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Dan Higgins
Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Go West, The Temptations, Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker, Lisa Stansfield, and Eros Ramazzotti. He has over 800 motion picture soundtracks to his credit. He is also known as the saxophone sound of Bleeding Gums Murphy from The Simpsons. News bank for DDN Dan Higgins graduated from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti (; born 28 October 1963) is an Italian pop singer, musician and songwriter. He is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. Since 1984, Ramazzotti has released 11 studio albums, one EP, three compilation albums, three live albums, and 37 singles. He has sold over 60 million records in his 30-year career. His repertoire includes duets with artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, Patsy Kensit, Anastacia, Joe Cocker, Julio Iglesias, Lynn Davis, Ricardo Arjona, Luciano Pavarotti, Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger and Ricky Martin. Ramazzotti first gained international success in 1993, with the release of '' Tutte storie'', which amassed five million album sales and occupied the top five in every country where he had previously released albums. This success led to a BMG International record contract in 1994. His audience ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Of My Mind (Christopher Cross Album)
''Back of My Mind'' is the fourth studio album by singer Christopher Cross, released in 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. After both the album and its singles failed to chart in the United States (although "I Will (Take You Forever)" did chart in several other countries"Christopher Cross - Back of My Mind (album)" ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-10-31.) and due in large part to the general decline in sales beginning with '''' (1983), Cross was soon released from Warner Bros. "Swept Away" was previously heard on a few episodes of the TV show '' |
Heart's Horizon
''Heart's Horizon'' is a studio album by American singer and musician Al Jarreau. It was released in 1988 through Reprise Records. It reached No. 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The song "Killer Love" was intended to be used in the film '' Skin Deep''; it was omitted at the last minute. Track listing Personnel * Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (8), Akai MPC60 sampling (8), E-mu Emulator III sampling (8) * Bobby Caldwell – synthesizers (1) * George Duke – synthesizer overdubs (1, 2), acoustic piano (2, 7), Yamaha TX816 (3, 10, 11), Roland D-550 (3, 11), Synclavier (3, 4, 6, 7, 9–12), Rhodes (10), electronic drum pads (10), harmonica (10), keyboards (11), Roland S-50 (11), guitar (11), voice (11) * Jay Graydon – synthesizers (1, 4, 6, 12) * Dennis Matkosky – synthesizers (1), Hammond organ (1), Yamaha TX816 (9), Roland D-550 (9), E-mu Emulator III (9), Moog bass (9), drum programming (9) * John Van Tongeren – synthesizers (1) * Russell Ferrante – keyb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs " Free", " Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 No.1 singles "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (with Johnny Mathis). Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether. Early life June Deniece Chandler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, United States. She attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the hopes of becoming a registered nurse and an anesthetist, but she dropped out after a year and a half. She recalled, "You have to be a good student to be in college, and I wasn't." Career Early years (late 1960s-1980) Williams started performing while a college student, "a part-time job singing at a club, Casino Royal, and I liked it. It was a lot of fun." During those years, she also worked at a telephon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Years Of Our Lives (Neil Diamond Album)
''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is the eighteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released by Columbia Records in 1988 and reached number 46 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, number 42 on the UK album chart, and number 92 on the Australian chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 16, 1989. In his review of ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' music critic Bryan Buss referred to it as "a strong entry in Diamond's oeuvre" and as "an album that is romantic and sentimental without being manipulative". Three singles from the album, the title track, "This Time", and "Baby Can I Hold You" reached numbers 7, 9, and 28, respectively on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. ''Cash Box'' said of the title track that it was "not a terribly inspired tune, but served up with predictable skill by Mr. D." Track listing Personnel * Lead vocals – Neil Diamond * Backing vocals – Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Renée Geyer and Richard Page * Keyboards – Michael Bodd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have referred to themselves as her godparents. When Austin was four years old, she performed at the Apollo Theater. As a teenager she recorded commercial jingles and worked as a session singer in soul and R&B. She had an R&B hit in 1969 with "Family Tree". She sang backing vocals on Paul Simon's 1975 number-one hit " 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover". The jazz label CTI released her debut album, ''End of a Rainbow'', in 1976. She sang "The Closer I Get to You" for Tom Browne's album ''Browne Sugar'', a duet with Michael Jackson for his album '' Off the Wall'', and a duet with George Benson on "Moody's Mood for Love". After singing on Quincy Jones's album '' The Dude'', she signed a contract with his record labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real Me (Patti Austin Album)
''The Real Me'' is an album of mostly standards by American singer Patti Austin released in 1988, and recorded for the Qwest label. The album reached #7 on ''Billboards Jazz chart. Track listing #"I Can Cook Too" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 5:14 #"Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) - 1:37 #"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 4:15 #" True Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:49 #" Across the Alley From the Alamo" (Joe Greene) - 3:47 #"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:07 #"Lazy Afternoon" (Jerome Moross, John La Touche) - 5:46 #"Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 3:55 #"They Can't Take That Away From Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:59 #"Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 3:26 #" Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 4:21 #"Someone Is Standing Outside" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:54 #" Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) - 5:08 Personnel * Patti Austi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and two number-one albums on the ''Billboard'' 200: ''If You Love Me, Let Me Know'' (1974) and ''Have You Never Been Mellow'' (1975). Eleven of her singles (including two Platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two Platinum and four 2× Platinum) have been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 1978, Newton-John starred in the musical film '' Grease'', which was the highest-grossing musical film at the time and whose soundtrack remains one of the world's best-selling albums. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: "You're the One That I Want"—which is one of the best-selling singles of all time—and " Summer Nights". Her signature solo recordings include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rumour (album)
''The Rumour'' is the thirteenth studio album by Olivia Newton-John on 2 August 1988. The title track was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, features backing vocals and piano by John. The album featured the singles "The Rumour", "Can't We Talk It Over in Bed" (originally recorded by Grayson Hugh, whose version was released after Newton-John's) and the Australian-only promo-single "It's Always Australia for Me", which was released for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988. This was also her first album not produced by long-time producer, John Farrar. Background ''The Rumour'' features the return of Olivia Newton-John after a two-year break due to the birth of her daughter Chloe Lattanzi in 1986. It has a careful production with the collaboration of some well-known songwriters, but it was a commercial failure. It marks a notable decline in Newton-John's popularity, being her lowest charting since '' If Not for You'' in 1971. It was her last studio album via Mercury. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of North Texas
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," Dallas Morning News, May 25, 1901, p. 2. UNT is a member of the University of North Texas System, which includes additional universities in Dallas and Fort Worth. UNT also has a location in Frisco. The university consists of 14 colleges and schools, an early admissions math and science academy for exceptional high-school-age students from across the state, the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and a library system that comprises the university core. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, UNT spent $78.4 million on research and development in 2019. Campus The main campus is located in Denton, TX part of the largest metropolitan area in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
