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Back To Avalon
''Back to Avalon'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Released in 1988, it yielded the hit singles " Nobody's Fool (Theme from ''Caddyshack II'')" (a #8 hit in the U.S.), "I'm Gonna Miss You", "Tell Her", and "Meet Me Half Way" (a #11 hit in the U.S.), the last of which is a ballad which had already become a top 40 hit the previous year through the film ''Over the Top''. It is the only studio album by Loggins to feature songs from motion picture soundtracks to date. Track listing # "Nobody's Fool" (Kenny Loggins, Michael Towers) – 4:18 # "I'm Gonna Miss You" (Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel, Jeff Pescetto) – 4:23 # "Tell Her" (Bert Russell) – 3:36 # "One Woman" (Loggins, Richard Page, John Lang) – 4:07 # "Back to Avalon" (Loggins, Peter Wolf, Nathan East) – 5:40 # "She's Dangerous" (Loggins, Michael McDonald) – 5:17 # "True Confessions" (Martin Briley, Richard Feldman) – 3:46 # "Hope for the Runaway" (Loggins, Patrick Leonard) – 4: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Me Half Way
"Meet Me Half Way" is a song by American singer Kenny Loggins written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the film ''Over the Top''. It also appears as the final track on his sixth studio album ''Back to Avalon''. It was his sixth soundtrack single and also his 13th Top 40 single, peaking at number 11, while it was more successful on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number two. Release The single debuted at number 95 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent twenty-five weeks on the chart, peaking at number 11 in the week of June 13, 1987. It was ranked 96th on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1987. It also peaked at number 28 on the Canadian ''RPM'' 100 chart. Music video The music video shows Loggins walking to a bar where he starts singing, then walks on a highway carrying his guitar. He then stops to sit at a nearby stand and walks into the desert. Clips from the movie play throughout the music video. Track listing # "Meet Me Half Way" – 3:31 # "Semifina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synclavier
The Synclavier is an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation manufactured by New England Digital Corporation of Norwich, Vermont. It was produced in various forms from the late 1970s into the early 1990s. The instrument has been used by prominent musicians. History The original design and development of the Synclavier prototype occurred at Dartmouth College with the collaboration of Jon Appleton, Professor of Digital Electronics, Sydney A. Alonso, and Cameron Jones, a software programmer and student at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering. Synclavier I First released in 1977–78, it proved to be highly influential among both electronic music composers and music producers, including Mike Thorne, an early adopter from the commercial world, due to its versatility, its cutting-edge technology, and distinctive sounds. The early Synclavier I used FM synthesis, re-licensed from Yamaha, and was sold mostly to universities. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Chang
Gary Chang is an American composer of scores for film and television. Working primarily in the action and thriller genres, he has composed the scores to over seventy films, including ''Under Siege, Sniper (1993 film), Sniper'', and ''The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film), The Island of Dr. Moreau.'' He is also a long-time collaborator of directors John Frankenheimer and Craig R. Baxley. For his work on ''Under Siege'', he won a BMI Awards, BMI Award. Selected filmography Film * ''The Breakfast Club'' (1985) * Firewalker (film), ''Firewalker'' (1986) * ''52 Pick-Up'' (1986) * ''Sticky Fingers (1988 film), Sticky Fingers'' (1988) * ''Dead Bang'' (1989) * ''A Shock to the System (1990 film), A Shock to the System'' (1990) * ''Miami Blues'' (1990) * Death Warrant (film), ''Death Warrant'' (1990) * ''The Perfect Weapon (1991 film), The Perfect Weapon'' (1991) * ''Under Siege'' (1992) * Sniper (1993 film), ''Sniper'' (1993) * The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film), ''The Island of Dr. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Barrow
Arthur Barrow (born February 28, 1952) is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Early life Barrow was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1952 and grew up in Alamo Heights, Texas, Alamo Heights. His father played piano and organ, as had his father, Arthur Barrow of Buffalo, New York, a strict piano teacher and organist. When he was 13, he washed neighborhood cars until he had saved enough money to buy his first electric guitar (an Alamo) and his first amplifier (a Kent). He learned how to play music by ear by copying surf guitar records like The Ventures, and later, Jimi Hendrix, and still later, Frank Zappa. He played in local bands through junior high and high school during the 1960s. He began to study classical organ in 1970. While attending Alamo Heights High School, Arthur Barrow cut his musical teeth playing lead guitar in rock bands such as The Restless Ones (Jesse Childs on bass, Mike M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Whitlock
Thomas Ross Whitlock (Springfield, Missouri, 1954) is an American songwriter and musician, best known for his Academy Award-and Golden Globe-winning song "Take My Breath Away", from the film ''Top Gun'', which he co-wrote with Giorgio Moroder. Career Whitlock was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri. Many famous musicians visited the city as it hosted television show ''Ozark Jubilee'', influencing Whitlock to play drums. Soon, he was a session musician working with notable composers like Wayne Carson, as well as a drummer for live bands. At the age of 15, Whitlock begun writing songs at the piano. During his high school years at Glendale High School, in Springfield, Missouri, he divided his time between studying during the day and playing drums with rock bands on the weekends throughout the Midwest. He entered Drury University in 1971 to major in music. The university honored him as Distinguished Alumni in 1998, and with an honorary doctorate in music the following year. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Diamond (songwriter)
Keith Diamond (born Keith Vincent Constantine Alexander; March 11, 1950 – January 18, 1997) was an American songwriter and producer who worked with artists such as Donna Summer, Michael Bolton, Sheena Easton, Mick Jagger, Natural Selection and Don Johnson. Diamond also produced and co-wrote Billy Ocean's "Suddenly", "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)", "Loverboy" and "Mystery Lady" as well as producing and managing groups such as Starpoint and Fredrick Thomas. Keith Diamond also produced and co-wrote James Ingram's album entitled '' Never Felt So Good'' in 1986, at the request of Quincy Jones who was tied up with scoring the film ''The Color Purple''. Diamond's composition of "Red Hot Lover" on Ingram's '' Never Felt So Good'' was inspired by Lourett Russell Grant, a musical recording artist Diamond had a personal relationship with. Early life and career Diamond moved to London to pursue a career as a musician and producer in 1969. Signed on as a songwriter by the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Briley
Martin Steven Briley (born 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. He was born in London and has recorded with and written for a variety of well-known musicians, as well as releasing several solo albums. Music career Beginnings and early bands Briley began playing and writing music when he was ten years old. Arthur Brown was his events teacher. At the age of seventeen, Briley and his band "Mandrake Paddle Steamer" (later shortened to Mandrake) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, keyboardist and songwriter known for his distinctive, soulful voice and as a member of the bands the Doobie Brothers (1975–1982, 1987, 2019–present) and Steely Dan (1973–1974). McDonald wrote and sang several hit singles with the Doobie Brothers, including " What a Fool Believes", "Minute by Minute", and " Takin' It to the Streets." McDonald has also performed as a prominent backing vocalist on numerous recordings by artists including Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Loggins. McDonald's solo career consists of nine studio albums and a number of singles, including the 1982 hit "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)". During his career, McDonald has collaborated with a number of other artists, including James Ingram, David Cassidy, Van Halen, Patti LaBelle, Lee Ritenour, the Winans, Aretha Franklin, the rock band Toto, Grizzly Bear, Joni Mitchell, and Thundercat. He has also recorded for televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan East
Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego (1978). He is a founding member of contemporary jazz quartet Fourplay and has recorded, performed, and co-written songs with performers such as Bobby Womack, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Joe Satriani, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Toto, Kenny Loggins, Daft Punk, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock. Career Early life Nathan Harrell East was born on December 8, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Gwendolyn East. He is one of eight children (five boys and three girls) raised Catholic in San Diego, where the family moved when he was four. He is the younger brother of Msgr Ray East of St Teresa of Avila Church in DC. East first studied cello fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Him (Bert Berns Song)
"Tell Him", originally "Tell Her", is a 1962 song that was written and composed by Bert Berns, who, when he did so, used the pen name of Bert Russell, and which was popularized through its recording by the Exciters. The song was recorded as "Tell Her" by Dean Parrish in 1966, and Kenny Loggins in 1989. ''Billboard'' named the Exciters version at No. 95 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. According to Jason Ankeny at AllMusic, the Exciters' version of "Tell Him" "...boasted an intensity that signified a sea change in the presentation and perception of femininity in popular music, paving the way for such tough, sexy acts as the Shangri-Las and the Ronettes." Early recordings The song was first recorded in 1962 as "Tell Her", by Gil Hamilton, aka Johnny Thunder, with Berns producing. "Tell Her" was also a single for Ed Townsend in 1962, before Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced the version by the Exciters, released as "Tell Him" in October 1962. "Tell Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
