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Magic (Smash Mouth Album)
''Magic'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 4, 2012 through 429 Records. It is their first album in six years since the release of '' Summer Girl'' in 2006. It is also the first album without original guitarist and primary songwriter Greg Camp since his departure from the band and the last album to feature lead vocalist Steve Harwell before his retirement in 2021. The first single on the album, "Magic", peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart. Reception AllMusic gave the album 3½ stars, saying it was "as effortlessly effervescent as anything else Smash Mouth has ever released, filled with grooving, organ-fueled beach party anthems". Track listing Personnel * Steve Harwell – lead vocals *Mike Krompass – guitars, backing vocals * Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals *Randy Cooke – drums, percussion, drum programming *Michael Klooster – keyboards, programming, backing vocals Additional vocalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Kevin Coleman (drums), Greg Camp (guitar), and Paul De Lisle (bass). With Harwell's departure in 2021, De Lisle remains the only original member. They are known for their songs " Walkin' on the Sun" (1997), " All Star" (1999), and " Then The Morning Comes" (1999), as well as a cover of The Monkees' " I'm a Believer" (2001). The band adopted retro styles covering several decades of popular music. They have also performed numerous covers of popular songs, including War's " Why Can't We Be Friends?", Rick Astley’s “ Never Gonna Give You Up”, Simple Minds' " Don't You (Forget About Me)", ? & the Mysterians' " Can't Get Enough of You Baby", the Beatles' "Getting Better", and " I Wan'na Be Like You" from ''The Jungle Book''. They also composed two songs for the South Korean animated film '' Pororo, The Racing Adventure'': ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige ( Scoggins; born September 3, 1973) is an American singer best known for her international number one pop hit " Crush" (1998), as well as other charted songs including " Sober" (1999) and " Always You" (1999), from her debut album, ''Jennifer Paige''. Early life Paige was born Jennifer Scoggins on September 3, 1973, in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. She is of English descent. At the age of five she began singing at local coffeehouses and restaurants with her older brother, Chance. At the age of 17, she toured the country with a top 40 covers act, Vivid Image, and eventually relocated to Los Angeles where she landed an internship with Mountain Dew. In August 1996, she performed in her hometown, Atlanta, in front of 50,000 people at the Olympic Games with the ten-piece covers band, Joe's Band. The same year, Paige teamed up with producer Andy Goldmark. They began with a dance version of Aretha Franklin's classic, "Chain of Fools". The record instantly c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2012. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master), the source from which all copies will be produced (via met ..., and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2012 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{Albums by release date Albums 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Urbano
Michael Urbano (born March 19, 1966 in Sacramento, California, USA) is a musician, programmer, and record producer. Career One of Urbano's first gigs was as a member of Bourgeois Tagg, a 1980s band that was fronted by Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg and included Lyle Workman as the guitarist. They had moderate success with their second album, ''Yo-Yo'', which was produced by Todd Rundgren, and featured the Top 40 hit, "I Don't Mind At All." When Bourgeois Tagg split, Michael, Larry, and Lyle recorded and toured with Todd Rundgren for his ''Nearly Human'' Tour. While with John Hiatt (1995–1999), Urbano toured extensively as one of Hiatt's "Nashville Queens" that included bassist Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello) and guitarist David Immergluck (Counting Crows). The Nashville Queens also worked with Hiatt in the studio, recording '' Walk On'', ''Little Head'' and ''Crossing Muddy Waters''. Urbano is perhaps best known today for being drummer for pop rock group Smash Mouth. He o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul De Lisle
Paul Gerald De Lisle (born June 13, 1963) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the bassist and the only consistent member of the pop rock band Smash Mouth since their formation in 1994. Early life and education De Lisle was born in Exeter, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ..., the son of an Air Force pilot. Career In the early 1990s De Lisle was a member of the band Lackadaddy, which played hip-hop and punk music. De Lisle was a founding member of Smash Mouth in 1994, and still performs with them. Aside from Smash Mouth, De Lisle is also an avid surfer. He is also the writer of the band's single " Pacific Coast Party", among others. De Lisle wrote ''Smash Mouth: The Official Biography'', a history of the band. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey (born 2 January 1948) is an English pop musician and record producer. Early life Forsey began his career as a percussionist in the mid-late 1960s as the drummer for The SpectrumCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons - The Vault - Chris Bentley - Signum Books - 2017 and as the drummer in Udo Lindenberg's Panik Orchester until 1976, during which he also played percussion for Amon Düül II. By late 1970s, he was a pioneer of disco, working with artists such as Lipstique, Claudja Barry, La Bionda, the Italo Disco Inventors and Boney M. He became Giorgio Moroder's drummer and played on records by Donna Summer, including '' Bad Girls'', and Sparks' " No. 1 in Heaven." However Forsey's own band, Trax, a collaboration with Pete Bellotte, was not as popular. Forsey was influenced by Moroder and began experimenting with electronics and European dance rhythms. Production career Like Moroder, Forsey started producing albums himself, and in 1982 produced Billy Idol's solo deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for " Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States. Other commercially successful singles include " Glittering Prize" (1982), "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" (1982), " Waterfront" (1983) and " Alive and Kicking" (1985), as well as the UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989). Simple Minds have achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums, '' Sparkle in the Rain'' (1984), '' Once Upon a Time'' (1985), ''Live in the City of Light'' (1987), ''Street Fighting Years'' (1989) and ''Glittering Prize 81/92'' (1992); they have sold more than 60 million albums. They were the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s. Simple Minds have also achieved considerable chart success in the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy and New Zealand. Despite various person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't You (Forget About Me)
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released as a single in 1985. It was written and composed by the producer Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, a guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band. Forsey and Schiff wrote it for Simple Minds, and offered it to several acts before Simple Minds agreed to record it. The song was used in the 1985 John Hughes film ''The Breakfast Club'' and the 2010 film ''Easy A''. Theme "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was written by the producer Keith Forsey and the guitarist Steve Schiff while they were scoring the 1985 film ''The Breakfast Club''. Forsey and Schiff were inspired by the scene in which an introvert and a school bully bond while no one else is watching. Forsey said, "It was: don't forget, when we're back in the classroom, you're not just a bad guy and we've got other things in common." Recording Schiff and Forsey were Simple Minds fans and wrote the song with the band in mind. Forsey played a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Krippayne
Scott Krippayne (born July 23, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. Krippayne is better known for his contributions towards other artists, as over 150 of his songs have been recorded by others including Point of Grace, John Tesh, Avalon (American group), Avalon, Jaci Velasquez, FFH (band), FFH, True Vibe and Sandi Patty. In 2007, he wrote the song "This Is My Now", which was chosen as the coronation song for the final of American Idol (season 6), ''American Idol'' Season Six sung by the Top 2 Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. In 2014, Krippayne received a Daytime Emmys, Daytime Emmy nomination for writing the theme music on ''PAW Patrol''. Krippayne has also authored two books; ''Hugs for Teens'' and ''More Than a Story''. Discography Albums Singles * "In the House" (2019), with Felicia Barton for ''101 Dalmatian Street'' References External links * Living people Musicians from Seattle 1971 births Singer-songwriters from Washington (state) {{US-singer-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Fromm
Andrew Fromm is a songwriter from Edison, New Jersey, currently living in Franklin, Tennessee in the Nashville area. He is married to Beth Hood and they have a son, Hudson. Career Andrew Fromm is a successful songwriter living in the Nashville area who has written songs for the Backstreet Boys, Marc Anthony, Westlife, Kristine W, OPM, 2Gether, Soluna, Nobody's Angel, Judith Lefeber, Christian Bautista, Nikki Webster, C21, Hiromi Go and many others. After appearing on the final season of Ed McMahon's Star Search where he played the original song " I Need You Tonight", his song landed on the Backstreet Boys 1999 release, "Millennium" which sold approximately 40 million albums worldwide (13 million RIAA certified in the USA) with 5 Grammy nominations. He also added the song " Spanish Eyes" to that album which he co-wrote with his songwriter cousin, Sandy Linzer. Selected Discography *Backstreet Boys "I Need You Tonight" *Backstreet Boys "Spanish Eyes" *Backstreet Boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McCormick (songwriter)
Jim McCormick is a Grammy- and CMA-nominated, multiplatinum-selling songwriter. He is currently a staff writer at Eclipse Music Publishing. In 2021 his song "The Good Ones" was nominated by the Country Music Association for Song of the Year. That same year "The Good Ones" won the Favorite Country Song category at the American Music Awards. McCormick has celebrated three #1 songs on the Billboard Country Airplay chart: Gabby Barrett's " The Good Ones" and Jason Aldean's "Take A Little Ride," both of which spent three weeks in the #1 position; and Brantley Gilbert's " You Don't Know Her Like I Do." Current releases written by McCormick include Trace Adkins' "Welcome To," Luke Bryan's "All My Dreaming There," Jason Aldean's "Lights Go Out," Harry Connick Jr.'s "I Do Like We Do," Jon Pardi's "Lucky Tonight," and Trace Adkins's " Jesus and Jones." His songs also have been recorded and performed by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Jeff Tweedy, Trisha Yearwood, Ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
