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Frank Robson
Frank Robson (born 27 April 1946, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom) is a rock musician of English extraction who has achieved fame in Finland. He is known as a singer and a piano and organ player. He first came to Finland in 1967. Robson had met some Finns in a London pub, and someone had given him their phone number. When Robson's band subsequently was on tour in Scandinavia, he found himself in Stockholm and got an idea to call the Finnish number. As a result of this, he found himself in Finland. At that time there was a demand for rock musicians in Finland who had English as their native language, especially for someone with experience from the music circles in London. It is said that in London he had played with the Small Faces. In Finland, Robson was quickly employed by a band named Mosaic, as their lead singer Kirill Babitzin had just gone solo under the name Kirka. Mosaic made a single, both songs on which were penned by Robson. Next Robson was asked to join Blues Secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. Around 1922, he followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in the . In Chicago, he spent time with other popular jazz musicians, reconnecting with his friend Bix Beiderbecke and spending time with Hoagy Carmichael and Lil Hardin. He earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Henderson persuaded Armstrong to come to New York City, where he became a featured and musically influential band soloist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Keyboardists
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. It may also refer to: *Finnish language * Suomi (surname) * Suomi, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Suomi College, in Hancock, Michigan, now referred to as Finlandia University * Suomi Island, Western ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Rock Musicians
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ..., the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Rock Singers
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ..., the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back In Business (Frank Robson Album)
Back in Business may refer to: * ''Back in Business'' (1997 film), an action film starring Brian Bosworth * ''Back in Business'' (EPMD album), 1997 * ''Back in Business'' (Eartha Kitt album), 1994 *"Back in Business", a song by AC/DC from their 1985 album '' Fly on the Wall'' * Back in Business (''Desperate Housewives''), an episode of the TV series ''Desperate Housewives'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sings Mick Hanian
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music ( arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Painted A Picture (Frank Robson Album)
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural ''ies''. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites, because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter '' iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent and this use persists in the languages that descended from Latin. The modern letter ' j' originated as a variation of 'i', and both were used interchange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Robson
Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death at age 55 * Jenny (orangutan), an orangutan in the London Zoo in the 1830s Films * ''Jenny'' (1936 film), a French film by Marcel Carné * ''Jenny'' (1958 film), a Dutch film * ''Jenny'' (1962 film), an Australian television film * ''Jenny'' (1970 film), a film starring Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas Music * ''Jenny'' (EP), a 2003 EP by Stellastarr* Songs * "Jenny" (The Click Five song) (2007) * "Jenny" (Nothing More song) * "Jenny" (Studio Killers song) (2013) * " 867-5309/Jenny", a 1982 song by Tommy Tutone * "Jenny", a 1968 song by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers * "Jenny", a 1973 song by Chicago from '' Chicago VI'' * "Jenny", a 1995 song by Shaggy from '' Boombastic'' * "Jenny", a 1997 song by Sleater-Kinney from '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svart Records
Svart Records is a Finnish independent record company focused on heavy metal music, especially doom metal. It concentrates mostly on releasing LP reissues of albums previously unavailable on vinyl. Discography * Callisto, ''Providence 2LP'' (SVR001) * Burning Saviours, ''Hundus LP'' (SVR002) * Reverend Bizarre, ''Harbinger of Metal 2LP'' (SVR003) * Steve Von Till, ''A Grave Is A Grim Horse LP'' (SVR004) * Rippikoulu, ''Musta Seremonia'' CD/LP (SVR005) * Last Calls, ''Last Calls'' mLP (SVR006) * Katatonia, ''Dance Of December Souls'' 2LP (SVR007) * Reverend Bizarre, '' In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend'' 2LP (SVR008) * Hour of 13, ''Possession 7"'' (SVR009) * Metsatöll, ''Äio'' 2LP (SVR010) * Kalmah, ''12 Gauge'' LP (SVR011) * Beherit, '' Engram'' LP (SVR012) * Kiuas, ''Lustdriven'' LP (SVR013) * Magnus Pelander, ''Magnus Pelander'' CD/LP (SVR014) * Sweatmaster, ''Turn Over 7"'' (SVR015) * Xysma, ''First & Magical'' LP (SVR016) * Legend, ''Legend'' LP (SVR017) * Orne/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay Awhile (Frank Robson Album)
Stay Awhile may refer to: Music Albums * ''Stay Awhile'' (Steve Cole album), 1998 * ''Stay Awhile'' (The Kingston Trio album), 1965 *'' Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You'', a 1964 album by Dusty Springfield featuring the song "Stay Awhile" Songs * "Stay Awhile" (The Bells song), a 1971 hit song by The Bells written by Ken Tobias * "Stay Awhile" (Dusty Springfield song) from ''Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You'' * "Stay Awhile" (Soraya song) from ''On Nights Like This'' *"Stay Awhile", a 1959 song by The Clovers *"Stay Awhile", a song by Tina Turner from her 1993 album '' What's Love Got to Do With It'' *"Stay Awhile", a song by Journey from their album '' Departure'' *"Stay Awhile", a song by Kim Wilde Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award f ... from the album '' Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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