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Rather Be Rockin'
''Rather Be Rockin'', the second album by the band Tantrum A tantrum, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, usually associated with those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, violence, defiance, angry rant ..., was released in 1979. Track listing # Rather Be Rockin' # Don't Turn Me Off # You Are The World # Sammy And Susie # Runnin' # How Long # You Need Me # Take A Look # Applaud The Winner # Search For A Reason Musicians Pam Bradley - Lead & Backing Vocals Sandy Caulfield - Lead & Backing Vocals Barb Erber - Lead & Backing Vocals Ray Sapko - Guitar, Vocals Phil Balsano - Keyboards, Vocals Bill Syniar - Bass, Vocals Vern Wennerstrom - Drums, Percussion 1979 albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub ...
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Tantrum (American Band)
Tantrum was a seven-member rock group that released two albums on Chicago's Ovation Records label. The group comprised three female singers: Pam Bradley, Sandy Caulfield, and Barb Erber, as well as guitarist Ray Sapko, keyboardist Phil Balsano, bass guitarist Bill Syniar, and drummer Vern Wennerstrom. Their first album, entitled simply ''Tantrum'', was released in 1978, and their second, '' Rather Be Rockin''', was released the following year. ''Rather Be Rockin entered the Billboard Magazine Top LPs and Tapes charts (at #200) on December 19, 1980. The record was also listed in the magazine that month as a "National Breakout" in terms of radio play. Tantrum recorded a third and final album, entitled ''Breaking Away'', which was to be released in 1980. The group disbanded first, however, leaving the album unreleased until August 8, 2005, when the English record company "Escape Music" released this album, along with re-releases of the first two, all on a two-CD set. In a review of ...
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Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ...
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Tantrum (album)
''Tantrum'', the debut album by the band Tantrum A tantrum, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, usually associated with those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, violence, defiance, angry rant ..., was released in 1978. Track listing # Listen # You Came To Me # You Are My Everything # Happy Yesterdays # Kidnapped # Flash Commander # Night On Main Street # Livin' My Life Without You # Kid Brother # No More Musicians Pam Bradley - Lead & Backing Vocals Sandy Caulfield - Lead & Backing Vocals Barb Erber - Lead & Backing Vocals Ray Sapko - Guitar, Vocals Phil Balsano - Keyboards, Vocals Bill Syniar - Bass, Vocals Vern Wennerstrom - Drums, Percussion 1978 debut albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub ...
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Breaking Away (Tantrum Album)
''Breaking Away'' is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. The film stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern (in his film debut), Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, and Robyn Douglass. ''Breaking Away'' won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Tesich, and received nominations in four other categories, including Best Picture. It also won the 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best Film (Comedy or Musical) and received nominations in three other Golden Globe categories. The film was ranked eighth on the List of America's 100 Most Inspiring Movies compiled by the American Film Institute (AFI) in 2006. In June 2008, the AFI also announced its 10 Top 10—the best ten films in ten classic American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creat ...
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