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Rory Dodd
Rory Dodd (born Port Dover, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing as the duet voice (the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics) on Bonnie Tyler's version of " Total Eclipse of the Heart", a number 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Dodd performed the backing vocals for many of Meat Loaf's songs. He also sang three songs on Steinman's solo album '' Bad for Good'' (although he is only credited for two of them on the sleeve notes of the LP pressing). "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", was his biggest hit as a lead singer, reaching Number 32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Singer of Fire Inc., a Wagnerian rock band that released two songs for the rock and roll film '' Streets of Fire'' (1984). More recently, Dodd has done voiceover work for commercials. He provided the main voice in the Hungry Hungry Hippos commercial. Additionally, he provided the singing voices for “Tex and Rexâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Dover, Ontario
Port Dover is an unincorporated community and former town located in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie. It is the site of the recurring Friday the 13th motorcycle rally. Prior to the War of 1812, this community was known as Dover Mills. Summary The Mayor of Norfolk County is Port Dover resident Amy Martin. This community is the southern terminus for Ontario Highway 6; located to the south of the Northern Ontario community of McKerrow. This highway stretches northward as a two-lane, undivided highway until the traffic flow increases to four lanes shortly after it departs from Caledonia. In addition to allowing Port Dover residents direct access to the city of Hamilton, it also briefly merges with Highway 403 to allow for access to the Royal Botanical Gardens and locations on to Toronto. The postal forward sortation area is ''N0A''; sharing its Canada Post service with the western portion of Haldimand County. All residences and businesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Dodd
Cathal J. Dodd (born 23 May 1956) is an Irish-Canadian voice actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'' and the '' Marvel vs. Capcom'' series of video games. Cathal also provided the voice of the hero/villain Random Virus in the BBC series ''Ace Lightning''. He recorded with producer Bob Hahn in Canada, which consisted of demos and material to be submitted to major labels. His recordings ended up on the RCA label, with a full-length album release ''New Horizons'' on Hahn's own Rising Records label in 1975. He co-hosted in the Canadian TV series ''Circus'' on CTV with Sherisse Laurence from 1978 to 1983. Dodd's family moved from Ireland to Port Dover, Ontario. His mother was a music teacher at Port Dover Public School. He performed in a band in the 1970s called Deja Vu. He is also the older brother of rock vocalist Rory Dodd. Discography * (1975) Cal Dodd – ''New Horizons'' * (1976) Variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Forbert
Samuel Stephen "Steve" Forbert (born December 13, 1954) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. His 1979 song "Romeo's Tune" reached No. 11 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Chart. It also spent two weeks at No. 8 in Canada. Forbert's first four albums all charted on the Billboard 200 chart, with ''Jackrabbit Slim'' certified gold. In 2004, his ''Any Old Time'' album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Folk category. Forbert has released twenty studio and three live albums. Forbert's songs have been recorded by several artists, including Rosanne Cash, Keith Urban, Marty Stuart and Webb Wilder. In 2017, a tribute album, ''An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert'', was released, with covers of his songs by twenty-one artists. Bob Harris of ''BBC Radio 2'' said Forbert has "One of the most distinctive voices anywhere." In September 2018, he released his self-penned memoir, ''Big City Cat: My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Criss
George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is a retired American musician, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. Criss established The Catman character for his Kiss persona. In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Kiss. Early years Criss was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Loretta and Joseph Criscuola, who raised their five children (of whom Peter was the eldest) as Roman Catholics. Joseph Criscuola's family came from Scafati, Salerno, Italy. Criss grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and was a childhood friend of Jerry Nolan, who would later find success as the drummer of the New York Dolls. He was an avid art student and a swing aficionado. While playing with bandleader Joey Greco, Criss ended up studying under his idol, Gene Krupa, at the Metropole Club in New York. Music career Chelsea Criss was involved with sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla DeVito
Karla DeVito (born May 29, 1953) is an American singer and actress. Early life and education DeVito was born in suburban Chicago in Mokena, Illinois. She attended Willow Crest Grade School in Mokena and Lincoln-Way High School in New Lenox. She attended Loyola University Chicago and majored in theater. During her freshman year, she joined the Chicago cast of ''Godspell''. In 1971–72, Karla studied with Jo Forsberg at the Second City Company in Chicago and was part of the Second City Children's Theatre group with Bill Murray. In 1973, she was in the cast of the musical '' Hair''. Career DeVito started her career in 1972, joining the national company of ''Godspell''. A few years later, she became the lead singer of the band Orchestra Luna, and through that joined the cast of Jim Steinman's show ''Neverland'', which had a run as a workshop production at the Kennedy Center in 1977. Two months later, DeVito went on tour with Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman with their album ''Bat Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Ringer (album)
''Dead Ringer'' is the second studio album by Meat Loaf, released on September 4, 1981. It is the second of four albums written entirely by Jim Steinman. The album cover was designed by comic book artist and horror illustrator Bernie Wrightson. Album background Steinman started to work on '' Bad for Good'', the album that was supposed to be the follow-up to 1977's ''Bat Out of Hell'', in 1978. During that time, a combination of touring, drugs and exhaustion had caused Meat Loaf to lose his voice. Without a singer, and pressured by the record company, Steinman decided that he should sing on ''Bad for Good'' himself, and write a new album for Meat Loaf. This album was ''Dead Ringer'', which was later released in 1981, after the release of ''Bad for Good''. After playing the role of Travis Redfish in the movie ''Roadie'', Meat Loaf got his voice back, got off drugs, played softball, and started to work on his new album in 1980. Steinman had written five new songs which, in addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic
''You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic'' is the fourth solo studio album by Ian Hunter. The album featured members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band as the backing band. Allmusic considers the album to be Hunter's best. Hunter says that the title had been spotted on a toilet wall by co-producer Mick Ronson, who planned to use it for one of his solo albums.Weird & Gilly. ''Mick Ronson - The Spider With The Platinum Hair'', p195. John Blake Publishing, 2017. . Hunter loved the title so much that he offered Ronson co-writing credit on the first single "Just Another Night" in exchange for the use of the title for the album. "Just Another Night" reached the Billboard Hot 100 No. 68. The album became one of Hunter's biggest sellers at the time. In 2009 EMI released a 30th-anniversary reissue of the album remastered with five bonus tracks on the first disc of outtakes and a second disc of live tracks recorded on the tour to support the album but previously unreleased. The re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Hunter (singer)
Ian Hunter Patterson (born 3 June 1939) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who is best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople, from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and at the time of its 2009, 2013, and 2019 reunions. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before joining Mott the Hoople, and continued in this vein after he left the band. He embarked on a solo career despite ill health and disillusionment with commercial success, and often worked in collaboration with Mick Ronson, David Bowie's sideman and arranger from '' The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' period. Mott the Hoople achieved some commercial success, and attracted a small but devoted fan base. As a solo artist, Hunter charted with lesser-known but more wide-ranging works outside the rock mainstream. His best-known solo songs are "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", later covered by Great White, and "England Rocks", which was modified to " Clevela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys (born June 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter in rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul music. Career Jeffreys is from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, of African American and Puerto Rican heritage. He majored in art history at Syracuse University, where he met Lou Reed before The Velvet Underground became active. In 1966, Jeffreys began to play in Manhattan nightclubs including Gerde's Folk City, The Bitter End, Gaslight, Kenny's Castaways and later Reno Sweeney, where he began to explore racially conscious themes in his work, sometimes utilizing blackface masks and a rag doll named Ramon in performance. Jeffreys played guitar on John Cale's 1969 debut solo album ''Vintage Violence'' and contributed the song "Fairweather Friend". In 1969 he founded Grinder's Switch with Woodstock-area musicians including pianist Stan Szelest, guitarist Ernie Corallo, and percussionist Sandy Konikoff. Lewis Merenstein, producer of Van Morrison's ''Astral Weeks'', produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Out (album)
''Night Out'' is the 1979 debut studio album by Ellen Foley, a long-time backup vocalist for Meat Loaf. Seven of the nine tracks were cover versions of Foley's favorite songs, while two were co-written by Foley, one of which was "We Belong to the Night", which hit #1 in the Netherlands and #31 in Australia around Christmas of 1979. The musicians were mostly from Ian Hunter's touring band for his 1979 album ''You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic'', with the addition of Australian musician Kerryn Tolhurst on slide guitar. Hunter and ex-Spiders From Mars guitarist Mick Ronson produced the album. Ronson suggested the two Philip Rambow songs and the piano backing for the final track "Don't Let Go", written by Hunter.Weird & Gilly. ''The Spider With The Platinum Hair'', p198. John Blake Publishing. 2017. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Personnel *Ellen Foley - vocals *Mick Ronson - guitar, keyboards, percussion, string arrangemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley (born 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom '' Night Court'' for one season. In music, she has released five solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf. Early life and education Foley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of John and Virginia B. Foley. She attended Webster University. Career Vocalist Foley gained public recognition through singing a duet with Meat Loaf on the hit single " Paradise by the Dashboard Light" from the 1977 album '' Bat Out of Hell''. Foley's part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character. Although Karla DeVito (who toured with Meat Loaf in support of the album) is featured in the music video, DeVito is lip synching to Foley's vocals. Her debut album '' Night Out'' was released in 1979; the album's single "What's a Matter Baby" reached No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Scratch Fever
''Cat Scratch Fever'' is the third studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent. It was released on May 13, 1977, by Epic Records. Vocalist Derek St. Holmes, who had left the band during the recording of the album ''Free-for-All'', had come back for touring in 1976 and was again the principal lead singer on this album. A commercial success, the album has been certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Nugent released his next album, ''Double Live Gonzo!'', the following year. Reception ''Cat Scratch Fever'' received a mostly positive review from Greg Prato of AllMusic, who remarked that it "matched the focused ferocity of Nugent's excellent 1975 debut", proclaiming it a "first-rate set of brash hard rockers". Track listing All songs written by Ted Nugent, except "Live It Up" (written by Nugent and Derek St. Holmes). All songs arranged by Nugent, Rob Grange, St. Holmes, and Cliff Davies. Personnel ;Band members *Derek St. Holmes – rhythm and lead guitar, lead and back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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