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By The Numbers
''By the Numbers'' is an album of covers performed by The Postmarks, released in 2008. Track listing #"One Note Samba" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)- 3:05 #" You Only Live Twice" (Nancy Sinatra) - 2:57 #"Three Little Birds" (Bob Marley) - 3:51 #" OX4" (Ride)- 4:56 #" Five Years" (David Bowie) - 4:19 #" Six Different Ways" (The Cure)- 4:15 #"7-11" (The Ramones) - 3:40 #"Eight Miles High" (The Byrds) - 4:15 #" Nine Million Rainy Days" (The Jesus & Mary Chain) - 3:57 #"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (Richard Rodgers) - 2:27 #"11:59" ( Blondie) - 3:47 #"Pinball Number Count" (The Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters are an American pop and R&B singing group from Oakland, California, that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, b ...) - 2:13 Personnel * Tim Yehezkely - Vocals, Instrumentation * Christopher Moll - Guitar, Vocals, Instrumentation * Jon Wilkins - Drums, Instrumentation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Postmarks
The Postmarks were an indie pop band from Pompano Beach, Florida formed in 2004.Sendra, TimThe Postmarks Biography, AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2014 They released three albums and an EP between 2006 and 2009. History The band formed in 2004 with an initial lineup of Tel Aviv-born Tim Yehezkely (born May 20, 1982 in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel) (vocals), who left her Chemistry course at Florida Atlantic University to join the band, along with multi-instrumentalists Christopher Moll and Jonathan Wilkins, who had both previously played in See Venus.Dávila, José (2007)The Postmarks Always Sing Twice, ''Miami New Times'', April 5, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2014Samuels, RaymeBand of the hour: The Postmarks, ''Miami Herald''. Retrieved July 3, 2014The Postmarks , '' Spin< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Different Ways
''The Head on the Door'' is the sixth studio album by English rock band the Cure. It was released on 30 August 1985 by Fiction Records. Preceded by the single "In Between Days" which had reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart, ''The Head on the Door'' was described by ''Melody Maker'' as "a collection of pop songs". With its variety of styles, it allowed the group to reach a wider audience in both Europe and North America. In the United Kingdom it became their most successful album to date, entering the albums chart at No. 7 on 7 September. The album is the first to feature drummer Boris Williams. Bassist Simon Gallup, who had previously worked on three major Cure albums of the early 1980s, was called back before the recording. In 1985, the band became a quintet with instrumentalist Porl Thompson as their fifth official member. ''The Head on the Door'' is the first Cure album where all the songs were composed solely by singer and guitarist Robert Smith. History and music This al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters are an American pop and R&B singing group from Oakland, California, that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country, and rock. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. The group had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985. The group had its origins when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer began performing in clubs in 1969 as "Pointers, a Pair". The line-up grew to a trio when sister Anita joined them. Their record deal with Atlantic Records produced several unsuccessful singles. The trio grew to a quartet when sister Ruth joined in December 1972. They then signed with Blue Thumb Records, recorded their debut album, and began seeing more success, winning a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance for "Fairytale" (1974). Bonnie left the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinball Number Count
''Pinball Number Count'' (or ''Pinball Countdown'') is a collective title referring to 11 one-minute animated segments on the PBS children's series ''Sesame Street'' that teach children to count to 12 by following the journey of a pinball through a fanciful pinball machine. These segments are notable for the colorful, imaginative animation as well as the funky soundtrack with vocals by The Pointer Sisters. ''Pinball Number Count'' was originally produced in 1976 by Imagination, Inc. in San Francisco, California for the Children's Television Workshop. It made its debut on ''Sesame Street'' during Season 8 in 1977, and they were shown regularly until Season 33 in 2002. Overview The ''Pinball Number Count'' segments contain common beginning and ending sequences showing the launch of the pinball into the machine and the exit of the pinball from play, respectively. Between these two sequences is a number-specific animated narrative showing the pinball in play. This middle segment featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American Rock music, rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the American New wave music, new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. Their first two albums contained strong elements of Punk rock, punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground music, underground band in the U.S. until the release of ''Parallel Lines'' in 1978. Over the next five years, the band achieved several hit singles including "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass," "Call Me (Blondie song), Call Me," "Atomic (song), Atomic," "The Tide Is High," and "Rapture (Blondie song), Rapture". The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, also incorporating elements of disco, pop music, pop, reggae, and early hip hop music, rap music. Blondie disbanded after the release of its sixth studio album, ''The Hunter (Blondie album), The Hunter'', in 1982. Debbie Harry con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most well-known American composers of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music. Rodgers is known for his songwriting partnerships, first with lyricist Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein II. With Hart he wrote musicals throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including ''Pal Joey (musical), Pal Joey'', ''A Connecticut Yankee (musical), A Connecticut Yankee'', ''On Your Toes'' and ''Babes in Arms.'' With Hammerstein he wrote musicals through the 1940s and 1950s, such as ''Oklahoma!'', ''Flower Drum Song'', ''Carousel (musical), Carousel'', ''South Pacific (musical), South Pacific'', ''The King and I'', and ''The Sound of Music''. His collaborations with Hammerstein, in particular, are celebrated for brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy ''On Your Toes''. ''Slaughter'' is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend. The hoofer then shoots the boyfriend. The ballet is integrated into the plot of the musical by the device of having two gangsters watching it from box seats in the theatre in which it is staged. They have orders to shoot the leading dancer (played by Ray Bolger in the original production). The dancer, who has been warned just in time, evades them by suddenly dancing at full speed even after the ballet actually ends, and finally two police officers enter and arrest the gangsters. ''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' was danced by Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva in the original stage production of ''On Your Toes'', and by Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina in the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jesus & Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. After signing to independent label Creation Records, they released their first single " Upside Down" in 1984. Their debut album ''Psychocandy'' was released to critical acclaim in 1985 on major label WEA. The band went on to release five more studio albums before disbanding in 1999. They reunited in 2007 and have subsequently released the album '' Damage and Joy'' in 2017. Biography Early years Brothers Jim and William Reid had been inspired to form a band as far back as 1977, having heard groups of the British punk scene; in the early 1980s they formed their own. William stated, "It was perfect timing because there weren't any guitar bands. Everybody was making this electronic pop music." Before forming the band, the brothers had spent five years on the dole, during which they wrote and recorded so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Million Rainy Days
9 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 9 or nine may also refer to: Dates * AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era * 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era * 9, numerical symbol for the month of September Places * Nine, Portugal, a parish in the town of Vila Nova de Famalicão * Planet Nine, a planet proposed to exist in the outer Solar System * Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, a closed town * The 9, a residential portion of Ameritrust Tower in Cleveland People * Louis Niñé (1922–1983), a New York politician whose surname is usually rendered "Nine" * Nine (rapper) (born 1969), a hip hop musician * Tech N9ne (born 1971), an American rapper Fictional characters * The Nine, epithet for the Nazgûl in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium * ⑨, a derogatory name for Cirno, an ice fairy from the dōjin game ''Touhou Project'' Literature * ''The Nine (book)'', a 2007 book by Jeffrey Toobin * ''NiNe. magazine'', a magazine for teenage girls * ''Nine'' (manga), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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