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Leah Kunkel
Leah Kunkel ( Cohen; born June 15, 1948) is an American singer. Life Leah Cohen was born on June 15, 1948. She is the younger sister of Cass Elliot, best known as a member of the folk rock vocal group the Mamas & the Papas. In 1968, she married American drummer and music producer Russ Kunkel. Following Cass's death in 1974, Kunkel was given custody of Cass's daughter, Owen. The couple also raised their son, Nathaniel, later an Emmy Award-winning sound engineer. After being signed to Dunhill Records, Kunkel recorded her first record, ''Billy'', under the name Cotton Candy. She performed with a few bands and continued growing as a singer and songwriter. In 1972, she sang the counter-melody for "From Silver Lake" on Jackson Browne's eponymous debut album. Following additional session work with Stephen Bishop, Carly Simon, and Arlo Guthrie in the early 1970s, Kunkel appeared on James Taylor's 1977 album '' JT''. That same year, she appeared on Art Garfunkel's album ''Watermark''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or "folk" music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amigo (Arlo Guthrie Album)
''Amigo'' is a 1976 album by Arlo Guthrie. It is his seventh studio album. The album peaked at No. 133 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where indicated Side one # "Guabi Guabi" – 2:27 # "Darkest Hour" – 4:04 # "Massachusetts" – 3:10 # "Victor Jara" (lyrics: Adrian Mitchell) – 4:17 # "Patriots' Dream" – 2:51 Side two # "Grocery Blues" – 2:09 # "Walking Song" (Leah Kunkel) – 3:08 # "My Love" – 2:43 # "Manzanillo Bay" (Rob "Rabbit" Mackay) – 4:24 # "Ocean Crossing" – 3:22 # " Connection" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:40 Personnel * Bob Glaub – bass * Nick DeCaro – strings, accordion * Bill Green – guitar * Arlo Guthrie – guitar, vocals * Milt Holland – percussion * Dr. Rick Jaeger – drums * Leah Kunkel – keyboards, electric piano, vocals * Russ Kunkel – percussion, drums * Gayle LeVant – harp, harmonica * Linda Ronstadt – vocals * Dan Velika – bass * Waddy Wachtel Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunhill Records Artists
Dunhill may refer to: People * Alfred Dunhill (1872–1959), founder of the luxury goods company Alfred Dunhill Ltd. * Alison Dunhill (born 1950), English artist and art historian * Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946), English composer and writer Places * Dunhill, County Waterford, a town in County Waterford, Ireland Retail brands * Alfred Dunhill Ltd., a British luxury goods company owned by Richemont * Dunhill (cigar), a brand of cigars owned by British American Tobacco * Dunhill (cigarette), a brand of luxury cigarettes owned by British American Tobacco Sports and entertainment * Dunhill Records, a record label (later ABC/Dunhill Records) * Alfred Dunhill Cup, a former golf event * Alfred Dunhill Links Championship The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of the richest golf tournaments on the European Tour. It is played in September, on three different links courses, centred on the "home of golf", St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The tournament is a pr ..., a golf event * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish American Musicians
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, "Historically, the religious and ethnic dimensions of Jewish identity have been closely interwoven. In fact, so closely bound are they, that the traditional Jewish lexicon hardly distinguishes between the two concepts. Jewish religious practice, by definition, was observed exclusively by the Jewish people, and notions of Jewish peoplehood, nation, and community were suffused with faith in the Jewish God, the practice of Jewish (religious) l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American People Of Russian-Jewish Descent
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Pop Singers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspending Disbelief
''Suspending Disbelief'' is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in September 1993 by Elektra Records. Production ''Suspending Disbelief'' was recorded in February and March 1993 at The Site and Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco, and Johnny Yuma Recording in Los Angeles. The album was mixed at Record One in Los Angeles. Critical reception In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann wrote that ''Suspending Belief'' contains Webb's "most straightforward, plainspoken writing yet" and that the songwriter "seems better able to perform his music now than at any time in the past." Ruhlmann continued: The AllMusic website gave the album four out of five stars. Glen Campbell would record four tracks on this album for his final album, '' Adios''. Track listing Personnel ;Music * Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, arranger, conductor * Linda Ronstadt – vocals, backing vocals * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefty (album)
''Lefty'' is the seventh solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released in 1988. The album features three songs by singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop. The album's cover photo shows a pre-teen Art Garfunkel holding a baseball bat in the front yard of his childhood home in the Forest Hills section of Queens, New York City. It was taken by his brother Jules. The album title came from the fact that Garfunkel is left-handed, which the picture established. The album failed to make the Top 100 in the US (charting at 134) and hit the bottom half of the UK Top 100. Despite this, it yielded three minor hit singles. The liner notes of the album contain a brief prose text Garfunkel had written in memory of his partner Laurie Bird who had committed suicide in 1979. The album marked a new beginning in Garfunkel's professional life after becoming somewhat of a recluse following the tragedy. Track listing # "This Is the Moment" (David Foster, Cynthia Weil, Linda Jenner, Ray Parker Jr.) – 4:31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including " Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "MacArthur Park", "Wichita Lineman", "Worst That Could Happen", "Galveston" and "All I Know". He had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, the 5th Dimension, the Supremes, Art Garfunkel and Richard Harris. Webb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990. He received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award in 2003, the ASCAP "Voice of Music" Award in 2006 and the Ivor Novello Special International Award in 2012. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the 50 years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to receive Grammy Awards for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Heart (Jimmy Webb Album)
''Angel Heart'' is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in April 1982 by Real West Production. Critical response In his review for AllMovie, William Ruhlmann described the album as "a classic of the style called 'West Coast pop', a creamy adult contemporary sound with a rock edge but plenty of strings, the tasty guitar solos offset by the sweet harmonies". While Ruhlmann acknowledged that "Webb's days as a struggling vocalist are behind him", he pointed to a unique problem for a Jimmy Webb album—the material. Ruhlmann concluded: The AllMusic website gave the album three and a half out of five stars. Track listing Personnel ;Music * Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, electric piano * Fred Mollin – acoustic guitar, percussion, producer, backing vocals * Kenny Loggins – backing vocals * Victor Feldman – percussion * Daryl Hall – backing vocals on "Nasty Love" * Fred Tackett – acoustic and electric guitar * Jerry Hey – trumpet * David Pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scissors Cut
''Scissors Cut'' is the fifth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel released in August 1981 on Columbia Records. It was his second album to miss the US '' Billboard'' top 40 (charting at 113) and his second album containing no US top 40 singles. The month following its release, Garfunkel would reunite with former partner, Paul Simon, for their famous 1981 '' Concert in Central Park''. History In August 1981, Garfunkel released his fifth solo album ''Scissors Cut'' (U.S. No. 113, U.K. No. 51). This album included the Gallagher & Lyle hit "A Heart in New York" (U.S. No. 61). The UK version contains the track "The Romance" rather than " Bright Eyes". The album was co-produced by Roy Halee, who also co-produced the Simon & Garfunkel albums, including '' Bridge over Troubled Water''. Paul Simon makes a brief appearance on "In Cars" performing background vocals. Near the end of the song, Art sings, rather mystically, lines from "Girl from the North Country". ("Remember me to one who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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