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Joe Wissert
Joe Wissert is an American record producer. Wissert has worked with artists such as Earth, Wind & Fire, Boz Scaggs, Helen Reddy, The Lovin' Spoonful, Gordon Lightfoot and The Turtles. Overview Wissert was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Bishop Neuman High School. At the age of 15 he started his career in the music business by getting a job at a record company called Cameo Parkway. A year later he started producing albums though in an uncredited manner. During 1964 he left Cameo Parkway, moving to New York. He later worked as a producer with Warner Bros. Records. Wissert eventually produced Gordon Lightfoot on his 1970 LP ''Sit Down Young Stranger'' and his 1971 album '' Summer Side of Life''. Wissert also worked with the band Earth, Wind & Fire, producing their 1971 self-titled debut LP and their 1971 follow-up album ''The Need of Love''. Wissert then produced 1972's '' Last Days and Time'' and 1973's ''Head to the Sky''. He also produced along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sit Down Young Stranger
''Sit Down Young Stranger'' is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's fifth studio album and his best-selling original album. Shortly after its 1970 release on the Reprise Records label, it was renamed ''If You Could Read My Mind'' when the song of that title reached #1 on the ''RPM'' Top Singles chart in Canada and #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US. The album itself reached #12 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. In Canada, the album was on the charts from April 18, 1970, to November 27, 1971. It peaked at #8 on March 13, 1971 after an earlier peak at #12 on June 20, 1970. Its last 24 weeks were spent in the 90s, except for appearances at #88 and #100. History ''Sit Down Young Stranger'' was Lightfoot's first recording for his new label, Reprise Records. He had left United Artists because he believed they did not adequately promote his albums. On this album, Lightfoot included more orchestration, which is particularly evident on "If You Could Read My Mind". It was also the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Two Then Left
''Down Two Then Left'' is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated. Side One #"Still Falling for You" – 3:52 #"Hard Times" – 4:26 #"A Clue" – 3:53 #"Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" (Scaggs, Jai Winding) – 3:50 #"We're Waiting" ( Michael Omartian, Scaggs) – 6:19 Side Two #"Hollywood" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 3:08 #"Then She Walked Away" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:04 #"Gimme the Goods" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:11 #"1993" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:01 #"Tomorrow Never Came/Tomorrow Never Came (Reprise)" – 4:38 Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title ''Still Falling for You''. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Personnel * Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silk Degrees
''Silk Degrees'' is the seventh solo album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in February 1976. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 115 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200. It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs's best selling album. ''Silk Degrees'' spawned four singles. "It's Over" (No. 38), " Lowdown" (No. 3) and " Lido Shuffle" (No. 11) made the Top 40, while "What Can I Say" peaked at No. 42. The front cover photograph was by Moshe Brakha of Scaggs at Casino Point, Avalon, California. Background The album was recorded at Davlen Sound Studios and Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles. Among the accompanying musicians, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate became members of Toto, while Fred Tackett became a member of Little Feat. The album marked Scaggs's commercial zenith, a mix of pop rock ("Jump Street" and " Lido Shuffle"), soul ("What Can I Say" and " Lowdown"), and ballads ("Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone", whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music, Music
''Music, Music'' is the eighth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the summer of 1976 by Capitol Records and later described by J. Scott McClintock for AllMusic: "There are breezy, Bacharach-ian excursions ('Gladiola,' 'You Make It So Easy'), bluesy numbers ('Get Off Me Baby,' 'Ladychain'), light country ('Mama'), jazzy ballads ( Paul Williams' torchy contribution, 'Nice to Be Around'), and even a little Philly soul ('I Can't Hear You No More'). On August 2 of that year the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Helen Reddy It debuted on '' |
Janis Ian (1978 Album)
''Janis Ian'', also titled ''Janis Ian II'' to avoid confusion with her debut album of the same name, is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian, originally released in 1978. Before the release of ''Janis Ian'', the singer had been spending most of her time touring Japan, where her previous studio albums ''Aftertones'' and ''Miracle Row'' had been much more successful than in the United States, where her early 1978 live album '' Remember...'' would never be issued. ''Janis Ian'' was recorded in late 1977 but not released until her return to the United States in the late summer of 1978, by which time she had been engaged and married to Portuguese novelist Tino Sargo. When ''Janis Ian'' was released, the singer was pleased, and the record at first appeared to be doing well. However, the early commercial promise of ''Janis Ian'' faded rapidly, and the album would continue a commercial decline in all territories, reaching only number 120 in the United States a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janis Ian
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit " Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" and the 1975 Top Ten single " At Seventeen", from her LP '' Between the Lines'', which in September 1975 reached no. 1 on the '' Billboard'' album chart. Born in Farmingdale, New Jersey, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for "At Seventeen" and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, ''Society's Child'', with a total of ten nominations in eight different categories. Ian is also a columnist and science fiction author. Early life Born in Farmingdale, New Jersey, Janis was raised on a farm, and attended East Orange High School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, Delaware, and the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the 17th largest in the United States as of 2017. Founded on June 1, 1829 as ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'', the newspaper is the third longest continuously operating daily newspaper in the nation. It has won 20 Pulitzer Prizes . ''The Inquirer'' first became a major newspaper during the American Civil War. The paper's circulation dropped after the Civil War's conclusion but then rose again by the end of the 19th century. Originally supportive of the Democratic Party, ''The Inquirers political orientation eventually shifted toward the Whig Party and then the Republican Party before officially becoming politically independent in the middle of the 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Our Eyes
''Open Our Eyes'' is the fifth studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on March 25, 1974 on Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 15 on the Top Pop Albums chart. ''Open Our Eyes'' has been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA. Overview ''Open Our Eyes'' was produced by Maurice White and Joe Wissert and recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado, US. During 2001, ''Open Our Eyes'' was reissued with four bonus tracks. Singles The track, "Mighty Mighty", peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. " Kalimba Story" reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart. Another single, "Devotion", peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Critical reception ''Rolling Stone'' called ''Open Our Eyes'' "a pleasant miscellany of Africana, Latin rhythms, well-mannered funk, smooth jazz, Sly Stone, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice White
Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey. Described as a "visionary" by ''Vibe'' and a "mastermind" by ''Variety'', White was nominated for a total of 22 Grammys, of which he won seven. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire, and was also inducted individually into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He additionally worked with artists such as Deniece Williams, Cher, The Emotions, Barbra Streisand, Ramsey Lewis, and Neil Diamond. Biography Early career Maurice White was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 1941. He grew up in South Memphis, where he lived with his grandmother in the Foote Homes Projects and was a childhood friend of Booker T. Jones and Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head To The Sky
''Head to the Sky'' is the fourth studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in May 1973 on Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 2 on the Billboard (magazine), Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Soul Albums chart and No. 27 on the Billboard 200 chart. Head to the Sky has also been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA. Overview ''Head to the Sky'' was produced by Joe Wissert with bandleader Maurice White serving as a musical director on the album. The LP was also recorded at Clover Recorders Studios, Hollywood, California. Singles "Evil (Earth, Wind & Fire song), Evil" peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard (magazine), Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart and No. 25 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Soul Songs chart. "Keep Your Head to the Sky" also reached No. 23 on the Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Soul Songs chart.'' Critical reception Vince Aletti of Rolling Stone (magazine), Rollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Days And Time
''Last Days and Time'' is the third studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in October 1972 on Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums chart and No. 9 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart. Overview ''Last Days and Time'' was produced by Joe Wissert and recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California. The album includes covers of Bread's "Make It with You" and Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone". Singles The song, "Mom", reached No. 39 on the '' Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox'' Top R&B Singles chart. Samples "Saxophone Interlude" was sampled by Digable Planets on the song "Swoon Units" from their album ''Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)''. "Remember the Children" was also sampled by DJ Quik on the song "America'z Most Complete Artist" from his 1992 album ''Way 2 Fonky''. Critical reception Producer Jimmy Jam became a fan of EWF after listening to ''Last Days and Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
