation albums including ''Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton'' (1982), ''Backtrackin''' (1984), ''The Cream of Eric Clapton'' (1987), ''Crossroads (Eric Clapton album), Crossroads'' (1988), ''The Cream of Clapton'' (1995) and ''Complete Clapton'' (2007). In total, the title has been released on over 15 albums. Chart performance The release was especially successful in the United States reaching No.9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watch Out For Lucy
"Watch Out for Lucy" is the B-side of the single " Promises" released by the British rock musician Eric Clapton in September 1978 of his studio album ''Backless''. Composition, release and success The song's lyrics and music were written by Clapton, and is composed in the key of A major. Record producer Glyn Johns worked with Clapton during the recording sessions. The song was released in September 1978 as the B-Side of "Promises", from Clapton's 1978 studio album ''Backless''. The single release charted nowhere else, other than in the United States, where it was additionally chosen by the ''Billboard'' magazine to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. With the A-side release, the song reached eight international single charts. '' Cash Box'' said it has a "shuffling beat, harmonica, bright electric guitar work and easy singing by Clapton and Marcy Levy. '' Record World'' suggested that "this easy-beat new release" should reach the pop and country charts as "Promise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just One Night (Eric Clapton Album)
''Just One Night'' is a 1980 double album by Eric Clapton, recorded live at the Budokan Theatre, Tokyo, Japan, December 1979 when Clapton was touring to support ''Backless'', his latest record at that time. The sleeve contains a Japanese painting by Ken Konno. The album reached No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK, and was certified gold by RIAA. Reception Critical reaction to the album has been largely positive. At the time of release Robert Christgau said the album contained "AM and FM faves" which were "served hot, raw, or both". "Ultimate Classic Rock" ranked the album in the "Top 100 Live Albums", and suggested that it was superior to the studio albums recorded by Clapton at the time. Track listing Side 1 # "Tulsa Time" ( Danny Flowers) – 4:00 (1979-12-03) # " Early in the Morning" (Traditional arranged by Eric Clapton) – 7:11 (1979-12-03) # "Lay Down Sally" (Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry) – 5:35 (1979-12-04) # "Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 4:42 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa Time
"Tulsa Time" is a song written by Danny Flowers, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in October 1978 as the first single from the album ''Expressions''. It was Williams' eighth number one on the country chart, spending a single week at number one and eleven weeks in the top 40. It was also recorded by Eric Clapton for his 1978 album ''Backless'' and a live version by Clapton from his album '' Just One Night'' became a #30 ''Billboard'' hit in 1980. Background and recording In September, 1978, Flowers and the Don Williams band members were staying at a Sheraton Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A snowstorm had caused an interruption of their schedule.Danny Flowers' souvenirs about Tulsa Time creation might be blurred after all these years. Indeed, no snowstorm has ever been recorded in September in Tulsa by the meteorological services. The night he wrote the song in his room at the Sheraton hotel probably occurred on January 11th, 1978, the only day o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcy Levy
Marcella Levy (born June 21, 1952), known professionally as Marcy Levy and (later in her career) Marcella Detroit, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She co-wrote the 1977 Eric Clapton hit "Lay Down Sally" and released her debut album ''Marcella'' in 1982. She joined Shakespears Sister in 1988 with ex-Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey. Their first two albums, ''Sacred Heart'' (1989), and ''Hormonally Yours'' (1992), both reached the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. Detroit sang the lead vocals on their biggest hit, "Stay", which spent eight consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1992. Detroit left the band in 1993 and had a UK top 20 hit with " I Believe" in 1994. She formed the Marcy Levy Band in 2002, and finished third in the 2010 ITV series ''Popstar to Operastar''. Career 1970–1987: Early career and ''Marcella'' Detroit-born Marcy Levy began playing for different bands in her home city during the early 1970s. The first major act she worked wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of the " 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibsons "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in ''Time'' magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009. After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963, replacing founding guitarist Top Topham. Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds sound from blues rock to a more radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left in 1965 to play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. On leaving Mayall in 1966, after one album, he formed the power trio Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop". After Cream br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slowhand
''Slowhand'' is the fifth full-length studio album by Eric Clapton. Released on 25 November 1977 by RSO Records, and titled after Clapton's nickname, it is one of his most commercially and critically successful studio albums. ''Slowhand'' produced the two hit singles "Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight", reached various international music charts and was honoured with numerous awards and recording certifications. In 2012, a deluxe edition was released to celebrate the album's 35th anniversary. Recording Clapton wanted to work with record producer Glyn Johns, because he thought Johns produced great work with famous groups like the Rolling Stones and Eagles and understood how to work with both British and American musicians. While in the studio with Johns, Clapton noted that the A-list producer was very disciplined and disliked jamming, because it would kill important recording time. Although Clapton and his band were intoxicated nearly all the time when recording, Johns like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Oldaker
James Oldaker (September 5, 1951 – July 16, 2020) was an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist. Biography James Oldaker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of the first bands that he was a member of was called the Rogues Five, who saw regional success in the mid 1960s and opened for other more popular bands such as the Doors at the Tulsa Convention Center. Oldaker and the Rogues Five were a regular band on local Tulsa television station KOTV's teen dance show: ''Dance Party''. After a stint in Bob Seger's band (on the album ''Back in '72''), he then was with Leon Russell's band when he was asked by Eric Clapton to participate in the recording of ''461 Ocean Boulevard''. Oldaker remained a member of Clapton's studio and touring bands through 1979, when the entire band was dismissed. Oldaker would return to the Clapton band in 1983, playing on Clapton's '' Behind the Sun'' album, released in 1985, and performing with Clapton at Live Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Radle
Carl Dean Radle (June 18, 1942 – May 30, 1980) was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Biography Radle was best known for his long association with Eric Clapton, starting in 1969 with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends and continuing in 1970 with Derek and the Dominos, recording with drummer Jim Gordon, guitarist Duane Allman, and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock. In 1970, Radle joined Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour. He worked on all of Clapton's solo projects from 1970 until 1979 and was a member of Clapton's touring band, Eric Clapton & His Band, from 1974 to 1979. Radle was instrumental in facilitating Clapton's return to recording and touring in 1974. During Clapton's three-year hiatus, Radle furnished him with a supply of tapes of musicians with whom he had been working. Dick Sims and Jamie Oldaker were th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Springs
Helena Lisandrello, known professionally as Helena Springs (born 1961), is an American singer. The singer was first a backup vocalist for Bob Dylan, starting in 1978 aged 17, and co-wrote 19 songs with him, more than any of his other collaborators. She was a vocalist for Dylan's 1978 World Tour, and the following year on his Gospel Tour. Springs appeared on his albums '' Street-Legal'' (1978), ''Bob Dylan at Budokan'' (1978), and '' Slow Train Coming'' (1979), as well as the compilation '' The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981'' (2017). She stopped working with Dylan in either late 1979 or early 1980. As a solo artist signed to Arista Records, Springs released the albums ''Helena'' in 1986 and ''New Love'' in 1987, and several singles. She has been a backup singer for other artists, including David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Pet Shop Boys, and Elton John. Springs later worked in cabaret, and launched a line of toy dolls. She had personal relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Make Love To You Anytime
''5'' is the fifth studio album by J. J. Cale. Released in 1979, it was his first album in three years. When the album was re-issued on CD, "Katy Kool Lady" was replaced by a new song listed as "Out of Style," though it was still listed as the former on the CD. "Out of Style" is also included on the 2007 album '' Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings'' under its proper title. There is still no U.S. domestic release of the song "Katy Kool Lady" on CD. Background By 1979, Cale had recorded four albums, his debut ''Naturally'' being the most commercially successful and containing the minor hit "Crazy Mama". While his albums did not sell in high numbers, Cale enjoyed great success as a songwriter when other artists recorded his songs, like Eric Clapton (" After Midnight" in 1970 and "Cocaine" in 1977) and Lynyrd Skynyrd (" Call Me the Breeze" in 1974), providing the Oklahoma singer with a degree of financial security to pursue his musical vision. By the time he recorded ''5'', Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Gallagher
Bernard Joseph "Benny" Gallagher (born 10 June 1945, in Largs, Ayrshire) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, most famous as half of the popular duo Gallagher and Lyle. Career The son of Irish parents, Gallagher attended St Michael's Academy, Kilwinning and then worked as a marine electrician in the shipyards of Glasgow. During this time, he also played bass guitar in local semi-professional beat group The Bluefrets, which featured Graham Lyle on lead guitar. Gallagher's first published song was "Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead", which he co-wrote with Andrew Galt. This was recorded as a single for EMI-Columbia in 1964 by Dean Ford and the Gaylords, the bulk of which later became chart-topping outfit Marmalade. Galt then made two singles for Pye, "Comes The Dawn" and "With My Baby", under the name James Galt; both were co-written and featured backing vocals by Gallagher and Graham Lyle. In 1966, Gallagher and Lyle – who by now had forged a songwriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
