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Disco Inferno (musical)
''Disco Inferno'' is a 1970s jukebox musical written by Jai Sepple. Set in the East End of London in 1976, the show features songs from the era and is loosely based on the story of ''Faust''. Original productions The musical debuted at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch in 1999 with revised revivals at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon in 2004 the Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford in 2006. Character list The characters in ''Disco Inferno'' were named after well-known characters from songs of the era, such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Wuthering Heights" and "Lady Marmalade". * Jack - a young and impressionable wannabe 'superstar' * Jane - Jack's devoted girlfriend / fiancée * Tom - Jack's lifelong and slightly nerdish best friend * Maggie - Tom's girlfriend and female equivalent * Heathcliffe - an egotistical, malevolent singer in the 'Disco Inferno' * Kathy - Heathcliffe's long-suffering girlfriend * Terry - Smooth talking DJ and friend to Jack and Tom * Duke - an aging rocker and owner of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Sepple
Jai or JAI may refer to: Abbreviations and codes * Jaipur International Airport (IATA: JAI), in Jaipur, India * Jamna Auto Industries, an Indian automotive parts company * Java Advanced Imaging, an API for the Java platform * Jet Airways (ICAO: JAI), an Indian airline * Jewish Agency for Israel * John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science * Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, a peer-reviewed academic journal by World Scientific People * Jason Rowe (born 1969), British pop/soul singer who recorded under the name ''Jai'' in the late 1990s * Jai (actor) (born 1985), Indian Tamil film actor * Jai Brooks, comedian from the Australian YouTube group, The Janoskians * Jai Courtney (born 1986), Australian actor * Jai Ingham (born 1993), Australian football player * Jai Koutrae (born 1975), Australian actor * Jai Lucas (born 1988), American basketball coach and former professional and collegiate basketball player * Jai McDowall (born 1986), Scottish singer who won the fifth serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Eyed Girl
"Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is considered to be Van Morrison's signature song. Recording and title After finishing his contract with Decca Records and the mid-1966 break-up of his band, Them, Morrison returned to Belfast seeking a new recording company. When he received a phone call from Bert Berns, owner of Bang Records, who had produced a number of recordings with Them, he flew to New York City and hastily signed a contract (which biographer Clinton Heylin says probably still gives him sleepless nights). During a two-day recording session starting 28 March 1967, he recorded eight songs intended to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballroom Blitz
"The Ballroom Blitz" (often called "Ballroom Blitz") is a song by British glam rock band The Sweet, written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. The song reached number one in Canada, number two in the UK Singles Chart and the Australian Chart, and number five on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It remains an enduring favourite with close to 30,000,000 streams on YouTube. Background "The Ballroom Blitz" was inspired by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band were performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and were driven offstage by a bottling. History and description The song was recorded at Audio International Studio, 18 Rodmarton Street, London, and released as a single in September 1973. The song appeared on the US and Canadian versions of ''Desolation Boulevard'' but never appeared on a Sweet album in the UK, other than hits compilations. The initial guitar and drum riff of the song has similarity to a 1963 song by Bobby Comstock called "Let's Stomp". Cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a song with lyrics by Adrienne Anderson and music by Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), produced and co-written by Tony Orlando. It was later re-recorded as a Barry Manilow solo track in his first album released in 1973 on Bell Records. It was then reworked in 1975 and released as a single from the album re-released by Arista Records. The 1975 release became Manilow's third hit after "Mandy" and " It's A Miracle". The song has been recorded by a number of other artists over the years, most successfully by Donna Summer in 1976 and by Take That in 1992. The version by Take That won the Brit Award for British Single in 1993. Composition and recordings Manilow wrote "Could It Be Magic" one night while he was living in a studio apartment on 27th Street in Manhattan. He had been playing Chopin on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Life (The Crusaders Album)
''Street Life'' is a studio album by the American jazz band The Crusaders. It was a top 20 album on three ''Billboard'' charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track, featuring singer Randy Crawford, was a Top 40 pop single (No. 36) and became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart (No. 17). It was No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. "Street Life" also hit the disco chart, peaking at No. 75, and was re-recorded by Doc Severinsen with Crawford reprising her vocal for the opening sequence of the noir crime drama ''Sharky's Machine'', directed by Burt Reynolds in 1981. This faster paced version was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's ''Jackie Brown'', released in 1997. The cover photograph was taken at 409 N Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Accolades The album was included in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. Track listing #" Street Life" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 11:18 #"My Lady" (Wilton Felder) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco Inferno
"Disco Inferno" is a song by American disco band the Trammps from their 1976 fourth studio album of the same name. With two other cuts by the group, it reached No. 1 on the US '' Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart in early 1977, but had limited mainstream success until 1978, after being included on the soundtrack to the 1977 film '' Saturday Night Fever'', when a re-release hit number eleven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It was also notably covered in 1993 by American-born singer Tina Turner on ''What's Love Got to Do with It'', and in 1998 by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper on the '' A Night at the Roxbury'' soundtrack. Among others who covered this are Damien Lovelock, Hardsonic Bottoms 3, and Vicki Shepard. Song information The song was originally recorded by the Trammps in 1976 and released as a single. It was supposedly inspired by a scene in the 1974 blockbuster film ''The Towering Inferno''. According to Tom Moulton, who mixed the record, the Dolby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (sometimes written "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)") is a song originally recorded by English musician Elton John. John composed it with his long-time songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. It was released on John's best-selling album ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' (1973) and as the first single. It has been covered by many artists and featured on motion picture, video game, and television soundtracks. ''Billboard'' found the song to be a cross between John's earlier single "Crocodile Rock" and the Rolling Stones' single "Street Fighting Man", suggesting that it may be a parody of the Rolling Stones but regardless is a "great fun record." Background "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" is a lively throwback to early rock and roll with a glam edge. The lyrics discuss a night out in town in which the narrator plans to "get about as oiled as a diesel train." Taupin has said that the song was meant to be an American rock and roll so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" is a 1979 song recorded by American singers Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. It was written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts, and produced by Giorgio Moroder and Gary Klein. The song was recorded for Streisand's '' Wet'' album and also as a new track for Summer's compilation double album '' On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II''. The full-length version was found on Streisand's album, while a longer 11-minute edit (the 12" version) was featured on Summer's album. The longer 12" version features additional production by frequent collaborator Harold Faltermeyer, and incorporates a harder rock edge. The single was released on both Casablanca Records (Summer's label) and Columbia Records (Streisand's label) and sales of the two were amalgamated. The versions on the two 7" singles differed slightly however, with different mixes and slightly different background vocal arrangements. The formats differed between nations—in the UK for example, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin. It was recorded by Elton John and released in 1976, both as a single and as part of the ''Blue Moves'' album. It was John's second single released by The Rocket Record Company. The song is a mournful ballad about a romantic relationship which is falling apart. The song also appeared the following year on '' Greatest Hits Volume II'', though for copyright reasons it no longer appears on the current version of that album. It now appears on '' Greatest Hits 1976–1986'', ''The Very Best of Elton John'' and in ''Greatest Hits 1970–2002'', as well as a number of other compilations. Background and composition "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a mournful ballad about a romantic relationship that is falling apart. Bernie Taupin said: "It's a pretty simple idea, but one that I think everyone can relate to at one point or another in their life. That whole idealisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Will Survive
"I Will Survive" is a song by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978 as the second single from her sixth album, '' Love Tracks'' (1978). It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. A top-selling song, it is a popular disco anthem, as well as being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song's lyrics describe the narrator's discovery of personal strength following an initially devastating breakup. It received heavy airplay in 1979, spending three non-consecutive weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as topping the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart. The song is also frequently recalled as a symbol of female empowerment. In 2016, the Library of Congress deemed Gaynor's original recording to be "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Recording Registry. Composition and recording According to Dino Fekaris, the principal writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", also written "Da' Ya' Think I'm Sexy", is a song by British singer Rod Stewart from his ninth studio album, ''Blondes Have More Fun'' (1978). It was written by Stewart, Carmine Appice and Duane Hitchings, though it incorporates the melody from the song "Taj Mahal" by Jorge Ben Jor and the string arrangement from the song "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" by Bobby Womack.Stewart, Rod. ''Rod: The Autobiography'' (2012)225-226/ref> The song was released as the first single from ''Blondes Have More Fun'' in November 1978. It spent one week atop the UK Singles Chart in December 1978 and four weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1979. ''Billboard'' ranked it number four on its Top Singles of 1979 year-end chart. It also topped the charts in Canada for four weeks and in Australia for two weeks. Royalties from the song were donated to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Stewart performed the song at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo (ABBA Song)
"Waterloo" is the first single from the Swedish pop group ABBA's second album of the same name, and their first under the Epic and Atlantic labels. This was also the first single to be credited to the group performing under the name ABBA. The title and lyrics reference the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, and use it as a metaphor for a romantic relationship. The Swedish version of the single was backed with the Swedish version of "Honey, Honey", while the English version featured "Watch Out" on the B-side. "Waterloo" won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 for Sweden, beginning ABBA's path to worldwide fame. It topped the charts in several countries, and reached the top 10 in the United States. At the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, it was chosen as the best song in the competition's history. It received the same honour in a 14-country open vote in the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, placing first above Sweden's winning songs in 2012 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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