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Just Keep Walking
"Just Keep Walking" is a song recorded by Australian rock band INXS. Deluxe Records released the song in October 1980 as the only single from their debut studio album ''INXS''. The song reached the 38th place on the Top 40 list and became their first Australian Top 40 hit, earning the band international fame. Background The only single from the eponymous album released the same year, it is the song that helped the band launch its international career. By that time, INXS had already had three years of experience and already released the debut single " Simple Simon". "Just Keep Walking" is also the subject of the group's first music video, shot like a live performance in a minimalist setting: white background and INXS logo on the black floor. The song has a remixed version in 2001 under the title "I'm So Crazy" by the Italian group Par-T-One. The B-side is the song "Scratch", which was not released on album until its inclusion in the 2002 compilation album ''Stay Young 1979–198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INXS
INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly. For 20 years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their New wave music, new wave/pop music, pop style, the band later developed a harder Pub rock (Australia), pub rock style that included funk and dance music, dance elements. In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with "Original Sin (INXS song), Original Sin". The band would later achieve international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums ''Listen Like Thieves'', ''Kick (INXS album), Kick'', and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INXS Songs
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly. For 20 years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their new wave/ pop style, the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements. In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with " Original Sin". The band would later achieve international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums '' Listen Like Thieves'', ''Kick'', and '' X'', as well as the singles " What You Need", " Need You Tonight" (the band's only US number-one single), " Devil Insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Singles
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Songs
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantam Books
Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine, with funding from Grosset & Dunlap and Curtis Publishing Company. It has since been purchased several times by companies including National General, Carl Lindner's American Financial and, most recently, Bertelsmann; it became part of Random House in 1998, when Bertelsmann purchased it to form Bantam Doubleday Dell. It began as a mass market publisher, mostly of reprints of hardcover books, with some original paperbacks as well. It expanded into both trade paperback and hardcover books, including original works, often reprinted in house as mass-market editions. History The company was failing when Oscar Dystel, who had previously worked at Esquire and as editor on Coronet magazine was hired in 1954 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the renowned Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raven Records
Raven Records was an Australian record label that specialised in retrospectives and reissues or recordings by American, British and Australian artists. Raven Records was established in 1979 by Glenn A. Baker, Kevin Mueller and Peter Shillito. It ceased operations in April 2017. There is also an American label called Raven which specializes in organ music. It is not connected with the Australian label. Musicians * Peter Allen *Doug Ashdown *Hoyt Axton *Daryl Braithwaite *Joe Camilleri *Joe Cocker *Donovan *Jose Feliciano *Four Tops *Bobbie Gentry * Lesley Gore *Richard Harris *Barry Humphries *Marc Hunter * Trish Murphy *Danny O'Keefe *Doug Parkinson *Sandy Posey *Gerry Rafferty *Normie Rowe & the Playboys * Helen Reddy *Johnny Rivers *Nancy Sinatra *Del Shannon *Joe South *Ronnie Spector *Willy DeVille * Kye Wilson *Steve Young * Stephen Stills Bands *Anubis *The Animals *Badfinger *The Byrds * The Church * Crazy Horse *Divinyls *Dragon *Dr Hook *The Easybeats *Fairport C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay Young 1979–1982
''Stay Young 1979–1982'' or ''Stay Young 1979–1982: The Complete 'Deluxe Years'' is a two disc compilation by Australian rock group INXS's earlier works, when they were signed to the Deluxe label. It features their first two studio albums, ''INXS'' (October 1980) and ''Underneath the Colours'' (October 1981), along with associated b-sides "We Are the Vegetables", "Scratch", "The Unloved One", "Lacavocal" and "Prehistoria". It also features demos: "Telefone", "Silent Night" and "Breakaway" performed at ABC Studios in Sydney (1979); live tracks "Reckless Ways", "Pretzel Logic", "Reasons", "Feeling Good" and "Miss Shapiro/You Really Got Me" (performed at the Manly Vale Hotel in Sydney, 24 October 1980); "On a Bus" and "The One Thing" (performed at Wanda Beach in Sydney, 31 January 1982); and the band performing their earlier songs in 1992 at a soundcheck: "Barbarian", "Just Keep Walking", "In Vain" and "Stay Young" (recorded during the ''Full Moon, Dirty Hearts'' session on 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon And Schuster
Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints. History Early years In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of ''New York World'' crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. 165. . At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. They pooled , equivalent to $ today, to start a company that published crossword puzzles. The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Par-T-One
Par-T-One is an Italian electronic music group led by Sergio Casu, aka Sergione, and Andrea Pareo. They have also been sought after as re-mixers and house music DJs. According to the press, Sergio was in the Italian army before he became a DJ. They released the single, "I'm So Crazy", based on " Just Keep Walking" by INXS and sampling "Like an Eagle" by Dennis Parker (aka Wade Nichols). The song reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, and top ten in Scotland. The video (directed by Sam Brown and Paul Gore, who have had later success by directing videos for James Blunt and The Bravery) won and has been nominated for various awards in the short film category and best promo video. In 2021, they collaborated with Salmo on the song "Fuori di testa" from his 2021 album ''Flop''. Discography Singles Remixes *La La Land - Green Velvet *I Want You Back - X-Press 2 *Bring It On -Playgroup (including dub) *Call Me - Dino *Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap - Gabin *I Can't Say What I Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm So Crazy
"I'm So Crazy" is a song by Italian electronic duo Par-T-One and Australian rock group INXS. It is a remixed version of the INXS song " Just Keep Walking" released in 1980. Background The music video depicts people doing the pogo move, and Michael Hutchence's vocal style resembling a skinhead. It was directed by Sam Brown and Paul Gore, who had later success directing videos for James Blunt and the Bravery. The video was nominated for various awards in the short film and best promo video categories. The song contains samples of Dennis Parker's "Like an Eagle" and "I'm So in Love". The single reached No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listing #"I'm So Crazy" (Radio Edit) #"I'm So Crazy" (Original Version) #"I'm So Crazy" (Erick Morillo Erick Morillo (March 26, 1971 – September 1, 2020) was a Colombian-American disc jockey, music producer, and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, The Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
