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Korgis
The Korgis are a British pop band known mainly for their hit single " Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" in 1980. The band was originally composed of singer/guitarist/keyboardist Andy Davis (born Andrew Cresswell-Davis 10 August 1949) and singer/bassist James Warren (born 25 August 1951), both former members of 1970s band Stackridge, along with violinist Stuart Gordon and keyboardist Phil Harrison. Career The Korgis released their first single "Young 'n' Russian" in early March 1979 on the label Rialto Records, owned by their managers Nick Heath and Tim Heath. Joined briefly by drummer Bill Birks; their next single "If I Had You," was released soon after and moved up to number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, featuring on ''Top of the Pops'' and prompting the release of an eponymous debut album, ''The Korgis'', in July 1979. The follow up singles a re-release of "Young 'n' Russian" and "I Just Can't Help It" failed to chart. However the next single, from their second album '' Dumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" is a 1980 single written by James Warren and first performed by British pop band the Korgis; Warren was lead singer in the band. It has subsequently been covered by numerous other artists. Background "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" features a distinctive synthesizer line as primary sound, based on a prominent keyboards arrangement played by Phil Harrison. The song also is notable for its simple and sparse lyrics, but with a direct message. Related to this, lead singer and bassist James Warren has said that the song took only 10 or 15 minutes to write, literally singing the first thing to come into his mind, as he played both the chords and melodies on the piano. Producer David Lord subsequently added the big arrangement and strings. The distinctive instrument played after each chorus is the eighteen-string Chinese zither known as a guzheng. Added to this, the song also features a brief instrumental section of violin in the middle, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticky George
''Sticky George'' is the third studio album by English pop band, The Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1981. The album includes the singles "That Was My Big Mistake", "All the Love in the World", "Don't Say That It's Over" and "Sticky George" - some released as The Korgis and others James Warren & The Korgis. ''Sticky George'' was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999. The album was followed by the non-album single "Don't Look Back" (produced by Trevor Horn)/"Xenophobia", released on London Records in June 1982. Both tracks are included on the 2003 compilation '' Don't Look Back - The Very Best of The Korgis''. Track listing Side A: #"Sticky George" (Harrison, Warren) - 3:36 #"Can't We Be Friends Now" (Warren) - 4:01 #"Foolishness of Love" (Harrison) - 3:31 #"Domestic Bliss" (Gordon, Harrison, Warren) - 3:15 #"That Was My Big Mistake" (Davis, Warren) - 4:37 Side B: #"Nowhere to Run" (Davis, Warren) - 4:15 #* N.B. 1999 CD: Alternate version - 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Questions (James Warren Album)
''Burning Questions'' is a studio album by English singer and composer James Warren, former member of groups Stackridge and The Korgis. It was released on Sonet Records in 1986. The album includes the singles "Burning Questions" (released as 'The Korgis', 1985), "True Life Confessions" ('The Korgis', 1985), "They Don't Believe In Magic" ('James Warren & The Korgis', 1986) and "It Won't Be The Same Old Place" (James Warren, 1986). ''Burning Questions'' was re-issued on compact disc by Angel Air Records in 2007. Track listing Side A #"Burning Questions" (Davis/Warren) - 4:41 #"Climate of Treason" (Warren) - 3:51 #"They Don't Believe in Magic" (Warren) - 4:10 #"Possessed" (Warren) - 4:11 #"I Know Something" (Warren) - 3:10 Side B #"True Life Confessions" (Davis/Warren) - 4:17 #"It Won't Be the Same Old Place" (Davis/Warren) - 4:59 #"Loneliness" (Warren) - 4:10 #"Can You Hear the Spirit Dying" (Warren) - 3:27 #"I Want To Remember" (Warren) - 5:46 2007 CD bonus tracks # You Made Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korgis (debut Album)
''The Korgis'' is the debut studio album by English pop band, the Korgis. It was released in 1979 on Rialto Records in the UK, and on Warner Bros. Records in the US. The album includes the singles "Young and Russian" and "If I Had You" (#13, UK Singles Chart), the latter being notable for the keyboard contributions of Alan Wilder, who in 1982 would join Depeche Mode for thirteen years. ''The Korgis'' was re-issued on compact disc by Edsel Records in 1999. Track listing Side A: #"Young 'n' Russian" (Davis, Jakki Ridlington, Warren) - 3:12 #"I Just Can't Help It" (Davis) - 3:43 #"Chinese Girl" (Davis) - 2:19 #"Art School Annexe" (Davis) - 3:37 #"Boots and Shoes" (Davis, Warren) - 4:32 Side B: #"Dirty Postcards" (Warren) - 4:45 #"O Maxine" (Warren) - 2:39 #"Mount Everest Sings the Blues" (Warren) - 2:32 #"Cold Tea" (Warren) - 4:26 #"If I Had You" (Davis, Sergei Rachmaninoff) - 3:55 #* Album version Personnel * James Warren - vocals, bass guitar * Andy Davis - vocals, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumb Waiters
''Dumb Waiters'' is the second studio album by English pop band the Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980. The album peaked #40 at UK chart and includes the singles "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright With You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return". ''Dumb Waiters'' was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print. Track listing Side A: #"Silent Running" (Warren) - 3:05 #"Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29 #"Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21 #"Drawn and Quartered" (Warren) - 3:20 #"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:24 (N.B. 1999 CD edition includes alternate version) Side B: #"Intimate" (Davis) - 3:08 #"It's No Good Unless You Love Me" (Warren) - 3:24 #"Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42 #"If It's Alright with You Baby" (Warren) - 4:06 #"Rover's Return" (Davis) - 3:34 Charts Personnel * James Warren - lead vocals, background vocals, bass guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stackridge
Stackridge were a British rock group which had their greatest success in the early 1970s. History Classic period Stackridge Lemon were formed from the remains of a previous band, Grytpype Thynne, by Andy Davis and James "Crun" Walter during 1969 in the Bristol/ Bath area of South West England. After initial experimentation, the word ''Lemon'' was dropped from the band's name. The band played their first London gig at The Temple in Wardour Street on 6 February 1970. They were the opening and closing act at the first Glastonbury Festival between 19 September and 20 September 1970. During 1970, the members of the band shared a communal flat as their headquarters at 32, West Mall in Clifton, Bristol, the address of which Davis and Warren later used as the title of a song, which appeared on the debut album, '' Stackridge''. During 1971, Stackridge began serious gigging, although Crun left to take up bricklaying. Davis, Warren, Bent, Evans, and Slater embarked on a UK tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Heath (producer)
Nick Heath (born 25 March 1949, in Wimbledon, London) is an English music producer, publisher, designer and film producer. He is a son of British big band leader Ted Heath. Music Heath joined Robbins Music Corporation, the music publishing division of MGM, in the A&R department. He was initially responsible for managing the company's film soundtrack division, including: '' The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, High Society, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gigi, Ben-Hur, North by Northwest, How the West Was Won, Doctor Zhivago, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Thomas Crown Affair, Shaft'' and Ken Russell's production of '' The Boy Friend'' with Twiggy and Timothy Buttons. Establishing and leading a contemporary songwriting division for Robbins, and subsequently setting up EMI Music Publishing, Heath worked with John Sebastian, Tim Hardin, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, Soft Machine, Mickey Gallagher, John Turnbull, Alan Parsons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graduate (band)
Graduate were an English new wave and mod revival musical group formed in 1978, in Bath, England. They were only mildly successful, and broke up by 1981. They are today best known as being the initial recording vehicle for future Tears for Fears members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, who found international fame in the 1980s and 1990s. Band history John Baker and Roland Orzabal were at school together and performed as the "Baker Brothers" in local pubs and clubs from 1977, when both were aged 16. The name Graduate came from the fact that they used to open shows with a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson", which was featured in the movie ''The Graduate''. They were introduced to drummer Andy Marsden by their first manager Colin Wyatt who ran a local musical youth group of which Marsden was a member. Buck was also found by Colin Wyatt playing piano at a local nightspot in Bath, and for a while they played with various bass players until Smith was offered the role. Orz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buggles
The Buggles were an English new wave band formed in London in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries and was chosen as the song to launch MTV in 1981. The duo released their first album, ''The Age of Plastic'', in January 1980 with "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its lead single. Soon after the album's release, Horn and Downes joined the progressive rock band Yes, recording and releasing ''Drama'' in the process. Following a tour to promote the album, Yes disbanded in 1981. That same year, on 1 August, the music video for "Video Killed the Radio Star" became the first ever shown on MTV in the United States. The following year, the Buggles released a second album, ''Adventures in Modern Recording''. Its lack of commercial success led to the breakup of the group. Since 1998, Horn and Downes ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (with Geoff Downes). Horn took up the bass guitar at an early age and taught himself the instrument and to sight-read music. In the 1970s, he worked as a session musician, built his own studio, and wrote and produced singles for various artists. Horn and Downes gained international fame in 1979 with the Buggles' hit single "Video Killed the Radio Star". This was followed by their one-year tenure with the progressive rock band Yes, with Horn becoming their lead singer. In 1981, Horn became a full-time producer, working on commercially successful songs and albums for numerous artists, among them Dollar, ABC, Malcolm McLaren, Yes, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He ventured into business with his wife Jill Sinclair, purchasing Sarm West Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in South West England. The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Around the beginning of the 11th century, the settlement was known as (Old English: 'the place at the bridge'). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities, after London, in tax receipts. A major port, Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
